Famine Grips Kazan Republic in Frozen Steppes
United Press report from Kazan Russia describes a famine where fifty percent of babies have died and forty five percent of village populations are dead or missing. Edwin Hillinger and J Rivers Childs recount a grueling survey through snowbound villages noting grass diets and decimated livestock as doom approaches spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hullinger
United
J. Rivers Childs
Nesburg
Virginia
Hullinger
Russia
Childs
Republic of
Kazan
Volga Valley
United Press
Kazan Republic
Two Parate Days for Final Citizenship Examinations
In Athens County the final citizenship examinations are scheduled for two dates January 11 and February 9. Clerks state that those awaiting notices must report January 11 or face later liability and forfeiture of eligibility on February 9. Among the eighty five foreigners granted citizenship, applicants originate from Austria Hungary Germany Scotland England Italy Russia Turkey Poland and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Hig
Morgan
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Scotland
England
Italy
Russia
Turco
United S
Poland
Mnen
From One Room Schoolteacher to NEA President
Miss Charl Ormond Williams of Memphis Tennessee has risen from a one room country school teacher to president of the National Education Association. She is currently the superintendent of Shelby County Schools in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charl Ormond Williams
National Education Association
Memphis
Enn
Shelby County
Railroads Prepare for Freight Car Boom in Midwest
Chicago based railroads announce plans to order thousands of freight cars including 1300 reefer, 1600 box, and composite coal cars as demand for freight traffic rises. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago and North Western report large orders and expansion of rolling stock to support a commercial revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icagu
Tan
Middlewest
Chicago & North Stern
Post Office Destroyed in Tokyo Fire
The Tokio central post office was destroyed by a blaze today. Officials investigated the cause as debris and smoke filled the area. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poko
Tokio Cen
Funeral Held for Senator Boise Irose
Full services for Senator Boise Irose were conducted in Philadelphia today with only immediate family present. The 8 a.m. ceremony followed several days of tribute and reflected the senator's public service and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiladelphia
Senator Boise
Indictments Target Prominent Prohibition Enforcers
Indictments charging violations of federal prohibition statutes were returned by the federal grand jury against several men once active in enforcement. Among the accused are Thomas Reidy of Washington former acting chief of the Justice Department in New York, Harold L. Hart former prohibition enforcement chief, William A. Orr formerly secretary to Governor Whitman, James F. Duffy Tammany Hall politician from the Bronx, and other officials. The charges allege violation and conspiracy to release liquor beyond allowed permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
United 8S
Hud
Thomas Reidy
Ofshington
Department of Justice of
New Rk City
Harold L. Hart
William A. Orr
Sec‘ary
Whitman
Jamas F. Duffy
Tammany Hall Litician
The
Bronx
Wen B. Murphy
Prs
Maintain
Cleveland Mayor Seeks 2 Million Payroll Cuts
Cleveland Ohio January reports Mayor Fred Kohler aims to trim about 2 million from the city payroll as he continues a purge of workers. Today 750 more employees are to be cut, after 400 already dismissed, with the goal of ending what he calls useless jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Kohler
Eloping teens still unfound by police in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police continue pursuit of Annie Marie Rinear and Martin Barton two teens from Sylvania Ohio who eloped on a bicycle last Sunday. A father led a statewide search as sightings spread from Findlay to Lima and Dayton before they reappeared arm in arm in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Annie Marie Rinear
Martin Barton
Sylvania
Ohio
Marie
Annie Marie
Martin
Elopers
Findlay
Lima
Dayton
Pat Clancy in Town Hits Johnson City Visit
Pat Clancy formerly of Luhrig now in Johnson City Illinois has been in town for several days greeting friends. He says mines in his country run at capacity and miners come from everywhere seeking work only to find sites already manned to capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Clancy
Luhrig
Johnson City
Ill
Bonds Recovered In Cincinnati Bank Theft Case
Bonds and securities stolen from Leslie Tull messenger for Hamilton County Bank have been recovered by Cincinnati detectives. Emmett Kirgen, detective chief, was notified today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Leslie Tull
Hamilton County Bank
Emmett Kirgen
Southern Ohio Mine Owners Fight for Existence in Wage Clash
In Columbus on January 5, W D Kinney of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange says public price pressure from a retail strike has forced mine operators to seek deep cost cuts in labor and freight to survive. He notes only four of 4438 mines ran full time last week and outlines planned talks with miners and unions before April 1. He warns against maintaining the present wage check-off and hints at possible future strikes if reductions are blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Beaman
United Press
Columbus
W. D. Kinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
McKinley
McKinney
Ohio
