Heaviest Rain in 16 Years Floods Athens
Athens endured the heaviest rainfall in 16 years, 4.35 inches, flooding streets and basements. The flood boosted support for a WPA backed storm and sanitary sewer overhaul, with Burgess & Niple due to report on needs.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Burgess & Niple
Columbus
E. State St
Hudson, Lorene
Shannon
May
Elmwood
Lincoln
Stewart St
Lancaster
Carpenter
W. Union St
Hocking
Amesville
Chauncey
Athens State Hospital
PWA
Clements' Tonic Promises Quick Nerve Revival
Advertisement promotes Clements' Tonic as a remedy for overworked and worried nerves. It claims three daily doses for ten days restore vigor, brighten eyes, and renew youthfulness, with a guaranteed result or sixpence back.
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Clements
Car Forced Off Road by Truck on Courtney Hill
A car was driven off a 25 foot embankment on Courtney Hill last night. John Wiseman of 14 N Congress St and Fay Dowler of Chauncey escaped unharmed. Truck driver Robert R. Matlack of Long Bottom was arrested for reckless driving and fined $10 and costs by Magistrate T R Bennett. Wiseman heading toward Athens, truck coming from opposite direction. rear of the truck struck Wiseman’s car on a curve.
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Courtney Hill
John Wiseman
N. Congress St
Fay Dowler
Chauncey
State Highway Patrol
Robert R. Matlack
Long Bottom
Wiseman
T. R. Bennett
Athens
Athens County People To Attend GOP Meet
Several Athens residents will attend the Republican State Convention in Columbus tomorrow and Thursday to form the party platform. Attendees include Mrs. Georgia Kilpatrick, Mrs. Nora Atkinson, Mrs. Charles Evans, Mrs. Garfield Hope, Dr. H. T. Phillips, and J. W. Wilson, with more from Athens and other county communities expected.
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Athens
Columbus
Georgia Kilpatrick
Nora Atkinson
Charles Evans
Garfield Hope
H. T. Phillips
J. W. Wilson
Mail box installed after bluebirds nest persistence
In Butte Montana the U S government ordered a second mailbox at 1302 Adams Street after bluebirds occupied and rebuilt a nest in the first box. Authorities finally relented to allow the extra box to be installed following repeated ejects and returns.
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U. S. Butte
Mont
United States
Adams Street
First German Jewish professionals arrive in Canberra
Reach Australia Canberra reports the initial group of 30 German Jewish professionals and businessmen who fled Germany and Austria have landed in Canberra. The contingent includes doctors lawyers university lecturers dentists and commercial men.
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Australia
Canberra
Germany
Austria
Straw Hat Day Launches Athens Fall Style Festival
Athens residents will collect straw hats on Thursday for a grand bonfire at the Athens County Courthouse signaling Summer's end and Fall’s start. The month-long festival includes a dahlia show and auction bucks redeemable at two auction sales, with special prizes for participants.
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Athens County
Athens
Ohio
Propaganda Study Urged Across Nations and Nations
Segal warned that propaganda now shapes nations through masters who mobilize symbols slogans and emotions. He cited 700 pressure groups worldwide and warned of nationalism in Germany Italy and Japan while urging Americans to study propaganda with reason to protect free government.
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Legal
America
Germany
Italy
Japan
Segal
Carriea
Russia
Mussolini
United States
Former Meigs Resident Dies in Bedford Ind
Dr Wesley Harold McKnight aged 42 of Bedford Indiana died Friday at Passavant Memorial Hospital Chicago after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Jesse McKnight of Bedford his wife Dr Edna Howell daughter Louise eight Eleanor four a sister Mrs Trues Kimbly of Bedford and by many friends in Pomeroy where he was well known. Burial was at Bedford Indiana.
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Pomeroy
Wesley Harold McKnight
Bedford
Ind
Passavant Memorial Hospital
Chicago
McKnight
Pomeroy Simpson M. E
Fountain to Appear in Court on Liquor Possession Charge
Arthur Fountain of Renville Minnesota will appear in Common Pleas Court tomorrow on a charge of illegal possession of liquor. He is charged with possession of a gallon of unsealed liquor. He was arrested by state liquor agents.
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Arthur Fountain
Renville
Common Pleas Court
Storm Hits Logan Area With Heavy Night Storm
Logan and surrounding areas were soaked by a strong storm Monday night bringing intense lightning. Rain fell for more than an hour as residents prepared for possible damage and power outages.
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Logan
Anna Clark Tells Jury Of Attacks
In Athens County Court the 28 year old Mrs. Anna Clark described five youths forcing her into a car during a July 23 incident after a night on Court Street. Chester Windle testified he and four companions were in Athens. others named Ralph Tennehill Chauncey Hostetter Ralph Monk and Floyd Denny were to testify. The protestable case notes her child and marital status but does not reveal related custody.
