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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1933
Page
2
Notice by I R F Erdman Treasurer detailing mill levies for 1932 including state and county levies, collection hours 8 to 4 weekdays and Saturday 1 30, due dates December 20 1982 and June 20 1933, instructions for statements and remittance, and that tax books stay in the Treasurer's office.
Washington reports that the Russian city of Nizhni Novgorod has been renamed Maxim Gorki by the Soviet government. The 800,000 inhabitant Volga Oka city, long a major market and former Volga valley fair ground, now bears the novelist’s name. The piece notes its historic trade, the Detroit of Russia comparison due to a large auto plant, shipyards, chemicals and textiles industries, and a Kremlin dominated upper town with the Archangel cathedral.
A Vienna court ruled that it is permissible for women visitors to kiss male patients in hospitals even if married. Paul Johannes, operated on, was frequently visited by his wife’s widow friend who kissed him on arrival and departure. The wife’s divorce suit was dismissed, with no fault found in the widow’s behavior.
Prince Bibesco, head of the International Aeronautic federation, announces a trophy for the fastest 22,000 mile round-the-world flight by air or airship. Courses must touch Karachi Tokio San Francisco New York with landings at four cities and average speed at least 100 kmh.
New Orleans report on John Tuin a 46 year old South Dakota carpenter who could not earn a living at his trade. He bought five children instruments and now tours the country barnstorming as a musical act led by the father with Jennie John Margaret Virginia Koosje all performing on cornet bass horn melophone and drums. They say nickels and dimes collected provide a comfortable living.
Domnhall na Butchalla the new governor general of the Irish Free State says staff will speak only Gaelic in his presence. He aims to rename the office to seanaseal and move to a sparsely furnished suburban house. He was appointed by King George V on Valera's recommendation.
Washington reports a 25 percent rise in counterfeiting over the past year with new chemical techniques removing ink and altering denominations. In fiscal 1982 Secret Service arrests reached 2,139 with $540,538 in counterfeit currency seized and 17 new issues found across 70 variations.
Englishmen set a sobriety record with 42 800 drunkenness cases in the last year, far below the 188 900 in 1918 during wartime. Liquor consumption and prices rose, reducing drinking substantially over the past two decades. Liverpool fell from 14 894 cases in 1918 to 2 161 last year.
Operations resume at the Alma and Meta mines southwest of Saratoga after nearly 80 years idle. The first patented claims in the region, leased last spring by veteran miner O Johnson. A carload of ore rich in lead with some gold and silver was sent to a Utah smelter.
Edmund Schuitess, newly elected president of the Swiss confederation, previously served as president in 1917 1921 and 1928. He is sixty five years old.
Staunton Va. any heir who uses inherited funds to buy whisky shall forfeit all further claims to their shares in the estate. James B Duff's will includes a provision targeting liquor purchases by heirs.
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