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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1934
Page
1
Federal agents stalk John Dillinger’s gang as Wisconsin and St Paul authorities warn all roads. Police across Wisconsin dispatch patrols and roadblocks after a string of confrontations while federal investigators, aided by volunteers, search for the fugitives in a vast rural area near Park Falls and beyond. A patrol car description and a maroon Ford sedan link sightings as officers brace for further encounters.
Fragmentary text notes a youth story involving a ransom plot and a missing child. It mentions a home, an adult male referenced as Mr John, a named place, and a Wednesday date linked to a local event or inquiry. Strong entities are unclear due to damage.
A chaotic incident near Beverly Hills ends with a shootout as bystanders are threatened, and Dillinger faces danger from an unexpected group. The message blends a sensational tale with a dispatch from Indiana noting four prisoners escaping a Michigan City facility. Will Rogers quips about prison terms in a satirical closing note.
Sheriff A O Tracy arrested Mr and Mrs EB Adams in Portland for passing counterfeit five dollar bills identified by Ravenswood merchants. Michael Moore, seized earlier, was questioned again after secret service agents arrived to assist local officers. Bailiffs said the counterfeiters who produced the bills have been apprehended.
Bucyrus April 24. Operators of a laundry announce they have turned over plant management to the 20 employees for one year and will remain lease holders while withdrawing from managerial roles. The move cites government interference as the reason for stepping back. Employees elected their own officers to run the business.
Mrs John W Pidcock 70 of 21 Pratt Street died at 11 last night at home after a brief illness. Survived by husband one son Clarence Pidcock Genoa one sister Mrs S H Chute West Washington Street and four grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at home burial West Union Street Cemetery.
An early morning gas explosion wrecked the six room cottage of Ben Lynd, a former grocer, injuring six people including Lynd, his wife, their three children Jack James and Junior, and maid Pearl Depree. One victim was believed fatally hurt. The family had moved in the previous day and investigators suspect an open gas connection.
The NRA Blue Eagle gains a new Code sign as of May 1 with each employer’s name and registration number displayed under the word Code. Local Athens retail group lists codes and dues, with C. O Burnett as president and collections to fund code administration and local expenses.
In Cleveland the Fisher Body Corporation strike spreads to over 8400 workers halting operations at the city’s largest employer. plant official Lincoln R. Scafe flies to Detroit to meet with company leaders and appear before the auto labor board. union organizers Hart Dillon and Collins spoke for the strikers at the committee.
An organization meeting of the union bricklayers and masons of Athens County will be held Thursday night at 7 30 o clock at the Athens Armory. Ed Vernon of Athens is the union president.
A Nelsonville column notes a strawberry grower selling leading varieties of plants and four Duroc Shores for sale. It also lists 100 acres of pasture and a large orchard for rent and a Clark Jewell Gas Range for sale. The piece praises classified ads for local use.
Athens County real estate tax collections reached a record $402,000 after two extensions by the state tax commission. Treasurer G. D. Gorham cited a $10,000 year over year increase and attributed the rise to lower valuations and a surge in delinquency payments. Personal tax figures await later release and are expected to rise.
Don Pigott ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Riley Pigott lost his left arm in a corn sheltering accident at his father's farm in Long Bottom. The injury occurred when his clothing entangled in the gasoline powered machinery as his father entered a granary. He was rushed to Parkerburg hospital for surgical care and is reported to be recovering barring infection. The boy, a fifth grade pupil at Long Bottom School, was rendered to medical aid after the accident Saturday afternoon.
Norma Talmadge and George Jessel married in a four minute ceremony at the Hotel Ambassador in Atlantic City. They planned a brief Florida honeymoon before returning to New York. Talmadge had just obtained a Mexican divorce from Joseph M Sehenck. Both reported ages 38.
Former Cleveland city manager Daniel Morgan, a leading Republican governor candidate, visited Athens yesterday with state central committeeman Gomer Jones to gauge local sentiment. He tours petitions statewide but has not announced his candidacy. Clarence J. Brown will attend next Tuesday’s gridiron dinner in Athens amid party factionalism.
