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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1938
Page
1
Paid tributes marked the loss of Dr Andrew J Crawford Glouster physician and civic leader of over fifty years. Interment followed at Athens West Union Street Cemetery. A former Ohio legislator he was widely known in Republican circles.
John L. Lewis Owen D Young and Thomas W Lamont planned a White House meeting with President Roosevelt to discuss measures to ease the business recession. Roosevelt warned against holding companies and signaled further talks with business and labor leaders.
National Grange Master L. J. Taber urged a $50,000,000 increase in federal rural electrification funding. He argued the boost would fit a balanced-budget policy as nine dollars of every loan would circulate to pay for materials, labor and appliances, stimulating demand like work relief agencies.
Charles J Hess, 84, former mayor of Pomeroy for 12 years, died Thursday night at his W Main Street home after a long illness. Funeral at Peace Church Sunday at 2 30 PM. Born in Germany, he lived much of his life in Pomeroy and held roles as miner, mine operator, dairyman, and state oil inspector. Survived by three children Frank Pittsburgh William Hess Pomeroy and Mrs John Schaaf, a sister and two brothers, and a member of the Germany Rhine Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Rio Grande College may become a self help institution if a favorable report from the Northern Baptist Convention committee is received by February 1. President W A Lewis says the panel, after visiting Ozark College in Arkansas, will decide on possibilities for continued operation and earnings for both male and female students.
Mrs Alta Moore 23 sues Polytechnical High School principal James E Addicott for 10000 claiming she was ejected from a football game for wearing Robin Red fingernail polish. The incident occurred in the Polytechnic students cheering section amid rivalry with Lowell High School.
Columbus reports the joint conference committee on the Hum poor relief financing bill plans to issue a report next Tuesday. Indications say the plan will meet Senate leaders' demands, leaving intact the 65 percent tax on public utilities and the one fourth cent per bottle beer tax as amended by the Senate.
Senator Josiah Bailey plans to urge the administration to boost private enterprise as a business aid while filibustering the anti lynching bill. Majority Leader Alben Barkley says debate will not be curbed if it remains on legitimate lines and that none of Roosevelt's program proposals are ready for consideration.
Morris Soumiens operator of a Columbus laundry pleaded guilty in common pleas court to violating the state minimum wage law for women. He underpaid Miss Mary Roberts for 61 hours work earning 14 dollars instead of the 18.32 dollars due. Roberts and other underpaid employees may sue to recover the money owed.
Judge I. L. Holderman of Dayton was re-elected president of the Ohio Fair Managers' Association. The Ohio Board of Agriculture named E. H. Campbell of Salem as vice president and Ernest J. Riggs of Gallipolis as secretary.
Gold medals will be awarded to eight Ohio farmers on January 26 for proficiency in agriculture and community service, earning them the title of master farmer.
Warden James C. Woodard announced at the Ohio Penitentiary that a section of the prison is undergoing remodeling to centralize death row and install the electric chair.
In Columbus a federal case against six defendants accused of conspiring to defraud the government on the $60,000 Mound City State Park PWA project moved toward completion as attorneys sought to finish their testimony.
Governor Martin L. Davey accuses Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati of attacking the state administration from behind at a Jackson Day dinner. Sawyer had charged corruption and graft and called for naming those responsible and detailing their offenses.
The Senate graft investigating committee secured a promise from Alfred Humphrey state liquor enforcement chief to suspend Joseph Maiden Canton district enforcement officer for forging and padding expense vouchers. James Metzenbaum accused Humphrey of delaying action. Humphrey said he lacked a transcript, later admitted it was available but not retrieved.
Los Angeles judge eyed a jury pool of seven men and one woman past middle age as defense counsel Jerry Geisler sought a conservative middle aged panel for Paul A Wright accused of killing his wife Evelyn, 29, and John B Kimmel, 36, in their living room.
The Northwest Territory Caravan, missing since leaving Shippensburg, Pa, was reported safe in Everett Bedford County after a snowbound delay in the McConnellay Mountains. The convoy, bound for Marietta Ohio for the Northwest Territory celebration, faced heavy snow Tuesday and Wednesday along the Lincoln Highway.
Chiang Kai Shek staked everything on a defense of Shangtung Province and ordered a drastic shakeup in North China military command. Reports said Chinese troops recaptured Tsining for the second time though battle details were sparse.
