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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
1
Washington reports House debate begins on the lending bill as the Senate slashed more than a billion dollars from the original plan. The measure now totals 1.615 billion and faces uncertain House fate with conference talks looming. Two major obstacles remain Social Security amendments and the final deficiency bill.
In Cleveland police guard the Fisher Body Company riot zone amid clashes between 3,000 strikers and 450 officers and 30 firemen. The UAW identified 27 men as worst scabs with home addresses, while union leaders disputed the riot zone order and civil rights concerns.
Earle Johnson of Cleveland, a former Lake County legislator, was named state aeronautics director by Governor Bricker with a part time $2,500 salary. Francis Lauffer remains as assistant and a four member advisory panel was named to aid Johnson.
Charles Gollob and his wife filed a $751,000 damage suit naming Eddie Cantor Reynolds Tobacco Company and Columbia Broadcasting Company as co-defendants. They were assaulted March 27 after protesting Cantor's jokes about Hitler and dictators. The couple says the attack was unprovoked and left the Cantor broadcast due to objection to the comedian's anti-Nazi humor.
Rioting erupted in Bombay and surrounding areas as prohibition began. Police fired on a protesting crowd of Muslims opposed to the government and extra taxes intended to offset revenue losses from spirits. Five parade participants were injured and two were seriously hurt.
State Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor says a total of $2,460 in savings was realized by releasing liquor stores at Alliance and Millersburg. The action affects Ohio liquor distribution and warehouse operations.
Three bandits who attempted to hold up a moving Illinois Central train carrying $65 613 in Army Air Corps pay were driven off after a gun battle in the mail car at Onargo. A fourth man was wounded. police hunt the others as rail workers and clerks describe the raid.
Prague reports that Adolf Hitler has authorized a gendarmerie corps of 7,000 men to preserve order and safety in the protectorate, with the move announced today by officials.
At 84 Capt James Willey a San Francisco naval reserve officer sues 84 year old retired dentist Byron Haines for alienation of affections claiming Haines wooed his wife 37 and caused a divorce while Willey was away on a business trip.
Ohio Citizens Tax League accuses the State Industrial Commission of mismanagement and potential collusion with ambulance chasing lawyers. The league urges Gov Bricker to replace Beall and modernize workers compensation laws. They cite un audited payrolls, unpaid premiums, and misuse of funds as central issues.
Cincinnati presiding Judge Samuel W. Bell, 69, was acquitted on an assault and battery charge after he testified he pushed attorney Aaron Weisen out of a consultation room during a heated exchange over a brother's court case. Weisen alleges the confrontation stemmed from criticism of the judge.
Mrs. Willard Fuestel age 14 gave birth to a daughter at Holzer Hospital yesterday establishing a youngest mother record for the institution. She is the former Jewell White daughter of Charles White and the marriage license was filed last July with consent from her mother Mrs Minnie White.
Columbus Ohio State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood declined to comment on a report that the welfare department would seek the removal of T. C. Jenkins, superintendent of the London Prison Farm.
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler orders a 25th anniversary salute as Germany’s armed forces grow to about 1.8 million in uniform and up to 2 million by August, while experts doubt parity with 1914 forces. The air force is the key asset, with around 10 000 planes, and allies shift from Austria Hungary to Italy.
Violent storms sweep New England while drying southwest winds threaten New York and New Jersey crops. Dust storms, lightning and high winds damage Massachusetts and Connecticut. Two Milford youths drown as waves sweep them from a sandbar. Maine potato crops suffer 25 to 40 percent losses. Upstate New York gains moisture for a possible second harvest. New York City park damage from July rainfall deficits reaches $300,000.
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins plans another House push to approve a bill for Ohio to receive 1 338 000 in old age pension funds withheld by the Social Security Board amid the dispute with former Governor Martin L. Davey. The move was blocked by Ways and Means Chair Robert L. Doughton.
Toledo propaganda analyst Reverend Walton E. Cole warned that Father Charles E. Coughlin's sermons spark antiCatholicism. He said the radio priest's words alarm all faiths and may ignite un-American, anti-Catholic fires.
In Chico California authorities report that Deputy Game Warden William Price his wife and two children were nearly killed by arsenic poisoning of their well. A retired Chico State College chemist C B Whitmeyer confirmed arsenic in the victims stomachs and in the well sediment. The case ties to locals who rely on illegal venison pheasants and trout for sustenance and hints at motives rooted in ongoing tensions with the community.
Cuya shoga County Grand Jury urges a morals course for eighth and ninth graders in public schools. Judge Joy Seth Hurd counters that teaching morals intrudes on religion and cannot be legally taught in public schools.
E. G. Buchsieb, operator of a fertilizer plant along Alum Creek, sues Columbus seeking 50,000 dollars damages and an injunction to stop the city from dumping sewage into the creek, claiming pollution and stench.
Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife of the former attorney general, is resting quietly today and is critically ill, according to her physician in Washington U.P.
Mrs. Harry Wilhoit an American said in Shanghai she was partly disrobed by Japanese soldiers at Tsingtao as she prepared to board a steamship. She reported losing 240 Chinese dollars and being searched by a Japanese woman in a shack after being refused access to the American consulate.
Dr James Monroe Smith central figure in Louisiana political scandal was moved from New Orleans federal prison to Baton Rouge to be near his daughter who lay near death from blood poisoning at the hospital.
United Press reports Europe faces two new flashpoints as Nazi Germany tests security alliances by declaring war on Russia and pressing expansion. Spain’s controlled press predicts Gibraltar return, while Britain and France push Moscow diplomacy and a three power aid pact. Izvestia Pravda hint at a real peace front as Tokyo criticizes the 1911 treaty and the United States.
Oiling of State Route 664 between Logan and Old Man's Cave began Monday as a temporary measure to create a dustless road in the Cave District. A survey by state highway engineers is under way for further improvements.
The first of 39 Boeing four motor flying fortresses to join the U.S. Army fleet took off from Los Angeles at 12:57 a m. The craft, airborne at 25 000 feet with oxygen masks, was expected to reach Long Island after about 10 hours at speeds above 250 miles an hour.
The U S Army Air Corps test flew a heavy payload on July 30, reaching 8200 feet with 31 025 pounds of water and lead. Maj Caleb V Haynes and Capt W D Old commanded the flight amid crosswinds. Separately at Langley Field seven new speed records were set by a B 17 with 11 023 pounds. Public defense drills mark the thirtieth anniversary of its first plane with a coast to coast warning net and Wright Field demonstrations.
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