Submarine S-5 Crew Saved After Deep Dive Accident
Washington report recounts the S-5 diving to 165 feet after a valve intake failed. Lieutenant Commander Cooke and crew drilled an exit hole as chlorine fumes filled compartments. The Atlantic and steamship General Goethals aided, pumping air and enlarging the hole. All 38 officers and men were saved with no permanent injuries.
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Washington
Daniels
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Atlantic
Cooke
General Goethals
New London
S. S. Ohio
Andrews Boy Hurt Falling From Bridge While Playing
Floyd Andrews eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Lafe Andrews of 238 Richland avenue was badly hurt on Friday morning when he fell from an iron beam on the South bridge while playing with neighborhood children. He suffered a bruised head and right arm with other bruises but regained consciousness and showed improvement by Saturday.
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Floyd
Lafe Andrews
Richland Avenue
Young Andrews
Ohio to standardize loaf size for fair prices
The Ohio fair price commission plans a meeting in Columbus to standardize loaf weight at likely one and one half pounds. Maurice Langan will present the proposal to the Ohio Bakers Association next Wednesday. A separate meeting with the Ohio Restaurant Association will discuss fair prices for restaurants. An unrelated note mentions an oil can distilled from horse chestnuts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Fair Price Commission
Maurice Langan
John Pfeiffer
Ohio Bakers’ Association
Langan
Ohio Restaurant Association
Ex service woman joins national G. O. P. committee
Miss Adah E. Bush of Indiana named executive secretary in charge of women's activities on the Republican national committee. She served overseas in the war and, after returning, was active in suffrage work and League of Women Voters tours. She attended the Chicago and San Francisco conventions for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah E. Bush
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Miss Bush
League of Women Voters
Chicago
San Francisco
Funeral Plans Grow For Lord Mayor MacSwiney Protests
London reports say supporters plan massive funeral demos across England and Ireland if Lord Mayor MacSwiney dies from hunger strike. Protests to spread to Cork Dublin and Irish communities abroad with appeals to leaders and public figures to press for his release.
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London
MacSwiney
England
Ireland
Arthur O’brien
Gaelic League
Cork
Dublin
Scotland
Australia
Canada
United States
Downing Street
Davis Expenditure Probe Sought in Ohio Governor Nominee Campaign
Attorney General John G. Price and Columbus lawyer L Benton Tussing call for a formal probe into Harry L. Davis campaign expenditures. They note many county committees filed no expense accounts and urge county prosecutors to report where active organizations operated and file required statements.
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Columbus
Harry L. Davis
Cleveland
John G. Price
L. Benton Tussing
Tussing
Davis
Apade
Chicago raid nets 20,000 from crap games
Police cracked a major vice sweep in Chicago netting about 20,000 dollars and 100 rollers of dice as part of a city wide cleanup. The report notes police action against illegal gambling as a key objective of the campaign.
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Chicago
Dramatic Rescue Of S-5 Crew Told Today
Three naval heroes honored near Hoboken for rescuing 37 sailors trapped in submarine 8 5 off the Delaware Capes. Engineers Grace and McWilliams of General Goethals used a hand ratchet to bore holes in the hull as oxygen dwindled, while Lt Cmdr Chas M. Cooke supervised A catastrophe blocked air as water flooded forward sections and chlorine from battery acid threatened lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoboken
Chas. M. Cooke
U. S
S-band
William Grace
R. McWilliams
Panama
General Goethals
Goethals
Grace
McWilliams
Delaware Capes
Billings
Cox Ends Chicago Talks On Senate Fund Probe
Governor Cox met with campaign manager E H Moore in Chicago to review new leads for the Senate slush fund investigation. Moore preparing Form 101 evidence to support charges of a $15 to $16 million corruption fund run by a secret national money raiser.
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United Press
Chicago
Cox
Senate
E. H. Moore
Senate Committee
Moore
Pittsburg
Defiance Man Testifies In Murder Case Of Botkin Child
Peter Kintner, neighbor of Joshua Botkin, testified Botkin admitted beating Arthur Gerald Bullock and said I am breaking those Bullock children of their dirty habits. Kintner recalled Botkin’s remark about giving the boy a harsh licking before the alleged death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kintner
Joshua Botkin
Arthur Gerald Bullock
Botkin
Bullock
Kintner
Pete
Arthur
Mary
Ida May Bullock
Slag Arrives for Glouster Hollister Road Widening
County Engineer Poker reports more slag shipment for the Glouster Hollister road project. The section above Nelson is being widened using rough and reranulated slag.
