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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
1
The article describes a legal and financial stalemate over the NRA tax provisions affecting coal mines. Courts issued temporary orders halting payments as operators seek relief, while commissioners argue for stricter enforcement. Judges in Pittsburgh and Washington weigh the constitutionality of the Guffey Act amid a severe cold spell and declining mine output.
Logan Merrill, Jay Nimon, and Robert Trowbridge of New Plymouth return from an eleven day car journey through the South covering 3100 miles. They visited New Orleans Tampa and Daytona Beach and report snow in Georgia encountered by locals who say such snow is rare in the region.
Rumor spread that Clarence N. and L. Crowell with B. M. Guthrie face extended detention over a Christmas Eve liquor receipts scheme. Police said investigation continues with no final charges announced.
A Washington County treasurer is charged with embezzlement spanning four years. Prosecutor Fred ers says Arza L. Sav r will appear for arraignment before Magistrate Charles. Ernest Hall, an Ohio official, is named to a state post as director.
Two men perished in a blaze at the Joanna Home for the Aged in Cleveland. Residents rescued by firemen and neighbors were hospitalized. Fire Chief Graham called the house a fire trap and said inspections would be reviewed.
Secretary Ickes launched PWA's largest low rent housing effort in Williamsburg Brooklyn where 12 blocks of slums were razed for 1625 families at 12.78 million dollars. He defended slum clearance and urged cities to continue the program amid attack from reactionaries and calls for constitutional limits.
Forty four year old Tommy Touhy, a weakened former gang figure, faced a hearing on moving him to St Paul for trial on mail robbery charges. An indictment in Minneapolis cited a $40,000 to $50,000 heist by gunmen from a mail truck in 1983. Authorities linked him to a Sacramento post office robbery and suspected ties to a Charlotte $105,000 heist.
Mayor James Ford ousted Police Chief Neil Walker for failing to enforce slot machine laws and announced confiscation of machines after January 15. Fire Chief William Collins was removed for on duty intoxication amid the all-Democratic administration.
Floyd Ayers of Millfield had two fingers of his left hand amputated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a mine accident last night. Mike Erdy of Millfield Route 2 was admitted today and was to undergo appendicitis surgery this afternoon.
James T. Algeo age 4 1 was reported seriously ill of pneumonia today at the home of his son A E Algeo 133 Lancaster St with whom he makes his home. He has been ill the last four days.
Officials of two nations at war move to curb dissension. In Italy fascist leaders rally support as Mussolini vows opposition removal by force. In Ethiopia Addis Ababa sends troops to quash unrest and anti taxation revolt amid Haile Selassie loyalty appeals. Paris reports a mutiny among Italian troops as Italy calls 5700 volunteers for an aerial enlistment. Fifteen hundred pilots join the call with 4200 air base experts including machine gunners.
Columbus Ohio Dr Carl Watson administrator for the Works Progress Administration ordered a check of WPA rolls to see if enough trained persons exist for the new federal business census. He noted no authority to hire workers not on WPA rolls and said some census directors want to employ non WPA workers seeking more suitable personnel.
A man named Max Kranzel asked a policeman if a horse was following him. Officers, with Kranzel's help, loaded a 500 pound Shetland pony into a patrol wagon. A peddler claimed the animal later.
Dr Francis E Townsend in Long Beach California outlined a national third party idea to back his old age pension plan if Democratic and Republican leaders reject him He said he would question recognized leaders of the two major parties next week about a proposed 200 a month pension for all over a certain age.
Oxford Ohio Miami University faced a coal shortage as Governor Davey vetoed fuel appropriations. University business manager W P Roudebush said the school has no funds to buy fuel and cannot incur obligations without an appropriation. Only enough coal remains for five or six days.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Arel Johnson Cantonegro's life sentence for murdering his wife during a fight. Johnson had appealed, contending a juror was a distant relative of his attorney, but the court rejected the claim.
SANTA MONICA Calif I hear from an East source that Congress plans to meet again almost immediately. The writer jokes the Supreme Court has hired a press agent and quips about disasters arriving in threes. Irvin B Cobb signs the note in a folksy, sardonic tone.
Ohio lawmakers draft a 15 month relief program totaling 15 million dollars and a six month plan with a one million dollar rotary fund. A state relief commission would administer aid as WPA in Columbus pushes for federal support and figures show 173,170 WPA jobs in Ohio with 2 million dollars weekly spending. The effort aims to run through June 30 and provide work for about 213,200 employable residents.
Donald E. Montgomery AAA consumer's counsel says the 1936 food price outlook is not unfavorable to consumers. He notes higher consumer buying power could raise retail food prices, but larger supplies may offset this and keep prices stable or lower.
Three Champaign County nurses, once suspended for a month after a Christmas Day incident, were reinstated by county officials led by Hospital Superintendent P. W. Bowen following an investigation. The suspensions followed accusations by the county prosecutor and coroner that they failed to obtain a dying statement from an assault victim.
