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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
1
Dr. J. M. Higgins warns residents to rest, keep dry feet, and exercise common sense to stay well amid influenza outbreaks. He notes many cases in the county, mostly mild but weakening victims and raising susceptibility to other diseases. He cautions against crowds and staying in rooms with cold or flu cases.
Ohio Relief Commission likely to ask the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to authorize a 1000 grant to Stark County. The funds would be combined with section seven bond proceeds and about 2,008 in gasoline and motor vehicle license tax funds to meet January and February relief needs.
Gallia and Ross counties report multiple Runion family members in custody. William Runion was seized by a Ross County deputy on auto theft charges. Sam Runion admits to auto thefts and store robberies in Gallia County Jail. Nellie Runion serves an intoxication fine in Gallipolis City Jail. One brother remains in a federal penitentiary in Alara and another in the Ohio Penitentiary.
In Columbus on Dec 3 UPI reports officers question a murder claim about RS McCain former North Carolina state senator who disappeared Dec 22 from Henderson North Carolina. A storage garage photo and car findings spur-the-mystery. authorities doubt the alleged slain scenario.
Two well dressed men about 22 were found shot to death and bound with rope in a large sedan behind the River Raisin Paper Company in Monroe Michigan. Detectives Hovey and Clark headed to the scene, linking the double killing to Toledo liquor war. The car bore a Detroit issued Michigan license. The bodies lay in the rear seat and the murders likely occurred elsewhere. The vehicle was found with its engine running by Eugene and Floyd Craver of Monroe.
The House Ways and Means Committee will weigh a general manufacturers sales tax next Wednesday. Rep Mel Leod of Michigan drafted the bill proposing a 1 3 4 percent levy despite President elect Roosevelt’s opposition. Collier said the measure will be offered for approval or rejection to balance the budget with new revenue.
Federal health officials say influenza outbreaks across the country appear to have peaked with conditions improving. Assistant Surgeon General J P Jenake told reporters the epidemic has been widespread but milder than the 1908 and 1916-12 waves, with only small residual outbreaks in the coming weeks as the wave declines. The illness began on the Pacific Coast and spread eastward through December to the Middle West and Middle Atlantic states.
Coast Guardsmen recovered an aircraft wreckage and two Harvard freshmen perished in a spin and fall into the sea near Boston. Edward Maliinekrodt 34, son of a multimillionaire and Donati McKay Frost Jr. were practicing spins when the plane pitched and plunged.
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman authorized Ohio to accept land in Ashtabula County for a public park and reservoir to be created by the Pymstuting Land Company. The Willams field area spans Dover and Richland Townships. The dam will flood the Shenango River area forming a lake straddling Ohio and Pennsylvania with equal fishing rights and state stocking responsibilities.
Pat Mc Dermott convicted of the murder of Don Meilett Canton editor is in the Ohio Penitentiary Hospital with influenza. He was to be guarded closely during confinement. Mc Dermott had previously escaped and was recaptured.
The French Chamber of Deputies approved participating in Austria reconstruction loans by 351 to 187. The government will advance about 14 thousand dollars amid objections over prior payment refusals. Former Premier Herriot defended the policy as necessary, while Premier Boncour urged a favorable vote for stability in central Europe.
President Hoover started a 10 day southern cruise from Savannah and arrived at Palm Beach aboard the Segola. He planned a day on the water seeking sail fish and other game fish reported plentiful and was expected to stay through year end.
Governor White announces Charles F Schaber of Bucyrus named to Public Utilities Commission to replace John W Bricker of Columbus. Bricker resigns as commissioner to become attorney general in January. Schaber formerly Bucyrus city solicitor and former securities commissioner, ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in the Sixth District.
The Standard Oil Company of Ohio announces a ten cent per gallon decrease in all grades of gasoline statewide effective Saturday to meet competitive conditions. The new prices are 13 10 and 6 cents per gallon for the three brands plus four cents state tax and one cent federal tax.
