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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1934
Page
1
Reports from JON on September 18 describe growing pressure as workers consider broadening the textile strike. Guardsmen in Georgia and the Carolinas stand by while pickets mobilize. about 100 000 workers may join, with mill openings and relief debates shaping the crisis amid arrests in Paterson and Botany area tensions.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention an onion marsh trial and a walkout led by an Agricultural Judge Hamilton. Odell and Wiifora are named in relation to indictments for assault, firearms, and a fatal incident. A will transfer to an ex-husband is referenced.
Nome Alaska devastated by fire that started at the Golden Gate Hotel destroying most of the town. Two Eskimos died and up to 2 million dollars in property lost. Federal and Red Cross aid promised as Nome faces food shortage and early winter ice.
Athens City Council discussed an ordinance to license itinerant peddlers and solicitors, as proposed by the Athens Retail Merchants Association. The measure would require licenses for nonresidents to sell county products or goods in the city, with a $25 daily fee and fines up to 100 dollars, while residents may sell their own produce. A budget item and a PWA water system grant were also reviewed, and property owners on several streets asked for reduced corner lot assessments.
In The Hague police dispersed a Communist demonstration as ten carloads of protesters aimed to disrupt Queen Wilhelmina during the royal procession to open Parliament. Three Communist MPs were ejected and arrested after clashes inside the chamber. the queen made no comment on Betrothal rumors about Princess Juliana in her throne speech.
A bandit shot and killed after a filling station hold up at Sandstone was identified as William Osco, 21, son of Dan Osco a railroad track foreman of Atwater Ohio.
London awaits news of the second day’s yacht race and notes a heated sportsmanship debate. The writer, Will Rogers, says the best show in London is a Harlem colored troupe, while hinting at ammunition investigations and a bleak export scene.
The Ohio Utilities Commission refused Ohio Electric Power Co. reduced rate plans, allowing Oberlin’s municipal light plant to maintain higher charges. The company argued potential loss, while the commission ruled the proposed schedule would be below cost. Oberlin’s rates start at five cents per 20 kWh, then four cents, then three and one half, then three for higher usage.
Adj. Gen. Frank D. Henderson announced four additional plants leased under the federal self help program despite protests from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The sites include Dayton Wisconsin? garments plant, Hillsboro overalls plant, New Philadelphia Moore Shirt Co., and East Liverpool Johnson China Co.
Ohio weather forecaster says a rise in temperature is expected in the 36 hour period starting last night. Monday’s highs were in the low 70s with mornings near 40 as conditions trend warmer tonight and Wednesday.
Army aviation officers from Selfridge Field Michigan will fly to Athens for a two day airshow dedicating the citys new municipal airport. General Pratt authorized officers at Wright Field to join. Athens High School will move bleachers and sell seats for 25 cents to aid the athletic fund. Officials will bar spectators from the south side of the field for safety and plan a controlled entry from the north side. Estimated fuel needs 2500 gallons of Linco gasoline with two trucks planned. Lieutenant Joe C Mackey will do a 35 mile smoke sky write of Linco. the O letter will span about four miles in circumference.
The League of Nations Assembly admitted Soviet Russia as a member with 39 in favor 3 opposed and 7 not voting. The vote occurred in a packed hall with a gala atmosphere as spectators flooded the assembly and crowds gathered outside.
Ohio Supreme Court reconvened after summer break. Tomorrow the court will hear arguments in the appeal from sentences of death for Harry Pierpont and Charlie Makley, Dillinger gangsters convicted of first degree murder in the Jess Sarber case in Allen County.
Ohio Highway Patrol report finds 37 of 74 Logan County buses and 7 of 51 Darke County buses unsafe for operation.
Frank A. Picard of Saginaw wins the Democratic nomination for U S senator. He will face Republican incumbent Arthur H. Vandenberg in the November election.
