20 Nov 1935
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1935
Page
1
Communiqué from President and officials outlines relief program status as talks on extending unemployment aid and Works Progress Administration funds continue. Mayors press for cooperation to prevent mass hunger while Congress debates next fiscal year allocations and potential end date of current aid.
A Big Prairie bank official C B Starner claimed only one family was on relief, prompting Holmes County supervisor Violette Robinson to cite a record of 11 relief heads. Starner later revised to four households, while enthusiasm for newcomers grew as letters arrived seeking a mission or a store.
Reports say Chiang Kai-Shek plans talks with Akira Ariyoshi as Japan denies issuing ultimatums. Japanese forces concentrate near the Great Wall to deter alleged Chinese troop moves, while Nanking denies northern Henan concentrations amid Kuomintang congress.
Barnsley England members of the Miners Federation of Great Britain vote 93 percent to empower the national executive committee to call a nationwide strike if needed to demand a two shilling fifty cents per day wage increase.
About 350 Monroe Township students returned to classes after a three day closure following a narrow defeat of a proposed three mill levy on November 5. County School Superintendent C R Coblentz authorized the reopening, counting on a promised second vote to approve the revenue.
Hancock County relief workers heard a warning from County Relief Administrator John R. Thatcher that the government would not provide aid if workers strike over relief conditions. The Workers' Alliance publicly opposed the conditions.
Ethiopians report preparing to attack the Italian northern front between Dolo and Makale after a sharp southern battle left casualties in the hundreds on both sides. Unofficial tallies claim over 500 Ethiopian and 150 Somali deaths or wounds on the southern front. Mussolini convened fruit and vegetable growers to boost production amid sanctions. The National Institute for Foreign Exchange assumed control of all gold transactions under a new gold monopoly.
The Dayton Power and Light Company received a temporary injunction from Common Pleas Court blocking Miami County commissioners from disturbing its installed power lines and poles. The company says poles sit on roadside fields with owner consent, while commissioners claim they occupy county land and seek removal. A J Patrick cited believed county officials favored Miami County Rural Electrification, Inc. a cooperative backed by the REA, denying Dayton a franchise.
Boston columnist Dr. John F. Condon of the Lindbergh kidnapping case says Bruno Richard Hauptmann will confess to him. Condon told the Professional Women's Club he is still working on the case and has been asked to visit Hauptmann, though he has not yet gone to see him.
Milton Campbell, Ohio American Legion commander, says he will push for the discharge of a Jackson teacher after a 14 year old girl at a local declamation contest voiced pacifist views. Campbell claims the pupil did not author the speech and accuses schools of teaching Communism. He vows to challenge the matter in court and with the school board.
Two Ethiopian minister Wor queh Martin sons challenge Mussolini’s two older sons in aerial combat prompting worldwide protest urging the minister to forbid the duel. Joe and Ben Martin are skilled airmen while Bruno and Vittorio Mussolini have notable sky exploits on the northern Ethiopian front.
President Hoover attacked the U S Canada trade pact saying it would hurt American agriculture. He claimed the agreement would reduce home market prospects for dairy and other farmers and cited lack of public debate and hearings as part of the criticism.
Okmulgee Osage county report says Jack Stags was jailed after allegedly passing four worthless checks tied to a marriage license taxicab fare and the wedding ceremony while still married to Delphia Stags. He is accused of marrying Billie Ruth Sims in the period.
Baltimore police scoured Locust Point for 80 pounds more opium believed smuggled from ships in Baltimore harbor. The total contraband potently increased values to over 250000 dollars, adding to about 45 pounds already in authorities’ hands.
Warren Ohio reports the first Negro member on Trumbull County Common Pleas jury heard the State’s case against Leroy Keith 21 charged with slaying Fred Greist a steel worker defense protest selected the juror Keith on trial for the second time Ohio Supreme Court upheld reversal of his prior conviction
Sales tax receipts for the week ended November 16 totaled 995,805. The 42 weeks of operation under the sales tax law bring the total receipts to 39,763,132.
Edith Maxwell convicted of killing her father over curfew faces a 25 year term after a 30 minute jury verdict. Commonwealth's Attorney Fred Greear urged conviction overturning self defense as the mother faces spring murder trial. Maxwell, found dead July 21 in Pound Virginia cabin, and the father’s death sparks a high profile case. Leslie Tower Seattle test pilot dies in Army crash on Oct. 30 as tributes prepare in Dayton.
Bowling Green officials voted to restore police and fire salaries to the 1928 level. City workers reported to duty with renewed zest as the measure took effect.
J P Morgan warned that rising taxes and government spending threaten private fortunes within 30 years unless retrenchment policies are adopted. He quipped that many earners are effectively working eight months for the government and criticized wartime and market optimism as not guaranteeing prosperity.
U S District Judge Benson Walker Hough, remains of a lengthy military and judicial career, died Tuesday night after a heart attack and injuries from an automobile crash last May near Lebanon. A federal judge since 1925 for the Southern District of Ohio, Hough was the only jurist to hold the rank of major general in the United States and served in World War I. He rose from Ohio National Guard enlistment at 17 to brigadier general and adjutant general, later retiring to rejoin the regular army.
In Aix en Provence three Croat defendants hunger strike after attorney Georges Desbons is disbarred for disrespect during the trial of complicity in the 1934 assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Desbons faced guard detail amid a warned assassination threat from the United States. In Xenia the city reports ten year’s worst diphtheria outbreak with eleven homes quarantined.
Irvin Cobb notes a comical Iowa calf that ate a stick of dynamite and survived until it was killed to prevent harm to bystanders. He contrasts this with a Panama incident where an army lieutenant was bitten by a deadly serpent and survived after serum, while the snake died in 20 minutes.
San Francisco health officials warned that 800 pounds of baking soda sold at bargain prices contained a deadly poison linked to three deaths. Dr. J. C. Geiger seeks a police investigation amid suspicions of contamination from barrels that previously held poison. The product was sold in bulk by a salvage firm to a department store and then to thrifty housewives at four cents a pound.
A photo on page six shows The Messenger's new press being installed in the Messenger Building. It is described as the most modern unit available and installation should be completed within the next month.
Jake Darnell pleaded guilty to stealing a gun from Constable Floyd Karns of Dover Township. He was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate T R Bennett, with the fine suspended and release conditioned on arranging payment. The gun was taken near State Route 31 between Athens and Chauncey and turned over to Sheriff Charlies Stratton.
Bridgeport Connecticut reports on Dr A M Warriner admitting a mercy killing 48 years ago in North Brookfield Massachusetts. The tale splits doctors into camps with some approving euthanasia while others oppose a physician ending a patient life. The case echoes a broader medical debate sparked by a British physician.
The Ohio House opens debate on Governor Davey’s tax plan amid opposition to relief sanctions. Proposals include extending the sales tax, indefinite liqui fuel tax, and a three percent amusement tax. The bill aims to fund pensions and driver licensing while enabling bond refunds and local levies.
The real bow and arrow hunt will be held Saturday on the State Archery Game Preserve between Marion and Delaware. Members of the Ohio State Archery Golf and Hunting Association formed at Ohio State University say it may be the first bow and arrow hunt since Indian tribes lived in Ohio.
Akron area clash at the Ohio Insulator Company in Barberton where deputies used tear gas as National Brotherhood of Operative Potters members retaliated with missiles. Union picket Joe Aman suffered facial gas burns and another member named Nelson was taken to Barberton Jah.
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