Resignation of Athens Mayor Moore Sent In By Letter
The Athens City Council will consider the resignation of Mayor Alex M. Moore, postmarked Saturday from Parkersburg. Moore reportedly left town after taking about 150 dollars from his Square Deal Grocery cash register. The note provides no reason for stepping down and notes say he is in ill health and a relative remains in Worthington.
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Alex M. Moore
Athens
E. C. Woodworth
Parkersburg
W. Va
Moore
Square Deal Grocery
Hunter Brown
Brown
J. L. Henry
Mr. Moore
Worthington
Kyoodworth
Woodworth
Frank Lowery
Council
Lowery
Plane Crash Kills 13 Near Newark When Freight Car Strikes
Near Newark New Jersey a Colonial Airways sightseeing plane crashed into a steel freight car killing 13 aboard. Pilot Lou Foote survived initially but later succumbed to injuries. investigators blamed one or two failed motors and noted the plane was traveling about 100 miles per hour before impact.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Colonial Airways, Inc
Lou Foote
Foote
Metropolitan
New York City
Casper Lamotte
Pit
New Jersey Central Railroad
Matthew Torhan
William Murtagh
Torhan
Murtagh
Delmont Parsons
Anton Bolles
West New York
Joseph Bauer
Stamford
Harrison
Martland
Essex County
Parsons
Detroit
Colonial Airways
Athens Mayor Moore Defeated in Election by Lavelle
Southeastern Ohio leader known as the Will Rogers of Ohio in Elks circles, Mayor Moore, longtime Athens lodge secretary and state committee member for lodge scholarships, loses to Francis A. Lavelle. He also serves as Mason, Southeast Ohio Motor Club president, and Athens Chamber of Commerce member. He campaigned nationwide for lieutenant governor last fall.
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Southeastern Ohio
Will Rogers
Ohio
Moore
Elks
Athens Lodge
Francis A. Lavelle
Elks’ Organization
South East Ohio Motor Club
Athens Chamber of Commerce
March Meteorology Mildly Mocked By Wild Weather
A witty note on a March warm spell ending in a toboggan slide of sleet and hail Saturday night into Sunday morning. It mentions a short cold snap that sent some college cars under covers and a critic who labeled Friday's storm as an equinoctial event misdated a bit.
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Mercury
Flood Devastation Racks Southern Alabama and Nearby Areas
March 18 report cites about 20 lives lost and damages near 15 million dollars from three days of flood rage. Elba and Opp in Alabama recorded large displacements with thousands homeless. Newton Georgia faces repeated evacuations as Flint River overflows.
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Troy
Ala
Alabama
Elba
Georgia
Flint
Newton
Pea
Gas tax decision near as Ohio legislators push for 4 cent rate
In Columbus the General Assembly may decide in days whether to raise the gasoline tax to four cents a gallon. The Sullivan Bill is backed by the Ohio Good Roads Federation and the Ohio Contractors Association with rural lawmakers backing. A rural caucus is planned to secure votes in the House, while supporters seek Governor Cooper's backing.
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Columbus
U.R
General Assembly
Sullivan
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Ohio Contractors Association
Cooper
Hocking Valley Crossings to be Eliminated
Columbus March 18 The State Highway Department will let on March 29 contracts for highway construction totaling 1 500 000 Bids include project to eliminate two Hocking Valley Railroad crossings on the Athens Laurelville road at Orland with grading relocation bridge and culvert work and paving at an estimated 28 000
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Vinton County
Hocking Valley
Athens-Laurelville
Orland
J C Napper Arrested Over Dog Sex and License Charge
J C Napper of Luhrig was arrested by Constable Harry Dalton on an affidavit from Dog Warden Porter Dicken for buying a license tag for an alleged male dog while owning a female. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Carl H Porter and fined five dollars plus costs.
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J. C. Napper
Luhrig
Napper
Harry Dalton
Porter Dicken
Court of Justice of the Peace
Carl H. Porter
Miners Condition Improves After Nighttime Shooting
Clyde Mitchell, miner 6c Derthick, shows steady improvement at St Francis Hospital after being shot Sunday night March 10 at Harry Johnson’s home near Mine No 10. Johnson held in Athens County Jail. charges expected soon amid uncertain condition.
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Clyde Mitchell
Derthick
St. Francis Hospital
Mitchell
Harry Johnson
Mine No. 10
Johnson
Athens County
Logan Gas Bond Question Raised By Public Utilities Panel
The Public Utilities Commission cites Logan Gas Company to appear Thursday and show cause why the bond backing increased rates should not be raised. By Pence Law the bond must equal at least 50 percent of the yearly increase. The company posted $400 000 on June 12 1925 when the rise began and increases have grown to several millions. The order also requires records of increases since 1925 and those planned for next year.
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Columbus
U.R
Public Utilities Commission Today
Logan Gas Company
Cut Dancing Price At the Exposition
The Athens Merchants Exposition in Ohio University Men's Gymnasium will open Tuesday night with dances priced at five cents each instead of the planned 10 cents or three for 25 cents. D H Rutherford, dance committee chair, confirms dancing time remains unchanged.
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Kiwanis Club
Athens Merchants’ Exposition
Ohio University
D. H. Rutherford
Postponed Lodi Farmers Institute Rests On Debate Conflict
The Lodi Farmers Institute set for Friday evening is postponed indefinitely by county farm agent T. H. Johnson due to a school debate in Jerseyville Friday night. The decision shifts attention to rescheduling.
