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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
2
Nelsonville board of education reports inability to meet teacher salaries due to a $9,000 delinquent 1901 tax and funds from the state not arriving until January. Back taxes and anticipated state payments could restore year 1931 obligations. Local officers urge tax collection to relieve financial strain.
This Athens Messenger pattern page details pattern 2206 for a high waistline spring frock with draped neckline and novel sleeves. Offers fabrics like crepe, wool, or georgettes, sizes 16 to 44, with fabric needs listed for size 16 and a simple no-experience process. Catalogs and pattern prices provided.
Miss Mary Beatrice Woolley president of Mount Holyoke College will be the first woman to represent the United States at an international conference. Hoover announced the appointment as Dawes heads the delegation with Swanson and possibly Gibson or Wilson among other likely members.
Cleveland scene reports Thomas Drum, a homeless panhandler, arrested for panhandling. Police Judge Bradley Hull sentences him to ten days at Warrensville workhouse after Drum pleads hunger and jokes about Christmas dinner. Drum vows not to beg again, but another charge lands him back in custody.
Columbus December 24. Franklin County jail holds 185 inmates many charged with violent crimes. About 60 awaiting indictment trial or serving county sentences. Roughly 70 prisoners are held for federal authorities. On Wednesday morning Frank Ciccone, a noted bandit, and three alleged accomplices were moved to the jail.
Mr and Mrs Minor Robbins and Kenneth Frederick plus Doris May of Lakewood Cleveland arrive tonight to celebrate Christmas through Sunday with Mrs S Winters at 85 West State Street St Pauls Catholic Church hosts special Christmas services starting 7 am High Mass followed by a second Mass and a low Mass at 9 am with special music. public invited.
Columbus December 24. State education director B O Skinner ordered an inquiry into reports that uncensored motion pictures are shown in large Ohio theaters while smaller towns see edited versions. He warned that censorship violations could cost theaters revenue, noting the board’s annual income about 64 000 dollars with expenses near 36 000 dollars.
Akron Ohio December 24 1932 1500 teachers may be unpaid for two months or more as the school system faces a cash shortfall. Superintendent Thomas W Gosling warns the January 18 reopening date is uncertain as officials reevaluate finances.
In Omaha on December 24 police probed three possible motives for the shooting death of Harry Lapidus 45 wealthy political figure in his car. A young Jewish Brooklyn artist was questioned about his courtship with Beas Nepomnick 20 stenographer in Lapidus office. Her father urged Lapidus to end the romance. The artist reportedly told the girl he would kill Lapidus the last thing he did. No charges filed yet.
Cheyenne reports ranchers in Wyoming sending livestock to market earlier and heavier. Russell Thorp, acting secretary of the Wyoming Stockgrowers' Association, attributes the change to a dry spell that hurt grazing lands and dried up water holes across many parts of the state.
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, slated to head the American delegation to the world disarmament conference, is summoned to Washington to confer with President Hoover and Secretary Stimpson. He will sail for New York on December 30.
COLUMBUS Dec 7 small gain was revealed in lamb market during the week. C J West of the Ohio Farm Bureau Department notes lamb prices 26 cents higher than the close of the week. Dressed lamb was the only item with a rise, while supply remained liberal. West cites liquidation of steers due to feed lots credit stringency and seasonal weather as factors. He also mentions downward oil prices affecting market sentiment.
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