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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1930
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from Athens paper listing Associated Press and Inland Press Association wire report details. Mentions auditors or circulation lists and telegraph wire service attribution.
A brief devotional note cites Proverbs 28:1 and Lincoln urging faith that right makes right. It emphasizes boldness in righteousness and doing duty as understood.
A reminiscence on the magic of the first Christmas stocking and the enduring truth that many children need help during the season. It contrasts childhood wonder with adult indifference to neighbors' needy youngsters and urges generosity to ensure Santa’s visit for all.
The region faces an unusual 1930 drought with wells and cisterns drying up, rivers dropping to record lows. Recent rains offer little relief. officials urge heavy rainfall to restore groundwater, refill creeks, and improve the water balance while urging continued coal consumption to power recovery.
The Magazine of Wall Street notes consumers retain a strong purchasing dollar despite stock losses and slow business. Lower wholesale prices and uneven retail reductions shape the spread, with bondholders workers and firms benefiting from a dollar value at least as large as in the past decade.
The Christmas savings clubs organized by banks are rising in importance. Alexander Hamilton Institute figures show over 632 million dollars will be distributed this year to about 1 million members, with an average grant of 54.60. The bank estimate says most of the money will be spent soon, providing a significant business stimulus nationwide.
In Newport News Virginia crowds watch the Dollar Line's latest vessel near a launch. Madam President Mrs Hoover and lawmakers attend as workers and locals mingle amid cranes and gleaming steel giant. The scene blends ceremony with labor as memories of the old Kearsarge loom nearby.
A large cloth truck was halted by Hindus who opposed English methods of resistance. They lay in front of the truck and were run over, killing one man. The scene illustrates that pursuing liberty through such fighting will take a long time.
A Sunday cartoon explains Peter Minuit's 1626 Manhattan purchase for 24 dollars and shows compound interest would greatly exceed assessed 1930 value. It notes Muhlenberg's Continental Congress vote against German as official language and previews tomorrow's feature.
Washington reports that despite rising production in Germany and elsewhere, consumption climbs slowly as unemployment spreads. Steel output sharpens in Germany and Australia while prices for silk fall. a European cartel enforces cuts, risking jobs as artificial silk grows.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York proposed three measures in 1928 to combat unemployment. The Senate passed all three. the House approved only a statistics bill and neutered the advance planning plan, while keeping a federal aid system for state employment exchanges as a policy declaration. Conference negotiations determine final fate.
Health Commissioner Wynne notes average New Yorkers live fifteen years longer than a previous generation. He projects medical advances could add fourteen more years in twenty years. The idea of seeking winter sun is endorsed with examples like John D. Rockefeller, 91, who winters in Florida.
Report notes Russia may be producing large sums of fiat money to influence foreign markets by lowering costs. The regime suppresses gold hoarding with death and portrays currency moves abroad. Caution urged that American accounts may be as unreliable as Russian depictions of U S methods.
The House of Commons discussed substandard English beer allegedly diluted with foreign ingredients including Bohemian hops. The debate contrasted protection of home industries with the broader question of beer quality and possible parallels to American workers consuming denatured alcohol purchased at gas stations and redistilled into beer.
Three men dubbed cry-baby bandits received a 24 hour reprieve before execution in the electric chair. They prayed, smiled at the chair, and insisted they had not intended to kill.
Police describe the killing as a deplorable act within a robbery plan. The incident underscores the violent outcome of a theft scheme and prompts further investigation into suspects and motive.
The first inmate repeated the Lord's Prayer after the Protestant chaplain and stayed silent. The second, Ferdinandi, walked to his death with Father McCaffrey, the Catholic chaplain, and asked God to forgive him and bless his family.
The Third Bolger, with Father McCaffrey nearby, was executed to test nerve. He reportedly declared he died with a smile and called a keeper "Hello, kid." The passage condemns official killings and those that punish unofficial ones as misguided.
A large crowd yesterday contributed seven hundred thousand dollars to a charity football game between the Army and Navy in New York. The event aims to show New Yorkers are not financially broken amid rumors.
Premier Berenguer says riots in Spain are under control though many Spaniards want a republic instead of a king. Suppressed unrest today could flare into a revolution tomorrow.
The article notes brokers faced losses selling stock exchange seats for about 200000, down from 500000. It observes cheap cotton and wheat, but claims abundant money in large quantities. It mentions Secretary Mellon seeking 400000 for December financing, receiving 1 percent interest, and being offered triple his need.
In brisk verse the speaker questions Shakespeare's moral bearings and whether his commercial drive tainted his genius. The piece probes copying plays, exploiting brawls for drama, and lifting others' work to please crowds, yet still defends the poet’s greatness.
The article notes that courts in New York City are busy with magistrates and policemen. It also mentions a shift from studying the Einstein theory to crossword puzzles and jokes about Santa Claus and holiday ports for Paris-bound relatives.
Out-of-town representatives gathered in Athens to vote on five new farm bureau directors from Ames Troy York Alexander and Water loo townships. County Auditor Fred Cornwell added a steel fire-proof file case and reported the office was repainted. The YWCA finance committee led by Miss Zoe Brundage hosted a Doll Show and Carnival in Ohio University gymnasium.
Attendance at the First Methodist Church Sunday School reached 712 with 27 officers and teachers assisting in the program.
Miss Twilla Lytton spoke to Ohio University students in Ewing Hall Auditorium after returning from the Orient.
George Ford formerly of Athens was hospitalized in Terre Haute Indiana due to injuries from a mine blast. He sustained injuries reported as serious with medical staff treating him after the incident.
Mrs T N Hoover left for Youngstown due to illness of her mother Mrs John Arnold, prompting family travel and caregiving arrangements.
Mrs Mabel Hoyt McCray formerly of Athens sang at the first matinee concert of the Women’s Musical Club in Columbus.
Frederic J. Haskin states that U S monetary gold holdings total 4.53 billion dollars, up 140.0 million from a year ago but still below the May 1927 peak by about 150 million. The figure covers gold coin and bullion only, not jewelry or industrial gold. The United States holds roughly three times as much monetary gold as France, the next highest.
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