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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1932
Page
6
Private Paul Hartman of Troop E, 107th Cavalry chased a moving ice truck after a three and a half year old boy clung to the rear fender. He overtook the vehicle and freed the child, returning him safely to his mother amid praise from locals and Guard officers.
Nelsonville reporters note Everett Skivers was held to the Grand Jury under a $100 bond after the mayor's court waived jurisdiction on a provocation charge. Skivers had pleaded not guilty and filed an affidavit against Elmer Bay, Lick Run weighmaster.
The second defendant on arraignment pleaded not guilty and was held for Grand Jury under a $100 bond, which was fixed for the proceeding. The report notes the two defendants face similar offenses and await grand jury action.
Nelsonville post office announces a new schedule after two daily passenger trains on the Hocking Valley division were removed. Dispatch windows, bus and train connections, and first class mail times adjust on this effective schedule impacting coal firms and Columbus connections.
Mrs. Joe Phenix once lived in Nelsonville and was sister to C. C. Ervin of Walnut Street. She died Tuesday at her New Straitsville home after a brief illness. Funeral services are set Thursday at 2 p.m. at the residence with burial in New Straitsville Cemetery.
The all day meeting in Amesville on September 17 will be hosted by Athens County Pomona Grange with members from Canaan and Troy Granges providing the program. A basket dinner is planned at noon.
The Esther Class of the Christian Sunday School invites members to a steak fry at 5 o clock Friday at the home of Mrs James Coleman Poplar Street. Each attendee should bring a small bone steak and their own table service.
Mrs. Eva Scott and Misa Mary Louise Nagle of Athens are visiting the city as guests of cousins the Misses Verity and kin. Mrs. Fanny Kreppel left for Chicago after a visit with relatives, with her mother Mrs. Emma Martin and sister Mrs. Grace Norris moving to Chicago to reside.
Sept 16 at 7 p m meeting of truck mine operators in the district announced by Guy Millholland secretary to be held at the Forty and Eight Half in Nelsonville with attendance expected by members.
Chile's new provisional government fractured into dissension as tensions rose and armed opposition was threatened on September 14 in Santiago.
The Ohio Board of Parole released 172 inmates from the State Reformatory at Mansfield. Sixteen were restored to parole, 68 had parole continued, and 17 were sent back for parole violations. Names, offenses, and restoration dates include Gallia and Vinton counties with specific crimes and Oct 1 to Nov 1 restoration targets.
London reports Britain will meet the December 15 war debt payment to the United States in full and not invoke the suspensory clause before midnight. Diplomatic quarters expect the timely payment to influence early re adjustment of debt terms after the American presidential election. Some quarters still hope for a moratorium, but the government favors prompt readjustment over a delay.
In Paris at 6 03 am on September 14 the assassin of President Paul Doumer, Dr Paul Gorguloff, was executed by guillotine at Saint Pierre prison. Official greffier Anatole Deibler presided as the blade fell, ending a swift dawn process in front of a small gathering.
Lancaster Sept 14 An important discovery in the Earl Basing ambush murder investigation is the finding of a shotgun barrel and a stock. The stock was found in a corn field near the crime scene four miles northwest of Basil. Ed Warner is jailed awaiting grand jury action on a first degree murder charge.
Merger of White Motor Company of Cleveland and Studebaker Corporation of South Bend awaits ratification by three-fourths of White stockholders. The Cleveland plant will remain open under the agreement signed by directors of both companies.
Hattie Sharp wife of Benjamin Sharp and sister of Jennie Radford of Athens Ohio died Tuesday evening at her Akron home. Funeral services will be held at the M. E. Church in Athens Friday at 1 o clock with burial at Cumberland Church.
Health inspections in Athens grade schools, led by Miss Viola N Fell, check students for cleanliness, neatness, and body development. The program includes weight and measure checks, teeth exams, and water contact observations to promote hygiene. An anti diphtheria initiative is also planned by city health officials.
Athens Garden Club plans a Sunday meeting at 3 PM hosted by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Wolfe in Grandview Addition. Franklin Murphy, dahlia expert, will speak and then lead members to his dahlia gardens to explain care techniques for valuable plants.
Columbus Ohio sept 14 Farmers show strong support for the national Farm Holiday movement after a 350 person meeting. E K Kennedy chief economist for the National Farm Holiday Association spoke in favor of withholding products from the market until prices rise.
Ohio Wes tern College for women starts its seventy-ninth year with 330 students enrolled, a small drop from last year as President Ralph Hickok addressed the gathering. In Dayton John Jacob Raskob III was born at Miami Valley Hospital, the son of JJ Raskob Jr and grandson of a former Democratic National Committee chair. At Guysville a picnic at S E Evans home drew relatives including the LaBaw family, the Elders, Browns and others from Athens Hebbardsville and Sand Ridge.
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