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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1934
Page
1
Clarence J. Brown, GOP gubernatorial candidate, decries bureaucracy and Democratic management as sapping the state’s vitals. He accuses Democrats of rising state payrolls and extravagant spending while promising to cut costs and reform taxation and education funding.
NBC will air a nationwide broadcast tonight at 8 featuring Ohio University songs and the university football team. Coach Don C Peden received word from NBC band leader Phil Harris that the program will center on OU players and their team highlights.
The report notes a low temperature around 44 degrees with slight rebound after a cold spell. No coal deliveries were recorded, and several locations including Ohio and Mansfield noted the dredge of warmer conditions foreseen for tomorrow.
Sheriff Charles Stratton reported he could not locate George Evener after Carl Smith said he shot him following a quarrel at Smith's Sand Ridge home. Smith, who claimed Evener and another man attacked him, was jailed and faced a planned hearing. Evener remained at large at noon.
Regular fall enrollment tops 2350 with registrar Frank Dilley noting surpassing 2200 and daily registrations. Extension courses grow faster. 25 classes planned, expected to exceed 35. Classes also scheduled in Logan Lancaster New Straitsville Carbon Hill Nelsonville nearby communities and Parkersburg West Virginia with eight classes. Saturday night classes awaiting figures. 150 expected for campus registration.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board adopted a sliding margin scale of 25 to 45 percent. The rules follow the securities exchange act’s standards and aim to steer a moderate course to avoid jolting prices in the market.
Stole chief's cart Dunkirk N Y Sept 28. Alleged to have stolen the automobile of Chief of Police of Niles Ohio Bernard Colland age 19 of Cleveland was held here for return to the Ohio city.
Sheriff Hanley disclosed that Bruno Hauptmann hid four spoon pieces in his jail cell after sharpening one to a razor edge. Three parts were found in the toilet, the fourth in a wash basin drain. His lawyer announced plans to have Hauptmann examined by a psychiatrist, offering no reasons.
Ohio University fans prepared for the first major battle of the season as the Bobcats journeyed to Bloomington to face Indiana. Coach Don C Peden led a large traveling party including Clarence Rich John Dann George Johnson William Morgan and many others with Athletic Director O C Biré Trainer Thor Olson and Dr Blaine R Goldsberry among the officials. A large send off occurred at Ewing Hall on Thursday night.
Glouster will host a third federal food distribution center at the Town House on October 3 and 4. Ralph Shafer announced the Athens County plan to serve relief families in Glouster Trimble Jacksonville and McLeish. After next week the station will operate only on Wednesdays while other centers open gradually.
The American yacht of E B Terry, reported missing since last week’s typhoon, was found today drifting with no occupant aboard near Hiroshine according to Japanese news agency dispatches.
Akron dispatch reports search for Merton Goodrich wanted for the murder of Lillian Gallaher 11 of Detroit after witnesses claimed the couple stayed at a Ravenna hotel Monday and Tuesday. Detroit detectives probe Norwalk ties as Akron police say they near Akron. Funeral services for Lillian Gallaher held in Detroit church with thousands outside.
President Roosevelt told the White House mobilization leaders that local communities must bear the primary burden of relief and that relief is a privilege not a duty. He praised personal service and urged efficiency while aiming to end old mood of deprivation and destroy hardship through national unity. Newton D. Baker heads the conference in summation.
Willis L. Kessinger a former Ohio Legislator from Athens County died in Kansas City Missouri after an internal hemorrhage. He once managed a Nelsonville store and served as Puerto Rico auditor from 1921 to 1925. He was widow and three sisters survive him with brothers and cousins noted. Funeral will be in Kansas City.
Former Governor Vic Donahey, Democratic nominee for the U S Senate, intimated in Cincinnati that any person approached by a campaign funds solicitor should call the nearest sheriff.
Former President Herbert Hoover argues in The Challenge to Liberty that government overreach threatens souls and thoughts. He urges innovation and discovery to drive economic progress, criticizes current recovery policies, and warns against clinging to a rigid American system.
Ohio farmers see wages rise as drought and federal aid boost income. Figures from Dr Ramsower show corn prices up 155 percent since March 1933, wheat up 89 percent, hogs 24 percent. County agents prepare to vote on continuing the corn hog plan into 1935 with expected support. The program could pay about 18 to 19 million dollars to about 100000 farmers for reducing crops.
A Washington note describes police chiefs arriving with badges in a hotel lobby. The writer says President Roosevelt will name five men to replace Johnson and run the NRA, implying authorities may seize the new appointees. The scene mentions the monument scaffold and the downtown mood around the New Deal reshaping.
In Columbus on September 2 4 the Republican rally echoed the gay 90s glamour. About 10 000 faithful expected for the encampment with delegations from major cities and bands parading before speeches at the auditorium. Senator Simeon D Fess highlighted the platform repudiating the Democratic administration.
Chicago dispatch reports Detective Louis Kolb aged 40 was shot and killed early today. A nurse, Catherine Dunning, 25, confessed to firing the fatal shot after the detective allegedly made advances. Dunning had been friendly with Kolb for a year but did not know he was married.
Rome reports Mussolini drives ahead with vigor to build a super militaristic nation. He takes personal charge of a program putting boys from age eight into uniform. A new department will direct training for Italians aged eight to thirty three.
A V Cannon chairman of the Cuyahoga County Relief Committee died while seated at a Bingo table with county leaders amid a gathering of 2800 social workers and party members in Cleveland.
Arthur H. Gorman of the Ohio Public Health Association urged renewed support at a Christmas Seals sale conference in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Volunteers from Athens and nearby counties attended as he warned the battle against tuberculosis is not over. Mrs. F. W. Cone chaired the Athens County committee meeting with Charlies G. Greig delivering remarks.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Porter aged 75 died at her Corning home Thursday night from peritonitis after a weeklong illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 1 30 p m at Fairmont Church with Rev M L Woodworth officiating. Burial will be in Ringgold Cemetery. She leaves sons Everett Dewey George Lester and Ernest Porter and daughters Etta Dunkel and Goldie Holcomb plus three sisters and three brothers.
Argonne Day marks a national remembrance as Ohio Governor George White proclaims Forget-Me-Not Day to launch a Disabled Veterans of the World War drive. Volunteers will sell blue flowers through Veterans Day November 11 to aid rehabilitation and care for wounded or disabled veterans.
The Roosevelt administration reshapes NRA policy placing Richberg at the helm of a reorganized six member industrial emergency committee. A new board of two industrialists, two labor experts and a college professor will administer the Blue Eagle unit under White House direction. The move aims to speed credit and relief efforts as Morgenthau Wallace and Tugwell address critics of government in business.
In Nashville Tennessee the American Legion joined a search in East Nashville for six year old Dorothy Distelhurst who disappeared nine days ago after leaving school. The search was at the request of the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation and led by Whitelaw Leath the local post commander. Her parents say she was kidnapped.
The Federal Reserve Advisory Council states permanent recovery from the recession requires a return to the gold standard. The council adds that no real or permanent recovery can be hoped for until the country is placed on a sound financial basis.
Twenty six miners were trapped after a gypsum mine collapse in Fukush ima Prefecture north of Tokyo. Rescue attempts were reported futile as efforts continued.
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