In Columbus on September 18, Democratic leaders split over Martin L. Davey’s proposal for a two year moratorium on municipal and school bonds. The informal platform committee rejected making the moratorium an issue and did not reinstate it in the draft platform. The platform reportedly omits new tax law specifics and keeps the liquor monopoly endorsement with beer tax cuts. State Sen Harold Mosier led the opposition to the moratorium.
On a bicycle built for two, Adam Preisinger and Frances Bowman rode to the church for their wedding. The groom and best man Walter Igiehart led the wedding party as the tandem journey became a planned part of the ceremony amid cycling fans.
The United States Navy Airplane Carrier Ranger diverted nearly 300 miles to save Nicola De lafuente, an Argentine cook aboard the freighter Collingsworth, bleeding from a nasal hemorrhage. Medical staff aboard the Ranger, including Lt. J. G. Wright, performed a blood transfusion and treatment. De lafuente was flown to Rio de Janeiro for hospital care and was expected to recover.
Senate Munitions Committee heard a report that Germany used impounded foreign funds to subsidize aircraft manufacturers by 20 percent against non German competition. A December 1933 letter from International Engineering to United Aircraft Exports cited Germany subsidizing manufacturers and financing such subsidies with foreign funds. C. W. Deeds of United Aircraft avoided admission of knowledge that motors shipped to Germany could be rearmed for military use.
Endeavour the British challenger crossed the 2 mile mark of the 30 mile triangle at 12 54 36 and led Rainbow by a minute 29 on the windward leg, aiming for a second straight victory as they round the course off Newport.
New York begins a relief program to lift 1,000,000 residents from starvation risk this winter. The aldermen approve funding through a tax on gross business receipts, a 15 percent tax on New Yorkers 1934 federal income tax, and a municipal lottery to raise funds.
Members of the Department of Commerce Board of Inquiry inspecting the burned liner Morro Castle boarded the charred hulk today. Chairman Dickerson N. Hoover and the three colleagues rode out to the deck in breeches buoy attire as they began the wreck inspection.
An important meeting of members of the K. T. Crossen Post American Legion is called for Thursday night at 7 30 oclock. Plans will be made for the Legion part in the air circus and airport dedication this weekend. G D Gorham vice commander said today.
The Rev. W. H. Fowler of Bainbridge was appointed by the Ohio Methodist Conference as pastor of the First M. E. Church in Athens, succeeding Rev. Charles M. Coulter who had eight years in Bainbridge and was named superintendent of the Dayton District. The conference ended at Zanesville with stance on labor, government, press freedom, and neighbors.
Italy moves to strong national organization of farming under a corporate state system to inaugurate on November 10. The working class and owner-managers will be kept in two groups yet united by central corporations. Two national coordinating bodies have been created: the Fascist Confederation of Agriculturists for owner-managers and the Fascist Confederation of Agricultural Workers.
William Davis an Athens architect and J B Roberts of Athens Lumber Co attended a Columbus session as Athens Chamber of Commerce representatives to study the National Housing Act. Albert L Guckert Ohio F H A director spoke. Davis and Roberts plan to report back at the Athens chamber meeting tomorrow.
Colum biana County officers hunted a prisoner who escaped from Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. The jailbreak released Parson Hass, 35, who faced charges of breaking and entering.
Athens County investigators exam potential murder link after the bruised body of Elmer Robinette 44 was recovered from the Hocking River near Dana’s Island. Two suspects, Harry Mitchell and Oliver Tippie, were jailed on robbery charges and tied to the case as searches continued with divers and dynamiters assisting.
New Orleans Mayor Walmsley ordered every ranking police officer to stamp out vice and gambling or face dismissal. The move followed revelations of graft and vice in the city by a legislative investigating committee led by Senator Huey P. Long.
Beat Lingo 21 of Chillicothe died after a car collision three miles south of Columbus. Woodrow Jobe of Cannelsburg Kentucky sustained severe injuries in the same accident.
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