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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1933
Page
1
A deadly train tunnel crash near Corning left four dead or injured and blocked traffic. Fireman and engineer were among the injured as crews explain single track operation and opposing trains entering the tunnel.
A jury in County Common Pleas found Bird was defrauded by a defunct brokerage last fall and awarded $901.50 against Knapp and Indemnity Insurance North America after deductions for a $214.37 check. The case involved shares of King Mills and 100 Oil Company stocks bought for Bird. The judge instructed the jury on conveying the verdict and allowed deductions from the claimed damages.
An Athens case reports an offender fined for posting liquor while under magisterial charge. The magistrate noted a suspension and the defendant’s name appears in the Watsons record, with lingering questions about the case details.
Fragmentary OCR reports a miner injured while digging coal at a mine noted as Gay Hui or similar. The broken back injury occurred during shift work and a responder case is referenced with limited details.
Columbus reports Ohio officials debate a state retail sales tax tied to a proposed 10 mill amendment. Sheridan notes need for a tax collection device and cites California’s issuance of metal discs for tax payments alongside prior plans for paper coupons.
A Rogers reader in Beverly Hills writes from Dingville Iowa to critique the rise of farm leaders. He argues leaders are a modern growth born from organization culture and urges fewer leaders and fewer followers.
The Fred McCoy barber shop and pool room at 16 South Court Street closed today after 27 years in business. Lee West of Greenfield begins installing four Brunswick bowling alleys in the Violet Building basement, ready in about ten days, while Farley Burdette plans a barber shop and pool room on West State Street near Court. Mr. Burdette, longtime associate, will run one chair and pool tables. Mr. McCoy will join Cecil Westfall’s shop in West Union Street this Friday. Mrs. Delbert T. Robinson, owner of the vacated room, leaves Athens today with no new plans yet. The city has had no bowling alleys for five years.
Congressman Martin L. Sweeney labeled Governor George White a spine less tool of the utilities of this state. He also charged the governor broke faith by refusing to back the Old Age Pension Bill to be voted on Tuesday at a Cleveland Federation of Labor address.
A charred body bound with wire and soaked in kerosene was found in a partly burned truck near Stony Ridge Ohio. The victim was tentatively identified as Boneventure Maran, 30, of Toledo, as detectives from Toledo and Wood County investigate the mystery.
Cleveland reporter recounts William Clancy city hall custodian noticing a stranger measuring corridors with a tapeline. The man claimed a con artist sold him space for $35 to operate a cigar stand inside the city building.
London Kentucky November 2 U P Wil Ha Station Pikeville reports circuit judge candidate Staton was freed after five days in captivity. He was found six miles south of London tied to a bush with his kidnappers having removed him from a house last Friday. A female abductor ally secured his release. Staton accused masked men of kidnapping over a dispute to withdraw from the race. He advocated the miners union and blamed opponents for his abduction.
In Saarbrucken the League of Nations commission issued stern decrees to halt Nazi activities amid French fears of unrest. German demands for the territory’s return have inflamed the populace and raised the prospect of foreign troop involvement. Nazi speakers urge revolt and children are shown giving the Nazi salute.
In Sandich Ontario a nine-year-old boy named Paul Hucker suffocated when sand poured down in a tent beside a gravel pit during a play incident. Rescue squads fought the smothering danger from 1:50 p.m. yesterday until after midnight, using a pulmotor that consumed nearly 5,000 gallons of oxygen.
State Senator William H. Herner of Norwalk prepared for arraignment in Columbus on charges of soliciting a $1,500 bribe from the Ohio Funeral Directors Association. He plans an early trial from his sick hotel bed, claiming a weak case but insisting on innocence. Witness Elizabeth Pearce is to testify. Prosecutor Hoskins continues lobby investigations and grand jury testimony focuses on textbook cost ethics.
A Dallas juror refused to eat at a cafe due to a sign advertising 3.2 beer. Asked if hungry, he chose to go hungry rather than eat in a beer joint during a trial recess.
Celina Ohio November investigation promised by P L Gaddis chief of the appraisal division Farm Credit Administration after conference with Congressman Frank L Kloeb. Gaddis said a complete probe of Federal Farm Loan operation difficulties would be conducted due to reported appraisal practices and values seen as too low by critics.
