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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1927

Page

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Daugherty Declines Separate Meeting With Operators

Nelsonville July 16. Oral Daugherty president of sub district 1 district 6 refused a separate meeting with Hocking valley coal operators and local union delegates, insisting on reconvening the joint conference of the central competitive field. He questioned John L Lewis and urged a full strike to pressure operators, while stressing morale- boosting gatherings amid broader labor dispute.

Nelsonville Hocking Valley Oral Daugherty Subdistrict 1 District 6 Logan Daugherty C. B. Newton Sunday Creek Coal Company Columbus Chauncey Lee Hall Dave Watkins Omo Neigtonsygile Newton Hocking Ohio Coal Operators' Association District Executive Board Cody Nelsonvile Dausheity Presi¢nt Lee Hall State Organization Nice John Owens Indianapolis Operatora Freshent International John L. Lewis Lewis

First Civilian Fliers To Span Pacific Forced To Land on Isolated Island

Columbus July 16 The Rail and River Coal company based in Bellaire isSet to resume coal digging with laborers not affiliated with the United Mine Workers of America in an open shop move. Company spokesmen expect non union loading to begin Monday and say other Bellaire area operators will follow. They claim unity among operators to break with the union.

Pacific Columbus U. P Rail and River Coal Company United Mine Workers of America Bellaire

Key Man William H Remy Prominent in Little Black Box Probe

Prosecuting attorney of Mallon County Indiana William H Remy may play a prominent role in future developments following the opening of D C Stephenson s famous Little Black Box. The remark hints at implications for ongoing legal proceedings and potential new disclosures impacting the case.

Wiliam H Remy Mallon County Indiana D. C. Stephenson

Rain and Heat Wave Ease Briefly as Showers Forecast

The region saw 107 inches of rain in a week with only temporary relief from extreme heat. Humid, overcast days followed the storms with temperatures near the Friday peak. The Weather Bureau forecast showers and cooler air for Sunday and Monday, with a continued heat wave yielding to moderating winds. In Middletown, the Ohio Federation of Labor opens its 44th convention awaiting talks on labor rights, injunctions, and non partisan politics.

Howest Washington Lower Lake Region Ohio Valley North Atlantic United States Weather Bureau Middletown New York City New England Ohio Ohio Federation of Labor Labor John Pp. Frey Cincinnati State Federation William Green Coshocton American Federation of Labor Trey Moulders’ International Samuel Gompers Europe U.S. Labor Commission Prevent Wilson British Trade Union Congress

Coast Guard Ice Patrol Sees No Icebergs Drifting South

The Coast Guard ice patrol reports no icebergs drifting south since June 8 as it winds down its season. In total, 354 icebergs were sighted during the patrol, with the unit making its final report from headquarters in Washington.

Coast Guard Washington O.R Tthe Banks

Clarence M. Young Becomes Director of Aeronautics

Clarence M. Young of Des Moines Iowa is pictured at his desk after being appointed director of the aeronautics division of the Department of Commerce in Washington. He takes charge amid the administration of postwar aviation policy and a push for expanded air transport.

Clarence M. Young Des Moines Agauming Aeronautics Division Department of Commerce Washington

Two More Blasts in Owens Valley Water Feud

A second blast hit the Los Angeles aqueduct near Independen ce as Peery dynamiters struck two points eight miles north of town. Inyo county officials reported the canal damage while water bureau lacked full details.

Los Angeles Cal U.P Owens Valley Peery Toccoa W. G Los Angeles Aqueduct Acrea Georgia Chain Gang Indepen Annley Bowers Toccoai Inyo County Water Power Bureau

Smith and Bronte land after long Pacific flight

Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte in the City of Oakland completed a 2000 mile open sea crossing to Molokai after fuel troubles and fog. The civilian pair landed safely despite a broken pump and a nearly useless radio, earning praise for piloting and endurance in a secondhand plane.

