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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1935

Page

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Coolville Crash Kills Driver as Bus Carries Students

A car driven by 36 year old Mattie Mineard crashed into a Coolville school bus on Route 5 near the bridge injuring multiple children and killing Mineard. The bus driver Francis Booth and eight students were hospitalized in Parkersburg. twelve more were later treated. The collision occurred as the bus carried Troy Township youths to Coolville schools. Mineard died within minutes. her adopted daughter Esther Grace was among the seriously injured.

Coolville Mattie Mineard Esther Grace Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg Parkersburg Hospital Francis H. Booth Troy Township Hockingport U.S Coolvile Bridge Edward Blake State Highway Miss Walden Dr. Westervelt Bueford Bowman Mineard Mattie L. Mineard Agens Meige County John Ora Archer Jess J. Mineard Mineards Oldtown Gladys Hall Austin Hall Juanita McCullick Herbert McCullick Fiossie Bueford J. T. Bowman Gertrude Lee Arthur Lee Parkersburg Ospitals Supt A. Penrose Clyde Parrish Coalville Wilford Sheets Clarence Deeter Deeters Mildred Swearingen Lawrence Swearingen

Relief Advice and WPA Workforce in Ohio Districts

The article notes federal relief guidance and calls for reliance on representatives for conferences. It mentions 22 states participating, and WPA payroll details with approximately 250,000 relief workers in Ohio districts eligible for projects under relief legislation and a relief administration.

Mte Ohio Department Sn Administration

Fragmentary News Item On Payments And a Death

In a partially readable address the Association of Real here discusses a predicted payment plan for a medical cause. Coroner E E reports the death of Blosner aged 51 from a coronary artery issue, details unclear due to transcription errors.

William Lloyd University Association of Real

Britain to Protest to League Over Mediterranean Fleet

Italian sources said Britain's concentration of fighting ships in the Mediterranean threats war, prompting Italy to file a protest to the League of Nations Council. London described the fleet maneuvers as precautionary amid possible hostilities between Italy and Ethiopia along British Empire routes.

Geneva Great Britain Mediterranean Rome Italy League of Nations Council London Ethiopia Europe Paris Encland

Haile Selassie rejects concessions over Ethiopian crisis

Emperor Haile Selassie told the Associated Press that no political economic or territorial concessions or bribes could secure immunity from attack. He referred to the League of Nations plan for a settlement of the Italo Ethiopian dispute submitted from Geneva and noted Italy’s response to sanctions discussions. Mussolini holds sole power to interpret the war code and to judge actions under a royal decree establishing a commission to revise war conduct agreements.

Apdis Ababa Haile Selassie Associated Press Italy League of Nations Geneva Benito Mussolini Mussolini

Robber Captured After Store Hold Up Near Police Station

In Philadelphia a robber held up a shop across from a police station. The manager and two customers chased him for four blocks and then captured him, with officers alerted to the incident.

Philadelphia

Drys Hold Off on Party Endorsement in Ohio

In Columbus Ohio dry leaders delay endorsements as Ohio Anti-Saloon League chief McNaught says a party must back new liquor rules. He accuses the State Liquor Board of lax enforcement and wets of false promises while noting over twenty towns will vote in November municipal elections.

Columbus Ohio P. McNaught Ohio Anti-Saloon League McNaught State

Airmen Acquit in Koenecke Death After Self Defense Ruling

Coroner's jury in Toronto ruled Detroit airmen William J. Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis acted in self defense when they killed Len Koenecke, Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder, during a Detroit to Buffalo flight after Koenecke allegedly attacked pilot Mulqueeney and his companion. University of Toronto analyst Joslyn Rogers testified Koenecke was intoxicated.

Toronto Detroit William J. Mulqueeney Irwin Davis Len Koenecke Brooklyn Dodgers Mulqueeney Buffalo Joslyn Rogers University of Toronto Koenecke

Three Die in Electric Chair at Oklahoma Pen

Three men were executed in the electric chair at the Oklahoma Penitentiary in McAlester. Chester Lee Barrett of Sapulpa known as a child poisoner, Bun Riley a Canadian who confessed to killing three partners in an alleged crime ring, and Alfred Rowan of Altus a Black man who killed Roy Gentry, a white relief worker.

Mcalester Okla Oklahoma Chester Lee Barrett Sapulpa Bun Riley Alfred Rowan Altus Negro Roy Gentry

Four Year Old Investigates Refrigerator Dies in Abandoned Unit

Cleveland report says four year old Oscar Hein Jr died of suffocation after entering a three foot high white enamel refrigerator stored in the family garage. Neighbors and police searched ten hours before a bruised head and door closure were noted. mother Helen Hein observed him at noon and the boy was known as a curious child always investigating.

