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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1932

Page

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Inch by Inch Mystery Death Search for Missing Wife

Quincy Massachusetts and Plymouth County authorities continue an inch by inch search for Edith Du Bois missing five weeks. Charles E. Du Bois shot himself after releasing conflicting stories about her whereabouts. The case involves Grace Atwood and a torso found in Yonkers as investigators seek a link to her presumed death.

Quincy Mass U.P Charlies E. du Bois du Bois Lymouth National Guards Great Herring Pond New England Edith du Bois Atwood Mrs. du Bois Westchester County Yonkers Charlie Fort Wayne Ind

Grant Gilkey Faces Car Theft Warning

Grant Gilkey of The Messenger circulation dept says he was hunting again after paying a fine for hunting without a license. He parked at the Courthouse to obtain a license, saw a Ford sedan thief drive off, and police were alerted to pursue suspects in nearby towns.

Gilkey Court Street Nelsonville Laurelville Pomeroy

Sugar Creek Woman Graced With Arraignment In Athens Court

Grace Carr of Sugar Creek was to be arraigned before Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court on a new affidavit by Prosecutor John W Bolin after she refused arraignment before Magistrate Pearl Miller on a liquor possession charge. During a residence search Constable Frank White was accidentally shot when his gun discharged several weeks earlier.

Pearl Miller Grace Carr Sugar Creek O. F. Rowland Athens County

Jury Can't Agree in Libel Case Against Editor Fleming

A ten man and two woman jury failed to reach a verdict after three hours deliberation in Canton in the case of Grover Fleming editor of the Ohio Examiner charged with criminal libel. Judge James A. Bowman dismissed the jurors. Mrs Mamie L Ehlers claimed Fleming's Examiner article accused her of running a speakeasy in a filling station.

Canton Grover Fleming Ohio Examiner James A. Bowman Mamie L. Ehlers Fleming Examiner

Williams to Speak at Richland Avenue Church Sunday

Dr. J C Williams of Columbus president of the annual conference of the Methodist Protestant Church will address the 10 30 a m service at Richland Avenue Church Sunday. At 7 30 p m Rev Herman Secoy will give his farewell sermon before leaving Athens for college in Maryland.

J. C. Williams Columbus The Methodist Protestant Church Richland Avenue Herman Secoy Athens Maryland

Best Farmer Relief Is Tax Reduction Not Vain Promises

Beverly Hills columnist Will argues Roosevelt should pursue farm relief through the tax system, suggesting income tax logic: farmers pay on profits, but pay nothing if no profits. He warns against promises and political schemes and says land taxes burden nonland owners.

Beverly Hills Calif Roosevelt

Trade revival seen in textiles and retail sectors

Reports from Nathan N. Danby of May Company indicate definite improvement in the last two weeks as textiles lead the upturn. Friedman Blau and Farber Mfg knitting mills employ record numbers to catch up on six weeks of delayed orders amid rising raw material prices. Chicago notes Insull's Middle West Utilities facing potential losses near a billion dollars and a collapse in stock value from highs to fifty cents.

Cleveland U.P Nathan N. Danby May Company America Friedman, Blau and Farber Mfg Danby Chicago Samuel Insull Middle West Utilities Co Middle West Chicago Stock Exchange

Two Hunters Die in Ohio Squirrel Season Start

On opening day of Ohio's squirrel season two hunters died and seven were injured by accidental shootings. Charles Ingraham of Painesville age 48 shot himself in a woods near Painesville. Sterling Perry 22 of Mechanicsburg was killed as his gun discharged nearby. Wounded include Michael Ducheslay 49 Painesville James Thorpe 25 Girard Albert Fowler 25 Canton Eugene Anderson 21 Canton Lloyd Shieffler 18 Ashland Warren Zecher 35 Dayton and Reuben Miller 20 Zanesville.

