Wadsworth urges repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
Washington June 10 Senator Wadsworth proposes repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and substituting a constitutional amendment giving Congress power to regulate prohibition. He argues broad federal authority better handles changing conditions than altering the Volstead Act and frames his renomination around this platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Washington
Wadsworth
Congress
New York
Drys
North American continent to face record cold next winter
Chicago reports long distance forecaster Herbert Janvrin Brown predicts the continent will be snow capped and blizzard swept next winter with severity rivaling the 110 years ago cold wave. He cites oceanic changes and warns of limited summer and global wartime food controls amid ongoing cold spell. Government meteorologists doubt long range forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North American
Herbert Janvrin Brown
Brown
America
Free Book Promotes Yellowstone Visit
Government promotes Yellowstone National Park as America's seven wonders, inviting families to visit this grand, two million acre playground. A free illustrated booklet with travel details is offered via a request coupon and two cents postage, valid through the summer tourist season ending September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Washington Information Bureau
Yellowstone
Istone National Park
Dawes McNary Haugen Bill Attacked as Sovietizing Farms
Senator Fess of Ohio charged in Washington that the Dawes McNary Haugen farm relief bill would Sovietize agriculture. He criticized the price fixing provisions and warned the measure could extend to all industries if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Fess
Republican
Ohio
Senate
Mellon Led Spending in Pennsylvania Primaries Questioned
The Sea committee investigated campaign expenditures during the Pennsylvania primaries. Senator Reed heard that over 200000 dollars backed Governor Gifford Pinchot's bid, with Pinchot and relatives contributing about 160000 dollars and county committees offering support without disclosure. Joseph R. Grundy, a Pepper campaign leader, was to testify on overall spending by candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Reed
Missouri
Gifford Pinchot
Stahlecker
Thursday's five best radio features list brief
Five top radio features include WCBD Zion at 3:45 pm central with Conservatory of Music and commencement exercises. WDAF Kansas City at 9:66 11:45 pm central with Night Hawks Frolic. KDKA Pittsburgh 8:39 pm eastern Half hour with Jacques Offenbach series. CNRM Montreal 9 pm eastern Illinois School for the Deaf Band followed by CNRM Orchestra. WRC Washington and WJZ WGY 7:30 pm eastern Marine band.
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WCBD
Zion
Central standard—Conservatory of Music
WDAF
Kansas City
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Jacques Offenbach
CNRM
Montreal
Illinois School For the Deaf
WRC
Washington
WJZ
WGY
Eastern standard—Marine Band
Ruby Ayres as Fairy Story Writer to Novelist
Author Ruby M. Ayres began with fairy tales in childhood and, at 25, wrote serials later published by the Daily Chronicle and the Daily Mirror. Her works were printed in book form and sold widely in Great Britain and America, with several novels used by newspapers across the United States and Canada. Notable titles include The Castle in Spain The Romance of a Rogue The Scar and The Littlest Lover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby M. Ayres
Athens Messenger
Daily Chronicle
Daily Mirror
London
Great Britain
America
United States
Canada
Spain
County Searched For Injurious Barberry Bushes
Logan June 10 Special E J Hembleton Jesse J Miller and Harry Atwood of the U S Department of Agriculture and Paul Diles from the state department are sent by John W Beringer state leader of the federal barberry eradication forces to search Hocking county for common barberry bushes spreading black stem rust to grain They will survey farms notify owners or tenants and urge removal of any barberry found They seek cooperation to locate and destroy all traces of the bushes in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wll
Whittemore gang head to hang for guard murder
Richard Reese Whittemore headed the Whittemore gang of New York and Baltimore jewel robbers was sentenced to hang for the murder of prison guard Robert H. Holtman at the Maryland Penitentiary. Whittemore struck Holtman with a iron pipe on February 20, 1925 after escaping. The group was linked to a string of jewelry store heists totaling about 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.P
Richard Reese Whittemore
Whittemore
Holtman
New York
Pomerene and Allen File for Democratic U.S. Senate Nomination
June 10 reports former Senator Atlee Pomerene and Judge Florence E. Allen of the state supreme court both filed declarations of candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States
Atlee Pomerene
Florence E. Allen
State Supreme Court
Public schools may drop compulsory training by board decision
The Ohio state supreme court ruled that any public school can abolish compulsory military training at the will of the school board. This decision allows districts to end mandatory military instruction without state mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Supreme Court
Board of Education
Osage Reign of Terror Case Faces Closer Resolution
Federal authorities hailed a possible break in the Osage murder saga after Ernest Burkhart confessed guilt and implicated W. E. Hale and John Ramsey in the W. E. Smith death. Prosecutors say lack of funds delays trial of Ramsey and Hale until September while they face federal charges for killing Henry Roanhorse.
