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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1935
Page
1
Federal press reports show miners and operators clashing over pay and hours as Bluefield WV talks drift toward a yearlong stalemate. Leaders cited the Guffey Bill and government stance while urging wage increases and job protection amid industry pressures. The meeting left miners wary of future concessions and potential wage reductions.
The operator of Market Cigar died in January 1924 leaving an estate valued at 39000 dollars with most of it unpaid. The executor notes the will and heirs are to be determined as the address of the deceased is unknown and the estate will be distributed among relatives.
Reported illness spread through Geneva as a girl dies and her mother and eleven others suffer in the outbreak. Authorities work to confirm causes and control the Mplications.
Fragmentary OCR text references navy garments, hose and stockings, and mentions brands or terms like Blue Melody and DANE. It appears to describe fashion news about navy and hose items, with scattered names and phrases, but lacks a coherent event or clear subjects. The readable fragments suggest a period piece on hosiery and uniform styling rather than a full report.
In New Orleans a medical figure says six children were born to a negro woman on the African gold coast. The doctor reports the sextuplets are eight days old and living, based on information from a reliable authority at the University of Pennsylvania.
PAWNEE Okla Feb 22 Phil Kennamer son of Federal Judge Franklin Kennamer was convicted of first degree manslaughter in the slaying of John F Gorrell Jr in Tulsa. The 19 year old faces a sentence range from four years to life with tomorrow afternoon to learn the penalty. He testified he acted in self defense to thwart an extortion plot against the family of Miss Virginia Wilcox heiress who Kennamer said he protected.
Ashland officials appoint John H. Red Longley as Ashland high school football mentor to replace Donald Starn who moves to Kent College. Longley, an Ohio University all Buckeye tackle, coached Logan High for six years with an undefeated last season. Frank Lonero becomes head basketball coach, a former Ashland College star.
The naval board of inquiry attributed the Macon dirigible disaster to a design defect. The summary by Commander T. L. Gatch cited an unsecured forward upper fin against lateral pressure as the flaw. The court said no one could be held responsible for the loss of two lives.
Steubenville reports a freight train fatally strikes Joseph Kinney a 45 year old deaf man on the New York Central tracks near Amsterdam Kinney was carrying a sack of coal when killed Feb 22.
Beverly Hills writer Will Rogers notes aboard a ship near Albuquerque that a sleeping giant snores loudly but he praises Wally Beery as the most popular person on screen. He mentions Beery pilots his own plane and reflects on a horse race visible from the flight with Jockey Meade heading to Florida.
Athens County seeks a one million dollar federal grant to fund highway and rural road improvements. Led by J W Wilson and the county commissioners, $1,087,000 in projects would uplift dirt roads to state routes and bolster county highways. Federal aid would offset tax losses from reduced levies and revenue diversions. Work could start within 30 days if approved.
Wiley Post, the intrepid flier, forced down at Muroc Dry Lake 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles while attempting a sub stratosphere run from Los Angeles to New York. No material damage to the plane beyond a bent propeller plate. Officials to dispatch two ships with mechanics to recover the craft.
Columbus Feb 22 The House approved 110 to 1 a bill to prohibit both husband and wife on the state payroll. Sponsored by Rep Edward King R of Vinton County. Legislature adjourned for the weekend.
In 1776 Cornelius Coryell of Athens ferried Washington and troops across the ice choked Delaware to attack Hessians in Trenton. The Coryell family links include Sara Coryell in Washington's lap, George Coryell on his staff, and relics like a silver spoon and a lustre pitcher.
Dr Frederick K Treadley aged 82 former Ohio University faculty member died in Emergency Hospital Washington after being struck by a hit-skip vehicle Mrs Mary Meredith held in First Precinct Police Station Treacleys widow and four daughters including Helen Mary Ruth and Esther are named The fire Christian Church connections noted in Athens and Washington 1921 arrival from Athens Ohio after 20 years as professor of physics and philosophy.
Washington February 22 4 Gold became a definite issue in Congress today with the introduction of bills by Senator Harbour New Jersey and Representative Hollister Ohio calling for payment of the yellow metal on government obligations with gold clauses. Harbour argued the government promised and later repudiated and should not ignore that fact. Senator Connally noted the nation was already on a gold standard and should avoid the old system that brought destruction. Senator Glass challenged Roosevelt monetary policies and asserted the country is on a flat currency and bond basis after the Supreme Court decision.
Tokyo Feb 22. The Japanese Navy ordered the American tanker Elizabeth Kellogg to submit to a rigid examination Saturday to determine if the crew is guilty of photographing the vital fortresses at the mouth of Tokyo Bay. The tanker, chartered by Mitsui, is manned by an American crew.
Farmers in Ohio and Kentucky who sold at the Mayville tobacco market realized an average price of 16.60 dollars per hundred pounds, up from 10.01 dollars last year. Total sales reached 20,561,842 pounds as the auction season closed, with the season’s figures reflecting higher values across the boards.
