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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1936

Page

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McGrady Threatens Action Over West Coast Maritime Strike

San Francisco report says the government may take strong measures to break a west coast maritime strike that could idle over 100000 workers by Wednesday. Edward McGrady says shipowners may request Navy safety crews to guard perishables as operations falter nationwide.

McGrady West Coast San Francisco Edward F. McGrady U. S. Navy T. G. Plant Coast Committee of Shipowners Atlantic Gulf Coast New York Pacific Northwest

Smith Indicts Administration

Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith charges the Roosevelt administration with outlawing successful business men and stirring class hatred. He indicts present policies for promises of a better society by taking from the rich to make the poor prosperous.

Boston U.P Alfred E. Smith Massachusetts Roosevelt

You Are Invited To Attend Messenger's Election Party

The Athens Messenger invites readers to a live election party with real time results shown on a large screen. A special early edition will roll out Wednesday morning with national state and county race figures. The Athens County Election Board assists in providing returns to be flashed on the screen.

Messenger Athens Messenger United States Athens County Election Board United Press Wire

Gallia Countian Hurt When Truck Hits Car

Gallia Countian Wilson Grimes 35 of Clipper Mill was injured in a collision near Pt. Pleasant West Virginia when his car was side swiped by a truck. He is in Holzer Hospital in critical condition with a fractured skull and works at the Eureka dam project. He is a father of three and husband of a West Virginia native.

Gallipolis Pt. Pleasant W. Va Wilson Grimes Clipper Mill Gallia County Holzer Hospital Eureka Dam G. W. Grimes Robertsburg West Virginia

Assured Creditors Await Payment as Bank Fails

A crowd gathers in Uhrichsville as Union Bank closes after $400000 shortage admitted by its president Charles Wheland. The bank becomes the first in Ohio to fall under the new Federal Bank Insurance Act.

Uhrichsville A.P Union Bank State Banking Department Charles Wheland Ohio

Bricker to Close Campaign on WLW Cincinnati Talk

Ohio Attorney General John W. Bricker Republican candidate for governor will close his campaign tonight with a statewide hookup through WLW Cincinnati from 6 15 to 6 30.

Columbus John W. Bricker WLW Cincinnati

Vote Early and Vote Yes for Civic Duty

Election guidance urges all qualified electors to vote Tuesday. Leaders claim campaigns are among the most important in decades with polls open from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Voters are urged to visit polls early to ease rush and ensure broad participation.

Girl In Critical Condition After Love Affair Suicide Attempt

Miss Thelma Schull a 19 year old from West Logan is in critical condition at Cherrington Hospital after shooting herself twice in despondency over a love affair. She told hospital staff the acts were to prove her love and had previously attempted suicide two weeks earlier. She was found by a neighbor after the second attempt and rushed to the hospital by ambulance.

Logan Thelma Schull John Schull West Logan Cherrington Hospital John Walters

Tippie Dye Released From Hospital Today

Tippie Dye, quarterback for Ohio State University, was released from University Hospital Columbus this morning after injuries suffered when tackled by three men in the Notre Dame game. Edison Hopstetter, Dye’s supporter, said Dye initially appeared fatally injured and was partially unconscious for hours after the hit near South Bend.

Pomeroy Tippie Dye Ohio State University University Hospital Columbus Notre Dame Edison Hopstetter Dye Hopstetter South Bend Meigs Countian

Boy Twin Missing After 60 Hours in Cambridge Search

Five year old Chester Harris is missing for more than 60 hours in Cambridge Massachusetts. Police and volunteers exceed 200 in the search. He disappeared Friday while his parents believed he was with his twin brother Charles.

Cambridge Mass Chester Harris Charles

Bessemer City Strikes Cornwall Rocks In Heavy Atlantic Swell

The American freighter Bessemer City was driven onto Cornwall rocks as heavy Atlantic swells lashed the coast. The ship's 33 crew members were rescued in lifeboats and are recovering in local hotels from exposure.

ST. Ives England U.P Atlantic Bessemer City Cornwall

Hit Skip Autos Contribute to Traffic Toll in Ohio

Ohio saw a weekend spike in automobile deaths as hit and run drivers targeted highways. Clair Traver a 34 year old Walbridge resident was struck and found in underbrush after his car ran out of gas. Police also detained William A Loy a 27 Capital University student after a fatal crash involving Mrs J H Warner of Springfield. G D Lyall 2 from Moxahala was another hit skip victim.