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Ernest Burkhard
W. K. Hale
John Ramsey
Pawhuska
Okla
U.P
Ernest Burkhart
W. E. Hale
Osage
W. E. Smith
Smith
Burkhart
Woman Held After Confession In Ohio River Drowning
In Parkersburg West Virginia Mrs. Harry Golden is held without bail after allegedly confessing to tossing her 2 month old baby into the Ohio River. Police said her husband urged her to “get rid of it” and that she later identified the body in the morgue as her child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harry Golden
Ohio River
Sheriff Burkhardt Conviction Reversed by Appeals Court
Cincinnati case reports Sheriff Paul W. Burkhardt of Williams County had his conspiracy conviction on violations of the national prohibition act reversed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals during proceedings in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Paul W. Burkhardt
Williams County
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
The One Who Forgot Debuts in Summer Messenger
Summer Messenger prints a new serial fiction The One Who Forgot by Ruby M Ayres set to begin Wednesday June 16 after Wide Waters. The love story spans World War II era tragedy to happiness with synopsis previews before each chapter and readers urged to follow the entire short serial.
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Summer Messenger Fiction
Ruby M. Ayres
Messenger
American plan to suppress drugs presented to League
Geneva June 10 Colonel Arthur Woods of New York presented an American proposal to suppress the world drug trade. The League of Nations committee on dope included the plan as an appendix after a heated debate though most drug producing nations except Persia did not indicate full approval. Netherlands' Jonnkheer Wilhelm Van Wettum opposed including the proposal in the report. The plan calls for government ownership or control of drug factories to limit production to legitimate needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Arthur Woods
New York
League of Nations
Committee On
Persia
Jonnkheer Wilhelm van Wettum
Netherlands
Colonel Wood
First baby carriage garage opens in New York
A new tenement in New York City houses the world’s first garage for baby carriages. Built of galvanized iron, it is fireproof and provides a separate locked compartment for each perambulator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Amesville Woman on Trial for House Arson
Loberta Frash, 31, is on trial in Common Pleas court for arson as an accomplice in the April 29 Amesville fire that destroyed a house owned by G. O. Linscott. Her husband, Arthur Frash, was found guilty of arson. she faced a separate probate charge and appeared with two young children in court. The jury includes Rob ert Green and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loberta Frash
Amesville
Common Pleas Court
Robert Green
H. 8. Burson
Clyde Ballenger
Frank Biddle
James B. Crawford
James L. Gaston
Ralph W. Parks
E. L. McVay
J. D. Martin
George Evans
Arthur Conkey
F. J. Caldwell
Frash
Soldier in Foreign Legion Charged With Absence Without Leave
Bennett Doty also listed as Gilbert Clare, an American with the French Foreign Legion, is held on a charge of absence without leave and not desertion in Beirut Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Syria
U.P
Bennett Doty
Gilbert Clare
French Foreign Legion
Fire Gowdy as Columbus club manager
Hank Gowdy was discharged as manager of the Columbus club in the American Association. He said he did not resign and was dismissed, noting that previous managers were given at least a year to prove their worth. He wired his denial from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Hank Gowdy
Columbus Club
American Association
New York Giants
Columbus Citizen
Gowdy
Conductor Attacked by Masked Gang in West Virginia
Charles Baker, a Norfolk and Western railroad conductor, was seized from a train by masked robed attackers and beaten until unconscious. Thirteen men were arrested locally as Baker, driven to near collapse, offered no motive for the assault.
