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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1934

Page

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Political Debate Over Beer Taxes Affects Labor Recovery

The piece notes Democratic and Republican lines in Eastern Ohio about beer and liquor taxes to aid labor and recovery. Clarence J Brown advocates utility reform to speed case handling and public hearings, while other candidates push housing and state institution support amid political contention.

Charles Weat Ohio Clarence J Brown Nomgovernor Eric Este Engineering Sorial Elden Republi

Oklahoma Appeal On Sterilization Ruling Sparks Legal Battle

The article reports Oklahoma appeals a district court ruling on sterilization. It mentions George Winkler, a burglar, and a push by state officials to uphold a law requiring sterilization for certain felons. Court actions and attorney generals are involved in the broader fight over prisoners and sterilization powers.

Fee George Winkler

Morbid Bedera Public Marital Fallout Revealed

Don Cal Morbid and Marie Dress ve appear amid grief as a bargrief stricken duo after an ill fated public event. July 31 attendees at a wine and film colony gathering witnessed tributes and aims to honor a late figure in the community.

Don Cal Bedera Marie Dress uVenir

Cleveland Coal Firms Challenge Local Price Code

Five Cleveland coal companies seek to block the code authority from enforcing its June 20 price scale. Common Pleas Judge Hertz granted a temporary injunction preventing underselling and advertising as the dispute heads to NRA headquarters for a ruling.

Cleveland NRA Washington Cleveland Coal Companies Common Pleas David Ralph Hertz Code Authority Ohio Recovery Act Hertz William F. Marsteller Marsteller

Voters Seized by Huey Long in New Orleans

In New Orleans on July 31 Huey P. Long’s National Guardsmen seized the city registration office under partial martial law. Guardsmen battered the door and took control of voter lists for the September congressional primary at the City Hall Annex after Long-appointed registrar R. J Gregory assumed the post amid a celebrated arrival with beer. Mayor T Semes Walmsley condemned the move as an attempt to scratch names from registration books and questioned militia control of local procedures.

New Orleans Huey P. Long T. Semes Walmsley Louisiana ‘Kingfish Walmsley R. J Gregory

Officers Fight Strike Spread At Chicago Stockyards

Chicago reports a brewing walkout as Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen officers resist a sympathy strike by stockyard workers. Small packing houses show strong union ties while large firms have company unions and some cross membership.

Chicago Amalgamated Meat Cutters and North America Amalgamated

Great Britain Retains Davis Cup as Perry Wins

England wins the Davis Cup as Fred Perry defeats Frank X. Shields 6 4, 4 6, 6 2, 15 13 to clinch the series with three victories. A remaining match between Sidney Wood Jr and Bunny Austin cannot affect the five match outcome.

Wimbledon Eng Great Britain Fred Perry Frank X. Shields Sidney B. Wood, Jr Henry Wilfred Bunny) Austin

Ex-Convict Is Killed In National Capital

Joseph Morris a 30 year old man accused of being Sidney Diehm and a former Ohio convict was shot and critically wounded in front of a Washington hotel by an unidentified gunman. Police said Morris served seven years in Ohio Penitentiary for grand larceny.

Washington Joseph Morris Cincinnati Sidney Diehm Ohio Morris Ohio Penitentiary Wilmington

Logan Man's Liquor Permit Revoked in Columbus Action

Columbus authorities revoke eight liquor permits and suspend three as Ohio Liquor Director John A. Hughes explains. Ben Finger of Logan loses a high powered beer and wine permit for not operating a restaurant per the law.

Columbus John A. Hughes Ohio Ben Finger Logan

State Officials May Forestall Milk Strike

Cincinnati dispatch reports officials plan rapid action to prevent a milk producers strike in the Cincinnati Milkshed. A fifteen member committee begins arranging a mass meeting within ten days as Governor White and the Ohio Milk Marketing Commission weigh a price of 2.50 per hundredweight to avert a walkout.

Cincinnati White Ohio Milk Marketing Commission

Naval equality not sought by Pacific nations says Okada

Tokyo July 31 Premier Keisuke Okada said Japan does not expect the United States and Great Britain to lower their naval armaments to Japan’s level. He indicated Japan is undecided on abrogating the 1922 Washington Treaty and expressed optimism for the 1985 naval conference. He urged reductions by the heaviest armed nations to ease global taxation and predicted closer U.S.–Japan friendship with no difficult issues cited.

America Great Britain Japan Keisuke Okada United States Britain

Legion to elect delegates at K. T. Crossen Post meeting

Delegates to the state convention of the American Legion will be chosen at K. T. Crossen Post home 73 South Court Street. The meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 PM. The state convention will be held in Sandusky August 18 to 20. F A Lavelle, general chairman of the post Fourth of July celebration, is expected to report in detail.

