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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
1
Washington notices President Hoover faces domestic opposition to naval limitation. Senators McKellar Borah Hale and others push for parity and expansion while Hoover campaigns to win public support and refocus debate on peace aims and Kellogg treaties.
Classified notices advertise high grade top coal at 2.50 per ton delivered. A four year old colt, about 1300 pounds, well broken and sound, is for sale. A 200 acre farm near Coalville with team and tools on shares is available to rent. Two Jersey cows, fresh and good milkers, priced at 70 and 75 dollars. WHY WAIT Read the Classified offers now.
Jack Lyons, shot to death near Trimble, will be buried in a sandstone tomb cut in the cliffs behind the Lyons home in Middleport. The vault, begun over 15 years ago by Captain Lyons, was intended to hold multiple family remains and feature granite walls and a copper door, though the front remains unfinished.
The Federal Farm Board outlines ten tentative plans for a nationwide education program to promote co operation among farmers. Using 5700 extension workers and 48 land grant colleges, the effort will teach co operative marketing while large co op plans are developed. County agents will lead the outreach to farm homes as board members face Senate confirmation questions.
Mrs. Ella Moore says President Hoover intended praise for W C T U efforts in his message to the national convention. She asserts editors misinterpreted the letter’s call for individual temperance conviction and asks if critics favor open disrespect of the law.
In White Plains on September 24 one of the nation’s largest criminal court crowds heard Earl Francis Veacox recount how he beat and choked his wife Dorothy to death in their Mount Vernon apartment last April and then burned her body His defense claims an insane rage after she spurned reconciliation on their first anniversary The state asserts premeditation and the trial continues with over 700 spectators present.
Colonel Ralph Cole of Findlay Ohio addressed the American Club in Antwerp urging more than armament limits. Speaking for Ohio's 37th division veterans, he urged global youth deserve to live and urged elders to prevent future wars.
The Fourth District Court of Appeals will convene in the Athens County Courthouse courtroom on Wednesday. Three judges, Roseos Mauck Gallipolis William H. Middleton Waverly and Peter J. Blosser Chillicothe, will hear two cases. One involves Miss Ray Mitchell a regional Girl Scout leader seeking 10000 damages from Hotel Berry for injuries from a hotel fire last October. The other case is the Industrial Commission of Ohio versus Elizabeth Drake appealed in error.
Homer F. Scott of New Marshfield Road pleaded guilty to threatening his father Austin Scott before Magistrate Carl H. Porter. He was fined five dollars and costs and committed to Athens County Jail in default. Sheriff William Williams and Deputy Fred Heck arrested him.
BRUSSELS September 24. U R A visit to Ypres and battlefields of World War I highlighted today’s program of the Ohio Veterans of the 37th Division. The number going on the early departures is thinning as the start times shift to later hours. Once they rose before sunrise with ease the Ohio veterans now struggle to be ready by eight in the morning.
A man from Ann Arbor Michigan was nabbed by police after leaving a Toledo jewelry store with 23 watches. He allegedly smashed a window to gain entrance.
Washington editors push for a senatorial inquiry into lobby activities in Washington amid calls to broaden investigations beyond the sugar lobby. Senatorial leaders consider a separate committee probe while the Caraway Bill seeks lobbyist registration. In North Carolina, trials begin for 16 people linked to the Gastonia police chief killing with potential charges reductions discussed.
Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yanks, remains critically ill with erysipelas and influenza. A fourth blood transfusion was ordered as nurses say the next 24 hours will tell the story. he could take some nourishment and had a fairly comfortable night though his temperature stayed near 104.
Hull Denver, 30, was returned to Athens Monday after a bullet was found lodged in his spine. He had been taken to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, then to Sheltering Arms Hospital for observation. He was brought to the home of his cousin Rev. Selah Weatherby in Athens. The shooting occurred September 10 at his home near Pomeroy in Bedford Township Meigs County.
September 24. A suspect was questioned today in the murder of Elgen Co. Perry a 386 year old grocer who was shot after a quarrel. Perry named the suspect before he died.
Refugees from San Marcial New Mexico escape rising Rio Grande floods reaching El Paso Texas. Reports say levees are weakened and some residents refuse evacuation while others are moved by train to safety amid ongoing flood danger and disrupted communications.
Lindbergh headlines a local stunt week with quirky acts and canal side displays. Police caution crowds as organizers showcase unusual Berlin style performances.
Colonel Lindbergh left Miami at 9 05 a m and flew across the water to Havana a 241 mile journey in two hours fifteen minutes. Ten people including his wife accompanied him on the flight.
The article warns that an accident to Colonel Lindbergh would deal a severe blow to American affection for him and to aviation progress. It notes President Hoover’s concern that such an incident would hinder trust and slow advances in air travel.
The aviator Colonel Lindbergh executed a high speed stunt in Cleveland, swooping nearly to the ground before sharply turning upward. An engineer observer noted the plane weighs a substantial 000 pounds and said the maneuver imposes a tremendous strain on the aircraft.
Washington scene shifts to hostesses as Dolly Curtis Gann and Alice Roosevelt Longworth clash over seating during Premier MacDonald's Washington visit. Both women have engagements away from the capital forcing a pause in social precedence discussions while plans hinge on official decisions.
Senate Investigating Committee heard Homer Ferguson say William P. B. Shearer, a naval propagandist, was paid 2500 for propaganda work during 1926 1927 as Congress debated the Six Cruiser Bill.
Police in Toledo report no clues as they probe the State Bank at Stoney Ridge robbed yesterday of 1600 dollars. No suspects or motives are announced as officials review security and gather evidence. Local authorities urge anyone with information to come forward.
The Senate Investigating Committee revealed William B Shearer, a known navy lobbyist, received 18,908 in three years from Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co for work on cruiser bills of 1976 and 1928. President Homer Ferguson called it supplementary work, while Senator William Allen labeled it lobbying. Loans advanced to Shearer added 2,000 beyond the salary, all paid through a blind account without his name, as he presented himself as a spokesman for patriotic societies.
Windsor Massachusetts reports John Coolidge and bride Florence Trumbull departing after spending part of their honeymoon in the Berkshire village. They left by automobile early this afternoon, continuing their wedding journey.
Otto Mohring a Fierce Ridge farmer questioned by Athens County officials after fatally shooting Jack Lyons at his home near Trimble. Investigators say Mohring feared robbery during a Sunday incident. Lyons was found slumped beneath a window with cornstalks in his hand.
Herman Loshe of Middleport was arrested Monday for stealing 272 dollars in postal savings certificates from his brother William. Constable Harry S. Dalton arrested him and Loshe pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Magistrate Carl H. Porter, with bond set to October Grand Jury.
The Athens Messenger releases a neat booklet of America’s best loved poems. Compiled for popular distribution at ten cents, it includes favorite verses chosen by the people and offered with cost and handling charges. Use the coupon.
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