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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
1
The Addis Ababa front faces setbacks as Ethiopian authorities report general attacks by War Minister Sheta and Ras Kassa allies. Italian bombing prompts horror in the capital and raises international tension as Sweden and Red Cross discuss aerial strikes on military and hospital targets.
A gunman fleeing with about 10 380 dollars robbed a bank on a main street in BX New Jersey. A woman passenger fired a shot near the scene and a vehicle fled the area. Mrs Kane, wife of the bank owner, described the panic as the assailant drove away and a bystander said the shot may have been fired toward her.
Survey by J Morton of Colum University notes high shoes influence foot development and fashion. It suggests future generations may see changes tied to evolutions in footwear and media like television and radio.
United States Senator from Minnesota Elmer A Benson, a strong 1936 governor contender and state banking commissioner, was eliminated from the race when appointed to the Senate by Governor Floyd B Olson. He replaces the late Thomas D Schall, a blind legislator who died in a traffic accident. Benson is a Farmer Laborite.
Two Ohio State University students confessed to a string of armed robberies. James McClanahan and Bert McClanahan, aged 20 and 22, said they sought funds for winter quarter fees and obtained about $40 total. Police said the arrests followed a car chase after a New Year’s night kidnapping and several robberies. Both were wounded and in fair condition in hospital.
A blast at Spencer Fireworks Co. in Polk damaged four small buildings and shattered windows in 40 houses and a church. Officials estimate $20,000 in damage. Employee Elmer Crossen was injured while trying to remove a burning box of fireworks when it exploded in his hands.
Coroner ruled death a suicide after Joseph Zrvicz was found shot under a downtown bridge. Police located a note reading I came here suddenly, unknown for nobody. The unclaimed body lay in a Columbus morgue.
Judge Dana F. Reynolds suspended enforcement of a $25 fee on cars bought outside Ohio pending an injunction hearing. The law, aimed at deterring out of state purchases to avoid sales tax, also affects new Ohio residents. The highway patrol faced heavy workload, checking about 30 cars daily in Cincinnati. An exemption power for the enforcing official was suggested.
Two men jailed in Wayne County on charges of shooting with intent to kill highway patrolmen Earl Davey and R. F. Ruch. Arthur Kaylor 30 of Knox County and Dude Bova 32 of Columbus identified after an eight hour New Year’s Day chase through snow. a third man escaped on a stolen horse.
A mother, her 13 year old son, and a man identified as Raymond Glynes were found burned to death in the ruins of a rooming house in Washington. Morgue officials said the victims were Mrs. Florence Bevans, 34, her son Charles, and Glynes, 27, who lived at the house.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Attorney Louis Piquett for harboring Homer Van Meter of the Dillinger Gang. Pro Basco’s west side home provided shelter and a physician performed face lifting and fingerprint erasing operations on the fugitives.
Washington AP reports a year end recap shows the New Deal had spent or loaned more than 16 billion dollars for relief and recovery. Treasury figures indicate about 7 billion in appropriations remained unexpended, including the bulk of the 4 billion work relief fund and nearly 2 billion in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
In Trenton the Hauptmann defense discussed an unidentified man linked to Isador Fisch as a possible crime associate. The move emerges during clemency proceedings in the Lindbergh kidnapping case as Governor Hoffman plans a Court of Pardons hearing.
George Ernest McMurray 69, longtime Canton and Pittsburgh newspaper man and Sunday editor of The Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, who supervised McKinley campaign news releases, died after suffering a stroke Saturday at work following months of illness.
Police questioned two suspected robbers in Wooster today and hunted a third man who fled from about a score of officers after stealing a horse from a farmer's barn.
The 15 percent tax on soft coal sales at the mine went into effect November 1 and is payable monthly. The Bituminous Coal Commission failed to obtain a deadline extension from the Internal Revenue Bureau, leaving compliant operators on equal footing with those under injunctions awaiting the Supreme Court ruling. Producers who comply may receive a 90 percent rebate of the tax.
