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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1935
Page
1
Conflicting reports say the Guffey bill faces opposition and a possible delay as full committee action was postponed due to missing members. Samuel B Washington and Means Sub committee members weigh the measure amid talks of large federal appropriations and policy concerns.
An OCR fragment notes a surge in production and a large buying volume boosting the agricultural machinery market. The text references steady, unshakable growth and mentions magazines and steady averages as indicators of rising demand.
Dr. Thomas Richmond financed a 15 day trip for his wife's relatives and welcomed them back to Kansas City. He said he liked them but negated the idea that dealing with in-laws is hard.
Acapulco Mexico Francis Bolton Mallory Hollywood editor and ex husband of Nancy Carroll married Carlota Lobato in a swift romance begun two months ago. He seeks six more months in Mexico and plans a 20000 pesos home as a wedding gift. Mallory says the divorce from Carroll is finalized and insists the marriage is legitimate. Divorces filed in Guerrero alleged incompatibility.
Newark reports the Sixth Ohio District American Legion urges reduced public airing of funding disputes for the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home after Governor Davey vetoed 585000 from the biennial budget. Officials and trustees protest, while the Legion asks the governor and trustees to stop public quarrels for the sake of more than 700 war veteran orphans.
A mass meeting in Mount Vernon planned to complete incorporation of a fundraising group for a national memorial to Daniel Decatur Emmett the author of Dixie Emmett was born in Mount Vernon in 1815 and died in 1904. The group aims to select a memorial site as Emmett’s memory gains national recognition after being rediscovered by Al G Fields.
The Home Owners Loan Corporation distributed 149 loans totaling 474,731 dollars to small home owners during the week ending August. The average loan amount was 3,184 dollars.
The administration's tax bill, projected to raise 250 to 270 million dollars annually, cleared the House today and goes to the Senate. Senate action faces a heated debate with likely changes in inheritance and surtax levels and possible riders including the soldiers' bonus and Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing.
President Roosevelt approved 7 784 000 for a census of American business the largest white collar project yet funded. The canvass will start January 2 with preliminary work immediately covering all business activities except agriculture and manufacturing to gather data on operating units employment pay relief receipts and related business metrics.
Columbus report says the State Conservation Department may spend all its hunting trapping and fishing license fees for the rest of this year and 1936. Attorney General Bricker states the agency can also request transfers from the State Control Board to supplement appropriations or fund new projects under the law.
Amoy China dispatch reports the most violent typhoon in years slamming the South China coast killing or drowning hundreds along the shores and prompting mass evacuations and rescue efforts.
Mohave County District Attorney Elmo Bollinger announced charges of open adultery and open and notorious cohabitation against four men and four women in the Short Creek District. He noted relief-fueled families with large households and multiple births sharing the same father, tied to a Brethren of the United Order belief and communal life. He urged action after relief workers highlighted the group’s practices.
E. P. Cram er, a Plainfield New Jersey advertising man, testified before Senate investigators that he proposed a whispering campaign last March to undermine New Dealers and President Roosevelt by sowing belief they were incompetent or insane.
Ohio reports four deaths at railroad crossings on Sunday, with numerous injuries and drownings. Victims include three Dec to Cleveland Pittsburgh & Lake Erie crash victims, a Kenton Big Four crossing fatality, and several drownings in Findlay Canton and other locations. A Warren plane crash near a picnic left three injured.
Governor Davey defended the highway department appropriation at the Pythian Association outing in Cleveland. He said highway funds cannot be diverted for other uses under federal and state law, noting no federal money can be obtained if funds are redirected.
Mrs A Edwards woke to a prowler at the rear door in Cuyahoga Falls. She seized a baseball bat and struck him as he fled while her invalid husband and two children slept upstairs. The incident ends a months long reign of fear for residents.
A steady breeze in the Athens District eased the heat as noon thermometers hit 90 degrees per observer Mrs. C. N. France. Sunday highs reached 88 with a falling Hocking River at 12.5 feet Sunday night and receding today.
