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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1927

Page

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Ohio University Salary Budget Up by 73000 in House Action

Ohio University salary budget increased by 73000 as part of a larger House finance committee action cutting state education appropriations by 614365.50 from Governor Donahey’s recommended figures. Biggest cuts hit Bowling Green State Normal and Ohio State University, while Ohio University gains 91075 and the agriculture extension unit 7350. tuition supplements are proposed to cover Ohio State salary shortfalls.

Finance Committee Columbus Ohio Donahey Educational Institutions House Finance Committee Bowling Green State Normal Ohio State University Kent State Normal Miami University Whlberforce University Ohio University Agriculture’extension Department Ohio Ase

Stout Murder Trial Jury Selection Underway

In McArthur on March 22 11 men and one woman were seated as jury selection neared completion for the first degree murder trial of Arthur Stout for the killing of his stepmother Mrs Sarah Stout. Inez Palmer 24 admitted killing William Stout 65 by throwing his body into a well in an alleged confession obtained by county officials.

Inez Palmer William Stout

Brother Deputies Arrest Man for Liquor Possession

Harry Lew was arrested at Roy Casto's Hobson home by his brothers Deputies John and George Lewis. He pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and jailed until payment.

Pomeroy Harry Lewis Roy Casto Hobson John George Lewis Lewis Cora B. Roberts

Miners in Belmont County Resolve to Strike April 1

Belmont County miners vow to throw down their picks on April 1 and return to work to save Ohio coal. They plan to invade the West Virginia panhandle, ignore injunctions, and unionize across the river as wage-scale disputes threaten Ohio’s coal industry.

Belmont County Ohio Paul Packard United Press Bridgeport West Virginia Ohio River Panhandle United Mine Workers Donahey Ohio Union Percy Tetlow

Pennsylvania Man Named for Newly Created Dry Post

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon sent the names for the new prohibition and customs posts to President Coolidge. J. D. Pennington of Pittsburgh is likely to be prohibition commissioner while Ernest W. Camp of Saginaw Mich. is named customs commissioner. The appointments take effect April 1 as the Treasury bureaus are created and many prohibition agents may be removed locally. Administrators will have authority to dismiss agents not meeting civil service standards or not performing well.

Washington Secretary of the Treasury Mellon President Coolidge Prohibition Customs J. D. Pennington Ciry Pittsburgh Ernest W. Camp Saginaw Mich Prohibition and Customs Treasury

Prosecution Sought in Yorkville Union Savings Loss Case

More than 500 depositors petitioned Prosecutor Roy N. Merryman in Steubenville seeking prosecution of bank officials over the Union Savings bank Yorkville closing last May with a $300000 loss, following indictments returned by the grand jury last summer.

Steubenville U.rp Union Savings Bank Yorkville Roy N. Merryman Grand Jury

Supreme Court Lets West Ohio Gas Join Celina Case

The Supreme Court granted West Ohio Gas Company's motion to become a party in the Celina versus Public Utilities Commission case, as of March 22 in Columbus.

Columbus Supreme Court West Ohio Gas Company Celina Public Utilities Commission

Hocking River Receding Slowly Across Ohio

High waters on the Hocking river were still receding this forenoon and were expected to drop to about 15 feet by evening. Flood stage is 17 feet, with Chauncey and Guysville roads still covered but passable for autos. Snow flurries were general, and a statewide cold wave helped prevent floods as northern rivers remain highest.

Hocking C. N. France East Bridge Ohio

Prisoner Smoky Hobbs Released then Re-Arrested in Columbus

Alexander Smoky Hobbs, 72, the first inmate freed from the county jail after a Supreme Court ruling against liquor courts, was arrested again today for drunkenness in Columbus.

Columbus Alexander Smoky” Hobbs U. S. Supreme Court Justices of the Peace

Woman Vanishes Then Returns Years Later in Kentucky

Mary Vickery disappeared from her Harlan Kentucky home two years ago. A body found later near town led to Connie Dabney, a taxi driver, being tried for murder and sentenced for life. Mary then reappeared alive, saying she had been in Cincinnati working, returning to see Dabney freed.

