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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1933

Page

9

Annual Financial Report and Sheriff Sale Notices

A 1933 Ohio notices page includes Lee Township financial figures for Athens County, real estate auction details in Rome and Dover townships, two sheriff sales with dates March 18 1933, and a probate sale hearing set for May 13 1933. It lists heirs in the Fiasco Cole estate and specifies appraised values and sale terms.

Lee Township Athens County Ethel L. Shott Athens Ohio Savanah Rome Towit Inlet Rome Township P. G. Chapman I. A C. D. Gaston Isaac Brewer Guysvill Telephone Company Saia Guysville State of Ohio Common Pleas Court D. Jackson Jackson State of Dover George Koone George Koons Aliso Dover Township Okhio Solomon Border Sand Ridge Mt. Nebo Charles Stratton EB & Rose Mervin Leadmon Carl Leadmon Virginia Leadmon Virgie Leadmon Emmett Cole Julian St Parkersburg Fiasco Cole Athens Coun Ohio Arthur Cole Carthage Township State of A Range 12 Town 5

Messenger Beats High Water to Deliver News Across Flooded County

The Messenger staff and carriers faced severe floods as roads vanished under water. Despite two miles of muddy wash and submerged towns, 135 carriers and three trucks kept printing and delivering. Chauncey and Millfield readers received papers via boat, foot, and daring truck treks as floodwaters isolated Jacksonville and Coolville.

Marian Bush Snyder Garcia Chauncey New York Central Wilbur Grandstaff Clifford Grandstaff Jacksonville Buchtel Murray City Glouster Messenger Millfield Lewis Tracy Leonard Kirkendal Salt Creek William Grimm Trimble William Patterson Mine No. 6 Fred Weber Grant Glikey Bob Rowland Leonard Martin Clarence Martin Coolville Cowlville

Cooperative Marketing Clearing House Brings Savings

A community service page describes hundreds of people listing wants and offers to create a central clearing house. Direct dealing enabled by the cooperative enables substantial savings for all involved.

Gas Service Intact After Flood in Athens

Flooding along Stewart and Union Streets left three homes without complete gas service. Four gas company workers laid a 150 foot temporary line above ground to connect house meters to a regulator under water, while electric lines suffered no damage or curtailment, per Albert Johnson of The Southern Ohio Electric Company.

Stewart Union Streets Athens Gas Company Stewart Street Union and Albert Johnson Southern Ohio Electric Company

Widow Swindler Arrested in Brooklyn Case

George Solic 35 of Croydon Pa pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to stealing the life savings of widow Mrs. Anna Jonikis 67 Jay Street Brooklyn. He faces Sing Sing after fellow swindler Dusan Zekish 41 was jailed five years for grand larceny. The pair allegedly swindled about $15 292.65 and targeted cities including Ravenna Dayton Pittsburgh Jersey City and others.

New York U.P George Solic Croydon Ravenna Detroit Buffalo Indianapolis Kansas City Cleveland Brooklyn Anna Jonikis Jay Street Solic Franklin Taylor Sing Sing Dusan Zekish Zekish Jonikis Dayton Pittsburgh Jeracy City

Calls on Pomerene To Make Apologies

Former Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion chairman Atlee Pomerene was urged by Rep. Howard to apologize to the House for remarks attacking publicity rules on the corpora tions large bank loan program. The Nebraska Democrat read into the Record articles quoting Pomerene dismissing publicity as damning and vicious as Lozier assailed bankers for the crisis.

Washington U.R Atlee Pomerene Reconstruction Finance Corporation Rep. Howard Nebraska House of Representatives Howard Congressional Record Pomerene Lozier Missouri National City Bank Senate Representative McFarlane Texas Pomerone Jonn

Japanese Cabinet Pledges to Retain Mandated Islands

Tokyo reports the Japanese Cabinet and Diet reached a united stand to hold the Mandated Islands, including former German possessions, against surrender as Japan debates withdrawal from the League of Nations.

Tokio U.P Diet Japan League of Nations League

Democrats Ready To Cooperate In Tariff Talks

Washington March 16. Government officials say the United States will give its full measure of cooperation toward reciprocal tariff agreements with other nations. The Democratic policy in power supports reciprocal deals and no change has occurred to date.

