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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1936

Page

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Ohio Liquor Control Act ruled unconstitutional by Cincinnati judge

Municipal Judge Otis R Hess held the Ohio Liquor Control Act unconstitutional and in violation of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. He said the Ohio constitution forbids such state monopolies and questioned the legislature’s authority to bar private competitors. State Liquor Director Miller ordered an appeal to Hamilton County Appellate Court.

Cinginnati Otis R. Hess Ohio Hess Max R. Mendel State Liquor Control Department Columbus James W. Miller Cincinnati Wilbur Shull Liquor Hamilton County Shull

Community activity notes from Bruno area and nearby towns

Residents in Bruno Zei Nelsonville and surrounding communities share visits and hosting duties. Gerald and Mrs Jacobs with Ruth Foughty visit grandparents. Lon Figgins stays at Byesville. Benson Adams reported in. Earl White Sr and family as guests. York Grange to confer degrees Friday. old-time bel ling for newlyweds at Eber Matheny's.

Nelsonville R. D Gerald Jacobs Ruth Foughty Jesse McKee Lon Figgins Byesville Benson Adams Earl White Earl Vernon Cagg Bernice York Grange Eber Matheny Roscoe Nanna Shires Cage Andaughter Erma Irvin Nanna Vernon ‘Agg

Bazaar and play at Shade M E Church Friday evening

The Shade M E Church Ladies Aid Society will hold a bazaar Friday night April 3 at the school auditorium. The Wesley Foundation will present a play The Whir wind. The Ladies Aid quilt will be awarded to the lucky number holder and refreshments will be available with coffee served free. Bingo will be played.

SHADE Ladies Aid Society Shade M. E Wesley Foundation William Harris B. E. Angell Dobson

Hope To Pass Revenue Plan

Washington House Ways and Means members urged a quick end to hearings on their 799 million revenue program. Chairman Doughton questioned rushing hearings, and six witnesses were listed for the day. H. H. Smith of Michigan Manufacturers' Association argued corporations with fixed obligations should not be taxed more than the 22 1/2 percent rate proposed for those that must meet debt payments.

Washington House Ways and Means Unness Doughton D-Nc H. H. Smith Detroit Michigan Manufacturers’ Association

Miners Honor John Mitchell on Bituminous Holiday

About 200000 miners in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio observed a tribute to John Mitchell father of the eight hour day. West Virginia coal counties declared a holiday while 30000 western Pennsylvania union men converged on Greensburg to hear John L. Lewis and Senator Joseph F. Guffey speak.

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio John Mitchell United Mine Works Western Pennsylvania Greensburg John L. Lewis Uni Mine Workers Joseph F. Guffey

New Fighting Reported in Mongolia Border Clash Ends

Moscow says a 24 hour battle between Mongolians and Manchukuo forces ended with retreat of Manchukuoan and Japanese troops from Mongolian territory. Tokyo reports 12 Mongolian airplanes bombed a frontier guard in Manchukuo, with both sides suffering heavy losses near Tawian.

Moscow Mongolia Tokyo Manchoukuo Manchoukuoan Hsinking Tawian

Ohio sales tax receipts top ten million in year

State Treasurer Harry Day reported weekly prepaid sales tax collections of 932000 plus, bringing the fiscal year total to 10.55 million dollars. The figure pushes the year’s receipts past the ten million dollar milestone in Columbus.

Ohio Columbus Harry 8. Day

Jury Convicts Athlete On Charge of Assault

Clarksbury West Virginia Condnell Condry aged 24 former high school athlete was found guilty by a jury Tuesday of attacking Georgia Louise Turner Belpre beauty school student. James J. Connell aged 29 former deputy collector of internal revenue was convicted last week on a similar charge. Judge Arlos J. Harbert deferred sentencing and set Saturday for motions hearings on new trials.

Clarksburg W. Va Connell Condry Georgia Louise Turner Belpre James J. Connell Internal Revenue Arlos J. Harbert

Logan men plead not guilty to grand larceny charges

Reed Salsbury and Elbert Freeman of Logan pleaded not guilty to grand larceny before Mayor Fitzgers Wednesday morning. Both were bound over to the grand jury under bonds of Lang. Details on Page 14.

Logan Reed Salsbury Elbert Freeman Fitzgers Lang

Indictments Against Pension Head Probe Widens

House investigations reveal three indictments against Edward J. Margett, manager of the Townsend Old Age Pension program in the San Francisco area. Indictments include two for grand larceny and one in Kings County, Washington for "accepting the earnings of a common prostitute." Robert E. Clements, former national secretary, testifies Townsend ignored complaints from Santa Cruz and Oakland. Monthly commissions cited range from 1800 to 2100 dollars.

