Consolidation Considered for Carthage Township Schools
Carthage Township Board of Education discussed closing two small one room schools Jasper Hill and Saunders and possibly centralizing at Lottridge to form a two room school. They weighed transporting pupils to Mills, consolidating to Lottridge, and securing a bus and a seat for next year. The board plans further talks with patrons and may seek state aid building funds.
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Athens County
Carthage Township
Jasper Hill
Saunders
Mills
Lottridge
Carthage Township Board of Education
Coolville
Stewart
Second Charge Over Benham May Be Dismissed
William G. Benham, former president of the defunct R. L. Collings Co., faces a second federal indictment for mail fraud but District Attorney Hareth May is not expected to pursue it. Benham, 48, ill, is due to be released from Atlanta Federal Prison to return home in Columbus within days, a move ordered by U S attorney general William D Mitchell. The new indictment, filed Sept 24, 1925, mirrors a 1925 case in which Benham was sentenced to seven years.
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Columbus
U.P
William G. Benham
R. L. Collings Company
Hareth May
Benham
Atlanta
William D. Mitchell
United States
Mitchell
Sumner High to Host Six-Week Summer School
NEW LEXINGTON May 20 Local teachers Miss Madaleyn Loxerwood and Miss Gladys Barker will run a six week summer school at the to high school. They will oversee classes and supervise student work during the program.
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New Lexington
To High
Madaleyn LoXerwood
Gladys Barker
Students to hear Homer Rodehaver at 3 15 PM event
Schools will dismiss Tuesday at 3 PM so pupils can attend a 3 15 PM performance by evangelistic singer Homer Rodehaver at the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Rodehaver directs Lilly Sunday music and also sings and plays trombone.
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Rodehaver
Homer Rodehaver
Methodus Episcopal
Lilly
Yankee Officials Exonerated in Deaths Rush of Crowd
New York officials of the Yankee club were cleared of blame in the deaths of Eleanor Price and Joseph Carter and in the midday rush of fans. District Attorney John E. McGeehan said no negligence by club officials and that reports about closed gates hindering exit were unfounded.
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Yankee
New York
U.P
New York Yankee Baseball Club
John E. McGeehan
Bronx
Dramatized Stadium Stampede At Baseball Game
At a Yankees Red Sox game in a crowded stadium a tunnel crush injured many and caused panic. Patrolman Louis Baer helped widen exits as the crowd surged, and Babe Ruth assisted doctors amid the emergency. Miss Price died in Babe Ruth's arms during the chaos.
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Ruth
Mise Price
Susi the gorilla charms crowd aboard airship Graf Zeppelin
The female gorilla Susi amuses spectators more than the real passenger as the Graf Zeppelin sails. Susi rests calmly in her cage despite strong winds and buffeting. A man comments that Saal is unaware of floating through the clouds, while he arranged the voyage.
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Susi
Saal
What About Us Susi and Her Flying Journey
The passage likens humans to an airship floating in space with Earth as the vessel. It compares Susi and her cousins to travelers aboard a vessel moving at vast speeds around the sun and through space. It urges not to despise Susi.
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Susi
Earth
French Aid Repairs Zeppelin After Disaster
The article notes that France hesitated to allow the Zeppelin over its territory but eventually offered landing fields and hangars. French soldiers joined, and technicians from both nations work together to repair the airship in crisis.
Riverside Cats To Wear Bells Now
Riverside in Chicago suburb enforces a 12 year old rule requiring cats to wear bells. If a cat trespasses on birds, it may be impounded and, if not claimed within five days, destroyed.
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Riverside Cats
Chicago
Riverside
Ohio Fuel Co Granted Stock Issuance to Acquire Gas Interests
The Public Utilities Commission authorized Ohio Fuel Gas Company to issue over 45.99 million dollars in common stock to acquire gas interests in Ohio. The plan includes 42 152 shares at 59 dollars each totaling about 21.01 million and finances additions, betterments, and stakes in 16 companies valued at 21.65 million. Issuance of 441 252 shares valued at 22.96 million finances Logan Gas stock purchase.
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Columbus
U.P
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Columbia Gas & Electric Company
Logan Gas Company
Ohio
Logan
Lindbergh Prepares Takeoff Toward Matrimony on Anniversary
On the second anniversary of his New York to Paris flight Col. Charles A. Lindbergh nears a wedding with Anne Morrow. The couple remains secluded at Deacon Brown Point near North Haven Maine as reporters await details of the ceremony and location.
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Paris
Lindy
Colonel
Miss Morrow
Deacon Brown Point
North Haven
New York- Paris
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Miss Anne
Mrs. Morrow
Hoover Receives Black Eye At Camp During Woods Walk
Washington reports President Hoover suffered a black eye while walking through Shenandoah National Park at his camp. The impact came from a branch that whipped back as he passed. Surgeon Dr. Joel T Boone treated the eye immediately. the injury is not serious.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Shenandoah National Park
Joel T Boone
Athens safety director named in mandamus suit over filling station
Franz L. Woodworth, safety director of Athens, is named defendant in a mandamus petition filed by the State of Ohio for Jennie Siigley. The case tests whether his permit denial to erect a gasoline and oil filling station on a frontage at East State Street and Morris Avenue is illegal amid a business district and existing stations.
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Franz L. Woodworth
Athens
Common Pleas Court
State of Ohio
Jennie Siigley
East State Street
Morris Avenue
Woodworth
Siigley
McBride calls anti prohibition totals a bank hoax
RF McBride general superintendent of the Anti Saloon League labels as pure bank the claim prohibition costs the nation near a billion dollars annually. He says only 36 million was spent on enforcement with half returned as fines and forfeitures and accuses the estimate of misrepresenting enforcement costs.
