New Athens County officials to move in next week
Athens County courthouse will see three new officials begin terms on Monday Charles Stratton Nelsonville sheriff Miss Ruth Burdette Athens clerk of courts and Fred Kittle Athens commissioner. Several deputies named with others starting new terms later in 1933 including Judge O F Rowland and Judge J M Johnson starting February 9 and September for Gorham.
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Athens County
Charles Stratton
Nelsonville
Ruth Burdette
Athens
Fred Kittie
J Pa Wilson
Esur
Wayne Wingett
Morris Avenue
George Rasp
Charles Rayless
Stratton Twho
Misa Ena Nelson
Beore
Leu Heen T. R. Bennett
Misa Bur
Edwin M. Larax
Mill Street
Johnson
Clara
Dorothy Frank
George Gibbs
Carpenter
Eather Smith
Rowland
Eleanor Beckier
Gorham
Mabel Baird
Mr. Edmundson
H. B. Saga
Ames Jones
W. Russell
Elizabeth Mackman
Beer Bill Delayed Again By Quorum Shortage
Washington committee postponed further Beer Bill action due to Christmas holidays and lack of a quorum. Chairman Norris rejected protests to allow testimony, saying witnesses would not be heard until March 4 if present. New York report notes Malcolm Hitman former Davis Cup member died by suicide, jumping from an 11 story Moline Building.
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Benate Committee
Washington
Urnate
Norris
New York
Malcolm Hitman
Ping
Richland Avenue Man Is Instantly Killed Under Car
Thomas Robinson aged 73 of Richland Avenue was struck by a car driven by John West 43 near Ames Township home this morning and died instantly. He suffered a fractured skull broken collar bone and broken ribs. Relatives live in the county. He had been looking at letters taken from his mailbox.
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Richland Avenue
Thomas Robinson
Albany
Ames Township
John West
Remedies for Economies Being Sought in Cincinnati Meeting
Economists educators and sociologists gathered in Cincinnati for a conference of the American Economic Association and allied groups to discuss remedies for economic ills, shocks from modern civilization, and potential institutional changes. Dr Irving Fisher and other experts were to speak on monopolies and Federal Reserve actions as forums debated social control and labor protection. The text also contains a local obituary fragment reporting the death of Mr Robinson in Ames Township with details of family survivors.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Wehom
United States
Irving Fisher
Yale
Federal Reserve
Monopolies of Small Size Hit By Professors
In Cincinnati on December 2, Professors John Ise of Kansas and Abraham Berglund of Virginia told a four day conference that small local monopolies pose the greater perils in U S economic development. They urged arresting and regulating monopolies, noting locals bear heavier tolls than national groups and that monopolies are most effective at the local level.
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Cincinnati
Dec
U.P
United States
John Ise
University of Kansas
Abraham Berglund
University of Virginia
Oganizations
Ise
Classified Highlights Prompting Quick Buys and Services
A Chevrolet four door with new tires offered at $90. Car wash special price available for a few days. Crops listed include corn at 3 cents per bushel delivered and seed oats at seven cents per bushel.
Shorter Work Bill to Limit Weekly Hours Across Nation
Senate sub committee to hold hearings on the Black Bill next week to curb work weeks to five days or six hours per day. The proposal would bar interstate and foreign commerce products from employers exceeding those limits. Senator Norris and Senator Dill weigh constitutional questions about federal labor regulation.
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Washington
U.P
Norris
Senate Judiary Committee
United States
Turkish Decree Forces Muezzins To Shout Turkish Name
In ISTANBUL on December 28, several rebellious muezzins were jailed for refusing to call Allah by the Turkish name Tanit. President Mustafa Kemal orders prayer in Turkish, starting Ramadan, requiring priests to relearn the Koran in Turkish and replace the Arabic call to prayer with Tanri Wilu dur.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Allah
Tanit
Mustapha Kemal
First Gold Shipment Arrives from Britain for War Debt
New York date December 28 war debt payment arrives aboard the Majestic with a 15.9 million dollar gold shipment to the United States. The consignment marks the initial payment in Britain’s settlement of wartime obligations.
