25 Jul 1935
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
1
In Cleveland area discussions survey plans for a new plant and city finances. The mayor and service director seek funding and subscriptions since July 1934 to cover monthly costs while evaluating three weeks of study and potential investment.
William John son Harahan, who started as a messenger boy at 14, reaches the pinnacle of his career by being named president of Chesapeake & Ohio and Pere Marquette Railroads.
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A brief weather item reports recent low temperatures and a slight rise this afternoon. Rain partly measured in fractions of an inch, with conditions expected to be light and variable tomorrow.
William today received a license to operate liquor sales at a Store here in County. The action grants him the right to sell alcoholic beverages of its kind within the jurisdiction.
Police dig and officials pursue a hermit unit linked to a Wes t at Pay him in Land ay on reactivity as authorities trace a fragmentary, hissory focused case across Mecklenburg.
Col. Colson D. Light of Toledo leads a governor directed inspection of the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home in Xenia amid superintendent Harold J. L. Hays denials. Hays vows a fair inquiry as the American Legion forms its own investigation over alleged waste and fire risk concerns.
Lightning struck four trees at Brush Lake injuring more than twenty people and a woman, Mrs. Frank Hardin of Columbus, who fell from a stool and suffered injuries to her leg and arm during the Springfield Retail Grocers’ Association annual picnic.
Mrs. Margaret Waley traveling to Milan Michigan to begin a 20 year sentence for involvement in the kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser Jr denounced her husband saying she would have avoided prison if not for him and now is through with him and all men The remark reverses earlier claims of love and willingness to go to jail with him
George F. Schott age 57 president and general manager of the Coney Island Company died early today in the dance hall of his property. He also served as vice president of Federal Union Life Insurance Co of Cincinnati and once as Hamilton County sheriff.
A man sought as the killer of Police Sergeant Lee Whitman was shot and fatally wounded by a posse on a highway west of Greeley Colorado. He refused to surrender and opened fire, a single shot to the head ending the pursuit.
Caldwell report states hairdresser Nellie Tilson filed a suit Wednesday seeking $50,000 damages from Eugene Smith 80 who allegedly promised to marry 20 years ago but now refuses.
A tentative House Ways and Means Democratic plan would raise about 200 million yearly by a surtax starting at 150000 with rates to 75 percent on incomes over 10 million, plus narrow graduated corporate tax, excess profits, inheritance up to 75 percent, gift tax at 75 percent of inheritance, and $50 0000 exemption, excluding the intercorporate dividend tax. The leaders expect quick bill drafting and approval next week, with Dough ton citing opposition to too many taxes.
The British government will forbid arms and ammunition exports to Italy and Ethiopia. Sir Samuel Hoare noted a treaty with Ethiopia allows army shipments across British Empire territory. Belgium also plans to stop arms to Ethiopia. Italy seeks resumption of the Italo-Ethiopian conciliation commission talks.
Hugh Magill president of the American Federation of Utilities Investors testified to House lobby investigators that his group spent about 60 thousand dollars in six months in the interest of the millions of investors it represents. The hearing focused on lobbying activity and funding.
The will of Shelby plumber Charles Schaad filed for probate discloses his June 24 marriage to Grace Scott of Crestline, performed at his Shelby hospital bed. Schaad died the following day and left his estate to his wife.
Mrs A A Smith finds her condemned two story house moved ten miles by a wrecker after the city sold the building for ten dollars. Investigation shows weeds growing where the house stood, despite claims of corrected sewage disposal.
The German offensive on three fronts includes foreign press, Catholic press, and the Steel Helmet veterans group. Nazi authorities denounce foreign outlets as biased, threaten Catholic papers, and dissolve Steel Helmet units for subversive activity in Mecklen brug districts.
Elsie Janis, famed entertainer known as the Sweetheart of the A E F, is hospitalized at Grasslands after an auto collision with a parked truck. She suffered a brain concussion and a head wound, while her husband Gilbert Wilson had minor injuries. The truck lacked parking lights and was hidden by trees.
In the South Bloomingville district a cloudburst sent Goose Creek over banks washing away two bridges. A 40 foot steel span was driven 500 feet downstream and left twisted on shore while a 30 foot wooden bridge was torn from its foundations. Orla Wolfe, Hocking County surveyor, said repairs will begin once waters recede.
