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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1932
Page
1
Washington reports a major shift in Republican stance on liquor as Secretary Hyde, the driest cabinet member, backs resubmission and the Missouri plank. Hyde seeks a national constitutional convention limited to this issue, signaling Hoover administration strategy to appease drys while opponents resist.
In a cheerful Sunday note Arthur Brisbane reports President Hoover and Eugene Meyer Jr. see signs of economic improvement. The column notes U.S. exports lead the world and domestic consumption remains strong despite high dollar. It also describes John D. Rockefeller's 93rd birthday routine of long walks in Florida with reflections on nature and golf.
An old-time saloon has been set up in central Washington to teach temperance. It features swinging doors, a worn bar, a white-aproned bartender, a large mirror, and bottles labeled Old Crow and Canadian Club, but the bottles are empty.
Bishop James Cannon Jr and Canon William S Chase inspect a saloon exhibit at a prohibition fair run by the Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement. The event promotes temperance with the slogan Lest we forget as the committee convenes and plans a march to the capitol to urge Congress to extend prohibition, countering anti prohibition advocacy last week.
A Columbus explosion at the State Office Building left nine dead after Theodore C. Neb died in Grant Hospital. Investigators and officials debated liability while debris was cleared and the first two floors slated for stripping and rebuilding. Neb, from Louisville, said he believed gas caused the blast. officials backed this. Damage估 half a million to 1.5 million dollars.
A Sunday blaze in the botany building at the University of Cincinnati caused about $2,000 in damage. Heat cracked glass in several exhibit cases and damaged some specimens.
The Rev. Harry Dye of Rutland Methodist Church was found guilty of intoxication in a hearing before Mayor George Pratt and fined $5 plus costs. Dye requested an immediate hearing after arrest with coal company official Lawrence Heiner. Heiner’s hearing was postponed due to illness. Parish leaders considered actions including removal from the parsonage and a temporary preaching ban until after the Ohio Conference.
Report notes Mr Rockerfeller remains in good health despite rumors of serious illness. He continues in old age to support education science and disease research and has organized industry and employment on a stable basis, countering reckless competition.
A vivid success tale centers on M. K H. Skaggs founder and operator of a growing West Coast business. Started in Idaho sixteen years ago, he is now past forty and expands with branches across the region.
The piece notes growing church advertising and diverse religious offerings in California. Swami Rama of India promises astral science and the Reverend Rose Fisher of the Second Spiritual Church demonstrates by example. She will allegedly enter a hypnotic trance tomorrow as part of a public display.
Major General Hugh A. Drum announced at Fort Hayes that the Fifth Corps Area recorded the largest CMTC enrollment since the movement began. The Citizens Military Training Camps started in 1921 under the National Defense Act to run 51 camps yearly for civilians, offering a thirty day course emphasizing fitness, manliness, and citizenship with military training as the background.
County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson announces 37 of 41 district tax rates set with four districts awaiting Monday action. The tangible and intangible personal tax deadline without 5 percent penalty is April 20. Returns listing began February 15 with March 31 end date. new rules require half the tax at return and any unpaid half before April 20 to avoid penalty. Real estate taxes to be collected start May 1.
Eighth grade pupils in all county unit schools will take a uniform county test Tuesday. The examination, conducted by teachers from different schools, will assess readiness for high school work. A survey by Superintendent Alex Root shows about 75 percent of the roughly 500 spring elementary graduates intend to continue in high school.
In Dublin on April 18, members of the original Sinn Fein led by Mary MacSweeney revolted against Eamon De Valera amid government moves to abolish the oath of allegiance. They claim rightful rule since they say the republic was established on Easter Sunday 1916.
Moscow reports suggest Gen Ma Chan-Shan alternates between foe and ally of the Japanese in Manchuria. Observers interpret his shifting posture as a maneuver to justify and justify concentration of troops on the northern frontier.
A United Press survey reports at least 15 deaths across Ohio from a weekend of air crashes and road mishaps. Among the dead are amateur pilot Jack Durell and Carl Hannold in Youngstown, plus multiple fatalities in Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Akron Fremont and St Marys.
The Columbus Railway Power and Light Co has bought a controlling interest in the Southern Ohio Electric Co and related utilities. It operates in 15 Central and Southern Ohio counties plus West Virginia and serves communities like Athens Nelsonville Middleport Delaware Circleville Chillicothe Hillsboro Jackson Gallipolis. The light company operates in several counties with large built capacity and has supplied energy to Southern Ohio Electric. No change in operating personnel is planned.
