Athens County 1934 Budget Cuts Taxes and Real Valuations
Athens County approves a 1934 budget totaling 350 276 77 with a 5 75 mill tax rate a reduction of seven tenths of a mill from last year The plan allocates funds to general county expenses county and bridge road and interest and bonds The dispute between the Budget Commission and County Commissioners centered on the distribution of residual balances between the road and bridge fund and the bond and interest fund naming the key figures and impacts
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Athens County
Budet Commission
General County
County and Bridge Fund
Budget Commission
Poe
Budt Commission
Prisoner Ends Life by Noose in County Jail
Charles Ott Jr 34 died by hanging in a Montgomery County jail cell before starting a 10 to 25 year term for robbery. Four notes blamed his parents for imprisonment. Charles Scott Sr and a woman faced transfer to Ohio Penitentiary and Marysville Women’s Prison over the robbery and beating of J W Fisher, a jeweler, with $5,000 in jewelry taken on Oct 26.
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Ayton
Charles Ott, Jr
Ontgomery
Scott
Charles Scott
Ken
Ohio Penitentiary
Vs. Scott
Marysville
J. W. Fisher
French Mood Sifts as Congress Opens
Paris reports gloom in French comment on the U S Congress opening. Observers cite obstruction and divergent views of President Roosevelt's policies as the session starts, shaping expectations for early actions and outcomes.
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Paris
Roosevelt
Code for Bank Customers Reveals Proposed Fees
Washington reports a draft “Code for Bank Customers” by L B Kinn proposes new service charges for NRA code banks. Entries include 50 cents at front door 25 cents at side door spitting on floor five to ten cents for tobacco and various fees for balance inquiries disputes and delays up to 100 dollars for blocking the president from a golf game.
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Washington
U.P
NBA
Hugh 8. Johnson
L. B Kinn
Commercial Bank & Trust Company
Fostoria
NRA
Kimn
Liquor Label Rules May Raise Prices Says Doran
Dr James M Doran Washington representative of the distillers and supervisor of the code for the liquor met with the Ohio Liquor Board in Columbus to discuss labeling requirements. He said compliance is possible but may raise consumer prices and denied reports of a distiller boycott.
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Ohio
Columbus
Jan
U.R
Liquor Control Board
James M. Doran
Washington
Ohio Liquor Board
Doctor Doran
Former Athens Man Dies in Zanesville
ZANESVILLE Jan. 3 Funeral services for Fred Ryan 78 who died of a heart attack Tuesday morning at his home 1208 Eastman Street were held at 150 this afternoon at the Keck funeral home Rev C E Spaulding pastor of First Baptist Church officiating burial was in Quaker City Mr Ryan formerly of Athens but living in Zanesville eight years a member of First Baptist Church Surviving are a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Rubush of Athens three sisters Mrs H E White Logan Mrs G W Reynolds Athens and Mrs George DeCamp Newark
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Zanesville
Fred Ryan
Eastman Street
Keck
C. E. Spaulding
Baptist Church
Quaker City
Ryan
Athens
First Baptist Church
Elizabeth Rubush
H. E. White
Logan
G. W. Reynolds
George DeCamp
Newark
Drugstore Manager Admits Guilty On Liquor Sale Charge
J. Floyd Shumaker, manager of a Columbus chain drugstore, pleaded guilty to federal liquor sale violations and was placed on probation by Judge Joseph Clifford in Police Court. Police Prosecutor Wayne Fogle said the state aims to enforce liquor laws, not target the individual.
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Columbus
U.P
J. Floyd Shumaker
Joseph Clifford
Wayne Fogle
Shumaker
New Ohio Incorporation Filed in Nelsonville
Nelsonville Keller Weltner Inc. filed for incorporation in Ohio with capital of 10000 dollars. Principals listed are John Keller Earl Harmony and W Denzil Weltner with Forest E Weinrich of Logan serving as attorney.
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Columbus
U.R
New Ohio Incorporation
Nelsonville
Keller & Weltner Inc
John Keller
Earl Harmony
W. Denzil Weltner
Forest E. Weinrich
Logan
Ohio
Warning to Housewives on Mail Box Notes
Mail advice from Washington dated January 3 warns housewives not to leave notes for laundresses in private letter boxes. Postmaster General Farley rules no items without stamps may be left and carriers will seize all such documents until a three cent ransom is paid.
