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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1933
Page
10
Logan February assembly honored the football squad with 20 players receiving letters, plus letters for trainer and manager. The program featured music by Billy Sickles, Hubert Darnell, and others, with coach John Longley reflecting on last season and noting a spring captain selection.
Logan High School and Marietta Nelsonville will hold debates this week. The negative team travels to Marietta for an afternoon meet while the affirmative team debates Nelsonville Thursday at 7 30 pm in the new auditorium. The team includes Mary Coakley Miriam Geddes Edwin Monks with Evelyn toward an alternate. Travelling to Marietta are Barbara Till Billy Case Ray Schwenke and Mildred Vandamant.
Hocking County January vital statistics show nine births and five deaths in Logan and 20 births and 16 deaths in the county. In Logan six boys and three girls were born. countywide 12 boys to eight girls. Names listed for Logan and county births include Weis, Gesells, Conrad, Price, Loveridge, Rogers, Crawford, Anderson, Bowers, Lang, Williams, Shelton, Harper, Blum, Lehman, Starr, Thompson, Lent, Smith, Wyeth, Schultz, Gove, Poling, Lively, Wesley Smith, Eveland, Unger, Febua, and Stephenson.
Logan High sophomore Charles Lecrone was injured in a series of accidents Monday and Tuesday, ending with a knee in a cast that will stay on for six weeks. He was hurt during gym class, then reinjured en route to school while on the football squad this season.
Straitsville boys fell 20 to 21 while girls won 28 to 21. Other notes include funeral for William Call Jr. in St. Augustine Church, illness of Hazel Coakley, brick plant hiring rumors, Akron trip guests, and local political and education updates.
Barton A. Holl of Logan attended a Columbus gathering of the executive committee of the State Department American Legion. Holl serves on the committee and coordinates state activities while remaining service officer for Logan Post.
Dr. W B Lacock led the program at the Rotary and Kiwanis joint meeting held Monday evening at St Matthew Lutheran Church. Mrs H W Adams performed piano numbers and Kiwanis members sang several songs.
Revival meetings at Mt Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church enter a second week with more than 40 conversions recorded. The Rev J T Yocum opened a special service at Sugar Grove and services will continue under Reverends W H Woodgeard and Householder in charge.
Ohio coal operators failed to delay an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on intra state coal freight rates. Examiner R. K. N. Trezize denied the motion to postpone as operators appeal the transcript. B. Ackerman of Chicago was cross examined on January Washington testimony about locomotive performance and track conditions in Ohio versus Indiana and Illinois.
Ancient treasure valued at 20 million dollars from the Forbidden City is to be sold to a private American collector. Possible buyers named include John D. Rockefeller Jr. or Henry Ford. Priceless manuscripts, books, porcelain, jades, and inlaid museum pieces are being moved to Shanghai under heavy guard amid tension over a Japanese invasion.
President elect Roosevelt searches for the manuscript of his Chicago convention speech after officials report no record of delivery. Edwin A. Halsey, convention sergeant at arms, says the manuscript was given to the official reporter, but the reporting company has no record of receiving it. Detectives may examine movie footage of the demonstration for clues.
In a speech he discusses determining to whom the manuscript was given and asserts the need to prove in the pictures. Mr Roosevelt shows impatience to recover the manuscript as part of the matter.
Albany Group No 4 of the M EB Ladies Aid Society led by Mrs F B Radcliffe will serve a chicken supper in the church dining room Friday evening February 17 Proceeds go to the church. Albany Grange meets Saturday evening with a program of readings songs and a playlet including Lincoln topics.
The note mentions inviting James A Smith of Pomeroy Star Route for a chicken dinner to mark the poultry year with 300 four week old leghorn chicks. It references floral blooms in winter as if found locally.
The article argues U S export trade to Latin America has slumped from 1929 to 1932 with Puerto Rico receiving more than Argentina Brazil Mexico and Cuba. It cites lower purchasing power tariffs and world market weakness as causes and says revival hinges on commodity prices and the world economic conference. It mentions regional dairy plans in Pomeroy as a separate note.
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