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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1933
Page
1
Ex parte hearing links J Schiller and Alice Lindsay to a fatal 1930s stabbing. Rheta Earle died after chloroform and a revolver were used. Dr Far is named in a confession as part of the planned murder with Dougherty and others involved.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a religious dispute or revolution, mentions a church and a figure named Joachim, and references tickets at the Lyric theatre and a budget. The text is unclear with many misspellings and nameless entities.
With one day left in the Community Chest campaign, H N Burgett urges workers to complete all visits and submit final reports to team captains. He seeks a full tabulation of contributions by closing time and asks those missed to call Hotel Berry headquarters or stop for a pledge card.
The Rev. Arthur S. Davidson 55 of Cheshire, pastor of the Gallia County Methodist circuit, died of apoplexy at the wheel near Addison Sunday night after leaving the Rupe home. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at the Cheshire M E Church. Davidson, born in Albany NY, married Ada Blake in 1902 and leaves five children. He served multiple pastorates across southern Ohio since 1911.
Columbus November 27. The administration’s liquor control measure seeks a state monopoly with at least one liquor store in every Ohio county and more stores at a 40 000 population ratio. The commission could authorize merchants to sell state liquor where stores are inadvisable.
Cleveland detectives questioned a confessed gunman and three companions in a West Side butcher murder and nearby holdups. Detective Lieut. Edward Flannigan said he hoped to link the men to 50 robberies totaling more than $50,000, including a $2,000 brewery raid.
Cincinnati dispatch reports a Negro mother and four of her six children burned to death when their small frame house at Lockland near Cincinnati burned early Sunday. Father William Parson, 78, a relief worker, escaped but could not help the family.
In the week ending Friday November 24 the Home Owners Loan Corporation completed 807 loans totaling 1,417,558.05 dollars. The relief program has now paid out nearly six million dollars in Ohio aiding 1,922 small home owners.
Ohio enters week two of Civil Works with 107 144 jobs authorized and 50 000 new county quotas. Athens Nelson Wilson and Dowler confer with state officials on highway projects to begin within a week as counties absorb relief and unemployed lists.
United Press reports six deaths tied to bitter Ohio weather with snow ice and freezing temperatures. In Lockland Cincinnati suburb Myrtie Parson 43 and four children died in a house fire amid the cold. Lonnie Sheeter 35 froze to death in a Lima truck where he slept. Cleveland logged 22 degrees as icy streets caused traffic incidents.
George Earhardt a 77 year old resident of Fisher Station was hit on West State Street near Court Saturday. Initial report claimed no serious injury but X rays revealed a broken left hip. The driver a unidentified woman accompanied him to the doctor and left after stating he was not seriously hurt.
Clifford Abbot a mail pilot landed in Columbus Ohio early today after flying blindly over central Ohio for two hours he had lost his way and regained bearings upon landing
SANTA MONICA Calif Just when it seemed Al would win the gold dispute by default an Idaho wheat country man steps in with a skeptical challenge. William B Borsh is introduced as a formidable opponent in the monetary argument.
Columbus reports Pend ing settlement of farmers tax official Carlton Dargusch says whisky could sell about 2.50 per quart and 15 to 25 cents a glass depending on federal and state taxes retailer profit license fees wholesaler margin and overhead. He bases the 2.50 estimate on a federal tax of 75 and a state monopoly option. If the monopoly is not used prices rise.
Columbus November 27 Ohio faces a decision on a liquor control bill proposing a state monopoly and state stores for package sales Governor White has not committed to the plan and will confer with the Senate liquor committee If the committee opposes the monopoly parts of the bill may be dropped before the December 6 special session convenes.
In Fairfield County the crash killed Mable Jeffers 15 and Marvin 19 of Canal Winchester. Charles Rusher and Carl Smith, both in jail in Lancaster, face manslaughter charges related to the coal truck collision near Carroll. Ella May Young 18 of Carroll is hospitalized with a fractured skull.
