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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1935
Page
1
House Ways Committee advances City Bill expected to ease tax burden. debate centers on labor projects and pay provisions. Roosevelt administration seeks swift passage with potential $800,000 tax impact in 1997 and $1,800,000 by 1967, amid late Thursday concessions on wage rules and funding.
The Liquor Board led by Jon Leonard reviews a rule to limit half cent beer sales and tighten licensing for 3.2 beer establishments. The panel considers enforcement against licensees who serve 3.2 beer late or offer entertainment without proper permits.
Governor Davis proposal to suspend bond payments faces a sharp rebuke from Secretary of State George B. Myers. At a Sidney gathering Myers rejects a two year moratorium and calls for a five year halt on new bonds until taxpayers can better meet existing debts. He argues the plan is morally indefensible and harms Ohio credit and reputation.
Four masked gunmen aboard a Gulf Coast bound Illinois Central train near Kankakee robbed about 40 passengers and escaped after wounding one man and kidnapping Edward Goetzier. The quartet, each with two .45 caliber revolvers, fled in Goetzier’s car after forcing him to drive them 75 miles toward Wheatland. Loot totalled roughly 843 dollars as a nationwide search began.
Boston AP report says Thomas F. Murphy 29 of Cambridge was arrested by U S Secret Service on a charge of threatening to assassinate President Roosevelt. Murphy admitted writing a three page letter mailed March 27 to the president, later committed to a psychopathic hospital for observation.
Governor Bibb Graves announced he will push legislation after receiving the U S Supreme Court Scottsboro ruling. The decision said Negroes were systematically excluded from juror rolls in Jackson and Morgan counties, infringing defendants rights, and he ordered panels updated.
Mrs Elmer Crawford died at her Utley home from pneumonia on Friday morning at age 32 She leaves a husband and ten children the youngest four days old Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Sandrock Methodist Church Rev A Beckett officiating Burial in Sandrock Cemetery Also noted a son in a COC camp near Akrot P in custody of the note.
Scientists from across the United States will gather at Wright Field near Dayton within two weeks to supervise installation of cameras and equipment for a projected stratosphere flight early in June. McFall Kirby of Washington, D. C. announced the plan.
The Ohio University Girls Glee Club will broadcast from Dayton on Station WHIO at 2260 kilocycles this Saturday at :30 p m. The program originates from WHIO’s facilities in Dayton and features the club’s vocal performances and selections for listeners in the area.
Two bandits attempted to hold up the Bank of Robeline in Robeline Louisiana. They asked for change on a five dollar bill and fled after a burglar alarm failed to sound. They escaped with 50 cents. Police and volunteers pursued them.
In Gallup New Mexico cowboys and deputies rounded up about sixty five riot suspects after a Friday sweep linked to violence that killed Sheriff Carmichael and Ignacio Velarde. State Attorney General Frank Patton led the investigation as about 250 locals confined in the courthouse. Nine people were shot during clashes as prisoners were moved from the court after a preliminary hearing.
Clara Bennett 23 of Hollister was shot in the right arm early Friday by Lucius Hart 24 of Hollister near the Hart home during a dance night event. Sheriff Stratton said the Hart family claimed trespass as motive as their car turned after Hazel and Clyde Hart's ride. bullet left fresh wound above the elbow.伴
WASHINGTON A $100 salary was reported to the Securities Commission by William F&F Levis of Alton Illinois, president of Owens Klinocis Glass Company.
U S Attorney J Edgar Hoover announced a federal offensive against about five thousand known bank robbers. Banks under protection total 6442 with deposits around 81.8 billion. Since a year ago 116 robberies were investigated leading to 50 convictions and varied sentences.
In Ohio the rubber tire center of Akron and clay regions near New Philadelphia face mounting labor tensions. Ralph Lind of the Regional Labor Board warned a rubber workers strike is inevitable after talks with F B Gandrich Co yielded little progress. Union claims 2,000 clay workers are on strike as Corundite Refractories in Massillon grants a 10 percent wage rise but workers stay out until a broader settlement. Firestone and Goodrich plants seek a National Labor Board supervised election for bargaining rights amid ongoing disputes.
