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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1933
Page
3
June 19 coverage describes a Brian Young People’s Club discussion at Presbyterian Church on Sing Sing Prison. Speakers argued reform aims and community inclusion versus ostracism. The event included songs and scripture read by church members. attendance and involved names noted.
Off Cape Charles Virginia two salvage efforts contest the $5,000,000 gold and jewels reportedly in the Merida strongbox after the liner sank 22 years earlier. Captain H. L. Bowdoin leads the Salvor fleet with Captain John Hall directing the Theresa and Dan. A map shows the treasure locale as both sides pursue the fortune.
Poisons warning appears in an Adler ad advising readers to beware after meals. The notice mentions heat discomfort and suggests remedies from Quick's Store.
Three federal judges, acting as a court of review, heard testimony on the railroads appeal challenging an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling to remodel 47,000 locomotives. The petition argues the change would cost about 7.5 million dollars to replace hand operated reverse gears with power gears on 18,000 engines and to install safety steam connections on power gears on 29,000 locomotives.
Sylvia Milligan a 17 year old of Columbus died when the car she rode in with Noah Dellinger and Mr and Mrs Thomas Goble crashed into a filling station near Alma south of Chillicothe. Dellinger and the Gobles were slightly injured. The party had planned to wed in Ashland Kentucky. Milligan resided with sister Mrs Bessie Robinson at Eakin Road Columbus. Funeral in Buchtel Catholic Church Wednesday.
Police report a burglary at Dr. Harry Raden’s Hyde Building Public Square Nelsonville on Thursday night. About 75 dollars in gold, including wire bars and bridge-work, were taken after the door was forced. Two Athens dentist offices were burglarized the same night.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at the Dow Run residence for William Raymond Teel 26 who died Saturday. Rev. Lloyd Evans conducted the service and burial followed at Greenlawn. He is survived by his wife Bessie and his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Teel.
A dispute between John King and Diaz Vanney over a girl led to Vanney being seriously wounded and Merle Besser barely hurt in New Lexington Ohio. Vanney and Thelma Besser had recently married in Kentucky. King was jailed in Perry County awaiting charges.
Dr. C. H. Creed, superintendent of Athens State Hospital, will attend a Thursday meeting of the Eighth District of the Ohio State Medical Association at Rocky Glen Tuberculosis Sanitarium in McConnelsville.
Warner Oland returns as Charlie Chan in the new feature Charlie Chan's Greatest Case. Heather Angel co stars after finishing Berkeley Square role. Earl Derr Biggers provides the famed sleuthing yarn for this famous mystery series.
Paris reports a U S note on war debt will not alter France's position to suspend payments until a new debt agreement is reached. A spokesman said revision must precede payment, and talks expected after Roosevelt's return in July. France and the United States clash over sequencing of settlement steps.
New York reports a tobacco retailers and distributors code setting cigaret prices at 15 cents per package to return to pre mood levels. The code includes a minimum five percent profit on cigarets and up to 12 percent on cigars, plus wage increases if enforced and bans trading coupons.
Ohio reports list six fatalities from weekend accidents. A Cincinnati family mourns 13 month old Thomas Edward Riley who drowned in a paint can filled with water to beat the heat. Harold Young of Waverly died when a car door opened and he fell. Raymond Murray, 25, suffered fatal injuries after falling from his roof while cooling in the heat.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace outlined a cotton program to restore prewar prices and reduce current year production. It envisions leasing up to 10 million acres with cash benefits totaling 100 to 150 million dollars, and no definite action will be ordered until after farmer agreements are secured.
The Athens County Unemployed League ends its strike following a conference with Lieut. Ray Noble and Dayton Frost. Workers will resume road work tomorrow and receive relief after completing their daily tasks, with compensation under workmen’s rules if they work first. Adequate relief will be provided based on individual need after investigations, funds permitting.
The large unit of the Citizens' Conservation Corps, 240 enlisted men, four officers, and four noncommissioned officers, camps five miles south of Waterville near the Maumee River. Recruits from Cleveland and Dayton arrived after training at Mt. Knox Kentucky and will clear and improve land owned by the Metropolitan Park Board along the canal in Lucas Henry and Wood counties as part of a public park project coordinated with the Maumee Valley Historic and Scenic Highway association.
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