Ohio relief aid criticized amid mining counties crisis
Ohio relief funding draws fire as officials warn of a stranded population in mining districts. WPA directs 14 million dollars monthly to the state while local leaders seek larger city programs and faster certification for hundreds of unemployed miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
T. J. Price
Midvale
United Mine Workers
Price
Hocking County
Watson
John Ponn
Dam Break Releases 2500 Fish Near The Garden Farm
A damaged dirt dam on Hubert Buck’s farm near The Garden broke after workers dislodged a rock, releasing about 2500 fish into Shade Creek. The structure spanned 143 feet in length, 25 feet high and eight feet thick, built for swimming and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Buck
Buck
Scout Executive Dalrymple Named to Lead Kootaga Area
Robert D. Dalrymple will assume duties as Scout executive of the Kootaga Area replacing Paul W. Handel who resigned to lead Tecumseh Council with headquarters in Springfield Ohio. Dalrymple will reside in Parkersburg and has an eight year old son. He comes from Dayton where since 1925 he has served as field executive in charge of the Piqua District. The Kootaga Area includes Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootaga Area
Robert D. Dalrymple
Paul W. Handel
Tecumseh Council
Springfield
Dalrymple
Parkersburg
Dayton
Piqua
Athens County
First Locally Owned Auto Arrives in Athens with One Cylinder
Thirty five years ago the first locally owned automobile arrived in Athens. The buggy like car had a four horsepower one cylinder engine and was ordered from Cleveland by Dr C L Jones and shipped by railroad. Dr and Mrs Jones later toured to the St Louis Exposition in 1904, a six day trip there and four days back, with a full day to reach Columbus. Its top speed was about 15 miles per hour unless the clutch released on a hill allowing it to race downhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Cleveland
C. L. Jones
Columbus
Hastings Gabriel Dies In Clarksburg Home
Hastings Gabriel aged 53 died at his Clarksburg West Virginia home after several weeks illness. Born in Athens he worked at D Zenner store then 25 years with a Clarksburg lumber firm. He leaves a widow four children two brothers a sister and other Athens relatives. Funeral and burial planned in Clarksburg. Investigate Colt Death deputies probed Dowler Ridge farm after pony colt appeared shot according to officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings Gabriel
Eber
Mary Fulton Gabriel
Clarksburg
W. Va
Athens
D. Zenner
Gabriel
William
Elza
Buffalo
N. Y
B. C. Day
Charles H. Evans
Dowler Ridge
Robert Zimmerman
Chinese Japs Battle for Important Rail Center
Chinese Army spokesmen admit reverses in North China as fierce fighting rages north of Suchow on the Tientsin Pukow line for over a day. Hankow says Chinese attack a 4000 strong Japanese column north of Taierhchwang on a Lincheng branch. The Sangerhausen Rosarian in Germany claims to have perfected a perfect black rose after years of testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
China
Suchow
Tientsin-Pukow
War Office
Hankow
Taierhchwang
Lincheng
Sangerhausen
Germany
Modoc Man Slashed by Is Attacker Near Glouster
Modoc resident Winifred Mingus was severely cut in a knife attack by Joe Reynolds 45 of Mine 255 near Glouster. Reynolds pleaded not guilty to cutting with intent to kill and is held in Athens County Jail on $300 bond. Mingus received 26 stitches at Shelter Arms Hospital Athens.
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John Penn. Glouster
United Mine Workers
Hocking County
John Sawyer
Athens County
Tyroler
Winifred Mingus
Modoc
Joe Reynolds
Glouster
Reynolds
Thomas Gamwell
Trimble Township
Fred Heck
Charles Bayless
Charles H. Evans
Henry Williams
Mingus
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Bayless
Delay program of mine blast dramatization postponed
The Millfield mine disaster dramatization set for April 2 on a New York radio program has been postponed. Elmer Dingeldey, a Cleveland OH journalist then with The Messenger, wore a Red Cross arm band and aided in rescue. His eyewitness tale from the mine appeared on front pages nationwide. A new broadcast date will be announced and published in The Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
New York
Elmer Dingeldey
Cleveland
Ohio University
The
Messenger
Red Cross
Pioneers to Be on Radio During Northwest Territory Celebration
The Youghiogheny Monongahela and Ohio River flotilla voyaging 150 years ago will be broadcast by KDKA on Friday April 1 from 3 45 to 4 p m The pioneer station will air the trip which 150 years ago took four months for reports to reach civilization and will reach listeners on 120 stations across the United States Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines via short wave transmitters projected to meet the boats above Pittsburgh and follow them to Old Fort Pitt camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youghiogheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Northwest Territory
KDKA
Civilization
Continental
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Pittsburgh
Old Fort Pitt
Start Hearing On Car Sales In Athens Court
Hearings began in Athens County Common Pleas Court on four contract cancellation suits filed Aug 16 1937 by William Keeton for Nelson ville Auto Sales Co against Clay M Sanders a former company salesman four car buyers and two former notaries. The four May 27 1937 sales are challenged with fraudulent bills of sale. Buyers named Harold Figley Cassius Dew Charles Stout and E Franklin Stedman. Notaries Lucille Good and Faith Williams charged. Williams denies, Good surrendered commission last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Common Pleas Court
William Keeton
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Auto Sales Co
Clay M. Sanders
Keeton
Sanders
Harold H. Figley
Cassius G. Dew
Charles L. Stout
E. Franklin Stedman
Lucille B. Good
Mrs. Faith V. Williams
Fence Building Project at Zion Church In Garden
Garden residents were asked to bring tools to Zion Church Thursday morning for a community fence project. Materials are on the ground and ready for construction.
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Zion Church
County Records Survey Fed by WPA Nears Completion in Ohio
Athens County nears finishing the Federal Writers' Project historical records survey. Lewis A. Shirley says 88 county inventories will cover county municipal church and other records with details on dates volumes contents and locations. The Athens County study includes an historical sketch tracing territorial development from 1787 Northwest Territory to 1888 boundaries and notes the effort's educational value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ohio
Lewis A. Shirley
Shirley
WPA
United States
Athens
Northwest Territory
Ohio County
Hamilton
Washington
Bricker Dinner Tickets Received in Athens
Tickets for the McKinley Republican Club dinner in Logan on Wednesday April 6 at 6 30 p m have arrived in Athens. John Bricker candidate for the Republican nomination for governor will speak. Tickets available from Harold Rose Mrs Georgia Kilpatrick or John Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
McKinley Republican Club
Logan
John Bricker
Harold Rose
Georgia Kilpatrick
John Dalton
1935 Freight Rates on American Class 1 Railroads
In 1935 freight rates on major U S Class 1 railroads averaged 0.988 cents per ton mile. This figure highlights the low pricing environment in the era and reflects the cost structure of long haul freight during the mid depression period.
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B. F. Beckler, Jr
Dr. Watson
Jones
the Colonial Finance Cmpany
N. Court
Athens, Ohio
Russell Lunsford
Athens Night Police
C. C. Cornell
Bricker
Cincinnati
S. Court
Optometric Service
Athens, O
Ramee Plate
Leeobert
Betty Middleton
Ray Winters
Ray
Camel
Betty
Ore
America
Columbia Network
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Tobacco Planters Report
Vault Snowden
B. F. Bivins
James Graves
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Aorton
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