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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1934
Page
1
Region post outlines plans for an air show weekend with space in fields near the airport and parking guides. B McCune chairs the committee organizing crowd control, admission charges, and traffic flow to keep field access clear while providing viewing areas for attendees from Selfridge Field and several cities.
Lester Robinette, 44, of unknown residence, disappeared Saturday night after being last seen between 9 and 10 p m near a bridge. His brother and Mrs Minerva Rob note his absence and that he was employed nearby.
Members of the Conference of the Church discussed the postlife outreach and South American mission prospects before the board, outlining aims and potential partnerships for expanding influence in the region.
Out Sept 17 fragment notes someone were believed to their way to re cal toxaemia Wednesday and would not sur.
Schedule shows planes from Columbus and Cincinnati offering sky rides on Saturday September 22 with a dusk Mougey and Mackey exhibition and a night parachute jump by Taylor Mast. Sunday September 23 features seven planes all day with a grand Athens parade and a continuous air show including ribbon cutting dog fighting clowning and balloon bursts plus a parachute jump by Mast.
Senate Munitions Committee hears testimony that the Commerce Department helped recruit and form a military air school for Canton government. The probe also probes Germany obtaining aircraft motors and parts via North Sea routes, with evidence of wartime ship ments and German assembly of war craft.
London dispatch cites Will Rogers asking for facts on a controversial yacht race. Readers report conflicting statements across local papers about whether the English vessel faced interference. Rogers urges sending details to the League of Nations to settle the dispute.
Four people died in two separate airplane accidents on Sunday. Army Reserve Second Lieutenant H. B. Baer, 28, was killed when his bomber crashed at Cleveland Municipal Airport while returning to Langley Field after a flight to Mt. Clemens. In Pierre, South Dakota, Maynard Stone, 21, Don Hess, 29, and Joe Depner, 48, perished when their plane nose-dived during a landing attempt by Stone, a student pilot.
Athens County Library Service appeals through Miss Jeanette Smith and Miss Kate Hall for donated magazines from homes via schools. The summer program in 20 centers has exhausted resources. residents are urged to send wholesome reading material to the nearest school by Wednesday September 19 as the Athens City Service truck transports to library headquarters.
In Delphos on September 17 the Northwestern Ohio Beekeepers Association announced the heaviest honey crop in five years at its meeting, the largest gathering of commercial beekeepers in Ohio.
C L Dawson, son of Rock Riffie, was assaulted by three men on South Bridge around 9 p.m. Saturday, receiving serious cuts and bruises. His watch and a small amount of money were stolen. Oliver Tippie of Athens was jailed in connection with the attack as police pursued two other suspects. Tippie, intoxicated, was to be arraigned before Mayor Len B. McCune.
The Rev Charlies M Coulter, since 1926 pastor of First Methodist Church Athens, was chosen today at the Ohio Conference in Zanesville as new superintendent of the Dayton Methodist District. His successor will be announced tonight. Coulter peded to leave for Dayton after assuming the new post. He led Athens largest church, born in Crooksville, and educated at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University School of Theology. He and Mrs Coulter have two children at 25 North College Street.
In Geneva the Swiss delegation opposed admitting Soviet Russia to the League of Nations. Giuseppe Motta, former Swiss president, warned the league's candidacy is hazardous and likened its aim to wed water and fire. He branded Lenin’s Russia as an enemy of the league and read fiery letters in the Far Eastern sky.
In Blythe California Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh visited the desert town during a hot day of 110 degrees as they paused on the final leg of a cross country flight to Los Angeles. They arrived at dusk Sunday and planned to continue to the coast today.
Chicago on September 17 Dr Edwin J Norton former Loyola University coach and dentist admitted attacking Maynard Lawhon 33 who died hours later Lawhon reportedly tried to crash Norton s party as police described the incident after he was knocked unconscious and collapsed at a physician s home Saturday night
One person killed and fourteen wounded as rival political factions clash in Crucesim village near Santa Clara Cuba during the night. Police report injuries and ongoing investigations into the gun battle.
The Rev. Charles M. Coulter, longtime pastor of the First Methodist Church of Athens, was appointed today as superintendent of the Dayton District by the Ohio Methodist Conference at Zanesville.
