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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1934
Page
1
A concise community notice outlines the To Go Roosevelt Program, detailing goals, participating groups, and how residents can join. The program emphasizes local engagement and accessible, ready to eat options for residents.
Business leaders back a Joint Base for Recovery with the White House aiming to aid relief and work programs. The plan would seek Congress action, with executives urging swift support while cautioning against broad mandates and possible labor coercion.
Fragmented report describes U S Congress hearing on Soviet influence and alleged disloyal activities. It references accusations against labor officials, agitators, and circulars, with focus on loyalty, sabotage, and potential withdrawal of support amid Cold War tensions.
Prospects are bright for the corporation as two plants operate here with machinery valued at a high cost. A meeting today by the president and general manager discussed branch and sales managers from across the United States.
Part of an old ad describes a sale of used FRAN items for 6 3 Nelsonville day and 25 dollars. Readable words reference a Dubuque station and Athens, with dates and prices scattered through the damaged text.
The Privy Council recommended abrogation to Emperor Hirohito, signaling readiness to meet any situation as Tokyo seeks a new naval pact. Denunciation will expire December 31, 1936, with Japan aiming to guarantee national security and end 13 years of treaty restrictions.
An eleven man and one woman jury in McArthur, Ohio, convicts seven former H. C. Godman Company shoe workers of assault with intent to maim and kill tied to a Columbus to Logan plant strike. Sentences were withheld and a new trial motion set for January 3. Hensel, the truck driver, was critically injured by a stone but discharged from hospital and improving.
Mrs. Eliot Boke Schaffner, 39, of the wealthy clothing family, vanished from her Carmel home between midnight and dawn. Clad in a nightgown and fur coat, she may have wandered into Carmel Bay or the Carmel River. Her husband Joseph H. Schaffner, Hart, Schaffner and Marx director, flew from Chicago to assist.
In a North Atlantic rescue, sixteen men near death from the storm crushed freighter Sisto were saved by a lifeboat crew from the passenger liner New York. With four vessels including Europa on standby, the New York’s craft battled heavy seas to reach and evacuate the sinking ship’s crew amid anxious observers aboard Europa.
Eugene Black former governor of the Federal Reserve Board died at his Atlanta residence today. The 4 indicates the date December 19. No age or further details provided.
The Messenger reports strong doll donations for the Eagles Toy Shop to fulfill Santa letters from girls. A Thursday parade from the Armory to the Courthouse will collect dolls toys and cash, led by Santa Claus Joan Darnell and the Knights of Pythias Band with the Ohio University Vested Choir performing at 6 45.
President Roosevelt signals readiness to loan federal funds to New York or other cities for municipal power plants if investigations show cheaper operation than private firms. He discussed the issue with Mayor LaGuardia and City Commissioner Davidson after private bids were deemed exorbitant. The navy is also studying own-plant power as a cheaper alternative to private purchases.
Ohio State Relief Commission reports 25,409 transients wandered through the state in November and $201,075 was spent on shelter and camp relief. Approved FERA project funds include a sanitary construction program at Murray City in Hocking County totaling 4,078 dollars.
Thomas H Farrell 55 longtime secretary of the Cleveland Federation of Labor died suddenly at his home in Cleveland early today a major figure in Ohio labor circles for many years.
Community groups including East Carpenter and Court Streets and the Salvation Army appeal for toys money and clothing for Christmas baskets. Calls to 404 or 20652 arrange pickup. Red Cross asks organizers to register gifts with Mrs Dwight Rutherford at the Security Bank Building.
Earl Cottrell a 42 year old candy salesman and Justice of the Peace of Radcliff died at Holzer Hospital from a blow to the head in a fight near his home yesterday. George Moore a 25 year old man and his wife were arrested after Moore surrendered and told of the incident. Moore said Cottrell and his son Clovis attacked him after he accused Cottrell of pushing his car into a ditch. Cottrell's skull was crushed and two blood transfusions failed to save him.
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control reports 35 weeks of operation ending Dec 1 with gross revenues of 11.34 million and net profits of 1.341 million. Projected year end net includes about 1.7 million in garonage taxes and 2.6 million in permit fees.
Shelbyville Tennessee December 19 National guardsmen used tear gas bombs to stop a mob from breaching the courthouse where E. K. Harris a Black defendant accused of assaulting a white girl is being tried. Harris was moved from Nashville jail to Shelbyville under 110 guardsmen protection for safety.
Paris December 19 mobilization of troops for the Saar international patrol moved forward with about 3500 men from Great Britain Italy Sweden and the Netherlands en route or ready to move within days. The contingents are expected to be at their posts before Christmas.
Cincinnati police took two young girls named Mary and Martha into temporary city wards after they were deserted on a doctor’s doorstep shortly after midnight. A pink blanket bore the name Mary and a blue trimmed blanket carried the name Martha, attached to the slips of paper.