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Anna Clark
Athens
Athens County Common Pleas
Chester Windle
Nelsonville
Windle
Clark
Court St
Ralph Tennehill
Chauncey Hostetter
Ralph Monk
Floyd Denny
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Barton Assails Wagner Act
Barton criticizes the Wagner Labor Act comparing it to a one way law that lacks balance among management labor and the public. He argues the board acts as judge jury and prosecutor with no right of appeal and can force crafts to merge despite other contracts, harming employers and stability.
Secrets of Good Conversation booklet ad explainer
A 32 page Athens Messenger advertisement promotes Secrets of Good Conversation. It teaches sparking chat with daily topics and quips, suggests sample lines, and invites readers to request the booklet by mailing 10 cents to The Athens Messenger with name address and booklet title.
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Stan
Eve
Australia
Norma Shearer
Athens Messenger
Home Service
Sixth Ave
New York
N. Y
Quoits record set by 19 year old Stapleton in Melbourne
A 19 year old, Fred Stapleton, established a new Australian quoits record by pitching 1,691 ringers in 1 hour and 20 minutes at nine feet distance, a rate of 20 per minute. He has competed in quoits for two years. Flies are noted as the most numerous and dangerous enemy of man.
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Melbourne
Fred Stapleton
Warfare on Sand Tables For Cadets At Ohio University
Cadets will study Military Science and Tactics this fall using sand table battlefields six by eight feet in size with trenches, barbed wire, and fortifications. A light ray machine gun will simulate fire, and three dimensional aerial photography will be created via a stereo scope. Selection of officers follows summer camp and exams, with stricter physicals for advanced entrants.
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Ohio University
T. F. McNeill
Charles Fair
Fair Said
Frederick Pearson
M. FE. Olmstead
Change in Ohio Civil Laws Being Urged
Columbus reports call for drastic amendments to state civil service laws to empower the civil service commission with stronger appropriations personnel and authority. The commission also urges clarifying and tightening the law on political activity for classified state workers to enable clear decisive enforcement and summary action.
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Ohio
Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Carl W. Smith
Ralph W. Emmons
Farmer Arrested On Tag Charge In Ohio Court System
Thomas H. Leifheit of Pomeroy was arraigned in Common Pleas Court on operating a truck with illegal license plates. He was arrested Friday on Route 33 at the North Y by Deputy Charles Evans. Leifheit, a farmer and trucker, pleaded not guilty and posted bond for trial.
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Thomas H. Leifheit
Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Charles Evans
Leifheit
Curiosity Cools Cat Wades in Cool Water at Home
A stray cat wandered into the bathroom of F. E. Sherwood in Stillwater Oklahoma and fell into a filling tub. The cat apparently enjoyed the bath and was found wading in cool water several times afterward, Sherwood said.
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Okla
F. E. Sherwood
Sherwood
Mrs G Carr Returns After Six Weeks at Grant Hospital
Logan says Mrs. G. Carr came home Sunday from Grant Hospital after a six week stay and is showing some improvement.
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Logan
Pershing Remembered On His 78th Birthday
General John J. Pershing marks his 78th birthday with cheers from supporters including Mrs. Louis Tyroler who once served as his private secretary in France. He lives partly in France as chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission overseeing monuments and cemeteries in Europe.
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John J. Pershing
Louis Tyroler
Lancaster St
France
General Pershing
American Battle Monuments Commission
Belgium
England
Nebraska
Tyroler
Athens County
Paris
York Township Bond Issue For Road Improvements
The York Township Board of Trustees seeks a $5,000 bond issue for road improvements to be voted on in November. The levy would be 10 mills, funding ten annual payments of $500 with interest not less than 5 percent per year. First payment due September 15, 1939, final on September 15, 1948.
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York Township
Board of Elections
York Board
Two Fined In Court For Intoxication In Athens
Jack King and Leslie Mansfield of Athens were fined $50 and costs each by Mayor Cliff Cornell this morning for intoxication. The mayor called them chronic offenders. Also a note states gorillas, like humans, are normally right handed.
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Cornell
Jack King
Leslie Mansfield
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Cornel
Blue Ridge Tunnels and the Birth of the C and O Line
The article recounts Col Crozet guiding 1849 to push through nine years of treacherous mountain terrain to complete the Blue Ridge tunnels. It traces the Louisa Railroad becoming the Virginia Central, the line reaching Jackson's River, and the 1853 Covington and Ohio authorization, highlighting persistence amid financial panics to forge the Chesapeake and Ohio system.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Blue Ridge
Col. Crozet
Napoleon
Pioneer Mountain Railroad
Rockfish Gap
Richmond
Staunton
Virginia
Louisa
Virginia Central
Jackson’s River
Millboro
Covington
Covington and Ohio
Clifton Forge
Ohio
Big Sandy
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James Smith
Pharmacy
GOP
Sunnyfield
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Heatrola
Barton
Wagner
Margaret Mary O'Grady
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American Airlines
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