Athens County relief gardens begin seed distribution
The first seed distributions for Athens County relief gardens are underway under county supervisor Pearley Gaskill. A $1,500 FERA fund supports relief families with plots and aims to rent cheap land for those lacking space. Seed types include beans beets carrots lettuce onions parsnips potatoes radishes corn turnips cabbage tomatoes and mustard.
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Athens County
Pearley Gaskill
FERA
Gaskill
T. H. Smith
South Court Street
Athens
Roosevelt stance on New Deal and inflation amid homestead program debate
President Roosevelt defended New Deal policies in a speech praising the homestead program and denouncing critics who fear nationwide regimentation. He warned against revolution rhetoric, urged gradual reform, and pressed that economic cure must come from expert-led, nationwide planning, not from destabilizing protest.
College Board to Retain Faculty as Trustees Action
The college announces that the board will retain all current faculty as trustees. Two additional faculty members will be added, following a plan reportedly reported by DMR and referenced by the college president. The action aims to stabilize leadership and governance.
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Yas
DMR
Mes
Colege
Dillinger Keeps Two Women Ahead of His Pursuers
Hollywood columnist Will Rogers notes headlines claiming Dillinger hunters were ordered to shoot to kill. He jokes about Dillinger evading capture with two women ahead of pursuers while ridiculing Roosevelt and Congress, ending with a tongue in cheek signoff.
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Dillinger
Will
Hollywood
Calif
State store Saturday hours cut to 10 to 10 in Athens
Vic Pierce announces Saturday hours at the Athens state liquor store will run 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. beginning this week with weekday hours unchanged from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three workers will receive a midweek day off to comply with a 48 hour weekly limit. Col. John A Hughes notes broader sales strategy and possible store closings under new amendments.
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Athens
Vic Pierce
Pierce
Columbus
John A Hughes
State Senate
Conference on Retail Coal Dealers Ends in Athens
Hurley Martin of the Ohio Division Code Authority No 2 led a session with Athens retail coal dealers to gather registration details for all city and county coal deliveries. The code requires register with the authority and covers all retailers including mine to truck or rail deliveries. it became effective February 26 as one of the last codes signed by the President.
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Wild
Gary
Ind
Athens
Hurley Martin
Marietta
Ohio
Martin
Ohio Code Authority
North High Street
Columbus
Guilt Is Affirmed Man Sentenced in Robbery Case
Evana Barnett of Lawrence County was sentenced to one to fifteen years in the penitentiary after being found guilty of robbing the Fred Carter home at Patriot. The verdict was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and Barnett was taken to Columbus by Sheriff E B Hatfield.
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Gallipolis
Evana. Barnett
Lawrence County
Columbus
EB. FE Hatfield
Fred Carter
Patriot
Court of Appeals
Western Kentucky Mines Close Down
Western Kentucky coal mine operators halted production in protest of the National Recovery Administration code. More than 15,000 miners were idled as owners argued the wage hour and price provisions would erase competitive differentials with neighboring states.
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Providence
Western Kentucky
National Recovery Administration
Chilly District Sees Temperature Swing This Week
A strong wind kept spring weather at bay in the district with low temperatures. Overnight the mercury fell to 31 and the morning reading rose only to 42. Yesterday's high was 60.
Ohio Senate Tax Plan Aims for 58 Million Revenue
Ohio Senate Taxation Committee shapes a plan to raise 58 million for schools and localities. A gross receipts tax would bring 16.5 million, utility excise and financial institution taxes add 5.5 million, liquid fuel tax 10 million, intangible tax 8 million, totaling 44.5 million for schools. Debate continues as votes on utility and financial bills loom.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Senate
Senate
Gunsett Foundation
CCC To Take 42 Young Men In May Quota
Athens County relief department will select forty two youths ages 18 to 25 for six months training in CCC camps starting May 2. Ralph Shafer announced the county quota was set by Columbus. About 18 applications filed. six or seven alternates may be named.
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Athens County
Relief Department
CCC
Ralph Shafer
Columbus
Shafer
Ohio
Athens
Marietta
Fort Knox
Bank Robbery and Kidnaping Reported at Mogadore
Akron dispatch says two men robbed Mogadore Savings Bank in Mogadore at noon today abducting two officers and two customers. Police seek suspects and aid in the investigation. Details are scarce and authorities urge public cooperation.
