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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
1
President Roosevelt invoked the National Recovery Act to empower Administrator Johnson to apply codes and regulate prices. The dispute centered on a 10 percent minimum mark up and bans on selling below cost, with critics arguing it harms retailers while supporters say it stabilizes competition and prices. The decision hinges on two months of negotiation and pending industry codes.
The Telephone Company argues it may retain all charges incurred during the pendency of a broad rate case. It seeks to bill for approximately 140 minutes of disputed service under a tentative valuation by the Public Utilities Commission. The company contests the utility board findings and claims the present rates are reasonable based on a decade of history.
Administrator Hugh Johns aides reported labor troubles in Pennsylvania coal mines as negotiations stalled. Officials warned the state could intervene if owners and miners representatives fail to reach a settlement, delaying production for thousands of miners.
Jones was named employment director by Stanley B. Mathew as part of a reshuffle in the Oct 18 political slate. He will continue overseeing the bureau while taking on new duties as employment chief, marking a key personnel change in the regional campaign.
Beverly Hills dispatch recounts a traveler from New York named Baruch who offers cautious views on gold standard plans. He predicts inflation fears may ease if policy shifts occur and advises trusting experienced elderly minds amid uncertain economic times.
Columbus news reports Colonel J A Hughes, director of the Ohio Repeal Council, urging the Women’s Organization for Prohibition Reform to mobilize a strong wet turnout on November 7. The effort includes distributing marked ballots, ads, and rallies as part of a broad campaign to influence repeal. Mrs. Alexander Printz cautioned focus on control as repeal nears, arguing liquor should be confined to regulated hotels and restaurants to simplify oversight.
Kathryn Kelly arrives at the Cincinnati Workhouse to begin a life sentence for aiding in the Urschel kidnapping. She dresses in a gingham prison gown while her mother, R. G. Shannon, begins a life term at Shelby County prison farm in Memphis. Kelly predicts a parole or pardon soon.
Weirton strikers were ordered to return to work by Amalgamated Association officers led by W J Long. They challenged E T Weir’s claim that National Steel Board recognition would not occur, urging workers to back a Dec 6 election with over fifty percent support to force recognition.
Columbus October 15 U S State Director of Education B O Skinner announced the appointment of an Ohio Work Relief Education Committee to head the new unemployed school program. Teachers seeking positions will be selected from relief lists by school superintendents who will recommend appointments to the state.
The National Labor Board stepped into labor disputes at Ford Motor Company plants in the east. Ford’s NRA Automobile Code stance remained unclear as the board planned meetings with strikers at Edgewater New Jersey and Newark and another at Chester Pennsylvania to discuss formal action.
Twenty National Guard units prepared to enforce Gov. William Langer's order to impound sixty million bushels of wheat in North Dakota. The embargo takes effect at midnight, aimed at pressuring federal action to aid farmers. Railroads offered no opposition. grain brokers did not challenge the law's constitutionality. Governors of other wheat states watched closely.
United Fuel Gas Company of West Virginia challenges the Lloyd Bill indirectly arguing the Utilities Commission power cannot regulate interstate commerce. Portsmouth Gas Company appeals a city ordinance and continues collecting its rates under bond while gas passes from West Virginia and Kentucky to Portsmouth via high pressure lines.
The White House says farm prices remain too low despite a 32 percent rise from March to September this year, while prices farmers pay rose 11 percent. Ohio official Baliman defends Kroger actions against price schedules and warns fines up to 100 dollars daily and license loss for violations.
State Welfare Director John McSweeney and Deputy discuss plans to relieve crowded penal institutions by seeking 5 million dollars from the Federal Public Works Administration. Proposed projects include a new Apple Creek state hospital, Hawthornden cottages, Dayton and Athens additions, and wings to the Lima facility. If funded, patient transfers from Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane would proceed.
In NEW LEXINGTON Hungarian minister Alexander Radoscy, 54, pastor of the Hungarian Church at Drakes, was found fatally wounded with a hand ax after an early morning disturbance. He died at noon. Prosecuting Attorney Cusick and Sheriff James Adrian investigated, with finger prints on the bloody axe weighing against suicide.