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Welch
W. Va
U.P
Charles Baker
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Baker
Richland Ave M. P. Church Ladies Aid to Meet Thursday
The Ladies Aid of Richland avenue M. P. church will hold an all day session Thursday June 17 at the old school building near the church. Quilting and other needle work will furnish employment.
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Ladies Aid of
Richland Avenue M. P
Chemist claims secret dyeing process colors growing trees
In Machias Maine German scientist Fritz von Behr and University of Maine students Carl Switzer Geral Wheeler report dyeing live trees with a secret process. Birch beech and maple show colors from lavender to orange as sap carries dye. Alfred Ames predicts scaling to dye lumber if cost allows.
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Machias
U.R
Fritz von Behr
Carl Switzer
Geral Wheeler
University of Maine
von Behr
Von
Behr
Alfred Ames
Voters Meet at Marshfield for Appraisers Discussion
Waterloo township voters meet at New Marshfield high school tonight at 8 to discuss with Athens county auditor Fred Cornwell the appointment of appraisers. Voters want an appraiser from a dirt road district for the township project.
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Waterloo Township
New Marshfield High School
Fred Cornwell
Athens County
Cornwell
Six enter for sheriff in Athens county race
Citizens of Athens county race for August primaries with six filed for sheriff seven for county commissioner three for county auditorship and Thurman I Morgan seeking reelection. Names include Fred R Porter William Moler Jacob Cady John Brewer and William Williams among others with party designations and local officials listed.
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Fred Cornwell
Thurman I. Morgan
Clerk of
Common Pleas Court
E. J. Jones
Anna K. Price
T. R. Biddle
Georgia Hall Bush
E. R. Walker
C. L. Bean
Fred R. Porter
William E. Moler
Jacob M. Cady
John Brewer
Herb Parker
William Williams
Rafiel R. Johnson
J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens
John Gillett
William Fleck
Nelsonville
R. D. Williams
J. Wiseman
Elizabeth McGrath
Emmett Carpenter
Ruth E. Linscott
Peter Barrows
Sydney Cook
J. E. Barker
Thurman L. Morgan
Andrew Murphey
Bert Russell
Fred Hoch
Glouster
Frank A. Danford
Chas. A. Daugherty
Dover
Carl W. Hayes
Rome Township
J. M. (Fagan) Battey
S. K. Mardis
M. P. Totman
Geo. W. Rose
Reader Submissions Highlight Morning Walk and Traffic Warnings
A Messenger reader reports a man walking a lively dog to work with the pair seeming to enjoy the stroll. Another reader recalls two cars crashing near West Union and North Congress in front of the post office, noting the corner’s crash history. A third observer mentions drillers relocating a rig on Athens State hospital grounds just west of a recently brought in well.
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West Union
North Congress
Athens State Hospital
L. B
Woman in knickers sweeping front walk prompts comment
A reader remarks on a woman sweeping her front walk in knickers and condemns what he calls new privileges for the “equalized” sex. The letter reflects social tensions and gender norms of the period.
Tourism surge spotted with West Virginia plates
The writer notes an uptick in visitors with West Virginia license plates across towns on state routes, predicting a broad rise in tourist traffic this year. Local observers attribute the trend to increased travel and holiday movements and expect all towns along the routes to feel the effect.
Union Miners Appeal Injunction Case Halts Wage Pact
United Mine Workers announce plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court after Judge S Grant Lazzelle denied an injunction against four Cleveland based coal firms. The Jacksonville wage agreement 1924 27 was deemed unenforceable and the lawsuit questioned union member contracts and mine housing evictions. The ruling noted the scope did not cover all miners and that rents were governed by a separate contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
United Mine Workers of
Tse
S. Grant Lazzelle
Paragrove
Fley
Cleveland
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Miners’ Union
Coal Association
Lestelle
Companien
Jacksonville
Virginia
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Consolidated Press
Pram Garage
Marshfield
Sheriff
Ace
Dave Johnson
West Virginia
Incame
United States Supreme Court
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