Athens Council Hears Federal Plan for Plant Bonding
Mayor McKnight told Athens City Council a tentative plan for a municipal light plant would be submitted to Ohio Federal Works for a potential loan. Officials discussed funding via bonds outside city tax limits, potential voter approval, and preparation of a survey to secure federal aid along with street widening and property acquisitions.
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Federal
Act of Public Works
Len B. McKnight
Athens
John W. Dowler
Gamuel B. Erskine
I! Erskine
McCune
Scott Haney
Hocking River
Greams
Coun
Direenas
West State Street
Lanin
Anna Stauffer
J. E. Bailey
P. F. Good
Payne, Weber & Co
Cincinnati
Athens City
Council
Mill Street
Logan
General Fund
Harris Speaks Before Rotary on Press Freedom and Publicity
The Athens Messenger's C. H. Harris told the Athens Rotary Club the newspaper serves the community, stressing publicity as public service and the press as a public obligation. He warned against printing false statements and praised modern crusading journalism on roads, relief, radios, airports, and crime.
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C. H. Harris
Athens Messenger
Athens Rotary Club
Hotel Berry
Harris
Bricker Postpones Ohio University Convocation Talk
Ohio Attorney General John W. Bricker has postponed his scheduled convocation address at Ohio University. Acting president Dr Edwin Watts Chubb announced the delay on Tuesday. A musical program by the Varsity Male Quartet and flutist Brooks Franks will proceed during the convocation period with quartet members listed.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ohio University
Edwin Watts Chubb
Brooks Franks
Harry Williams
John Reid
William Kircher
Bert Cameron
Dean of Girls Addresses Amesville 4-H Members
Mrs. Lucy Harvey of Zanesville High School spoke to Amesville 4-H Sewing Club urging conscientious work. Members Betty Eckard and Mary Ellen Heston discussed dress making and mending. The meeting featured demonstrations on baking and sewing. officers and leaders were elected for Broadwell and Busy Tailors clubs with next meetings planned for June 2 and June 19.
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Lucy Harvey
Zanesville High School
Amesville
Amesville High School
Betty Lee Eckard
Mary Ellen Heston
Ed. Cranmer
Nelsonville
J. F. Taylor
Hilda Johnson
Martha Mae
Elizabeth Ann Kuhns
Broadwell
Freda Nice
Myrtle Parsons
Maxine Sprouse
Geraldine Parsons
Lena White
Viola McClellan
Nellie Ogg
Virginia Coleman
Eleanor Six
Stewart
Madeline Jandis
Wilma Frisby
Christine Finsterwald
F. E. Scott
Clarabelle Scott
Ann McKibben
Mary Wall
Hazel McWilliams
Sue Rief
Dorothy Fierce
Dolores Scott
Vivian Bingman
Eva Ayers
Freda Doty
Margaret Pratt
Delinquent Tax Suits Filed in County Court Athens Cases
Two delinquent tax suits were filed today in Athens County Common Pleas Court by County Treasurer G. D. Gorham. Petitions target John T. Bowman for $31.28 in taxes and $14.85 sewer, and Galvin Bean and others for $129.74 in taxes. Properties are in Athens and sheriff's sale proceedings are requested.
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Athens County
Houf’s New Book Named Outstanding Religion Contribution
Dr Horace T Houf professor of Philosophy at Ohio University sees his book What Religion Is and Does named outstanding monthly contribution in Book of the Month Club religious writings. The 411 page study stems from questions Ohio University students posed over years and aims for readable accessible theory.
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Horace T. Houf
Ohio University
Court News in Common Pleas Court Case Highlights
William M. Russel files an appeal against the Ohio Industrial Commission. Beasley moves to set aside sheriff sale of two acres in Ames Township on tax delinquency. Jasper N. North’s land sold to satisfy G. D. Gorham tax claims. John Chappalear bought it for 50 dollars. Beasley offers 100. Union Joint Stock Land Bank seeks judgment over 5 000 dollars against G. M. Smith and others for unpaid promissory note.
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Carl H. Beasley
Athens
Ames Township
Jasper N. North
G. D. Gorham
John Chappalear
Beasley
Union Joint Stock Land Bank For
Detroit
G. M. Smith
Bailey Run Men Deny Assault Charges in Bailey Run
Harry Davis and Farrell McClelland of Bailey Run pleaded not guilty to assault and battery charges filed by Lester Bobo in Millfield. Magistrate T R Bennett bound them over to the grand jury on $100 bonds. Arrests were made by Deputy Roy Goldsberry. Len Tedrow was fined $5 and costs for intoxication, and William Jaynes $10 and costs for the same offense, arrested by Deputy Karl Gardner.
