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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1935
Page
1
Donald A rman signaled readiness to act in the coal conference crisis. Officials discussed a joint scale plan on new wage terms for Appalachian soft coal. NRA board considered extending talks while warning of possible intervention if wage demands proceed.
Cincinnati reports the Crosley Radio Corporation suspends operations at its plants as a strike continues. Vice-president Lewis Crosley orders police guards to escort workers from the plants through agitated crowds of strikers.
Dust storms sweep Denver and plains country with dark skies and travel disruption. A trainmaster J H Burnmeier died amid the violence as workers clash with strikers. Crosley Radio and unions face renewed talks while plants close.
Fragmented lines describe Hopkins in Florida regarding an emergency relief program and works project. Mention of federal money, the Senate and House, job creation goals, and private industry tied to postwar recovery. Dialogue hints at timing, spending, and debt concerns.
W A Walls, a former administrator, will become Superintendent as the school board prepares a decision by Tuesday with the appointment effective April 1.
Fragmentary text mentions a reconciliation port and references to wife and king, with four dispatches and two denials. Classified ads are described as unreadable and unprofitable, while a line about a glove and a MOVE-Per right hand appears amidst rough OCR text.
Ohio budget projections show General Fund expenditures for 1935-36 rising 9.6 million dollars to 51.65 million if approved by the Legislature and Governor Davey. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce Research Department notes a 22.8 percent increase with large requested hikes including a 650 percent rise for the Farm and Home Protective Committee.
Former Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson told a joint Ohio legislature hearing that inefficiency may have caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of meat purchased for relief reach needy residents to spoil. He noted he sought a federal relief inquiry last December and praised cooperation from federal and state officials.
Eight Ohio cities affected by a Public Utilities Commission decision in the Logan gas case sent representatives to a capital meeting called for 2 p m by Lorain city solicitor Wesley Grills. Ohio Fuel Gas Co the buyer of Logan Gas Co filed new rate schedules for the eight municipalities including Lorain Marion Athens Galion Bucyrus Bellevue Ashland and Crestline.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that war veterans receive an extra 20 percent civil service exam rating for military service but that appointing authorities are not required to give veterans preference over non service men.
Directors of the Scioto Sandusky Conservancy District met to push their application for a share of a proposed 4.88 billion dollar work relief fund. Assistant secretary Alan N. Jordan announced that 12.626 million dollars is earmarked for the Scioto Sandusky project to construct seven dams.
State Treasurer Harry 8. Day announced on Wednesday that sales tax receipts up to March 23 totaled 7,242,877.71. The report confirms continued growth in tax revenues for the state.
European sources report Hitler demanded gun for gun parity with major powers and air superiority over the Soviet Union. He proposed an economic union with Austria, returning Czech lands, elimination of the Polish Corridor, repatriation of 3.5 million Germans, a navy around 400,000 tons, and aviation parity with Britain or France. Soviet Russia awaits Capt Eden’s visit as Izvestia invites Britain to cooperate on a world peace barrier.
County auditor Willard Mason plans to publish a list of more than 600 forfeited land parcels to be sold for back taxes. Prosecuting attorney R B Williams seeks to foreclose on 236 additional parcels. If foreclosure suits proceed and forfeited lands sell, Perry County could net over 90000 dollars.
Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations takes effect at midnight. Geneva experts debate sovereignty over Germany seized Pacific islands now under a league mandate with Tokyo likely to retain control under supervision.
Newark reports the death of Frank Dille age 67 a former Athens County teacher and newspaper man who died Wednesday morning at City Hospital after moving to Newark a year ago
Ohio Republican Paul M. Herbert told a Cleveland audience that Governor Davey faces a planned whitewash over his libel warrant against Harry L. Hopkins. Herbert called Davey’s actions childish and said the Franklin County grand jury findings justify Hopkins assuming relief control in Ohio.
Clarence H. Burk won Senate approval as liquor control director by a 30 to 1 vote amid a pending Supreme Court ouster suit. Attorney General Bricker filed the suit within an hour, testing Burk's eligibility after he left the Legislature to become finance director and drew salary for the term. Governor Davey welcomed the move, saying it would settle the issue quickly.
The Ohio Legislature's joint Investigating Committee will begin hearings on the relief situation without outside attorneys. Governor Davey had urged hiring his personal attorney Dennis Dunlavey as chief counsel, but the ten lawmakers chose only the four attorney members for guidance. The move followed a Democratic majority conference and reversed a prior 6 to 4 vote to hire outside counsel.
Van drivers strike ends leaving hundreds unable to move and housewives worried. The cleaning and pressing business faces paralysis as 28 firms refuse union demands and decide to close. Daniel H. Wasserman represents the firms in the dispute.
Beverly Hills. Calif. Mr Will Rogers jokes that Hitler multiplies his forces for Russia blaming France as a non factor. He quips no individual can pass the buck faster than a nation and adds a wary note on World events.
The Senate plans a broad investigation of Ohio natural gas resources after adjournment, with focus on supply, distribution costs, and producer pricing amid split views. The chamber also approves military training continuation at Ohio State University and a spending-bid bill, while Governor Davey faces criticism over House control and a coal purchasing controversy arises in Athens County.
Edward Harper Matson, held for Federal authorities in Columbus, is described by J Edgar Hoover as one of the cleverest impersonators. Hoover says Matson was known by 50 aliases.
George B. Roberts told Akron union rubber workers from Firestone Goodyear and Goodrich plants to be prepared and shut plants down when the time comes after P W Litchfield refused to sign an agreement. The union awaits responses to proposed contracts from Firestone and Goodrich.
In Miami at 9:15 a m on Wednesday the 19 ton Pan American Clipper began a 3000 mile route toward San Diego linking the United States and the Orient. The aircraft recently finished a 2500 mile non stop test to the Virgin Islands and back.
Athens City Council approved a new rate for the Ohio Fuel Gas Company, setting 58 cents per thousand cubic feet as an average for the public. The ordinance, signed by Mayor Len B. McCune, would last one year with possible renewal for two more, and requires the city to surrender $188,000 impounded during prior litigation.
President Roosevelt searched for old clothes and fishing gear in Miami as he prepared a sea trip from Jacksonville. He planned to fish from Vincent Astor’s yacht Nourmahal, while work relief plans awaited final congressional approval for the four billion dollar program.
Ohio and Indiana potato growers protested against proposed potato control legislation. Elmer L. Mitchell, president of the northern Indiana crops association, argued growers should not cut production while prices are profitable and needs remain unmet.
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