Lincoln Ellsworth of Hudson and Bernt Balchen plan a 15 hour 2900 mile flight to map and chart the South Polar regions next year. Balchen, Byrd’s Antarctic pilot in 1929, will travel to Los Angeles to discuss a new plane for sustained polar flight under harsh conditions. Ellsworth backs Arctic expeditions and chose Balchen after his Norge pole flight and Byrd trans Atlantic work.
W F Jones aged 84 lifelong Meigs County resident died at 8 this morning at his daughter's home Mrs Dana Karr Naylor's Run He had been ill two years with critical condition last week He was a Salisbury Township trustee and is survived by two daughters Mrs Myrtle Griffith and Mrs Dana Karr and three sons Charles Harvey and Al Funeral arrangements not yet completed
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to grant authority to regulate interstate motor buses. It endorsed Examiner Flynn’s findings and said rail and water lines should be encouraged to use buses as a supplementary transport instrument. The commission cited unequal regulation amid rail, water, and motor carriers and urged centralized coordination from Washington to curb unrestrained competition.
Santa Paula Calif April 14 The mystery illness sweeping Santa Paula last week was traced to city water analysis showing larvae of a midget fly clinging to victims inner membranes causing nausea and pain like ptomaine poisoning The larvae likely entered the water supply from feeder streams and were unusually abundant in river bottoms this year Between 30 and 800 people fell ill but none seriously harmed.
Lieutenant Massie, who admitted holding the gun in the Kahahawai shooting, faced a new trial test as prosecutors sought to undermine his testimony. Alienists watched his conduct while he claimed amnesia on the fatal morning in Honolulu.
In Santa Monica a discussion on a stagger work system gains Will's approval. The plan aims to save a million dollars yearly by rotating workers and days off. Proponents say staggered shifts provide more days available for work and coverage, increasing flexibility for employers.
New York reports say contact with the kidnappers is renewed and a further ransom of 100000 dollars has been deposited. Negotiator John F. Condon spoke via newsreel microphone claiming ongoing dialogue and an imminent return of the infant.
Geneva dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff's spokesman acknowledging a grave frontier situation. He denied Tokyo claims of mass Soviet troop concentrations and attacks, asserting neutrality while noting that both Japanese and Manchurian agents are provoking white Russian unrest.
Campaign notes from West St Paul Minnesota report Governor Roosevelt pushing for aid to the little man amid concerns from Alfred E Smith and a debate over class. Roosevelt aims to address plight of the small taxpayer while courting wheat country support.
In Cleveland on April 18 detectives waited as George Hendricks and a partner attempted a second safe robbery after losing $85 from a prior safe-cracking. Hendricks was shot during the fleeing attempt and his companion was captured.
Nine year old Hilda Brodsky was delivered to her parents in Wilmington, after a Catholic priest aided her return. Police expect multiple arrests within two days as investigators pursue the kidnap plot. Her interview access was restricted to protect her. The ransom status remains undisclosed.
In Cadiz on April 18 state troopers faced striking miners at the Somers Mine near Adena as reopening was attempted. Three men Elmer Trionfio Louis Porter and Frank Spataford were wounded. Troops blocked roads with machine guns while guards watched and some miners resumed work at dawn.
On his 102nd birthday William Bowdle recalled witnessing Ohio’s transformation from forest to industrial empire. He credited 100 years of health to temperance and spoke of his long Sunday School attendance, family care, and a life that spanned steam trains telegraphs telephones and the rise of cinema radio and cars. Bowdle's daughter Mrs L D Davis of Lima cares for him in his later years.
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee received lists of short sellers from the New York Stock Exchange. Officials say nationally known persons appear in the data but no cabinet officers have been identified so far. The material comes as sales order lists from exchange records.
William Potts of The Plains pleaded guilty before Magistrate C H Porter to failure to provide for three children and was ordered to pay twenty dollars monthly. Potts was arrested by Constable Leslie Bradfield at Portsmouth. Also in the report, James Lewis Lew Haskell and Sam Hill, residence Lathrop, were arrested by Constable Frank White for intoxication. Lewis faced a driving while intoxicated charge. They pled not guilty. Lewis was bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court on three hundred dollar bond, others on one hundred each.
Weather reports show a warm weekend with temperatures rising to the high seventies this morning after a 29 degree drop at night. Forecasters expect even higher readings Tuesday despite some clouds, while the Hocking River receded from 40 feet to 4.8 feet.
Esther I. Roberts and H. Tink er. Verna Williams of Athens Township cast absent voters ballots Saturday afternoon. A ballot was mailed Monday to John A. Miller of Washington DC. Twenty two ballots were issued last week and six were voted by Athens County residents who expect to be out of the county May I.
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