Mary Vickery Harlan Connie Mary Cincinnati Dabney

Commissioners May Help Repair Township Roads

The commissioners plan to review roads in multiple townships to assist road improvements when weather allows. Areas listed include Alexander Ames Lee Pleasant Hill Linscott Rodehaverhill Moody Hollow Torch Hill and Torch Hockingport roads plus connections from William Bowers farm to Five Points. Without legislative funding or tax income they cannot definitively promise aid.

Alexander Township Judge Woodpike Pleasant Hill W. N. Alderman Ames Township Linscott Road Lee Township Rodehaverhill Trimble Township Moody Hollow Road Troy Township Torch Hill Torch-Hockingport Athens Waterloo Lee Townships William Bower Five Points

Terminate Treaty With Mexico Notified by State Dept

The State Department announced on March 22 that it had served notice to Mexico terminating the anti-smuggling treaty between the two countries.

Washington State Department Mexico

One Room School at Round House Totally Destroyed by Fire

A small Waterloo township schoolhouse near Round House burned early today leaving fifteen pupils without a local classroom. Neighbors could not save the building valued at 2500 dollars. teacher Miss Nelle McDaniel and janitor Paul Hawk were among those affected as they seek nearby schools. Superintendent H R McVay said rebuilding this year seems unlikely. pupils across grades six to eight and others must enroll at nearer facilities.

Round House Waterloo Township Lee Knowlton Paul Hawk Nelle McDaniel H. R. McVay McVay

Federal grand jury expected to indict in beer ring case

Cleveland federal grand jury likely to vote 49 indictments within two days. United States Attorney A E Bernsteen said the jury will adjourn Thursday. About one third of the indictments stem from investigations of two breweries tied to a $40 000 000 Ohio Pennsylvania beer ring.

Cleveland United States A. E. Bernsteen Bernsteen

Arch bishop Regis Canevin Dies at 74 in Pittsburgh

Archbishop Regis Canevin, 74, died in Pittsburgh after a two month illness. He had resigned as bishop of the Pittsburgh Catholic diocese in 1920 due to ill health and was given the honorary title of archbishop.

Pittsburgh Regis Canevin Canevin

Ohio Bankers Study Agriculture Practices At OSU

Ohio bankers at their two day agricultural school at Ohio State University heard Professor Wendell Paddock explain how declining fruit demand for apples peaches and grapes hurts Ohio growers. He noted fruit rot and low prices due to advertising and merchandising by western and southern producers and urged cutting poor varieties avoiding new orchards and launching an intensive ad campaign.

Columbus Ohio Ohio State University Wendell Paddock College of Agriculture Paddock

Ohio House cuts state hospital funding in welfare budget

The Ohio House finance committee slashed the next biennium budget for state institutions by 561 300, affecting Athens State hospital reducing from 51 000 to 38 000 and Dayton State hospital by 152 000. Cleveland State hospital rose to 377 000 while others saw smaller cuts across Lima Massillon and Orient institutions.

Athens Hospital House Columbus U.R Department of Welfare House Finance Committee Athens State Hospital Donahey Ohio Dayton Dayton State Hospital Toledo State Hospital Boys’ Industrial School Lancaster Girls’ Industrial School Delaware Mansfield Reformatory Women's Reformatory Marysville Cleveland State Hospital Columbus State Hospital Columbus Hospital School For the School For the Deaf Bureau of Juvenile Research Longview Hospital Cincinnati Lima State Hospital Massillon State Hospital Gallipolis Hospital Orient Institution Mt. Vernon Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Sandusky

Cinderella Bride Loses Everything Becomes Browning Wins

New York report says 16 year old Frances Heenan known as Peaches Browning loses alimony after Edward West Browning wins a separation suit. He is a wealthy real estate dealer. The court ruling ends the $300 weekly support and an appeal by Heenan is unlikely. Observers expect Browning to decide on future contact depending on the girl's actions.

