County Farmers Win Foreclosure Bid on Farm Property
The Cecil Kestner farm near Bowling Green was sold at foreclosure for 2 17 to Cecil Kestner after a 350 loan from City Savings & Trust. About 3 500 people attended the sale as a finance company offered the property for 99 years back.
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U.P
Cecil Kestner
City Savings & of
Bowling Green
Kest
Kestner
Finance Company
Cecil Kestworth
Deshler In
Kramp
Atl
Debtor Farmers Rally in Wood County Moratorium Debate
A 60-day moratorium was enacted by two Green City finance firms after an 800-person meeting led by Rev John Chaney. The event critiqued aggressive mortgage seizures and urged peaceful action while former Judge Kent Hughes spoke for the lenders. Court actions target Cecil Kestworth and Kramp properties as mortgage settlements surface.
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John Chaney
Auciing
Night Sessions Threatened by Senate Moguls
Senate leaders threaten night sessions to push action on repeal of prohibition, a 3.05 percent beer and wine plan, and a $500 million unemployment relief bill. Debate centers on Treasury Post Office funding and air mail subsidies, with a March 4 repeal deadline and potential delays to 1935 or 1937 conventions.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury Post Office
McKellar
Dem
Tenn
Bingham
Connecticut
National Aeronautic Association
United States
Hale
Appropriations Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
la Follette
Ohio Senate to Intro Three Tax Relief Bills
Gov proposes educational relief measures including a ten percent tax on admissions and a ten percent tax on cigars tobacco and soft drinks with milk exempt. The bills, part of a broader relief program, are set for introduction in the Ohio Senate to be in effect during 1933 and 1934 with revenue estimates around 44 million annually from the admissions tax and 5 million from cigars and tobacco.
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U.P
Gov
Ohio
Senate
Japs Bound Informed of Attack As Train Arrives
In a terse wartime dispatch unclear due to OCR errors, authorities reported a potential Japanese attack plan was signaled to Chinese delegates. The notice indicates preparations and regular post meetings amid mobilization, with unnamed parties informed of the threat and positions arranged for defense.
Scrip Correspondence Exchange Is Proposed
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan of Antioch College and Midwest Exchange Inc outlines a plan for a national barter and scrip correspondence. The aim is regional and national coordination to curb exploitation and misuse, strengthen business development, and reduce unemployment by making scrip a permanent national feature.
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Scrip
Yellow Springs
U.P
Arthur E. Morgan
Antioch College
Midwest Exchange Inc
Morgan
Insurance Firms Halt Foreclosures in East
New York life insurer and other eastern firms suspend foreclosure actions on mortgage town farms joining New York Life Insurance Company in the policy halt on foreclosures, reported today.
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New York
U.P
New York Life Insurance Company
White To Advocate Beer and Wine Tax
Governor White said he will advocate taxing beer and wine to raise state revenue if Congress and the state legislature modify prohibition laws. He spoke today while discussing pending anti prohibition legislation in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.R
White
Ford Briggs Plant Strike Breaks as 150000 Idle Workers Seethe
One hundred fifty thousand Ford workers await a Briggs Body Plant settlement while a thousand pickets march and 1500 flood the line. Police guard the plant as Salvatore Succi reports minor injuries and Connolly brands the strike as Communistic while urging continued production resumes.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford
Briggs Body
Ford Automobiles
Glass Banking Bill Moves Toward House Hearings
The Glass Banking Bill, once thought buried in the House Banking and Currency Committee, was revived as the panel agreed to begin hearings soon. Speaker Garner pledged House action if the bill passes the committee, while Chairman Steagall said banking reform measures will incorporate much of Senator Glass' proposal.
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Washington
Glass Banking
House Banking and Currency Committee
Garner
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Steagall
Glass
Senate
Sleeping Man Shot to Death While on Duty
IRONTON January 31. John Bartram a 38 year old grocer was fatally shot while guarding his darkened store. He died hours later at a hospital from a head wound. Police hold clues as burglars fled after a window was broken and cigars stolen. Bartram left a widow and four children.
