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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1936

Page

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English Attitude Toward Nazis Weaker Than Expected

London reports Joachim von Ribbentrop met with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden at the foreign office as Britain sought an explanation of Eden's Commons speech. Eden urged France to keep an open mind and stressed Locarno obligations while Germany pressed for new conciliatory moves to ease the European crisis.

London Joachim von Ribbentrop Great Britain Berlin Adolf Hitler Rhineland Anthony Eden Foreign Office Reichssary Eden House Ommons Germany France Hitler Britain House of Commons Belgium Reich Germay Europe

Hitler rally at Krupp Works appeals to 870000 crowd

Adolf Hitler spoke at the Krupp Works in Essen to a crowd of about 870,000. He insisted there can be no real world peace without equality among partners and rejected Woodrow Wilson's 14 point plan. He denied secret deals and warned that if other nations arm, Germany will safeguard its sovereignty.

Essen Germany Adolf Hitler Krupp Reichsfuehrer Woodrow Wils United States Versailles

Pomeroy Spinster Rescued From Well After Flood Delay

Miss Margaret Hellman, 60, was rescued from a well near her home as Ohio River flood waters delayed aid. She remained unconscious twelve hours after rescue. River crested at 51 feet in Pomeroy after a rise of three inches since Thursday.

Pomeroy Margaret Hellman Ohio Ohio River

Spotlight in New York and London Icons in War-Torn Headlines

Bette Davis arrived in New York amid film fame as Vera Stretz testifies in the Gebhardt murder case in New York. Anna Hauptman leaves Trenton prison after a death cell visit with Bruno Hauptmann’s execution set for March 31. Joachim von Ribbentrop arrives at Croydon Airport to confer with Sir Anthony Eden as wartime tensions rise in London.

Bette Davis Motion Picture Academy New York Vera Stretz Fritz Gebhardt Joachim von Ribbentrop Croydon Airport London Great Britain Sir Anthony Eden

Predict Long Bitter Struggle On New Taxes

Washington reports a pro longed and possibly bitter public struggle over taxes as the House Ways and Means Committee plans hearings on the new tax program. Many groups seek to testify while minor business is cleared in the Senate and a Towns end old age pension inquiry draws attention. Rep Patman hints at dropping an inflation rider on the tax bill as NRA debates resurface amid Roosevelt's committee for NRA results.

Washington Capitol Hill House Ways and Means Committee Townsend Patman Texas NRA Roosevelt

Former Logan Woman Dies in Newark Friday

Mrs. James Roush aged 74 longtime Logan resident died Friday morning in a Newark Hospital. She was sister to Bruce Dollison Columbus James Dollison Newark and Mrs. Martha Yerges Newark. Body to be brought to Logan Saturday at 2 PM for burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Logan James Roush Newark Bruce Dollison Columbus James Dollison Martha Yerges Oak Grove Cemetery

Borah Plans Campaign Extend to Oregon Primary

Idaho Senator Borah prepared to enter the Oregon primary on May 15 to win 10 delegates to the Republican national convention. He rejected a coast campaign and will instead focus on Ohio and Illinois where 109 convention delegates await.

Washington Borah Idaho Northwest Friends Oregon California Ohio Illinois

Former Rock Springs Resident Dies Friday

James Brown aged 63 formerly of near Rock Springs died Friday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs John Frick Enterprise after a period of illness from blood poisoning. He leaves his wife Mary Brown two sons Albert and Charles Brown five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs John Bowen with burial in Rock Springs Cemetery.

Pomeroy James Brown Rock Springs John Frick Enterprise Frick Mary Brown Albert Charles Brown John Bowen Rock Springs Cemetery

Vera Stretz Admits She Shot Her Lover Dr Fritz Gebhardt

In New York Vera Stretz, 32, calmly admits fatally shooting Dr Fritz Gebhardt, her wealthy lover, during her defense. She sobs detailing their romance and her past, including a brief elopement and an annulled marriage, as she testifies about events leading to the November 12 incident.

Vera Stretz Gebhardt New York Fritz Gebhardt Samuel Leibowitz West Indies Leibowitz Scottsboro New York University

Planes Join Search For Missing Airship

Airplanes and soldiers spread over Sonora as a growing search seeks a cabin plane and its four occupants missing since Wednesday night. More than twenty American and Mexican planes flew at dawn over mountains and desert in the hunt for the private ship that left Douglas for Phoenix.

