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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1932
Page
1
As warm weather bodes well for turnout thousands of Athens County residents vote on national state district and county issues. County forecasts estimate about 15 500 ballots with 16 681 cast in 1928. Republicans expect a solid majority while Democrats predict Roosevelt leads and multiple county wins.
In Los Angeles on a November date, William G Healy and M Alonzo face a bet over the Hoover Roosevelt contest. If Hoover wins, Alonzo endures four dozen exes fired by Healy. if Roosevelt wins, Healy bears two dozen exes. The loser is chained to a post as a target for the winner.
In Chicago, Julius Sheffler, the sole voter of Precinct No. 2 in Worth Township, Rural Cook County, forgot to register last October and thus cannot vote or open a polling place today. Election officials investigated and found the polling station remained unopened.
Chauncey at Harvey's Pavilion Charles Kisor voted this morning when outside disruptor yelled scab. Kisor and Leonard were arrested by Marshal Burke Witham and arraigned before Mayor WPD Hines. Kisor pled guilty and paid five dollar fine plus costs. Leonard pleaded not guilty and awaits hearings.
Athens County officers were summoned to Carseytown at noon today where John Smith, a farmer, was reported shot by his wife. Sheriff Wayne Wingett and Coroner L F Jones went to the scene. They were unsure if Smith survived.
Voters faced long lines and heavy turnout across states. Registration figures exceed the 1928 record by over five million, signaling a massive election. Counting may lag due to closeness in key states and late returns from Illinois Ohio and Indiana. Leaders including Coolidge Mills and Roosevelt urged supporters to vote as polls closed.
Charles M. Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel, returning from Europe aboard the Rex, says the worst is likely over and a gradual recovery will follow. He remains optimistic the company will exceed the boom era 56,000,000-ton annual production as business improves.
Diamond Jack Alterie a Chicago gangster faced jail charges after a melee at the Denver Hotel in Glenwood Springs. He allegedly shot two men and slugged another after seeking Whitie Hutton, the Grand Junction prizefighter, in the lobby. He was disarmed then fired revolvers in a chaotic scene.
In Uvalde Texas on election day Speaker John N Garner said he would vote at his home precinct and then go fishing where no one can find him. He stated he does not expect to learn the result until Thursday and intends to have fun on the creek.
Athens County makes early progress in the Red Cross Roll Call with a parade led by the Athens American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. Red Cross workers and Athens High School girls in uniform will march from the Armory down Court Street to the Ath ens Messenger as election returns are announced. Local officials praise county response while the final drive runs through Sunday with many township workers listed.
Claude L Fulghum, a truck line operator, sought a court record of his accident story after fearing memory loss from injuries in an August 9 collision with Mrs Franklin Rainey of Columbia. He said physicians warned he might lose his memory.
Chicago police report two youths James Hrabak and Iriving Fischer confessed to beating to death Sol Rauh the 53 year old playground director after he banned them from playing checkers. They allegedly waited for him and struck him with a blackjack and iron pipe while a detective story revealed a similar slaying. A $12 theft from Rauh’s pocket was later found hidden in a detective story magazine.
Eight year old Ebert Holleran who vanished from his Cleveland home sixteen days ago was reported seen in Tiffin reviving hopes he may still be alive. The sighting prompted renewed searches and attention from local authorities.
Edward Long, a 32 year old Black laborer, died at Wilberforce University when a lamp cord short circuited while he cleaned a boiler. The accident occurred in Xenia.
At about 11 15 last night the Bank of Athens alarm rang suddenly prompting a crowd to gather. Police searched the building but found nothing disturbed and could not explain the mystery as robbers.
In Nevada near Palisades authorities hunted two men believed to have planned to dynamite a Southern Pacific trestle before President Hoover's special train crossed. Guard P. E. Fish wounded in hand after gun battle, 22 sticks of dynamite found. one man possibly a negro. Hoover train delayed two minutes.
A Labrador tribe tried to stone childless women in a crude eugenics rite led by Snow Bird the chief. Followers bound a woman for death but the plan ended when the chief was pressured by threats of police action from Newfoundland authorities.
Athens city schools report 1350 total enrollment for the first period ending Oct 28 with 633 boys and 737 girls. Attendance averaged 97.6 for girls and 67 for boys, led by improved overall school attendance at 973, while tardiness rose to 92 boys and 61 girls and truancy remained low with six cases.
The local union announced price cuts effective today across Athens union barber shops with cuts to most treatments except shaver. The decision was made at a union meeting Monday night.
Athens Junior and Senior High School students showed strong support for Hoover in early returns from two precincts, with 75 Hoover votes to 48 for Roosevelt and 3 for Thomas on the Socialist ticket. Local races favored Republicans in governor and lieutenant governor contests, with scattered results for other state and county offices.
Funeral services for William Ed win Metcalf, who died Sunday night after a fall from a bridge on the Rock Riffie Road, will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Downington Methodist Church. Burial follows in Wells Cemetery.
On President Hoover’s campaign train at Carlin New he confronted a shouting heckler. He warned the man to come forward if he insulted the President and offered to “take care of him,” but the crowd did not respond and the moment passed.
Police and federal officers guard polls across states including New York Pennsylvania and Indiana amid reports of illegal registration and fraud charges. In Chicago Libhos and Cook County officials face heavy security as national guards and state police stand by and federal marshals assist with monitoring and prevention efforts.
A second uprising threatened the province as prisoners mutinied at the Saint Vincent de Paul penitentiary in Montreal. Guards and convicts clashed for about thirty minutes before authorities subdued the riot and locked prisoners in cells. Royal Canadian Mounted Police prepared to intervene to restore order at Canada’s largest penitentiary.
Readers are urged to attend a district election night party at The Messenger Building starting at 7 p.m. The Messenger promises accurate, up to date returns via three telephones and a large screen with live projections. Police will direct traffic and Red Cross officials promise entertainment and a prayer for the crowd. Returns from Maine to Oregon will be marshalled by United Press reporters, with state and county tallies relayed to Athens County and The Messenger Office. First county returns expected by 8 p.m.
Millions across the United States voted today to name the next President. Hoover urged continued Republican governance from California as Roosevelt campaigned at Duchess County and prepared to vote at Hyde Park.
Paris papers glow with unprecedented coverage as American election results near posting times. Leading organs promise updates until 3 a.m. while publications forecast varied outcomes and critique banking policy and foreign loans.
Albert Thornton alias John Davis, 36, formerly of Parkersburg West Virginia, shot and killed his half brother Perry Chanhm 82 in a quarrel on a shanty boat on the Ohio River near Wester Kentucky last night. Sheriff Robert Roberts reports today.
Washington residents seek results from election day though they cannot vote locally. The outcome affects thousands of federal workers with many fearing job losses or reassignments depending on whether the Republican administration is extended or a Roosevelt victory.
George West aged about 40 of Hocking was reported cut in the head with a hatchet in a fight at The Plains this morning. Dr L D Neilson attended him at noon. West had been at Edward Buffington home and struggled with Buffington and his son Marcel. No report to county authorities by early afternoon.
West Virginia voters assail a crowded ballot for governor and seven of twelve congressional aspirants with Anti-Saloon League endorsements noted. The writeup places Charleston as the reporting hub on November 6.
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