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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1931

Page

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Local Issues Hold Stage in Ohio Elections

Ohio voters face a mix of local races and two state-wide matters the 7,500,000 welfare bond issue and congressional vacancies in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Farm Bureau head Murray Lincoln attacks the bond as financial bondage while not opposing the work, urging funding from taxes on amusements. Mayoral contests and city manager questions dot Columbus Toledo Canton Youngstown and other towns as public utilities rates, Sunday movies, and relief levies spark campaigns.

Columbus U.P Ohio Cleveland Cincinnati White Murray D. Lincoln Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Lincoln Toledo Canton Youngstown Akron Massillon

Miners Strike at No. 65 Mine in Millfield District

Miners at the No. 65 Mine of the L. D. Poston Co. Millfield went on strike again citing refusal to recognize the union committee. About 8 to 90 workers are affected. Talks of union organization are reported as not recognized by operators. The strike follows a prior halt over water in the workings with a five day workweek and a 350 to 400 ton daily capacity.

L. D. Poston Company Millfield United Mine Workers of America Sunday Creek Coal Company No. 65

Fewer Ohio School Bond Issues On Ballots This Year

Ohio voters will see far fewer school bond issues and special levies on the ballot than in 1930. The Bureau of Educational Research at Ohio State University reports 32 county district bond issues totaling 1 718 000 and 189 special levies averaging 2.74 mills, with 142 renewals. Tax rates for county districts drop from 11.42 in 1930 to 10.05 in 1931, village districts from 11.85 to 10.87, and city districts from 10.94 to 10.30.

Columbus U.R Ohio Bureau of Educational Research Ohio State University

Bandit Steals Cash Box From Regal Shoe Company

A police bandit entered the Regal Shoe Company store in downtown Cincinnati and held up manager William A. Whitworth, 31, escaping with a cash box containing about $500.

Cincinnati U.p-A Regal Shoe Company William A. Whitworth

They Kill the Bull but Wall Street Lets You Suffer

A letter from Mexico City contrasts bullfighting with financial suffering, noting Sunday quiet in Madrid and Mexico City between 4 and 5 pm. The writer asserts no stance against bullfighting, but critiques economic pressures and personal risk, ending with a personal sign-off from Will.

Wall Street Will Mexico City Madrid Spain

Borah Telegram Presses Global Economic Renewal

Senator Borah argues that world markets must recover and prices rise to lift the economy. He questions silver policy and urges international monetary stability to restore Orient purchasing power and global demand for U S surplus.

Orient

Borah Denies Silver Coinage Plan Amid Foreign Policy Role

Senator Borah rejects reports he favors a fixed silver to gold ratio. As head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his comments to a reporter clarify that he did not propose a 14 to 1 coinage rule, noting only historical production ratios and openness to reasonable adjustment. Continued on Page 4.

Senator Borah Foreign Relations Committee Senate

Come Here by Plane Ohio UI Fly To Adiens

Gerald Trainer a June graduate leads two companions by air to Athens after a Home Coming game. They left Cincinnati at 11 12 AM and landed at Rowland Field at 12 20 PM. Postgame air jaunt took Wilma Lorenz and Lawrence Colbert aboard with trainer’s circle.

Ohio UI Adiens Gerald Trainer Tom Halpin James Suretzer Cincinnati Rowland Field Halpin Wilma Lorenz Oh% University Lawrence Colbert Buchtel Athens Queen City

Pastor in Padlock Suit Threatens Federal Authorities

New York November 2 The Rev John Falconer Fraser a former raid pastor whose church property was cited in a padlock suit for housing a speakeasy vowed to fight federal actions accusing officials of stooping lower than speakeasies He criticized the charges in a sermon before church members where a supposed bird store hid the illegal venue.

New York U.P John Falconer Fraser

Mystery car at quarry spurs case into unsolved deaths

Sheriff Jess Larber investigates an abandoned car found at a quarry ten miles west of Lima. The vehicle lacks a license and its ignition key is missing. The掻 mystery deepens as last May 30 Thelma Woods and Earl Truesdale were killed and bodyed disposed at a nearby quarry, with no explanation. The sheriff sent the car’s motor numbers to the factory to trace ownership. Dragging the water yielded no clues.

