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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
12
Paul Kochanski earned the largest audience applause at the Ohio Literary Music and Lecture Course in Alumni Memorial Auditorium. His rendition of Brahms Valse drew praise for gentle melody and refined touch, while his Tartini and de Falla selections displayed technical ease and expressive range.
The performance featured two Polish dances Sici lian and Rigorodand by Francer as encores. Kochanski played them with a muted violin, lending an air of mystery and highlighting foreign phrasing. Chant de Roxane by Szymanowski for Kochanski was a wailing minor key melody.
Open competitive exams announced by the U S Civil Service Commission. Information available at the Athens Post Office. Positions include Inspector Bureau of Industrial Alcohol Treasury Department $2.00 a year Research assistant in personnel administration Personnel Classification Board Washington D C $3200 a year Farm agent Indian Service 1860 a year.
Hollywood January 22. Mrs. Maude Branton 45 died during a major abdominal operation after an anaesthetic explosion in the lungs. Coroner Frank Nance opened an inquiry into anaesthetic use in county hospitals to find cause and prevent recurrence. A mixture of ether oxygen and nitrous oxide ignited by a spark ruptured her lungs.
Dr Clyde Edwards Cooper head of geography and geology at Ohio University spoke to Melling Pot Club in Ellis Hall about the Philippines. He described three years as a US school supervisor, noted cannibalism among mountain peoples as entertainment food, and praised US led agricultural education and athletic programs in Philippine schools.
The Ohio School of the Air inaugurated a new citizenship series in Columbus on Tuesday evening at 7:45 with L. W. Reese delivering the opening talk. Next Tuesday January 27 at 7:45 Lieutenant Governor William G. Pickrel will recap the prior week’s legislative developments from Station WLW.
Mason West Virginia January 22 gas prospects hinge on three test wells to be drilled by Barton and Ulsinger under contract with Cincinnati Pipeline Co If substantial gas is found an Oklahoma firm will relocate to Mason to build a glass factory employing hundreds of workers The move aims to save shipping costs by local gas supply and production capacity
The report notes the need for ample railroad facilities and cites glassware production as a key driver. It projects wells to be down by early spring to support the plan.
Washington January 22 The United States Supreme Court was to issue an early ruling today after hearing arguments on the validity of the Eighteenth Amendment. The case centers on whether federal authority can enforce prohibition standards nationwide.
Judge William Clark of New Jersey held the Amendment unconscionable on the ground it was improperly ratified.
A vintage classified ad from Minneapolis urges readers to avoid surgery for gallstone colic and suggests a home treatment for liver and gall bladder troubles. The notice promotes literature on the method, claims two decades of gratifying results, and offers a money back guarantee with a clip-out coupon.
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