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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1932
Page
5
Mrs Vera Montgomery, shown, faced a New York divorce hearing where a possible romance with Prince Svaati of the Siamese royal family was disclosed. She said she might reconsider a marriage proposal the prince allegedly made before his return to Siam if she gains her freedom.
John Fadly escaped Gallipolis City Jail Wednesday night while being fed. He hid behind a cell door as Frank Woods entered and fled, officials believe he is now in West Virginia. He had pleaded guilty to intoxication at arraignment. Trial for George Lilley, pending for liquor manufacture, will continue. Billy Mays Jr and Ansel Stewart remain jailed for failure to pay fines. Seventeen passenger cars and two trucks were registered in August per Mrs. Margaret McCormick.
Gallipolis plans for Labor Day include sports and a Camp McCarley picnic with a late afternoon program. Banks and county and city offices will close. some stores stay open. The Gallipolis Golf Club red and blue tournament crowns a winning team with a meal for losers. A double-header at Fair Grounds diamond features Gallipolis All-Stars vs Ashland Y M C A.
GALLIPOLIS September 2 H E Houck re elected national representative and G E Gilbert re appointed to the law committee at the Jr O U A M state council meeting in Columbus this week Charles H Hernan superintendent of the children's home at Tiffin chosen state counsellor and John M Wooley Marietta outside sentinel Next meeting set for Tiffin
A Jacksonville donor sent $5 to Probate Judge J. S. Clark to buy toys and clothing for Loren Hoctor, found nearly starved and placed in Gallia County Children's Home. The letter asks punishment for the parents if possible and thanks the judge for aiding the boy.
Gallipolis Ohio September 2 Mrs Ca belle Walker has been chosen as assistant librarian at the Gallipolis Public Library to succeed Mrs John Franz who resigned and is moving with her family to Columbus New books added this week include Snug Harbor by Jacobs John Jacob Astor Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne by Huddleton Martial Spirit by Millis Aaron Burr by Kir koff Swift River by Meigs Tirra Lirra by Richards Handicraft for Girls by Hamilton ABC Book of People by Cole.
Sheldon Bryan, 23, an engineer, was treated at Gallipolis Marine Hospital after his hand was caught in machinery aboard the large steel towboat William Larimer Jones. The incident occurred below Marietta as the vessel carried eight barges of Pittsburgh made steel pipe toward Memphis. Bryan is the son of Earl Bryan, a U S steel boiler plate inspector in Pittsburgh.
The Mingo dredge, towed by a U.S. steamer, completed repairs at Point Pleasant and resumes work in the Ohio Kanawha River district. Over the past two to three months repairs to locks and dams have cost the government more than 150000 dollars. The Steamer James Ramsay also operates in this district bringing equipment to the Kanawha River mouth for Lock and Dam 11 repairs.
Showers cooled Gallipolis last night marking the first measurable rainfall since mid July. Frank Wetherholt notes the rainfall did not exceed .03 inches. Scouts plan a marshmallow roast at Fairfield Lake tonight hosted by Troop 1 under Scoutmaster Paul Wetherholt. Mrs. R. B. Blackwood of Rutland underwent surgery at Holzer Hospital. Helen Rogers of Henderson, W. Va., was released after a recent operation.
Concrete slab work on Route 7 from the Meigs County line south for 5.25 miles was completed yesterday afternoon by Frownie Brothers contractors. Widening of the 20 foot roadway to 27 feet through Cheshire, started Wednesday, was the last piece of work. Other work before completion will take about two weeks.
Capt. Nicholas Hundley, pilot of the Roosevelt, pleaded guilty to negligence after the Excursion Steamer sank on the Ohio River near Louisville Falls. Federal inspectors suspended his license for 60 days as four girls were injured in the gangplank stampede and the ship was slated for wrecking and sale for junk.
Steel boat builders in this district and the Pittsburgh District are asked to bid on a fleet of 20 pontoons for federal engineers. The boats, 17 feet long 6.6 feet wide and 2.5 feet deep, will support suction dredging pipes in Montgomery Alabama and other southern districts.
Gallipolis reports a week of increased steel shipments with the Union Barge Line. The Sam Craig passed down river bound for Memphis with nine barges carrying 3,600 tons. The J W Ayres towed empty barges north to Pittsburgh for reloading.
Ohio State University will open a university high school in September, offering kindergarten to post graduate study. The first year enrollment is limited to 200 students with grades seven to ten. Grades eleven and twelve rise gradually by 50 students each year. applications determine admission.
In Cincinnati on September 2 40 R it was found that an Eagles Lodge charm lost or stolen from Joseph J Best, a former policeman, 11 years ago has reappeared. Best received the charm as a gift from his sister Mary who had Alfred Kaiser purchase it, and it matches his initials from 1921. Kaiser bought it in a pawnshop.
Belmont County officials seek $32,732.90 from former sheriffs C. C. Hardesty and Ford Moore, alleging profits from feeding prisoners. The report to State Auditor Tracy by State Examiner John Whitney claims 53 cents daily was paid versus an actual cost near 4.5 cents per prisoner per day.
The Labor Department reported nearly 800,000 families received help from 747 agencies in 126 cities in June. Average relief per family was 20.89 dollars, with total agency outlay at 22,960,285 dollars, up 91 percent from June 1931 and only slightly below May 1932.
The Ohio State Board of Control could not afford the 800 to save the historic Logan Elm near Circleville linked to Chief Logan and a treaty of peace. H. C. Sherrone urged preservation from the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society while Kent tree expert Martin L. Davey offered 100 toward the cost. The elm is rotted and requires treatment to survive, but the board declined the funds.
Moscow reports current harvest completion at 69 percent of eligible area versus 75 percent a year earlier. The lag equals about 21,000,000 acres behind 1931, with slow collection and grain hidden in barns prompting drastic government action including death sentences for peasants who concealed state grain.
Harold L. Menjou adopted son of actor Adolph Menjou was acquitted today of murder and drunken driving charges from a crash that killed 16 year old Marjorie Gauthier. He faces a manslaughter trial set for Sept. 26 after the court noted intoxication at the time and blamed steering gear failure.
Rome September 2 German flyer Wolfgang Von Gronau proposes converting discarded ships into floating air bases for regular trans Atlantic service. He envisions landing decks catapults and wireless systems on repurposed vessels to support seaplanes, with a northern route via Greenland as the practical option.
Public health leagues from four Ohio counties gathered with the Ohio Public Health Association in Columbus to discuss work problems and plan the year's Christmas Seal Sale for tuberculosis crusade.
The Smithsonian announced the passenger pigeon died out at 1 p.m. on September 1, 1914, with the last bird at Cincinnati Zoo now mounted in exhibits. Reports of sightings since then are dismissed as wishful thinking, while the mourning dove and common pigeon are often mistaken for it. Extinction followed wholesale slaughter. nesting peaked in 1878 at Petoskey, Michigan. a hunter reportedly bagged 84 birds in one day and Chicago markets sold them at low prices.
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