Prisoners Escape Athens City Jail by Digging Wall Hole
Two inmates escaped the Athens City Jail this morning by digging through an east wall. Jess Coss, 28, of Fern Street Athens, and Leonard Dunfee, 26, of Scatter Ridge, fled after loosening bricks and mortar with a rusted iron strap. Eight other men remained. Coss was jailed for contributing to delinquency of a young girl. Dunfee faced grand jury charges related to robberies. Descriptions circulated via State Highway Patrol. Sheriff Bayless blamed jail design for the breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Jess Cass
Leonard Dunfee
Athens
Jess Coss
Fern St
Scatter Ridge
Curtis Janssen
James Thompson
New Orleans
State Highway Patrol
Harry Dalton
W. B. Lawrence
N. College St
Dalton
Charles Bayless
Coss
Athens County
Dunfee
Poker Beating Victim Hospitalized After New England Feud
Carl Meeks a 36 year old Cutler saw mill operator was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with head wounds after a night at the Britton home in New England. Albert Britton 23 admits beating Meeks with a poker and Mrs Britton and Charles Baker were questioned. Meeks says a shotgun was fired at him while Britton claims Meeks attacked first. Officers note Meeks was intoxicated and the incident appears linked to prior trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Carl Meeks
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Albert Britton
Meeks
Mrs. Britton
Charles Baker
Britton
Athens
Charles Bayless
Charles Evans
B. Co. Day
Rolland Ruth
Health group weighs half million TB sanatorium and clinic
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association directors consider a $500,000 state TB sanatorium in Southern Ohio or Athens County and a venereal disease clinic using donated equipment. The plans, tied to upcoming legislation and state health support, aim for a June start with a January 9 association meeting to finalize actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ohio County
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
B.B. Backley
Ohio
Mettler
H. T. Phillips
Senate Finance Committee
Bricker
E. LeFever
O. C. Bird
Association
Huntington
W. Va
State Department of Health
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Tuberculosis Association
Phillips
Markwith
Buckley
Worstell
Dr. Bird
Herman Theisen
Millfield
Bertha Bridgeman
Athens
Athens Council Approves 1941 Budget Totals and Tax Rise
The Athens City Council last night adopted a 1941 operating budget of 128741.89 with minor changes from the prior year. Key allocations include police 12107.50 fire 7375.72 waterworks 11090, street work 21210, and new water lines 12750. A tax rate of 2.80 inside and .70 outside the ten mill limit was approved, and J. W. McBride was made a regular patrolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Council
Civil Service Commission
County Budget Commission
J. W. McBride
McBride
Bart Davidson
Emergency Admits at Sheltering Arms Hospital
At Sheltering Arms T. N. Trowbridge of New Plymouth Route 1 was admitted last night for an emergency operation. Miss Helen Rowland of Gloucester Route 2 was admitted today for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Trowbridge
New Plymouth
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Helen Rowland
Glouster
Primitive Indians Adorn Garb with Bright Porcupine Quills
Dyed quills in vivid colors decorate the clothing of primitive Indians, providing striking ornamentation and cultural detail.
Appointments Announced by Grones and Dusz
Mrs. Alberta Grones and Harry Dusz announced three hires. Mary Terrill remains deputy in the county clerk's office. Eudora Stauffer named typist. Carlos Harris to be clerk in the engineer's office, replacing Nolan Mace. Chloe Yaw replaced by Stauffer in the clerk's office. Stauffer is The Plains native, 1937 graduate, formerly with Burke and Ervin Electric Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Grones
Athens County
Harry Dusz
Grones
Mary Terrill
Ruth Burdette Stratton
Eudora Stauffer
W. Union St
Dust
Carlos Harris
Dover Township
Nolan Mace
Carbondale
B. F. Beckler, Jr
Stauffer
Chloe Yaw
Athens
Merwin Stauffer
the Plains
the Plains High School
Burke and Ervin Electric Co
Morgan County Court Notes Summary of Octavo Dockets
Judge Reicher grants divorces for Lela Wittlig Emil Wittlig and others on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Inventory returns value estates for Benton Cordray and Harry A. Phillips. Will of C B Richardson filed for probate. Cognovit note judgment for 247.50 against Ivan Moore. Property transfers include Herbert Manly interest to sisters. 90 marriage licenses issued in 1640. Cemetery deeds and transfers recorded in recorder's office.
