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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1941
Page
1
Ohio creates a state water supply board and advisory panel under a new law to study water needs and plan replenishment. The act, effective tomorrow, aims to address a steadily falling water table and potential shortages, with long term planning and development required.
An Egyptian official communique says the Axis air raid on the Suez canal area last night killed ninety people and left one hundred six injured. The report outlines casualties in the strategic corridor near Cairo.
Berlin reports the German navy and air force sank 407600 tons of British merchant shipping during July in a military communique.
In New York a jury pool of 250 was summoned in Brooklyn for the murder trial of Louis Lepke Buchalter. Twenty six did not appear and 129 sought excuses, as Judge Franklyn Taylor presided over the panel for Buchalter and three co defendants.
Dr. Herbert S. Reichle, a pro German pathologist from Municipal Hospital who vanished during a trip to Mexico, has returned to Germany with Italian and German consulate employees. He reportedly sailed under an assumed name on the West Point from New York for Portugal on July 16.
Preliminary survey shows defense vital aluminum donations from Ohio communities exceed 500000 pounds with several towns still to report. The report notes continued statewide effort to support defense needs.
United States heavy cruisers Northampton and Salt Lake City arrived at Brisbane on a training cruise for refueling and recreation amid increased tension in the region. Bangkok reports say Thailand faces pressure from Japan over demands, with bases cited as a possible issue, while Japan and Russia clash near Manchoukuo frontier and troop movements surge toward Dairen.
The House passed a defense tax measure worth 5.206 billion dollars by 369 to 30. It dropped a joint filing requirement for married couples and faced potential Senate revisions to offset lost revenue. President Roosevelt pressed for lower exemptions to broaden the base, urging higher taxes on higher incomes.
Indiana report says 50 dormitory trailers at the Ravenna arsenal will be rented to defense workers at 1.10 per man weekly. Each trailer houses four men with blankets, linens, towels, and bed clothes provided. the policy aligns trailer rates with construction dormitories.
Chicago reports domestic livestock producing at wartime levels to meet demand. Milk cows and hens set output records while prices paid to farmers rise 17 to 78 percent versus last year. Overall value of farm livestock climbs sharply as demand sustains inflation.
Joseph Epling representing the Church of Christ purchased the Garfield School in Gallipolis to build a new church on the site. The sale was reported as a staff special item.
Discovery of gold ore assaying as high as 100 dollars per ton sparked a rush of prospectors to Devil's Oven, a rocky area about 160 miles northeast of Vancouver. The find in Lilooet B. V. area signals renewed interest in the region's mining prospects.
AP reports Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration warned Congress that even with a price control bill, the nation faces the strongest rise in living costs. He testified before the House Banking Committee using charts, noting price levels approach 1929 and 1919 peaks. The bill would grant the President broad ceilings on most prices and rents in defense areas with parity rules for utilities and farm prices.
Detroit engineers report Majestic Tool and Manufacturing and Central Machine Company regained full defense production after thieves stole micrometers gauges and other instruments worth thousands. Rival firms and private citizens from Minneapolis and beyond supplied tools, allowing operations to continue. John W. Parker of Majestic credited rapid aid with preventing a shutdown.
U S district engineer Lieut Col Fred T Bass received word that the Minneapolis Dredging Co of Minneapolis Minnesota has submitted the low bid of 1 112 240 for the Portsmouth New Boston flood protection project unit 3 The award may be delayed briefly because right of way is not yet secured.
Supt W F Amline said Pearl Bush 54 who was serving a non support sentence from Pickaway county walked away from the London prison farm.
Three gunmen robbed bank messengers Lewis Henry and Ralph Rheinfels on a Stroudsburg street taking a bag holding about 76000 old bills. They fled in a black sedan toward the post office for exchange with the Federal Reserve in Philadelphia.
Funeral services for John Everett Bailey aged 52 of Midway will be held Wednesday at 2 PM in Carleton Church with burial in Carleton Cemetery. He is survived by his widow.
The report notes intensified German attacks in the southern sector around Kiev as reinforcements bolster attempts to strike at Red forces. Berlin says the aim is destroying Bolshevik troops rather than quick territorial gains, reflecting a shift from earlier blitzkrieg plans amid fierce combat.
Washington leaders move to force a vote on extending service for all army personnel by 18 months. The Senate rejects limiting selectees to six months beyond a one year term and considers Senator Taft’s substitute allowing six months for current year service, a year for guardsmen and reservists, and no extension for regular enlisted men. Conscientious objectors assigned to non combat work would receive an additional 18 months under the extension measure.
State county and city police join a search for Wanda Brownell a 13 year old Racine girl who vanished Friday night. Authorities say Wanda may have left with 21 year old Daniel Lowden now in Middletown custody en route to Pomeroy for questioning.
Company and union officials conferred again to day in an effort to settle a strike at the Timken Roller Bearing Co. plant here and members of the Clo Steel Workers Organizing Committee said prospects for an agreement appeared better. An SWOC notice said today’s meeting ended with prospects of settlement much brighter.
John Cooper 21 of Columbus and a Camp Vesuvius enrollee was in critical condition at Ironton Hospital from an abdominal shotgun wound. An Ironton woman admitted firing, saying he attempted to slap her, and she was held for questioning.
Otis Drummond, elected county treasurer, appoints Victor Niday and Frances Loucks as deputies. He will be succeeded in the auditor’s office by Mildred Bumgardner.
Japan Rail Ministry announces suspension of service by gasoline line powered cars on 38 lines due to fuel shortage. The shutdown is set for August 10 as officials address supply challenges affecting rail operations nationwide.
CHICAGO The railroad unions demand wage increases were rejected by rail carriers. Carriers said any raises would push annual operating costs up by 900 million dollars. The unions seek 30 percent raises for 350000 workers across five unions. Non operating unions request 30 to 34 cent hourly boosts for about 800000 workers.
Two hundred CIO pickets block two entrances to Aluminum Co. of America plants in Cleveland with a closed shop, delaying about 400 AFL and non-union workers. An AFL United Automobile Workers counter-blockade stops about 25 AFL-driven trucks from entering. CIO Die Casting Workers Union directs workers to join for $3, with options of $2 initiation and $1 first month dues.
Bogota reports an anti democratic indoctrination attempt uncovered by War Minister Castro Martinez. Detentions range from 40 to 200 people and quantities of documents were seized as part of the probe into alleged subversive activities.
London reports the surrender of a German submarine to Broadway, ex U S S Hunt, one of 50 U S destroyers loaned to Britain last September, with decorations announced for officers and crew.
The Associated Press reports German panzer forces pierced 70 miles toward the Smolensk region between Moscow and Leningrad as two vast battles of annihilation unfold. Pravda claims growing Soviet counterattacks, while Berlin cites heavy Red Army losses and encirclement efforts south of Kiev.
Racine village council approved issuance of 60000 dollars in revenue bonds Monday night to finance a municipal water system. The project will be prepared and built under Cleveland engineer Paul W. Elwell with WPA labor handling construction.
Richard Barksdale 53 of Chagrin Falls died when his car skidded and hit a tree in Pepper Pike Village last night. A police investigation is planned to determine the cause.
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