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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1929
Page
1
The Senate sends its farm relief bill to the House amid threats of breaking legislative ties. Debenture provision sparks House opposition as leaders threaten to block the measure, arguing it usurps revenue power. Administration senators split, some opposing to show loyalty.
May 15 story reports painters discovering a mash barrel in the Silver Run Schoolhouse on Leading Creek. Deputies Delbert Welker and Ben Morris used dynamite to blow the barrel into the yard, and found home brew evidence at Ray Landers home, including a jar and shoes. Landers to be arrested.
A Bray of rumors circulates around Prohibition policy in Switzerland as the public weighs wet vs dry measures. The piece by Arthur Brisbane hints at political and social tensions influencing the upcoming referendum.
The passage notes rumors of Mr. Mellon's resignation but states he will resign only when he feels ready to attend to his own business and will not be pressured into leaving.
The speaker urges the people to recognize and show gratitude for the service of the most capable secretary of the treasury in U S history when he resigns, highlighting his exemplary tenure and impact on government finances.
The text notes that despite limited success in curbing the market, even a small victory over the downturn brings some happiness to Federal Reserve officials, who had not yet achieved decisive gains against the trend.
In 1928 the government spent 936,600,000 trying to enforce Prohibition. The piece argues the money would have been better spent if it had tempered the people.
The article notes that despite millions of incidents and shootings, the city continues to operate about 32,000 speakeasies and numerous illegal whiskey stills, with drug peddlers active and many private stills in operation.
The text suggests replacing prohibition with taxation of gin, whisky, and other intoxicants. It cites Thomas Jefferson proposing classifying alcoholic poisons as deadly drugs and lighter drinks with tobacco to raise revenue via regulated sale.
President Hoover and lawmakers aim to show the Senate is not fully backing the House bill. Both versions create a 50 million revolving fund under a federal farm board to back stabilization corporations for each commodity. A debenture clause would grant exporters a bounty equal to half the tariff, with treasury certificates used to offset duties on imports to lift domestic prices about the world level.
About 700 Citadel undergraduates left the dining hall to protest the quality of breakfast today. The hunger strike ended when they resumed meals after a day of walkout at Charleston College.
In La Grange Texas May 15 Texas feel wary about serving as jurors for the case of Mrs Rebecca Lindley Rogers a former coed who admitted holding up a Band Bank two years earlier and stealing 1000 The courtroom saw only seven accepted jurors after lengthy questioning and famous laughter over ex mayor C G Robson's remark the defense is led by her husband Otis Rogers who left a TB sanitarium to defend her. the first trial ended in conviction and a new hearing was granted on appeal by the husband attorney.
Stanley Lowe of Columbia waives reading of the affidavit and is bound over to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge in the death of Gilbert Glover of Ward Township. Bond set at 2600. Lowe declines to answer questions, aided by attorney George W. Christman. Relatives seek bond release as arraignment proceeds in Logan.
Jesse Smart of Haydenville and James Snedden of near Murray City were arrested for dynamiting Southern Ohio Electric transformers near Mine No. 26 at Buchtel on August 11, 1928. They pleaded not guilty before Mayor Johnson at Trimble and were bound over to the grand jury on $3,600 bonds each, remaining jailed in Athens when bonds could not be posted.
POMEROY May 15 The Ohio River shows its lowest level here since February. The wreck of the Middleport ferryboat veriv lies below Mason City landing with a yaw anchored nearby to warn steamboats. A red light is displayed at night to mark the danger point.
Ohio University students and faculty gathered at Memorial Auditorium for Senior Day activities with announcements of honorary organizations, year awards, student addresses by President E. B. Bryan and Class President Ralph Zahour, and publications appointments. Services ran from 7 PM to 12:39 AM. details to be published tomorrow.
Twenty one of twenty two men indicted in Athens County Common Pleas Court were arraigned with most pleading not guilty. Lew is Mebanielia received 18 months hard labor in Ohio State Penitentiary. Edward Hicks pled not guilty on two murder charges. Several defendants released on bond while others await trials next week.
Langley Field Virginia May 15 The Packard airplane division guarded a Diesel engine from Detroit testing secrecy. Pilot L M Wollson and Walter Lees emerged from the craft as officials noted the fuel economy of using furnace oil at about four dollars versus twenty four dollars for gasoline on a 66 mile flight.
A Hoover led committee reports the 1922 to 1929 economy unchanged at core with vast potential. It warns balanced growth is needed as greed or ignorance could harm stability. It notes rising stock ownership, savings, credit use, and productivity, and highlights low radio adoption in homes.
Logan May 1. Sheriff W K Lloyd and deputies rush to issue summons for prospective jurors in the Albert Burchett case after a precipe and special jury drawn from the wheel. Deputy H Hammond reported traveling 2146 miles Sunday to reach six summonsees as residents from most townships in Hocking County are drawn.
Paris May 15 Experts from France and the United States met in a pivotal reparations conference. French delegates Moreau and Quesnay debated with Owen D Young and others while Sir Josiah Stamp’s draft faced possible acceptance or rejection. The result could determine the course of three months of negotiations.
SAXGAN May 15. Howard Call 20 Nelsonville is recovering at Cherrington Hospital from a fractured right leg after being thrown from his motorcycle near Smiths Chapel Church Sunday evening. He was returning home from Green Township after visiting a friend when an automobile swerved into his path. Motorists brought him to the hospital where doctors found both bones fractured just above the ankle.
In New York on May 15 Harry F. Sinclair, serving a contempt sentence in Washington, was re-elected chairman of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, strengthening his position with the board and shareholding leadership.
Edward B. McLean publisher of The Washington Post filed a libel suit in Washington seeking 1 090 009 damages against The Philadelphia Record. He alleges a Record article suggested he attended a Belgian embassy dinner in a disgraceful drunken condition, shocking guests and causing suspicion.
Report notes local high schools in Ohio preparing submission to the governor for candidates to receive IU U scholarship funding.
In Pomeroy May 15, a local family of seven children all share three-letter first names and no middle names. Judge Morton Webster, tavern boniface, is the father. the children Fay Jed Ard Eva Bob and Rea include Bob an overseas veteran and Jed in the insurance business. The five daughters are grown, married, and retain their family ties.
At the Cleveland Clinic Hospital a triple explosion and fire killed seventy five people and injured scores. Firemen reported bodies on the second floor and chaos from shattered ceilings and overturned equipment. The blast originated in the X-ray room. the hospital complex includes three buildings and extensive laboratories.
A new wage scale was posted at Sunday Creek Mine in Glouster on May 15. The adjustment mirrors the 1917 scale, with some labor reductions and others increases. The change aims to keep coal costs similar to prior levels, described as a scenic adjustment rather than a cut.
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