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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1925
Page
1
The Athens ice cream sector shows growth despite a nationwide downturn. Local plants report rising sales as summer demand and Sunday delivery orders boost the business, while cooler springs and summers historically dampen consumption elsewhere.
A special legislative tax committee in Columbus will form a permanent body and outline a program to overhaul Ohio tax machinery. Senator Chester C. Bolton will chair with a 15‑organization advisory group guiding an expert secretary and subcommittees.
May 19 New York passengers suffered minor injuries as pandemonium broke out after a short circuit stalled a subway train rounding a curve near Lexington Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street during the rush hour.
Delegates from Ohio's 5600 Baptist churches gather in Toledo for the annual state convention, beginning May 19. Church leaders plan discussions on church work, missions, and religious education across the state.
Today August Belmont died and left race horses. They are sold for 782200 dollars, with one old stal lion bringing 100000. The horse Fair Play, bought by J E Widener, sired a colt who became the famed Man o War.
An editorial in Long Beach Press Telegram defends modern youth citing Coolville high school senior Miss Wilma Green who walked 5000 miles to school over four years while maintaining good grades. It argues rugged pioneer spirit remains in today’s youth.
In Columbus on May 19 liberal and conservative factions prepare for the finish fight at the Presbyterian general assembly. Dr. Harry H. Rogers is pushed as moderator candidate by Kansas City supporters while Dr. Charles Erdman and William Jennings Bryan lead the liberal side arriving for the sessions. The key issue is whether minority reports in the Fosdick case may be heard and ministers warned against denigrating terms.
In Parma Township a dynamite and gasoline blast in a tool shed rocked a five mile radius. A former construction worker was arrested on suspicion and the injured include Mrs. Freda Kuehler 35 and Louis Koryiko 34. Police say the suspect was intoxicated at arrest.
The article quips Athens would welcome the Pied Piper of Hamelin as a legend of a rodent boom. It details rats in Court street alleys, nests citywide, timid by night yet bold by day, and a cheese craving tied to a cat shortage. Rat culture, and odd campus feats, reflect a town with plentiful rodents and limited feline help.
In Wheeling West Virginia United States Judge W E Baker denied the United Mine Workers of America motion to dismiss contempt charges against numerous members for alleged violations of an injunction against the West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Co A new temporary injunction against International president John L Lewis and nine other officials would be signed today halting unionization efforts in the region The rulings mark a major setback in the ongoing federal case filed April 28 and the contempt hearing was ordered immediately to determine actual violations
Wea Hall, state president of Ohio mine workers, denied a Gosline locals meeting and any break with the union. Gasline and Pom eroy miners voted to resume 1917 scale wages, while others in the district operate under the present day scale. Officials fear a statewide split as operators claim current pay cannot compete with nonunion fields. About 1500 union miners gathered near Nelsonville to protest and seek unity in the Hocking field.
Lewis Hartman 18, driver for Cruse and Snyder dairy farm, was instantly killed when struck by a New York Central passenger train at a crossing at noon today in New Lexington, Ohio.
Mrs. Mary Burke age 87 mother of former Senator J. F. Burke and a newspaper publisher in Elyria and Bucyrus died at her Cleveland home. The passing marks a notable figure in regional journalism and politics.
Pittsburgh Coal Co orders close of the only remaining union mine in operation. At the peak in 1923 the firm ran fifty four mines employing twelve thousand miners in the region.
Six men were fined by Magistrate P. W. Helwig after a raid on a Mack Byron place at Buchtel last week. Byron pleaded guilty to gambling, fined five dollars plus costs 45 suspended. Five others Nate Smith Tim Collins John Brown Clarence Wood Max Skrotz y and Hugh King paid one dollar each plus costs for gambling. Constables Mariner and Seibers led the raid. Mariner later sought Douglas in Nelsonville for liquor selling charges and Douglas, known countywide, was arrested yesterday in Bridgeport.
Amid Moscow shortages, reports say Russian children face hunger as supply gaps curb nutrition. Officials struggle to distribute mil supplies and aid reaches limited regions, raising concern over welfare and regional disparities.
C J Albasin secretary of the Pittsburgh Vein Operators association warns of two years of idleness and distress in Ohio coal as nonunion WV and Kentucky production floods Lake Erie docks. He cites April tonnage at Toledo and Sandusky and claims Ohio firms lack dock profits to compete. He notes hoped ICA action on freight rates has not yet materialized.
In Common Pleas court late yesterday judgments totaling 20 858 33 were confessed by attorney R W Finsterwald for the Varsity Inn Elmer Johnson Sam C Warren and William Warren for the Bank of Athens. A new action for 370 06 against the Inn for bakery supplies was filed today by Frank X Rauch Athens baker.
An optimist, Mrs. Mary Paige aged 107, says people are kinder today and the world is getting better. She lives with her daughter in Joliet, Illinois, and helps with housework. her husband died at 105.
Hundreds gathered at the Automotive Battery and Electric Co. shop on East State Street for a three hour portable broadcast by WJAZ. Towns statewide received the program, with live music from Ohio University groups, a Dean Chubb address, and performances by several local entertainers and students.
Police investigate the murder of Aileen Williams aged 38 from Erlanger Kentucky whose strangled body was found in a wooded area outside Cincinnati. Detectives pursue leads as the case remains unsolved.
Municipal Judge Dean C Throckmorton of Columbus is acquitted of accepting a bribe after a Common Pleas Court jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The case stalled when state witness Louis W Josephson refused to testify without immunity over embezzlement and bribery charges. Prosecutor King may pursue another bribery count. Josephson’s trial could occur in September.
Charles Lefty Webb of Gwouster pitched for Bazzs Wetzeel’s Hamilton Ontario club against Flint. The left-hander threw a no hit no run game with five strikeouts and five walks, while an error in the ninth allowed a seventh run to reach base. Webb, son-in-law of Glouster police chief Henry Williams, earned hall of fame consideration in the Mint league.
City council discussed a $4600 estimate to extend sanitary sewer to the Sycamore Heights area on North Hill where about fifty homes lack sewer service. A delegation of property owners will secure right of way as the project proceeds, with committee members named.
Raymond C. Brown expresses gratitude to friends and relatives in Albany Chauncey Cincinnati Greenfield Akron and Columbus and his immediate family for contributing to the purchase of the electric wheelchair recently given him. He notes a Messenger feature on May 14 stating Athens businessmen funded the chair and asks public thanks to all contributors.
Petitions from property owners in various city parts urge fixing of streets and sidewalks while opposing repaving of North Lancaster Street and East State Street. Council weighed requests as Mayor Koons favored partial repaving and plans for concrete street construction moved forward with engineering orders issued.
May 19 in the state-wide war on alleged indecent publications Law Shuler was asked by Safety for Barry to rule on police powers to suppress such materials The discussion centers on authority to ban prints deemed obscene and the scope of enforcement actions.
A remark about hosting a lecture during a bathing session drew mixed reactions. Proponents say it creates a relaxed learning atmosphere while critics warn it undermines decorum and focus.
Fragmentary note urges humane care for living beings, referencing medical assistance and nursing to restore health. Mentions Agriculture department as possible source of support or authority.
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