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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1930

Page

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Daugherty Indicted on 57 Banking Counts in Ohio Case

Fayette County Grand Jury returns 15 indictments against Mal S. Daugherty former bank president in the Ohio State Bank collapse probe. Charges include misappropriation embezzlement and false statements potentially carrying life terms and $570000 in fines. Bond set at $40000 with sureties his mother and brother.

Washington Courthouse Daugherty Mal S. Daugherty United States Harry M. Daugherty Fayette County Grand Jury Ohio State Bank N. P. Clyburn W. 8. Paxson Mary J. Daugherty Harry Columbus Ohio Harry Daugherty Harding Teapot Dome Mal. Mal Old Midland Bank Mal

Louisa Town Marshall Dies After Truck Arrest Attempt

Louisa Kentucky October 14 officer Lase Vinson age 60 town marshal fatally injured last night when pushed from a truck attempting to arrest driver Russell Horn 24 of Prestonburg on drunken driving charge. The truck overturned on a curve and Horn was injured and jailed on wilful murder charge.

Louisa U.P Lase Vinson Russell Horn Prestonburge Vinson Kia Horn

Famous Love Affairs booklet offered by Athens Messenger

The Athens Messenger introduces Famous Love Affairs a new booklet featuring stories of emperors who wed women of questionable reputation, a Spanish dancer who dethroned a king, and a milliner who influenced a French ruler before her execution. Readers may send a coupon to obtain a copy.

Athens Louis Athens Messenger

Pretty Marion Bank Bookkeeper Admits Misappropriation

Hazel Louise Fies 23 year old Marion Sunday School teacher and ex bank bookkeeper is free on $1000 bail after a secret indictment charging her with misappropriating 3500 from Marion National Bank. Federal officials say she passed deposits to a 21 year old Marion youth to buy a car. She is daughter of George Fies and was active in First Presbyterian Church.

Marion Toledo U.R Hazel Louise Fies Liberty Marion National Bank George Fies Miss Fies Marion High School First Presbyterian Church

Jesuit Missionaries Killed in Alaskan Plane Crash

In Nome Alaska on October 14 authorities reported a Bellanca six passenger aircraft carrying Jesuit missionaries and their pilot crashed on the frozen tundra. The dead are Father Philip S. Delon Father William Walsh and aviator Ralph Wein. The Marquette Missionary, a familiar air service to remote native communities, was destroyed.

Alaska Nome U.R Philip S. Delon Father William Walsh Kotzebue Ralph Wein Bellanca

The Origin of Panic in Language The Word Panic

A brief note explains the word panic derives from pan the god. It describes how legends of Pan caused fear among people, though the actual sound was wind in caves or woods. No deity pan was present, only nature’s wind.

Pan

Market Overview Signals Bearish Sentiment

The speaker notes no gold reserve panic in the U S yet asserts wealth remains vast though risk scares investors. Bears howl while fear governs behavior as markets wobble under doubt about alongside financial strength.

Descriptions of the angel in Mohammed’s seventh heaven

The text details an extraordinary vision of an angel seen by Mohammed in the seventh heaven during the famous midnight journey. It portrays the angel as having seventy thousand heads each with seventy thousand mouths and tongues speaking as many languages while continuously praising the most high.

Mohammed

Frightened pessimists remain unmoved by grand comfort

A terse, satirical line suggests even a powerful angel could not soothe certain distressed pessimists, emphasizing limits of consolation amid fear and uncertainty.

Stalin’s Five Year Plan Atari a Test of Russia

Mr. Gilbert, a careful Washington observer, asserts Stalin has staked everything on the five year plan. He warns that if the period ends without transforming Russia from medieval agriculture to modern industry, Stalin will fall and Russia may face another revolution.

MR. Gilbert Washington Stalin Russia

Russia’s Five-Year Plan and Stalin’s Stability

The text argues predicting Russian events is hard and asserts the five year plan won’t fail enough to topple Stalin. It contrasts Peter the Great’s shift of Russia from oriental to occidental and cites a continuation note.

Russia Stalin Peter the Great

Walker Says Glory Fades After Mayoral Term

New York, Oct 14. Mayor James J. Walker declares he is tired of being mayor and wants to leave the city better than he found it. Speaking to the United Real Estate Owners Association he says glory is gone and the job is hard. He notes possible irregularities in inspection departments amid graft troubles.

James J. Walker New York United Real Estate Owners’ Association Walker

Diamonds ride to death as ambush wounds racketeer

New York police believe Jack Leggs Diamond was ambushed and shot four times at the Monticello Hotel Sunday morning. Investigators chase rumors and theories while clinging to the core claim that the attack came from within his own gang or trusted allies.

New York U.P Jack Diamond Edward P. Mulrooney Monticello Hotel

Cox Critiques Mechanical Leadership In Radio Speech

James M. Cox of Ohio launched his national campaign with a radio address calling for human leadership over machine governance. He contrasted a "humanity engineer" in the White House with a "mechanical engineer" and argued that government had operated for the machine for a decade.