George White, former governor of Ohio, returned to Marietta for a homecoming. Washington County planned festivities with former Commerce Director Theodore Tangeman, former Highway Director O. W. Merrell, and other members of the White administration in attendance.
Columbus report states Mr and Mrs Arthur Wright and their six children ages five to seventeen are left homeless after a wintry rain fire destroys their residence today.
Logan, Feb. 22. Constable Walter Barnes pleaded guilty to an indictment accusing him of injuring or defrauding under color of the office. Judge Harvey M. Whitcraft fined him six dollars plus costs and he stated plans to resign immediately. The case stemmed from the arrest of Karna Hickman, Nelsonville, after midnight New Year’s Day for driving 1934 plates. state contends Barnes and Faddie Ralph took 2.1 dollars for the man’s release.
Calmness and heavy snowfall settled over the Ohio Rubber Company picket line in Cleveland after two days of tear gas bombs and bricks. Some non striking workers have remained in the plant since Monday, sleeping in company provided quarters.
COSHOCTON Feb 22 The common pleas court will hear the Choie Power Company's injunction suit against the proposed 16100 City waterworks plant. March 11 and 12 the company opposes the city's steam generation plan and would substitute a proposal for purchased electric current.
London February 22 Two farewell notes held the death secret of Jane and Elizabeth Du Bois daughters of Court Du Bois United States consul general at Naples. He and his wife traveled to receive their daughters messages after they plunged to their deaths yesterday from an airplane.
Two Italian freighters sent out SOS signals during a gale on the French canal, reported by Catham Station of rado marine corporation.
Chicago Feb 22 AP Clarence Darrow says the NRA in its present form will never work because it permits monopolies and price fixing. He recalls the 1934 Recovery Board report on codes for about 15 industries and notes changes needed to curb big business advantage. He faults Section 7 A arguing labor and management agreements should stand without outside interference.
Engineer John Kennedy stopped a freight train as 809 tons of rock from a hillside slide blocked Chesapeake & Ohio tracks at Coes Cut five miles south of Nelsonville. The rock, loosened by recent rains, covered about 10 carloads. The line between Kimberly and Beaumont was shut likely until late afternoon. Passenger service to Athens was halted at Nelsonville.
Portsmouth report says a fourth man is sought as the government pursues charges that Jonason Construction Company won a post office contract by fraud. Allegedly the firm led by P. W. Johnson mailed a bid of 188,900 on December 1 but pre dated it to November 2 to time the bid opening at the Garrison Kentucky post office.
ERIN Ontario February Twenty second Elmer Groves a Caledon farmer lies abed hearing music he cannot explain He has no radio or telephone yet claims commercial programs come regularly He suspects his metal bedstead acts as a radio receiving set despite no other source of music.
A runaway mine car section at Hocking Mine caused one death and injuries to four others. William Holcomb, 45, The Plains, WW veteran, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital from a fractured skull. Four others including Wilbur and Walter Potts, Paul Alechny, and Richard Whetstone, all of The Plains, were treated for cuts and bruises. The runaway car hit a safety manhole, possibly struck by a falling timber as miners exited. Holcomb, unmarried, lived with sister Mrs Ida Bricker. he leaves two sisters and two brothers. Funeral at The Plains M K Church Sunday at 10, burial Greenlawn.
TRenton New Jersey February 22 Bruno Richard Hauptmann was reported in a cheerful mood after his execution was postponed for at least three months by appellate court action. Attorney Frederick A Pope said the death row inmate is as happy as can be under the circumstances. Pope filed a writ of error with the Court of Errors and Appeals that stays the execution set for March 18. Argument cannot occur until the May term and may be postponed to October.
In Denver on February 22 14 Rev Fred T Krueger a retired minister and 25 others were arrested in a nudist colony raid. He faces charges of contributing to delinquency of minors and operating a disorderly house. The Colorado Conference and Bishop Cushman weigh possible church discipline depending on Krueger motives.
Washington reports show Senate leaders moving to send the 4.88 billion work relief bill back to the appropriations committee to block the McCarran prevailing wage amendment. Roosevelt allies urge House rejection of the provision as Senate factions debate inflation riders and veterans preference in relief administration.
DAYTON February 22. Mrs End with McClure Patterson of Dayton persisted in asserting she is legally and ethically entitled to continue on both the state liquor board and the Dayton board of education. Attorney General John W. Bricket has informally ruled she cannot. Governor Davey replied he could find no reason why she should not hold both positions.
Marietta CCC camp reports 583000 trees planted since 1953 as part of reforestation effort. Local youths contributed by growing and planting trees across the region since the program began in 1953.
PHILADELPHIA Feb 22 Bale of 2 fifty gallon can complete with instructions for making liquor was charged today by federal agents against Isidore Caplan. "I've been helping people for years" he said when they bought the can and asked how to get liquor out of it. He was held on $500 bail on a charge of making and selling stills without a government permit.
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