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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1928

Page

8

Hoover Plans Latin Tours and Invitations to US Allies

President elect Hoover aims to foster a habit of mutual visits between Western Hemisphere leaders. He will travel with Mrs Hoover and invite Latin American officials to visit the United States during his presidency, seeking a long standing tradition of heads of state touring each other. The Maryland will stop at Corinto before inland trips to Managua, with stops planned for Valparaiso, Boa, and Lima and invitations under consideration from Colombia Ecuador and Bolivia.

Palo Alto Calif Hoover United States State Department Mrs. Hoover Ruth Fessler Duluth Minn Stanford University Maryland Western Hemisphere Nicaragua United Press Mexico Rio Grande Coolidge Senate Corinto

Dean Johnston Addresses Blue Key on College Life

Dean Johnston likens a college student to a woodchopper sharpening his axe as he delivers the first in a series of Blue Key talks on college life and problems. The lineup includes Professor Cleven of the University of Pittsburgh and a January visit. plans invite broader campus participation. The next meeting is Tuesday night November 27 with a local speaker.

John Johnston Blue Key Cleven University of Pittsburgh United States Norway Athens

Downs Ill Publisher Of Zanesville Signal

Joseph R. Downs publisher and managing editor of the Zanesville Signal is critically ill in Zanesville. He was stricken months ago and has been hospitalized four weeks with heart trouble and complications, doctors losing hope for recovery.

Zanesville Joseph R. Downs Downs

Foreign Christmas Mail Grows At Local Post Office

The local post office handles increasingly heavy foreign Christmas mail each year with China receiving the bulk due to many Americans in missionary work. Other countries also receive mail as routes to the other side expand and ocean crossing facilities improve.

Santa Claus China

Youth suspect questioned in Ricco murder

Akron November 15 a 23 year old suspect was questioned by police in the murder of Enrico Ricco 31 on a county road between Kent and Ravenna. Ricco a rum runner was lured by a fictitious liquor buyer his head blown off and body dumped. Police found a 60 gallon still and 45 gallons of mash at Ricco's home suggesting bootlegging. Mrs Ricco told detective Patsy Pappano her husband bootlegged for three weeks. Police doubt Akron gunmen were involved suspect Ricco was encroaching outside his territory.

Akron U.R Enrico Ricco Kent Ravenna Ricco Patsy Pappano

Painter William Brown Injured Falling From Scaffold

William Brown, a painter from Ogan Logan, was seriously hurt when a brace failed on a scaffold at Grace M. E. Church in Zanesville. He suffered three fractures of the left elbow and a fractured fifth vertebra after falling sixteen feet. He was hospitalized at Bethesda Hospital and expected to recover. Siblings Carl and Millard Brown moved from Zanesville to Columbus, while his mother Mrs. Uriah Brown and Mrs. Bryant traveled to the city.

Logan William Brown Grace M. E Zanesville Brown Bethesda Hospital Carl Millard Brown Uriah Brown Columbus Bryant

Expenses For Races Filed In Hocking County

The Hocking County Republican Executive Committee reported total expenses of 1131.27 for the just ended campaign with receipts of 1162.50 leaving a small balance. Several county candidates filed expense accounts including Frank St Clair and Charlie Brown. Judge Harley Whitcraft, re elected, reported 125 in costs. C H Frank, defeated treasurer candidate, 212.50. Donations included Kiwanis club 12.50 and Chamber of Commerce 10.75.

Logan Hocking County Republican Executive Committee Election Board Melrose Harbaugh Frank Blasius, Jr Good Roads Committee Kiwanis Club Chamber of Commerce Harley M. Whitcraft Common Pleas Frank St. Clair Charlies Brown C. H. Frank J. S. Frank

Local chiropractors face retrial for alleged unlicensed practice

Bucyrus. A. Rhoades Martin F Krohmer and Ross W Hise chiropractors were found guilty of practicing medicine without a license but remanded for retrial by the Common Pleas Court due to denied statutory rights.

Bucyrus A. Rhoades Martin F. Krohmer Ross W. Hise Common Pleas Court

Rufus Putnam fifth graders explore favorite books

A Monday Tuesday survey of Rufus Putnam School grade five shows children choosing from a 60 book room library and often bringing extra titles from home. Students name favorites from Hawkes and Lofting to Milne and Sewell with Swiss Family Robinson and Little Women widely read.

Rufus Putnam School Jean Pickens Toni Little Woodcarver Spyri Huckleberry Finn Robert Larch Titica Aslanides Trini Strawberry Girl Alonzo Walters Pep Hawkes Dr. Doolittle Hugh Lofting Virginia Pauline Cox Harriett Clara Whitehall Hunt Pmmett Parker Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Pauline Reynolds Winnie the Pooh A. A. Milne Pyle Lee Barlow Parrish Louise Coffey Billy Turner Tom Swift Louisa M. Alcott Stella Benton Charles Giauque Chi-wee Loki Grace Moon Katherine Stevers John van Dkye Lucky Elmer Sherwood Tommy Tad Polly Wog Edgar H. Trick Black Beauty Anna Sewell Betts Jane Higgin Jesse Larc Carl Sandburg Margaret Burt Martha Richeson Esper Fink Burroughs Taber Parkman Robin Hood Carnegie Library

Lifeboat Sinks in 70 Mile Gale Off Folkestone

Ten bodies from a fifteen man Rye lifeboat crew washed ashore at Jury's Gap after the boat struck Camber Sands while returning from the wreck of the Alice of Riga. Five crewmen remained missing as a 70 mile gale lashed the coast and rescue apparatus searched along Jury's Gap Denge Marsh and Galloway.