Washington James M. Cox Ohio Governor Smith White House Cox

Chase Bandits Across Southern Ohio After Kroger Robbery

Nelsonville and Athens police pursued a trio who robbed Kroger in Nelsonville early Monday. The chase stretched via Carbondale, Route 86, U S 50, to Chillicothe and onto U S 23 before vanishing near Waverly. Officials, including Mayors and police chiefs, aided the search with reports of an inverted license plate and a speeding car.

Nelsonville Athens Ohio Portsmouth Kroger Waverly Robert S. Wood E. 8. Finsterwald Frank

Bank Robbers Get Life Terms in Centerville Case

James Gallagher of Toledo and Thomas Martin of Chicago were sentenced to life imprisonment in Jackson after pleading guilty to murder in the Battle Creek bank holdup. They killed State Trooper John Burke during the escape and pleaded guilty to the murder charge.

Centerville Mich U.P Battle Creek James Gallagher Toledo Thomas Martin Chicago Jackson John Burke

Bargains in Classifieds Reach Across The Messenger

Classifieds list buyers seeking fresh cows and bidding on livestock. Nelsonville ads offer a 1926 Dodge sedan for 100 dollars, 4 tons of top coal for nine dollars, and 20 Delaine ewes at 3.50 each with a yearling ram for 19 dollars.

Delaine Nelsonville

Indicted Jury Report Details 68 Arraignments Set

Athens County Grand Jury report ends with 68 indictments and 82 bills out of 116 cases. Arraignments begin Thursday at 9 a m before Visiting Judge J W Darby. Major cases include Sylvia Sweeney embezzlement from Glouster board receipts and multiple counts of grand larceny and liquor possession.

Athens County Grand Jury J. W. Darby Vinton County

Daughter of Missouri Oil Millionaire Kidnapped

Mrs Alma Wilson McKinley, 24, daughter of Dade County's wealthy oilman Benton Wilson, was abducted from the family home near Greenfield Missouri after the kidnapper bound her mother and forced the daughter to drive away in a car. The abductor demanded money but fled with the girl as authorities search rural areas.

Missouri Machine Posse Greenfield U.R Missourn Alma Wilson McKinley Dade County Benton Wilson Wilson Oklahoma Here Kansas City Harold Me Kinley

72 Hour Rain Floods Texas and Oklahoma

Torrential 72 hour rains flood Central West Texas and Western Oklahoma. Pecan Bayou rises to its highest point since 1908, Brady residents flee, two tourist camp cabins washed away, roads washed out, 400 sheep drowned at Christoval, and the Canadian River drainage area sees rail bridges washed out near Thomas.

Dallas Tex Texas Oklahoma Brownwood Brady Brady Creek Christoval Canadian River Thomas

Furore on Baynham Charges Ends in Ohio

Lorain reports the furore over George Baynham state prohibition agent charged agencies with letting up before an election. State Prohibition Commissioner Rupert Beetham announced the investigation is closed and Baynham did not make the attributed statement.

Lorain U.R George Baynham Prohibition Rupert Beetham Baynham

Too Much Study Strains Marriage Sparks Divorce Suit

In Columbus on October 14, Mrs. James B. Smith 18 files for divorce from Robert Smith 18, a university student, charging too much attention to studies and too little to their home and married life.

Columbus James B. Smith Robert Smith

Aged widow Mary Kircher dies after long marriage

Mary Kircher aged 103 died today in Marysville joining her husband George who passed away Sept 1. The couple had been married eighty five years.

Marysville Mary Kircher George Kircher

Legal charges listed for individuals including forgery and burglary

The document outlines multiple indictments and charges. Mike Tabler, Simp Clinton, Frank Dickson, and Russell Parsons face burglary and larceny. Jesse Sands is charged with abandoning legitimate children. Grover C Bradford and James McVicker are charged with forgery and uttering forged instruments. Delbert Swiers and Ernest Hawkins face counts relating to conveying items into jail and aiding escapes, with several totals. Sylvia Sweeney faces nine counts of embezzlement.

Sylvia Sweeney Glouster Sweeney Glouster Board of Public Affairs Nora Stratton Shreaves Harry Goins George Atkins Leslie Dille John F. Taylor George Rush Delbert Swiers Ernest Hawkins David Evans Lester Pearson James Warren Lester Robinett Leonard Hill Alva Marks George Sharp John McGuire Lucien Stevens William Innis Emmet Ross Ernest Tedrow Andrew McLean Nora Stratton Hiquor Elden Cannon John Grant Delphan Easterling Carl Meighen Leonard Woodguard Everett Hickman Albert Collins John Hunter Vern Sayre Thomas Hook John Ayers Joe Castapp Herschel Wolf Guy A. Barber Elizabeth Laudner Fred J. Sauters Vernon Dicken Laura Dicken Gerald Hannas Alfred Windler-petit Harry Sapp Porter Parron Addie Cook Agnes Glenn Daisy Riley John Biswaugle Eugene Wryekoff Ruth Price Ellsworth T. Sterling Mike ‘Tabler Simp Clinton Frank Dickson Russell Parsons Jesse Sands Grover C. Bradford James McVicker

Fire Threat in Glencoe Village Sparks Two-Home Loss

Fire near Bel Aire destroys a two story frame dwelling and an adjoining house in Glencoe. Estimated loss set at 15000 dollars. Firemen from St Clairs ville and Neffs helped contain the blaze. Homes owned by Mrs Lettin Jackson head of Belmont County Children's Home and Frank Seffell.