Cleveland Oscar Hein, Jr Oscar Helen Hein Oscar Hein, Sr Hein

Court refuses Neal Bowman insanity plea

FRANKFORT Kentucky A petition for a sanity hearing filed by Neal Bowman’s attorneys was denied in circuit court Bowman awaiting death on a murder charge The Rev L D Stucker filed the petition Bowman has been held for safekeeping since April 1934 after conviction in Mercer Circuit Court for the murder of Coner Franklin 17 Bowman's petition argued for a hearing while the Court of Appeals pended rehearing Judge Jones ruled he is not the ward of the state reformatory until committed to Eddyville for execution and Bowman remains under sheriff custody One companion Stanley Mercer aged 19 was sentenced to death for a Camp Nelson murder but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment

Frankfort Neal Bowman Ohio Desperado Bowman L. D. Stucker State Reformatory Mercer Coner Franklin Kentucky Court of Appeals Mercer County Jones Elmer Reformatory Eddyville Stanley Mercer Bowman Gang Camp Nelson

Automobile Hits Pedestrian in Rainy Columbus Night

An automobile struck and killed 51 year old William Schwartz in Columbus on Thursday night during a rain storm. The driver, Mrs M B Harper, told police darkness and rain obscured her vision.

Columbus William Schwartz M. B. Harper

Davey Urges $40,000,000 Bond inane Referendum

WPA chief Harry L Hopkins says a new order may bring union wage payments to some relief workers. The directive allows WPA state leaders to set hours while security wage rates from 19 to 94 dollars per month stay fixed. Labor groups push to align federal wages with private industry. The order arrived as building trades leaders met Hopkins.

Washington,am Works Progress Administration Harry L. Hopkins WPA Building Trades American Federation of Labor Hopkins

People to Decide on 40 Million Ohio Relief Bond

Governor Davey urged a statewide vote on a 40 million dollar bond for relief during the next two years. He said it is not his proposal but the program of county relief agencies and stressed the moral obligation to let the people decide. If approved, bonds would be retired over ten years via a specific legislature levied tax.

Columbus Davey Ohio Marc Grossman Cleveland Cuyahoga County Grossman Senate House

State plans to curb hostess turnover in schools

In Wilmington Delaware the state superintendent Dr H V Holloway notes that attractive domestic science teachers are leaving for marriage as fast as schools hire them. He cites a yearly turnover around one third and calls for measures to address the trend.

Wilmington Del H. V. Holloway

Seventeen Convicted in Kentucky Relief Fraud Trial

In Catlettsburg Kentucky seventeen of twenty two Floyd County defendants were convicted in Federal District Court on one count each of using the mails to defraud the government in the relief program. The verdicts were delivered today in the long running relief fraud case.

Catlettsburg Floyd County

Mildred Gillette Undergoes Surgery at Sheltering Arms

Mrs. Mildred Gillette of Amesville underwent a surgical operation this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The report notes the procedure was performed successfully and she is resting postoperatively. Her exact condition was not disclosed.

Mildred Gillette Amesville Sheltering Arms Hospital

Rural Home Life Conference Weighs Unified Rural Problems

The second annual Rural Home Life Conference in Columbus concluded that rural improvement issues are fundamentally the same nationwide. Delegates urged broader public health unit dissemination, better use of existing planning resources for leisure programs, greater community enterprise involvement, more interest in cooperatives, and avoiding excessive installment buying.

Columbus

Italy Says War Costs Must Be Covered Without Aid

Italian government spokesman in Rome declares Italy will pursue the East Africa program without financial help from others. European financial circles note private sanctions already pressure Italy, with French and British lenders tightening access as tensions rise in the Mediterranean.

London Europe Rome Italy

Athens Streets Will Be Paved With WPA Aid

The paving of two AthensCity streets will begin once projects are approved by WPA. May Avenue north of East State Street and sections of Moore Avenue will be graded laid with used brick 24 feet wide with tar filled brick and concrete curbing. About 90,000 bricks have been cleaned and staged. City furnishes bricks and sand cushion while abutting owners provide curbing materials. Labor will be by WPA.

Athens WPA C. W Irvas May Avenue East State Street Moore Avenue FERA Grose Aaid Route 31 Irosa

Coal Truce Re-Attempted as Wage Talks Resume

Washington bulletin reports renewed government pressure in the soft coal wage dispute. United Mine Workers and Appalachian producers meet again to break the deadlock before the contract expires at midnight Sunday. Talks stall after three Thursday sessions. miners seek higher pay while producers show little sign of offering beyond a renewal of the current scale.

Washington United Mine Workers Appalachian Soft Coal Producers

Canfield Auto Crash Claims Sixth Victim

The death toll from a head-on crash near Canfield last Saturday rose to six with the death of Bernard West, 14, in a hospital here. Four schoolmates of West and their teacher Michael Pusek were killed or died after Fusek's car, taking boys home from a funeral for a student shot accidentally, crashed into a truck.

Youngstown Canfield Reginard West Young West Michael Pusek Fusek Cum

Boy William Mutpas Undergoes Tonsil Operation

A 12 year old boy, William Mutpas of Union, underwent a tonsil operation Thursday at Sheltering Armes Hospital.

William Mutpas Union Sheltering Armes

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