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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1935
Page
1
Reported Feb 19 details a divided Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 ruling affecting government bond obligations. Observers note potential impacts on holders, Morgenthau plans, and possible actions by Zionist and Democratic lawmakers amid inflation concerns.
A fragmented report describes action in Ohio on conservation and improvement projects. Officials announce proposals including lakefront and land use efforts and a biannual program, with figures such as a ten dollar grant and references to Toledo and Lake Erie.
A garbled note reports teachers pressing reform after a 19 year period of action. Roberts of To Eliy and Meera Waye Dike are mentioned in the fragment as figures connected to the dispute. Further readable details are limited in the OCR.
Oklahoma City February reports Sheriff Fred Hunt named warden of Granite State Reformatory replacing Mrs. George A Waters, first female warden for men in the United States. After a deadly Sunday break leaving a tower guard killed, waters faced three investigations into cruelty and a broad search with 18 fugitives at large.
Mrs Emma King fifty died after being struck on State Route 7 in Cheshire Gallia County as she walked from home to visit her daughter. Police hunt for a truck driver seen in the area and the funeral is set for Thursday at Cheshire Methodist Church.
A 1944 Ohio proposal would require a public referendum on all new tax levies before they take effect. Introduced by Rep. Lawrence A. Kane the measure seeks a constitutional amendment. The move accompanied a House vote to memorialize Congress on interstate sales taxation.
Hogs on the Cincinnati livestock market hit the top prices since November 13, 1930, paying $9.00 for top and bulk 180-275 lb hogs. Other weights rose accordingly as drought and the agricultural adjustment administration program reduce supplies, driving sharp gains despite light receipts.
Dr James McAlester of Birmingham Alabama told the Cleveland Academy of Medicine that the American Medical Association will oppose any form of compulsory sickness insurance. He warned that compulsory programs could turn physicians into minor officials of a bureaucratic state.
Cincinnati February 19 Police Lieut John Weiss reported a CCC worker on leave named John W. Mitchell, 29, was shot twice by a neighbor who thought him a prowler as he tried to enter the wrong house. Mitchell was in serious condition. The shooter Herbert Hammann said he believed the man was a prowler.
JEFFERSON Feb 19 Sheriff Larry Benson denied that Mrs Olivia Lent 34 was mistreated while under questioning about the disappearance and death of her daughter Rita 3 The sheriff will have a handwriting expert examine a note found seven weeks ago at the Lent farm reading Call off the cops or your kid will be killed Authorities had investigated since November 22 when Rita walked away with a dog The body was found Saturday
A small blaze burned several sacks of flour at the C. D. Shafer Company on West State and Shafer Streets last night. Discovered at 10:35 PM by a night crew member, the fire was extinguished before the Athens Fire Department arrived and did not trigger the sprinkler system, says F. E. Dowler the company vice president.
The Tuscarawas County Coal Truckers Union passed a resolution urging penalties for anyone requiring truck operation beyond ten hours in a workday.
Lorain city solicitor Wesley Grille said he will ask the Ohio Public Utilities Commission for an immediate rehearing of the Logan gas case. He cites a 45 cent rate as possible and warns of higher rates if the case is fought. Authorities plan to review the engineer's report used in the decision favoring Ohio Fuel Gas Company.
The Supreme Court will review Judge Grubb's Alabama ruling that the National Industrial Recovery Act and its timber and lumber code are illegal. Government lawyers pressed for a ruling before Congress drafts new NRA legislation, with the high court agreeing to hear the case on January 21.
Sol Greenberger opened the Golden Eagle clothing store in Salem this morning and found it burglarized for the third time in 12 months. Entire cases of men's suits overcoats and other clothing valued at 5000 were missing. Thieves backed a truck to the store two blocks from the police station.
An open letter from Will Rogers to Henry Ford complains that cars are too low for rural boulevards. He urges automakers to build higher vehicles suited to country roads and rough paths, noting many areas lack proper boulevards and suggesting urgent action.
Athens city council discussed possible state Ohio cooperation on a sewage disposal plant. The 84 450.94 budget with 7.50 mills tax cut was approved by the Athens County Budget Commission. Acting Mayor Cornel and officials expect a welfare department conference to explore health project ties to Athens State Hospital.
