Fate of city habitation to be decided
Nebraska company asserts cities will drive private firms from business as an appeal is made.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1927
Page
1
Supreme Court may hear Standard Oil gas rule case
Standard Oil asks the U S Supreme Court to review a Nebraska Lincoln price dispute. The company argues private dealers would be driven out if cities ran stations at cost. Lincoln contends gasoline is a public service and prices are excessive. The case centers on due process and public use under the fourteenth amendment and taxation for public purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
U. S. Supreme Court
Nebraska Standard Company
Nebraska Supreme Court
Lincoln
Neb
Five Are Indicted For Shooting of Brick Plant Guard
Five men and three others are named in a Perry county grand jury indictment over the fatal shooting of Grant Weakley, a guard at the Junction City brick plant of the Ohio penitentiary, during an attempted escape on September 2. The defendants include Patrick Riley and Fred Kellogg, Kellogg's wife Imogene, Heaumont Sowers of Cincinnati, and George Zens of Detroit. all face a first degree murder charge and a second count with James Waters and Beulah Waters of Newark for smuggling weapons to the convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
U.P
Perry County
Grant Weakley
Junction City
Ohio Penitentiary
Patrick Riley
Fred C. Kellogg
Kellogg
Imogene
Heaumont Sowers
Cincinnati
George Zens
Detroit
Weakley
Riley
A. M. Kishler
Girders Collapse Injures Twelve In Chicago Construction
Twelve people were injured when girders at the Chicago Nash Motor building under construction collapsed during a violent wind and rain storm. The framework fell after being struck by lightning. ten workers and two women were hit by debris and nearby autos were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Nash Motor
Clearing House Committee Forms To Aid Needy in Athens County
A county wide relief network forms the Athens county associated committee on relief to confidentially list needy families, prevent duplication of aid, and ensure efficient distribution. Captain and Mrs. Richard Henton of the Salvation Army lead the effort with four social workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Presbyterian Church
Associated Committee On
Richard Henton
Salvation Army
Athens County Red Cross
Athens County Health Bureau
The
Parent-Teacher Association
Kiwanis Club
Glouster
Christian Social Service
Presbyterian National Board of Missions
Union Miners Relief Committee
Vintage 1912 car wreck costs Columbus man dear
Joseph A. Stuckey, 75, a Columbus medicine maker, mourned the loss of his 1912 vintage car after a Zanesville interurban collided with it. He suffered head cuts and a possible concussion, while the car was entirely demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Joseph A. Stuckey
Flivver
Zanesville
Mines reopen as strike outlook brightens in Colorado
In Colorado 20 Northern Colorado operators agree to arbitrate boosting mine restart plans. Colorado Fuel and Iron reports 82 percent of normal output with independent Herfano county mines at 54 percent. A Lafayette committee predicts settlement within a week and an independent state commission may be named. Two miners died in a separate Ravenwood No 2 rock fall, unconnected to the strike, amid other incendiary fires at mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
U.P
Colorado
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Herfano County
Lafayette
W. H. Adams
Columbine
National Guard
Ravenwood
Walsenburg
Prominent Athens Men Targeted by City Traffic Spotter
Ohio valuation expert Weiss filed against Logan Gas rates, claiming lower reproduction values than company figures. Public utilities hearing set for December 14 and 15. Athens authorities placed a traffic spotter at Morris avenue and State street, ordered eight prominent men to mayor’s court, with fines to follow for future speed and stop sign violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Logan Gas Company
W. H. Weiss
Cincinnati
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Grant L. Mouser, Jr
Weiss
Morris Avenue
State Street
Athens
Alex M. Moore
Moore
Ambassadors Arrival Guards Turkey’s Ahmed Bey In Washington
Ahmed Moukhtar Bey the Turkish ambassador arrived in Washington guarded by detectives amid protests led by former ambassador James Gerard over the 1920 Armenian massacre. His hotel instructed to prevent molestation as demonstrations were anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Ahmed Moukhtar Bey
Turkey
United States
Bey
America
U. S
James W. Gerard
Senator Roe Opens Oil Inquiry Request in Senate
Senator Norris seeks congressional authorisation for the senate public lands committee to resume the 1924 oil lease probe and trace the Continental Trading $3 million Liberty bonds linked to the Teapot Dome case. He questions if profits funded the Republican campaign and outlines potential subpoenas of Standard Oil Indiana, Midwest Refining, Prairie Oil and Gas, and Sinclair subordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U.P
Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Senate Public Lands Committee
Continental Trading Company
Liberty
Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Harry F. Sinclair
Republican Party
Walsh
Montana
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Midwest Refining Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Sinclair
H. M. Blackmer
Midwest
James O'Neil
Prairie
Europe
Delay Possible In U S Steel Leadership Move
New York November 29 board of directors and the finance committee of United States Steel may postpone selecting a successor to the late Judge Elbert H. Gary. J P Morgan’s Europe trip prompted earlier plans to elect at the first meeting after his return. Farrell, president and executive officer since Gary's death, was seen as the likely chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Morgan
James A. Farrell
Corporation
Gary
Farrell
Burglar charges against Frank Smith Bailey Run
