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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1933
Page
1
U P Ad officials disclaim any cause for alarm over a government led gold buying program. New York Bank purchases drive domestic and world gold values as 66 000 ounces of mined metal change hands. Prices rise from 11 96 to 32 26 per ounce amid government efforts to hold price levels.
Townspeople join Memorial services planned for Thursday at Millfield with speakers from Jacksonville M E Church and Chauncey in charge of arrangements. The field rites and speaking program are set for the afternoon as out‑of‑town guests attend.
A jury in Y Common Pleas Court awarded Southerton $1 407.60 after trials against Y and the Indom pany of North. Motions for new trials were filed as the cases proceed toward further court action.
The Public Works Administration authorized a 135 million loan to U S railroads with 84 million for the Pennsylvania Railroad electrification from New York to Washington and 7 000 new freight cars and 132 locomotives. About 20 railroads will receive 51 million to buy 1 000 000 tons of steel rails and 400 000 tons of fastenings at 4 percent interest. Eastman is finalizing the steel purchase plan after price cuts by mill operators. Officials say the program spreads money and employment nationwide.
Columbus November 3 United Press The Franklin County prosecutor Donald Hoskins probes textbook lobby activities amid an ongoing inquiry into the Ninetieth Ohio General Assembly The grand jury recessed after indicting Senator William H Herner on solicitation of a 1500 bribe Testimony about a textbook influence in district school elections and legislators accepting hospitalities was heard Herner ill at a hotel will plead not guilty when he appears.
Wisconsin farmers clash with deputies in Milwaukee Racine and surrounding counties as tear gas and gunfire disrupt pickets at dairy facilities. Walter M. Singler forecasts unanimous support for the strike with a Madison mass meeting planned this evening.
Literary Digest sues the New York Times for 450000 in US District Court claiming copyright infringement. The action centers on publication before the magazine final mayoralty poll figures were released yesterday. Digest notes its straw vote results were sent to metropolitan papers for release today.
Eighteen people were killed in eastern Cuba as floods from cyclonic winds and heavy rains swept through the area. Dispatches report widespread damage and evacuation efforts under way as weather systems move inland.
Washington dispatch reports Henry Ford reached a settlement with striking Edgewater workers aligning with the NRA Automobile Code. Ford agreed to collective bargaining principles and to furnish wages and hours reports, seen as full compliance with the National Recovery Act.
Two investigators from the U S Senate banking and currency committee arrived in Cleveland and opened an inquiry into the city’s banking situation. They will forward findings to Ferdinand Pecora, the sub committee counsel who has probed banking and finance for 18 months.
Jay Norman Kourt, an Englishman, rediscovered a wealth gold mine in Zacatecas State Mexico that Spaniards operated in colonial times and abandoned during the Mexican independence struggle. The mine, once mythic like Aztec and Inca treasures, eluded searchers for generations.
Columbus reports a 1933 motor vehicle registration decline of about 6 per cent from 1932 figures. Glen M Daily state registrar cites Bureau of Motor Vehicles data estimating total registrations at 1 610 000 including 1 390 000 passenger cars 160 000 trucks and 60 000 trailers.
Secretary Wallace says middle western governors find their price fixing proposal requires careful study. He will continue talks with five governors to craft a concrete, workable program to present to President Roosevelt, warning that national scope is essential to avoid unequal state advantages.
Guy Boomhower, 36, an Ohio convict who escaped 11 years ago, was arrested in Los Angeles yesterday but will not be brought back due to expense, according to Warden P. E. Thomas. Boomhower escaped from London Prison Farm in 1922 after serving eight months of a one to seven year sentence for grand larceny.
The Toledo Central Labor Union abandoned its defensive stance on local NRA compliance board representation and formed a five member committee to prepare its case for submission to Washington as it moves to appeal directly to President Roosevelt.
Premier Benito Mussolini prepared a cabinet reshuffle in Rome with a plan to merge army navy and air into a single defense ministry. Italo Balbo the air minister and hero of the seaplane flight to the United States is slated for removal along with navy minister Admiral Giuseppe Sirianni.