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Akron
Mogadore
Here
Classified Page Notes From Athens Area Ad Listings
A night view of the Athens classified page highlights items for sale including a pocketbook loss, a man offering horses for cattle or sheep, an electric sweeper and baby carriage, plus a bedroom suite at a discount. The Nelsonville Column promises engaging reading for locals.
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Athens
City Board of Health
Nelsonville
Youth says he was held for 48 hours in abandoned house
Han cock County officers questioned Donald Schoonover about his claim of kidnapping and 48 hours without food. He said two men and a woman abducted him near Perrysburg, released him after cashing a ransom note demanding 895580, and that $450 was taken from him.
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Donald Schoonover
Findlay
John Schoonover
Perrysburg
Body of Drowned Man Found in Kanawha River
The body of a man identified as Jobe Halstead, 49, of Bethel, West Virginia, was recovered from the Kanawha River near Point Pleasant on Tuesday morning. He had likely been in the water several days. no marks or clear cause of death are noted. He is survived by a wife and eight children.
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Gallipolis
Kanawha River
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Jobe Halstead
Bethel
England and U S Put Japan on Defensive
Washington April 25 Great Britain and the United States moved to put Japan on the defensive over her unofficial hands off China policy. Diplomacy by adroit feints, the Western powers acted in tandem, compelling Tokyo to justify its Asia policy to the world and bearing the burden of moral obligation.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Japan
China
Asia
Spanish Cabinet Quits Prompting Political Crisis
Madrid reports Premier Alejandro Lerroux resigns as a political crisis unfolds. The government steps down amid a new amnesty bill releasing thousands of monarchist prisoners.
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Madrid
Alejandro Lerroux
Gallipolis Man Dies After Bridge Route Crash
Herman King, a colored resident of upper Gallipolis, died at his home from injuries suffered when his car went over the Death Span Bridge near Chillicothe last Saturday night. He passed away Tuesday.
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Gallipolis
Herman King
Upper
Chillicothe
Roosevelt backs unemployment insurance bill in new deal push
President Roosevelt expressed support for unemployment insurance legislation in the current Congress session through a personal letter to Rep. David J. Lewis. The Wagner-Lewis bill would levy a five percent payroll tax on industrial employers to fund a biannual reserve of 1.6 billion dollars and provide at least seven dollars per week for unemployment benefits for ten weeks each year starting July 1 1935.
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David J. Lewis
David
No New Developments In Fisher Body Strike
Cleveland April 28 No statement from the White House on the Fisher Body plant strike involving 4400 workers was available. Reports claimed the president might intervene but sources said the government would stay out while the automobile labor board in Detroit continues negotiations.
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Cleveland
U.R
Fisher Body
White House
Washington
Automobile Labor Board
Detroit
Sun Spots Back Again Four Years of Statice
A Chicago report notes a four year cycle of sun spots with a large leader and followers moving from the sun's south pole toward the equator. The phenomenon promises months of radio static and potential weather anomalies as solar activity peaks.
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Chicago
Earth
Ths
Old Age Pension Aids 3047 Athens Countians This Year
Ohio's old age pension program will aid about 3 047 Athens County residents between July 1 and December 31 this year. A tentative county appropriation of 41 364 is set from a 3 million dollar state fund. Applications are expected by May with state officials detailing eligibility and benefits. Local commissioners appoint investigators and clerks to run the program. Athens County receives 900 for salaries.
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Athens
Athens County
Ohio
M. L. Brown
Oble
Wage & the Messenger
ML. Brown
State Welfare Department
Commissioners
Educator Praises Public School Outlook at Graduation
Dr W G Searberry of Columbus spoke to Amen Bern High graduates and about 500 patrons Tuesday night substituting for ill Dr Bo Skinner. He urged Legislature to support public schools and urged graduates to be informed citizens and value music literature and worthwhile associations.
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W. G. Searberry
Columbus
State School For the Blind
Amen- Bern High School
Searberry
Bo Skinner
Skinner
Upraker
Bearberry
Farmer Loses Savings To Confidence Men
Cadiz April 2 A Freeport Township farmer sent 1640 to two confidence men claiming to handle funds for a oil strike in California. When he opened the chest the money was gone and only a bundle of newspapers and a dollar remained.
