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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1934
Page
1
The report outlines varied proposals from candidates and party figures as they court support for the presidential race. It notes calls for state department reforms, minimal school funding standards, and broader control of funds and private care contracts amid a busy campaign trail.
Amelia Webb Ward declared innocent of poison amid a tense first degree murder trial. George Webb faces cross examination as Wardrop 43 testifies, alleging motives and timing while rebuttals recount loans and alleged insurance links.
Labor to safeguard and exercise to the fullest extent its right to organize and to bargain collectively, granted by the NRA, as federation members are told in Atlantic City New Jersey on August 8.
In Charleston the 29 year old Holt won the Democratic nomination to face Republican Henry D. Hatfield in November. Holt, a state legislator, led five rivals with Clem L. Shaver as his closest competitor. Hatfield secured the GOP nomination over Benjamin L. Rosenbloom 6 to 1. Holt argues age does not bar Senate service. He cites Henry Clay as precedent.
National Guardsmen were ordered to fire only warning shots and to shout Halt three times before any gunfire. The political battle between Huey P. Long and Mayor Walmsley raised fears of bloodshed as the standoff continued. Kiwanis members urged citizens to press leaders for a speedy end to the crisis.
Grape growers and wine makers in north western Ohio plan a meeting at Kelleys Island on Saturday the first since prohibition to discuss industry problems. Damage from last week’s storms was not as severe as first reported and growers say plenty of grapes are in sight for the season's harvest.
Mansfield, Aug 8. Carl Mevuillen aged 25 pleaded guilty to a statutory charge arising from an attack on an 18 year old bride of six months and was sentenced to one to zero years in the Mansfield Reformatory. James Burr 28 Canton, arrested in the same offense, drew one to three years in the Ohio Penitentiary for carrying concealed weapon.
Mansfield City Council refused unanimously a gas rate proposal from the Ohio Fuel Company as about 3,500 people filled the municipal courtroom corridors and spilled into the streets.
The Minneapolis Protective Committee appeals to President Roosevelt to intervene in the truck drivers strike alleging military control infringes constitutional rights. A telegram from citizens urges immediate steps and neutral conciliators. Rev. Francis J. Haas and mediator F. H. Dunnigan have been involved in efforts to resolve the dispute.
Aug 9 Vienna police officers go on trial for high treason in a court martial over the July 24 raid on the Chancellery that killed Chancellor Dollfuss. Seven may face the gallows. cabinet ponders Von Papen's Austrian ambassador appointment amid strained Nazi relations.
A school of instruction for women who have never voted will be held Thursday and Friday afternoons from 2 to 4 in the Athens County Courthouse ladies’ rest room. The Athena League of Women Voters will conduct the sessions.
A Columbus group of depositors campaigns to block the transfer of ex Columbian Building and Loan officials E. M. Baugher and Langdon T. Williams from the Ohio Penitentiary to the London Prison Farm. They plan protests to Governor White and appearances before the Parole Board to oppose parole or pardon, arguing the officials were sentenced to one to ten years for misapplying and abstracting 110000. S. D. Webb chaired the protest effort and warned the move to the farm could speed paroles, prompting the depositors to push back.
Ned J. Boggs from the State Relief Commission says the state will continue food and shelter for evicted families in Scioto Valley marshes. More than 40 people camped in drizzle before state intervention last night to halt outdoor living. Allen Edwards of Scioto Land Company claims the eviction was to gain public sympathy, while Boggs secures an agreement no further evictions until relocation is found.
Census figures indicate Ohio wholesale trade rose late in 1933, with employment gains across service establishments and amusements, though overall 1933 levels trailed 1929. The report notes two classes of Ohio business contributing to the improvement despite prior year shortfalls.
Former grand opera star and radio favorite the "Golden Tenor" Arthur Lynn headlines the Coolville Camp Meeting services. He will sing at the three services this weekend with large crowds attending since Monday evening in Coolville.
President Roosevelt tours the drought stricken Mississippi Valley to inspect dam and irrigation projects aimed at reshaping the Northwest. He stops at Rochester to honor Mayo brothers, then moves to Winona as federal mediators handle Minnesota labor tensions. Secret Service reports no theft of dynamite at Rochester asylum. Rochester police deny.
