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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1934
Page
1
Police chase unfolds across Nogales and Santa Ana as a missing girl is abducted by a group linked to her wealthy grandfather. The hunt spans crews from local officials to federal agents, with ransom negotiations and fears of a fatal outcome.
In a House of Commons session ministers reaffirm the Open Door principle and nine power treaty aims. The discussion centers on safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity in China while preserving equal commercial rights amid rival powers.
Lay men and boys enjoyed a warm spring Sunday by the Muskingum River. The report notes light winds, clear skies, and many anglers taking advantage of good conditions. Several catches are mentioned with weights around two to three pounds.
Four members of the John Dillinger gang disarmed three Belwood police in a Belwood suburb early today after slugging Policeman Harry Wayland. The assailants John Hamilton Homer Van Meter George Baby Face Nelson and Joseph Fox fled after firing warning shots and manhandling the officers who surrendered their weapons.
Balistic tests were to be conducted today on a .32 caliber revolver found near the scene of a whiskey distillery raid in Cleveland. The weapon may be connected to the murder of William Freeman, 40, former Ohio Prohibition Department agent, whose death was discovered in his car in the Cuyahoga River district after four bullets pierced his head. A second automatic pistol was also found nearby on a lawn. The weapons’ location is near the docks close to where a large liquor plant was discovered earlier in April by Deputy Inspector William A. McMaster, with whom Freeman had worked.
The Rev. Lloyd W. Clarke of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church urged militant Christianity to defeat Communism and fascism in saving the world from wars crime and economic distress. He warned Communist doctrine is preached by zealots and urged the church to awaken and prove its superior salvation.
Paul Fridley a 1927 Ohio University graduate died in Sidney from injuries after an automobile accident. He directed Chase's Collegians the Ohio University dance orchestra and was a Phi Kappa Tau member. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Sidney. He had visited Athens five weeks earlier.
A reader notes a pair of ladies grey silk gloves lost and items for sale include a well broke horse and pony, a portable, an antique chest of drawers and a small table. A local resident seeks typing work and a bookkeeper position and praises classified advertising through the Nelsonville Column.
In Columbus on April 30 the Senate Taxation Committee weighs a revenue proposal combining a sales tax with an income tax or higher intangible taxes. The plan aims to win votes from members opposing a sales tax alone as the state faces possible failure to enact a tax measure and an early adjournment of the special session. The committee meets tonight under Chairman D J Gunsett and both houses plan to reconvene Tuesday.
John J. McLaughlin a Chicago gambling figure and former state legislator admitted handling 53000 dollars of the ransom paid for the release of Edward G Bremer a wealthy St Paul banker. The confession comes as the government escalates its case against Dillinger and his associates.
Gasoline station attendants strike in Cleveland may end as union and oil firms, with Federal mediators, plan a conference today after all-day talks seeking a final settlement. The day brought ample gasoline for motorists amid hopeful reports.
Thomas Batt of Cleveland, key witness in a Geauga County liquor transaction under investigation, will testify in Columbus before the special Senate liquor investigating committee. Batt negotiated for private interests to buy 105 cases of confiscated liquor from Geauga County authorities after the state liquor control department initially declined and then completed the purchase.
Eight people including two children were trapped when a New York to Chicago bus plunged into a ditch and overturned near Boardman suburb on Sunday afternoon. All occupants escaped unhurt through an emergency exit.
Dr William A Wirt the Gary educator told 400 American Legion veterans in Chicago he was hammered into silence and intimidated in Washington as he named Henry T Rainey and Smith W Brookhart for spreading socialist ideas He cited Brookhart supporting price fixes and a Soviet style collectivi zation plan The talk included a claim that Rainey discussed government control of certain industries after Congress adjourned in 1934
Legal details finalized today transferring 11767 to relief funds from Athens County and city gasoline tax accounts. Athens and Nelsonville contribute 2500 each and the county 4747, with state and federal funds reaching about 40000 for relief bills from January to March. Public hearings drew no objections and plans for May funding were not yet announced.
In Crisfield Maryland a Black assailant was hunted through the night and arrested at dawn. A mob formed with about 1000 men and boys to seek the perpetrator after a reported assault. Mayor Bradshaw said the crowd dispersed and the situation was quieting.
Mr Byron Price head of the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press explains how international news is assembled in the United States The event is open to the public in the Ohio University auditorium Athens Tuesday evening Sigma Delta Chi hosts and Price speaks at the Gridiron Banquet at Hotel Berry at 6 30.