Frank Smith Bailey Run each faced burglary charges for entering the home of Andrew McKimmey. Smith pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice Carl Porter and was bound over to common pleas court on $300 bond, but could not furnish bond and remained in county jail. Earlier, Chris Hanley of Sugar Creek paid a $25 fine and costs after intoxication arraignment before Porter, following arrest by Sheriff Williams per affidavit from H J Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McKimmey
Frank Smith
Bailey Run
Smith
Carl Porter
Justice of the Peace
William Williams
McKimmey
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Chris Hanley
Sugar Creek
Porter
Hanley
Williams
H. J. Parker
Young couple blocked from marriage license in Columbus
Paul Dow eighteen and Helen Speakman fourteen of Westerville sought a license in Columbus yesterday but deputy clerk Frank Powell refused and threatened juvenile authorities. Dow pledged to return the girl to her home and school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Paul Dow
Helen Speakman
Westerville
Frank Powell
Dow
Selby Is Weaker in Battle for Life at Sheltering Arms
Selby George PD, Portsmouth shoe factory owner and financier, lies in a weakened condition at Sheltering Arms hospital with considerable temperature and unfavorable prognosis compared with yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George PD. Selby
Portsmouth
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Boy Succumbs Denman Lee Connett 13 at Columbus Hospital
Denman Lee Connett 13 son of Mr and Mrs Dana Connett died at 9 this morning in Children’s hospital Columbus after surgery to remove part of the hip bone. Pneumonia was the cause. Body to be taken home to 13 North Lancaster Street. Funeral arrangements pending. He leaves two sisters Thea Virginia 14 and Kathryn Carrol 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denman Lee Connett
Dana Connett
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Lancaster Street
Thea Virginia
Kathryn Carrol
Republicans Asked to Fight Prohibition and Uphold It
In New York William H. Slayton urged 300 Republican wets to fund a 3 million dollar national referendum on prohibition at a private dinner hosted by George E. Wightman. Speakers included Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and James Wadsworth. In New Haven Senator William E Borah pressed for a strict prohibition plank to back the 1928 Republican platform, predicting the convention will uphold the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition
Slayton
George E. Wightman
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
James W. Wadsworth
John Philip Hill
Maryland
New Haven
Conn
William E Borah
Borah
Radcliffe Convicted in Cutting Case at Athens Court
Gaylord Radcliffe found guilty on the second count for cutting with intent to wound by a jury in Athens County Common Pleas. Jurors deliberated 5:20 to 7:40 p.m. Judge Worstell deferred sentence pending a possible new trial motion. Indicted by the October grand jury for cutting and stabbing Kenneth Lagoullin at a Coolville dance pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Radcliffe
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Radcliffe
J. G. Worstell
Kenneth Lagoullin
Edward Malone
Coolville
Two New Blasts Mark Gang War in Chicago
Chicago police tracked a widening gang war as two blasts hit a restaurant and a soft drink parlor owned by Capone rival Jack Zuta. Ed Foster, Zuta lieutenant, was arrested near the restaurant after the explosion while Capone vanished on a hunting trip amid threats to his safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Scarface
al” Capone
Jack Zuta
Capone
Ed Foster
Zuta
al Brown
North Woods
Weather report tracks temperature rise and rainfall
The morning started at 51 degrees and reached 65 by noon with two tenths of an inch of rain overnight. Temperature readings show a 24 hour low of 51 and high of 65 with daytime values in the mid sixties and early evening in the low sixties.
Five Injured As Boston Police Storm Lodging House
A wild gun battle began during an all night drinking party at 21 Wellington Street as police reserves armed with machine guns tear gas bombs shotguns and automatics stormed a south end lodging house arresting two women and two men after a hours long exchange of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.R
South End
Wellington Street
Train crash kills man, injures three near Dayton
A head on collision between a freight and a passenger train near central station Dayton claimed one life and injured three others. The deceased was M. E. Sullivan of Medford Massachusetts. Injured were R. B. Kidd of Cincinnati, a Br. and girdler worker from Ludlow Kentucky, and Norvel Reames of Boston. The freight derailed a track and struck a diner car on the Big Four Ohio State Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Central Station
M. E. Sullivan
Medford
Mass
R. B. Kidd
Cincinnati
Cute BR. & Gird
Ler
L&dlow
Norvel Reames
Boston
Ohio State Limited
New York
Witness Recalls Frequent Visits by Franklin Dodge at Remus Home
In Cincinnati on November 29, Mrs. Imogene Remus is depicted as scheming to deport George Remus after his prison term. Witness William Mueller testifies Remus was told of plans to send him away and notes the Remus mansion was stripped of valuables, with doors often locked. The defense debates admissibility as the trial proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Dodge
Remuses
Cincinnati
Imogene Remus
George Remus
William Mueller
Remus
Mueller
Ing Franklin L. Dodge Jr
Department of Justice
Elston
Price Hill
Taft
Ford Motor of Canada Surges on Toronto Market
New York trading focused on automaker shares as Ford Motor of Canada, the sole Ford listing, jumped from 65 to 700 on the curb market, marking an all time high after earlier hitting 393 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Motor of Canada
Ford
New World War Map of Europe for Readers
The Athens Messenger offers readers a new up-to-date map of Europe prepared by geographers after wartime changes. The 22 by 28 inch full color map shows old and new boundaries and spellings with statistical data on areas population coinage debts transportation and communications. Available by mail for ten cents with coupon.
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Europe
Washington
Sen
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