Washington U.R United States State Department Democratic Party Chicago

Chinese Air Forces Attack Reported In Manchuria

Reports from Mukden say Chinese planes attacked Japanese strongholds using poison gas shells. Twenty eight planes left Nanking with gas cargoes. ten reached Kaifeng and fourteen arrived at Kweiteh while others were forced down en route.

Mukden Manchuria U.R Nanking Kaifeng Kweiteh

Mystery Woman Drops Gold In San Francisco Bay

In San Francisco on March 16 a mystery woman tossed $2,000 in gold coins overboard from a ferry. Second Officer John Lipin said she alighted from an expensive car, boarded the ferry, and dumped a tin can with coins into San Francisco Bay while declaring money has no use. The coins spilled on deck and were recovered.

San Francisco John Lipin Luprin San Francisco Bay

Amesville Bank Opens Cleveland Named as Reserve Bank Reopens

Reopening of nine more Ohio member banks approved by the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. Amesville First National Bank is among those authorized to resume operations as of March 16.

Amesville Bank Cleveland Ohio Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Viet Telvdies Amesville, O First National Hanly

Blind Romeo Taken After Many Swindles

Cleveland authorities arrested John William Brewer known as the Blind Romeo a 67 year old well dressed con man who swindled 19 wealthy women in Cleveland out of 122000 He was captured in Boston after being identified praying in a church and claimed he lived to serve God.

Cleveland Romeo John William Brewer Brewer Boston

Germany Restores Old Flag by Presidential Decree

Berlin reports President Paul von Hindenburg issues a decree eliminating Republican colors from the flag system. The black, red and gold corner is removed from the war flag while iron cross symbolism remains. The Army cockade adopts black, white and red.

Berlin U.P Paul von Hindenburg

Baltimore Produce Market Poultry Prices Listing

A Baltimore market listing shows fresh kegs nearby and live poultry prices for chickens turkeys and hens. Small and medium birds are priced between 16 and 40 cents per pound with old toms 14 cents.

Packing stock and fuels for shipment noted in log

The entry lists packing stock No 2 Ie and No 8 1144 butter fat te with higher bases included and extra fuels. It records nearby ungraded ie seronds ite and Dueck eggs bulk 19¢ with shipping order details for Goose CyEs Ge.

Butter Market Prices and Poultry Rates Reported

Market notes show butter firm at 22 percent with standards and extras. Poultry prices list heavy fowl leghorn springers lo poultry items with 12 to 19 cents per unit and ducks geese turkeys under 16 pounds priced. Potatoes from Ohio New York and Pennsylvania offered in sacks and bushels with cobbler and round whites partly graded.

Ohio New York

Chicago Produce Market Prices and Receipts Report

Chicago produce market shows firm prices with gains around 4 percent and strong receipts. Firsts and extras vary by item with noted 13 percent rise for some lines and 19 Wisconsin items listed among current receipts amid market firming.

Chicago

Scrambled Poultry Trade List From Southern Ohio Markets

A fragmented OCR entry lists poultry items by breed and price including leghorns, leghorn springs, colored hens, old fowls, and turkeys. Mentions regions in Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky with assorted percentages and per-unit costs. The text is garbled and hard to parse, but centers on live poultry and prices in a regional market.

Gene Othe

Butter and egg market bids and ship orders

The notice lists butter packing stock No 2 and No 9 lic butter fat with steady prices. It mentions ducks eggs bulk 1 cent and goose eggs 60 cents with shipping orders and nearby ungraded lots.

Live Stock Market Report Pittsburgh Receipts and Prices

The Pittsburgh livestock market shows mixed to lower trends across animals. Hogs 180 to 250 pounds at 4.20 to 4.10. 260 to 297 pounds at 4.44 to 4.10. underweights and sows at 2.50 to 3.25. Cattle receipts 350 head, calves 300. steers and heifers light weight around 4.10 to 5.05, fat cows 2.50 to 2.75, bulls 2.75 to 3.63. Sheep 300 receipts. lambs slow, clipped offerings weaker. best grades 5.5 to 6.0, plainer 3.5 to 4.5.

Western grown wools show strengthening prices in 64s and finer

Grade by grade prices rise for French combing 64s and finer wools with 42445 cents in the scoured basin and 13 014 cents for Ohio fleeces in grease 37440 cents scoured basin medium wools firmer at 56 5 and 48s 50s fleeces with higher territory grades. Some safes closed on strictly combing territory wools at 37g 46 cen scoured basis and some houses marked up a

Territory Ohio

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