Douglas Ariz Sonora Phoenix

1936 License Tag Sale Is 20 Percent Higher

Officials of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles estimate first quarter sales of passenger car license tags will reach 1 400 000, near the 1934 total. Sales run 20 percent ahead of the comparable period last year, with Frank West calling the split year system very satisfactory.

Columbus Bureau of Motor Vehicles Frank West Registrar of Motor Vehicles Ohio

Hamilton educator Darrell Joyce dies at 62

Darrell Joyce, age 62, longtime Butler County schools superintendent for 26 years and a well known Ohio educator, died today after a year of declining health.

Hamilton Darrell Joyce Butler County Ohio

Mexican Plane Crash Kills 14

In Mexico City fourteen people die when a chartered tri motor plane crashes near Amecameca during a Guatemalan Central America trip. The victims include six women and eight men from various ranks from European nobility to a Costa Rican steward boy.

Mexico City Central America Guatemala Amecameca Mount Popocatepet Mount Iztlacihuatl

Mine Sealing Program Seeks Weather to Resume

The State Health Department awaits favorable weather to restart its southeastern Ohio mine sealing effort. Assistant state sanitary engineer B. F. Hatch said floods and cold conditions delayed work in Lawrence, Gallia and Meigs Counties, but plans to seal about 4 900 abandoned mines by July 31 remain.

Columbus State Health Department Ohio B. F. Hatch Lawrence Gallia Meigs

Senate Bickers Over Budget Vetoes In Ohio

In Columbus the Senate debated Gov. Martin L. Davey’s vetoes as it moved to restore several line items. A $500,000 flood relief bill and a $513,000 sundry claims bill passed, while the chamber also funded $35,000 to reestablish the Bureau of Juvenile Research after Davey admitted an error. Senate leaders argued the governor misused the veto power and kept vetoed items from the last budget bill from returning.

Columbus Martin L. Davey Senate Davey Bureau of Juvenile Research Frank E. Whittemore Summit County Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans Xenia State Welfare Department and Industrial Commission William R. Foss Mercer

Fast Express Bumps Freight Near Manor Killing Three

In heavy rain near Manor Greensburg Pennsylvania, the fast Philadelphia Express of the Pennsylvania Railroad sideswiped a freight train. Three trainmen were killed F F Snyder engine on the first locomotive George Kuhn engineman Roy Mitchell fireman. Clair N Grove was scalded and 78 passengers had only bruises.

Greensburg Philadelphia Express Pennsylvania Railroad Manor FEF F. Snyder Altoona George Kuhn Ruffsdale Roy Mitchell Latrobe Clair N. Grove

Prominent Columbia Township Farmer Dies at Home

Claude Hoyd a leading Columbia Township farmer died suddenly at his home Thursday evening at 6 30 o clock He was reportedly in good health prior to his death He leaves his wife and several relatives.

Pomeroy Claude Hoyd Columbia Township

Ohio Justice Is Triumphant

Lima report on Cyre Bennett 78 former junk hauler exonerated after four years in state hospital for criminal insane linked to brother James Franklin Bennett 66 slain December 14 1931 in Richwood. Bennett recounts odd circumstances around investigation and his alibi as he looks toward freedom and farm life.

Cyre Bennett Lima State Bennett James Frankin Bennett Richwood

Pension Plan Receipts Near One Million Dollars

Washington reports that the Townsend Old Age Pension Organization has total receipts since January 1934 estimated at 951 964 09. Former national secretary R E K Clements testified receipts from 1934 to 1938 totaled 771 964 09 with 180 000 expected for the first three months of this year. He cited a 1935 income of 12 585 including salary benefits from multiple sources and distributions to state area managers. The record shows 40 percent of dues and 20 percent of club quotas going to area managers. The inquiry adjourned to obtain demanded financial records.

Washington Townsend Old Age Pension Organization R. E K. Clements House Clements Townsend James R. Sullivan F. E. Townsend Prosperity Publishing Company Cements

Hits Ohio Sales Tax Program Hits Ohio

Congressman at large Stephen M. Young opened his Democratic gubernatorial campaign in Summit County. He denounced the Ohio sales tax as cowardly and pledged courageous economy and just taxation while criticizing the current governor for not repealing or curtailing the tax.

