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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1935
Page
1
The Ministers' Union of America grows and may change clergy pay, hours, and job security. Dr Edmund B Chaffee notes the push for fair wages and working conditions while discussing ethics of fees for funerals and travel discounts. The group welcomes clergymen of any faith.
The examiner notes a jail term of six months and a $500 fine on Griffith and Phillips. The case arose from charges filed about two years prior and was affirmed by the court after appeal.
Reports from Paraguay on Tuesday describe intense battles in the Chaco War era. Frontline actions involve major offensives by Paraguayan forces against Bolivian positions, with heavy fighting reported along the Mie front.
Relief agencies moved food water and medical supplies into Northwestern Formosa after Sundays quake disaster. Water supply proved critical as drought dried survivors lips and disease risks rose. Casualty figures stood at 3152 dead and 10406 seriously wounded with aerial surveys showing some mountain villages spared.
A company union called a strike that closed the W. W. Sly Manufacturing Company in Cleveland. It is the plant’s first strike in 68 years and affects about 70 workers. The dispute arose after president Ridney C. Vessy refused to restore wages to the 1920s level, offering a 10 percent raise instead.
Miami University students clashed after a belated Easter party staged by rival campus groups. Eggs were thrown during the confrontation among factions vying in today’s campus election.
K. T. Crossen Squadron 21 of the Sons of the American Legion met at the Legion Home with Captain Jack Fulton in charge. About three members and adviser John W. Dowler attended. The squadron voted to assist the Legion Auxiliary in selling poppies on Poppy Day and to wear new caps with official insignia. First order of caps distributed. they are gray flannel in overseas style with emblem near the front. Pins will be issued after the squadron’s formal installation by William Ronald on May 12 at Athens High School Auditorium. A drum corps meeting last Friday drew 12 singers preparing for regular memberships. Charles Woodworth of the Athens Rifle and Pistol Club may instruct junior rifle prospects at the next meeting.
The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp reported to the Securities Commission that it paid $1,250,000 in salary and bonus over the last five years to George Gordon Crawford, former president. Ex congressman Clyde Kelly, age 51, near death in Punxsutawney after being shot in the abdomen while cleaning a rifle.
Hollywood denies a Milwaukee 1911 marriage license claiming Mae West wed Frank Wallace. West insists she has never married and criticizes sensational reports while studio staff brace for more alleged Frank Wallace sightings.
Will Rogers argues fashion shows could boost church attendance as he laments American culture. He mocks audience distraction and claims learning comes from movies, airplanes, and bridge games, citing 120 million in the American kindergarten.
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee that if a bonus bill passes a new federal inheritance tax would be proposed to raise from 200 million to 600 million dollars yearly. He testified after American Legion representatives rejected compromise and demanded full cash payment.
A strike by union employees at the Toledo Chevrolet plant led to an immediate closure of the facility. About 1,100 workers from the first shift left, while 1,200 on the afternoon shift were not scheduled to report as management stated the plant would not operate.
Roy Morris former clerk of courts in Washington County pleaded guilty as trial began. Judge W R White of Gallipolis gave a paroled sentence of three years conditioned on payment of the remaining shortage of 842 dollars and - Morris was indicted for embezzlement of public funds and granted leniency due to his nine children.
Common Pleas Judge Stanley Struble ruled that provisions of the Ohio Recovery Act are unconstitutional. He refused injunctions sought by the state in the case against Queen City Realty Company and Caren Boulware, a baker, who the state charged paid less than code wage.
Dr. F Townsend, advocate of a $100100 foundation to teach political thinking, described his main goal as a pension program for $200 a month. He spoke in the House of Representatives last week while brushing aside movement talk. In a separate note, RolIin Cain, 27, faced trial for the fatal shooting of Marguerite Carmean, 25, during a goodnight kiss in Tippecanoe City.
A truck brake failure caused a downhill collision with a concrete wall last night, killing 73 year old Charlies Drew of Covington Kentucky. The incident details are under local investigation.
In Chicago Frank Stapleton expected his old friend Edward Ek age 55 to visit. The doorbell rang and Stapleton found Ek dead at his doorstep from an apparent heart condition.
Grover W. Fleming publisher of The Obio Examiner was due to move to Piqua to face charges of intent to corrupt the morals of children through the newspaper. He posted $200 bond in Athens County Probate Court and a 11 year old Nelsonville girl was alleged to have sold copies of The Examiner.
