Whitmore and Maccombs Seek New Trial in Bribery Case
Whitmore and Maccombs, convicted March 1 of soliciting a bribe in a joint indictment, filed a six-point motion for a new trial in Common Pleas Court. The motion claims insufficient evidence, legal errors, improper admission and exclusion of evidence, and trial irregularities. If denied, they may appeal. if upheld, vacancies would be filled by county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Common Pleas Court
A. B. Wells
John Kelso
J. Clifford L. Belt
Oom
Maccombs and Whitmore
Kentucky President To Be Ohio University Speaker
Dr. Frank L. McVey president of the University of Kentucky will deliver the principal address at Ohio University commencement in Memorial Auditorium on June 3 announced today by President Herman G. James. McVey is the oldest state university president in service.
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Frank L. McVey
University of Kentucky
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Herman G. James
McVey
State University
Entered Apprentice Degree To Be Conferred In Paramathia Lodge
The Entered Apprentice Degree will be conferred on two candidates in Paramathia Lodge No 25 F and A M on Tuesday evening at seven o clock. The worshipful master requests as many members as possible and extends an invitation to visiting members.
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Paramathia Lodge No
Youth Admits Theft of Car
Wilson H. Fink 20 Groveport was arrested in Athens by state highway patrolmen on a failure to register charge and Sunday by Springfield police to face a motor vehicle theft charge. He admitted stealing the coupe from a Springfield used car lot on February 26 after being questioned in Athens and had failed to pay for gasoline at Canal Winchester and Pratts Fork.
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Wilson H. Fink
Groveport
Athens
Springfield
Fink
Highway Patro
Canal Winchester
Pratts Fork
Walton Group to Attend Court House Conservation Meeting
A large Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League plans to attend a Tuesday 7 p.m. meeting at the Court house where a conservation program will be presented. Members will meet 6:30 p.m. in City Hall council room before proceeding to the address. A State Conservation Department representative will speak.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
League
State Conservation Department
Train timetables and arrivals listed for multiple lines
A schedule page shows West Bound and East Bound trains with numbers and times for Diplomat Daily No 44 12 9 42 p.m. plus National Limited and Chesapeake and Ohio lines. It lists New York Central services with arrivals and departures for daily and except Sunday runs and notes multiple numbered trains with times.
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Diplomat
National Limited
West Bound
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Three New Candidacies in Athens County Race
Three hopefuls entered the Athens County primary for the May 14 election. Harry Mettler seeks the Democratic nomination for prosecuting attorney, O C Harner aims for the Republican county commissioner berth, and William H Sisson runs as a Democratic candidate for county commissioner.
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United States Senate
Oral Daugherty
Harry Mettler
Nelsonville
O. C. Harner
Alexander Township
William H. Sisson
Athens
Mettler
Athens County
Nelsonville Retail Merchants Association
Ohio Coal Foundation
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
State Tuberculosis Association
Mary Kathryn Chute
Elks, Eagles
Pomona
Presbyterian Church
OF Peace
D. C
William H. Sisson Sisson
Opal Corner Appointed Administratrix in Ohio Estate
Opal Corner of Athens Ohio is named administratrix of the estate of John A Jacobs deceased of Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated February 15 1940 Francis D White Probate Judge.
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Athens
Ohio
John A. Jacobs
Athens County
Francis D. White
Said
Two Enlist in Navy From Millfield and Local Area
Pearl C. Hillen son of Jess T. Hillen and Wayne W. Border son of John M. Border have enlisted in the U S Navy. Announcement by W H Byers of the Navy Recruiting Office Athens. They will go to the Naval Training Station Newport Rhode Island for eight weeks of training before transfer to a naval vessel for active duty.
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Millfield
Pearl C. Hillen
Jess T. Hillen
Wayne W. Border
John M. Border
U. S. Navy
W. H. Byers
Navy Recruiting Office
Athens
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Sophomores Win Athens High Girls Basketball Tourney
The Sophomores of Athens High School won the Girls Athletic Association tournament defeating Seniors Juniors and Freshmen. Seniors placed second Juniors third Freshmen fourth with rosters listed for each class and mentorship by Miss Ethel McEwen and manager Bernadine Terrell.