The American Legion K. T. Crossen Post South Court Street Sandusky F. A. Lavelle

Joyce Freed From Columbus Hospital After Heroic Rescue

Leonora Joyce, 19, of near Carbon Hill, credited with saving a girl from kidnapping, was discharged from University Hospital Columbus after a delicate eye operation. Doctors say there is a chance full vision could return in the operated eye.

Columbus Leonora Joyce Carbon Hill University Hospital

Youth of 17 killed while playing Tarzan in Tiffin

Ridney Burns, 17, a student at the National Orphanage of the Junior Order United American Mechanica, died after leaping between tree branches and falling 40 feet. He and friends were playing Tarzan when he lost footing and sustained fatal internal injuries.

Tarzan Tiffin P —Ridney Burns S.tudent United American Mechanica

Taxi Driver John Howell Missing in Steubenville

Police in Steubenville and other cities sought information on John Howell a 22 year old taxi driver missing since Saturday after a man and a woman asked him for directions to Baltimore and other places. Authorities released brief details while continuing the search.

Steubenville John Howell Baltimore

German President von Hindenburg Seriously Ill Reported

News reports indicate President and Commander in Chief Paul von Hindenburg of Germany is seriously ill. The succession question rose as his condition worsened during the World War era.

Germany von Hindenburg

Hindenburg Is Worse as Family Enlisted at Bedside

In Freystadt Germany July 31 physicians warned the 86 year old President Paul von Hindenburg that his condition worsened and his family was summoned. If he dies Dr Erwin Bumke would serve as interim president under the law though the Hitler regime claims emergency powers could alter succession. Von Hindenburg was elected in 1925 for seven years and his term was extended in 1962.

Freystadt Germany Paul von Hindenburg Erwin Bumke German Supreme Court Foreign Office von Hindenburg

Killer Suspect Silent in Cell

Steubenville July 31 David Cascanio a 49 year old World War II veteran and steel worker will be confronted by Wheeling Steel employees to day to identify him as the Phantom Killer who shot and killed three men and wounded a fourth. Cascanio made no comment as widow of one victim viewed him in his cell. James Barnett recovering from wounds could not identify him. He said If I dont talk I live If I talk I die.

Steubenville David Cascanio Wheeling Steel Corporation Dascanio William Messer James Barnett

Plane Missing After Saturday Flight From Floyd Bennett

Officials at Floyd Bennett Airport report three men aboard a monoplane bound for St Johns Newfoundland have not been heard from since Saturday morning. Pilot John Rizzo is the oldest filer in service at Floyd Bennett Field. Passengers John Avery and Robert McDevitt are from Brooklyn. The State Department says a naval cruiser will carry Belgian ambassador Paul May's body to Belgium for burial after his death overnight.

Brooklyn N. Y Floyd Bennett Airport For &T John's Newfoundland John Rizzo Floyd Bennett Field John Avery Robert McDevitt Broolyn Washington State Department Paul May

Hanged Nazi Leader and Dollfuss Aide Spark Austrian Tensions

In Vienna and across Austrian provinces a renewed Nazi bombing campaign terrorizes the nation. A new government under Kurt Schuschnigg orders mass imprisonment of Nazis in concentration camps with hard labor and confiscation of property. The move, aimed at quelling the revolt, follows calls for German envoy approval and amid Yugoslav concerns over Italian influence.

Vienna Austria Kurt Schusecnigg Dollfuss Carinthia Yugoslavia Italy Stefan Tauchitz Germany Berlin Franz von Papen

Not Agreed on Closing Hours

The Ohio Department of Liquor Control heads for a wholesale housecleaning as Col. John A. Hughes vows to cut staff and conduct a personal inspection. He does not back uniform closing times for state stores and venues. In Dover, Harry Kohler is fined $100 for driving while intoxicated.

Columbus Ohio Department of Liquor Control John A. Hughes Liquor Board Dover Harry Kohler Parral Here Louis Helmkamp

Blue Eagle at Crossroads as NRA's Future Debated

The Blue Eagle marks its first anniversary as the NRA faces a future under reconsideration. Proposals include a board governing operations and potential transfer of powers to the Federal Trade Commission. Congress in January will decide NRA's path amid code compliance and widespread employer participation.

Washington Blue Eagle NRA Hugh Johnson Nye Republicaf North Dakota Federal Trade Commission Congress America Roosevelt

Athens schools may stay open if levy renewed in November

Athens city schools would operate for a full term in the 1934-35 year if the three mill levy is renewed by voters in November, says Pendry. A rejection could cost $831,000 and force drastic cuts, with the ten mill cap already reducing local revenue and prompting budget tightening over the past years.

