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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
1
Mrs Edith Mae Cummings, once a Detroit telephone operator turned millionaire real estate operator, dies after a dispute with business partner Mrs Julia Barker in Belleville Michigan. Barker, indicted for fraud, claimed Cummings threatened her during the trip home from Chicago, leading to fatal shots.
WPA rolls for the week ending Jan 8 rose by 41 436 reflecting higher industrial unemployment. Eight industrial states each added over 2 000 jobs. Total WPA rolls stood at 1 712 053 with a White House projection of at least 1 760 000. Ohio added 3 519 Massachusetts 2 807.
Washington AUP David E Lilienthal TVA director dismissed Wendell Willkies plan for TVA to buy all private utilities as radical. He urged sincere negotiations between private utilities and TVA to reach a workable compromise without such schemes.
Kyle Ross, 55, of Akron was sentenced to 18 months in Lewisburg Federal Prison after pleading guilty to sending obscene letters to a neighbor. Over 250 letters were cited in the case as part of the charge.
Cincinnati businessman Charles Sawyer announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Ohio governor in an open letter to Governor Martin L. Davey. He promises a full, no punches held primary battle while accusing Davey of graft and corruption and demanding full disclosure to the state senate committee.
John Reo, 40, a fugitive, confessed after extensive questioning that he killed Celinda Waite, 59, and Jean Schuellain, 18, in the Waite home at Elmont New York. He said he bound them with stockings and shot them after a quarrel over unpaid room rent.
Six thousand Chinese irregulars attacked Japanese forces a few miles from central Shanghai. They reportedly captured a village with 270 Japanese soldiers. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek visited the Hsuchow front to supervise defenses as 400,000 Chinese troops massed in the area.
The Very Rev. Israel H. Noe forbid his 1 200 followers to join his personal fast to prove he can live on spiritual fare. He says he will continue alone, despite reports that a group at St Marys Episcopal Cathedral planned to begin fasting during his 17th day on the road.
Two inmates were executed by electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary within 11 minutes in the state’s first double execution in three years. William Gard ner, 35, killed a hotel clerk Arch Coyner. Charles Hines, 25, killed Edith Hirl. Rep. Zona condemned the executions as barbaric.
The Association of American Railroads and the American Short Line Railroad Association asked the National Bituminous Coal Commission to set aside minimum price schedules to prevent a $21,000,000 annual rise in fixed charges from higher coal costs. The amended petition, backed by carriers operating 98 percent of U S railroad mileage, seeks a price structure change for their benefit.
New York reports the nations steel mills will operate at 29.8 percent of capacity this week, a rise of 2 points or 7.2 percent from the prior week, marking the third straight weekly increase per the American Iron & Steel Institute.
Scott P. Squyres of Oklahoma City will address the Ohio Department VFW midwinter convention held here this Saturday and Sunday. The event gathers veterans and posts from across the state to discuss programs and activities.
More than 75 000 Ohio municipal and county employees become eligible for a state pension system for veteran workers. The plan extends coverage to counties and cities, with 16 000 state employees already covered. About 4.5 million dollars yearly would flow into the fund, increasing as all levels match payouts. Governor Davey signed the bill, with urban centers to be covered first and meetings planned to outline features. Municipal and county workers appointed without existing retirement plans may participate.
President Roosevelt to meet with 50 business leaders from the Business Advisory Council to discuss the recession. Automakers Chrysler Ford Knudsen and others slated for Friday talks on credit and sales practices. National policy coordination group formed by NAM to aid government in boosting economic activity. Hook to head committee.
In Los Angeles Walter Christy Walsh, a sports writer, describes giving up his 12 year old son to his mother, Mrs. Madeline S. Walsh, after attempting to win the boy's friendship with sports events and heroes. A court order dictates the boy spend six months of the year with her.
In Zaragoza Spain Nationalist forces claim a surprise offensive against Teruel has killed at least 3 000 Loyalist soldiers. Nationalist officers report 24 hours of brilliant successes with heavy bombing driving Loyalists from trenches as waves of assault troops prepare to attack.
