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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1927
Page
1
Washington report shows total national soft coal production for the week ending May 28 at 8,474,000 tons. Despite April 1 suspensions in some unionized fields, output gains 200,000 tons from the prior week, indicating approaching normal seasonal levels.
A bronze tablet honoring John Pancoast Gordy Ph D LL D professor of education and history at Ohio University 1886 1896 was unveiled in Cutler Hall by former students. Dr Anna Pearl McVay wrote the inscription. Clyde F Beery spoke praising Gordys keen mind and influence. Dr C W Super was commended for his role in advancing the university.
A plane completing about 4000 miles lands in a swamp after an unbroken non-stop flight. Neither man aboard is injured. The craft’s propeller failed, but the mission succeeded in reaching its intended view point.
Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the Methodist Episcopal church at Ohio University warns that power now rests with financiers and public opinion, urging benevolent rule backed by responsibility and trusteeship. He cites ancient kings and the rainbow over Rehoboam as symbols of leadership bound to use power for good.
Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin smiles beside her husband before the Roosevelt Field departure in the New York to Europe monoplane Columbia. Mrs. Charles A. Levine, Chamberlin’s passenger and backer, fainted when the ship took off.
NEW LEXINGTON June 6. A woman and two men were arrested as county authorities probe a swindle plan involving William Hillis a 45 year old farmer. Hillis advertised for a wife. Mary Kuko 40 appeared offering marriage for 1400 to clear mortgage. He gave 400 as guarantee. they wed. She then vanished. A brother's letter led to arrest. Suspects Peter Stank 45 New York City and Milan Moysinovich Pittsburgh and New York.
Chicago report says Frank Channert asked police how to stop his wife from beating him and was advised to go home and kiss her. The brief note records the unusual exchange without further details.
On Sunday morning June 5 1859 a famed frost spell known as the big killing frost appeared in Pomeroy recalls W A Race. A chill wind drove temperatures toward the frost line and a heavy fog or mist followed for hours as history notes a severe frost event.
Campus illumination and serenade are planned tonight as part of the commencement program. Six events remain on the schedule with students and faculty expected to attend on campus.
Six events remain as Ohio University wraps its year. A sacred concert by the Ohio University Symphony Orchestra was held for seniors and guests at the men's gym. Tomorrow features graduating exercises and honorary degrees at the gym with Bishop McConnell delivering the address. Tonight includes a picnic and the campus play Lightnin followed by illumination and serenade with Torch and Rotary participants. The schedule lists a picnic, Majestic theater play, campus illumination, academic procession, alumni luncheon with class representatives and Bishop McConnell, and Reunion classes noted from several periods.
The Hysylvania Coal Co brick plant in Glouster closed Saturday for machinery changes. About 100 workers are idle, with repairs expected to resume production within a couple of weeks.
Eastern Kentucky flood area welcomed relief expeditions as six counties near the Kentucky and Big Sandy rivers faced about 12.5 million dollars in damage. Some 125000 people were affected, with 20000 miners in Hazard district out of work and communications largely down. Reports counted about 60 dead, 45 telephone poles stood along 41 miles, and a Hazard to Lexington train avoided a washout when a boulder derailed rails.
Hundreds gathered in Orange for Modern Woodmen of America homecoming and memorial services. The Rev. M. E. Chatley of Athens First Christian Church spoke on Woodmen work and brotherhood as a program of special music honored soldiers who died in American wars.
Hylda Van De Boerst Chamberlin and Grace Nova Levine endured two days of anxious waiting as Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine completed the Atlantic crossing. Both wives prepared to travel to Europe to reunite with the pilots, while Eloyse Levine, nine, remained confident they would arrive.
The Columbia monoplane’s 44 hour 35 minute flight from New York to Helfta Germany is logged with times from Roosevelt Field to Dortmund and refueling at Helfta. Stops include Provincetown Yarmouth Halifax Trepassey Maidenhead off the Irish coast Plymouth Guernsey Dortmund and Helfta.
Chauncey June 6. Charles Rider suffers a crushed right big toe after dropping the engine from his Ford car onto his foot. Dr. Warren V. Sprague attends the case, with amputation decision not yet determined.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey was ousted from his Denver juvenile court bench as the U S Supreme Court denied review of the Colorado Supreme Court order. The state ruling stands final with no further appeal available.
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine attempted a New York to Berlin flight in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia. They landed near Forst, Prussia, 80 miles southeast of Berlin, after the propeller broke on a 4,000 mile non stop leg. Both men were uninjured and stayed at the Hotel Andorge in Cottbus area.
The Bellanca nonstop plane ran out of fuel and landed at Helsta near Fisleben about 100 miles southwest of Berlin at 7 40 a m Berlin time. Chamberlin and Levine continued to fly as far as Forst with Lufthansa assistance. Forst lies 15 miles east of Cottbus near swampy farmland beside the Meisse and Spree rivers.
A Bellanca monoplane developed a broken propeller forcing a forced landing near Forst in Prussia. Charles Levine, backer and passenger, said they would depart for Berlin this afternoon aboard a Lufthansa plane as the airmen changed clothes at the Ansorge hotel in Cottbus. Levine spoke with the press for about ten minutes.
The fragment describes Levine's arrival in Berlin and meals during a flight, noting stops near Forst and Cottbus. It mentions smooth Atlantic crossing in a Bellanca monoplane with strong winds and a change of wing by Chamberlin, ending with a brief nod to Fey.
In Cottbus on June 6 1932 locals cheered Clarence D Chamberlin and Charles A Levine as the first airplane from Berlin landed. An impromptu committee welcomed the aviators while the crowd shouted Hoch Hoch Hoch in front of the Ansorge hotel.
Clarence D Chamberlin and Charles A Levine completed a roughly 4000 mile nonstep air distance flight from New York to Helfia Germany and Berlin in 44 hours and 35 minutes. They surpass the Li Chamberlin and Levine record and join Lindbergh with a 3630 mile New York to Paris flight in 33 hours 31 minutes. The Bellanca monoplane, signed by Giuseppe Bellanca, also set endurance marks by flying over 50 hours last month.
After crossing the North Atlantic and part of Europe, the Columbia ran out of gasoline at Helfta near 100 miles southwest of Berlin at 7 40 a m The official landing time at Helfta was 44 hours and 35 minutes into the flight The report continues on Page Three.
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