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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1927
Page
1
Senator Borah calls for rapid diplomatic steps to handle the present China crisis. The President intends to offer protection first and seek terms through talks afterward.
Washington reports a new push on China policy as President Coolidge sends three cruisers to Hawaii to join fifty six US warships near Chinese waters. Senator Borah urges rapid diplomacy while Cantonese and Shanghai clashes threaten American interests and Kellogg favors joint delegation talks.
The body of 12 year old Warren Lawin was found in Mill Creek after the Ohio River flood drove him from his home to stockyards on Saturday. He was last seen along the flooded back waters of the creek.
The Messenger promotes a 40 page illustrated booklet titled Who's Who in the Movies. It provides lists of stars and facts about the film industry, a history of motion pictures, and notes on how great films are made. Readers pay six cents plus stamps or coin to receive a copy via coupon.
Washington January 31 A crisis has been reached in prohibition enforcement as Assistant Secretary Andrews says Congress must decide whether to advance, halt or reverse the dry law reorganization. He urges unifying leadership over prohibition units and the medicinal whisky bill to curb bootleggers and ensure a pure medicinal supply.
The reading near the high for this date yesterday noon was close to record levels before the mercury fell twenty two degrees in eighteen hours. The 7 AM to 12 PM reading was 38 while the date’s low stood at 1 below zero in 1885.
White Plains court resumes Browning separation trial as about two thousand people mill around the courthouse causing police difficulty in handling the crowd. The January 31 scene shows high interest in the proceedings and the case's public profile.
Chicago January 31 The Illinois Society of Cosmeticians opened its convention with talks on hair dressing and makeup for the new 1927 flapper. Ruth J. Maurer, president of the National School of Cosmeticians, said a naturer look will replace the bobbed style and rolled stockings. The flapper will grow her hair long and adopt improved makeup as fashion shifts away from the comic valentines image.
Celina reports Henry Reichert aged 49 a former Bank of Bartlettsville employee will be arraigned here today on charges of embezzling fifty thousand dollars from the bank.
Two fires occurred on the eve of a city wide fire prevention drive. A match from the I O F clubrooms sparked two Worstell building awnings and window sashes, causing about 85 dollars in damage. Howard Guthrie’s home saw two blazes from a dropped match and a carbide lamp, with a floor hole and 50 dollars damage. A cap blew off a new oil and gas well near the E R Lash land, alarming residents until the cause was found Sunday morning.
In Cleveland an 18 year old woman Alice Hill was rushed to a local hospital after taking poison just before her scheduled 2 PM wedding. Roommates said she left at quarter to two saying she would marry at two, then returned briefly before leaving again.
A seaside resort murder drives suspense as readers await the second chapter of All At Sea by Carolyn Wells. The story features a puzzling crime while a narrator entices fans with a harder to solve plot and a dramatic swimming setting.
Defends Dad reports Viscount Gladstone son of England's prime minister as defendant in a libel suit alleging he defamed Captain Peter Wright, a case that has stirred all England.
United Mine Workers officers clear the way for drafting wage demands for a new contract in the bituminous coal industry. The wage scale committee report due Tuesday or Wednesday will shape debate at the convention, with a potential strike move discussed if the joint conference fails to agree. John L. Lewis opposes a competitive wage baseline and local unions submit over 200 resolutions on wages and working conditions. The convention also weighs elections for sub-district offices every two years amid intra-party clashes.
At the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis Indiana January 31 delegates asked Congress to investigate the interstate commerce commission rate setting. They filed a memorial urging action to end what they called unjust discriminatory freight rates harming coal industries in Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois.
Three protests from 260 East Cambridge residents and over fifty Cambridge Sanitary Manufacturing Co employees were received by the public utilities commission today, opposing granting a franchise to the Cambridge & Southern Bus Company.
In Quincy Massachusetts on January 1 a woman Mary Freeman 66 was found dead at her husband’s grave. A medical examiner confirmed she died by self inflicted poisoning.
In Morgantown on January 31 the Connellsville Bi-Products No 1 mine in Scott's Run was flooded by order of the state to extinguish a fire that began Friday. The blast injured ten firefighters and led R M Lambie head of the state mine department to seal and flood the mine. Flooding costs were about 1000 dollars per hour as over eight thousand gallons per minute entered the shaft.
Thousands of delegates from Ohio farming districts gather in Columbus for the eighth annual Ohio Farm Bureau federation meeting. The program includes welcome by Dean Alfred Vivian and addresses by President L. R. Palmer and Ohio State University President George W. Rightmire, with Dr. C. C. Taylor of UNC discussing the movement in America. The event continues tomorrow afternoon under Secretary W. M. Jardine.
Peking government protests to Great Britain over dispatch of troops battleships tanks and planes to China saying such military actions breach the nine power Washington treaty and article 10 of the League of Nations.
Police and citizens react to four street attacks in Columbus at week end. Mrs Rebecca Embleton sprained both ankles while fending off a purse thief. Louise Phillip 16 says an armed negro tried to rob her. Marie Sorgem reports a purse snatched from her arm with no entry of amount. Mrs W C McCoy had a bankbook and keys torn from her arm.
In Shanghai hundreds of American refugees from interior China seek refuge as turmoil spreads. Edwin E Cunningham, consul general at Shanghai, and Clarence E Gauss, second consul general, oversee their protection and care.
The Senate moves to approve a naval appropriations bill authorizing three light cruisers with 1.2 million to start construction by July 1 but leaves final decision to President Coolidge who may withhold appropriations under the 1924 act. House and Senate clash over cruisers amid arms conference concerns and Utah Senator King’s return to debate.
Frank Gregg declared revenge as he shot and killed James Mason in Burnham Illinois after Mason married the woman Gregg loved. Police say Mason died at the scene and Gregg surrendered to authorities.
Berkeley scientists announce the perfection of cocytin a substance extracted from animal blood that fertilizes sea urchin eggs and yields new individuals Drs G W Clark and P W Sharp report the work begun by the late Dr Jacques Loeb two decades ago while noting the newly formed embryos die shortly after membrane formation due to unknown physical or mechanical factors.
County commissioners discussed planned resurfacing of a five mile stretch of road through The Plains starting after weather allows. The plan calls for a foundation first then a surface, funded from the maintenance fund, to ease mud and rutting noted by residents and motorists. Alex Root urged action citing school travel difficulties and teacher commutes. Residents described single lane, deep mud and ruts from Burr to Corning and beyond, harming local travel and safety.
Distrurbances spread through Hankow and Shanghai with foreign residents menaced. A British patrol boat guards an island as reports claim a Spanish Catholic order withdraws from scattered provinces.
A five plane States Army squadron leaves Balboa Canal Zone at 10 02 am bound for Buenaventura as part of a military movement.
Washington January report on the largest tax appeal case, involving about 36 million dollars, to be resumed before the U S board of tax appeals. Government seeks collection from Henry Ford stockholders including James Cousens after a deal set value and profit taxes. Internal Revenue Bureau asserts additional tax liability totaling over 53 million dollars.
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