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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1935
Page
1
Fragmented report describes warships moving to counter a sea raid near Hawaii. It notes carrier MeLy SINKS and a collision incident, with several sailors killed or missing. Forces assemble in the Aleutian area for planned operations listing units and patrol activity.
A local court schedules a Tuesday hearing for a man charged with reckless driving linked to a recent accident. Police file details show alleged speeds and vehicle involvement. The case proceeds with potential penalties and court dates.
In St. Joseph Missouri the would be robber stuck his head through a tavern transom and announced a robbery. Ollie Voth, a former baseball pitcher, grabbed a salt shaker and knocked the intruder from his perch before he fled through the door.
William V. Walsh of Athens was appointed relief director of Muskingum County by state relief director C. C. Stillman and will assume duties Wednesday. He replaces Capt. Theodore Black who resigned. Walsh is a World War veteran and Ohio University graduate who previously led the Athens National Re-employment Service office and trained in Columbus for the new post.
Will Rogers argues Barbara Hutton should handle her own life and finances. He asserts her wealth, tax duties, and personal choices are none of the public's business, defending her right to marry whom she pleases and to fund ventures if she wishes.
Bethlehem Mine Corporation in Barrackville, near Fairmont, reports five workers killed and six injured when a shaft collapse caused steam flames to shoot 500 feet high. Victims include L. A. Howell 30 and others aged 28 to 50. experts call the blaze unusually centered in timbering rather than coal. The fire began Sunday morning. crews fought smouldering flames as investigators open inquiries.
Ohio Senator James Metzenbaum proposes a three year drive to cut public school costs by 3.1 million dollars annually. The plan targets insurance method, census process, short term financing, transportation routes, and clerical salaries to yield savings while promising improved education and salaries for teachers.
William Lent a 60 year old traveling salesman from Bucyrus Ohio was shot and killed at a cousin's home near Atwood Indiana by farm hand John Hagman who then killed himself. A woman, Mrs Schell aged 35 sister of Mrs Harmon, was wounded. motive unknown. Lent was a cousin of Mrs Harmon and survived by his widow.
Steel operations overall rose to 44 1 2 percent last week while sheet and strip mills declined and automobile assemblies fell sharply. The Magazine Steel cited recent government project awards as a buoying factor for the industry.
At 7 m Eastern Standard Time United States army planes launched a mass flight through Central America. The route takes them to San Salvador with stops at San Jose Costa Rica and Managua Nicaragua.
The India Tire and Rubber Co. faced a union rejection of its open shop plan by 141 votes to 33. The Akron plant had been idle for weeks with pickets on duty as president W. G. Krauss said the shutdown followed an inability to meet union wage demands.
Police across the Philippines tightened security ahead of Tuesday’s plebiscite on a proposed 10 year commonwealth, with 1.7 million voters eligible. Sakdal leaders warned the vote would not reflect true will while authorities reported arrests and potential interference plans.
A Geneva communication from Ethiopia protests Italy's East Africa preparations and urges the League of Nations Council to act by the May 20 assembly. Haile Selassie’s government seeks swift arbitration and settlement, as European capitals fear delays in resolving the dispute. The Giornale D'Italia criticizes joint Anglo French diplomacy efforts at Rome and Addis Ababa.
Relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins has accepted an invitation to speak to the Cleveland Citizens Association on May 24. This will mark his first trip to Ohio since charges of criminal libel were sworn against him by Governor Davey.
A baby born in a derelict Hamley Run cabin died of pneumonia, with no doctor present at birth. Investigators report neglectful relief treatment as a seven day worker trudges 2½ miles to work. siblings suffer severe conditions. Public hearings set for May 20 as committee surveys relief chaos.
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill predict President Roosevelt will veto the Patman Bill and argue inflation as a reason. The dispute centers on bonus money going to workers and the jobless while the administration aims to aid the needy first. Rep Patman says leaders may urge a new compromise.
Athens County relief officials discounted reports of a strike by relief workers blamed on heavy rain. About 8 to 15 absentees were noted in Nelsonville and Athens, with unions visiting workers and resuming duties once rain eased. In Cleveland, 69 year old Tillie Wittrup died of a heart attack after arriving to visit her sons on Mother’s Day.
Samuel Katz lost $35 to three robbers who spared his sick child and allowed his wife to stay with the baby. The trio ordered Katz and a nurse to raise their hands, then robbed Katz before fleeing.
Toledo unit of the United Automobile Workers plans a Monday night vote on a proposed peace settlement reached over the weekend. Workers seek five cent per hour raises, a 70 cent minimum wage, and improved conditions, while GM counters with a blanket five percent rise. NRA chief Richberg and GM officials met in New York amid the talks.
Warsaw reports the death of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Poland's dictator, prompting questions about succession and the future of the French backed peace pact system. Possible heirs include General Edward Rydz Smigly and Foreign Minister Joseph Beck, with burial arrangements and national mourning underway.
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani obtained a divorce from Prince Alexie Mdivani in a ten minute private Reno hearing. Escorted by Washoe County sheriff and police, she entered via the jail building to avoid onlookers and left with her attorney. Rumors place Count Kert Haugwite-Reventiow as a potential forthcoming husband.
A drag net stretched across central Kentucky as state highway patrolmen prison guards and sheriff officers hunted five convicts who escaped the state reformatory on Sunday Two of the escapees are life term inmates The men seized two submachine guns and other weapons from the prison armory and fled toward Newport with witnesses reporting a robbery of a Fayette County car at Wood Lake about an hour after the escape.
Cincinnati police say Myrtle Powers died from beating and scalding and her nephew Albert Ashton will face a murder charge. Ashton was arrested near Marietta Ohio after Powers found May 6 in her apartment with severe injuries. Detective Chief Emmett B D Kirgan confirmed the planned charge.
Police pursued a man who fled in a car from the Steel and Tube Inc plant in Elyria after a bomb exploded blowing out about 275 windows. The blast marked the second attack in three weeks amid a mechanics educational society strike ongoing since April 1, while the factory remained in operation.
The Senate interstate commerce committee reported the revised public utilities holding company bill favorably by a 14 to 2 vote after a brief session. Two members left in protest over limited study time, while the measure would dissolve all holding companies by 1942 unless integrated within geographically united systems.
Delegates at the Photherhood of Railroad Trainmen convention in Cleveland discussed government ownership as a retirement remedy for railroad employees. A. F. Whitney noted support for the Wheeler Bill and predicted the Supreme Court retirement ruling would be debated on the floor. He also signaled possible action toward a six hour workday.
A Saturday night fire at a farm on Athens Route 1 destroyed a brooder house owned by Guy Hale. Five hundred twenty three day old chicks were killed and the blaze was contained before reaching adjacent buildings. The brooder house was valued at 11 dollars and the chicks at 9.
Eugene Q Hesak a Wit tenberg College sophomore won the Otio Peace Oratorical Contest held Sunday afternoon in Columbus. Hesak was among six finalists and received the state award for his oration titled The Challenge of the Unknown Soldier.
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