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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1927

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City Council Orders Rebuild of North Lancaster Street

City officials ordered plans for rebuilding North Lancaster Street in the coming summer, extending from the end of the earlier rebuilt stretch to the intersection of Lancaster and Columbia avenues. Vetoes were issued on parts of the annual appropriation for a city health nurse motor car.

Lancaster Street Carpenter Street Lancaster Columbia Avenue Athens State Street Alex Moore City Service Fund Haney Moore Scott Haney Sinking Fund Board Ben M. Covert City Health Board Cole Third Street C. L. Heaton Shannon Avenue Morris Avenue Shannon Bardin

Miners Plan Wage Scale Tied to Jacksonville Pact

Ohio coal miners meeting in Columbus District No. 6 of the United Mine Workers will seek a wage scale like the Jacksonville agreement that runs to March 31. The Jacksonville wage of 7.50 a day forms the basis for negotiations next Monday as the group names a steel of committee members.

Columbus U.P Ohio Jacksonville United Mine Workers of America Oral Daugherty Buchtel Richard Campbell Pomeroy Thomas J. Price Midvale John Cinque Bellaire John Owens Cambridge Earl Penn Hollister Wil Truman John J. Speicher Bergholz Theodore Yucelick Shadyside Thomas Ferguson Crooksville

Senate orders sweeping Mal Daugherty decision

The Senate moves to enforce the Mal Daugherty decision granting Congress power to compel witnesses to testify. Senator Wheeler plans to summon Daugherty Jr. before the special committee and press on matters previously refused. Senator Reed will call witnesses who declined to answer on Illinois and Pennsylvania senatorial primaries. The ruling widens congressional investigative authority over legislation and government funding.

Wheeler Daugherty Special Committee Senate Mal Daugherty Supreme Court Congressional Montana H. M. Daugherty Department of Justice Brookhart Lowa Reed Campaign Fund Illinois Pennsylvania

Second Blanket of Snow Falls Over Ohio This Morning

A second snowfall covered Ohio this morning following the prior cover at week’s end. Officials expected minimal damage statewide as the cold air persisted and the system moved through Columbus and surrounding areas.

Ohio Columbus United’regs Oho

Man testifies longing led to trespass attempt at ex sweetheart home

Dennis Corcoran of Cleveland, 42, sobbed as he told Judge E F Lindsay how his longing to see an old sweetheart led him to the Lansner home last November. He was shot when he refused to leave without seeing Lansner’s wife and admitted trespass. Sentence deferred on trespassing charges.

New Philadelphia Dennis Corcoran Cleveland E. F. Lindsay William Lansner Lansner Corcoran

Supreme Court rules Arkansas minimum wage law unconstitutional

The U S Supreme Court today affirmed a federal ruling voiding Arkansas minimum wage law. The decision permanently enjoins state authorities from enforcing the law against West Nelson Manufacturing Co of Little Rock, a key employer in the case.

Washington U.R United States Supreme Court Trieber West-Nelson Manufacturing Company Little Rock

Light Frost Hits Florida Vegetation

A report from MIDDLEPORT dated January 18 states a frost in Florida killed vegetation. B. H. Sanborn received a letter describing Florida’s weather as colder than last winter, and noting that last year’s frost did not kill any vegetation.

Middleport B. H. Sanborn Florida Sanborn

Sheriff names three deputy appointees without salary

Sheriff William Williams appointed three deputy sheriffs Earle, McCune, D L Davis, and Lee Pritchard. The appointments were confirmed by Judge L G Worster of Common Pleas court and the oath was administered to the three men.

William Williams Earle, McCune D.L. Davis Lee Pritchard L. G. Worster Common Pleas Court

Chaplin Assets Spare $17 000 In Receivership Case

Los Angeles reports reveal Charlie Chaplin's visible wealth from today’s receivership on Chaplin Studios Inc shows $15,000 cash and $2,000 to Chaplin personally. Lita Grey Chaplin seeks divorce with multi million claims while Mrs Chaplin gets temporary alimony of 4000 dollars monthly and 4000 for attorneys fees. Federal government files six suits seeking 1 078 million for alleged tax return errors. California Supreme Court denies Chaplin petition to lift receivership.

Los Angeles Cal U.P Charlie Chaplin Chaplin Lita Grey Chaplin Chaplin, Studios, Inc New York California Supreme Court San Francisco

Willoughby High Scandal Leads Three Youths to Jail

In Painesville on January 18 three youths from Willoughby were jailed on charges of contributing to delinquency as the grand jury investigates immorality at the town's high school. James Long 20, star basketball player, and Charles Pace 19 with Victor Klein 19 were arrested. Long reportedly implicated about a dozen others.

Painesville Willoughby Lake County James Long Charles Pace Victor Klein Long

Ma Ferguson Ends Term as Texas Governor

Texas Governor Miriam Ferguson leaves office, stepping out of the governor's mansion for the last time and returning to Temple. She hands over power to Dan Moody, the 33 year old former attorney general, amid a turbulent two years and a record of pardons totaling 3,268.