Glencoe St. Clairsville Neffs Mru Lettin Jackson Belmont County Children’s Home Frank Seffell

Intercepted Letters Tied Guard to Toledo Bank Robber

Columbus dispatch reports Henry Latherman a 38 year old state penitentiary guard arrested after detectives intercepted letters he was allegedly carrying to Harry Beebe Toledo bank robber. Latherman pleaded not guilty and was ordered to appear in court Thursday as letters between Beebe and his wife Stella in St Louis were found.

Columbus USA Henry Latherman Landerman Harry Beebe Toledo Beebe Stella St. Louis

Two Men Fined on Liquor Charges in Local Court

Three men and one woman faced arraignment before Magistrate C. H. Porter on liquor charges. Sam Savage pleaded guilty to possession and was fined 100 dollars plus costs, Bertha Delong pleaded not guilty and awaits trial October 17, Grant Pyle pleaded not guilty and will be tried Saturday at 10 AM, while John Darnell was fined 200 dollars plus costs for having property designed for liquor manufacture.

C. H. Porter Sam Savage Doanville Bertha Delong Grant Pyle Deanville John Darnell Canaan Township Jonag

Gambler Emmett slain in Chicago drive by shooting

Chicago police say David W. Emmett a 39 year old noted gambler was killed when a gunman jumped onto his car running boards and fired a single shot into his heart last night in Chicago.

Chicago U.pr David W. Emmett Emmett

Communists clash with police outside AFL convention

In Boston on October 14 police confronted about 300 protesters described as Communists near the Hotel Bradford where the 60th AFL convention is underway. The confrontation occurred just outside the venue as security kept order during the gathering of labor leaders.

Boston U.R Bradford American Federation of Labor

Police Disperse Crowds at Prussian Diet Assembly

Strong police guards patrolled near the Prussian Diet as extremists and curious crowds were dispersed when the diet convened this afternoon in Berlin.

Berlin

Daughertys in Washington Face 57 Charges Over Bank Crash

Mal Daugherty faces 57 charges connected to a bank crash in Washington D. C. His brother Harry Daugherty posted bond for him and returned to their mother’s home after aiding in the effort. The piece recounts their rise and fall from prominence and the town’s shifting views.

Harry Daugherty Brother Mal Washington, D. H Washington D. H Daugherty Harding Harry Ohio State Bank Daughertys Washington Do. H House of Daugherty Teapot Dome Elk Hills Albert B. Fall Edward L. Doheny Veterans’ Bureau Jesse Smith Roxie Stinson Black Bag Little Green House E Street United States Washington D. C Columbus

White House to answer Burke allegation on religious tolerance

Washington reports that the White House will release a further statement to address Rev. John J. Burke of the National Catholic Welfare Conference who accused President Hoover of violating the spirit, not the letter, of his oath. Secretary George Akerson said Hoover will publish a letter to Cardinal Mundelein for the upcoming congress to show good faith.

Washington White House Hoover John J. Burke National Catholic Welfare Conference Cardinal Mundelein Walter Burke George Akerson

President’s letter on Lutherans reforms mark 400th Augsburg Confession

Friends of the President noted Hoover may deem the wording unfortunate yet ready to take responsibility. The letter, prepared by a secretary, extends cordial greetings to Americans of Lutheran faith celebrating October 1 the Protestant Reformation and 400th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. It links historical events to national life, noting Protestant influence in religion and the separation of church and state in government.

Hoover

Nye Campaign Expenditures Deny Rumor In North Carolina

In Raleigh Tennessee rumors of a $200000 fund by John J. Raskob to defeat Senator Furnifold Simmons were denied by witnesses at a hearing. They testified about their own contributions and disputed the claim that Raskob financed Bailey to sway Simmons 1928 split.

Raleigh N. C U.P Gerald P. Nye Tennessee John J. Raskob North Carolina Furnifold M. Simmons Raakob Democratic National Committee Josiah W. Bailey Simmons Hoover Smith

Negroes flee Ste Genevieve after riot threat in Missouri

National Guardsmen restored order in Ste Genevieve Missouri where three black men allegedly confessed to killing a white man and wounding another. Most of the town's 150 black residents fled after a white mob ordered them to leave by 5 pm Monday.

Ste. Genevieve

Universalist Pastor William M. Lawrence Dies in Columbus

The Rev. William M. Lawrence, 63, Universalist pastor of Norwalk, died at his son George's home in Columbus after arriving to fill a pulpit. His body was moved to Norwalk for burial.

Columbus William M. Lawrence Universalist Norewalk Norwalk Lawrence George Universalist Church

Detroit approves winter job program to aid hundreds

Mayor Frank Murphy authorized a civil works program with funds totaling 450,000 to provide winter employment for hundreds of unemployed men in Detroit. The plan follows approval of the city’s employment cycle and aims to supply steady work during the season.

Detroit Frank Murphy Tea Ehe Cy

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