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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1936

Page

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Truce Near in Power Fight As TVA Talks Open

Washington deliberations mark first day of conference to end the three year dispute over federal and private electric power in the Tennessee Valley. Roosevelt proposes a southeastern power pool sharing transmission lines and plants. if approved Congress would create a public corporation to coordinate the network and set rates. Negotiations will seek extensions of the Commonwealth and Southern TVA power interchange contracts before November 3.

Washington White House Tennessee Valley Southeast Conmce Roosevelt Southeastern Congress TVA Federal Bonneville Dam Commonwealth & Southern Corporation Tennessee Valley Authority Commonwealth & Southern Isne

Akron Milk Supply Halted as Producers Strike

Akron milk supply stopped at dairies doors as the Milk Producers Association walked out for a two tenths of a cent per quart raise. Mayor Schroy promised continued service while health chief Ailes and dairy chief McDonald arranged external deliveries. The association includes about 2750 farmers within 30 miles of Akron.

Akron U.P Dairies Milk Producers Association Lee D. Schroy M. D. Ailes Health Department Charles B. McDonald

Man with Barrel Boat Towed to Buffalo Harbor

Coast Guard assists Ernest Biegarski and his leaking barrel craft eight miles from Cleveland. towed back to Buffalo Harbor after a 12 hour voyage on Lake Erie. Veteran hopes the craft can reach the Atlantic in a later trial.

Buffalo N. Y U.P Coast Guard Ernest Biegarski Buffalo Harbor Lake Erie Cleveland Biegazski Atlantic

Federal Government Appeals on NLRB Validity to Supreme Court

The United States asked the Supreme Court to review five circuit court rulings that found the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board invalid. The circuit courts refused to enforce those decisions.

Washington ULP Supreme Court National Labor Relations Board Board

Browder Freed After 25 Hours in Jail on Vagrancy Charge

Earl Browder Communist candidate for president was jailed in Terre Haute for 25 hours and 15 minutes before vagrancy charges against him and four others were dismissed at the opening of city court. The arrest aimed to prevent Browder from delivering a campaign address, with police and local groups opposing his speech.

Terre Haute Ind U.P Earl Browder Browder Waldo Frank New York Seymour Malden Charles Stadtfelt Indiana Andrew Remes Indianapolis James Yates American Legion Law and Order League Yates David Bentall Communist Party Roosevelt Cummings Norman Thomas Socialist Party San Francisco American National League Eugene Debs

Roosevelt Delivers Pittsburgh Speech As Campaign Continues

President Roosevelt opens his re election push with a Pittsburgh address tonight following his Syracuse speech. Knox and Smith also speak from Pittsburgh and New York between Roosevelt remarks on labor and social security.

Roosevelt Au.p Pittsburgh Syracuse Frank Knox Alfred E. Smith New York Labor Forbes Field Knox Smith

Charles Scott Wins Long Distance Flight

British flyer Charles W. A. Scott won the England South Africa Air Derby, a 6 500 mile race in Johannesburg. Nine planes started and were whittled to Scott and David Liewellyn before Liewellyn crashed on Lake Tanganyika shore, leaving Scott the winner.

Johannesburg South Africa U.P Charles W. A. Scott J. W. Schlesinger Scott David Liewellyn Lake Victoria Liewellyn Lake Tanganyika

French Senate Passes Blum Devaluation Bill

The French Senate approved the franc devaluation bill in a form satisfactory to Premier Leon Blum. It goes to the Chamber of Agreement. The measure excludes broad social compensation but grants Blum power to curb price hikes and settle labor disputes from price increases.

Paris U.P Senate Leon Blum Chamber of Agreement Blum

Twentieth Century Fund says Landon misrepresented views

The Twentieth Century Fund says Governor Landon misrepresented its stance on old age security. Fund officials state the committee has taken no position on the present act and that an assistant's preliminary report reached Landon without authorization.

Twentieth Century Fund Group New York U.P Twentieth Century Fund Edward A. Filene Boston Alf M. Landon Topeka Roosevelt Landon

Heisey Flint Glass Plant Resumes Work With Wage Increase

Newark record reports A. H. Heisey Flint Glass plant employees, about 700 workers, returned to operations after a strike. Company president Wilson Heisey announced a wage raise of roughly 10 percent.

