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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1939
Page
1
A thief posing as a repair man entered the Ohio State School for the Blind and stole a donated radio used by six blind students. A girl practiced at the piano as the impostor claimed to repair the radio, then fled with the device.
Finnish officials in Washington said on Dec 15 Finland will pay its regular installment on war debt to the United States totaling 234,693 dollars. The debt stood at 8,233,157 dollars as of Nov 15.
The State Pardon and Parole Commission granted paroles today to 75 inmates of the Ohio penitentiary.
President Roosevelt sharply denounces Soviet Russia for a policy of force and a wanton disregard for law over bombing of Finnish territory. He notes no reply to U S efforts for peace and against indiscriminate bombing, underscoring U S concern.
A CIO Ohio committee and Labor's Non-Partisan League urged education and publicity on Governor Bricker's refusal to recall the Legislature to address relief. John Owens accused Bricker of unstatesmanlike inaction while promising to push for a special session and public support for aid.
New York DA Thomas E. Dewey declares he would accept the 1940 Republican presidential nomination if offered. State committee HQs say he will respond to a formal GOP request. He plans to kick off his campaign Wednesday in Minneapolis with a farm policy focus.
The American Legation in Helsingfors reports Americans are evacuating to emergency quarters in Badgrankulla as fires burn in the Finnish capital. A casualty list from yesterday’s Russian air raid includes children. Evacuation proceeds by private cars, bus, and on foot.
Col. F. C. Harrington announced after a meeting with Mayor Harold Burton that the Works Progress Administration will add 6,000 jobs in Cleveland for December, raising WPA employment from 31,000 to 37,000.
George F. Schlesinger aged 54 former Ohio state highway director from 1925 to 1928 died at his Washington home last night. A Xenia native, he taught civil engineering at Ohio State University before becoming highway director and since 1928 served as chief engineer and secretary of the National Paving Brick Association in Washington.
Lucas County officials refused a $238000 bond issue by the City of Toledo intended for poor relief. The vote halted the plan to anticipate delinquent tax collections and fund aid programs.
John H. Harrington, 87, died in a blaze that destroyed his single home and machine shop where he lived alone in Columbus. Firefighters found him inside during extinguishing efforts. The cause is under investigation.
State Tax Commissioner William S. Evatt said Cleveland may issue 1,115,000 in general obligation tax delinquency bonds to fund poor relief. He cited state law and Supreme Court decisions confirming the city’s right to issue the bonds despite earlier attorney concerns about an old Supreme Court decision.
Homer C. Williams 24, a novice poet, faces a charge of shooting at a Miami University co ed who spurned his attentions. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and will undergo psychiatric tests to determine sanity. If found insane he would be committed to Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
Federal Judge Robert N. Wilkin urged 239 newly naturalized Ohioans to educate themselves in American ways by reading daily newspapers after administering the oath of allegiance. He said the United States is a country of fine newspapers and advised new citizens to keep themselves informed through reading.
John Raymond Wickline 26 of Charleston West Virginia is in serious condition at St. Francis hospital after an auto street car collision last night in Columbus.
In Ravenna Ohio a 3 year old, Joseph Morden Jr., was found dead in a well behind his grandparents home after 12 hours of searching led by Sheriff Robert L. Fitzgerald with about 200 volunteers. Coroner J R Turner ruled drowning. The boy, son of Joseph Morden Sr., had been curious around vehicles and was missing from Diamond.
Perry L. Green of Hiram started his sixth term as president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation after winning re election at the 21st annual convention in Columbus. Officers re elected include A. F. Moon vice president Murray D. Lincoln secretary W. E. Sellars treasurer L. A. Taylor assistant secretary and J. E. Keltner assistant treasurer.
Berlin reports German submarines and mines have sunk 194 British and neutral ships totaling 735,768 tons since the war began, announced today.
Paris. Premier Edouard Daladier’s government secured a renewed mandate to rule by decree for the duration of the war after a stormy session in the Chamber of Deputies ended with a 319 to 175 confidence vote.
