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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1931
Page
11
Local classified and circulation notices requested by readers in Ada. Contact D Milne at phone 372 for service details and advertising inquiries.
Logan reports stabbing charges to be filed against Joe Biffle held in the county jail for wounding Harry McConnell. Prosecution says James Fox William Jones and Rife signed statements about Sunday's altercation at the Guens plant dry shed. McConnell hospitalized, with a chest stab near the left lung, but has spoken from home as he prepares to return to Columbus.
Wet weather slows progress on the north Logan road project overseen by Moliican Construction. The new Harpe Run concrete bridge is finished and grading near the bridge is nearly complete. Heavy rock from Harper Run pit fuels east end grading while a deep bridge hole is filled and water flow is managed.
John King, 17, was sentenced to the Boys Industrial School by Judge A M Eltinger after evidence showed a series of Logan robberies over several months. King and a second youth, unnamed, were arrested following a sting by Police Chief Lewis Reynolds and Sheriff Sol Ellinger as investigators recovered money, auto parts, rings and other loot. He was taken to the state show! Monday afternoon.
South Perry residents witnessed a Sunday night brawl that drew Sheriff Sol Ellinger and Deputy Stanley Sparnow. Elden Fox of the village was arrested after attempting to flee the officers’ approach and is held at the county jail awaiting intoxication charges. Fox had been arrested weeks earlier on a similar charge.
Logan July 21. County Commissioners Frank St Clair Charles Brown and Harley Armstrong led a delegation with Barton Hall Harry Febus Frank Blesius Louis Bherle KP Mooney and other officials to Columbus for a conference with state highway officials on road improvements in the park area. A W Sherwood Marietta and Edward Secrest joined the Columbus meeting. State engineers said efforts are under way to secure state participation in a program enhancing roads between Old Man's Cave and the Rock House.
Wayne Whitcraft, at Tulsa aviation school, writes Judge Whitcraft about the welcome for Post and Gatty the world flyers. The letter notes Will Rogers on the reception committee and Wayne’s progress at Spartan Aviation School. A separate item reports a large Eastern Star Sewing Circle picnic near Logan at the Hansel home with a six thirty spread.
Ohio reports 62,600 acres of tobacco with 21,700 acres of burley cigar filler, and a possible link between cigarette prices and Ohio cigar prices. Government estimates show a 28 percent rise in Ohio burley area to 21,700 acres, with mixed outlook for yields across regions and states.
The body of Miss Mary Loise Drescher, 69, was brought to Logan from Columbus for burial in Oak Grove after dying at her Columbus home Saturday from paralysis. Funeral services were held in Columbus. She is survived by two brothers, William and Charles Drescher, and a sister, Mrs. Edwin Hartley.
Logan was hit by two heavy rain storms Monday afternoon flooding streets and taxing the city sewer system. A northwest wind accompanied the first storm followed by a second storm two hours later over Logan. Local items note births visits illnesses trips and a motor incident with an intoxication charge and a reunion announced for the Marquis families at Noble County Fairgrounds.
A hurricane tore through the Lublin District near Warsaw on July 21 leaving extensive destruction. Early reports cite 19 dead and 300 injured with 1,000 homes demolished. English writer Elinor Glyn praised Betty Bronson's performance in Lover Come Back.
The Department of Commerce release shows Ohio ranked eighth in value of merchandise exports for 1939 with total shipments of 105 557 828. Michigan led with 181 352 011, while New York topped all states at 695 500 402. Rubber tires led Ohio exports at 14 107 12, followed by iron and steel products and other machinery and parts.
T C Kennard invites all Vinton and Jackson County 4-H Club members and families to a July 23 tour starting at RicArthur at 4 30 am. The group will travel to Ash Cave for a picnic dinner and later visit Old Man's Cave and Rock House in Hocking County. Lake Alina lies in Vinton County near Hamden and Wellston controls a local water source.
Civic Club and Mills Company of Nelsonville reach agreement for early construction of a community building in McArthur with nearly $13 000 available. The project includes a large auditorium and American Legion Post headquarters, with the McArthur Brick Company donating high quality brick on Market Street near the Lantz Hamilton Hotel. Financial support comes from the Robert Wyckoff Post of the American Legion and local donors including the late Dan Will.
A Blue and Grey inter state bus arrived in McArthur at 5 30 am Monday broke down here due to wires trouble and the fire department was summoned. The trip was abandoned and the bus remains in town for repairs. Logan seen attorney E H Wolsenweider special counsel in Citizens Bank Hamden liquidation in Logan.
In Wellston on Sunday Pat Duncan's All Stars of Jackson faced the McArthur Red Birds. Arthur George of McArthur fractured his right leg above the ankle in a first base fall. Doctors Cox and Haas treated him then he went home. Jackson won 12 to 2.
Fragmentary OCR records show a July 21 1521 session before Judge Whitcraft regarding a note for $7 000 and a party named John Basara. The wording is inconsistent but indicates a judgment or proceedings related to a promissory note.
Hearings on charges of unethic al practice of law and related abuses involve 10 prominent lawyers. Chief Justice Powell announced hearings to begin in Cleveland with Judge Irving Carpenter to hear four charges. A special committee led by Thomas B. Dion sought investigations into ambulance lawyer activities, while Powell said judicial investigations should be open to the public.
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