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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1931
Page
5
Ada area classified circulation notice seeks readers and advertisers through D Milne at phone 372. Contact for classified and circulation services in Clinton and Hocking County area.
Logan in July reports indicate Joe Biffle will face stabbing with intent to wound charges for wounding Harry McConnell in a Sunday fight at the Guens plant dry shed. Prosector Bowen released statements from James Fox William Jones and Rife. Fox and Jones not held. McConnell, returned from Columbus hospital, described the altercation and possible lung injury. Biffle’s account differed from others.
Wet weather has slowed road work north of Logan under Moliican Construction. The new Harpe Run bridge is finished and grading near it is nearly done, with extensive rock blasting from Harper Run pit and water control plans at the small stream crossing.
John King, 17, was sentenced to the Boys Industrial School by Judge A. M. Eltinger after a Logan robbery spree spanning several months. He and an unnamed accomplice were arrested last week by Chief Lewis Reynolds and Sheriff Sol Ellinger as police uncovered a series of petty thefts involving money, auto parts, rings and other items. King was taken to the state show and the report notes the case concluded with the sentencing Monday morning.
In Logan on Sunday night a brawl drew Sheriff Sol Ellinger and Deputy Stanley Sparnow. Elden Fox of South Perry tried to flee when he saw the officers approaching. Ellinger pursued and captured him. Fox is held in the county jail awaiting intoxication charges. He had been arrested weeks earlier on a similar charge.
Logan July 21 commissioners Frank St Clair Charles Brown and Harley Armstrong with Barton Hall Harry Febus Frank Blesius Louis Bherle K P Mooney and others met Columbus officials to discuss road improvements in the pari area State engineers Efforts to have the state join a program for further improvements of roads between Old Man s Cave and the Rock House were noted A W Sherwood Marietta and Edward Secrest joined the group in Columbus
Judge Harley M Whitcraft receives a letter from his son Wayne stationed at a Tulsa aviation school. Wayne recounts the welcome given to Post and Gatty world fliers with Will Rogers on the reception committee. He notes the youth's progress at Spartan Aviation School and two weeks of enrollment. A separate note reports a large Eastern Star Sewing Circle picnic at the Hansel home south of Logan with a six thirty spread.
Ohio farmers report 62 600 acres of tobacco with 21 700 acres burley used in cigarets. Government estimates show Ohio burley up 28 percent from last year and eastern Ohio yields brighter if dry weather does not hurt. Prices may rise if cigarets gain value, yet overall U S acreage remains near 2 000 500 with mixed prospects for yields.
Miss Mary Loise Drescher, 69, died in Columbus from paralysis. Her body was brought to Logan for burial at Oak Grove after funeral services in Columbus. She is survived by two brothers William Drescher and Charles Drescher and a sister Mrs Edwin Hartley.
Logan and vicinity were visited by heavy rain storms Monday afternoon flooding streets and taxing the city's sewer systems. A NW first storm with wind struck after noon, followed two hours later by another moving north of Logan. Local briefs include births visits camps reunions and arrests.
A hurricane swept the Lublin District of Poland on July 21 leaving 19 dead and 300 injured. It destroyed 1,000 houses as Elinor Glyn notes Betty Bronson’s potential in Lover Come Back.
Washington reports Ohio ranked eighth among U S states in export value for 1939. Michigan led with $181 352 011 in foreign shipments. Ohio totaled $105 557 828. Rubber tires led Ohio exports at $14 107 12, followed by iron and steel products and machinery parts.
T C Kennard, county extension agent, invites all Vinton and Jackson County 4-H members, tendera and parents to a tour and picnic starting from McArthur at 4 30 am Thursday July 23. The group will visit Old Man's Cave and Rock House in Hocking County after a dinner at Ash Cave and travel routes 15 and 56. Lake Alina lies in Vinton County near Hamden while Wellston owns nearby water lands.
Plans for a new community building in McArthur moved forward with a July 21 target for construction. The Civic Club and Mills Company of Nelsonville arranged the project financing, totaling nearly 13 000 dollars with support from the Robert Wyckoff Post American Legion and the Will family. The site on Market Street near the Lantz Hamilton Hotel will host a large auditorium and American Legion headquarters, with McArthur Brick Company donating high quality brick.
A Blue and Grey inter-state bus arrived in McArthur at 5 30 causing wires trouble and the fire department was called. The trip was abandoned and repairs underway. Attorney E H Wolsenweider, special counsel in the Citizens Bank of Hamden liquidation, was in Logan.
In McArthur Sunday, Arthur George of Jackson collided at first base and broke his right leg above the ankle. Doctors Cox and Haas treated him before he was taken home. Jackson defeated McArthur 12 to 2. Also note Wellston council moved to lease Lake Alma and adjacent forest for 99 years to the state for a fish and game program.
A fragmentary report indicates proceedings before Judge Whitcraft regarding a novelty note for $7,000 involving John Basara. The text is garbled and lacks full context or clarity about the case or date details beyond July 21, 1521.
Ten prominent Cleveland lawyers face charges of unethic al practice and related abuses. Hearings ordered by Chief Justice Powell will be public, with Judge Irving Carpenter assigned to hear four charges. A special committee led by Thomas B. Dion sought investigations into ambulance-lawyer activity.
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