Pacific Airmen on a round trip from California to Hawaii report the Pan American four motor clipper crossing halfway on the 2 400 mile return journey to Alameda. The crew offered no clear explanation for the reduced speed and whether it was due to headwinds or schedule timing.
Miss Helen Keen 32 a Salvation Army cadet died at 7 a m Tuesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital following an appendectomy last Thursday. Funeral at 5 p m in Army Hall, burial in DuBois Pa. She served Salvation Army nine years and is survived by her parents two sisters and five brothers.
In Cincinnati six children were playing store with a large roll of money. At C W Stieringer’s shop the group discovered the bills were genuine gold certificates, and the roll shrank from 400 to 495 dollars.
Temperature fell to 27 Monday night in the Athens District after a daytime high of 65. Tuesday morning warming continued into the late. Warmer, cloudy weather forecast for Wednesday with Tuesday night expected partly fair.
Five year old Rosemary Anderson died after her dress caught fire from an open grate at her parents home near Nelsonville Brick Company. Flames were extinguished with burlap from passing trucks. Funeral set for Thursday at the Christian Church.
The Fourth District Court of Appeals will hear the appeal of seven Godman shoe workers from a conviction for assault with malicious intent to maim in sessions here Wednesday. They were convicted of assault with malicious intent for stones thrown at a truck delivering supplies to the Logan plant during 1994 labor disputes. Six defendants hail from Lancaster and one from Columbus. Hensel, a Godman driver, suffered a fractured skull.
Fred Blink 44 year old farmer was executed for the September shotgun murders near Fulton Illinois. He kissed his wife and five children goodbye before the electric chair and attacked key witness Tim Corrick and prosecutor Winn in his final message. A separate note reports a Pascagoula Grand Jury freeing Rev and Mrs Joe E Payne in the Adelbert Ewing beach slaying case.
Dr Allan Brown, renowned child expert from Toronto, examined the Dionne quints in Callander and found them satisfactorily recovering from head colds and in excellent physical condition. He noted an upper respiratory infection likely from an outside source and urged keeping the children away from others not directly caring for them. The parents and Dr Dafoe awaited whether the findings would reassure them.
NEW LEXINGTON Ohio prosecutor T B Williams said Tuesday Sheriff James Adrian went to Newark to pick up three men in connection with a $1,200 poker game robbery here Easter Sunday. The sheriff already holds three Newark men for the robbers and victims' refusal to talk is hampering the investigation.
Emmett Bowe, 62, longtime The Plains resident, died of heart disease at his home Tuesday morning. Born in Perry County, he lived much of his life in Shawnee. Funeral services will be held Thursday at St. Pauls Church Athens with burial in Shawnee. Friends gather Wednesday night at 7:30 for prayer. He never married and is survived by three brothers Vincent and Michael in New Straitville and Alec in The Plains and two sisters Mrs Edward Terrell Harmony and Mertina Bewe at home.
A group of 120 men from the COC Camps sails aboard the North Star toward Alaska to establish a new colony in Mantanuska Valley. The voyage carries six months of supplies and equipment, with trucks tractors lumber and building gear for pioneer work and future expansion of settlers totaling 1,000 in the initial phase and 3,000 more later.
The Ohio House Finance Committee nears April end with a $51,000,000 governor budget as Speaker Bittinger presses for a report before May 3. Senate shelves proceed to indefinite recess after a brief session, while the House passes five bills including highway relocation for Muskingum Conservancy District and tighter penalties on selling overripe eyes. Also notes a labor bill limiting women’s work hours with live-in servant clause. A legislative inquiry into federal relief funds faces seven witnesses led by Francia W. Poulson amid relief waste talk. Relief data show March disbursements total $9,515,785 to 1,218,208 clients, down from February totals.
James A. Smith a Civil War veteran and longtime Athens resident died at 12 45 Tuesday morning at his home 76 Central Avenue He was born in Cadettaburg Kentucky April 17 1845 and served in Company 1 Twenty seventh Regiment United States Infantry He helped build Athens City Hall and is survived by his wife two daughters and five sons Funeral arrangements were pending Tuesday
City health authorities reported two girls ill with scarlet fever Mary Christman age 9 daughter of Mrs William Christman 1912 Congress Street and Ruth Hartley age 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs S N Hartley Garfield Avenue. A new case was reported in New Marshfield. Three city cases were released from quarantine Monday per Milas Viola Fell director of nursing service.
John BB Mc Namee aged 77 father of Graham McNamee the radio announcer died Monday night from pneumonia. He was a retired corporation attorney for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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