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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1937
Page
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American guards take charge of security in a contested zone to protect civilians and maintain order. Officials coordinate with local forces to deter violence and ensure access to aid for residents.
Sen Edward R Burke Neb urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to summon Sen Hugo Black for questioning over his Supreme Court nomination Burke said the move would allow Black to answer potential confirmation criticisms including alleged Ku Klux Klan involvement in 1932 noted by two Washington witnesses.
Twelve year old Robert Ballard of White Plains New York captured the All American Soap Box Derby title at Akron Ohio in the fourth annual event. One hundred twenty three contestants from across the nation competed as 110000 spectators watched the 1175 foot runway race.
Authorities recovered the body of 15 year old Robert Weisend of Lowell after he drowned while swimming in Cat's Creek, a Muskingum River branch, near Marietta.
The article reports Democratic resistance to key New Deal measures as Congress nears adjournment. Roosevelt faces pressure to fight for wage and hours and reorganization bills, with Southern Democrats and progressives opposing various proposals and signaling White House strategy shifts.
Fin Petrie of Opal wins the $200 Best Country Correspondent award. He says news is what he sees and hears from customers at the Opal Mercantile. Petrie also writes a signed column for The Kemmerer Gazette and will meet Mayor LaGuardia and radio host tonight.
Ralph C. Oglesby, 52, city editor of The Middletown Journal, died Sunday of heart disease, leaving a longtime newsroom veteran. He served as a reporter and editor in Middletown, contributing to local coverage and community journalism.
Miss Opal Sturgell 19, a Berea College co ed, was shot three times on campus. William Anderson, 19, with her when the shooting occurred, said a bowing admirer of Opal versucht to persuade her earlier and fled after the gunfire. Authorities hunted a rejected suitor as the investigation continued.
Survivors condemn Italy for sinking two vessels near Spain and waging unrestricted warfare on neutral ships. They say the Italian destroyer Lafetta torpedoed the Campeador, while 38 crew from the George W. Knight reached Bizerta after torpedoing and burning.
Four members of the Scottsboro group will perform in a Harlem theater show. Defying attorney Samuel Leibowitz, they reenact the Alabama court scene that led to their release after nine years on a charges involving two white girls.
Leonard Sisk of Nashville told 5,000 American Legion members at the Ohio convention to help mold a strict neutrality policy. He urged enforcement of the act and warned against meddling in other nations' affairs. Regional parade events and drum and bugle contest results were noted, with Elyria Post No. 12 winning the drum and bugle title and Norwood’s Leland Barnett Post placing second.
U P reports intensifying aerial warfare in the Sino Japanese conflict may push President Roosevelt to apply the Neutrality Act. Experts warn an embargo against China and Japan could cripple a 300 million dollar US export market, with notable declines seen in 1936 figures to Japan and China and rising early 1937 trade with both nations.
Veteran Arctic pilots converge on Fairbanks to hunt a lost Soviet plane and six crew. Moscow aviation officials say the aircraft crashed in the Arctic Circle likely on an ice floe with iced wings. Pilot Sigismund Iannevsky reported engine trouble as he battled a 60 mile headwind. James Mattern arrives with his Flying Gas Tank fuelled for the pole run, recalling rescues by Levanevsky and Levchenko. Three four motor planes in Moscow prepared to cross the world roof, but weeks away from readiness.
Hamilton County Grand Jury returns two first degree murder indictments against Anna Marie Hahn 31 a blonde former German school teacher charging she poisoned two elderly Cincinnati men George Gsellman 67 and Jacob Wagner The action follows a week long police probe into deaths and illnesses among elderly people linked to the woman identified by witnesses as Mrs Hahn
Postmaster General James A. Farley says the mythical 60 million Baker estate case was settled. Postal inspectors secured the conviction of 24 alleged promoters who collected money by mail to probate a supposed 1839 will, costing victims over 1 million dollars.
Madrid reports intense combat along the Santander front with rebel forces suffering losses numbering in the hundreds as government troops halted a two and a half mile rebel advance. Attacking units were described as being mowed down by defending forces.
Frank Schla dtsch age 25 drowned while fishing in the Maumee River near Waterville. He waded into a swift current and struck his head on a rock as he fell. His wife Lillian 23 and her parents witnessed the accident.
Utah Democrat Elbert Duncan Thomas, a college professor for 20 years and former president of the Mormon Church's Japanese mission, was slated to become chairman of the Senate education and labor committee, succeeding Senator Black.
Washington the House Appropriations Committee refused to approve a 20 million dollar initial grant for the farm tenancy program citing lack of a clearer administration plan. It urged deferring launch until next year after Congress reviews a new approach and cut the third deficiency bill budget from 121 million to 78.5 million dollars.
A verdict of accidental death by carbon monoxide poisoning was returned for Avery M. Herrick a 46 year old Cleveland banker. He was overcome by fumes while repairing his car in the garage at his Twinsburg home.
A string of deadly traffic accidents in Ohio over the week end claims fourteen lives. In a collision four miles west of Wooster, Charles A. Merrill 44 Ruth Merrill 43 and Esther Merrill 17 die. Their son Charles Merrill Jr. sustains serious injuries. Truck driver William H. Holt of New Brighton Pa is detained as investigators finish inquiries. A Cleveland incident kills 20 month old William Domalis who crawled from his father's car into another vehicle. Huston Wilson 65 dies in a hit and run in Cleveland. Pearl Harris 42 also dies in Cleveland traffic. Kenneth Baker 25 of Wadsworth is jailed in Akron on reckless driving charges after the death of William Long 14 who was struck on a bicycle.
The Disalle Act making kidnapping for ransom punishable by death in Ohio became law today after the 90 day referendum. If a jury urges mercy the penalty is life imprisonment and if the victim is returned unharmed before trial a minimum of 20 years may be imposed.
Japanese planes bombed the Chinese Kashing Airport and destroyed ten grounded aircraft. Three more Chinese planes were shot down in the air, according to a Japanese naval attache communiqué issued tonight.
Shanghai siege deepens as Chinese and Japanese planes shells batter the city. Thousands killed, civilians flee, and foreign powers rush evacuations amid escalating conflict at the Yangtse mouth.
News recounts a 35 mile front in Shanghai with China and Japan fighting amid air and naval support. Civilian deaths tallied in the low thousands across districts including Nanking Road and the French Concession while American warnings urged women and children to depart.
New Cumberland WV UP report says NLRB opened a hearing on Weirton Steel anti union charges under the Wagner Act. Senator Holt accuses the board of aiding CIO influence and hints at a Senate investigation, condemning John L Lewis and urging workers to organize independently. Rep Lamneck backs Holt, urging steelworkers to resist Lewis.
Americans in Shanghai endured harrowing moments as shells detonated nearby. A. A. Fox of Montclair New Jersey rescued a burning shell from his apartment, then hurled it out after it burned his hands. A second shell pierced the King’s Lynn building and exploded in a yard across the street.
Washington report that FCC member George Henry Payne demanded an accounting of profits at Cincinnati based WLW. He accuses the 500 kilowatt station of using experimental power to earn normal commercial profits and cites increased advertising rates in violation of its experimental authority.
Aboard the liner President Taft the crew guided the vessel away safely after a tense cruise down the river. They witnessed Japanese destroyers shelling Chinese positions, heightening the peril of the voyage.
Governor Martin L. Davey disclosed in a letter to the retiring state director of education his plan to appoint E. N. Dietrich of Bucyrus, current assistant director, to the full post.
The Nordmeer completed a 2400 mile nonstop flight from Horta Azores to Port Washington New York while surveying a trans Atlantic route to the United States.
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