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Athens High School
Wanda Cole
Margie Gaston
Barbara Danford
Sue Coury
Betty Henderson
Jane Maccombs
Dorothy Hutchins
Jean Kissner
Mary Allen
Frances Alexander
Ruth Bayless
Ruth Hammerle
Gertrude Hawk
Joan Tompkins
Katheleen Orr
Dorothy Pennell
Geraldine Christman
Virginia Bardin
Roberta Reynolds
Louise Blackford
Betty Chandler
Betty Cox
Hester Hartman
Betty Barrett
Mary Frebault
Billie Jacoby
Helen Long
Jean Miller
Helen Steele
Wanda Quest
Amy Bell
Betty Gaston
Mary Lou Coury
Thelma Coffey
Stella Taylor
Winifred Nueman
Jane Hooper
Girls Athletic Association
Ethel McEwen
Bernadine Terrell
Fruit Pest Control Program Now Available for Growers
A working bulletin on fruit pest control methods is available to fruit growers. Ross Wright, Athens County extension agent, announced that the OSU and Ohio experiment station compiled bulletin includes poison formulas, application directions, and descriptions of common orchard diseases. Copies available at the extension office, Athens Post Office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wright
Athens County
Ohio State Univerity
Ohio Experiment
Athens Post Office
River Nears Flood Stage After Heavy Rain
The Hocking River reached 15.55 feet near flood stage at noon today while rising slowly. Creeks were bank full after Sunday's heavy downpour with 0.55 inches of rainfall reported. Temperature yesterday reached 65 with a low of 38 and 39 at noon today.
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Hocking
C. N. France
WPA Ruling Protested In Wire to Roosevelt
A Plains WPA workers committee from Athens County Ohio sent a second telegram to President Roosevelt protesting relief and WPA scheduling. Edgar Slater leads the group citing weather delays blocking work hours and failing to resolve issues with WPA supervisor Clarence Rose. A delegates’ meeting is planned for Sunday in Pomeroy and a local gathering Monday at The Plains School to report on the Pomeroy meeting and discuss relief problems.
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Roosevelt
Athens County
WPA
Plains
U.S.A
Ohio
Edgar Slater
Plains Workers’ Alliance Organization
Slater
H. D. Boring
George McBride
Pete Savage
John Chutes
Arthur McNeill
Dan Gabriel
Clarence Rose
Workers’ Alliance
Pomeroy
Plains School
Man Jailed for DUI After Failing to Pay Fine
Paul James 25 of Millfield Route One was fined 100 dollars and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell for driving while intoxicated. He was committed to Athens City Jail in default of payment after arrest by state highway patrol on Route 33 north of Athens early Sunday.
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Athens
Paul James
Millfield
Cliff Cornell
James
Emergency surgeries and admissions in Glouster and Athens area
At Sheltering Arms Mrs Clark West Glouster and Miss Judy Birge Athens Route 4 underwent emergency appendectomies yesterday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Miss Dorothy Aronholt Fairview Ave and Miss Elizabeth Mills Lovene Ave were admitted yesterday for medical treatment. Mrs Louella Bolin Coolville Route 3 and Mr Earl Snyder E Union St were released yesterday.
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Clark West
Glouster
Judy Birge
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dorothy Aronholt
Fairview Ave
Elizabeth Mills
Lovene Ave
Louella Bolin
Coolville
Earl Snyder
E. Union St
Buchtel Firm Sued by International Shoe Co
A lawsuit filed in Common Pleas Court by the International Shoe Company of St. Louis against H. S. Sayre Co. of Buchtel seeks $177.22 for merchandise sold.
