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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
1
Senators Chavez and Brown spar over the British aid bill as debate enters its tenth day. Chavez calls the measure a path to war while Brown argues it protects democracy, with discussions of cloture and possible final votes shaping next week's actions.
Mrs. Mary Wood Moler age 71 wife of William E Moler died this morning at her Albany home after a year of ill health. She was born in Crawford County and is survived by her husband brother Irving S Wood Tulsa and four stepsons Arthur Moler Cincinnati Harley and Frank Moler Athens Se Moler Columbus. Services set for Saturday at 2 PM at Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Bell. Friends may call at the Albany Funeral Home after Friday noon.
Cincinnati city council approved a $9.14 million floodwall along Mill Creek and the Ohio River. The barrier aims to shield the Mill Creek valley from an 80 foot flood crest and rising water levels similar to the 1937 disaster.
Thomas Owen Callin, three weeks old in Columbus, is noted by dental authorities to have two fully developed molars, a rare early eruption as experts say molars usually appear after a year.
The War Department announces a $1 000 000 plant to manufacture gas mask charcoal to be built near Fostoria Ohio. The project signals wartime industrial expansion and boosts local employment prospects.
Sir Frederick Banting bandaged Pilot Joseph Mackey during a Transatlantic crash near Musgrave Harbor Newfoundland. Mackey survived while Banting died nearby after tending the injured man and perishing 20 feet from the wreck. Banting co discovered insulin and was a Nobel Prize winner.
Columbus announces Edna J Byers 53 named to succeed Rose Beatty as head of the State Girls Industrial School near Delaware. Byers came to Columbus three years ago from Vineland New Jersey where she taught. She previously headed New Jersey School for Delinquent Girls 1925 to 1928 and taught in Philadelphia. Beatty resigned effective March 1 amid ongoing criticism.
Funeral services for Mrs. Monroe Brown Ruth Myers Davis die Tuesday at Staten Island will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home. The funeral party arrives in Athens Friday morning. Friends may visit Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning. She leaves her husband and two daughters Mary Elizabeth and Dorothy Ann.
Canton reports the Social Security Board has awarded average monthly payments of 46.57 to 20 widows of the 31 miners killed in the Cadiz area disaster. The 20 survivors support 46 dependent children. Seven other widows will receive payments at age 65 if they remain unwed or unemployed.
Municipal Judge David Copland of Cleveland faces a new action in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking his removal. The court previously upheld Copland's disbarment, setting a backdrop for this latest challenge.
Famed ace Eddie Rickenbacker among nine injured after an Eastern Air Lines sleeper crashes in a pine woods near Atlanta. Seven die, including Captain James Perry and passenger Rep. William Byron, as rescue teams recover bodies and tend the survivors.
New York news reports John G. Winant leaves for Great Britain to take up his post as ambassador. He says he and President Roosevelt agree on a policy of material aid to Britain and will do his best to carry through that policy aboard the Atlantic Clipper.
A pedestrian identified as John Mannon was killed early today when struck by a motorist who fled the scene just north of Chillicothe. State police are investigating the hit-and-run death and seeking details about the vehicle and driver.
Washington officials state a department is weighing converting metropolitan golf courses into aircraft landing fields. The proposal aims to convert green space into aviation infrastructure, with impact on city planning and local clubs.
Major General Gilson D. Light Ohio adjutant general and state director of selective service died after a short illness. He joined the Ohio National Guard at 16 and rose to lead the state's military forces and peace time draft. Light also served as Toledo safety director Lucas County sheriff and Ohio Penitentiary acting warden.
Col. M. M. Montgomery mobilization director for the Fifth Corps Area announced an effective March 1 change. Ohio selectees will undergo three months of training at replacement centers before joining army units, instead of sailing directly from reception centers in Cleveland Toledo Fort Hayes Columbus and Fort Thomas Ky. Training centers will be in Kansas Virginia Illinois New Jersey Maryland Wyoming Missouri Texas North Carolina South Carolina and Oklahoma.
