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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1929

Page

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Florida tense as storm nears the Senate Tariff debate

Washington on September 26 a new phase of lobbying surfaced as the Senate Shearer Committee heard Lawrence Wilder of American Brown Boveri Shipbuilding testify on the four day trans Atlantic steamship service and $148 000 spent to promote it. The discussion linked to broader probes of lobbies tied to the Tariff Bill and related issues with Connecticut Manufacturers Association official Charles Evanson involved in framing the Tariff Bill. Senator Black urged a wider inquiry amid partisan debate over lobbying activity and tariff legislation.

Washington National Capital Senate Shearer Lawrence R. Wilder American Brown-Boveri Shipbuilding Company Wilder Senate Black Alabama Charles L. Evanson Connecticut Manufacturers Association Bingham Connecticut

Duel to Death in Steubenville Mine Described by Survivor

Steubenville police report a picks duel in a High Shaft Coal mine pit ending in death. Richard Riser 43, former city agent, claims self defense after being attacked by Dominic Bellasan dra 38, a miner. Riser says he seized a pick and struck Bellasan dra as he defended himself.

Steubenville Dominic Bellasandra U.P Richard Riser A. L. Bell High Shaft Coal Company Riser Bellasandra

Lighthouses in States Are Dark

Aimee Semple McPherson answered charges by Rev. Dawson MacCullough that she misused funds during meetings. She paid a $10.50 Detroit shampoo and manicure bill and produced a receipt. MacCullough blamed her for alienating churches in Michigan Ohio and Indiana and for a supposed secession within the Four Square Gospel movement.

Los Angeles U.R Aimee Seimple McPherson Detroit Dawson MacCullough Michigan MacCullough McPherson Ohio Indiana John Goben

Chester White pigs six weeks old for sale

Classifieds note nine head of Chester White pigs six weeks old for sale. Also offered are a three piece mahogany living room suite a mahogany Victrola and a library table. A collegiate Ford touring car is offered for $20. Pears and potatoes are for sale at a reasonable price. Read the daily classifieds.

Messenger Chester

Calm After Chicago Gun Battle With Secret Negro Cult

Chicago faces a tense calm after a raid sparked a gun battle between police and members of a secret cult linked to Moorish Science. One policeman and a Negro were killed, two patrolmen and another Negro wounded, as more than 100 shots fired drew 350 officers to the Black Belt.

Chicago America South Side Armories Black Belt Kirkman Bey William Gallagher Jesse D. Hults Stewart McCutcheon Stephenson Bey Eugene Bey Ria Johnson Gallagher Africa whPpil

Sunfish brains and a fat goldfish politics

French scientists call the sunfish the most stupid animal and detail its size. The piece compares pacifism and unarmed safety to a fat goldfish. It notes a Parisian Japanese merchant’s harakari and reports on U S tax politics with Hoover and Mellon amid government costs.

la Rochelle Sam Hoover Mellon

Bandit Game Shooting Probe Reaches Grand Jury

Canton police will submit the fatal shooting of 16 year old George Stipanovich to the grand jury after an inquest. Patrolman E Co Mansfield fired during a pursuit of youths who had been frightening motorists while playing a game known as bandit.

Canton U.R Grand T. C. McQuate George Stipanovich Samuel Stipanovich E. Co. Mansfield

Indiana Man Killed In Auto Accident Near Cincinnati

Guy Price of Richmond Indiana, 28, believed dry cleaning manager, was killed in a two car crash on Hamilton Pike near Mill Road early today. He rode in Dr Keifer Calkins car which was sideswiped by Molly Gleason's vehicle. Calkins' car overturned and rolled on an embankment. coroner Fred Swing reported.

Cincinnati Guy Price Richmond Ind Hamilton Pike Mill Road Price Keifer Calkins Molly Gleason Hamilton Red Swing Calkins

Second Grounded Attempt Fails To Break Air Refueling Record

In Indianapolis on September 26 the Flamingo made a second bid to set a world refueling record but fog forced an end to the flight. The aircraft had been aloft 149 hours and 25 minutes after a prior attempt reached about 78 hours last week.

