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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1934
Page
1
The GSE campaign seeks to collect about 200 million in delinquent taxes as lawmakers convene to address state finance. Governor White plans a commission to draft measures for tax collection, bonding, and pensions to aid weak school districts without raising new revenue. The effort includes possible use of venues and targeted reforms to stabilize local governments.
A brief arts item notes a performer or author credited as Might Not a Peace but I’ll Be Handy Will, with emphasis on a forthcoming appearance or work. The snippet suggests a quirky, hands-on persona and a local cultural footprint without further context.
Samuel Willaman resigns as Ohio State head football coach and is named head coach at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Ohio State's athletic board plans a careful search, aiming to name a successor within a month to prepare for spring practice.
Secretary Perkins urged unemployment insurance in speeches but Speaker Rainey and House leaders expect no enactment this session. They warn against legislative hobgoblins unless President Roosevelt proposes action on unemployment insurance merger proposals stock market regulation shorter work week old age pensions and silver remonetization.
Cleveland report states Blended whiskey at 14 dollars per fifth Gin at 9 cents a fifth and Fine table wine at 85 cents a quart will be posted when the first state liquor stores open March 15. Liquor buyer Matt Hinkle of Cleveland said orders for lower priced charges are placed and delivery is guaranteed. He notes suppliers are longtime friends and the program aims to lower prices as supply improves.
Madison, Wis. Jan 31 4U P United Press Wallace warns that strict government regimentation of agriculture may follow if farmers do not voluntarily reduce crops. He addressed the Wisconsin State College of Agriculture urging farm leaders, especially in dairy, to abandon rugged individualism and join cooperative efforts as evidence suggests cooperative spirit benefits.
U S officials prepare to launch the World Poker Game with a small staff observing the event. The launch signals a controlled rollout as observers monitor the proceedings for compliance and protocol.
Russian balloon Syrius crashes after setting a world altitude record nearly 15 miles up. Crew members Paul Fedosheenko a scientist with no stratosphere experience Andrew Vashenko the gondola engineer died in the incident.
Athens County administrator Belford Nelson says CWA workers will shift to jobs closer to home this week and adjust 15 and 24 hour week schedules. Washington orders prioritize rural and small towns for 15 hours or 24 hours in larger areas. The county checks each worker for eligibility with the War Re-employment Bureau as a complaint committee meets twice weekly to address irregularities.
Athens officer Charley Maple faces assault and battery charges from Robert Violet who says Maple shoved him after a collision between Violet’s car and Maple’s city vehicle on January 22 in West Union. Violet and two passengers in his car report the incident. Maple was arrested for reckless driving.
John Benjamin Howell 75 died at his son Homer's home near Cutler Tuesday evening after years of poor health. He leaves sons John, Reno West Virginia Homer near Cutler Frank Chesapeake West Virginia. Funeral at Clarks Chapel Church Friday at 10 30 a m with Rev B H Pugh officiating. Burial in Clarks Chapel Cemetery. His wife Mary Howell was sister of Williams brothers Charles Isaac John and Harvey of Athens.
Three Soviet balloonists perished after their gondola detached from a stratosphere ascent that reached about 12.75 miles. The balloon fell near Potileki Ostrog, east of Moscow, after witnesses heard two explosions as the gondola hit the ground.
Columbus reports the Civil Works Administration paid 3 554 000 in salaries in Ohio for the week ending January 25. The payroll covered 246 943 workers across counties including Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs and Perry with varied sums listed for each county. Subsequent freezes by Hopkins cut payrolls and hours, with expected further reductions in coming reports.
In Pikeville Kentucky a strike at Edgewater Coal Company shaft ended with Perry Adkins 45 shot to death and Beverly Hill 24 wounded as 15 pickets were arrested Marvin Williamson charged with the shooting Hawkins a former legislator among those detained.
NEW PHILADELPHIA Ohio January 4 Engineers and attorneys of the Muskingum watershed conservancy district studied a 25 million dollar flood control contract from the Federal Public Works Administration. The agreement, nearly final, sets the federal district relationship and calls for fourteen dams forming artificial lakes to control floods and conserve water with final approvals expected in Washington and the local conservancy court before work begins.
In Athens the district thawed with sun and a thermometer rising toward 28 degrees from the cold spell. By late morning the reading reached 4 above zero as Mrs. C. N. France noted. Yesterday’s high was 18 and the low 11 with a return to colder weather forecast tomorrow.
Lima court case reports O. E. Schupp a truck driver fined twenty five dollars for changing a 1931 license plate to read 1934 by replacing the numeral one with a four. The offense occurred in Lima.
Youngstown reports steel production rising from thirty to forty percent capacity by midweek as factories push toward higher output.
The Vinson Bill passed the House authorizing 475 million dollars over five years to build warships and ships align with London Treaty strength. Senate action planned this week as part of broader defense expansion alongside army modernization.
United Mine Workers delegates meet in Indianapolis to press for a 30 hour work week and higher wages. They refer wage and hour disputes to a February 12 Washington conference with NRA officials and Appalachian operators. The convention debates scale increases and contract details amid mixed regional support.
Ohio ministers at the state Pastors Convention in Columbus vow to campaign to banish liquor again. They oppose the term temperance as a stolen word and announce efforts to repeal the Twenty-First Amendment, aiming to restore prohibition in the state.
A Western Reserve University law student, nephew of Congressman Stephen Young, was freed of a manslaughter charge by a grand jury in the Dec 16 shooting of Carl Meteling, a 52 year old Mayfield Heights farmer, who allegedly tried to pull Ruth Beiter from an auto on a lonely road.
Columbus dispatch reports Governor George White requested extradition from Birmingham Alabama for John J. Lee who faces a charge of neglect to provide for his minor child in Lawrence County.
A group of Oberlin College students telegrammed President Roosevelt and Ohio State University President Dr. George W. Rightmire denouncing compulsory military training in colleges and universities.
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