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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
1
An unclear report outlines a cabinet meeting in Britain weighing neutrality and potential involvement if Italy advances against Ethiopia. Haile Selassie is cited as urging patience while Mussolini pressures for decisive action, with warnings of total war and strategic shifts by Britain and allies.
Fragmentary text indicates political edicts and shifting support toward the Republican Party in Chicago. Vague references to percentages and vela people are unreadable.
EAST LIVERPOOL Guy Emmerling a grocer captured four men who attempted to rob his store early today He said he nabbed two in the shop shot their lookout and forced the fourth to abandon the wheel of their waiting automobile They had a pump shotgun a rifle and a revolver but made no attempt to use them.
Mildred Barber 21, once of Carbondale, was shot in the left leg while sitting in a parked car in Franklin Park Columbus. She works for the State Liquor Control Department and attended Carbondale High School. The assailant fired from close range and vanished.
Washington report says $13 million more federal funds sought for Muskingum Valley flood control. Proposals include three new dams at Canton Ashland and New Concord and channel work at Zanesville Massillon and Newark with estimated cost 11 million. Resettlement plans noted for moving families from the flood area. About 1 million would fund resettlement and 1.5 million would finance soil erosion projects.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis Jones of Uniontown Pa mother of L F Jones of Athens will be held Friday at 2 30 PM at the Jones residence on North Congress Street Burial will be in West AWhion Street Cemetery Mrs Jones a former resident of Glouster died early Wednesday COLUMBUS An Ohio Farm Bureau official sought funds in Washington today for cooperative electrification of 1 040 Shelby County farms
Cool and wet conditions slow melon ripening in Xenia area about 30 days beyond normal. Local growers report extended wait as harvest pushed back by cool temperatures and persistent rain.
Ohio Attorney General Bricker announces that a county health department can be established by a majority vote of residents, clarifying procedural authority for local public health governance.
Orazio Conte Vince-Gigliucci, Italian minister to Ethiopia, is expected to travel soon as the Italo Ethiopian dispute fumes. His refusal to attend Haile Selassie’s birthday party sparked a diplomatic furore.
The funeral and memorial events for Will Rogers drew relatives and friends at private services in Beverly Hills with public observances at the Hollywood Bowl and Community Presbyterian Church. Presidents aides and military figures attended while theaters nationwide planned two minutes of blackout in tribute. Rogers' Oklahoma hometown Claremore planned services with a eulogy by Argus J. Hamilton.
Assignment of pastors for the next year has been made by the conference of the Free Methodist Church meeting at Mansfield Ohio. H. G. Bowen will have charge of the churches at Athens Strouds Run Jacksonville and Mt Carmel. D. W. Wesley Bamesville is to be elder of the Zanesville district in which the Athens County churches are located.
Liquor and beer dealers in the district were ordered to remove all signs advertising specific brands from storefronts immediately. The directive aligns with a recent ruling by the state Liquor Commission. Signs may still be displayed inside the premises.
Sabina Reverend O E Ford of Grace Methodist Protestant Church in Columbus succeeds Dr John Clark Williams of Arlington as president of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church today.
In Santa Rosa, about 300 self-styled vigilantes raided the Nitzburg ranch near Two Rocks with gunfire and tear gas. They tarred and feathered Jack Green and Solomon Nitzburg, beat Ed Wolf George Ford and C Meyer, and ordered others to leave the county after an unemployed workers meeting.
Logan County Sheriff arrested Jesse Pyott of Buchtel on charges for carrying pills into Hocking County Jail for prisoner Don Wright. Investigation followed evidence of drug delivery and another inmate is believed to have received the drugs. Pyott pleaded guilty, fined $10 plus costs, and was committed when unable to pay. Wright and Austin Allen were placed in cells.
Columbus report urges removal of political control over the office of state director of health. The committee cites budget cuts and staff reductions as handicaps to efficiency and says the department has not been an inspiring force in public health development across the state.
In six weeks the eight county PWA district under Ray C. Noble must submit about 2.5 million dollars in projects. Projects averaging 400 000 each must be proposed weekly with many being classified as PWA above 25 000. Funds may cover eight months to a year for completion and Athens County is expected to get the largest share.
The Southeastern Ohio County Government Board met in Athens to review taxation and subdivision legislation. About 30 officials from 22 counties attended chaired by W. B. Yaw with Williard Mason noting two bills for discussion. A legislative committee will call questions this afternoon.