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Harry Davis
Farrell McClelland
Bailey Run
T. R. Bennett
Lester Bobo
Millfield
Bennett
Roy Goldsberry
Len Tedrow
Luhrig
William Jaynes
Tedrow
Jaynes
Karl Gardner
CCC Expels Cincinnatian
Dan Ollie, 19, of Cincinnati, was discharged from the Civilian Conservation Corps today at Camp Athens after confessing to stealing gasoline from a CCC truck Monday night. He was confined in City Jail. Virgil Evener of Sand Ridge and Ollie were arrested at midnight Monday, after camp officials reported the theft and identified the car license plate. Evener was held in the county jail.
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Dan Oliie
Cincinnati
Civilian Conservation Corps
Camp Athens
Rolland Futh
Ollie
Virgil Evener
Sand Ridge
Ruth
Evener
Horse Guest At City Hall
City officials searched Ohio statutes Tuesday for a law on driving a horse and wagon while intoxicated. John Bayheus, 50, of Canaanville, was jailed after a Monday arrest and a Tuesday re arrest for the same charge. Jeremiah the horse was briefly driven by police and deputies in less than 24 hours. Bayheus faces a hearing tonight before Mayor Len B McCune as Jeremiah stays with a neighbor in Canaanville.
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John Bayheus
Canaanville
Jeremiah
Bayheus
Charles Maple
Court Street
Ty Hall
Maple
Finsterwald
Karl Gardner
Len B. McCune
Mooney Granted Habeas Corpus Writ by California Supreme Court
In San Francisco the California State Supreme Court granted Tom Mooney a writ of habeas corpus. The petition contends his 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction was secured through perjured testimony.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
California State Supreme Court
Mooney
Pharmacist Hollis Gray Accepts Post at Quick's Drug Store
Hollis Gray registered pharmacist accepts a position at Quick's Drug Store. He has resided in Athens the past month and is formerly from Huntington West Virginia. Gray graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Cincinnati.
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Hollis Gray
Quick's Drug Store
Athens
Mr. Gray
Huntington
W. Va
West Union Street
College of Pharmacy At
Cincinnati
Colorado’s 43 Peaks Exceeding 14000 Feet Listed
The state features forty three summits above fourteen thousand feet, marking a notable high altitude cluster. These peaks attract climbers, hikers, and researchers for their extreme elevations and rugged terrain across Colorado.
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Colorado
Brighten Campus Ohio University Repairs Under Way
Ohio University starts a summer campus improvement with redecorating West Wing repainting Cutler Hall Lindley Hall and East Wing cleaning and wiring work in classrooms and dormitories. Grounds work includes new shrubbery and tree plantings with later repainting of stadium seats and baseball field wall and grandstand.
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Ohio University
University
Cutler Hall
Lindley Hall
George Parks
Woman Freed By Jurors In Liquor Trial
A Athens County Common Pleas Court jury acquitted Garnet Corbin Pratt Street of selling illegal intoxicating liquor after deliberating under an hour. State investigator Maurice Shapiro filed information following a March 22 raid on the Corbin home. Defense witnesses testified the defendants were in Pomeroy at the time, with J Cline and Shapiro among state witnesses and Dr W B Bentley testifying on alcohol content of the liquor.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Garnet Corbin
Pratt Street
Maurice Shapiro
Corbin
Chubb to Speak at Miami Commencement in July
Dean Edwin Watts Chubb acting president of Ohio University will deliver the summer Miami University commencement address in Oxford on July 26. He will be introduced by Dr. A. H. Upham president of Miami University and discuss higher education and graduates’ opportunities after college.
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Edwin Watts Chubb
Ohio University
Miami University
Oxford
Chubb
A. H. Upham
World population rising by over twelve million annually
World population grows by more than 12 million people each year. The figure highlights rapid demographic increase and prompts discussion on resources and planning needs globally.
Suit Against B. & O. Claims Engine That Killed Man Not Kept Under Control
Zora Barnhart sues Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for 2900 damages over Daniel McPherson’s death. Petition alleges locomotive failed to stop at a crossing, was not under control, and did not whistle. claims view was obstructed by railroad property and that the train ran 30 minutes behind schedule. Trial set to open in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Zora Barnhart
Daniel McPherson
Athens County
McPherson
Stewart
William M Griffith Dies Former Athens Man
William M Griffith formerly of Athens died at 11 30 pm Monday in Grant Hospital Columbus after a major operation He was a farmer in Athens and a social worker in Galena Ohio He was taken to the hospital last Thursday after a brief illness Funeral will be at his Galena home Thursday at 1 p m Burial in Union Cemetery Columbus
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William M. Griffith
Athens
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Griffith
Galena
Union Cemetery
Kiwanis Baseball Game Called Off by Wet Grounds
A Kiwanis Club baseball game between the Gibbs and Ferguson teams in Athens was canceled Monday due to wet grounds. The meeting at Hillcrest Inn included guest Dr A A Arankar of Cleveland. An attendance prize was won by Dr B M Clifton.
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Ferguson
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hillcrest Inn
A. A. Arankar
Cleveland
Gerald Kyle
8. M. Clifton
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