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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1931

Page

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Spanish Men Women Granted Vote in Spain Constitution

Madrid July 7 The projected federal constitution revised by a judicial commission grants universal suffrage and equal rights for men and women to hold office and religious freedom. It guarantees religious liberty and separation of Church and State with freedom of speech. Citizens over 23 may vote and be elected deputy for five years. the senate numbers 250 with varied representation. The draft allows suspension of rights for state security with a 60 day limit. The president will be elected by Congress from among the senators. The constitution sets eligibility rules for various offices and terms.

Madrid Reput .E Judicial Commission Congress Spain National Congress Labor, Commerce and Industry Republic Families of

Russians Hospitable During World Flight Stopovers

Washington July reports describe Post and his navigator Ted Wer doing a world circling flight. Senator Bingham grilled Post at a banquet, yet Post answered briefly with occasional hesitations. He recounted each landing and take off, noting Russian hospitality and long delays for fuel as attendants overwhelmed the field.

Washington Eeram Bingham Post Latard Gatty Moscow Fiying

Arno Satirizes Vanderbilts In Reno Train Tale

New Yorker Peter Arno returns to New York and sketches a caricatured scene with Florence Rice Smith. He recalls a Reno encounter with Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr who allegedly threw a blackjack at a porter. Vanderbilt reportedly bragged of training with Jack Dempsey to confront Arno.

New York U.e Peter Arno Florence Rice Smith Carenellus Vanderbilt, Jr Reno Vanderbilt Arno Jack Dempsey Jackie Coogan

Plan To Reorganize General Aviation Corporation Directors Meeting

NEW YORK July 7 Plans to reorganize the General Aviation Corporation a unit of the General Motors Corporation are expected to be submitted to the board of directors Friday. It is learned the production end has been reorganized and the firm plans metal plant construction. The Metalsir Corporation has been formed in anticipation. Officers deny Fokker the director of engineering resigned or was removed. Fokker’s stance against exclusive metal construction marks opposition.

L Aviation Corporation New York General Aviation Corporation General Motora Corporation General Aviation Matalsir Corporation Fokker

Athens Council Rejects Power Rates by 4 to 3

Athens city council rejected Southern Ohio Electric Company domestic power rates by a 4 to 3 vote on Monday night. Officials said a city meeting will be held soon to discuss options as competing firms would not match Athens rates. The dispute centers on a proposed eight cent first block and a 14 dollar minimum monthly charge, with street lighting rates also in question and an estimated 24 thousand dollars annual impact on the company.

Athens Southern Ohio Electric Company Eee Consumers &Ra Mon Clyde Mansfield Wallace Pratt Hall Rowland Bert Russell Power Company J. E. Bailey Carl H. Beasley Fred Fence Athens City Aoner Ohio Public Utilities Commission Council Rufus Hopkins

Our 185th Birthday and the U S Dinosaur

The piece reflects on American independence and equality from Philadelphia to a growing nation. It questions whether the United States has grown too large to be governed from Washington and suggests a need for a supplementary brain between Washington and another center. It references wealth since 1776 and Alaska and other states.

George Washington District of Columbia Washington Ber Straite

Interpret New Russian Policy

Washington reports that Stalin urged higher pay to boost skilled labor and plans to use the old intelligentsia to aid economic progress. Officials see these shifts as temporary departures from pure communism used to ease industrial difficulties before returning to stricter doctrine. This zig zag pattern underscores volatile Soviet policy responses to economic pressures.

Washington U.P Russta Josef V. Stalin Stalin

Rail executives meet to speed eastern consolidation plan

Eastern rail executives from the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate meet in New York to hasten the consolidation of four major trunk line systems. They discuss allocating about 100 short lines and may submit a plan to the Interstate Commerce Commission for preliminary review with final details to follow.

New York Eastern Pennsylvania New York Central Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio Interstate Commerce Commission

Budget Cut for Columbus Schools in 1932

Columbus officials announce a reduction of 08,545 dollars in the 1932 school year budget due to lower city revenues. The city school board approved the revised allocation for the year ending December 31, 1932.

