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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1934
Page
1
The piece quotes former President Hoover arguing against returning to old paths and urging adherence to the American System. He emphasizes individual endowment, liberty, and cautions against government overreach while defending national unity and economic strategy. The text references political philosophy, democracy, and the Sept. 4 discussion.
In a fragmented note a commander leads amid delegate groups reforming the army. A parley is planned to renew talks as a settlement faces a brink of debt and political shifts amid Soviet expectations.
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Will Rogers notes travel plans from Leningrad to Helsingford via Estonia with a pilot. He describes witnessing Moscow opera, new drama, and the ballet in the home of the Russian ballet. He mentions visiting Leningrad’s old stock exchange and urges good behavior.
William Rosen, a French seaman, testified that a gang abducted him from the Champlain and tortured him for a month after a narcotics package was mistakenly thrown overboard. Federal agents arrested two men and a woman in a Brooklyn apartment raid as Rosen identified the gang leader and his wife who cooked during captivity.
In Youngstown a quarrel turned deadly when Mildred McDonald 27 shot Russell Adams 31 in the left eye with a .32 pistol during a stairway confrontation at the home where McDonald worked as a housekeeper. Police say Adams chased and beat her after accusing her of infidelity.
Geoffrey F. Morgan of Santa Monica, former Athens city schools superintendent and noted lecturer, is nominated by a 1200 vote Republican majority for the California state legislature. He will face John D. Fredericks Jr a supporter of the Epic plan advanced by Upton Sinclair.
Flor ence Lee faces first degree murder charges for the slaying of her business partner Michael Careo at Lorain's largest night club. The shooting occurred Sunday after an argument.
The New Marshfield Alumni Association sponsors a wiener and marshmallow roast on Wednesday night Sept 5. Members are asked to assemble at the high school building at 7:80 p.m.
Washington buzzes as Herbert Hoover comments on liberty and the New Deal in The Saturday Evening Post. Secretary Ickes counters by arguing property rights favor the privileged, while Hoover’s plans for 1936 remain uncertain until near the Republican convention.
Washington reports a $500 million tax bill is due for Congress in January as part of the new year's agenda. The administration plans to request relief funds and other spending, a stance challenged by former budget director Lewis W. Douglas who resigned over policy disputes with President Roosevelt. Tax levies expire July 1, 1935, prompting renewed debate on a general sales tax that leaders fear would fail without administration backing.
Washington September 4 The Senate special committee opens a month long investigation into the munitions industry to avert another world conflict. Chairman Nye North Dakota Republican heads the inquiry with a broad scope, the first such congressional probe of the sector.
Bruno Sulek 21 and Stanley Pludziak 19, both of Niagara Falls, are charged in Buffalo with murder abduction and robbery in the slaying of Police Lieutenant Unl and kidnapping Theodore B. Keating, a prominent businessman. They were arrested in Circleville Ohio, with Alice Zimmerman 25 who allegedly accompanied Keating.
Yugoslavia police report a 3800 pound man eating shark attacked and killed Agnes Novak eighteen while she swam in the Adriatic Sea near Susak. The incident occurred September 4 and shocked the region.
Akron police report Arthur King aged 52 was shot and killed just before midnight. Authorities said a man was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting and is in custody.
Cleveland dispatch reports a famed American aviator, Davis, died in the Thompson Trophy Race final at the National Air Races. He led on lap eight in a 100 mile event before his plane crash landed at about 250 miles per hour. Davis had just won the Bendix Trophy Race in a record pace from Burbank last Friday and had just set a world land speed record prior to his death.
Athens and Nelsonville drum corps competed among eight entries in the state Legion contest at Parkersburg High School Stadium. Dover Ohio won with 91.85, Fairmont first among West Virginia corps, while Athens posted 90.15 for seventh overall before a large crowd.
In Gallipolis on September 4 Miss Ruth Sawyer a music teacher escaped serious injuries when her car overturned on Route 7 near Miller. The wreck was blamed on a defective steering gear and the vehicle was badly damaged.
Twelve FERA projects for Athens City totaling 40 732 90 are submitted by city engineer John W Dowler to create jobs for the unemployed this autumn The plan allocates 33 361 40 for labor and 7 871 50 for materials Initiatives cover 10 street improvements and two beautification efforts along the Hocking River including bank grading rip rap walls park areas and cedar plantings Specific street projects include West State and West Washington alleys Pine Place Stimson Avenue Putnam Drive Mound Street West Union Street Curran Drive May Avenue Home Street and segments of Shafer Moore Streets and an alley from Moore to West Union
About 1 000 workers at the H. C. Godman Shoe Company plant in Lancaster walked out after Labor Day seeking a closed shop and reinstatement of union members discharged weeks earlier. Pickets man four company plants. strike backed by Ohio Federation of Labor and regional unions.