Columbus U.R Ohio Charles Ingraham Painesville Sterling Perry Farmer Mechanicsburg Michael Ducheslay James Thorpe Girard Albert Fowler

Swap Prisoners at Kolosowo Exchange Returns Prisoners

At Kolosowo border station a two nation prisoner swap occurred with a Soviet orchestra playing The Internationale and vodka and food served to 39 returning Russians. Polish reception was simpler yet warm as 41 Poles, most held 15 to 18 years, were released from World War or anti-revolutionary detention.

Warsaw Kolosowo Russia

Body of Dorothy Millette Unclaimed in Sacramento

The body of Dorothy Millette the so called other woman in Paul Berns life remained unclaimed in a Sacramento morgue. Coroner James R Garlick planned an inquest that night to determine that the red haired former actress leaped to her death from a Sacramento River steamer after learning Paul Bern had killed himself.

Sacramento Cal U.P Dorothy Millette Paul Bern James R. Garlick

Slayer Gets Life in Bowling Green Murder Trial

Remus Griffin, 22, was found guilty by a jury of murdering Mrs. Maude Odell Kerelakes, 26, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Griffin testified he shot her at her insistence to end her suffering after she allegedly attempted suicide by poison.

Bowling Green U.P Remus Griffin Maude Odell Kerelakes Griffin Kerelakes

Illinois Pickets Stopped By Officers At Coal Mine

In Wilmington Illinois on Thursday 1500 Progressive Miners Union pickets were halted by 40 sheriffs deputies and Illinois state highway police at the Northern Illinois Coal company strip mine. Three men were wounded yesterday in the picketing battle as 225 day workers reported for a $3 per day wage while pickets push for a $6.10 scale. Pickets moved to Dwight where a council met as new forces arrived from central Illinois. No evidence was reported of injuries beyond the three wounded.

Progressive Miners Union Council of War Wilmington Ill Northern Illinois Coal Company Dwight Til Illinois

Stormy protests at women only show over missing Married Love lecture

In Cleveland on September 16, two demonstrations erupted when a planned Married Love lecture was dropped from a women only program. Dennis J. Lyons ordered the omission. 400 matinee attendees were refunded while an evening audience was turned away without refunds after viewing the film. Police allowed the film for mixed crowds but maintained the ban on the lecture.

Cleveland Dennis J. Lyons

Miami Head Urges More Freedom for Students

Oxford September 16 UPI General courses gain favor as business mood slows. Miami University President Upham. fall term opens with call for senior comprehensive exams to free capable students from rigid specialization. He notes many specialization paths now meet a blank wall as professions crowd.

Miami Oxford U.P Miami University A. H. Upham Upham

Gandhi to Fast Despite Prison Release

Mahatma Gandhi said the release from prison would not stop his hunger strike protest against the Indian communal settlement plan. In a cable to Rev. C. F. Andrews he stated fasting is a divine call and only the withdrawal of separate electorates for the lower castes could postpone his action.

London Mahatma M. K. Gandhi India Gandhi C. F. Andrews

Give Germany Equality Plea Gains Momentum

London dispatch reports that Germany's demand for equality in armament strengthens as Henderson and Lord Cecil back the claim. Henderson heads to Geneva where the conference steering committee meets. Cecil calls the German equality claim irresistible as Germany faces possible withdrawal from the conference and the League of Nations.

London Riermany Arthur Henderson Lord Coaell Henderson National Peace Council Geneva Lord Cecil Germany League of Nations

Thompson Withdraws Independent Bid For Athens County Prosecutor

Thompson withdrew his petition to run as an independent for Athens County prosecutor after Athens attorney John J. Woolley advised that a non resident cannot run by petition. Thompson said he would write his name in on election day though he lacked a year's residency and would be a qualified elector by November 8. Prosecutor John W. Rolin had protested the potential ballot listing. a special Board of Elections session convened to decide.

Preston BE. Thompson Athens Kentucky Thompson Frank Bryson Glouster Alice Bougher Board of Elections John W. Rolin Board

Admiral in Critical Health Aboard West Virginia

Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle lies critically ill from a bladder ailment as the battleship West Virginia races south from Port Angeles to San Pedro for specialist care. Pringle, slated to become chief of naval operations February 28, would have succeeded Admiral William V. Platt and earned the Navy’s highest honor.

