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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1935

Page

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Confession Tied to Dickinson Slaying Emerges

Prosecutors reveal a confession tying Ferris and three others to the Dickinson murder. Young witnesses describe planning and the motive to kill Dickinson, with statements about a fear of identification and a plan to eliminate him. The case centers on the quartet including Miller and Jackson amid questions of motive.

Howard Carter York Ferris Dickinson Admis Srence Jackson Kuranc Jean Miller

Ottawa riot shocks city as police quell strike march

Canadian authorities used tear gas to break up a riot of relief camp strikers in Saska-Three. One officer and a striker were seriously hurt, with several police injured as authorities arrested 27 people during clashes across streets surrounding the city hall.

Saska Canadian Mounted Cath Ottawa Charles Miller Rew Francis Miller

County Girl Dead After Auto Collision

Five year old girl from McCune County died Monday after being struck by an auto. The victim was identified as a local resident and the incident remains under investigation by authorities.

Ite McCune County

Punishment and the Crime in historic China noted

The Messenger advertises a historical note about China’s oldest hospital and a thousand year anniversary. A fragment mentions an erring employee and an ominous fate implied by impalement, followed by a brisk classified boat sale listing for a 15 ft boat with a 16 h p inboard engine.

Peking China Chance

Middleport Votes to Issue Bonds for Municipal Gas System

Middleport council approves an ordinance to issue 175000 in bonds to fund a village gas system and seeks 45 percent aid from the PWA. Raymond L. Crist will negotiate bond sales. gas supplied by Columbian Carbon and Fuel Co. Consumers would pay no more than 45 cents per thousand cubic feet, with bonds repaid from company revenue, not taxpayers.

Middleport PWA Raymond L. Crist Immigration Crist Columbian Carbon and Fuel Company hi@ve

Youth Killed in Prison Break at Indiana Reformatory

Pendleton Ind Slugs from a sawed off shotgun killed one youth and wounded another as four prisoners attempted an escape from the Indiana State Reformatory One prisoner was killed Simon Dyer Robert McAllister gravely wounded and Robert Sanders recaptured The escapees prompted guards and nearby officers to fan out at dawn seeking Darrell Paul Jones the suspected ringleader believed wounded.

Pendleton Ind Indiana State A. F. Miles Simon Dyer Robert McAllister Robert Sanders Darrell Paul Jones

Currency official seeks condition reports for banks

Washington the comptroller of the currency issued a call for the status of all national banks at the close of business Saturday June 29.

Washington Comptroller of the Currency

English Press Flares Eden Offer of Land to Ethiopia

British press blasts Eden for proposing to grant Ethiopia a seaport in Somaliland to end Mussolini’s war build up. Capt Anthony Eden told the House of Commons the plan would require Ethiopia’s concessions in exchange for peace.

London Great Britain Ethiopia East Africa Anthony Eden Eden House of Commons Benito Mussolini Britain British Somaliland East African Italy 1I Duce

Two CCC Boys Killed By Hit-Skip Driver

Two CCC workers were killed on Akron Cleveland Road eight miles north of Akron by a hit-skip driver while returning to the Virginia Kendall camp after an evening in Akron. The victims were William Davis 20 of Sugar Grove Ohio and John Hoskins 19 of Deerfield Ohio.

Akron CCC Akron-Cleveland Road Here Virginia Kendall Camp William Davis Sugar Grove John Hoskins Deerfield

Warm Reception Greets Ohio University's New President

Dr Herman G James arrives in Athens as new Ohio University president with wife and elder daughter Margaret Helen. They register at Hotel Berry and visit friends before driving to Columbus and Chicago. James plans to assume duties tomorrow and live on East Union Street. The family plans to move to Vermillion South Carolina in August.

Herman G. James Ohio University James Athens Nashville Tenn Margaret Helen Berry T. R. Biddle Park Place Columbus East Union Street Genevieve Germany Herman Chicago Marshall Fies

Mussolini Openly Acknowledges Abyssinian War Length

Beverly Hills column notes Mussolini claims five year war in Abyssinia with fifteen year mop up, questions oil prospects if geologists miss. The writer sympathetically ironizes on Dauncey’s oil speculation and dwindling European war talk.

