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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1937
Page
1
A map marks Peiping with four walled cities and flags the Legation Quarter in the Tartar City’s lower right corner. The depiction highlights the military readiness of Marines nearby.
Mary B. Ewing 97, widow of Civil War surgeon G A Ewing, died at her Wellston home. Cousin of Lincoln through Margaret Hanks, she and her husband served early in the war. Born near Centerville Gallia County, she left four children and two surviving kin. Funeral services were held today in Jackson.
In Nogales Mexico devout Catholics keep the church open for worship on a third day of a kneel down strike against a government closing order. About 100 worshippers remain inside while as many as 1500 gather in the church and street outside as officials delay action. Bells peal nearing deadlines. Farmers get nine millions in conservation payments to June 30 with more promised under the 1936 program.
John L. Lews and his Committee for Industrial Organization will not likely be a convention target of the Ohio State Federation of Labor which is now in session in Dayton. The resolution deadline passed with 48 submissions and none mentioned the CIO. Delegates appeared to rest on their telegram of allegiance to William Green, AFL president.
Coroner Walter Hagen ruled the death of 67 year old Malinta marshal William Hess as a self inflicted shooting. Hess was found dead at his residence in Napoleon Ohio area. The verdict cites suicide as the cause of death.
Frank Bodi, about 70, was discovered battered and strangled in his Willow Creek cabin near Kinney School. A wagon tap wrench lay on a table. authorities suspect robbery as motive after about $100 from a recent farm sale was not found. The door had been latched from outside.
National Bituminous Coal Commission began hearings in Columbus to decide which Ohio coal production falls outside interstate commerce and is exempt from the Guffey-Vinson Act code. The code imposes a one cent per ton tax on interstate coal and a 12 percent excise on noncode coal. The commission said 95 percent of producers accepted the code. Robert W. Knox noted Ohio consumed 33 million tons in 1936, with 12 million from Ohio mines and 26 million imported from other states.
General Motors warned that unauthorized strikes raise production costs and may trigger higher car prices. In its second quarter 1937 earnings fell by 22.38 million from the prior year, with Alfred P. Sloan Jr blaming union leadership for the loss and signaling cost pressures will push up selling prices.
Surgeons removed a tiny brain tumor from 36 year old Fred Sitler in Philadelphia to stop his abnormal growth. Sitler noticed swelling of hands and feet six years ago as a pituitary gland derangement led to phenomenal growth. He entered a local hospital after a complication caused partial blindness.
Police tentatively identified a bullet pierced man found in woods near Lisbon as James Mouch age 39 a former Niles boxer missing since April 26. Local authorities pursue confirmation and details of his disappearance and death.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Robert A. Taft formally announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. Taft vows to run on an anti New Deal platform with his representatives stating the campaign will press opposition to federal policies.
The longest quiet sit-down strike ends as Hodell Chain Co and its employees reach a negotiation agreement. About 100 workers occupied the plant since June 10, aided by an employees' club. Organizing official Robert N. Fulgham says workers stay out until a satisfactory deal is secured. The plant closed to negotiations during occupancy.
Doctors report war adviser Col. Edward Mandell House to remain in bed on his 79th birthday July 26 due to neuritis. Officials say his condition is not serious.
The War Department approved 1938 river and harbor allotments totaling 25.95 million dollars nationwide. The Ohio River receives the largest share at 8.228 million, with 2.218 million for lock and dam construction and 1.009 million for open channel work.
President Roosevelt to hold a White House conference with Senate Majority Leader Barkley House Speaker Bankhead and other leaders to decide which bills will be pursued before adjournment. Officials expect decisions on farm legislation and court reform amid ongoing pressure for action.
The Ohio Industrial Commission announced a 3.4 percent general reduction in workers compensation premium rates, effective July 1. Of 422 classifications, 174 reduced, 95 increased, 153 unchanged. The state remains the largest insurer with $12,922,515 paid in benefits and a $41,361,927 claims reserve. 43,632 employers are insured.
Long distance hauling in and out of Akron resumes after a one day strike ended with a wage-increase settlement. The strike involved violence including a shotgun battle in which three men were wounded and frequent truck sniping with high powered rifles last week.
General Francisco Franco’s return to Salamanca HQ indicated the Nationalists planned to slacken the central front counter offensive against the Loyalists. Enemy shells hit Madrid at brief intervals through Tuesday night in retaliation for the halted rebel push to the west. A number of persons were reported killed.
Helen Thompson a 19 year old Muskegon co ed survived a perilous night on Lake Michigan after an 18 foot sailboat overturned in a squall. Her father clung to the craft until rescue while she was swept away forced to float and swim until reaching Stevensville shore where she was reunited with her father.
Charles L. Brown 59 an Athens State Hospital engineer for over twenty years killed himself at his Plains home Tuesday. Ill for months with an incurable ailment he left a finance directive for his wife. He leaves four sons and a daughter by his first wife and a stepson. Funeral Friday at two.
Three Murray City youths were injured when their car overturned into a ditch near Orbiston at midnight Tuesday. Driver Conrad Martin, 23, suffered a head injury and remained unconscious. Paul Jonas, 22, had a dislocated hip and fractured vertebra. Edison Jonas, 20, had bruises and cuts. They were en route to Murray City and were taken to Cherrington Hospital, Logan, after a suspected tire blowout while passing another car.
Chauncey youths Dallas Glass and Melvin Lemaster of Athens County were held after pleading guilty to stealing a motorist’s car. They were arrested in a Zanesville physician’s office where they sought treatment for injuries from the wreck.
In Peiping military clashes persist around the embassy quarter with Chinese and Japanese forces fighting at a dozen points outside the walls. Julius Fliszar, a U S Marine from Nazareth Pennsylvania, was wounded as firing broke out near the American embassy while foreign observers report heavy casualties and continued mobilization by Chinese and Japanese alike.
The President's Birthday Ball committee announced a total of $241,000 from the 1935 birthday dancing parties. The funds will support the fight against infantile paralysis as part of a broad national effort.
Coast Guardsmen organized today to scour the storm swept east coast of Lake Michigan for the sailing sloop Victory missing since it left Saturday with a crew of six on the annual Chicago Mackinac yacht race.
An explosion in Belfast and arson at customs houses and bridges mark the coronation visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Northern Ireland. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert arrived as a bomb in a bonded warehouse shattered glass, with no injuries reported. Police patrols and searches followed rumors of IRA protest plans.
An Amster dam to Paris A. K. L. M. Douglas airliner crashed in flames near Brussels, killing 15 including 10 passengers, four crew, and one mechanic. Eyewitnesses report the craft caught fire aloft and exploded on impact amid thunder storms. several victims jumped as it fell.
Buffalo wholesale houses reopen after a Wednesday closure as merchants and 1,000 striking workers seek a final settlement. Union threatens to block resumption until wage increases are negotiated, which is the sole issue delaying agreement.
Sixty members of the Kankakee Barbers Union locked their shops and entered non union shops as customers then sat in chairs and announced a sit down strike. They blamed cut rate barbering for the tactic.
Six thousand eggs spilled from Giusseppe Ronci's overturned truck near Stradella Italy. The eggs cracked on the hot road and quickly blended into one giant omelet attracting locals and curious onlookers. No injuries reported.
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