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Common Pleas Court
International Shoe Company
St. Louis
H. S. Sayre Co
Buchtel
Robert Stump Pleads Guilty After Athens Arrest
Robert Stump of Athens was arrested Saturday for intoxication and pleaded guilty before Mayor Cornell today. He was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Robert Stump
Athens
Cornell
Delaware Driver Dies After Route 42 Crash
Robert Howard aged 24 of Ashley Ohio died in a Delaware hospital from injuries after his automobile struck a guard rail along Route 42 northeast of here Saturday night.
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Delaware
Robert Howard
Ashley, O
Route 42
Here
Arena Staff Is Selected For Athens High Yearbook
Ruth Hammerle is elected editor in chief of the Arena Athens High School yearbook to be released in May. Patty Daugherty is named associate editor with a full staff covering business, photography, sports, literary and art roles.
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Ruth Hammerle
The
Arena
Athens
Patty Daugherty
Dorothy Roads
Betty Bird
Bob Maurer
Bill Lewis
Virginia Bardin
Jo Ann Tompkins
Marion Wood
James Abraham
Betty Wakefield
Mildred Ford
Ellen Davis
Clayta Pierce
Constance Dent
Frances Alexander
Hamilton Oldfield
Margaret Matters
Hester Hartman
Bob Morrison
Karl Packard
Bob Wilson
Paul Gordon
Rosalie Shaffer
James Cox
Miss Pickering
Miss Woolf
Mr. Samford
Union Printing Co
Divorce Suit Charges Absence and Neglect
Lillian May Allen files in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Arthur Allen of Glouster alleging willful absence and gross neglect since April 1936. She says he failed to provide, they have lived with her parents since marriage in March 1936, and seeks restoration of her maiden name Lillian May Russell.
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Common Pleas Court
Lillian May Allen
Arthur Allen
Glouster
NYA to House 250 Youth at Leesville Training Center
NYA will place 250 youths at Leesville Center in March and April applications. E. S. Haller county NYA supervisor said the program focuses on leisure time recreational activities and project training. By May 1 Leesville will have 250 youths in residence.
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NYA
Leesville
E. S. Haller
Haller
Mr. Haller
Five Thousand Three Hundred Dollar Damage Suit Dismissed
The $5,300 damage suit of Ver non Conkey by his next friend Ernest Conkey against Standard Oil Co. was dismissed by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland by agreement of the parties with no record and costs paid. Conkey, a minor, claimed injuries at a Standard Oil filling station in Mechanicsburg in January 1938 when a station frequenter pointed a pistol at him in sportive play and it discharged. A number of weapons were kept on display there, the petition stated.
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Vernon Conkey
Ernest Conkey
Standard Oil Co
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Conkey
Standard Oil
Mechanicsburg
Olive Tablets touted to aid liver bile flow and digestion
An old advertisement touts Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for constipation and sluggish liver by stimulating bile flow. It claims they improve digestion of fatty foods, tone intestinal actions, and aid elimination. The tablet is advertised as purely vegetable and sold in multiple price sizes.
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Athens Messenger
Whitmore and Maccombs
Hell
James Seccombe
Kentucky
Doug
W. Union St
Walton Group
Baltimore & Ohio A
Athens Airways
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Farkersburg
Marietta
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Jenkins
W. F. Smile
Thomas A. Jenkins
Harner
Margaret's Creek Road
Lillian
Albany High School
Albany Grange
Sisson
Stewart St
Jackson
Mabel Robinett
Lurrine Mae
Democratic State Executive Committee
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Elks and Eagles Lodges
United Mine Workers of America
Vic Donahey
Washington
Donahey
Dr. Phillips
Senate
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Dew
Jordan
C. G. Dew
C. L. Jordan
Daugherty
George Banks
James Berry
Daughterty
Guernsey County
Martin L. Davey
U. S
Davey
Sawyer
Frank Minner
Herb Parker
Cornelius Queen
James W. Russell
Stewart
Floyd McClellan
Election Board
Lucy Murphy
John Call
Earl Johnson
Trimble
Frank Poston
Gilham
Len B. McCune
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Buchtel Firm
Leesville Center
Nurito
Oscar Fulton
Opt. City Hall
E. Wadghington
Athens Bottling Works
Jim Josten
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