Hundreds of Athens residents heard a persistent whistle from B. and O. train No. 3 as a discon nected whistle could not be shut off. The westbound service returned to the station with the whistle blasting until the steam eased.
The Messenger School opens next Tuesday at the Senior High Auditorium. Miss Ferguson will lead four programs on homemaking, cookery, and kitchen equipment. Merchants join to showcase goods and teach using local shops and markets.
Senate records show Albert H. Wiggin and family drew an estimated 18.01 million dollars in combined income from 1924 to 1929. Wiggin’s personal and corporate earnings for 1928-29 total about 10.71 million, with spouses and two daughters adding roughly 3.4 million and a 1929 tax corporation contributing 408 thousand in income not taxed until 1930-31.
William Fagie aged 46 was fatally injured while visiting his estranged wife on a hillside when he fell Thursday in Martins Ferry.
One out of every 33 adults in Athens County seeks office at the election next Tuesday. About 600 offices sheathed across 14 townships with mayors, auditors, treasurers, clerks and constables up for grabs. Athens Nelsonville Glouster and seven villages vote on local and state issues with about 19 000 total ballots cast.
Washington dispatch reports six states poised to ratify the Twenty first Amendment ending Prohibition while municipal ownership of power plants and machine politics loom as major issues. States listed include North Carolina South Carolina Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky and Utah. Cities like San Francisco Knoxville Cincinnati and Salt Lake City eye results.
Premier Albert Sarraut told the French parliament that France needs a coordinated planned economy modeled after Roosevelt's system. He urged a general scheme to discipline and align all economic activities, saying France currently lacks such planning.
Ohio rural and village districts will consider 17 school bond issues totaling 715 thousand two hundred forty dollars at the November 7 election. Sixteen of the bonds come under the Public Works Administration program. Four proposals are from Athens County with varied sums and titles.
Columbus reports more than two million Ohioans expected to vote next Tuesday on five statewide issues. Election expert George Neffner estimates about 2,056,000 ballots cast with prohibition repeal delegates likely to win by at least 50,000 votes. Interest centers on county home rule, old age pension, tax limitation, and prohibition repeal questions.
Beverly Hills column notes Jesse Jones announces a bid to buy gold with no price limits amid a broad market reach touching Esquimes Russians Hindus Zulus and bootleggers. The author jokes about needing gold to obtain more paper money ahead of a looming political argument.
Cold northwest wind ends a spell of springlike weather across the Midwest. Temperatures fell from high November readings to 39 degrees in Chicago with forecasts predicting subfreezing temps by night. The plunge spread from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes as a broad cold snap moved across the region.
Cleveland nov 4 the defense attorney for C Stirling Smith and Dale Winslow said they will appeal after Judge Arthur Day overruled a motion for new trial. Both were sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary on two counts in connection with the Standard Trust Bank collapse. Smith faces further trial November 2 with three other bank officers before Judge Silbert.
A three story Brooklyn tenement blaze trapped nine residents in bed and killed them as fire swept through the crowded building. Investigators labeled the origin suspicious and are examining the scene for clues.
Governor George White announced he will vote for the initiated old age pensions measure in the upcoming election. He will cast his ballot in Marietta, his home town, next Tuesday.
Postmaster General James A. Farley in Raleigh denounces petty criticism and invites critics to submit better ideas to President Roosevelt. He vows honest consideration for any proposed faster or more effective approach to lifting national mood.
Columbus news reports Attorney General John W. Bricker ruling that adopting a 10 mill tax limit at the upcoming election would not affect real estate taxes due in 1933 1934 or for bonds issued or authorized before January 1 1934. He noted exemptions beyond the existing limit and tax levies not approved by voters prior to that date.
Judge Alvin J. Pearson plans to explain a personal loan of 108000 dollars he allegedly received from the Standard Bank before a sub committee of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association in Cleveland. The loan prompted demands for his resignation.
Reports from Grant Hospital in Columbus indicate continued improvement in A B who remains confined following a major operation. The hospital notes progress as of today.
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