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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1938

Page

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Dutch Welcomes Heir as Juliana Delivers First Daughter

Princess Juliana gives birth to a girl as the Dutch royal line advances to a third generation. Guns salute, heralds parade, and nationwide celebrations spread from The Hague to colonial territories while leaflets drop from planes and bells ring across towns.

Soestdyk Netherlands U.P Juliana House of Orange Wilhelmina Bernhard Lippe- Biesterfeld Prince Bernhard Hague Royal Air Force Caribbean Borneo South Seas White Palace

Japs Express Regret Over Slap on American Agent

U S officials weigh Japan's expression of regret for the Nanking incident in which a Japanese sentry slapped American Consul John M Allison. Tokyo promises punishment for those responsible and notes differing accounts delaying full investigation until conditions permit.

Washington State Department Nanking John M. Allison Foreign Office

China braces for major defense along Lung Hai line

Shanghai reports China mobilizes for the defense of the Lung hai railroad as 200000 Japanese troops mass for a push. Hankow forces are reorganized with 28 divisions, foreign artillery moves noted, and Chinese charges against 3000 Japanese on the Chih River reported with over 1000 Japanese killed.

Shanghai China Mingkwan Henan

Columbus Gas Station Attendant Kidnapped in Abduction

Harry A. Mock a 29 year old Columbus attorney and filling station attendant told police he was abducted by two young men at the station. They forced him into a car and drove to Cincinnati where they took $1.34 from him but did not grab $150 from the cash drawer before releasing him in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati U.P Harry A. Mock Columbus Mock

Nabesna Fight to Port as Rescue Ships Aid Nabesna

The Nabesna, a McCormick line lumber schooner, made temporary engine repairs near Portland and set sail to San Francisco. Mackay Radio reported the ship drifted before strong winds and high seas, prompting a dozen vessels to launch rescue efforts.

San Francisco

Fred Lehoe pleads guilty to second degree murder

Fred Lehoe, 21, farm worker, pleaded guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to second degree murder for the July killing of Frank Bodi, 70, in Lodis Township. He faces a life sentence at the State Penitentiary in Columbus, avoiding a trial.

Fred Lehoe Athens County Michigan Lehoe Bodi Harold J. Rose

GM Workers Receive 250000 From Annual Payoff

General Motors distributed over 250000 in cash and stocks today to workers at the Frigidaire plant and other GM divisions in Dayton. The savings plan, abandoned in 1935 after Social Security began, will have three more yearly payoffs.

Dayton-U.r General Motors

Trustees appoint panel to name OWU president successor

A trustees committee will appoint a successor to Ohio Wesleyan University President Edmund D. Roper, who resigned on January 10. Dr. John E. Brown of Columbus announced the panel as president of the board.

Delaware Edmund D. Roper Ohio Wesleyan University John E. Brown Columbus

Barcelo na Civilian Death Toll in Nationalist Air Raids

In Barcelona a pair of Nationalist air raids killed hundreds of civilians in the old quarter. Initial counts listed 153 dead and 106 wounded, later morgue notes rose to 288 dead with 43 women among the injured. unofficial estimates reach about 500. A four story refugee shelter housing 170 Bay of Biscay children was struck. 25 of the youngsters survived.

Barcelona U.P Bay of Biscay

Franco Enacts Law for Nationalist State Government

Franco signs a law regulating political and administrative structure of Nationalist Spain and foresees a presidential government with a cabinet but no parliament. The decree, to be published today, signals immediate formation of Franco's new government.

Burgos Spain U.P Francisco Franco Franco United States

Youngest Roosevelt to wed in June in Nahant Episcopal Church

John Roosevelt age 21 youngest son of the President will marry Anne Lindsay Clark also 21 in Nahant on June 18 in a single ring ceremony. The wedding will be conducted by Rev Dr Endicott Peabody and Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill.

Boston U.P John Roosevelt Anne Lindsay Clark Boston and Nahant Little Nahant Episcopal Church F. Haven Clark Endicott Peabody Groton School Roosevelt Henry Knox Sherrill Episcopal Massachusetts

Nine charged in Cleveland counterfeit money ring

Nine men and a woman were held today on charges of operating a counterfeit money passing ring. The group allegedly passed fake bills in Cleveland Youngstown Toledo and Akron. Victims included small merchants with losses estimated at 5000 over four months.

Cleveland Youngstown Toledo Akron

Snell Blames Roosevelt for 37 Recession

House Minority Leader Bertrand H. Snell charged the Roosevelt administration with full responsibility for the recession. He urged corrective legislation and warned taxes must be modified before recovery. In Topeka Glenn Frank urged GOP unity ahead of nearby elections. In Chicago a grand jury indicted kidnapper John Henry Seadlund for the Ross slaying.

Washington U.P House Bertrand H. Snell N. Y Roosevelt Snell Glenn Frank University of Wisconsin National Republican Committee Frank Topeka Kans GOP Alf M. Landon Republican National Committee John D. M. Hamilton Chicago Chicago-Au P John Henry Seadlund Charles S. Ross U. S. District Philip J. Sullivan

Unemployed 60-Year-Old Geatlar Refuses Food in Cleveland

In Cleveland 60-year-old John Geatlar, unemployed since 1931, drinks a broth after 19 days without meals. Police barge into his room and he refuses to eat until a job is secured. He says I cannot pay I cannot eat.

John Geatlar Cleveland Geatlar Gentlar

State Highway Department Probe Targeted Amid Graft Claims

A Senate committee focused on graft in state government turned to irregularities in the State Highway Department, which handles about 34 million dollars in annual business. The panel aims to study bidding on road projects with possible summons for hot mix materials interests. Public officials discussed evidence from the state auditor’s office related to the liquor enforcement division.

