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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1929

Page

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Tariff push amid farm delay reshapes Senate plan

Washington June 4 congressional leaders revise plans after farm agreement delay and Senate Finance Committee speeds tariff work. A two month summer recess begins mid June and ends mid August with aim to send tariff bill to the White House by November 1. Open tariff hearings start soon, while fights over immigration origin provisions, census reapportionment, and press floor privileges continue.

White House Washington Senate Finance Committee Senate Confrees House Nye North Dakota United Press Standing Committee of Moses Rules Committee

Body of Hedricks Recovered Monday

The drowned man Everett Hedricks, 2, was found in the Ohio River below Addison after days of search. His body was brought to Gallipolis for burial at Beech Grove. A 9 year old boy, Gertram Venable, died trying to save Hedricks and his body was recovered an hour after the drowning.

Pomeroy Everett Hedricks Kerrsiun Ohio River Addison Gallipolis Beech Grove Lotely Iertram Venable Hedricks Venable

Athens Messenger Canning Booklet Offered With Instructions

The Athens Messenger advertises a new Canning Booklet with concise directions and scientific reasons to guide home canners. It includes handling times for fruits and vegetables from apples to strawberries and asparagus to sweet potatoes, with four cents for postage and handling.

Labor Party takes Britain as election ends Baldwin era

The Labour Party won the general election and will form the government with J Ramsay MacDonald likely to become prime minister. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin submitted his resignation to the king at Windsor Castle as Labour movers prepare a cabinet including Philip Snowden and Arthur Henderson. Final returns from Orkney and Scotland completed 609 of 615 seats, with six remaining unlikely to alter the balance.

Webb Miller United Press London U.P Labor Stanley Baldwin J. Ramsay MacDonald Crown Baldwin Windsor Castle Windsor Line MacDonald Philip Snowden Labor Party Arthur Henderson J. H. Thomas Rails J. M. Kenworthy Orkney Scotland Sir Robert Hamston

Chicago May and the Chicago Underworld Legend

A fragmentary feature notes Chicago figures including the demise of gambling figure Thomas McElligott, and details about Chicago May a famed underworld queen of the levee era. The column cites her marriages and daring rescues, with references to Eddie Guerin and Churchill.

Lindbergh and Anne on Honeymoon Motor Yacht

Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow were seen aboard the Mouette, their rumored honeymoon motor yacht, as it slipped from Woods Hole harbor around 10:30 a.m. The double cabin cruiser, likely the one bought before their wedding, had been anchored nearby and appeared to have slipped in under cover of darkness.

Woods Hole Mass U.P Charles A. Lindbergh Anne Morrow Colonel Lindbergh Engiewood N. J Coast Guards

Body of woman found near New Baltimore

The body of Pauline Wilson, described as the blonde sweetheart of George Murphy a former Canadian army officer killed in Hamilton on May 14, was found floating in the Big Miami River near New Baltimore today.

Cincinnati U.P Pauline Wilson George Murphy Hamilton New Baltimore

Wolfe Speaks to Maristers on Social Significance of Modern Business

Thomas M. Wolfe, secretary of the Poston Coal Company and former Harvard Business School member, addressed the Athens County Council of Churches at First Methodist Episcopal Church Athens on the impact of corporate business. He noted that 75 percent of business operates on the corporate plan and discussed benefits and industrial changes brought by modern business.

Thomas M. Wolfe Poston Coal Company Harvard School of Business Administration Athens County Council of Churches First Methodist Episcopal Athens Wolfe

Pomeroy Bank Receives New U S Bill Samples

Pomeroy National Bank received government samples of four new bills a 1 2 5 and 10 for exhibition purposes totaling 18. The smaller and narrower notes aim to acquaint the public with the changed appearance before circulation. Bankers warn mixing old and new designs could hinder handling.

Pomeroy Pomeroy National Bank

Sandusky Arrest Ties Mail Robbery to Transit Contract

Jacé Hugo P. Chiyo, under arrest in Toledo, linked to a Sandusky Berlin Heights mail theft. Police say he held a May 8 1925 contract for transporting mails between trains and the post office as a stick containing registered Cleveland to Berlin Heights mail vanished between Sandusky and Berlin Heights. no trace has been found.

Sandusky Jacé U.P Hugo P. Chiyo Toledo

Unmarried and Married Officials Stir Meigs County Courthouse

In Meigs County Court house there are six unattached maids and five bachelors holding office or employed. Eleven officers and clerks in the building are married. A staff special from June 4 notes this unique balance in a county of its size.

