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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1935
Page
1
The article reports rising tensions in the Mediterranean as Mussolini presses Italy toward sanctions and possible actions against Great Britain and France. Officials indicate Italian ambassadorial movement and planned naval activity may presage broader conflict, with observers predicting a potential escalation toward a new world war.
A youth named Jacob Setwartz achieved a swell win under 100 pounds in a local match. The event details mention a window smashing incident and a store valued at $20 involved in the confusion.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a day and a presiding figure amid references to families and a community event. Readable elements include names and numbers, but details are unclear. The brief hints at a scheduled day with attendance by a keynote figure and local participants.
Near climax of the campaign Ras Gugsa rides a mule with an Italian vanguard that seized Makale. A soldier raises the Italian flag over the governor's palace as the shadows fall on the Ethiopian city’s walls.
In Santa Barbara California Jesse Livermore Jr 15 son of the Wall Street operator was fatally wounded by his mother who fired a .22 rifle after an argument over drinking The mother Mrs Livermore was placed under arrest at the hospital and guarded She and her son were intoxicated The incident occurred early today and the boy remains in critical condition The mother is a divorced wife and has since remarried.
Veteran leaders of the dry forces gathered in St Louis to plan a new campaign. The meeting of the National Anti Saloon League executive committee preceded its 28th annual convention and aimed to mount a new advance against alcohol.
Miller Wolf of Haydenville and Fred Weaver of Columbus faced charges after Route 31 collisions Wednesday night. Wolf, 47, was arrested for driving while intoxicated following a crash with S. W. Smith. Mrs Smith was injured. Weaver, in a coal truck, was fined $10 and costs for reckless driving.
Thieves broke into the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company safe in Cleveland early today and stole a payroll and several days receipts totaling about 10000 dollars. The burglary damaged the safe and investigators cordoned off the area as they pursued leads.
A man discovers a woman in a light coat and thin dress on his steps. She asks for shelter, he offers warmth by the stove, and at dawn she remains seated dead. Police report death by exposure.
Mrs. Clarence Chapman 18 of Letart Falls was shot in a Thanksgiving Day incident at home and taken to Holzer Hospital Gal lipolis in grave condition. The bullet pierced her left lung near the heart as Dr John Philson treated her. no sheriff’s report had yet been filed.
The divorce case of Alice T. Rowland versus Charles E. Rowland was dismissed by Judge C. F. Rowland without granting a divorce. Custody of the two sons and the younger daughter awarded to Rowland, while the older daughter stays with her mother. Rowland to support all children after Judge Rowland reviewed 20 subpoenaed witnesses over more than two days.
Snow flurries swept Athens District Friday morning as unsettled weather spread across the upper Ohio Valley and Atlantic states north of Virginia. The forecast calls for clearing by Friday night with a temperature drop, then a rise Saturday afternoon. Thursday night’s low reached 30 degrees.
John Clauss of Fair Lawn reported to police that someone took a pix recently inoculated with a poisonous serum for laboratory purposes in Paterson New Jersey.
Two young bare headed bandits robbed Citizens' Bank at Mt Blanchard 14 miles SE, escaping with 1833 dollars. Cashiers Dean Cunningham and Frank Dunbar and customer Walter Foster were forced to lie on the floor as the amateurs fled in a roadster after a brief pursuit by deputies, brother witnesses Harry and Frank Foster.
Francia W. Durbin of Lima accuses Charlies E. Sawyer of lip service to the Democratic cause and slams Governor Davey as 100 percent for Roosevelt. Durbin says Sawyer’s faction was cut from the payroll and vows to oppose any national blessing of Sawyer’s candidacy.
The China Clipper arrived four minutes late in Manila Bay on the first trans Pacific airmail flight from Alameda California. Thousands surged the waterfront amid acclaim as the giant plane touched down at 3 31 p.m. local time. The delay was blamed on crowding during the landing.
Brazilian federal authorities crushed a brief socialist uprising with at least 1300 rebels rounded up for courts martial. The loyal army restored order across the country as authorities hunted additional plotters in the northeastern states and Rio de Janeiro.
Los Angeles County supervisors approved naming a new thoroughfare New Deal Avenue after discover it is a dead end street. They said space for turning around at the end would be provided so those entering may find their way out.
