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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1934
Page
1
City engineers propose a $17 270 upgrade including a new force main and pump station to raise daily capacity from 750 000 to about one million gallons, reducing annual repair costs by about $2 000 and shortening downtime risk. Line changes set for Shafer Court to University and other street segments.
The report describes a missing crew member in New York with unclear details. Officers note blood evidence and a police chemist statement while investigators say the case lacks significant leads. Suspects include Susanne Ferrand and Ivan Poderjay, with references to Detroit and potential future actions.
Unclear text reports a dog blamed for an incident involving its owner Herbert mat ii and Rudolph Braddock. A pistol and a gun bullet are mentioned with garbled phrases about a strike or blow, leaving the exact sequence and outcome uncertain.
The garbled text references attic walls, a protective league, a living room display emblem and blue eagle symbol. It mentions dates around June and relates to ported bushings and prisey emblem in a domestic setting.
Dayton Power and Light Co will refund 20 000 to 25 000 to natural gas consumers in central Ohio within two weeks after a Supreme Court decision upholding lower courts on excessive rates. The total regional refund nears 100 000 across seven cities. Rates previously charged were 1.00 per 500 cf, 0.60 per 1000 cf up to 19 500 cf, and 0.55 per 1000 cf above that.
Germany will soon begin formal trade negotiations with France to signal Germany’s financial outlook under the Third Reich. Paris intends to level the trade balance after Berlin’s moratorium on foreign obligations, warning of potential reprisals if deficits persist.
Joseph W. Harriman a 67 year old financier was convicted in U S District Court on 16 counts of banking malpractice after a five week trial with two hours of jury deliberation. Albert M Austin was acquitted and Harriman faces possible prison time.
A column promotes the Nelsonville Classified Page with folding army cots cow with calf milker motorcycle and rental or property offers. The speaker enthuses about daily ads and advocates for using classified advertising.
Federal Judge Char les B Faris ruled that gold clauses in about 100 billion dollars of bonds may be paid in currency at face value. The Bankers Trust Company challenged Congress power, while trustees and officials argued abrogation was required by urgent economic conditions.
CHICAGO June 20 Four teen year old George Rogalski believed to be the youngest person ever convicted of kidnapping in re signed to a 6- year term of imprisonment. He confessed to kidnapping Baby Dorette Zeitlow two and a half years old promising a nickel and luring her to an abandoned ice house where she was stripped and left. She died later in a hospital.
Cincinnati dispatch reports danger of a milk strike in Southwestern Ohio and parts of Indiana and Kentucky was believed averted. Area producers said talk of a strike was limited to a minority and would focus on appealing to the State Milk Marketing Commission for a higher price.
Dolores Allen 18, an admired high school graduate, was found dead in Mosquito Creek. Coroner J C Henshaw reports water in the lungs but no violence or clear self harm motive, while family and witness Mrs. Lloyd Baker urge continued police inquiry.
Milk producers in the Greater Cincinnati area prepared a formal demand for a base price increase to 2.50 per hundred pounds, arguing feed costs have risen and profits vanish. The proposal, submitted to the Ohio Milk Marketing Commission by H C Bol Singer, sparked debate among three factions seeking 2.50, 2.35, or a share of drought relief funds.
Sheriff Wilbur Mitchell and Prosecutor Harry Taylor headed to Lincoln Nebraska to bring back Richard Knight alias Jack Knight 29 to answer first degree murder charges. Knight linked with Ben Cir 12 and Glen Neal 2 in the Dunkirk holdup killing of grocer L W Bean on May 26.
Columbus marks the annual Ohio G. A. R. encampment with officer elections parade and a camp fire meeting. Veterans will parade along a brief route then review auxiliaries and local groups from stands on the State House grounds.
Cleveland notes mark twenty five years since the first competitive aviation event. The National Air Races will be held August 21 to September 3, highlighting the evolution of flight and ongoing aerial progress.
Seven gunmen invaded Crescent Oklahoma around 2 a.m. and attempted to steal the Farmers and Merchants Bank safe. They held 75 residents at bay, damaged the storefront, and fled with six kidnapped locals before releasing all but Night Watchman Joe Stanfield, who remained captive until later.
