26 Feb 1932
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1932
Page
1
The British United States French and Italian ambassadors asked Japan today not to land reinforcements at Shanghai’s International Settlement. They urged moving Japanese warships downstream on the Whangpoo River to reduce danger from Chinese fire to the settlement.
Shanghai dispatch reports a large Japanese bombing force against Chinese air forces at Hangchow. Japan claimed 14 enemy planes destroyed while infantry and artillery pressed a line between Tazang and Kiangwan. Casualties among Chinese airmen unknown.
Washington reports a hopeful tilt toward ending the Shanghai embroglio as Japan readies 45000 troops under General Yoshinori Shirakawa and contemplates a neutral zone if Shanghai is defeated. Western troops could be drawn in if Chinese forces are driven into the International Settlement.
Mansfield case reports A R Ed Sorgen arrested for practicing medicine without a license after prior convictions. The 63 year old healer has drawn followers to his woods chapel and claimed a gift from his Swiss mother.
TOKIO February 26. Japan says signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty can help China by discouraging Chinese war loans and promoting merchant activity. The stance follows Secretary Stimson's letter and the League note. Japan's official view appears in its reply to the League note on Shanghai hostilities.
A paper on Speaker Garner’s desk holds 110 signatures toward a House vote on resubmitting the 18th Amendment. If it reaches 145, the House may vote on March 14, edging anti prohibitionists toward a public fight while the Senate eye the 4 percent beer bill. Both chambers stay dry for now.
A brief item notes Governor Murray calling the war effort a victory, with a small financial figure cited at eighty three dollars and seventy cents and a seventy five cent detail. The prose echoes today’s hopeful tone and a hint of good news amid conflict.
An American commentator warns Japan faces tougher odds in Asia after easy early wars. He notes Japan’s rapid advances through China and Russia and predicts casualties from Shanghai and Manchuria, while China’s recent internal conflicts test Japanese reach.
A quoted remark notes Japan has intelligence and courage but lacks cash. The speaker highlights three war constants: intelligence courage and cash, predicting financial strain for Japan as conflict continues.
The source argues Japan has little gold left and cannot sustain war on paper money. It notes silk, low prices, and a Chinese boycott as weak assets, but counters that Japan’s wealth has grown since the Meiji era and that China may misjudge Japan’s poverty. It compares past empires and warns China against overreliance on Japan’s apparent poverty.
A farmer sold seven lambs for 3.00 to a Chicago packing house with 2.25 in insurance commission and inspection fees, netting 0.75. The Agriculture Department found consumers paid 83.75 for the seven lambs, with the farmer taking 0.75. Senator Capper highlights high distribution costs in Capper's Weekly.
Mounce Byrd Pennybaker 91 former Nelsonville resident died suddenly this morning in Camden Hospital Parkersburg after a stroke. Survived by daughter Mrs Maude Fenzel and son Thomas Pennybaker, also daughter Mrs Hazel Wisenburgh Cincinnati and son Ross Pennybaker Miami. Mrs Fenzel and her son in law Mr Clay Millar traveled to Parkersburg.
Two autos stolen here this week were recovered in other cities. A 1930 Nash Coupe owned by T. W. Gaston was found abandoned in Columbus. A 1929 Ford Sedan owned by George Lowrey was abandoned in Gallipolis. Police connect the Lowrey theft to a car found in front of the Hot Dog Lunch Room on Court Street and describe the thief as a 30 year old, 5 feet 10 inches man in a light coat and hat. Authorities suspect the suspect drove the Lowrey car toward Athens before abandoning it after fuel ran low082
Robert L. Ripley creator of Believe It Or Not will be heard in an international broadcast from Sydney Australia Saturday at 7 30 a m EST. He has toured the South Seas recently visiting Hawaii New Zealand and other islands and will present cartoons drawn on his travels.
Funeral services for John Angie were held this afternoon at Singer Creek conducted by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Burial followed at Mid dlepory with local relatives in attendance.
