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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1929
Page
1
A revolt endangers plans to authorize construction of a library and the site for the New Ohio University Building remains unselected as trustees consider permission.
Ohio University trustees approve transferring the Old West State Street Cemetery to Athens city limits. Board grants library construction funding of 356000 and a 300000 drary project. appoints faculty and approves leaves and resignations. Absent trustees include four members. President L Bryan presides.
Holmes leads Brandies in a dissenting finish while Morgan comes home in a modest result. The piece summarizes Belmont Stakes actions and reactions with brief remarks on the horses involved.
The piece links Man o War's value as a sire to annual earnings while criticizing heirs of rich fathers who avoid work. It notes Justice Holmes and Brandeis on dissent, plus reflections on pacifism, Ellis Island immigration, and biblical figures advising wealth versus poverty in a period newspaper voice.
The fragment lists multiple individuals by name and city including Robert E. Ham blin Toledo Evan J. Jones Athens Thomas R. Biddle Athens Fred W. Crow Pomeroy Eli R Lash Athens E C Eikenberry Camden Charlies D Hopkins Athens Herbert R McVay Athens Arthur Johnson Columbus Carl PD Sheppard Akron Samuel L McCune Cleveland Wilson H Mc Kee Athens Fred G Lette Ironton Fred W Bush Athens Charles Elmer Holzer Gallipolis.
Washington June 10 Chief Justice William Howard Taft in Garfield Memorial Hospital recovering from overwork has set to depart for his summer home at Murray Bay Canada on Wednesday He has been well enough to handle correspondence and thank admirers for flowers Doctors say rest is needed after a heavy Supreme Court term He will be 72 next September and friends note his condition is his best in some time
On Willemstad Curaçao June 10 a Venezuelan oil firm crew abducted the governor and military chief from Fort Amsterdam and seized an American ship and supplies. The raiders forced the captain to sail away while releasing prisoners. US gunboats and Dutch authorities seek to pursue the armed band.
President and Mrs. Hoover faced a rough day as rain and mud slowed travel to the Rapidan River fishing preserve in Shenandoah National Park. The party caught 24 trout as Mrs. Hoover enjoyed horseback riding amid the excursion.
Mrs Eli Hamilton aged 71 died at 8 o clock in the morning at her home three miles east of Albany after a two week illness from pneumonia. She was a lifelong resident and is survived by her husband and a brother George Jack of Richland Avenue. Funeral services will be held at her home at 10 o clock Wednesday with Rev Howard E Warner of Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church in charge. Interment will be in Haning Cemetery.
London Prison Farm inmates gain paroles from the Ohio Board of Clemency. Of 24 up for parole, 4 had cases continued and one was paroled to start a new sentence. Sixteen men receive final release from paroles.
Students and alumni fill Alumni Memorial Auditorium for a convocation with Dr. Hiram Wilson presiding Samuel Shafer delivers the alumni charge urging thoughtful action and continued learning. Scholarships go to Agnes Lee Leonore Lemmiler Lillian Stover Helen Denner David Todd and Dorothy Coe. A class gift of 290 and gifts to President Bryan are announced.
After the performance ended, many participants had returned home making it impossible to hold the sing. organizers announced the event concluded due to participant departure.
Sweden’s Aviators Captain Albin Ahrenberg Lieutenant Axel Floden and radio operator Robert Jungland waited at Skaptaros on Iceland’s southeast coast for mechanics before resuming their flight to New York. They landed after a fuel leak and were aided by a Danish gun boat. 4,000 onlookers watched their takeoff from Stockholm earlier.
Mrs W J Stillwagner, 46, of Minersville, broke her right leg above the ankle after plunging down a 20 foot cliff on Willis Hill. She crawled to an Excelsior Gasoline Filling Station for help, lay unconscious over an hour, and was moved to Holter How pitel in Gallipolis. Dr Regan Bing gave aid and ordered her removal by Ewing ambulance.
Mary Copley Thaw dies at 87 in her Pittsburgh mansion after a long illness. Her son Harry K Thaw and Countess De Perigny were at her side. two other children were absent. She spent an estimated three million dollars defending him in his Stanford White murder trial and funded charities including a Siam leper chapel and Indian mission in Arizona.
Katherine Hopper, 23, told police in Covington that she shot William Hopper, 37, after he threatened to kill her and their daughter Bertha. She said he hid a sword under the pillow and vowed to kill her when she slept. she surrendered with their child at a police station.
Ohio inspectors from the bureau of motor vehicles joined police sheriffs and deputies to warn drivers about cars with only one light. Inspector V S Hovey said the effort, starting June 15, aims to identify and educate before prosecuting violators in a later phase. He noted some vehicles obscure license tags with equipment and tires.
New York officials discounted Kenneth Gladeau's Detroit tale of the Hall Mills murders. The former convict claimed a staged assault on Hall and Mrs Mills at Phillips farm New Brunswick New Jersey and a later killer demanded $2009 to stay silent. Ida White Munger died June 4 in California after cancer surgery and was buried in Arteata New Mexico beside her husband Dr John White.
James Greenwood, 19, of Elsmere, was free on bond as police investigate the killing of his father Thomas, 47. Greenwood claims he killed to protect his mother after arriving intoxicated and threatening Mrs. Greenwood.
Art Smith of Athens Country Club posted 49 on the morning round to help pick five players for the national open. Scores were generally poor with L Jordan of Piqua among early finishers at 78 after two rounds.
Washington reports President Hoover administration leaders push to force a rapid end to Senate disputes. Plans include sending debentures for the farm bill to the White House, voting on National Origin repeal, revising Senate rules, and advancing census reapportionment with October 19 set for tariff vote. Opponents warn of a filibuster and delays.
London reports say Ramsay MacDonald, new Labour prime minister, forms a vigorous government and signals possible talks with President Hoover on closer Britain United States labor policy. He makes a dramatic first cabinet appearance for film and radio, showcasing bold departures from precedent.
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