15 Feb 1933
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 30 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1933
Page
1
A federal study group led by Alfred M. Baruch reviewed railroad consolidations and subsidies to unify the U S rail system. The committee urged government action to stabilize the industry and support all transport forms, proposing retroactive reforms and emergency measures amid opposition from some members.
Fragments note Larkin aged 67 involved in a morning event at Ea Gitford near Amesville with an appeal underway. Limited readable details describe a person and a brief incident but lack clear actions or outcomes.
Beverly Hills reader Will laments hostile politics and fault lines between presidents. He questions why leaders seldom speak kindly of rivals and urges courteous praise, noting even small town mayors offer compliments after campaigns. He expects better conduct in national discourse.
Detroit news reports a state bank holiday after Governor Comstock ordered the moratorium to calm a threatened Guardian Trust collapse. Ford Motor Co and the other automakers pledged to meet payrolls in cash or ensure checks cashed, as Michigan residents face a rapid relief effort across the peninsula.
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida instructed Yosuke Matsuoka to depart Geneva around February 28 on his return to Tokyo. The move marks Japan’s first step toward withdrawal from the League of Nations. The government seeks a personal report before any formal withdrawal announcement.
The administration's building and loan liquidation bill faces joint Senate committee review in Columbus with a floor vote unlikely before next week. Introduced by Democrat E. C. Eikenberry of Preble County, the measure cleared the House after brief debate and has circulated for about two weeks as members caucus.
Columbus February 15. The governor's signature will finalize two emergency relief bills approving $48,000 for relief administration and re enabling utility excise tax and Pringle Roberts bonds until March 1, 1935. The Senate backed education machinery changes including a bipartisan eight member state board and votes on tax and veterans claims.
Cleveland police report a 1 month old baby and Patrolman Martin C. Beck wounded by a stray bullet during a struggle with his wife Evelyn Beck 25 a mother who calls the incident accidental. The baby Martin Jr is in critical condition and the officer is recovering from a gunshot wound to the arm.
An all day poultry meeting for farmers will be held February 23 at the Athens Grange Hall. C M Ferguson of Ohio State University will speak. Leaders in Athens County will participate to discuss chick raising feeding pullets and laying flock care. The industry is the county's second largest income. The program begins at 10 am.
More than 500 farmers arrived in Lincoln to press for relief from mortgage foreclosures tax sales and evictions. Organizer Harry Lux announced the march toward the state capitol where the House and Senate will hear grievances in a joint session.
Police and kidnappers clash over the Boettcher case as Charles Boettcher III remains missing. Detectives pursue a 50000 ransom note to father Claude Boettcher and trace a plane near Golden while 1000 American Legion volunteers canvass Denver for clues. Two reputed gangsters are arrested.
Premier Benito Mussolini denied reports of a secret alliance between Italy Germany and Hungary today. He argued the claims were not worth denying if raised before the French Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee and noted the matter in Rome on February 15.
Tokyo’s Yusuke Matsuoka, the Japanese delegate to the League of Nations, asked for permission to return to Japan via the United States and spend a few weeks in America as an unofficial ambassador and missionary. The Tokyo Government was expected to grant the request.
Moscow February 14 The entire population of 10 Cossack segments in the North Caucasus was warned that the government considers their wholesale exile to Siberia. The communities were blacklisted for failure to deliver seeds for the spring planting. The blacklisting is described as a virtue economic boycott.
American Telephone and Telegraph voted to keep the $9 annual dividend rate in effect for 12 years and declared a quarterly $2.25 per share dividend payable April 15 to stockholders of record March 14. Directors elected Charles Francis Adams, secretary of the navy, to fill a vacancy.
Britain, the United States, France, and Italy are preparing a four power agreement to prohibit arms exports to Bolivia and Paraguay. Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon announced the move in the House of Commons.
In Columbus educators from Southeastern Ohio meet to urge the Ohio General Assembly to provide funds to prevent dozens of schools from closing. County superintendents led by Kenneth Ray of Athens report deficits totaling about 170000 in Athens County and 2.25 million across 24 counties, with state aid schools carrying most debt. Athens city schools, while operated without state aid, may face closure if teachers go unpaid. Harper Pendry voices concern that delaying aid risks losing operations.
Ferdinand Pecora, for the Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee, charged that Ingull family members extracted about 24.6 million dollars in profits from Insull Utility Investments Inc. as it was created. Samuel Insull Jr., 32, testified for nearly three hours denying he took paper profits from privileged stock purchases amid alleged manipulation of Insull securities.
The Senate voted to start immediate consideration of a compromise prohibition repeal resolution drafted by the Judiciary Committee. The ruling ended a sustained dry filibuster with a closure threat as the vote reached 5 to 23. Minority Leader Robinson proposed a substitute amendment calling for outright repeal and ratification by state conventions.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a much amended domestic allotment bill, restricting its scope to cotton and wheat, and simplifying its major provisions. The action was reported from Washington on February 15.
Ohio lawmakers push to reconsider the McCrystal repeal after a 13 vote short defeat. Prohibition supporters vow persuasion to secure a November referendum on repealing the state constitution. McCrystal argues the public deserves a vote and notes 15 years since the amendment.
Samuel Insull Jr. testifies as Senate Stock Market Investigation begins into possible manipulation of Insull securities. Owen D. Young of General Electric appears. Dawes subpoenaed as probes focus on price maintenance and asset shifting across Insull holding companies.
Rene Leon, a New York monetary expert, testifying before the Senate Prosperity-Seeking Committee, accuses Britain of covertly manipulating world prices to burden debtors. He cites a 150,000,0000 pounds secret exchange fund used to buy gold currencies to influence the dollar, claiming it allows control of American prices and harms every citizen.
Earl K. Long testified before a Senate committee alleging Huey P. Long is running wild and involved in bribe-taking and vote-fixing amid charges linked to the nomination of Senator-elect John H. Overton. He clashed with Huey as Julius Long was present with Earls camp.
Ohio cities push four utility bills before the General Assembly. The measures would allow rate setting by producers, permit temporary rates despite contracts, and require yearly inventories by utilities to speed rate disputes. Representatives from numerous cities attended the meeting.
Federal fiscal officials reported progress in the Michigan banking situation. Early morning reports from principal financial centers indicated business was progressing and that the banking situation remained quiet.
Athens Grange will confer third and fourth degrees on seven candidates at a regular meeting in the Grange Hall at the Fairgrounds. A short Lincoln program will follow with refreshments.
Detroit Feb 15 The eight day banking moratorium may become nine if the governor keeps the pause to full time. Citizens learn the day after the Feb 22 Washington's Birthday will be a legal bank holiday.
Colombia announced the severing of diplomatic ties with Peru after Peruvian planes attempted to bomb a Colombian flotilla near Leticia. Colombian aircraft repelled the attack, and fighting intensified with troops disembarking in the upper Amazon as a major battle loomed. Official reports say bombs missed transports en route to Tarapaca, falling in the Putumayo River in neutral Brazilian waters.
In Lansing on February 13 Governor William A. Comstock entered Michigan's eight day bank moratorium with $30 to his name and a garnished salary. He quipped that he would get along and had outlived the holiday on less, while news broke that his governor salary was garnisheed over a $7,000 real estate attachment.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.