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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1934
Page
1
Plans for broader farm programs are outlined as the administration moves to end urtailment of animals and tighten stock feed controls. Proposals include a blanket crop contract for grains, continuation of wheat and milk measures, and adjusted payments under the Corn Hog program nearing seven million dollars through June 30 across 15 states.
In Wheeling steel yards authorities await ballistics results in a murder case. Messer aged 30 and Ray Kochendorfer aged 38 were killed in an early morning incident at the bill building. Ballistics tests are being conducted by expert David Mes.
Fragmented lines advertise two piece velour living room suite chairs ice box pleat table at special prices and registered police pups. Reader seeks room or house to rent or property purchase with classifieds page reference. Local Nelsonville column mentions daily item listings and dialing result number 0242.
Mrs. Carrie Gill 59 known as the Sunshine Lady in Jefferson admits hiring a painter for 60 dollars to kill Earl Gentry 47 a former bodyguard to D C Stephenson Indiana Klansman. Gentry's body was found with a bullet in the head near Gill's home last Sunday. Authorities say jealousy over Gill's niece Josephine Probst motivated the crime.
Attorneys for Henry Pierpont and Charles Makiey asked for automatic stays of their death sentences after appeals to the Supreme Court. They argued the Lima courtroom armed guards and military guardsmen breached due process, while Russell Clark received a life term with mercy recommended.
Kenton July 4 A major onion grower was arrested on kidnaping charges as the two week old onion strike widens Constable Wilford Wies of McGuffey faced assault charges Mrs Minnie Whitaker wife of striker accuses Derl Baldwin of luring her son Louis Jr 11 and abducting Robert 12 under false pretenses to work in fields
In Cleveland on July 4 fifteen women employees of the Columbia Refining Company and four men were robbed by bandits who fled with one thousand dollars in filling station receipts.
United States stock and commodity markets closed for Independence Day observance as nationwide holiday activities paused trading. The AP report notes the markets halted operations across the country in recognition of the holiday.
Ernest W. Marland and Tom Anglin emerged as top contenders for the Democratic runoff for Oklahoma governor. Will Rogers, a popular figure and former congressman at large, led a field of 17 candidates in the nomination race.
Three women underwent operations Tuesday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. All are reported in satisfactory condition today. The group includes Mrs. Frank Van Dyke of Grosvenor Street, Mrs. Garfield Nicholson of Chauncey, and Miss Rosélla Herman of St. Petersburg Florida, a University of Ohio summer student.
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Will Rogers mocking Henry Fletcher national Republican chairman for delivering a keynote speech that ignores U S voters while focusing on Germany. Rogers writes the world’s attention remains on Germany as Fletcher seeks a backward glance at the party.
On Independence Day Roosevelt observes from the cruiser Houston in the Bahama Islands with fishing and sport. The flotilla, flag unfurled, plans a noon 21-gun salute and a stop at Long Island Bahamas before heading to Cape Haitien and Puerto Rico. The crew received a day off to mark the holiday.
In San Francisco on July 4 a waterfront riot left more than twenty injured as longshoremen blocked rail operations at Piers 30 and 32. The joint marine strike committee rejected arbitration by the President's board and planned National Guard action if Governor Merriam deems it needed.
Ten steamboats docked in Cincinnati recalling bygone river era. Passenger carriers and tow craft gathered in a notable event hailed by river men as the biggest day in years.
John Halliday Jr of Gallipolis a Democratic State Central Committeeman candidate in the Tenth District visited Athens to renew acquaintances and confer with political leaders. He is an attorney and former athlete at Ohio Wesleyan and ex basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati. In Jackson County Judge Frank Delay was endorsed by the Republican Executive Committee for Judge of Appeals to fill the vacancy from Judge Mauck’s death. Delay previously served as probate judge from 1913 to 1921 and has also been endorsed by the County Bar.
Lightning caused a major outage at Floodwood station of the Southern Ohio Electric Company as a transformer failed and another switched into service. Fuses blew and circuits shorted in many homes while rainfall cooled the heat with the temperature dropping from 90s to the mid 60s and rainfall of 0.52 inch reported.