Newark U.P A. H. Heisey Flint Glass Wilson Heisey

Court Refuses Rate Ruling Over Ohio Gas Case

The Ohio State Supreme Court refused a rehearing on its July ruling upholding a 55 cent gas rate for the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The decision allows the company to keep 325000 in impounded funds from 1933 to 1934 and ends the 48 cent rate fight. City officials will not seek U.S. Supreme Court review.

Columbus State Supreme Court Ohio Fuel Gas Co John L. Davies United States Supreme Court

Bank of Galena Robbery Sparks Wide Manhunt

Delaware State patrolmen and sheriff deputies pursued an unidentified bandit after he and a companion held up the Bank of Galena ten miles southeast of here. His partner, identified as O. E. Berry of Alger, Hardin County, was captured Wednesday afternoon when a truck blocked his car near Worthington.

Sheriff's Galena Here O. E. Berry Alger Hardin County Worthington

Chinese Flee as Fear Grows in Shanghai

Thousands flee their homes toward the International Settlement amid rising anti Japanese sentiment. The 1932 era echoes six weeks of fighting and threats to stability as tensions flared between Chinese locals and Japanese interests.

Shanghai Shanghali U.P

Hunters Open Season Opens in Athens County for Squirrel Hunt

The 15 day season began at dawn with 213 licenses issued in September totaling 358 for the year. Women among licensees include Ruth Burdette Mary McCune and Mrs Claude Westfall. Oldest hunter John Hashman reported age 84 and the daily limit is four squirrels with hunting banned on Sundays.

Athens County Ruth Burdette Downington John Hashman Athens Ohio

Hoover Flags Tax Set Up in Non-Political Address

Former President Herbert Hoover spoke in Denver arguing the federal tax on undistributed corporate profits blocks honest business. He condemned the income tax and estate tax as torments and called for reform, arguing small operators bear the burden while large corporations gain. He warned tax reform hinges on balancing the budget, and cited mining as example of how 40 percent profits take hurts small miners.

Denver Colo U.P Herbert Hoover

Decrease in Relief Cases in Ohio Counties

In 10 most populous Ohio counties during four weeks ending Aug 29, relief caseload fell by 2 321 cases affecting about 8 124 persons under state and county supervision.

Columbus U.P

Ankle Deep Mud Delays World Series Game at Polo Grounds

Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis postponed the second World Series game between the Giants and the Yankees due to ankle deep mud and pools of water at the Polo Grounds. The game will be played Friday if weather permits, with Hal Schumacher and Lefty Gomez still slated to pitch unless conditions change.

Polo Grounds New York Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis Giants Yankees Judge Landis Joe McCarty Travis Jackson McCarthy Jackson Landis Hal Schumacher Lefty Gomez

Roosevelt Cuts Landon Lead In Digest Poll

Roosevelt narrows Landons lead in The Literary Digest nationwide poll as first returns from ten more states push Landon to 438,601 votes, Roosevelt 282,524, and Lemke 29,083. Early returns from several states favor Landon while others show Roosevelt gaining. total ballots 756,807 across 31 states.

New York Roosevelt Landon Literary Digest Lemke Firet Arizona Oregon Utah Missouri Idaho Montana Washington Illinois Michigan South Dakota

Baby Girl Abandoned in Cleveland Sought by Police

A blue eyed baby girl with blond hair cried in a hospital crib as police searched for her parents who abandoned her in an automobile Wednesday night. A young Columbus couple, reported to have traveled by bus, arrived in Cleveland with a baby an overnight bag a black satchel and a cardboard box containing clothes wrapped in the newspaper dated Sept 25.

Cleveland A.P Columbus Chillicothe

Hearst attacks Roosevelt over Communist ties and currency plan

Hearst publishes an editorial rebuking Roosevelt for alleged Communist support and claims he, and his aides, push a political class conflict. He accuses Roosevelt of aiding France and Britain through currency policy and faults the administration's Labor and rural programs.