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New York
Great Britten
United States
Majestic
Educators to Hear Mort Report in Ohio Meeting
In Columbus Ohio on December the Ohio School Survey Commission report on educational equality was to be presented before the Ohio Education Association representatives. Columbia University’s Mort was to speak as director of research and the assembly was expected to endorse his plan. Rural education leaders and other educators attended sectional meetings and a Memorial Hall concert by the all state orchestra and choir capped the day.
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Dec
Ohio
Rvey Commission
Ohio Education Association
de. Toi Ro Mort
Columbia University
Tr Mort
Rural Educational Department
Mort. F. Reynolds
Obie Education Association
Joseph W. Fichter
Memorial Hall
iMeplece
And
M-voice Chorie
Ohio School Survey
Commington Teas
Paul Robort
Commission
Mort Plan
Atate
White
Echagia
Charles HH
Jones
Jackeon
Leyton BE
Careter
Cleveland
Lynx Rummel
Robert G. Corwin
Dayton
Mra
J. Cox
North Canton
A. ©. Crouse
Creianat
W. J. Galvin
Wilmington
Macedonians clash with revolvers in palace row
In Sofia on December 28 political factions in front of the Royal Palace exchanged many shots during a cabinet crisis. A相 faction attacked Simeon Evtimoff editor of Makedonia, killing a police officer, wounding Evtimoff and others, including his escort and a War Office official.
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Sofia
Bulgarii
Royal
Alexander Protegueroff
Simeon Evtimoff
Makedonia
Evtimo
Thanks Santa for Remembering Her
Hundreds of letters and postcards to Santa Claus arrived at The Messenger before Christmas. One stood out from Joy Gears of Jobe who received a doll other playthings and candy. Her note thanked Santa and wished him a Happy New Year.
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Santa Claus
Joy Gears
Jobe
Santa
National Guard Officers Called To Nelsonville
Three Ohio National Guard officers are en route to Nelsonville to investigate alleged violence in the Hocking Valley coal fields. Capt John Rea and Lat Ray Noble lead the inquiry, following a week of suspected arson and vandalism including a garage dynamite attempt and store window breakages.
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Nelsonville
Dee Wistaft
Ohio National Guard
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Lick Run
Minanos
Chauncey
Manhattan Coal Company
Lobrig
Hope to Bring Out Bodies of Eight Miners
A rescue crew found eight more bodies in the Moweaqua co operative coal mine north chamber about 1,200 feet from the entrance. Eight of the 44 men trapped last Saturday remain unaccounted for as rescuers face gas fumes and limited oxygen while continuing the effort to reach the deeper area where other miners are believed trapped.
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Moweaqua
Moweaqua Co-Operative
Sant
Secon
Roosevelt Opposes General Manufacturers Sales Tax
Congressional leaders began studying budget balancing options as President-elect Roosevelt voiced opposition to the general principles of a manufacturers sales tax. Speaker Garner and other leaders believed the sales tax drive was halted, yet they remained set to push fiscal measures to keep the government tax-sustaining.
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Washington
Dec
U.P
Roosevelt
Albany
Garner
New York
Ex-Agent Charged With Defamatory Mailings
Cleveland December 26 Pi Ray mond R Wieman 35 Lorain insurance salesman charged with sending libelous material through the mail. He allegedly mailed over cards to Western and Southern Life policyholders urging them to stop paying premiums. The note stated Stop paying your insurance The company is in a bad way. Investigators say Wieman was an agent of the company and had a quarrel with his employers.
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Cleveland
Raymond R. Wieman
Lorain
Western & Southern Life Insurance Company
Thecarte
Wieman
Railroads Seek IC C Surcharge Continuation Amid Big Deficit
U S railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to extend emergency freight surcharges amid an anticipated 200 million dollar net deficit for 1932. Dr Justus H Parmelee of the Railway Bureau of Economics outlined a bleak picture, noting many Class I roads would have losses without surcharges and that carriers still faced deep red figures even with aid.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Justue H Parmelee
Railway
Pureau of Economica
Commission
Parmelee
Defense Seeks New Trial in Whore Killing
In Athens County Common Pleas Court, defense attorneys argue for a new trial for Fred Moore after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the September shooting of his father in law Opha Brewer on Moore's farm in Lodi Township.