CIO UAW workers erupted in a two mile picket line at the Lackawanna New York Bethlehem Steel mill halting production. The strike seeks a 25 percent wage rise a union election and reinstatement of hundreds suspended for sit downs and damage to property. Ford Motor Co faces similar strain with orders for engines trucks and bomber parts and a possible new labor board to report on disputes.
Albert Hill a 77 year old retired farmer was found dead yesterday at his Locust Grove residence seven miles from McArthur. Coroner J E Strong Wilkesville ruled natural causes. Neighbor Willis Wing found the body. Funeral is Friday at Locust Grove Church conducted by Henry Smith. He lived alone with no survivors.
The column reports police clashes in Nazi occupied Amsterdam showing civilian resistance beyond overt sabotage. It notes quiet opposition across Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Holland, and France, threatening German overlord control and industrial function. It mentions British actions in Castelrosso and potential Turkish stance shaping Ankara talks with Britain.
Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker, a former grease monkey turned WWII ace and aviation executive, escaped death in an Atlanta airliner crash. The near miss follows another survival a week earlier by stunt flyer Joseph C. Mackey, who survived a forced Newfoundland landing that killed Sir Frederick Banting and two others. Rickenbacker earned 25 confirmed kills with the 49th Pursuit Squadron during WWI.
Ohio cities and counties await Gov. Bricker's signature on two measures to stabilize finances. One provides 2.21 million dollars to reimburse 1940 relief costs and boost state aid for indigents to 50 percent. The other allows refunding maturing bonds to exploit lower rates, while two other subdivision bills remain tied up in committees. The budget due next week will show state revenue for localities. A separate bill sets a 48 hour maximum work week for police, barring emergencies.
Columbus reports the Ohio League of Women Voters opposes proposed bills granting draftees civil service credit. One bill would give 5 percent credit on grades, another would grant the 20 percent veteran bonus to draftees, a point the league says unfair to non veterans and other applicants.
P. D. Fahnestock leads the social security forum at Athens High School at 7 30 PM. Ohio Michigan and Kentucky board official discusses all aspects of social security with a public Q and A session. A half hour motion picture will be shown.
Indianapolis based Mercury Development Corp asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to approve a plan to supply airmail and express service to fourteen western Ohio cities. The proposed routes include Greenville Piqua Troy Springfield Urbana Bellefontaine Wapakoneta Lima Bluffton Findlay Tiffin Fosteria Bowling Green and Toledo.
Columbus Ohio collected 5 669 500 dollars from prepaid sales tax stamps between January 1 and February 15, up from 5 186 300 dollars a year earlier according to State Treasurer Don Eb eight.
Reports from the Orient suggest Japan may launch a major diplomatic action. Yosuke Matsuoka the foreign minister could travel to Hankow Moscow Berlin or Rome as part of an effort to advance Tokyo's Greater East Asia aims amid French Indo China talks.
Secretary Stimson announced strengthening of United States air forces in Alaska. He said three additional air corps units recently left the west coast and three more were due to depart within two months, but he did not disclose unit strengths.
Oscar Bond age 24 was killed and John Karpis age 35 was seriously injured by a slate fall at the Thornhill mine two miles east of Shawnee. Karpis was taken to Mercy Hospital in Columbus where his condition was described as fairly good.
Columbus coroner Ed ward E. Smith returns a verdict of justifiable shooting in the February 13 slaying of Lyle Van Buskirk, 19, of Sullivan, by Patrolman Earl Rambo after Rambo responded to a burglar alarm at Ohio State University.
Ohio faced a fresh snow blanket with forecasts for more snow tonight. Snow fell in Columbus Dayton Akron Cambridge and Cincinnati with about an inch in Columbus.
Domei reports the 99th Chinese Army ambushed 30 600 Communist fighters and disarmed them in Shanghai.
Dispatches from Belgrade say Yugoslav general staff rushes defense as Soviet Russia objects to German troop passage through Bulgaria. Turkey talks in Ankara with Britain's Cripps and Eden aim to counter Nazi moves on Greece amid Kurdish tensions and a missing British legation member in Sofia.
Mrs. Plorence Cavanaugh Griswold, 54, book editor for Garden Greetings at The Garden Club of Ohio, died yesterday.
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