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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1934
Page
9
Herbert Thacker, 21, convicted of first degree murder in the killing of farmer Stephen Huntley during a robbery was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Roy Gillen to die in the electric chair. A second trial for Ray Freeman, alleged partner, will begin in August after a jury disagreed in the first trial.
Rail time card shows Chesapeake and Ohio No 30 arriving daily except Sunday and No 37 leaving daily except Sunday roan 2, keine blank details.
Ira J. Fulton Superintendent of Banks files foreclosure action against Clyde Price and Adda Price in Athens County Court. The suit seeks sale of real estate in Glouster Village to marshal liens and satisfy the note default under mortgage terms. Adda Price must answer by a stated deadline or be barred from asserting any interest.
Two copies of the budget as tentatively adopted are on file in the clerk’s office for Athens City Board of Education. A public hearing on the budget will be held at the clerk’s office Saturday July 28 at 12 noon. E. R. Walker, Clerk. 1-Mi.
Battery C of the 134 Regiment will drill from 7:30 to 9 tonight at the Athens Armory as prep for field training at Ft Knok Kentucky from August 20 to September 2. Lieut Paul Hall orders all enlisted men in uniform. The unit has undergone weeks of intensive preparation including signal equipment and 756mm gun drills at the Fairgrounds.
In Pittsburgh Livestock market updates, hogs ranged with top small lots at 30 dollars, receipts around 3,090 none direct, prices slipping to 106 lower in slow trade. Cattle totals steady to soft with steers 5.25 to 6.00, fat cows 1.90 to 3.50, veal calves 2.20 to 5.00. Sheep and lambs weak, best lambs about 7.25 to 8.25, yearlings around 5.50, with limited activity Friday listings and water shortages weighing on futures.
Mrs Eva Valentine age 68 of Little Hocking died at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg Monday after an extended illness. She was born in Little Hocking and lived there all her life. Survived by husband J W Valentine mother Lydia Johnson four sons C F Valentine Arch ie Valentine C O Valentine G D Valentine two daughters Mrs Willard Blough Mrs Charles B Davis and eight grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending with Spencer Funeral Home Belpre.
Athens Aerie of Eagles hosts a district picnic at the Athens County Fairgrounds with Eagles from Marietta Nelsonville Glouster Murray City and Jacksonville plus the public. An all day program begins at 6 with events including a coon chase greased pig contest fat men's race and races for women and children. Concessions will be available. Prizes awarded. H N Burgett and H J Frost lead the program.
Ohio State Reformatory disclosed parole of 46 inmates. Notable cases include John Roberts of Athens County for breaking and entering with Sept 15 parole date. Other counties and offenses listed among the paroles.
Shade Mr. and Mrs. George Grim and family visited in Athens on Saturday. Numerous regional residents and guests were listed visiting relatives including Jeffers Buck Moore town Colgrove Dye Douglas Elder Metcalf Conrath Sunkie Yerke Wilson Moore Webb Woodyard Lowen and Stanley. Fred Moore and Libby Burson family travels to Chicago for exploration. A divorce petition filed in Athens Commons Court by Carrie Fisk against Fisk cites extreme cruelty. married August 11 1020.
NewYork stocks opened with uneven advances as some prior losers recovered modestly while others dipped. Notable movers include Santa Fe up about a point and United Aircraft, United States Steel, Du Pont, Chrysler, and US Smelting up fractions, with Western Union and Southern Railway retreating. Produce markets report steady eggs and mixed butter quotes across regions.
The fragment lists numerous companies and their percentages, including Ford Power and Light, Bethlehem Steel at 26 percent, Goodyear at 23 percent, Westinghouse at 96 percent, and Chrysler percentages among others. It references firms like American Machine and Foundry, General Electric, and Packard Motors in a dense ledger of stock values and shares.
John Walden of Coolville appeared before Magistrate Pearl Miller on drunkenness charges. Marshal R. E. Henderson arrested him. Walden was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. He asked for suspension due to a Pittsburgh job and was granted probation for six months with payment of costs in six weeks.
Ohio's enforcement unit for state liquor stores reports 58 raids and 63 arrests over the week, with 47 convictions and 6650 dollars in fines. Sandusky District leads with 14 convicted and 2900 dollars collected. Charlies Farms near Pomeroy was burned in a heat incident. a patrolman aided a wounded man and he was taken to his father’s home in Hocking.
Meridian Mississippi reported the Flying Brothers Al and Freda Key attempted a new endurance flight in the Ole Mies plane after taking off last Thursday night. In other news, Tenth County Commissioners authorized an exchange proposal for Treasury instruments authorized by the Citizens Central Bank of Nelsonville. In Michigan, Mearl Hippert, 25, and Forrest Grime, 19, both of Fayette Ohio, drowned in Bird Lake last night.
Prices listed for dairy butter and creamery extras, eggs with steady receipts, live poultry including colored fowls leghorn and rock springers with various per pound prices, and potatoes priced per barrel at 1.85 to 2.15.
Butter and eggs with assorted percentages, firsts and extras, fresh grad ed firsts, current receipts, and Weg sales. beans, blackberries, cabbage, lettuce, cherries, corn, celery prices. Toledo grain prices with wheat, corn, oats. Treasury figures for July 20 including receipts, expenditures, balance, and gold assets. markets at a glance with stocks metals bonds and currencies. Boston wool prices for Ohio wools and greasy and combing grades.
Charles Turner of Cleveland appeared before Magistrate C H Porter to answer a charge of failure to provide for his daughter Shirley Jean from September 1930. Turner pleaded guilty and was placed under a $400 bond pending grand jury action. Ralph Reynolds of Deanville pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $10 and costs.
Fred Strickland of Athens pleaded guilty before Mayor Len B. McCune in a gasoline theft case involving an automobile owned by H. W. Roach. He was fined ten dollars and costs, sentence suspended for six months on good behavior. John Ayers of Athens also was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication.
Cleveland July 4 The Standard Oil Company of Ohio announced a one cent per gallon reduction in gasoline price effective Wednesday. The move lowers costs for drivers and follows regional energy market adjustments.
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