Miners Union Proposals Rise At Wage Conference
Foster Day reports from New York on a wage conference for bituminous coal miners. A four on four United Mine Workers and operator sub committee negotiates terms including wage increases, seven to five hour week, paid vacations, job security, safety committee power, and elimination of inequities. Ratification by delegates is expected after further talks in New York. The article notes regional and pay details for Day and other union leaders. In a separate note, Detroit enforces chicken handling penalties.
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SSS
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
New York City
Foster Day
Nelsonville
New York
Day
Appalachian
HIT
John L. Lewis
Lewis
California
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
Montana
District 8
Indiana
Tennessee
United Mine Workers
John Owens
Smace
H M Pulham Esquire a Boston life examination review
Book critique of H M Pulham Esquire by John Marquand. Portrait of Henry Moulton Pulham, Harvard ’15, a conformist Bostonian, with parallels to the author and a focus on Marvin the New Yorker. Notes on other titles and best seller standings.
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H. M. Pulham
Esquire
John P. Marquand
Boston
Little, Brown and Company
Henry Moulton Pulham
Brookline
Mass
John Grove Pulham
Mary Knowles Pulham
Cornelia Motford
George
Gladys
Henry Pulham
Harvard
Henry
New England
Harry
St. Swithin’s
Little Knight
Maine
John Marquand
Bill King
New Jersey
Kay
Marvin
New Yorker
H. M. Pullham
George Apley
Marquand
Book of-the-Month Club
Random Harvest
James Hilton
Jan Valtin
Trained Dogs Shine at Athens High Assembly
Arnold's Barnyard Frolics visited Athens High School on Wednesday turning the auditorium into a three ring show. Salome the pig Patsy the goat Judy the monkey and four dogs performed under Mr George Arnold before junior and senior students. The act travels with Mr and Mrs Arnold and is sponsored by the School Assembly Service of Chicago.
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Arnold
Athens High School
Salome
Pig
Patsy
Goat
Judy
Monkey
George Arnold
Mrs. Arnold
School Assembly Service of
Chicago
Local Hospital Releases After Emergency Surgeries
At Sheltering Arms Delphine Christy 4% West State Street underwent an emergency appendectomy Tuesday night. Mrs Anna Mansfield Athens Route 4 hospitalized since Jan 20 by a hip fracture, and Charlotte Carter 19 months old daughter of the Rev and Mrs James Carter were released Wednesday. Paul Chesser Athens Route 2, Mrs Marjory Tucker Athens Route 5, and Mrs Freda Weatherby 98 West State Street were released Thursday.
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Delphine Christy
W. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Anna Mansfield
Athens
Charlotte Carter
James Carter
Paul Chesser
Marjory Tucker
Freda Weatherby
Desertion Charged in Nelsonville Divorce Action
Petition for divorce filed in Common Pleas Court by Mrs. Ruth Drake of Nelsonville charging her husband Cloyed Drake with desertion and failure to provide. The couple were married at St. Marys West Virginia according to the petition.
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Common Pleas Court
Ruth Drake
Nelsonville
Drake
St. Mary's
W. Va
County First in Ohio to Pass U.S. Milk Code
Athens County becomes the first county wide health district in Ohio to adopt the U S Department of Health 1939 Standard Milk Ordinance. The regulation, effective February 12 1942, requires sanitary barns cooling systems and bottle caps on Athens City County milk bottles while allowing compliant outside milks to be sold locally.
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Athens City-County
Benedict B. Buckley
Nelsonville
Health Department
Athens
Buckley
Athens County
Ohio
J. M. Higgins
F. B. Gullum
Carl Frey
Jonh Newcomb
Blaine Goldsberry
Harry Henry
Six Hundred Children Compete For Music Honors In Athens
Six hundred students from Athens Meigs Gallia Lawrence Jackson Vinton Hocking Scioto Pike and Perry counties converge at Athens High School Saturday for the Southeastern Ohio Competitive Festival. The Ohio Music Education Association sponsors the event to raise music standards in high schools with solo and ensemble limits and no overall superiority. Individual performances occur in the morning while groups take the stage in the afternoon.