Delaware authorities moved to curb a crime wave with two actions. Mayor Sidney A. Rowland deputized citizens to act as vigilantes against burglaries, while county commissioners offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the slayer of W. A. Wilson a 7 year old merchant killed by a robber last week.
New York on February 19 1938 Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees signed a one year deal estimated around 30 000 dollars. The contract settled between reported offers of 27 000 and Gehrig’s demand of 35 000 for 1938.
In Addis Ababa Ethiopia accuses Italy of pressuring peace talks by deploying boisterous troops to East Africa, while a Rome briefing cites a government spokesman blaming Ethiopia for obstructing a peaceful settlement with unacceptable conditions. The Geneva note sees Western powers open to converting warplanes for commercial airliners. The London market greets removal of gold clause uncertainty. In Havana a theater roof collapse leaves one dead and another injured. In Vienna an appeal urges the public to respect the Prince of Wales incognito to avoid mob exposure.
Bruno Hauptmann's appeal from a murder conviction is before New Jersey's Court of Errors and Appeals after Chancellor Campbell denied Supreme Court review. The next term opens May 21, with Fisher and Pope pursuing the action, despite Chief Counsel Reilly's objections and implied intra-team dispute.
A grand jury indictment cites an imprint on Ed Quinn's coat as evidence linking him to a fatal auto collision. H. G. Robinson of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification identified the coat imprint as matching a coat worn by W H Richards, fatally struck while Quinn faced manslaughter and drunken driving charges. John Pickrel of London also faces charges in the death of Okie Payne, injured when Pickrel's car crashed into a truck.
Police blamed labor troubles for a spate of vandalism in Cleveland on February 194?. Bricks were thrown through two East Side confectionery windows. Two residences had fronts shattered and paint sprayed on another house.
Matters of special importance will be considered at the K. T. Croesen Post of the American Legion meeting Wednesday night. Commander M. C Morrison announced the session.
State special report says James Barnes was arrested by his brother Walter Barnes, a constable, in Logan on a charge of operating an automobile without the owner's consent. Barnes appeared before Magistrate T. Stevenson and pleaded not guilty. Bond set at 200.
John Lehman of Carbon Hill pleaded guilty to failure to stop after an accident in the hit and run death of Wes Burley 38 of Floodwood near Nelsonville on Route 31. He was fined $20 and costs, released, with authorities noting he initially claimed a truck struck Burley before admitting his truck was at fault.
Columbus February state government survey begins with Col. D O Sherrill inaugurating a fact finding effort. Experts loaned by industry interview state officials to assess efficiency and make recommendations for a future report to Governor Davey.
In Bardstown Kentucky twenty four monks at the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane contracted influenza amid an epidemic that has already claimed two priests Father Columbia and Father Anselm and a lay brother Brother Platedum. The three were buried after simple rites at the abbey yesterday.
In Cleveland at Lakeside Hospital Dr. Claude S. Beck performed a pioneering operation to relieve angina pectoris. The patient, unnamed, survived six days post procedure after Beck’s method used on animals for years was applied to a human for the first time.
Lieut. Gov. Harold G. Mosier told the Cincinnati Duckworth Club that sales tax revenue will largely determine Ohio's future tax program. He said the current General Assembly session has had more investigation than legislation and forecast one more session likely next fall.
Jackson with a jury of three women and nine men hearing the case against Thomas T. Phimmer aged % charged with the first degree murder of his 76 year old landlord John Steele in Jackson on February 19.
Washington Feb 19 The Senate subcommittee opens hearings on the Guffey bill backed by the United Mine Workers to regulate the soft coal industry as a public utility with a national coal commission empowered to fix prices and allocate production The measure contemplates a 300 million dollar federal fund to acquire marginal mines and rehabilitate displaced miners while imposing a 28 percent sales tax with a 10 cent per ton levy to support the coal reserve and consumer prices are to be kept reasonable
Andrew Hull, once declared dead by a Sandusky probate court in 1914, asks for life restoration and a share of his father’s estate awarded to his sister who is now dead. He says he has traveled to China Russia and Japan seeking legitimacy. The report also notes Ripley’s award at the Century of Progress Exhibition for Underground Railroad anti slavery work.
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