Wood County Clair Traver Walbridge Traver William A. Loy Capital University J. H. Warner Springfield G. DD. Lyall

Mussolini Outlines Europe Peace Plan in Milan

Premier Mussolini unveiled a European peace program in Milan calling to scrap disarmament and the League of Nations and urging realism. He asserted Italy seeks peace but is ready for war in a joint Italian German stand against Communism and in support of Hungary.

Rome U.P Benito Mussolini Europe Milan League of Nations Italy Hungary Mussolini

Distress Rumor Sparks Parkersburg Aircraft Search

Reports of a plane in distress over Parkersburg triggered police and ambulances to respond. Fire crews and searchlights scanned the area while a mechanic testing an airplane motor wandered from the airport amid the flurry.

Parkersburg W. Va U.P

Sisters Secure Double Divorces From Sochat Brothers

In Los Angeles Celia and Evelyn Sochat sisters married brothers David and Marcus Sochat in a 1931 double wedding and were granted double divorces. The case lacked the complications of an earlier twins wives and husbands divorce.

Los Angeles Celia Evelyn Sochat David Marcus Sochat

Hartley couple welcomes son at City Hospital

Mr and Mrs Malcolm Hartley welcomed a baby boy this morning at City Hospital Parkersburg. The couple already has one daughter, making a growing Hartley family.

Pomeroy Lee Hilward Malcolm Hartley City Hospital Parkersburg

Electrification topics at Ohio State rural conference

Ohio State University hosts its ninth annual rural electrification conference starting Thursday for three days to discuss new farm uses of electricity. In Youngstown a 14 year old, Jessica Johnson, died after rushing back into a burning apartment to rescue her mother who had safely escaped.

Columbus Ohio State University Youngstown-Aup Jeassie Johnson

Norman Thomas Ends Socialist Campaign After Madison Square Garden Rally

Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for president, ends his campaign after a final rally at Madison Square Garden. About 12 000 people attended the Sunday night event in New York.

New York Norman Thomas Madison Square Garden

Diver Drowns as Whale Entangles Lines in Australia

Perth reports a tragedy as Japanese head diver K. Sakai of a Western Australia whaling fleet is drowned after a whale fouled his air line while he is 100 feet under water. The incident underscores dangers faced by deep water divers aboard Australian whaling operations.

Perth West Australia U.pi K. Sakai

Landon rallies supporters as Roosevelt closes campaign

Gov Alf Landon pushes final appeal in the East and Midwest claiming the New Deal is on the ropes as Roosevelt ends his bid with a Hyde Park farewell. Landon plans a 10 PM radio address while Roosevelt emphasizes victory from his Hyde Park headquarters with a 15 minute national speech.

Topeka U.P Alf M. Landon East Midwest Roosevelt Madison Square Garden Landon NRA Lake States Hyde Park Mr. Roosevelt

Girl Suffers Knife Wound on West Union Street

Frances Sickles, 23, of 203 West Union Street, found unconscious Sunday with a long abdominal cut and torn clothes. Ernest Red Hawkins is held for investigation after a reported visit to the girl's room the night before. she told police of a fight but did not specify how she was injured. She was at Sheltering Arms Hospital and expected to be discharged tonight.

W. Union St Frances Sickles Sheltering Arms Hospital Ernest Red Hawkins Charles Maple Leslie Bradfield Maple Hawking

Two Amateur Pilots Injured in Akron Plane Crash

Two amateur pilots were injured when a homemade open cockpit biplane crashed in a swamp about a mile south of Akron city limits. Dozens watched as the sputtering engine caused the craft to circle for an emergency landing before diving into the swamp near a level field.

AKRON A.P

Roosevelt and London To Close Campaigns Tonight

Ohio voters near polls with nearly 3,000,000 expected to cast ballots Tuesday in a race featuring Roosevelt Landon Lemke and Browder. The state’s 88 counties use 8600 precincts as 22 district seats and 2 at large seats are decided. Governors race ends with Davey Bricker final appeals and two constitutional amendments on food sales tax and double liability of bank stockholders.