Athens Pendry Harper C. Pendry Athena

Death of Both Now Expected

Logan July 31 Hope for recovery of Mr and Mrs A E Huls injured in a motor car crash near Nelsonville was abandoned this afternoon. They are in a Columbus hospital. Their son Fred, en route to California, cannot be located by agencies. Mr Huls, a newspaper publisher, developed a heart condition expected to cause his death. Mrs Huls suffers a severe fracture and recovery is not expected soon. California radio stations will be asked to locate the son who went west to visit relatives on the Pacific Coast.

Logan A. E. Huls Nelsonville Columbus Fred California Huls

Hoover Turns Author on Liberty in New Book

Former President Herbert Hoover becomes author of The Challenge to Liberty scheduled for September. He has spent about a year writing, surveying global liberty, and examining Fascism, Socialism, Communism, regimentation and their progress across nations.

Hoover Liberty Palo Alto Calif Herbert Hoover Mr. Hoover

25 Per Cent Raise Sought by Potters

East Liverpool July 3 Officials of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters Association announced a general 25 percent wage increase demand to be submitted at a joint conference on August 22 in Atlantic City following a summer meeting at Cow Lake Country Club Hartville Ohio. The meeting reviewed 76 specific demands from the manufacturers group.

East Liverpool National Brotherhood of Operative Potters’ Association Atlantic City Manufacturers Cow- Lake Country Club Hartville Ohio

Elizabeth Cox to celebrate 108th birthday near Somerville

Marysville notes Mrs. Elizabeth Cox who claims second sight and no longer wears spectacles will celebrate her 108th birthday at her home near Somerville in Delaware County tomorrow.

Marysville Elizabeth Cox Somerville Delaware County

Will Rogers comment on Roosevelt Pacific visit publicity

A Will Rogers letter from Hawaii mocks Roosevelt's Pacific visit amid island gossip. He notes the crowds, speculation on the purpose of the trip, and jokes that the fish did not bite but others did, concluding the visit a big success despite minor quirks.

Pacifice Rogers Pacific Will Rogers

Peace Reigns On Three Big Strike Fronts

Chicago dispatch notes peace on three major labor fronts as Pacific Coast longshoremen and other maritime workers return to docks. Truck drivers issue an ultimatum to Gov Olson unless trucks halt 48 hours, risking force. Warren and Niles mill accord opens 1% tin plate mill while talks with Amalgamated Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers continue. Kohler Wisconsin reports quiet under National Guard rule.

Floyd B Olson Pacific Coast Republic Iron and Steel Company Warren and Niles Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers National Guard Kohler Wis

Stockyards Nearly Idle in Chicago Market

Chicago stockyards showed little activity as strike participants remained apart and cattle were scarce. Government ownership brought 3,000 head to the yard, while union talks continued and the regional labor board sought new peace terms, delaying a full market restart until next week.

Chicago Commission Regional Labor Board

Pacific Strike Ends as Workers Return

Thousands of longshoremen and maritime workers returned to work across the Pacific Coast ending a strike that began in May and harmed business, with at least eight deaths reported. In Portsmouth, James C. Eden faces murder charges after confessing to killing his wife.

San Francisco Pacific Coast James C. Eden Columbus Emory Smith Eden

Pleas for Clemency Rejected in Austrian Treason Executions

Vienna reports two Nazis Otto Planetta and Otto Holzweber were hanged for high treason in the Dollfuss coup. Planetta admitted hiring others but said he did not intend to kill the chancellor. Holzweber led the putsch that seized the Federal Chancellery. The executions followed clemency denials in a military court march.

Vienna Angelbert Dollfuss Otto Planetta Army Dollfuss Otto Holswebber Federal Planetia Dothfuss

Insull Seeks Separate Trial for Frank Disclosure

Samuel Insull declared he is ready to make a full and frank disclosure of his business operations and asked the U.S. District Court to sever his trial from 16 co-defendants in a stock market fraud case. He argued severance would avoid cluttering his defense with related evidence.

Chicago Samuel Insull United Insull

Athens County Grand Jury In Session Today

A one day session of the Athens County Grand Jury was in progress today. It considered several prisoners confined in the Athens County Jail for more than a month.

Athens County Grand Jury

Columbus Cycles Eliminate Colum bus in Legion Tourney

District No 1 representative Wouleville defeated the Columbus Cycles 7 to 0 in the American Legion state baseball tournament yesterday at Columbus.

Columbus Wouleville American Legion

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