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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1930
Page
1
New York and Massachusetts go to the polls as wets and dries challenge the Prohibition issue. Candidates and party factions press for decisive results amid heightened political tension and voter turnout efforts.
The Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals challenges wets to present constructive programs as two major policy squads wage weekend probes. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment cites England's licensing system, noting revenue gains and reduced intoxication while U S costs rise.
A Burlington freight train of 46 loaded tank cars wrecked causing a gasoline blaze in Lincoln Nebraska on September 15. Midtrain cars derailed and dragged others from the track. flames rose 300 feet high. A burned body believed to be a tramp was found amid the wreckage. the crew escaped unharmed.
Colonel Leonard Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Company reports in the latest business bulletin that the economy is turning a corner with rising industrial activity after several weeks of steady improvement remarks by the vice president.
Riobert Lowe, unemployed, bought canned food with his last pennies for a family of nine. He divided portions among seven children while his wife ate none. Betty died at once, Virginia and John died later, Lois remained ill with leucomiaine poisoning. Four children survived. source of poison under investigation.
The Nation’s Will Rogers, wealthy and conservative, fears Russia but urges close observation of events. He argues against ignoring realities and stresses the need to know what is happening, even if it causes discomfort.
In Baltimore publication Canning Trade editor Mr. Judge notes Russia plans to produce four billion cans by 1932-33 and six billion the next year. He cites orders for more than $35 million of canning machinery and ongoing plant construction as evidence the plan is real.
The article contrasts U S aims with Soviet planning noting government ownership from crop to finished product. It cites a Russian packing plan allocating 24 percent tomatoes 25 percent vegetables 19 percent meat 18 percent fish 6 percent fruits 5 percent milk and 3 percent other items.
A Senate committee led by Senator Gerald Nye reopens probe into Ruth Hanna McCormick's Illinois campaign spending. Investigators questioned alleged use of private detectives to monitor Nye, with both sides accusing the other of surveillance. The prior session yielded tangled testimony about wires and rail cars, and summer activity around Nye's North Dakota home.
Newport R I Sept 15 10 pi The wealth of a goodly share of the sporting blood of the nation put out to sea again today to watch Harold S Vanderbilt sail his yacht Enterprise for a second time against Sir Thomas Lipton s Shamrock V in defense of the America's cup. With one race already won Enterprise today will meet the invading yacht over a triangular course of 30 nautical miles beginning nine miles southeast of Brenton's Reef and ending at the same spot. The weather forecast was for moderate southerly winds. On Saturday as Enterprise sailed homeward her sails filled her trim bows cutting the water and the tall powerful scion of the Vanderbilts stood coatless at her helm a seemingly unbeatable American combination of men and boats.
The article notes that by early August some key basic industries showed rising activity after a trough in July, with Ayres suggesting the low mood may be over though not certain. The tone signals cautious optimism rather than solid revival.
Robert Elliott Burns, once a Georgia chain gang escapee living as a Chicago publisher, fled again after eight years free. Detected by his wife, he returned to the chain gang and was recaptured following another escape attempt.
Frank Welch, 34, of Canton, died after his head struck a signal box and was jerked from a window of a Shaker Heights Rapid Transit car near Covington Road. Police to St Luke's Hospital where he died from a fractured skull.
Democratic leaders nominees and party workers gather in Columbus for a state convention to draft the platform and plan the fall campaign. George White and Robert Bulkley lead speeches with other candidates slated for brief remarks while a wet plank is unlikely.
Miss Ethel Knapp twenty four is critically injured with a fractured skull and minor injuries after falling from a speeding car in Cleveland. Police believe she was either thrown or jumped from the vehicle during a struggle. Witness John Hallouer, a motorist, reported a green sedan passed, a hand appeared from a window, a woman screamed, and the rear door opened before Knapp fell to Archwood Avenue.
In Cleveland, Mrs Blanche French, 34, poisoned two root beers to end her life and take her 11 year old daughter Myrtle with her. Blanche died September 3 in City Hospital, Myrtle died Saturday night and will be buried beside her mother.
A one story frame store building in Cleveland was wrecked by a mysterious explosion early today injuring Fred Mazzola 44 owner and Mrs Arlene Ansivino. Mazzola was inside when the blast collapsed the building and Ansivino was cut by falling glass on arrival. The blast occurred shortly after midnight as Mazzola re entered the store and turned on the lights.
Navy divers recovered 62 year old inn keeper Nick Denese from the Mississippi River at New Orleans after he was trapped for 25 hours by fallen piling. Denese was brought to the surface and removed his helmet as rescuers prepared to treat him.
Chicago reports revive interest in Alfred Lingte murder with Ted Geisking linked to the case. Geisking, a hired killer, allegedly led hijackers in Kentucky and escaped police after a gunfight, with investigators tying him to Zuta’s plot and the Simons murder in Kentland.
Captain Antonio Silva of the Puerto Rican Red Cross reports damage and losses from the hurricane in Santo Domingo and leads relief operations. He traveled by plane to the stricken area and is in active charge of Red Cross work there.
Grand jury will begin probing the failed Ohio State Bank and Peoples and Drovers Bank in Washington C H next Monday. Prosecutor W S Paxton said state Banking Department cooperation is assured and an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in Columbus last week.
Testimony in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Bethlehem Steel merger case proceeds toward its conclusion with W. B. Campbell the accountant who helped compute merger terms remaining on the witness stand for cross examination in Youngstown.
A 17 year old, Clifford Davis of Chauncey, shot his hand while climbing a fence at Coolville as the squirrel season began in Athens County. His finger was amputated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after the gun exploded. The hunt drew many hunters, with more licenses issued than ever before. season runs to October 1.
Mrs Henri Ménrique Blanco, having completed a voyage across the Atlantic in a 37 foot schooner, reports from The Plains Athens area. She traveled with her husband Professor Bianco and their eight year old daughter. A card from the Azores reached The Pigins dated August 24.
A case of leprosy was discovered in Waterbury Connecticut on September 15. The patient, an unnamed Italian laborer, sought treatment for a cold and has been isolated. A roommate is under observation.
George Miller, 34, of Bainbridge, fell asleep at the wheel of his auto in Columbus early today. His car struck a light standard and he was treated at White Cross Hospital for head lacerations and cuts.
Ohio audits push lower valuations on agricultural land as 1980 campaigns heat up. County auditors claim changes approved by the Tax Commission may lag filings and reappraisals, with many counties planning further reductions in 1931 and 1980.
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