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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1941
Page
1
Heat wave gripped two thirds of the nation with temps 10 to 20 degrees above normal. Forecaster G L Canaday warned of no widespread relief today though isolated showers expected in some areas. Deaths from heat and drownings numbered in the dozens as records persisted across the country.
Columbus and Cincinnati recorded the peak national heat with 105 degrees according to the government weather map. The measure reflected the highest temperature reported yesterday from nearly 300 weather stations.
Across Ohio the heat topped 100 degrees with six dead from sun stroke or heat and nine more drowned. Columbus forecasts show more heat with scattered showers and possible relief tomorrow. Notable highs include Cleveland 103.2, Cincinnati 104.8, Springfield 104, Toledo 100, Columbus 99.4, Akron 97. Deaths include William E. James and William Madden in Toledo. C. Shaeffer and John W. Hehmeyer also harmed. In Cleveland two died and five survived. Springfield area faces water shortage. officials urge residents to curb lawn sprinkling.
Athens residents sought relief from the heat in pools and open country as temperatures climbed to 99 degrees the highest so far this summer. After a cool 70 overnight the thermometer rose to 90 by late morning with no relief in sight.
Ohio retailers report June sales up 21 percent from last year, excluding department stores. Lumber dealers lead gains with a 33 percent increase, from 1 175 independents surveyed by the Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research.
Coroner Gar ret t Boone ruled the death accidental in the shooting of Donald Kennedy 20 of Hamilton. Assistant police chief Byron B Furgison said Kennedy was killed during a party when Mrs Marion McColum tried to remove a shotgun from her home amid a quarrel between two guests and the gun was seized.
A speeding passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing in Dayton killing eight people from two West Carrollton families returning from a reunion. The driver stopped briefly before driving onto the tracks as the train, 70 mph and 50 minutes late, barreled through. Police said traffic backed up for hours as about 30,000 people crowded the scene.
James Kesterson, 50, World War II veteran from Middleport, and Richard Karr, 22, died after a Sunday morning crash on State Route 7 five miles east of Pomeroy. Driver William Hoffman survived with non life threatening injuries. both victims were thrown from the red roadster and found in water at the culvert mouth. Funeral services set for Kesterson Tuesday at 10 at Mechanic Street residence with burial at Middleport Hills Cemetery. Karr to be honored Wednesday at 2 at Minersville Church with burial at Gilmore Cemetery.
Washington reports the Senate considers confirming Douglas MacArthur as lieutenant general in charge of the Far East army. Senator Pepper of Florida praises the choice as ideal to lead American land forces there and warns Japan against a Philippines invasion. The move may indirectly endorse Roosevelt's order to place Philippine forces under U S command.
Cleveland’s white handkerchief bandit remains at large as detectives mark the 111th day of the pursuit. He has staged more than 500 robberies netting about 2700 dollars, mainly targeting gas stations, groceries, and truck and taxi drivers, always hiding his face with a soiled white handkerchief. He has robbed one gasoline station eight times.
Death toll from a Preston Oil Co. gasoline truck explosion near Sugar Grove rose to two as Richard Gee, 24, of Ovid Michigan, died in City Hospital. His partner Thale Medlar, 22, of Alma Michigan, perished trapped in the burning truck.
Harry Krautter age 84 formerly of Pomeroy died Saturday night at his son Richard's home in Mason City West Virginia Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at his son's home with burial in Mason City Cemetery
War time price rise creates a paper profit for Uncle Sam and cooperating farmers from 1938 grain inventories. Government loans hold roughly 370 million bushels of wheat corn barley and rye at below market value. The total 710 million bushels were amassed when prices were lower than loan rates and cannot yet be realized without destabilizing markets.
Pola Negri, a famed Polish actress, was refused entry in Jersey City as she arrived from Lisbon aboard the Excalibur. Immigration officials said her papers were not in order and she had failed to renew the return permit she left behind six years ago.
Logan Ohio obituary for Francis Williams age 66 who died Sunday at his Union Furnace home after a stroke. Former Starr Township trustee and justice of the peace. He is survived by his wife and son Francis Jr. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at United Brethren Church Union Furnace with burial at Millers Chapel Cemetery.
Judy Garland wed 31 year old band leader Dave Rose in Las Vegas. Rose, an orchestra leader, composer and arranger, was recently divorced from comedienne Martha Raye after marrying her in Ensenada Baja California.