Akron Stephen M. Young Ohio Summit County Democratic Women's Federation

Four men and one woman die in British airliner crash

In Lyndhurst Hampshire four men and one woman were killed when an airliner crash occurred in the Stony Cross forest. Authorities said the craft, used for army cooperation and night searchlight practice, was connected indirectly with a government defense coordination project and likely crashed due to static disturbances.

Lyndhurst Hampshire Fing Great Britain Stony Cross

Men Held in Probe of Horse and Lace Rackets

Authorities in Bowling Green held four men and three horses amid a probe into a racket selling doped horses and bogus laces and linens in Ohio and Indiana. Sheriff Tom Pask seized the group with Sheriff Arnold F. Isch and Police Chief Carl Galliher. One man, Thomas Hamilton of Cincinnati, was charged with defrauding a Sandusky County farmer by selling two doped horses for 275 dollars.

Bowling Green Ohio Indiana Tom Pask Fremont Arnold F. Isch Carl Galliher Thomas Hamilton Cincinnati Hamilton Sandusky County

Specialist Dead Chicago Doctor Arnold Putnam Abbott

Dr Arnold Putnam Abbott internal medicine specialist and longtime associate clinical professor of medicine at Rush Medical College died Thursday night.

Chicago Arnold Putnam Abbott Rush Medical College

Reynoldstown Wins Grand National. U S Tickets Earn Big Payouts

Reynolds town captures the Grand National at Aintree paying seven to one. Five American-backed tickets win 150000 each from Reynolds town. Ego finishes second with four U S tickets worth 75000 each. Names include The 23 Kid Matson Navigation Co. Tilley 662 Lexington Ave Black Cat Red and Joe The happy family and others.

New York Reynoldstown United States Bachelor Prince the 23 Kid Matson Navigation Co Wilmington Calif Tilley Lexington Ave Black Cat Salem Mass Red and Joe Lynn Happy Family Albany N. Y Ego Horse Gimpel Sandberg Glenmore Ave Brooklyn J. K. Hammond Parker Ave Detroit Mich Mary Love West Broad St Bethlehem Northlith Stf Reading

Rains Fail To Halt Work in Flooded Area

Heavy rains swollen midwestern streams receded enough to aid reconstruction in flood swept zones of the upper Ohio Valley. The Ohio River crest threatened Marietta with a 40 foot stage while danger eased from Steubenville to Portsmouth. Mentions crest forecasts for Louisville and rising levels at Owensboro Cairo and New Madrid, with 60 families displaced.

Ohio Valley Ohio Wheeling W. Va Marietta Steubenville Portsmouth Louisville Owensboro Illinois Cairo Mississippi New Madrid

Soviets and Japanese Clash on East Frontiers

Soviet press advisories report fresh fighting on the Russo Manchoukuoan border extending to outer Mongolia. Japanese Manchukuoan forces reportedly withdrew after an attempt to seize a Mongol frontier post, then massed near the North Lake sector to renew their assault.

Moscow Far Outer Mongolia Manchukuo North Lake

Bricker Bids Support for Ohio Survey at Lincoln Day Banquet

Ohio Attorney General John W. Bricker pledged to back the state government survey’s recommendations if elected governor. Speaking to 700 Republicans at the Fairfield County Lincoln Day banquet, Bricker charged Democratic Gov. Martin L. Davey with failing to implement the survey’s findings.

Lancaster John W. Bricker Ohio Bricker Fairfield County Martin L. Davey

Unfairness in Trial Claimed By Governor

Governor Hoffman alleges unfairness in the Hauptmann trial and says he would grant a further reprieve only with proper legal authority. The case involves the Lindbergh ransom money and Hauptmann's impending execution, with calls for legislative investigation into state officials.

Trenton N. J Bruno Richard Hauptmann Kimberling Hauptmann Hoffman Anthony M. Hauck, Jr Hunterdon County Bruno Hauptmann Lindbergh Hauck Arch W. Loney PWA David T. Wilentz Washington Loney Bronx Hauptmanga

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