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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
12
The lower division of East State Street has been repaved turning the Athens entrance into a broad smooth boulevard. The two mile brick roadway opened today after seven months with plans for uniform trees and enhanced lighting.
Intense cold across Jehol Province halts fighting between Japanese and Chinese on the southern and eastern frontiers. Water cooled weapons become unusable, several frontier towns remain quiet, while diplomats plan to travel to Nanking for Geneva talks as Britain and other powers prepare to join.
Charles E. Glueckert aged 21 of Dayton and Marjorie DeLong aged 21 of Trimble, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles DeLong, filed an application for a marriage license.
Logan Jan 12 Hocking County 1934 appropriations total 75 425 09 less than 1933 with salary reductions of 43 004 20 and elective offices cut 1 407 60. Officials, including Hengst Yaw Armstrong and Whitcraft, see voluntary salary drops. Road and general funds fall by 54 920 and 14 396 03 respectively, welfare also trimmed from 6 700 to 5 600.
Edwin D. Ricketts and his son Frank visited Columbus to see Mrs. Ricketts still confined in hospital for injuries from a December 14 motor crash. Forest E. Weinrich made a business trip to McArthur. Mr. and Mrs. Merton James of near Columbus visit relatives. Edward Cook, assisting as courthouse janitor for two weeks, replaced Charles Stephenson.
John Bealer sues Green and Schults Coal Company in Common Pleas Court seeking damages and participation in the workmen compensation law. He states he was injured March 24, 1931 when crushed between coal cars and a motor, left totally disabled, earning $24 weekly, and alleges failure to contribute to the state insurance fund after his injury.
Logan announces William Frasch Jr of this city as resident engineer for Hardin County with headquarters at Kenton. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W J Frasch of West Main Street. Frasch formerly worked in the New York Central Railroad engineering department and last year helped with grade crossing elimination in Vinton County.
Glenn Smeeman, a 15 year fugitive, returns to Cannon City to finish a three year grand larceny sentence. His brother George A Smeeman departs for Cleveland to run a $75 000 music publishing business. Governor Johnson refused Glenn a 9 day parole as no provision exists.
Henry Begg born in Scotland and Joseph R. La Pierre native of Canada were granted citizenship papers in Athens County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday in Athens.
William H Smyth a retired Berkeley patent attorney presents himself as the original technocrat arguing he coined the term in 1919 magazine pieces. He shows a 1919 clipping beneath his photo and cites WWI War Industries Board operations as supporting evidence of technocracy’s social engineering potential.
The Ohio University School of Music announces a ninth annual winter concert series at Memorial Auditorium starting January 15 at eight. The lineup includes Miss Helen Hedden contralto with Vera Board, Ohio University Orchestra, Bennett Shimp violin, Phillip Peterson tenor, Women’s Glee Club, piano soloists Irene Witham and Bertha Schaber, the Ohio University Band, Paul Fontaine, and Palm Sunday Service by the Ohio University Choir. The 44‑voice choir is led by Professor C. C. Robinson, with the series also featuring a future Men's Glee Club serenade and performances in Newark, Zanesville, Gallipolis, Mansfield, Bucyrus, and possibly Medina.
The Greek National Daily Herald reports Samuel Insull arrived in Greece with one million dollars in thousand-dollar bills. A customs agent examined his baggage and found a small bag tightly packed with cash before Insull reluctantly handed it over. The agent noted the bag could not be left in the country.
Two Athens restaurant owners, Pete Asiniedes and Mike Patsestives, were arrested and arraigned after a crackdown led by Constable Frank White. Asiniedes faced three slot machines and paid three fines of 50 dollars plus costs. Patsestives and four others paid fines after their machines were seized.
In Vacaville California on January 12, columns of the International Agriculture Workers Union entered town and joined protesting locals. Fifty two deputy sheriffs patrolled streets while residents kept guns ready as three men James Albert Nelgar Robert Nelgar and A Espinosa faced Municipal Court for disturbing the peace after a December clash between striking non union fruit tree pruners and replacement workers.
Cincinnati police investigated a case after Nick Spinelli, 42, said he withdrew his $3,554 life savings to be blessed by three gypsy women who vanished with the money. The incident was reported on January 12.
Two men flown from Columbus to Athens by taxi fled without paying a $10 fare. They used a rear door to leave, then headed toward West Virginia. Names provided to Columbus police. Athens officers seek the pair.
Logan Ohio January 12. City council discusses a proposed light rate with Ohio Power Company to fit a 6000 yearly lighting budget. Officials reject a ten year contract, favor a five year term. lights would drop from 400 to 260 candle power. December reports show mayor’s collections at 14870.
Logan January 12 1933 Melvin Camp 20 miner son of Roy and Mrs Camp wed Marie Withem 17 at home New Pittsburgh daughter of John and Mrs Withem. Magistrate C T Stephenson performed the ceremony as the first marriage of the year in the county.
H. B. Welch of Hocking County joins the mines committee in the 90th General Assembly alongside highways and schools. He introduced a bill to standardize automobile license plate fees for passenger cars at a uniform rate and to restore licenses to the personal tax list at their actual value.
Washington D H boys travel to Logan to face Logan High in the main event of a doubleheader. Logan reserves meet Gibisonville in the opener at 8 o clock. The Logan boys also plan to travel to Nelsonville for Friday games.
William N. Guthrie aged 28 died at Lancaster hospital after a collision near Lancaster with a motor transport truck. He had many relatives in Logan and his father William Guthrie Sr once operated a store there. Guthrie, traveling from Columbus to Lancaster, was fatally injured in the crash. He had previously been seriously wounded by a gunman who shot him four times.
Logan January 12 Mason Jubilee singers a Negro musical group will appear at the Logan High School assembly at 8:30 Friday morning Junior High Students will join the senior high for the program Plantation and camp meeting melodies will be presented.
Logan on January 12 reports Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbeann is ill at his Hill Street home with influenza as is his wife Mrs Farbeann who is confined to bed with the same illness following a Tuesday attack.
LOGAN Jan 12 Mrs Scott Taylor McArthur admitted to Cherrington Hospital for treatment slow improvements reported in the case of John Tennahill Nelsonville Harry Keiffer Buchtel who is recovering from a fractured back suffered in a mine accident after receiving medical care at the hospital
Miss Hazel Armstrong is reported ill at her Logan home with pneumonia following an influenza attack.
News from Greenup Kentucky reports the marriage license of Edwin Fitzgers age 28 and Opal Wilson age 21, residents of Logan.
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