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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1930
Page
3
Kiwanis Club met Thursday night in Glouster with no special program. Members sang together as two brief talks were delivered by Dr. M. Bryson and H. F. Dr. Von Scheele returned to Jacksonville from Chicago after attending postgraduate heart disease lectures.
Asst. State Fire Marshal W B McCormick arrived to probe the Thursday morning fire that destroyed two buildings on High Street. Local boys questioned over liquor found behind Eddy Mardware store. Fire crews kept hose lines ready as assessments and possible new brick structures tied to Sunday Creek Coal Company.
The National Coal Association estimates soft coal production for the week ended June 14 at 8,100,000 net tons based on incomplete rail reports. In the prior year, the same week produced 9,307,000 net tons. The U S Bureau of Mines reports 7,590,000 net tons for the week ending May 31 and 1,154,000 for the week ended June 7.
Chicago, June 20. Iron John Alcock names detective lieutenant John Norton as chief of detectives to assist in enforcing Mayor Thompson's demand to send gangsters to the penitentiary or the electric chair. Norton is renowned for crook catching and will help pursue killers like Alfred J. Lingle.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. emerged from a Washington Senate lobby committee conference with a victory. The panel considered disciplinary measures over his refusal to disclose personal political activities against Alfred E. Smith’s presidential candidacy and upheld him in defiance.
Mr H O Atkins of Athens Chick Hatchery received a letter from Ralph E Moody, a big poultry farmer from Connecticut who bought 16 300 chicks in 1929. Moody raised about 94 percent of his chicks last year and says his pullets are laying 63 percent, endorsing the hatchery’s R O P and accredited chicks. Orders from Moody and other buyers pour in as repeat customers.
In Houston on June 20 a sparingly nourished frog was found living inside an asbestos packed refrigerator after 30 years. Mrs. M. Butler discovered the creature's continued vitality during a dismantling of the old appliance.
Twenty members of Marcellite Rebekah Lodge attended a Chauncey meet where a degree team from Athens performed. Members are urged to attend practice Saturday night with future shows planned for Chauncey and Athens next week.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, author of the prohibition amendment, argues buyers of liquor should face penalties as well as sellers. The Supreme Court ruling on the Volstead Act cleared buyers, prompting the sponsor to seek an amendment making buyers guilty with penalties.
Mrs. John Brown was transported from Grant Hospital to Burr Oak by C. Fr. Wallace ambulance after a fracture in the right hip. The hip remains in a cast at the hospital for several weeks.
Ben Wilson, a New York Central bridge crew employee, had a forehead tumor removed at Dr. Crawford's office in Glouster on Thursday. A former Drakes resident, he recently relocated to the area and is recovering.
A 1919 inquiry to Frederic J. Haskin's Washington Information Bureau returned eleven years later with a husband asking for copies of his discharge papers. The Messenger's bureau service is cited as providing timely, relied upon information to readers over the years. Prof Wagner to preach at Glouster M E Church Sunday night.
June 20 authorities announce a regular session of the City Council to convene at 7 o clock in the City Buildings.
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