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Ironton
U.R
John Bartram
Bartram
Sterilization Bill Shelved by Senate Committee
In Columbus on January 31 the Senate Public Health Committee rejected Sen. W. D. Emmons measure to sterilize certain feeble minded and epileptic persons before release from institutions. By a 4 to 3 vote the bill was indefinitely postponed, effectively killing the proposal after a lengthy hearing. Supporters included Dr. F. L. Kaiser and others. opponents listed T. J. Duffy, Bishop Joseph Schrembs, and Dr. Edwin Steddam.
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Senate Committee On Health
Columbus
U.P
W. D. Emmons
Summit County
Senate
Committee On Public Health
F. L. Kaiser
Columbus Hospital For
George Diaz
Springfield
Rose Beatty
Delaware Girls Industrial School
John B Ascham
Cincinnati
E. A. Brown
Cleveland
T. J. Duffy
Joseph Schrembs
Edwin Steddam
Counties Get Motor Funds
Columbus January 31. Second distribution of the motor vehicle revenue fund totals 2,959,300 with each Ohio county receiving 2,000 from the 5 percent equalization fund and participating in a 17,783,000 statewide allocation for road work. County amounts include Athens 10,000 Gallia 6,300 Hocking 5,900 Jackson 6,700 Meigs 6,600 Morgan 4,700 Perry 4,300 Vinton 3,700.
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Columbus
U.P
Georges. Myers
Myers
Athen
Gallia
Hockins
Jackson
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Resolution on Negro Students Admission Is Killed
Columbus January 3 The Universities and Colleges Committee of the Ohio House killed a resolution sponsored by Representative Chester K. Gillespie demanding a legislative investigation of Ohio State University over alleged discrimination against negro students. It related to a negro girl being refused admission to work in the Home Economics Department.
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Columbus
Chester K. Gillespie
Cleveland
Ohio State University
Universities and Colleges Committee
House of Representatives
The Needle’s Eye and a Messenger Classified Ad
A fable compares threading a camel through an eye to renting houses. It notes Messenger classified ads quicken finding tenants for vacant rooms and homes. An example shows Miss Benedum renting out her house after one day, with listed terms and amenities.
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Miss Benedum
Surprises May Be Expected in Next Cabinet
Roosevelt cabinet prospects spark surprise rumors in Warm Springs. Expected posts include Farley as postmaster general Perkins as labor secretary Walsh as attorney general and Glass as treasury secretary. Four ambassadorships settled to Baker Britain Bingham France Dunham Germany Howell Italy. Roosevelt heads to Florida yacht cruise while preparing delegations on war debts and economic issues for talks after March 4.
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Roosevelt
Newton PP Baker
Cleveland
Great Britain
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville
France
Robert Dunham
Chicago
Germany
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Italy
Florida
Vincent Astor
Bank Robbers Given Life Sentences in Sabina Heist
Three men Howard Wells James Clift and Russell Clift pleaded guilty to the January 16 192? First National Bank of Sabina robbery. They received life terms from Judge Frank M Clevenger in Wilmington Ohio. About $1700 of the $2500 stolen was recovered by officers. Wells was captured near Lebanon Ohio days after the crime. the Clift brothers were arrested in Monrovia Tennessee.
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Wilmington
U.P
First National Bank of
Sabina
Frank M. Clevenger
Howard Wells
Lebanon
James Clift
Russell
Richmond
Ind
Wells
Neola
Clift Brothers
Monpiis
Tenn
Robbers Take 000-Pound Post Office Safe Near New Riegel
A 000 pound post office safe was stolen from two stores and the railroad station at New Riegel, Ohio. The safe held under $100 and was found broken open a mile from the village with contents scattered along the road.