Columbus UPX Senate State Highway Department Joseph T. Ferguson Ferguson Thomas Bush Bruce York Auditor's Office Metzenbaum James Metzenbaum

Worst Cold Wave Strikes Middle West Moves East

A sub zero cold wave swept from the Rockies to the Ohio Valley with high winds from the Canadian plains. Temperatures fell up to 40 degrees in five hours in Illinois and Havre Montana reported 28 degrees below zero. Floods along the Rock River prompted evacuations and dam failures caused damage as ice jams formed. Otto Detlefsen, owner of a Huron men's store, was found dead with a bullet at the shop after a call to an undertaker Wright Stein.

Rockies Ohio Valley Canadian Plains Atlantic Seaboard Illinois Chicago Mercury U. S J. R. Lloyd Havre, Mont Devils Lake N. D Moorehead Minn Williston Rock River Rock Island Ill Mississippi Dixon DIES HURON U.P Otto Detlefsen Wright Stein Detlefsen

Monster of Marmotte Street terror grips Mobile

Mobile police patrolled the dark town to stop gunfire as residents report a mysterious creature with a ring of white hair and scales roaming the northern city valleys. Witnesses claims include a doglike monster that bites necks and a possible werewolf legend fueling fear in the Negro district.

Mobile Ala U.P Marmotte Street Warren F. Burch Fisher's Alley R. L. Johnson No- Man's Land Johnson Charles A. Baumhauer

Record Claimed by Vinton School Janitor

John D. Shack janitor at Vinton High School is believed to have set a county wide record for faithful service. In 22 years he has missed only one day, when called to Columbus by his sister's death. He can name nearly every pupil who attended the school in the last 25 years, some now grandparents.

John Owens Little Steel Ohio Thomas Kennedy United Mine Workers Union George H. Earle Pennsylvania Kennedy John L. Lewis CIO Congress United Mine Workers of America Rush D. Holt W. Va United States Senate West Virginia Holt Lewis Works Progress Administration Gallipolis John D. Shack Vinton High School Columbus Shack

Youth's death linked to moonshine in Gallipolis

Ezra Ours, 25, was found drunk in Gallipolis city park and died shortly after in the Municipal Building prison department. Coroner W Brown ruled suffocation from falling face down after moonshine intoxication. He was a Guyan Township native, employed locally, with four brothers named Jack Walter Chauncey and Calvin.

Ezra Ours W. Lewis Brown Ours John Fraley George Ours

Death Hint Death by Own Action in Danville

Columbus report on Nellie McLaughlin 34 wife of Dr Paul R McLaughlin who died suddenly at Columbus relatives home. Officials won t confirm verdict until lab tests finish but evidence suggests possible death by poison and a quarrel with her husband over relatives living in the McLaughlin home. Funeral services were held in Danville with burial nearby.

Columbus Nellie McLaughlin Danville Martin Paul R. McLaughlin Knox County McLaughlins Guysville Athens County McLaughlin

Five Die in Kerosene Blast Fire in Oxford

Five members of two families died and two others were burned when a five gallon kerosene can exploded while Mrs Boatright tended a fire at their Oxford home. Charles Garver and Phyllis Garver survived with burns, Gloria Garver was not in serious danger.

Oxford U.P Hamilton Frank Boatright Illa Mae Peggy Jean Charles Garver Phyllis Garver Charles Phyllis Gloria Garver

Perry Morgan County Men Fatally Burned

Two men died from fire and burns in separate incidents. William Champlin, 44, of Perry County suffocated when a cigarette ignited his overstuffed chair. Fred Parker, 36, of Morgan County died at Zanesville hospital after a gasoline can explosion while he soldered a hole in it caused severe burns.

Columbus William Champlin Drakes Perry County Fred Parker Maria Morgan County Zanesville

Dingledine Trial Opens in Clark County Murder Case

Three men faced trial for their lives in Clark County Common Pleas Court for the Crystal Lake holdup killings of September 3. Defendants are Harry B. Dingledine and his son Henry of Springfield and Harry Chapman of Chicago, arrested after a gun battle that left Patrolman Martin Randolph and Deputy Sheriff Edward Furry dead.

Springfield Clark County

Wire thieves strike Carbon Hill area again

Logan staff report wire thieves hit the Carbon Hill area Friday night exact losses list 1000 feet for Carbon Hill Mining Co and 300 to 400 feet for Hawks Mine.

Carbon Hill LOGAN Carbon Hill Mining Co Hawks

Plane Designer Dies in Conele Plane Designer Dies in Conele

SEDONA ARIZONA A R Con oner's men climbed Wises mountain to recover the bodies of Gerard Vultee a swift army planes designer and his wife killed when their single motor monoplane crashed and burned. The wreckage eight miles north of Sedona was found Sunday both bodies burned. They were en route to Santa Monica after a business trip in the east leaving behind their six month old son with Mrs Vultee's parents.

Sedona Ariz A.R Cononer Wises Mountain Gerard Vultee Swift Army Here Ing Mountain Vultee Santa Monica Calif

Reed Assumes Associate Supreme Court Seat

Stanley Forman Reed a 53 year old Kentuckian took the oath as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He proceeded to the bench and was sworn in by Chief Justice Cropley before taking his seat on the high court.

Washington Philadelphia Constitution Avenue White House Japan United States Lewis CIO United Mine Worksters of America Resolve Lion Green Coal Miners’ Union Thomas Kennedy UMWA Miners’ Union U.P Stanley Forman Reed Supreme Court Charles Elmore Cropley Cropley Reed United States Supreme Court

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