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Washington
U.P
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Pure Bank
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
McBride
Railroads win Supreme Court ruling on Interstate Commerce valuations
The U S Supreme Court reversed a St Louis three judge ruling and upheld the Interstate Commerce Commission valuation method for rate making. Justice McReynolds stated Congress requires weight be given to current reproduction costs and that the court must follow this factor.
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Washington
U.P
United States Supreme Court
High Court
St. Louis
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Commission
McReynold
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Two Planes Poised for Atlantic Flight Anniversary Run
Two monoplanes stand ready on the New York area coast for a bid to cross the Atlantic. American pilots Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey plan a Rome bound hop from Old Orchard after starting from Teterboro New Jersey. French crew Rene Lefevre Jean Assolant Armene Lotti delay at Roosevelt Field due to rain, weathering a three dawn start window.
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New York
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Clarence Chamberlin
Germany
Teterboro
New Jersey
Ard
Rome
Rene Lefevre
Jean Assolant
Armene Lotti
Roosevelt Field
Atlantic
Williams
Yancey
Believer in Dreams Recovers Valuable Stone in Laxegan
Laxegan on May 20 a staff special reports a man who trusts dreams helped locate a valuable stone. The tale notes skepticism among some residents but highlights the dream practitioner’s role and the eventual recovery of the stone.
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Laxegan
Penny About to Open Line to Save Time
Trans continental air rail service of the Pennsylvania Railroad will open July 1 linking Ohio with Los Angeles and San Francisco in under 48 hours through Columbus. Night trains will connect with air routes to Waynoka and Clovis. Lunch in the air will save time. thermos cabinets will aid cooking. Jon Schorr, a local tailor, recovered a two and a half carat diamond lost weeks earlier after a tip and a drain pipe sighting.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
McI Nillough
Ohio
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Columbus
New York
Waynoka
Okla
Traina
Clovis
New Mexico
Air Lines
California
Jon Schorr
Schorr
Calvin Coolidge Joins New York Life Insurance Board
Former president Calvin Coolidge takes a new role as a board member of the New York Life Insurance Co. He appears with company president Darwin St. Kingsly and delivers a brief speech marking his first duty as an insurer.
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Calvin Coolidge
The
New York Life In Iusurance Co
Sis Darwin St. Kingsly
Memideloy
Woman sets world high jump mark in para chute event
Jean Durang, 19, claimed a new world record in a high jump by para chute in Minneapolis on May 29. Pilot Gene Shank reported his altimeter froze at 18 709 feet as Durang and Misa Durand rose about 100 feet higher before her leap.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jean Durang
Gene Shank
Misa Durand
Negro Defends Self in Athens County Court
Lee Underwood, colored of Clouster, faced a May Grand Jury charge for passing a bad check in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The two hour verdict period ended without a decision as jurors asked for mercy, saying they were divided. Underwood rejected court counsel and said the check for 11.85 was given with prior notice of no funds and an arranged payment after wages.
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Athens County
Meade
Underwood
John Martin
Colouster
Martin
Norwegian girl plans ocean hop to native land
Norwegian aviatrix Miss D. Berger plans an air route from the United States to Europe to visit her homeland. She travels to America to finalize arrangements and select a companion flyer for the voyage.
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United States
Europe
D. Berger
America
Seven Die in Ohio Weekend Auto Tragedies
Ohio police report seven people killed and five seriously injured in weekend crashes across the state. Victims include Mrs. Gusta Leonard and her son Lester Jr near Toledo, a Columbus pedestrian killed by a hit and run, and Cincinnati resident Leah Lemonek in a separate crash. Two Toledo athletes and other locals suffered severe injuries when cars hit them or trains collided.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Stress Today
Toledo
New York Central
Gusta Leonard
Lester, Jr
Leonard
George H.conner
Fiorabel Deigarn
Frederick Hollifield
Bethel
Chisel Bridge
Cincinnati
Leah Lemonek
Zanesville
Frank Willison
Roseville
Theodore Colberg
Royland Savage
Ralph Ingraham
Albert Schipp
Ingraham
Central Catholic
Graf Zeppelin likely to cross to America in June
Toulon France May 20 The Graf Zeppelin begins replacing damaged parts at Cuers Mirrefitte Airport with two new motors arriving from Friedrichshafen Repairs aim to have the airship ready for a June crossing back to the United States. Eight of the original 18 passengers await repairs to decide on a return voyage with Mary Pierce still undecided between ship or air return.
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Toulon
France
Cuers-Imerrefitte
Friedrichshafen
United State
Germany
America
Storag
United States
Mary Pierce
New York
Hugo Rekener
Air Giant
Youlon
Reach
Graf Zephelin
Bhrance
Frank Nicholson
Vincent Clarke
U. N
Mir George Wilkins
Boy Drowns While Picking Violets for Mother’s Day
Atlantic Iowa May 20 A seven year old boy Duane Howe was found drowned after going to the creek edge with violets for his mother on Mother’s Day. He left home that day and was traced to the creek bank. a wide search including Atlantic High School pupils dismissed to help failed to locate him until Sunday.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Duane Howe
Héra
Duane
Atlantic High School
Theater robbery and assault in Chicago: $4000 stolen
Two theater workers were raped and forced to open a safe in Chicago last night. The assailants escaped with about $4000 in theater receipts. Police seek suspects.
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Chicago
The Athens Messenger Publishes First Aid Booklet
The Athens Messenger releases a concise first aid booklet from its information bureau. It offers home vacation safe guidelines for accidents and sudden illness, with simple, immediate steps to aid injured persons before medical help arrives. Get your copy now.
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The
Athens Messenger
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