CHICAGO. Dickson Webb of Berwyn died today as the third victim of a collision of two planes above an airport. Frank Krieger of Grant Park remained in critical condition from injuries after the planes locked wings about 100 feet in the air Sunday.
Justice Carl V Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court led the dedication ceremony for the state's new highway bar racks on Sunday, marking the opening of the updated roadway infrastructure.
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio denounces the Democratic revenue measure as political and wasteful. He argues no tax should pass until spending is curbed, asserts the bill delays taxes until after 1936, and predicts a Republican revival and debt repayment by cutting taxes in the next decade.
Clarence Edwards, 34, was arrested for the killing of Dr. Paul Rodgers, 35, after a drunken, playful scuffle led to Rodgers being stomped to death. Officers found Rodgers' body along a roadside in Missouri River bottoms. Edwards had previously been released from a Missouri hospital for the insane.
Hiroe Sai to the Japanese ambassador said he would file representations with Secretary Hull or Undersecretary Phillips after discussing an alleged insult to the Japanese emperor. He planned to visit the State Department to review the Vanity Fair caricature depicting the emperor pulling a jinrikisha and labeled Japan's Emperor Gets the Nobel Peace Prize. He had just returned to Washington from New Canaan. The Ohio Tax Limitation League urged Governor Davey and the legislature to enact economies urged by the state government survey committee.
New York and Kentucky reported balloting with Kentucky delaying counts until after this week. Voters in Virginia Mississippi and Rhode Island prepare to cast ballots Tuesday. Kentucky’s Saturday primary saw a bitter race for state offices with minor violence. Rhode Island holds a special congressional election to test New Deal support. Virginia will choose state senators and representatives while Rhode Island’s election tests party platforms.
Indiana Pa residents refuse to accept a body sent from Toledo Ohio they identify as Clayton E Palmer after he had been missing for some time and last heard from at a transient camp in Warren Pa The man killed in Toledo last Wednesday was identified by papers in his pockets but his family insists it is not their son.
Banta Monica note from Will Rogers says Jim Farley appears cheerful as 1936 campaign plans move forward. Rogers mocks opponents timing and predicts Farley posing in a lighthearted scene like a surfboard ukulele photo, signaling upbeat mood ahead of summer campaign activity.
Rome reports Italy’s East Africa policy gaining momentum with calls for renewed Italo-Ethiopian conciliation efforts. Voluntary entreaties for action against Ethiopia surface as Fascist headquarters receive backing from the World War Troopers group. Troops, workers, and war materials move to East Africa while Geneva talks on resuming conciliation proceed and a fifth arbiter faces naming difficulties.
Arthur L Spriggs announces candidacy for governor on a linoleum floor platform saying a linoleum rug will be good enough for the Executive Office. Governor Davey fights Legislative demand for an $1000 rug for his office in a bitter dispute.
The Soviet Polar plane that turned back on an attempted non stop flight to San Francisco has landed at an airfield south of Leningrad. Reports say the crew may attempt a second takeoff within days after a defective oil line forced the delay over the Barents Sea.
In Pittsboro Mississippi Bodie Bates, a Black man accused of attempting to assault a 22 year old white woman, was fatally harmed by a mob that stormed the Calhoun County jail Sunday night. Local reports confirm the incident.
Athens County Commissioners stand by Richard McKinstry as old age pension administrator and reject state official Clarence Cooley. They argue state pension chief Henry Berrodin has no authority to appoint or replace local staff. McKinstry, appointed after top Civil Service exam, remains in place with Lucille Good and Rowena Sprout approved in interim roles. Continued on Mage 5.
Athens reports thirty people wounded in Candia Crete as martial law is imposed. Government sends two destroyers and soldiers to restore order after a labor strike uprising led by supporters of ex Premier Eleutherinos Ventezlos who previously led uprisings in Crete and Macedonia.
The Senate concurred in House amendments to a federal regulation bill for motor bus and truck transport in interstate commerce. The measure places common and contract carriers under commission control while generally exempting private truckers. Also reports of Gen Frank Hitchcock dies in Tucson at 3:30 PM.
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