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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1936
Page
1
A fragmented local notice discusses rent and use rights for kite operations in the harbor area. Officials outlined licensing steps and safety requirements while residents urged tighter controls and clearer enforcement. The piece highlights a growing interest in aerial activities amid coastal regulation talks.
Governor Davey ditched a relief plan at a joint session to amend the emergency relief law. The measure would grant county funds by need and authorize notes against anticipated utility tax revenues. Total potential relief nears 7.5 million with existing funds. no new taxes expected.
The dirigible Hindenburg, on its second transatlantic commercial flight from Germany, arrived at Lakehurst Naval Air Station after a 78 hour 34 minute journey, hindered by head winds up to 42 knots that reduced speed to about 20 knots at times. It deviated south of its usual steamship routing and landed near noon EST. The previous flight had taken 61 hours 50 minutes at 71.3 knots average.
Poland's new government says Nazi plot to detach upper Silesia from Poland and unite with Germany was uncovered and 118 Nazi party members in upper Silesia will be tried for conspiring. President inaugurated in Cuba and Ohio History Day Association elects new president in Circleville.
A 1935 coalition proposal tied Townsend forces to Father Coughlin and a caravan of about 1,000,000 unemployed as Washington faced a sweeping pension demand. Francis E Townsend urged lowering the age to 40 or 50, while defending a universal sales tax to fund about 24 billion annually. He also denied knowledge of rumored entertainers’ participation and noted a million dollars in small coins raised for the plan.
Ohio officials announce final plans to add 5000 miles of new roadways to the state system by June 30. A four member committee will review recommendations from county hearings and decide which county roads qualify for state system status with attention to right of way titles and development potential. Harry N. Neal, traffic engineer, led hearings and aids the committee as advisor.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carl Yagala age 49 who died Tuesday at the family home in Coolville will be held at the residence Friday at 2 30 p m. Interment will be made in Coolville Cemetery. She was born in Iowa and came to Ohio at age ten and spent most of her life in Coolville. Survived by husband Carl Yagala a daughter Mrs Clinton Burdette at home father Frank Maxon two brothers Charles at home and Edward of Chicago and one sister Mrs Helen Gibbs of Hockingport.
Montana Democrats pledge unanimous support for Franklin D. Roosevelt as the state delegation to the Democratic National Convention is confirmed after state party conventions. The move follows the manifestations of party unity across Montana.
In Kansas City Missouri a young hold up man aimed a gun at Herman Erlanger a bartender. Erlanger ducked under the counter drew his own weapon and after a tense standoff the bandit fled. The brief clash ended without injuries or arrests.
In New Jersey two thirds of Republican voters backed Alf M Landon over William Borah with London supporters claiming all 32 convention votes. Hoffman defeated Fort by about five thousand votes as he sought support amid Hauptmann case controversy. Roosevelt secured all Democratic convention votes.
Washington reports a dispute over whether states should share flood control costs with the federal government delaying approval of a 50 million dollar omnibus flood control bill. An amendment would require the government to cover about 100 million in costs otherwise borne by states, with lawmakers split on defeating or accepting changes. Senator Copeland faces possible defeat of his resistance to the plan amid rival proposals on condemnation costs for reservoirs at river headwaters.
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard College Observatory reports a naked eye display of the new Peltier comet in July for the first since 1927. Discovered by Leslie C. Peltier of Delphos Ohio the amateur astronomer has found four comets and a nova. Observations place the comet just before sunrise and brighter than sixth magnitude within about 20 million miles of Earth before receding for centuries.
Harry P. Williams aged 46 of Wedell Williams Air Service Corp and Marguerite Clark’s husband died in a crash near Hares son Louisiana. The other victim was pilot John D. Worthen, 25. The five place plane built for Williams burned after impact. Williams was heir to a lumber fortune and tied to Miss Clark in a high profile Hollywood marriage.