A 22 county meeting in Zanesville launched a drive to revise the 10 mill real estate tax limit. Officials cited rising budgets and a 1936 budget example in Vinton County. The group planned to press legislative action in September special sessions and chose leaders for the new County Government Board.
A half hour session of the joint scale committee of Appalachian soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers ended with no progress. Negotiations resume Friday after a three week recess tied to Congress action on the Guffey coal stabilization bill. Old wage and hour contracts expire midnight July 31 and a strike could follow if no agreement is reached.
Newark and Springfield chambers of commerce unite against the Lawrence Armbruster Highway revenue bill. Gov Davey signed the measure diverting highway revenues for road assessment refunds. Worley and Willey announce countywide meetings in Newark on August 13 and Springfield on August 14 to mobilize opposition.
More than 100 representatives from the Columbus Federation of Labor urged local unions to provide a weekly fund of 15 000 dollars to aid strikers at the Columbus Packing Company plant. They asked unions to assess members one dollar per week until the workers win their demands, funding a food kitchen and a boycott of the company.
William Kasson, general organizer for the United Textile Workers Union Local 2006, said the idea of a general strike in Cleveland is growing stronger each day. He noted increasing discussions among workers and labor groups about potential action.
Robert C. Byers a 42 year old Columbus sales counselor confessed his tale of being kidnapped near Cleveland was false. He said he lied to win a bet to get his name on front pages within 72 hours at under 100 dollars cost. Authorities consider charges and await his explanation.
In Matamoros Tamaulipas a peasant force of about 2000 peasants who had besieged the city for two days to force resignations of city officials disbanded late Wednesday. Governor Rafael Villarreal remained under fire as the clash cooled.
In Buenos Aires the Argentine finance minister Federico Pinedo and Senator Lisandro Delatorre briefly dueled with pistols after a Senate clash two days earlier. Both shots missed and the dispute remains unresolved. Earlier a senator was killed by gunfire from the gallery during the same Senate session.
Cincinnati 4 percent Drivers of the Parkway Cabs Inc taxi fleet walk picket lines today marking the third strike since July 5.
Athens County representative Dr H T Phillips reviews Governor Daveys 1935 1936 budget comparing it with Ohio State University and Athens budgets of the era. The piece paints White as frugal while noting Daveys higher spending on personal services and communications with figures from 1933 to 1936.
The article notes rising maintenance and luxury plans for the Executive Mansion. It compares 1933 expenses of $116.14 and 1934 estimates to higher figures for Governor Davey’s administration, including $19,600 for the current year and $2,950 for 1936 as maintenance requests.
Beverly Hills reports big GOP energy as Ham Fish and Bert Snell urge immediate action to oust Roosevelt and seize control. Will Rogers notes Republicans claim a good news streak but worry over constitutional limits and four year terms.
Terre Haute Ind renewed disorders amid a strike at the Columbian Ename loping and Stamping plant drawing 323 Guardsmen. A crowd of about 3000 gathered in Twelve Points district. one injury reported as a 13 year old girl was cut while resisting a bayonet. Eleven arrests brought total detainees to 180 since the strike began.
An 18 year old girl testified that she exchanged love letters with Irl Potts, on trial for the murder of his wife Lena Potts found shot at their Locust Grove home. State seeks the death penalty as three judges hear the case, with decision not expected before Saturday.
Southampton report says Col Henry Huddleston Rogers died at the Southampton Hospital after suffering pneumonia since last October. He was the heir and son of H H Rogers a longtime Standard Oil vice president and a key aide to John D Rockefeller in building the company.
N A Stenbenaker secretary of the Tiffin Unemployed League said the Seneca County unemployed will march to Columbus Sunday to protest relief rules. Lightning caused death and damage in central Ohio with a 14 year old boy killed near Lancaster after a bolt struck a wagon.
Canton today assessed damage after a Wednesday night rainstorm of cloudburst intensity swept through the city. Flooding affected streets and basements and left more than 500 automobiles badly damaged or destroyed.
Ohio's relief funds boosted by a $3 million federal grant, bringing August relief to $7 million. C. C. Stillman said allocations will revise the budget. WPA delays threaten broader cuts, while officials seek legislative action to prevent starvation and fund county aid. Clarence Phelps, 31, dies from a truck accident in ASHTABULA.
Five year old Mary Jane Dahlen obeyed her mother and stayed on the porch to play with dolls. A car jumped the curb, rolled onto the lawn and smashed the front porch injuring Mary with bruises and lacerations.
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