Lima U.P Jess Larber Thelma Woods Earl Truesdale Larber

Clergy Leader Critiques Prohibition Raids and Politics

The pastor as special deputy sheriff cites New York City federal raids as a stunt. He recalls raids that led to a western city mayor's imprisonment, warns ministers against acting as law enforcers and against cleaning up dirty political messes to avoid being tools of politicians.

New York City Frazer New York

Germans Sign Up for Truce

Germany accepted the League of Nations proposed one year arms truce with conditions for universal acceptance and real disarmament. Argentina Jugoslavia Finland Canada India and Ireland joined while Britain’s acceptance was en route, bringing total to 31 nations signaling a hopeful step toward peace.

Geneva U.P Germany League of Nations Jugoslavia Finland Canada India Ireland League

Ohio Farm Bureau to Hold 13th Annual Meeting

Farmers gather in Columbus November 10 and 11 to discuss state and Federal government problems. A state champion Farm Bureau quartet will be chosen to represent Ohio in Chicago at the national contest during the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in December.

Columbus U.P Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Farm Bureau Chicago National Farm Bureau American Farm Bureau Federation

Sunday conducts explosive revival in Canton 20 years after first fame

The Rev. William A. Sunday opens another evangelistic campaign in Canton Ohio drawing capacity crowds. He delivers fiery sermons with sharp quips about Russia Stalin and American wealth. Sunday states no revival is planned in Hoboken and warns of future economic and moral decline.

Canton William A. Sunday Russia Stalin United States Hoboken

Cooking School Plans Made For Opening Here Tomorrow

The Messenger describes gifts donated by city merchants for visiting housekeepers at the upcoming Cooking School opening tomorrow afternoon. The event features kitchen equipment demonstrations, a question session, and a musical program for early arrivals. Mina Ferguson will give a lecture on new home equipment and health trends, offering practical meal planning tips.

Mina Ferguson

Prizes Announced For Housewife Cooking School

The Messenger cooking school prizes include Rauch’s Bakery loaf for 30 days, a table lamp by G W Hopkins, a Ray-Glo heater, five house frocks, a Varsity Beauty Shop permanent wave, two Hand craft egg cooker sets, a Southern Ohio Electric egg cooker set, Enna Jettick shoes by Coes Cash Shoe Store, $5 dry cleaning at American Dry Cleaners, six cup dripolator and accessories, two Dorothy Gray gift sets, four magazine racks and eight swing picture frames by Home Furnishing Company, a Venetian glass vase, and books from Logan’s Book & News Store.

Messenger Cooking School Rauch’'s G. W. Hopkins Ray-Glo Corporation D. Zenner C Company Permanent Wave Varsity Beauty Shop Southern Ohio Electric Company Enna Jettick Coe

Notable Miss Ferguson Kitchen Session Opens in Athens

The Messenger with local merchants presents Miss Ferguson in a four day cooking school to start tomorrow at two o clock. All housekeepers may attend free of charge with no tickets or reserved seats. Attendees should bring a pencil and notebook as stage tips and daily printed recipe leaflets will be shared.

Messenger Miss Ferguson Athens High School Ohio University C. C. Robinson School of Muale Raife Opera Comingue Company New York City Alumni Memorial Auditorium Abbey Theater Irish Players Mme Sigrid Onegin Robert Goldsand Maurice Hindus Neil Thomas Robinson Lydia von Giler Athena Robert Goldland Austria Hindus Soviet Republic

Apache youth Golney Seymour confesses in Arizona murder

The Justice Department announced that Golney Seymour, a young Apache, confessed to participating in the murder of Columbia University student Henrietta Schmerler on the White River Indian Reservation in Arizona last July. He said in the confession that he also sexually assaulted the victim before the killing.

