Prisoners Near Escape After Stone Wall Break In Jail
Three inmates at Athens County Jail nearly freed themselves by removing a baseboard and chiseling the sandstone wall under a window. They used two iron bars to bend the bars and planned to drop about 12 feet into the alley. Sheriff Stratton said no new charges were filed and repairs were arranged.
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Thens County
Charlies Stratton
Athens City
State
Columbus
Sen
Sum
Finster
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfeld
Stratton
Aged Farmer of Lee Dies at Home at 76
Anson B. Wingett aged 76 of Lee Township died at his home Monday. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Alexander Presbyterian Church. He leaves a widow and two children, Theodore of Lancaster and Marguerite Moore of the family home. New York shipments note steel increases in August.
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Anson B. Wingett
Lee Township
Te Alexander Presbyterian Church
Mr. Wingett
Athena County
Theodore
Lancaster
Marguerite Moore
New Art Head at Ohio University Outlines Realist Plan
Prof. Lawrence Carl Mitchell named head of Ohio University Fine Arts Department. He plans fall courses toward an AB degree with art major, emphasizes color theory and perspective, and promotes accessible nonfaddish teaching. Mitchell is a landscape painter with diverse background in psychology journalism and advertising. previously headed Fine Arts at the University of South Dakota. He and his wife will reside at 125 N Congress Street with two young sons.
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Mitchell
University of Missouri
Harvard
Columbia
Society of Illustrators School
New York City
Carnegie
Missouri
University of South Dakota At
Vermillion
William Woods College
Fulton
A. FE. F
France
John
Jim
N. Congress Street
Blue Door Mystery Continues on Car Trip Escape
John Smith exits the Normal School with money tucked away and buys a used car to flee toward Cleveland then New York. He plans to hide with an old woman while authorities hunt trains and ships, recalling the blue door as a landmark on the road to Wortville.
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Tittle School
Mr. Smith
Bertha Gibbs
South America
Cross Town
John Smith
New York
Cleveland
Wortville
New University College Aims to Improve Course Choice
Dr James outlines a new University College to ensure students choose courses after study of their training aptitudes and life aims. The plan uses first year registration tied to high school preparation, a minimum general education, and faculty counsellors guiding freshmen to maturity while preserving four year degrees.
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New University College
James
University College
Hilton Twins Stop in City Early in Day
The Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton visited Athens in the morning stopping at the College Inn for toast and tea at about 2 o'clock. They travel with Dale Stephens Orchestra and Fred Selby, performing across multiple states. Violet hopes for marriage to Maurice Clemons remains uncertain.
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Hilton Twins
Daisy
Violet Hilton
Athens
College Inn
Court Street
Violet
Dale Stephens
Middleport
Fred Selby
Mt. Vernon
Alliance
West Coast
Maurice Clemons
Kaiser
Insurance Manager Attends Lake Stafford Convention
George W Ford district sales manager of Town and Village Insurance Service attended the annual convention at Lake Stafford Ohio with agents from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia. S Burns Weeton Ohio director of the National Youth Administration announced about 2 million dollars will be shared this year from a 50 million national appropriation to aid needy students. freshmen counselors to be selected by the Dean of Men and Dean of Women and work under their direction.
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George W Ford
Town and Village Insurance Service
Lake Stafford
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Columbus
S. Burns Weeton
National Youth Administration
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George
Sand Ridge
Se Yeaterda
Albert Waterloo
Evener
Don
Charles May Avenue
Guey
Sroon
Lee
United States Steel Corporation
New Art
Lawrence Mitchell
Lawrence Carl Mitchell
New
Smith
Kyser
eShide Bac
Ce &Sr
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
ARS
London
West Jefferson School
Howe
Carter
Buy Troma
Boanns Stores
Tired
Optometric Service
S. Court St
Colonial Service
Cldwial Tinance Go
North Court St
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