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Washington
U.P
Geneval Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
J. F. Morgan
Drowning Flood Toll Grows as Bodies Recovered in California
Los Angeles officials moved to guard over 2,000,000 residents from potential disease after a New Year cloudburst and flood. Two Paramount artists, Winston and Weston Doty, were among victims drowned at Venice California. Rescues continued as authorities identified missing and recovered autopsied bodies from muddy river banks and debris.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Los Angeles County
McCune Seeks Less Parking Downtown
Athens Mayor Len B. McCune issued an appeal to downtown merchants to limit parking on Court Street during repairs on College and Congress Streets. He noted the streets are not in use and urged shoppers be able to reach businesses. The city aims to secure a West State Street lot near the Christian Church as temporary parking. Eleven violators were fined $1 each for two hour parking violations, including Ray Richey and Ethel Beekman.
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Athens
Len B. McCune
Ineofar
Court Street
College
Congress
McCune
West State Street
Christian Church
Ray Richey
Walsh Electric Company
E. L. Parker
Clarence Kelch
D. G. Halley
Francis Lavelle
Virgil Davis
Ivan McCilead
H. N. Burgett
Ethel Beekman
Oscar Fulton
Bank Robbery Foiled By Arrest Of Three
Toledo reports three bank robbery suspects were arrested early today near Alvordton Ohio. Deputies P M Fletcher and A R Dewees of Bryan Ohio seized an arsenal and elaborate road maps after spotting a car with 1933 Ohio plates on Route 20 while chasing a stolen Angola Indiana vehicle.
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Toledo
Bryan
Alvordton
P. M. Fletcher
A. R. Dewees
Ind
Ohio
Comb Countryside for Murderer of Husband
In Massillon on January 3 a statewide search mounted for Mrs Edith Christman believed alive and hiding near the farmhouse where she shot and killed her estranged husband Roy Christman and his sister two days earlier. Canton notes allegedly show the shooting followed refusals to reconcile after a year apart.
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Massillon
Jan
Edith Christman
Chemistry To Play Part in Chicago Trial
In Chicago on the eve of the Dir. Alice Wynekoop murder trial defense reportedly plans a delay request while a team of chemists and medical experts prepare to testify. The case concerns the death of Rheta Wynekoop found in the 14 room West Monroe Street home last November. Police have offered no new details.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Inlaw
Rheta
Kheta
Weat
Monroe Street Wynekoop
Tobacco Sales May Be Resumed Monday
In Lexington Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon welcomed progress toward higher tobacco prices after a conference with Tennessee growers and Governor Hill McAllister. Sales at Kentucky warehouses may restart Monday after earlier halts over price schedules.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
Tennessee
Hill McAllister
Nine victims in three Norwood holdups in 35 minutes
Nine people were robbed in three Norwood store holdups within 35 minutes last night. The incidents occurred within a mile of each other with total loot under 200 dollars, police reported.
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Norwood
Jan
Loghead name change for Lockheed builder Allen Loughhead
Allen H. Loughhead, builder of Lockheed speed planes, asked to change his surname after being mockingly called loghead. The petition was granted by Superior Judge Parker Wood in Los Angeles on January 3.
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Los Angeles
Allen H. Loughhead
Loghead
Parker Wood
Congress Backs New Deal and Large Budget Plan
The Seventy-Third Congress convened to ratify the new deal and approve a record budget potentially over 7 billion. President Roosevelt outlined goals in a joint session as majorities from Democrats back recovery plans while Republicans pledge constructive criticism. Tax measures and liquor taxes loom as Congress weighs revenue needs and veteran compensation recalls.
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Rainey
House
Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
Congress
Funds To Buy Up Unprofitable Land
Washington reports the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation received 25 million dollars in public works funds to start the government program of buying unprofitable farm lands and retiring them from production. The aim is to end attempts to farm lands not suited to cultivation under current conditions.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Roosevelt addresses Congress on economy crime and reform
President Roosevelt outlines aims for broad prosperity by balancing purchasing power tied to agriculture, plans to report on international debts, denounces tax avoidance and criminal banditry, and backs the Twenty First Amendment to curb illegal liquor traffic and crime.
