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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
1
AP reports a Senate vote on President Roosevelt's work relief bill with a $4.88 billion package. Leaders faced delays over wage amendments and anti fraud provisions as factions from Nevada Vermont and others push for changes before floor action.
Medina County election officials began an inquiry into charges that state highway engineers scanned relief workers poll books to determine voting preferences. Engineers Eckleberger and Kagy denied the claim, saying they only checked votes with Columbus origin but sought no publicity.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a deadly fever affecting missionaries and a crowded mission scene. The text mentions Chinese personae and poverty, with references to victims, deaths, and a mysterious scourge impacting a Presbyterian group.
Unclear fragmentary note mentions council action on furnishing natural gas, a company president, and drilling near unspecified tracts. Details are garbled but indicate a municipal energy plan and possible bids or contracts. No clear names, dates, or places are recoverable.
Athens City Council in adjourned session votes to hire Cleveland consultant R Hasselman to conduct a municipal gas light plant survey at 2500 dollars. Funds to be transferred from city accounts. report due March 18 when employment will be ratified. Hasselman notes surveys often run per diem and expenses. full cost unknown.
In Columbus a Senate Liquor Committee bill would require municipalities to assist state liquor enforcement or lose liquor fund receipts. The liquor director would decide enforcement levels, drawing protests from large-city senators. The panel also ponders repealing the $1 gallonage tax and replacing it with a 15 percent value tax while cutting the state markup from 30 to 2 percent.
Amesville resident George Lent was bound over to the grand jury and released on a 500 dollar bond by Justice T R Bennett after being charged by his wife Louise Lent with failing to support their daughter Betty Jane. Lent pleaded not guilty.
Former Ohio congressman Charles West began Thursday as a special assistant in the Farm Credit Administration. The appointment is temporary and he is also reported as a candidate for an Interstate Commerce Commission post or possibly the chairmanship of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
NEW LEXINGTON. A man identified as G B Gheen of Columbus was killed when struck by a car driven by Harry Ferguson of New Lexington. Gheen was walking to work at the Trout Bros Mine and suffered a broken neck and arm. NEWARK. Mrs Fay Harper 30 of Utica died after kerosene used to hasten a fire caused fatal burns. Her husband was hospitalized after tearing off her clothing.
Public Works Administration officials examined the $36 million Scioto Sandusky flood control and water conservation scheme in Ohio. Led by W. E. Martin of Upper Sandusky, the conservancy district board outlined a plan to build ten dams across 17 counties from Lake Erie to the Ohio River amid program uncertainties.
Bucyrus discussed appealing the Ohio Fuel Gas Company rate ruling that the state utilities commission deemed fair and reasonable. The city, which was affected by the purchase of Logan Gas, weighs options for lower charges.
The Ways and Means Committee approved 24 to 1 to send the Vinson bonus payment bill to the House next week. A substitute using Patman currency expansion as an alternate payment method may be offered on the floor.
Harrison Nelson 25 of Hamley Run confessed stealing 99 dollars from 79 year old Perry Ridge resident Mrs Elizabeth Stover at her Athens County farm. The case tied to a June copper field theft at the Mourn Mine in York Township. Nelson said two others helped wreck the mine machine to steal the copper, worth 95 dollars, and to junk the metal for about 2 dollars. John Staten and Elmer Rutter of Nelsonville were arrested and to be arraigned on charges.
Lorain solicitor Grills left for Columbus to file a rehearing request on the Logan gas case affecting 16 Ohio towns. He solicited other town solicitors to meet, with Saturday as the filing deadline. He will urge reconsideration citing Ohio gas availability and that a seven percent return is excessive.
A 300 strong government detachment occupied Havana University to suppress a movement arising from a widespread island school strike, signaling a hard line against protests.
The Ohio House defeated a drivers license bill aimed at redrawing 22 districts into 24 and eliminating two at large seats. Rural lawmakers opposed the reform citing cost and dubious safety gains, while the Senate had approved the measure earlier.
Cincinnati police investigated the death of Helen Milner 26 a maid found shot near the left ear after an all day date. Albert Malenfant said a youth named Joe who set up the outing appeared, claimed Helen fainted and asked for help carrying her from the car to his apartment before fleeing. The coroner labeled the death a criminal assault.
London reports the British government will spend about 442000 dollars on a campaign to ready civilians for a possible air attack. The plan signals heightened wartime readiness and public safety measures across the country.