The Graf Zeppelin dirigible landed at 7:15 a.m. in Friedrichshafen Germany after completing its flight from the United States, marking the latest leg of its transatlantic voyage.
Louis E. Brooks a Marshall Michigan millionaire manufacturer was abducted and forced to open his safe. He was released after the bandits fled with bonds totaling more than 45000.
Plans for The Messenger annual Cooking School at the Athens Senior High School Auditorium. Miss Edna Ferguson will demonstrate cooking techniques and answer housekeeping questions from the platform for all city housekeepers.
Chicago November 2. Except for sporadic bombings and scattered picketing midwestern farmers ceased strike operations today as four state governors presented relief demands to President Roosevelt. Major cooperative farm groups ordered a halt of actions begun October 21 while awaiting the Washington conference. Two Wisconsin cheese factories were bombed and Minnesota Farmers Holiday Association backed immediate peaceful picketing. Minnesota Holiday unit president John Bosch said plans to tie everything up tight until farm prices cover production costs.
George F. Fry, 68, a farmer near Washington D. C., was killed when the bull he had sold gored him as it was driven into a pen for transport to a packing house. The incident occurred Wednesday in the countryside near the city.
Athens County must issue bonds totaling 17 052.50 to obtain 34 105 for November relief, backed by nuisance tax revenues. The State Relief Commission restricted obligations to half the allocation, with total Ohio relief expenditures near 4 001 692. Federal funds will match state money, tying local bonds to relief needs.
Athens County relief workers receive a county wide five day schedule to manage the large labor force. Belford Nelson announces the plan, with J. W. Wilson supervising road work and transport by county trucks. Reporting times vary by township but aim to reduce confusion and keep weekly order cycles.
San Francisco storyteller Bill Wardell, famed for “pulling down” a bar that April morning in 1906, dies still insisting his strength caused the quake and blaze. He told police he toppled the building by yanking a bar, later blaming the watch pipes for the catastrophe.
In Havana on November 2 1948 citizens faced violence and instability as bomb blasts and gunfire punctuated daily life. Rumors of marine intervention circulated while President Ramon Grau San Martin appeared fragile and Fulgencio Batista claimed power amid rival proclamations.
Two representatives of Secretary of State George Myers arrived in Cleveland to assist the board of elections in investigating hundreds of irregular registration reports ahead of Tuesday's election. A separate fire in Hamilton destroyed the core room of the Hamilton Foundry and Machine Company causing heavy damage estimated between 40 000 and 75 000 dollars.
In Ashtabula Navy officials began organizing a corporation to operate a 1 000 barrel brewery in the city. The action marks the start of a local industrial venture tied to naval interests. Planned operations and leadership details were not disclosed in the initial report.
In Clay County jail, John Winston Boyd, who confessed to assaulting 15 women, was executed by hanging. The execution followed a condemned status under state proceedings.
Renowned Shakespearean actor E H Sothern died in New York at 73 from pneumonia. He left behind wife Julia Marione who stood beside him in the nation’s stage history. A recent photograph of Sothern was taken days before his death.
Washington officials report a proposed 28 cent per bushel tax on corn could boost farmer purchasing power but threaten prices and quality of corn products. Industry reps warn the levy would raise costs for corn meal and syrups, with calls for a lower rate or no tax. Governors from five states meet President Roosevelt in Des Moines to pressure for broader farm relief.
Akron News Report states First Central Trust Company will be reorganized after depositor consent agreements totaling 26.316 million cover more than 40 000 depositors. Legal steps begin to release about 8 million in frozen accounts. depositors to receive 25 percent.
The State Housing Board approved securities by Cleveland Homes Inc to raise 2 million dollars for a 14 million dollar slum eradication program in Cleveland. The Federal Government will provide 12 million dollars if locals raise 2 million.
Dr. Ann Jeanette Erskine a pioneer woman physician in Ohio died at her Steubenville home after a brief illness. She began practicing medicine in 184. Erskine was among Ohio’s first women doctors.
Two men died when a ten passenger amphibian crash landed in Avalon Bay while flying between Catalina Island and the mainland. Victims were George Baker the co pilot and FE Macfarlane Moore son in law of the late Rear Admiral William A Moffatt.
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