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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1934
Page
1
Ohio Senate votes show division over a general one percent sales tax and a 2 percent levy proposal to aid schools and subdivisions. The measure failed 13 to 15 after back-and-forth moves, with reconsideration sent to committee and House defeat of previous tax plans.
Ohio University athlete and Krenton High coach Shafer led a rescue following an explosion that damaged a street scene in Trenton. He directed bystanders and helped evacuate a home, keeping several people safe as the blast affected nearby structures and sent victims to hospitals.
A longtime resident, formerly of Jacksonville, moved to New Athens, Ohio with his son many years ago. He died recently and burial will take place in the Btree Cemetery.
Will Rogers notes Japanese papers celebrate the U S fleet's delay through the Panama Canal. He cites 26 new ships authorized and warns Republicans attack the administration while predicting possible Democratic electoral losses if Dillinger is not captured.
Rome High School tops the 14th Athens County Track and Field Meet at Ohio University stadium amid cold wind. Rome girls score 13 of 20 points with wins by Pearcy in the 75 yard dash and Cunningham in the baseball throw, while Rome leads overall as Stewart and J.T. teams collect morning event wins.
Former President of Cuba Gerardo Machado fled arrest on murder and assassination charges and evaded police across New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts and Connecticut broadcasting warnings to watch for him. All borders to Canada were guarded.
In Ohio near Loveland two men were killed and a third seriously hurt when a car slid on rain slick pavement, jumped a ditch, and struck a tree broadside late yesterday.
Sunday is a good time to start your Classified ad for the Sunday Messenger. Phone before 3:00 p.m. Saturday to reach 13 thousand responsive families. Call 0242 and give the ad taker the tails to pr y, sell or rent.
Tucson officials withdraw 1500 possemen who had blockaded the town since six year old June Robles was abducted for a $10,000 ransom. After a conference among county city and federal authorities the decision was made to disperse to allow kidnappers contact with the family. Governor Moeur prepared militia if needed as tension eased and arrests were not yet made.
Washington April 37 U P reports more than 160 housing and slum clearance projects totaling over 350 million dollars are set for rejection by the Public Works Administration as speculative and unjustified. About 20 projects have been sent by limited dividend housing firms, but few have reached the Emergency Housing Corporation for study. Officials say the bulk are speculative and intended to unload land on the government.
Dover reports that Public Works Administration funds for the Muskingum Watershed District will arrive by April 30. Half of the workers on the conservancy project may be furloughed unless funds arrive on time. Major D. Arthur of Zanesville said Colonel E. R. Waite assured deputy administrator funds would be available to prevent curtailment of work.
One man was killed and two women seriously injured when an automobile driven by J. Cox of Newark crashed head-on into a westbound Greyhound bus three miles east of Newark. Cox suffered a fractured jaw and left arm. his wife had head injuries. Cox died at City Hospital.
London April 7 Great Britain warned Germany in strong terms against applying a transfer moratorium to the Dawes and Young reparations loans. Berlin officials prepared to discuss the situation as Britain and the United States reportedly communicated with Germany in recent days.
Boston April 27 The Justice Department said its Rutland Vermont operations were not related to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Agents pursued a reported plot to kidnap a wealthy local man or relative with a dummy ransom. no one appeared to collect it near Pine Hill golf course.
Cincinnati April 27 A detailed audit into Civil Works Administration expenses in Hamilton County has been launched by H A McSorney chief auditor Works Division Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The inquiry follows disclosures that truck owners and drivers for the CWA were overpaid ten thousand dollars due to clerical inefficiency.
NEW LEXINGTON April 27 Raymond Zartman 46 a farmer and father of nine shot and killed his wife 43 with a shotgun and then fatally wounded himself early today Mrs Zartman died instantly and he died en route to a Zanesville hospital Domestic trouble was blamed by Sheriff James Adrian who investigated Zartman had been unemployed
International confidence man Stewart Donnelly, en route to New York to face Lindbergh kidnapping questioning, says he will demand immediate questioning on arrival and vows to prove his innocence within 24 hours. He adds he would rather end his life than accept any ransom money.
Athens County estimates 13 255 dollars needed to expand a subsistence garden plan so 750 relief families can become self supporting this summer and next winter. Plan includes seeds, one bushel seed potatoes, two dozen tomato and cabbage plants, one pig, 100 chicks and feed with land and plowing arranged. Additional funds proposed for 250 marginal rural families and 230 workers facing income loss from mine slow down.
Palo Alto reports a Stanford University student Peter Jewett, 18, found dead in a car after a night of campus festivities. Autopsy cites fractured skull from an alleged nightclub incident involving several students, a bartender, two coeds, and an unnamed attractive blonde. Police are tracing fights and the events that led to the death.
Postmaster General James A Farley removed the last post office economy restriction today and ordered vacations restored immediately through July 1. The move should ease staffing by substitutes who had suffered under earlier economy curbs, with other curtailments also cancelled.
