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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1929
Page
1
The chair of the New Federal Warm Board calls the organization the big problem as a heated debate grows from a Wickersham letter. Farmers in Wien and allies mobilize to pressure reforms.
United Press reports Chairman Alexander H Legge orders the Farm Board to educate farmers toward cooperative mentality and organize 8,000,000 growers. Board discusses legal matters and seeks permanent headquarters as 2,000,000 farmers are organized. no commodity plans yet.
Ohio farmers are expected to harvest 4 603 000 bushels of wheat this year, nearly four times last year and above the state’s average. At yesterday’s prices, Ohio’s crop could bring about 48 780 220 dollars, influenced by elevator contracts and farmers’ decisions to sell or await higher prices.
Kalamazoo Michigan July 19 A minister's widow Megene Burgess 53 and his wife Pearl confessed to beating Loretta Fairchild to death with a lead pipe and hammer as she sat at their table. They said Fairchild claimed she killed more than 20 persons annually for 20 years using a strange will power.
In Temarkrana Arkansas Deputy Prohibition Administrator S M Gurley vows a nationwide push against feminine alcohol violators under the Volstead Act. Fourteen women accused of bootlegging appeared in federal court as he warns hundreds more may face judges.
A grainy classified snippet promotes farm land for 3000 dollars car wash for 81 cents and free transport if you can drive to coast. It also offers Jersey cows for sale and advert help via a phone number 0242.
Bizarre column by Arthur Brisbane titled Uncle Sam Kills Bot Lady Would Right surveys American quirks and foreign affairs with a mix of humor and strong opinions. It compares national policy stances to whimsical scenarios and touches on California peaches and Itussia.
Government agents helped Greensburg to curb a rat plague in the business district using squill poison mixed with fresh fish. The method, first tested with nonpoison bait, drew cautious confidence as 11 000 bait stations were deployed amid a flood of claims from schemers seeking easy money. Mrs Bobby Burns, Baltimore widow, seeks entry into boxing for gate earnings and faces fitness checks by the state Athletics Commission.
Los Angeles July 19. District Attorney Baron Fitts announced at least four of six rioters who battered a Mexican refugee nuns convent will resign. He plans a reorganization of the prohibition detail and issued an apology to the Sisters and Diocese authorities.
Armed with riot and machine guns, posses of Ohio and Kentucky officers swept the hills around Limeville Kentucky in search of three Negro suspects who ambushed and killed J Silvey a C Q railroad foreman at Limeville early this morning.
The New Yorker on New Farm Board reports Charles S. Wilson of New York represents the state on the new federal farm board. He runs a large dairy farm near Hull and is president of the New York Horticultural Society.
General Henri J. J. Bouard, longtime wartime governor of Varia and former host to American doughboys in France, arrives in the United States as a guest of the Rainbow Division. He is being feted by military organizations nationwide.
The Athens State Hospital grounds add another grave as 62 year old Robert Seward, a patient for 28 years, is laid to rest after a quiet ceremony. Relatives could not be located, and burial was overseen by hospital undertaker C. Marsh. Seward died of a carbuncle on his back with tuberculosis contributory. He previously worked as a miner in Perry County before his 1901 commitment.
In Cleveland Samuel Moldover 45 killed himself after police tied him to a missing sacramental wine case involving Rabbi Simon Talisman. Talisman had sought permission to store seven missing cases at Moldover’s apartment after a June 22 incident, leading to a quarrel and accusations of grand larceny and assault.
Washington July 19 President Hoover asked the Tariff Commission Commerce Department and other branches to submit statistics on tariff rates. The move concerns commodities from the Southern States and is not a bid to intervene in Senate Finance Committee tariff revision debates. The White House says Hoover favors limited revision focusing on agricultural and hard hit industrial goods.
Rioting at the Murray Body Corporation plant in Petrol Mich flared as 75 striking workers fought police guards. Patrolman Henry J. Hardy was seriously injured and hospitalized. another officer was less seriously hurt. Four strikers were arrested before the crowd dispersed after police removed the bandit barricade.
In Detroit Lakes Minnesota a posse of farmers armed with rifles shotguns and pitch forks pursued a dark two foot high animal described as a lion or lynx after a boy Duane Johnson was chased. The beast had terrorized the town for days and Mrs Johnson helped drive it away.
Reports that the First National Bank of New York could lead a giant merger spurred its shares to a record high near 8 100 a share. Chairman George Maker, holding 22 000 shares, saw his stake gain about 1 06 million as rumors persist despite denials by officers.
President Hoover has issued a proclamation easing the embargo on arms and munitions shipments to Mexico, announced by the State Department. The action alters prior restrictions and clarifies allowable shipments under the embargo policy.
Des Moines reports Joss Arnold, co-pilot with Charles Gatschhet aboard the Greater Des Moines, was killed when the plane crashed during a test flight intended for a refueling endurance mission. Gatschet parachuted to safety after controls failed and Arnold was killed.
Dr. James H. Snook a former Ohio State University professor was deemed sane on the night of June 13 when he killed Theora K. Hix 25 year old medical co ed. Three alienists will file reports to Judge Henry Scarlett as sanity hearing proceeds. If found sane he faces trial or possible death penalty.
Miss Rose V. Davis assumes full time Red Cross secretary duties for Athens County. She will hold office in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on the fifth floor Security Building with daily hours and will handle local Red Cross work and civilian relief claims. Davis recently started her duties after a tour with Red Cross field representative C. Spaulding visiting Nelsonville and Tocan to observe Southern Ohio operations.
The United States with Britain France and Japan calls on Russia and China to honor the Kellogg Peace Treaty pledge not to go to war. The note underscores commitment to peaceful settlement and treaty obligations.
The federal government seeks more municipal aid to enforce prohibition. Huntington officials Mayor James R. Taylor and Police Chief J. W. Kiprick received letters from U S District Attorney James Damron urging enactment of local ordinances to penalize dry law violations.
General Chu Hsueh Chung was ordered to advance into North Manchuria today. simultaneously 10 000 infantry and cavalry were sent toward Tsitshar on the Chinese Eastern Railway west of Harbin toward Manchuria.
Cleveland businessman M. F. Bramley claims to have discovered Cortez Shoal, a Pacific island beyond the three mile limit, and envisions a private kingdom with hotels and resorts. He plans to decide before September whether to pursue the project.
A Swedish seaplane Sver ige flown by Capt. Albin Ahrenberg and two crew departed Ivigtut Greenland at 1 18 am GMT bound for Hat tle Harbor Labrador en route to New York. Canadian Marine and Fisheries Dept tracked the flight from Kelbe Isle.
Two bandsmen robbed the Lakewood County Savings & Loan office at noon escaping with 2000 dollars in a coupe. Victims were secretary John Reese and teller John Meyers. Edward A. Wieraad, Lakewood mayor, is company president.
Sergeant Morris Fisher of the United States Marines, a crack shot and double Olympic and world champion, will sail from New York with eight teammates to face thirteen European teams in the international rifle matches at Stockholm, Sweden.
Wickersham's letter fuels party rifts over state duties to enforce federal prohibition. Governor Ritchie of Maryland backs a wet stance, while Roosevelt hedges and Hoover leans to a flexible federal plan. The divide reshapes looming 1932 campaigns as dry and wet factions clash.
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