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Newspaper
Zanesville Signal
Location
Zanesville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
1
A chaotic report details a string of car skids and injuries across a Ho district after a Thursday snow event. Drivers, pedestrians, and three companions are noted among those injured, with hospitals cited for treatment and ongoing concerns over winter roadway safety.
A chaotic report notes Wynekoop surrendered after a fatal auto incident involving a boy. Physicians describe injuries. authorities discuss legal action while Wynkoop faces murder-related charges. Court proceedings capped a tense, unfolding case with officials and witnesses.
Workers under CWA and NRA programs plan a new college gym at Muskingum College to replace a wooden structure with a brick framework. The project aims to provide employment for hundreds while completing the facility for use by men, women, and students. Officials seek legislative action to start work under WH funds.
A dentist is killed in his home after a drive by shooting. Police pursued a jealous admirer among society women who praised the victim as a cosmopolitan conservative. Robbery and romantic motive are considered as investigators study access to the home and the suspect’s possible ties to the victim’s circle.
President Roosevelt, cautious on slippery streets, rides with a police escort to the White House from a hospital after a spill. He meets with Interior Secretary Ickes for 40 minutes and then travels to the Navy and War departments, while recuperating from a rib injury and a cold.
Ex senator James A Reed marries widow Mire Quintan Dannelly in Kansas City. Judge John Pallock performs the ceremony at a dinner party with guests including Mrs Hosnely and others. The couple plans a tour immediately after the wedding as an ongoing social note from the era.
Lindberghs reach Puerto Rico after a long Atlantic crossing en route home to Christians. Their flight path included the Leeward and Whandaeard islands with 125 ppm AST reported by the sergonist Might from Part au Smin Trindad. Mrs Lindbergh maintained radio contact with Pan American stations during the journey.
A deadly blaze swept a North Street tenement block on a wedding day with residents escaping or being rescued. Four people were hospitalized as fire crews battled flames and a medical team wrapped patients for transport. The fire left destruction across the block, with several units severely damaged and residents evacuated.
Washington December 13 Controversies over liquor tax legislation grew as Congress hearings near conclusion. House Ways and Means members doubt the liquor revenue bill will be ready when Congress adjourns. Opinions widely differ on tax size and sharing liquor reserves with dry states. Wine whisky and beer interests urged lower taxes due to revenue needs and redistribution concerns.
Convicted murderer Streitenberger, serving life for first degree murder, is named defendant in a divorce suit filed by his wife Eva. The case cites his imprisonment after a jury recommended mercy. An investigation into a fatal shooting of William Hutchison, 24, by his brother Samuel, 21, was launched after a claim of a quarrel.
Nrrge. Mindictment in Los Angeles on charge of theft of 07,000 Pacific Shore Of Co. which reaches ex from a trust of a stockholders' depository. outcome of a civil suit went into receivership inst spring. The company proceedings pendis.
In New York a 33 year old woman identified as Margaret Pisetzky Crloc, who had testified against gangsters in a murder case, was found slain in her furnished Bronx apartment. Police noted signs of struggle, her face bruised and pillowcovered, with a lamp cord tied around her neck and multiple men heard arguing nearby. An early suspect, De Leder, was released after testifying, while connections to gangland figures remained under investigation.
Honolulu dispatch reports customs seized a shipment of pamphlets printed in Japan praised as propaganda. Officials warned about Japanese residents and investigated the matter as possible treasonous material. The convoy involved a Japanese steamer Chicnibu and a former officer named Kyouke Furunt.
Washington reports on Capitol Hill as four professors debate gold policy and the dollar’s level. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bank of England, and Bank of France reportedly held no joint agreement, while Senator Thomas calls for a stronger dollar defense and potential currency legislation if the rate stays near current levels.
A worker was killed when a tree fell on him while a clearing party worked near his home. The accident occurred as the man attempted to move the tree, and authorities reported the incident in Athens.
A school bus attempting to cross a railroad track near Palatka and Deland was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line freight train. Eight children were killed and several others injured as ambulances and doctors ferried victims to Deland hospital. The bus driver and passengers were among the severely injured. some parents rushed to scenes as shock and grief spread.
