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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1935
Page
1
A Virginia coal conference stalls amid stalled wage and hour talks with operators. The dispute centers on a Guffey Bill draft and a potential NRA regulation, with committees asserting no progress while court rulings complicate wage and policy decisions.
Inside Track for Postmastership shows Democrat lead as incumbent eyed for Tuesday. County committee and Democratic chairman advocate endorsement while candidates seek support from the service and committee. Nonclear remnants reference J B Preston Washburn and SOMMIttee actions.
Fragmentary text from Athens describes a legal or property dispute involving a grant and property recovery. The readable terms include possible mentions of a court and a city, with unclear names and dates. Further readable context is insufficient to identify the parties or outcome.
Tacoma investigators push the manhunt for nine year old George Weyerhaeuser across the border to Vancouver BC after tips of a boy resembling him seen with four men in a travel stained car. Authorities withheld names and kept quiet on details as the ransom demand of 200 000 drew media attention and family concern.
Four masked men trussed the watchman at the Union Tee Company plant in Niles on Tuesday and escaped with a portable safe containing about $1,000 in cash and checks totaling around $150. They blasted open the smaller safe and attempted but failed to chisel open a larger one.
Seven veterans formed the Cleveland contingent marching toward Washington Tuesday from various city points. The group joined other supporters to press for the bonus bill passage amid nationwide demonstrations.
In Cincinnati a fundamentalist leader Dr J G Machen of Philadelphia accused the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA of tyranny after the assembly unseated three of his adherents for not severing ties with the Independent Board of Presbyterian Foreign Missions. The assembly held ministers and elders cannot defy its decisions while claiming member rights.
Hollywood report says the Supreme Court thwarted New Deal measures on three fronts as it rejected the Frazier Lempke mortgage relief bill and NRA actions while leaving Humphrey at the agency. Will Rogers notes the scene, contrasting with Jesse Owens.
Washington reports requests totaling 221 million to clear slums and build low rental housing in Ohio cities Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo and Youngstown. Projects include low cost apartments with garages stores and community facilities and total rooms and units reach about 3 478.
Uneasiness over unrestrained competition after the Supreme Court NRA decision pushed the stock market lower after an initial buying surge. Early gains in rails utilities and others faded as a commodity slump helped swing shares down by the end of the first hour, with metals oils textile and manufacturing issues down about one dollar or more.
In Cleveland the White Motor Company strike ended Tuesday with about 2,400 workers voting almost unanimously to accept an agreement between the company and the United Automobile Workers negotiating committee.
The Athens Hocking Valley Purchase Unit, about 56000 acres, is moving toward option by the U S Forest Service. Fifteen crews of 30 men, largely loaned from Minnesota, begin surveying and mapping to speed approval and enable early work on Ohio National Forest projects. Most crews will transfer after two weeks with four or five remaining. temporary offices have been set up in a warehouse.
William Shannon a 68 year old night hauler in Mine 255 Drydock Trimble died in Jacksonville at 7 30 p m from shock after his right hand was severed when a car wheel struck it Coroner L F Jones ruled death due to shock He leaves a wife two daughters Mrs Sylvia Thompson Deanville and Mrs Beatrice Judson Jacksonville and two sons Rufus Jacksonville and Arthur at home Funeral plans not set Tuesday.
Memorial Day Thursday will be observed as a holiday in the Athens District. Stores, the Athens Retail Merchants Association, the Athens Post Office, and banks will close. Mail not delivered except to box holders. stamp window closed. The Messenger published as usual but two hours earlier.
Delicate mix of hope and disappointment marks responses to the Supreme Court ruling dissolving the NRA framework. Officials and figures including Donald Richberg General Hugh Johnson Senator Glass Senator Borah Senator Harrison Senator Long Clarence Darrow William Green Alvan MacCauley and Governor Talmadge comment on enforcement suspensions constitutional aims and future policy shifts.
Kalvesta Kansas Henry Loihl grew tired of dust storms and rain while driving farm implements to Missouri. After 15 miles he endured two days of dust storms and eight days of rain, convincing him to remain in western Kansas.
Governor Davey asked the Ohio Senate to reconvene and finish work on the general assembly after the House won a concession to rescind a 832 900 second year Senate salary appropriation. House leaders pushed for agreement as the biennial 97 million package faces possible deadlock and pay issues loom.
New York. Mrs Elizabeth Southworth denied aiding in the whipping of Rita Martini an artists model and actress. The plaintiff claimed Barbour lashed her nude body for pay while Southworth watched. A verdict later ruled against Barbour in the $100000 suit.
The Dionne quintuplets mark their first birthday with ceremonies at Corbeil and a planned radio debut from their Callander home. Dr. Dafoe and officials attend Mass and later plan a broadcast, noting the family’s famed five daughters Oliva, Yvonne, Annette, Cecile and Marie.
COLUMBUS UMC. C Stillman federal relief administrator for Ohio warned relief may demoralize the public. He oversees about 10 million dollars monthly to aid over a million people and said relief could foster dependency and reduce work motivation. He predicted a low mood may persist as a national public works program begins.
Five people including a five year old boy were injured Tuesday amid a clash between company guards and pickets near the United Alloy Company's plant as a strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers began. A guard fired from a moving bus injuring Sam Davia. Mario Carozza age 5 was treated for tear gas exposure. More than 530 pickets surrounded the Alloy plant, subsidiary of Republic Steel. Violence earlier at Berger Manufacturing left many injured. Both plants operated with partial crews.
Grover Fleming was freed Tuesday on a charge of criminal libel in Cincinnati. Municipal Judge Landon L. Forchheimer ruled the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Fleming was the publisher or owner of The American Examiner. The trial, lasting three hours, ended late yesterday after attorney George Weller, Jr. pressed the case.
The Ohio department of the Grand Army of the Republic reports a $3,000 cash shortfall after thieves looted the department’s office Monday. Secretary Lida Lucas said the reserve funds cash drawer was emptied and noted the loss.
Washington awaits Roosevelt statement as Supreme Court strikes down the NRA. A wide White House study order aims to map paths to rebuild. Labor and business groups push to preserve wage and hour codes while Congress reconsiders AAA amendments and related bills.
Cincinnati 2200 workers at Chevrolet Fisher Body Plants are to return to tasks Tuesday after a seven point peace plan ended a strike that began April 30. The settlement followed talks between General Motors executives and Auto Workers Union officials on Monday.
Fatman Bill leaders press for cash payment of the bonus and will sacrifice inflation provisions if needed. They vow no compromise on the cash demand but may adjust financing. An appeal urged veterans to march to Washington to demand the bonus amid concerns over funding methods.
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