Ohio Democratic national committeeman Charles Sawyer said he will announce soon whether he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor. Supporters presented petitions with 120,000 names urging him to run at the Jackson Day dinner. Governor Pickrel criticized Sawyer for past tactics and urged focus on party unity and public service.
Dean Israel H. Noe of St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis Tennessee began a fast to show the soul’s superiority over material life. Friends say he shifted from an orange juice diet over a year ago to abstain from all food and water except a wafer and wine thrice weekly from January 2, 1938, for at least twelve days, leaving him thin and drawn.
Donald Drecsler who tied for Vernon Township trustee and then lost to Emil Fisher on a coin toss says he will ask the Ohio Supreme Court to decide if a coin toss is a legal method to determine an election. Crawford County common pleas court upheld Fisher's election.
London reports A Bert Brock aged 57 an insurance and real estate dealer who began serving as a city councilman on January 1 committed suicide Thursday night.
Wayne County Common Pleas Judge Walter J. Mougey announced a county wide effort to reduce divorces. Starting Feb 1 divorce trial rules will tighten with 10 day public notices for cases and corroborative evidence required. Witnesses may be called by the judge.
LOGAN. Mrs. Martha Jane West age 93 widow of Hugh H. West died today at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs R B Hansel with whom she had lived for many years. Funeral services will be held at Heinlein Brothers Funeral Home Monday at 2 p.m. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. She leaves a daughter Mrs Hansel and two sons Dr K S West Lakewood Ohio and D W West Laurelville. Her husband and one son died years ago. A member of a pioneer Hocking County family she spent her life in the county and Logan with her children.
The Gallipolis Furniture Company at Sycamore and Second Streets plans production about Feb 1 under organizer and head Dr. C. E. Holzer. The new plant expects to hire about 100 men, mainly from former local furniture firms.
Paris reports Radical Socialist War Minister Edward Daladier refused an invitation to form a new cabinet to replace the resigned Popular Front government of Premier Camille Chautemps.
Three African American children died in a Columbus blaze that consumed their single story home on Thursday night while parents Caleb and unnamed mother were away. Investigators assess cause as accidental, with no immediate signs of arson.
The Senate confirmed Joseph P. Kennedy's nomination to serve as ambassador to Great Britain. This marks a formal approval of Kennedy's diplomatic posting amid ongoing wartime efforts.
Detroit report says Vincent Lopez and the Daughters of the American Revolution push for a gentler version of The Star Spangled Banner. A violinist demonstrates replacing the note F with D to ease the strained expression on schoolboys at the Fox Theater backstage.
Peace returned to New Haven Michigan after a night of rioting at the New Haven Foundry. Two deputy sheriffs were injured and numerous unionists suffered minor injuries as officers failed to break through picket lines surrounding the plant. Tear gas bombs and shots in the air marked the unrest before a truce was called.
Granges in five counties of southern Ohio oppose a congressional measure to limit freight trains to 70 cars. R W Nutting of Middleport, NY Central Railroad master, says the bill would raise operating costs and freight rates, and increase livestock hazards at crossings for farmers.
Coroner Hal ford E. Whitacre said a four month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Beecher, died after milk from a bottle flowed into her lungs during the night. The mother found the infant dead in her crib. The nipple hole was reported as too large.
Four men robbed the Lorain Street Bank branch shortly after opening today. They obtained four thousand dollars before fleeing the scene. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
A 100 page Ways and Means Subcommittee report under Rep Fred M Vinson proposes to revise corporate taxes and capital gains rules while keeping individual rates. It recommends exemptions for small corporations and lowers undistributed profits tax, plus changes to capital losses and administrative steps to ease taxpayer relations. The plan aims for hearings to start soon and a bill to pass Congress by mid March.
A Cleveland wholesale firm reports a burglary loss of 350 dozen pairs of women's silk hose valued at $2,000. One burglar is said to be well supplied with gifts for his girl friends.
Clark Alvard left the major portion of his estate to actress Marion Davies and named her as an executor. Davies, earning about ten thousand dollars a week at Warner Brothers, plans to donate the share to charity in his name. Alvard, a Nevada desert gold prospector, fell in love with Davies after seeing her first film in Las Vegas in 1916 and wrote her hundreds of letters over the years.
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