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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1934
Page
1
Unclear text discusses a 3 percent retail sales tax vote to be taken by Representatives next Tuesday. It notes the administration needs 16 more votes to pass and cites party lines, amendments for county allocations, and proposed use of revenue for schools, conservancy, pensions, and welfare institutions.
The national auto card movement made progress after strikes ended at Nash and Seman Auto, Milwaukee. The settlement covers about 4600 employees with a 10 percent wage increase for Nash workers, a minimum hourly wage for men and women, and a plan to restore strikers as schedules permit. Officials agreed to bar questions about the union and workers will receive prompt reinstatement.
A Commerce Department release shows factory payrolls rose to a new peak in February, marking a 12 percent gain and the strongest level in 15 years. The data indicate continued improvement in employment, with March expected to follow the upward trend.
April 6 report from U.P. cites nine year old Mar Baker struck by a car and Samuel E. Lambert eighteen across the street after a school bus incident. Lambert, a national figure, was ordered to appear for questioning regarding the wounding of his father. The official line claims he could not affect the bus situation.
In Indianapolis on April 6, 45 year old single man and estate operator was found murdered in his red bachelor apartment after a shooting. A beautiful woman figure is hinted at in early reports, with unclear motives and timelines surrounding the crime.
A truck struck a horse in HSVILLE on Thursday April 6 as reported by local notes. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text, but the incident involved a vehicle collision with a horse near a rural area, with no further follow up available.
Athens City Council appropriated 2500 from gasoline tax receipts to county relief, with Athens and Nelsonville asked to divert funds for relief work under the new Federal work relief program. County relief director Theodore H. Smith reported 353,285.69 spent or appropriated for relief in the current fiscal year. an additional 30,000 in surplus funds were noted.
Harrisburg April 6 U P Gasoline is oil the Dauphin County court ruled in an 11000 word opinion The Keystone Pipe Line Company Philadelphia a quasi public corporation is entitled to eminent domain to transport gasoline through its pipelines in Pennsylvania The case by Ben T Welsh Philadelphia contended the company charter permits crude oil and petroleum transport Welsh objected to gasoline transit across his property The report also notes government foods distributions and relief expenditures in Athens County with local funds covering small fractions of total relief costs and outstanding unpaid bills for January February and March The relief and work program grants total 25662 for April with no local fund request.
A broken service line at 42 South Court Street caused four to five inches of flooding in Slingluff's store basement and seeped into three nearby basements. City service director C. W. Gross said the cause is unknown, with rust, defective installation, or ground chemicals possible culprits. Repairs began this morning, costing about 80 dollars in labor and materials.
Charlies Stanley of Carbondale was arraigned before Magistrate Carl H. Porter and bound over to a grand jury under $1,000 bond for an assault on George McKinley. Stanley said McKinley, who carried a shotgun, threatened to fire as the men ran. McKinley was in serious condition at his home.
Frederick P. Ligon reported to police he was robbed of 1500 dollars in stocks and bonds inside the Treasury Building. A few weeks earlier thieves hit a display case, stealing gold coins and imitation gold bricks from the same venue.
In Washington on April 6, employee representatives active in major steel company unions opposed the Wagner Labor Bill before the Senate Labor Committee. Elwood H. Smith of Bethlehem Steel testified for a resolution by 100 employee representatives, arguing the bill would undermine existing employee representation plans. He noted current plans require no dues and that representatives are paid for time spent, adding some committee members belong to the American Federation of Labor.
In Miami Oklahoma on April 6 bandits believed to be Clyde Barrow and Raymond Hamilton with a female companion killed one officer and kidnapped another. Constable Cal Campbell, 65, of Commerce, was slain after being shot repeatedly. Percy Boyd, Commerce chief of police, was abducted. his condition was listed as unknown.
Mrs Alpha Jackson of Marietta, who was the first applicant for correspondence study nearly a decade ago, has enrolled again in the Extension Division. The first application dated August 14, 1924, marks a long history of growth, with nearly 7,000 registrations in the Extension Division under director Dr H Bing.
Martin J. Insull, former heir to Samuel Insull, started a criminal court fight to defend against state charges alleging he stole 364000 dollars from the Middle West Utility Company. The Chicago action marks a new chapter in a long family dispute over utilities and control.
In Columbus on April 6 advocates of education as the cure for modern society’s ills gathered at Memorial Hall. Prominent speakers including Senator Copeland, Judge Lindley, and L. J. Taber stress education as the only safe base for democracy, noting 3,000,000 children lacking access and rising crime tied to educational breakdown. Mrs Roosevelt attends as her appeal is read.
Cleveland April 6 Two military courts of inquiry were summoned to investigate the death of Lieut John Leland McAllister 26 of McCormick South Carolina who fell to his death near the AtOona Pa airport when his parachute failed to open during a forced landing in heavy fog A second officer Lieut T B Anderson from Newark narrowly escaped injury when his mail loaded plane nosed into the ground during a forced landing at the Department of Commerce emergency field near Warren Ohio
Four hundred thousand Alabama school children faced possible year end delays as funds ran dry and a state borrowing ban blocked relief. Officials awaited a response from Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins on a request for extra federal aid for schools.
In Indianapolis three hosiery mills were hit by a mass strike as about 3,000 workers walked out today for higher pay and an end to a bonus and penalty system. The walkout involved members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers.
A. A. Johnston of Cincinnati, noted investor and artificial legs maker, was killed in a head on collision near Middletown. He was 71. The force of the crash drove his artificial legs through the floorboard of his car.
