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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1935
Page
1
Unclear excerpts describe officials debating oil rights and concessions involving Ethiopia and other African interests. The remarks touch on state formation, government information access, and potential political or strategic implications amid unsettled tensions.
Rockford Illinois, April 4. Superintendent W W Ankenbrand, newly appointed head of schools, declares future teaching applicants should rate high in pulchritude. He says the era of the battle-ax in the city’s schools is over, though beauties need not be Follies caliber. Ankenbrand came from Mansfield Ohio to take duties and had previously served in Athens Ohio.
William Weaver and Myrtie Eaton, among 22 indicted in the $200,000 Edward Bremer kidnapping, are jailed in St. Paul awaiting federal arraignment after being flown in from Florida. They lived as Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Osborne on a chicken ranch near Allendale with guns found in their home. Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell remained at large.
Chicago secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes and family mourn the death of his wife Anna Wilmarth Ickes after an automobile crash in New Mexico. Her body returned home as officials and friends gather, with Eleanor Roosevelt among pallbearers and national figures paying respects to a public servant who retired to support her husband’s career.
Mrs Ellen Connor aged 70 wife of John Connor died at the family home in Logan after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at the home conducted by Rev W N Shant. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville. The Connor family moved to Logan from Ward Township years ago. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on July 21. Surviving are five brothers and four sisters and the husband plus children Harley Charleston W Va Mrs Maude Love Montgomery W Va Mrs J H Elias Grouster Mary Dewey and Gomer at home.
Doris Cronch was held to the grand jury on $200 bond after pleading not guilty before Justice Fred Millisor. She faced charges of contributing to the delinquency of her two minor daughters by becoming intoxicated and being locked up in the city prison.
The triple Labor Day weekend saw under 300 automobile fatalities in the United States, far below NSC projections of 350 to 400. California led with 33 deaths, New York 28, Illinois 17, while nine states and DC reported zero fatalities. Ohio tied Missouri and Pennsylvania at 16 each for fourth.
Mrs Mary Mills age 76 widow of William A Mills died Sunday at the family home 52 Lorene Avenue after a yearlong illness. Survived by six children Mrs C L Miller Plainwell Mich Mrs Carrie Fulwider Columbus Mrs E H Marquardt Bloomington Ill Miss Elizabeth Mills at home Edward Zanesville and Grover Columbus. One daughter Mrs Jennie B Newhall died seven years ago and seven grandchildren. Friends may call at home until 1 am Wednesday. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 pm at Jagers Funeral Home with Dr A Y Wilcox officiating burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
In Hocking County evenings have cooled for nearly a week with frost traces observed around Union Furnace Friday morning.
Sir Malcolm Campbell piloted the Bluebird at Bonneville reaching 304.311 mph in a measured mile, then 295.566 mph on the return run. His average 12.005 seconds for the mile fell short of his 300 mph goal, prompting a second attempt next Wednesday as wind conditions varied. The car performed with apparent control on the salt bed during the high speed test.
J. D. Halsey 41, farm employee at Athens County Children's Home, died after a silo fall. He suffered a brain concussion and internal injuries, dying Monday night. Employed 12 years, he leaves wife and daughter Juanita at the Home, his father and two brothers in Long Bottom, and a sister in Delaware. Funeral at 1:30 at the Home with Masonic rites. visiting day cancelled.
Nelsonville report: George Doc Bolin, 56, shot himself at his Murray City home Monday night. Family heard the gun blast. no motive given. He leaves wife, seven daughters and one son. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
In Gallia county a 14 year old, Daniel Wagner, was shot in a watermelon patch Sunday by Ann Childers. He was treated at a Huntington hospital and began improving Monday afternoon. Childers was arrested on a warrant charging shooting with intent to kill and jailed for arraignment.
James C. Prosser and Gilbert Stoll, two experienced pilots, flew from Cleveland to Cincinnati en route to Argentina to begin a nonstop homeward flight. They expect a week of travel via New Orleans and Bahia Bianca, plan to live on rationed food, and carry a two way radio on their 6400 mile journey seeking to beat the French record from New York to Syria set in 1933.
Six masked robbers bound watchman Michael Malone in the Pocahontas Oil Company shipping room in Cleveland before blowing open a vault and three safes. They used nitroglycerin and explosives to access the safes and escaped with about $10,000.
The Toledo offices of the Ohio Collieries Company have been moved to Glouster and merged with local offices in the old Stoeckline Building at the corner of High and Front Streets. The company now occupies the second and third floors, continuing after taking over the local mines years before World War I.
Workers began foundations in The Messenger Building for the 24 page Goss Unitube press to be installed in October replacing the 1916 equipment. The upgrade features two 40 hp motors, full automatic controls, color printing and automatic delivery to the mailroom with a viewing gallery planned.
Seventeen humming birds at the St. Louis Zoo each consume food equal to four times their body weight daily. The fact is shared after noting a buxom Miss complains of rapid weight gain despite similar eating habits.
Harold Neumann, 29, of Moline Illinois, piloted the plane Mister Mulligan to win the Thompson Trophy at the 1935 National Air Races in Cleveland. He completed ten laps of a 15 mile course at an average speed of 220 mph, after Turner faltered on the ninth lap. Howard of Chicago owns the winning aircraft.
The Ohio government survey declares the state Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Sandusky wastes public funds and social policy. It urges discontinuation and conversion into a hospital for the mentally ill, with transfers to Dayton's National Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Potential savings reach $2,200,000, plus further $1,000,000 by skipping a new hospital under McIntyre Bill.
In Covington an argument in a home left Edward Simmer age 38 fatally shooting his wife Tessie 38 and John Wells 62 and Jess Goldsby before turning the gun on himself Goldsby is not expected to live Wells did not participate but was shot after asking Simms about the incident Coroner James P Riffe described the sequence of events.
Gallipolis. Charles Johnson faces breaking and entering charges in Justice Milliser's court. Attorney Hollie C Johnston alleged Johnson broke into his office on August 23 and stole a check drawn by R M Switzer as administrator of J W King estate to Sarah King who endorsed the check for 15 dollars. Johnson pleaded not guilty and was sent to county jail in default of 500 dollars bond.
Dana Paul, a colored resident of Neal Avenue, reported her dog was shot Sunday by Police Chief John Fraley after it bit someone. The owner said the incident occurred in Gallipolis.
Coast liner Dixie, stranded near French Key after hitting a reef, is reported by Sim on to be alongside by United Fruit Limon. Rescue efforts hampered by haze and heavy seas as crews brace for possible transfer of passengers.
Soviet officials announced rejection of Japanese objections to Comintern activities. Informed sources also noted the Chinese minister raised questions in a recent conversation, but no formal protest was lodged.
Gallipolis reports a Wellston 12 year old, son of J K Snyder, died at Holzer Hospital from a skull fracture after a car struck him as he pushed his bicycle up Hamden hill. Friday Moonshine Charge for Three Men. Owen Searberry and L N Simmons appear this week before Judge Stormont. Harry Alexander to be arraigned Friday. State liquor officers arrested the trio.
Marion Reymond Houck of Gallipolis has been elected district deputy of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
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