Pomeroy Meigs County

Butterfly divorces past as murder rocks northern Indiana

Miss Cameola Soutar once valued in a choir and vaudeville years ago was found murdered in Indiana. Her Scotch father drove her from home after a midnight curfew when she was 18. She later married Garrett Holderness, had a child, and then deserted it. Soutar disclaims involvement, saying nothing more about the case.

Chicago Cameola Soutar Indiana Lome Cameola Cameelia Oheecoming Garrett Holderness

$1 100 000 To Be Asked for Wesleyan

Plans to raise 1 100 000 for Ohio Wesleyan University were presented to the Cincinnati Area Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in Columbus on June 4. Over 100 churchmen and laymen attended led by Dr. Jesse Swank of Dayton as the council discussed the fundraising and other financial projects ahead of the general conference.

Columbus Ohio Wesleyan University Cincinnati Area

Vote to Decide Merger Between Presbyterian Churches

Delegates to the seventy first general assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America will vote on merging with the Southern Presbyterian Church today. The resolution was set as a special order of the day at the request of Rev. Dr. John McNauger, newly elected moderator.

Pittsburgh U.P Seventy-First General Assembly United Presbyterian Church of North America Southern Presbyterian Church John McNauger

Senate committee backs investigation of radio and telecom combines

Washington June 4 Senate interstate commerce committee voted to favorably report the Cousens resolution authorizing a senatorial inquiry into monopolies and combinations in radio telephone and telegraph industries.

Washington Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Cousens

Officer on Trial in Death of College Student

Abingdon Virginia June 4 U P trial began today for James W Crowe deputy sheriff the first of three officers charged with murder in the automobile release slaying of J W Kendrick Emery and Henry College student Kendrick died from a bullet wound after a car carrying him and two friends was fired on by the officers who say they ordered it to stop The other defendants Deputy Sheriff J H Worley and Policeman James McReynolds will be tried separately.

Abingdon U.P J. W. Kendrick Emery and Henry College James W. Crowe J. H. Worley James McReynolds Kendrick

Congressional Church backs Hoover in law enforcement drive

Amid cheers in Detroit at the 24th biennial meeting the Congressional Church General Council voted unanimously to back President Hoover to the limit in his law enforcement program. The council also adopted unanimously a resolution for Chinese famine relief.

Detroit Mich U.P Congressional Church General Council Hoover

Electric Light Industry Tackles School Propaganda Criticism

The National Electric Light Association proposes a program to ease criticism from a federal probe into power propaganda in schools and colleges. J. F. Owens outlines steps for closer cooperation with educational institutions and appointing state industry representatives to review co operation plans.

National Electric Light Association Owens Federal Trade Commission Owen Committee On Duggles Ohio State University

Missionary from Ohio killed in India accident

The Rev. John David Harris, 47, of Springfield Ohio, a missionary with the Methodist Church in India for 16 years, was accidentally killed May 81. He served as superintendent of the Relam District of the South India Conference. The cause of the accident was not disclosed in a cablegram to the Church's Board of Foreign Missions.

New York John David Harris Springfield India Board of Formen Missions Harris Relaum

Death at Neveland Clinic Occurs After Explosion Toll

Cleveland reports another death linked to the Neveland Clinic disaster that killed 126 people. Barbara Merwin, secretary in the eye department, died at Massillon City Hospital after a two week stay following discharge and readmission.

Cleveland Neveland Clinic Barbara Merwin Massillon City Hospital

Magicians Converge for International Brotherhood Convention

Lima hosts the International Brotherhood of Magicians annual convention with sessions opening tomorrow led by president W. W. Durbin of Kenton and vice president W. C. Cornfield of Chicago.

Lima International Brotherhood of Magicians W. W. Durbin Kenton W. C. Cornfield Chicago

Logan 14 year old saves sister from drowning at lake camp

Dean Dollison of Logan, 14, rescued his 16 year old sister Ruby Nell from drowning after cramps seized her while swimming in eight feet of water at Black Jack Camp. He brought her to shore and she revived with no ill effects.

Dean Dollison Logan Black Jack Camp Brother Hold Dean Dettsen Paul Dotheen Ruby Nell

Advice to Seniors To Be Snobs Provokes Mixed Reactions

New York June 4 U P Professors Rogers call to be snobs to succeed drew sharp rebuke from some educators at MIT and Chicago figures who favored modesty and hard work. Critics said the remarks were ironic or ill advised while supporters praised audacity and modern speech.

New York Hebert EB. Rogers Wriors Massachusetts Inestitute of Technology Rogers Chicago U.R Robert EB. Rogers Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chi

Markets to be aided to bolster sagging farm prices

Washington June 1 WP The administration plans to make 200 million dollars available to help faltering farm markets soon after the farm bill is signed. The move has Hoover approval and follows a decline in wheat to 97 cents from last year's 1.47 average. Corn rye barley oats and cotton also fell while rallies appeared Monday on news of the administration's planned measures.

