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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1940
Page
1
Stockholm dispatch reports Finland repelling the first phase of a major Soviet attack on the Mannerheim line. It notes increasing foreign aid, including fast fighter planes, and predicts Finland will soon contend with Soviet air raids as darkness limits Russia’s air superiority.
A war communique reports renewed Russian offensives against the Mannerheim Line with heavy fighting on the Auttojoki and Kuhmo sectors north of Lake Ladoga. About 1,080 Russian soldiers were killed in two days as more than 50,000 Red Army troops were involved after 11 days of pounding.
State police search Mansfield Reformatory for two prisoners who escaped from the hospital yesterday. Joe Frolicher 21 of Cincinnati serving 10 to 25 years for robbery and Harold Smith 24 of Allen County serving 15 years for burglary and larceny fled through an unbarred window and were tracked by guards through the snow to the highway.
The Hague report says Japan has canceled the Netherlands Japan treaty of arbitration and conciliation effective August 12. Japan cites need for a new pact and notes the 1933 treaty referenced the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice.
Vermillion resident A. D. Baumhart, a former Ohio University student, declares his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 13th district congressman seat now held by Rep. Dudley A. White of Norwalk who seeks the senatorial nomination.
In Copenhagen and other capitals leaders debated a potential world anti Communist front to shield Finland and curb Soviet influence. Roosevelt criticized Russia while Sweden raided Communist centers. reports noted closer German Russian ties and renewed neutrality protests.
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin resumed Sunday radio sermons in Detroit but avoided controversial issues. He praised the Catholic Welfare Conference report on property labor ownership security wages and social order. Coughlin had been silent for a week after an unexplained broadcast lapse.
The Supreme Court upholds the National Labor Relations Board in a case against Waterman Steamship Co. confirming the board had sufficient evidence of unfair labor practices. The decision overturns the Fifth Circuit and holds courts may not substitute their judgment for the board on disputed facts. Justice Black writes for the court with all justices concurring.
A reliable source said Hitler and Benito Mussolini spoke by telephone about Sumner Welles planned European visit. No official stance from the Nazi foreign office was announced, but the weekend talks were seen as clarifying Germany's position.
A farmer owned factory will operate in Alliance Ohio within 60 days producing paint stanchions stalls ventilators and metal hog feeders L J Bennett of the Ohio Farm Bureau announced.
Australian and New Zealand troops arrived at Suez after an 8000 mile voyage. They were greeted by cheering crowds and disembarked under the command of Sir Thomas Blaney and Maj. Gen. Freyberg to join an expanding allied force facing potential Far East contingencies.
Sen George W Norris proposes moral embargoes including foodstuffs and manufactured goods on Japan and Russia and opposes a formal presidential embargo law. He argues private citizens could halt trade without government action while Roosevelt contemplates European diplomacy and longtime officials discuss policy.
The American Youth Congress closed its citizenship institute in Washington after indicating it will not follow President Roosevelt in backing Finland against Russia. Delegates gave muted responses to Roosevelt and his wife on Finland one leader Abbott Simon urged waiting for Soviet Russia's side before judging.
Berlin reports indicate a Russo German trade treaty likely to be signed this afternoon or tomorrow after seven weeks of negotiations in Berlin and Moscow. The accord envisions reciprocal deliveries valued at 1 billion reichsmarks, with Germany supplying machinery and industrial goods and Russia providing oil ores fodder and naphtha.
An Erie passenger train struck an automobile seven miles west of Kenton, killing Branch Barnett a 65 year old farmer Barbera Barnett an 8 year old step-daughter and James Barnett a 5 year old step-son. Eva Barnett 50 wife of Branch was in critical condition Beatrice 13 daughter driving the car sustained minor injuries.
Mrs. Elizabeth Petri, 50, of Geneva, was killed in Tallmadge Ohio when an automobile driven by her husband struck a tree.
The piece reports hundreds of Lincoln Day meetings by Republicans attacking the New Deal while Democrats seek to pressure Roosevelt over a possible third term. Garner supporters push the issue as Farley and Wheeler weigh presidential plans amid primary maneuvers and convention timing.
Millions of tons of ice drifted down the Ohio River as a severe freeze eased after weekend thaws. The river rose up to 13.1 feet at Louisville, 12 feet at Cincinnati, and 4 feet more in some sections. Two small moorings and a steel barge sank near Cincinnati. seventeen barges were ripped loose at Coal Haven and ten miles downstream before being gathered by towboats.
Mrs John Grueser 89 died at nine this morning at her Minersville home after months of illness. She leaves seven children including Mrs Minnie Merritt of Cleveland and Mrs E O Rhodes of Minersville, plus a sister and brother and a life-long Minersville resident. Funeral arrangements at Minersville Church not yet set.
President John L. Lewis of the CIO marks his sixty-first birthday amid major economic and political struggles. He declines interviews and his family plans no celebration. He will travel to New York to address a memorial meeting for Heywood Broun, late newspaper columnist and former president of the CIO American Newspaper Guild.
Mrs Kathryn Broder Packard widow of William D Packard who helped build the first Packard automobile forty years ago died at her home in Warren Sunday Her husband died ten years ago Funeral services for Packard will be held Tuesday.
Harry Briggs aged 22 of New Philadelphia died from injuries after his car was struck by a freight train on Sunday. Authorities reported the incident occurred as Briggs attempted to cross the tracks and emphasized the dangers of railroad crossings.
WASHINGTON UP reports a massive near term surge in aviation production. The industry, at capacity, will deliver thousands of planes within 30 days to U S and foreign buyers, with about 1,450 combat aircraft already finished and some 7,700 more needed for army navy and international orders.
Police raided homes during the night hunting 30 rifles stolen from Ballykinlar camp amid IRA turmoil after hangings. In Belfast 2 000 demonstrators clashed with hundreds of police for 20 minutes as authorities sealed routes within 20 miles and searched cars bound for the city.
Jacob Musser age 81 died Sunday morning at his Rutland home. He leaves his wife son Charles of Rutland and grandchildren Robert Musser Howard Day and William Day. A daughter Alta Day died in 1928. Funeral Tuesday at two at the Baptist Church in Rutland with burial in Miles Cemetery.
Canada enters seven days of mourning after the death of Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir at 64 following a third brain operation for a concussion from a bathroom fall. Sir Lyman Duff assumes administration as war with Germany and a federal election loom. A state funeral is planned at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church with cremation in Montreal.
An automobile and a coal truck collided on route 140 near South Webster Ohio injuring one driver and killing three riders from Scioto Furnace. Victims were Don Perkins 27 Carlos Bishop 23 John Smith 24. The auto driver Barmel Bishop 27 was held for investigation. truck driver Clyde Bell 21 escaped injury.
Circleville authorities detained four women and two men identified as African American on suspicions of shoplifting across four states. Police recovered clothing valued at $1,500 from their possession when arrested Saturday night. Five suspects hailed from Detroit and one from Beckley West Virginia.
Postmaster General James A. Farley paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a restored general store post office in New Salem Illinois. Farley called Lincoln a product of democratic government whose rise rested on inner character and the era's political system.
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