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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
1
In Toledo on June 1 a funeral for 7 year old Dorothy Sielagowski closed as state prosecutors prepared to indict Charles Hoppe 26 on first degree murder for abducting and killing the child. Hoppe confessed to the crime but pleaded not guilty at preliminary hearing.
Police surrounded the Commercial Savings and Loan Co. building in Cleveland and trapped a safecracker early today. Officers with drawn guns entered the bank and found a robber hiding in the basement after a neighborhood caller tipped police.
Secretary of State Kellogg's renunciation of war treaty drew two new adherents with the Irish Free State and New Zealand endorsing the draft or its principle. Invitations to Britain dominions and India were issued May 22. Canada's acceptance was received later and will be published. No reservations from Great Britain appeared in the two replies.
A Hong Kong dispatch reports the American steamer Socony owned by Standards Transportation was looted by Chinese pirates in the Shuntak district. Three thousand cases of kerosene were seized in the incident reported by U P The Exchange Telegraph.
Arctic rescue efforts expand as Roald Amundsen Lincoln Ellsworth and Riiser-Larsen join to locate General Umberto Nobile and aides from the Italia. Ellsworth finances the expedition with Amundsen directing a Dornier Whale search from Oslo toward Friedrichs Haven.
Women voters attend meetings in large numbers with many active participants and several alternates. The gathering shows strong interest and organizational involvement among female electorate.
In Columbus on June 1 two sisters Alma Ruble 63 and Mary Brier 66 ended their lives together by turning on a gas jet and lying down to die. Ruble was found dead with a rubber hose in her teeth while Brier lay near death. Police were alerted by a nonresponsive friend. Neighbors said the women feared death would separate them.
Eight crew members of the Merchants and Miner's Steamship Kershaw were missing after the vessel sank in a collision with the Dollar Lines President Garfield near East Chop Martha's Vineyard. The crash at 1 30 a m in clear weather was blamed on confused signals.
Interest surged as multiple voting organizations sponsored an educational program aimed at informing the public about civic participation. Attendees heard from organizers about registration deadlines and polling logistics, with emphasis on youth engagement and community outreach.
Washington reports a surge of women as delegates and organizers at the Republican and Democratic conventions. About 400 women to sit as delegates or alternates at Kansas City and 500 at Houston, with major groups like the National League of Women Voters involved. Leaders include Mrs. Alvin T. Hert and Mrs. Emily Newell Blair. After the events, the League will campaign to educate women and mobilize turnout.
Governor Vic Donahey welcomed his fifth grandchild as his son Robert Donahey and his wife welcomed a son in Cleveland. Robert Donahey, the governor's eldest son, previously served as a commission clerk in the executive offices.
In Glouster hunger persists as the miners' strike continues. The soup kitchen, once aided by the National Guard, still serves 50 to 60 children daily for a warm noon meal, with 65 buckets of soup distributed to families yesterday. Mothers and children gather along roads during and after noon. Several local unions condemn the kitchen, yet it remains active.
Rome reports the dirigible Italia likely met a violent end after its last radio contact. The craft, commanded by General Umberto Nobile, vanished near North Spitzbergen with crew possibly stuck between Liefde Bay and Hinlopen Straits, 50 to 160 kilometers from Spitzbergen.
Charles Hoppe, 28, indicted for first degree murder in the kidnapping and slaying of 7 year old Dorothy Sielagowski. Police link the crime to a string of attacks as Dorothy is buried and a second assault is investigated amid a city on edge. Hoppe faces possible death penalty if tried. arraignment expected Monday.
They landed at Nassiraya on the Euphrates river after attempting a new long distance flight from Seville. The distance to Nassiraya is about 3,000 miles, short of the 3,900 mile record set by Chamberlin and Levine last summer. The pilots Iglesias and Jumenez flew a Breuguet built in Spain named Jesus del Grand Power.
President Coolidge will use the Brule river island estate of the late Henry Clay Pierce as a summer White House. The site in Wisconsin’s northwestern lake country offers abundant rainbow trout and other fish in nearby streams and lakes, with Starling and Lenroot favoring the choice for its fishing and scenic beauty.
Chiang Kai-Shek and Yen Hsi-shan presented a plan to Chang Tso-lin for peaceful transfer of Peking. The terms would concede Peking to the Nationalists in exchange for northern forces halting advances, potentially unifying the central government and ending the conflict for now.
Elections completed in Columbus on June 1. Herbert Wise of Lima Brooks Maccracken of Lancaster and Russell McNeill of Kenton were elected to the Ohio Union board. Don Hyde who won last year remains as a holdover member.
Navy radio reports Southern Cross sighting at Molokai at 11:30 Pacific time as airmen traverse dangerous routes where others encountered death last year near Honolulu.
A Mutual Wireless message from Honolulu reported the Southern Cross, with aviators who left the United States yesterday, sighted land at 9 am. A later dispatch said the plane was near Oahu and requested exact position while fuel remained ample awaiting a safe landing.
Thousands gather at Wheeler Field as Southern Cross nears Honolulu on a 7 778 mile Pacific flight from San Francisco carrying Captain Kings ford Smith and three crew. Army and navy planes join in escort preparations with potential greetings from Martin Jonesen and Art Goebel in Alpha. A rescue plan stands ready if the flight falters while Admiral De Stiguer tracks progress.
The Information Bureau reports that 21 of 27 nations altered boundaries since 1918 and 50 of Europe’s 200 largest cities renamed. Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Switzerland, and others kept their sizes. most others changed. Enclose ten cents for a copy.
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