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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1927

Page

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Fifteen Missing in Trans Oceanic Flight Attempts

U S and British reports recount a terrifying 1927 North Atlantic era. Fifteen people have been listed as dead or missing since April in various over water attempts. Courtney of the Whale and several early aviators face peril and uncertainty while trials push aerial navigation forward.

New York U.S North Atlantic Paul Redfern Brunswick Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Four of Six Who Slipped Guard Are Found Saturday

CHILLICOTHE Sept 3 U S Four of six men who slipped through the guard at the camp of the U and reformatory here last night were recaptured at Valley Crossing Franklin County today The men were taken from a Nortalk and Western freight train by reformatory guards and returned to the institution These capture George Walsh 22 Albuquerque NM Dyer Act violator Edward Welsh 19 colored Mobile Alg forgery John Paladino 28 St Paul Minn Dyer Act violator ID I Thornton 26 Nashville Tenn Mann Act violator Two other prisoners are still at large They are E A Law 22 Greenfield S C violator internal revenue act Frederick R Billings 24 Baltimore Md Dyer Act violator

Chillicothe U. & Reformatory Valley Crossing Franklin County J Nortalk & Western George Walsh Albuquerque N. M Dyer Edward Welsh Mobile Alg John Paladino St. Paul Minn ID. I. Thornton Nashville Tenn Mann E. A. Law Greenfield S. C Internal Revenue Act Frederick R. Billings Baltimore

Ohio Valley Weather Forecast Sees Mostly Fair Start

Fair Holiday Washington reports the weekly forecast for the Ohio valley with mostly fair skies on Monday, followed by occasional showers. Temperatures expected to be above normal in the first half of the week and cooler later.

Washington Ohio Valley

Labor Day Closures Across Athens Area

Labor Day will be a day of rest in Athens city, Athens county and the Hocking valley. Business generally will be suspended. There will be no editions of the Athens Messenger on Labor Day. Banks stores freight offices post office all will be closed all day.

Athens City Athens County Hocking Valley Athens Messenger

Public Asked to Help Detect Liquor Sources

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman plans to speed up prohibition enforcement by having the public report sources of bootleg liquor. The Prohibition Bureau will investigate reports on stills or wildcat breweries. private complaints to Dry officers will be investigated by federal agents while minor offenses should be referred to local authorities. Lowman leads about 17,000 federal agents enforcing the Volstead Act with 3,778 field workers and 248 city staff, aiming to continually shuffle forces to keep them alert.

Joseph S. Wasnly United Press Washington Treasury Lowman Prohibition Bureau

All-Day Picnic Planned by Athens Eagles

Athens aerie No 529 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles announces an all-day picnic at the Athens county fairgrounds on Labor Day Monday September 6. The free event expects a crowd of several hundred with morning games amusements and dancing. The Navy says no search for the Princess Lowenstein Wertheim and two companions will be conducted due to lack of vessels and no clues about where the plane went down.

Athens Aerie No. 529 Fraternal Order of Eagles Athens County Fairgrounds Washington Navy Lowenstein-Wertheim Warner

Eighteen Thousand Union Railway Men Fired in Australia

Sydney dispatch reports eighteen thousand union railway workers dismissed by the government. No trains operate across Queensland's 0,000 miles of track as officials offer re engagement to those who renounce alleged extremist policies. An arbitration failure leaves Queensland in a tense industrial standstill impacting farmers awaiting rail transport for fodder to drought zones.

Australia Sydney URM Union Queensland Drouth

Union miners refuse Jacksonville wage offer in Ohio clash

Lorain Coal and Dock signs 1917 six dollar daily wage. United Mine Workers insist on Jacksonville agreement and reject starvation pay. Federal judge extends temporary order shielding mines in Eastern Ohio from union sympathizer interference. Pocock Coal seeks party status as mine protections debated in Steubenville courtroom.

Bellaire U.P Lorain Coal and Dock Company Ohio United Mine Workers’ Organization W. T. Roberts Jacksonville Columbus Sept. S Benson W. Hough Steubenville Pocock Coal Company Massilon Monroe Coal Company Clarkson Coal Mining Company Boomer Company Atlantic Contracting Company Pocock Company Counsell Pocock

Fourth Break on Highway Reported At Gas Station

TUPPERS PLAINS Sept. 3. Thieves cleaned out a gasoline filling station on the pike between here and Coolville. Tires and accessories totaling about 500 dollars vanished, leaving 15 gallons of ice cream in a package. This marks the fourth such robbery along the Pomeroy Coolville highway recently.

Tuppers Plains Here Coolville Pomeroy

Wheeler to leave sanitarium for Battle Creek stay

Wayne B Wheeler lawyer for the Anti Saloon League planned to leave the Shelby Michigan sanitarium to enter another Battle Creek Michigan sanitarium after several weeks rest following his wife’s death in a gasoline stove explosion at the Wheeler summer home near Little Point Manistee.