A payroll of about 31 000 will be distributed among AWA workers in Muskingum County over Saturday Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. County Relief Director L F Shaw said checks to those who received last Saturday will be paid at the same locations this Saturday. Additional payments will occur on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The board to handle protests and adjustments includes L F Shaw J Walter Miller Wl Ro Baurrck holter Dr Alvin E Walters and Dr O Dennis. Officials plan improvements for Roseville area and for cleaning and painting Garsport bridge while Columbus pushes to approve new state department projects. About 5 000 unemployed registered for work and will be placed as approvals come through.
Irving and Betty Comp imine wed on a Santa Fe platform witnessed by 5,000 New Mexicans as Police Judge J L Gober read the lines. Mayor Clyde Tingley, acting as best man, kissed the bride amid a festive scene on the platform.
A fragmentary note found in South Chatham, Dec 14, claims Columbia College rowing coach Richard J. Gow died by his own hand. The search for Richard A. Glendon and others followed his disappearance after a hunting trip. Eldredge and several volunteers had been preparing to resume the search.
Lexington Kentucky December 24 Farmers protested low prices at annual warehouse auctions across the state. In several cities sales were halted until buyers resume. In Magasine the auction paused after 1,9350 pounds sold for 912.943 an average of 8.104 per hundredweight.
Chicago police report a bold midday robbery as gunmen armed with chisels sled hammers and shotguns ransack safety deposit boxes at a bank. Prisoners and hostages were involved with the theft aiming to seize cash and securities, with losses possibly reaching twenty thousand dollars. The robbery is described as one of Chicago’s most daring in recent memory.
In Weir Mills a mass meeting of Amalgamated Steel and Tin Employes opposed a strike and supported awaiting the interunion board's election results tomorrow. Washington reports said the National Labor Board was ready to act on the agreement with the steel company. Tension rose as the second hot mills in the nonplate department closed and union president Long was among workers reassigned from his job.
English Channel shipping halted as storm winds and frozen seas disrupted routes. An unidentified steamship sank off Susset coast with around 12 crew aboard. lifeboats reached survivors as Atlantic liners diverted to ports. Mines in Chauncey near capacity in response to cold, with nine working in the Hocking Valley basin.
Heiress Dorothy Patterson Judah sister of Dayton Ohio head of the National Cash Register Company becomes bride of John Santini. The couple's announcement notes she has a divorce in Carson City last August from Colonel Nome Brandon Judah, a prominent attorney.
Columbus December 14. Proponents of state monopoly of package liquor sales vow no compromise and will fight to the end. Senator Harold G Mosier Cleveland condemns the senate vote and says there is no possibility of compromise. Some senators oppose a complete monopoly by removing liquor sales in hotels and clubs. Governor White calls the senate vote a preliminary skirmish.
Washington reports an effort to shore up long term recovery with NRA economists and technical experts. The memo criticizes lack of planning and notes routine work sidelined or dropped, with several administrators and planners reassigned or uncertain. A Philadelphia engineer was dropped over irrelevance, while funding and leadership changes ripple through the NRA planning office. The piece also covers state liquor policy debates and legislative votes on drug store sale versus state monopoly, with party split voting and amendments from multiple senators.
Montreal, Dec. 14. Knives flashed in a Tong war clash in Chinatown injuring six and sending three to hospital with serious wounds. Lee, 32, Lim War, and two others suffered stab and skull injuries amid a street battle that drew police and reserve units. Rivalry over Tong control of gambling houses sparked the outbreak. further violence was feared.
In Aruncion on December 14 Paraguayan rural police driving through the Chaco jungle captured Fort Saavedra, Bolivian stronghold. The fort fired as it fell, signaling a strategic gain linking to the Bolivian base in the region. Paraguayan forces, seen advancing, threaten other positions between Saavedra and Munoz and are expected to push on despite Bolivian resistance.
Group 9 of the Ohio Bankers Association adopted resolutions in principle approving provisions of the NRA banking code and recommending approval by the National Bankers committees. The session in Goveland drew more than 360 bankers from 10 northeastern counties.
Tax Commission plans to accelerate a delinquent tax survey with Carlton Dargusch overseeing ten staffers. The official says fifty more workers are needed for the survey over many days to complete the effort for the state joist works administration for Agty men.
Chicago December 14 resolutions adopted at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention urged President Roosevelt to hasten full effect of the farm adjustment act. They endorsed recovery measures and parity for farm prices, warning delays threaten bankruptcy for many farmers and call for broadening the act and amending trade agreements with producers and processors.
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