06 Oct 1926
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1926
Page
1
St Louis turns two to one favorite as Haines dominates the Yankees with pitching and timely hitting. The Yankees struggle in a 4 to 0 defeat with St Louis favored to win the baseball classic.
The lineup lists players from St Louis and New York Comics with positions and batting order. Pitchers Rhem and Hoyt start, with Gehrig Lazzeri Ruth Dugan Severeid at key spots. Umpires Klemptplate Dineen O'Day Hildebrand Pouthtef Southworth Hornsby Bottomley L Bell Hafey Is. O'Farrell Thevnow.
St Louis leading New York two games to one after a 4 0 victory as Jess Haines silenced the Yankees. The Cardinals show stronger pitching and timely hitting while Ruth Meusel and Gehrig struggle. Attendance records and fierce home support mark the series in St Louis.
In St Louis on October 6 the Yankees, furious after a loss, found Babe Ruth venting his view that the Cardinals are not the best NL club. He singled out Cincinnati and Pittsburgh as superior and accused St Louis of lucky hits while hinting at upcoming improved hitting.
Crowds jam downtown streets to greet the Cardinal back in St Louis after Rogers Hornsby’s team won the World Series games in New York. A banner leads a boisterous parade as the city celebrates the national bird returning home.
Frances Heenan Browning stays at friends home as Edward Browning voices hope for a temporary separation. She left the hotel with her wardrobe while continuing to wear his birthday diamonds and emerald bracelet and the wedding pearls.
More than 400 delegates attend the opening session of the Ohio Parent-Teachers Association state conference in Columbus. The day also sees calls by the Ohio defense league for criminal prosecutions over alleged fraud in petitions for repealing the primary. East Ohio mines Loomis Lamira Eleanor Warnock Neffs expected to resume after summer idle. Burke challenges Knight to debates on constitutional amendment ending direct primary. Fraud in advertising bids for Sandusky township county road improvements alleged in common pleas suit in Bucyrus.
Temperature fell from seventy two to fifty six by eight this morning. Humidity near noon 59 percent. A car crash in Cincinnati injures two Dayton men, John D. Sherlock dead at 27 and Clark L. Ewing gravely hurt.
United Press reports series standings with St Louis at two wins and one loss and New York at one win and two losses. Game results list New York 2 St Louis 1, St Louis 6 New York 2, and St Louis 4 New York 0. Receipts show a record 162 966 paid attendance and gate receipts of 563 802 with players 287 539 02 and advisory council 84 570 30. each club 47 923 17 and each league 47 923 17.
Los Angeles dispatch reports District Attorney Asa Keyes charged that R. F. McClellan, chairman of the county board of supervisors, sought to obtain Mrs. Aimee Semple McPhersons clothing worn near Douglas Arizona last June after her claimed escape. The item in question was her desert garb.
UK official returns show mining districts largely rejected government proposal to end the five month old dispute. Miners federation executive prepares ballot report for tomorrow's delegate conference. About 15,000 miners returned to work, the largest one day gain since the stoppage began. Around 180,000 mines are now active.
The Illinois department of agriculture reports about ten million dollars in corn losses due to floods. The bulletin, issued today, cites data collected at the local office for the assessment.
Detroit faced a labor row as the American Federation of Labor delegates saw invitations withdrawn for labor speakers to pulpits next Sunday. President Green called the move sinister influence by the Detroit chamber of commerce and the building trades, while Y M C A invitations were canceled amid controversy.
Carl Studer pleaded guilty to operating a disorderly house in Canton Ohio and was sentenced to one to three years in the state penitentiary. He changed from a not guilty plea before Judge E W Diehl. A perjury indictment is pending with sentence on that charge deferred until his first sentence ends.
A warthog aboard the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedition ship home from Africa forced the ship to halt in the Red Sea before being subdued. The vessel, carrying 200 crates of leopards, monkeys, birds and a young giraffe, later continued its voyage. a python began laying eggs but did not halt progress.
Sunday school missionary C A Spriggs of the American Sunday School Union warns that without aid destitute districts in Athens county will face hunger and exposure this winter. He cites Beaumont Hamley Run Glen Ebon Old Floodwood Sugar Creek and Kimberly as hardest hit with seven child families and shoes lacking. The union has distributed clothing this summer and seeks heating stoves and more apparel while planning centralized aid with other charities.
Ralph Carson was traveling a country lane when a low-hanging twig struck his eyes, resulting in the destruction of sight in both eyes. The accident underscores dangers on rural roads and the need for roadside clearance.
A Kilwanis committee led by O L Hoisington and Charles P Kircher surveyed Athens county mining towns including Chauncey Millfield Jacksonville Trimble and Goose Run to assess destitution. They found good living conditions with few destitute families and noted one undernourished case near Hollister.
Submission of evidence in the trial of Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller on conspiracy charges regarding the return of seven million dollars in assets of the American Metal Company, impounded as German ownership, was completed. The defense unexpectedly closed its case at noon, with jurors to hear closing arguments on Friday. The financial ties of Mat and Harry Daugherty to Jess Smith dominated today’s proceedings.
A general discussion on the county report sought to verify true conditions throughout the area. Probated judge S. M. Johnson believed the committee’s investigated districts did not cover areas with destitute conditions.
New serial begins today with Judith Martin arriving to teach at Pendleton University. A strange young man seizes her from the train, kisses her, and drives away in a taxicab, beginning a two month tale about four real young people and their problems. The installment is illustrated and promises ongoing drama. Six men reported missing in a fire near Escondido as volunteers battle brush fires in San Diego County. Frank Tinney's condition at hospital remains unchanged to slightly better after pleurisy diagnosis.
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