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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1938

Page

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Moley Urges Neutrality Against War Policy at Ohio Univ Convocation

Dr. Raymond Moley, Columbia professor and ex-official, warns a near-capacity Ohio University audience that U S participation in European disputes risks war. He argues neutrality is workable and attacks six supposed myths about American foreign policy and Roosevelt's quarantine speech.

United States State Department Raymond Moley Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium Moley Roosevelt Chicago Columbia University America Japan New Dealer

Ross Kidnap Murderer Dies in Electric Chair

John Henry Seadland a northwoods lumber jack turned felon died in Cook County Jail electric chair for the kidnap slaying of 72 year old Charles Ross a Chicago greeting card manufacturer. Seadland would have been 28 July 27 and was the 37th execution at Cook County Jail since 1929. Three Miami University laborers were injured when Albert A Johnson aged 43 lost control of his car while trying to pass an Oxford Hamilton bus.

Chicago U.P John Henry Seadland Cook County Charles Ross Seadlund Oxford Miami University Albert A. Johnson Oxford-Hamilton

Thomas Nominated in Oklahoma City Senate Race

Oklahoma City reports indicate Sen. Elmer Thomas secured the Democratic nomination with early indications his majority would total about 60,000 votes.

Thomas Oklahoma City Okla Elmer Thomas

Labor Disputes NLRB Choice Sparks Reappointment Fight

Organized labor fears a civil war over Donald Wakefield Smith s term on the National Labor Relations Board expiring August 27. AFL sources may seek to block his reappointment while CIO leaders say they would not oppose another term but doubt the wisdom of the move and warn a new member could be less satisfactory.

Washington U.P Organized Labor Donald Wakefield Smith National Labor Relations Board American Federation of Labor A. F. of L Committee For Industrial Organization Smith

Massillon to Ring Bells as Mill Resumes Open Hearth Work

Massillon will celebrate when the clock strikes three as the Republic Steel Corp open hearth division restarts operations. The mill has been closed since last November, and city bells and whistles will sound to mark the restart.

Massillon Au.r Republic Steel Corp

Day by Day Log of Hughes Flying Circumnavigation

United Press tally of Howard Hughes and four companions as they fly east to west and back. From New York to Paris Moscow Omsk Yakutsk Fairbanks Minneapolis and finally New York with distances and times for each leg and notes on delays and conditions.

Canton's Third Day Bombing Deepens Casualties

Japanese air raids on Canton continue for a third day killing or wounding about 1000 people including civilians. Bombs fell on the city and Honan Island as British troops move toward Hankow to shield civilians and property amid the threat of a Japanese advance.

Canton U.P Honan Island Hankow

Prisoner Returned After Clerical Error in Larceny Case

Joe Kovac 23 will be brought back from the Ohio State Reformatory after four days of an unintended term for larceny the court had changed to probation. Judge Lee S. Skeel had altered the sentence but a clerical slip kept Kovac in the reformatory.

Cleveland U.P Joe Kovac Ohio State Reformatory Kovac Lee S. Skeel

Price Cuts to Sightseers Renew Straitsville Feud

In New Straitsville the mine fire sightseers feud flared after rival firms Underground Fires, Inc. and Subterranean Fires Co. clashed. Sheriff Adram sent deputies after reports of a melee with fists and weapons. signs were torn down and two executives were questioned and released. The dispute began when one firm offered to show the fire at a lower price.

New Straitsville James Adram New Lexington Howard Essex Derground Fires, Inc William Hoy Subterranean Fires Co T. B. Williams Essex Hoy Adrain

Envoy Warns Russia's Foes at University of Virginia

Constantine A. Oumansky, charge d'affaires of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, calls for peace and collective action against aggressors. He warns the Soviet Union will defend itself if attacked while remaining otherwise peaceful, citing frontier security and unity amid purges.

Charlottesville U.P Constantine A. Oumansky Washington University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs Russia Soviet Union

No Kisses Regulated At Local Faith Lutheran Weddings

Cleveland church bans Kisses and certain items in wedding regulations citing strict rehearsal rules after accounts of the Roosevelt family wedding. Dr. Arthur Carl Piepkorn, the resident pastor, announced the measures ahead of ceremonies.

Cleveland Wagner Faith Lutheran Church Arthur Carl Piepkorn Roosevelt

Akron Slayer Dies Calmly in Ohio Penitentiary

Robert Snow, 27, Akron truck driver, was electrocuted Wednesday night in the Ohio Penitentiary for the January 18 slaying of 25 year old Mrs. Harriet Deger. No last words were spoken.

Akron Columbus Robert Snow Ohio Penitentiary Jan Harriet Deger

McWilliams Map Causes Downtown Traffic Tie Up

In Cleveland a map created by County Engineer John McWilliams was blown from a 19th floor window and trapped on a trolley wire. Firemen with ladders retrieved the map after traffic slowed on a busy downtown street.

Cleveland John ©. McWilliams McWilliams

Rates Set for Wheat Loans to Producers

Secretary Wallace announced wheat loan rates to cooperating producers averaging 59 to 60 cents a bushel. The CCC provided 100 million dollars to finance the program as farmers harvested a record or near record crop, enabling storage of about 130 million bushels on farms and in government warehouses to steady market prices.

