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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1928
Page
1
Athens County relief group criticizes the National Guard for failing to cooperate with other agencies and declares the aid work insufficient and lacking coordination.
Los Angeles California January 31 William Edward Hickmans sanity defense faces a challenge to the legality of the law under which he is tried to determine if the revised penal code is constitutional questions raised by legal experts and district attorney Asa Keyes. The defense asserts insanity and jury trial timing, while the state rests after reading the indictment for murder.
Attorney General Edward C. Turner told Northern Ohio Republicans in Canton that the Anti-Saloon League is a menace to good government. He accused the group of posing as sacrosanct while manipulating churches and noted utility lobbyists backed its current power after last winter’s repeal of the Peace law.
Fire in the Myers block Toledo injured no one as Mrs. Vern Chandler 30 leaped from the third floor after moving her mattress to the second floor. Fire began in the basement and caused about $10,000 in damage as occupants fled via fire escapes.
A fall of slate seriously injures William Martin age 50 of East Sparta while loading coal in Essex mine No 6 Pomeroy last Friday night. He is confined to his mother’s Hooper street home after treatment and will be unable to work for several weeks, doctors say.
President Coolidge told the government business group that excessive tax reduction could trigger a veto, reiterating a safe limit of 225 million dollars. He described a Navy program aimed at U.S. requirements with no foreign competition and projected national defense spending of 1,233 dollars per minute for the next fiscal year.
Ellen Radford Braley 75 of the Baker settlement dies after a short illness from organic heart disease. She among Ohio University’s early women students leaves husband Lawrence Braley two daughters and one son Mina Mills Elsie Lindlinger Mack Braley seven grandchildren and siblings Thomas Radford John William. Funeral at Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2 pm with burial nearby.
The Submarine 83 with 41 crew members was located near Bahama islets at 8 p.m. plowing through the water after going missing since Saturday. An armada of 25 rescue vessels had searched from Hampton Roads to Guantanamo Bay, and Navy officials planned further sea and air searches.
The executive board of district No. 6 of the United Mine Workers of America calls for removal of armed guards and imported thugs from mining districts. It condemns violence and lawbreaking by guards, operators, or strikers and urges authorities to end their presence near coal mines. Signed by Lee Hall, David Watkins, and G. W. Savage.
George Beckle 72 died at his daughter Mrs. William Williams 13 West Washington Street after a paralysis set in last Thursday. He was a Meigs County native who mined for sixty years and belonged to the United Mine Workers Local 672, with a long parish and fraternal history. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 1 30 pm with Rev A Y Wilcox presiding at Beech Cemetery burial.
New York January 31 The Kansas Senator Charles Curtis receives strong support at the Kansas society dinner with Governor Paulen praising him as the man of the people and likening his early life to Lincoln and Garfield Curtis is cited as a capable, unimpeachable leader poised to guide the nation and serve his party best.
Detectives guard the homes of Mayor G. Lloyd Well and Safety Director Robert A. Myers in Akron after receipt of threatening letters from unidentified persons.
A Chicago man named Edward Frank was arrested after police responded to a reported crime. He faced charges of theft and was apprehended by officers at the scene.
Columbus January 31 farmers face a dark period described as a consumers civilization by Chester H Gray legislative agent of the American Farm Bureau Federation at Farmers Week. He criticized financiers in New York and Chicago for making the United States a creditor nation and warned that agriculture must speak out as laws of economics grind mercilessly.
Harry N. Douthitt head of the Citizens' Service association known as the Dry Snoopers Club testified he has been a prohibitionist all his life but drinks occasionally. He receives $300 a month from the association and $6 a day plus expenses as a dry informer, noting that 28 to 30 years of occasional drinks did not affect his stance.
The Metropolitan Museum of New York will receive three rare literary editions from the estate of James W. Corrigan, the steel magnate. Under his will filed for probate in Painesville, the works Too Late Because of You and My Castle Is in the Air are designated for the museum.
Ohio State Horticulture Society members at Ohio State University during farmers' week attacked the banana as the chief competitor and worry of the apple. President L. B. Yaple urged a banana tax to protect US fruit industries amid forecasts of more apples in 1928 and a successful 1927.
Delegates at the Ohio Farm Bureau federation meeting discuss resolutions to grant facinera tion relief and to raise standards of living via farm income. Address by Mrs. Charles emphasizes training adults to guide adolescents and improve community schools. C A Dyer urges more just economic distribution and review of teachers retirement fund to ease local school contributions.
Four bandits armed with sawed off shotguns robbed the Commonwealth Branch of the Citizens and Savings here at mid day. They forced customers to the back while gun barrels appeared through cage bars and a stash of about $6,000 to $10,000 was found in a waste basket. The bank was in mid day business when the heist occurred.
Funeral plans for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig after his sudden death likely set for Westminster Abbey or St Pauls cathedral. The war commander, Earl Haig, was popular for his wartime leadership and postwar support for soldiers, ex soldiers and Boy Scouts. He visited a Boy Scout regiment at Richmond just days before his death.
New York January 31 Brunettes lead in the art of love according to a scientific test. Six Broadway chorus girls observed John Gilbert and Greta Garbo in a film while psychologists used instruments to measure heart rate breathing and pulse changes. Brunettes Patsy O Day Peggy Udell and Jean Ackerman showed stronger reactions than blondes Rose Gallagher Bery Halley and others.
In Indianapolis turmoil grows as city council pressures for control of mayoral powers amid threats of vacancy and repeated upheavals. The council seeks a court order to enforce its decree while L. EB faces pressure and police guard entourages as the crisis unfolds.
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