Bank Raid Suspect Arrested After Break-In Attempt
A reported break-in at a local bank led to the arrest of a suspect identified as Martin. Police say the individual and accomplices attempted to force entry but were intercepted before theft occurred.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
12
A reported break-in at a local bank led to the arrest of a suspect identified as Martin. Police say the individual and accomplices attempted to force entry but were intercepted before theft occurred.
Columbia system airs four Hoover talks and two by the Prince of Wales plus appearances by Melon Hurley MacDonald Shaw. Broadcasts include London at 3 20 pm and Hoover from the White House at 9 pm. Also featured are Millikan, Markoff, Thomas, and the Concordia Seminary Chorus in various networks.
Peggy Wood, musical comedy star, will be the guest artist on an NBC WEAF network program at 7 p.m. The schedule lists 10:00 Concert Orchestra Melsville Bay, 10:30 Weather Man, 10:31 Variety music, 10:45 Bob Newhall Sport Slices, 11:00 Chime Reveries classics, 12:00 Junmy re Soren, 12:20 Oklahoma Cowboy Band, 1:00 Ted Weems Orchestra.
Radio listings show CBS network airing Tito Guitar Orchestra at 5 p.m. E.S.T. on WABCO and ELS on WEAF at 7 p.m. E.S.T. NBC network slots include Rudy Vallee on WIZ at 7 p.m. E.S.T. and the Dixie Spiritual Singers on WEAF at 9 p.m. E.S.T. The B A Rolfe Orchestra performs, with cross-network coverage on WABC and WIZ at 0.99 p.m. E.S.T. President Hoover appears on CBS and NBC networks.
A dense listing of May radio programs and orchestra highlights spans May 1 22 and 27 with conducts by Phil Cook Don Voorhees and John Charles Thomas. Notable items include Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Hughes at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the American Red Cross and multiple NBC symphonic and variety segments featuring Amos n Andy Lou Rader and Ted Weems Orchestra.
The WEAF program grid lists a midweek hymn sing at 6 00 pm followed by a dramatic sketch Engine No 999 at 6 30 pm Peggy Wood guest artist Rudy Vallee and his orchestra perform at 7 00 pm James Gadsden Re incarnated quest of honor Rondeliers quartet at 8 00 pm Melody Moments Alfred Wallenstein cellist Gem Rolfe and his Dance Orchestra at 8 30 pm Berti Sees the World dramatic at 10 00 pm Gene Austin Good Scout of Radio songs at 10 15 pm Orchestra at 10 39 pm and further orchestras at 11 00 and 11 30 pm.
An listed lineup featuring Tito Gulzar and Vincent Sorey Orchestra at 6:00 with Chicago’s Ben Bernie at 6:45, Downey with Nat Brusiloff, Daddy and Rollo at 7:45, Pryor’s Band and New World Symphony later, news segments Kaltenborn and Watchman, Radio Comedians, mystery tales, Lutheran Hour and Hoover Red Cross speech, Montreal orchestra, Organ recital with Ann Leaf and Ben Alley tenor.
A jam packed radio lineup lists Serenadere Hawaiian music and Old Man Sunshine at 5 30 and 5 45 leads into Amos n Andy Jesters NBC Glenn Adams Dog Talks Baseball Scores Piano Solos Twilight Melodies Rin Tin Tin Ted Weems Orchestra Barbershop Quartet Glenn Sisters Ramona Ben Bernies Orchestra Murray Hortons Orchestra and Crimelights a Cros ley Players aired with Clara Lu and Em NBC and a Conteeatian and Ohio Program WJR on the schedule.
The listing details a dense radio schedule featuring acts such as Bonnie Laddies, Adelaide Hall, Adelaide Hall, and Ruth Lyon with a vocal chorus, plus orchestras led by Hal Kemp Larry Funk, Fletcher Henderson, Ben Bernie, and Jacques Renard. It notes the First Annual Assembly of the Nation Advisory Council on Radio In Education and various time slots from 6:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with multiple performances and programs across stations.
A 30 year old manager at John R. Evans Company in Cincinnati died in a head on collision one mile north of Selma on the Columbus Highway in Clark County.
Daily and frequent train arrivals and departures at Athens for northbound and southbound services. Details include No 8 9 2 4 3 37 30 84 and other line numbers with arrival times such as 7 41 pm 11 18 am and 6 22 pm, plus westbound eastbound routes and Sunday exceptions.
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