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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1936
Page
1
The session edges toward a major relief package with hopes of passage in time. A proposed $10,500,000 measure would last to July 31, staging a bid to resolve urgent budget issues and county aid, while a separate rotary fund and utility bonds loom over the plan.
A church figure will head the Church of England at funeral services for the late King George V and participate in the coronation of King Edward VIII. He also serves as a prominent leader within the Anglican church.
King George V is mourned as his grandson Edward VIII and the immediate royal family accompany the body from Sandringham. A Grenadier Guards honor guard and artillery escort join the funeral procession to Westminster Hall amid royal pageantry.
The document reports on Mrs Mary Frances Applegate being tried for poisoning Mrs Everett Applegate. On the stand Creighton and Jett Applegate face cross examination as the case unfolds.
Solitary confinement and bread and water were used today by officials to quell a strike at the prison. Warden Jamesston said about 2 percent of the 100 men demanding concessions had capitulated to prison rules.
Firefighters battled a massive 000 flame at a line of stores and a beer parlor 16 miles northwest of Amsterdam Carroll as temperatures hovered around 20 below? The blaze threatened the town of about 3 000 residents before being brought under control.
A fragment notes market ideas about authors using a bed typewriter and a headboard device for sleeping writers. It suggests a principle that authors write only while asleep and earn daily from such devices. The text mentions beds, typewriters, and the notion of printed works.
Premier Mussolini escalates diplomatic war by denouncing the five power mutual aid pact and British Mediterranean naval maneuvers. He plans to protest Britain France Turkey Greece and Yugoslavia measures as an anti Italian alliance while a new committee weighs an embargo on oil coal steel iron. An Ethiopian communique claims thousands of Italians killed in a major northern front battle ongoing since Monday.
Dale Stump former head of the Claims Department of the State Industrial Commission announced his bid for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Col Oliver H Dockery Jr retired U S Army from Newark announced his run for Congress in the Seventeenth District comprising Licking Knox Coshocton Delaware Ashland and Richland Counties.
The Ohio liquor department may close unnotified agencies beyond quota. Agency operators Henry P. Mone and D. C. Westen haver will appeal after Common Pleas Judge John R. King denied their injunction. Judge King aligned liquor agencies with state stores, limiting to one per 40 000 residents or fraction.
Rudyard Kipling was buried Thursday beside other famed English writers in Westminster Abbey. As King George V's coffin was carried to Westminster Hall, Kipling's ashes were laid in Poet's Corner with reverent ceremony.
Anne Cooper Hewitt 21 sued four individuals for 500000 alleging they conspired to deprive her of motherhood after a sterilization operation she says was misrepresented as an appendectomy. She did not sign a criminal complaint and the district attorney declined to act.
Portsmouth officials report jailer George Butcher caught inmate George Davis sawing bars at Scioto County Jail. Prisoner Walter Roberts played a French harp as the plot unfolded. Mrs Kalakewich wife of Frank Kalakewich was arrested for smuggling saw blades into the jail.
Sheriff B R Bonte charged John Horner a 45 year old of Blackford with the fatal shooting of George Bowen 24 left to die in a snow drift Bowen was Horner s son in law Horner was held in the Lawrence County Jail and Bowen s brother Millard 21 received shotgun wound treatment
Three men accompanied by a woman robbed a United Drug Company paymaster of 18000 on the building’s fourth floor in Roxbury Boston. They escaped in a car.
The state auditor's office announced the distribution of its millionth old age pension check, marking a milestone in the program.
A brutal snowstorm drives the Athens District into an 18 below zero record with readings as low as 25 below unofficially. Schools close and WPA workers idle as the deep freeze paralyzes activities. officials warn of potential floods if a rapid thaw follows.
A CT town Satan's Kingdom between Canton and New Hartford saw temperatures plunge overnight by 36 degrees. Morning low reached 6 below zero, making it one of the coldest spots in the state.
A Pennsylvania Railroad train with over 30 aboard was stalled in a snow drift near Starkey ten miles south of Canandaigua. An emergency crew was dispatched to assist it. Gov. Martin L. Davey and 30 Ohio Democratic leaders arrived in Washington to reconcile differences with the national administration.
Los Angeles police lieutenant R L D Nord asked a municipal judge to dismiss traffic complaints against Richard Morton William J Lyons and J E Thompson noting the men are dead from traffic accidents The judge questioned the grounds for dismissal in a terse exchange.