Ohio news reports 17 total deaths from weekend accidents and drownings. In Cleveland a traffic crash killed five people, while Dayton saw a collision claim three. Anna May Jackson, 9, and brother Robert, 11, drowned near East Liverpool, and Columbus saw Henry W. Bach, 54, die after a stairs fall and Charles Davis, 67, in a separate crash.
Dr and Mrs T R Biddle learned Sunday of the death of Miss Louise Fluhart 18 elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Lamar Fluhart Dayton in an automobile accident The Fluharts are related to Dow Poston a former Athenian who resides in Columbus Fitzsimmons Finhart is a cousin of Mrs Oscar Carlin Florence Poston and served as bridesmaid at the Poston Carlin wedding in Columbus.
J Howard Johnson age 76 of President Street died Sunday night after a two year illness. Funeral services will be held at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home East Washington Street at 2 40 Tuesday afternoon with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. He was a retired restaurant operator and member of the Elks Lodge. His only known relative is a brother in New York City en route to Athens.
Ohio Relief Commission sets May direct relief at 2,563,340 with 471,826 more than April to aid 158,444 families. Additional 1,600,000 for FERA work projects forthcoming to cover 55,000 more families. Federal participation leads at 4,500,000. state and local funds total 600,000. Local county allocations listed including Athens 16,418 and Hocking 11,900.
Riots, police raids, and threatened strikes mark the eve of May Day. Authorities brace for demonstrations by extremists as police and soldiers patrol major cities. France, Spain, Austria, and Cuba report tensions and recent clashes, while Russia and Germany prepare official celebrations.
Approximately 100 delegates are expected at the third annual meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Association of Congregational Christian Churches in Central Avenue Methodist Church on Tuesday May 1 starting at 9 30 in the morning. Ministers and leaders will present reports and addresses with participants including Rev Laish Weatherby Rev Amanda Wilson Cambridge Rev Herman Jawia Mrs J C Brown Huntington W Va Rev F L Hall Cleveland Prof George S Chapin Rev A M Duvall and Rev F M Whitlock Marietta. The moderator is Rev C A Spriggs and Rev Whitlock serves as secretary.
More than 20 high school students from Athens Oak Hill Coaston Trenton Harrisonville Logan Pomerny and Jackson joined a mass band concert in Jackson as part of the first Southeastern Ohio Band Festival directed by Ernest N. Glover. Roger Welsh led clarinet tryouts for Wedding of the Winds and Athens High School joined with director Kenneth Kay. The day included rehearsals a parade and a Jackson High School Mothers Association dinner.
The Ohio University Vested Choir directed by Dr CC Robinson will perform a concert at Trinity Methodist Church in Portsmouth on Tuesday night. The choir has previously appeared in Gallipolis and Marietta, with final performances planned in Parkersburg in May.
Gilroy California vignette recounts Will Rogers chatting at a Rotary Club luncheon in Fresno on a trip from Fresno to San Francisco. He explains he talked himself out of visiting the Sultan of Jahore at Willie Tevis Ranch, missing the Palace and estate due to long talk, a humorous travel anecdote from Rogers.
The government moved for a preliminary injunction in U S District Court to enforce NRA collective bargaining at Weirton Steel. Judge P Nields presided as former Judge Frank Nebeker argued the case. The action centers on whether employee representation elections violate Section 7A of the recovery act.
The Women’s City Federation sponsors a revised Clean-Up Week schedule starting Tuesday with city trucks collecting trash in specified zones. Residents are urged to place waste in curb receptacles for pickup on the new days and times as Athens aims to be spick and span.
A gas well two miles northeast of Jerseyville drilled by A D Townsend yields 330000 cubic feet daily. It taps the Berea Sand at 1688 feet. nitroglycerine shot used Friday. piped into Ohio Pas Gas Company line Saturday. Property owned by Mr and Mrs Townsend.
Warden Thomas blamed a crooked guard for a Sunday escape at the Ohio Penitentiary after three long-term inmates armed with a 45 automatic revolver overpowered guards, rounded up prisoners, and fled in two cars with a ladder and salvage gear. The convicts, Arthur Koonts Rufus Deeds and Martin Schmidt, escaped via the northwest wall with hostages and a power plant ascent, while guards searched the estate and investigated the alleged inside involvement.
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