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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1932
Page
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The Senate scheduled an afternoon vote on the rydings Amendment to raise 1.5 billion dollars for public works river and harbor improvements. The plan would impose a three cent per pint tax on beer brewed at 2.75 percent and would fund projects nationwide.
President Hoover urges Republican leaders to avoid the prohibition issue until the Chicago convention. He supports strict party silence to prevent factional clashes and defers the decision to wiser heads during the national gathering. Macy notes a possible shift toward wet sentiment in New York and across the country.
Hopewell New Jersey May 18 A sensational chain of fraudulent stories linked to John Hughes Curtis and Charles A Lindbergh may lead to misdemeanor arraignment and possible federal charges. Curtis’ forged tale included sea searches, calls, coast guard activity, and a fake ship chase, prompting talk of a maximum three year sentence and $1000 fine. The hoax also involved editors, ministers, and officials amazed by the deception.
The Ohio congressional delegation split on the beer taxation bill with 13 against and nine for. Four Democrats Mell Underwood Charles West Frank Kniffin and James Polk opposed the measure while the voting bloc for the bill included four Republicans Bolton Hess Hollister White and five Democrats Crosser Sweeney Lamneck Feisinger and Harlan.
Senators warn of riots next winter over 10 million unemployed and back a beer tax to fund relief. Coalition lines hold in the Senate defending finance committee tax rates while general sales tax groups push for a larger levy. If adjournment comes by June 11, leaders will know they faced a battle. Republicans doubt passage of economy relief and appropriation bills and fear a post convention summer session.
National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, led by Silas H. Strawn, calls for six proposals on prohibition policy. Delegates seek stricter enforcement and changes to the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act while discussing unemployment relief and federal regulation.
Shade hosts two 4-H clubs with 30 members from Lodi Township at Lodi School. Thomas H. Johnson explains the 4-H program and helps form groups. Nifty Needles 4-H Club, led by Mrs. Karl Cowen, focuses on sewing with 12 members. officers Bessie Bobo president Virginia Lee Frilse treasurer Lena Robinson secretary Rachel Wilson recreation Kathryn Cowen news reporter. Boys club pursues potatoes or poultry under Earl Cowen. officers Joe Bobo president Francis Conrath secretary treasurer Carlos Cowen recreation Roger Robinson news reporter.
The Millfield mine disaster of November 5, 1930, leaves unresolved coroner inquest fees in Athens County. Half of the $316.99 owed remains unpaid due to insufficient funds, while Coroner L. F. Jones received $173.70, the half due for services at the disaster.
Dr. Owen D Young definitively states in a letter to The Little Falls Times that he cannot accept the nomination for the presidency citing controlling reasons. The move shocks politicians who believed he would be nominated, though it appears not to be his choice.
A gavel carved from a tree shading Peter Navarre cabin and inlaid with Perry flag chips was presented to the Ohio Society of the United Daughters of 1812 at a banquet for state officers in the Commodore Perry Hotel. General Fireproofing Co. wins contracts exceeding 750000 dollars, expanding metal office furniture work for hundreds of local workers.
IRONTON May 18 Convicted on a charge of giving a worthless check for 3000 to Fred Wagner in the purchase of a piece of property Charles E Wilson formerly of Scioto County received a one to three year penitentiary sentence.
Lieut. Thomas H. Massie and three others are convicted in the Honolulu honor slaying case. Massie was to depart Los Angeles for New York by air and report for duty at naval headquarters, with news of future assignment expected soon.
President Hoover urges the House to approve emergency appropriations totaling 24,535,459 to cover deficiencies in War and Interior Department budgets for the current fiscal year ending June 4.
Washington District Attorney Leo Rover announced that Gaston B. Means will face trial on charges of defrauding Mrs. Edward B. McLean of 104000 dollars in a Lindbergh ransom plot, the proceedings to begin Monday.
Washington voters selected six national convention delegates backing Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York in a District of Columbia Democratic primary or vote.
On the National Highway west of Springfield a Tuesday night auto wreck killed Russell Garr 45 of Richmond Indiana and injured Robert Catren 45 of Richmond.
Henry Davis of Athens pleaded not guilty before Magistrate C. H. Porter to a grand larceny affidavit signed by Herman Luckoff. Davis was held on $500 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Monday.
Mass production of Ford cars at the Molotov plant in Nishni Novgorod broke down as a conveyor halted for lack of essential parts. The issue halted output and was disclosed by the press today.
Kenneth W. Siard aged 30 of Latrobe Pennsylvania offers himself to science after 13 futile operations and seven years of costly treatment by about 200 specialists. He has knee joints that stay rigid and after nine months in a plaster cast doctors could not restore bending. Siard has tried radium water banned by the government and now seeks mineral baths at Mt. Clemens Michigan as part of his bid for a cure.
Mine operators in eastern Ohio reject Governor George White's wage scale plan for reopening idle mines. R L Ireland states the group cannot accept outside control of wage setting. They define a basis featuring seven cents per ton for breast machine cutting, six for short wall, 2½ for hand loading, and a maximum inside day wage of 3.25 dollars for an eight hour day.
