Indictments List Narrowed Amid Court Proceedings
A county grand jury report details indictments including shooting with intent to kill and robbery related charges. Named defendants include John Suiker and Albert Leadinghouse among others, with numerous counts such as rape, embezzlement, larceny, and forgery. Witnesses numbered ninety seven, and the session closed with a broad slate of accusations presented for trial.
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Athens
Ohn Suiker
Tments
Scted
Figens
Charlies Meuit
Gson
Raymond Windle
Vamp
Bry Fisher
Albert Singg
F. Patton
John Barwith
Victor Dixon
Harry Jay John, Jr
Kwindell
H. H. Kinsel
Whitfield A. Brewer
Arch Arbaugh
Iks
W. C. Aiken
Roy Shirter Dresher
J. B. Roberts
Albert Leadinghouse
Brawley
L. Tyron
Forest Fire Warning Issued For Ohio Dangers From Sparks
The United States Forest Service warned residents of southeastern Ohio about forest fire risks from discarded matches and cigarette butts. Officials urged careful behavior in woods, plans include fire towers and reporting lines, and emphasized public cooperation to protect land, wildlife, and homes.
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United States
Ohio
Major operation at King Arms Hospital Tuesday
Patient undergoes a significant operation at King Arms Hospital on Tuesday. Wogrow Tippie in The Plains remains unspecified in condition and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippie
the Plains
Went
King Arms Hospital
Grand Jury urges new jail for Athens County with PWA help
Athens County Grand Jury after inspecting the jail in October 1935 urges immediate investigation into constructing a new facility funded with Public Works Administration aid. They call for cleaning, renovations, painting, and adequate steam heat to remove gas fumes. Foreman R W Parks signs the report.
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Athens County
PWA
Grand Jury
Ohio
R. W. Parks
National Guard Battery Drills Tuesday Night
Battery C of the 144th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard held its regular drill Tuesday night under Capt. Paul Hall. Training covered guard duty sentinel duties revolver handling and aiming exercises led by Lieuts. Harold Linscott Elbert Carmichael and Russell Hall with ceremonies of guard mounting performed by Richard Corwin and Kenneth Smith.
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144Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Paul Hall
The
Sentinel
Richard Corwin
Kenneth Smith
Hall
Harold Linscott
Elbert Carmichael
Russell Hall
Athens Youth Appears In Naval School Scene
Athens youth Herbert J. Hartman, son of Athens County Extension Agent, is listed among U S Naval Academy midshipmen in the photoplay Annapolis Farewell. Hartman, a Athens High School graduate and Ohio University attendee, is a second classman at Annapolis, equivalent to a college junior.
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United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Schine
Athena Theater
Herbert J. Hartman
Athens County
8S. C. Hartman
Young Hartman
Athens High School
Ohio University
Naval Academy
Athens football schedule postponed for week
The Athens schools will not begin next Monday as teams are not yet organized. A practice game will be played tonight between Rufus Putnam and East Side Schools.
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Athens
Rufus Putnam
East Side
WPA Workers Quarry Stone for West Union Street
WPA workers began quarrying stone on the hillside behind the Armory under city service director C. W. Gross. Dynamite loosens the rock, crews break and roll it for use as a base on West Union Street. About thirty men work on the project, with half in the quarry. property owner Dr. W. N. Alderman granted quarry rights.
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Armory
West Union Street
WPA
C. W. Gross
City Service
W. N. Alderman
Gas well near Carbondale tests 100000 cu ft after shot
A gas well near Carbondale was shot yesterday and tested about 100000 cubic feet. The pay was struck in the cinnamon shale at a depth of 2200 feet on land owned by Carbondale Coal Company.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Coal Company
Charleston
Athens County to Expand WPA Adult Classes
Miss Mary C. Mulligan announces Athens County will move from FERA to the Works Progress Administration. New and existing classes will cover literacy English public speaking vocational training and nursery schools with 1 334 students last year and 82 teachers. The plan aims to teach about 1.5 times that number this year in literacy citizenship health and home economics among other subjects.
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Athens County
FERA
Works Progress Administration
Mary C. Mulligan
Mulligan
Plains
Luhrig
Hamley Run
WPA
Court News from Common Pleas Court
Maurer reports for Packard Coal Mining showing receipts expenditures and a 5365.88 balance. Priority debts to A B Johnson and M L Yuster noted. Prater ruled father of Fris child. pays 56 maternal expenses and 17.59 costs. Hashman divorce suit dropped at his costs. Sofronki Jr ordered to pay 25 maternal expenses and 5.48 costs. Sands demurrer overruled. ten days to answer. Wallace and White authorized to contract with Ohio Department of Highways for tramway repair. Levita Sims sues Industrial Commission for compensation after skull fracture at Athena Glazed Brick, permanent disability.
