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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1941
Page
1
Former Wisconsin governor La Follette testifies that Edouard Daladier told in 1939 the United States would be asked to provide money materials and manpower to aid France. He warns the aid bill could push the nation into total involvement in European war as Congress debates broad powers for the president.
An AFL CIO dispute over representation at Ford Motor Company plants unfolds in Washington. AFL claims a majority among River Rouge 80,000 employees and Lincoln 2,500 to 4,000 workers, countering CIO claims of Lincoln majority. AFL cites voluntary union choice free from Ford management interference.
The Agriculture Department reported that the 1940 flue cured tobacco prices show modest rise over 1939. Through Jan 1 the average price was 16.85 cents per pound, up 13 percent, while the 1940 crop was about 37 percent smaller than the prior record.
Marble Bar residents face over 100 degree heat for 110 days as the town’s cooling pool dries up leaving locals with few relief options. The heat wave continues to push temperatures and strain daily life in Western Australia.
Carlton S. Dargusch of Columbus Ohio, an attorney and taxation expert, is named executive officer in the selective service system. He will head the largest component of the national headquarters in Washington, guiding the defense period economy plea through complex figures and details.
Dolores Del Mar aged 29 a Hollywood night club dancer drowned in Los Angeles harbor at dawn after plunging nude from a yacht dock. Police detective lieutenant A H Pierce listed the death as accidental.
In Cleveland the groundhog did not see his shadow, breaking the old adage about six weeks of bad weather. Charles G McDonough, a believer, was so cautious he called the game warden at night and had the foiled groundhog retrieved.
Wendell L. Willkie received the Red Rose of Lancaster in Manchester after touring bombed Coventry and Birmingham. He was greeted by a cheering crowd at the town hall as the mayor presented the ancient honor and plans grew for his meetings with King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and King Haakon the Eighth tomorrow.
Columbus Ohio Dr Frank L Carr head of the State Division of Animal Industry proposes a 2 million dollar program to stamp out Bangs Disease by slaughtering 40000 cattle over two years He says the disease is the gravest problem facing Ohio cattle and seeks a 1 million dollar state appropriation to match federal funds to pay farmers for infected animals.
Delegates to the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Columbus vote to back a Senate bill creating a five member non partisan board for the State Division of Aid for the Aged. They plan a delegation to testify at a public hearing February 10.
President S. P. Bush of the Citizens Tax League of Ohio urged the legislature to free more defense funds through government economies. He estimated the national defense cost this year at 129 dollars per Ohioan family and said Ohio remains united in support of all spending for adequate defense.
In Johannesburg the capital of the Transvaal, a week of rioting by soldiers and civilians suspected of anti-British sympathy ended after police reinforcements used tear gas and baton charges. About 140 were injured, mostly soldiers, following a Friday Ossewabrandwag meeting described as non political but linked to the clashes.
Ottawa pledged to send a third Canadian division plus an armored division and additional air squadrons to aid Britain as war intensifies. Prime Minister Mackenzie King also vowed to expand the Canadian navy from 175 ships and 15,319 sailors to 413 ships and 26,920 men by March 31, 1942.
Thirty five passengers were shaken and one hospitalized today when an Euclid Avenue trolley jumped the track at East 18th Street.
Across Elizabeth New Jersey and Mobile Alabama recall orders clear. CIO unions reach settlements ending walks at Phelps Dodge Copper Products Elizabeth plant and Alabama Dry Dock Mobile yards. The Mobile strike ends with a 15 cent hourly wage increase to 50 cents. International Harvester Milwaukee and Allis Chalmers Milwaukee sit with limited progress. Phelps Dodge negotiates for a CIO contract if CIO wins NLRB election. Cleveland plant strikes resolved. Radiart wage hikes. United Auto Workers approve three cent raise for 1,146 workers.
Guy J. Swope of Harrisburg Pennsylvania was inaugurated as the 14th American civil governor of Puerto Rico in succession to Admiral William D Leahy now ambassador to France.
In a Senate Foreign Relations hearing Secretary of the Navy Knox expresses grave worry that the U S may be too late to save Britain from a Nazi air and U-boat assault and possible invasion. He notes current aid could hold off the crisis but warns final success hinges on intensified American naval or air support if needed.
Ohio lawmakers return to work in Columbus with aims to pass six measures. They plan on excise taxes for cigars and liquor fuel and utilities and the allocation of 12 million dollars in sales tax revenue to local government. The Milroy Act extension and highway patrol expansion are also on the agenda.
An explosion ripped the basement of a newly built Parma Heights home during a house warming injuring three persons. Deputy Marshal Louis Kilmer blamed escaping gas. The blast and ensuing fire caused about 1000 dollars in damage.
Cleveland prosecutors and three coal company executives prepare a new trial motion after their bribery conviction for sales to the city. Counsel Parker Fulton argues the men paid 2863 dollars to John L. Abbott, a discharged city engineer, to extort protection.
Fire damaged a kiln shed at Scioto Lime and Stone Co near Delaware causing about 10000 dollars in losses Saturday night. Firefighters fought the blaze for hours but the structure was destroyed and investigations continue.
The National Labor Relations Board announced procedural refinements to speed Wagner Act violation handling. Changes increase regional director authority and tighten field supervision, though aides say no major overhaul or sweeping reductions are planned.
Delegates from Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin meet in Cleveland to discuss agriculture's role in national defense. The two day conference is sponsored by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration with speakers including R M Evans AAA administrator and Grover Hill assistant secretary of agriculture.
Frank Cascio a 55 year old produce dealer goes on trial for murder in the barrel slaying of Mrs. Julia Wall aged 46. Wall was found stuffed in a barrel near a ravine by a cemetery in East Liverpool on October 28 following the discovery by passersby.
Berlin report says Ruth Schubert 20 of Hildesheim and Karl Schapper 62 were executed for espionage and high treason respectively. Both sentences carried out today with Schubert noted as Germany’s first woman executed this year.
British forces report East Africa have captured Barentu in Eritrea as part of a campaign against Mussolini's forces. a large number of Italian prisoners were killed during removal from Libya. In Europe, RAF and bombers strike Italy and France while London braces for more daylight raids. Greek forces seize hill positions north of Klisura, taking prisoners and matériel.
Richard Snyder age 16 clung to broken Auglaize River ice for 30 minutes before rescue by firefighters. His 11-year-old companion Roland Ball drowned in the same incident.
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