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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
1
Mrs. Nettie Sloan of Pratts Fork was found exhausted and nervous in Laurel Cliff woods two miles from her disappearance site. She had been missing since Wednesday afternoon and slept on a bed of leaves while wandering in the woods.
Armed invaders feigned friendship to gain access to the Lick Run Coal property near Nelsonville. A gun battle with guards lasted over an hour before dawn. Two dynamite packages found on site suggest intent to destroy the mine power plant and tipple. Wires to Nelsonville were cut hindering aid calls.
In Steubenville Ohio microphones and amplifiers were set up at union miners’ porches to bypass a federal injunction preventing miners from approaching company property. A speaker inside broadcast phrases urging workers to stay and not lose their jobs and bread for their children.
Ruth Elder’s plan to depart New York for Paris in the monoplane American Girl faced delays as mechanics said repairs could take until next week. A torn seam in a gasoline tank in the wing prompted the setback.
Columbus reports a busy political season ahead as Ohio voters prepare for the April presidential primary and delegate selections. The GOP faces a potential Longworth pledge controversy while the Anti-Saloon League backs Senator Rankin B Willis as the dry favorite. Senator Simeon Fess suggests openness to being the party’s first choice for a Senate vacancy.
A Huntington Gallipolis bus overturned and plunged 20 feet into a embankment near Gallipolis five miles south of town. Fifteen passengers were aboard. three were injured lightly with no serious injuries reported.
In Dyesville on September 16 a gasoline tank on a new county truck exploded while being filled from a supply wagon with the engine running. John Bentz, the driver, suffered severe burns but is not believed to be fatally hurt and was taken to Racine. County commissioners said drivers were ordered not to fill tanks on running engines.
The Messenger will host a September 22 party with a live blow by blow account of the Dempsey Tunney fight. About 3000 readers and friends attend last year’s event and similar turnout is expected this year. An announcer from Chicago will relay the action from a street location at 7:30 p m.
Captain MacIntosh and Commandant Fitzmaurice of the free state air force left Baldonnell Airdome Ireland for the United States in a nonstop trans Atlantic flight during early afternoon. They took off at 1:34 p.m. local time with the men continuing toward New York.
The group planned to continue to Philadelphia if fuel sufficed while traveling toward New York.
In Nashville Tennessee ree P Rice of Houston Texas died today from a broken neck suffered during gridiron practice Wednesday. He was captain of the freshman team two years ago and a star on the university eleven last fall.
Cincinnati report states Miss Mary Higginson aged 40 died from injuries after being crushed between two street cars in an accident that occurred yesterday. The incident occurred in Cincinnati as she was near the street rail line, with authorities investigating.
Ottawa Ontario sept 16 intensive search was being made today for the will of Mrs Eliza Hill believed by state attorney russell o mangan to name her heir the son charged with killing her a 1925 will giving the entire estate to Harry Hill had been submitted for probate but pending the search witnesses at the coroner inquest testified she had disinherited her son
Baltimore police trailed bootleggers suspected of knowing how Johns Hopkins graduate student John Atmey Kerner died. Kerner, 22, a chemist and industrial alcohol employee, reportedly refused to reveal a poison extraction method from denatured alcohol, and authorities believed liquor men killed him and decapitated him.
At 2 pm Lash Drug store read 94 while Amesville official recorded 90. Forecaster promises showers or cooler tonight and a cloudy Saturday.
Clay Holley son of W C Holley died today in McCombs Mississippi from injuries suffered during football practice. He was a member of the local high school squad.
East Liverpool reports Claude Nease seized with mental trouble has shown marked improvement. He rests at home after decision to remain there instead of traveling to Pittsburgh. Relatives stay encouraged that the condition is temporary.
Fred W. Crow, Pomroy attorney, named by Governor Donahey to fill the Meigs County Common Pleas bench for the unexpired term of A. P. Miller who resigned over salary concerns. Crow, 48, Democrat and former prosecuting attorney, is a Ohio University trustee and son of C. H. Crow. Judges from other counties will handle duties until Crow settles his practice.
Columbus reports a special reward of fifty dollars for the capture of each of four men who escaped the Ohio reformatory at Mansfield on Friday morning. The state’s usual reward of twenty five dollars is increased for this incident.
The Fairfield County Dahlia association postpones its upcoming exhibit due to extreme heat. Dr. Lee Chaprean, president, says growers report damaged blooms and no flowers fit for exhibition. The event, planned for tomorrow and Sunday in Lancaster, is postponed indefinitely.
The passage notes Alvin Benson’s housekeeper called the mayor the morning of the discovery, who then contacted the district attorney. Pryfe knew Benson socially and commercially and had motive and opportunity. Vance, wealthy and idle, studied psychology and knew Markham, linking him to the case.
In Nelsonville Ohio a meeting of district coal operators warned that a national miners’ policy threatens to wreck Ohio’s coal industry. They accuse the United Mine Workers of pushing for scale terms favoring Pennsylvania anthracite and risking forced wage revisions in hard coalfields. Open shop drift noted in Pomeroy and Eastern Ohio while West Virginia and Kentucky supply most production. Continued on page three.
The Athens Messenger provides readers with a booklet on dog breeds from a Washington authority. The notice explains how to obtain the guide by enclosing four cents for postage and handling.
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