Lorain reports the National Tube Company steel mills restart operations today after a three weeks’ shutdown. The move ends a stoppage that affected local production and workers.
Washington reports NRA confronts a wave of defiance from U S coal dealers over winter pricing. Disputes over whether minimum prices should be set within trade areas or by NRA in Washington follow resignations from the Solid Retail Fuel Code Authority after clashes with NRA officials.
In Wilton California deputies cite childish play as cause of the ice box deaths of Maryann age 6 and Mary age 7. The sisters were found suffocated after their 15 year old brother Civerino admitted mistreating them and said he left them washing dishes while parents worked in the hop fields. He was jailed and an insanity complaint expected.
James Davis seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Clint Davis of Columbus died after a brief illness in Gallipolis Ohio The boy fell ill late Sunday night and died Monday morning The body was returned to Columbus for burial Mrs Davis the former Miss Jane Willey of Gallipolis and her husband are former locals.
Hyde Park, Sept 4 In a Roosevelt White House report Joseph Kennedyhead of the Federal Stock Exchange Commission announced the new federal control of the securities market would begin October 1. He said the manipulative reputations would be drafted in the next week and that while volume could fall brokers fees might be the only loss with no harm to legitimate business.
Members of Battery C, 134th Field Artillery, Ohio National Guard, returned to Athens Sunday after two weeks at Ft Knox Kentucky. Horses were left behind as new motorized equipment is issued and two additional French 75 guns were brought back. Some horses were killed or sold or sent to Regular Army cavalry. others remained. Riot squad rankings noted. two accidents marred the stay with Corporal Madden Caben fatally injured and Sergeant Carmichael seriously hurt in a crash Aug 2. Carmichael recovering in Louisville hospital. William Green at Ft Knox base hospital with a fractured leg.
In Columbus on Labor Day the Ohio Prohibition Party held its state convention as political suspense rose ahead of the Republican state convention to be held here Thursday and Friday and the Democratic state convention planned for September 15.
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion will meet Wednesday night at 7 30 at the post home on South Court Street. The annual election of officers will be held.
TOLEDO September 4 Colonel Chalmers R. Wilson of Columbus has been named president of the Ohio Division veterans group after the conclusion of the annual convention here. The appointment caps a routine meeting of delegates from across the state.
Athens County tax officials and school boards face a Sept. 15 deadline to file resolutions for levies outside the 10 mill limit. Three mill operations plans approved by Athens and Nelsonville boards aim for the November vote, with districts needing outside-levy funds to meet expenses and qualify for state aid. Levies in ten districts expire this year and must be re voted to remain in force, including Daleton Rural The Plains Albany Consolidated Chauncey Dover Carbondale Canaan Carthage Rome Trimble and York Townships.
Mrs. Dwight Robinson aged from 1712 West Carpenter Street sustained serious injuries in a head on collision five miles north of Zanesville while returning to Athens from Cleveland after attending the National Air Races. Her husband accompanying her, she suffered a severely cut right hand with tendons severed and multiple lesser injuries.
Labor Day fatalities across Ohio totaled eleven in auto crashes and one drowning. Victims include Delmar Richardson of Dayton at Indian Lake, plus residents Grace Burns Cleveland Frank Czerkzewicki Cleveland Lila Waterfield Sandusky and others in Portamouth Vienna Painesville Akron Zanesville and Columbus. Two Columbus victims were found near railroad tracks and struck by cars.
Three Logan young women were injured near Gary Indiana on the way home from a Chicago World's Fair trip. Thelma Keys Maria Simes and Violet Reding were taken to Mercy Hospital in Gary. Keys family members left for Gary while Simes remained with the group.
COOPERSTOWN New York September 4 The state rested its case today in the trial of Eva Coe a road house operator charged with murdering Harry Wright in a scene at her establishment.
Reports from September 4 indicate varying impact of the general textile strike. In New England about 50,000 idle of 125,000. Carolinas around 80,000 idle with equal numbers working. other states show mixed attendance. Paterson and St Louis mobilizations loom, while South surveys conflict over worker turnout as union leaders cheer early success.
President Roosevelt to meet with Upton Sinclair at Hyde Park to discuss economics and the New Deal in relation to California. Sinclair arrives with his Epic Plan to end poverty in California.
Athens County treasurer G. D. Gorham announced that real estate taxes paid in the second half will total well over 300000. The final tally is not yet complete and personal taxes are currently in progress, running through September 20.
Lon Carsey of Albany pleaded not guilty to stealing a motor car belonging to M. Lt. Carr an employee of the State Forestry Farm. He was held over to the Athens County Grand Jury under a $900 bond by Magnitude H. Paor ter.
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