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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1934
Page
1
Francis J. Gorman and George A. Sloan meet late today to discuss Roosevelt's new board for textile labor. The ongoing strike targets 870,000 workers across the industry as authorities warn of severe consequences for active protesters.
In Cooperstown New York Eva Coo known as Little Eva was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in Sing Sing for the insured killing of Harry Wright. Co-conspirator Martha Clift 27 received 20 years to life after pleading guilty to second degree murder.
Howard Guilford a former newspaper editor and press freedom advocate was killed by a shotgun blast while driving home in Minneapolis. At 40 he had previously survived a gun attack and led campaigns against vice. His paper the Saturday Press battled the Minnesota suppression law later struck down by the Supreme Court.
OSSINING N Y Sept 7 UP Alphonse Brengard paid with his life for the slaying of Patrolman John Kennedy on a lonely Long Island road nearly six years ago. He was electrocuted at Sing Sing last night for the murder of a Nassau County policeman who was wounded while investigating a parked automobile on a road between Woodmere and Valley Stream July 22 1928. Kennedy paralyzed by a bullet in his spine lived four years after the shooting.
The legality of certain loans made in Columbus is under investigation by Home Owners' Loan Corporation officials who declined to comment.
Gus men held up an employee of the C Loveland Company Inc in Philadelphia and escaped with a 4500 payroll. Police investigated the hold up as a payroll theft and sought suspects.
The American Liberty League declared it will defend constitutional rights for as long as needed and plans a nationwide broadcast led by President Jouett Shouse. The group vows to unite property and human rights while opposing New Deal policies and seeking broader coalition with other organizations.
Senate Munitions Investigating Committee forecast worldwide moves to remove armament production from private firms and place it under government control. The inquiry follows testimony that an Electric Boat official helped place two representatives on the 1928 House Rules Committee, a claim both men deny.
Pi Frank Shively, 49, a Greenville clothier, died today when struck by a fast train. Neighbors reported he had threatened suicide by self harm due to business problems and wealth concerns.
Dr Charles Cochrane of Brooklyn describes waking to smoke and flames aboard the Morro Castle. He leaped through a porthole into a packed lifeboat, watched the bow of the ship engulfed in fire, and reached safety after a perilous sea passage with about 80 survivors at Spring Lake authorities.
Six Morro Castle crew members testified the fire began in the library at the fore of the steamship and not from lightning. They said flames swept midships, hindering passengers, and that crews found no water pressure in the hose as they attempted to subdue the blaze. Lifeboats on their side were deployed, while the opposite side could not be released due to danger.
New York reports the Morro Castle blaze as the second major shipping disaster off the U S eastern coast in 80 years. It recalls the Vestris 1928 loss, inland river calamities like General Slocum 1904 and Eastland, plus the Sultana boiler explosion on the Mississippi near Memphis.
The Rev. A. B. Cox of Newark was re elected superintendent of the Southeastern Ohio conference of the United Brethren Church. He will serve through 1956.
Reports detail rescue of 65 passengers by Monarch of Bermuda as Morro Castle burns offshore. Bodies wash ashore near Allenhurst and Spring Lake while fog and rough seas hinder recovery. An air note claims two more lifeboats head for shore. Andrea F Luckenbach rescues 22 others and heads to Brooklyn dock.
An agitated crowd of several hundred gathered at Ward Line offices in New York seeking news of Morro Castle survivors. Officials reported some survivors removed from the ship and that the vessel remained afloat about a mile or two off Spring Lake or Asbury Park. Captain Robert Willmott died of a heart attack, with his death time set at 7:45 p.m. yesterday, contrary to earlier reports.
The Morro Castle, a 508 foot turbo electric liner of 11 520 tons, left Newport Shipbuilding for New York Aug 16 1930 and embarked Aug 28 on its maiden voyage to Havana. Three years ago this month it braved a 48 hour hurricane off Cape Hatteras carrying 140 passengers and 200 crew to safety.
Ned J. Boggs of the State Relief Commission announced a reorganization plan to standardize county complaint and adjustment committees. Written grievances will be heard if they are deemed sufficiently important, aiming for uniform handling and efficiency in relief matters.
Deck Storekeeper of the Morro Castle recalls waking to a blazing midships fire. He describes futile hose efforts, attempting to find a woman, passengers and crew waking late, boats launched from the starboard side, the captain dead from a heart attack, and the ship breaking into flames as they fled to shore.
Norman Thomas, Socialist presidential nominee in 1932, will travel from Medford Wisconsin to Hardin County Ohio on Saturday to study the onion strike situation and meet local workers and organizers.
Report from Spring Lake New Jersey on September 8 describes the Morro Castle burning after leaving Havana. About 300 of 318 passengers and 240 crew were lost or missing as the ship went up in flames with 182 rescued and others reaching shore in lifeboats. Captain Robert Wilmot died at sea. Chief Officer Warms led the ship afterward. Survivors landed at Sea Girt and Spring Lake as Coast Guard cutters aided in rescue amid rough seas and a hurricane warning.
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