Henderson North Carolina police probed a theory that Clarence Fairbanks 19 a truck driver killed circus owner Steve Good 45 of Carson Texas to rob 300 dollars after confessing anger over mistreatment of an exotic bird during rehearsal The youth claimed he slew his employer in a rage over the bird.
Richland County grand jury plans a tour of inspection of the Ohio State Reformatory as a preliminary step in its inquiry into alleged irregularities in the state parole system.
A blaze at Sacred Heart College in St Hyacinthe Quebec killed 13 people including 12 boys aged 10 to 15 and an instructor Father Jean Baptiste 64. Dozens were missing or injured as fire destroyed the east dormitory wing trapping students and priests. Police and townsfolk aided recovery while bells rang to summon help.
Senator Bridges accuses the Tennessee Valley Authority of arbitrarily selling out taxpayers by steering contracts to large corporations without public bidding. He says the administration is busting trusts with one hand while rewarding them with the other, supporting favored corporate contracts.
Proponents of the anti-lynching bill announced they would demand night sessions of the Senate this week to break a filibuster now in its 11th day. Republicans largely back the bill though the debate split the party with Democrats.
The Ohio Board of Parole released 52 inmates from Ohio Penitentiary with four conditional releases granted and 115 cases continued after 184 hearings.
In Durand Wisconsin a family feud ended in mass death. Lawrence Leslay and his wife Agnes died after Lawrence killed their two children and two of his brother Marvin's children and himself. Marvin Leslay and his wife were wounded.
Warner Oland walked off a movie set to get water and vanished, leaving a Charlie Chan film half finished. 20th Century Fox suspended him, the picture shelved, and the cast paid off. About $100,000 was invested. Officials suggested illness as a possibility amid a separate maintenance suit filed by his wife after 35 years of marriage.
In Harrison New Jersey under a police brokered truce Chief Peter Brady won a stay-in strike at Crucible Steel Atha Works. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee pledged peaceful picketing after the union began a stay-in at the Hudson County plant.
Camille Chautemps received authorization from the Radical Socialist Party to form an all Radical Socialist cabinet on the condition that Socialists back it with a Popular Front program.
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover reported that Peter Anders confessed to kidnapping and killing Charles S Ross after tracing ransom money across the country. Anders named partner Atwood Gray and said they held Ross for two weeks before killing him to cover the crime. Federal agents tracked funds from Chicago to Los Angeles via Spokane Seattle Portland and other cities.
Columbus reporters say a joint conference committee aims for a quick accord on Huml relief financing. Major Senate amendments likely include cutting utility excise tax to .65 percent and beverage tax to a quarter cent per bottle, while the Senate threatens to let the bill die if House concessions fail.
Senate committee chairman James F. Byrnes proposes an amendment to the Social Security Act to speed unemployment payments. He would cut the reserve-buildup period from two years to one before states begin paying benefits, as the panel studies federal aid for relief needs.
The British freighter Cragpool, which sent distress signals from the North Atlantic last night, reported today that she is okay and continuing her voyage.
In Massachusetts first father and son execution, Frank Di Stasio and his son Anthony die in the electric chair after a last hour clash of faith and duty. Anthony dies muttering a prayer as his father repeats the prison chaplain's prayer. Governor Hurley rejects a final appeal.
CHICAGO AUP The widow of Charles S Ross victim in a kidnapping and murder was reported near collapse as neighbors noted secrecy surrounding the sumptuous apartment home. G Men allegedly advised Ross relatives and attorney Edmund S Cummings Jr before an official Los Angeles announcement.
Elyria report says Mrs. Ethel Stocking aged 44 and her son Wayne Kale aged 16 died when a new gasoline stove exploded and ignited their farm home seven miles southeast of Elyria. Firemen from Ridgeville extinguished the blaze.
Canton City Council adopted an amendment to prohibit sale of 3.2 per cent beer on Sundays. The Canton Liquor Dealers Association proposed the change to reduce violations.
Bernard Rosebrook a 35 year old lineman for the Marion Reserve Power Co. died Monday night five hours after touching a 10,000 volt wire while working at the Delaware sub station.
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