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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1936
Page
1
Mrs Arthur Doells, not mechanically minded, attempted to park after church but hit the gas instead of the brake. Her car smashed through the rear of the garage, rolled across a 50 foot field and finally stopped against Charles W Disbro's home in Cleveland.
The Supreme Court unanimously up held state fair trade laws from Illinois and California which allow retailers and wholesalers to fix resale prices. The ruling notes no compulsion and treats the statutes as private contracts to maintain prices, with opinions split by justice but same reasoning. The decision references federal utility act tests and leaves the constitutionality of the act itself for later review.
Rebel planes circled Madrid taking photos of government defenses as the siege enters its second month. They dropped only a few flares for camera focus. officials estimate 15,000 government deaths so far at about 500 daily, with a quarter of the city in ruins.
Ironton dispatch reports George Coco Carrington age 19 being taken into custody south of town by police and county deputies in connection with the holdup slaying of Peter Heighton a 45 year old coal dealer.
A head on crash near Portsmouth claimed six lives including Deputy Sheriff Harry Thornton and Robert Kaylor as part of a deadly weekend in Ohio. Another fatality occurred near Sidney when a car skidded and overturned, while Orion Parsons burned to death after his vehicle struck a parked truck at Clarington.
Authorities sought a motive in the slaying of Rufus W Hutson 79 a retired farmer whose body was found in his home eight miles northeast of Washington C H Ohio. Officials doubted robbery and continued investigations into the case.
Five persons two men and three women were found dead in a tourist cabin near Fayetteville Arkansas from gas fumes an open jet on a gas stove. The dead include Bert Atkinson Fayetteville cafe owner Bill Reed a photographer Mabel Todd Russellville Ark Alice Taylor Fayette and an unidentified woman.
Reports from Chicago and Columbus describe a sweeping cold spell and winter storms across the Midwest and South. Minnesotans shiver at 26 below. Bemidji hit 26 below, while Ohio forecasters warn of single digit lows. Ice and snow disrupt travel, fires claim lives, and crews rescue ship crews trapped in ice near Montreal and Michigan.
Secretary Morgenthau launches government financing operations to raise the public debt to about 34.441 billion dollars, surpassing the prior peak by nearly 300 million. The Treasury will issue 50 million dollars weekly in short term paper for six weeks to cover cash needs, with the debt rise adding 600 million dollars beyond existing levels.
Four men were arrested in Baltimore as federal agents seized narcotics valued at $10,000 in raids aimed at breaking a dope ring with alleged headquarters in a Manhattan penthouse. The gang is said to supply dope to race track followers in Maryland and the South.
Gen. Emil F. Marx of St. Marys was reappointed adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard by Gov. Martin L. Davey at a meeting of the Ohio National Association on Sunday.
At the Inter-American Conference Secretary of State Cordell Hull will present a draft convention to form a united peace front in the Americas. It would coordinate five treaties, bar shipments of arms and war supplies, block lending to belligerents, and create a 21-nation consultative body to mediate disputes threatening world peace.
Ohio American Legion leaders adopt a resolution urging senators and congressmen to investigate delays in $600,000 improvements at the Chillicothe veterans hospital. They charge overcrowding and beds shortages have left mentally deranged veterans wandering or in state institutions.
Police fear Eugene Fuller 62 owner of the houseboat Wachuts disappeared after the cabin wreckage was found in the Ohio River near the U. S. Grant Bridge in Portsmouth.
Mrs Wallis Simpson, exhausted after a French flight, plans to stay in bed all day and Tuesday at Villa Lou Vieil in Cannes. A physician advised rest. reporters and photographers encircled the villa while police guarded the inner ring. Host Herman L Rogers said she may remain three or four days as Capt Reginald Fellowes prepares yacht Sister Ann for a possible voyage.
Vatican reports indicate Pope Pius X's night was comfortable and his condition satisfactory. Personal physician Prof Arminto Milani saw steady improvement in his swollen legs and asthma, and the Pope agreed to a week in bed to rest.
In Leslie County near Hayden three youths died and two were injured when a car was forced from a road. Fatalities were Ruth Ratliff 18 Abijah Ratliff 11 and Juanita Sizemore 19. The other driver fled the scene.
London dispatch reports King Edward and Queen Mary in a bitter secret conference. The queen left Marlborough House for hours to appeal to the king while observers say he plans to abdicate over the Mrs Simpson controversy. The royal couple show clear distress and fatigue as the crisis deepens.
Charles Edison, son of the late Thomas A. Edison, is appointed assistant secretary of the navy. He has long shown interest in naval affairs and leads industries built by his father and serves as New Jersey director of the National Emergency Council.
Ath ens residents are urged to set their own contribution to the Community Chest. John H. Preston, campaign director, rejects high pressure and says 12 000 welfare dollars are at stake. A standard based on income is published: 100 for 5 000, 10 for 2 000, or a day’s pay for daily workers. Luncheons run Tue Wed Thu Fri with noon reports, ending next Monday dinner.
Plucky Simplicio Godino who had a rare operation separating him from his dead Siamese twin dies twelve days later in Valhalla New York. Doctors had hoped for a normal life after the operation but Simplicio dies from acute meningitis after an autopsy was performed.
Government engineers spent 30000 to save 100000 by freezing a landslide at Grand Coulee Dam. An artificial ice pack, produced by two refrigeration machines, used 80 tons of ice daily through six miles of pipe to halt earth sliding at two feet per hour on excavating power shovels.
In Dover coroner Albert Balmer announced charges would be filed against Jesse Lenarz 58 after an inquest into the death of Ella Lenarz 56 from a skull fracture suffered on November 11 A neighbor's home rear quarrel prompted Ruth Lenarz 16 to testify that she saw her father strike Ella with a club. In Cleveland a fierce east wind drove Lake Erie to upheaval and authorities fear the 40 foot tug Dorothy Irene from Fairport has capsized with two men missing.
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin told Parliament the next move in the King’s marriage crisis rests with the King. The government will act when the King decides, avoiding pressure for hasty abdication and warning that prolonged uncertainty risks national interests.
In Chillicothe a 62 year old Twin Township farmer Albert Rice faced anticipated murder charges after a neighbor Henry Lambert was shot near the heart. Sheriff Joe Vincent said the conflict arose over Rice's attention to Lambert's wife. The fatal shot occurred Sunday with a se pouge shotgun. In Cleveland a separate note says the Gevat Lakes Exposition opens May 29 for 10 days and W. F. Holliday of Standard Oil Co of Ohio was elected president Sunday.
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