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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1934
Page
1
AP report details widespread strikes including 40 mills and 8 truckers across the West Coast, with 9 000 guardsmen deployed in California. Union demands include higher pay and shorter hours as labor unrest spreads amid disrupted ports and municipal services.
The general strike spreads from Oakland to San Francisco and beyond as Key Line workers walk out. San Francisco streetcars resume limited service while key route ferries halt, crippling commuter traffic. 200 National Guardsmen move to Oakland's west waterfront amid the disruption.
Fragmentary notice promotes private gold deals and savings. Mentions a contact number and street reference with vague promises of income. Contains nonstandard punctuation and garbled phrases, lacking clear event or entities.
Gallipolis July 17 A crude ransom note demanded $500 for the return of Mrs Lillian Johnson Neal 21 wife of W R B Neal Gallipolis pastor and Unemployed League leader The note delivered by a neighbor boy said to place $500 under R R bridge Henderson near Pt Pleasant W Va at 6 o clock Sunday The couple and two friends were on a drive when the note was found The pastor reported to police and Mrs Neal's mother and father live nearby
Pittsburgh July 17 A strike threat at Carnegie Steel's Duquesne works arose as William J. Spang of the Amalgamated Associa tion called for direct collective bargaining after the company gave no reply to a lodge request. About 2,000 of 4,200 workers are claimed by the union to be members. Carnegie is a U. S. Steel subsidiary.
State troopers found the 1 month old Robert Connor alive and smiling in the woods behind the Connor home in Hartsdale New York. His mother Mrs Charles Connor fainted at the discovery. The child had been missing for five days and bore scratches from brambles on his face.
The White House said several unofficial requests for executive intervention in the West Coast strike were sent to President Roosevelt. No indications he would personally intervene, though he was kept informed of all developments. In the San Francisco situation, further updates followed.
Will Rogers writes from Santa Monica praising improving travel conditions in the United States. He notes breakfast in Boston and Beverly Hills, remarks on post office delays, mentions Farley, and compares railroads to day coaches while asserting America is in good humor and moving well.
Toledo report says the $19,000 Page Dairy Company robbery investigation moved to Monroe Michigan where three men two wounded are in custody with the wife of one of the suspects found nearby. Police recovered money and five revolvers from the car.
Cuban ex-president Manuel Machado fled the United States and extradition papers and is aboard the auxiliary schooner Boreas off the Dominican coast. Captain A M Scott described him as frightened and in danger, later taken aboard by a Dominican Coast Guard cutter after promising much.
A House committee investigated the real estate bond tangle and called it a $25,000,000 racket. It prepared a questionnaire to shed light on bondholders protective committees. Members said some committees squeeze investors with high fees, exorbitant repair costs, and wasteful practices behind bond issues.
In Saint Germain en Laye France seven soldiers were killed and 25 injured when a forgotten trench mortar exploded on an artillery training ground. It follows another accident in four days when a shell on a destroyer at Toulon killed two sailors during cleaning operations.
In Dayton on July 17 delegates to the fifteenth annual convention of the International Sterotypers and Electrotypers Union heard a plea to avoid any walkout that would halt publication. Boston delegate Joseph O Neill urged unions affiliated with newspapers to keep presses running despite the San Francisco agitation.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order directing the post master general to investigate foreign air mail and ocean mail contracts made before June 14 1993 and to recommend modifications or cancellations as needed.
In Lima and Columbus last night Democratic candidates for U S senator and Ohio governor clashed over platforms and finances. Davey accused Sawyer of wealth and ties to party leaders while Sawyer criticized campaign tactics and pledged to keep schools open with new revenues. Republican Daniel Morgan urged economy to fix Ohio’s finances.
President Roosevelt planned deep sea fishing off Ocean Isle as cruisers Houston and New Orleans neared Eipperton Island. He watched gunnery range practice aboard the ships as they logged 21 knots en route, with the Panama Canal distance noted at 2,000 miles behind.
Former Police Captain Charles Mapleappealed for reinstatement before the Athens Civil Service Commission after a monthlong suspension by Safety Director Scott Haney. The hearing featured testimony about an auto crash on West Union Street, Maple handling a gun from a prisoner, and a card game disturbance at a local lodge hall.
In Jackson a jury has been chosen to hear the trial of Ray Freeman charged with first degree murder in the slaying of farmer Stephen Huntley during an alleged holdup. Herbert Thacker, Freeman’s alleged accomplice, has been convicted and faces death, with sentence deferred until Freeman’s trial ends. Thacker will testify as a witness. Testimony to begin today.
In Cincinnati in July 1744 milk producers demand a big price rise from the Cincinnati Milk Control Board, threatening action if not met by tonight. The United Milk Producers Association covers parts of Ohio Kentucky and Indiana and hints at a strike after Tuesday. They may appeal to the Ohio Milk Marketing Commission and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration before further steps.
In San Francisco July 17 housewives panic bought groceries ahead of a looming strike. Shoppers describe stocking larders, delaying trips, and choosing economical items like beans while others bought party foods such as canned sardines and liquor. A Los Angeles man’s trip highlights heavy luggage packed by his wife and porters.
San Francisco reports a second day of general strike with relaxed union food and tea restrictions and limited streetcar service. Portland shows drift toward wider strike as gas prices soar and mail trucks lack fuel. Seattle labor leaders doubt a general strike. San Pedro police seek arms collection during maritime action and break up an outdoor meeting. San Antonio shelters union aims to mobilize 8000 workers but only 150 respond. Minnesota governor calls state troops to the trackmen's strike in Minneapolis. no violence reported.
Tony Mancini, described by police as having well greased hair, was arrested in London and charged with the trunk murders of two women. Scotland Yard questioned him after a woman's body was found jammed in a trunk with the head and arms of another woman. The full body was tentatively identified as Violet Saunders a professional dancer known as Violette Kaye.
In Cincinnati protesters from 45 cities voted to drop their provisional code governance. The code, approved by General Hugh S. Johnson and signed by President Roosevelt, is to be replaced by official bodies of each organization, per George Altman of Columbus.
More than 100 Athens County women sew bed coverings to trade for goods needed by families. In Glouster and Jacksonville-Tribble centers they make comforts, in Chauncey and Stewart they hem sheets, and in New Marshfield they stuff bed ticks for exchange with other counties.
New York reports that radio operators aboard Pacific Coast steamers will be laid off as ships dock in New York. Rey B. Hadley, president of the American Radio Telegraphers Association, announced a strike demanding an eight hour day wage increases and union recognition. Operators now work seven days a week and seek 175 to 105 dollars monthly minimum wages by ship type.
Largely intact 7000 litiamen concentrate on the San Francisco waterfront with tanks machine guns and artillery gas units. First trucks arrive easing shortages as guardsmen gain control of key districts while union leaders rally 100000 Bay Area workers behind a general strike.
Six hundred union taxicab drivers in Cleveland rejected a proposed settlement plan for the Yellow Cab Company strike. The July 17 report notes tension as drivers voted against the accord and maintained the strike action.
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