Beverly Hills Calif Mussolini Abyssinia Europe

Boston Broker And Two Sons Die in Ocean

A Boston realty broker and his two sons perished at sea after a gale while trying to rescue him. Charles Tillinghast and two Boston companions reached Sydney Harbor with a crippled ketch Hamrah. Richard and Harry Ames were lost in the attempt, leaving Mrs. Ames unaware of the tragedy abroad.

Sydney Boston Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club Charles Tillinghast Providence R. I

Helen Moody Jacobs Reach Wimbledon Semi Finals

In Wimbledon action Dorothy Round falls to Joan Hartigan in a three set upset. Helens Moody and Miss Jacobs advance to the semi finals likely renewing their long standing rivalry with Mrs Moody facing Rene Mathieu in the next round. Fraulein Sperling beats Katherine Stammers to join Jacobs in the semis.

Wimbledon Eng Dorothy Round England America Helens Moody Miss Jacobs Joan Hartigan Australia Miss Round Germany Fraulein Sperling Katherine Stammers

Earnest Kennedy Dies at Parents Home at 39

Earnest E Kennedy aged 39 died Monday night at 8 45 at his parents home 7 South McKinney Avenue He had been ill for years Funeral services set for 10 Thursday at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Rev Lloyd W Clarke to officiate Burial in Friendship six miles south of Portsmouth He served in World War I was a Mason and Ohio University alumnus He leaves his parents and sister Laura Friends may call Wednesday from 8 am to 6 pm

Earnest E. Kennedy R. A. Kennedy McKinney Avenue Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Lloyd W. Clarke Friendship Portsmouth Kennedy Masonic Ohio University Laura

Hopkins Promises Aid to Miami Valley Taxpayers

A Dayton Middletown and Hamilton delegation returned with assurances from federal relief administrator Harry L Hopkins that the government will seek to relieve Miami Valley taxpayers burdened by flood control assessments set after the 1913 flood.

Hopkins Miami Valley Washington Dayton Middletown Hamilton Harry L. Hopkins

Key Brothers Win Endurance Flight After 27 Days

Meridan Miss report says Fred and Al Key returned after 27 days aloft aboard the Ole Miss plane. They described the flight as not fun while setting new records for sustained flying and landing at 7 06 p m Monday.

Meridian Miss Earth Fred al Key Ole Miss

House Votes Against Death Sentence On Utility Holding Companies

Athens County relief budget in July reduced by 256 to 75259 as 2879 families and 3830 singles expected aid. Direct relief 47004, work projects 25000, allocations for administration and schools. Ohio totals show 197422 families and 61359 singles on relief with state funding 9,552,766. Federal Hopkins said 7.5 million for July relief. Myrna Loy freckles note ends.

House Ohio Athens County H. M. Spang Spang Sail City of Athens Moore Curran Hocking County Gallia County Meigs County Vinton County Harry L. Hopkins Washington

Funds Held Up On River Work By Cost Query

The Ohio State Control Board delayed a 355000 dollar allotment for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Project awaiting expenditure review. A 2000000 dollar state appropriation may be insufficient as only 5179 acres of land have been acquired for 14 reservoirs, with rising land costs and critique that federal dam construction preceded land purchase.

Columbus State Control Board Dale Duniton Ohio Duniton Julius Headington Mt Vernon Dunifont

Former Athens Pastor Buried in Columbus

Funeral services for the Rev. W. P. Cassidy former pastor of Richland Avenue Methodist Protestant Church were held at White Hall Church East Main Street Columbus Monday at 2 pm. He died at White Cross Hospital Columbus Friday after an operation recently he served as pastor at Hamden.

W. P. Cassidy Richland Avenue Methodist Protestant Church White Hall Church East Main Street Columbus White Cross Hosital Hamden

Two Men Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Enterprise

Logan Thomas Monroe and Thomas Maxwell, both of Columbus, were injured in an automobile wreck near Enterprise at 34 m. this morning. They were taken to Cherrington Hospital with Monroe suffering a fractured left shoulder blade and Maxwell with two fractured ribs and facial injuries.

