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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1935
Page
1
A Bremer detainee confessed to involvement in a St Paul kidnapping. Police reported the suspect admitted guilt after being brought to the city by plane. Co-operating officers expect further charges as the case expands with other suspects still at large.
The article reports beet workers in Michigan and Ohio seeking wage boosts amid rising labor unrest and ongoing center city job pressures. details are incomplete but indicate a push for higher pay and labor action in early reports.
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke at Drake University in Des Moines warning graduates against a growing political bureaucracy. He urged merit over political favoritism, stressing the need for liberty and opportunity and cautioning against government actions that curb initiative and invention.
In Erie Pennsylvania investigators from three agencies opened a probe into the destruction of two Pennsylvania Railroad loading docks and about 90 loaded box cars. The fires started Sunday evening and raged past midnight, with about 750000 to 1000000 dollars in damage. Police arrested one man for questioning. DA investigators and railroad police joined the inquiry.
Ohio University sent 390 graduates onto Memorial Auditorium stage as Dr. Edwin Watts Chubb and Dr. Harry Allen Overstreet addressed the ceremony. The processional featured the university orchestra and the College of Liberal Arts and School of Education deans.
Quetta India fourty thousand dead in the quakes with twenty thousand bodies buried. Relief teams evacuate survivors as trains depart loaded with refugees. Landslide cuts communication and dust fills the air while martial law punishes looters.
Marietta report states Margaret McCauley aged 37 admitted shooting her husband at Gravel Bank and claimed self defense as Prosecutor Frederick Myers conducted an inquest Monday into the fatal shooting.
Dr. John H. Carter, one of Ohio University’s oldest alumni, recalls the 1877 class of seven graduates. He describes small exercises in City Hall, no girls, several future notable careers, and campus life with old campus buildings, ice cream pranks, and college societies.
DOJ distributes circulars on 20 000 bank notes used to free nine year old George Weyerhaeuser. Chicago arrest reported for Volney Davis, once suspected in the abduction. Seattle press notes unset details, while officials refuse to disclose ransom payment facts or intermediary roles.
Ohio’s Sunday auto death toll dropped as crowds filled highways. Lyle Foss of Canton died in a Marietta hospital after being struck while walking on State Route 7 toward relatives. Conrad Speck of 70 was fatally struck while crossing in Norwood. Ladmon Reed, 2 ½ of Middletown, suffered a fractured skull in a head on collision near Miamisburg.
The Fourth Federal Reserve District describes unsettled business conditions in Cleveland area with improvement in agricultural activity from last year and compared to the nation. District steer mill activity edged down slightly but remains above average.
Authorities probe the death of 70 year old George Weber after an anonymous call to Coroner Frank M Coppock Jr. that Weber was poisoned and that his wife died similarly a year and a half ago. An autopsy did not determine the cause of death and Coppock will continue the inquiry.
Carl T Robertson 90 longtime associate editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer died Monday in Morocco Africa. He is the son in law of Mrs Ida Waubben Logan his wife the former Josephine Waubben a graduate of Ohio University. He leaves a daughter Jean a junior at Cintex University and son Donald of Logan.
A recollection from a Los Angeles columnist describing a Sunday visit by a Roosevelt cabinet member, Secretary of Commerce Mr. Roper. The piece reflects on the Supreme Court striking down NRA measures and suggests portions of the New Deal program may survive long term, even as big business faces shifts away from dog-eat-dog practices.
Detroit radio address by Rev. Charles Coughlin urged Congress to redefine interstate commerce to empower New Deal policies. He claimed the Supreme Court’s NRA ruling would later backfire, unifying supporters and targeting financial domination. He called for federal regulation of industry and currency to curb business practices and protect workers.
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Edward T. Bishop ruled that actress Ann Harding must defend a custody suit filed by her ex-husband Harry Bannister for their seven year old daughter Jane. The ruling overruled Harding’s argument that California courts lack jurisdiction.
Frank Bryson of Trimble has been named federal estimator in rehabilitation work and started Monday. His territory covers Athens, Washington, and Morgen Counties with an annual salary of 2160 dollars. Dan A Bardin, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the county, endorsed Jyyeon Wile for the post.
Cleveland report notes steel output fell 112 points last week mainly due to holidays. The NRA decision had little impact on the sector, according to the Steel magazine in its Monday analysis.
New York reports the French liner Normandie arrives on its maiden voyage amid wild acclaim. The ship reportedly averaged 20.48 knots Southampton to Ambrose Lightship, breaking records for fastest crossing and fastest day’s run, surpassing rivals from Hex and Bremen.
Officials of the Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Co submitted another peace proposal to the Brewery Workers Union on Monday in an effort to end the strike that has tied up the Sandusky plant. Hershel C Lang, president of the company, declined to disclose the details of the proposal. Ten Cleveland employees would not be affected by the outcome, company officials said.
Senator Borah declares the constitution already grants government broad emergency powers and challenges Roosevelt to seek a formal amendment. Norris counters for a constitutional amendment to curb court power while AFL leaders plan a war council to discuss the court ruling as a setback to economic and social progress.
Ohio legislators prepared to return to Columbus Tuesday to act on the 897 million two year budget and a 400 thousand dollar sundry claims bill. Leaders Renate and Howse had a conference after a split on the measure with Senate approved higher appropriations than the House. A conference committee will resolve objections before final passage.
King George V marked seventy years with Trooping the Colours at Horse Guards Parade as crowds cheered. The royals in uniform joined the king, with the Prince of Wales and others in Order of the Garter attire, while Queen Mary observed from a carriage window.
Western Nebraska faces renewed flood fears as the North and South Platte Rivers surge toward a confluence. Officials report extensive damage worth over 12 million dollars, with at least 1,000 affected families and multiple drowning incidents along the Republican River corridor. Rescue teams use boats and planes as communications, power, and water services are restored in key towns.
George Vrick, 21, of Cleveland, clung to an overturned boat on Lake Erie for over three hours and was hospitalized in serious condition. Leonard Baker, of Venice, Ohio, drowned in the struggle. Baker and Yancick left Lorain for Sandusky, their boat capsized a mile north of Cedar Point. A yachtsman Thomas Wiseman rescued Yancick shortly before six, as court guards searched for Baker’s body.
Thomas Jefferens McKibben, 63, died suddenly Monday morning in Mineral while in front of the Winten Relief. The single man lived alone and is survived by three brothers Fiend Edward and John. The body was moved to Nelaweyslie for burial before a Mineral funeral.
In Fleming County Kentucky near Mayeville a tenant farmer Lemuel Bo Hinton was found shot to death in the burned remains of a granary on a farm. His wife identified the body which bore a head wound from a blast.
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