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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1933
Page
1
Roosevelt and Litvinov met in the White House as U S Soviet relations continued to unfold with hopes for recognition. Officials indicated no firm timetable but discussions focused on the path to action, while public sentiment varied and no details emerged.
Police report two men connected to a theft ring were arrested after a plan to sell stolen overcoats in Columbus emerged. The suspects from Morgantown and nearby areas were linked to a series of recent campus robberies at Ellis University and surrounding buildings.
Fragmentary text details a local trio including William Johnson and Mark planning a hunting trip to a cabin along the Sear Frost area in Athens County. They intended to leave early morning and prepare provisions for the journey.
H N Burgett as general chairman conferred with dozens of team captains and workers at Community Chest Headquarters in Hotel Berry to finalize the fund drive set to begin next Monday. White hearted contribution buttons arrived for donors. Grange and Farm Bureau leaders organize rural participation. Earl Beckley and Harold J Rose join Burgett as co chairmen. An early bird breakfast at 7 45 am will launch the campaign, with a Friday night conclusion and a midweek luncheon on Wednesday.
Knapp and Company a Parkersburg brokerage and Indemnity Insurance Co of North America won their first decision in five suits in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Ernest E Ray claimed more than 3000 dollars alleging defrauded investments on margin seen as gambling under state law. The jury ruled for the defendants. Clark E Williams won 205.64 dollars in a separate case.
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation addressed the Ohio Farm Bureau convention in Columbus urging support for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration a managed currency and national planning and calling for opposition to farm strikes and violence He suggested that despite doubts about the NRA and AAA the sector is emerging from a low mood.
In Dallas on November 15 a wife lured rival Pearl Hall to her husband L. H. Boone's bedroom and shot her dead after admitting intimate relations. The killer identified as Mrs. L. H. Boone, whose husband is a wholesale hardware buyer. Hall was 30 years old.
Massillon reports that General Jacob H. Coxey, 79, long a candidate for multiple offices including mayor and president, announced a bid for the United States Senate. Chardon notes Geauga County country schools closed as 20 inch snow blocked roads.
The U S Dirigible Macon operated far over the Pacific today en route to an imaginary island used in a mock attack on the California coast. The exercise involved guiding an imagined enemy fleet as part of a staged naval demonstration.
Four unmasked robbers armed with two machine guns halted a downtown Charlotte mail truck at an intersection and escaped with four packages of registered mail. The incident occurred on Nov. 15 as the truck delivered mail through the city. Police conducted a search for the suspects and the missing parcels.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace argues that federal emergency relief is only temporary and calls for a permanent foreign policy and long term internal measures. He says the nation must commit to 10 or 15 years of policy and keep 50 million acres of land out of use, despite opposing interests.
WILLIAMS BAY Wis Nov 15 U P Astronomers at Yerkes Observatory say Jupiter may have pulled Tempels Comet and its debris off course explaining why the Leonids meteors failed to appear last night They expect a possible peak tonight and tomorrow observing best between midnight and dawn without telescopes.
The news service reports the U S dollar fell under 60 cents in relation to the French franc as the American currency hit new post Civil War lows, reflecting a weakening market for the dollar.
CAMP PERRY Nov 15 Onto snow banked highways today went Ohio's road patrol. Sixty patrolmen departed from Camp Perry and spread to district offices in Toledo Ravenna Sidney Delaware Cambridge Chillicothe. Patrolmen wore gray uniforms and began patrolling Ohio's 12 000 mile system. Captain Lynn Black reviewed them. Six lieutenants named to oversee districts. A state wide police radio system is under consideration. Merrell said patrols will warn first offenders and acquaint the public with Motor Vehicle Law.
Saturday fray at Cincinnati draws large crowd as tickets sell out. Atty Cris E Hamilton in Cincinnati secures seats. Jamillen reports Bearcat Athletics sold out. Don Peden W J Trautwein Dr Bird head lineup. Don Dowd to sing. Special 7:04 am Athens train to Cincinnati with hundreds expected.
Katherine Kelly faces life in federal prison after being convicted of aiding George Machine Gun Kelly in the Urechel kidnapping. She arrived from Cincinnati where she had been held and was placed in a new long term women prisoners section at Milan Federal Prison.
Belford Nelson, Athens County relief supervisor, plans a county wide work program to be submitted for Ohio Relief Commission approval. Projects include highways, stone quarries and sanitation aimed at cutting relief rolls by winter. If approved, workers will be hired locally and paid in cash.