Four people died in Ohio auto crashes on New Year's Day half the 1935 toll. Helen Baker 27 and her 16 month old Barbara Lee of Hanover died near Newark when their car hit a truck. D F E Baker husband injured. George Porter 40 struck in Cincinnati. Mrs Easter Hadley Akron victim. Helen Bahnsen 16 killed near Genoa on New Year Eve.
Cincinnati entered a rare political halt as Mayor Russell Wilson left office at term end and 15 ballots failed to elect a successor. Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, aligned with Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, revived the church radio influence but failed to secure the post, leaving the city without a titular head while decisions await.
Marion’s mayor Dr. Frederick C. Smith announced he would not take any of his $2,400 annual salary to help balance city finances as he begins his term. The move signals vow to reform budgeting and set a prudent fiscal tone for the administration.
Youngstown business leader George J. Olea, a former mayor, closed his large downtown market after labor trouble. He blamed out of town hoodlums for forcing bakers and butchers off the job, and said 100 employees were left unemployed after a Tuesday picket.
Washington forecast rapid congressional moves on the soldiers bonus as three veterans groups back a new plan for immediate cash payments. Leaders claim the plan would cost only 1,000,000 now instead of the commonly cited 2,000,000,000 and would offer interest to encourage veterans to hold their adjusted service certificates rather than cash them now.
Senator Robinson said the cash bonus bill would pass with executive approval as veterans groups unify on a plan. They avoided details on funding, dismissing the Patman currency idea and hinting at a possible compromise vote before next week. Some Congressmen expect action this campaign year despite a presidential veto risk.
Chicago report notes 93 automobile fatalities on New Year’s Day 1936 versus 98 a year earlier, a preliminary drop of about five percent. Incomplete data from six states. safety council aims to cut deaths 35 percent in five years, targeting 36,000 deaths last year.
COLUMBUS. A. Ringer, Leesburg attorney, became the first candidate to file nominating petitions for the congressman-at-large seat. A Republican and native of Vinton County, he is a graduate of Ohio Northern and Pittsburgh Universities.
Chicago based Jim Jordan of Burling ton Wisconsin claimed the 1936 Liars Club Diamond medal after telling how he trapped a rat by placing cheese under a thermometer and letting mercury fall. Club president Hulett defended the amateur status despite pushback from critics.
Hollywood columnist Irvin Cobb urges New Year restraint on highway deaths. He jokes about cutting traffic fatalities by half in 1936, noting reckless driving spares no one and comparing casualties to Waterloo and Gettysburg while calling for safer speeds.
Columbus Oakley Spaght said the Welfare Department will ask the Legislature to convert the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Sandusky into a mental hospital. The plan would transfer 781 residents to Day ton Government Hospital and save state funds for a new facility.
Washington reports Senator Borah’s possible Republican nomination shifts tactics for a Midwest progressive group backing Roosevelt. Nebraska Progressive George W. Kline delays a formal campaign committee until after conventions, noting strong Borah sentiment in the East and plans to organize for Roosevelt regardless of nominee.
The Mediterranean recovered 10 bodies of 12 victims from the New Year Eve crash off Alexandria involving the City of Khartoum. The American victim was James Co. Luke, 57, of Philadelphia, an oil engineer loaned by HE. B. Badger and Sons to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
Washington Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, said today that no plan like the Townsend old age pension proposal can pass Congress. The remark reflects a bleak outlook for sweeping social reform legislation in the current session.
Republican Chairman Henry P. Fletcher demanded NBC and CBS provide equal radio facilities for GOP reply to the president’s state of the union address. He argued the Democrats seek a monopoly of the airwaves, while NBC and CBS said they would consider the telegram. The planned night session follows the president’s address, with bonus and neutrality issues next on the docket.
Chicago police say Tommy Touhy, leader of the Terrible Touhy Gang linked to postal robberies and illicit liquor operations, was seized in a West Side flat at 3130 Palmer St. He faced a planned human bomb claim and is tied to a family with prior Kidnaping and bootlegging notoriety.
The American Liberty League reported expenditures totaling 9839.97.92 and a year start balance of 93,201.54 in a filing with the clerk of the house.
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