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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
1
Veterans select Mansfield for the 1930 unit closing ceremonies. Officers are chosen with R A Dalton of Athens Camp named to the group, indicating regional participation.
Thousands cheered as the Ohio Spanish War Veterans opened their encampment parade in Athens Ohio The procession traced Court Street to the campus and ended at the Alumni Memorial Auditorium Gov Myers V Cooper rode with Ohio University officials near the head The parade featured multiple bands drum corps and veteran groups including Captain J B Allen and Major Samuel M Johnson The American Legion Band from Chillicothe led the march and the event drew newsreel coverage with spectators lining Court Street
About 200 attended the United Spanish American War Veterans banquet at Hotel Berry in Athens. Officials for the next year were elected and installed, with Mansfield chosen as next convention site. Delegates to the Denver encampment were named along with auxiliary officers and national delegates.
A column notes the Guggenheims funding child dental clinics as essential for future health and warns incompetent dentists against free care. It discusses lightning rod science after a Montreal convent fire and jokes about the American Embassy in London under the Volstead Act. Ziegfeld's influence on beauty remains in focus.
June 26 report that Taplin interests elected Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad directors at a May 22 ramp session plan to carry the case to the appellate court after being denied authority to take control from Van Sweringen forces.
In Des Moines on June 26 John B. Hammond, a militant independent dry crusader, fired the opening gun in his campaign to ban near beer as a beverage in Iowa.
Toledo reports the 26th annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association focused on problems in secondary education and parish schools during today’s session.
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his wife Anne Merrow Lindbergh began the second leg of a coast-to-coast air mail tour toward Indianapolis. Delayed by fog, they landed at Columbus after a 10 minute circling of the field. A crowd of 500 welcomed them as Mrs Lindbergh apologized for being tired and deaf to interviews.
Albuquerque June 26 Jack Dalton famed desperado of the Southwest planned to marry his first sweetheart known as Cattle Annie now Mrs J Ohme Oklahoma City The pair reunite after 32 years as Dalton a widower and rancher recounts her aiding him during a tense hideout with Dalton’s nephews before a Coffeyville raid and prison term.
De James H. Snook, confessed slayer of Theora Hix, opposes a Columbus trial over high Franklin County feeling. He fears publicity, asks for newspapers, and weighs insanity pleas as three alienists review his sanity after the arraignment.
In Washington on June 25 officials and American reps on the Reparations Commission conferred on further lowering European war debts to the United States. The meeting included President Hoover Secretary Stimson Treasury Mellon and Commission members as they reviewed the reparations annex.
Charles F. Schaber retiring department commander of the Ohio Spanish War Veterans thanked Athens and Ohio University for courtesies during their annual encampment in Athens. He called the convention among the best in 39 years and noted visitors left with better knowledge and warm impressions of the university and the city.
A Hocking County jury awarded Dewey Garrison 200 damages against Athens County Commissioners for injuries in last summer’s strike riots on county roads. This is the third mine riot case tried this term, with four similar suits pending. total damage awards against the commissioners reach 800.
Anne Livingston, 30, Tulsa, seeks 250000 heart balm from Franklin Har dinge 61, Chicago manufacturer. Trial in Chicago will decide if Har dinge deserted her on eve of wedding after she refused a marriage contract waiving rights to his fortune. He contends she pursued his money only.
Thousands of Athenians watched a vivid parade along Court Street led by Mrs Petar Deckey and George Smith as the Military Order of the Serpenta and Lizards joined the United Spanish War Veterans event. The line included the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Band, 200 Lifers, and a 40 foot awake, followed by the American Legion Drum Corps and the grand Bayant and Kanl degrees awarded by Columbus experts.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is negotiating to acquire the Detroit Toledo and Trenton Railroad through Pennroad Corporation. The DT&IL, bought by Henry Ford years ago for Detroit plant output, would strengthen Pennsylvania’s Ohio lines if the deal closes, per Wall Street reports.
Jean Assolant, famed Atlantic conqueror, and his bride Mrs Pauline Parker arrived in Le Havre today aboard the Ile de France. They were welcomed by Assolant and his companions Rene LeFevre and Armento Lotti Jr who flew from Paris in an army plane to greet the reunion on the flower strewn waters.
Arthur Schreiber from Portland Maine, who hid aboard the French trans Atlantic plane Yellow Bird two weeks ago, has returned to America aboard the Leviathan today.
Guard D A Hatfield led 22 prisoners from Logan County to the West Virginia Penitentiary but arrived to find only ten still in custody. The incident occurred June 26 in Wheeling.
James T Nevins will receive a presidential pardon Monday at the Ohio Penitentiary death cell for the 1928 slaying of Don Prentiss, his jailmate in Cuyahoga County Jail. The pardon clears a four year Atlanta sentence and spares Nevins from prison time.
Emmett J. White, 24, US customs border patrolman, free on $5,000 bond after arrest on second degree murder for killing merchant Henry Virkkula near International Falls Minnesota. White says he fired at tires to stop the car thinking it carried liquor. he expects trial soon.
Sugar growers manufacturers and delegates from Puerto Rico and the Philippines testified before the Senate Finance Sub Committee on the proposed three cent a pound world sugar rate versus the current 2.20 cent rate. A sliding scale compromise to stabilize prices by raising duties when prices fall and lowering them when prices rise was discussed and may be proposed after executive session. Leadership signals point to strong support for a higher rate, with key figures Smoot Borah LaFollette and party alignments shaping the fight.
The Athens Messenger via its Washington Information Bureau released a 40 page booklet summarizing essential facts about religious organizations in the United States. It covers Bible questions and religious bodies with careful research and respectful treatment of faith matters. Available to readers for ten cents in coin or stamps.
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