Columbus reports optimism from Ohio Chamber of Commerce president Frank E. McMillin as he foresees a long gradual rise in the economy and potential peak prosperity within three years. The chamber also outlines seven points opposing a special legislative session and urging limited, targeted relief measures and fiscal restraint.
In Washington on February 26 N'gi the gorilla at the National Zoological Park fights a life threatening pneumonia. An oxygen chamber is placed in his cage as doctors and jungle experts oversee the crisis. The staff hold hope for a miraculous recovery despite the grave prognosis.
Charles V. Truax of Bucyrus, a Democrat and former State Director of Agriculture under Gov Vic Donahey, secured nominating petitions for congressman at large from the Secretary of State Brown in Columbus on February 26.
Beverly Hills notes Mr Whitney in charge of New York Stock Exchange fare and roulette tables mocked Hoover and Congress men. He warns if speculators sell what they have not got the exchange could close and stocks worth less would force sales like cattle or wheat. He predicts dire consequences and an Armistice Day scale celebration.
New York February 26 The weekly March of Time radio program will be discontinued after tonight's broadcast as Time Magazine says its advertising purpose has been met and further radio spending is not justified. Tens of thousands protested, proving listeners value the program. Time argues radio's ads are its main offering unlike newspapers which sell ad space to fund news.
Spring prompts home upgrades as costs ease and labor remains plentiful. The Messenger announces a 20 page annual Build ing and Modernizing Edition with tips on painting papering and remodeling plus news on a regional highway program. Readers urged to pick up the paper on February 28.
Reporter Jane Warner notes a crowd of male students and visiting fans filling Athens streets during the two day county basketball tournament. Visitors in new spring hats enjoy meals between games while watching players drill and cheerleaders pose for onlookers.
Miners at Stalter-Easex mines in Pomeroy Bend reject a prior plan to meet operators for a wage scale by March 1. About 5 percent attended a Syracuse meeting urging no strike, hoping steady summer work through favorable Great Lakes contracts. Managers say miners will strike only if outsiders press repeatedly. union officials plan to issue a written invitation to negotiate by March 1.
Fred Farman aged 81 from Louis claims a lifetime of cartooning caused his house breaking and theft. He faces a sentence of one to ten years after admitting prior prison terms at Joliet and Stillwater. Farman presented Judge Fred L. Hoffman with a jail sketch as a farewell gift.
Bert Hall the American aviator and former commander of the Chinese army air corps will sail for China to resume duties with its air force. Chinese Nationalist leader T. V. Soong urged his immediate departure. Hall, a member of the original Lafayette Escadrille in World War I, sails from Los Angeles.
Probate court records show the will of Thomas McHenry was admitted to probate as of yesterday. The proceeding establishes the deceased’s final wishes and estate instructions for distribution under state law.
Operators declare they cannot recognize Unon and meet non union competition as five ton leaders press for an open shop stance. The dispute centers on labor terms and union recognition amid rising costs and organized labor pressure.
Nelsonville reports fail to bridge gap between miners and operators in the Hocking District coal field over union recognition and wages. The Business and Professional Men's League declares its efforts over as operators cling to open shop policy while scale leaders press for union terms.
Ohio growers were urged by E A Flemming chief of the states division of markets not to expand vegetable acreage unless they can market it. He warned against planting blindly without a plan for selling noting Ohio could consume more produced locally but imports have risen and producers must plan for state distribution.
Pedestrians in Athens shed heavy overcoats for bright sweaters as temperatures rose into the 50s. The Hocking River rose slightly from yesterday's 3.55 feet to 3.75 feet by 9 AM, with skies cloudy but optimism high.
In Portsmouth on February 26 Republicans of the Sixth Congressional District endorsed Henry T. Bannon of Portsmouth and Mrs. Clara S. Andre of Waverly as delegates to the Republican Convention.
In Wooster on February ? Hoover allies claim credit for economic plans, while Ernest L. Jahncke counters that Democrats are taking credit for rehabilitation measures. Jahncke accuses Congress of backing Hoover policies only to gain partisan advantage.
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