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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1935

Page

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Festival of God Art Exhibit and Mother’s Week on Campus

Athens Ohio hosts a multi day event featuring art exhibits and mother’s week activities on campus. The program includes lectures, sorority events, a scholarship presentation, and a musical program in the Chubb Library terrace and University Auditorium with a Dean Dorothy Rob ague portrait and student performances.

Hazlett Athens Ohio Dorothy Rob Ague Edwin Chubb Barrie

NDAY NGER RDay Thousand Families AGE py

Fragmentary OCR notes show jumbled terms about day, families, ages, and numbers. No coherent event or names clear enough to identify for a proper card.

President-Elect to Visit Athens

Dr. Herman G. James, president-elect of Ohio University, will visit Athens next week. He will speak in Columbus Monday then come to Athens as guest of Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Biddle at 20 Park Place. On Wednesday he will be introduced at the Ohio University convocation and speak briefly.

Herman G. James Ohio University Athens Columbus Mra. T. R. Biddle Park Place

Compromise in Senate Bonus Fight Forecast Brightens

Washington reports a potential shift in the Senate as rivalry between Patman and Vinson bonus camps grows. Chairman Harrison seeks a night vote to substitute the Vinson bill, with administration aims to block Patman. The three major bonus bills are set for a final test in the chamber.

Senate Patman Vinson Washington Harrison Finance Committee Senate Chamber Clark Missouri

Goldsberry Is Victor In Suit Over Fraud Charges

Frank E. Goldsberry of Athens and his family were cleared of all charges of intent to defraud Brunson Savings and Loan Company of Columbus after Judge Harley M. Whitcraft dismissed the petition. The Columbus firm alleged a deed and a $6,000 mortgage showed insolvency and fraudulent intent. the judge ruled the plaintiff failed to prove its case.

Athens Brunson Savings and Loan Company Columbus Harley M. Whitcraft Logan Brunson Company Blaine R. Goldsberry Whitcraft

Gallia Academy Ranked Among Oldest Accredited High Schools

Gallia Academy High School, in Gallipolis, is among the three oldest members of the North Central Association accrediting list. Principal E. E. Huggins announced Thursday that the school has again been unanimously recommended for accreditation. The school first made the list in 1603, two years after Chillicothe and one year after Cleveland East and Hillsboro.

Gallipolis North Central Association Gallia Academy High School Informaton E. E. Huggins Gaia Academy High School Chillicothe Cleveland East Hillsboro United States

New Immunization for Children Discovered in Cleveland

Dr Charles F McKhann of Boston described a placenta extract based immunization for scarlet fever and measles at the American Pediatric Society convention in Cleveland. The method shows between eighty and ninety percent success and offers protection for families with multiple children.

Cleveland Charles F. McKhann Boston American Pediatric Society

Relief Rolls To Be Reduced by Nearly Seven Thousand Families

Ohio relief rolls will drop by 6 974 families in May as C C Stillman announces a May relief budget of 8 973531. Total recipients expected 242 072 families and 63 864 singles, down from April. Direct relief 6 790540, work projects 1 945971, care of transients 228020. County allocations include Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Vinton with amounts and headcounts.

Columbus Ohio C. C. Stillman Stillman Athens County Gallia County Hocking County Meigs County Vinton County

Pair Believed Kidnapped in New Mexico

In Gallup New Mexico Robert Minor a New York journalist and David Levinson a Philadelphia attorney were reported missing by a witness wife of a man detained after an April riot that left three dead. Masked abductors drove off in three cars while Minor was said to be slugged. Local and state police were mobilized amid labor strife in the mining town. Levinson alleged to have appeared in the Reichstag fire trial and Minor planned a nationwide speaking tour to organize the defense.

Gallup N. M Robert Minor New York David Levinson Philadephia Joe Bartel Minor Levinson Germany

Administration Plans House Support to Extend NRA Rescue

Roosevelt forces rely on the House to salvage NRA extension amid Senate hurdles. A tentative strategy outlines extending the recovery unit to next April, with administration aims to secure House passage for a measure more acceptable to the White House.

House NRA Washington Roosevelt House of Representatives Congress Senate White House

Slayer of Boy Scout Faces Kentucky Jury

Pikeville Kentucky trial entered its second day for Denver Tolliver 25 charged with killing Clyde Quillen 18 a Boy Scout. Quillen was shot as he ran for help for Scoutmaster Cassie Quillen 21 who had been blinded by a volley into the Scouts camp. Tolliver says he did not fire at Clyde and thought the boy was an enemy when he heard him running toward his house.

