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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1934
Page
1
Polls opened at 8 am with lines at 145 precincts as Ohio voters flock for the United States Senate race. Campaign leaders forecast a wide margin with Donahey leading by 300000 and Brown by 175000 amid early enthusiasm and strong turnout despite campaign literature criticisms.
Reported escape from a city jail involved inmates George Love and Joseph Richards II with Dunnett. Authorities say the escape occurred during the night and was followed by a search as of Monday.
In the high school auditorium Athens hosts the ninth Messenger Cooking School with Mrs Bertha M Harris guiding from the platform. She demonstrates new recipes, kitchen shortcuts and home making tips as Gordon K Bush introduces her to an eager audience of women at the 2 pm start.
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Ira Six family's home in Lower Plains, leaving ten people homeless. Mrs. Six and several children stayed with neighbors while Lucille Hunter and other locals helped relocate youth, seek beds and furnishings, and arrange a new house with aid from the Salvation Army and relief headquarters.
Jesse McCall aged 46, farm boss at the Athens County Infirmary, suffered serious burns when he slipped and fell into a large kettle of hot water prepared to scald hogs. He was rushed to Sheltering Arms Hospital in favorable condition. The incident occurred while he helped drag a seed and fell backward into the kettle.
Dr. R. E. Bushong released Henry County resident David H. Marks, 42, from the Lima State Hospital for criminal insane after doctors ruled him sane following two and a half years of confinement. Henry County officials protested since Marks was not a county resident and witnesses in the assault case were unavailable.
In Steubenville on November 6 Mrs. Dorothy Starliper’s infant was used as a shield by a robber who leveled a gun at the child and with a partner stole her purse containing $10. The gunman warned he would shoot if she screamed.
Darren Jones assistant state welfare director spoke at the Athens Rotary about cutting government costs. He said the Ohio Public Welfare Department uses about a third of tax revenue for 36 000 inmates and that overall state government expenses have fallen from eighty million to forty million annually.
In Hyde Park Dutchess County New York on November 6 1924 Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall daughter of the President appeared unlikely to cast her ballot as she has not sent an absentee vote to the county elections board. Democratic leaders expect no ballot to arrive amidst a dispute over her residence used to obtain a divorce.
Spontaneous combustion will be cited as a possible cause in a forthcoming Bureau of Navigation report on the Morro Castle disaster. The study by Dickerson N. Hoover will assess how the fire could have started without pinpointing one single cause.
Baton Rouge reports Huey P. Long told LSU students and local signatories of laundry checks to repay him for financing their mass attendance at the Vanderbilt game. The senator urged both students and town residents who signed as LSU backers to contribute.
Los Angeles dispatch reports two damaged destroyers and a lost naval aircraft part of the United States fleet’s maneuvers on its return from the Atlantic coast.
Scattered returns early reports show Democrats leading in key races as New Deal support appears strong. Violence and irregular voting surface in several states with guards at polls, while Roosevelt votes in Hyde Park and Hoover issues a Republican appeal as New Jersey and West Coast states extend voting hours.
In Santa Fe voters chose two senators a congressman and state and county tickets amid armed National Guardsmen on duty in Las Vegas Los Lunas and El Rito. Governor Hockenhull denied ordering mobilization but said he advised observers if needed.
William Danner of Milford Mass paid a 47 cent delinquent tax debt after 48 years in Millersburg Ohio. The county treasurer, Co W Walter, refused to accept the payment and had to dust off records to locate the matter.
Helen Lyster, a New Rochelle, New York art student, reported she was seized as a spy by Nazi police in Munich while filming stormtrooper drills in restricted territory. She said nine hours of detention included being forced to undress for a search by a police matron.
Berlin dispatch reports Miss Lalian Steele of Hollywood Cal spent the eighty eighth day in Moabit Prison in a case described as treason or espionage. Authorities warn death penalty possible for spying and note other Americans tied to espionage cases. Richard Roederer, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Chicago, also faces prolonged detention in Bavaria amid possible treason charges over notebook material. Helen Lyster of New Rochelle and G Griffith Johnson Jr of Washington were briefly detained at Munich Airport during Storm Troop maneuvers and later released.
Findlay story reports Patrolman Frank Arthur, 32, dead, and Constable Carl Carlin, 31, in serious condition with a fractured skull after a police cruiser slid on a slick road and hit a tree while pursuing a trio that attacked and robbed William Baker, who may have been fatally wounded. Two suspects have been taken into custody.