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Glouster-Hollister
Poker
Nelson
Military inquiry to draft report on San ders arrest incident
Houston military court of inquiry to draft a report today as a prelude to the general court martial of National Guard officers involved in the attempted arrest of G. W. Sanders editor of the Houston Press. Nearby medical men are reminded of a Sept. 7 Athens lecture at 3 20 P M under the Ohio State Medical Association with a Chamber of Commerce dinner at six.
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Houston Tex
Military Court of Inquiry
G. W. Sanders
Houston Press
Houston
National Guard
Athens
M. E. Church
Ohio State Medical Association
Chamber of Commerce
No Paper Monday Labor Day Observation
The Messenger will not publish Monday September 6 due to Labor Day. The office and shop will be closed all day in honor of workers nationwide.
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United States
State School Head Calls For Help Over Teacher Shortage
State Superintendent Vernon Riegel said in a letter to county boards that most counties face a net shortage of elementary and high school teachers and transferring staff from surplus counties is not feasible. He cited Athens Brown and Wood counties as largest surpluses and urged absorbing regular teachers, using emergency certificates only after examination and state confirmation requirements. Twenty seven counties failed to report timely for state action.
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Vernon Riegel
Athens
Brown
Wood
Riegel
Marriage Licenses for Charles Kutta and Ruth Drake
Charles Kutta 21 of Jacksonville and Ruth Drake 18 of Jacksonville obtained marriage licenses at home with Mayor T. B. Roush presiding.
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Charles Kutta
Jacksonville
Miner
Ruth Drake
T. B. Roush
Cox criticised over Ohio school code record
In Columbus on September 4, Republican state headquarters charged Governor Cox with undermining his own school policy. The statement contends Cox stole credit from John W. Zeller and aides for drafting the present Ohio school code. It accuses Cox of doubling school costs while efficiency ranks twelfth nationwide.
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Columbus
Cox
Ohio
John W. Zeller
Expect Strike Dies Out Soon In Anthracite Fields
WILKESBARRE PA Sept 4 Union Mine Workers and coal company officials say the insurgent vacation by about 100 000 anthracite miners will end by Tuesday with no major defections anticipated before then The strike leaders claimed otherwise but prevailing view is that the walkout will fade quickly.
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Wilesbarre
Mexican voters choose president in four year term
Mexican voters prepare to cast ballots to elect a president for the next four years. The contest centers on two candidates: Alvaro Obregon and A Robles Dominguez, the latter backed by the National Republican party and Catholic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Republic
Alvaro Obregon
A. Robles Dominguez
National Republican Party
Berea Oil Pool Likely Found in Athens County
Oil field excitement grows as the Frank R. Gross well in Alexander township nears pumping. Experienced operators predict 20 to 25 barrels per day and expect further drilling as the Berea prospects prove strong beneath the county.
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Athens County
Berea
Frank R. Grosswell
Alexander Township
Gross
Auto Mishap Injures Slaughters Near Lancaster
Beber Slaughter aged 55 on Smith Street dislocated shoulder and George Slaughter 83 Grosvenor Street sustained minor injuries after an automobile crash two miles north of Lancaster. Ray Slaughter drove the Buick six into a ditch and pole, crashing into a cornfield. Eber Slaughter was taken to Lancaster Hospital while others returned to Athens by train.
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Beber Slaughter
Smith Street
George Slaughter
Grosvenor Street
Lancaster
Fred
Ray Slaughter
Columbus
Eber Slaughter
Athens
New Tactic 6 Adopted In the Party Camps
Democratic state headquarters in Columbus announce a revival movement aimed at restoring workmen's compensation. The statement notes broad endorsement by capital and labor but warns the fund is in danger amid hostility from liability insurers toward Governor Cox and those who backed the law.