Austin Tex United Press Texas Miriam Ferguson Ma” Ferguson Dan State House Ferguson Aves

Mexican Government Accuses Archbishop of Organizing Insurrection

Mexico City reports claim Archbishop Francisco Orozco Jimenez organized rebels across twelve states. Officials say he fled Guadalajara and is in hiding in Jalisco while Catholic spokesmen insist he is not involved, despite rising anti government sentiment and a battle at Tepititlan where 122 rebels are reported killed.

Francisco Orozco Jimenez el Sol Christ War Department Guadalajara Jalisco Jiminez Garranza Tepititlan

Union Leader Blames Freight Rates for Central Coal Woes

Lee Hall of the United Mine Workers told delegates at Columbus that discriminatory freight rates favoring West Virginia and Kentucky harm the central competitive field. He warned the pattern jeopardizes operators and miners across Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania and could hurt broader industry and banking. Hall noted high coal output last year, unemployment, and urged affiliation with the state federation of labor ahead of February wage negotiations.

Columbus U.R Lee Hall United Mine Workers West Virginia Kentucky Hall Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania Jacksonville Fla State Federation of Labor

Auto Association Opposes Liability Insurance Action

The Ohio State Automobile Association will begin active opposition to a proposed bill requiring motorists to carry liability insurance. Former Senator J R Gardner of Cincinnati, committee chairman, called the move unfair to careful drivers and a heavy tax on motorists. A substitute measure is to be considered by the legislative committee.

Columbus Eighty-Seventh General Assembly Ohio State Automobile Association J. R. Gardner Cincinnati

Freezing Death Report From Soviet Trains in Samara Province

Dispatches from Samara Province report ninety eight people found frozen to death aboard two trains stranded in heavy snow drifts. The deaths occurred as crews struggled against blizzards and extreme winter conditions.

Moscow U.P Samara

Coolidge Strikes Back at Critics Over Policy

President Coolidge defended his policy amid claims of weak military readiness and imperialism in Central America. A spokesman justified building three cruisers to lead in voluntary arms control and supporting Nicaragua occupation under the Monroe Doctrine. Senator Robinson proposed arbitration on Mexican oil lands.

Washington Jan Coolidge Central America Nicaragua United States Robinson Arkansas

Missouri Democrats drift toward Reed in presidential boom talk

A quiet exodus of prominent Missouri Democrats with Washington as the likely destination fuels belief that Senator James A. Reed is forming a presidential boom.

ST. Louis U.R Missouri Washington James A. Reed

Hot Canvass For a Lost Tarpaulin in Coolville

A missing tarpaulin from C. D. Shafer Company triggered a large canvass between Coolville and Chester. After efforts failed, a Messenger Classified ad was placed and the tarpaulin was recovered, proving classified ads can mobilize search and connect buyers or tenants.

Coolville There Chester C. D. Shafer Company Messenger

Death or life option given in Oklahoma murder case

Judge Charles Swindall told C E K Marble of Cherokee Oklahoma that he could choose death or life imprisonment after being convicted of murdering a 13 year old boy. Marble faces the electric chair in March as he claimed the boy teased him and killed his pets.

Charles Swindall Okla Marble

Weather shifts from snow to rain with warm rise

The article notes a rapid temperature fall overnight then a noon rise, snow changing to sleet and then rain. It records Ohio's record low for this date as 4 below zero in 1916 and a high of 58 in 1897, and provides a temperature table across two hour intervals for Monday and Tuesday.

Ohio

Four U S Cruisers Now at Corinto To Protect Interests

MANAGUA Nicaragua January 15 Four United States war ships anchored at Corinto as the conservative government allied with the United States readies a force from Rivas to push liberal rebels toward the frontier General Izapata, noted for earlier revolts, is reported near San Juan Del Sur with a well armed following The cruiser Cincinnati at Corinto with hydro planes along with Quail Barker and Galveston reported in theater

Managua Nicaragua AUP Corinto United States Rivaso Izapata San Juan del Sur Cincinnati Quail Barker Galveston Alot Thas Ag

Coal Mines Face Closure If Wage Demands Rejected

Miners in Ohio and surrounding states threaten mine closures unless a 20 percent wage raise is accepted. Union leaders and operators meet in Columbus to draft a new working agreement ahead of a February joint conference. The current contract expires March 31 and a national Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis opens January 26 to consider wage demands and future negotiations.

Toledo Jan iSeal —Coal Joint Seasion Saarr Ohio Ilinois Pentech Alana Teim Schedu John Lewis Ohio Indianapolis Ind The Mine Workers of America Nova Scotia Annie Se Pennsylvania Diana Humon Skhown John L. Lewitt Philip Murray Int Thomas

Sugar price declines hit major refiners

Sugar price moves in New York show leading refiners cutting prices by 16 to 25 points. The fluctuation underscores shifts in the market as traders monitor refined sugar costs.

New York Jan

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North Lancaster Thomas L. Stokes Louise Wise Lewis Fiagier Hugh R. Lewis Bear Creek Lawrence Lewis Lita Grey A. W. Folger Mexico City Auto Association Senator Reed U. S Hin Ployers Union Members of Ohio District Rae Abe
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