County officers brought back two adults William Fox and Mrs. Clark West and six children from Fayetteville W Va. Sheriff Stratton said charges will be filed against both Fox and Mrs West. Fox remains in the County Jail while Mrs West and the children stay at the County Detention Home.
Vienna marks the Fourth of July with renewed bombing incidents as the celebrations proceed despite ongoing violence. Reports indicate defensive alarms and curfews in parts of the city while residents observe the holiday.
The Fourth of July holiday sees warm nationwide weather prompting many to venture out. Auto accidents caused last year’s toll of 185 deaths, with premature celebrations sparking minor injuries. In New Zealand, unusual cold waves and heavy snow disrupted travel. In New York a shower lowered heat but heat deaths persisted. incidents included a blacksmith losing a hand and an eye from a toy cannon and a Des Moines woman injured by firecrackers exploding on a car seat.
Perfect weather drew crowds to Athens County celebrations. The K T Crows Post of the American Legion sponsored the Fair grounds event while the United Mine Workers held an ox roast at Nelsonville with drill teams, free dancing, and a fireworks display planned later.
New Philadelphia reports completion of drilling to test strata beneath the Muskingum Watershed District sites will be completed by July 10.
An essay traces fireworks from China to Europe and England's Guy Fawkes, then to America. It notes fireworks as part of Fourth of July celebrations, citing historical uses in Philadelphia in 1777 and the festive, noisy customs that followed.
French scientist Marie Curie died at 66 after treatment for an anemia at a sanitarium in Lallanches. Co discoverer of radium with Pierre Curie, she won two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and was the first woman elected to the French Academy of Sciences.
Wayne Stewart five year old son of Mr and Mrs E M Stewart of Marietta fell from a high sidewalk on South Congress Street about 6 pm injuring only bruises on the head and right shoulder. A truck driver transported him to a physician who declared no serious harm.
Frank Evener 39 of Columbus charged with kidnaping in an attempt to abduct 16 year old Marjorie Joyce while she rode with cousin Leonard Joyce 18 on Buchtel Greens Run Road last Saturday night. Deputy Sheriff Roy Goldeberry brought Evener to the Athens County Jail. an accomplice charged with impersonating an officer had not been apprehended.
Canton Ohio man Charles McMillin aged 35 killed himself under a Pennsylvania train near Knightstown. A coroner's verdict returned here says a note on the body identified him and gave directions to his undertaker for burial.
Berlin July 4 AP Paul Von Papen will remain vice chancellor of Germany Propaganda Ministry announced. Paul von Hindenburg, infirm and revered, appeared likely dictator of the Third Reich while Adolf Hitler, vigorous chancellor, concluded a momentous Neudeck interview with Hindenburg. The talks aimed to shape Nazi policy and balance the Reichswehr.
Berlin reports Hermann Goering absolved Prince August Wilhelm, fourth son of the ex Kaiser, of complicity in the German coup after intense questioning. The prince, a former Nazi Reichstag member, was questioned following the arrest of his close ally Karl Ernst and other Storm Troop leaders.
Circles close to the vice chancellor deny his resignation while Von Papen signals willingness to stay if Von Hindenburg approves. Goering would become vice chancellor if Von Papen departs, under the 1933 arrangement, as Hitler faces debt talks and potential trade tensions with France and England.
Charleston West Virginia July 4 USP William Franklyn Bollinger 2 of Beverly Ohio was shot to death on a mountain road early today and police seek a man a young woman said had threatened to kill him Mabel Nichols 22 is held pending investigation of her story that Bollinger visited her last night and that after he left another friend took her for a ride and said he was going to kill Bollinger Deputy Sheriff Howard Cunningham said she heard a shot shortly after the second man left and found Bollinger's body in a ditch
Pittsburgh July 4 The Allegheny County Jails baseball team once had a string of wins over sheriff and treasurer office teams but is now barred from arranging return games by the warden. The squad includes one murderer and several other felons.
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