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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1935
Page
1
Ras Gugsa and the Ethiopians clash as Makale falls, King Selassie plans a counter move from Dessye. Italian forces push toward Addis Ababa with fears of further slaughter as tribally allied troops mobilize.
The weekly sales tax report indicates stronger retail activity amid warm weather, with officials noting higher January to February spending and steady revenue growth for the state. Local merchants, including Mormons retail outlets, report solid sales momentum as the month progresses.
A trans Pacific voyage began today as the China fling ship left at 6 1 a m with a six man crew for OP its journey to San rate.
The text notes Cornel Rius Vanderbilt Jr and wife Helen Warner visiting Athens last summer while the notable Vanderbilt family from New York toured and lectured, with Clarksburg West Virginia mentioned as a locator.
Washington reports corn and hog farmers allied with the AAA backed a proposal to drop restrictive rules on how much corn may be harvested for silage. The plan would let growers count all base acreage toward payments and harvest in any form, reducing forced silage storage where crops were short.
The Ohio Anti-Saloon League, buoyed by local option wins in Tuesday's elections, expands its educational drive against liquor. Superintendent S. P. McNaught said committees exist in 76 counties to build public sentiment through education, crediting them for votes keeping beer and liquor bans in many communities.
Cleveland reports Laurence H. Sloan vice president of Standard Statistics to New York told the 42nd annual Ohio Chamber of Commerce meeting that New Deal policies kept business at a depression level. He criticized Republicans for starting some policies and urged businessmen not to "sit dumb" while hamstrung.
Governor Davey said he would recommend no new rates in a special tax message to the Legislature next week. He noted it might be necessary to broaden the sales tax base or remove exemptions to fund schools and poor relief.
At a crossing on Jefferson road two Wayne Ohio residents were killed when a New York Central train struck their car. Victims are Sadie Fenner 76 and Margaret Peterson 40. The collision occurred late Thursday near Wayne. Local authorities investigated the scene.
A petition filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court seeks the Sunday Creek Sanitary District to meet federal and state requirements for a water conservation program in Sunday Creek Valley. The action, backed by 848 resident signatures, aims to build a large lake near Burr Oak and a national park, with a public hearing set next month.
Western State official James H Carr, head of the State Liquor Licensing Department, faces impeachment after a Colorado House committeeDrafted 48 to 15 votes, the first impeachment resolution in state history accuses Carr of malfeasance including a claim he conspired with William E. O'Toole to extort 3000 dollars from a wholesale drug company as tax liability compromise. Governor Ed C Johnson calls it a victory for honest government. Carr and Johnson are Democrats.
Helen Harmon aged 19 known as the wildcat faced one to twenty years after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the slaying of Albert Wesorky a 2 year old Cleveland butcher. Two companions Donald Eberle and John Pleyer were convicted of murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Harman was charged as an aider and abettor.
A six-man gang robbed a Erie Railroad mail car at Garretsville Ohio seizing 34000 in currency and 12450 in securities after stopping train No 626. Bystanders and crew were held at gunpoint with submachine guns and pistols. The loot was partly thrown to two victims and carried to a waiting car. A $5500 pouch was missed. Police and postal inspectors led a cross‑city manhunt across Akron Cleveland Warren Youngstown and Canton.
Washington reflects on the 1936 primary calendar with two primary tracks planned. One set of state nominating primaries runs January through September, and a second set of at least 15 presidential primaries runs from March to convention time in June.
The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether the State Board of Barber Examiners can enforce sanitary rules for barber shops. Richard Feeman, a Mansfield barber, was fined $20 and costs in Mansfield Municipal Court for unsanitary equipment and appealed after the Court of Appeals affirmed.
The Messenger reports a record audience at the final Athens Cooking School session in the Senior High Auditorium. The lecturer praised by all, the event drew enthusiastic local women, merchants, and newspaper helpers, signaling strong interest in improving home life and housekeeping skills.
