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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1927
Page
1
Ohio weather officials warn of more rain with rivers swollen and areas submerged. Reports from across the state show unusually heavy precipitation in the last two days as the Olentangy ran turbulent and the Scioto rose about 3.6 feet between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. yesterday.
In Ohio the vernal season began at 9 59 a m as the sun crossed the equator. Warm days gave way to a cold mist with residents noting winter’s persistence. Rains at week’s end swollen streams to danger levels in many areas.
Police warn motorists as many highways become impassable and creeks overflow in several areas. Duck Creek threatens the Marietta Cambridge road while detours affect Galion to Bucyrus routes. Two inch rainfall in Hancock County floods lowland homes and isolates nine Delphos families amid looming flood recalls historic events.
Detroit March 21 Henry Ford did not know about his paper the Dearborn Independent launching a campaign against the International Jew and naming Acorn Saprio as a hand of Jews exploiting farmers. William J Cameron editor testified he never discussed the matter with Ford as the libel suit against Ford and Sapiro continues.
Nyda Lomax becomes the center of a new Athens Messenger serial story titled Daughters of Midas beginning next Sunday March 27. The plot asks if a department store clerk would accept living like a millionaire for a year and explores how such wealth would affect her.
The Department of Agriculture will launch its living standards survey in Southern Ohio in late March to study farm families in low income areas. Ohio State University will cooperate. Dr. C J Galpin notes the goal is to see if better farm practices can raise income and living standards. Four other U S regions will be studied.
The Supreme Court denied Earl Carroll’s bid for review of his perjury conviction stemming from a grand jury probe into his bathtub party on a theater stage. Carroll was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison.
Chillicothe March 27 Police Sgt John Burns recovers from a scare after a man wearing only B V D underwear crawled to the desk claiming two bandits held him up in a machine and took $16 in cash at the city park. The man led officers to his home with a neighbor’s help.
Belgrade reports say Yugoslavia would submit the Albanian crisis to the League of Nations and approve an international expeditionary force under League auspices. Paris notes describe grave tensions with Italy, and Briand plans to intercede to prevent a Balkan rupture.
Rome officials told United Press that Italy would not remain neutral if warlike action against Albania continued. Bodrero said any Yugoslav interference in Albanian affairs would be viewed as unfriendly and a formal note was not issued.
Ohio coal mines in Belmont County brace for a year of idleness as a strike spreads from the panhandle. Union organizers predict a fight to the finish with West Virginia non union mines poised to gain market share. Job prospects look dim as Southeastern Ohio mining activity collapses and broader industry stalls.
Ford's editor notes that riots rage in Shanghai while Cantonese troops are captured. The Dearborn Independent, edited by William J. Cameron, runs articles that led Aaron Sapiro to sue Ford for 1 million dollars.
Governor Donahey signed two bills and allowed two to become law without his signature. He put an Armistice Day holiday measure under mental reservations and gave a building code amendment for vitrified clay pipe. The unsigned acts create a Lakewood municipal court and empower agriculture against the European corn borer with $200,000 for eradication.
U S Marines landed in Shanghai to shield about 5,000 American citizens and property after a Shanghai council declared a state of emergency. Admiral Williams reported the action taken at the consul general’s appeal as martial law loomed and tensions rose through the night.
Forecasts of snow and cold greet the spring transition across the Midwest. Heavy sleet storms disrupted wire service in Illinois and Iowa, with Sterling and Clinton hardest hit. Mendota reports major wire damage. Iowa City damages reach $100,000. Chicago forecasts rain or snow with warming next Tuesday.
The Dover community planned a monster demonstration tonight for its basketball team after the squad defeated Waite High of Toledo 23 to 21 in Columbus to win state honors. Coach Hermann and the team arrived from Columbus to Dover greeted by a caravan of 200 automobiles and two bands.
Indiana faces renewed flood danger as forecasts show more rain across the state. Officials warn swollen rivers and creeks could rise further, threatening communities and infrastructure in the Indianapolis area.
Water covers the lowlands around Athens as the Hocking River rises, with a crest near 16.10 feet though below flood stage of 17 feet. Roads at Guysville Chauncey McArthur Bolins Mill show shallow flooding while rainfall accumulates since Thursday night. Weather observer Mrs France notes over an inch more rain since Saturday noon.
The enactment becomes effective immediately upon filing with the secretary of state as an emergency measure. The measure is designed to take effect without delay and governs the specified actions or provisions.
The newspaper notes spring begins with rain and possible snow as gardeners face planting delays. It forecasts a short cold spell for central Ohio, warns of potential losses to fruit growers, and cites OSU horticulture experts on freezing risks to budding trees and orchards in Ross County.
United States Attorney A. E. Bernsteen says indictments will be returned within three days against eight Ohio National Guard officers linked to alleged payroll padding. Federal investigators have already arrested the eight officers on irregularities charges.
Elizabeth Gerard a 17 year old Dallas high school pupil is hailed as a rare vocal prodigy by Giorgio Polacco musical director of the Chicago Civic Opera Company. He calls her voice one in a thousand and notes she can sing nearly three octaves.
Ohio officials prepared to explain the need for $13.25 million in additional revenues collectible at once to balance the budget. Governor Donahey plans to transmit Tracy's letter and the January 5 executive message urging higher franchise and utility taxes and semiannual franchise payments to speed funds.
A dead admirer a wounded widow and a rejected suitor at large are the principals in a shooting tragedy Saturday night at the rooming house of Mrs Belle Likes in Cincinnati authorities reported a fatal shooting and a manhunt was under way for the escapee while the widow was wounded and receiving treatment at a local hospital
Chicago report of a three death case where Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McEwen and their son Robert MacKenzie were found dead. Doctors say the couple died by suicide pact and the boy’s body was found burned in a woods north of the city. Neighbors recall a happy family life prior to the tragedy.
Cantonese forces enter Shanghai after months of fighting as a general strike shuts down industry. United States marines and foreign troops guard the foreign settlement while police fire on mobs. Four thousand Chinese gather as workers join the southern army, and the city falls with little organized resistance.
Police today sought help to find Mrs. Nannette Peters 65 of Lancaster missing since Saturday after attending a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting in Columbus. Charles Peters reports she did not reach home and may be in danger.
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