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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
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Washington Sen Hugo L Black Roosevelt's first Supreme Court nominee is shown by voting to be a 100 percent New Dealer who supported the administration agenda struck down by the Court in 1934 35 36. He favors broad federal power and is described as a friend of the farmer and a liberal spender.
Senators received telegrams opposing Blacks nomination citing opposition to confirmation. Black is described as loyal to New Deal, pro government power production, a 30 hour week advocate, and a high tax critic with a record of supporting such measures as the Patman Bonus Bill and higher income surtaxes. Critics call him radical and anarchist.
A Senate Judiciary Sub-committee voted 5 to 1 to approve Senator Hugo L. Black's Supreme Court nomination despite a protest from Senator Warren R. Austin. Full committee review follows as President Roosevelt cites Black's eligibility and rejects a constitutional amendment path.
The Lancaster Eagle Gazette hosts a Saturday open house at its new plant with U S Marshal R Kenneth Kerr as host. After the inspection, attendees will tour the Kerr Farm on Route 22 in Lancaster Ohio.
Cincinnati police pursue a possible croton oil poisoning scheme to steal elderly savings. Autopsies are pending for George Gsellman 67 Jacob Wagner 78 and George Obendorfer 67 who died in Colorado Springs. Mrs Anna Marie Hahn 31 faced questioning after a stash of savings was traced.
Cincinnati according to Prosecuting Attorney Dudley M. Outcast a metallic poison probably arsenic was found in the body that died on July 6.
Five elderly men were involved in a Croton oil search when four died within the last five months, a bottle of the oil prompting the investigation.
The traffic engineering division announced all state highways would be marked with double white center lines as a safety measure. Lines apply on pavements 18 feet or more wide with limited sight distance on curves crests and grades and at four lane centers railway crossings and intersections. Drivers are warned not to cross the double lines as overtaking is hazardous.
Francis C. French, father-in-law of John Jacob Astor, was declared bankrupt with liabilities of 4800 dollars. Astor, who married French’s daughter Ellen, might have lent money to avert the disgrace, yet French has shown pleasure in embarrassing society.
A bomb wrecked a porch in Maple Heights injuring Henry Neidfelfeld 76 and his wife Anna 75 who were jolted from bed. The blast, aimed at Ralph Walker labor leader, shattered the porch and prompted police to suspect an assassination attempt.
Police and firemen search the mud and debris of a collapsed two story tenement in New Brighton Staten Island for three more victims after rains flooded the deep cellar where the structure fell. Nineteen bodies recovered earlier. the tragedy claimed a patrolman and his wife and left their six day old child ward.
COLUMBUS Ohio today appeared to be moving toward a statewide investigation of natural gas rates by the Public Utilities Commission similar to the Ohio Bell Telephone rate case pending before the commission after nearly 14 years of litigation. The utilities commission has moved for partial consolidation in groups of local cases involving East Ohio Gas Co and Ohio Fuel Gas Co and other subsidiaries of the Columbia Gas Electric Corporation system.
Albert Ulrich of North Bergen leaped from a plane and crashed through a bedroom window at Edward K. Whitmore's home after his parachute tangled on the house eaves. The incident occurred Thursday as the flyer descended near Sea Girt, New Jersey.
In St Joseph Missouri the Elks Club held a Friday the thirteenth event sending 13 ambulances to a staged drowning and strangling party. A committee of thirteen led activities including dismissing lifeguards and encouraging dives for a plush lined coffin as the prize.
Verl Waller 26 surrendered after confessing he shot his father Albert 59 a truck farmer in Edmond Wednesday night. He said the motive was sexual deficiency after listening to a radio program and his father refused funds for an operation. Authorities consider a murder warrant and possible sanity hearing.
The Laderman Act, operative since Thursday midnight, lowers municipal outside business district speed limits from 35 to 25 mph in Columbus. State routes within municipalities keep 35 mph outside business districts. 25 mph applies near schools during recess. Business districts retain 20 mph. highways outside municipalities stay at 45 mph.
A giant Soviet monoplane, on a projected flight to the United States, faced stiff headwinds as it crossed the Arctic wastes. Intercepted signals from Nome Station report the craft passed over the North Pole and began its southward leg around 3 a.m. EST.
