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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
1
A fragmented report notes a 103 degree temperature and a 35 kill count in an unclear middle inning. The text mentions Wednesday and references a city area near sea boards with possible notes on heat and conditions.
British authorities tighten export licenses for nations including Ethiopia amid wartime material controls. The move signals Britain’s broadened manufacturing focus and enforcement of material restrictions during hostilities.
An unreadable OCR snippet from Ohio dated Sunday references a forecast by someone named Couzens and mentions glass, Pyrex, and investments. The text is garbled with missing letters and unclear context, making a coherent event or person identification difficult.
Athens council voted to submit a bond issue of 75 000 to cover city hall project costs after a federal ruling shifted WPA funding. The plan calls for a 160 000 total cost with 55 percent WPA support and 45 percent at the city’s expense, with August primary election potential.
Grover W. Flemings journalistic career as Ohio Examiner publisher is interrupted for one to five years due to an Athens County conviction on obscene literature charges. Mrs. R. E. Goldsberry, wife of the deputy sheriff, accompanied her husband to the prison gates at the Belle Center publication scene Wednesday morning.
Lloyd Robinson an 18 year old from Marshfield Missouri prepared to spend life in prison for murdering his father Robert Robinson age 53. The teen said his murder confession implicated his mother Mary Robinson and Dr William F Schlicht. He will be moved to the state penitentiary Friday while his mother and Dr Schlicht face trial in September. Police said the motive was a $10000 life insurance payout.
The War Department awarded Bolivar Dam at Sandy Creek near Bolivar Ohio to Minder Construction Corporation Chicago for 1 546 375.00 dollars and Pleasant Hill Dam on Clear Fork Mohican River Ohio to Newhall Herkner Construction Company and Peter Herkner Cleveland for 918 632.00 dollars. A gas bags contract for East Ohio Gas Company lines Atwood Reservoir in Zanesville district went to O W Arnett Berea Kentucky for 134 735.50 dollars.
In Columbus C. C. Stillman federal relief administrator for Ohio advised counties facing funds for Works Progress Administration projects to consider issuing poor relief bonds. He noted the General Assembly allowed this but urged checking whether the issuance would exceed the constitutional ten mill limit.
Hollister resident John Mitchell age 22 was seriously injured in Mine 267 Hunterdon when coal collapsed on him. He suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries and was treated first at his parents’ home, then moved to Cherrington Hospital Logan. Night report said his condition was favorable.
Earl H. Hanefeld director of agriculture announced that women and children will be admitted free on opening day August 26 at the Ohio State Fair.
Calvin C. Arrington, age 92, a Confederate veteran who fought at Gettysburg, has died. Arrington lived in Utica Up area and was remembered for his service and long life.
Newark Evening News reports James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, has become president of the National Grain Yeast Company of Belleville, succeeding Samuel Brass of New York. Stockholders were informed by letters signed by James Roosevelt. Court testimony noted Richard Cleveland and David K. Bruce, relations to former presidents, connected with the firm.
An explosion attributed to dynamite badly damaged the home of Common Pleas Judge J. R. Kessler in Peebles, Ohio. The unoccupied house suffered major damage with windows shattered while the judge and his wife were away. Sheriff Baldridge said the bomber likely targeted the judge over past court sentences.
Five townships in Athens County shared $1005 as liquor permit returns. Athens $200 Dover $200 Trimble $200 Waterloo $105 York $ is listed as receiving a portion of the total with the remainder not specified.
Roosevelt forces celebrate a TVA victory in the House as amendments to broaden the agency’s powers pass. The chamber eliminates key limits and moves toward a conference on a utilities compromise with Senators. Major votes include selling power at cost, spending oversight loosened, and construction of parallel lines allowed.
Grover W. Fleming, Ohio Examiner publisher, began a one to five year term in Ohio Penitentiary and hoped to continue writing for the Examiner. Warden James C. Woodard said Fleming will not write for the Examiner or join the prison newspaper staff for now. Fleming may write after several weeks of routine, if allowed.
New York report says Laura Ingalls took off for Burbank California in a low-wing monoplane hoping to establish a transcontinental speed record for women. If successful it would be the first east-to-west non-stop flight by a woman.
Nikola Tesla, age 79, asserts a new energy transmission method and a no commutator induction current, promising ship navigation aid and geological prospecting improvements. He cites proofs pending and attacks relativity, while offering no demonstrable results to date.
Mrs Clarence Brown driving through a Scotts Bluff intersection felt a three foot bull snake wriggle against her leg. She screamed, kicked the reptile into the street where it was run over.