Hotels and Clubs to Receive Liquor Permits Statewide
Columbus January 3. Application blanks for permits to sell liquor by the drink for restaurants hotels clubs and night clubs were set for distribution. Attorney General Bricker ruled the boards labeling regulation showing ingredients age and alcoholic content is valid and within authority. Distillers objected claiming noncompliance. Clerical posts in the liquor control department to be filled from civil service lists with statewide exams later for store managers and other positions.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
James M. Doran
Washington
State Civil Service Commission
Liquor Control Department
Civil Service
State Okays CWA Projects in Ohio
The Ohio Civil Works Administration approved 87 additional projects across 23 counties with a total outlay of 2,376,906. The effort is expected to provide 14,509 men 11,081 work days. Also 5,600 unemployed women are at work on 325 civil works service projects statewide in clerical, cleaning, nursing, library and home service roles. Jackson County requests 2,500 for CWA materials for women sewing clothing.
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Columbus
Ohio Civil Works Administration
E. 0. Brought
CWA
Relief Commission
Jackson County
Swiss Police Dogs To Guard Prisoners
The Department of Justice will deploy trained Swiss police dogs to guard government prison camps including Chilliot. Sanford Bates said the dogs are for extra precautions to thwart escapes and will be sent to camps once training finishes.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Chillicothe
Sanford Bates
Curse of Tut-Ankh-Amen Recalled As British Explorer Dies
London January 3 A. E. P. B. Weigall Egyptologist dies at 53 after a long illness at London Hospital. Weigall helped open Tut Ankh Amon tomb and dismissed the famed curse though noted a queen buried nearby with power. His death leaves Howard Carter as the sole living principal from the expedition. The tale of the curse has persisted as other related figures died in the years that followed.
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Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
Carnarvon
Col
Aubrey Herbert
Weigall
Abraham
Egypt
Experts Wrong Again In Football as They Are in Everything
Beverly Hills column recounts a Columbia Stanford football game with a light dig at experts. The writer notes Mr Hoover attended a reception and recalls a Columbia connection. The jest hinges on the pig skin ball idea and broad criticism of experts across sports and current affairs.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mr. Hoover
State Ends 1933 With Balance Over Three Million
Ohio closed 1933 with a reported operating state funds balance of 3,544,232.19 and total receipts of 101,400,375.05 while expenditures reached 101,406,465.61. The highway department spent 21,008, WL on 11,105.67 AA of construction and 9,002,565.70 on upkeep, with new revenue sources including cigarette stamp and gasoline taxes for schools, highway fund diversions for relief, beer taxes, cosmetics, theater admissions, and racing taxes.
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Columbub
Ohio
Mate
Joseph T. Tracy
Highway Department
First Violator Fined By Mayor Len B McCune
A man on West Union Street was arrested Sunday night by Police Captain Charlies Maples for reckless driving. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Len B. McCune on Monday night and was fined five dollars plus costs. Lester Herron of Caldwell, also charged with reckless driving, was fined five dollars.
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Harry Six
Athens
Len B. McCune
West Union Street
Charlies Maples
McCune
Costa
Lester Herron
Caldwell
Bill to Restore All Veteran Benefits
Senator Robinson of Indiana prepared a bill for early introduction to re enact all prior laws granting veterans medical or hospital treatment domiciliary care compensation and other allowances.
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Washington
Robinson
Indiana
150 Miners Trapped in European Shaft
Prague reports 150 miners were entombed by an accident at Unsegg Todas. Rescue teams worked amid fears of widespread casualties as daylight grew scarce and conditions hindered escape attempts.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Unsegg Todas
Roosevelt outlines broad recovery plan in congress message
President Roosevelt delivers a nation wide address to Congress urging social and economic reform. He cautions on foreign policy limits and stresses currency reform, debt refinancing, and social programs to relieve unemployment while endorsing international limits on armaments and trade barriers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House of Representatives
Toonevelt
Circle Hill Resident Held in Liquor Case
Lute McConahey of Circle Hill was bound to the Athens County Grand Jury under 700 dollars by Magistrate C H Porter after pleading not guilty to furnishing intoxicating liquor to a minor. Letha West Hamley Rus filed the charge claiming a 15 year old daughter obtained liquor from McConahey. He was unable to post bond and remained in Athens County Jail. George Pavlik Jr of Hocking County, arrested near Corhon Hill, pleaded not guilty to a failure to provide charge and was bound over to the Grand Jury under 400 dollars but also failed to furnish bond and remained in custody.
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Lute McConahey
Circle Hill
Athens County
C. H. Porter
McConahey
Letha West
Hamley Rus
McConabey
George Pavlik
Hocking County
George Hartley
Corhon Hill
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