A New York shopfront bears a For Sale sign as Peter Ross Winsen Simon, tied to the candy store, is reported to have won 180,000 dollars in the Irish Sweepstakes last week. The event follows casual remarks about stocks and securities.
Republicans swept state and county tickets in the Athens High School ballot with Jenkins for Congress leading at 478 votes and Gorham for treasurer close behind at 474. The clerk of courts race saw Burdette defeat Hickman 364 to 341, while Rose ran unopposed for prosecuting attorney with 19 votes.
The Associated Press notes polling hours from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with 8,559 precincts and about 2.7 million voters. It details offices to be filled including governor and U.S. senator, plus 22 congressional districts, 32 state senate districts, 135 state representatives, and numerous county and judicial races. Two statewide constitutional amendments seek to fix the gasoline tax and tag fee provisions. There are over fifty local option votes, bond issues, and around 1,500 special levies for local projects.
Pikeville Kentucky report says Gilbert Hall, 70, tall and gray haired, received an eleven year prison term for manslaughter in the 1906 killing of Long Jim Swiney. The case crossed Ironton Ohio and Montana before ending in Kentucky with a 45 minute jury verdict after a long, tangled tale involving Mary Hall and rivalries.
Dr. H Parker Willis of Columbia University warned in Chicago that the United States has suffered a whirlwind of promises an earthquake of credit and a devastating fire of experiments that have laid waste much of our industrial civilization He said bankers have bowed their heads in worship and kissed the rod and that the fight must come from business industry and the press.
Hamilton County Republican leaders faced a dilemma after the death of Lawrence G. Puchta aged 39, a state senate candidate. Unofficial reports suggest no substitute could be placed on the ballot in time, raising questions about whether a Democrat would be elected.
Near Fast Canton a five year old farmer Alfred Walker was struck in the back of the head by a bullet fired through a kitchen window. Doctors removed the bullet and said the injury was not serious. The shooting occurred after dusk at his home.
Moderate to severe tremors were recorded last night on the Xavier University seismograph in Cincinnati. The report notes noticeable ground movement and reflects seismic activity in the area reported by university instruments.
West On Election Eve Like Husband Waiting Within Maternity Ward BEVERLY HILLS Calif This last night before election California puts you in the mind of the young husband waiting at the maternity ward for news of the first born. They are walking up and down, lighting one cigarette after another, and looking anxiously towards the voting booth. Brisbane has bought some land in moving all unknown films folks to Florida. I am trying to get our company to drop off in Oklahoma. I got some cheap stuff there that would look awfully pretty with a studio and Janette Gag her and Warner Baxter on it. Claremore Okla would read awful pretty on all these marriages and divorce notices Yours WILL ROGERS.
In Worcester Massachusetts on November 6 two hundred fifty Civilian Conservation Corps workers resisted a mass transfer from Maine to camps in Virginia and Maryland. They attacked officers locked them in the baggage car and halted a 12 car troop train for three hours until police arrived.
City Council votes to install a traffic light at the West State Street and North Lancaster Street intersection after a petition from local residents. The first final paving estimate for West State Street totals 11 175 32 dollars. completion expected this week in good weather.
James McFarland of Columbus faced a drunken driving charge after his truck and trailer left Route 31 and ended in a ditch. State Highway Patrol Lieut. T. B. Sprague arrested him. Magistrate C. H. Porter accepted a guilty plea. McFarland was fined $100, costs, and his license suspended six months. If the fine is unpaid he faces jail.
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Giffen will be held Wednesday at 2 30 pm at the home of her daughter Mrs Elmer Tom Richland Avenue. She died at her daughter's home on Monday.
Reported shooting and civil unrest marred election day in Holland Missouri and Hazleton Pennsylvania. Gunfire killed two, wounded many, with crossfire directed at Democratic processions and threats of dynamite. Police later found multiple firearms at suspects homes and reeled in leaders amid ongoing investigations.
Colonel John A. Hughes of the Liquor Control Commission warned four Cleveland breweries and one distributor against selling beer to unlicensed dispensers. Representatives of the five firms said Siegal sales were unintentional.
Cleveland news reports Robert J. Sadie owned a four family house valued at 14000 dollars two weeks earlier. He found doors windows floors bathrooms and furnaces gone after a crowd of about twenty people attacked the property. A building inspector arrived to condemn the structure.
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