John Fiorenza’s attorney Henry Klauber claims his client acted with a deteriorated mind and brain and did not commit the murder of Nancy Evans Titterton. The defense plans an insanity-based case, alleging a prior attack in the same Beekman Place apartment. Fiorenza previously confessed to the Good Friday bathtub killing.
Akron rubber plants ended labor troubles after talks between union committees and management. Goodyear Plant No 2 will reopen at midnight, restoring 7,900 workers. A layoff dispute in Goodrich Rubber Company's mechanical goods department also reached an agreement within hours.
Richard Keller of Cincinnati, sentenced to death, received a formal stay of execution from the supreme court today while an appeal is heard. The case centers on the scheduled electrocution for May 26.
Senator Guffey and Representative Snyder voiced firm judgments after the Supreme Court rejection of their coal control bill. Despite defeat they praised the court's decision and pledged continued efforts on energy policy.
Williamstown Massachusetts UP nineteen year old Williams College freshman Lewis J Somers killed a classmate Robert Henneherry aged nineteen and wounded William Hartz Jr eighteen before shooting himself Somers the son of a Meriden Connecticut attorney had reportedly planned to die and claimed he lacked courage until he killed someone The victims included two Chicago heirs in a dormitory room where Somers fired from two pistols his first shot killing Henneherry as Hartz was wounded with non serious injuries then Somers killed himself after a jammed gun prevented another fatal shot
London reports feminists angrily respond to a proposal for U S style laws requiring women drivers to display a large red W on their cars. A parallel law already mandates male student drivers to display a red L for learner on their vehicles.
Dr Vassily Zdravosmisiov introduces hypnotic treatment to ease childbirth in Leningrad and Moscow, marking its first general practice use. The method, born from 11 years of psychiatry, aims to reduce pain with sessions that last about 19 minutes and involve guided sleep techniques.
Washington debate swirled in the Senate Finance Committee as it pressed toward a general basis for an $803 million tax bill. Chairman Pat Harrison warned reconciliation of views would be unlikely this day. Proposals to raise individual income tax from four to five percent sparked fiercest opposition, with some demanding removal from any compromise. The transfer rests on whether corporate rates can be adjusted to meet revenue needs without widening personal levies.
Laborers remodeling an old Indianapolis house once visited by Abraham Lincoln uncovered a half pint of whiskey hidden in the wall. H. C. Williams, the property owner, said the bottle seems to have been left there when the house was constructed about 120 years ago.
Detroit report states Chrysler Motor Corporation shop employees will receive about a five percent wage increase effective June 1 1996. KT Keller, president, announced the raise which will cost roughly 6 million dollars yearly in expenditures.
Difford Christian twenty from Greenville admitted stealing ten head of cattle from a local stockyard in Urbana and was held to the grand jury by the county court.
Senator Joseph F. Guffey introduces a new coal control act confined to interstate price fixing for coal. The measure, stripped of labor provisions deemed unconstitutional, is referred to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. A companion House bill by Rep. J Buell Snyder is prepared. coal leaders back reenactment sans labor sections.
Washington U P decision on replacing the invalidated Guffey Coal Act hinges on John L Lewis head of the United Mine Workers. If Lewis demands immediate action the Roosevelt administration and Congress may back reenactment of the act with price fixing only. Alternatives include a constitutional amendment favored by Lewis and AF of L leaders. Green of the AFL Council expressed little could be done legislatively to counter the ruling, while Roosevelt signaled continued pursuit of Guffey Act aims and a new approach to industrial control.
In Indianapolis an unidentified woman arrested a vagrant after he sought a meal. Fingerprint check revealed Malcolm Sutphin, 30, who confessed to murdering his nephew Filva Sutphin in Chesapeake West Virginia.
Ohio and West Virginia highway directors met with the Ohio Bridge Commission in Columbus to study toll removal on interstate bridges. They will seek policy views from their governors before taking further steps.
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