A legislative committee in Columbus examined proposed changes to Ohio old age pension law. Pension chief Henry J. Berrodin urged an $8 maximum payment, abolition of county pension boards, removal of property ownership criteria, and gross income testing to curb abuse. He proposed prosecuting abuses by the department rather than by county attorneys.
Premier Mussolini addressed 120 generals and officers behind closed doors in Venice Palace vowing Italy will not be wounded by Ethiopian provocations. Italian officials cited new incidents of Ethiopian aggression including insults to the Harrar consul and Ethiopian mobs assaulting a guard.
Serene Lodge No. 47 meets in Athens at 7:30 p.m. to initiate four candidates. M. E. Hawk will become Noble Grand and J. F. Kemp Vice Grand. R. I. Wolfe, district deputy grand master, will install and supervise a social with refreshments. A planning committee aims for an all day picnic with hundreds of Odd Fellows.
Hampton Bee con deputy administrator of the Ohio Recovery Administration in charge of the automotive and petroleum codes resigned today effective July 15 He will become president of the Lima Better Business Bureau. Bernard Heall 25 of Shreve was killed and George Eddington a companion injured seriously in a head on collision of a truck and a motorcycle near Big Prairie.
Census figures show America’s birth rate dipping for the first time in a decade in 1934. Government data highlight a notable shift in demographic trends amid economic strain and social change across the nation.
In Washington the Senate clashed over amendments to expand the Agricultural Adjustment Administration powers amid party lines. Senator Robinson defended the AAA as fulfilling its core aim, while opponents labeled the approach as regimentation and warned of changes. Government lawyers predicted a Supreme Court ruling on the program by Christmas as cases challenge the processing taxes.
Hearings on charges of waste and inefficiency in relief administration will be held in Athens Pomeroy and Ironton next week. A ten member Joint Legislative Relief Investigating Committee will meet at Hotel Berry Tuesday at 9 o clock. In Pomeroy the Martin Hotel Wednesday at 9 and in Ironton the Martin Hotel Thursday at 9. Further plans to visit Youngstown Cleveland Toledo Lima were announced.
Columbus reports definite word that state relief funds will be reduced by 50 percent next month. Officials plan to immediately mobilize 75 000 to 100 000 men for new WPA projects after C Stillman federal relief administrator confirms over 1 800 approved works progress administration projects ready to begin once funds are allotted.
Beverly Hills letter to the editor argues a campaign slogan for good roads, praising steady wartime readiness and patriotism. Will Rogers endorses roads first to avoid wartime layoffs, noting Mussolini and Abyssinian issues as context for national security.
Washington reports warn that the Landen and Washington naval limitation treaties expire in 18 months on December 31, 1996. Officials insist no naval race is planned while Navy planners outline a five year program starting July 1. Japan seeks a record navy budget of 712 million yen for fiscal 1996, about 178.48 million dollars, a 38 percent rise.
General Jacob Coxey of Mansfield opened his second bid for the presidency on a Farmer-Labor platform advocating share-the-wealth inflation and technocracy. Delegates at the National Farmer-Labor convention in Omaha nominated Coxey by acclamation for a one-year term, as Norman Baker denounced the program as promoting laziness among the unemployed. Leslie Erickson of Minneapolis was named the vice presidential candidate.
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the State Board of Control lacked authority to transfer funds, voiding Governor Davey’s plan to redistribute appropriations for Ohio University. The university faced missing maintenance funds and delayed salaries amid vetoed items totaling 25,100 dollars.
Lon P. Flanigen of Geneva Ohio reelected president of the National Kraut Packers Association. He told members sauerkraut will help women remain beautiful, though he did not elaborate on the claim.
Joan Warner, an American nude dancer, faces a Paris court charge of offending public morals. The hearing centered on whether her performance was obscene or artistic, with defense arguing the act was cleaner than many American dances and that anti tourist propaganda should be countered.
Athens County corn hog contracts seek payments based on 118 bushels per acre average, with local production at 34.4 bushels per acre. County committee members Fred Dorr Frank Pugh B E Hatler and S C Hartman report the state board will justify the figure before the national board in Washington.
In Gallipolis a carnival wheel operator Max Glaugh confessed in municipal court that his wheel was fixed to stop at will and was fined 4790 dollars. P Rose ana faced arraignment on the same charge later that day. Seymour Severn, a travelling salesman, signed the affidavit and reported losses tied to Glaughe wheel.
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