Seven More Candidates File For Athens Elections
Seven more candidates filed petitions at the Athens County Board of Elections as the Friday deadline for 1938 ballots neared. New entrants include Thomas N Hoover Jr for state representative Republican and C O Gibson for county auditor Republican. Judge Louis Tyroler Democrat seeks probate judge and R W Wilson Democrat seeks county commissioner with Wilson previously serving as board clerk. Russell S Cunningham Democrat runs for state senator and Nellie Kemp Democrat for state senator. Wilson’s candidacy sparks discussion over party and policy alignment. Judge Tyroler has extensive military and legal background and ties to Athens County. Gibson is Amesville born and Ohio University educated. Hoover Jr is Ohio University graduate and former Dayton retailer associate. Cunningham has prior prosecuting attorney experience in Fairfield County.
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Len B. McCune
Athens County Board of Elections
Thomas N. Hoover, Jr
Frank Minner
C. O. Gibson
Louis Tyroler
R. W
Dick) Wilson
Russell S. Cunningham
Lancaster
Nellie Kemp
Caldwell
Wilson
Board of Commissioners
New Marshfield
E. L. Wilson
Ohio University
Niles, O
Athens County
WPA
FERA
Cincinnati
Tyroler
Brooklyn
New York
Dayton
Steele High School
University of Cincinnati
Ohio Bar
U. S. Supreme Court
The
Par
Gusweiler & Klein
U. S
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Gibson
Amesville
American Legion
Presbyterian Church
Hoover
Thomas N. Hoover
I Jr
T. N. Hoover
Elmwood Place
Athens
University of Michigan
Ohio State University
Hoover, Jr
Rike-Kumler
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief From Backache
If backache and leg pains trouble you Doan's Pills may help by aiding kidney function. The ad promotes Doan's as safe relief used for over 40 years and claims it flushes waste from the blood through the kidneys.
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Nature
Doan
Alex Cochran Dies Thursday in Columbus
Alex Cochran aged 69 died this morning at Grant Hospital in Columbus after being moved there for treatment. The Athens resident, longtime transfer business worker with ties to the B&O Railroad and The McBee Co, leaves a daughter Mrs. Thomas Bailes and sisters Miss Elizabeth Cochran of Cincinnati and Mrs. T. L. Schranz of North Canton. Mrs. Cochran died last October at the family home.
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Alex Cochran
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Athens
Cochran
B. & O. Railroad
McBee Co
Thomas Bailes
Elizabeth Cochran
Cincinnati
T. L. Schranz
North Canton
Mrs. Della Welch Dies In California
Mrs. Della Smith Welch, wife of Thomas Welch, died at her Los Angeles home Wednesday. Born in Athens, she had lived in California with her husband for years. Funeral services are set for ten o'clock Saturday morning. She leaves a brother James E. Smith of Ohio University and another brother Charles E. Smith of Cleveland. three sisters Blanche E Columbus Lenna M Washington D C and Jennie Foster have predeceased her.
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Della Smith Welch
Thomas Welch
Los Angeles
James E. Smith
Ohio University
Charles E. Smith
Cleveland
Welch
Athens
California
Fairfield banker and veteran Cunningham honored in obituary
The district 9th to 14th State Senate candidate Cunningham and his father run a law practice. Cunningham served overseas with the First Division in World War I and led the Fairfield Post of the American Legion. He married Elizabeth Whiley, daughter of F. W. Whiley of Farmers & Citizens Bank, and they have two children.
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State Senate
Cunningham
Fairfield
American Legion
Elizabeth Whiley
F. W. Whiley
Farmers & Citizens Bank
American System Is Best Shown By Athens Junior High Pupils
Over 160 ninth grade students at Athens Junior High received promotion certificates at a program in the high school auditorium. Speakers discussed government origins, monarchies, communism, republics, fascism, and the American idea, highlighting constitutional checks and personal liberty. The program included musical performances by the ninth grade class and a benediction by Rev. Luchs.
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America
Athens Junior High School
Fred E. Lachs
Mary Virginia Bingman
Lewis Pierce
George Peckham
Peckham
Board of Education
Luchs
Ten new citizens sworn in at Athens County court
A class of ten diverse applicants were sworn in as United States citizens in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Judge O F Rowland and Examiner P B McHugh oversaw the ceremony, praising preparation and urging allegiance. Names include Kahancer, Kettyan, La Corte, Abraham, Aslanides, Alaimo, Shust, Christian, Demetrios, and Palestides among others.