Deputy Ro Goldsberry arrived as 4s appeared on his clothing. Witnesses said the man was a stranger in the area and appeared to have been inside a 9 automobile. The incident occurred this morning and authorities are assessing the situation.
Two letters, one by air mail and one by regular mail, completed a cross country trip New York to California and back in identical times. They were dropped in New York at 11 a.m. March 26 and arrived back by 7 52 a.m. April 5, each stopping five times en route. Both letters were checked at each stop to verify speed under current limits.
Marietta police and Ohio River authorities probed a torch murder victim found near Marietta. Investigators questioned people along the Wheeling waterfront and on river houseboats while searches focused on a theory the man was killed elsewhere and moved to the farm where the body surfaced. Police speculated the victim may have known details of a Wheeling murder six months prior and was silenced.
In Cincinnati on April 6, former Republican election officials Albert Reinhard and William C. Gampfer pleaded guilty to vote fraud in the November councilman election and were sentenced by Judge Thomas H. Morrow to imprisonment ranging from one to five years each.
Minneapolis police converged on a crowd marching through City Hall as thousands stormed the area demanding employment. The tense scene escalated with vehicles and officers present. no injuries or arrests are specified in the readable text.
Four University of California at Los Angeles men students quarantined by scarlet fever outbreak expected to remain in confinement at least until June. They occupy the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house with 19 co-eds, where a social season is planned and a fancy dress ball is set for tonight with many men booked for multiple dates.
Washington April reports show the administration pushing a bill to coordinate national communications while Republicans challenge limits on press censorship. Commerce Committee Chairman Clarence Dill defends press freedom, amid fears of monopolistic control if the merger proceeds.
Washington April 6 The House approved a two billion dollar home loan bond guarantee bill after a partisan debate. It rejected the Norris Senate amendment tying loan corporation appointments to efficiency rather than politics but the President approved it and an effort to reinstate may follow in conference. The measure guarantees principal and interest and includes 200 million for home modernization and improvements to aid the heavy goods industry.
Cleveland April 6 Peter D Treadway faces death in the electric chair for the murder of Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Steese and hints at new revelations as counsel prepares an appeal from a verdict returned by three judges in common pleas court without a jury. Steese body was found in her car on a lonely road east of the city on December 1 1982. She had been shot and beaten to death en route to a bank to deposit a large sum for the Society for the Blind where she was employed.
WILKES-BARRE Pa April 6 Another year old boy was found to be a victim of myositis ossificans progressiva or ossification today He is Francis Wy delis Benny Hendrick the other victim continued to make satisfactory progress at General Hospital according to medical reports
Bucyrus April 6. Mrs John Cook believed last Bucyrus woman member of Crusaders a pre prohibition temperance organization was buried here today.
Istanbul authorities were to rule tomorrow on the appeal of Samuel Insuli, Chicago utilities magnate, against a government order demanding his surrender to the United States.
Hollywood dispatch reports Dr Professor Angle of Yale soliciting support to gain campus backing and education in basic industry. He seeks five line players and three backs for football and plans to recruit Yale grads into non brain trust roles. Will Rogers notes Yale strives to rejoin top 400 teams amid changing industry.
Senate leaders pushed to clear a 6530,000,000 tax bill to enable a vote by nightfall. The LaFollette Surtax Amendment was defeated 47 to 36, with Chairman Pat Harrison arguing extra liquor tax revenue would cover any additional costs from the Pay Restoration Veterans Bill.
In Columbus the legislature moved to supply the state share for the Muskingum district conservancy project with an emergency bill authorizing 2 million dollars and a further 4 thousand for highway relocations. Governor White withheld signature pending funding. The House amended the sales tax bill to earmark 2 million dollars of revenue for the Muskingum appropriation.
April 6 reports a new regulation by L. L. Faris director of the beer commission. Any beer over 0.5 percent and up to 3.2 percent by weight or 4 percent by volume must bear the label does not contain more than 4 percent alcohol by volume. The rule targets marking 3.2 beer as high powered.
Columbus April 6. The first public hearing of Ohio’s liquor control act investigation will be held Monday at 8 p.m. The Senate committee invites citizens with grievances to submit names to Senate clerk Thomas Bateman, announced by Senator Carl D. Shepard, Akron Republican, chairman.
Adjutant General Henderson announced Ohio will receive $1,000,000 in April federal relief funds. The boost allows employments to rise from 32,000 to 55,000 under the new WPA plan, contingent on counties directing the funds to work relief rather than direct relief. Distribution to counties was set for this afternoon.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt met General Henderson to discuss Ohio relief. She welcomed the telegram promising extra funds. Henderson said the additional grant would relieve the state's relief problem for the month and that he would appeal to federal authorities due to higher than expected relief needs.
In Lima a two day strike by about 2 000 members of the Unemployed League plus 500 FERA workers and 1 000 jobless on relief halted projects. Leaders say FERA workers seek 15 dollars a week, up from nine. Pickets guard sites as food rations face cuts. relief chief Timberlake issues ultimatum to end walkout or food is cut off.
Nelsonville district men left without work due to CWA discontinuation are asked to re register with the Re employment Service next Monday. Service representatives will be at relief headquarters in Nelsonville from 3 am to 3 pm to list unemployed men again for FRRA highway work and private employer calls.
Newton Marshall, a Milwaukee mining engineer, was found near death in the jungle and is under treatment at Betania. He was the sole survivor of a passenger plane crash at the Uribe and Sipt Rivers junction on March 10.
April 6 Ohio ruling by Attorney General John W. Bricker confirms township trustees are entitled to 2.50 dollars per day for administering poor relief laws. The opinion clarifies compensation for their services and sets a guideline for payments under state welfare statutes.
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