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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1932
Page
1
Athens County drives for the Community Chest show strong donations with new enthusiasm from solicitor visits. Business firms and individuals match last year’s gifts, funds inching toward a $15,000 goal as workers canvass homes and report rising generosity across the county.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reports 1.3977 billion dollars lent in its first nine months to aid agriculture, industry and employment. Opened Feb 2, commitments total 1.8437 billion by Oct 31 with disbursements and cancellations noted.
President Hoover's special train passed through Athens for the third time in a month. The event drew a much smaller crowd last night with fewer than 50 spectators as the two locomotives and nine cars halted at 10 17 PM for four minutes. The party remained largely unseen behind curtains in the last car while the Washington bound train trailed about 12 minutes behind.
Maurice Maschke longtime CuyaHoga County Republican leader said he will stay in active leadership as long as he remains useful to the party. He spoke at a Ward Leaders Association dinner amid retirement rumors and strong applause.
Records show Mrs. Catherine Sherry of Spencer West Virginia died here Tuesday at age 107. Born in Pennsylvania, she lived a long life marked by her birth in the Keystone State.
Emmett Parker of Athens was arrested Tuesday night by Athens police on intoxication charges. He will be arraigned before Mayor Robart Wood today.
G Huntress executive secretary of the National Coal Association urged opposition to the Davis Coal Hill bill. He warned that passage would lead to federal control of basic industries and said the UMWA drafted the bill with government aid to recruit miners. He cited union finances and aggressive organizing as risks to private enterprise.
The Junior High Four Square Club met at noon Tuesday with sponsor Clarence Samford. Officers announced: Orville Pierce chief ranger, John Frost deputy, Fred Krecker recorder, Ernest Gross treasurer. A wiener roast is set for Thursday at 4 45 p.m. with a hike to Canes north of Athens.
Two men forced entry at the Chestnut Hill home of Mr and Mrs G Harrison Frazier and their maid Elizabeth Cattin. They threatened torture and escaped with more than $9,000 in jewels and cash after demanding the hiding place.
Springfield reports the House of Representatives forwarded a resolution to Gov. Louis L. Emerson urging a special session to consider repealing Illinois state prohibition law.
Settlement on 1932 personal tax in Athens County treasurer G D Gorham’s office involves rechecking individual amounts by district. First half collections totaled 45 486 92 with 23 17297 general and 22 31396 classified. Concluding payment 41 92012 includes 25 78479 general and 16 13533 classified. December 1932 real estate tax collection delayed until rate set. about 20 000 receipts must be prepared with names, property descriptions, and special assessments.
John Redi Downing, 42, confessed killer of Marie Bonzo, 44, goes on trial for life in criminal court Columbus. Bonzo was beaten to death with a steering wheel and ginger ale bottle in her basement on October 25. Downing, a pardoned convict, confessed to prosecutor Don Hotchins the same night.
In Springfield Illinois on November 16 a protest by Progressing Miners of America pickets clashed with guards at the Andrews Mine of Peabody Coal. Engineer Robert Chrisp was shot in the shoulder and hospitalized. A second miner was injured lightly. both were said to be affiliated with United Mine Workers.
An oyster supper to benefit Chage Church is announced for Saturday evening November 16. Proceeds support church activities and programs.
Frances Baker 91 claims third cousin link to Abraham Lincoln and is identified as a community fund ward in Denver. She recalls Lincoln aiding harvest with her father, notes her mother Adeline Hanks was Nancy Hanks's cousin, and she cares for a child in exchange for shelter and charity meals.
Washington reports United Press tabulations show at least one million more ballots cast than any prior election, with totals near 37.9 million and about 500 thousand votes still to be counted. Roosevelt leads Hoover with 21,682,858 to 16,226,684, Norman Thomas 824,406, and Toonevelt’s plurality 6,456,254 as Ohio reports Hoover 1,224,031 and Roosevelt 1,298,784.
In Toledo the city faced a record November blizzard with nine inches of snow. Streets and traffic were paralyzed as William Debree, the street commissioner, mobilized 70 trucks and 300 workers plus 40 more from the welfare and other departments to clear paths for residents trapped by the storm.
The body of Charles E. Potter 14 an electrician at Dam 14 in the Ohio River was recovered Monday afternoon near Buckleys Island after going missing Oct 21 while repairing a light on a pier. Potter brother of George A Potter of 108 Knox Street had previously drowned at Dam 14 above Clarington two weeks earlier.