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Sam
Maine
Oregon
Athens County
P. B. McHugh
O. F. Rowland
Rowland
Karl Gardner
Audrey Meighen
John Kahancer
Athens
AD 2
Fiuma
Austria
Joseph Kettyan
Millfield
Caeteny
Hungary
Giovanni la Corte
Glouster
Cian Cian
Italy
Louis Abraham
Elwada
Syria
Evangeline Aslanides
Nazi
Asia Minor
Guiseppe Alaimo
Monteperti
Anna Shust
Cemerne
Czechslovakia
Minnie Christian
Savas Demetrio
Turkey
Emilie Palestides
Akron candy ruled tax exempt by judge ruling
Common Pleas Judge Frank Harvey held that candy is a food and exempt from Ohio sales tax. The decision clarifies tax treatment for confections in the state.
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Akron
Common Pleas
Frank Harvey
Ohio
Feathers Unique Material Distinguishes From Bone Flesh
Feathers are described as unlike any other substance in nature, not bone or flesh nor membrane or tendon, highlighting their distinct composition and origin.
Rock, Slide or Slip FASTEETH Powder Ad
FASTEETH powder keeps false teeth firm all day on upper or lower plates. It does not slide rock or pop out and has no gummy taste. The alkaline formula makes breath sweet and pleasant. Get FASTEETH at any drug store and accept no substitute. Ad.
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Ady
Bennett Champ Clark to Speak at OU Conference on Social Change
United States Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri will be one of four speakers at the Conference on Social Change during Ohio University summer session in Athens on June 27. He will discuss Contemporary Change and Governmental Problems alongside educators and economists addressing educational and labor issues.
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Jane Finsterwald
Karl Marx
Marx
Stalin
United States
Patricia Sherrard
Confedera
Bennett Champ Clark
Conference On Social Change
Missouri
Ohio University
Senator Clark
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Athens
Carleton Washburne
Winnetka
Ill
Selig Perlman
University of Wisconsin
H. T. Houf
E. B. Smith
T. N. Hoover
Eagles Lodge Donations Support Athens County Camp
Two donations of 20 dollars each from Athens and Nelsonville Eagles Lodges were reported to Judge Louis Tyroler. The gifts fund 30 children for two days at the Athens County Outdoor Camp for Underprivileged Children. Eagles Days will invite lodge members and families to visit the camp with meals provided. estimated total camp expense is 20 dollars per child per day.
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Athens County
Louis Tyroler
Eagles
Athens
Nelsonville
Tyroler
Potatoes Grow Off a Potato in a Potato
Mrs. Lewis Weatherby found a large potato with two baby potatoes sprouting from its side in the cellar. The larger potato had split open exposing the two new potatoes still in skins.
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Lewis Weatherby
Harmony Road
Divorces Granted in Common Pleas Court
Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court granted divorces to two women after deliberation. Eileen Dennison Snyder received a decree from Ernest LeRoy Snyder, and Maxine B Covell was divorced from Robert E Covell and restored to her maiden name Maxine G Channell on grounds of gross neglect.
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O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Eileen Dennison Snyder
Ernest LeRoy Snyder
Maxine B. Covell
Robert E. Covell
Maxine G. Channell
Man Severely Injured in Roadside Signal Accident
Orville Warren of Doanville received a severe arm injury at Myers Crossing Wednesday night when his left arm, raised to signal a turn near Cole Grove Filling Station, was struck by a truck passing his coupe. He suffered a compound fracture and was treated in Nelsonville Athens and White Cross Hospital Columbus.
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Orville Warren
Doanville
Myers Crossing
Warren
Colegrove
Nelsonville
Athens
White ,Cross Hospital
Columbus
Thief Returns Camera Stolen From California Technology Student
A Pasadena theft case ends when a local thief, after stealing a valuable camera from a California Technology student, pawns it at a fraction of its value and mails the pawn ticket to school officials, exposing his conscience driven gesture.
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Pasadena
Calif
California School of Technology
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