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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
3
Lor Strikes Out 14 Batters to lead Murray City past Shoe Factory in Twilight League action. Taylor eyes four catcher setup as the team builds on its dominant pitching and hitting performance.
An ad style narrative touts Kruschen Salts as a fat reducer and rheumatism remedy. It claims significant weight loss and reduced rheumatic pain after using two bottles, promising health and youthfulness, with mention of availability through Imacy Co. and a brief sports box score note about a game with errors and hits.
J. D. Adamson resigns after 14 years as Glenford Dugan Post service officer. Preston E. Thompson is named his successor, with Adamson assisting as needed. The post plans an elaborate Armistice Day celebration and notes veterans may need new paperwork due to a recent economy bill reducing local allowances.
John Patton Jr. pleaded not guilty before Mayor J. W. Hickman after being arrested on a breaking and entering charge at W. W. Kelly store. He was bound over to the Grand Jury on a $500 bond. The complaint stated groceries, candy, tobacco and $7 in cash were stolen.
The Phi Club will hold a special meeting about 11 30 a m after church services at the club rooms in Nelsonville on Sunday morning.
Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a July picnic at Mrs. Sam Starkey's home in Nelsonville with 40 guests. The event included devotions, papers on overcoming, a one act play, songs, and a later business session. Members reported community service and literature distribution and planned Flower Mission Week. Initiation of Daughters of America officers was also noted. A potluck supper concluded the gathering.
Mrs Thornton Emmons of Columbus defeated Mrs Larry Nelson of Dayton 5 to 4 in the quarter finals at Portage Country Club Akron to advance in the fourteenth state championship.
Mrs. Charles L. Preston led a Hillcrest Inn bridge luncheon in Athens with ten small pink rose festooned tables and a four course meal. Out of town guests included Mrs. Morgan Milne and Mrs. John Estis among others. Mrs. Preston won the guest prize and the sharing of scores crowned the event. Mr and Mrs Ed Evans of Buchtel announce the birth of a son on July 10. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Tom Davis of Buchtel and Mr and Mrs William Evans of Nelsonville.
Hillsboro July 13 The case of Fred Pink Holby 58 charged with slaying Thomas Caniff a Green Field patrolman during a store robbery neared the jury today A report by five physicians pronounced him normal despite his insanity defense earlier statements.
Governor Kump appointed Ernest L. Bailey to succeed Harry P. Henshaw as state road commissioner, following a law that replaced the three-man commission with a single position.
Definite clues point to three men in a bizarre crime against Dr. W. H. Hedberg and Dr. Edward J. Engberg in St. Paul Minnesota. The plan involved kidnapping and an attempted forced surgery followed by a staged railroad wreck to fake a murder. Dr. Hedberg had bought a $30 000 insurance policy, investigators say.
Police linked a vengeful scheme against Dr. Hedberg to an insurance policy and mysterious calls. A rusty revolver was staged beside Dr. Engberg in Hedberg's car, shells hidden, a bloody towel in the rear, and a conspiratorial motive hinted by police from a statement the doctor gave.
Two college presidents and a young lawyer form the Tennessee Valley authority with aims to turn Muscle Shoals into a regional industrial hub. Dr. Arthur Ernest Morgan, Antioch College president, declares his intention to disclose all personal property to Secretary of State and asserts Roosevelt made him TVA chairman. Dr. Harcourt Alexander Morgan, president of Tennessee University, joins as a board member amid questions from fellow experts.
Dr Harcourt Morgan a 66 year old entomologist and zoologist linked with the University of Tennessee since 1905 asserts experimental work there will aid Tennessee River Valley development. David Lilienthal, 34, Wisconsin official and attorney, has lectured at Northwestern and studied under Donald Richberg.
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