Washington U.R Justice Department Golney Seymour Henrietta Schmerler Columbia University White River Ariz Bureau of Investigation el Paso Texas Seymour

Bull goring death near Bellaire shocks onlookers

Con stanzo Allietta, 59, was fatally gored by a bull he was guiding back to his farm near Bellaire. His 11-year-old son Joseph witnessed the tragedy in distress as the animal escaped and charged.

Bellaire Constanzo Allieta Joseph Allietta Tra B. Suter Ashland Parker Miller Suter National Guard

Edison heirs weigh contest of inventor's will

Norwalk Connecticut November 2 Mrs Merion Edison Oser daughter of the late Thomas Alva Edison may decide this week whether to join her brother William in a fight over the will of the inventor.

Charles William A. Edison Thomas A. Edison William TL. Edison Theodore Edison Charles Edison Norwalk Conn U.P Merion Edison Oser Thomas Alva Edison William

Heavy Ballot Expected as Local Elections Open

Athens County voters face a crowded slate with many contests in townships and cities including Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Amesville. Absentee ballots totals and a $22000 Rome Township School addition bond highlight a day of pivotal local decisions.

Week End Toll Heavy in Ohio Violence and Fires

A weekend toll in Ohio is heavy with nine dead due to violence, fires, and accidental shootings. Reports include 72 year old Richard Stannah struck by a car in Lewisburg, 3% year old Mrs. Charles Cordes dying after cleaning fluid explosion in Napoleon, and 35 year old George Mooney burned in a liquor still blast in Cincinnati. Alfred Hendricks, 20, is also described as probably fatally burned.

Columbus U.P Ohio Lewisburg Richard Stannah Napoleon Charles Cordes Cincinnati George Mooney Lockland Alfred Hendricks

Desperate chase ends in fatal Newark gunfight

Desire for revenge against a bandit partner led Alemeco Sanchez, 35, to Newark where a police officer killed him after a hotel shooting in Columbus. Sanchez allegedly shot a man in a Columbus hotel, robbed a taxi driver, and wounded Thomas H. Trower at St Francis Hospital, who remains gravely wounded with a neck wound.

Columbus U.P Alemeco Sanchez Newark Sanchez Thomas H. Trower National Military Home Dayton St. Francis Hospital Trower

Stabilization plan backs unemployment, pensions reform prompt

Washington reports a broad American stabilization plan to curb overproduction and inefficiency. It calls for unemployment insurance and old age pensions, higher taxes, and a federal construction program, with industry guided by trade groups and a national approach.

Washington Commerce Department Sandumtry Frederick M. Fe Bureau the Domestic Commerce Bureau Feiker Hoover Tg Gerard Swope Pres General Electric Merce Swope Embryouc

Five Die in Cottage Fire at Ontario Home for Mental Defects

Five men perished in a cottage fire at the Ontario Home for Mental Defects in Penetanguishene. Police chief Allan McKinnon identified four victims as Xavier John Downey and Simmons plus two others. one name and several addresses were not learned.

Cottage’ Institution Penetang Ont Iine Ontario Allan McKinnon Xavier John Downey Panéa Simmons

Trustee Is Defendant Waterloo Township Man Charged With Withdrawals

Waterloo Township resident charged in Athens County Common Pleas with illegal withdrawals of funds. Suit seeks collection of $16,000 from Castor Bobo. case filed by County Prosecuting Attorney John W. Bolin. Petition alleges illegal drawing of funds from township ads and road work accounts.

Waterloo Township Castor Bobo Keat Athens County Common Pleas Cou Attorne John W. Bolin

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Head Arthur Brisbane King Features, Inc Idaho Washington, D. C Son Edison Miami Fila Farm Bureau Federation Billy Sunday Columbia Athens County David Johnson B. E. Armstrong Clyde O. Gibson G. O. Shanks P. H. Willeke Nelsonville Glouster Amesville Rome Township Dover the Plains Albany Consolidated Trimble York Township Opera Thomas L. Stokes United Press Hoover John Dewey Columbia Univ Rabbi Step! Wise Wthel Clyde York City Andrew J International Andes Bishop McConnell Churches John Ryan Catholic Welfare Ags
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