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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1934
Page
1
Ferris New Jersey Sept explosions in wreck of the luxury liner today halted salvage as guardsmen fought fires and searched charred decks. Firemen and photographers moved among melted jewelry and ash as officials held operations to release survivors and count the dead.
The Park Mat company faces seven pay charges tied to a project with about 50 percent completion. Sherrard reports the party will complete payment by Tuesday January 8. Five percent of the project value is referenced in the documents.
Senate inquiry hears A. J. Miranda Jr of the American Armament Corp allege commercial attaché Jackson and military attaché Sackville aided a Driggs Ordnance salesman in 1933. British War Office stock disposal could shift power in small states. Amelia Earhart and Clarence Chamberlin linked to munition officials.
Four motorists were arrested by state highway patrol on Route 31 near Courtney Hill Saturday night. At Magistrate C. H. Porter’s court today Frank M. Watkins pleaded not guilty to drunken driving and was held to the grand jury. Leonard Graham and Charles Trout of Athens voiced guilty pleas for drunken and reckless driving with fines and license suspensions. Mike Whalen paid a small fine for driving without proper rights.
James Roosevelt, son of the President, was aboard the 50 foot racing schooner Black Arrow when stormy seas buffeted the vessel for more than two hours. He and the crew reached Portland Harbor as eleven Coast Guard ships searched the waters off New England under Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's orders.
President Roosevelt prepared to proceed with a long term reorganization of the National Recovery Administration at Hyde Park, awaiting a possible tonight call from Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the administration's industrial administrator.
NEW LEXINGTON September 10 Percival Tetlow president of Sub-District No 6 of the United Mine Workers told workers in Perry County small truck coal mines a drive to enforce code provisions is planned He said some operators do not observe mining prices or NRA code sale prices but overall conditions are not as bad as expected A committee was named to draft a program on code compliance focusing on wage hour and employment provisions
Will Rogers praises Scandinavian nations for avoiding war for decades and living peacefully. He notes Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland as examples of neighborliness and prudent self-reliance.
The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opens in Zanesville with focus on White Cross Hospital Columbus and a bond holders suit. Officials anticipate underscores of bond underwrite efforts to shield the conference and hospital from embarrassment. Reports from district superintendents are expected to show growth in membership and improved financial support.
Summer break ends for thousands in Athens County as the county system and Athens Nelsonville and Chauncey schools begin fall terms. Giouster schools opened last week. Ohio University faculty return, students arrive, and varsity football players resume practice as fraternity and sorority leaders prepare homes and rushing plans.
A Manitoba mother Mrs Walsh aged 48 and her five children Kenneth 14 Mabel 13 Rita 12 Dorothy 8 and Mary 2 perished in a farm house fire at Big Woody District SWAN RIVER near here last night. The isolated home burned completely trapping the family in their residence. Local authorities reported the tragedy and investigators were to determine the cause.
Lima's new airport covering 35 acres and developed as a $10,000 RA project opened and was in off operation following its dedication yesterday.
The Associated Press reports intensified textile strike actions in North Carolina as dynamiting a road to Howell Mill near Cherryville disrupts operations. Several Carolinas mills resume work while 156000 idle in the Northeast and Carolinas totals exceed 106000 in the two states. Sloan opposes mediation board proposals as negotiations falter.
In Shawnee Oklahoma a mother a man and his twin brother were killed in a crowded residential fight. Police based on two eye witnesses said Colonel McDaniels shot his wife then killed himself after his twin brother grabbed the gun and killed his wife before dying. Both men had been drinking.
In Forest Hills New York PJ Wilmer Allison defeats Lester Stoefen in five sets 8-6 4-6 11-9 6-8 6-2 to claim a victory delayed by darkness. In Brookline Massachusetts 18 year old Bobby Jones of Detroit eliminates Francis Ouimet in the first round of the United States Amateur Golf Championship by one up after 18 holes.
Standard Oil Co. dealers from six counties will dine at the Hotel Berry in Athens Tuesday night. Dinner is at 6, followed by a 7 pm discussion led by Owen T. Tarrier of Cleveland’s sales engineering department. About 150 people are expected from Athens Washington Vinton Hocking Meigs and Morgan counties.
Ten people died in Ohio crashes over a weekend as autumn travel drew crowds to the roads. Lorain Journal reporter John C. Love was killed at Elyria in a collision between two cars. A second fatality involved Miss Bessie Ruble age 19 and her fiancé Harold Watts 24. Watts survived and the couple’s wedding was planned for next week.
Texarkana Ark Sept 10 Eleven bodies recovered from Old River 25 miles east of Texarkana after a ferry sank while crossing baptizing party. Fire Chief W J Springer said passenger count was not confirmed and not all bodies found. Boat bottom dropped midstream where water ran 12 feet deep.
In Chillicothe on September 10 police questioned seven teen youths from CCC camps at Fort Ancient and Fort Hill about the stabbing of 27 year old William Caldwell of Louisa Kentucky. No blood on knives found. Caldwell’s companion remains in custody.
Geneva reports Richard Sandler of Sweden elected president of the League of Nations Assembly at its first session. Sandler, a Socialist Democrat, won 49 of 52 votes cast.
Mrs. Lafayette Gaston 85 former matron at the Meigs County Infirmary and Gel la County Children's Home died at Holzer Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Widow of Lafayette Gaston former superintendent of Meigs and Gallia institutions. Survived by sister Miss Ida Heacox Vinton. Funeral Tuesday at 2 at home with Rev H H Wilbur. burial in Salem Center.
Circleville reports bishop A R Clippinger announced pastoral assignments for the South eastern Ohio district conference. Key moves include Rev John A Roy from Columbus to Logan and Rev A Ward Clutch from Columbus to Newark's Stevens Street Church with additional placements across Districts 5 and 9 including Gore Logan Enterprise Rockbridge Union Furnace Murray City Bremen Laurelville Junction City and Pomeroy among others.
In Joliet Illinois two convicts were killed and several wounded in a riot at Stateville Penitentiary. Five convicts attempted an escape using a switch engine triggering a prison yard battle. A guard was injured and hospitalized while guards responded as the locomotive left the gates.
Columbus Sept. 10 state relief commission approves 29 FERA projects in 22 counties employing 683 people at 968524. Notable items include Athens County Courthouse repairs 1716 and Athens Near Chauncey sewer line to county infirmary 2317.
Havana police officials and ship officers testifying in New York alleged the Morro Castle disaster and related Santa Rita blaze were the work of an international radical group. Captain Warms said an incendiary device may have started the flames after charred paper was found on cargo from a prior fire. Survivors describe lack of water pressure from hoses and lifeboat mismanagement during the crisis.
The Grace Liner Santa Rita arrived in Balboa under her own power with a smoldering fire in Number 3 hatch. Canal Zone firemen raced 5½ miles into the Pacific to fight the blaze. A carbon dioxide flood from the tug Favorite helped check the fire as Captain Stevenson reported the situation under control.
A revised tally from the Morro Castle disaster lists 7 identified deaths 34 partially identified 34 unidentified and 34 unaccounted for with 237 survivors and 187 crew among 567 total. Captain Willmott’s body remains unrecovered as the liner lies off Asbury Park near the convention hall and boardwalk with a Jersey City morgue and 27 unidentified bodies reported.
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