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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1932
Page
14
A Hollister small groceries and notions shop owned by Kovach was robbed during the night with about 200 dollars of merchandise taken. Entry was forced by a cut glass panel and a skeleton key used on a second lock. Constables Williams and Love investigated but found no clues.
George Henry of Crooksville, Pepper Gasoline Co. driver, paid a $10 fine plus costs after pleading guilty to passing a school bus while pupils were dismounting on the Corning Glouster Road north of Glouster. He said a hill limited his view and stopping was impossible.
Trimble April 8 County Farm Agent Johnson will address an open Trimble Grange meeting at the grange hall Saturday night. All grange members are urged to attend and the Glouster Kiwanis Club was invited to join the event.
An unidentified man evaded a reservation patrolman and dropped a Cleveland store hat before climbing the railing at Niagara River and plunging into the water.
United States Representative Wright Patman of Texas will address the soldiers bonus in a coast to coast NBC WJZ broadcast Saturday April 9 at 6 30 p m EST.
The advertisement presents Anne Adams pattern 2319 for juniors in sizes 4 through 12. It describes a yoke, seamed skirt, binding edges, puffed sleeves, and fabric options such as percale and linen. Pattern price 15 cents, catalog 15 cents or pattern plus catalog 25 cents, mail orders to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, 243 West North Street, New York City.
Paris April 3 The dollar opened at 25.32 francs down a half point from yesterday as L Odre the French steel owned paper started a vigorous anti dollar campaign. The paper said a big US bank had closed a rumor corrected by Premier Andre Tardieu after an apology was ordered. American interests appealed to authorities over the false statements.
The French government acts to curb a campaign aimed at discrediting the United States financial position. Officials say the effort seeks to undermine confidence in US markets and economic stance, with measures under consideration to address foreign influence and misinformation.
Eighteen year old Lewis C. Warden of Newark Ohio a sophomore at Ohio State University maintains a heavy schedule on campus and farms a garden to fund his expenses. He serves as a licensed Methodist minister supervising the Mountville circuit of four churches and travels for appointments. He presides over the Licking County Epworth League directing 14 district leagues and stands out academically earning Phi Eta Sigma membership after finishing high school in three years.
The piece argues that issuing additional currency would lift commodity prices and aid producers and trade, while opponents call it dangerous inflation. It cites veterans benefits totals to show current government outlays and hints at looming pension costs.
Health commissioners from 18 counties gathered in Hotel Berry for a luncheon and informal shop talk. Dr. J. M. Higgins of Athens County led as president. Mayor Robert S. Wood welcomed attendees before Dr. E. B. Bryan of Ohio University spoke. Dr. H. G. Southard outlined public health fundamentals across physical cultural and economic aspects. Six more members from the state health department attended the session.
Dr. Van Orsdli head of the communicable diseases department James Bowman assistant state director Dr. Shaeffer head of the Bureau of Organization Capt. Paul Mason publicity manager Major C. S. Slade engineer and Robert Meade attend with Miss Essie Bliss former Athens County nurse now in New Lexington at the gathering. Southeastern Ohio districts are well represented along with nearby St. Clairsville areas.
Seventh Grade history students at Athens Junior High collect Civil War era items for classroom study. Among displays are two Springfield rifles a sword old money soldiers letters old china and hand molded bullets. Contributors include Betty Miller Fred Wheaton Helen Metcalf Ernest Gross Elmo Landis Sara Barnhart Phyllis Logan and Robert Insche. The Eighth Grade civics classes are also examining civic studies.
The Athens Junior High School has chosen its librarians for the upcoming year. Charles Seagers and Franklin Calvin will fill the roles left by Harry Bennett and Dick Acomb, as part of a broader set of study aids noted in city reports.
In Honolulu on April 8, a diverse jury of twelve was chosen to decide the fate of a society matron and three navy men charged with slaying a brown skinned native youth. The panel blends Nordic, brown, and other ancestries to uphold the unwritten law.
Glouster April 8 Miss Daisy Wagner of Sunday Creek has been named matron at the Morgan County Home near McConnelsville succeeding the late Mrs Taylor. She will be paid 45 dollars monthly for the position and has served at the home for 11 years prior to his appointment.
Greens Run High School schedules an inter-class field and track meet for April 8 featuring running events, dash races, horseshoe pitching, marble tournament, shot put, and baseball and basketball throws. The Biology Class exhibit on old birds nests showcases about 100 specimens. About 90 to 100 pupils attend daily. community ladies, teachers, and PTA members participate. weekend meals for the needy are planned.
The article notes wax prints of an unborn child’s feet, claimed to appear by psychic means in a seance led by Margery, a well known Boston medium. The infant’s mother, wife of Dr. L. R Crandon, was unnamed in some details, and the child’s supposed birth occurred at a Boston hospital.
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