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Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Hocking
Scioto
Pike
Perry
Glouster Woman Seeks Divorce and Alimony
Glouster resident Charlene Smith has filed in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Arthur Smith claiming he failed to provide a home since September 1940. She seeks temporary and permanent alimony, restoration of her maiden name Charlene Wolfe, and an injunction to protect household goods until final hearing.
Ruth Herbert Files Action for Divorce
Ruth Herbert, 105 University Terrace, filed for divorce in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty by Loren Herbert. Married August 1925 with two daughters ages eight and ten. she seeks custody, alimony, and an order barring him from any interest in the matrimonial residence.
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Common Pleas Court
Ruth Herbert
University Terrace
The
Board of Health
Loren Herbert
Washington Club Meeting at Dowler's Home
The Washington Club of East Side School met Tuesday evening at 70 Morris Ave the home of Tom Dowler. Merrill Thomas and David Potter performed with a cornet and clarinet respectively, each with their mothers as accompanists. Refreshments were served by Mrs John Dowler.
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Washington Club
East Side School
Tom Dowler
Morris Ave
Merrill Thomas
Neil Thomas
David Potter
Franklin Potter
Washington, D. C
John Dowler
Alexander Township Farm Group Convenes
The Alexander Township Home Conservation Committee met Wednesday at Floyd Williams’s home to discuss The Farm Program of Today. Esther Dailey showed land type slides, Mrs. Winifred Hooper read Our Contribution, and roll call covered March traits. The next meeting is April 15 at Ed Brooks’s home.
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Alexander Township Home Conservation Committee
Floyd Williams
Williams
AAA
Esther Dailey
Albany
Winifred Hooper
Oscar Chase
Will Whaley
Merrill Chase
Bess
James Williams
Floyd
Worley Perry
Vernon
Orville Chase
Ed Brooks
Engineers Inspect New Plant at Mine No. 6 Millfield
The Hocking Valley Association of Professional Engineers met at Hotel Berry for its March gathering after inspecting the No. 6 Mine coal washing and preparation plant at Millfield operated by Mine No. 6, Inc. A dinner followed and a Technicolor film by The Joy Manufacturing Co. showcased a four reel underground mining cycle, reportedly the only Technicolor underground film.
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Hocking Valley Association of Professional Engineers
Hotel Berry
No. 6
Millfield
Mine No. 6, Inc
Stratton To Display Chrysler Thunderbolt
The Chrysler Thunderbolt will be shown in Athens on Monday March 24 from 6 to 10 p.m. at 36 Fern St. Stratton Auto Sales Co. owner Cash Stratton announced the event for local residents to view the new model.
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Athens
Cash Stratton
Stratton Auto Sales Co
Chrysler
Fern St
WOMAN SEEKS 5000 IN DEATH OF MRS SHIELDS
Mrs Mary Shields Huston administratrix of Mrs Fannie Anne Shields late of Nelsonville sues Gordon B Gray administrator of Dr John M Howard estate for 5000 dollars plus costs alleging negligence caused the death of Mrs Shields on Oct 10 1940 near Sharpsburg Route 50 Alternate. The suit notes Mrs Shields earlier worked as a practical nurse for Dr Howard and that he suffered seizures while driving with her as a passenger. The action names Walter D Shields as co claimant and seeks judgment and damages against the estate of Dr Howard who died from the same accident.
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Common Pleas Court
Mary Shields Huston
Fannie Anne Shields
Nelsonville
Gordon B. Gray
Athens
John M. Howard
Walter D. Shields
Huston
Howard
Gray
Sharpsburg
Shields
Amesville
Vinnie H. Howard
Dr. Howard
Kentucky Man Held for Embezzlement and Auto Theft
Herman Gamble, 22, of Owensboro Kentucky, was arrested Thursday night on Richland Avenue by state patrol and Deputy Sheriff Charles Evans after returning to a stolen car left on the street. Gamble, with a criminal record and a February dishonorable discharge from Fort Knox, was held in Athens City Jail awaiting Owensboro police arrival.
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Herman Gamble
Owensboro
Richland Ave
Charles Evans
Gamble
Kentucky
Army
Fort Knox
Athens City
New High Temperature Arrives With Spring
Athens recorded a high of 66 degrees Thursday, the year’s top weather mark. The temperature fell to 30 overnight and rose to 50 by noon today signaling spring’s advance.
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Athens
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