San Pedro Cal Joel R. P. Pringle West Virginia Port Angeles Wash Pringle Pringle Wa Toecome Naval Operations William V. Platt U. S. Navy

Judgment Awarded in Athens County Court

Attorney General Gilbert Bettman of Ohio won a default judgment in Athens County Common Pleas Court for 1218.23 against defendant William R. Pierce.

Gilbert Bettman Ohio Athens County

Spider and Snake Battle Declared Illegal by Mayor

The long fight between the spider and the snake, pictured above, was ruled illegal after international complications. Mayor L G Langum of St Charten Hil ordered the garter freed by snipping the spider’s web imprisoning the snake for nearly a month. Crowds gathered at the city water works as humane societies protested the ordeal.

L. G. Langum St. Charten, Hil Humane Societies

Young Colored Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Lathrop

Daniel Male aged 20 colored was killed instantly in a car crash near Lathrop about 11 last night. George Roberta age 20 white, in the car with Male, held in Athens County Jail during investigation. The coupe owned by Roberta plunged down an embankment after leaving Tick Ridge. Sheriff Wingett Deputy Rasp and Coroner Jones investigated.

Daniel Male Lathrop George Roberta Athens County Tick Ridge Male Roberts Wayne Wingett George Rasp L. F. Jones

Campaign confidence from Garner on election outlook

John Nance Garner, Democratic speaker and vice presidential nominee, says Republicans will not win any state in the upcoming national election. He notes three years in the game and mentions Maine as a strong area, while praising the campaign and Jesuits. Garner spoke en route to Washington after meeting with Governor Franklin D Roosevelt in Topeka, Kansas.

Cincinnati U.P John Nancearner Garner Washington Topeka Kan Franklin D. Roosevelt Maine

Youth to begin two life terms for fatal stabbings

Eminence Missouri reports Earl Phelps a 19 year old confessed to stabbing his father and step mother to death over anger at their marriage. Judge Will H. D. Green imposed two life sentences to hinder parole prospects.

Eminence U.P Earl Phelps Will H. D. Green

Want Ads Highlight on Montrose Avenue Rentals

Listings note a 4 room completely furnished private apartment for rent on Montrose Avenue at a very affordable price. Other items include horse radish root buyers paying market price and Kraut cutters jars and mincing knives sold cheap at a Main Street hardware store. One large front sleeping room with private den for rent on Fast Street.

Montrose Avenue Main Street

Miners Meet at Murray City on Compromise Plan for Peace

Miners gather at Murray City to review Governor White's amended 10 point compromise for resuming coal mining in Southern Ohio. Plan allows reinstatement of former employees, with employers determining order, and a governor appointed referee to resolve disputes. Officials from operators and miners endorse the accord after talks in Columbus.

Murray City Nelsonville Ohio George White Columbus

Ohio mine plan amended to reinstate locals and dock impurities

The amended plan for Southern Ohio mines restores eligible workers, prioritizes former employees from eight counties, and sets docking penalties for dirty coal. It requires currency payment, funds fines into a burial fund, and authorizes governor reviewed disputes. The plan, effective May 17 1932 to May 17 1933, details job access and wage rules.

Gmendes Raista

Ingalls Tours Sandusky County Fair for Governor Bid

Republican candidate David 3. Ingalls drew about 15 000 people at Sandusky County Fair Fremont Ohio praising governmental economy. He called for reform across state government and urged office holders and candidates to deliver on promises. He arrived with the Ross High School Band and an elephant, marching through the crowd to loud cheers amid band music.

Fremont David Ingalls Sandusky County Ross High School Fairgrounds

Miners Stoned Coal City Picketing Halts Operations

About a thousand pickets from the Wilmington and Ohio no coal company disrupt a mine at Coal City injuring four workers. The protest pauses operations as authorities assess the unrest and safety concerns remain.

Coal City Wilmington

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