Depositors of the Farmers' Bank at McCutcheonville will receive ten thousand dollars this week as their third dividend since liquidation began. With this split eighty five percent will have been paid out to creditors and shareholders.
Mia Ethel Lille Major 42, mother of two, was executed at Hull Prison after appeals to the king and queen failed. A black flag flew over the penitentiary as she became England’s first female execution in eight years, insisting on innocence of poisoning her husband amid limited local interest. Nearby North Yorkshire saw Lydia Binks and Frederick Rushworth under death sentence for burying their baby alive.
Denver attorney Ben F. Laska offered 550000 to anyone who could prove he received any of the 200000 Urachel ransom money. Laska, indicted on conspiracy in the kidnapping case, was accused by the government of taking part in the payment for Charlies F Urachel’s release. Federal agents had recently searched his home and offices.
Clyde Littler of 14 Stewart Street had his car backfire and ignite the carburetor at on starting it. Athens firemen extinguished the blaze with water, removing the car from a smoke filled garage. Damage was estimated at about 5 dollars by Fire Chief E R Laughlin.
Paul Carpenter and W. A. Lucas of Columbus were injured last night in an automobile accident near Batavia Ohio. Their companion John M. Denton, partner in the Northway taxicab company, was killed.
Anti tuloremic serum was rushed by chartered plane to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis for Dr. B V Swisher as Radcliff, critically ill with rabbit fever, received a blood transfusion. Guards were placed around the hospital bed of Plummer after a fatal blow from a steel coal auger. Loren Fraley and Walter Linkhorn sworn as special deputies to guard him.
In Lebanon Indiana a jury acquits the widow of Rev Gaylord V Saunders of murder finding she was temporarily insane when she plotted her husbands death. She kept to herself with two children after custody since February. Theodore Mathers 19 said she paid him ten dollars to kill the minister. Trial date for Mathers not set. defense argued a strange relationship affected her mental state.
Authorities seek a gang of three or four men who robbed Rogers Jewelry Store in Ashland with guns late yesterday. They took about $6,000 in watches gems and cash, cowing the manager three clerks and five customers before fleeing in a waiting car.
Governor George White commuted life sentences of Harry Lehman of Hocking County and George Steele of Jackson County. Lehman, sentenced in 1911 for the murder of James Wilson, and Steele, sentenced in 1926 for the murder of Fletcher Colling, are released effective immediately.
Three hundred employees of the Standard Drug Co in Cleveland will receive more than $9,000 in Christmas bonuses from the company. The payout reflects year's profits and supports staff morale during the holiday season.
Ohio Supreme Court largely voids liquor law enforcement by ruling sales must be proven for conviction. Peter Spak of Cleveland freed on a charge after a 12 gallon still and finished product were found, but home production lacks penalties. State seeks review while Shively case for bribery retry proceeds.
Representative Arthur P. Lamneck of Columbus urges Postmaster General Farley to take the HOLC issue to President Roosevelt. He argues the HOLC limits loans to cases already in district offices and warns wholesale foreclosures threaten stability. Lamneck claims HOLC funds exist and accuses the agency of rewriting the HOLC Act.
In Flemington New Jersey December 1 the Hauptmann defense claims an appeal to the White House may halt his trial for the Lindbergh baby death. Edward J. Reilly accuses two Federal agents of being moved to avoid testifying citing beatings and unresolved issues. Officials deny coercion and note Sisk and Sandberg were reassigned or requested transfers.
The body of 60 year old B Swope grain dealer and elevator operator of Canal Winchester was found in Big Walnut Creek south of Columbus. A handkerchief tied around his neck with an auto crank attached indicates possible foul play. Relatives report a hitchhiker seen with Swope after he left for legal business.
Columbus report states that licensed vendors who do not collect Ohio three percent retail sales tax from customers may be required to pay the tax themselves. The state tax commission may investigate and assess the delinquency when taxes are unpaid or coupons remain uncancelled.
About 8000 Procter & Gamble employees will share in a 4 percent of wages earned in 1934 as a distribution described as practically a bonus. The announcement came from Cincinnati reflecting the company's profit and employee benefit.
A Curtiss Condor sleeper plane of the American Airlines was destroyed by fire at Buffalo Airport after landing from Newark to Chicago. Five persons escaped injury as the aircraft taxied to the administration building.
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion announces ten prizes for the Athens Christmas Home Lighting Contest. First prize is an $18.50 tea wagon and beverage server with toaster, bread board, and crystal relish dishes. Second prize a $12.95 three candle floor lamp. Third prize a $7.95 ivory and gold study lamp.
Two thousand Ohio University students gathered in Memorial Auditorium for a convocation to sing Christmas carols. Led by Dr. C R Robinson and the University Choir with the Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, they rehearsed My Ohio and the Alma Mater, with words projected on screen and Paul Fontaine at the piano. The next convocation is set for January 10 with speaker Donald Massey discussing Canada on Parade.
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