New York United States Browning Edward West Browning Frances Heenan

Prince of Wales Thrown From Horse in Holdenby Steeplechase

The Prince of Wales was toppled when his horse stumbled during the army steeplechase at Holdenby. He was reported uninjured and not seriously harmed.

Northampton Eng U.R Prince of Wales Holdenby Prince

Shanghai City In Chaos As Riots Rage Across Port

United Press reports Shanghai in turmoil with armed American and British forces landing, fires and shelling in the Chapei district, and attacks on foreign lines. American volunteers rescue three families, no injuries. Vindictive engaged offshore. looting and shelling persist. 150000 striking unionists idle. Nationalists clash at the north station.

United Press Shanghai Nanking Chapei United States Marine Corps H. L. Lamb Peacock Studio

Miners Refuse Bureau Aid in Ohio Dispute

Columbus March 22. Miners refuse help from the Columbus Better Business Bureau to arbitrate the dispute with operators. The refusal comes in a letter from Lee Hall president of District No.6 United Mine Workers of America.

Columbus U.P Columbus Better Business Bureau Ohio Lee Hall United Mine Workers of America

Evidence in Ford Libel Case Reads from Dearborn Independent

Detroit March 22 Paragraphs from the Dearborn Independent alleging Jewish influence and exploitation were introduced in Aaron Sapiro vs Henry Ford libel trial. Attorney W H Gallagher read the passages with editor William Cameron on the stand, Cameron claiming editorial control.

Detroit Mich Dearborn Independent Aaron Sapiro Henry Ford William J. Cameron The Williams Henry Gallagher Sapiro Cameron Independent Ford

Bandits Wound Three in Toledo Robbery

In Toledo three men were wounded and bandits obtained 600 dollars in a robbery within the last twelve hours.

Toledo

Mayor warns college couples over street parking in Daltonhurst

Four couples of college students appeared before Mayor Alex Moore after complaints about parking on Strathmore Boulevard and Utah Place in the Daltonhurst addition east of the Children's home. Chief Herb Parker and Captain Charles Maple ordered the group to heed the warning as no affidavits were filed.

Strathmore Boulevard Utah Place Daltonhurst Addition Childrens Alex Moore Herb Parker Charles Maple

Campaign to Crack Down on Mahoning Bootleggers

Start clean up campaign in Mahoning County announced by the Mahoning County Constables Association at Youngstown meeting. Deputy Marshalls C D Burkett and Herman Burks reported that in a conference with Charles Earhart of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, Earhart said constables and marshals are legally allowed to continue liquor raids.

Youngstown U.P Mahoning County

Reed Links Prohibition to Stills In American Homes

Senator James A Reed declaring at a Detroit dinner said prohibition breeds law breakers and moral decline citing Gen Lincoln Andrews figures that 1,276,000 stills exist in American homes.

Detroit U.P Prohibition James A. Reed Mosouri Lincoln Andrews Reed

Gasoline Drops One Cent At Major Stations

Gasoline price fell to 22 cents a gallon at most Cleveland service stations as the three largest oil firms reduced prices by one cent.

Cleveland

Perfect Murder Case in New York Solved

Police say Albert Snyder art editor of Motor Boating magazine was murdered in a premeditated plan by Harold Judd Gray and Mrs Snyder. Gray confessed to the crime and a staged burglary scene led to the breakthrough. Snyder fled with Mrs Snyder bound, later to Syracuse. A hidden jewelry stash under a mattress provided the crucial clue.

New York U.P Albert Snyder Harold Judd Gray

Americans Subject Near Nanking as Shanghai Falls to Rebels

United States Marines in Shanghai faced fire as Cantonese nationalists seized Wuhu and attacked foreign districts. Rescue of Americans occurred amid chaos along the Yangtze, with gunfire and looting reported. no American casualties. Washington weighs possible recognition as nationalist forces gain ground.

H. Francis Misselwits United Press Shanghai Soochow Nanking Wuhu French O Chapel Wei Chang-Chi Oreer United States Marine Szechuan Road Seszechn Bulle Washington United States Soviet Russia Sage Williams Ati Mac Vy Department Délar Cantones

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