17 Feb 1933
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1933
Page
1
A fragment describes a pricing or control issue involving a store and a sum of 549.50. The readable material hints at a purchase or control mechanism but lacks clear actions or identities. Further context is needed to specify entities, dates, or outcomes.
State lawmakers consider a measure aiming to favor Ohio coal industry over imports. West Virginia and Indiana interests protest as the bill faces recommittment and potential discriminatory provisions. Republican author Lewis argues the intent is to protect local jobs and minimize discrimination against Ohio coal.
A 22 year old heir to a millionaire fortune is reported kidnapped. Suspects are believed to have abducted him from deserted cabins near his family's residence. Police pursue leads as belief differs on the suspect's identity.
A Harrisonville funeral service was held after a late night incident. The family mourns four daughters Pamela, Mrs Middienor, Mrs and Mrs Wilbur Due. Details on the event are limited in the readable section.
The Lloyd-Matthews Bill, approved by the Ohio Senate, would let local boards borrow about 2 million dollars to cover unpaid salaries dating to Jan 1, 1933, for Athens County and 24 southeast Ohio counties. Notes issued secured by the state education fund to be repaid from the education equalization appropriation.
Chicago mayor Cermak remains stable after bullet wounds while his doctors join the effort to save him. In Miami, Mrs. Gill fights for life and others wounded by Giuseppe Zangara recover. Zangara faces charges as prosecutors consider murder indictments if deaths occur.
In Southern Ohio arrests rise to 11 with Tony Lobalbo of Columbus charged with conspiracy to pass counterfeit money. Secret Service agent Buck questioned a Cincinnati engraver who admitted to reviewing equipment in Chillicothe and Columbus, but claimed no knowledge of its use.
In Geneva the League of Nations rejects Japan's Manchuria actions as self defense and labels Manchukuo a puppet state. In Tokio withdrawal from the League is delayed pending final action. Japan vows not to surrender Pacific islands and masses forces prepare for Jehol clash with about eighty thousand Chinese troops concentrated there.
In Lancaster Ohio a ten day common pleas hearing ended in Judge James White’s court over Rev. Paul O. Weimer’s injunction to restrain him from occupying St. Peters Lutheran Church pulpit amid a suspension order. Weimer called the order unjust. arguments to be submitted Feb 25 before a decision.
TIFFIN Feb 17. Seneca County commissioners reduced the warden Edwin Workdog's salary from 125 dollars monthly to 14 dollars, effective immediately.
The six bullets fired at Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami will control his forthcoming public appearances for months. As the president-elect traveled toward New York aboard a Roosevelt train, crowds were barred from gathering around his car, with bodyguard Gus Gennerich and extra Secret Service personnel present at stops and during motion.
Tang Yu-Lin, Jehol governor, tells reporters Jehol can be defended if the Japanese invade. He promises troops and southern reinforcements led by Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang, and notes Chengtehfu would resist bombing as guerilla bands shield regulars.
Bishop A W Lewis of Springfield will begin a series of meetings at the Apostolic Faith Church on Richland Avenue from February 20 to March 5. Evening services will be held daily at 7:30 o'clock.
Chester Mc Kitrick, 21, must serve five to twenty years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of Herbert Lightfritz. McKitrick struck Lightfritz on the head with a shovel, causing a fractured skull.
Dr H T Houf of the Ohio University faculty will address members of Class Six First M E Church Sunday morning. Dr Houf has for months led the instruction of this class of men.
Ohio lawmakers watch Washington action as the McCrystal Repeal Resolution seeks a second vote in the House next week. Six Democrats who voted against reconsideration switch sides, boosting hopes for repeal approval. Senate passes education and relief bills, sending measures to the governor or back to the House for concurrence.
Michigan entered the fourth day of its bank moratorium with calm faith in eventual stability. Reports from across the state show acceptance of the eight day shutdown and $1.5 billion in liquid assets tied up. Detroit allowed withdrawals of 5 percent, with $4.61 million taken as orderly deposits.