One hundred and eight Polish miners held 11 French workers captive for 36 hours in a Lens coal pit. Hunger compelled surrender with a pledge no prosecution, but police opened an inquiry likely to require some Poles to cross the border. Lens residents jeered as captives emerged.
Speculative buying swept grain prices higher in Chicago today for a third consecutive session, pushing prices to new year high records. The activity centered in the grain pits near August and Broad as traders continued to bid up futures.
Elijah Stuart age 27 was sentenced to death in the electric chair after a jury found him guilty of murdering his four year old daughter Dertha by holding her head under water in a creek. He confessed the killing stating the motive was roughly $1000 insurance on Dertha to aid her twin sister Derth.
Constantine, Algeria awaits burials of Arabs and Jews killed in sectarian riots. Rumors claim troops were sent to a distant city to guard or attack Jewish homes in a separate, undisclosed location.
Two airmen James Ayling and Leonard Reid attempted a non-stop flight from Wasaga Beach to Bagdad Iraq to set a long distance record. The Trail of the Caribou carried 600 gallons of fuel and four days of provisions. Reid, 36, Canadian. Ayling, RAF veteran, 2 years.
Will Rogers aboard the Empress of Canada writes of a dull voyage day with chatter about Brazil's ambassador to Japan Denmark Ruth Bryan and the Philippines. He notes English criticism of Philippine independence and mentions no Hitler or Huey Long speech. He ends with plans to play fan tan with Chinese travelers.
Pickets ring the Pekin Illinois Amerian Distillery Company plant repulsing a work march by non union men. Illinois sees sporadic bombings and shootings amid coal field union friction with no active strikes.
Elizabethtown New York reports that Mrs Anna Antonio, convicted of murdering her husband, had a new trial motion denied by Supreme Court Justice O Byron Brewster. Antonio and two alleged accomplices await execution in Sing Sing Prison tomorrow night.
Omar RB. Ketchum, a former linotype operator turned politician and mayor of Topeka, led Kansas Democrats in the gubernatorial race by winning the primary against six candidates. Governor Alf M. Landon maintained a strong lead over his lone challenger Dr. J R Brinkley, a controversial figure described as goat gland surgeon.
Ohio University sports fans can hear a preview of the football season Thursday at 5 30 p m with Coach B Grove interviewed by James Chick Young and Joe Colvin on Station WSAI Cincinnati The 15 minute program will name the likely stars for the season and Grover will share prospects and insights Young a former 1929 championship fullback now a Jackson High School coach Colvin a 1950s end and center student at the University of Cincinnati completes the panel.
Adolf Hitler returns to Berlin after eulogizing President Hindenburg and faces Germanys grave economic crisis. A drop in foreign trade and foreign exchange strain prompt rationing of raw materials and possible factory curtailment. Foreign policy risks loom as Austria tensions grow.
Ray Freeman, 25, is sentenced to death for the June 24 killing of Stephen Huntley, 74, Hilton Township farmer. Freeman, who testified he aided by Herbert Thacker, 21, faces execution after Thacker was previously convicted and condemned to die on November 22.
East Ohio Gas Company asks rehearing of its appeal from a Cleveland gas rate ordinance. It contends the utilities commission decision was unreasonable and unlawful and protests orders to accept the ordinance rate and refund the difference to the higher rate collected during the appeal.
Scorching mid western heat spreads from the Rockies to the Gulf with many readings above 100 degrees. Hot winds aggravate losses in Missouri and Kansas while Iowa reports four heat deaths and widespread livestock injuries amid ongoing drought and fires in Idaho.
A blast at a 22 story building at 45 Christopher Street in New York rocked a top floor or penthouse, shattering bricks and windows and injuring a resident. Police say leaking gas likely caused the explosion as thousands gathered outside the 125 unit building.
Hollywood headlines report actress Ruth Nagel obtaining a divorce decree from Conrad Nagle after his prolonged film work in the east. The decree cites absence from home as the reason for the split.
Bristol reports R. J. Aug Endea vour, the British challenger for the America’s Cup, has arrived at the Herreshoff Shipyard at a.m. today in preparation for the race.
Five boys tending sheep were killed when a World War shell exploded while they tried to take it apart. Two others were seriously injured. In Saint Omer France farmer Joseph Mathon, 60, killed himself by striking a detonator with a hammer on a World War artillery shell.
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