Columbus Columbua Hare

Pre-School Exam Sets Morning Check at Coolville

Pre School Exam examinations for young children continue tomorrow morning at Coolville. The health commission led by Dr W J Smith and Dr J M Higgins will inspect students from Torch Hockingport Carthage Township and Conlville. Afternoon sessions move to Jerseyville for children from Jerseyville Mann Pleasant Hill Judson Kenny Blackwood Dutch Ridge with Dr John C Henry as the rural representative.

Coolville Torch Hockingport Carthage Town Ship Conlville Health Commission W J Smith State J. M. Higgins Athens County Byron Danford Wiloa Feil Clara Cavanaugh Jerseyville Mann Pleasant Hill

Postpone Flight Hop Tokyo Fliers Refueling Plane

Seattle July 7 UPI Reginald Robbins and H Jones cannot leave until tomorrow for Fairbanks Alaska on the first leg of a non stop refueling flight to Toyo Japan. They received word Telegraph Creek British Columbia their refueling plane was forced down there while en route.

Tokyo Seattle UPI Reginald Robbins H. Jones Fairbanks Alaska Toyo Japan Robbins Telegraph Creek British Columbia Jones

Double Holiday Dilemma Leaves Beverly Hills Birthday Forde

Beverly Hills columnist Wit notes Fourth of July and a Sunday collide leaving Monday with little to do. He jokes fireworks injure those with matches and tides wait for holidays to surge. He suggests a heavyweight prize fight as a safer alternative and closes with a wink.

Beverly Hills

Dr J S Basom Dies After 47 Years as Athens Dentist

Dr J S Basom of Athens died Monday at his home at 2 West State Street after returning from Grant Hospital where he had surgery June 1. He was 70, practiced at the same office for 47 years, and was a Mason Shriner and Methodist loyalist. Funeral Thursday at 2 with Rev Coulter and Rev Wilson. burial in West Union Street Cemetery. He was born April 17, 1861 near Coolville and trained at Ohio University and Indiana Indianapolis college. He married Maud Allard in 1881, had three children Bernice Philip and Florence. a second marriage to Minnie Newland produced Jane Joseph and James. Three children died young. He practiced with son Joseph for five years. Florence Basom will teach in North Carolina next year.

S. Besom Athens West State Street Grant Hospital Colubbus C. M Coulter Methodist Church A. ¥. Wilson Presbyterian Church Bure West Union Street Busom Lash Iater Coolville Bosom van Dors Clyde Edmundson Basom Maud Allard Coolvilla Bernice Philip Florence Basom Barom Cincinnati Porto Rico Santo Teminga North Carolina Minnie Newland Sappers Frains Ihorn Jane Joseph James Hams Joseph Basom Jame Besom

Injured by Own Car Athens Woman Breaks Ankle

Mrs. Ira Wolfe of 8 Second Street suffered a broken right ankle when her husband Ira Wolfe backed a sedan from the garage. The bumper trapped her leg as she walked near the car. the driver did not see her until passenger C. H. Slaughter cried out. The fracture is simple and recovery is expected in about eight weeks.

Athens Ira Wolfe Second Street 1 Wolfe C. H. Slaughter

Pilots Dash Into Ohio for Lunch Stop on Tour

Pilots in the annual national air tour for the Edeel B. Ford reliability trophy will make a dash into Ohio for lunch on Wednesday landing briefly at Port Columbus from Wheeling.

Ohio Columbus U.P Port Columbus Wheeling

Suit Demands 500000 Over Defamatory Mayflower Hotel Link

Chicago file notes a federal suit against Haldemann Julius publisher of Girard Kansas. Herold A Moore and family claim a defamatory article linked Vice President Charles A Curtis to bond grafters tied to the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Curtis says he paid only his business rent.

Chicago Charles A. Curtis Washington,dc EB Haaldemann-Julius Girard Kansan Herold A Moore American Bond & Mortgage Willian J. Moore Mayflower Hotel Wrahington Curtis Moore Haldemann-Juliny Mayflower Taft Wiliam J Moore Curtin Fie Tme

Salvation Army Aids Injured Man After Fairgrounds Incident

At the American Legion celebration a man claiming past wealth, George W Cummings, was struck by a passing auto while selling product samples at the fairgrounds. Salvation Army Captain Stone and the Legion provided food, gas, and money to travel to Pittsburgh where he claimed to reside.