Columbus February 17. R H Miner Akron member of the Ohio School Survey Commission opposed the Mort Plan for financing public schools. In a letter to B O Skinner he argued it will not relieve real estate taxation as claimed and urged a constitutional amendment. He also said he could not study how schools could operate economically without losing efficiency as requested by Governor White.
The Senate adopted a repeal amendment that would abolish the Eighteenth Amendment and bar liquor shipments into anti sale states. It would take effect only after ratification by special conventions in states within seven years. The measure gives no federal police power over liquor trade and leaves control to the states.
Scott Durand, a wealthy Chicago sugar broker and husband of a W C T U leader, faces indictments with 74 others for liquor violations tied to Chicago's Gold Coast and Capone remnants. The group allegedly sold 86 million pounds of sugar to liquor makers, totaling about 9.506 million dollars in activity from 1920 to 1932. Durand and six other Chicago businessmen are linked to dingy cooking plant operations.
Jeers echoed as 400 angry farmers from Licking Fairfield and Perry counties disrupted an auction on the W. A. Hite farm near Thornville. The Newark finance firm sought to collect a $4 judgment on William H. Shell Jr. Articles worth $100 fetched mere cents. Auctioneer C. L. Sims halted the sale after persistent jeers. A hat fund raised seventy dollars to settle the mortgage and return it to Shell.
In Cleveland on Feb 1740 P Ray I Turk manager of the American Beauty and Barber Supply Co was identified as the man who negotiated with a Pennsylvania arson ring to burn the Ellington Apartment Building Inspector Joseph E Sweeney said. Thirteen people died in the fire allegedly staged to collect insurance on Turks shop. The identification came from Abe Redhlich an admitted arson member after grand jury testimony.
Mrs. Patsey Hoffman Clift, 25, wanted for questioning in the 2692 robbery of the Waynesville National Bank, was being returned to Warren County from New York today. She was arrested when officers intercepted letters from her husband, serving a life term in Ohio Penitentiary for the holdup.
A prowler tried to burn Senator Huey P. Long's New Orleans home and threaten the senator and his family. A night watchman confronted the assailant, pursuing him from the house with gunfire.
A Beverly Hills reader expresses strong views about deporting non citizens and praises Tony Cermak as a fine fellow. The letter laments Italian immigrants and recalls Roosevelt's 1932 campaign in Chicago.
The State Relief Commission urged Governor White to request 4,763,945 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid 153,444 Ohio families in 10 counties and four cities during March and April. The request lifts total 1933 RFC asks for Ohio to 4,389,405 with distributions across Cuya hoga Hamilton Summit Toledo Columbus Mahoning Montgomery Stark Trumbull Portage Perry Marion Butler Newark.
In Springfield on Thursday, 11-year-old William Bickel fired a real pistol thinking it was a cap gun, mortally wounding 10-year-old Carl Wesley James. James was the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert James.
Oscar Merri Hartze, known as Baron, prepares for a forced return to Iowa where hundreds of farmers seek what they call their share in the estate of Sir Francis Drake. U.S. authorities accuse him of soliciting funds from Iowa farmers to finance a saga over mythical Drake billions.
Rev Clara Price will preach at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in New Marshfield on Saturday night Sunday morning and Sunday night February 18 19. A large attendance is expected with visitors from Athens and Mineral expected Saturday night.
Leaders of both parties expect the House to pass repeal and send it to the states. Speaker Garner predicts ratification by 36 states with Arkansas set to supply key votes after a Senate win. The push includes a strengthened federal veto against liquor imports into dry states.
The Ohio Supreme Court took under advisement a mandamus suit by Doris Weaver of Cleveland a Black OSU home economics student demanding equal access to Home Management House facilities. The case targets university authorities and the provision of comparable resources for her course.
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