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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1934
Page
1
The article reports a stalled special session with the Senate and House at odds over tax measures. Key issues include income tax, utility excise tax, and fuel tax changes as lawmakers argue amid holiday distractions and impending deadlines.
In Alaska on December 3 a fire trapped a family aboard a burning houseboat tied near their Bay area mooring. The parents Bill and wife perished while attempting to reach their three children, who cried out before the flames overtook the vessel. Sheriff C M Witness reported responders battered the door but could not rescue them.
Company seeks court approval to reorganize under federal bankruptcy law in U S District Court. Assets total 995370.38 with major plant components and real estate to be managed by trustees. Proceedings set for Columbus on December 3 before Secretary of the organization.
Confused text fragment mentions Sir Kingsle and official tone but readability is low. No clear event or outcome to summarize beyond named references.
A 62 year old Leeds mother Mrs May Brownhill was sentenced to death for the mercy killing of her imbecile son Denis by giving 100 sedative tablets and gas. The jury urged mercy but the judge imposed the death sentence. Public appeals for clemency came from George Bernard Shaw and Labour leader George Lansbury as inquiries for reprieve proceed.
Rome dispatch reports France and Germany signing a peace agreement on the Saar Basin. Germany will pay 900 million francs and supply 11 million tons of coal. political terms guarantee equal rights for all inhabitants, including non-voters, across language, race, and religion.
Grace Evelyn Lamb, former Ohio University student and Jackson high school teacher, died Sunday afternoon when her car skidded off a road three miles west of Lancaster and rolled into a dry creek bed. Companion Mrs. Harry Ealy Wellston escaped with minor injuries. Lamb, 1931 B.S. graduate and 1928 elementary degree recipient, had long pursued graduate work and belonged to Kappa Delta Pi.
In Columbus a panel of 17 common pleas judges heard the Sandusky to Portsmouth flood control and water table conservation plan. The outline traces to the 1913 flood and a survey by Pro. Co. E. Sherman of Ohio State University at Gov. Cox's direction.
Zest returned to Athens as hundreds of Ohio University students came back from Thanksgiving home. Classes suspended since Wednesday resumed this morning. Athens city and county schools also ended holiday recess today.
Heber Westover, 28, will face a murder charge after shooting his two and a half year old crippled son and his four month old brother in their Indiana home. The baby is in critical condition. District Attorney W. M. Ruddock announced the filing as a grieving wife pleaded to see him. Westover, a lumber worker, reportedly said he planned to leave his wife and shot the boys to prevent her from having them.
The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants declared the sales tax plan the only way to provide immediate funds for Ohio’s finances. Archbishop McNicholas condemned the proposal calling it unwise and said 25 million dollars would be borne by the poor for food. Keller supported clerical calls for government economy and real estate tax relief.
Cincinnati police say Theodore Blackman, 19, a former gas station employee, confessed to shooting Charles Boyd 37 and his wife Edythe 35 at the Full Measure Gas Company station. Bloodstained clothing and blood-stained money were found. Boyd and his wife were residents of Parkersburg Virginia.
A crash on the Southland express from Florida to the Midwest near Forister left one dead and seven injured after a switch split. Fireman A. W. Bremer of Jacksonville was believed buried in the wreckage. crew and passengers were accounted for except him. The Atlantic Coast Line fast train had derailed early today.
A morning mix of rain and drizzle moved through the Athens District. Temperatures rose from about 26 last night to the upper forties by daybreak, with the previous day’s high briefly surpassed.
Patricia Macaire, long believed asleep since February 1957, began responding to her mother Mrs. Sadie Miley after 33 months. The mother notes progress toward full wakefulness by April 1, hoping for full recovery from a mysterious illness while Patricia learns to coordinate eye and mind with guidance.
Wiley Post landed at the Muskogee Municipal Airport at 10:21 a m after taking off from Bartlesville for an altitude record attempt. He had no compass and could not confirm how high he had flown until a barograph check.
Governor Ruby Laffoon bestows the title Skipper of the Ohio River on Fred Erhart of Louisville. He also names A E Perry of New York as Admiral of the Kentucky River, expanding staff titles among state leaders.