Pikeville Denver Tolliver Tolliver Clyde Quillen Clyde Cassie Quillen

Man Admits Drowning Girl In Bathtub Over Crooked Mouth

Frank Flynn a garage manager described as heavy-jowled and mild appears to have confessed to drowning 6 year old Margaret Parlatto in his apartment bathtub. The police report notes his emotionless admission and shows him calmly smoking a cigar after the confession.

New York Frank Flynn Margaret Parlatto Flynn

Relief Investigators Conclude County Study in Athens

Investigators led by Albert Levin, attorney Lorain, ended a week long survey of relief handling in Athens County and left for Columbus without releasing findings. They will present a written report to the Joint Legislative Relief Investigating Committees, with further action pending. Levin indicated a possible return before the report is finished.

Athens County Columbus Ender Albert A. Levin Lorain Joint Legislative Relief House of Representatives Senate H. T. Phillips Levin

Three Die as Lightning Strikes Across Midwest

Severe storms ripped through Kentucky Indiana and Illinois with fierce winds and lightning. In Louisville homes were unroofed and debris blocked streets as residents prepared for the Derby. A 4 year old girl escaped injury when a door shielded her bed. In Indiana a 7 year old girl was found alive after being knocked from her home. A 3 year old and a 31 year old man were killed by a felled tree on a Henderson County farm. A 19 year old was struck in the neck by a bolt near Kevil Ballard County.

Louisville Kentucky Indiana Louiisville Mary Jane Floyd Floyd Jaronville Ind Fiona Gentry Cc. C. Bennett Balcolm Flanigan Bennett Henderson County Thomas Spencer Kevil Ballard County

Frazier Bill Receives Senate Agriculture Panel Backing

The Frazier Bill to refinance farm mortgages with an interest rate of 11 44 percent won approval Friday from the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Frazier Washington Senate Agriculture Committee

Floods Spread In Ohio Friday

Heavy rainfall flooded roads across Ohio causing road detours and stranded workers. Automobiles stalled on inundated routes while children missed school and miners could not return home. Detours were reported in Perry Guernsey Muskingum Noble counties between towns and Caldwell.

Columbus Perry County Tropic State Highway Patrol Cumberland Pleasant City Guernsey County Roseville Crookeville Muskingum Perry Caldwell Noble County

Columbus Barber Board Agency Window Rushes Renewals

October breezes rush through the sixth floor office as hundreds of barber license renewal applications are hurled from the State Barber Board window. Attaches report the chaotic scene in Columbus as barbers toss papers Friday in the board office.

Columbus State Barber Board

Cattle theft solved after brief deputy inquiry

Deputy Sheriff Roy Goldsburry and city police traced seven stolen steers to W. C. Burton of Athens County. Two steers were slaughtered at a Cincinnati packing house. Burton is jailed in Athens County. Niggemeyer may recover five head. Sheriff Luption cited Parton for leading cattle across fields to a loading chute. Goldsburry recovered $122.60 from Cincinnati payment.

Jake Niggemeyer Dog Hollow Dutch Ridge W. C. Burton Athens Roy Goldsburry Niggemeyer Cincinnati Burton Niggemeyer's Pasture Parton Charles W. Luption Goldsberry Marietta Parkersboro Wheeling Cincinnatis Bip

Roads Flooded as High Waters Tie Up Traffic

Heavy rains over two days sent streams over banks and pushed the Hocking River toward flood stage in the Athens district. Route 13 between Chauncey and Corning and Route 313 near Trimble faced two feet of water, with other routes intermittently closed or flooded as Glouster and Corning bus service were suspended. Temperature swings preceded a forecast of fair, colder weather Saturday.

Hocking River Athens Hocking Sunday Creek Chauncey Corning Amesville Sharpsburg Trimble Coolville Lancaster Rockbridge Redtown Glouster-Athena Corning-Glouster

Roosevelt Break With Chamber of Commerce Old News

Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers says Roosevelt's split with the U S Chamber of Commerce is longstanding and inevitable dating from March 4, 1933. He quips Roosevelt leads with five billion in temporary alimony and predicts a reader friendly divorce story.

Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce Will Beverly Hills Calif U. & Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce Will Rogers

Ultra Liberals Plan Conference to Consider Third Party

Washington reports a Saturday meeting of more than fifty left wing leaders to gauge support for a national third party. Louisiana Senator Long criticizes the Roosevelt administration calling it the St Vitus Dance Government and jokes about sending the President to sea aboard Vincent Astor’s yacht to slow the nation’s course.

