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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
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Fragmentary OCR hints at a feature on a feline labor era. The readable text references cats, work, and a historical perspective, but specific names, dates, places, or organizations are not recoverable from the fragment. The item appears to be a column note or caption discussing cats in labor-like roles.
Readable fragments hint at a local event or notice but lack clear names dates or places. The incomplete text leaves the main action direction and involved parties unreadable.
Geneva reports say 26 nations endorsed the proposal to reduce armaments by one third and ease expenditures by up to ten to fifteen billion dollars over ten years. Japan opposed publicly with others wary yet ready to consider. Britain Italy and Spain showed strong support while U S Hoover urged quick action highlighting potential tonnage cuts and naval fleet effects.
United Press survey shows Congress must slash unemployment relief due to funds shortage and growing jobless burden. Cities from coast to coast report exhausted funds and rising hunger risks this summer and next winter. Pittsburgh and other Pennsylvania municipalities face no path to add funds.
First degree murder charges filed against six men in the death of Luke Mary a 24 year old Atlanta Georgia Negro whose body was found in the Ohio River after being taken from the South in O jail two weeks ago. Those named were Taylor Napier Theodore Johnson 29 Garland Isie 24 Milford Massie 20 Clyde Ins 20 and Lawrence L Massie all of Southpoint. Murray had run put in jail on charges of threat yZ two white men with a knife.
Weland June 23 A U P dispatch says Judge Alfred L Steuer sentenced Louis Gehringer 42 to drink castor oil or serve 20 days in the workhouse for drunkenness. Gehringer drank the oil and later faced intoxication charges when brought before the court again.
Washington June 23. Senate Democrats pressed to pass a 2 billion unemployment relief act after a 13 hour debate. They planned quick action on a 150 million economy bill while administration allies faced a 57 to 19 vote on keeping a 500 million public works bond in the relief measure.
Contracts let for five county road projects totaling about 4273 dollars. Sidwell Brothers to pave New England Road 1100 cubic yards for 1584 dollars, Sand Rock Road 700 cubic yards for 1078, and Gabriel Pincelli to supply 900 cubic yards on Pleasant Hill Road for 1881.
Governor Roosevelt has drafted a concise prohibition plank aimed at expediting Congress to repeal with safeguards against reopening saloons. The proposed plank, described as direct and frank, contrasts with a much longer Republican platform and signals a move toward a brief, voter-friendly document.
Eight striking miners from Mc Cuneville near New Lexington were bound over to the grand jury after pleading not guilty to charges of assault with intent to kill. Named defendants include Peter Steele Richard Shipper Louis Northrop Charles Steele Fred Boley George Snider Ted Keck and Fred Phillips. They allegedly attacked mine owner Albert Groff on a road near the mine, inflicting injuries.
Ohio Governor White refutes mine union leaders’ claim that he and Adjutant General Henderson promised military protection for non union operators. He says troops remain only to restore order, with removal once violence and lawlessness end, citing assurances given after a June 21 meeting and a prior April 14 deployment.
In Brest on June 23 the salvage vessel Artiglio II recovered the first ingots of gold from the sunken liner Egypt after a four year effort. A five claw grappling arm dumped the gold on deck amid cheers and a minute of silence for 12 lost crew. The gold valued at about 20 million francs, with total treasure estimated at 5 million dollars.
Miss Alice Morrow sister of the late Senator Dwight W. Morrow arrived in New York carrying a child’s walnut chair hand carved and seated in cane bought for her grand nephew Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr before he was kidnapped in March. She wept as she displayed the chair to customs officers.
Police Superintendent Glassford proposes cities finance the evacuation of the Bonus Army. Two railroads have agreed to transport the veterans homeward for one cent a mile, with others expected to follow suit.
Two French savants demonstrated slow motion insect flight films last week. A satirical note imagines a mosquito with blood in its tummy traveling from Newark marshes to Boston, returning with blue blood. Classified ads advertise a camera deal and furniture sale from Mia J L Wilson Columbus.
Columbus June 23 A U S D A erosion chief told the American Society of Agricultural Engineers that soil erosion threatens most U S farm land with 75 percent already affected and 17 million acres destroyed He urged terracing as a substitute and noted erosion control experiments in Muskingum County Ohio.
The third trial of Grover Fleming editor of The Ohio Examiner on criminal libel charges was continued indefinitely by Judge J D Barnes in common pleas court less than 48 hours after a deadlocked second jur y. The case stems from a libel charge by Ed Miller superintendent of the Shelby County Home over a story titled love blooms involving Miller and a female employee.