Washington Hoover

Bus Chast Investigated After Cincinnati Crash

Public Utilities Commission inspector E. A. Crawford was sent to Cincinnati to investigate a motor bus crash near Marathen that killed three people.

Columbus U.P

Buckley Faces Possible Imprisonment on Bribery Conviction

Former State Treasurer Hert B. Buckley of Dayton stood on the brink of imprisonment as the appeal period expired May 20. Federal Judge Arthur C. Dennis on June 4 set a hearing to show cause why the appeal should not be sustained. Buckley’s attorneys failed to perfect the appeal and Buckley, then with Payton Pencil Co., may be ordered to surrender immediately for commitment.

Cincinnati Hert B. Buckley Dayton Federal Appeals Court U. & District Haveth May Arthur C. Dennison Buckley Payton Pencil Company

Toledo Briefs: Unclear Report from June 4 Dispatch

Fragmentary Toledo item cites United Nations and a June event but lacks clear details. Readable elements mention ears and a party name, offering no verifiable outcome or context.

Field Former Head of Mine Concerns Dies in Columbus

William K. Field 64, ex president of Sunday Creek and Pittsburgh Coal Cos, died at his home after a long illness. He led Sunday Creek from 1902 to 1910 and later presided over Pittsburgh Coal Co. Funeral services set for Thursday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus.

Columbus U.P Willam K. Field Sunday Creek Pittsburgh Coal Companies Field Sunday Creek Coal Company St. Paul Minn Fields Sunday Creek Company Pittsburgh Coal Company Pittsburgh Greenlawn

HisHEST GOT Clears Dogket Ross Session

Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a political or legal session involving individuals named HisHEST GOT and Dogket Ross. No clear dates, locations, or outcomes are readable due to garbled text. Further readable context is needed to produce a precise card.

Ross

Supreme Court wraps term with major decisions

The Supreme Court closes its term with about 200 opinions and 600 summary orders. Notable rulings include extending reproduction value benefits to railroads, the Okanagan pocket veto case, and a jury shadowing ruling against private detectives. Justices McReynolds and others condemn covert tactics and uphold limits on penalty sentences in several cases.

Epp Washington Supreme Court O'Fallon Sinclair Thame W. Cunningham Senate Okanagan McReynolds Harry J. Sinclair Sietriet Columbia Jalil Henry Maren Jay W. Sherman Burns Willam J Burns Justice Department Bureau of Investigation

Peanut Pusher Demonstrates Courage in Peak Push

Tim Williams reportedly pushed a peanut up Vike's Peak, dreaming of returning to the race scene with marathoners in Madison Square Garden. The fragmentary piece mentions a Texan and hints at a notable feat amid the climbing crag.

Colorado Springs Cole Tim Williams Vike Kelly Madison Square Garden New York Bill

Inhabitants Evacuate as Vesuvius Erupts Again

Residents of Terzigno began evacuating their homes as Mount Vesuvius continued erupting. New explosions were reported yesterday with lava streams shooting from the crater.

Naples U.R Terzigno Vesuvius

Three Jackson Men Plan Elephant Purchase for July 6 Parade

Three Jackson men travel to New York City to buy an elephant for the July 6 celebratory anniversary of the birth of the G. O. P. Leonard J. Maloney leads the Jackson Tribune sponsorship, George Willard heads the Republican Celebration Committee, and Cosa Becker pilots the trip.

Jackson, Mich Jackson New York City Leonard J. Maloney Jackson Tribune George Willard Republican Celebration Committee Cosa Becker

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Congress Paul R. Mallon Frederick J Haskins Lesser Ireau J. Ramsey MacDonald Victors FBI Amy Tvarewell Big Marriage Prottom Arthur Orisgane King Features Incorporated America Thomas McElligott Speakeasy West Madison Street Churchill Philadelphia General Hospital Vrance Eddie Guerin Devil's Island Guerin Miss May del Churchill Nebraska Professor Nichelson Chicago May Nichelson Lindy Anne Air Ace Bride Maristers Coal Company Pomeroy Bank Soutar South Church Virginia Bach OF Hottoms Electric Light Association Morris Dehaven Tracy Atlantic City J. F. Owens Oklahoma City Ohio Frederick B. Robinson College of the City of New York Herbert K. Hawkes Columbia University Joseph X. Healey City College Walter DI Scott Northwestern University David Harrison Stevens University of Chicago Robert Kelley Loyola University Industry Prvoon Appeals Court Only Hope Pencil Company Mine Concerns Michigan
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