A special session of the Athens County Grand Jury opened this morning with 20 cases scheduled for consideration. About 112 witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before the jury. Jurors listed include George Sands Fred Guthrie G P Russell H B Hoskinson Arthur Boyle Warren Munns John Gist Clarence Kelly Howard Stanley William Bridge Ed Carpenter Elmore Foley George Lash Mrs BR Wool and William Brooks.
Treasury acting secretary Henry Morgenthau after a Warm Springs visit to President Roosevelt returns to address the December 5 maturity of 727.7 million in government securities. Options discussed include drawing on cash surplus, issuing new greenbacks, or other measures as gold purchases stay halted amid bond weakness.
In Frankfort Kentucky today twenty prominent women led a formal ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment repeal move. Sara W Mahan called the convention as part of a nationwide effort to erase prohibition while Pennsylvania Ohio and Utah plan December conventions to meet the required thirty six states for effect.
Special services are listed at the Salvation Army citadel with Adjutant and Mrs. Joseph Heard directing. Tonight at 6:15 the Sunbeams meet, 7:30 a Thanksgiving program for youths follows, with a social hour. Tuesday 7:30 features a Soldiers Meeting. Wednesday 6:15 offers illustrated talks by Adjutant Heard. Thursday 7:30 hosts Catherine Gibson and her husband from Meadeville, Pa., in charge of the army unit. Friday 7:30 the Oval Holiness Meeting begins.
All county community chest captains in the area will meet at the Athens Grange Hall Tuesday night at 8 o clock. H R Jacoby asked for the gathering as volunteers canvass the rural districts outside Athens city.
Chicago faced a total halt at its world’s largest livestock center as 6000 stock handlers and packing workers walked out. Pickets clogged streets around Union Stockyards, police patrolled, and disruptions spread to trucks and cattle yards.
Benton Ark November 2 Mark H Shank 41 Akron Ohio faces four murder charges in Saline County court allegedly tied to a deadly poison. State witnesses include officers and residents who identified Shank as the man who fled a death car after a planned killing. The state seeks the death penalty for a crime said to have been plotted days in advance.
A state wide movement for tighter liquor regulation in clubs and fraternal organizations was spot checked in Columbus. Representatives of the Elks, Eagles, Moose, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Macanerehor, and Germania singing societies met to plan to seek a unified time of sale with state officials, saying fraternal and social clubs want careful, legal means to sell liquor under a new setup.
The Athens post office will observe Thanksgiving with the usual holiday schedule. No rural or city mail deliveries, and all post office windows will be closed. Box collections on Court Street will occur at 10 AM and 4 PM Thursday.
Ann Maxwell, 51, of Aller ville near McArthur, died from injuries after a two car crash on Route 50 Saturday evening. Maxwell and wife Mrs Maxwell were driving west when another vehicle attempting to pass caused the collision with a cement bridge.
The Trunk Walton League will hold a business meeting Tuesday evening in the council room at City Hall. Members are urged to attend as plans and reports will be discussed. Local officials are expected to be present.
In Warm Springs Georgia President Roosevelt examines the giant public works program and the new codes of fair competition. He discusses job creation for 1.5 million men this winter while withholding comment on the planetary situation after a two hour meeting with Henry Morgenthau Jr. Morgenthau returns to Washington as John J. Reskob heads north. General Motors director Piaskol says business improves and auto production may reach near 100 percent of normal by January.
Lawrence County attorney John F. Porter resigned due to physical inability to perform duties. He notified Judge Sam Jones who will appoint a successor. Porter's term began January 1 after election in November 1952 and resignation becomes effective December 1.
A hitchhiker from Delphos, Loidie Sheeter, 35, froze to death in a Lima garage after being left asleep under an overcoat by truck driver Fred Berry. The incident, cited as the state’s first winter fatality, was discovered the next morning.
A 5000 strong mob Freeing Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes stormed the Santa Clara County jail in San Jose. They dragged the confessed kidnap slayers to St James Park and hanged them from elm trees amid brutal chants and violence. Officials warned no arrests were forthcoming. Governor Rolph denounced the lynching.
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