Opinions Vary Greatly on Prohibition Effects
A United Press survey of police opinions shows mixed results from prohibition two years in. Denver reports rising crime and drunkenness since 1920, Bridgeport notes declines, Chicago cites overall decreases but credits police efforts, reflecting regional differences in enforcement and social impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press Today Show
United States
Wilson
Denver
Flannigan
Bridegport
Conn
Chicago
Fitzmorris
Fare difference sought by Big Four Railroad
The Big Four Railroad asked the public welfare committee for 33.36 dollars as the difference paid by Rev. John S. Rutledge, a discharged pardon and parole superintendent, and the amount he would have been charged under a ministerial half fare rate if not using it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Big Four Railroad
Committee of Public Welfare
Johns. Rutledge
Rutledge
Senator Owen Advocates Gold Reserve Use for European Fed
Senator Owen of Oklahoma urged using half a billion dollars from the U S treasury gold reserve to create a European branch of the federal reserve bank in a Senate speech. He framed it as a step to stabilize international finance and support economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Government to expose major booze rings across the country
Washington reports the federal government plans to indict a score of individuals and firms in New York over an alleged scheme to illicitly withdraw ten million dollars in whiskey from bond. Officials say later disclosures will follow in similar operations nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Wreck blamed on broken front wheel of interurban
Officials of the Northern Ohio Traction Company announced a broken front wheel caused the wreck of a south bound Cleveland A K Canton limited interurban near Bedford yesterday after a preliminary investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, CO
Northern Ohio Traction Company Today
Bedford
Arms Treaty With Teeth Drives Aims Of Naval Pact
The proposed arms conference treaty for naval armament will include a credible threat of force to back its terms. It provides for a possible reconvening of representatives if political shifts or scientific advances warrant changes to the agreed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D. Groat
United Press
Washington
Arms Conference of Representatives
Explosion Sinks Greek Destroyer Leon In Pierous Harbor
Athens January 5 report says fifty officers and men were killed and more than twenty wounded aboard the Greek destroyer Leon after an explosion in Pierous Harbor. The stern suffered heavy damage and two nearby ships, the destroyer Ireaux and the cruiser Piera, were damaged. The Leon, built in 1911, displaces 1175 tons and had a crew of 110.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Leon
Pierous
Ireaux
Piera
West Hartlepool Fire Leaves 700 Homeless and Ruins Lumber Yard
A devastating blaze in West Hartlepool rendered more than 700 people homeless and caused about two million pounds in damage. By noon the fire spread across a large area as hundreds of firefighters fought to control the flames that began in a lumber yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West Hartlepool
Visit home for Donald Lowrie after five years abroad
Seville January 5 Donald Lowrie returns home on a two month furlough from five years of YMCA work in Russia and Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Donald Lowrie
Y. M. C. Ark
Russia
Siberia
Pioneer dies in New England at 96
Mrs. Cynthia Ginn aged 96 died at 4 oclock this morning at the family home in New England. Funeral services will be held at 4 oclock Saturday afternoon at the New England M E Church. She leaves two daughters Ella and Mrs Hattie Dodd and her husband James Ginn is noted as deceased for a quarter century. A pioneer resident of Athens county she was among the oldest residents of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Cynthia Ginn
M. E
Germany to pay substantial cash in January and February
In preliminary talks at the supreme council conference Britain and France clashed while Belgium sided with neither. Lloyd George and Premier Briand agreed Germany must make sizable cash payments in January and February, but there was no consensus on August payments or procedural order for the next meeting. Experts now handle the program, Belgian delegates opposing France and Britain on Belgium's priority rights and the amount of reductions in this year's payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
Cannes
Germany
Supreme Council
Llyod George
Briand
France
Belgium
Mary Lygo seeks $100,000 in Chicago suit over marriage refusal
Mary Lygo a former Follies girl sues Goordon Thorne a Chicago clubman for $100000 claiming he refused to marry her. The suit filed in Chicago states the alleged breach of promise occurred in relation to a proposed marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Lygo
Follies
Goordon
Thorne
Sargent Murder Trial Focuses on Daughter and Stepson Testimony
In St Clairsville Ohio on January 5 the prosecution highlights statements from Andy Sargent’s daughter and stepson in the Martins Ferry killings of Mrs Augusta Burkhardt and her daughter Lillian. The state says robbery motive drove the murders as Steve Zehransky 13 testifies his stepfather gave fifty cents for a movie and Annie Sargent 11 recalls a handful of pennies for candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Clairsville
Andy Sargent
Augusta Burkhardt
Lillian
Martins Ferry
Steve J. Zehransky
Annie Sargent
Freight Probe Data Ready for PUCO Hearing Date
