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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1932
Page
3
NELSONVILLE July 12 The funeral for the late Steve Bowen prompts postponement of a miners mass meeting scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Murray City. Union leaders urge attendance at the funeral. The meeting will be held Thursday at Hogan's Grove at 7 PM.
Soothing invisible cream ZEMO is advertised as relieving itching and burning from eczema. The ad claims two decades of use with success stopping itching, drawing out heat and sting, and aiding rashes ringworm pimples and scalp irritations. Available from druggists at 35c 60c and 1.00.
Nelsonville reports Allen Rutter and Harry Sapp pleaded guilty to intoxication at arraignment before Mayor J W Hickman. Each fined ten dollars plus costs. Rutter arranged payment while Sapp was jailed awaiting settlement.
Funeral services for Steve Bowen of Buchtel were announced to be held at 2 30 in the afternoon at the M E Church in Buchtel with burial to follow at Whitmore Cemetery. The Reverend Thompson of Murray City M E Church will conduct the rites.
Nelsonville July 12 The Stratton Motors lost to the Chevrolets 5 to 4 in a Twilight League game and dropped into a tie for first with the Buchtel Old-Timers. Dalton pitched for the Chevrolets allowing all runs were unearned. The first half ends with a likely playoff between Stratton Motors and Old-Timers.
Nelsonville schedule for Thursday has Thomas Jewelers versus Johnsons All Stars at 2 pm and American Legion against Powel s Pirates immediately after. Pirates lead the league on strong pitching by Collamore with two shutouts. All Stars hold second with one win and one loss.
Troop II will meet at 7 PM tonight at the High School. Mr and Mrs Charles Farrow of Nelsonville announce the arrival of a daughter born Sunday July 10 at their home in Athens.
A jury of four women and eight men in Athens County Common Pleas Court found John Stauffer of Athens guilty of a third offense liquor violation after nearly four hours of deliberation ending about 10 p.m. Sentence is suspended pending a motion for new trial due within three days. Jurors included Gertrude Wolfe Carrie Cox Thelma Linscott Lulu Shafer W M Harris Earl Johnson E J Person Ed S White E E Munden Charles Daugherty A I Johnson and Scott Haney.
Ethel Buck was restored to her maiden name Ethel Burk in Athens County Common Pleas Court today after filing for divorce from Wade Burk. The divorce was granted on grounds of gross neglect.
The Hocking Seale District Union issues a plan inviting miners who returned to open shop work to rejoin the United Mine Workers of America. The resolution specifies a July 15 deadline to rejoin and warns that failure to do so may trigger constitutional enforcement.
Allen County Commissioners announce plans to enlist Ora Slater, Cincinnati detective, to help solve the double quarry murders of Thelma Woods, 17, and Earl Truesdale, 20, in Lima Ohio.
Charleston West Virginia July 12 Joe Corey 42 pool room operator was jailed on murder charges after he allegedly shot his wife and her aunt Mrs Soloman Ghiz following a family quarrel Mrs Coreys husband Harvey Ghiz was a well known hotel owner
Two men claimed to be E. E. Cunningham of Caldwell and Dave Guy of North Carolina were held at Athens City Jail after being stopped while driving a car. Caldwell police ordered local officers to hold them until their identities as wanted men in Caldwell could be confirmed.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, told the American Correspondents in London that war debts will not be paid. He charged the U S State Department with issuing similar destructive statements about the Lausanne Agreement as the French did after the Hoover Moratorium last June.
In the House of Commons Premier Ramsay MacDonald defended the Lausanne agreement and said Europe formed no debt alliance against the United States. U S ambassador Andrew W. Mellon was among those present as MacDonald asserted Europe sought cooperation, not a bloc against Washington.
PORTSMOUTH July 12. Mrs. Nannie Sparks of Carey's Run, part of a search party for her missing son James, found his body in tall weeds by the retreating backwater of the Ohio River. Nearby lay 28 year old Earl Hollowsay, also of Carey's Run. The men drowned Friday while gigging for fish. Searchers worked continually from Friday until the mother located the bodies.
Columbus July 12 The Ohio State Fair plans a mammoth Washington bi centennial celebration from August 29 to September 3. A giant mass drama Washington Lives will depict Washington’s challenges and solutions and stress his devotion to agriculture. A statewide essay contest for high school students will select participants to create parts of the production.
County committee will choose judges for an essay contest with a August 1 deadline. The winner will be sent to Columbus to participate as the county representative in the production cast.
A. R. James Stenhouse 46 of Killbuck Holmen County who confessed to killing his 2 year old son to end the child's suffering will be paroled from the state hospital in Massillon within days. Dr. A G Hyde superintendent said the patient would be released this week. Prosecutor Elmo Estill said no action would be taken while the hospital keeps him under observation.
Mrs. Benton Potts aged 60 died at 4 this morning at her Lower Plains home. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at The Plains M E Church. Born in Jackson County she moved to Lower Plains 13 years ago with husband and family. she was a Zion Baptist Church member. Survived by husband six sons two daughters and several grandchildren.
Coroner's inquest testimony in Winston Salem suggests Libby Holman Reynolds may have a living child claim to the $20 million Smith Reynolds trust if a baby is born after Reynolds death. The trust namess children living at death and omits the widow, prompting possible court action to determine if a later-born child is legally living at death.
Mrs John Furner 86 died at the Torch home after a long illness. Funeral party leaves Torch at 9:30 a m Wednesday for Wolf Summit West Virginia for services and burial. She leaves a husband and five children Noah Harvey J E Fultz Mrs J W Myers and R E Furner. The Hitchcock funeral from Akron will be held in Torch Thursday with time to be announced.
Steubenville report states pilot Harry Taylor suffered serious injuries after a crash during a night flight between Pittsburgh and Coliocks. Taylor, an experienced flyer who has braved many storms, was hurt when he slipped on his 808p while fetching his home.
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