Washington Edward J. Margett San Francisco Townsend Old Age Pension Organization House Investigating Committee James R. Sullivan Sullivan Kings County Robert E. Clements National Margett Santa Cruz Oakland California

Lowden Named Possible Keynoter for Republican Convention

Former Illinois governor Frank O. Lowden was tentatively selected as keynote speaker for the Republican national convention in Cleveland. Party leaders also eyed Walter Edge of New Jersey as a potential eastern chairman to balance the ticket. Formal decisions to be announced at the arrangements committee meeting on April 21 in Cleveland. The convention opens June 9. Democrats had not chosen officials yet.

Washington Frank O. Lowden Illinois Cleveland Lowden Walter Edge New Jersey

Kundts Met Accidental Death in Automobile Collision

Wilmington report states Police Chief Fred Kundts of Columbus died in an automobile collision near here on March 22. Jury reports no criminal motive. grand report on file confirms accidental death.

Wilmington Fred Kundts Columbus Here

Keller elected president of Ohio Council of Retail Merchants

Columbus Ohio D C Keller of Cincinnati was elected president of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants at the annual meeting Colum bus Trustees chosen included Thomas Wiseman and Jos ter within the state group announced Tuesday in Cincinnati.

Columbus Keller Cincinnati Ohio Counci of Thomas Wiseman

Testimony finishes in Vera Stretz murder trial

In New York a jury heard closing testimony as Vera Stretz, a secretary, claimed she did not intend to kill her lover Dr Fritz Gebhardt after a struggle in his East River apartment. Ballistics evidence suggested cartridges dated 1933.

New York Vera Stretz Fritz Gebhardt Gebhardt East River John Kaiser Cornelius Collins Leibowicz

Loyal fawned pup keeps lonely vigil at Marion hospital

Fritz the mongrel dog continues a 24 hour watch at a Marion hospital where his mistress Miss Elizabeth Stinson recovers from an appendicitis operation after nursing him back from a severe pneumonia six months ago. The dog has refused meals but now eats sparingly from nurses offerings.

Marion Elizabeth Stinson Fritz

Austrian Government Conscript Law Granted Unlimited Service

The Austrian federal diet voted unanimously to make service to the Fatherland compulsory. The law allows conscription for labor public works or military duties in emergencies and sets ages 14 to 42 with service based on capacity.

Vienna

Tragedy at Pennsylvania Crossing Claims Lathrop A Peck

Pennsylvania passenger train kills Lathrop A. Peck, 58, a Mansfield businessman, when his car stalls on a crossing Tuesday. Investigating officers assess cause as a crossing accident affecting local commerce and public safety.

Sherry Pennsylvania Lathrop Peck Mansfield

Princeton student seeks lobbyist rules in Capitol encounter

Washington report details Thomas Riggs a Princeton student and national treasurer of the Veterans of Future Wars visiting the Capitol to ask how to register as a lobbyist for a proposed nationwide veterans bonus. He meets House Rules Committee Chair O Conn or who jokes about a $1000 per male citizen pension and debates lobbying formalities.

Aske Thomas Riggs, Jr Veterans of Future Wars Washington Thomas Riggs Princeton The Capitol O’conner D-Ny Nouse Rules Committee O'Connor Connor Riggs

Italians Claim Major Victory Over Emperor

In a Rome communique Marshal Badoglio says Italy’s northern army won a major battle against Haile Selassie forces in the Lake Ashangi area. He reports 7000 Ethiopians killed and over 1000 Italian casualties with the Ethiopian emperor said to have fought personally. Further details promised in a subsequent communique.

Rome Italy Pietro Badoglio Badoglio Lake Ashangi Amba Alaji Marshal Badoglio

Ethiopian Officials Deny Italian Claim on Sardo

Addis Ababa reports Italian forces claim Sokota Debarek and Sardo in the Lake Tana region and Aussa Sultanate. Ethiopian authorities say they have not been informed of any seizure of Sardo on the eastern front.

Addis Ababa Sokota Debarek Lake ‘Tana Sardo Aussa

Blaring Radio Leads Ohioan to Court

Mechanicstown paragraph reports Nathan Keeler on probation for assault and battery after he hurled a radio from a window in reaction to its blaring. He argued with his step son Frank Zimmer over the wreckage, and Zimmer said Keeler struck him with a stove poker.

Mechanicsburg Nathan Keeler Justice of the Peace T. G. Engiebart Frank Zimmer Young Zimmer Keeler

Gillette Must Serve Four Month Sentence

The Supreme Court refused to hear Oliver W. Gillette of Cleveland appeal. He was convicted last summer of signing names to petitions to initiate a constitutional tax amendment and must serve a four month jail sentence.

Columbus Supreme Court Oliver W. Gillette Cleveland Gillette

Paralytic Stroke Fatal To Mrs. Ricca Shively

Mrs. Ricca Shively age 67 of Logan died at her daughter’s home in Chicago after a second paralytic stroke. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Erwin Hammer and another daughter Mrs. Karl Schmitter, both of Logan, and three sons August and Fred of Logan and George of Midland Michigan. The body will return to Logan Friday for a funeral likely Saturday with arrangements pending.

