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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1929

Page

1

Athens Health Board plans milk campaign and permits

The Athens City Board of Health meeting led by Dr. J M Higgins approved a general milk campaign to May 1 with strict enforcement of milk sale laws. Dairies will undergo semi annual inspections, and milk permits will be issued. cows must be tuberculin tested before milk sales.

Athens City Board of Health J. M. Higgins Health Board Higging Higgins City Health Department County Health Office Dr. Higgins Athens County

Police Stop Dock Riot in Australia

Port Adelaide saw 800 workers aided by 50 women staging a waterfront riot. One hundred foot and mounted police dispersed the clash after an hour of fighting. Rioting stemmed from a dock strike that remains unsettled in effect across Australian ports.

Sydney Australia Port Adelaide

Athens Messenger Offers Booklet on Money Success

The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet titled success with money from the Missionage Formation Bureau. It claims the guide shows how to manage finances and improve earnings, aiming to help readers progress financially.

Athens

Slippery Roads Trigger Multiple Crashes in Ohio Storm

Rising temperatures brought partial relief to ice and sleet locked roads across Ohio. At least three deaths were reported from skidding autos near Mansfield Lucas and East Liverpool, with many injuries and widespread transportation disruption as heavy snow and sleet paralyzed traffic.

Columbus U.P Nerrill Schindler Nevada Ohio Mansfield Lucas John F. Buchanan Freda Deem Buchanan

White House Cheer Follows Coolidge Luncheon

Two friends invited to a White House luncheon describe Mrs. Coolidge and the President as cheerful. The President feels the weight of postwar duties lightening and hints at potential “a little whittling” as he plans future steps while recalling boyhood Vermont with a jack knife.

White House Mrs. Coolidge

Mrs Pickering Dies At Home In Lancaster Street

Mrs. Theodore M. Pickering died at 12 05 this afternoon at her home at Lancaster and Second Streets after a period of illness. Further particulars will be given Friday. A daughter, Miss Nelle Pickering, survives.

Theodore M. Pickering Lancaster Second Streets Nelle Pickering

Two Trainmen Killed In Pere Marquette Wreck At Sonia

At Sonia Michigan a Pere Marquette locomotive tore loose from a string of empties and plunged down a 100 foot embankment killing two trainmen and seriously injuring a third. Local crews and investigators began work to determine the cause of the derailment and assess damage to the rail line.

Sonia Mich U.P Pere Marquette

U S Chamber Opposes Watson Coal Bill in Senate Hearing

The United States Chamber of Commerce testified against the Watson Coal Bill before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Chamber representatives Felix Mewhirter Charles H MacDonnell and Charles F Conn argued the coal industry can manage itself and that federal interference is unwise and invasion of private business.

Washington United States Chamber of Commerce Senate Inter- State Commerce Committee Felix M. Mewhirter Peoples State Bank Indianapolis Charles H. MacDonnell Armour Fertilizer Works Chicago Charles F. Conn Philadelphia Chamber

Studio Fire Ravages Major Film Stage In Hollywood

A blaze at the Paramount-Famous Players Lasky studio in Hollywood injured six firefighters and four studio workers. The new $750,000 sound film stage was destroyed and losses were estimated at $400,000.

Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky

Ohio University to Dedicate Alumni Memorial Hall

A new Alumni Memorial Hall on the Ohio University campus will be dedicated with seating for nearly 3,000. The hall replaces the inadequate Ewing Hall auditorium and is highlighted in a feature in The Sunday Messenger magazine section detailing its construction use and significance to Ohio University.

Ewing Hall Ohio University The Sunday Messenger

Hoover to travel to Florida next Monday

President elect Hoover plans a 10:30 a.m. Monday departure by special Atlantic Coast Line train to Miami Beach, expected to arrive Tuesday afternoon. He will stay at J. C. Penny's Florida estate for about a month and conduct talks ahead of his administration. Supporters anticipate a Belgian celebration with a trans Atlantic phone link.

Washington Hoover Florida Miami Beach J. C. Penny Jardine Whogver Belgium

Plan to Tap Lapsed Funds for State Construction

Columbus January 17 URR State Finance Director Harry D Silver announced a bill to renew expended appropriations for building construction at state institutions. The measure covers funds approved by the legislature but lapsed after former Attorney General Turner failed to approve contracts. It includes 800000 for the new institution for the feeble minded at Creek Wayne County and contemplates an emergency clause to avoid construction delays.

Columbus URR Harry D. Silver Edward C. Turner Creek Wayne County

Smith Urges Democrats to Rebuild a Militant Party

Former Governor Alfred E. Smith urged Democrats to erase a 1.5 million dollar deficit and form a permanent, active organization. Speaking on radio as a private citizen, he called for a fighting party driven by progressive aims and the rights of all people while planning a Southern tour after 25 years out of office.

New York Alfred E. Smith Democratic Party

War in Honduras Denied by U S Official in Tegucigalpa

A State Department summary states U S Charge D Affaires Herschel V Johnson in Tegucigalpa denies a war condition in Honduras and reports that foreigners are being killed. Officials say there are no signs of disturbed conditions.