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KE. F. Maurer
Packard Coal Mining Company
A. B. Johnson
M. L. Yuster
T. R. Bennett
Owen Prater
Laura Frisby
Paul Hashman
Opal Hashman
George Sofronki, Jr
Birdie Stewart
Josephua R. Sands
Jeannette F. Sands
Blanche Pierce
D. L. Wallace
A. F. White
Hocking Domestic Coal Company
Ohio Department of Highways
Levita Sims
Nelsonville
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Athena Glazed Brick Company
Modern Pied Piper to Rid Athens Rats
E L Strawburg of Hagerstown Maryland known as the modern Pied Piper arrives to wipe out Athens rats at the city dump. He will work for about ten days using an odorless powder and four baits to target female Russian gray rats, noting that 87 percent of captured rats are males. He cites plague and typhus risks and recalls reducing bubonic plague in New Orleans in 1926 27.
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Athens City
E. L. Strawburg
Hagerstown
Hamelin
Strawburg
Athens
Len B. Mc
Health Department
New Orleans
Prison labor considered for coal mine on state lands
Dr. C. H. Creed, superintendent at Ath ens State Hospital, notes no official survey confirms coal on hospital lands or profitability. He says a state and welfare department decision would address issues of feeding housing and guarding prisoners if mining were pursued.
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Ohio
Athens State Hospital
C. H. Creed
Department of Public Welfare
Miss Mary Ferriter Dies at Home at 68
Mary Ferriter 68 died at her home at 182 West Washington Street after a year of failing health. A St Pauls Catholic Church member, she leaves two sisters Ellen and Elizabeth Corbert of Columbus. Funeral plans delayed awaiting Mrs Corbert arrival.
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Mary Ferriter
West Washington Street
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Ellen
Elizabeth Corbert
Columbus
Corbert
Service Dealers Gather as Distributors' Guests in Athens
Athens district service station dealers met at the Hotel Berry Tuesday night as guests of F. R. Beasley, newly appointed Athens distributor for Sterling Ol Company. Capt. R. B. Hare, Quaker State representative, W. C. Woodyard of Parkersburg, and C. T. Bole of St. Marys explained the national organization, refining processes for gasoline and oils, and the Athens setup under Beasley. Lunch followed.
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Athens
Hotel Berry
F. R. Beasley
Sterling Ol Company
Capt. R. B. Hare
W. C. Woodyard
Parkersburg
Mr. Beasley
C. T. Bole
St. Marys
W. Va
Sterling ON Company
Beasley
County to Extend Aid for Treasurer in 1935
Athens County Commissioners authorize County Treasurer G. D. Gorham to continue employing a delinquent tax collector for the last three months of 1935. They allocate 262.0 from undivided delinquent personal funds to cover salary.
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Athens County
G. D. Gorham
Delinquent Tax List Prepared in Athens County
Auditor J Clyde Gibson certifies delinquent taxes for the county. This first certification since February 1930 will lead to a published list of property owners, taxing districts, property values, and delinquent tax amounts. The process will take several weeks.
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J. Clyde Gibson
Athens County
Farmers to vote on corn hog program October 26
Athens County farmers will cast ballots on the proposed 1936 corn-hog program on Oct. 26 with voting open to all, regardless of prior contracts. Hartman and the Athens County Allotment Committee will attend a district conference in Chillicothe, while contract expirations and base assignments are clarified by AAA authorities.
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Athens County
C. Hartman
Hartman
Chillicothe
Fred Dorr
Frank Pugh
Clarence Morris
Haller
AAA
Delays in WPA Mine Sealing in Athens County
The mine sealing project in the Athens WPA district will be held up until supervising engineers are sent to eight counties by the state board of health. Ray Noble, WPA director, said the Athens County project, planned to start Thursday, cannot begin until health board supplied supervisors. About 30 more workers will be hired in Athens County.
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Athens
WPA
State Board of Health
Ray Noble
Athens County
Noble
Columbus
Health Board
Ohio University Student Undergoes Apppendix Operation
Barton Cook of Spraguenville Ohio and 15 Palmer Street Athens underwent an appendix operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital Wednesday morning. The patient is an Ohio University student and lives in Athens.
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Barton Cook
Spraguenville, O
Ohio University
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. Cook
Palmer Street
Athens
Relief Office To Close In Athens County Nov 1
L Spang FERA director says the Athens County relief office will close November 1. All employables move to WPA projects and indigents receive county direct relief. About 2,590 employables registered, 750 already transferred, 1,200+ families cut from relief since September 1, with 11,808 employables across eight counties.
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L. Spang
WPA
Athens County
H. M. Spang
FERA
Works Progress Administration
PWA
Athens
Washington
Spang
Goddard Withdraws From Athens City Election Race
Dewey M. Goddard publicly withdrew as Democratic candidate for Athens elity auditor prompting Rob ert M. Tompkins to stand unopposed for the November 5 election. The move was delayed by ballot printing mix ups and late action by Democratic leaders as Republicans launched club pledges across precincts.
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Dewey M. Goddard
Athens
Athens Republican Club
Republican Party
Bayer Aspirin Promoted for Headache Pain Relief
An advertisement urges consulting a doctor before using any pain remedy and compares options with Genuine Bayer Aspirin. It claims Bayer Aspirin changed medical practice by offering a stomach and heart-safe option, suitable for regular use, and notes it is best bought by asking for Bayer Aspirin, not just aspirin.
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Athens Armory Hill
Rabbi Milton Steinberg
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Fred R. Beasley
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
Cairo
Mrs. Rat
Creed
Gibson
Howe
Carter
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Tompkins
Var City
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Athens National
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
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