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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1933
Page
1
Workers gathered at noon today as the five day campaign to receive encouragement continued. The Athens County Children’s Home fund asks for pennies and small contributions from employees and visitors to support saving toward helping children. Chest and captains reported progress, with a central headquarters, daily programs, and a two hour schedule moving forward.
Jurors will meet on November 27 before Pref. W. Bolin to hear consideration and witness testimony in cases set for Wil County. Among the matters are a fatal crash near MMe involving Rich McMoy and Helen Child Oe dated October 21.
The report notes a divorce action dismissed on Wednesday with witnesses and statements referenced. Specific names and terms are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Dr. Oliver M. W. Sprague resigns as Treasury financial adviser warning of inflation risks and planning a public campaign against Roosevelt monetary policy. Washington observers expect strong opposition from hard money interests and continued debate over the administration’s program.
Santa Monica California bulletin quotes Barney Baruch praising Roosevelt as independent in Washington. Baruch says the president listens to all sides and then makes up his own mind, aiming to help the majority on the money issue, regardless of economists or elites.
The NRA moves to enforce codes by forming national and divisional compliance authorities for the bituminous coal industry. President Roosevelt names Hugh Johnson, George W. Anderson, and Fred G. Tryon to a three member national board. Eastern Division officials and labor boards members are listed with cities across the region.
Rich Dana and Miss Dockery face trial for the murder of 72 year old Miss Jane Sarget Merrill on August 4, 1932. Dana is linked to the Dana and Gibson families and has a history of mental illness. Dockery is guardian and housekeeper at Goat Castle, a ruined Dana estate. Merrill, daughter of Ayers P. Merrill, lived alone in Glenburney mansion amid old social customs.
The KT, an all metal six engine passenger plane touted as the world’s largest land ship, crashed near Kharkov’s airdrome at 3 p.m. yesterday. Fourteen people died including famed aviator Michael Snegir and several engineers who helped design and build the aircraft.
Condition of Dr S H Bing head of the extension division of Ohio University was reported better this morning than at any time this week. Dr Bing underwent a surgical operation at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis last Friday.
Edgar Bryan Blair 14 died and Frank Castle 18 and Vernon Castle 16 suffered skull fractures when struck by a car on a Columbus Street sidewalk. The driver was questioned after saying another car's headlamps blinded him.
Athens County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson refused to publish the three year delinquent tax list claiming savings. Records show $360 diverted from advertising delinquent lands to auditor’s assistants and supplies. Commissioners allowed transfers, reviving debate over the list’s legal publication and the auditor’s motive.
Five companions of John L. Parker Toledo insurance salesman testify today about Parker's death on the Sylvania Golf Club course. Floyd Baldwin described the holdup and killing at the 15th tee as rain drenched court observers.
The body of a four day old infant boy was found stabbed to death in a lot in Shaker Heights, east of Cleveland. Coroner A J Pearse returned a verdict of murder and stated the child was about three or four days old at the time of killing.
Police disclosed a recent $5,000 double indemnity policy on Rheta Gardner Wynekoop who was found shot on her mother in law Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop’s operating table in a Chicago basement. The revolver used is found with $6 and torn clothing scattered, suggesting a violent struggle. Dr Wynekoop, a noted violinist, found the body.
Jesse H Davis, longtime circus band leader and spring theater musician, died Tuesday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after several months of illness. He was a native of Athens, son of the late Jesse and his wife, and leaves two sisters Mrs Grones of Athens and Beatrice Dewees of Chicago. Funeral at his sister’s home Thursday at 2 p.m. with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
United Press reports leaders from major newspapers protested to President Roosevelt over Acting Secretary Morgenthau blocking press access at the Treasury. The move signals tighter information controls amid shifts in administration policy and a centralized statistical bureau.
Ohio relief officials seek immediate placement of educated women in CWA jobs across counties. Directors must report how many can work in schools, hospitals, and offices, with funds set aside for administration and materials. Athens boards push four projects including field grading, fencing, painting, and terracing.
Gallia County reports a 14 year old boy, Charles Borden Jr., wounded when a .22 target gun discharged at his Maple Shade home. The bullet grazed the upper arm bone as he showed the weapon to his mother. Injuries treated by Dr. R A Howell. Also hurt were Ervin Spears, 35, with a serious eye injury after a windshield collision and Rosa Kayser, 70, with a fractured chin.
U S farm administration officials announce contracts will be distributed to county agents this week. The plan aims to cut corn acreage 20 percent and hog production 25 percent in 1934. Total benefits expected reach 350 million dollars with 180 million to be paid immediately, covering hog and corn payments per head and per bushel on removed acreage.
Recount in Athens shows no change to mayoral result as Wood maintains lead citywide by 3 votes while Mc Cune drops one in Second Ward Two precinct. Clerks Leona Gilkey Pauley and J. W. Whaley tie 126 votes for clerk of Alexander Township after a coin flip awards Pauley the position.
Labor spokesmen plan to attack the Machinery and Allied Products Institute accusing it of steering a billion dollar industry through NRA code negotiations. President William Green of the AFL is listed as a speaker at a Diesel engine code hearing, while unions claim MAPI pushes codes without labor input.
MEXICO CITY November 22 A. P. Lee Tracy American film star was permitted to leave the country late yesterday to avoid trial on charges of violations of the public morals code and insulting the Mexican government He had been in Mexico on location as a principal in a film that sparked indignation by shouting from a hotel balcony at Chapultepec Academy cadets and standing undressed except for a blanket.
Former Governor Vic Donahey, who led prohibition enforcement, urged a sane liquor plan favoring unrestricted beer and wine sales at low cost but not in barrooms. He opposed high taxes as a bootlegging aider and supported selling by the glass in hotels and restaurants.
Louise Turek Stanton, a depressed Jacksonville widow, rented a plane and flew out to sea seeking “space.” Notes found in her car explained her intent and requested dignified handling, with no sensationalism. Authorities believe fuel limits forced a dive into the Atlantic about 300 miles from shore.
A poverty stricken family appeals for clemency for Charles Badger who escaped Ohio Penitentiary 14 years ago while serving a sentence for operating a vehicle without owner's consent. He was arrested in Adrian Michigan for housebreaking and later married in Huntington Indiana.
Prisoners at the Eastern State Penitentiary are kept under tight guard after a violent riot late yesterday. Wrecked machinery and fire-scarred workshops testified to the destruction, as city police and fire units assisted guards to subdue the convicts.
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