A cold front moves in with rain turning to snow across the region. The northern state already reports snow with high temperatures yesterday around 58 and a noon reading near 43 as rainfall totals reach about a half inch.
President Hoover returns to Washington to shape policy on British French and Belgian war debts and the December payments. He will confer with Franklin D Roosevelt and Congressional leaders to gauge possible debt postponement and tariff tradeoffs, as Roosevelts candidacy looms.
Logan reports 18 year old John L. Reynolds of Laurelville suffered a severe shotgun accident while hunting on Tuesday. He carried the gun by the muzzle and stepped into a hole causing the weapon to discharge, severing his left leg above the knee. Reynolds underwent surgery at Cherrington Hospital and is expected to recover, accompanied by his uncle William Reynolds and friend Roland Ailen.
Willie Garrett, 24, a farmer, shot and killed Sidney Tharpe on the Garrett farm after Tharpe defied an order against hunting. Garrett told him to leave, a quarrel followed, and Garrett fired with a shotgun as he hauled corn. He surrendered to officers.
Fire at the Owens-Illinois Bottle Company plant in Newark causes about 250000 beer bottles to be destroyed and damage estimated at 25000 dollars. The blaze broke out during the night, authorities reported.
Ohio endures northwest snow sweep with 10 to 14 inches in Lima Toledo and Bryan. Winters fuel blizzards close roads disrupt transit as hundreds of unemployed men are summoned to shovel main streets. Cleveland escapes snow while Toledo faces stalled police cruisers and schoolchildren trek through drifts.
Washington reports the 1922 election decimated lawmakers who employed relatives on the government payroll. Sixty senators and congressmen who supported relatives have been retired, voluntarily or otherwise. 108 more remain in Congress out of 164 known totals. Five senators among seven known to have given jobs to relatives were defeated. Fifty eight spouses who carried relatives at government expense were replaced. seven represent this group in the new Congress.
Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Kentucky by a record plurality of 185,586 votes over Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. The state’s previous best margin was Hoover over Al Smith in 1928, marking a new state voting milestone.
Ohio reports show one man killed and nearly a score injured as the rabbit pheasant and hungarian partridge season began. Victims include Paul N. Beisenman 34 of Cleveland Heights fatally wounded. others are Charles Shivaday 12 Lewis Diller 36 Lewis Roemer 14 John Reynolds 14 and Alvin Martshuse with varying injuries.
The Prince of Wales arrived at RELPAST with thousands of guards surrounding him as he prepared to dedicate the new parliament buildings on his visit to modern Ireland. British destroyers Dorsetshire and Essex fired a 21 gun salute as he aboard the motorship Ulster Princess.
Grangers from Meigs Washington and Athens counties will meet at the Athens Grange Hall Thursday for a program and social session. Attending are members from Barlow and Hemlock Grove with Hemlock Grove Grangers presenting the program and visitors from other granges expected.
In Washington on November 4 Chester Brown bought a pistol for a penny and a makeshift elastic band held it together. His friend Joe Howard doubted its reliability and stood across the street as Brown fired. The gun fired and struck Howard in the leg.
The cold wave stretched from the Dakotas to Minnesota and Montana with clear skies and continuing cold. Temperatures fell to 22 in Dallas and 28 in Toledo, while Texas saw all time records and the storm shifted southeast toward New York and nearby states. Weather observers forecast more snow and colder weather tonight and tomorrow.
Four Ohio breweries were acquired by the Consolidated Finance Corporation a $5,000,000 firm formed six months ago to prep for beer production if Prohibition laws change. Marty Bayer secretary of the new group and president of Commercial Investors Corp outlined plans in Cleveland on the way to New York. Several plants currently make soft drinks and can switch to beer quickly. together they would have a 1 250 000 barrel annual capacity.
Hunters found today too miserable to roam as rain fell. Tomorrow promises better conditions with damp ground aiding tracking and dogs following trails. Yesterday many hunters had luck reporting four rabbits and a large number of pheasants killed.
Reports of officers and consideration of resolutions will conclude the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation annual convention. Aaron Sapiro of New York declared at a banquet that the federal government had been generous to all business except farming. Trustees will elect officers Thursday.
Ray Starlin of New England and former 4 H leader joined Ohio State University livestock team which won first place at the American Royal in Kansas City last week. The OSU team took top honors in horse and sheep judging and Starlin earned an individual award for horse judging with a perfect score.
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