United States attorney James A. Fleming cites a Justice Department report denying a wooden pistol in John Dillinger's 1934 Crown Point escape. No evidence links Lillian Holley or jail staff to the escape, Fleming believes Evelyn Frechette may have smuggled the weapon.
Funeral services for Mrs. C Murphey will be held at 2 30 oclock Saturday afternoon at the residence 216 East State Street Interment will be made at Hebbardsville Here is the memorial arrangement in short with the address and burial location provided for relatives and friends to attend.
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills criticizing treaties that empower some nations with more guns than others. He mocks the idea of unequal armament and urges disarmament among nations.
London reports French troops prefixed 32000 moved to the Germany border. Border garrisons strengthened to about 60000 with new barbed wire and trench fortifications. Mussolini travels to his villa as Italian forces mobilize over 40000. Germany signals restraint via non aggression pledges while accepting current borders for a decade.
COLUMBUS Ohio Friday federal relief administrator C C Stillman placed authority to settle relief complaints with county complaint committers. He said the move will eliminate considerable work at state relief headquarters. FREMONT Sandusky County Trustees Association backed Governor Davey Thursday night in his feud with Hopkins.
Railroads boost speed and cut fares to lure travelers from planes and buses. Chicago to Twin Cities seen with diesel Zephyrs and faster Broadway Limited, while time tables and price cuts aim to drive a 1930s travel comeback nationwide.
A boy in Washington who asked the government to lend an old horse for farm work received army horses as a gift. Marvin Fulton of Belleville, Ohio, suggested a motorcycle instead and asked the artillery chief, but the reply stated the motorcycles are kept in service until retired as junk.
Harley N Thompson, tar and feather victim, had been staying at a city home with two officers guarding it but left late Thursday and was not at the residence Friday. Officials said Thompson planned to press kidnapping charges if his lawyers approve. Trustees of Clarks Chapel Cemetery said they would inspect the grounds Sunday to consider damages recovery.
Relief officials in Trumbull County report over half of local doctors and dentists will not treat relief recipients. The group originally agreed to $1 for office visits and $2 for home calls, but agencies can pay only 38 cents and 70 cents respectively.
Joseph Inman age 77 a farmer living one and one half miles east of Albany died Thursday afternoon at his home. He leaves a wife two brothers Samuel Corning and Stephen Pittshureh and four sisters Mrs Sadie Lanning Mrs Marion Lanning Pittsburgh Mrs Belle Lanning and Mrs James Palmer West Virginia. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery. BALONIKA Greece Major Volania executed by firing squad Friday after conviction by court martial for complicity in the Greek revolt. Rev John McNutt to preach at Baker Settlement Church Saturday at 7 o'clock.
In Columbus the Senate moves to end session with the Davis Bill aiding parochial schools and denominational colleges in jeopardy. Senator Leidner switches to support, and Senator Pollock proposes a referendum at the next general election needing about 131,000 signatures. House debates Boyd food tax exemption and liquor control changes amid party splits.
Harrison Nelson and Liewey Cavanaugh were sentenced by Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Nelson, 34, of Nelsonville, was indicted for stealing $90 from Mrs. Fitzabeth Stover of Hamsey Run and sent to Mansfield Reformatory. Cavanaugh, 34, of Nelsonville, was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary for failure to provide for a minor child.
The Regional NRA Compliance Council announced the removal of the Blue Eagle from the Powhatan Mining Company of Cleveland which employs about 3,800 miners at Powhatan Point Ohio and the Jefferson Company coal producers at Wheeling West Virginia which operates its mines in Jefferson County Ohio.
In Brookland Arkansas J. W. Price appeared on the ballot for mayor and city recorder with pluralities but discovery of lacking a poll tax receipt rendered him ineligible for either office. The defeat or vacancy status followed the eligibility ruling.
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