Washington U.R Honduras State Department U. S Herschel V. Johnson Tegucigalpa Johnson

Woman killed as auto goes over a bank in Pomeroy

In Rutland near Hanesville Church on Wednesday night a car skidded on a slippery highway and plunged over a steep bank killing Mrs. Milo Johnson 32 of Salem Township and injuring her brother in law Bird Johnson The 7 year old Audrey Johnson survived uninjured The Johnsons were black and the car overturned pinning them beneath Mrs Johnson had been visiting a sister in Bidwell and the body was taken to Vinton Funeral services expected Saturday

Pomeroy Hanesville Church Rutland Milo Johnson Salem Township Bird Johnson

King George Recovers Slowly in London Hospital

King George passed a good night and is making satisfactory progress toward recovery, according to physicians today. The update notes the pace is slow but steady as treatment continues in London.

King George London U.P

Flu claims aged inmate at Chauncey County Home

The death of Mrs. Lavinia Weatherby aged 98 occurred at the County Home in Chauncey after an illness with influenza. A lifelong resident of Athens County, she lived most of her life here, donated the land for Weatherby Cemetery near Roseville, and will be buried there with funeral services planned. Her husband and four of five children are deceased. only son Walter Weatherby of Kent remains.

Chauncey Lavinia Weatherby Weatherby Athens County Marietta Withee Walter Weatherby Kent Roseville

Carsey Placed on Probation After Manslaughter Conviction

Francis Carsey of Athens is placed on probation after a suspended sentence in the Athens County Common Pleas Court. He will report monthly to Deputy Sheriff Wingett about his employment income residence and any trouble. The judge said the act was manslaughter not murder and Thorpe kicked Carsey before the fatal punch.

Francis Carsey Athens Carsey Wayne Wingettes L. G. Worstell Athens County Common Pleas Court Wingett Harry Thorpe Worstell Thorpe

Admits Guilt Shortens January Criminal Court Term

Grover Mayle of Cutler plead guilty to carrying concealed weapons before Judge Thomas in Marietta on Tuesday evening. Sentenced to one to three years in the penitentiary after arrest by sheriff's deputies during a liquor raid in Fairfield Township. He was also indicted for manufacturing whisky, the case to be held over.

Marietta Grover Mayle Cutler Thomas Mayle Fairfield Township

Lady Astor Urges Peace Over War Games for Boys

Britain's first woman MP says mothers and teachers should curb children from playing soldiers and focus on the idea that all nations are God’s creations. She links peaceful thinking to better Anglo American relations and world peace.

Henry T. Russell United Press London Lady Astor Britain Wether

Law Students Explain Sheriff’s Temporary Office in Athens County

Athens County briefly lacked a sheriff for five days as the former term continued until the new sheriff’s bond was filed and approved. William Williams kept the office, with deputies Wayne Wingett Fred Heck and Wilson Ator serving under prior appointments until the bond took effect.

Athens County William Williams Wayne Wingett Fred Heck Wilson Ator

Morgan and Young Named to Reparations Experts Commission

The six reparations powers approved J. P. Morgan and Owen D. Young as U S representatives on the commission of experts to settle the reparations problem. Japan's note, last of the six, reached the reparations commission at noon. The other powers are Great Britain France Belgium Italy and Germany.

Paris U.P J. P. Morgan Owen D. Young U. S Commission of Experts Japan Reparations Commission Great Britain France Belgium Italy Germany

Not Guilty Pleas Entered in Ohio Courthouse Case

Pleas of not guilty were entered by Oscar Moody and Evan Humphrey on unlawful possession and use of dynamite in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Bonds of 3000 each were set. Moody posted and was released while Humphrey remained jailed for lack of bond. George Ludden posted 10000 bond on a second degree murder charge and was released.

Oscar Moody Evan Humphrey Athens County Ludden

Deluge of Bills in 1928 General Assembly Session

Columbus January 17 1928 the Ohio General Assembly adjourned after pausing a 22 790 536 emergency action bill. Senate and House introduced 260 bills with 122 existing introductions two years prior 63 in Senate and 59 in House. Proposals include county prosecutors pay equalization, education institution income estimates for appropriations, a marriage discouragement bill limiting licenses, barber licensing, and licensing enforcement with penalties up to death for certain weapons offenses.

Columbus General Assembly Senate Howsé House Apple Creek T ‘Eal Joseph T. Cleveland Gm Education G. M. Kumler Preble Co Virgil Toledo Ftate J. A. McCune Jefferson County McCune George P. Youngstown

Kellogg Treaty Signed in U S Senate Historic Signing

President Ridge signed the Kellogg treaty in the presence of the Vice President and senators in the Capitol Rotunda. The ceremony featured a formal setting and remarks honoring the late Mr Tex as the signing occurred in a tense moment of political theater.

Washington Dawes Senate Ridge Toric Tex

Youths Plead Not Guilty on Mann Act Charges

Roy Smith 16 and Robert Faulker Jr 22 pleaded not guilty before U S Commissioner F A Row to Mann Act charges. The youths posted bond amid unclear arraignment details and potential relocation considerations.

Roy Smith Robert Faulkener, Jr U States F. A Ohio

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