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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1935
Page
1
In Paducah Kentucky Marjorie Johnson confronts accusations of conspiring to murder her husband. Testimony recounts a late night confrontation at the store and a plan to pay for the accusation. Crowds watched as a gallows scene played out near a county jail with a deadline looming.
In Chicago three judges endorse short kisses saying longer kisses cause more divorces. Judge Sabath jokes four minutes reduces divorces, while Judge David asks if four minutes is enough and Judge Desart calls it harmless and pleasant.
Roy Smith, a 34 paroled convict, faces first degree murder charges after a fight during a probation inquiry left Deputy Sheriff Forrest Good dead and Parole Officer C T Evans wounded. Sheriff Stevens said Smith disarmed and shot Good following an attempt to detain him at the Mansfield area farm.
Mrs. Fanction Light, jailed in Tyler County for an alleged attempt to poison her husband and inmates, gained a few hours of freedom to attend his funeral after he died of natural causes. The case includes a poison candy incident and a revolver found in her cell. she awaits grand jury action amid a six month sentence.
Robert Hess of the F. J. Beasley Company Ath ens was elected president of the Ohio Millers Association at its state convention in Columbus. W. H. Moody of Shelby named vice president with directors J. W. Enright Toledo J. H. Folk St Marys M W Connell Coshocton C R Patterson Piketon and R W Simpson Mt Vernon. R S Williams Columbus expected to be renam ed secretary treasurer by the directors.
Senator Keith Lawrence as Senate Finance Committee chair seeks to adjourn meetings until five of its eight members resign over ongoing absences. A motion to adjourn until the chair calls meetings passed after at least three members refused to resign.
Two men identified as James A. Gross and Gordon Dent were executed by hanging in Maryland after being convicted of predatory crimes in Prince George's County. The pair, ages 25 and 30, were known as the Black Dillingers during their alleged robberies and assaults.
The Messenger Refrigerator Show closes Friday night at the Athens Armory with seven local dealers presenting modern home refrigerators. Doors reopen at 2 30 p m Friday and run until the final crowd leaves. Attendees receive tickets for a chance to win a $175 refrigerator and other kitchen prizes.
A Beverly Hills note praises Amelia Earhart for personality and flying skill after a Pan American flight. The writer urges more government support, questions military efforts, and signatures Will Rogers endorsing bold action without funding.
Cleveland brewery workers walk the picket line threatening beer supply. Sheriff Anderson arms Franklin County deputies at Columbus Packing Plant to deter violence. Columbus half of workforce on strike demanding closed shop. Two men beaten near plant. car carrying deputies stoned. Dispute stems from Soft Drink Workers Union and Beer and Beverage Drivers Union quarrel. In Steubenville, Kaul Clay Company riot probes after a striker died and five were wounded.
A writ of habeas corpus was to be presented in Athens County Common Pleas Court by Col. Wade Hampton McIntosh for Grover W. Fleming publisher and William Snyder editor of the Ohio Examiner. The petition was not approved as it should name Fleming and Snyder separately rather than jointly.
A grief stricken 11 year old mother Mrs Estella Carranza prays for the life of the remaining triplet born three days ago in Los Angeles. Doctors announced two of the triplets had died during the birth and the husband learned of the losses and the single survivor.
Cleveland report notes Baird H. Markham, director of the American Petroleum Industries Committee, told delegates at the National Petroleum Association convention that gasoline taxes rose 22.5 percent over 16 years, with the government collecting more revenue from petroleum than the industry earns.
Athens County educators will receive about 825000 in back salaries as an Easter payment drawn from the first-half 1934 real estate tax settlement. Auditor C O Gideon announced allocations for Chauncey Dover Rome Township Alexander Township with remaining districts to receive figures after district tax totals are computed.
Akron Utilities Counsel Harry S. Littman challenged testimony on Ohio gas reserves before a state senate investigating committee calling it propaganda by gas monopolies. He urged the committee to hear Akron geologist David R. B. Reger who says Ohio’s current use could exhaust imports for more than 75 years with existing reserves.
Ohio State University officials said reports of fruit damage from Tuesday night’s freeze were initially exaggerated. The freeze mainly affected areas around Cincinnati and in Lawrence and Gallia Counties. Funeral services for James W Glazier, 91, of Little Hocking, will be held at Vandruff Church at 2 PM Saturday. he leaves a son and sister Mrs Elliett.