On April 24 aboard the Exilona Samuel Insull wrote farewell letters to European friends as the ship neared its final stop before a nonstop voyage to the United States.
Washington reports a Far Eastern crisis as Japan's hands off China policy broadens. The United States considers representations to clarify Japan's aims and remind of treaty obligations. Britain awaits reply to its Tokio representations. A Geneva declaration by the Japanese consul general includes the Philippines, Dutch East Indies and British India with China.
Independence State Bank marked down to 25000 the cost of a 200000 robbery recovery. L C Boys, bank president, said all bonds and securities stolen in the January 31 heist were recovered. An attorney for the bank met with robbers’ representatives in a Kansas City hotel to bring back the papers.
Ohio Relief Commission announces supplemental grants and gasoline tax diversions. Meigs County receives 6000 with 5000 for hospitals and 5000 for medical bills. Athens gets 2190 for February relief. Gallia 84 for March administration. Hocking 4801 for March relief bills. Perry 235 transferred from direct relief to administration for April and 1000 from the works division to direct relief for April.
Jackson, a 30 year old named Leslie Hartley, was brought to Holser Hospital in critical condition after an early Tuesday stabbing during a quarrel with companions. He suffered multiple stab wounds including near the lung and facial abrasion. Separately, Columbus reports Daniel McAlister, a suspended city detective, sentenced to prison for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Harry R. Adame.
Charles Newcomb former professor and noted speaker warned more than 100 Athens chamber members Kiwanis and Rotary clubs that communists are boring from within targeting labor disorders and property. He cited the Agricultural Adjustment Act and stock regulation bills as evidence of a Young Anthony Advocates movement and claimed one seventh of homeowners are in debt to the government. He called communism a proselyting anti Christian doctrine preaching Marxist redistribution and asserted brain trust members moved in on the Democratic party last March.
Athens annual Clean Up Week sponsored by the Women's City Federation starts Monday April 30. City trucks will collect rubbish placed in curbside receptacles. The Service Department lists zones to be visited: Monday east of Court Street north of Mill Street, Tuesday east of Court Street south of Mill, Wednesday west of Court Street north of West State Street, Thursday west of Court Street south of West State Street.
Statewide liquor sales for the first three operation days averaged 341.17 dollars per store with totals of 1023.50 across those days. Columbus reported receipts and noted stores under the 900 dollar minimum daily average. several towns showed low figures and clerks were dismissed as staff levels were tightened.
Allen R. Hammel, ex Brinks guard linked to a $39,000 theft, insists he is Burt Anderson of New York. He refused to recognize his wife and children in the state attorney’s office and, after a lie detector test in Chicago, maintained his claim while authors identified him by ten express company employees in Philadelphia earlier.
Washington April 24. Rumors circulate that Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago criminal lawyer, could be drafted to defend Samuel Insull when he returns from abroad. Darrow says he has not been approached to take Insull’s case.
William Beckley 23 of Pittsburgh was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near Gallipolis. He was en route to Athens to visit relatives when the crash occurred. His cousin Max Reeves of Addison suffered a slight skull fracture.
The Senate Taxation Committee voted 7 to 1 to postpone indefinitely further consideration of the two per cent general sales tax. The measure, long fought in the House, was presented by Sen. Will P. Haynes and aimed to raise about 28 million dollars for schools and local subdivisions, amid broader tax proposals and opposition over pyramid taxation.
Paris reports Leon Trotsky has been removed under secret police surveillance and seeks a visa to Turkey. The government hopes he leaves before May Day as unrest is feared from left wing elements in the capital.
Clevelanders face gasoline limits as chain stations strike, with independents selling out quickly. Dealers restrict purchases to one or two gallons to avoid long outages, while tank trucks struggle to meet demand. In Washington, defense rests in Bishop Cannon trial after two weeks of testimony on alleged conspiracy.
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