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Cadiz
Jncah Kovalick
Freeport
Mike Kovalick
California
Kovalick
Cash and cigarets stolen from A. P. store in Gallipolis
Eighteen dollars in cash and a quantity of cigarets were stolen from the A. and P. store on Beyond Avenue in Gallipolis. Manager Benson discovered the theft Wednesday morning after the back doors had been pried open.
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Gallipolis
Beyond Avenue
Benson
Reformatory Breaks Into Advertising Field
Columbus April 25 PR An explanation of how the Ohio Reformatory for men at Mansfield entered the advertising field will be sought from superintendent TC Jenkins before a special joint legislative committee. Ben Philip Wolfe Manafield, committee chairman, obtained a booklet resembling a high school annual printed in the reformatory printing plant.
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Columbus
Ohio Reformatory For
Mansfiel
TC. Jenkins
Joint Legislative Committee
Ohio Penitentiary
Ben Philip Wolfe Ri Manafield
Reformatory
Meigs Couple Admit Part in Counterfeiting
POMEROY April 2. Mr and Mrs BE V Adame of Portland Meigs County confessed they distributed counterfeit five dollar bills found in circulation locally. They said they burned about 500 in the past days. Adams and his wife denied active participation when first brought to jail. A federal agent and Ravenswood residents linked Adams to the scheme and led to further evidence. Michael Moore remains jailed for further investigation.
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Mra
V. Adame
Portland
Meigs County
A. O. Tracy
Ravenswood
Adams
Federal Secret Service
Adama
Meige
Michael Moore
Travy
Ohio Bonds Could Default If State Lacks Revenue Plan
Cincinnati April 26. Carlton Carguson member of Ohio Tax Commission told the Cincinnati Bar Association that a default on state bonds is possible if the Legislature cannot find revenue sources and a method to allocate receipts. He warned the General Assembly faces a critical period in state history if the problem is not solved.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Carlton
Carguson
Tax Commission of Ohio
Cincinnati Bar Association
Darguseh
Seston
General Assembly
Gallipolis Man Ends Life With Razor Near Church
Gallia County, April 3. Guy Matthews, 39, left the infirmary to work for Sherman Rose and was found dead near Bet e Church with his throat slashed. Coroner F W Shane and Sheriff Elmer Hatfield investigated noting he had left the infirmary just hours earlier. Authorities were told a wealthy brother lives in a Northern Ohio town.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Guy Matthews
Bete Church
Razor
F. W. Shane
Elmer Hatfield
Matthews
Sherman Rose
Porter County
Ohio
Capture of Escapee Ernest Gibberson in Cincinnati
Indiana detectives report the capture of Ernest Red Gibberson, a murder suspect who escaped Hamilton County Jail on February 9 while disguised as a CWA worker, arrested today in Cincinnati after leaving Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ernest
Red) Gibberson
Hamilton County
CWA
Cincinnati
Pursuit of Dillinger Gang Probes Across Midwest Wilderness
Chicago reports a nationwide manhunt for John Dillinger and his gang as thousands hunt through northern Wisconsin forests after a Wisconsin gas station robbery. Dozens of soldiers, Justice Department scouts, and local officers coordinate from Minnesota to Wisconsin with aircraft staged in Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee.
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Chicago
U.P
John Dillinger
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Federal Markemen
Department of Justice
Wisconsin
Ellsworth
All Cleveland Pumps Closed by Strike Action
Gasoline supply shut off in Cleveland as station attendants strike, forcing closure of nearly every pump in the county. Emergency supplies were stored for police and fire departments while Mayor H. L. Davis arranged physician and food deliveries as clashes among striker factions intensified the crisis.
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Cleveland
We —T
H. L. Davis
Oil City Refining Company
Rates Must Stand Says Akron Council
Akron council demands that Akron Transportation Company keep service at current rate levels for another year and urges Telephone subscribers to pay rates in the council ordinance, 10 percent below present charges, as part of a dispute with Ohio Bell. Ohio congressmen were urged to back the Rayburn Bill to place motor and truck transportation under ICC supervision.
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U.P
Akron Transportation Company
Akron Telephone
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Washington
Ohio
Ohio Railroad
Citizens League
Interstate Commerce Commission
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