Farm Bureau Week District Meeting Set in Athens
Eight Ohio counties Athens Fairfield Kowa Hocking Meigs Pickaway Vinton Gallia are represented as Farm Bureau discusses production and distribution of farm products. Morning sessions begin 10 30 in Wing Hall Auditorium with talks by C C Blair L A Taylor and L B Palomor and Arthur Johnson presiding. Afternoon session at 1 o clock and a 6 o clock dinner feature Carl Kumiler as principal speaker with audience discussions to follow. A pageant by Athens Grange members closes the evening program.
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Farm Bureau
Athens
Fy Delashmutt
Ohio Farm Bureau
Fairfield
Kowa
Hocking
Meigs
Pickaway
Vinton
Gallia
Wing Hall
Athens Grange
Mise Verna Kisinger
Farm Bureau Organization
Farm Ba
Berry
H. M. Scholl
Arthur Johnson
Carl Kumiler
Detour on Route 50 Near Athens Closed Ahead of Schedule
Project completes three weeks early as the Athens-Guysville Road west of Guysville reopens at 6 pm after a long detour. Route 50 east of Athens to the West Virginia line now ready for heavy traffic with new bridges, wider grade, and gravel surface. Contractors Miller Brothers of Gallipolis report work on Route 60 east of Guysville also advanced, with permanent surfacing planned. Remaining Athens County tasks include the Coolville concrete arch bridge and paving berms on the Jacksonville-Trimble contract, with bridge foundations and approach spans progressing toward January completion.
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Athens
Athens County
Guysville
Linscott Farm
Coolville
South Canaan
West Virginia
John W. Dowler
Miller Brothers
Gallipolis
Dowler
Stout & Hardin
Stoutsville
Fred Beckler
Merger Battle Over Youngstown Steel Merger Highlighted
In Youngstown Ohio court, Cyrus S Eaton’s counsel said stockholders sacrificed millions to Bethlehem Steel in the negotiated merger between Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Bethlehem Steel. The statement underscored opposition to the deal as the merger was discussed.
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Youngstown
U.R
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cyrus 8S
Eaton
Athens Messenger Promotes New Fifteenth Census Booklet
The Athens Messenger advertises a new booklet The Fifteenth Census that summarizes U S population by state and city from the Bureau of the Census figures. It compares 1930 and 1920 data and urges business professionals and students to order using the coupon.
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Athens Messenger
United States
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Athens schools to close for Armistice Day parade
Athens City Schools will dismiss at 10 a.m. to allow children to view the Armistice Day parade. The K. T. Crossen Post 21 American Legion has received 100 blue and gold caps to wear at the celebration. County schools and Ohio University may also declare a holiday for the event.
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Athens
American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Athens American Legion
W. W. Ankenbrand
Athens City
Ohio University
Legion
Six Hour Day Drive Planned for Railroad Labor
In Cleveland on October 22, unions announce a campaign to win a six hour day for all railroad workers. A meeting in Chicago on November 12 will coordinate goals including unemployment relief and shorter work weeks. Leaders cite past eight hour gains and aim to reduce idle labor and extend five day weeks.
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Chicago
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Washington
Whitney
Today By Arthur Brisbane Briefs and Sparks
Arthur Brisbane column notes include a rapid Paris arrival in twelve hours and a surprise for Japan while discussing lasting religious debates and the issue of being forgotten.
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Japan
Paris
General Weyler Remembered as The Butcher in War Dance
The piece recalls General Weyler who died at ninety two in Madrid. It contrasts current forgetfulness with the era of the Spanish War when Roosevelt charged up San Juan Hill Hobson sunk the Merrimac and Weyler was a household name and feared figure.
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Weyler
Madrid
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Hobson
General Weyler
Illness of General Weyler traced to fall on birthday
The article notes Weyler’s illness began after a fall from his horse on his ninety-second birthday. It contrasts American habits with older Spanish resilience and cites Luigi Cornado at ninety-four praising life from horseback, highlighting vigorous aging and a world seen as beautiful.
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General Weyler
Luigi Cornado
Prince and Princess flee German opera amid fascist turmoil
The Japanese prince and his wife attended an opera in Germany, where a fascist mob shouted Nazi slogans and hurled stink bombs to disrupt the performance. The incident prompted the royal couple to depart, underscoring rising tensions over Western culture and fascist agitation.
