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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
1
A resident voices concern about government spending during a call to the House. Local officials prepared to discuss budgeting priorities and policy implications with constituents.
An AP report outlines ongoing talks in Congress on relief for farmers and rural areas, potential AAA reform, and budget controls. House leaders including Bankhead and Houghton may seek a quick general discussion with Ickes and Aubrey Williams as officials map possible spending cuts and funding shifts.
Housewives in Pekin react to a three day general strike with rationed food as coal supplies dwindle. Police chief and strike committee note concerns over labor troubles at the American Distilling Company plant amid a snowstorm and calls for action against Harry Donahue.
Niles report notes Senator Dickinson arguing the next presidential campaign centers on experiment versus experience. He cites McKinley era crossroads and a push for national development after an electoral shift toward experience.
Gover B Olson of Mound Minnesota announces former governor candidate Isadore Blumenfeld’s widow would testify that political incitement spurred Mrs Liggett to attack, amid allegations the killer acted on orders or permission.
A fragmented report notes workers leaving their posts for three days of a six hour work period as talks continue. The piece mentions tax revenue under one million and ongoing regulatory concerns.
Odd column quips about pies and dining customs, with a playful dig at a digger and a ministerial punchline. The text riffs on baking, meals, and a warning against spicy treats, using garbled phrasing but hints at a satirical society note.
Col Frank Knox called inflation a dread disease and said all agree we are threatened. He warned inflation could lead to depression or riot and road to ruin at best, during a speech to the Tristate Insurance Underwriters in Cincinnati.
Washington Court House Ohio A D St Clair superintendent asked the board of education to release him from his contract following a one day strike by about half of the 500 pupils who demanded his ouster. The board informed Education Director E L Bow sher of the decision.
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler declared the fourth Olympic Winter Games open at Garmisch Partenkirchen in a ceremony attended by about 1,500 athletes and a packed crowd.
Judge Harley M Whitcraft ordered the Hocking County War Relief Fund of 20415 dissolved and split among Logan Murray City and Laurelville American Legion posts. Logan 48 percent Murray City 42 percent Laurelville 10 percent. Trustees M J Cole H H Wright James Smart J J Kohler and fifth member Rev C F Lauer favored dissolution.
Columbus Ohio. Garry Kane state engineer of the Works Progress Administration says only two of twenty one proposed Ohio armories may be built Akron and Westerville. Further study needed to ensure WPA can supply unskilled relief labor and complete projects by June 30.
A business meeting of the Select List of Ohio Dailies opened the Otio Newspaper Association annual convention today in Columbus.
Vienna report says Prof Eugen Steinach claims experiments reverse aging by organ reactivation. He describes improved brain blood flow, youthful heart tone, hair growth, and weight gain from hormone revitalization. Further work suggests entire organisms may reactivate within certain limits.
Irvin S. Cobb recalls a proverb from Bas sett Blakely and Will Rogers in a tale of cow business and frugality. Bassett sought a loan but received only advice warning against feeding stock dry fodder in windy weather, recalling a March 1884 memory.
Washington reports a heated national clash as leaders trade charges. Farley labels the American Liberty League predatory and reactionary in Florida, Knox accuses the New Deal of bribery in Indiana, Borah enters as a rival candidate, Ely of Massachusetts criticizes Brain Trusters, and Hays warns the League endangers the South.
Mrs. Loretta Magruder of Oberlin refused to resign as state superintendent of charities despite Gov. Martin L. Davey’s demand. She said there is no reason to resign and warned against political influence in the appointment.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution opposing four measures. It rejects extending the National Industrial Recovery Act the Walsh Bill restricting wages and hours for federal contractors the O'Mahoney Bill licensing interstate firms and the Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage Refinancing Bill.
Rome sources in Italy forecast a deepening militarization of the Fascist Party as a response to potential European war. The theory holds that stronger party discipline and military structure would handle internal tensions if conflicts abroad escalate.
Charlie Chaplin's first film in five years opened with a gala premiere in New York. Police were called to manage autograph seekers as crowds surged outside the theater while the star performed a silent close to the event with a brief musical moment in an unfamiliar language.
A federal judge attached the tow boat Creighton and ordered the owners to explain why $3,174.95 in back wages remain unpaid to former workers. James Hoff testified the owners fell behind on wages and discharged the workers. Owners must appear February 19. The boat lies at Pt. Pleasant.
West Virginia report says Dama Coleman, 33, emaciated after 22 years confined in a dark room by her mother Minnie Coleman. Found by State Trooper O R Kincaid, the daughter weighs under 80 pounds, has vision issues, and speaks only to praise the food. Mother's lunacy hearing scheduled. governor orders house investigation.
The Senate Finance committee weighs social security legislation after welfare officials and representatives from the American Legion and Ohio League of Women Voters urged quick House-passed measures. The goal is to align Ohio welfare laws with the federal program to secure federal aid. Mrs. Binge of Athens cited meager pensions in Southern Ohio, while I. V. Shannon of Ohio University noted Athens County could cover only about half of those eligible. pensions were about $13 monthly.
Warden James Woodward reported a 230 foot home made ladder discovered in a planing mill used to stage an escape at Ohio Penitentiary. A night guard found the device that could reach the top of the prison walls. Sister Agnes Mattingly, 77, of the Order of St. Dominic, died at St. Marys of the Springs after 56 years of service.
William Green, AFL president, delivered an ultimatum to John L. Lewis. Miners jeered the appeal as they demanded the United Mine Workers not split from the federation.
Washington AP The United Mine Workers near a convention’s end hear a warning from Bituminous Coal Commission that the industry faces a crisis. Tetlow former Ohio district UMW leader says wage cuts loom if federal supervision ends, noting operators lose 30 to 40 percent of production costs under the current price schedule.
New York hotel and restaurant workers threaten disruption of nightlife as 11 000 members in 210 establishments announce a walkout over demands for shorter hours and higher wages. The strike risks affecting clubs bars and late evening venues across the city.
Advocates for $30 pensions pressed the Senate as Kentucky's House sent an administration bill to cap total state and federal aid for indigent aged Kentuckians at $15 monthly. Dayton report notes Ohio enforces its minimum wage law pending constitutionality ruling by U S judge.
Chicago reports extend cold and heavy snow as the nation endures the worst frigid spell in two decades. Flood threats rise in some areas while fatalities mount across several states, including Mississippi and Kansas, with new deaths and rising river fears as weather systems shift.
In New Mexico 30-year-old adventure writer Carl Taylor was found shot dead in his Sandia Mountains cabin near Albuquerque after finishing a manuscript on the Penitentes self-torture sect. A 16-year-old Spanish American, Modesto Trujillo, confessed to the murder and later to robbery, saying two men attacked the cabin. police recovered a small rifle from a trash pile and noted Taylor was beaten and shot three times.
The Ohio Pastors' Convention urged no military drill in state universities and called for a boycott of schools teaching ROTC. Delegates, nearly 1,000 from 17 denominations, urged protest letters to authorities and backed options to remove military training from land grant colleges.
Municipal Judge Harold L. Kime ruled that street cars do not have greater right of way than motorists parked in the middle of streets, declaring any obstruction must be treated like other vehicles.
Mrs Matthew Kenny, a self styled leader in Toronto’s Stork Derby, said she now has twelve children since October 31 1926. She claims the 12 births give her the $500000 ten year race lead with rivals at nine and eight children.
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