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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
1
A Meigs County incident left Herschel Holter wounded with a leg injury after a gun battle near a still. Deputies pursued suspects who exchanged fire at the scene before Holter was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The fragment references WPA leaders and wage issues, suggesting a debate on public works wages. It mentions unions and potential labor action, but the text is fragmented and lacks clear context or outcomes.
In Phoenix Harry West fall justice of the peace presided as the groom, described as a strapping negro, paid a silver dollar and two pennies as the fee. The justice asked why pennies, and the groom replied they are Governor Moeur's luxury tax.
Columbus reports sweeping amendments to the state liquor act affecting enforcement, buyers, and sellers. John W. Thompson drafts new regulations with an effective date of September 5 and June 5 tax features. The act raises beer purchase age to 18, extends sale hours to 2 30 a m for night clubs and hotels, and gives enforcement broader powers with stiff penalties. Municipalities may set earlier closing times. election day rules shift to 5 am to 7 30 pm.
At least five Ohioans died by drowning on Sunday with three others believed lost. R J Brunner of Toledo and wife drowned at Catawba Island Lake Erie. Ellen Delisie 17 of Cleveland drowned in an abandoned quarry near Elyria. search failed for Stanley Kovaleck 45 and Victoria Somrak 42 after a rowboat capsize. Frank Somrak identified a white purse believed hers. John Eichberger 21 was missing after leaving a house party near Chagrin Harbor Beach.
Funeral services for Nelson B. Klein a Department of Justice special agent slain Friday night in a gun battle at College Corner will be held Tuesday with burial in Southgate Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Paris reports an international peace conference over Ethiopia collapsed amid mutual recriminations. French officials warned of a 1914-like crisis as Italy pressed for control, while Britain and France aligned against unilateral Italian expansion. Italian delegates blamed English goodwill, and Mussolini’s aims remained unclear. The Italo-Ethiopian conciliations commission planned to reconvene to resume talks.
A 26 year old Barberton woman Marilyn Miller was booked as the ring leader of a three person auto theft gang. Police also arrested Roy Park 26 and William Chariton 19 both of Barberton after a two state search. The trio stole a car at Wadsworth robbed a Lodi gas station and fled to West Virginia where another gasoline station owner was defrauded.
Ohio moves to enforce the new drivers responsibility law starting Wednesday. After Tuesday midnight, accident and reckless driving defendants must prove ability to pay damages or surrender their cars for a year. Convictions for manslaughter or DUI or failing to stop require potential license revocation unless financial assurances are posted. Judges statewide will enforce the act.
Attorney General Bricker ruled that special and select committees formed by the Ninety-First General Assembly had no authority after adjournment and could not draw $5 a day expense payments. Relief investigators spent heavily, with total committee costs nearing $24,000 since adjournment, though Governor Davey vetoed part of the appropriation. Joe Crossen ferried the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post from Alaska to Seattle in a grueling flight.
Former Senator Simeon D. Fess told a Sandusky-Ottawa County audience that direct relief erodes state sovereignty and risks national bankruptcy. He condemned the Share-the-Wealth concept as idiotic, warned it would tax and ruin industry, and praised Glass Byrd Gore and Copeland for opposing socialistic trends in Washington.
Logan staff special. William Stone Luhrig was arrested on Route 56 Friday after a collision involving his car and that of Allen Powers near Logan. Stone pled guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence, was fined 100 dollars plus costs, and had driving privileges suspended for six months. No injuries were reported.
Youngstown deputy treasurer Alfred J Parnes was robbed of 5500 in cash and 15000 in checks by a gunman on one of the citys busiest corners while transporting tax receipts to a bank.
Dayton notes say the Buckeye sons of world war veterans form a new organization for descendants of American battles. The group will hold its first meeting during the Ohio Department American Legion convention in Dayton on August 2 to 27.
The plane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post landed at Boeing Field Seattle at 9 15 a m after leaving Vancouver B C Officials at Akron Airport said 166000 attended an Aviation Day memorial service for the entertainers A crowd waited at the hangar guarded by state patrols city police and marine reservists Col Clarence Young of Pan American Airways and Amon Carter of Fort Worth were among those awaiting the arrival.
The Sherri Government Survey Committee reported in Columbus that Ohio's annual agricultural exposition could become self sustaining and yield about 40000 yearly to the state. It urged business like methods to save costs and boost income, while noting grandstand repairs are urgently needed to avert a potential disaster.
Norman Bader, seven, was found in the Scioto River five miles from where he drowned on August 9. Shadeville residents located the body as Columbus authorities faced a delayed search. President Roosevelt ordered Fort Hayes soldiers to assist the search.
Washington action centers on key bills including the 250 million tax measure and utilities bill. Democratic leaders and President Roosevelt plan a late session push to pass most items by week’s end, with compromise efforts on the holding company abolition provision and other major measures.
Columbus report quotes Alexander Thomson, head of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, accusing the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of importing 2,000,000 bushels of grain to force Americans to the dole. He claims every ten tons of imports costs an American family its job and questions how many husbands are out of work due to imports that U S workers could produce at American wages.
In Cincinnati Martin Hamel told Fire Marshal Edward Schraffenberger that after quarreling with his wife he sought protection and pulled a fire alarm. Firemen found him at the box and handed him to police on a charge of turning in a false alarm.
Robert Russell, 48, father of six, died after being struck by a Norfolk and Western passenger train in Ironton on Sunday. Local authorities investigated.
Samuel Swerdon in Fair Lawn New Jersey barricaded a road he believed he purchased by paying a highway improvement tax. He charged motorists 10 cents to pass and spent 15 days in jail mulling societal norms.
Washington reports a debate on Ohio direct relief after September 1 as Hop kins backs ending the program. C C Stillman and state welfare advisers discuss replacing with a $35 million WPA plan while Ohio receives a new $221,875 WPA allotment for nine counties.
About 150 men and youths gathered at the Athena County Relief Office with demands for relief money and clothing while 50 registered for CCC under a new order removing quotas. Director H. M. Spang blamed a $25,000 August relief cut for the shortages and said no clothing funds were available. Police were summoned as 20 relief clients entered seeking more funds.
Reverend FE. Stach Matheny, chaplain of the Ohio Legislature, addressed about 5,000 at a Pinch reunion urging trust in divine guidance. He lamented more laws but less justice and warned that politics cannot solve the nationwide unemployment and division problem.
In a Lake Erie incident near Port Clinton Ohio a 15 year old Richard Knapp spotted an overturned sail boat from a distance aboard the yacht Jeanette. He alerted rescuers and two Ohio residents Mrs. Robert Crawford and Charles Heri were rescued after a 10 hour struggle in treacherous water.
The House passed the Guffey Bill establishing a "Little NRA" for the bituminous coal industry with a vote of 148 to 19, later tally showing a margin of 27 votes in favor. The measure now goes to the Senate where action remains uncertain.
Miners in the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys react as the Guffey Bill clears the House proposes a new national coal commission to regulate wage hours and price fixing for soft coal. The measure faces constitutional objections and Senate hesitation with President Roosevelt urging passage amid adjournment considerations. Police chief Forst reports scarlet windshield stickers cut traffic violations by 25 percent.
Four London telephone critics join four provincial contestants in a Golden Voice contest to announce exact time and read Shakespeare passages. A phonograph record winner will be played for the caller, while local readers note a Messenger classified ad for a Morris Ave seven room brick house with fireplace furnace double garage lawn and porch for $40.
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