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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1932
Page
1
W. E. Bershner, secretary of the State Teachers’ Retirement Fund, labeled Ohio’s state aid system as rotten in a speech at the Athens County Teachers' Institute. He urged a direct tax plan, a consumer sales tax, and tax clarity, arguing the present system harms local schools and favors producers through indirect pricing.
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board designated Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus and Youngstown as stock subscription headquarters for the $15,000,000 home loan bank to be established in Cincinnati. Chairman Franklin Fort wired Chambers of Commerce in those cities asking they provide reception facilities for subscriptions from building and loan associations savings banks and insurance companies wishing to join the home loan system.
A letter from Will proclaims California’s colorful past from statehood to gold rush to the cinema boom. He boasts the film industry revived memories of the 49ers, claims California furnishes world entertainment, and credits moving pictures with drawing people west to watch. The tone blends nostalgia and boastful self-promotion.
World War veterans gather in Portland to defend the soldier bonus and full disability payments for crippled veterans. Leaders from the American Legion and United Spanish War Veterans pledge to defeat efforts to repeal or cut disability benefits and oppose bonus restrictions, while state departments back immediate payment of adjusted compensation.
A man killed and another seriously injured in a collision on Richland Avenue near the State Hospital Saturday night. The injured man, Stafford Evans of Jacksonville, was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in serious condition. Officials could not identify the deceased. no clothing aided identification, and the driver could not be questioned. The wreck occurred after a light truck veered into a side alley. the killed man’s car had license T99-08, and the salt worn by the deceased had been bought at an Oak Hill store.
Akron Ohio September 100.2 Common Pleas Judge Walker Wanamaker urged Chief Justice Has and the Ohio Supreme Court to use judiciary power to enforce a moratorium for homeowners in Onta until October 27. He based his plea on Frank Fort of the Federal Home Loan Bank who asked financial powers to grant the moratorium and said the bank would begin operation.
Farmers urged a governors conference to impose embargoes on all agricultural products priced below production costs and to halt mortgage and seed debt. They demanded a moratorium on debts and an embargo on foreign food imports until Congress acts on relief bills. Governor Turner rejected the demand as impossible and warned of potential unrest.
Chicago September 1 The railroads weighed two proposals for their economic betterment one a general twenty percent wage cut affecting over one million salaries to start February 1 1933 and to be arbitrated while preserving a ten percent raise. The other proposal urged appointing a Western railroad dictator with powers like Will Hayes or Landis to control their business.
Cleveland report says Elsworth Robinson sued for return of his false teeth after an argument with Olive May Triplett 26. He alleges she pocketed the teeth during the dispute and refuses to return them claiming the teeth will keep him from leaving. He filed a petit larceny charge.
The Rutland minister expelled by the Methodist Conference says his career was stolen and cites alleged plans involving flour distribution this week. Page 2 reports additional local items including a Nelsonville plant starting production and Gallipolis road work.
Athens County will begin the new term Monday with about 4,970 pupils enrolled across 12 high schools and numerous elementary schools. The county’s teaching staff totals 527 with 448 elementary teachers, 70 high school instructors, nine for music, and two for physical education. A prior note mentioned possible delays in the Dialns area, but officials indicated openings are likely. The Dialns district planned to start Tuesday instead, and the independent Channery-Dover district postponed openings to tomorrow.
Wellesley Hills Mass September 10 Roger W Babson today proposed an emergency quota plan to return the jobless to industry restore purchasing power and lift the low mood Speaking at the 19th National Business Conference he warned against a dole that might follow stabilization and said taxation would finance the plan by encouraging everyone to contribute their quota of unemployed back to work He noted taxation could be paid in kind as well as cash and described the plan as a tonic for recovery
In Milwaukee on September 10 Mrs Martha Janez, 41, wife of a prominent engineer, shot her two young sons in their fashionable Whitefish Bay home and then killed herself with a revolver. A note left for her husband stated the motive as the only solution to their problem with Sonny and Jimmy.
Hamilton attorney Delmar Brown was disbarred today by Judge A. Risinger of Preble County in a special assignment. Brown plans to appeal under Risinger jurisdiction. he faced charges related to funds handling in the court order.
New York dispatch notes gains in stock and rail indicators as Ford reopened River Range plants and manufacturing speeds up. Farmers seen as potential drivers of a broader upturn while confidence climbs. local mine district explosions cause no major damage but disrupt activity near Buchtel and Glade.
Washington on September 30 reports that the dry movement faces no unified presidential choice for the upcoming November election. Canon William Shenfy Chase proposed a unified party movement but it was dismissed. no presidential candidate was endorsed by the National Board of Prohibition Eloery or the Anti-Saloon League, which maintains support for the Eighteenth Amendment and Wartime Prohibition policies.
Chicago's Secret Six and police unveiled a bold extortion plot targeting wealthy families. Notes threatened harm to daughters on the eve of marriages, including Florence Noyes of the Aluminum Company district, who was to wed George Senneney of St. Louis.
Washington report from the United States Weather Bureau predicts a period of showers in the Ohio Valley starting Tuesday or Tuesday night. Temperatures will stay below normal early to midweek, then cool by Thursday and warm again later in the week.
COLUMNUS Sept 10 1 Re The sallie against low mood has been carried on with vigor and success, says Pavla Lawrence editor of the United States Daily before Columban businessmen and delegates to a convention. Lawrence links the mood to wartime Europe and Hoover era prompts, predicts 1942 as the first year of a new battle and recovery, noting confidence returning as gold flows back for exports and domestic celebration, with the hardest period ahead through the next decade and a key need to spread and share employment.
Berlin reports the German government plans to ask Washington to defer the semi annual payment of 33,000,000 marks due Sept 30 as arrears on the costs of the United States Army of Occupation and other mixed claims. Officials say a longer delay may be requested and negotiations with Belgium and other creditors could follow if an agreement is reached.
Union and governor backed plan to reopen the Syracusan and Pom eroy Basin mines next Wednesday under a nonunion friendly framework. Operators agree to non discrimination, with workers free to rejoin unions, and 320 men at Syracusan plus 175 at No 5 slated to return as talks proceed at Columbus.
Arch M Grimes former Grove City College and University of West Virginia professor sues his parents in law Jacob Robinson and Mrs Robinson of Danville Kentucky for 375000 alleging their prejudice and manipulation of his wife led to abandonment of his marriage and force to resign college position amid alleged humiliation and scandal in a United States Court at Covington Kentucky on September .
Fragmentary text shows a court request for alimony or property settlement involving real estate valued at 40 000 and 10 000 shares or assets. Mentions a wife and ownership, but details are garbled and names not legible. The item appears as a legal notice or court filing snippet with missing context.
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