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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1933
Page
1
County unemployment leaders report dissatisfaction with relief provisions. Talks cite a $1.50 weekly base, 15 cent child add‑on, and $2.25 single men, with June 1 promises not kept. Officials note only 250 cases advanced. investigations proceed as local agencies continue to assess relief status.
Registration at Ohio University faces delays as the registrar grants late admissions. A large number of students arrive to enroll for the regular term though enrollment is disrupted, with classes pushed to start Tuesday morning in the auditorium.
Athens County and BQitary inspector will begin reviewing dairies Tuesday as new standards and improvements are discussed. Miller will assist in inspections and public health measures at fairy farms with marked details and official accord.
In BEVDF hills a satirical note laments that Congress has not adjourned, declaring no disasters or crises but mourning the continuation of congressional session as the worse development for the country. It is a humorous political quip attributed to Wil.
A Sikorsky amphibian crash near Glenview Illinois killed ten people aboard a World’s Fair excursion plane. Six victims identified include pilot Carl V. Vickery and mechanic Harry Jacobs along with Edward Schaller J T Robinson Edward Fay and Stephanie Ogorer. A woman presumed among the dead was Ida Goodwin a 47 year old dietician.
Two unidentified men riding in a Michigan registered truck were burned to death when their vehicle plunged through a bridge over the Huron River near Milan. The driver and companion were pinned in the wreckage of the heavily loaded trailer.
A Kentucky mule ride along a mountain road ends in a daylight robbery as four men steal $2,647 from Burnham Skidmore and his wife, with a relative recounting the tale to Covington police and hinting two suspects may seek refuge in greater Cincinnati.
Cincinnati reports a six year old, Brownie Rachat, who dropped a shelled popcorn kernel into his ear. He heard a muffled explosion and was brought to General Hospital where surgeons removed the popcorn with a probe. Doctors call the incident scientifically factual and note heat can affect ear tissue.
Columbus today faced a fresh push on the administration tax package as Governor White and leaders of the House and Senate prepared to decide strategy for a decisive tax vote. The plan includes a 40 million dollar sales tax and other revenue changes, with a potential special fall session if needed.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, head of the U S delegation to the World Economic Conference, says the United States is prepared to consider any method to reduce tariff barriers. He outlines four approaches: general revision, small horizontal reductions, regional reductions, and bilateral bargaining.
Balfe MacDonald a 17 year old high school student confessed to police that he killed his mother Grace MacDonald in their Flint Michigan home after a quarrel over vacation plans. He said accomplice William Terwil lenger helped them flee to Nashville with $45 taken from the purse and the two then left town.
London reports financial experts from France Britain and the United States will meet to discuss creating an equalization fund for temporary stabilization of the dollar and pound. A definite sum would be set aside to limit fluctuations and would be used until spent, with timeframe ranging from days to months.
Moscow dispatch reports American aviator Jimmy Mattern believed to have departed Khabarovsk for Nome Alaska on a long flight. No signal has reached the capital as telegraph lines to Eastern Siberia are slow with 36 hours since his landing. Officials think the takeoff occurred based on elapsed time.
George White Jr son of the governor is engaged to marry Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Lawrence of Summit New Jersey. Kenneth and Cyril Buck brothers went on trial in Barnstable Massachusetts charged with kidnapping with intent to extort in the Peggy McMath abduction case.
Dayton report states Maurice D. Larkin Jr., 26, died after a spinal injury believed to be caused by a football practice incident at the University of Pennsylvania four years earlier. Physicians link the injury to his death occurring Sunday.
In Cleveland on June 12 creditors of the Ohio Farmers' Co operative Milk Association will receive no dividend. The Federal Farm Board also will not be paid its full $470000 claim, per a partial bankruptcy report by trustee James T. Begg filed in federal court.
The Mari eto Country Club near Marietta burned to the ground Sunday night. Max Devol, Central Ohio amateur champion, is tied to the club which started in 1900. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars with 10000 covered by insurance. Building stood five miles north of Marietta on the Muskingum River.
Cincinnati report notes a white list of establishments that refuse beer or alcohol will be circulated. The list will be distributed to delegates at Christian conventions in Cincinnati and to those who seek dry dining options at restaurants.
Washington June 12 Administration leaders pressed for quick adjournment as Progressive Republicans and some regulars balked at a move to discharge the judiciary committee on a bill aiding bankrupt cities. Senate split over.. benefits include industrial control measures a 3.3 billion public works fund and veterans economy change. Aiming to start reorganizing government Roosevelt issued orders to regroup and abolish offices. Senate authorized a rackets investigation in a separate measure.
The Roosevelt program, begun as an emergency plan, is seen by Roosevelt insiders as likely to go on indefinitely. Hugh S. Johnson prepares staff in the Commerce building while Joseph Eastman readies for railroad reorganization duties. Agriculture policy aims to lift farming to parity with industry through tax-funded controls, mirroring industrial recovery measures. The administration views the industrial control law as a lasting tool, suspending anti trust limits to permit coordinated wages and pricing.
United States aims to stabilize currencies reduce tariffs and raise world commodity prices. Great Britain seeks war debt settlement currency stabilization lower trade barriers and higher prices. France and Italy push universal gold standard and debt settlement. Germany targets debt charge reductions. Japan calls for ending economic boycott and continuing yen depreciation.
Ohio dispatches list causes of death over the weekend including drownings heat exhaustion and multiple traffic and air crash fatalities. At least 19 people are named across Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Akron Portsmouth Barberton Milford Canton and other locales with ages ranging from infants to seniors.
Camaguey Cuba June 12 4. Delighted Cubana organized fiestas today in honor of Captain Mariano Barberan and Lieutenant Joaquin Collar of the Spanish air force who landed their plane here yesterday 40 hours and three minutes after leaving Seville Spain Their flight covered 4906 miles with more than 4700 over water and was the longest over water hop in a heavier than air machine in aviation history. They found good weather all the way across and entered Cuba from the Madeira Islands off North Africa.
Fishermen along the Hocking River report a new poison wave Sunday causing wholesale fish kills. Bass were caught in larger numbers but released as bass season starts June 15. A farmer near Guysville hauled dying fish from river riffles to curb the stench after earlier pollution.
Rufus Cutler Dawes of Chicago president of the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition received the honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Marietta College’s 98th annual commencement held in Marietta Ohio.
At the London opening, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told 66 nations and about two billion people that war debts must be settled for global recovery. He warned they cannot be discussed at the conference but hinted at corridor talks as Britain seeks an early final settlement.
Alva Earl Neal 33 charged with unlawfully seducing a minor will get a hearing July 7 as ruled by Justice Milchiser. Neal is freed on a $300 bond posted by his father Charles D. Neal. Alberta Davis 17, the alleged victim, did not appear for today’s hearing, with officers saying she is believed to be in Huntington.
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