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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1933
Page
1
Chicago police arrest Earl Wynekoop in connection with the death of Rheta Wynekoop who died at her mother Dr. Alice Wynekoop's home. The case centers on a laboratory setting and questions of a life insurance policy and motive. Wynekoop arrived from Kansas City after being sought by investigators.
A government report outlines specific provisions governing hard liquor supply and profit in Havana. The document highlights implications for Tean Ship Capital and related entities, emphasizing regulatory controls and market impacts.
Beverly Hills letter writer mocks scientists who fly to great heights to observe air, calling them queer and risking their lives for nothing. The piece satirizes public speakers and empty spectacle in a concise critique.
HollywoodNovember 23 Tracy was discharged by Louis B Mayer after a United Press report of his balcony stunt in El Paso He admitted drinking after a cabaret party and waving to a parade from the hotel balcony while wearing pajama pants but denied being unclothed He said he shouted at the parade as part of the celebration and is set to return home unemployed tomorrow.
Ohio officials say victims of amebic dysentery might have escaped if warned earlier about the Chicago outbreak. Health director Dr. H. G. Southard dispatched a state-wide warning last week after learning of Chicago cases dating to August 15 and an investigative staff sent to a suspect hotel.
In Decatur Alabama Judge Callahan refused defense motion to quash a Morgan County venue for the Scottsboro assault cases. The defense contended the jury pool excluded Black citizens, but the request to overturn venue was denied. In another brief item James Hamilton, 53, a miner, was found dead from heart disease at Manhattan Coal Company mine 52 Tropic Bear.
A bullet mortally wounds Mrs. Rheta Wynekoop, 23, during a struggle in a basement operating room. Her nearly nude body lies on an operating table beneath her mother-in-law, Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, as police recover a lone gun. A $5,000 double indemnity policy was taken out on Rheta by her mother-in-law on November 11.
Ohio Commissioner Glen M. Daily appointed deputy registrars across counties. Listings include Jackson R W Jenkins Dan P Coll Jr Wellston J W Hogan Ross Chillicothe Charles Fox Bruce Wilson Kingston W T Anderson Clarksburg John Lawson Frankfort William M Howser Bainbridge E H Hedrick Adelphi C B Bode Athens Athens Mrs Maude Rutherford Katherine Hardy Albany J Howard Cline Coolville A B White Glouster Mrs Alta Stockdale Nelsonville D H Shafer Hocking Logan Myron Hansel Laurelville Bermen Friend Washington Marietta Harry F Schramm Belpre J Dana Browning Beverly J E Taylor Bartlett O H Ormiston Macksburg Mrs L M Musgrave New Matamoras Glenn M Miller Newport W V Turner Lower Salem Ronald Lauer
Columbus November 23. Secretary of the Governors Advisory Liquor Commission 8 P Bush reiterates support for a state liquor control monopoly. He says regulation of profits through price control is necessary and that monopoly is the only practical method for a successful liquor program.
Pasadena dispatch reports 100 firefighters feared trapped by brush fire in Haines Canyon were found not in immediate danger. Fire crews had the canyon largely surrounded since Tuesday night and considered the area safe.
Medina County producers and distributors presented a code to the State Milk Marketing Commission calling for a 10 cent per quart retail price in Wadsworth and Medina and nine cents per quart in the rest of the county. The plan guarantees $2 per hundredweight for class 1 milk and $1.30 per hundredweight for class 2 milk.
Ohio voters approved federal prohibition repeal by 860,191, the state prohibition repeal by 682,455, and the old age pension measure by 862,659. The 10 mills tax limitation and county home rule also won, by 317,910 and 103,669 respectively.
Government money is being injected into the bond market to halt declines as economists debate the President's gold buying plan. The President and acting Secretary Morgenthau will discuss routine matters at Warm Springs as speculation swirls about a shift in fiscal policy.
Columbus November 23 Governor White will issue a formal proclamation declaring the prohibition amendment dead after the official canvass of the November 7 vote. Other measures including the old age pension and tax limitation amendments become effective immediately or later as specified by law while enforcement laws remain in force until repealed.
Laborite John McGovern branded the idle rich as parasites during King George V's state address in Parliament. The king and queen listened as the lords and commons sat in stunned silence while McGovern continued his sharp critique of poor treatment.
Ohio's liquor control measure moves to the Senate committee on liquor regulation for initial consideration. Senator Harold G. Mosier of Cleveland helps draft and will present the bill, which favors glass sales in hotels restaurants and clubs and package sales by state stores. Debate among committee members may seek revisions before the December 6 special session.
A bride of an hour, a widow, and four men were detained after a pistol fight at a Kenosha filling station left Walter Bergman dead. The group is linked to a failed bank raid at Manchester Iowa, with the bank president and wife held earlier. Bergman, 21, a parole violator, was shot by deputies after wounding Paul Cheney, 21, a local attendant. The bride Alice Bergman, 17, married briefly at six thirty last night in Waukegan Illinois before becoming a widow within an hour.