Salvation Army Pennsylvania Fairgrounds American Legion George W. Cummings Captain Stone Pittsburgh Elster

World's Nations United By French Acceptance Of Hoover's Debt Plan

note: The readable fragments describe Henry L. Doherty attacking the Kansas City Star and Governor Woodring over debt plan disputes, asking for legal action against the newspaper, and threatening damages. The reportage ties this to broader objections to City Service rates and public utility politics in mid-1920s America.

Hoover Doherty Kansas Giant of Business World Kansas City Star New York Henry L. Doherty Ay Sbarballena Dresa Muita Haa Kansan Harrys Woedring Kargan Allegal-Electricity United States Woodring Wictanna City Star Middle West Rocky Mountain Region Weat Coast Poatmasler Secretary of Commerce American Newspaper Publishers Association United States Chamber of Commerce Aysei Nate Cities Service Kansas City Hoory

Georgia tuberculous hospital gutted by fire at prison

The state tuberculosis hospital at Georgia’s state prison burned to ruins. Two notorious inmates narrowly escaped death as twenty five patients, worn by strain, were carried to safety by prisoners and guards. Guards forced their way into cells and removed the two inmates before the roof collapsed.

Consida Milledgeville Ga U.P Georgia

Italian Premier Mussolini Signals Moderate Stance Amid Vatican Tensions

Rome reports a calmer mood as Mussolini contemplates a conciliatory note easing weeks of Papal Italian press tensions. In London, Ramsay MacDonald says a renewed invitation will invite key powers to a Paris or London Moratorium conference on resolving related questions.

Rome Reme Vatican City Benito Mussolini Vitation London U.P J. Ramsay MacDonald House of Commons

Judge McCormick urges national vote on enforcement proposal

Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick, member of the Wickersham Commission, said enforcement questions should be decided by a national referendum if prohibition enforcement is not approved within 12 months. He returned to the city after completing work on the Hoover era law enforcement body and urged gauging majority sentiment to aid Congress.

Los Angeles Paul J. McCormick Wickersham Commission McCormick Bis Hoover Congress

Miner Dies After Mine Equipment Collision Near Lick Hun Mine

Nelsonville reports a fatal in mine accident when a ten ton motor collided near the mouth of the Lick Hun Mine. John Morrison, 430 nines motormean, was mortally injured and died in an ambulance en route to Logan hospital. Coroner Jones held an inquest attributing death to accidental causes amid misinterpreted orders. Morrison leaves a wife and six children. funeral Thursday at the Nelsonville Methodist Church.

Nelsonville John Morrison Huehtel Lick Hun Hasdenville Logan Morrison Peleara LF Jones Athena Lick Tur William Wade Mest Hin Ontalde Morrison Wan Wade Warth George Green Harry Burchfield Mike Almesky Nia Lea

Row Over Bathing At Chicago Methodist Encampment

A dispute at the Chicago Methodist Encampment near Des Plaines centers on whether younger church members may Sunday bathe in a new $30,000 swimming pool. Conservatives condemn Sunday swimming while liberals argue daily access prevents desecration and drives youths to public beaches.

Chicago IUR Chicago Methodist Des Plaines Mambere

Hoover Plan Accord brings relief in Germany

Berlin reports joy and relief as the Hoover Plan accord reached in Paris moves toward implementation. The plan is seen as a vital start to international relief for Germany, with President Hoover urged to guide the Reich away from bankruptcy toward recovery.

Hoover Flan Accord Germany Berlin Paris Hoover Wan Reich

Hoover Reports France Approval and Holiday Effect

Washington dispatch notes France approved on Monday and a holiday now in effect. President Weaver inspires world recovery efforts by suspending war debt payments retroactive to July 1 amid uncertain negotiations.

Hoover France Vaital Preas Washington Weaver Economie Maht

Phone Bill Sparks Debt Plan Debate In Paris Talks

The July Washington report outlines a debt holiday for Germany and a yearlong halt on reparations, with US President Hoover pressing for international cooperation. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and other officials discuss costs and the path to intergovernmental bonds as Europe seeks relief and stability.

Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon M. Flaudin Ministry of the Interior Paris Mellon Ni Flondin Washington White House Hamister Tressury Melton Hoover France Petia Providen Filet Germany United States Hoover Felta Europe Bank For International Settlements Yiektelome

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