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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1933
Page
5
Elderly lawmakers face an overtime dispute as Senator Glass vows night sessions to push a bank reform bill. The reform debate lingers while questions of perquisites and idle comforts in the cloak rooms and chairs persist amid a stalled chamber atmosphere.
The Amesville school presents a student play with L R Seifert, George Timber- Grosvenor, Dorothy Dixon, and Gaylord Green directing. The week includes a study club reading on European drama and a Future Americans contest, with pupils and guests attending various meetings and events.
Cincinnati January 21 Directors of the Fifth District Home Loan Bank reported loans totaling 1 063 000 to date and that the credit line was increased to 16 659 400.
John T. White, who retired as Lawrence County sheriff in 1930, shot and killed himself on Friday in Ironton according to local reports.
Oscar Allen, 26, is held in Scioto County Jail after allegedly firing a shotgun to frighten his mother, Mrs. Pearl Allen Heck, 42, who died from the gunfire in Portsmouth.
Columbus report states 22 year old Lawrence Smith died from injuries sustained in an automobile collision Friday night.
Moroccan tribesmen pressed an uprising as rain and snow slowed activity. French Foreign Legion units were expected to cooperate with native troopers to quell the rebellion.
Secretary of State George Myers completed the rapid distribution of about 6 million dollars from motor vehicle license plate revenues. Cities received 1,491,900 and counties 1,501,604 to fund relief work and January payrolls. State Treasurer Harry Day released a year end 1932 financial report showing receipts of 98,214,349.80 and disbursements of 106,723,964.82 with a year start balance of 7,536,711 to draft.
The State Industrial Commission logged 74 fatal claims last month across 37 counties with 22 fewer than prior month. Ohio Penitentiary praise for Warden Thomas as facility modernizes with new cells and amenities. Legislature debates bond curtailment and tax law fixes while considering night sessions. Health data cites 102 influenza and 3,983 pneumonia deaths in ten months. mild influenza impact remains uncertain due to poor reporting.
Cincinnati January 21 The first unit of a barter center will open next week in North College Hill and nearby communities. A women and children's clothing factory will operate in the basement of the town hall as the first step with a bakery and shoe repair shop planned later. A farm unit for garden produce may follow in spring.
Two bandits failed in an attempted robbery of the Farmers' Bank in Sunbury Delaware County after firing at cashier Charles Armstrong. The men entered at 9 a.m. and ordered Armstrong to raise his hands before fleeing in a green coach or sedan despite fog. they left behind a gunshot through the counter glass.
Ruth Campbell notes rising ham supplies will lower prices and provide ready to bake options. She outlines simple uses from sweet orange ham casseroles to ham wrapped in rice with tomatoes and cherry glaze, plus leftovers transformed into a cheese topped bake.
An old style guide promotes quick hot sandwich ideas for unexpected guests. It recommends a good toaster, a lunch-prep tray, and a stocked fridge with canned or bottled items. Variety breads, open faced sandwiches, and mixes like ham with mayo, salmon with mayo, or lobster with tartar sauce are suggested for easy, appealing suppers.
The Senate approved a bill granting 350000 bales of government cotton to the Red Cross for relief work. The measure now goes to the President after House approval.
Walter Davenport’s study for a national weekly reports Canada’s twelve year sales tax experience. The regime varies 1 to 6 percent, with total revenue about 24 percent of taxation and 758 million collected over 12 years. Exemptions favor farm products and essential goods. Administration is simplified with 18 000 manufacturers and auditors, cost to collect a dollar under five cents. Canada avoids provincial double levies and exports are untaxed. Last year the tax yielded 42 million while overall tax revenue reached 294 million.
Columbus date line reports Ohio Conservation Commissioner Wm H Reinhart urges placing the 200 acre Osborne estate farm in Erie County under the Division of Conservation as a game farm for grouse pheasant and quail. He argues it would relieve taxpayers since funding comes from sportsmen license money, not general revenue. Other groups push for Sailors' and Soldiers' Home farming tuberculosis hospital or juvenile research use, while some oppose state farming competition with farmers.
In the North Atlantic 1575 miles east of New York the S S America Merchant rescued 22 crewmen from the Exeter City amid 30 to 40 foot seas. Captain Giles C. Stedman steered to the wrecked ship and one by one the Exeter City's crew were hauled aboard as the freighter sank.
OM reports a 10 cent cut in the price per barrel of all grades of Pennsylvania crude oil effective Jan 21, lowering price ranges in some districts to the lowest levels in 31 years.
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