Gallipolis April 27 A staff special report notes liquor store clerks in state liquor houses receive salaries from 1200 to 1500 a year with high school or equivalent training and three years experience, while grade teachers in state aid districts are paid no more than 1000 with two years college and 11 years teaching, many earning only 800. The claim was made by Joseph W Fichter assistant state director of education to 125 Gallia County education board members amid talks on state aid timing and potential borrowing.
Hundreds of California peace officers tracked trails used by 1849 gold seekers as Wanda T. Stewart and Walter H. Wyeth, two escaped convicts, reportedly held two San Rafael police captors as hostages. Officers Le Cornee and Dewey were seized after detaining the fugitives in an abandoned warehouse. A dash toward the north followed, with no further word from the captors.
In Athens, widow Emma M. Wilson renewed a case over 25900 fin bonds in the John L. Wilson estate. Anthony L. Wilson, brother of John, is charged with theft and held on 85000 bond for grand jury action. The bonds underlay a 1928 civil suit awarding 27700.58, upheld on appeal, with alleged failure to obtain the securities and a Supreme Court appeal never heard.
Dean Edwin Watt Chubb, Coach Don C. Peden, and Clark FE Williams will address the Columbia Chapter of the Ohio University Alumni Association at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Columbus YWCA on South Fourth Street. J. G. Collicott and Arthur Johnson will attend as trustees. Collicott will be toastmaster. Fred Johnston leads the Columbus alumni. The arrangements committee includes Robert F. Rucker, Earl C. Shively, and Mrs. J. Kerwood Martin.
ISTANBUL April 27 Agha barred his doors as he returned from hospital and resisted physicians attempts to examine him to confirm if he is indeed 160 years old. He left the hospital after a mild pneumonia attack, accompanied by his 21st son, as officials question his extraordinary longevity.
The Ohio Public Health Association announced that The Messenger editorial "Pennies and Health" dated December 10 won first prize of 50 dollars for best daily editorial in Ohio. T. E. Byrne authored the piece. E. T. Broderick and Paul O. Butterfield won other awards in weekly categories.
In Cleveland on April 27 41 two young robbers looted a drug store gaining about $100 before their getaway car was sabotaged by a passerby who spotted them inside the store. He ripped ignition wires from the spark plugs causing the car to fail and the robbers to flee on foot.
Washington April 27 The banking committee urged the Senate to pass into law the stock market regulation bill after weeks in committee. It argues that regulation must balance administration discretion with practical flexibility to avoid unworkable rigidity and exploitable loopholes amid rising business activity.
Admiral W H Standley head of naval operations will arrive aboard the battleship Virginia to oversee passage of the United States Pattie Fleet through the canal. He will travel with the fleet to Colon by train and stay until just before the fleet departs May 4. Rumors say New York arrival may shift to May 27.
William Duncan Kilpatrick a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston lectureship will give a Christian Science talk at Athens High School Auditorium Sunday at 3 pm. The public is invited to attend.
Dr J M Higgins county health commissioner reported three preachers conferences held at Foxt Mill field Weest Millfield and Stewart. Word came today of the death Thursday of George J Henderson Cleveland superintendent of the American Sunday School Union North Central district. He was known by many Athens district residents.
Columbus April 27 Ohio parole board granted paroles to 43 inmates at Mansfield Onin State Reformatory. Included is Galtia Virgil Bun yan for motor vehicle theft with parole on or after June 15, to proceed to West Virginia as arranged by the parole division.
Columbus April 27 Governor George White announced fifty four nationally approved codes of fair competition on file with the Ohio Recovery Administration under the slate for enp y a6b.
Dillinger associate Baby Face Nelson, identified as the machine gunner who killed a government agent near here, evaded pursuit by forcing Ole Catfish, a Chippewa Indian, to shelter him in his Wisconsin home for three days. The gang’s raft of events since the Spider Lake ambush at Little Bohemia Lodge are noted. Federal agents pursue other Dillinger gang members.
Washington April 17 The House Judiciary Committee reported favorably the Patman Bill authorizing a 75000 federal reward for the capture dead or alive of a person designated by the attorney general as a Public F r a m y. The note details Dillinger gang activity, hideouts near Aquaw Lake, and federal probes in St Paul into doctors nurses and a redheaded trio aiding Dillinger.
Cleveland April 27. Striking tank truck drivers accepted a 10 day truce plan proposed by Mayor Harry J. Davie. Drivers will return to work immediately allowing reopening of DC filling stations. Officials of the Drivers Union and Gasoline Station Operators Union will meet company representatives with Dr. W M Leiser son presiding as chairman of the Federal Petroleum Labor Policy Board.
Washington April 27. Public Works Administrator Harold Ickes said that a large portion of a 2.5 million dollar PWA grant to the New York Central Railroad will support Ohio workers. About 2.1 million will buy new rails and fastenings while 400 thousand funds will be paid to workers installing the equipment.
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