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Lodi
General Assembly Nearing End Of Regular Session
Columbus March 18 The Eighty Eighth General Assembly is in the dying days of the regular session. Leaders in both houses await the General Appropriation Bill which will fund state government for the next two years. House Finance Committee expects to report the bill Wednesday or Thursday.
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Columbus
U.R
Eighty-Eighth General Assembly
House Finance Committee
House
Senate
Uncle figures and restless wanderers in Ohio townships
March 18 notes from Pomeroy Bend and Olive Township recount B F Bowman visiting Middleport from Los Angeles then planning to return to California after a hospital stay for pneumonia. Also Joe Smith, 66, Portland, Meigs County, noted for 47 years of teaching, contemplates moving to West Virginia while remaining a Meigs County institution.
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Uncle B. F
Los Angeles
Uncle Joe
Middleport
B. F. Bowman
I. Bowman
Calif
M. J. Hamilton
South Third Avenue
Bowman
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Pomeroy
Joe’ Smith
Portland
Meigs County
Meigs
Delaware
Olive
Smith
Saint Patrick Birthday Glorified Across Ireland
The article recounts Saint Patrick born in Scotland about 1557 years ago and celebrated worldwide. It notes his courage facing a fierce Irish king in Tara and describes his travels across Ireland and distant regions, spreading Christian teaching. It mentions a western point he named as beyond which no man is and claims millions honored his birthday with parades and sermons.
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Saint Patrick
Scotland
Tara
Comines
Patrick
Ireland
Balkans
Raid Seizes Beer From Waughswaugh Homes Near Athens
County officers raided the Athens Nelsonville Road residences of Charles and Gus Waughswaugh Saturday night seizing more than 150 beer bottles. Fifty bottles were found in Charles’s wash boiler and about 100 in Gus’s kitchen behind the stove. Each brother faced $100 fines and costs, arraigned before Justice Carl H. Porter, and were jailed for nonpayment. Sheriff Williams and deputies along with detectives Dalton and Carpenter conducted the operation.
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Charles
Gus Waughswoud
Athens
Nelsonville
Pritts
Kimberly Road
Charles Waughswaugh
Gus Waughswaugh
Prize fighting blamed for crime wave and disease spread
Government, clergy and business fear rising crime attributed to Prohibition bootleg by products and war era violence. The piece argues prize fighting legal in many states fuels crime, with detectives, trainers and ring heroes linked to criminals and spreading blood diseases.
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Prohibition
Seven in One Band Delights Merchants Exposition
A junior high boy performs as a seven piece band using one instrument, imitating trombone trumpet and banjo while joined by a small colored companion Her pel Saunders on banjo-uke. The duo will entertain for three evenings at the Merchants Exposition.
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Little Joe Bardin
Herpel Saunders
Merchants’ Exposition
Bride Victim of Radium Poisoning At Waterbury Clock
Waterbury Connecticut March 18 a pretty young wife six months married is dying in Waterbury Hospital from radium poisoning developed over four years. Mrs Mildred Cardow worked in the Radium Dial Department of Waterbury Clock Company four years ago and the workers painted brushes with their lips as part of their routine.
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Waterbury, Conn
Waterbury Hospital
Mildred Cardow
Waterbury Clock Company
Hunger For Goods Lands Athens Youths In Court
Car Bowmen and Frank Howell pleaded guilty to breaking into a New York Central box car at Grosvenor March 11 and stealing goods valued at 250 dollars. Arrests followed March 16 after a police search found guns and a wrecking bar. Bail set at 1500 dollars each, they remain in Athens County Jail.
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Frank Howell
Athens
New York Central Railroad
Court of Justice of the Peace
H. Porter
Grosvenor
New York Central Coal Company
J. G. Thomas
Warren McHaffey
D. W. Taylor
Lewis Miller
Columbus
William Williams
Thomas
McHaffey
Carl Bowman
Hastings
Williams
Athens County
Jack Quest Hospitalized After Emergency Appendectomy
Jack Quest of Pearl Day Cab Company was taken from 47 Richland Avenue to Holzer Hospital Gallipolig for emergency appendectomy. The operation occurred on arrival and his condition is reported as favorable today.
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Jack Quest
Pearl Day Cab Company
Richland Avenue
Jager’s
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolig
Athens amateur receives top relay station honor
Radio hobbyist Harry H. Porter of Athens was notified Saturday of his appointment as an official relay station operator by the American Radio League. The honor requires his station to stay on air at all times to be ready to broadcast league messages, a distinction praised by radio fans.
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Harry H. Porter
Athens
American Radio League
Hoover’s Aversion Shapes Farm Relief Bill Debut
Washington dispatch says Hoover prefers a farm relief bill aligning with his views, avoiding pet schemes or broad subsidies. Senate hearings begin next Monday with Hyde and a top aide to outline a plan, including a $200 million federal lending fund for cooperatives to store and market crops.
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Hoover
Congress
Agriculture Hyde
Senate Committee
St. Louis
Farm Federation
The
Grange
Senate
Settlement of Land Owner Suits in Athens County
County suits against 138 property owners along Joy Road were settled in the Athens County Common Pleas Court. Each defendant pays a share of the assessed road charges and delinquent amounts due to the county treasurer by March 20. Judge Worstell noted the settlement reduced court costs previously charged to the county.
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Athens County
Athens-Pomerin
Worstell
Joy Road
R. D. Williams
Johnson
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