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J A Woatley
RL Williams
Fred & Moore
Athens County
Moore
Opha Brewer
Lodi
R. W. Finsterwald
Insull Extradition Ended as Greek Court Clears Him
The United States will take no further steps to extradite Samuel Insull after the Greek Appeal Court found no material penal acts under Greek law. Legation officials said higher courts would be useless, as Insull is free to travel to Yugoslavia or Bulgaria, where the U S has no extradition treaties. Elizabeth Morrow and Aubrey Neil Morgan to wed at Dwight Morrow estate in Englewood New Jersey.
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Athens
United States
Samuel Insull
United Press
Legation
Inwall
Inaull
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Englewood
WN. J. Dee
Elizabeth Morrow
Aubrey Neil Morgan
Cardiff
Wales
Dwight W Morrow
National barter plan aims for nationwide substitute money
Emergency Exchange Association proposes a single script backed by a central clearing house to unify local barter systems across the country. Directors include Stuart Chase and Jo W. Seligman. The plan envisions exchanges of surplus potatoes for textiles and other goods without reducing current markets.
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New York
Emergency Exchange Association
Stuart Chase
Jo W. Seligman
Re. Frank Graham
Central Clearing House
Roosevelt Opposed Manufacturer Sales Tax Plan
Albany dispatch reports President elect Roosevelt will discuss budget balancing with Speaker Garner and explore concrete alternatives to a general sales tax. Roosevelt reportedly opposes a sales tax favored by Garner and other Democrats, with Hyde Park meetings expected within a week or ten days.
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Albany. N
U.M
Roosevelt
Garner
Hyde Park
Professor Denies Ties To Spider In Clock Controversy
Akron associate professor Walter C Kraants rejects any university or scientific link to a widely publicised spider kept in a clock. He says he made no study and the clock ordeal holds no scientific value. The spider reportedly could survive winter without food.
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Akron
Walter C. Kransts
University of Akron
Kraats
Kraate
Opening Elaborate Mas Ite First Performance
New York crowds in evening attire attended the opening night at Rockefeller Center Music Hall. The grand venue, a foyer block long with a six story ceiling, showcased tapestries chandeliers murals and priceless ornaments. A 90 piece orchestra ballet dancers a precision dance team and a 100 voice Tuskegee choir performed on the world’s largest stage before six thousand visitors.
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New York
Dec. B
Music Hall
Rockefelier Center
Tuskegee Choir
France Upsets Talks on War Debt Until Roosevelt In Office
Paris reports the French Government will not renew war debt negotiations with the United States until the Roosevelt administration takes office. Secretary of State Stimson warned that France must pay the December annuity of 19 261 402 dollars before any debt revision talks.
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Paris
U.P
United States
Roosevelt
State Stmmons
France
Inaugural To Be Inexpensive in Columbus
Governor George White plans a frugal inauguration on January, with a 10 a.m. informal reception for state officials and friends in the Gubernatorial Chambers ending at 11, followed by a noon oath before a joint session of the House and Senate with his cabinet.
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Columbus
George White
White
House
Senate
Recluse Victoria Zanone Found Dead In Memphis
Coroner's jury rules Victoria Zanone a murder victim after her death in squalor. The recluse and reputedly wealthy bottle and scrap dealer, long seen around Memphis streets, was found with a fractured skull and missing teeth. Estimated wealth ranged from 200000 to 750000.
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Memphis
Tenn
Victoria Zanone
Five Suspects Rob Local Company Vault in Cleveland Raid
Four men and a woman armed with revolvers and a sawed-off shotgun robbed the Nettelton Mi Inc in Cleveland, taking about 1700 dollars in cash and checks. Police described the suspects as armed and dangerous and are pursuing leads across the city.
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Hall Wortherport
Cleveland
Nettelton Mi Inc
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