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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
12
Logan Hocking County annual data shows only one murder and twelve inquests during the year ending July 1. Civil judgments totaled about 58,500 across 26 cases. There were 15 divorce actions pending and 42 new filings, with decrees granted to 39 people and 21 children involved.
Paul A. Warner of the Building and Loan Department of Ohio sues A. F. White and 17 others for 6963.29 on promissory notes to Citizens Savings Association. The case names multiple boards of education and trustees in Hocking County and the county treasurer. Relief includes liquidation of liens and priority rights and foreclosure.
Logan liquor store will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays until 10 p.m. on Saturdays. The new schedule starts after July 1 and is announced by manager Frank Judy.
Tom Ellison searched for a missing mule colt on his farm in Newberry C t and finally found the animal asleep in his bed in the house. Ellison quipped that the mule would eat at the table if allowed.
United States Senate hopeful John M. Vorys stopped in Logan Thursday morning to meet supporters in a session arranged by Forest E. Weinrich. He planned stops in Nelsonville Athens Gallipolis and Pomeroy ahead of Friday Rotary Club address in Wells ton and further meetings in Jackson Oak Hill and Ironton. Portsmouth is on his Saturday itinerary.
Branigan started for Nelsonville but was relieved by Lunsford in the fourth as Phi Sigs surged to a 4 win. Lainsford pitched well allowing one hit while Galvin was effective for the visitors. Powell starred at shortstop for Nelsonville. next Tuesday Nelsonville meets Knights of St John.
Approximately eight children reported to Charles Eberst and Miss Bartelle Hamilton Tuesday at the athletic field for the recreation program they direct under the FERA program. Eberst led games and a story hour and installed horseshoe pitching courts and volleyball facilities for the afternoon.
Dr James M Lantz of Lancaster a former serviceman and president of the Lancaster Board of Education and H C Ruffner Democrat candidate for state senator from the 9 14 district were in Logan Tuesday.
An attempted break in at Logan High School failed when glass was broken at the west front door. A blood trail from the steps along North Street to Spring Street and Main led to the physician's office, suggesting the intruder's route. Chief Lew Reynolds leads the investigation.
Logan Post of the American Legion elected delegates and alternates to the state convention at Sandusky. Delegates named were Ewald Schmitter, Dr. W. B. Lacock, and Fred Carpenter. alternates were Frank Judy, Frank Blasius, and W. W. Martin. The post reports 166 members after adding three members. last year’s membership was 168. Clarence Hardy and William Taylor of Murray City Post visited.
Betty Stephenson has returned home after visiting Columbus relatives. Harold Orndorf from Columbus spent the weekend with his parents. Fred Blankenship and granddaughter Gertrude Strain visited Mrs. Anna Bond in Logan. Mabel Slatzer is in Columbus with a husband hospitalized there. Clifford Downs, injured in a St. Louis Michigan auto accident, is improving and will not need amputation as once feared.
The Ladies Aid Society hosts an ice cream social at the Straitsville Methodist Church on Saturday July 21. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
Carl F. Brandt the election board clerk reports that absent ballots have been delivered and that electors who will be absent from their precincts on primary election day may cast their ballots.
Miss Lillian Rheinscheld of Washington Township underwent an appendectomy at Cherrington Hospital Tuesday and is reported in satisfactory condition. Howard Weaver of New Plymouth, after a tractor accident two weeks ago that led to a leg amputation, returned home this week. Mrs. Standiford, wife of Reverend Roy Standiford of Murray City, is recovering from an appendectomy operation. Rudolph Lortz of Logan, operated on for appendicitis a week ago, is recovering.
Murray City youth Logan James Shuttleworth was taken to Cherrington Hospital Tuesday evening with a fracture of the right arm near the shoulder after a fall from a porch.
The General Tire and Rubber Company settled a strike at its Akron plant affecting 1,400 workers and 500 non striking office staff. About 1,000 union workers accepted an eight point agreement that provided wage adjustments and effectively abolished the company union.
Babe Ruth bedridden in Cleveland hotel with a badly injured right leg. Dr Edward B Castle says he will miss at least two weeks and possibly the rest of the season as he contemplates his fading career as a home run leader after a hard collision with Lou Gehrig’s grounder in yesterday’s game against the Indians.
Berlin July 19 AP All novels by American author Upton Sinclair were ordered confiscated and banned in Prussia. Sinclair's works had been best sellers in Germany. The ban is described as legal, following a February 1933 decree labeling his subversive literature as morally forbidden.
Cleveland reports a new trophy race with total prize money of 5100 dollars planned for the 1934 National Air Races to be staged from August 31 to September 8 in the city.
Governor George White visited Lorain on July 19 to dedicate a newly improved section of the Lakes Shore Highway, noting he was glad to escape Columbus where politics fill the air. The event highlighted local transportation progress and state praise for the project.
The report lists multiple local residents hosting or visiting relatives and friends over the weekend. Names include Bashan Miss Edytha Stout Ed White Mo and Mrs. Elmer Baum Bre men, plus extended stays by Mrs. Elza Barringer and Pauline Morris. A number of families from Sumner New Brighton and nearby towns hosted guests and celebrated a birthday. A health note mentions several neighborhood children ill with whooping cough.
Kenton July 19 AP Sheriff William Mitchell sought Ohio National Guard aid amid new violence in Hardin County muck worker strike. One deputy injured, strikers’ bodies swelling to about 700, sheriffs ask Governor George White to dispatch troops to marshlands.
James R. Davis of Sandusky was elected president of the Ohio General Baptist Association at the convention's close in Cleveland. Mary Riley of Glouster was named another honor at the session.
The Alaska flight squadron of the Army Air Corps began a 6000 mile journey from Bolling Field to Dayton, with ten bombing planes taking off as the first leg of the mission.
Mansfield delegates from Eagles Lodges Trade Unions and German societies plan a state wide protest. They denounce what they call political and religious injections into the Old Age Pension Law and claim constitutional rights violations.
The cream of six American Association clubs will face the Minneapolis Millers in the league's first annual benefit game. Fourteen players, chosen by fan vote, form the all star squad led by Al Sotheron, manager of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The report notes continued heat in the south with an 8 o clock outlook. Pressure morning is favorable and warm weather is expected during the next hour with a short period of settled conditions tonight.
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