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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1928
Page
1
Three public utilities are involved in a case of wide interest as the dispute moves through county courts. The proceedings bring attention to regulatory actions and potential impacts on local service rates. Local officials note the case could set precedent for utility governance in the region.
Ohio authorities seek to block a 25 percent reduction in assessed property values for utilities in Athens County. Special representative S. E. Forney met with County Auditor J. Clyde Edmerson, Prosecuting Attorney R. D. Williams, and county commissioners. Companies involved include American Telephone and Telegraph, Western Union, and Buckeye Pipe Line. The statewide issue affects 87 counties, with the federal case to be heard in each county.
Athens County may see tax reductions if three utilities win their suit to lower tax valuations in Ohio. American Telephone and Telegraph Western Union and Buckeye Pipe Line own about 300000 in untaxed property for two years due to an injunction. If successful, 25 percent cuts could reduce listed taxes by about 3143710, with 100 witnesses needed before federal court action proceeds.
Attorney General Turner appears in court to challenge utilities in a statewide tax fight. Affidavits and county cooperation are marshaled as the state seeks to overturn a temporary injunction that caps utility property at 75 percent of assessed value. If permanent, the ruling could trigger similar actions against other properties and shift tax burdens onto individual owners, with potential revenue losses of millions and broader implications for state finances.
Ringside reports from Yankee Stadium begin at 7 30 pm Thursday with United Press writers at the Messenger building. Plan includes a special leased wire to relay blow by blow action of the Tunney Heeney bout and preliminaries to 9 pm Athens time. Attendees urged to stay off streets and gather at the back of the building.
Banks in Athens announce a policy to levy a fifty cent service charge on any account under fifty dollars balance during the month, starting in August. Accounts with an average monthly balance of one hundred dollars are exempt, as are religious or charitable organizations. The change reflects rising costs of pass books, stationery, and clerical work, and the banks say many small accounts operate at a loss. Continued on page twelve.
Crooks ville residents report that the phantom radio broadcaster PDQ returned last night airing gossip and neighborhood scandal on low wavelength. Officials have failed to locate the outlaw station as villagers planned to tune in at 11 p.m. for a mixed music and commentary program.
Federal court timing in Athens unsettled statesman Forney says a witness list will show property on the tax duplicate at true value. Across Ohio records reveal sales at or below assessed value. Forney urges Athens county residents to report such sales to Prosecuting Attorney Williams for state benefit based on his prior tax commission chair tenure.
In Wooster on July 25 a joint first degree murder charge was filed against Ruth Gilbert 32 and Chauncey Felton 50 of Clinton in the death of Ruths husband John 31. Felton signed a confession after denying involvement. Gilbert said she shot him because he was mean. The body was found in a ditch near Marshallville, head bullet wounds, rope at neck, partly stuffed in a gunny sack. Four children present. two sent to Clinton to fetch Felton. Felton allegedly agreed to dispose of the body.
NEW LEXINGTON July 25. Prospective oil territory just north of New Lexington will be a mecca for oil promoters today as a wildcat well on the Richard Mc Gonagle lease is set to be shot. If profitable, the operation could spark an oil boom with drilling on 5000 acres of leased land nearby.
Fire rages across northern Manitoba mining districts near Winnipeg. Forest rangers battled through the night to contain the blazes. The Royal Canadian Air Force helicopters and hydroplanes were deployed to move men and equipment to the affected areas.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover directs campaign newsreels and urges fair photography of her husband. He plans a camping fishing trip starting Saturday from San Francisco through Redwood country toward Medford Oregon, avoiding speeches and seeking wilderness solitude.
Federal Judge Smith W. Hickenlooper ruled against Mrs. Josephine Scripps of Miramar California in her suit for an accounting from the estate of the late RE W Scripps and Robert P Scripps.
Wheeling authorities accept 750 acre Waddington Farms, the former summer home of the late Colonel E. W. Ogiebay of Cleveland, as a new city park.
Street Commissioner Casto announced workmen have tapped stored-up water in the abandoned mine behind the business district. A large stream now drains from the old openings, removing the menace of rock slides that have threatened the central business area, the latest occurring about a year ago.
A river race between the Betsy Ann and the Chris Greene drew 650000 spectators along the Ohio from Cincinnati to New Richmond. The Chris Greene, commanded by Captain Greene, won by two lengths after two hours and twenty five minutes, sealing a long rivalry with the Betsy Ann and reviving river racing lore from New Orleans to St Louis. Frederick Way Jr. of the Betsy Ann and Captain Greene featured prominently in the competition.
Logan officers seek the caller behind false reports of auto accident injuries and deaths. A woman on Depot street was told her husband was injured and her son killed, a hoax that has recurred with at least six similar calls over the past year.
Mrs Arthur Robinson of Oyen Alberta Canada is 37 and mother of 20 children five sets of twins. Two twin sets arrived within a year. Sixteen children were born in Alberta after the family moved from Massachusetts. The oldest child is a 19 year old girl pictured with her youngest.
Four girls went wading in the Monongahela river near Randall Morgantown W V three drowned Ella Brown 13 Rosella Stovall 14 Martha Johnson 19 Rubie Stone 17 summoned help but could not rescue companions Bodies were recovered about an hour later In Washington Northern Chinese soldiers seized Chefoo in a coup d etat arresting Nationalist officials and prompting refuge in the Japanese consulate General Chang Chang Chang claimed responsibility for the wounding of an American sailor and promised protection for foreign lives and property
Columbus July 25 The Public Utilities commission lacks authority to intervene in the Cleveland gas rate controversy or similar disputes among distributers and municipalities unless formally brought before the commission for settlement Judge William Klingler
Cincinnati candidate Myers Y. Cooper has assumed a commanding lead in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, according to a statement from campaign manager Harr D. Silver. Cooper, the 1926 GOP nominee, surged ahead in the early momentum from Columbus.
Walter Brown, 25, of Sand Ridge, said gunfire grazed his ear and struck his back when a crowd of men, believed union sympathizers, ordered him to stop on the Sand Ridge road to Mine No. 255 at 5:30 AM. Four men were arrested on shooting intent to kill charges. Labora and others questioned. Bonds set at 1500 each. jail in county custody after waivers. Brown led officers to the scene. no firearms found.
The Athens Messenger advertises summer beverage recipes including citrus and tropical mixes. It hints at instructions for preparing cocktails like orange lemon and mentions coupons or mail-in offers, urging readers to provide a clear mailing address to avoid delays or errors.
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