At least 12 people were killed in Ohio traffic crashes on Thanksgiving Day. A head on collision near West Lorain killed James Wright 20 and Miss Ann Todi 18. A hit and run on Route 21 near Independence claimed Stephen Jakubecs 52 and Joseph Marojoros 45. An unidentified woman was struck in Cleveland. Canton area deaths included Earl Nusbaum 19 Elmer Rosebrook 27 Martha Bandy 17 Mrs Mary Niece 20 and Claire Irwin 6 in Columbus.
Postmaster General James A Farley, head of the Democratic National Committee, announced that 18 states are definitely in Roosevelt's column. He listed Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Indiana.
Coroner T. C. McQuate said a slow acting poison taken earlier this month by Mrs. Anna Watto of Niles caused her death Wednesday night at Massillon State Hospital for the mentally ill. Watto had been committed after strangling her five year old daughter Nancy with an apron, then taking poison and jumping into the Mahoning River.
Dr James H Breasted elderly Egyptologist and Tutankhamen tomb explorer was gravely ill with an undiagnosed malady after arriving from an Egypt voyage The University of Chicago Oriental Institute director repeatedly dismissed the tomb curse before falling ill following his stay in the Valley of the Kings days earlier.
Columbus lawmakers push bills to feed 50,000 unemployed when federal aid ends December 1. Seventeen counties lack funds to meet relief needs, while others rely on Carey Act utility tax bonds. The Mosier plan would create a State Relief Commission to distribute funds to counties based on need.
The Nanking government charged Japan with responsibility for the North China autonomy movement in a sharp Foreign Office protest. A prior note protested Japanese troops seizure of the Fengtai railway junction near Peiping, signaling a firmer stance amid rising anti-autonomy sentiment.
Newport Kentucky Joseph Deller aged 68 was freed today without bond on a murder charge connected to the fatal shooting of Dawson Brammer 39 of Maysville. Deller said he had the best night’s rest in a week as he left the jail after Coroner August Helmbold ordered release. He claimed Brammer had threatened him and Brammer allegedly tried a knife attack on him and on Brammer’s divorced wife, Deller’s housekeeper.
Washington notice reports Representative Fish praised Senator Borah as a potential Republican presidential candidate. The two men paused Thanksgiving talks to discuss politics. Fish said Borah could draw more votes in New England New York and Pennsylvania than any other prospect.
Elmer I. Kai per died in a Cincinnati hospital at age 61. Friends credited him with developing the player piano roll with words.
Santa Monica columnist Irvin S. Cobb praises the director adapting Anthony Adverse into eight reels. He calls the task a display of genius and contrasts it with trivial feats, touching on the novel’s mass popularity and the craft of screen adaptation.
Dorothy Evelyn Roman, 14, testifies in Lewisburg West Virginia that she loves her husband William Mavin Roman, 34, and wants him acquitted of kidnapping her six years ago. The couple, who married after a long voyage across the United States, faced a jury as the trial opened with the Bradleys pursuing a kidnapping warrant.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order Sept 25 requiring all manufacturers importers and exporters of arms and ammunition to register with the National Munitions Control Board. The order also set a flat embargo on shipments of arms to Italy and Ethiopia as they began hostilities in East Africa.
Kent finished preparations for a large homecoming celebration at Roosevelt High School Auditorium tonight. Governor Davey Neighbors was to speak and announce whether he will seek reelection or decline to run again.
Middleport right guard James Pullins was hurt in the third quarter of the Thanksgiving Day game against Pomeroy. He was taken to a Gallia county facility then Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis where physicians later reported his condition favorable despite a serious sounding kidney injury.
Columbus veteran David N. Osyer age 94 died Thursday. He claimed to fire the last Civil War shot on April 17 1865 while a sergeant in the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He said his final shot wounded a Confederate soldier with whom he later became friends.
The 36th International Livestock Exposition in Chicago opened with the sounds of squeals grunts and bellows as the cast assembled for the event.
President Roosevelt told a Georgia Homecoming crowd that the government has passed the peak of appropriations and noted a shrinking deficit as employment rises. He cited 3,125,000 taken off relief rolls and announced further hires for 3,000,000 more. The president argued the nation is solvent with a higher credit than any other nation and discussed debt limits and future borrowing.
Hadassah the Zionist women's group in America lends full support to relocating German Jewish children to Palestine. A resolution endorsing the American Agency for Youth Aliyah program was adopted unanimously at the national Hadassah convention. Delegates say the move will scale up the effort to save Jewish children from Germany who finish elementary school and risk losing further education.
The Rev. Charlies A. Hughes, a retired Methodist Episcopal minister, died Thursday in Delaware. Details are incomplete due to the fragmented text from the source.
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