Waterloo New York June 20 A deranged farmer Claude Reynolds Sr 44 shot and killed his three sleeping children Ruth 15 Jane 11 Claude Jr 4 then set fire to the home on Yellow Tavern Road and killed himself The bodies were found in the blazing house as officials investigated Reynolds son of Reverend Charles R Reynolds a longtime chaplain at Auburn Prison faced drought illness and poor crops.
Yale University conferred its highest honor on President Theodore Roosevelt during the 223rd commencement. About 1,100 diplomas were awarded as the chief executive received the honorary Doctor of Laws degree, a repeat of the honor during his term.
The Rev. Clark G. Fayre a Toledo minister suffered a head injury and a dislocated hip in a traffic accident near Racine Tuesday night. H. Beard Fayre inspector of fruit with the Department of Agriculture was cut about the legs. Both men were brought to Holzer Hospital by Dr. John Philson of Racine.
In Columbus on June 20, standing committees of the Ohio Senate and House on building and loans gather this afternoon. A special senate panel studies seven proposed measures to reform state building and loan laws for intro duction in the special session called by Governor White for June 27.
In Middletown Ohio on June 20 Mrs. Nicholas Cherney of Cincinnati visiting for a wedding found one of her seven month old twins in the crib dead from a heart attack. The family had left the twins sleeping in the crib shortly before the wedding.
Washington report notes the Seventy Third Congress overspent despite lower mood and calmer times. Experts say appropriations and obligations fall short of wartime outlays while deficits loom at about 16 billion for two fiscal years. Rep Taber calls it extravagance and warns voters as campaign headlines rise.
A baby's body was found today in a suitcase in the Brighton railway station checkroom, the same facility where a woman's dismembered torso was found Sunday night in England’s murder mystery. Police noted the infant may be linked to the case, while criminologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury and Scotland Yard officials reported little progress in the woman’s murder inquiry.
Scioto County Judge Russell K. McCurdy of Portsmouth and a candidate for the unexpired term in the Court of Appeals visited Athens yesterday. A Republican, he formerly served as Scioto County prosecuting attorney. Other Republican contenders include Henry Cherrington and Frank DeLay.
The Citizens' League of Cleveland urged Ralph W. Emmons of East Rochester to resign as chairman of the State Civil Service Commission if he plans to run for secretary of state. The group says the civil service law bars classified staff from political activity beyond voting and private opinion.
Akron June 20 Lloyd Moore 10 son of Raymond C Moore of Barberton waded beyond his depth on the edge of Lake Anna in Barberton and drowned last night.
Hollywood humorist Will Rogers riffs on England and France pressing the United States to use its influence to extract payments from Germany. He notes Congress adjournment evokes Armistice Day and mentions the busy New York ticker tape as a sign of financial jostle. Rogers adds his quip that they might sue the U S government.
President Roosevelt signed the $2 000 000 000 deficiency bill the second largest peace time appropriation in Congress history. He also signed a communications bill creating a new commission to regulate telegraph telephone and radio and a measure forcing the Commerce Department to publish results of fatal airplane crash investigations. The package includes a $525 000 000 drought relief fund.
A 100 year old Chicago Loop cowpath remains a cowpath despite a 22 story building rising above it. A deed upheld by the courts preserves the path, and two cows from the World’s Fair were led over it symbolizing progress in dairying.
Berlin reports the eugenics court has ordered the sterilization of 300 of 325 individuals deemed congenitally unfit. The court notes 80 percent of cases presented were voluntary requests for sterilization.
Washington June 20 A new deadlock threat looms in the steel dispute as management and unions clash over a vital point of collective bargaining. Secretary Perkins reviews revised plans while union leaders back a three-man board and majority rule. Roosevelt may name a peace board if talks fail.
Weather outlook for the 36 hour period beginning at 8 o clock last night. The low pressure area centered over Minnesota will drift east over the Lake region bringing local showers and possibly scattered thunderstorms. Increasing cloudiness expected tonight with showers late tonight and on Thursday.
Serafino Sinatra alias Joe English of Toledo must die in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary one week from tonight unless Governor White intervenes. The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review his petition. English was convicted of the machine gun slaying of Jack Kennedy of Toledo on July 7, 1933.
In Columbus on June 20 the FERA Works Division approved ninety two projects totaling 1 055 391 dollars in wages for 3 614 workers. The list includes funding for Athens and an entry noting Nelsonville with 2380 dollars from Clearance.
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