15 Mar 1928
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1928
Page
1
Federal court eviction order targets union miners in Belmont and Jefferson counties, effective April 1. Deputy marshals post notices as 350-plus families face displacement with possible temporary housing plans under consideration by relief and state officials.
The U S Senate Teapot Dome committee pressed the Liberty bond trail in Chicago as it questioned 43 witnesses about a $60,000 bond link to the Continental Trading company. Many key figures were outside the city, and the path traced from Harry F Sinclair to Will Hays to the late Fred Upham suggests small disbursements.
Three men were fined for intoxication at a daytime arraignment before Mayor Alex Moore. Peter Turner and Ernest Nash received $25 fines plus costs, Sheldon Wadley $10 plus costs. Turner and Nash face Probate court for contributing to delinquency of minor boys. Chief Herb Parker led the arrests.
Harold Evans selects cast for the second public speaking department play this year with nine roles and an April performances schedule. The production, an English comedy seen in London and New York, will feature cast chosen from dramatics and public speaking classes. The Revelers club, inactive for two years, will be reorganized at next Tuesday’s meeting.
Columbus March 15 Attorney General Ed ward C Turner Republican hopeful for governor argues the wet and dry question cannot become a state issue while the eighteenth amendment is in the federal Constitution He replies to Anti Saloon League spokesman E R Root in Medina and defends his Kiwanis club remarks and oath to uphold the Constitution He questions League claims of broad support and cites cooperation with state officials.
Cleveland fishing tugs ventured onto lake Erie for their first trip of the year as passenger boats set to begin cross lake navigation in about a week. Officials expect lake navigation to be in full swing by mid April aided by mild winter weather.
Washington March 15 Prohibition Commissioner James M Doran urged a Senate judiciary sub committee to pass the Jones bill raising the maximum penalty for illegal liquor violations to 10000 dollars and up to five years imprisonment or both He said enactment would aid enforcement of the national prohibition law.
St. Louis Star reporter Harry T. Brundige testified before the Senate investigating committee about bourbon sales, brothels, gambling, and a 14 year old girl at Horning No 4 and Moon Run camps. He cited a Pittsburgh Coal Co note ordering coverups and officials to avoid arrests. Brundige also disputed claims the Barr incident was staged.
Secretary of War Davis opposed the Burton resolution to bar arms exports without Congress approval. He warned Germany might have won World War I if it had been in effect and urged that wartime munitions capacity serves as a peace safeguard, arguing exports keep industry ready.
A class of 140 graduates from Ohio State University will receive degrees at the winter convocation Friday March 16. The ceremony at 2 p.m. in the chapel will honor two Athens students, Charles Dickens Giauque and Ernest Randolph Wallace, listed as Master of Arts and Master of Science candidates.
In Santa Paula California on March 15 flood aftermath from the St Francis dam collapse brings fears of pestilence. About 800 bodies recovered and damage estimated around 15 million dollars with at least 5 million tied to farmers and fruit growers. Investigations into dam responsibility continue as relief teams reach remote areas.
The Athens Messenger advertises a movie booklet with history films and features aimed at information and entertainment. It notes a six cent cost and requests enclosing six cents for the booklet.
NEWHALL Calif March 15 Bodies of eight more victims of the St Francis Dam disaster were recovered today from debris in the town of Castiac relief headquarters here were notified Officials of the Southern California Edison company reported 71 members of their camp at Kemp still missing All were believed to have perished.
Charles A. Levine accompanied by Miss Mabel Bell and Wilmer Stultz began a nonstop flight from Jacksonville to New York at 10 30 am today. The trio aimed to complete the to New York journey without stops.
March 15 at Youngstown stockholders meeting the proposed purchase of Island Steel company assets by Youngstown Sheet and Tube was voted down.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh met Vice President Dawes in his private room after arriving at the Capitol. The encounter followed a lengthy conference that day.
Secretary of the Interior directed immediate inspection of all storage dams under the reclamation bureau following the St Francis dam failure in California. The action aims to assess safety and prevent further disasters.
March 15. Inability to repay a nickel borrowed a week ago is believed to have sparked the shooting death of William Ford, 35, in a Nickel Mansfield soft drink parlor. Ford was killed by a man still at large.
A United Press survey reports President Coolidge prompted Congress to cut about 80 million from government department expenses for the coming year. Ten of eleven departments see reduced appropriations, notably a large cut in the Interior Department, with gains for Treasury Post Office War and others. Navy funding remains to be decided.
Judge Frank L. Covert denied the Ford brothers motion to dismiss a 6 million dollar breach of faith suit by Henry and Wilfred Leland. The court found a prima facie case that the Fords repudiated a recall agreement to reimburse Lincoln Motor Car stockholders bought at a federal sale. They must answer within 15 days.
General Motors shares advanced sharply on the New York Stock Exchange reaching 164 and three points above the prior record and seven points over the prior close. DuPont holdings in GM rose seven points as the market tone remained quiet on radio trading.
Resolutions favoring defense and strict enforcement of laws were approved by the D A R in Cleveland. Toledo was chosen as the 1929 convention site with Judge Harry F Atwood of Chicago as principal speaker at tonight’s banquet.
In Cleveland a cave-in at the City Ice and Fuel plant under construction trapped two unidentified men more than 80 feet below the surface. They were workers on a sewer or water line entering the facility.
The Senate Teapot Dome committee opened a Chicago hearing tracing major Republican contributions from 1922 to 1924 for a possible $60,000 Liberty bonds linked to Harry F. Sinclair. Testimony yielded no solid clues and varied donors denied knowledge of any such bonds or receipts for the currency gift.
Idaho Senator Borah announced he received 5500 subscriptions from individuals wanting to refund the 160000 contribution by Harry F Sinclair to the Republican party in 1923. He urged the party to return the funds for its good and informed President Coolidge. Butler of the Republican National Committee acted yesterday.
Eddie Peppers a 21 year old enigmatic murderer faces execution tonight at Ohio State Penitentiary Columbus unless Governor Vic Donahey grants clemency he has indicated he will not intervene Mrs Florence Buck a Grimms Landing postmistress was killed in a Gallopolis hotel last August strangled with a towel Peppers served as night porter at the hotel during the couple s journey from Huntington West Virginia to Grimms Landing Ohio
Reports from Fletcher's Neck and New York detail wreckage sightings and missing pilots in the Endeavor Trans Atlantic attempt led by Captain Hinchliffe and Miss Elsie Mackay. Rumors persist of the black and gold aircraft and unclear survival, as search efforts continue across Atlantic waters.
Local police report an unidentified man seen moving along Leigh streets at 8:30 am on an unspecified day, driving east on a highway with unknown motive, causing concern among residents.
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