Scores of adult singers and musicians gathered in Jackson for the Central Ohio Eisteddfod opening with over 3,000 attendees. Senator James J. Davis assisted in the competition as Portsmouth and Jackson shared many top prizes, including a 70 girl chorus from Portsmouth High School winning 50 dollars and Portsmouth High School Band taking first in the band contest. Jane Elien Miller of Portsmouth won the girls piano solo for ages 16 to 18, while Jackson High School claimed the boys chorus title.
Louisville dispatch reports A. B. Happy Chandler won the Kentucky gubernatorial race by a historic margin, carrying all districts except the ninth, a GOP stronghold, in the April election.
Logan staff special reports two women unexpectedly won public offices in Hocking County. Clee Wiggins of Salt Creek Township tied for constable and was decided by lot, while Nellie Wend was elected in Starr Township as one of two peace officers after being written in by two voters.
A federal district judge labeled the Utilities Holding Company Act unconstitutional and invalid in full, condemning it as flagrantly exceeding Congress's lawful power. The decision directs American States Public Service Company to treat the act as void, impacting its reorganization plans and raising prospects of appeal to the Supreme Court.
Columbus Dr. Carl Watson urged the Legislature to address direct relief after 14 county bond rejections. Former WPA chief C. C. Stillman urged a monthly minimum of 2,000,000 after December 1 to fund unemployable relief clients. The FERA cut 718 cases, 2,513 people, from Ohio in the ten most populous counties last week, with some moved to WPA projects.
SANTA MONICA Calif I found out who the forgotten man is It is any Republican office holder above assistant state geologist not proposed for next year s nomination A coast club backs a photo ready favorite son with organizers and a headquarters The Democrats can lend a scarcely used platform IRVIN B COBB
John Collins former Athens City service director died at 10 this morning at his home 70 North High Street after a two week illness from a heart ailment. He was born in New Straitsville and lived in Athens since 1930 serving as city service director until 1994 and later supervising a Monarch Mining Company mine in Roseville. He leaves his wife Stella Bryson two daughters and several siblings. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM at the home with burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
Lucas County prosecutor Frazier Reams announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Ohio attorney general. He led an investigation of the Ohio Penitentiary and pushed ouster charges against former Warden Preston E. Thomas.
Berlin reports Reichsführer Adolf Hitler dissolved Germanys Steel Helmet veterans group in a letter to Franz Seldte, head of the organization that served as the Third Reichs veteran body.
Peiping dispatches report the foster son of China's president and an Ohio dime store clerk reconciled, wed in Ashland, Kentucky, then separated. Lin Sen Jr. returned to China after a contested marriage and possible divorce talks with Viola Brown, once a Columbus clerk.
L. A. Boulay acting state director of the Public Works Administration visited Washington to report to President Roosevelt on Ohio communities that failed to meet project requirements. Allotments have already been made to these communities.
In Washington the Supreme Court heard testimony that union labor and government intervention are the only stabilizing influences in the soft coal industry. George W. Reed of Peabody Coal Company testified that, in 30 years of experience, these two forces are the only stabilizers he has found.
James Harmon 47 of Chillicothe, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brakesman, died in Cincinnati hours after being struck by an automobile while en route to work.
Weather predicts showers for Saturday as thousands of alumni return for the annual Homecoming festivities in Athens. The parade of fraternity floats led by the Ohio University Band will start at 10:30, with the football game Ohio Bobcats versus Muskingum College to follow. Alumni events include luncheons, Armistice Day ceremonies, and a campus carnival, while plans for Kiwanis Charity Dance and fraternity serenades unfold despite the forecast.
Gail Harrison reported her bicycle stolen Thursday night. Patrolman Cooper and Constable Shato chased a youth on Front Street, who abandoned the bike and fled. Shato caught Ray Love, 16, while Roacoe Love, his brother, was found nearby and returned to jail on a breaking and entering charge.
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