Logan Ricca Shively Erwin Hammer Chicago Hammer

Plan Candy Sale by Band Booster Club

Members of the Band Booster Club met at the high school to plan candy sales during the operetta performances on April 2 and 8 at the gym. A cafeteria dinner is planned for April 21. Dan L. Farmer led the meeting in the president’s absence. Mrs. Cecil P. Bradbury chairs the activities.

Middleport Virgil Edwards Dan L. Farmer Cecil P. Bradbury

Secret to youth through olive tablets claim

An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural, gentle laxative alternative to calomel. It links youthful appearance to digestive health and promises to clear impurities, noting the tablets’ olive color and prices of 15 cents, 60 cents.

Parkie Edwards Ohio

Hitler proposes new Locarno like pact to settle borders

In a memorandum to British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Adolf Hitler proposed four months of negotiations to create a new Locarno style settlement. He urged Germany France and Belgium to yield border control to a mixed commission of Britain Italy and a neutral power, with a plebiscite by the three peoples after successful talks.

Berlin Adolf Hitler Anthony Eden Locarno Germany der Fuehrer France Belgium Great Britain Italy Rhineland Hitler

Worker’s Body Found Beneath Ton of Earth in Sewer Cave-In

Coroner Edward Smith says Kenneth Haughee died by suffocation when buried under a ton of earth after a sewer cave-in. The 47 year old was hired to clear a clogged sewer line behind a residence. his body was found Tuesday night, about a week after the collapse.

Columbus Edward FE. Smith Kenneth Haughee Haughee

Government Will Aid Ohio Pension Payment

Ohio will receive federal funds to support its old age pension system. The Social Security Board approved the program, assuring at least 8 million dollars in federal aid for the year.

Ohio Columbus Federal Social Security Board

CCC to enroll 6,500 youths by April 15 in Ohio

Columbus report states 6500 youths will join the Civilian Conservation Corps between now and April 15. Dayton Frost, head of the Ohio Federal Emergency Relief Administration, said the enrollments mark the first CCC intake since October.

Columbus Civilian Conservation Corps Dayton Frost Ohio

Thieves raid Selma chicken coop steal 17 hens

Thieves hit a Selma, Alabama chicken coop taking 17 hens and leaving a single old rooster. They bound a net to the rooster’s leg bearing the phrase Lonesome Daddy in the unusual incident.

Selma Ala

Hauptmann denies guilt as exection delays and grand jury probes

In a high profile case, Bruno Hauptmann faces execution while Col. Mark Kimberling suspends the Bronx car penter’s sentence for 48 hours to allow grand jury review. The jury adjourned after a long session without indictments against Wendel, and Hauptmann pleads innocence in a letter that attacks Dr. Condon, Attorney General Wilentz, and the Flemington defense.

Mark O. Kimberling New Jersey Penitentiary Bruno Hauptmann John Matthiesen Bruno Matthieson Hauptmann Lloyd Fisher Flemington N. J Mark Kimberling Bronx Grand Jury Wendel Marshall Hoffman John F. Condon Wilentz Iawyer Carpenter Hopewell

Glove Workers To Be Protected Lyons Says

Coshocton county prosector Russel F E Lyons said he would provide protection for any of the 160 Indianapolis Glove Co employees who wished to return to work after the factory's closing due to a strike. Hope for settlement rose after mediator R M Pilkington canceled his Terre Haute trip to remain in the area.

Coshocton Russel FE. Lyons Indianapolis Glove Co U. S R. M. Pilkingtoan Terre Haute Ind

Seek Source of False Tip on Train Robbers

Kenton police traced a mysterious tip that halted a train and prompted a gas attack on an empty baggage car. They believed two Columbus robbers were hidden in the car, but the train found no suspects.

Kenton Columbus

Honor Ceramics Artist Columbus Medal Awarded

Leon Victor Solon of New York received the Charles Fergus Bienia medal from the American Ceramic Society on Tuesday night for his architectural tile designs and contributions to the field.

Columbus Leon Victor Solon New York Charles Fergus Bienia American Ceramic Society

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Ofio Liquor Control Act Cinnati Liquor Board Zei Entertains Club G. H. Stansbury Grant St Elizabeth Hartinger Cclub C. Hobart Elizabeth Artinger IRS Tompkins E. R Cladius Chapple Athens J. M. Chapple Long Run Lizzie Cowan Ohio University John Cowan Benson Cowan Amall Fula Maxine Earl Cowen Cowan Robert and Paul Williams W. Leo Williams Mary Williams R. F. Perry Meigs County T. J. Violet Ruth Martha Joe Perry Ivor Namaway Frank Ina Mercer County Erwin Marshall Mt. Holly Burlington County Ellis Parker Parker John Kates Kafesa Ays and Means N.Y Dial Fither Far East House Studies Clements Kundts Ballistics Devon Francis Dr. Gebhardt Samuel Leib Owitz Miss Strets Ly. Leibowitz Miles O'Brien Robinson Miss Stretz Hospital For the Veterans of Future Haile Selassie Ohioan Plan Candy Sale Associated Press Cce New Lisbon Lyons
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