Indianapolis

Jenny Wins Flea Prize at Belle Plaine Dog Show

Jenny a nondescript dog won the $100 prize for most fleas on its back at Belle Plaine Iowa. The dog boasted 113 fleas per a microscopist and a bank clerk while about 10 000 spectators cheered. Mayor L G Ruhl received telegrams protesting cruelty to dogs and the American Humane Society urged police action to stop the exhibition.

Belle Plaine James Parks Jenny L. G. Ruhl American Humane Society

Navy cost cuts in cruiser program target six year savings

Washington reports a global push for naval economy led by Hoover and MacDonald. British cruiser demands limit U S reductions with potential savings of 200 million dollars over six years, while talk of cutting two of sixteen thousand ton cruisers faces resistance from British and PM.

Washington Hoover MacDonald United States State Stimson Congressional Library Navy Department

Brush Foundation Opens to Public in Cleveland

The Brush Foundation, funded with 500000 by inventor Charles Francis Brush and linked to Western Reserve University Medical School, opens its offices today for research on race improvement and population limitation. The foundation began a year ago and is ready to launch its work.

Cleveland U.R Brush Foundation Charles Francis Brush Western Reserve University Medical School

Holman Case to be Argued Again

Allan Holman Ohio State back may be ruled ineligible after all. The Big Ten Eligibility Committee plans to reconsider Holman on whether Parsons College was a Class B college when he played there. He has varsity experience at Ohio State and previous college programs.

Columbus Allan Holman Ohio State Holman Big Ten Iowa State Parsons College Iowa Parsons

Two Murder Victims Found in Galesburg Home

Mrs. Mary Hawkinson aged 42 and a man believed to be George Martin of Dayton Ohio, 22, were found murdered at the Hawkinson residence on the city edge. The husband Al Hawkinson, 52, was arrested.

Galesburg, II Mary Hawkinson George Martin Dayton Hawkinson al Hawkinson

Bank of England Raises Rate to 6 Percent

London reports the Bank of England tightened monetary policy by lifting the official rate from 5 to 6 percent today, effective immediately. The move signals a stronger stance amid economic concerns and aims to curb inflation while affecting borrowing costs for lenders and customers.

London U.R Bank of England

Boy Scout Eagle Badge Award Tonight for Ted Presa

Ted Presa ton of Athena Troop No. 2 will receive the Boy Scout Eagle badge at a First Methodist Church meeting at 7 20 this evening. Roy L. Dupler Athens County Scout commissioner announced the honor, noting Presa earned the life saving test at a Muskingum River camp.

Ted Presaton Athena First Methodist Church Roy L. Dupler Athens Coun Ty Preston Muskingum River

Dedicated Span To Memory Of Ohio Veterans

In Dyne a memorial bridge over the River Scheidt honoring Ohio's Thirty-Seventh Division is dedicated before 5,000. The bridge bears inscriptions and flags while Belgian officials sign a parchment buried at the pier. Bishop Coppictors leads Latin prayers as Mrs. Gerlach cuts ribbons and pigeons are released.

Audenarde Pelgium Sept Scheidt Dyne Thirty-Seventh Division Ohio Coppicters Ghent Gerlach

Drill Test Well on The Newberry Farm Near New Lexington

A test well for oil and gas is being drilled on the Newberry farm near Shawnee Road south of New Lexington by the Dally Ol Company. It follows the Nixon gasser and promoters are confident it will open a new local gas or oil field.

New Lexington Newberry Shawnee Road Dally Ol Company Nixon Gasser

Sewing booklets offered by The Athens Messenger

The Athens Messenger promotes six sewing booklets with practical at home garment plans. Each booklet is well illustrated and mailed for four cents. three booklets cost ten cents. Use the coupon to obtain them.

Athens

Sewing and Craft Guides for Home Seamstresses

A collection of practical topics including sewing basics for home sewers knitting and crochet guidance for winter items selecting cotton fabrics, rompers for children sun suits for healthy kids and affordable girls dresses with tips and patterns.

