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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1934
Page
1
The Ohio Legislature debates a proposed income tax as the Taxation Committee weighs the measure. Opponents call the plan unfair while advocates argue it would fund education. comparisons are made to Indiana and state revenue projections.
An earthquake near Ocotepeque, Honduras, hits the department of Lempira and three towns, leaving about 6,500 people affected. Rescue teams from Sinwa capital rush to the scene as aftershocks follow.
Damaged OCR reports Geene Township school actions as voters face a county levy measure to fund a 4.2 per cent tax for the year. The move affects town schooling and high school operations, with funds lacking to sustain programs.
The report notes a strike in 1900 near Goldfield and mentions George Holmes, a 32 year old student from the University of South. The Times highlights the era as rich in mineral wealth and early 1900s activity in the area.
A November 4 emergency declaration in Baltimore restricts foreclosures and bank actions. The measure, described as an economic emergency, faces opposition over implied contractual impairments and constitutional concerns. Local officials stress urgency to stabilize finances amid rising arrears.
Senate Munitions Committee heard evidence that arms makers as early as 1908 anticipated a major European conflict. Colt Patent Firearms testified the firm prepared to sell across Europe and allocated resources for a sales force. The inquiry also examined US contract delivery to the British navy from 1914 to 1916 and alleged European makers manipulated a Geneva plan to control war implements trade.
Washington report outlines a direct government gift of 20 percent of housing costs for projects. Borrowers would secure 80 percent loans backed by insurance guarantees, with funds expected to leverage four billion dollars in private capital from a one billion federal pool. Example shows a $500 lot and $5,000 house needing $400 cash beyond the lot.
Mrs. Ida Alwes Wilkes aged 73 died Monday afternoon at the family home near Athens after a long illness from paralysis strokes. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Salem Church. She was married to Co. E Wilkes fifty six years and leaves six children in addition to her husband, including F A Wilkes, state NY education official, and Charles A Wilkes at home.
In Bucyrus the Kaynee Company plant saw calm as 112 women were attacked by hair-pulling and egg throwing pickets yesterday. Pickets and spectators were kept blocks away by officers roping off the area. All women returned to work, officials delaying lunch to avoid further disturbance. about 50 pickets stood behind the barrier and another 50 were expected to join tomorrow.
A woman matching the description of Helen Gillis widow of slain gangster George Nelson was arrested in Toledo after a radio scout crew followed a broadcast that she had been seen in LaGrange Indiana earlier in the day and appeared headed toward Toledo.
The War Department awarded the Tap pan Dam project on the Muskingum River in Ohio to the Sammons Robertson Company of Huntington, West Virginia, for 387.40 dollars.
Reporter Will Rogers notes aviator Wiley Post ascends from Bartlesville to Muskogee and drifts over Claremore reaching 10 miles, breaking altitude records. Mention of Ireland rioting in Beverly Hills theaters over a Duke and Marina wedding picture. Japan issues another world ultimatum.
Thirty three Central Committee members attended a Nelsonville meeting as part of an anti Rardin drive to replace D A Rardin as Democratic Party head in Athens County. Leaders praised the open opposition and planned a new assembly to gain a majority. The gathering followed a dinner at the Davey Donahey New Deal Club with W F Burke presiding.
The National Swine Growers Association condemned the AAA plan that taxes hogs alone and urged widening the tax to cattle, sheep, poultry, and related products. Prof Ferrin outlined a supervised swine performance program to prove breeding worth and guide feeding with packer reports on slaughter tests and grades.
Warren a Dec 4 Common Pleas Judge Lynn B Griffith sentenced Leroy Keith 20 to die in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary April 24. Keith was convicted last week of slaying Fred Griest 52 July 24 when Griest resisted an attempt to take his automobile. Keith was sentenced the same day as FE Martin who was earlier sentenced to die for the murder of Charles Campbell last August.
Kentucky tobacco growers reported satisfactory returns on opening day at Lexington market, the world’s largest loose leaf tobacco sale venue. Auctions averaged 20.95 dollars per hundred pounds, the best first day average since 1928.
The National Industrial Council urged cooperation to balance the New Deal budget while opposing government control of electric power. Paul Clapp of Columbia Gas and Electric warned against federal expansion into utilities and argued for tax relief to cut domestic electric rates. He cited federal appropriations totaling about 280 million and urged a market-based approach over public operation.