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Columbus
Workmen's Compensation
Willis
Cox
Ohio
New Revolution in Russia Feared
Berlin reports circulates word of a planned monarchist counter revolution in Russia larger than any since the soviet era. The scheme allegedly has substantial funds from German monarchist quarters and would aim to trigger a German royalist movement if the Russian revolt succeeds. Vienna hosts wealthy ex Czars officials and businessmen said to back the plan.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Berlin
Russia
Soint
Vienna
Germany
Berlin Tageblatt
Baron Rosenberg
Horsellman
Biskupski
Arsenier
Which will win Sister Sue's vote in the election
A humorous poem by E. C. Woodworth imagining Sister Sue voting. It toys with whether she will support the donkey or the elephant, concluding she will choose the sturdy elephant and cast her ballot with resolve. It satirizes political rhetoric and female enfranchisement in a playful tone.
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Sister Sue
Daddy
Pelf
Heaven
Soldiers En Route East Seen Here
A trainload of soldiers passed through Athens at about 6 30 this morning heading east. Officials at the depot knew little, but the soldiers were said to be transferred to the Monongah division at Parkersburg, likely destined for coal regions in Pennsylvania or West Virginia. The train carried two carloads of horses and equipment including machine guns and ambulances, suggesting active service preparation.
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Athens
Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Coal Car Supply Still Unchanged
Local coal leaders report the coal car situation at a standstill with inconsistent arrivals. One week cars come in faster, the next week production is hindered by car shortages and no permanent relief is in sight.
Big Celebration At Nelsonville Labor Day Event
A large Labor Day celebration in Nelsonville organized by the Elks will attract residents from Athens County. The program includes a 10 a.m. street parade, Chauncey and Nelsonville baseball at 10:30 and 2:39, a 100 foot dive, Civil War drum corps, acrobats, aerialists, balloons, a band, a Buick touring car drawing, with speeches by John Moore and Congressman I M Foster at 3 p.m.
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Nelsonville
the Elks
Athens County
Chauncey
Civil War
John Moore
The
Ohio Mine Workers
I. M. Foster
Four-year-old Harold Ellis swallows toy watch
Kansas City report says Harold Ellis, a four year old, swallowed a toy watch about the size of a quarter that became lodged in the larynx. He shows no pain and remains under observation.
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Kansas City
Harold Ellis
Japanese Invaders in Sugar Beet and Cotton Lands Warned
Washington reports warn that Japanese proprietors are entering the sugar beet and cotton sectors in California and the Southwest, buying land and laboring as owners as well as workers. The study by Commissioner Hamilton and A L Faulkner, after ten state visits, notes potential future invasion if labor supply wanes, and discusses Mexican labor importations and current employment figures.
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Washington
California
Southwest
Wilson
Hamilton
A. L. Faulkner
Faulkner
Riots Ease in Belfast as Cork Lord Mayor Reported Near Death
Officials fear Cork Lord Mayor MacSwiney death could trigger renewed unrest across Ireland. British officers are ordered to be ready for mobilization of Ulster volunteers amid Sinn Fein threats of strong retaliation.
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Cork
Belfast
Mayor MacSwiney
Munard Carson
Ulster Volunteers
Sinn Einers
All Day Meeting at Sugar Creek
POSTON September 4 there will be an all day meeting at the Sugar Creek M E church on Sunday September 6. Rev V Ahlbrand, pastor, announced the church interior has been thoroughly renovated and repairs completed. Services are planned for Sunday and continue for a week or more with the expectation of large attendance.
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Poston
Sugar Creek M. E
V. Ahlbrand
Sugar Creek
Farm Bureau drive to finish at September meeting
County Farm Agent Raymond announced that farm bureau membership drive will be completed after the September 11 meeting at the courthouse where township organization work will be finished. The all day session runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with A. P. Sandies, secretary of state board of agriculture, as main speaker. Sandies, a noted Oklahoma road booster, will offer an instructive talk and efforts to recruit more members will be made. A patent for a large surface blotter was issued.
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Raymond
Farm Bureau
A. P. Sandies
State Board of Agriculture
Sandies
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Andrews
Adsh E. Bush
Gua
L. C. Martin
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Suaool
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