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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1929
Page
1
President Hoover moves to avert industrial mood with voluntary cooperation between government and business. Meetings with railway officials, chamber leaders, and labor talks aim to restore confidence, spur construction and unlock funds, with no planned federal commission.
The reporter notes anxiety over exam questions as students study in public, preparing for mid term tests. Conversation centers on a specific potential question about hexone or hexad. Midnight oil will be burned as the academic week proceeds.
The Ohio University student voting eligibility in Athens will be examined during a special Grand Jury session Thursday. Clerks and precinct presiding judges from the recent election will be summoned to address student votes. Confidential note from Prosecuting Attorney Williams confirms the plan.
A concise feature by Arthur Brisbane contrasts animal feeding habits with the phrase feeding a poisoned body. It discusses social issues implied by the title and hints at a broader commentary on work ethics and fatal outcomes.
President Hoover declares that doubt about the U S economic future is foolish and calls upon key business men to meet and review financial and business conditions facing the nation.
A group described as the important men will convene to observe, listen, and assent to the President’s words. If any disagree, they will refrain from telling him, a behavior noted as unlikely to occur.
A杂乱组合 of Morgan Rockefeller and others is described as a gathering of diverse men. The text likens attendees to lions rhinoceroses and a giraffe, noting the quarrels and miscommunication as the group fails to connect across ages and views.
The president can use the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for business. The piece argues Fed leaders, mostly former finance clerks, promote usury and drive bank profits and stock prices to unsustainable highs before a possible collapse.
Opinion notes the President's demand for special legislation could curb stock gambling without recourse to further pages. It signals potential policy moves and political debate, referencing the need to act beyond routine measures.
The Athens County Commissioners opened a semi monthly meeting at 4 am in the Court House. They conducted a business session to consider payment of bills and planned to hear several delegations presenting road petitions in the afternoon.
Ralph Wilcox once Rocky River dry constable and now inmate at Ohio Penitentiary was made eligible for parole after Governor Cooper reduced his minimum sentence from three to one year. Convicted of extortion against Mary Wilinski of Cleveland, he has argued innocence claiming he was framed amid raids tied to his father. Trial Judge Baer and former Prosecutor Stanton supported clemency.
Miss Ann Schellenger daughter of Dr and Mrs H F Schellenger Jackson a Ohio University music alum will perform piano selections on the new WSAZ Huntington station Wednesday afternoon from 4 30 to o clock She studied music at Ohio University under Mrs Robinson and will be featured on the station s opening program
Canton news reports the death of Common Pleas Judge A. W. Agler 56 at his Canton home. He presided over the Don Lett murder trials and sentenced three defendants to life, had suffered a months long physical collapse, and had been unconscious the past week.
Senator Heflin of Alabama called Mussolini the most dangerous man in the world today in the Senate. He reiterated charges that two Italian Americans are detained in Italy by the Fascisti. Senators Jones and Dill said they had received protests from constituents and referred the matter to the State Department.
A cold wave sweeping toward the Midwest could arrive tonight or tomorrow, with the Weather Bureau reporting a storm of almost blizzard proportions forecast for tomorrow.
Hk never misses a hunting season reports Captain James K. Teal 84, Civil War veteran, who received a hunting license from Clerk of Courts A. D. Fowler in New Lexington on November 18, stating he has not missed a year for Rabbits in four decades.
Washington reports that the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission marks six months of work with limited progress. Amos W. Woodcock, U S District Attorney in Maryland, joins to assist in prohibition enforcement as the commission builds its expert staff. Many offers remain to be filled before full operations begin.
The Messenger lists items for sale and a missing beagle named Fred. Advertisements include pie pumpkins at 15 cents each, four new tires on a Ford coupe for 50 dollars, suit pressing for 4K, and turnips priced at 1 dollar per bushel.
In San Francisco a dawn fire at the University of California Hospital forced swift patient evacuations. Ninety to 120 nurses doctors and volunteers led a controlled rescue spraying water from firemen and escaping flames. No serious injuries reported. estimated damage 260000.
Flood waters claiming the life of Jennie Carcara prevented Monday funeral services for the 19 month old girl at her home near Glouster. Buckingham Creek overflowed into Oakdale Road flooding Little Itaty area as the body was found in a deep ditch about 100 feet from the home.
Columbus today cleared for the State Building Commission to choose the Scioto River site within the civic center for a new state offices building valued at 6.5 million dollars. The attorney general ruled Columbus may donate a 4.08 acre riverbank tract to the state, with the privately owned portion worth about 1.7 million dollars. The commission met to decide, with Civil Center location favored for final approval.
Edward McGaw Toledo dry agent convicted last week of shooting to wound Irrank Vhleg Mansfield while raid, did not appear for sentence. Judge Galbraith ordered $5,000 bond forfeited, local W C T U members had posted it, new-trial motion denied, bench warrant issued, McGaw failed to return to court by 10 a m. and bondsmen were alerted to cover.
The Izaak Walton League will hold a dinner planning session at City Hall at 7 36 PM on Tuesday night. Members will finalize the annual event and coordinate arrangements for the gathering.
The Weather Bureau reported a disturbance of marked intensity centered over Lake Elrte near Washington. The notice notes central activity and potential storm effects as of November 18.
Hamilton reported Jane Tweah Lepley a year old schoolgirl died from a self-inflicted bullet wound after a parent spanked her for lying. Coroner Koward Cook said the girl used her father Carence Lepley’s revolver, firing in her room on the second floor after a severe spanking.
The Senate agreed to postpone debate on the sugar schedule until less controversial tariff items are settled. Instead of the sugar schedule, the chamber took up the tobacco rates to hasten passage of the measure.
Mexico City dispatch reports disorders and violence mark the election as Pascual Ortiz Rubio of the National Revolutionary Party claims a sweeping victory. Observers note heavy casualties, disrupted polling sites, and armed guards with official tallies not expected for days.
At a Perry County bankers association meeting in Thornville Harry R Blake of Shawnee was elected president for the coming year.
A 48 page religious facts and statistics booklet answers common Bible questions. It covers authorship dates and census figures for American churches and membership. Copies are available for ten cents via a coupon.
A note from Washington DC encloses ten cents in coin or stamps to obtain a copy of the booklet Religions of the World. The sender specifies payment and asks for delivery details.
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