Washington U.S Henry A. Wallace Wallace U. S Commodity Credit Corporation

Companion of Sentenced Pair Sent to Mansfield

Edwin Kirsch age 34, confessed companion of Alva Sewards and Millard Davis in the G W Cooper store robbery on May 26 when the owner was struck on the head with a pistol. He was taken to the Mansfield Reformatory by Sheriff Hatfield and Deputy Dale Russell. Kirsch is described as a model prisoner and blames his trouble on wrong associations with the two bandits.

Gallipolis Edwin Kirsch Alva Sewards Millard Davis G. W. Cooper Mansfield Reformatory Hatfield Dale Russell Kirsch

Roosevelt calls for world disarmament at Treasure Island

President Roosevelt urged universal reduction of armaments and invited major powers to join the United States in a global effort. Speaking before thousands at Treasure Island San Francisco Bay he praised peace signals from two expositions while warning that the fleet would be reviewed as a defense cornerstone.

San Francisco Roosevelt America California Treasure Island San Francisco Bay New York Western Hemisphere United States

NLRB to hear appeal in Weirton case

The NLRB will hear arguments July 20 on Clyde A. Armstrong's appeal of a trial examiner ruling barring him from further participation in the Weirton Steel case. The appeal pauses all further hearings in the Weirton matter, which moved from Steubenville to Pittsburgh after Ohio protests. Trial Examiner Edward Grandi son Smith pressed that Armstrong showed defiance and contumacious conduct.

Washington National Labor Relations Board Clyde A. Armstrong Weirton Steel Company Weirton Labor Board Armstrong Steubenville Pittsburgh Ohio Edward Grandison Smith West Virginia University

Cleveland Doctor Ends Life With Poison Dose

The body of Dr. Feidisch Rukhaus a 44 year old Cleveland physician was found in a field near Painesville by Lake County deputies. Death was attributed to a poison overdose. He had been missing since Tuesday and had previously attempted suicide about a year ago.

Painesville U.R Feidisch Rukhaus Cleveland Lake County W. L. Troescher

Waves Sweep Beaches Drowning Five at Holland Beach

A storm driven surge swept over Holland Michigan beaches with at least five dead. Victims include Ruth Riksen eighteen and Catherine Schutt sixteen, both pulled under by a powerful undertow. others are John Lent Jr forty Herbert Brower forty Oscar Thorsen forty nine.

Holland Mich A.rp Lake Michigan Ruth Riksen M. W. Borders Kansas City John D. Lent, Jr Peru Ill Catherine Schutt Beaver Dam Herbert Brower Grand Rapids Bell Telephone Co Oscar Thorsen Muskegon

Man Killed By Car As He Alights From Bus

In Columbus Ohio Edward F. Moore age 82 of Pataskala was struck and killed while crossing U S Route 40 at Kirkersville after alighting a Zanesville bus. The car was driven by Steve Obal 20 of Dayton who attempted to avoid Moore. State patrol officers Corporal R E Clark and Patrolman Harold Wheeler reported the preliminary findings.

Columbus Edward FE. Moore Pataskala Kirkersville Zanesville R. E. Clark Harold Wheeler State Highway Patrol Steve Obal Dayton Obal Moore

Wife Drives Without License Husband Fined

In Logan a Southeastern Ohio district case saw Marion Mayes of Sand Run arraigned after state trooper R L Greider charged he allowed his wife to drive without a license. Mayes pled guilty and paid a ten dollar fine plus costs.

Logan Ohio Dallas Kinser R. L. Greider Marion Mayes Sand Run Mayes

Hughes Lands in New York After World Flight Feat

Howard Hughes and four companions landed at Floyd Bennett Field New York at 1 37 PM EST completing a 14 690 mile world circumnavigation in 91 hours 17 1 2 minutes unofficially. They departed Fairbanks Alaska Sunday, flew over Paris Moscow Omsk and Yakutsk, reaching Minneapolis for fuel before the final leg.

United Press Howard Hughes Floyd Bennett Airport New York City le Bourget Field Paris New York Charles A. Lindbergh le Bourget Moscow Central Airport Omsk Siberia Yakutsk Fairbanks Hay Lake Alberta O. K Drew Minneapolis York Floyd Bennett Field Hughes Wiley Post Arctic America Lindbergh Fairebanks Alaska Broad Lake Michigan Europe Asia

Confessed Kidnapper of Mattson Boy Denounced Insane

The State Patrol reports Frank Olson 32 a farm worker who confessed to abducting and killing 10 year old Charles Mattson is deemed insane and will be returned to an asylum.

Tacoma Wash U.P State Patrol Frank Olson Charles Mattson

Stahl resigns from Ohio State post to join Harvard staff

Floyd Stahl, after eight years with the Ohio State athletic department, resigned today to become head baseball coach and assistant football coach at Harvard University.

Columbus U.P Floyd Stahl Ohio State Harvard

Tall Guy in Brown Hat Reaches North Pole Flight Odyssey

A vivid chronicle of Hughes and Co as the long flight from Floyd Bennett Field bends hemispheres, setting a blistering pace across oceans toward Europe. The tall pilot, wearing a brown hat, commands a silver craft as crowds cheer at takeoff and await the world record run.

Tall Guy Brown Hat North Pole Khabarovsk Anadyrsk Kurgan Krasnoyarsk

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Tommy Thurlow, Jr Harry Connor Lockheed “Flying Laboratory All Katharine Hepburn Saybrook Conn Miss Hepburn Dr. Moley Ross NLRB Straitsville Mansfield Mattson Boy By Harry Ferguson U.S. A St. Louis Great Circle Hughes & Co Hughés Ireland Broadway France Thurlow, Connor, Lund and Stod
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