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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1933
Page
1
The Ohio legislature nears adjournment as leaders debate a bill on liquor and banking. The Senate plans potential final action Tuesday night with possible gubernatorial signature and an emergency clause.
The article describes the death of a Troy resident connected to Ohio University and Alpha Gamma Delta. It notes her teaching career in Hia, her late husband Cline Moore, children Mary Ann and Charles, and funeral plans with services in Albany.
The Vatican and other church officials pressured for greater international unity as they discussed the League of Nations and world problems. The report notes ongoing debates among global leaders and possible church involvement in future diplomacy.
London dispatches report world Jewish meetings will influence Germany's economy. Anti Jewish demonstrations in Germany trigger economic reprisals with boycotts abroad. In England Jewish bakers cancel German flour, London silk firms drop German contracts, razor blade dealers halt trade. Louis Golding founds London society to combat anti Semitism. The Jewish Chronicle urges total boycott of German goods. Similar actions reported in Europe and the Americas.
Orthodox Jews of America were urged to observe Monday March 27 as a day of prayer and fasting in protest against Hitlerite atrocities in Germany. Rabbi Eliezer Silver, leader of the Orthodox Rabbis of North America, issued the proclamation stressing the inquisition against German brethren and unprecedented Jewish suffering.
Charles E. Mitchell once chairman of National City Bank faces federal indictment for evading income taxes for 1929. Prosecutors say he had a net income of 2.82 million dollars that year while reporting a loss and paying no tax.
Youngstown report says Trumbull County authorities suspend the search for Peter Myers Jr., 15, of Masury, until midnight to allow the abductors to contact the boy’s parents. Sheriff Roy Hardman ordered the pause, citing belief the kidnapers avoided communication to avoid capture.
Herbert Hoover told Stanford University academic council that speeches are futile as vote getters. The former president smiled and joked after recalling his six months of campaign speeches.
Henry Reuge a traveling salesman long known in the district was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in a hotel bathroom at 12 30 p m in Nelsonville Ohio. He was between 65 and 79 and had worked in southeastern Ohio for 35 years for the Monypenny Hammond Company. His wife and two children reside in Columbus. Coroner L F Jones was summoned.
Greenwich officials praised a 30 day jail sentence for Fred Duffy who was found inside the private game preserve of Percy A Rockefeller and William G Rockefeller while seeking a possum. Duffy stated I haven't had anything to eat for ten days, judge.
The Federal Reserve’s weekly report shows a strong rise in gold reserves with $181.5 million flowing back to central banks, lifting gold reserves to the highest since February. Money in circulation fell as cash returned to banks. emergency notes were limited and printing tempo dropped as demand eased.
Chicagoans anticipate a citywide celebration as midnight marks the legal rollout of beer after Prohibition. Hotels plan all night festivities, brewers mobilize fleets, and bartenders are rehired for immediate service after 12:01 a.m. on April 7. Atlas notes 100 trucks ready.Prima and Schoenhofen also mobilize large deliveries to downtown venues.
Cleveland banks push for a government style deposit guarantee as Union Trust and Guardian Trust outline reorganization plans. The plans follow Detroit precedents with Reconstruction Finance Corp loans or preferred stock subscriptions as security.
Washington inaction on a 3.2 percent beer bill spurs a House vote to allow Capitol dining rooms to sell the brew while Senate hearings loom. Fresno and Sandusky grape regions lament no natural wine legalization, fearing renewed production and reinvestment in wineries as prospects for post prohibition recovery fade.
Howard C. Red Miller a former Toledo policeman of eight years on the force was arrested in Buffalo after being a fugitive since 1932. He is charged with the fatal holdup of John C. Herbruck 63 a local grocer. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life at the Ohio Penitentiary from which he escaped last year.
G W Fleming paid a $1 fine in Napoleon on a criminal libel conviction of Father Joseph Kaufmann and returned to Columbus where he said he would continue publishing the American Examiner, formerly the Ohio Examiner, claiming he suspended only due to armed men present.
Three year old Loramie Lansing, in critical condition at home near Storms, suffered burns after falling into a tub of hot water following the death of her mother who was shot by her son in law and who later died by self inflicted wounds.
Akron officials announce the Falls Rubber Company plant of the Master Tire & Rubber Company closed today leaving 2 striking workers idle.
Yosuke Matsuoka arrived from Europe and told Americans Japan is not answerable to any nation for its Manchurian actions. The Japanese delegate insisted Japan will not let hostile forces control Manchuria while acknowledging misunderstandings and propaganda about the issue. He noted the difficulty for Americans to grasp Japan's position and contrasted it with Japan's view of U S actions elsewhere.
Kansas City reports airlines will prohibit pilots from drinking the 3.2 percent beer while on duty. Railroads will rely on existing on the job drinking rules. U S district attorney Vandeventer notes the beer has similar alcohol content to others and may fade in novelty.
Ray mond W. Stevens, 59, accused of embezzling $140000000 from Illinois Life Insurance Co where he served as president. He fatally shot himself at his Highland Park home as trial loomed, after his father and elder brother were charged with conspiracy and embezzlement tied to funds used to keep open the La Salle and Stevens Hotels, built by the family.
Washington March 24 U P Common sense guides the new administration as it loosens strict letter of laws to carry out their spirit. Roosevelt’s example prompts officials to favor reasonable interpretations of emergency laws over rigid enforcement.
A political letter from Beverly Hills mocks Congress for passing a farm relief bill and pursuing unemployment relief. The writer jokes the law creates five million Democratic detectives and quips the act should be named after Sherlock Holmes.
William A Green of the American Federation of Labor testified before a joint committee that Roosevelt’s dollar a day forest work program smacks of fascism and Sovietism. He warned the wage could depress broader wage levels and spur competition with trained labor in the Ohio River valley and beyond. Senator Copeland urged an amendment to bar the corps from competing with other workers.
The Ohio River flood waters crest near Cincinnati and spill into Western Kentucky leaving mud and damp conditions. Cold, fair weather spread over the river valley as waters are expected to drain toward the Mississippi with minimal damage to Kentucky Illinois and Missouri communities. Hundreds of unemployed workers gained recovery work in the stricken area.
Two Medina High School students suffered serious injuries as a Tennessee truck trailer sideswiped a county school bus three miles east of Medina. More than a dozen other students sustained minor bruises.
NEW LEXINGTON March 24 4 A marriage license was issued to George E Middaugh a Junction City farmer shortly after his acquittal on a first degree murder charge arising from the hammer slaying of George Guysinger He will wed Mrs Ethel Dickerson of Junction City.
The Roosevelt administration pushes a 2 billion dollar farm debt relief expansion to be added to the farm relief bill. Opponents fear higher food prices as Congress weighs limiting benefits to major crops and trimming allotments.
Mrs Edward Donaldson of Ames Township died at her daughter’s Athens home early Thursday. Born Joanna Starr in Athens on Sept 3 1861 she and her husband Mr Donaldson celebrated their golden wedding last Thanksgiving. The funeral is at the Beasley home Morrie Avenue Saturday at 2 pm with burial in West Union Street Cemetery Athens.
Athens County Granges schedule a 7 30 meeting at respective grange halls with Merwin Mansfield and H R Jacoby announcing discussions on agricultural education issues. Members urged to bring non members to hear the expert speaker on current county and state topics.
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