Washington observes a fierce political fight over wealth distribution as Governor Marriner Eccles calls for income tax reform to balance the economy. The Roosevelt administration’s stance is disputed amid support from influential backers like Senator Norris who advocates a progressive inheritance tax on large estates.
Government troops with heavy artillery moved through the Struma Valley toward East Macedonia to crush rebels. Premier Tasaldaria and War Minister General George Jondyl predicted quick collapse as Ka valia endured a devastating air bombardment and street fighting by both sides.
One hundred thirty teachers attended the second monthly dinner meeting of the Athens County Teachers Association in the First Methodist Church dining room. A short discussion followed on revising course of study, and a resolution urged the legislature to favor House Bills 313 and 394. The program, led by Buchtel faculty, featured piano duets by county music supervisors and readings by Ruth Reckier, Nelsonville High School senior.
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas Mark H Shank condemned in Akron Ohio probably will die in the electric chair at dawn Friday without a visit from his wife Prostrated by Governor Futrella sudden action in setting the execution date Mrs Shank is too ill to travel relatives in Akron said Governor Futrer offered to delay the execution long enough to permit Mrs Shank to see him
Alyce Jane McHenry's cheerful smiles were noted by the surgeons who treated her Thursday. Surgeons said they could not yet declare a definite recovery from the operation to correct her upside down stomach, but they appeared less tense and encouraged by ongoing improvement.
The navigation season opens as Capt. John Neuman sails the Mancot to Kelleys Island on Thursday. While away, the first coal shipment by boat arrives at Pennsylvania docks with loading hoped to begin by March 1.
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers argues for an annual open session to criticize senators and mocks Senate rules that allow members to attack others without response. He notes protections for aliens drunks and U S Senators and humorously cautions Huey Long and Joe Robinson.
An intoxicated thief grabbed Jack Beverage's new sport roadster on Franklin Avenue Wednesday night. He zigzagged along curbs, struck a telephone pole and a parked car, and slid across steps and a bank before fleeing toward East State Street. Both Beverage and Readings’ cars suffered extensive damage. the thief escaped unharmed.
Mrs. Charles W. Loy stood by her 17 year old daughter Ethelender in Steubenville as authorities explain the girl shot her father in the chest during an attack on her mother. Coroner Edward Wallis notes the family lives on a houseboat near the Steubenville Wharf with 12 siblings. The father was described as brutal, and the daughter says she acted to protect her mother.
Harold Worthen age 32 was held here Thursday for Miami police in connection with a holdup slaying of Francia C Rombach at Miami on Feb 11 1931 Deputy Sheriff Dale Thibaut said he read of Worthen in a detective story and had been informed he was living here Worthen denied any knowledge of the slaying.
In Wilmington a 17 year old known as Grandma has given birth to twins for the twelfth time. Her daughter and granddaughter also bear twins. The girl, Delaine eve, is said to be owned by farmer Michael Reardon near the area. A separate note from Greenville reports a 14 pound 1 ounce baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Carl Karn drawing interest from nearby mothers. Toledo reports freezing rain sleet and snow flurries causing ice damage and traffic hazards across the region.
Ohio strategy faces new funding as Governor Davey and Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins trade sharp remarks. A $466,381 March grant raises total state relief to $9,953,193 with allocations for emergency schools, transient care and rural rehabilitation. Athens County receives funds for warehousing clerks and street paving projects in Nelsonville.
A premature nitro glycerine blast at an oil well five miles south of St George ripped the derrick from its moorings and blasted into a crowd watching the first well in the district. Nine people died and at least a dozen were injured including Arrowshead Corp. official George Alsop and his wife Filie J Pickett. The explosion hurled debris and toppled a car.
Frederickburg VA Edward C Bell a Frederickburg business man was convicted today of poisoning and attempting to poison his invalid wife Mrs Madge W Bell A sentence of three years in the penitentiary was agreed upon Physicians said Bell suffered from Brights disease and was partly paralyzed The motive the prosecuting attorney cited was Bell s affair outside the home Stephen Francia Weston dean emeritus of Antioch College died at his home three days before his 80th birthday
Agnes D Johnson will not buy a second-hand automobile after reading her sister's will. The sister, Mrs Neilie J Carewell, directed in distributing her 870000 estate that Miss Johnson should receive the total purchase price of any automobile, she wants.
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