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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
1
President Hoover plans to refrain from influencing policy after leaving the White House and will likely take a vacation. Friends say he will avoid extensive writing, with potential earnings from magazines and books remaining uncertain.
The Toy Shop on Athens East Side, next to Hotel Berry Coffee Shop, begins a drive to aid 1600 ragged youngsters. Donations of dolls, bricks, roller skates, teddy bears, and other playthings are urged, with plans for a Santa Claus parade and a courthouse musical program. Volunteers are sought for toy collection, repair, and dressmaking tasks.
The Anti-Saloon League plans a national repeal counter campaign with three aims. It will prepare facts to defend prohibition, test public officials on liquor policy, and organize to attack any proposal for legalized liquor. The Chicago Tribune notes a midnight edition delivery to New York.
The report to the Federal Council of Churches urges repeal of laws banning birth control information. It also proposes marriage schools in churches and supports voluntary military service limits, unemployment insurance, collective bargaining, and penal reform while keeping Prohibition intact.
A Barberton woman reports a tiny black spider trapped behind a clock face spinning webs between the minute and hour hands. Scientists at Akron University observe the creature slowly consuming its own tissue as the clock keeps turning, the struggle lasting days.
Carthage Missouri December reports W E Loehr railroad agent with 46 years service at the same road since 1911 took his first vacation in 21 years. Outside interests prompted the leave and friends questioned how such interests exist for a man who never left his post. Athens Chamber of Commerce re elected C M Gill secretary and Franklin Murphey treasurer at a board meeting. both to serve one year with other officers named next week.
A Arctic Northwest gale swept across the plains and into the Ohio and Mississippi valleys driving subzero weather southward. Central States near zero with New Orleans fearing freezing in sugar country. Chicago warned of first subzero spell since 1990. Snow blanketed Wyoming Wisconsin Michigan. relief efforts strained as homeless seek fuel and clothing. Great Lakes shipping disrupted by high waves.
In Chicago area, a Russian immigrant family lived in isolation due to beliefs in evil spirits. The eldest daughter Mary reportedly saw omens, a dove circling her head, followed by animal deaths, prompting the father Joseph Steiff to seek police help as the tale of superstition surfaced.
Cleveland dispatch reports the Ohio State Automobile Association committee proposes a one cent reduction in the state gasoline tax as a first step to lower operating costs. The bill would draw the deduction from the construction fund, not repair funds used for relief. aims include more cars on roads, higher gasoline sales, and reduced bootlegging. The group also discusses a uniform traffic code and creating a five member highway commission.
Three hundred miners at the Hocking Mining Company in Hocking struck today. They held a morning meeting and refused to work after alleging the company refused to recognize their committee led by William Bricker and citing other grievances. Company workers were unsure of the cause.
In Lima a rusty hammer is shown to jurors in the Loren E. Truesdale trial for the slayings of his brother Bert and Thelma Woods near a deserted quarry. He allegedly confessed citing jealousy but denies the confession. defense attorney Charles W. Long plans to exclude it and prove Truesdale was not at the scene.
Dispatches from Karachi report British cruisers Hawkins Enterprise and Emerald in Persian and Indian waters amid a dispute over the Anglo Persian field. Enterprise headed for the gulf head. Hawkins sails north. Emerald to Calcutta for Christmas. officers’ leave canceled at Bombay.
Sarah Schuyler Butler, long active in Republican politics, will marry Captain Neville Lawrence of London. She will relocate to England after the ceremony, with the wedding expected in early spring, likely April.
Herman Hadley of Lathrop sustained a fracture of the left leg in an accident at the Black Diamond Mine in Lathrop yesterday. He was brought to the Sheltering Army Hospital at Athens in the hours following. His condition is reported this morning.
In Columbus today Dr Alcen L Bush was elected president of the Ohio State Dental Society succeeding prior leaders. The ceremony names Bush as 10th to hold the post and outlines duties for the coming year.
The House Ways and Means Committee opened a hearing on the County Light Wines and Beer Bill amid bitter factional clashes. Democrats and Republicans debate legalizing 278 percent beer and naturally fermented wines while warning that high alcohol content may threaten prohibition repeal efforts.