A group of small boys gathered around Babe the elephant’s grave at the Washington Zoo to mourn the famed circus elephant who died at age 99. Acting zoo director Ernest P. Walker led visitors to the mound behind the zebra house where Babe was buried.
House Labor Committee chair Mary T. Norton says she fears passage will be delayed until next session due to deadlock on right of way. Southern opposition and farm bloc dissatisfaction with crop loans threaten the labor bill as House leaders push to move it to the floor.
Julius Balmuth, 16, who caused $10,000 in damage in a ground flight crash, offered to become a slave to the government to repay the loss. Judge Harry L. Eastman ordered detention at Hudson Boys Farm for discipline, not criminal tendencies. Balmuth had hoped to fly to Washington to gain War Secretary attention for a folding wing idea.
Chauncey man Chauncey, Bert Sweazy, son of L. L. Sweazey, is in serious condition at a Washington Pennsylvania hospital after two men attacked him at his Burgetown Pennsylvania home. He was robbed of 48 dollars. he suffered a broken jaw and fractured skull and is listed as critical. Two suspects are in custody for questioning as authorities investigate the assault.
The Paraguayan army and navy revolted today against President Franco, forcing his cabinet to resign. Franco, famed for the Chaco war, rose to the presidency after a prior coup toppled the government.
Columbus Ohio Charles Hines sentenced to die for the murder of Mrs Edith Hirl of Cincinnati received a stay of execution from Chief Justice Carl Weygandt. The stay postpones the Aug 18 date as the high court reviews the case.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will speak at a mass meeting in Bowling Green for 15,000 farmers on August 20 during a farm day session.
Associate Justice James Clark McReynolds departs for Europe aboard the Queen Mary amid autograph seekers. He signs many books and photos, while Washington reels from a Senate naming turmoil involving Senator Black to the Supreme Court.
The Air Commerce Bureau moves to finish airway aids before winter. Airlines test radio directionfinders and anti static antennas as required equipment by year end. Officials expect 20 plus new radio stations 7500 miles of weather circuits more lights fields and upgraded stations operating before winter storms. Congress funded 882000 for the work.
Lt. Col. J. D. Arthur Jr. completed inspection of the Beach City Dam nine miles north of Dover. The Beach City structure, 4800 feet long and 54 feet high, is the sixth of 14 in the Muskingum Conservancy District. It cost 3,387,000 dollars and will form a 420 acre permanent lake with 6150 acre flood storage.
Members of the Ohio Department of the American Legion arrive in Columbus for the 19th annual state convention. The first session is Sunday at Memorial Hall with bugle and drum corps contest awarding $1500 in prizes and the corps to represent the Legion for next year.
Three vacationists clung to a capsized dory for four hours and were cast ashore at Truro. Rowland Lyon, 33, of Washington DC, artist, Miss Helen Wires of Wellesley Hills, art student, and Miss Dorothy Nelson of Chicago, art student, survived the ordeal.
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe announced Cecile Dionne will remain indoors until Monday due to a sore throat. The update notes she is currently recovering and staying at Calander, Ontario.
United Press reports large Chinese and Japanese forces preparing for battle in and around Peiping Tientsin and Shanghai. American Admiral Yarnell moves to command US Navy and Marines in Shanghai as Chinese and Japanese clash with artillery and rifles near the International Settlement. Chinese leaders threaten action if Japanese troop movements threaten foreign quarters.
Japanese field forces captured Nankow 25 miles northwest of Peiping after heavy fighting to take the Nankow Mountain Pass. Chinese resistance stiffened as Japanese bomba and infantry bombarded positions paid for with continued firing from entrenched defenders in the hills.
In Rawlins Wyoming the state opened its new lethal gas chamber to execute 38 year old Paul H. Carroll for killing his boss Charles C. Barnard, Union Pacific Railroad division superintendent who fired him for drinking. Carroll was strapped to a chair at midnight as cyanide released into a sulphuric acid bath. He previously shot Barnard and later shot himself, recovering from the wound in six weeks.
Ohio stood twelfth among states in highway outlays for 1936. Public Roads Bureau figures show Ohio received 35.241 million dollars from registration fees gasoline taxes motor carrier taxes and other sources for highway purposes and spent 12.895 million dollars.
Governor Davey flew back to Columbus Friday night after a two week vacation in North Carolina.
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