Columbus Ohio November 15 Miss Mary E Hughes Washington chief of the Womens Division of the NRA urged consumers to act in support of the President The appeal was to the NRA executive committee and Columbus chamber of commerce officials She said manufacturers and merchants have done all they can and that women hold the buying power and must start purchasing to keep new employees in their jobs
Robert White 21 youngest son of Governor White was laid to rest at Oak Grove Cemetery Marietta under heavy snow. The service at First Presbyterian Church of Marietta was led by Rev. Edwin B Townsend with Governor White and several of his children in attendance.
Lisbon officials report Col. Charles A. Lindbergh sent a telegram asking to explain a plan to base regular commercial air service in Lisbon. The proposal envisions Lisbon Azores New York routes with seaplanes potentially enabling year round trans Atlantic service.
Writ of habeas corpus seeking release of Al Capone, Chicago gang leader, now serving a tax evasion sentence in Atlanta Penitentiary, was filed in Federal District Court alleging the statute of limitations had run out and that he is imprisoned legally.
In Kentucky a plan to enter the state into a four way race to ratify repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment is proposed. The Kentucky ratification convention is set for November 27 with delegates adjourned to reconvene December 5 as Ohio Pennsylvania and Utah hold their conventions. Kentucky would await the 37th convention outcome then ratify to become the 36th dry era ending state.
President Roosevelt named Henry Morgenthau Jr. acting secretary of the treasury in place of William H. Woodin, who is taking a health related leave of absence to Arizona. Woodin had submitted resignations but was asked to reconsider before the leave was approved.
Havana dispatches report Fulgencio Balieta, army chief of staff, ordered soldiers to pursue rebel bands to the death and take no prisoners in Orente Province. The capital remained quiet as government supporters criticized the United States for non recognition through Ambassador Sumner Welles.
New York November 11 Isadore J Kresel a nationally known attorney was found guilty today of participation in misapplication of funds tied to the failure of the Bank of United States The verdict marks a major development in a high profile banking collapse case with Kresel facing sentencing proceedings.
New York society gathered at a 26 room Fifth Avenue apartment for Princess Alexis Mdivani’s 21st birthday as she inherits roughly one third of her grandfather’s fortune from F. W. Woolworth. The event featured Dunninger the mind reader and a quiet display of wealth. The prince received $1,000,000 in cash and a guaranteed $50,000 yearly income under the marriage settlement.
Beverly Hills California an international tuberculosis expert says a remedy is in sight surpassing gold and even war in importance. The writer notes the medical breakthrough would crown scientists with glory once reserved for financiers and leaders.
Northern Ohio endures the coldest weather of the season with a frigid NW gale. Welfare agencies report many calls for coal food and clothing from distressed families. Two of three lake freighters blown aground remain secured but not in danger. Snowfalls reach six to ten inches as road crews battle the weather.
Paris nov 15 France offered Nazi Germany a choice between a friendly hand and a mailed fist as Premier Albert Sarraut survived a Chamber of Deputies confidence vote 295 to 1. He said France would not reduce armaments until strict security guarantees are obtained and will not negotiate direct reentry to the league of nations disarmament conference but will adhere to the league framework and be prepared to meet any coercion with arms.
Con rad H. Mann, sentenced to five months in prison and a $10,000 fine for violation of the Federal Lottery Law, arrived to surrender to the U S Marshal. The Kansas City man was linked to lotteries run by the Eagles Lodge with drawings that paid out over $500,000 to members. The government contends Mann and partners profited heavily from the schemes.
Ironton, Nov 15. Ard Bartram, 25, went on trial on charges tied to the death of Herman Moreland, 40, a restaurant proprietor. Moreland was shot at a lodge room card table last July in what prosecutors say was revenge for Bartram’s brother’s earlier killing. Moreland’s widow was killed here in October and Prosecutor John F. Porter faces charges in her death.
Washington aides unveil a $400 million relief plan to employ 4 million, with governors mayors engineers and relief chiefs arriving to review aims from President Roosevelt, Ickes, and Hopkin. Ohio seeks $15.67 million in federal grants for Civil Works projects to hire about 1,500 workers from Nov 16 to Feb 16.
Two steamships flashed distress signals from the North Atlantic as crews abandoned one vessel in heavy seas. Messages to radio marine said storms trapped both ships several hundred miles off the southern tip of Ireland.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast relief from the cold wave sweeping the Midwest. Temperatures were expected to rise across the region by Thursday afternoon. In Ontario the temperature stood at 18 below zero.
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