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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1936
Page
1
Portland dispatch notes Maine will elect a senator governor and three Congress members amid high turnout and party efforts unseen since 1912. Gov Landon predicts Republican triumph and Maine as a national barometer, with observers projecting up to 300000 ballots.
Five state primaries Michigan Massachusetts New Hampshire New York and Wisconsin will follow Maine as the last of 42 fixed-date contests. National issues appear in several races with Republicans hoping a Maine win signals a larger national victory in November. Both parties run vigorous campaigns in Maine.
Uniontown report says two state policemen and a county detective were charged with murder in the death of Frank C. Monaghan 64 a former wealthy real estate man. Monaghan collapsed during questioning after the stabbing of another detective. Charged: Anthony Banute and Stacey Gundersman state policemen and Wilbert Minert assistant county detective. Warrants issued by Alderman R V Wright on info from Fayette County Coroner Dr S A Baltz after autopsy showed a severe beating caused death.
Harold J. Hunter, 19, of Doanville died at a CCC camp in Pocatello Idaho after six months at the camp and a prior year at Camp Athens He had been ill two months His parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Hunter and several siblings survive him Funeral plans were not set in Nelsonville today
A special Senate committee on workmen's compensation in Columbus postponed indefinitely a Tuesday session. A sub committee report on the administration of the fund and the administration's subsequent owes were to be considered.
An 11-year-old African American girl, Warnester Strickland, gave birth to a seven pound son at Charity Hospital after a Caesarean operation. Doctors said she may be among the youngest mothers on record in the country.
George Andrew McMahon, described as middle aged and eccentric, was sentenced to one year at hard labor in the Old Bailey for producing a revolver near the King with intent to alarm him. He claimed foreign plotting bribed him to shoot King Edward VIII during a July 16 parade on Constitution Hill. prosecutors questioned his conspiracy tale and he was acquitted on two related charges.
DETROIT AUP A planned investigation followed a Sunday collision that killed six people when their amahl sedan was struck by a fast Chicago Detroit passenger train southwest of Detroit. The car was in a road used during Telegraph Road underpass and Ecorse Road overpass construction as the train dragged the auto for more than a half mile.
Ohio State Bar Association proposes a constitutional amendment to allow felons to plead guilty at the preliminary hearing without awaiting grand jury presentment or indictment. The criminal law committee argues speedier justice in criminal proceedings.
Detroit jury of 10 men and 4 women faces the Black Legion kidnapping and murder case of Charles A Poole 28 WPA worker. Two other defendants waived trial by jury and await disposition. Michigan prosecutors press for verdicts this day.
A fatal blast at the Nagle Mine near Amesville left James Taber dead and Harry Brill with severe burns. Brill's wife was hospitalized with burns as well. Gerald Nagle and Edward Nagle own the mine. Brill and another employe were working when the shot exploded.
Adele Blood Hope once billed as the most beautiful blonde on the American stage killed herself Sunday night in Harrison New York. Police said at 50 she could no longer thrill audiences after financing a small stock company that starred her and her 11 year old daughter Dawn, but the venture failed after a three week run and drew only a half full house.
An elderly physician was arrested in Cleveland today as a suspect in the mystery of six decapitated victims. Two detectives brought him from his home after a telephone tip from a woman. Authorities said the doctor was suspected of sexual perversion and acting queerly.
NUREMBERG UP Adolf Hitler shifts the Nuremberg conference tone to peace in an address to army units bearing the new Reich colors. He praises industry but says it must secure external peace and vows the army will guard Germany, not engage in chauvinistic adventures.
New York reports Dick Merrill and Harry Richman, first to attempt a round trip to England and back, wing down the Atlantic Coast toward home aided by tailwinds and unlimited visibility. The Lady Peace radioed progress at 12 02 p m EST as City of Baltimore relayed messages. expected speed rise should reach Floyd Bennett Field by 5 30 p m EST.
James A. White, referee in bankruptcy for the southern district of Ohio eastern division, confirmed the sale of the D. Zenner Co. Athens department store to Fred H Ubiman of Bowling Green for 35100 at a public sale held last week.
Nettie B. Loughead a prominent civic and political figure in Cincinnati died today. She was the first woman to serve in the Ohio Senate and helped shape local public policy.
In Madrid Latin American diplomats visit Toledo to press rebel talks for freeing women children and elderly prisoners at the Alcazar. Loyalists claim gains near Talavera with towns captured and ongoing front bombardment as night air activity increases.
Norman Thomas, Socialist presidential candidate, warned in Columbus that chaos and dictatorship would follow a Roosevelt or Landon victory. He urged support for William Green of the AFL in the fight with John L. Lewis of the CIO, saying labor cannot succeed in two opposed camps.
Minnesota citizens paid last respects to Magnus Johnson 64 a former senator and longtime congressman. He died early Sunday from pneumonia after injuries from last winter during his final comeback campaign. He had been ill since August 2.
Rear Admiral Herman Osman Buckney, age 69, retired, died in the naval hospital in Portsmouth Sunday night after a brief illness.
Washington dispatch reports federal agents learn their badges are bronze not gold after Congress renames the FBI. Old badges melted by the National Bureau of Standards yield bronze ingots for shop use while agents keep small medal like replacements in leather boxes.
Seventy three people die and eight likely to perish as a massive landslide tears down a 6000 foot mountain at Loen Norway. The slide buries 14 families and two villages Nesdal and Bodal and sends a tidal wave inland destroying bridges and a steamboat. Air aid from Oslo and Bergen arrives as roads remain blocked.
Ohio cities and towns will begin selling the first drivers licenses required by law by Oct. 1. Licenses cost 40 cents for the average motorist and 9 cents for chauffeurs. About one in three Ohioans, roughly 3,000,000 people, were expected to have licenses by the deadline. A separate Canton report notes a burglary at Loew's Theater where an assailant forced open a safe and escaped with 3,000.
A Sunday gathering at Elizabeth Edwards’ home near Haynes ended in tragedy when Harold Edwards, 20, allegedly sped off after lunch and struck a walking group along Route 56. Ruth Elick, 15, Turley Jackson, 16, were killed. Florence Miller, 15, injured. Edwards faces possible manslaughter charges. Sheriff and deputies investigated. Edwards escaped with minor injuries.
A Wilmington woman about 50 identified as Mrs H H Hague was killed when she fell from a Cincinnati hotel window. A newsboy saw her on the sill brushing a hat with a whisk broom before the screen gave way and she toppled out.
A society note pokes fun at a New York wedding scene with vivid dress imagery and a cheeky aside about royal reds and blues. It ends with a humorous classified-style ad for green beans from Mrs. A. Cavanaugh in Athens rural delivery details.
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