The Federal Government will finance work in Ohio on five Northern Ohio water conservation and flood control projects. Four projects were in a plan by the state conservation department calling for about one million dollars. A dam on Shade River in Meigs County is among the listed projects.
George Weber representing Lima Citizens' Taxpayers' League filed in Allen County Common Pleas Court against West Ohio Gas. The suit seeks refunds for about 10,900 customers of a 35 cent monthly service charge collected in 1919, totaling about 40,000 dollars with interest. Weber says the charge was unlawful and the true charged amount over five months was 17,500 dollars, accruing interest to nearly 39,999 dollars.
A 17 year old girl prepared to attempt the swim from Alcatraz to the mainland a path labeled American Devil's Island by federal authorities due to escape difficulties. She denied the purpose was to counter claims by the Department of Justice that currents in San Francisco Bay make the feat nearly impossible.
Oil industry officials back a statewide code program to extend administration into all Ohio cities and villages. Athens County Petroleum Code Committee Vice Chairman J E Barker returned from Columbus where about 150 oil men attended a regional conference. Also named on the Athens panel are Dr G Haley committee member F R Beasley chairman and W BE Williams secretary with other members listed.
Foxhal Daingerfield, 46, renowned for crime and mystery tales, was found dead with a bullet wound on Tuesday in a Hayland field at a Kentucky thoroughbred farm. Authorities, noting a nervous breakdown from years of writing eerie stories, say he likely took his own life.
Former Chase National Bank president Wiggin testified to Senate investigators that he received a pension of $100,000 a year as a reward for his services to the bank. Ferdinand Pecora led the questioning as the stock market and banking practices probe continued.
In Athens County Juvenile Court Prosecuting Attorney John W Bol charged Richard Kennedy 17 with delinquency in the unlawful killing of Helen Chiki 12 on Sugar Creek Road last Sunday. Kennedy to appear before Judge 8 M Johnson for preliminary inquiry. possible grand jury indictment to move case to Common Pleas Court. Funeral services held for Helen Chiki. sister Ethel 7 likely to recover from a fractured skull. Other injured: Phyllis Clark 15 with a fractured right leg and sisters Margaret 14 and Mary Augustine 14 at home.
Mary B. Smart's will leaves $15000 to Jack the dog to be managed by Charlies Allen Smart as trustee. Funds to care for the canine and revert to the trustee upon the animal's death.
Toledo business activity in September showed marked gains across major fields compared with September 1922, according to figures in the Toledo Business Review issued Wednesday.
Washington October 18 Secretary of Labor Perkins reported that fears of a lower standard of living amid a mood of despondency were groundless. She cited September gains in employment and payrolls across manufacturing, laundry, building, wholesale and retail trade and noted a 620,000 worker rise in 17 industries. She linked retail gains to seasonal NRA effects and cheaper merchandise, predicting rest prosperity for the South.
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler declaring Germany will attend no conference join no alliance or convention and will sign nothing until equality with other nations is granted. The remark was published today to Navi aides as part of a broader discussion on Germany's stance amid disarmament debates.
Relief staff from six Southern Ohio counties gathered at Chester Miller’s Logan home for the second monthly meeting attended by 70 people. Athens Vinton Hocking Perry Meigs and Pike counties were represented with plans for future work. Belford Nelson became Athens County president and Grace Riley secretary while Chester Miller Logan was elected vice president.
The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company alleging violations of the Clayton Antitrust Act by allowing Sears Roebuck and Company to receive secret rebates on tires. The action targets past and current practices by the Akron firm.
European statesmen opened talks aimed at bringing Germany back to the League and the World Disarmament Conference. Sir John Simon issued a strong London statement with Henderson and others weighing the prospects, while Mussolini awaited his turn and observers hoped for progress before Germany’s November 12 general election and plebiscite. London insurers predicted no war within six months.
Ohio W C T V U calls for statewide prayer to end Prohibition after a convention vote designates Sime day November 2. Mrs Viola J Romans, president, asks all state members to pray for a dry victory in what is described as an eleventh hour effort.
In Memphis Tennessee on October 18 Mrs Daisy Storie aged 39 killed her unemployed husband as he slept then summoned her two daughters to view the axe and prayed over the battered body. She claimed prior beatings and threats by the husband and said she could not endure further cruelty.
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