Sheriff Elmer Gum said Far Cramer confessed two slayings. James Kennett Sr., a 21-year-old itinerant prospector, was shot last June over food at an abandoned mining camp and his body hid in an old shaft. A red headed youth found in another Emigrant Gap shaft died in a dispute over the rifle used in Kennett’s death. A separate robbery occurred at Hardy Banking Co. in North Baltimore as two youths with revolvers escaped with 4 000 to 5 000 dollars.
Federal authorities approve a plan for Ohio to finance a 15 to 20 million dollar public welfare building program via bonds. State Tax Commission vice-chairman Darguech and Governor Davey aide Carew say PWA may grant five percent and loan five percent of the requested sum. A court test of the plan might occur as the constitutional debt limit of 750 thousand dollars has already been reached.
NEW YORK The 115 round heavyweight bout between Joe Louis and Max Baer was set for Tuesday September 24 at Yankee Stadium in an announcement by promoter Mike Jacobs. The title fight pits Louis the sensational Detroit negro against former world champion Baer in a highly anticipated showdown.
Columbus, Ohio endured a genuine cold wave as the temperature reached 59 degrees. The low beat the 1923 August 22 record of 49 and sparked blanket-snatching in the early hours. The cool spell should persist through Thursday with an unsettled, showery outlook and little temperature change.
Governor Dawes of Ohio told the National Association of Gardeners that the New Deal needs horse sense not college professors. He cited wasteful relief and dishonest conditions in Ohio and faulted theoreticians with no practical experience.
Attendance at the Athens County Fair on Wednesday doubled the 1954 figure with thousands passing gates at the fairgrounds as racing, boxing, and fireworks headlined a big Thursday program. Feature boxing included talent from Athens and nearby towns, with a fireworks display described as among the best in years. Horse pulling contests paid $22 in prizes, while heavyweight classes saw teams lifting loads totaling thousands of pounds. Free admission for hospital patients and county children’s home residents marked a notable day.
police and fire units searched river waters near Stillwater Park after a dog refused to leave a pair of boy’s trousers found along the bank. The animal followed the trousers and stayed by the water, prompting questions about a possible drowning victim and loyalty to a young master.
President Roosevelt, speaking to Boy Scouts, urged action in support of community effort and constitutional objectives. The speech follows Liberty League protests claiming the New Deal conflicts with the Constitution as critics mobilize nationwide.
In Xenia Howard L. Battlort seeks 25200 in a damage suit against Wabash Portland Cement Co. alleging smoke and cement dust from its Osborn plant entered his eyes for nine years and settled in his home and on crops and fruit trees at Wiecre farm nearby.
Three new military aircraft arrived at Wright Field for a month long test program by the Army Air Corps. Glenn L. Martin's secret bomber completed the cross country flight from Baltimore in just over two hours despite stormy conditions.
The Ohio Federation of Labor adopted a resolution declaring that payment of less than the prevailing union wage for public works will destroy wage scales. Delegates voted to join the AFL in protesting the WPA wage scale and urged Ohio lawmakers to push for higher wages.
Ohio Attorney General John W. Bricker told a Republican gathering in Avon Lake that Governor Davey has tried to keep out of the Supreme Court legislation he deems unconstitutional. Bricker vowed to fight to protect the Constitution of Ohio and the United States while he serves as attorney general.
In Cleveland the Fraternal Council of Negro Churches urged the United States to adopt a neutral position in the Italian Ethiopian dispute calling for government restraint and evenhanded diplomacy amid international tension.
Washington AP reports Congress wrestles with adjournment dates as debates loom on a 25 million dollar tax bill and the Guffey bituminous coal control measure. Senate tests a key amendment while House tackles miscellaneous legislation and foreign policy neutrality.
In Cincinnati a cooperative milk agreement aligns with the Burk Law spirit to keep consumer prices steady while boosting producer prices. Class 1 milk pays $2.40 per 100 pounds of 4 per cent milk and Class 2 milk at $1.65. relief client milk earns $1.80 per hundred. Store manager and two others are held up in Columbus as three perpetrators escape with $1,250 in a downtown five-and-ten cent store.
A six year old Des Moines dog named Bub inherited 1000 from the late Mrs Anna Dingman and paid 20.79 in state inheritance tax though the dog preferred his former owner. The story ends with a Lost and Found advertisement for a Doberman Pinscher pup, black with brown legs, offering a reward and contact dial 201M.
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