At an American Sociological Society session in Cincinnati Mrs Jessie Bernard of Washington University presented survey results on marriage. She notes wives should be five to ten years younger than husbands, most marriages fail in the first four years, and housekeeping is diminishing as the home takes on affectional roles. most wives interviewed made no complaint about their marriages.
Cleveland officials said they would ignore former Governor Harry L. Davis’s proposal to issue one dollar scrip coupons for paying city employees. The plan envisions city county and school authorities selling three cent stamps to attach to coupons every 11 days and redeeming them at one dollar each after a year, with some salaries still paid in money.
The Public Utilities Commission in Columbus reviewed all evidence in the nine year old Ohio Heil Telephone rate case, but a decision was not expected for months due to the vast amount of material and initial confusion in reading it.
A reader seeks to buy an email light trailer and to rent a three room cottage with electricity garage and two acres on Athena Route 4. A 1927 Dodge is listed for sale in Nelsonville at $45.
New York report says Alice Schribner an expectant mother was held on robbery charges after she robbed an Ebinger Baking branch store to feed her hungry children. She claimed fear of another Christmas drove the act and admitted taking her husband’s revolver during the hold up. A struggle on the sidewalk led to police discovering a loaded 32 caliber pistol in her coat.
The Ohio Conservation Council committee advanced a legislative program for the General Assembly. Rep George E Niavonge of Montgomery proposes diverting hunting dog license funds from the Department of Conservation to humane agencies with one year for male care and one year for female care. Rep Theodore Kemp of Licking proposes legalizing trotting from motor driven craft in inland waters.
Coroner Edward Smith planned an inquiry into the death of Opal Everingham 71 of Columbus a student nurse at Grant Hospital. She died from a fractured skull and other injuries after a fall from a third floor window in the nurses home. It was unclear if the fall was a jump or an accident as the window was in a vacant room.
American business leaders forecast a bottoming of the depression and a cautious rebound in 1933. Executives from Westinghouse, American Petroleum Institute, Guaranty Trust, Saw O W, and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce express optimism driven by hoped deflation relief, stronger banking, and tax policy actions to spur growth.
In Albany New York Roosevelt plans to appoint most of his future cabinet after January 1 Roosevelt will share government reorganization reforms with those close to him and study measures before Congress grants executive authority to implement his economy program.
Grand jury in Phoenix returns an indictment alleging an article as accessory after the slaying of Agnes Ann Leroi and Helvig Samdeleon. The case centers on Winnie Ruth Judd who was convicted of murdering Mrs Leroi and was linked to a double killing in a span of minutes.
Bills drafting changes to Ohio intangible tax law follow recommendations of the special joint taxation committee. The Eighty Ninth General Assembly completed committee work and the proposals focus on administrative character adjustments.
Evidence of improved financial conditions emerges in a Reconstruction Finance Corporation report. It shows 76,000 loan applications in November from lending institutions vs 1,972 in April, with 1.90 billion lent to date and 828 million repaid. Bank failures fall, investment grows, and relief disbursements rise through December with strong loan activity across sectors.
Deficiency appropriation bill for 1929 reduced $1.228 million under President Hoover's budget plan and sent to the Senate by the Appropriations Committee. The measure totals $21,421,590.57 vs a $43.706 billion estimate, with funds to meet urgent deficits and tax refunds.
Leonard Stubbing, first cousin of Gen George A Custer and Civil War veteran of Company H 17th Vermont, died at his home near Whittaker Road Philadelphia after a long illness. He reportedly refused to accompany Custer on the 1876 expedition, a choice that likely saved his life. He was one of 11 surviving Welsh Post G A R members.
Congress approved Philippine independence after years of debate but faces uncertain fate with President Hoover. Cabinet leaders likely to advise a veto citing insufficient economic foundation for independence and a preparatory period under a wealth government.
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