Three men robbed Noble County National Bank in Caldwell tying four officials and five customers and escaping with about 35000. They fled toward Marietta on Highway 21 in a Ford, after binding staff including president T. R. Hazard cashier A. C. Okey and bookkeeper Grace McKee. Authorities alerted as fire alarm drew crowd.
Eugene Swearingen two years old was abducted last night from Warrenton Ohio ten miles south of Steubenville after an attempted ransom of 500 dollars. He was recovered 30 minutes later in a nearby field wrapped in a quilt with a minor cut over his left eye.
Classifieds item notes buyers seek old bicycle scooter and wagon parts. A Nelsonville resident reports lost spectacles on Monday. Guysville offers outdoor paint at one dollar per gallon. A Clarksburg West Virginia resident seeks to rent or buy a four bedroom house near a college.
Washington May 18. A $100000 federal reward for arrest of the Lindbergh baby slayers is urged in Congress. Rep Douglass and Sen Walsh argue the reward would entice informants without further burden on government. House subcommittee to weigh measures to extend federal kidnapping and extortion powers. Officials note coast guard and navy costs to chase a Curtis hoax.
Ohio Supreme Court declined to review an Athens County manslaughter case involving George Green. Covert died July 2, 1943, from injuries after being struck by a truck driven by Green. The Common Pleas Court conviction for assault and battery was reversed on appeal.
Oliver Bell, 60, faces first degree murder charges after shooting wife Sarah Bell with a shotgun at their Hamersville area home. Bell allegedly claimed his wife helped him make liquor and told Sheriff Nell he would do it again. The couple had four young sons.
In Columbus on May 14 the Ohio Synod of The Reformed Church opened its annual meeting with a report on The State of The Church. Dr. George Longaker of Miamisburg read a section condemning materialism as strangling humanity and linking it to the modern home and its religious training or lack thereof.
The Athens Grange at the Fairgrounds will host a memorial program Thursday at 8 pm led by Rev. Ward Radford of Central Avenue M E Church. A memory drill features H R Jacoby, Clarence Shaw, Regina Kelly, Elsie Mae Kelly, W G Westfall, Ardith Westfall, Charles Woods, and George Snyder. Dr. B C Snow reads, with songs by Phil Briley Clarence Mansfield and Isabelle Snyder at the piano.
In Tokyo on May 15 reports said Home Minister Kisaburo Suzuki was likely to become premier as head of the Seiyuke Party forming a government resembling a fascist regime dominated by the army. Suzuki would succeed Prime Minister Inukai, assassinated by extremists, after talks with politicians and statesmen.
Mrs Catherine Thacker, 52, a Negress, fell asleep with a lit pipe in her mouth. She was badly burned and had to be treated in a Columbus hospital.
In Cleveland on May 18 National Repeal Week began with the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform urging Americans to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. Mrs Charles H Sabin and Mrs Archibald B Roosevelt led a broadcast urging support for repeal and wet candidates. Thousands of volunteers in Ohio enroll members, distribute posters and raise funds as state chairwoman Mia Amasa Stone Mather stresses public spirited work and national aims.
Johnson Island cemetery near Sandusky, where 604 Confederate officers are buried, passes to the U S government. The site, once a Civil War prison camp with over 3500 prisoners, was held by the Robert Patton Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Cincinnati, which bought it for $1 in 1905.
Beverly Hills May 17 Any time our governor Prairie Hay Bill Murray argues with the Federal Government over state control of products he will prevail. He claims state rights and announces acceptance with Governor Ralph of California of a gift, the world’s largest Arabian horse ranch from Kellogg of Battle Creek. The writer notes breakfast food and horses, signing as Will.
New York report says Jassie blamed John H. Curtis for failing to save Charles A Lindbergh Jr. and for hindering contact with kidnapers. Dr. John F. Condon, known as Jafp or Jaf, called Curtis a faker and said the ransom plan collapsed after Curtis claimed authority to pay 100000. The case notes a mysterious figure named Axel or John and upcoming grand jury testimony.
Toledo police pursue a murder case after a cryptic Latin note addressed to Acting Chief Louis Haas points to inmate 2100 at the Community Welfare House in the killing of Winifred Rafferty a 22 year old Rob inwood Hospital maid found dead on a lawn near the hospital. The suspect, a 31 year old man, was questioned and found to have no overnight stay at the hous and usually obtained meals on Rob inwood Avenue near the scene.
A county organization of Disabled American Veterans led by A. C. Smedley with members including Charles Goodrich Vern Kempton and M. A. Adams launches a Forget-me-not flower sale. With 35 members, proceeds benefit veterans hospitals. Flowers were sold starting yesterday and will continue for one week.
Cincinnati May 18 Roland H. a University of Cincinnati student ran in a foot race and collided with a pole while looking back at rivals. He fractured his ankle and was injured in the incident.
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