Columbus Ohio January 5 Evidence collected by the state department of commerce to support reducing railroad freight rates on agricultural products will be submitted to the public utilities commission early next month Commerce Director Phipps said We have our evidence and data all ready All we are waiting for is the naming of a hearing date by the utilities commission Officials connected with the investigation contend rates should be ordered cut at least twenty per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United Press
State Department of Commercce
Public Utilities Commission
Commerce
Phipps
Utilities Commission
Marquis Okuma In Serious Condition In Tokyo
TOKIO, Jan. 5 Marquis Shige nobu Okuma a leading Japanese statesman and former premier is seriously ill after a relapse. The 83 year old figure has been prominent in Japanese affairs for the past 35 years and his condition is described as grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Marquis Shigenobu Okuma
Japan
Marquis Okuma
Ends Long Stay in London Theatre with Fine Record
Mrs. Margaret Cable and daughter Miss June Korle arrived in New York December 11 aboard the Bal tic. Korle, Athens born, played in C. B. Cochran s League of Nations at the Oxford Theatre London for a year, 400 performances, praised by audiences. She now rehearses in New York for John Murray Anderson s new production. Anderson produced the League of Nations for Cochran and also Greenwich Village Follies. Mrs. Cable visits Dayton relatives in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Cable
June Korle
Louise Cable
New York
Miss Korle
Athens
C. B. Cochrans
League of Nations
Oxford Theatre
London
John Murray Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Cochran
Greenwich Village
Cable
Dayton
John Cuckler
Alfred G. Farmer
Ohio events and notable deaths from 1874 to 1912
A historical timeline note recounts the Sixty-first General Assembly meeting in 1874, a near total fire at Cleveland’s Park Theater in 1884, the 1887 Dow law tax on liquor dealers, a 1896 Chillicothe train collision fatalities, and the 1912 death of former congressman George W. Crouse of Summit County born 1832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixty-first General Assembly
Park Theatr
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Chillicothe
George W. Crouse
Akron
Summit County
Japan Refuses to Put 21 Demands to China at Conference
Washington dispatch reports Japan will likely announce at the Far Eastern committee meeting that it will not press for a ruling on the 21 demands to China. Vice Minister Hanihara or Admiral Baron Kato may deliver the statement, with a prepared Japanese case on the demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
Japan
China
Hanihara
Baron Kato
Opie to Testify in Defense of France Shooting Charge
Major H. L. Opie of Staunton Virginia says he can produce fifty witnesses and 150 letters and telegrams to prove he did not shoot down two American soldiers in France. He waits as more former doughboys give sworn testimony against him at the senate investigating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence M. Benedict
United Press
Washington
H. L. Opie
Staunton
France
Senate Investigating Committee
Opie
Argonne Forest
Ohio unemployment improves gradually, except in coal regions
Columbus report says statewide joblessness is steadily declining with a general trend toward better conditions. State director Percy Tetlow notes no dramatic change yet and highlights serious conditions in Hocking and southern Ohio coal areas where tonnage costs limit output to 16 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Percy Tetlow
Tetlow
Hocking
Ohio officials pledge crackdown on small local stills
Columbus Jan 5. Ohio prohibition enforcement will devote all time to eliminating small local stills over the next two months says State Prohibition Commissioner Parker. Bootleggers now sell mostly moonshine and synthetic liquor after whiskey running from Pennsylvania and Kentucky ended under federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Parker
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Stock Sellers Seek Gover
In Cleveland on January 5 investigation into a second large brokerage concern proceeded to probe Stanton's campaign to close shady stock companies. Prosecutor Stanton raided a local brokerage, seizing books and papers. Three employees were questioned and released. inquiry resumes today with the head of the offices arriving from the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stanton
Sast
Ohio State Auto Association to skip three C s highway probe
Columbus Jan 5 The O State auto association advised Governor Davis it will not participate in the investigation of the three C s highway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
O State Auto Association
Davis
Free Navy Calendar Offered By Washington Information Bureau
The Athens Messenger announces a free Navy calendar for readers. Send name, address, and 2 cents postage to Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington information bureau in Washington DC. Enclose stamps for return postage and use the coupon provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Information Bureau
Navy
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eastern
Assia
Evdin Hillinger
Republic
J. R. Childs
American Relief Administration
Svirsk
Europe
Thed States
Canada
Uncle Sam
N.E. A
Miss Charl Ormond Wiliams
West Rail Systems
Army
Ib Fellows
En’elopers
Southern Ohio
Pioneer
Kaiser
Frau von Rochow
Kaiserau von Rochow
Danzig Hussars
Tme Beter
Will and the
Gover
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!