Request for booklet mail order with postage details

Frederick J Haskins of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington DC encloses payment for booklets listed. He asks to send four cents for one booklet or ten cents for any three, accepting coins or stamps.

Frederick J. Haskins The Athens Messenger Washington, D. C

Moore Planning To Return to Athens New Trial Refused

Former Athens mayor Alex M. Moore was sentenced to not less than 18 months in the Ohio Penitentiary and fined 210.40 by Judge L. J. Worstell after a motion for a new trial was overruled. Moore was taken to Columbus immediately to begin term for embezzlement of city funds following a lengthy audit and multiple indictments.

Moore Columbus Athens Worstell Alex M. Moore L. J. Worstell Ohio Athens County Columbia William Willaims Athena Athens County Grand Jury Elvic Willtowers William Williame Finda J. G. Worstelt Alex Moore Ife

Rich Woman Faces Team in State Prison

In Los Angeles a jury found Mrs. Lois Pantages guilty of manslaughter for causing the death of Jura Sokamoto Japanese gardener in an auto crash. She faced a prison term from one to ten years at San Quentin with parole considered for ill health.

Los Angeles U.R Lois Vantages San Quentin Penitentiary Superior Court Jura Sokamoto Pantages

Huggins Was an Attorney in Ohio

Columbus report reveals Miller Huggins manager of the New York Yankees was an Ohio attorney. Seba H. Miller, clerk of the Supreme Court, cancelled his certificate after his death. Huggins was admitted to the bar December 6, 1902, with a 78.6 grade.

Columbus Miller Huggins New York Yankees Ohio Seba H. Miller Supreme Court Huggins

Lindbergh to Lead Aerial Research Flight Over Central America

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will head an aerial scientific expedition over Central America and parts of Mexico on returning from his South American flight, announced today by the Carnegie Institution.

Washington U.R Charles A. Lindbergh Central America Mexico Carnegie Institution

Boys Run Away From Home Seek Schooling North of New Lexington

Four boys aged 11 to 14 left the County Children's Home to hitchhike to school. Alonzo Eddy 14 George Lanier 12 Joseph Snodgrass 11 and Lewis Johnson 12 ate dinner at the home then vanished. A farmer near Mc Connelsville reported seeing the runaways near his farm. County officials were alerted.

New Lexington Alonzo Eddy George Lanier Joseph Snodgrass Lewis Johnson Brown McConnelsville

Earthquakes Hit Hawaiian Islands Alarm Residents

A severe tremor struck the Mauna Loa area and Kona district at 6 23 p m local time lifting homes and ranches and heightening fear after more than 50 quakes rocked the region that week.

Honolulu T. H U.P Hawaiian Islands Maunaloa Kona

Treasury chief denies tax cut forecast for December session

Secretary Mellon repudiated reports that the Treasury forecast a tax reduction at the December session of Congress, stating no such plan was made public.

Washington U.P Mellon The Treasury Congress

Hurricane Near Florida Coast Prompts Inland Evacuations

Storm watchers reported a tropical disturbance near Florida increasing in fury as winds neared 150 mph. Relief agencies mobilized including Red Cross and National Guard while residents fled inland toward cities from Miami to West Palm Beach. Ships sheltered and Bahama islands awaited impact with radio contacts failing.

Miami Via Fliovida K. W. Gray Weather Dureau Florida Coast Here Miame Fla Florida Esquettle Vormera Everglades Eivery Agency Red Cross American Legion National Guard West Palm Beach Bahamas Nassau Weather Bureau Atlantic Great Abaco Island Bahama Domira Domira Carsries

Former Ohio Masonic Leader Passes Away

A. R Levi C. Goodale 86 dies in Cincinnati after illness. He led the Cincinnati Southern Railroad Board of Trustees and was a former Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce president. Born in Illinois he served as grand master of the Ohio Lodge of Masons and led the Masonic Home atfield.

Cincinnati A.R Levi C. Goodale The Cinnati Southern Railroad Est Cincinnati Chamber of Comme I Ness Goodale County Illinois Ohio Lodge of Masons Masonic Field

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