President Roosevelt's post repeal committee proposes codes and marketing agreements to regulate liquor. The National Recovery Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration would temporarily handle licensing and bootlegging issues, aiming to curb chaotic competition before Congress enacts formal controls. The plan, drawn by treasury justice state commerce and agriculture officials, will be heard by the AAA.
Ohio cleaners raise minimum prices under NRA code for 30 days. Men's suits set at 75 cents in Dayton and 75 to 90 cents in Cincinnati and other large cities. Women's plain dresses minimum 95 cents nationwide except Dayton at 85 cents. Ohio tops nation in minimums. Alabama lowest at 65 cents. Schedules submitted by Code Authority and approved by Recovery Administrator Johnson.
Wilhelmina Kurtz, president of Intourist the Soviet Union state travel company, arrives in New York in a diplomatic tour tied to state tourist exchange and cultural outreach efforts.
Community Chest workers push on the home stretch to ensure every person is reached in the canvass. Large donors including individuals and local firms meet or exceed past years letting smaller gifts become crucial, says general chairman H. N Burgett. Women solicitors work hard visiting households in assigned districts to boost totals.
Gallipolis news reports that eighty men will be taken off relief lists and placed on CWA road projects in Gallia County Friday. County commissioners approved resolutions redirecting about 44 000 in anticipated funds from nuisance taxes and the remainder of the five year public utility tax. First group will be chosen by the relief commission and must have been receiving county aid. Further hires after December depend on the re employment director’s files.
The state began building its case against Mrs. Audrey Smith Clark charged with killing husband Sheldon A. Clark in their Woodbury home. Eyewitness George A. Johnson was questioned while Clark is hospitalized under guard and again claimed amnesia after Clark struck her with a billiard cue.
In Washington 23 U P Albert H Wiggin and a group of New York and Chicago bankers and industrialists were charged before the Senate stock market committee with forming a conspiracy to force William Fox to abdicate control of his movie empire. Fox testified about boom time financing that led to losses of 62 million to the public and 69 million at Chase National Bank and its affiliate.
Three men landed an airplane on the Charlies Persinger farm and began shooting. Persinger, who allowed hunting for 3 dollars a day with a chicken dinner and guide, notified the sheriff and game wardens but the hunters fled the scene when officers arrived.
Maxim Litvinov, Soviet foreign commissar, departed Washington for New York ending what observers hailed as the most successful political mission in postwar history.
A group of Cincinnati men announced they will form a company to sell ready-made gin and whisky high balls. The legal aspect of the enterprise is under investigation.
The Kansas House defeated a bill to legalize 3.2 beer by a 56 to 40 vote in Topeka. Action delays state regulation until next November when Kansans weigh repealing the 58 year old dry law.
TARRYTOWN N Y Nov 23 John D Rockefeller is recovering from an attack of grippe at his Pocatico Hilla home here The aged millionaire developed a temperature last Friday and was ordered to bed Absolute quiet was maintained about the grounds adjacent to the mansion
In Horta Azores at 9 40 a m Mrs Charles A Lindbergh and her husband departed in their seaplane bound for a destination not disclosed at departure.
New Lexington report says Charles F. Lower, 30, was severely wounded in the face and head when four boys opened fire on a rabbit that ran up a back street yesterday.
Columbus confirms Portsmouth ordinance requiring coal and coke dealers to weigh fuel only by licensed weighers. The measure bans sales without city-verified weighing, asserting public safety and accuracy in fuel transactions.
LA PAZ Bolivia November 23 The entire cabinet resigned at 10 a m to day to permit President Daniel Salamanca to name a premier who will form a coalition government for national defense and unity.
Columbus authorities announce construction of two wings for the Ohio State School for the Blind. Contracts have been awarded to two Columbus firms and work will start within two weeks.
Cincinnati records snowfall with more than 1% inches from midnight to 6 am, making it the sole Ohio Valley city with measurable snow today. Weather officials note continuing cold conditions and potential for further accumulation as morning reports come in.
With about 1000 men at work in Athens County under the civil works program officials move to estimate how many women can be employed. Belford Nelson will survey possibilities for women in sewing rooms clothing home supplies and health and government roles while pay rolls are prepared for disbursing officer James F Waters. First pay is set for Saturday and new rules require a worker’s name on the payroll.
Morgantown West Virginia November 2 Fifty families of unemployed miners will live on five acre farming plots at Arthurdale by Christmas Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said after visiting the government subsistence farming project She noted the first fifty houses are being erected and families will work on the government factory making Post Office equipment with plans to add about 150 more families and expand schooling and housing choices within set limits.
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