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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
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Neal G Bowman a condemned inmate who escaped Lima State Hospital for the Insane is reported seen near Chesterhill and Morgan County. Police mobilized search units and road watches across the area with orders to shoot on sight if encountered.
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Bel county director stated the CWA quota would be cut by removing ineligible persons. Nelson explained the rapid action would identify those not deserving of jobs, including families and married pairs, with rules restricting employment to certain members and limiting multiple family members to one CWA position.
The Advocate reports George White of Ohio urging a five day push for a special session in January to advocate a sales tax as a solution to state revenue. He argues the tax would address the state millage issue and fund services.
Officials said a herd of cattle was struck by a Missouri railroad train near Calvert early today. The wreck occurred when the train traveling about 40 miles per hour collided with cattle on the track.
Dee Clarence of Blacklick Ohio is diagnosed with a 100 hour sickness and classified as medically unfit after a period of illness noted in this brief obituary style item.
A manhunt across Ohio seeks Neal Bowman who escaped from Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane. He was sentenced for robbery. Bowman and his brother Howard hid in caves across Morgan Perry Athens and Washington counties, with a rendezvous near Meigs County. Howard Bowman is in the Ohio Penitentiary.
Cordell Hull in Montevideo secures a diplomatic win at the Pan American Conference. Through direct diplomacy and Roosevelt's new deal in diplomacy, he shifts potential U.S. tensions into promising Latin American relations. Hull leads discussions and exits the final session amid prolonged cheers.
Fifteen tons of pork from the federal government arrived in Athens from Marietta to aid families on relief lists before the CWA. It will be distributed from county stores with orders prepared at CWA headquarters. Packages of four and six pounds will determine each family’s share based on size.
Ohio municipalities face shrinking tax bases as values drop and delinquencies rise. State Auditor W. R. Shank predicts a sharp decline in 1934 tax collections across Ohio, prompting call for new revenue sources. He notes reduced values and duplicate taxes contribute to the overall shortfall.
In New York on December 27 Harold Helen's collie Betty accidentally disconnected gas tubing from a heater, shutting off the flame and letting gas escape into the room. Police found both the master and the dog dead in the furnished apartment.
Ohio Governor George White, dining with Jacksonville Mayor John Alsop, said he planned to run for the United States Senate next year against Republican incumbent Simeon D. Fess. White was en route to Miami Florida.
Emerson Burson was fined $100 and costs after appearing before Mayor Robert H. Wood for driving an automobile while intoxicated. Owen Lightfritz was charged with intoxication and fined $5 plus costs.
Federal funds under CWA will back sealing abandoned coal mine openings in Southeastern Ohio. State Mining Department officials Raleigh Edgar and Karnes Hickman will lead the project to prevent stream pollution and fight the Morrison Wilson property mine fire on Church Street Nelsonville. Work begins Thursday with 20 to 25 miners. shifts paid union wages and supervised by Belford Nelson with Athens County CWA.
Ohio officials ordered an immediate probe into the quality of whiskeys sold in the state after Theodore Wetters toem alleged a downtown Columbus sample labeled whiskey a blend contained no real whiskey. Federal and state investigators target adulterated and poisonous liquors sold in drug stores, with chemists testing samples and denatured alcohol cited.
Arthur L. Limbach New Philadelphia attorney was named chief counsel for the Ohio Advisory Council of the Public Works Administration. The post pays 7500 dollars annually. Limbach, a World War veteran, has chaired the Tuscarawas County Democratic Executive Committee. If he accepts, he will oversee a third story window of St Francis the government and local subdivisions.
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed near Calvert Junction southwest of Houston on December 27, killing six men. Among the dead are Engineer R J Delhomme Fireman F W Wallace and Brakeman O W Greene all of Mart Texas. The remaining victims were transients.
A Beverly Hills correspondent complains about the selection of Saito as ambassador, accusing political treason and noting misnaming Stotesbury and Atterbury. The missive argues dignity and sentiment should be discarded for a capable appointee amid the 1986 crisis, and questions Japan's counterpoint to U S influence.
Columbus December 27. The new liquor control board plans to operate before January 1 but faces uncertainties. After a session on technicalities the board reversed a ruling, allowing beer distributors to sell hard liquor only at wholesale under 60 day permits, keeping retail sales for hard liquor limited to drug stores.
Ohio endures a severe cold wave with temperatures from a few degrees above to below zero and heavy snow covering roads. Officials report multiple frost related deaths and central relief agencies race to supply clothing and fuel to needy families.
More than 8 000 educators arrived in Columbus despite zero weather for the two day Ohio Education Association convention. Commander Thomas W. McCaw of the Ohio American Legion will speak at the initial session. Dr. John R. Williams of Painesville is the association president.