Carroll A. Lehman, 31, was rescued from Alum Creek in Columbus but died en route to a hospital on Wednesday.
The National Open began at Fresh Meadow with favorites Gene Sarazen George Van Elm Mac Smith and Tommy Armour under strong spectator interest. Henry Culol and Walter Kogak teed off as the early groups started on the 6055 yard par 70 course noted for tight fairways and sloping greens. Experts expect a 202 aggregate to win the 72 hole event.
Logan West Virginia June 23 state police search for Mrs Robert Thurmond prominent in church and social work to determine motive and perpetrators. Her body found in weeds on Trace Mountain trail after being shot twice in the head and throat cut with a case knife. Police questioned Harry Robertson city commissioner president and his servant Clarence Stephenson. blood found on Robertson car.
Chicago police disclosed a ghoulish racket after a gun battle over George Red Barker. Gangs invade cemeteries to strip new graves of floral pieces, selling the wire frames to florists, while a caretaker drove off men seeking Barker's grave, which lies in a cement vault.
Mrs Lucetta Icenhour 4 died this morning at her sister’s Indiana home. She had lived with her granddaughter Mrs James Lewis 9 Oak Street and went to Indiana with her sister last week. The body will be brought to Mrs Lewis’s home Friday. Funeral arrangements pending. She lived in Carbon Hill and Murray City and belonged to the Rebekah Lodge and Murray City Pythian Sisters. She was grandmother to Mrs James Lewis, her sole grandchild, since the death of her daughter Mrs Joe Springer of Athens.
Hanning of Athens pleaded guilty before Justice Weldon to robbing the Harmon Filling Station Saturday night in Upper Sandusky. Judge Carter will sentence him. Three others arrested at Marion pleaded not guilty and will be tried.
Athens County Prosecutor John W. Bolin asked a special Athens grand jury to indict 42 persons mainly linked to mine disturbances. The jury, with 118 witnesses, began hearings at 9 am and will continue Friday with a report due Saturday morning. In nearby Nelbonville, calm prevailed except a single incident when a night prowler was fired upon near the Lick Run Mine.
A blaze swept two famous lake steamers and two smaller vessels at Detroit docks, causing more than $100,000 in damage. The Keystone, formerly City of St Ignace, and the Dover, once the Frank F Kirby, were nearly destroyed.
Canton officials report Diebold Safe and Lock Co received a standing government contract for 13 different types of safes. The announcement lists the new federal order as a major step for local industry and employment.
Beverly Hills column quotes Will mocking schemes to cancel debts in exchange for Europe disarming. He likens bribery to stop arms race to paying nations not to arm and questions repayment value. The piece frames debt politics and disarmament as a public concern.
Columbus June 24 Adjutant General Frank Henderson reported a gradual employment increase in the Eastern Ohio mine region. Bradley Mine No 1 reopened with 39 on duty in Jefferson County, Powhatan Mine grew from 92 to 105 in Belmont, Ohio Pennsylvania Mine added 15 to reach 157 in Harrison, Providence Mine had 80 workers, and Big Him Mine in Jefferson County expected to resume operations tomorrow.
Washington reports congressional wet leaders resign to two more summers without legal beer and two more winters without hot toddy. Lawmakers estimate July 1934 as the earliest possible date for any Eighteenth Amendment change with fall 1934 more likely, based on expected voter support for repeal.
Miaimi Florida June 23 Australian aviator Jeasie M Keith Miller cleared of suspicion in fiance Had en Clarke death was detained on a charge of illegal entry from Australia by an unnamed complainant.
At Auteuil June 23 fashionable women showcased crepe frocks and wool coats with skirts six to eight inches from the ground signaling longer styles for fall. Millinery featured hats with upturned brims and bows or wings and cutout turbans, worn forward. velvet dominated as a material.
Roosevelt leads with within 161 votes of a two thirds majority as anti Roosevelt forces unite with favorite sons. Indiana New York and Virginia may determine if Roosevelt can secure the Democratic nomination amid platform debates on repeal Volstead Act and liquor laws.
In St. Clairsville on June 23 1940 miners at the Albine mine were kept under cover after snipers fired on property from a hillside. National Guardsmen laid an ambush but could not locate the snipers. Rain eased tensions and later picketing diminished. Governor White had set ten day limits for returning workers to Powhatan where new hires entered the mine.
Stanislaus Hausner, stranded seven days on a downed plane at sea after an attempted New York to Warsaw flight, declared he would try the voyage again if given a plane. He was rescued by the Tanker Circe Shell in a dramatic rescue that prompted the city to declare a holiday in his honor.
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