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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1928
Page
1
The Soviet icebreaker Krassin reached safety with captain Sora and Dutch sled leader Vandongen among survivors from the Italia expedition. Seven others, including Cecioni, were brought aboard after days of peril as magnetic storms hampered radio and rescue efforts.
Nathaniel Sisson 83 visits Middleport Meigs County recalling his role as bugler for the last Union charge at Appomattox on April 9 1865. The Meigs stop follows Sutton’s History confirming his charge and flag of truce hearing.
Kenton July 13. J B Stam baugh Ada was reelected president of the National Onion Growers association at the closing session of the convention. Secretary W W Bowers Kenton said the national onion crop excluding the South would be slightly lower than normal this year. The average normal yield is 17 500 000 bushels.
In St Clairsville on July 13 one hundred fifty workers from No 3 mine petitioned Rail and River Coal Company to reopen under the Ohio scale. The firm formerly employed 350 at capacity across four mines. no 3 alone shows three former signers refused. Stewarts and No 6 mines also seek a settlement. Stewarts has operated two weeks with 1000 tons daily, while normal workforce reached 1500 across four mines.
The Krassin radioed that it had rescued Krassin crew including aviator Chukhnovsky and four companions from a seaplane crash after sighting Zappi and Mariano on the ice. The rescue followed a 42 day nightmare of isolation, with plans to pick up a second party.
Secretary Kellogg announced that Chile and Peru will resume diplomatic relations after a 17 year rupture. Washington officials confirmed the agreement reached on July 13.
Fear and superstition ran high in Athens as Friday the 13th loomed, with residents anxious about mishaps. Officials noted this month’s 13th fell on a Friday for the third time this year and relief was voiced that the next occurrence won’t come until September 1929. No major incidents had been reported by mid afternoon.
In Corning on July 13 3 year old Junior Goodman marks his birthday despite superstition. He lives with grandparents Phillip and Mrs Goodman on East Hill and is the son of the late Ewald and Mrs Goodman. Born July 13 1925 in Akron he survived a deadly crash that claimed his mother. He has two sisters Bernice and Ida Mae who stay with grandmother Etta Love and several aunts and uncles keep him cheerful.
Neffs in Ohio set to reopen with No 7 mine of Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Co resuming immediately officials said the mine had men at work preparing for operation. Company reports plan to close West Virginia operations to focus on this field.
Washington July 13 Senator George Norris Nebraska rejects the Farmer-Labor presidential nomination and argues for direct election of the president and opposition to the power trust. He says a third party is futile and the people cannot express their choice under the current system.
A caller of unknown name arranged for a wrecking truck to inspect a Buick sedan found overturned in a ditch on the Albany Mc Arthur road. The car had no license plates and the owner could not be located. The caller promised to retrieve the vehicle later, but did not return by 10 o'clock.
Joseph Elias the religious fanatic who barricaded himself in a basement and shot two police officers died in Columbus hospital. Pneumonia from water streams used by firemen contributed to his death, with reports also noting severe bullet wounds.
Billy McAllister, three year old grandson of Miami hotel and real estate operator Mrs. E C McAllister, was found uninjured in a deserted house six hours after being kidnapped from his bed for an $8000 ransom. Police suspect a planned abduction with a large black car seen near the home and a poisoned watchdog two weeks earlier. The search spanned the Florida east coast as authorities coordinated efforts to secure the child's return.
A cloudburst caused extensive damage in Jefferson County destroying or injuring miners and families. Garages and roads washed away, telephone lines and railroad tracks flooded, crops ruined, and a bridge carried off at Florence. Miners’ camps and a picket site were flooded with one boy drowned but later found in a haymow. a high school player was fatally burned seeking shelter at a plant.
Columbus July 13 A pledge by a presidential candidate to preserve defend and enforce the eighteenth amendment is rejected by the drys who insist on fealty to the principle of prohibition. Dr Ernest H Cherrington secretary of the world league against alcoholism issued a statement today outlining the stance against Governor Smith and the proposed pledge.
Chicago July 13 Discovery reports merge of Palmolive Peet and Colgate and Company to form Colgate Palmolive Peel Company. Effective from July 1 1928 if stockholders approve. St Marys July 12 services arranged for Robert Shelby eight year old found in Miami and Erie Canal north of town.
Cambridge July 13 United Press associations president Karl A. Bickel was named honorary member of the Cambridge Rotary Club and was principal speaker at the program honoring him.
The Ohio Institute of Columbus urges citizens to engage as July and August settle budgets and tax levies. Local districts must prepare budgets with a public hearing before adoption and the county budget commission revises to keep rates within legal limits. Budget decisions this summer fix fall levies and 1929 spending.
More than a thousand Baptists from Southeastern Ohio will gather in Athens for a three day district assembly. The meetings will be in a tent at the county fair grounds and feature revival services with Dr. B T Kimbrough and Rev G W Argabright. Plans include a $100,000 church and a 142 bed district hospital.
A negro man and a woman claiming to be Negro sought a marriage license in probate, but the woman admitted Huntington as her residence, making her ineligible in Ohio. Deputy Judge Helen Lochary halted the effort, ending the affair.
Chicago July 13. The Prohibition party closed its turbulent convention with William F. Varney of Rockville Center New York chosen as standard bearer. Governor Alfred E. Smith was placed in nomination, a clashed sparked by an Oklahoma clergyman, and a faction withdrew accusing the party of selling out to Herbert Hoover.
The policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America in Indianapolis since Wednesday plans to finish secret deliberations today. President John L. Lewis indicated a statement would follow adjournment as delegates weigh major industry issues.
Joseph Daniels former secretary of the navy says John J. Raskob's selection as Democratic national chairman promises strong leadership but finds his prohibition remarks unfortunate and ill advised.
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