31 May 1935
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1935
Page
1
AP reports Friday news reveals debate over federal control of national social conditions as President Roosevelt hints at a constitutional reading of the New Deal. Officials discuss whether federal action can shape economic policy and social welfare, with implications for the Supreme Court and state powers.
NTACS schedule fragment hints a Saturday afternoon event in the AGE era. The readable parts mention NTACS and a staged occurrence likely tied to a school or club activity. No clear dates, locations, or participants are identifiable.
"Godie" or Goldie, a cow from Zion Illinois, had triplets before strict production limits. Last year she bore a single calf, and following the Supreme Court NRA decision this week she became mother to twins.
Ohio relief administrator C C Stillman tentatively approves a medical care plan for relief clients. A county medical advisory committee will govern costs separated from the regular medical fee. 25 cents extra per single resident relief client added to the $1 monthly family allowance. Physicians receive 1 for office calls, 2 for day house calls, and 2.50 for night house calls. The state relief system would spend about $250000 monthly on medical care.
Paris reports Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin was ousted by a sweeping no confidence vote as Ferdinand Bouillon could not form a cabinet Edouard Herriot was likely to be asked to return as premier. Gold bullion flowed from the Bank of France with long lines of buyers and heavy withdrawals amid the devaluation dispute.
A dispute over a puppy drew a crowd and escalated to a brawl. Police Lt. Owen McAdams arrived to stop a gunman and found whiskey. in the same house he uncovered a 75 gallon illegal still during the arrest.
Final rites were conducted Friday for William A. Ireland longtime Columbus Dispatch cartoonist creator of The Passing Show He died in his sleep Tuesday and his body was to be transported to Chillicothe his boyhood hometown for burial Eighteen business associates and friends served as honorary pallbearers
Mrs. Sarah McCoy aged 96 died Thursday night at her son Philip McCoy's home in Great Bend. She was preceded in death 11 years ago by her husband. Funeral arrangements are being completed Friday.
A racer set a new speed record in the 500 mile Alto Classic event, signaling a standout performance in the endurance road race.
Clyde Woodruff 47 of Van Vorhes Street Athens and his wife Lily Mae face federal charges in Columbus for using more than 100 forged prescriptions to obtain narcotics over the past year. Woodruff, once a Baltimore and Ohio telegraph operator in Stewart, was bonded at 2000 dollars with Lily Mae at 1500 dollars. Investigators say they forged physician names on special prescription forms and obtained narcotics from an Athens druggist.
William J. Spang and seven followers, ranked as insurgent leaders of the steel workers union, were arrested in Pittsburgh on charges of parading without a permit. They were jailed after failing to pay fines. Spang had been expelled from the union months earlier. The group planned to assemble to form a picket line at Carnegie Steel’s Duquesne plant to pressure recognition.
Peter Treadway, a former filing station employee, on Death Row in Ohio Penitentiary reiterates his innocence in the slaying of Ruth B Stevens, a Cleveland welfare worker, as he awaits potential clemency from Governor Davey before his scheduled execution Saturday evening.
Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott ages three to 18 died after flames destroyed their Alderwood home on the western outskirts of Toronto. The father leaped from a second story window and the mother saved a baby before leaping to safety. others could not be reached.
Armed confrontation erupts at the Columbus Packing Co. plant as 390 former workers clash with 20 police officers. Four officers and many strikers are injured. 22 strike sympathizers are arrested after a dawn confrontation near South High Street Viaduct.
The Mohawk Tribe No. 174 Red Men of Athens will travel to Chillicothe on Saturday night to confer a degree on a class of candidates. Monday night the team will perform a similar duty at Pomeroy. The Athens unit, the Mohawk Wildcats, is a young, well regarded group known as one of the state's best after recent travels to Springfield.
George Percy Stoner was convicted Friday of the triangle murder of Francis Mawson Rattenbury and sentenced to death. Co-defendant Alma, the murdered man’s widow, was acquitted. The trial at the Old Bailey was among its most sensational. The couple, aged 18 and 34, faced murder charges for killing the elderly husband. The Rattenburys had lived on Canada’s Pacific Coast. Mrs. Rattenbury spent her childhood there.
A Memorial Day report lists multiple drowning deaths and injuries in Ohio. Victims include 19 year old Alma Plunkett from Indiana and 8 year old Fred Fulk from Buckeye Lake. A separate note in Cleveland details a regional board aiming to settle a strike involving Tuscarawas and Stark Counties day workers.
In Colorado Springs, Pueblo and towns north of Denver floodwaters devastate the region. At least twenty four dead or missing as Fountain Creek swells, with hundreds homeless and property damage in the hundreds of thousands.
Thomas Dickerson of Chauncey was severely injured when struck by a northbound New York Central freight train north of Chauncey near the James Mulline farm. He was taken to a Columbus hospital after amputation of his right hand and was unconscious Friday.
J H Milhon aged 7 and a member of a pioneer Vinton County family died Thursday at McArthur in the home of his daughter Leonette with whom he lived. He leaves a son Herman C Milhon of Columbus. His wife Anna Pettit Milhon died a year ago. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 pm at the home. Burial will follow at Locust Grove Cemetery with brief services for friends.
In Fort Worth Texas a dog sat by the Trinity river for five days prompting a river search. Grappling hooks recovered a body believed to be the dog after the effort.
Misa Florence Updegraff, 79, a former East Liverpool teacher with 46 years in the classroom, died Thursday. She retired eight years ago and spent her career shaping students in the local school system.
Will Rogers writes from Santa Monica criticizing a California assembly fight over 27 epic proposals aiming to eliminate poverty. He argues the plan cannot eliminate all poverty and questions states barring outsiders, suggesting sending the issue to the Supreme Court for a night letter to settle it.
C F Dow local architect says first payment on Wildermuth Brewery in Navier's Run was made. General Machine Company work crews to repair motors and generators starting Monday. R C Francis named assistant brewmaster and to assume duties when ready. An office will open at the brewery under Mrs Helene Radford. Dow expresses confidence in the reopening plan.
Federal agents named Bentz a suspect in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping linking him to the Bates gang and remnants of the Karpis mob. Authorities consider Rentz may have teamed with those groups on the $200000 ransom plot affecting Weyerhaeuser interests in Tacoma and St Paul. The Lindbergh Law seven day grace period expired at noon Friday as agents prepared to act.
Greensboro scene as Mrs. James F. Reynolds recalls a missing diamond from her engagement ring found after two years. Her 19 year old daughter Gene was in the yard retrieving flowers when she picked up a handful from the driveway and uncovered the stone.
In Cincinnati Norwood a man named William Williams, 30, was fatally shot by Sergeant Charles Fritz after he resisted arrest with a butcher knife as officers attempted to take him into custody. Four companions were later arrested on charges of interfering with police.
An early Friday quake devastated Quetta and surrounding Baluchistan killing an estimated 20000 people. Troops and relief crews frantically dug through rubble while hospitals and camps were set up on a race course and residency grounds.
Governor Davey approved two financial relief bills aimed at cities and counties. One allows refunding maturing bonds as a substitute for a bond moratorium. The other lets local bodies raise bond service levies outside the 9 mill limit with a majority vote. In Canton, Republic Steel workers held a peaceful picket as plans unfolded for a Saturday vote on continuing the strike. In Hamilton, 74 year old August Biermann died by suicide from a self inflicted gunshot, citing despondency after his wife's death last October.
Court restew for the Athens Hoy Scouts will be held Friday night at 7:80 at headquarters in the inet g see Counce.
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