Manistee Mich Wayne B. Wheeler Anti-Saloon League Shelby Battle Creek Mra. Wheeler Wheeler Little Point Here

Weather Outlook for Labor Day Across the East

The United States Weather Bureau reports ideal vacation weather east of the Mississippi for Labor Day. Fair conditions are expected Sunday with isolated thunderstorms in the Southern Appalachians and northern East Gulf coast regions. Cooler air spreads Sunday across the lower Great Lakes Ohio Valley and central Atlantic states.

Mississippi Washington UEA Missia‘jaippr United States Southern Appalachian East Gulf States Great Lakes Ohio Valley Amidwiy North Atlantis

Good Well Drilled in Logan Oil Field

Logan observers report the Golden Rod Oil Company well on the Hartzell lease in Washington township produced twenty barrels in its first hour after Friday shot. Drilled by Bryan and Berlin, it is the second producer on the tract and is expected to exceed a hundred barrels daily.

Logan Hartzell Washington Township Bryan Berlin

Perry County Jury to Indict Seven in Guard Killing

New Lexington Ohio September special report says Perry County grand jury will indict two Ohio penitentiary convicts two women and three men for first degree murder in the killing of Guard Grant Weakley at the Junction City brick plant. Five accomplices captur ed after a late Friday auto chase were held under heavy guard in Perry County Jail.

New Lexington Perry County Grand Jury Ohio Penitentiary Grant Weakley Junction City Perry, Licking Fairfield County Newark Aera Ida Jean Kellogg George Zena Netroit Beaumont Sowers Cincinnati James Waters Patrick Riley Hamilton County Columbus Fred Eckogg Lucas County Riley Herman Blosser Kellogg Wodarski Thomas

Minor epidemic called infantile paralysis in Ohio

Dr Wade Hampton Frost, Johns Hopkins epidemiology professor, says infantile paralysis in Ohio is a minor epidemic. He will stay in Ohio conferred with the state health department about disease prevention and has wide epidemic experience.

Columbus Ohio Wade Hampton Frost Public Health Service Johns Hopkins University Frost Ohio State Department of Health

Driver sought in Niagara Falls auto wreck

Cleveland report describes police chase for the motorist who caused a collision that sent Prof Roy Desmond Hurley his wife and their 6 year old daughter to death. Hurley, a Case School of Applied Science faculty member, lost control after an oncoming car sideswiped the coupe in Niagara Falls Ontario.

Cleveland U.P Roy Desmond Hurley Niagara Falls Ont Belleville Husley Huxley Niagara Rapids Case School of Applied Science

Finds His Auto Stolen Then Returns To Police

W. Dentus of Quaker City reported his motor car stolen and went to police headquarters. He found the car in front of the building and exclaimed that it had been returned. Police were about to detain him for observations when the car drove away with four riders.

Columbus W. BR. Dentus Quaker City Denios Foyriders

Memorial Planned for Shenandoah officers and men

Memorial services will be held tomorrow here for the 14 naval officers and enlisted men who perished when the Shenandoah dirigible of the U S Navy wrecked in a storm two years ago today. The service occurs on a farm where wreckage fell after the dirigible broke in two during the storm while en route from Lakehurst New Jersey on a tour of the Midwest.

Ava, Bent U. S. Navy Lakehurst N J Middle West

Orthopedic Men Convene on School Opening and polio

A conference of orthopedic surgeons and specialists was called by Dr. John E. Monger to discuss preventing crippling effects of infantile paralysis amid an Ohio outbreak. The meeting follows a health commissioners session debating school openings, with Belmont and Tuscarawas counties remaining closed. New York’s epidemic cited to show school reopening did not curb spread. NEWSPAPERMEN ELECT COLUMBUS Ohio Newspaper Association elects H B Howard president at trustees meeting.

Columbus Sept. S.a.bloem John E. Monger Ohio Belmont Tuscarawas Counties New York H. B. Howard London Ohio Newspaper Association

Labor Day Parade Plans In Glouster With Big Dinner

Glouster hosts a large Labor Day celebration with a parade at 8 am, a 1 pm ball game, and a free noon dinner. W B Wilson of Pennsylvania leads visiting miners, G W Savage of Columbus attends district events, and multiple bands supply music. Traffic officers direct thousands of cars to two park entrances. Indictments returned in Cincinnati for a home robbery and assault case.

W. A. Craft Messenger Star Glouster David James American Legion offi+ cera Stoeckidin Bakery Tha'etty W. B. Wilson Pennsylvania Ohio G. W. Savage Columbus Total Daugherty Corning Band New Lexington Band Athens High School Band

Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale

The readable text fragment hints at distribution of goods and goods handling fees. It references a welfare or care context and mentions a public sale action by local officials. Missing details prevent full clarification.

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