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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
1
Secretary Hull signaled U S concern over Japan pressuring Thailand and threatening Southwest Pacific security. Britain warned in Parliament that Thai intervention would spark a serious clash, with both powers prepared to act.
Rep. Young of Ohio protests in the House against a 15 percent rent increase on HOLC properties. He cites arbitrary orders from John H. Fahey, head of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, as the source of the rise.
A loose truck wheel rolled downhill and struck five-year-old Mary Theadermann of Neville, Cincinnati. Coroner Frank M. Cop pock Jr. said the wheel escaped from a truck under repair, killing the child. her father Edgar Theadermann provided details.
Alexandria Bay N Y a group of 15 Republicans led by Herbert Hoover argue the United States should avoid undeclared war. They condemn lend lease actions as exceeding Congressional authority and warn such moves threaten democracy at home and in the Western Hemisphere.
Washington debate over higher income tax rates and lower personal exemptions continues as the Senate Finance Committee reviews the $3.206 billion bill after the House removed the joint income return provision. Treasury experts assess revenue gaps and possible rate readjustments to offset $323 million lost by eliminating mandatory joint returns for married couples. Committee members show little interest in reviving that provision.
In Akron on Route 91 at the eastern city limits two people died and four were injured two severely. Victims include Mrs Dortha Mc Millan 35 head of the social service bureau Summit County Home and Joseph Mete 66 a county home resident. Injured were Jack Murray 65 Charles Wise and Charles T Sprankle all in serious condition and Delbert Stonestreet 18 Akron. In Columbus two drivers died in a head on crash on the national highway 23 miles east near Hebron four others were hurt.
Lieutenant Governor Paul M. Herbert warned State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson not to pay expenses for four Senate investigating committees created in the last session. The panels lacked legal status and probed racing, the state industrial commission, historical site markings, and boxing and wrestling with a view to recommending legislation.
Edward Hudson a 47 year old Akron machinist died from gunshot wounds after a death bed confession that he planned to kill his estranged wife Lorietta 38 if she refused to return. He also admitted firing at Harold Klinkk 39 the bus driver who was not harmed. Both victims died from bullet wounds.
The Franklin County grand jury investigating gambling was expected to conclude today. Five municipal judges and police inspector Thomas Scully were questioned yesterday in the probe.
New York State draws up a gasoline rationing plan for possible use in September. It proposes a 15 gallon weekly limit for pleasure car owners to conserve scarce fuel. The plan was created by Carroll E. Mealey, at the request of Secretary Harold L. Ickes and submitted to federal officials as a model for the eastern seaboard.
Washington leaders pressed for an 18 month army extension while opposing a one year substitute proposal. The Senate debated the measure as it moved toward final approval granting the President power to extend service for selectees guardsmen and reserves beyond one year. Regular enlistments for three year terms would also be lengthened.
A white military policeman and a Negro soldier were killed in a gunfight aboard a Fayetteville to Fort Bragg bus. About 25 to 30 Negro passengers were aboard. disorder broke out as the MP tried to control the scene and a gunman grabbed the officer’s pistol and fired. Several others were wounded. Police described 10 to 15 shots fired from outside.
William Lemke, former North Dakota representative, told a rally of farmers that wheat would rise to 2.50 a bushel if President Roosevelt allowed shipment of food to Europe. He called the marketing program unconstitutional, fraudulent, and a precursor of worse to come.
The United States has unfrozen millions of dollars in Soviet orders and the flow of American supplies to the Russians has begun. Details were not disclosed as they are military secrets, but officials said the action marks an important start.
Daniel Louden, 13 year old Wanda Brownell's possible companion, says he left her in Middletown after midnight last Friday while traveling from Racine. Police held Louden after locating him with relatives near Middletown. He states Brownell planned to go to Sharonville and would write, but no letter arrived. Louden claims she suggested they travel together and that they had no prior plan to run away.
Seven bodies found in a small adobe structure in San Luis Sonora near Yuma Arizona confirm the Devil's Highway the abandoned desert route. Heat and thirst killed a truck crew after it failed to cross dunes in 110 degree heat. Mexican officials said the party likely stranded four to five days without food or water.
Representative Thom of Ohio warned on the House floor that without firm congressional control the defense program will smother small business and shift the economy toward monopoly and big business. The speech framed defense spending as a threat to independent firms and competition.
Rumors circulated that Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were arranging a secret wartime conference with Mackenzie King and Harry Hopkins. Officials denied the reports though speculation tied possible locations to sea routes or Canada.
The Associated Press reports that 1 200 000 railroad workers are to mail strike ballots after wage demands were rejected. Five operating brotherhoods and 14 non operating unions met in Chicago and expect results in one to three weeks. The carriers say the wage hike would cost about 900 million annually.
The House voted 241 to 136 to approve a seizure bill allowing the president to requisition property and supplies for national defense. A conference committee will reconcile differences with the Senate version. The major change bars removal of essential machinery from operating plants to prevent forced shutdowns of non defense work.
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Japan’s position after occupying French Indochina and weighs the risk of Britain taking military action. He notes U S support for Britain, questions Japan’s next step toward Thailand, and the broader impact of European war developments on Asia.
The SEC ruled that United Light and Power Co. must limit its utility operations to a $240 million system excluding Ohio and five other states. The order also requires Continental Gas and Electric Corp. to dispose of Columbus and Southern Ohio and related companies including Point Pleasant Water and Light and Hillsboro Ice and Coal.
NORWALK AP report: Emma Jean Roethlisberger 25 was found insane after indictment for fatally stabbing her husband Louis on July 22 at their Willard home. Judge E G Martin ordered commitment to Lima hospital for the criminal insane.
A 26 year old man admitted abducting a Celina high school girl and her escort ten days ago. He was arrested in Hamilton and held in Mercer County Jail with no charges filed yet, pending a prosecutor conference today.
A unanimous committee backs a defense highway plan totaling 295 million dollars to fund strategic road networks, access roads to defense sites, and aviation strips. The measure would apportion 1.125 billion among states, with Roosevelt opposing apportionment and proposing 25 million non apportioned funds.
Ohio plans a higher liquor tax starting September 1 in a proposal to the state board of liquor control. The measure, passed by the lower house, would raise the federal whisky tax to four dollars per 100 proof gallon, up from three dollars approved last year.
Mrs. Alfred Wynn formerly Laura Campbell of Tiffin was freed from a concentration camp after German occupation of Paris. Her husband, an English banker, remains confined due to illness. relatives confirm via the American Red Cross.
Cleveland reports 43 infantile paralysis cases with four new cases confirmed today. Health officials monitor spread and urge precautions as numbers increase in the city.
German reports claim destruction or capture of millions of Soviet troops and heavy materiel in three weeks of fighting near Smolensk Kiev and Leningrad. Moscow counters with disintegration of German forces and persistent frontline battles as Britain targets German and French coasts.
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