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Germany
Hitler
Associated Press
Theater depicts oppression in Shadows Over Harlem play
In Stuttgart a second mob closed another negro play titled Shadows Over Harlem describing oppression and exploitation of negroes in the United States.
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Stuttgart
Harlem
United States
Captain Hawks Flies 70 Miles in 17 Minutes
Captain Hawks, famed American pilot, completed a 70 mile flight in 17 minutes on Sunday. He observed traffic below and the report notes continued on another page.
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Hawks
First Session of School for Sales Held in Athens
The Athens Retail Merchants Association opened its three lecture salesmanship series in the Athens Chamber of Commerce with Frank H. Dukesmith of Columbus presenting the first talk. About twenty salespeople attended as he outlined core factors of good salesmanship and how attractiveness, usefulness, and fair value aid selling.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Security Bank
Frank H. Dukesmith
Columbus
Dukesmith
Athens
Natives Paid in Candy for Aiding Eclipse Study
On Amaha or Niuafoou Island Polynesians helped astronomers test Einstein during a 93 second total solar eclipse. They carried 50 tons of instruments to a 100 foot cliff tops for researchers from the United States Naval Observatory and Swarthmore, Ohio Wesleyan, and the University of Virginia.
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Amaha
Niuafou
Tin Can
U.R
South Seas
United States Naval Observatory
Swarthmore
Ohio Wesleyan
University of Virginia
Captain Stone Takes Duties of Benton at Athens Branch
Captain and Mrs. Bernard Stone arrive to run the Salvation Army in Athens during Capt. and Mrs. Richard Benton’s 90 day California vacation for Benton illness. Stones previously served in Johnstown Albany Tarrytown Plattsburg Port Chester Jersey City Plainfield and over seas during WWI. They have a daughter Helen age three.
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Bernard Stone
Salvation Army
Johnstown
N. Y
Athens
Richard Benton
Benton
California
Stone
Albany
Tarrytown
Plattsburg
Portchester
Jersey City
Plainfield
N. J
Helen
Garlinger Divorce Granted in Athens County Court
Ruby Garlinger was granted a divorce from Thomas Garlinger by the Athens County Common Pleas Court. The action cites wilful absence from home for the past three years as the grounds.
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Ruby Garlinger
Thomas Garlinger
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Garlinger
Fire devastates village business district in Williamsburg
Fire swept nearly the entire business district of Williamsburg in Cler Mont County today causing damage estimated at 100000 dollars. The blaze prompted quick emergency response and left many shops injured. No injuries reported immediately.
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Williamsburg
U.P
Clermont County
Night School With Parents To Be Held Here
The P T A announces a night school event featuring parents and children. Adults will attend alongside pupils in an evening of combined learning activities at the local venue.
Mor rison report on Cleveland convention and PTA plans
Prof and Mrs O D Morrison reported on the Ohio Parent-Teacher Association Convention held in Cleveland. Athens schools will host a night school November 17 with three half hour sessions after dismissal to meet parents and teachers. COMMITTEE MEETS planned monthly meetings on the third Tuesday. A booth for homemade candy will be sold at the Fall Festival with candy due at the high school by noon.
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Athens
O. D. Morrison
Ohio Parent-Teacher Association
Cleveland
A. L. Hughes
Athens City High School
A. F E. Wagner
Booth
Bank Threat and Self Arrest Plot in Fort Worth
Mrs. Mary Rosenthal admitted she threatened to blow up Union Bank with a milk bottle to force arrest and a warm jail. She walked the town seeking work, then admitted planning robbery as a ruse to get jailed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mary Rosenthal
Union Bank
Death toll rises at Aachen Wilhelm mine disaster
In Aachen Germany the Wilhem mine disaster death toll grew as rescuers recovered 231 bodies by midday. One survivor tried to pull his father from wreckage. six miners died in hospital. Thirteen trapped miners escaped by wrapping coats over mouths but six later died from gas.
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Aachen
Germany
U.P
Wilhelm
Few Price Changes In Grain In Week
Columbus report notes mostly steady grain prospects after harvest. C. W. Eberhard of the Ohio Farm Bureau Grain Department cites favorable weather in South America and Australia with unchanged estimates. Corn fell about eight cents on the week while new crop arrivals appeared. buyers refrained from large forward purchases as corn priced above wheat.