Dean C. Welch of Rockland faced $0 fines and costs after arraignment on possession of more than the legal limit of a squirrel near Little Hocking. He was arrested Saturday by state game protector B. F. Swartz. Two charges were filed against Weslen, with $25 and costs on each. Orland Kinsey of Columbus, to manage a local grocery, was arrested last night for driving on the wrong side of Route 31 near Co Hill. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined $100 and costs, with driving rights suspended for six months. J. R. Fish of Guysville also faced $100 and costs and six months driving abstention after an arrest for DWI on the South Canaan Road. Walter Miller and Homer Scott of Little Hocking, arrested for intoxication, were fined $20 and costs each.
Four Athens County men John Beal William Nichols Alex Baker and George Rutherford died seventy two years ago at Antietam Capt J B Allen recalled the loss Their unit the Thirtieth Ohio Regiment faced a Confederate shell before the main battle and crossed Antietam Creek to dislodge a battery The recall occurred as Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation two days later on Sept 22.
A weekend spate of Ohio fatalities left seven persons dead in traffic crashes. A U S Army bombing plane crashed in a Graveyard Turn at Cleveland Airport killing the pilot. The Muskingum River at Zanesville yielded the body of drowning victim Leonard Nocera MM, a building custodian, ruled accidental drowning by Coroner H T Glaser.
In Cleveland on September 17 the Steel magazine reports steel operations rose to 20 1 2 percent last week and a brighter outlook. Automakers are expected to purchase substantially within two to three weeks and public works construction projects calling for steel are noted.
Congress man and Mrs Meil G Underwood of New Lexington are the parents of a son born here. The announcement notes the family status and city of birth with no further details.
Relief program in Athens County was resumed after disruption from hundreds of unemployed protesters at the Mill Street headquarters. State relief officials warned funds could be withdrawn if harassment continued, while case workers begun visiting families named as in immediate need of food.
A Morro Castle dining room steward testified before a federal inquiry that he escaped in lifeboat No 1 when the chief engineer ordered it lowered and that the chief engineer got into the boat himself The chief engineer Eben B Abbott testified that the acting captain ordered him to remove the boat and he was overcome by fumes while reporting to the captain
Ellen Tuck French Astor wife of John Jacob Astor 3rd arrived in New York from Providence denying reports she and her husband had a quarrel. She dismissed the rumor as absolutely ridiculous at Grand Central Station.
In Cahors France on September 17 authorities reported a double slaying at Chateau D Agnac. Raoul Magnat a 65 year old electrician shot and killed Baroness Bertrande De Levin his benefactress then killed himself. She was 36.
Weather outlook for the 36 hours beginning last night shows showers in the North Atlantic coast region. Atmospheric drift will be slow, bringing fair weather and gradually rising temperatures tonight and on Tuesday in the Columbus area.
Washington reports AAA check writers issued nearly 4 million dollars in a single day to farmers enrolled in the corm hog program as of Sept. 17. The payments reflect ongoing government support for agricultural producers under the agency’s crop promotion scheme.
Athens County Pomona Grange adopts resolutions opposing the two mill road levy proposed by Athens County Commissioners and criticizing the county fair board for withholding records. They also oppose a proposed change in representation to the Ohio General Assembly. About 125 Grangers attended the meeting at the high school. Summit Grange and York Grange contributed a program. John Hope chaired sessions.
The largest Freshman Convocation at Ohio University signals fall term start in Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Registrar Dr Frank B Dilley predicts a 10 percent attendance increase with over 800 new students accepted. Upperclass registration began after 8 am, freshmen at 10 am, with total enrollment expected near 2 596 including evening and Saturday classes.
Celia Wright of Cincinnati, a prospective Ohio University graduate student and UC graduate, was visiting Athens to enroll. She arrived last Thursday and was staying at 7% East Giate Street when she was summoned home Sunday morning due to her mother's death.
Francis J. Gorman warned that if the textile strike is not settled this week all remaining divisions would be called out. Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge declares martial law to protect citizens as National Guardsmen patrol amid scuffles and picket dispersals. Debates grow over NRA chief Hugh S. Johnson with labor groups demanding his resignation.
Four men arrested over the weekend on intoxication charges were fined by Mayor Len B. McCune. Fines ranged to $10 for a second offense for Luhrig and Costa, while Haning, Brammer, and Yates of The Plains were fined $5 plus costs. Elmer Dewey, recently back in Athens after a Columbus Workhouse term, was scheduled for a hearing today.
Rainbow held a 21 second lead over the British challenger Endeavour at the halfway point of the 30 mile windward leeward course in the second America’s Cup race aboard the U. S. cruiser cutter Argo off Newport.
King George and Queen Mary greeted their future daughter in law Princess Marina of Greece at Balmoral Castle. Marina and Prince George, the couple to wed, were saluted by cheering villagers along the line from Aberdeen.
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