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Tiffin
U.P
New Riegel
Recent Happenings Do Not Impress Rogers As Being Permanent
Beverly Hills column recounts contrarian takes on daily news predictions from Jan 30. The writer mocks temporary headlines about California snow, French government changes, Roosevelt Lindsey talks, and Henry Ford, signing off by questioning open-business models.
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Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
California
France
Roosevelt
Lindsey
Great Britain
Senate
Henry Ford
Diverting of Gasoline Taxes To Be Opposed
L. B. Palmer president of the State Farm Bureau told Farmers Week attendees at Ohio State University that the state should not divert gasoline taxes or motor vehicle fees from highways. He urged creating a separate state fund to equalize school costs and allocate funds to districts lacking sufficient tax revenue. Attendance Monday reached 1084, up 300 from the year’s first day.
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Columbus
L. B. Palmer
State Farm Bureau
Ohio State University
Palmer
Alienation Suit Against City Inspector Dismissed
A $25,000 alienation of affections suit filed by George W. Jourday of Huntington, West Virginia, against Gordon D. Rowe, Cincinnati city smoke inspector, was dismissed in common pleas court after Jourday failed to appear. Rowe claimed he tried to reconcile the couple and had advised his wife to live with Jourday, who had deserted her.
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Cincinnati
U,r
Jourday
Rowe
Banks Putting Cash On Lee Pomerene
Washington January 31 40 P Chairman Pomerene of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation charged a Senate sub committee that banks are putting cash and credit in cold storage and refusing to finance the country’s railroads. The sub committees investigation centers on loans to the roads in relation to the Couzens resolution to withhold further advances. Kennedy noted some centers accepted by the corporation have no market value as they are not listed on the exchange.
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Washington
Pomerene
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Couzens
Myles Kennedy
R. F.C Kennedy
Ten Year Loan Proposed for Good Farmers
Senate hearings focus on a proposed ten year loan program to aid farmers through the Emergency Agricultural Ref inance Corporation. The plan includes up to 10000 loans to refinance debts, a three year moratorium, and lower mortgage rates to prevent agricultural collapse.
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Emergency Agricultural Refinance Corporation
Democratic Leaders Unite to Oppose Tariff Increase
House Democratic leaders called a caucus for tomorrow to rally members against the tariff plan to be introduced February 13. The move aims to bind the party to defeat the proposal in the upcoming vote.
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Washington
U.R
House
Aid Bill Discussed At Southeastern Ohio Superintendents Meet
Kenneth Ray reported on Columbus hearings for a bill to appropriate up to 3.5 million dollars to pay indebtedness of state aid schools. County deficits were listed, including Athens 178000, with officials from local districts attending and noting potential funding from the general fund or Highway Department borrowings. The measure faces Finance Committee review before a floor vote, and would bring relief to teachers and staff owed back pay.
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Southeastern
Ohio County Superintendental Association
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Ray
Athens County
Ohio House of Representatives
Columbus
John A. Lloyd
Portsmouth
State Highway Department
Chinese forces attack guards near Shanhaikwan
A Nippon Dempo Dispatch from Shanhaikwan reports Chinese troops under General Ho Chu-Kuo attacked Japanese guards at Chieumenkuo northwest of Shanhaikwan. Fighting lasted over two hours before the Chinese were repulsed. tension remained and further outbreaks were feared.
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Tokio
U.P
Nippon Dempo
Shanhaikwan
Ho Chu-Kuo
Chieumenkuo
Walton League Rushes Work on New House
Izaak Walton League members on their farm near the State Forest in Waterloo Township prepared one third of the logs for a 20 by 40 foot community house. Excavation is done and volunteers from the Athens Chapter cut nearly 100 logs over the weekend for the project. Stones will be gathered for two large fireplaces and a league meeting at 7:20 tonight at the city building will plan further work.
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Izaak Walton League
State Forest
Waterloo Township
Athens
League
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