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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
7
McArthur May 1 two masked bandits entered the Swisher home in Radcliff at night and robbed Dr B V Swisher and his wife taking forty one dollars. Swisher slipped off a $1 000 diamond ring during the escape. A neon electric light sign was added to the Lantz Hamilton hotel.
Arthur May 1 The Vin ity grand jury finished a two day session reporting nine indictments and six ignored cases. Delbert Webb aged was indicted for shooting with intent to kill accused of using his father Edward Webb in an ambush north of Arthur about three weeks ago following a dispute over a mess transaction. Grand jury members J A Newsom Wilkesville C C Dozer Owen Davis Hank McCathrine H A Speak John Kruger Mrs Nan New-
Logan health day events include a Pythian Theater gathering with C. A. Neal state health director addressing. Morton W. Bland coordinates. Neal, a WWI colonel and public health expert, heads the State Department of Health. Health pictures shown at the public school follow a health department program led by Dr. Bland. Social event at Methodist Church hosts Meen Mother Circle with 21 members attending.
McArthur Ohio May 1. Commencement exercises of the Mc Arthur High School will be at the Opera House on May 15 evening. Alumni banquet May 16. Class of 30 includes Arthur Barron John Beckley Helen Bobo Lawrence Gill Arlin Graves Leika Gregory Shirley Gregory Oval Harkins Worley Huston Georgia McCarley Zella Nichols Mark Ogan Lloyd Osler Beatrice Reasoner Ralph Robinet Nell Louise Sprague Lloyd Steele Jack Swaim Myron Turner Everett Wareheim Florence Watson Melvin Watson Gordon Will Estelle Wiseman Genevieve Wortman Clarence Zeigler. Vinton County 8th Grade Commencement at new Exhibition Building May 10 10 a m. Address by Hon George G Hunter Ironton Mrs Charles Keeney and her class in music. County schools track and field meet at Fair Grounds in afternoon.
E. E. Griffith leasing agent for Ohio Fuel Company and wife have stayed ten days with his mother Mrs Harriet Griffith aged 79 who is at the point of death in McArthur.
A guest named Miss Frances Dona Hue attended the event with attendance notes indicating her presence. The report highlights her participation among a group of attendees and local mentions.
Members of the Board of Directors of the Hocking County Farm Bureau will meet Saturday in Logan at the County Extension Office. W. W. Marks of Logan is president. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lanning in Columbus, Walter Harrop and Roland Ashbaugh of Shawnee, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Poling of Lancaster. Don Smart of Haydenville was a Logan caller Tuesday.
E. J. Meinhardt of Chicago the Rupture Shield expert will appear at the LaFayette Hotel Marietta Ohio Sunday May 4 and Monday May 6 from 10 am to 3 pm daily. Consultation and demonstration free. This visit for men only. White people only.
W. W. Totman allows free use of his field adjoining the proposed Athens airport site for a year to be leased to airport officials afterward. J. S. Sherrard announced at the Athens Chamber of Commerce luncheon that an organization to promote the airport will form within a week. Plans involve cooperation with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the State Department of Aeronautics to develop the airplane station, with hopes to ready the field by June 1 after minor work.
Chattanooga Tenn May 1 The speaker of jurors denounces laws reducing judges to moderators and intelligent juries as hindrances to justice. He cites abuses of discretionary power and peremptory challenges as major obstacles in the United States.
Wickersham of President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commission told attendees at the Institute of Justice that many juries are made up largely of ignoramuses and morons in an address last night.
Four bandits robbed a car delivering Goodyear tires at a Gadsden Alabama facility today and escaped with about $20,000 in cash. Police dispatched to the scene investigated the theft.
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