Santa Monica report by Will Rogers notes Congress opens on January third after football ends. He jokes that fans crave free tickets and coaches must manage self important players who feel they are All American and want the ball, amid team discipline concerns.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported total expenditures in Ohio through October of 10,756,845 dollars. Of this, 9,811,080 went to farmers in wheat, corn hogs, and tobacco programs, 585,729 was for removal of surplus commodities, and 360,035 covered general administrative costs. The largest share, 7,547,140, went to corn hog participants, with wheat payments of 1,755,714 and tobacco payments of 488,225. Counties listed rental and benefit disbursements such as Athens 15,666.84, Gallia 26,029.92, Hocking 18,604.41, Meigs 16,722.95, Morgan 8,471.99, Perry 44,556.12, Vinton 6,558.04, Washington 9,611.40.
The nation’s first woman public enemy, widow of Baby Face Nelson, is pursued by federal agents with no mercy. Mother of two, she fled Chicago with her killer mate and was with him when he died after slaying two U S operatives in Barrington, ill.
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the University of California and other land grant colleges may compel students to take military training. It ruled students cannot force educators to excuse them. two UC students faced suspension for conscientious objection. An auto accident injured former Governor Myers Y. Cooper and three others, with Cooper sustaining a broken vertebra.
The Daily Express cites a Warsaw dispatch saying ten Soviet army officers were executed after a plot to kill all Soviet leaders was uncovered. Sergei Kiroff, a top Communist Party figure, was shot in Leningrad, with flags lowered nationwide in his honor.
In Gallipolis Judge W. R. White ruled for defendant Albert Carman in the Bayre versus Carman case. The court found the plaintiff Vaught Sayre failed to show damages unique to him beyond those of Addison residents, upholding Carman’s garage, porch, flower bed, tree, and potato patch encroachments over Fine Street.
The Public Works Administration announced 84,194,500 in loans and grants for non-federal projects. Ohio listings include Chauncey school 15,300 and Melmore school 85,000 loan and grant. An Athena project shows a 599,000 loan and grant with a 56,000 water system allocation.
Former Ohio governor Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati was injured when his car overturned on a curve while driving to a relative's funeral in Centerbury Knox County. He, his brother James Cooper and two sisters were pinned for 16 minutes. The group survived with injuries including a broken spine and crushed chest for Mrs Angie Bowers.
Three people escaped with minor bruises when an automobile overturned at the corner of East State Street and Marietta Avenue. Howard Gibson drove the vehicle with Mrs. Gibson and their son John aboard. A collision with a Martin car caused the flip. police freed the occupants.
Deputies and guards patrol three cemeteries near Vermillion as they pursue a gang of five or six men believed to topple more than 50 tombstones. Farmers warned to watch for hoodlume uprooting mail pexes along Rugby Roar.
James A. Emery, NASM executive, warned industrial leaders that large federal relief programs and home construction would fuel inflation or heavy taxes. He accused the Labor Board of extra legal methods and urged responsibility before the law for unions and new restraint on strikes. The report then notes the Treasury plans to borrow $900 million that month as part of a total financing of at least $1.89 billion through March 15, with bonds and notes offered and debt near $28.5 billion.
WILKES-BARRE Pa Dec 3 UPI The sentence of death in the electric chair was imposed today on Robert Edwards for murdering Freda Mekhechnie his friend and neighbor at Harveys Lake. PASADENA Calif Dec 3 Mrs Aubrey N Morgan daughter of the late Dwight W Morrow died early today in a Pasadena hospital after a long illness.
John Harless of the city slipped and fell into Paint Creek while fishing. He remained partially submerged for about a half hour before his cries for help brought aid. He was taken to a Columbus hospital.
Yale announces the reappointment of head coach Raymond W. Pond and the entire football staff who led Yale to the Big Three championship. The Boston Post story notes police buzzers in press rooms for hot tips and references a Federal officer finding Baby Face Nelson dead, illustrating quick news cycles.
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