Soviet planes bombed Helsingfors three times today with at least 15 bombs in the western and northern districts. Soviet warships bombarded Hangoe at the Gulf of Finland mouth and tried to land troops. A new Finnish government formed amid Arctic coast thrusts and calls to resume talks with Moscow. Union air raids endangered the US diplomat Lawrence Von Hellens as rescuers fought fires and many died. Evacuation left fewer than 150,000 of 300,000 residents in the city as electricity was cut by Imatra bombings.
Mrs. Clark Green of Chesterhill Rural Route One suffers a broken left arm again on Thanksgiving Day. The injury, a break above the wrist, marks the third consecutive year she has broken a bone on this holiday. The piece notes even the date change could not prevent the accident.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visits the Dies Committee for the third time in two days to hear Joseph P. Lash of the American Students' Union testify. She aims to observe committee treatment of youth witnesses and support friends in the American Youth Congress.
Robert Griffith 12 of Columbus Grove Putnam County won the Cleveland Livestock Show grand championship for the second year in a row. He took home a $585 check and a gold cup for his shorthorn steer Strowan Roan Knight. The boy also received $25 from the American Shorthorn Breeders Association at the auction climax.
In Holmes School Cleveland first graders participate in classroom breakfasts to combat hurried morning meals. Teacher Miss Elizabeth O Neill led the effort with help from mothers and the school nurse. After one week pupils gained a quarter to two and a half pounds and more energy was noted.
Ohio State Pension Director Tom McCaw reports a 36.8 percent rise in old age pension applications in the first ten months of 1939 compared with the previous year. Through October 1939 applications totaled 34 520, 5 727 more than all of 1938, with 14 625 pending. About 60 percent of pending cases were eligible for assistance, and 64.1 percent of pendings were in 12 counties including Butler Cuyahoga Franklin Lucas Mahoning Montgomery Stark Summit Hamilton Trumbull Richland Ross.
Dr. Rees Edgar Tulloss announced his offer to resign as president of Wittenberg College amid the college's two year suspension by the American Association of Universities. The board refused to consider his resignation. The suspension cites low salaries and heavy teaching loads for faculty, with graduate work at the Dayton Y M C A drawing scrutiny for library access.
Charles D. Thompson an 81 year old Syracuse Ind farmer testified in a federal fraud trial involving 12 men over Arlington Cemetery lot sales. He invested $31 000 and criticizes the defendants on cross examination noting farming would have changed his view.
Three of four men convicted of possessing explosives during the 1937 Republic Steel strike in Canton received paroles today from the Ohio Penitentiary by the State Pardon and Parole Commission. Names Herman Herzog Massillon Jessie Rentoria and Omer Williams. Peter Vailes was paroled in 1938.
Detroit U P reports Briggs Manufacturing Company announced a blanket three cent per hour pay raise for all employees as workers idle due to the Chrysler production dispute return to work.
Mrs. Rose Blanton aged 68 died here yesterday from tularemia known as rabbit fever.
Walter Lyons a 21 year old fullback for Colorado State College was shot and critically wounded in the room of Lois Van Norsole a sophomore who had been keeping company with the star. The shooting occurred shortly before the team departed Fort Collins to face New Mexico in the season finale.
Soviet air and naval assaults press Finland as Helsinki reports heavy fighting on the Karelian Isthmus and evacuations. Moscow announces a new Democratic Finnish Republic led from Terioki, while Pravda cites a manifesto urging a socialist Finnish state allied with the USSR.
Coroner Sam White reports Janet Ray Reynolds, age 3, died from a .22 caliber bullet while she and her four-year-old brother James were playing with their father's rifle. The gun was discharged accidentally from a rifle left in the family's car at their grandparents' home near Williamsburg.
Columbus Ohio former attorney general Herbert S Duffy became the first declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for Ohio governor in 1940 He planned to secure nominating petitions within days Duffy served as attorney general from 1937 to 1939 and was defeated for re election by Thomas J Herbert who then held the office
The Finnish steamer Mercator of 4,260 tons, carrying wool, struck a mine and sank off the Scottish coast. Thirty five people were rescued, with at least one missing.
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