Deputy Karl Gardner displayed his control in Athens County Court by bringing a Rhode Island Red hen into the state case against Clint Camp for stealing chickens from William Batt rett of Alistine. The hen remained silent, unlike a previous trial where a chicken clucked during Otto Perry’s hearing.
Federal takeover of Georgia relief operations proceeds under Hopkins after friction with Governor Talmadge. New funds totaling 1.7 million dollars are approved for April relief as Georgia’s eligibility and future federal aid face conditions and deadlines.
In Washington three more attempts to alter the Social Security Bill were pressed in the House. Roosevelt administration leaders predicted rejection of all changes, passage of the bill, and sending it to the Senate. Republicans cried steam roller as 26 amendments were voted down in rapid-fire fashion.
Three miners sustained injuries at the Lick Run Mine in Nelsonville on Thursday. Amos Guess fractured a hip after being caught between a mine car and the rib, John North fractured an ankle when a car ran against his foot, and John Hayden had a left hand fracture after being caught between a motor and a mine car. The mine operated four days this week and was not in operation Friday.
Governor Davenport named Henry J. Pfeiffer of Kenton and W. D. Gray of Cleveland to the Ohio Conservation Council. Pfeiffer is president of the League of Ohio Sportsmen and Gray is a Cleveland newspaper man.
Nine year old Robert Moore earns the title of modest hero after concealing two Delaware River rescues and nearly keeping secret a third. He carried a year old, Richard Quinn, to safety and asked the rescued to keep quiet.
Berlin and Rome warned they would oppose further fortification of the demilitarized Rhineland as Adolf Hitler weighs a response to international reproach Germany’s treaty repudiations. European ambassadors plan to stay near Berlin amid Friday’s fast weekend drama. Moscow reports Khriplin warns of germ warfare dangers amid German rearmament talks.
Ogden Mills, former secretary of the treasury, denounces New Deal planning as sacrificing constitutional liberty to a God of Planning. Speaking at Bowdoin College, he argues the nation faces economic confusion from planning, calls socialism and planning essentially the same, and warns of debt, eroded savings, and unstable currency.
Seneca County commissioners told Civilian Conservation Corps representatives that a proposed COC ramp for drainage work would be a waste of money. Commissioner Anson Hoover urged the federal government to feed the hungry and allow the county to build its own ditches.
Rain and heavy showers spread across the Dust Belt in Texas and neighboring plains on Friday aiding the wheat crop and grazing lands. In Colorado emergency hospitals opened for dust related patients while a death in Springfield is linked to pneumonia worsened by dust. North Dakota to Montana—dust evacuees travel by battered cars seeking work and new homes in Montana and Idaho.
Mrs. Spang 49 wife of Howard M. Spang relief director of Athens County died Thursday at 2 p.m. at the family home Lorene Avenue after three years of ill health. Born in Brandeville Missouri she was daughter of Mr and Mrs Willem Chapin. Married in 1910 in Kansas City they moved to Athens last June from Jackson. Survived by husband father two sons Ralph and Fivard both Ohio University students, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. Nelsonville Presbyterian Church with Rev. Lloyd Evans. burial Greenlawn Cemetery.
Washington reports Tennessee Valley Authority director Morgan denied in a letter to Senator Bulkley any attempt to move an Akron rubber company. Spence of Toledo and Bulkley had heard of a tentative agreement to relocate the Akron plant employing about 15,000 workers.
Brookings researchers say the NRA substantially held back recovery and restrained production. The report criticizes wage codes and trade practices while noting only modest gains in real purchasing power and little shift in income distribution.
Preston F. Thomas is reinstated as warden of the Ohio Penitentiary with full salary back to January 26, while his removal charges are withdrawn and his resignation effective May 1 is accepted. The action ends a long-term dispute and renews his 23 year tenure amid health concerns and prior investigations.
Under gloomy skies thousands of faithful Catholics climb 108 steps to Cincinnati's Shrine of the Immaculata on Mount Adams. By day's end an estimated 30 000 to 40 000 have completed the ascent for the Resurrection Feast observances.
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