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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1941
Page
1
President Roosevelt meets congressional leaders to discuss a potential lease lent appropriation perhaps up to 10 billion dollars as he pursues a swifter war tempo. He reviews international events with Secretary Hull and weighs Japan's stance amid Anglo American Soviet talks in Moscow.
President Roosevelt signed a law granting mandatory deferment for men who have reached 28 but not yet inducted under the selective service act. The measure releases eligible 28 year olds as soon as practicable and keeps national defense in mind. The act also requires posting names and classifications at local draft boards and exempts certain honorably discharged service members.
Columbus report from J. E. McLintock of Ohio State University extension says farm labor costs increased in the first 13 months of the European war, rising from 25 cents to 1 dollar, then 2.25 dollars in 1919 and 87 cents in 1933, reflecting wartime shifts in wages.
In Batavia two Point Pleasant farmers end a long feud as Warren Wellington, 54, is shot by partner John T. Browning, 48, who admits the shooting after Wellington allegedly threatened him. Browning is held with no charges yet. prior tensions included a poisoning charge against Wellington and a partnership dissolution filing.
Delegates from the national cooperative milk producers federation and other agricultural groups met to draft a program to shield agriculture from new policies as the nation prepares for defense. They will focus on opposing the administration's price control bills introduced in Congress on August 1.
Washington reports Congress entered a four week rest period with a reduced schedule. Members largely left town after eight months of work and will meet only twice weekly to transact no business.
Benjamin Mullins aged 23 of Cincinnati was killed when he dived from a bridge into four feet of water in the Little Miami River.
The Ravenna ordnance plant begins loading high explosive shells with 15,000 workers on site at the 21,000 acre facility. Atlas Powder Co operates the works and trained crews enter the first line to assemble 75 millimeter supercharged rounds for field artillery.
Merle Bush, 47, a WPA worker, reported the blaze at the Grange area farmhouse began from an explosion of soot in a coal stove. He and his wife escaped with two other children Elva aged 14 and Clay aged 4, while six children aged two to 11 perished in an upstairs bedroom.
Two men died and several seamen were feared lost as a massive fire swept a Brooklyn waterfront area, destroying the Cuba Mail Line freighter Panuco and damaging adjacent piers and craft. Firefighters from Brooklyn and Manhattan battled the blaze for two hours amid exploding cargos and drifting wreckage.
Traffic accidents killed more than a score of persons in Ohio over the weekend with nine pedestrians struck down while walking. Akron saw three fatal pedestrian deaths, boosting its yearly toll to 30, Stark County reported three more deaths, raising its year total to 59.
In Columbus the 38th annual National Rural Letter Carriers Association convention opens with about 4 000 delegates expected for registration today. The event runs from today through Friday and includes auxiliary members.
A 13 year old east side boy caused his mother heartache by spending her saved pennies nickels and dimes totaling 120 dollars intended for a down payment on a home. He was found with two friends after spending 50.76 on hot dogs pop movies and amusement park rides.
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler says Ohio’s 37th division endures the most severe feeding supply and communication tests yet for an infantry unit. The maneuvers cover a front from 30 miles west of the Texas Louisiana line to 100 miles east of the Texas border with a single railhead handling supplies. Commanding officers report rising troop enthusiasm after a period of inactivity.
Amer ican Legion units from across Ohio parade through Youngstown as downtown stores close. Officials expect 150000 spectators over a four hour event. Elyria won drum and bugle corps with 93 of 100 points, Massillon second with 91.95. The 40 and 8 social order elected W A Burlingame of Dayton as chef de gate, replacing R F Leemhuis of Elyria.
German wireless said Nazi fliers destroyed about 25 American made Martin bombers in a raid on the Soviet airport at Saporoshye near Dniepropetrovsk in the Ukrainian industrial center. A hangar fuel supplies and ammunition stores were also reported destroyed.
A Japanese broadcast claimed the Chungking government plans 14 airfields across four Chinese provinces to serve the United States Great Britain and the Soviet Union, enabling Allied air operations from occupied China.
Chicago police report a 45 year old watchman Mitchell Hetman slain by burglars at a furniture factory after a failed attempt to seize money from a factory safe. The assailants tied Hetman to a post and beat him.
Secretary of State Hull said Japan offered no satisfactory reasons for denying about 100 private American citizens permission to leave. He noted no disclosure of talks with Japan's Foreign Minister in Tokyo as the matter remained under discussion. News reports warned of potential broader war while editorials argued about encirclement and effects on Soviet relations.
The mediation board opened hearings today to end the CIO Gas By Products Coke and Chemical Workers Union strike at 17 United States Gypsum Company plants nationwide. About 3000 workers are involved, halting 40 percent of gypsum and wallboard output. Dr Frank Graham presided for the public with Charles Adams for employers and Emil Rieve for labor.
Chicago reports that American consumers face minor price increases and reduced portions, but the flour milling industry sees no shortage. Experts note the U S has enough wheat to cover domestic needs for two years, with surplus in Canada nearly meeting pre war export levels.
In New York, 10,000 people stampeded on a Hudson River pier after learning counterfeit excursion tickets cost 1.25. Three women were trampled to death and about 60 were injured as chaos erupted among a festive, basket-carriage crowd.
Roosevelt weighs a Navy plan to seize Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock yards at Kearny New Jersey idle since August seven due to a CIO strike that halted $493 million in naval and merchant ship work. The National Mediation Board failed to resolve the dispute and the union claimed about sixteen thousand of eighteen thousand workers walked out after management refused a union maintenance clause.
Finance Director H. D. Defenbacher estimates Ohio will end the year with a 12 million dollar treasury surplus but cautions the current income pace may not continue into 1942. In the first half of 1942 the state faces about 8 million dollars in extraordinary expenditures plus a 3 million dollar school debt payment, with welfare building programs driving the extra outlay. He also expects a sharp tax revenue drop next year due to government restrictions installment buying and priorities.
The American Export liner Exeter, arriving from Lisbon, reported sighting a submarine about 100 feet off its brightly lit bow on August 9, about 100 miles west of Lisbon. It later found an empty drifting lifeboat. nationality of the submarine was not determined.
Soviet dispatches claim fierce battles surround Odessa as German forces advance toward the Black Sea port. Red Army counterattacks and air raids hamper Nazi gains while Moscow reports major fronts from the Baltic to the Black Sea aflame.
Field training for 750 Ohio State Guard volunteers began at Camp Perry led by Col. Sam Richmond of Cincinnati. The brigade opened by cleaning quarters and erecting tents. State naval militia units also train here this week. The other first brigade regiments will train next week under Adj. Gen. Whittier S. Bird.
Springfield bakeries increased the loaf price by one cent today citing higher production costs as the reason. The move affects local shops and shoppers across the city.
PORT CLINTON Thirty two men faced contempt of court hearings over picketing at the U S Gypsum Co plant. Sheriff Ralph Reidmaier and 50 deputies halted a Saturday line breaking injunction at plant gates amid a brief skirmish.
Mrs. Elizabeth Frazer Lloyd, mother of film comedian and producer Harold Lloyd, died in Los Angeles last night. She was seven years old.
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