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the Johnstown Township school today. School officials unofficially estimated the loss at about 20000 dollars.
The U S government closed 1935 with expenditures surpassing receipts by 1 88 billion dollars and total public debt at year end 30 557 324 062 an all time high The Treasury reported July 1 to December 31 outlays of 3 781 660 702 and receipts of 1 902 009 509 indicating a half year deficit The budget forecasts for 1936-37 included sinking fund payments and tax receipts showed gains in income and miscellaneous internal revenue while farm processing taxes lagged
Montgomery Alabama 500 inmates labeled most deserving completed Christmas parole of two weeks each under Governor Bibb Graves. At Kilby Prison 104 were released. six were missing hours after the deadline, possibly stranded by high water or granted extensions. Other institutions still set midnight deadlines.
Political heirs of Huey Long gathered for a mass meeting to protest the constitutional invasion of Louisiana by federal agents and spies probing the January primary election machinery. Rep Cleveland Dear hailed the congressional inquiry as necessary to preserve a democratic form of government in the state.
The Lindberghs left Liverpool for Cardiff Wales seeking quiet and rest per their representative.
The Ohio River, ice-choked for a week, resumed rising today at Dam 26, climbing six inches per hour. The steamer Tarkc steamed toward Cincinnati with a ton of coal as officials warned districts in low land areas could flood.
The House School Committee unanimously rejected recommendations from the Sherrill Government Survey to save money by state insurers. It voted 12 to 0 to avoid any plan for the state to carry its own fire and casualty insurance for schools. The panel urged a resolution deeming the idea too wide to consider now. The survey claimed annual savings of 697000, with 409000 from fire insurance and 248000 from casualty coverage. data showed four year fire premiums of 1755174 and losses of 115965, though insurers disputed these figures.
The magazine Steel reports the automotive industry was the main consumer of finished steel in 1935 for the fourth year running. Auto parts and allied manufacturers used 24.4 percent of output, with building at 12.01 percent as the second highest user and the container industry rising to third at 9.3 percent amid a trend toward canned beer oil and other products.
Washington reports say Senator Borah will publish a detailed statement on the Townsend Old Age Pension Plan. He views parts as sound yet unworkable and notes the $200 monthly grant may be too high and that the plan relies on taxes that would mostly fall on higher income groups.
Mary Belle aged 16 and Victoria Spencer aged 14 plan to continue home schooling after their father was acquitted in a Chicago Heights court of violating state education law by keeping his daughters out of public school.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann remains calm as executions preparations proceed in Trenton. If clemency is denied he will die Tuesday night January fourteen at about nine o clock. Twenty spectators are allowed in the chamber aside from guards. Most will be journalists. officials bar moving pictures and broadcasts from prison property and women witnesses.
Two local chain stores in Glouster faced Thursday afternoon picketing after failing to close at noon as required by the Retail Clerks Union rules. Pickets carried signs reading This Store is Unfair to Organized Labor while managers were urged to keep stores open all day despite the policy.
Representative Stephen M. Young of Cleveland says he would like to be governor of Ohio and will announce his decision on entering the Democratic nomination. He is scheduled to address a Jackson Day dinner in Cincinnati on Jan 4.
Columbus officials announce the abolition of 91 liquor agencies following an attorney general ruling that they share the status of state stores. After closures the state will operate 124 stores and 68 agencies, with most eliminations in rural areas.
Four newborn girls arrive on the last day of 1935 to Frau Ewald Zimmerlein in Kronach Germany. All four babies are reported healthy and well.
Night watchman John A. Mc Connaughey escaped unharmed after a dynamite blast in the basement of the Lee Heights Cleaning Co plant. Police attributed the incident to labor trouble.
Ohio River traffic is set to resume after ice gorges broke, ending nearly a week of disruption. Lieut. Col. C. L. Hall reports the last gorge failed Thursday and towboat Henry C. Yeiser remains in shelter at Maysville Kentucky with part of its 20 barge coal tow docked.
In Columbus, the City of Girard and Hannon Construction Company must pay Jennie Smrek 2500 in damages for injuries from a coasting accident. Her sled hit a house after hitting a rough street bump caused by water main work by the construction firm.
A blaze gutted the 100 room Biltmore Hotel at Rhode Island and Orion Aves early today. Ten men were injured, and the fire caused extensive damage to the building. Fire crews battled the flames and worked to evacuate guests and staff amid smoke and collapsing sections of the structure.
Congress opened with debates over an administration bill giving the President discretion to embargo war materials while mandating embargo of actual war implements and barring financial transactions with belligerents. Veterans groups push for immediate cash payment of adjusted service certificates, with costs estimated near a billion dollars.
Eighty employees will return to work Monday at the F. J. Banta & Sons candy factory in Lima after a brief closure. The plant had halted operations following a shutdown tied to unspecified reasons, with workers set to resume production at the start of the new week.
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