Folkestone England Rye Jury's Gap Riga Denge Marsh Galloway

Former Mayor Dies in Marysville After Brief Illness

Marysville reports the death of former mayor William J F Broderick age 49 after a short illness from quinsy. He also served as a justice of the peace and local official.

Marysville William JF. Broderick Quinsy

Lighting In Hen Houses Increases Autumn Egg Output

Artificial light in hen houses boosts egg production during autumn, with no negative effects on the fowl, according to Ohio State University Poultry Husbandry Department findings.

Poultry Husbandry Department Ohio State University

New Faces in United States Senate

The returns show several new United States senators. Theodore E. Burton of Ohio returns after years in the House. Tom Connally of Texas wins to succeed Earle B. Mayfield. C. A. Larrazola of New Mexico is elected. Roscoe Patterson of Missouri succeeds Jim Reed. Hamilton S. Kean of New Jersey gains a seat. Otis F. Glenn of Illinois is elected. Phillips Lee Goldsborough of Maryland defeats William Cabell Bruce for re election.

U. S Senate Theodore E. Burton Ohio Senate Tom Connally Texas Earle B. Mayfield C. A. Larrazola New Mexico Roscoe ©. Patterson Missouri Jim Reed Flory Hamilton S’. Kean Edward I. Edwards New Jersey Otis F. Glenn Illinoiis Phillips Lee Goldsborough Maryland William Cabell Bruce

Fire prevention talk stresses care to cut losses in Ohio

Allan Guy of the Western Adjustment and Inspection Co. urged the public to reduce fire losses by preventing carelessness. He cited that 95 percent of fires are preventable and that arson and improper disposal of ashes contribute heavily. Nearly 40 attended as the B and B Book Store won a $10 prize for best show window decoration. Students were asked to submit essays on home fire prevention.

Allan Guy Columbus Western Adjustment and Inspection Company Guy Ohio United States C. M. Gill B. and B. Book Store

Musterole Promises Quick Cold Relief

A vintage ad urges readers to treat a cold before it becomes flu or pneumonia using Musterole. The rub contains oil of mustard camphor menthol and other simple ingredients. It acts as a counter irritant stimulating circulation and breaking up congestion.

Hill Road Construction Progress At Courtney Hill

Concrete pouring began yesterday on Courtney Hill reconstruction and should finish Friday night if weather cooperates. John Dowler, highway president, says piling delays plus newly arrived materials slow but progress continues. Pavement and brickwork expected within two weeks with one way traffic in place and 30 workers plus eight pilings drivers. Labor and material totals include 1 200 yards excavated 600 feet underdrain 100 square yards concrete pavement 1 225 square yards concrete base 1 050 square yards brick 1 209 feet curb and gutters and 6 000 linear feet reinforced piling.

Courtney Hill John Dowler Dowler Fred Beckler

Oldest Antioch graduate Miss Cosmelia Hirst dies

Miss Cosmelia Hirst 94 longtime Antioch College historian dies at home in Yellow Springs. Funeral arrangements were being made. The noted state historian was the college’s oldest graduate.

Yellow Springs Cosmelia Hirst Antioch College Hirst

Man Kills Himself in Mansfield After Ill Health

Ira Hockenberry 34 of Roseland shot himself here after preparing for a hunting trip. Authorities say ill health was the motive for the self inflicted death occurring late yesterday.

Mansfield Ira Hockenberry Roseland

McCoy's Tablets Promise Weight Gain and Strength

Tens of thousands of underweight men and women are urged to try McCoy's Tablets to gain at least five pounds and boost energy. The ad notes a money back guarantee after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes if goals aren’t reached, with the Cline Pharmacy as a local point and McCoy Laboratories as distributor.

McCoy Cline McCoy's Laboratories, Inc

Court House Doings Athens licensing and litigation items

A marriage license was issued in Athens County to Robert Taylor 25 Nelsonville and Men lo Brode 18 Nelsonville. Elizabeth Coey sues Alfred E Carr for 2500 in Common Pleas Court over injuries from a October 27 1928 auto wreck alleging parked car without lights caused collision and lasting facial damage plus medical costs.

Athens County Robert Taylor Nelsonville Menlo Brode Common Pleas Court Alfred E. Carr

Toledo Officer Sentenced for Forgery and False Claims

Federal Judge John M. Killits sentenced Capt. Charles V. Mack of Norwalk, commander of Company G 145th Infantry, to two years in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary on charges of forging and making false claims.

Toledo John M. Killits Charles V. Mack Norwalk 145Th Infantry Atlanta Federal Penitentiary

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