Roosevelt Syracuse France Great Britain Hearst Syrause Feix Frankfurter Harvard Law Donald Richberg NRA Rexford G. Tugwell Frances Perkins Labor Henry W. Wallace Agriculture Mr. Roosevelt Karl Marx Tugwell Richberg Frankfurter

Hunters vanishing in Canadian wilderness search by air

Airplanes combed northern British Columbia for two groups of American hunters believed snowbound. Police said heavy snows in higher altitudes last week may have trapped the men, prompting airborne searches after land efforts proved slow.

Prince George B. C British Columbia

Certainty and Simplicity Are Urged by Knox

Knox urged simplicity and economy in government and certainty for citizens. He spoke in Cincinnati then planned a public appearance in Columbus, Ohio, and a later stop in Pittsburgh to promote a program reducing agencies and licenses, restoring local self government, and balancing the budget while restoring state control of relief.

Cincinnati U.P Frank Knox Ohio Knox Columbus Pittsburgh

Mills Strikers Riot at Berkshire Mills Injures 21

Reading Pa 21 injured in strike riot at Berkshire Knitting Mills as 3 000 pickets from neighboring cities protested. Bricks pelted buses and trolley cars, state police arrived with tear gas to disperse the mob after several injuries. Over 100 cars damaged and taxis overturned while workers were en route to the mill.

Reading Berkshire Knitting Mills

O U Grad Case Delays School Board Action

A four hour meeting between 900 Memorial High School students and school board president William Glass ended a four day student protest. The dispute centers on transferring Michael Graban an Ohio University graduate senior class sponsor to a junior high school and his reinstatement was left to the board’s discretion.

Campbell Uph Memorial High School William Glass Michael Graban Ohio University Graban

Court Refuses Ballot Place for Socialists

The State Supreme Court refused to issue a writ to compel the Secretary of State to place the Socialist Labor Party of Ohio candidates on the November ballot. The decision ends the case.

Columbus Iu.r State Supreme Court Secretary of State Socialist Labor Party of Ohio

Waters Elected President of Ohio Garden Clubs

Mrs. Silas B. Waters of Cincinnati was elected president of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs at the convention held in Springfield on Wednesday.

Springfield Silas B. Waters Cincinnati Ohio Association of Garden Clubs

Franco Seizes Supreme Authority as Civil War Intensifies

Rebels greet General Franco in Burgos as he takes dictatorial command amid escalating losses reported by Loyalists. Estimates cite 100000 dead and 200000 wounded for Loyalist forces in 11 weeks. Moroccan troops arrive for Nationalists. Madrid enforces water rationing and preliminary conservation.

Gibraltar Madrid Francisco Franco Burgos Franco Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler London France Mediterranean Great Britain Lisbon Caceres Straits of Gibraltar Morocco Valladolid Quinty Monte Aragon Zaragoza

Robbery Reported By Jewel Salesman

Police search for three men after Simon Sculler of Columbus asserts two armed suspects robbed his car on Detroit’s west side of about 20000 dollars in jewelry late Wednesday afternoon. He says little of the items were insured and the seller is the son of Joseph Seculler, a wholesale jeweler.

Detroit Simon Sculler Columbus Sculler Joseph Seculler West Side

Man admits to salary and four out-of-wedlock children

In San Francisco Alfonso Gomez tells a court he earns 40 a month and is father of four children born to four women last year. Judge Daniel O'Brien notes Gomez cannot support them and sends the case to probation court.

San Francisco U.R Alfonso Gomez Daniel O'Brien Gomez Gomes King Solomon

Letter To Girl Friend Solves Boy Death Mystery

In Cleveland Ohio a farewell letter alleging suicide was believed to clear up the mystery of Otto F. Krueger a 19 year old whose rock weighted body was found in Hinckley Lake Medina County last Sunday. The letter was revealed by Miss Maxine Murray 19 of Ashland.

Cleveland U.pi Otto F. Krueger Hinckley Lake Medina County Maxine Murray Ashland

Hospital reports death by hanging of Pauline Aldrich

Springfield OK hospital staff report Pauline Aldrich 35 was found dead in her room on Wednesday and took her own life by hanging with a sheet. No further details provided.

Springfield Pauline Aldrich

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