Hollywood selection by the Wampas Club names 18 youthful actresses for the eleventh annual Baby Star class. Seven blondes, five darker blondes, two brunettes, and one redhead chosen, with one entrant from each of the nine major studios and six independents. A triple tie added two more contenders.
Gilbert Stuart 12 confessed to police that he killed his father with a rifle in their Detroit backyard. Investigators say the motive cited was an urge to enter movies after he had claimed an accident. Further questioning was planned as detectives pursue details.
A Athens County Probate Court jury awarded Joshias Ashcraft of Trey Township $522.08 for land taken by the State Highway Department for a road project. The state had offered $525, while Ashcraft sought $2,100 in compensation and damages for the appropriation.
In Cleveland a rally of the labor movement pressed for a 30 hour week and energy controls. Harry McLaughlin warned revolution if capital resists while veteran Mayes urged a nationwide general strike to force hours reforms.
The Democratic plan to reform the banking system seeks a national bank and Federal Reserve changes. Sponsored by Senator Glass of Virginia, the bill would overhaul banking practices and faces sharp opposition as it heads for a Senate vote in the short session.
About 250 delegates from two states met to draft a legislative program aimed at easing debt burden. They call for mortgage moratoriums, anti eviction measures, and price support while urging Congress action this winter. House members prepared to press relief legislation including mortgage refinancing and dollar stabilization.
New York reports indicate snuff producers faced a downturn as major American firms paid extra dividends during a depressed year. Output fell 1 percent in the first ten months, with cigars and cigarettes also showing declines from prior highs.
The Buckeye State Sheriffs Association endorsed a bill to create a state sheriff office in Ohio at its meeting in Columbus. It proposes a state chief with deputies to assist county sheriffs, with trained personnel and detectives to bolster local law enforcement during crises and peak demand periods.
Report notes shipments of high end spirits including whiskey champagne and wines entering Washington under federal sanction. The liquor is said to go directly to the cellars of foreign embassies and legations, fueling holiday supplies as Congress debates beer legality.
Sidney Homewood, a riding master from New City, was found guilty of seducing Charlotte Gibson, 6, daughter of a wealthy educated socialite. The jury ruled the case shows that in this age a man can be the aggressor in a love affair, despite the victim being a young girl.
Brazil announced the mobilization of 2000 men to the Amazon frontier to protect neutrality in the Leticia dispute between Peru and Colombia. Four battalions were sent from Rio de Janeiro under General Moura, another from The Resina. Sailors on the cruiser Floriano guard the frontier amid a tropical disease scare.
Judge F Frontand nullified the marriage of Marjorie Hamilton a minor to Kenneth Richards in Athens County Common Pleas Court today. The petition was filed by the girl's parents. A divorce petition against Harry R Junod was also filed in the same court for neglect of duty.
Paris reports indicate Britain will pay the December debt installment to the United States while France tests default sentiment in parliament. Herriot signals no firm France action, as factions push for a solid Franco British debt front and a possible lease of agreement discussions. Washington notes hint Britain will meet December 18 payment. Poland and U S debt talks also unfold with market reactions to potential timing shifts.
Columbus meeting of the Save Outdoor Ohio Council with the Ohio Conservation Council and William H. Reinehart to discuss laws for the Ninetieth General Assembly. Proposals include billboard regulation by the State Highway Department and a bridge-dam program to preserve scenic beauty and water supply. Visible license tags for hunters and fishermen proposed.
President elect Roosevelt will present to a Republican legislature at noon Friday his proposals to solve New York City's financial problems. The recommendations come after a five hour conference with bankers officials and Tammany Hall leaders and follow the New York City Board of Estimate action to avert a crisis by slashing the budget by twenty million dollars.
Emerson Burson of Richland Avenue pleaded not guilty to threatening Clarence Heaton of Sad Lancaster Street in an alleged assault. He was bound over for sale as County Common Court Magistrate C. H. Portes ordered bond.
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