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Mcconnellville
Reicher
Lela M. Wittlig
Emil Wittlig
Denver George Bole
Clara Kathryn Bole
Russell Richardson
Wanda Richardson
Byron Dougan
Eileen Dougan
Hazel D. Martin
Kenneth Martin
John Sherlock
Dale Haines
S. A. Cordray
Benton Cordray
Center Township
George Lovell
Harry Betz
D. G. Ralston
Harry A. Phillips
Citizens Budget Company
Zanesville
Ivan Moore
McConnelsville
Herbert H. Manly
Malta
Frances Manly White
Josephine Cook
Devisees
Relief Orders Withheld in Athens and Nelsonville
Relief orders are withheld in two Ohio cities Athens and Nelsonville as county commissioners push for new contracts and tax delinquency bonds. Bart Davidson says Athens plans bonds and a new contract, while Nelsonville has taken only preliminary steps. The board, with Commissioners Stratton Nuzum Householder Hope and Bobo, will decide after council actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Bart Davidson
Board of County Commissioners
Charles Stratton
President Roosevelts Emergency Monetary Powers Expand
The article notes an emergency decree since March 1933 granting the President broad fiscal powers short of war or new law. It cites a Justice Department list of emergency statutes across sectors from agriculture and banking to national defense, public health, shipping, and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Senate
Agriculture
Army
Coast Guard
Commerce and Trade
National Guard
Says Panaman Official Is Spy Says Panaman Official Is Spy
Washington reports that Earl R. Lewis the 18th Ohio District Congressman accused Panama of appointing a Nazi spy to photograph the canal area from the air. Lewis said American military authorities were disturbed by the selection of Doctor Brunner of Vienna as advisor in Panama City planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama
Panama Canal
Earl R. Lewis
Ohio
House
Lewis
Doctor Brunner
Vienna
Germany
Republic of Panama
Canal
Brunner
Property Quitclaim Transfer Involving Multiple Parties
Deerfield and Columbus residents among several owners wind down a quitclaim deed covering 1.1 acres and 197.35 acres with Andrew Douglas Ervin named in the transfer. Locations include Fort Collins Stockport Larimer Colorado and Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Clay
Deerfield
Daisy Lee Donaldson
Columbus
Edna Ruth Ervin
Fort Collins
George E
Winifred Ervin
Stockport
Ella Mae Fogarty
Larimer
Colo
Andrew Douglas Ervin
Windsor
New Corporal Joins State Patrol at Athens Station
Corporal J. M. Kratzer arrives in Athens to head the local sub-station of the State Highway Patrol succeeding Corporal H. D. Henery. Kratzer has served in ten patrol areas including Chillicothe Wilmington Marion Bellevue Springfield Middletown Warren Georgetown and Defiance. He was born in Scioto County and is Otway High School alumni. He joined the patrol after leaving Standard Oil and was promoted to corporal in June 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Kratzer
Athens
Defiance
State Highway Patrol
Kratzer
Corp
H. D. Henery
Mt. Vernon
Chillicothe
Wilmington
Marion
Bellevue
Springfield
Middletown
Warren
Georgetown
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Otway High School
Highway Patrol
Standard Oil Company
Pastors Invited To Athens County Ministerial Association
All Athens County ministers were invited today to attend the Athens County Ministerial Association meeting to be held in the parlors of First Methodist Church in Athens on Monday January 6 at 10 30 a m Rev Stanley Jeffery pastor of Central Ave Methodist Church president of the association extended the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Athens County Ministerial Association
First Methodist Church
Athens
Stanley Jeffery
Central Ave
Athens Grange Team To Install York Officers
The installation team from Athens Grange No. 1689 will install the newly elected York Grange officers tonight at 8 o'clock. After the ceremony pie, sandwiches, and coffee will be served, followed by the social hour and dancing. Visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Grange
Athens Grange
No. 1689
Employment Service Cooperates on Draft
Local draft boards in Columbus will receive Ohio Employment Service help to classify applicants for occupational deferment. Draft regulations allow boards to request information from the employment service in deferment cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employment Service
Columbus
Ohio Employment Service
Shirley Temple Returns to Films at $2500 Weekly
Shirley Temple, who left movies at age 11 nearly a year ago, plans a spring return to acting with a weekly salary of 2500 dollars. The star will reappear in new productions, signaling a comeback in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
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Time Cleaners
Wial Ne 15
Athens County Medical Society
Byron Danford
Hubert Hyde
Harry Mettler
County Tuberculosis Association
State Tuberculosis and Health Association
J. Wallace Cherry
Mr. Cherry
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar
Athens Council
Athens Home Telephone Co
Dusz
Morgan County Court
Probate
C. B. Richardson
East Bloom
Ernest Woodrow Lightner
Parkersburg
Wm. A
Verna Valentine Lightner
Beulah Montgomery
Carl Montgomery
Ralph Michael Himmelspach
Mary Arlene Kuntz
Ivan W. and
Helen Roberts Kuntz
Torbert
Recorder's Office
McConnelsville Cemetery
State Patrol
Burke Ervin
S. Court St
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
E. Washington St
Athens, Ohio
York
ST Joseph Aspirin
Shirley
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept
Pi —Adv
Auto Batteries
C&f
Buhay
N. Court St
Blondie
Dagwood
Cupid
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Texas
Rangers
Akim Tamirofft
John Howard
Ellen Drew
Kansas
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
Oeer On
Raymond Massey
Ronald Reagan
Alan Hale
Donald Duck
Chigi
Tim Holt
Fargo Kid
the Foreign Legion
Ralph Byrd
Dick Tracy
Desert
Leo Gorcey
Bobby Jordan
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