Secretary Wallace testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee on a proposed farm bill amending the 1935 soil conservation act. The measure would authorize payments to farmers for soil building crops and erosion prevention, with constitutional questions raised by Norris and defense by Bankhead and Jones.
In Geneva the League of Nations council clashed over Communist and Fascist foreign policies and a republic's right to sever relations with Soviet Russia. Maxim Litvinov named Japan, Italy, and another European state as threats, urging Uruguay to explain its break with Moscow. Uruguayan representative Alberto Guani urged defense against Moscow and denounced the Moscow program as aimed at destroying families, religion, social order, and civilization.
At his farm home Maryville area Lewis Friend fought off a squirrel that attacked him and injured his face and ears. The same animal reportedly bit Mrs. Thomas Kerrigan on December 9.
Washington explains cashable $50 bonds for adjusted service certificates. Veterans may apply any time before 1945 maturity. applications go to Veterans' Administration in Washington. The VA will certify bond amount to Treasury, covering 1945 maturity value minus loans and pre October 1941 interest. post October 1 1931 interest is canceled. Government pays interest owed to banks if applicable. Bonds issued after Treasury prints and mails them per VA certification.
A severe cold snap drives subzero readings from Minnesota to Maine with International Falls at 55 below. Schools close, transport halts, and several fatalities reported as the frigid wave grips the nation.
In New Orleans the Huey Long faction pledged to push opposition to the Roosevelt Administration with Share the Wealth as the spearhead. Early returns show the Long slate leading in Louisiana with large margins for Senate and governor. Gerald L. K. Smith announced Washington headquarters and campaigns in southern states as he plans a presidential bid in Georgia.
In Cincinnati Judge Robert R. Nevin weighs whether Ohio's $14 minimum wage for a 40 hour week should be made permanent. Plaintiff Marguerite Walker of Columbus says she was dismissed after the wage order took effect and has since been unable to find work, arguing the scale is prejudicial to women.
A House labor sub committee debated compelling witness attendance and widening the probe into alleged mass deaths at the Hawk's Nest Tunnel in Southern West Virginia. The panel weighed expanding scope and remedies while examining evidence and possible disciplinary steps.
Azusa California. Irvin S. Cobb writes on Britain preserving royal dignity and Americans guarding their flag. He praises Britain’s kings and queens as gentlemen and wonders if the monarch will always choose wisely, offering best wishes to the current king.
Intimates expect President Roosevelt to veto the baby bond bonus bill as it reaches his desk from Congress. Legislators speculate he may demand new taxes to finance veterans payments, with estimates of at least 1 billion dollars needed if enacted. The President has ten days to act. absent action the bill becomes law after a routine VA checkup.
Delbert Green, condemned for killing his uncle, faces a dawn execution by a five man firing squad at the State Prison. Sheriff Holbrook has chosen volunteers. the men will be paid $25 each and their identities kept secret. A gubernatorial reprieve from Gov. Henry H. Blood could halt the sentence.
In Marion's Golden Glove tournament two boxers from Nevada Wyandot County Paul Mollencup and Robert Law rence had to forfeit after suffering frozen ears during the walk from the Up town district to the arena. King Winter’s zero punches spoiled their planned bouts on Wednesday night.
A grand jury investigation was ordered into B. F. Martin on charges he refused jobs while on relief. At a hearing before Juvenile Judge Vinton Bennehoff he was jailed in default of a 500 bond for failure to support two daughters.
Dr. F. E. Townsend predicts the upcoming congressional primaries will decide if his backers start a third party movement around the old age pension plan.
A report presented at the American Road Builders convention ranks Ohio 38th nationwide for progress in eliminating grade crossings on highways. The study compares several states and highlights areas needing action to improve safety and traffic flow.
Sub-zero polar blast shuts roads and schools across Ohio. Five deaths linked to the frostbite and heart strain as hundreds of children remain in rural schools and WPA operations pause. Snow and drifting cut highway access while agencies scramble aid and rescues amid record cold.
A paralyzed wife kept a 32 hour vigil beside her stricken husband until help arrived Wednesday night. The couple were taken to a hospital where the husband, Dr. Franklin M. Dumas, 74, was reported in serious condition. They were discovered by grocer Max Hermelich at 4 PM Wednesday.
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