Logan Thomas Monroe Thomas Maxwell Columbus Enterprise Cherrington Hospital Monroe Maxwell

Geography lesson costs Collingswood liquor sale

Mrs Mary Pisark of Woodlynne pled ignorance after selling liquor in a parlor that lay in Col lingswood, a dry town. Judge Frank Neutze imposed a 30 day jail term, noting the error and promising a sharper focus on geography.

Collingswood N. J Mary Pisark Woodlynne Frank Neutze

Thrill Slayer Is Arraigned In Quiet Upstate Village

Alfred E Volckmann confessed killer of nine year old Helen Glenn was arraigned on first degree murder charges at dawn in Greenville New York He was held for action by the Greene County grand jury in September The surprise arraignment followed a voyage from Catskill to Greenville with troopers and a brief ten minute hearing before Justice Laverne Smith

Greenville N. Y Alfred E. Volckmann Helen Glenn Thereene County Hudson River Catskill Hudson J. Walter Wheeler Memorial Hospital Volckmann Poleon Justice of the Laverne Smith Justice Smith Voickrmann

Coroner Probes Cleveland Drowning Case

Coroner A J Pearse continued the investigation into the Lake Erie drowning of Miss Mildred Brockman after Safety Director Martin Lavelle testified she fell overboard while moving to change seats on the boat ride.

Cleveland A. J. Pearse Mildred Brockman Lake Erie Martin Lavelle Miss Brockman

Theft probe at Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home suspends seven cooks

An investigation into grocery and merchandise thefts at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home led to the suspension of seven African American cooks on Monday.

Xenia Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Home

Curtis Urges New GOP Chairman Amid Tax and Bureaucracy Talk

In Washington, Curtis, Hoover era vice president, calls for a change at the Republican National Committee chair, criticizing slow work and pushing for tax cuts via reducing boards and commissions. He cites a Topeka 1942 speech attacking bureaucracy and notes at least a dozen GOP figures who could beat Roosevelt in 1996.

Washington Charles Curtis Hoover Henry P. Fletcher Fletcher Herbert Hoover Curtis Topeka Kas Andrew Mellon Treasury Republican Party Roosevelt

Business Increases At Cleveland Airport

Major John Berry, manager of the Cleveland airport, announced that 15,748 passengers arrived or departed last month, surpassing the previous record of 13,700 set in August 1933.

Cleveland John Berry

Kansas Governor Landsons Balanced Budget Claim

Kansas Governor Al M. Landon, a Republican, announced to a radio audience that Kansas closed its fiscal year with a balanced budget. Supporters said the endorsement boosted his national presidential prospects while downplaying political implications.

Kansas City al M. Landon Kansas

Value of a 58 Year Old Man to His Family in Court Decision

Judge O F Rowland of Athens County Common Pleas Court granted new trials in the estate case of Daniel McPherson against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He ruled the 58 year old man’s value to his wife and family is not a mere monetary sum and criticized the verdict as a compromise.

Judge Rowland O. F Rowland Athens County Common Pleas Court Daniel McPherson Stewart Baltimore and Ohio Railroad McPherson Beth Sides Rowland

House approves bill giving securities commission power over holding companies

The House passed legislation to regulate public utilities with discretionary authority for the Securities Commission over holding companies after rejecting Roosevelt's plan to outlaw unnecessary holding firms. The substitute measure won 246 to 143, transferring issues to a conference committee to reconcile Senate and House positions.

Washington House Roosevelt Securities Commission Senate The Conference Committee House Dike

Akron salesman kills visitor in quarrel

Police questioned Carl P. Williams age 37 a furnace salesman at his Akron home after a quarrel with William Smith 37 unemployed rubber worker who was shot to death. Authorities said Williams had threatened to kill Smith and was shot when he went to Williams home after drinking at a tavern with Mrs. Williams.

Akron Carl P. Williaew Wiliam Smith Goniee Williams

Ship Subsidy Bill Buried in Senate Files

Apparent plan for a large ship subsidy measure stalled in the Senate committee, remaining buried in the file stack after passage stalled. Clerk of the committee comments the bill will not advance. A Zanesville man, O. Phillips, was arrested for license tag violations on a truck operated in Athens. He posted $25 bond.

Washington Senate Senator Clerk D. Mo

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