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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1932
Page
12
Hocking County taxpayers league members urged county commissioners to discontinue funding the Extension Service. No vote was taken as no action on the request Friday. The local office runs about $2000 yearly with county share around 000, rest from state and national sources. Investigation suggests not more than 38 cents per farm annually would cover costs in Hocking County.
January report records the first diphtheria death in Salt Creek Township. Tepirt ienday, 2, son of Mr and Mrs God Tisdale, died after a brief illness. No other family members infected. Private funeral services held.
Quick's Cut Rate advertises Ru-Ma promising to relieve rheumatic pain and restore muscles and joints within seven days or money back. The deal guarantees disappearance of swelling aches and twinges with full refund if relief is not achieved.
Clinton Webb reports from Your News the society locals and classified notices for The Messenger. Circulation updates and contact details list D. Milnes and a local phone line for ad requests and inquiries.
In Logan on January 12 a trio of accused burglars withdrew prior pleas and entered guilty pleas before Judge Harley M Whitcraft. Ambrose Schrader Clifford Nixon of Logen and Edward Bainter of New Strattaville faced charges for breaking into L. E. Welker’s Cola Valley residence last month. confessions were reported. Schrader was set for trial Tuesday as the judge ordered indeterminate sentences to Mansfield Reformatory, with two indictments still pending.
Francis Williams Jr and Charles Holdren of Union Furnace stood trial in Common Pleas Court on burglary charges. Jurors were taken to the crime scene as testimony began with alibi proposals from Wenderson and Canty. Jury members listed include A L ONeill Thomas Hite Mrs Florence Monks Mrs Ilda Moaure Mrs Mattie Schaal Nelton Hantson John Nutter Porter Moore Cora Walters J M Melérim C W Barnes and Charles Price.
Residents of Salt Creek Valley near Haynes urge county officers to probe a Negro man who has been in the district two weeks. Deputy Sheriff Stanley Sparnon reported the man seen at two homes, late at night, asking to borrow small items, with one report of peeking into windows. A farewell party at Mr and Mrs Sam Rummmer’s home in Haynes honored Newton J Stoody and son Jeck of Kenosha, Wisconsin, who have stayed with the Stoody family. guests later traveled to Cincinnati before returning home.
Rep Sweeney argued for legislation guaranteeing bank deposits and permitting larger postal savings deposits. He contended the bills would restore public confidence and move millions of dollars now tied up in other areas into orientation quickly if enacted.
Boston cardinal William Cardinal O’Connell denounces crooning as a base art in a sermon to 3,000 Holy Name Society members. He blasts radio crooners as immoral, ribald and revolting to true men, urges better music, and criticizes theater and nightclubs for depravity and poor dining decorum.
In Washington on January 12 Representative Martin L. Sweeney of Cleveland introduced a House bill to accelerate prosperity by releasing hoarded funds. The proposal would raise the postal savings account limit for individuals from 2000 to 20000 dollars to boost active circulation.
Logan Ohio January report notes Logan High School basketball to revise lineup after losses to Pomeroy and Middleport. Coach Longley aims to find a winning combination ahead of Saturday home game versus Washington Go. with practice showing potential shifts. girls teams from Logan and Lancaster also scheduled, but little known about the squads.
Beef cattle topics will be discussed at two January meetings in Hocking County on the 21st. Laurelville Community Hall at 10 AM and Courthouse in Logan at 1 PM will host speaker Lu P. McCann who will compare costs, discuss feed and handling in winter, and stress sire selection for beef operations in Ohio. The sessions aim to inform cattle raisers about new breeding methods and practical improvements.
Logan January 12 A program for the annual Farm Bureau meeting at the Courthouse next Monday offers an all day session. Ohio Farm Bureau Federation president L B Palmer will speak, with Floyd Delashmutt of Columbus and H M Schull of Lancaster among out of county speakers. Local officers W W Marks and W S Yaw will discuss the New Tax Law, followed by reports from W J Stone Harold Chambers J M Meldrim W H Mowary and Lowell Irick. Delashmutt addresses the Farm Bureau Outlook for 1932 and Schull speaks on District Bureau objectives for 1932. A round table on the new tax law will close the program.
Logan January 12: Boy Scouts officials postpone the fathers and sons meeting from Tuesday to Thursday evening because one speaker cannot attend. Sam Williman Wesley Fesler and Richard Larkins will be present. About two tickets sold for the event drawing Boy Scouts and their fathers plus Rotary and Events Club members.
Jas Logan Dr Claude Lyon Clarence Blosser and Pat Sweeney attended a Sunday trap shoot at Chilliao. Lyon earned three awards with satisfactory results while others also placed, reflecting a successful event for the participants and organizers.
LOGAN Jan 12 After scarlet fever cases were down to three in Hocking County at week’s end two new cases were reported to the Health Department. Twelve year old son of Vernon Spicer Oreville, and a child in the family of Orla Fickel Webb Summit are the afflicted.
Ohio public schools will observe Temperance Day next Friday. State education director B O Skinner ordered a two hour program on temperance history and physiology. Rev John W Gorrell from Carroll County introduced the bill creating Temperance Day.
In San Diego Navy airfield maneuvers, chief pilot Nick Carter was killed and machinist's mate R C fhompoon severely injured when their plane failed during a forced landing. The craft struck plowed ground and overturned. a second aircraft was damaged during rescue efforts.
A Killbuck man James Stanhouse 39 faces a grand jury in Millersburg Ohio after admitting he chloroformed his two year old son David to end his suffering. The case centers on the alleged crime and the confession provided to authorities.
Listings show NBC source programs and guest artists for January 13. Highlights include Mountaineers, Nick Lucas, Sousa Band, Alice Day, the Goldbergs, and David Guion with his Orchestra. Archival schedule covers concerts, plays, talent bureaus, and School of the Air with various guest performers and times across afternoon and evening slots.
SHANGHAI January 12 A Paul B Crawley prominent member of the American colony here and longtime resident of China was arrested on charges of exporting opium to the United States. He allegedly conspired to violate Federal narcotic laws and sent 55 tins of opium to America on the transport LA S Chaumont. The opium was seized in San Francisco.
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