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Columbus
C. W. Eberhard
Ohio Farm Bureau Grain Department
South America
Australia
W C T U Leader Attacks Millionaire Wets in Contention
Mrs Frances E Fuller of Madison at Youngstown convention denounces millionaire wets funding a $200000 wet chest in Cleveland to oppose the Eighteenth Amendment. She reports $37679 received and $26185 spent last year, with $11439 balance, and vows to oppose Robert J Bulkley of Cleveland for Senate over his wet stance.
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Youngstown
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Frances E. Fuller
Madison
Cleveland
Robert J. Bulkley
U. S. Senate
Government moves to fight unemployment with Woods plan
Col Arthur Woods arrives in Washington to set up administration machinery for unemployment relief, after a White House briefing with Hoover and Lamont. Officials consider staggered work weeks to spread scarce jobs, while War Secretary Hurley expands flood relief employment. Muskegon plan to end a buyers strike spreads as governors and railroad presidents back the effort to stimulate purchasing.
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Washington
Col
Arthur Woods
New
White House
Hurley
Cabinet Unemployment Council
Legge
Buderal Farm Board
Muskegon
Mich
Amish hosts feed 200 needy in Cleveland event
Amish men and women from Millersburg area will host 200 unemployed and needy at the American Rescue Workers' Headquarters in Cleveland. Chicken pumpkin pie cakes and fruit are on the menu with some dishes prepared by the Amish and others in the headquarters. Mrs. Major Nellie McNab leads the effort.
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Cleveland
U.P
Millersburg
American Rescue Workers
Nellie McNab
Roosevelt Calls Prohibition a Failure and Urges Repeal
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt condemned prohibition as a failure in Rochester urging immediate repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He argued intoxication harms a mechanized society and called for swift repeal followed by strong temperance regulation and local home rule.
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Roosevelt
Rochester
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Gravy Wise Confined With Mild Smallpox Case
Dayton Gravy Wise former Ohio University football player at 2 Elliot Street was quarantined at home today with a mild smallpox case. Health officials warn vaccination is the key preventive measure and note exposure should be vaccinated immediately to prevent incubation.
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Dayton
Wise
Ohio University
Elliot Street
Higgins
Athens
Husband Stabbed by Wife in Athens Quarrel
Clyde Woodruff of North Cemetery Street Athens is in Sheltering Arms Hospital with a back stab wound. Police report his wife inflicted the wound during a quarrel Sunday night and is being sought. Woodruff's condition is not serious.
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Clyde Woodruff
North Cemetery Street
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Woodruff
Pears and Apples in Today's Classifieds At The Messenger
The Messenger lists canning pears and Delicious Apples or Winesap and Grimes Golden Apples for sale. East State Street ad offers a six room house with bath basement and furnace for rent. Glouster dealers offer a gas range used six months. Seven pigs eight weeks old priced at 3 dollars each.
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By the Messenger
East State Street
Glouster
Hatfield to Address Athens Voters at Court House
Senator Henry D. Hatfield will speak to Athens County voters at the courthouse at 7 30 p m Thursday night. Hatfield, former West Virginia governor and Huntington resident, appears as a political group head announces R 8 Wood Athens County Executive Committee chairman.
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Henry D. Hatfield
Huntington
W. Va
Athens County
R. 8
Wood
Hatfield
West Virginia
Hold Chinese Captives for Large Ransom
Bandits demand ten million dollars for the release of four priests and six nuns seized in Kian fu and Kiangsi. An American missionary Bert Nelson is held for three hundred sixty thousand six hundred dollars. a Nationalist rescue near Nelson’s captors is reported. Two British missionary women were killed after ransom threats. a finger was sent to officials. A 96 American party departed for the interior despite legation warnings.
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Peiping
China
Kianfu
Kiangsi
Bert Nelson
United Lutherans Mission
Nelson
Fukien
Legation
Football Fans Pick Winners Challenge
Readers are invited to predict the outcomes of Yale vs Army Alabama vs Vanderbilt Washington vs California and Mississippi vs Chicago. The Messenger offers two tickets to the Homecoming game Ohio at Cincinnati for the best forecast as detailed on the sport page.
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Vanderbilt
Washington
California
Mississippi
Chicago
Messenger Sport
Ohio
Cincinnati
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