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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1936
Page
1
The absence of Justice Harlan F. Stone, a liberal on the Court who supported New Deal laws, raised speculation of possible setbacks as illness prevented his participation. Court deliberations and votes were affected while Stone stayed away from cases likely to reach a split decision.
Carl Carlson, 38, after winning the Corn husking title by beating 18 champions, laments little future in husking and says he earned only 200 dollars after 10,000 dollars of work. He spoke with his brother Elmer, the famous former champion, as 100,000 spectators watched at the Oyler farm. Carlson finished with 1,472.75 pounds, noting mud and spotty stalks hindered his run. Second place went to Adam Byczynski, third to Laurence House, fourth to Ted Balke. The two Ohio contestants placed eighth and ninth.
In St. Tammany Parish a stray dog carried an eight pound infant into the woods at dusk. Mrs. Luis Crawford chased the animal and found the baby with a midwife declaring the boy healthy. Neighbors offered to adopt the unidentified child, with some suggesting the name Moses.
Temperatures rose to near normal in the northern Great Lakes states after a 24 hour spell of sub freezing cold. U.S. government weather forecasters predicted further relief from the chill today as winter loosened its grip on the region.
Cambridge report notes supporters of Congressman Robert T. Secrest of the 15th District seek him as Democratic candidate for governor in 1938. Secrest won re election to a third term last week with a larger plurality than Roosevelt in the district.
New York reports the National Automobile Show opened today with 1937 offerings from American and European makers. The emphasis was on styling and interiors rather than new mechanical innovations, which were few.
Albert M. Lodge, 56, was struck and killed by a car while attempting to cross a highway near his Salem home Tuesday night in East Liverpool.
In London and across Europe workers in munitions paused for two minutes to honor the war dead on Armistice Day. Germany Italy and other regions either did not observe or observed on different days with varied reactions. Riots were feared in Paris.
Ohio WPA will require local sponsors to contribute a fair share to financing projects. If sponsors underpay or fail to offer adequate contributions, projects will be suspended or not started. Dr. Carl Watson says funds cuts from Congress necessitated the tighter cooperation, risking many projects and jobs.
In San Francisco U P reports Armistice Day disrupted secret peace efforts by federal conciliator Edward F McGrady amid West Coast maritime strikes. Longshoremen, with union permission, prepared to move perishables from the strike bound U S Starr at Seward Alaska easing food shortage fears.
New York United States Democratic national chairman James A. Farley sails for a three week vacation to England and Ireland. He urges national unity and says Communism is not a threat to the United States and there is no danger of dictatorship or confiscation by taxation.
New York economists forecast a 15 percent rise in consumer income and spending in the last quarter, predicting the heaviest holiday retail trade since 1929. They cite growing luxury demand as evidence of real prosperity returning and anticipate top sales levels.
Gordon K. Bush revels in Ohio’s 13th National Corn Husking Contest near Newark where thousands attend a crowded, mud soaked spectacle. The piece celebrates community energy, banners, radios, floodlights, and the crowd’s cheer as locals enjoy the diverse show beyond winning results.
Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, opened the 70th annual convention in Columbus urging repeal of select emergency laws and removal of the most favored nation clause in treaties. He called for reorganization of federal machinery and adherence to the American Way of Life to defeat perceived threats from monopoly, bureaucracy, fascism, and communism.
The Social Security Law's unemployment insurance section faces a constitutional test before the Supreme Court. The case challenges New York's Jobless Compensation Act and the authority to tax employers to fund benefits for millions of workers facing job loss. If upheld, the program could extend to about 26 million workers nationwide.
Walter Smith a 20 year old burglary convict escaped Mansfield Reformatory last Wednesday and married Ina Christie 19 in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Detectives arrested him in a downtown Cincinnati room Tuesday ending their one day honeymoon begun after the escape.
Forty two thousand Carnegie-Illinois workers refuse to accept the cost-of-living raise announced last Friday while 52,000 other steel workers have accepted the agreement. The Pittsburgh report notes ongoing objections and calls for modification of the pay deal.
In Philadelphia three bandits tied up jeweler Charlies F. Diesinger and two employees, escaping with jewels valued at 250000 dollars. Police reported the heist details and asset value.
Ashland County coroner Joseph E. Wicks, 44, brother of F B. Wicks, was killed Tuesday when his shotgun discharged as he climbed a fence. The incident occurred in Ashland.
Three unidentified men were burned to death when the car truck they rode in crashed into the rear of another truck in East St Louis Illinois. The accident occurred today and authorities reported all victims perished at the scene.
Diplomatic sources claim 900 political prisoners were killed while being moved from Madrid to Valencia. Loyalist regiments arrived to aid Madrid and clashed with Nationalists in the Casa de Campo as reinforcements and war materiel reached the city from Catalonia.
A truck veered down a steep grade and struck a Greyhound bus in San Luis Obispo, killing the stage driver and two women passengers and wounding 20 others. The 37 aboard were trapped as the bus wrecked, with rescuers freeing a man trapped for hours among twisted steel.
The Ohio State Grange awards its sixth and seventh degrees to about 200 members, enabling eligibility for closed sessions of the National Grange Convention. Cincinnati wins the 1937 convention city, and Walter F. Kirk of Port Clinton is elected Master to lead new officers.
FAIRLAND Ind March 4 Two men were killed and at least a score injured when ten coaches of the Big Four Railroad Chicago Cincinnati passenger express left the rails near London six miles west of here. The dead were Robert Krue 50 Cincinnati United States mail clerk and Edward Weile 0 Cincinnati railway express clerk.
Naval Commander Earl Winfield Spencer first husband of Wallis Simpson speaks from a San Diego service hospital of her qualities as one of the finest women he has known. He explains their marriage failed due to his career and notes his post as commander of the aircraft carrier Ranger.
President Roosevelt faces the 1936 37 budget as the top issue to be solved before Congress convenes January 5. He focuses on completing his legislative program before a planned sea vacation. He notes efforts to avoid agricultural surpluses without reviving the AAA and expects no new taxes. He supports wages tied to living costs as a broader economic aim.
The United States marked the 18th Armistice anniversary with national ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Roosevelt General Pershing Secretary Woodring and other officials attended hush ceremonies honoring World War I dead.
New York report states Bert Acosta, who piloted Admiral Richard E. Byrd across the Atlantic, and two companions will sail to Spain to join the rebels as soon as they receive 1650 dollars each in advance pay for a month.
The United Mine Workers summon AFL President William Green to appear before the union’s executive board in Tampa to answer charges of conspiracy to suspend miners from membership. Green plans to preside at the federation’s annual convention and says he will not resign from the Miners’ Union.
Chauncey-Dover voters approved the three mill school levy 774 to 605 after officials corrected a misstatement about needed 65 percent support. Secretary of State George S. Myers clarified a simple majority sufficed.
Athens veterans recall the disbelief when first reports of the Armistice reached them on Armistice Day 1918 in Oosteroosbeek Belgium. M C Morrison carried cease firing orders along the Escaut River while R M Pierce’s unit fought on past 9 am. Firing finally ceased at 11 as reports confirmed Allied victory and veterans celebrated with baths razors and beards anew.
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