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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1928
Page
1
Efrem Zimbalist, renowned musician, recovers his 1734 Guadagnini violin after it was stolen for more than a year. In a summer home in New Hartford Connecticut he breaks the customs seal to reveal the instrument once more in his possession.
Tex Rickard frames the Tunney Heeney bout as a financial and dramatic flop with a predicted loss near 140000. He cites public preference for Dempsey as the champ, high taxes and radio costs, and contemplates reducing Tunney's share or appealing to limit champion payouts. Rickard notes crowd reactions favoring Dempsey and criticizes July timing as poor for business. He warns against radio side payments and projects official receipts and guarantees.
H D Cook of Ashtabula accuses the Anti-Saloon League and its machine of placing 90 percent of elected officials in the last 15 years. He defends his call to modify prohibition laws and predicts a voter backlash this year against the league's influence.
Secretary of State Kellogg announced France invited him to Paris to sign the anti war treaty. He said he would accept and the signing would occur on August 27 or 28, with a brief stay in Paris to complete the task.
In Columbus Ohio United Mine Workers leaders and nine coal operators ended a four hour session without fixing a date or plan for a wage scale conference. Lee Hall urged all Ohio mine operators to attend a wage conference August 2 while operators showed reservations about the day’s progress. A petition from two union miners sought reinstatement of Oral Daugherty as sub district president amid disputes over district wage negotiations.
Convention in Toledo ends with the twelfth annual meeting electing George S. Greene of Los Angeles as president.
In Nashville Tennessee a fire at the Central State hospital for the insane, valued at about $200000, released more than fifty inmates. Posses searched surrounding fields for the at large patients, spurred by warnings that 11 criminally insane men lurk nearby.
A dynamite explosion wrecked G. W. Reynolds's touring car and damaged a nearby garage in Nelsonville between 2 30 and 3 30 am. Police and National Guard officers investigate. A lightning strike caused a circuit short driving a hospital fire that evacuated 2 272 patients as guards controlled the scene.
Herbert Hoover returns to San Francisco amid a warm homecoming with flags, crowds, and a parade led by the Republican nominee. Mayor Rolph to preside. Hoover to speak at city hall rotunda and broadcast. A Friday tour includes Bur lingame and Palo Alto stops before final ceremonies.
An expedition for Ford Motor Company to develop an independent source of low priced high grade rubber sails from Detroit to Santarem Brazil aboard the motor ship Lake Ormoc. It aims to produce tire material sufficient for 2,000,000 automobiles annually.
Racine Meigs county residents claim low living costs with garden abundance and cheap produce. Potatoes sell for sixty cents a bushel cabbage one cent a pound apples free under trees green beans priced freely and house rent from five dollars.
Gene Tunney defended his heavyweight crown by a technical knockout of Tom Heeney in the eleventh round at Yankee Stadium. Referee Eddie Forbes halted the bout after a brutal flurry, sending Heeney to his corner as Tunney raised his hand in victory.
Crooksville marshal Baker says there is no PDQ radio station in or near Crooksville. The “tea pot home” joke used a telephone mouthpiece on a radio aerial to broadcast through listeners’ sets. The stunt began as advertising for a dealer and spread with locals aiding the prank.
Gene Tunney defeats Tom Heeney in eleven rounds at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight championship. Heeney presses early but Tunney dominates with accurate punches, opening cuts and a decisive late technical knockout with eight seconds left in the eleventh round.
The Public Health Service presents a 42 page report on infant and child care from birth to age four and up to twelve years. It covers diet, clothing, nursing, teething and common care problems with expert guidance. Copies are available from the Washington National Bureau via coupon.
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