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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1933
Page
1
April 28 report describes armed farmers in Le Mars and surrounding counties seizing the courtroom, assaulting Judge Bradley aged about 60, and threatening to hang him as they protest foreclosure actions. Deputy sheriffs were overwhelmed. mob violence and intimidation erupted as authorities attempted to quell the uprising and protect property.
Beverly Hills writer Will notes the difficulty of determining actual values for land stocks and homes as nations including England America and France clash over currency values and precious metals, likening it to bankers and anxious mothers and their babies.
Dayton Frost of the State Relief Commission spent Thursday in Athens collecting data to set a Citizens Conservation Corps quota for Athens County. He met county commissioners and township clerks, noting all but two townships were visited, and seeks a Monday deadline with Red Cross and Salvation Army input.
Mrs Joanna Neal aged 70 native of McArthur died at her Norwood Ohio home yesterday. She taught at Eagle Furnace in the 1870s where she met James Neal of Gallipolis who later worked for B and O Railroad. Survived by son Dr Aleshire Neal of Norwood former Cincinnati health chief and Ohio health head under Governor Cooper. She was sister of Inne Dennis Steele of McArthur and aunt of Red Steele Harvard football star.
JORDAN Minn April 28 Mrs Genevieve Clark 38 whose insistence on acquittal deadlocked the jury in the Foshay mail fraud case was found dead with her husband and two children in their parked car near here last night. A hose led exhaust into the sedan. Mrs Clark had been sentenced to six months for contempt of court after serving as a juror in the Foshay trial while a former employee of Foshay enterprises. Her husband D D Clark faced a debt crisis as he tried to keep her from jail.
Berlin reports a secret state police formed to suppress opposition to the Nazi regime. Hitler takes command of the Steel Helmet, a 1,000,000 member veterans group, transferring control from Franz Seldte. The new force will censor press and crush Bolshevism and subversive activity, operating above regular police and demanding cooperation.
In Wooster Ohio on April 28 orders for discontinuance of telephone service were sent to over 1000 Wayne County subscribers of the Ohio Central Telephone Company. The notices demand cessation by Monday after Wayne County Granges collected signatures when a 33 1 3 percent rate cut was not agreed to. This follows a similar move by a Wayne and Medina County group affecting 500 phones of the Star Telephone Company of Ashland.
Mrs. Burdette died at 11 this morning at 9 North McKinley Avenue following her daughter's death in Akron on Tuesday. Funeral services for Mrs. Burdette are set for Monday at 2 PM at the Methodist Episcopal Church with burial at West Union Street Cemetery. The Pangratz body arrives tonight for burial Saturday at 10 AM in the Catholic Cemetery.
U P reports progress on war debt relief tariff talks and disarmament with Roosevelt meeting Herriot and MacDonald. Debtors may pay June installments in silver with possible 30 percent reduction if silver holds, no moratorium. A tariff truce and consultative pact eyed. Senate to consider tariff lowering authority after Muscle Shoals."
Geneva April 28. China appealed to the Boxer Protocol signatories to warn Japan against further Nipponese advances into China Proper as a new Japanese drive began. The Chinese insisted the signatories must prevent any capture of Tientsin and Peiping, while denying any secret peace with Japan.
The Ohio Conservation Department announced inland black bass and spotted bass seasons close May 1 and reopen June 16. Lake Erie district bass season closes May 25 and reopens July 1, while rock bass, crappies, catfish, muskellunge, walleyes, and other varieties stay open.
Norman Thomas, Socialist Party candidate, told an Ohio University faculty audience that socialism is the only solution to global problems. He argued capitalism cannot fix mining and coal industry ills in the Hocking Valley and warned of three futures: catastrophe, fascist world, or socialism. He faulted laissez faire and praised government intervention to rebalance resources and wages.
Rome leads after noon with 12 points as the Athens County track meet opens. Hollister and J-T close behind, Waterloo and Ames-Bern follow. Ogg of Rome ties county record by winning the 44 yard dash in 54.6 seconds and places in the 220 yard dash heat. Kennedy of Ames-Bern wins the boys half mile. Taylor of Rome places second. J-T wins the shuttle relay with Rome second. Dukeman of The Plains runner-up in girls 56? yard dash.
Two men robbed the State Bank and Trust Company of Dayton Kentucky of about 2500 dollars in a three hour heist. They tied up the janitor and officers, forced the vault, and fled in a car as victims were guarded. Virginia Love helped free the hostages.
Athens City Schools plan a nationwide Child Health Day vision survey led by Supt Pendry and teachers. A Senior High student previously showed 12 percent normal acuity, prompting checks for all students using a 20 foot test card to identify eye problems.
In Washington on April 26 President Roosevelt voiced strong opposition to using Treasury Notes to pay veterans. Senate leaders noted the administration plans to block a bonus rider tied to the inflation bill. The clash centers on funding veterans’ payments and how it would affect bond market manipulation.
Constable Frank White provided his account of a high speed chase on Route 381 early Tuesday, involving a West Virginia car that sped past near the Blue Manor dance hall. Shots were fired, a tire was struck, and the fleeing car toppled in a ditch. no one was hurt. The chase continued toward Nelsonville as the suspect, a former sheriff, claimed hearing difficulties and urgent family illness.
Columbus April 28 The Administration's revised tax program will be submitted to the joint legislative taxation committee when it reconvenes Monday night.
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