Roosevelt Washington Senator Long Louisiana Howard Y. Williams National Farmer Labor Party Long St. Vitus Congress Vincent Astor President Fieh

Weekly Trade Review Signals Widening Operations and Demand

NEW YORK reports that the weekly Dun and Bradstreet trade review finds improved trade developments with a widening of operations in some industrial divisions expansion in mining and building activity and evidence of broadened consumer demand indicating healthier economic activity.

New York Dun & Brad Street Weekly Trade Review

Eastern Ohio Judges Will Hear Complaints May Meeting

NEW PHILADELPHIA Judge RE FE Lindsey calls common pleas judges from 16 Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District counties to convene here May 16. They meet as the conservancy district court to review board amendments to the project official plan. Cincinnati text notes the death of Dollie Robb White, granddaughter of General Bam Pourton, early Texan governor.

New Philadelphia RE. FE. Lindsey Common Pleas Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Conservancy District Court Board of Directors of District Cincinnati Dollie Robb White Bam Pourton Texam

House Bitter Over Senate's Long Recess

In Columbus Ohio the House objects to the Senate delaying work as it prepares for another indefinite recess possibly through May 23. The body tailed one Senate bill and defeated another 56 to 0 while Speaker Bittinger vows to hold an appropriation bill aiding Northwest Territory celebration until Senate returns.

House Senate Columbus Frank RB Uibe William M. Boyd Cuyahoga Bittinger Northwest Territory J. Freer Bittinger

Earthquakes Kill 500 in Kara District Frontier

Reports from Istanbul say Friday tremors across the Turco-Russian frontier devastate Kara District with 500 dead and 1,200 injured. Homes collapse in Digor Dir and along the Armenian River border as residents flee to open ground while searchers probe wreckage in 15 towns.

Istanbul Kara Soo Digor

Wife of Macon Hero Is Given Aeronautic Job

Mrs. Ernest E. Dailey of Wellsville Ohio will work in the Bureau of Aeronautics after her husband went down with the dirigible Macon in the Pacific. Rear Admiral Ernest J King recommended her for the post. Dailey served as a radio operator transmitting the Macon’s position as rescuers rushed to aid.

Macon Washington Ernest E. Dailey Wellsville Pacific Ocean Bureau of Aero Ernest J. King Mrs. Dailey Dailey Weesele

Father and Daughter Reunite After 31 Years in 1904 Separation

Irwin Kansas City official Alonzo Gehrman and his daughter Anna Brett met in Springfield after 31 years apart. Gehrman last saw her in 1904 when she was a baby, and Beott recalls the separation from her mother as a toddler.

Irwin Alonzo Gehrman Kansas City Kan Anna Brett Gehrman Springfield Mra Beott

Labor Chief Expects Quick GM Strike Settlement

Detroit AP report says labor secretary and mediators near an accord to settle the General Motors strike affecting 26 000 workers across multiple plants. Edward F McGrady and William Knudsen hold talks as AF of L officials press for recognized bargaining rights amid a broad production shutdown.

Detroit General Motor 8 Perkins Washington Edward F. McGrady Inder General Motore American Federation of Labor Franeta J. Dillon McGrady Mcfnady William Knudsen General Motors Ferking Methady Tn Ee Ton Knudsen

Ohio Industry Awaits Strike Settlements

Ohio industry waited for progress as Detroit talks sought to end Toledo Chevrolet plant strikes. Factories in Cleveland Cincinnati and Toledo faced closures with 4000 workers affected by the Tuscarawas County sewer pipe strike. Union officials warned against plant moves and a Cleveland area General Electric vote reflected tensions. The Sandusky brewery remained closed after a recent flare up.

Knudern Chevrolet Toledo Cleveland Cincinnati Kansas City S Louis Zanesville Wisplanta McGrady-Knudsen Knudsen A. F. of L Willam Green General Motors Columbus Ohio Detroit Fickets Fisher Body Cincinmati Fred Behwake Buelletsa Sandusky Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company

Jury releases fragment of Condon testimony in Lindbergh case

New York Supreme Court Justice John MrGeehan made public part of Dr John F P Condon's Bronx grand jury testimony from April 1922 to show it did not conflict with his identification of Prim Richard Hauptmann as the ransom receiver. The move followed DA Foley's request due to Whaley's claim that Condon said he could not identify the payer.

New York Supreme Court John MrGeehan John FP Jafeie Condon Bronx Prim Richard Hauptmann Samuel Foley Harry L. Whaley Conden Hai

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