With a working fund of more than $5,000,000 the WPA set out today to combat venereal diseases in areas with concentrations of military activity and defense industries.
Berlin lodged a formal protest after Bolivia expelled German Minister Ernst Wendler. The note demanded clarification and called the action an affront to diplomatic norms. No further details on retaliatory steps were provided.
Bluefield West Virginia, dubbed the Air-Conditioned City, handed out free lemonade as temperatures hit 91 degrees. Secretary Edward A. Steele of the Chamber of Commerce organized about six women to serve passersby on downtown streets, continuing a promise made over a year ago.
NEW ORLEANS new force mobilizes for large war games in western Louisiana. From Camp Blanding Florida motorized units move 12 000 men in 1 853 vehicles to the maneuver area. Fourteen train serials will transport 26 000 more. Heavy movements from Camp Shelby Mississippi begin today and by September 1 will reduce the training base from about 50 000 to 3 000 men.
Congressman Dies of Texas asserts 7,000,000 Americans are aiding foreign dictatorships by participating in un American organizations. He frames the figure as a measure of domestic subversion and urges vigilance.
Administration leaders push for quick House passage of a 3.529 billion tax bill with limited amendments under a proposed gag rule. Ways and Means chair Doughton backs the plan amid Republican opposition and warnings that a joint return requirement for married couples is unconstitutional.
AFL construction workers pressed on with walkouts at St. Louis and Key West defense sites. In St Louis 2200 laborers at an $89 million small arms plant stayed out while about a third of the 7500 total workers remained on site to perform limited tasks. At Key West strikers, seeking 61 1/2 cents an hour after rejecting 50 cents, vowed to continue even as civil service workers would be brought in if needed.
Miss Bonnie Scott and two friends watched as a king salmon weighing 11 1 4 pounds chased a herring toward the shore at a Puget Sound beach in Tacoma. The fish overran its speed and stranded on wet sand, dying on the edge.
The six week Russo German fight strengthens Allied hopes as Soviet resistance bleeds German forces and slows their advance toward Moscow. Turkish dispatches note a proposed British peace by Germany, while Japan’s expansion plans loom, contingent on the Western Front’s outcome.
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, opposed the St. Lawrence Waterway Project before the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. He argued it would displace up to 50,000 workers, hurt the coal industry, and undermine government efforts to stabilize coal prices under the Guffey act while the $285 million seaway proposal was under review.
Edward B. McLean, longtime associate of Warren G. Harding and former publisher of the Washington Post, died yesterday in a private sanitarium where he had been a patient since a Baltimore court ruled him mentally incompetent in 1933. He was a third generation newspaper man, son of John Roll McLean and grandson of Washington McLean, founders of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Washington announces an estimated 60 million Americans lack birth certificates and asks state governments to issue them upon presenting proper evidence. The War Navy and Commerce Departments seek rapid action to secure identification records nationwide.
Columbus report notes Col Everett Collins 55 an ordnance officer for the air corps area since 1938 died last night from a heart attack.
Edward Peoples 28 died after being shot in the neck during target practice near McArthur Ohio Two brothers in law James Boyer was cleared in the incident at the Boyer home on Route 75 Several men fired a small caliber rifle when Peoples stepped into the line of fire He left a wife and two young sons and was employed by Dunkle Clark Construction Co Other relatives are listed including seven brothers and sisters and his parents
Massillon veteran reformer Jacob S. Coxey announces a nationwide drive by the hoboes of America Inc claiming 1,200,000 members to press President Roosevelt and Congress to adopt a plan to print enough money to cover rising federal expenses.
James B. Carey national CIO secretary outlined a four point program to stabilize national defense production at a Lorain rally attended by 20 000 unionists from Local 1104 and delegations from Canton Cleveland Massillon and other northern Ohio cities.
Crosley Corporation reports a net profit of 798,634 for the first six months of 1941 after reserving 300,000 for federal income taxes. R C Cosgrove announces the result, up from 96,660 in the same period of 1940.
Gov John W Bricker of Ohio named vice chairman of a production committee of the council of state governments to cooperate with Production Management peers in stimulating defense production.
Soviet and German reports clashed over the battlefront as Moscow said the blitzkrieg stalled into a siege near Smolensk and Leningrad threat, while Berlin boasted of gains including near Mogilev and a claim of two divisions annihilated. Foreign observers warned of a longer war.
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