Columbus Ohio White House Roosevelt Alfred M. Landon William Lemke

Discoverer of Rabbit Fever Dies in Cincinnati

The scientific world mourns the death of Dr. William Buchanan Wherry age 61 in Cincinnati death due to heart disease. He is famed for discovering tularemia or rabbit fever in humans and died Sunday.

Cincinnatiaup William Buchanan Wherry

Newcomerstown Rider Killed In Pennsylvania Tunnel Relocation

Robert Smith age 51 of Middletown died after being knocked from a railroad car platform in a tunnel on the Pennsylvania Rail Road relocation project near Postboy Sunday.

Newcomerstown U.P Pennsylvania Railroad Postboy Robert Smith Nego Middletown

Three Children Die as Rebels Bomb Madrid

Madrid reports Nationalist air raids killed three children and wounded two women and three men as bombs dropped from planes plummeted into a crowd. Observers doubted quick rebel conquest while Madrid’s defenders aimed to crush the Nationalists with intensified bombing of airports. Mourning crowds followed hearses bearing banners condemning foreign mercenaries.

Madrid U.P

May Call Halt On Coughlin

Detroit report says Bishop Michael Gallagher may act to restrict Father Charles Coughlin’s political activities upon his return from an eastern tour. The radio priest had labeled Roosevelt an upstart and warned of possible action after the election. He also promised to resume broadcasts the Sunday before Christmas if permitted.

Detroit HUP Charlies E. Coughlin Michael Gallagher Gallagher Father Coughlin Roosevelt New Jersey American Federation of Labor

Two Die in Auto Crash Sunday on Dixie Highway

Mrs. Richard Huston 25 and Elmer Landon 50, both of Marion, were killed in a six car collision on the Dixie Highway eight miles north of Findlay Sunday. Nine injured. Richard Huston 28 held by Hancock County authorities for questioning after admitting drinking.

Findlay O.R Richard Huston Marion Elmer Landon Dixie Highway Hancock County Huston

GOP Speakers on Air Tonight in New York

A one hour nationwide broadcast will air tonight from 10 to 11 o clock via NBC Red Columbia and Mutual networks. GOP speakers will address listeners from diverse locations including Gov. Alf Landon from Topeka and Miss Agnes Samuelson from Des Moines.

New York NBC Red Columbia Mutual Alf M. Landon Topeka Bishop Kelly Oklahoma City Agnes Samuelson Des Moines Col Frank Knox Chicago Alice Roosevelt Longworth Cincinnati Michael Aaronson Frank Lowden Oregon

Henry Ford Blames Bankers for New Deal Gains

Detroit leader Henry Ford says the chief beneficiaries of the New Deal are bankers and debt owners, not workingmen, and warns government interference undermines wages. He argues social security restricts liberty and endorses Alf Landon for president.

Henry Ford Ford United States NRA

Farley Predicts Democrats Will Carry 46 of 48 States

United Press dispatch reports Farley predicting Democrats will win 46 of 48 states while Republicans expect gains in a few regions. Ballots total 42 to 45 million with slow returns likely, especially in New York. Roosevelts camps resent the wage tax issue shaping the final campaign.

Farley New York Abraham Lincoln Republican Party United States Democratic National Committee James A. Farley Maine Vermont Republican National Committee John D. M. Hamilton Landon Mississippi Ohio Potomac Rivera Mountain White House GOP House of Representatives Senate

Huskiest of Huskers to Represent Ohio in Huskering

Champions from 19 counties compete for the Ohio corn husking crown at the Apple Creek farm near Wooster. The winner will represent Ohio in the national contest in Licking County on November 10, with a preliminary event drawing an expected 160000 spectators.

Wooster Apple Creek Licking County Ohio State

Townsend Charges Roosevelt With Misuse of Printing Office

Dr Francis Townsend accuses President Roosevelt of using the government printing office to distribute Democratic campaign literature in a post office driven propaganda effort. Townsend wrapped up his radio campaign with the charge on Sunday night.

Chicago Francis Fr. Townsend The Old Age Pension Organization Roosevelt Government We Democratic Campaign Post Office Department Townsend

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Navy Smith New Deal Thomas G. Plant Plant Coast Committee For Gallia Countian Bricker Tippie U.R Duce Thomas N. Y London Coughlin By Lyle Wilson United Press Huskiest Huskers
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