Admiral Richard E Byrd’s flagship pressed eastward just beyond the Antarctic Circle after 40 hours of fog and ice. Christmas aboard was marked with a formal dinner including turkey, lobster salad, pies, fruit, and various beverages.
Frances Harrell and Helen Ritchie closed on a new women's world endurance flight record in Miami Ohio as they neared seven days aloft. They had been airborne since 1:03 p.m. a week earlier and expected to set the record after 6:09 p.m. tomorrow night.
Four men robbed the First State Bank of Marlin about $40,000 and abducted vice president M. W. Bradshaw. Miss Andrew Peyton and Lee Humphrey the bookkeeper and porter were later reported missing, with a woman seen in the rear seat, all believed taken in the bandits’ car.
Oil Administrator Ickes outlined data sought from oil firms in a survey of crude oil costs. About 2,000 questionnaires mailed requesting cost of production and the value and volume of oil and gas sold in 1931 1932 and 1933.
In Charleston, temperatures fell to 10 degrees last night marking the coldest spell this winter for the area. A snow and wind storm accompanied the drop, leaving highways and streets coated with ice and travel difficult.
James R. Wedell, famed racing aviator, flew 1400 miles from Texas through heavy weather to Logan Airport and on to Johns Hopkins Hospital with five month old Sue Trammell for an emergency brain operation. He reached the hospital at 1:57 p.m. averaging 145 mph, aided by Dr. Walter Dandy.
Ohio Supreme Court finds slot machines and gambling devices are contraband not owned property. In the case against Herbert Malberry the court overruled the lower court and held theft charges cannot stand since the devices are not subject to larceny.
President Roosevelt surveyed the federal budget situation as he prepares to send a budget message to Congress. He noted that no Labor Department reports have arrived regarding potential restoration of the 15 percent pay cut for federal workers. He warned that excessive expenditures stem from last Congress and a special session, calling the deficit situation one that the nation faces.
State Highway Department employees worked all night and continue today to remove snow and pour cinders on 3 000 miles of roadway. Samuel O. Linzell, assistant state engineer of highways, said ice covered the roads and travel was very difficult. He hoped roads would be in good condition by nightfall.
Donald Tooman aged 19 of Findlay was fatally wounded near the heart during a friendly scuffle with his brother Willis 15. He died en route to a hospital after a rifle borrowed from a neighbor was used during a hog processing dispute.
A nine pound daughter born in Lincoln Montana to Mr and Mrs Pete Clausen while snowbound. Dr David T Berg from Helena raced 55 miles through heavy snow to deliver the baby.
Clermont County commissioners authorize a $75,000 courthouse project in Batavia. Civil Works Administration to fund more than $50,000 of labor costs.
An 11 year old girl in St Johns Arizona faced possible patricide charges after shooting her father E J Turley a Naval Reservist who died in a San Diego hospital The girl said her gun hand was guided by a ouija board message and that their mother could remarry a cowboy as motive
Havana reports Col. Manuel Despaigne says Cuba will not pay 3 950 000 dollars in interest due Monday on three U S loans. Government classifies loans as illegally contracted by former President Gerardo Machado.
Columbus December 27. Teachers in various parts of the state who have not received more than two weeks salaries for the 1933 34 school year will soon receive pay checks. Assistant director Joseph W. Fichter announced a total of 358000 will be sent within a few days from state aid funds sourced to cigaret tax revenues. Cities listed include Nelsonville 2205 Chauncey Dover 1702 Glouster 4404 New Lexington 1645.
Zanesville December 27 officials report scarlet fever that closed Philo schools is subsiding. Health commissioner Dr B T Hagen says the outbreak eased after weeks of spread across Muskingum County.
John R. Eckler, who arrived from Pittsburgh last April as liquidator of the First Central Trust Company, was elected president of the bank in Akron. The institution plans to resume business about January 15.
Archbishop Leon Elisee Tourian head of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Americas was stabbed to death while approaching the pulpit at his New York church. Police report several arrests and say the attack stemmed from internal church disputes over alleged sympathy for the Russian Soviet regime.
A severe winter storm raged across the eastern U S with heavy snow, floods, and sub zero temperatures. The missing New York towboat Honeybrook off Boston is feared to have caused at least 16 more deaths, boosting storm tolls to at least 38 and compounding relief efforts as freezing conditions and high winds persisted.
The Federal deficit reached 1.024 billion dollars for the fiscal year through December 22. Expenditures totaled 2.464 billion while income rose to 1.490 billion, compared with the prior year.
Levi Weaks, 35, a Black man, fell to the ground at Hospital in Columbus and was treated for minor bruises after being delirious from pneumonia.
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