On December 4 7 the U S Supreme Court decision upholding compulsory ROTC in land grant colleges met continued opposition at Ohio State University. Harry Plank a Cleveland senior and head of the Ohio State League Against War and Fascism said the fight would continue to educate students about the ROTC purpose and to press trustees the president and the Legislature against military drill. The university has barred new exemptions beyond freshmen and sophomores under 24 from drill despite earlier allowances.
The state utilities commission charges Frank William Transfer and Storage Company of Mansfield with failing to place flares on parked equipment involved in an October 25 accident at Painesville that killed two people. The firm is ordered to appear December 21 to show why its trucking certificate should not be revoked.
Thomas Hoffman of 222 West Washington Street underwent an operation today at Sheltering Arms Hospital. His condition was reported as unsatisfactory.
Columbus, Dec. 4. A $36 million Scioto Sandusky Conservancy District plan to build dams and reservoirs to curb floods and droughts gained court approval as a public works project. The plan envisions reservoirs on the Sandusky and Scioto rivers and a diversion cut linking the two rivers. Counties represented include Franklin Fayette Sandusky Seneca Wyandot Delaware Marion Crawford Morrow Union Madison Highland Pickaway Ross Pike Vinton Scioto.
Senator Borah faced a challenge from Senator Couzens to assume the chairmanship and craft a new platform as Borah seeks GOP reorganization. Couzens said Borah and Senator Reed opposed New Deal elements without offering substitutes, while Henry Fletcher refused to resign to avoid party confusion.
Moscow reports 71 suspected terrorists rounded up to face death penalty after decree by the Soviet Central Committee. Officials note 39 seized in the White Region near Leningrad and 32 in the Moscow area. The White Guard label marks anti Soviet sympathizers. swift trials ordered with possible appeals.
New York December 4 Indictments in the Morro Castle disaster return by a Federal grand jury accuse Acting Captain William F Warms Chief Engineer Eben Abbott Henry E Cabaud and the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co of misconduct negligence and other violations in connection with the fire that killed 124 people and the shipwreck.
George Hall 77 years old travels from Marion Ohio to Jersey City seeking an old age pension. He journeyed by thumb and frugal living, spending 350 dollars in four days across three states. His sister had already donated the Bible to the Salvation Army about a year earlier.
Tulsa reports that Phil Kennamer son of a federal judge confessed to friend Robert Thomas that he killed John F Gorrell Jr a 23 year old dental student amid an extortion note demanding 20000 from Homer Wilcox Sr a Tulsa oilman. Kennamer pleaded not guilty to first degree murder.
Patricia Maguire of Oak Park shows signs of awakening as diary notes report she understood spoken words for the first time since illness began. Her mother, Mrs Miley, remains hopeful and says she always believed in recovery despite doctors’ doubts.
San Francisco reports the Ulm plane bound for Hawaii is lost and running low on gasoline. Messages received by Globe Wireless say pilot Lieutenant Charles T P Ulm was pleading for guidance from The Beacon radio beacon to reach Honolulu safely. The dispatch notes officials hope to avoid sending an SOS.
Bargain prices for citizenship papers spurred a surge in applications from aliens. Labor department data, though incomplete, show 13.88 more first papers applications from May through September than in the same period in 1933.
In Cleveland on December 4 representatives of the United States Potters Association prepared a new government appeal for protection against Japanese competition in pottery wares. The two day session began to discuss measures and potential actions.
New York December 4 AP report outlines a proposed industry platform to support New Deal policies. National Association of Manufacturers president C L Bardo presents a program advocating cooperation with the administration and a shift to a federal sales tax subject to state sharing, plus a return to the gold standard and study of the banking system. It also calls for modified labor controls, bans on broad strikes, and keeping politics out of labor relations.
Mrs Eugene Shater announces Santa Claus will visit Athens next Saturday, stopping in Santa Clara then heading to Majestic Theater for a children’s show. The toy shop event features discarded items cleaned and redistributed to poor families. Santa’s flyover is at 7 30 PM with the show at 11 o'clock.
The Allan Hancock expedition recovered two mummified human remains on Marchena Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. A radio dispatch from the exploration cruiser Velera Third reported the discovery during the current expedition.
State Highway Patrol Headquarters in Athens announced the transfer of Sgt. A. Smith from Athens to Wilmington. Patrol man J. Ulmer of Wilmington was designated to replace him and was expected to arrive in Athens today.
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