Smith Bronte Wheeler Field Oakland San Francisco Bay Tarante Molokai Honaut United Press Maitland Hegenberger Smith and Bronte Ernie Smith Pacific

Three Youths Hold Up Watchman To Become Firemen

In Chicago on July 16 three youths held up a watchman at a new fire station and took his helmet and a few clerks as they attempted to impersonate firemen. The robbers escaped with the watchman unharmed and the station apparatus remained undamaged.

Chicago London Henry Lane Riga Sians Russia Ignatieff Statoust

First Year Wheat Harvested and Flour Made in Meigs County

Meigs County reports the first harvest of the year, with wheat brought from Chester Township to Sugar Run flouring mill and milled. Road work begins on Richland Avenue with a temporary bridge, concrete construction awarded to Fred Beckjer of Athens. Traffic will remain two way during initial phase, with one-way restrictions as work progresses and several trees cut to clear the route.

Pomeroy Melgs County Chester Township Richland Jevenue Te State Highway Office Columbus Fred Beck Jer Athens Athens State Hospital Albany Mechanicsburg Hospital Gateway John W. Dowler Room

Ford to retract Cleveland leaders in libel suit settlement

July 16. Alvaniey Johnston grand chief of the Brotherhood engineers' libel case heads the board of trustees for the Cooperative Brotherhood Bank of Cleveland, after a convention resolution by the special finance committee. The plan seeks to replace current trustees with seasoned bankers and authorize Johnston to vote the 51 percent bank stock owned by the Brotherhood, making him a financial power.

Cleveland Alvaniey Johnston Sapiro Cooperative Brotherhood Engineers’ Bank of Cleveland Johnston Brotherhood

Ford Sapiro settlement requires retraction in Dearborn paper

Aaron Sapiro and Henry Ford reach a libel suit settlement that mandates a retraction in the Dearborn Independent for charges against Sapiro and an endorsement by Ford of cooperative marketing. Gallagher, Sapiro's attorney, announced the terms.

Detroit, Mich Aaron Sapiro Henry Ford the Dearborn Sapiro Wiliam Henry Gallagher

Ohio News Briefs Spark Across Hamilton Lima Dayton Cleveland

Ohio briefs report trials set for July 5 including James P. Vick and Fred Ashcraft in Hamilton. A storeholding shooting occurs in Toledo. Four killed at a Shawville crossing. Michael Peley and Foley indictments for murder in Hamilton. Doris Brow granted divorce in Lima. Dayton police inquiry into liquor squad charges. Dayton and Cleveland note regional events from August 5 Lindbergh dinner to bread price peace talks.

Hamilton Common Pleas James P. Vick Fred Ashcraft Irving C. Browers Counse Covington Ky

Hopes for rate reductions in lake rate coal freight delayed

Charleston, July 16. Hopes of Southern West Virginia coal operators and adjacent fields for voluntary rate reductions by southern railroads to offset Interstate Commerce Commission boosts for northern fields have again been deferred. A shippers' committee statement cites executives of Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, and Louisville and Nashville unable to provide a firm position on the lake cargo case for about ten days or two weeks. The aim is to lower shipping costs to compete with Pittsburgh coal fields in the Great Lakes region.

West Virginia Charleston W. Va U.R Francis of Huntington Coal Operators’ Committee C. C. Dickinson Dickinson Pittsburgh Streat Lakes

Ore Daugherty Urges Holdout For Joint Wage Scale

Nearly four thousand miners at a Glouster mass meeting back Ore Daugherty’s call to hold out until a joint wage scale is agreed. He rejects separate talks with operators and denounces an Ohio miners ultimatum as unfair to workers. John Owens, Lee Hall, and David Watkins supported the stance.

Glouster Daugherty Jat 3 Jehan Lewis United Mine Workers of America Refusa Hocking Hall Lee Hall Ohio Miners Starva Dstrict International Poller Comunities Ohio John Owens David Watkins Watkins

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