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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1941
Page
1
Farmers nationwide approved strict marketing quotas for wheat under the 1938 farm act, joining cotton and tobacco controls. About 379,589 supported and 96,223 opposed quotas, above the two thirds threshold, enabling an 85 percent parity government loan for wheat.
Washington streets the appropriation bill totals 1.191776 million dollars for labor, security, and related activities funded by the appropriations committee. It includes defense training for over 835 thousand youths, totaling about 96.0 million above current levels and 31.0 million below Roosevelt’s budget recommendation. The panel cut 23.1 million from estimates for the Civilian Conservation Corps and redirected funds among agencies including the GCO and National Youth Administration as Morgenthau urged restraint on non defense spending.
Three senators from differing blocs urged lengthening of work hours to support defense production. Norris of Nebraska warned labor capital frictions, Taft argued wage hour limits should be relaxed during emergency, Lucas pressed presidential powers to ensure uninterrupted guns and tanks. The debate followed a shipyard strike and broader wartime strain on industry and transport.
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed complaints against 11 tile companies after finding insufficient evidence of price discrimination between buyers. Named were United States Quarry Tile Company of Canton and Mosaic Tile Company of Zanesville.
Wapakona fireman Jack Hangen age 61 and Anthony Stadler 58 were seriously injured when a chemical tank exploded. They were treated in a Lima hospital after the blast during a U S Marines operation in Cairo. Stadler was a special observer with British forces in the Middle East.
Ohio's first draft quota of 44 conscientious objectors arrives at Samp Marietta to take over work from 40 CCC boys in lieu of military training. They will receive no pay beyond a $250 monthly allowance for spending. Churches provide support as the program unfolds.
President Roosevelt signed a law granting the production office power to assign mandatory wartime priorities to orders and contracts for foreign governments under Lend-Lease plus to certain government and private industry orders. The measure expands beyond army and navy contracts and includes iron ore flow controls to bolster steel plants, with Canadian ships used to move ore between Great Lakes ports. The act extends priority powers to critical defense needs and may allocate resources to defense and essential civilian uses.
The Associated Press reports 159 lives lost during the Memorial holiday. Traffic accidents caused 308 deaths, drownings 75, and 33 deaths stemmed from other causes. Totals exceed pre holiday estimates of 400 total deaths and 200 by motor vehicle. Highway crashes dominate, with drownings, trains, and other incidents also contributing.
New York stage girl turned actress Gene Tierney married Count Oleg Cassini in Las Vegas Nevada in an elopement that surprised gossip columnists and Hollywood publicity teams. The pair, nine years apart in age, returned to Hollywood with the marriage.
Londons obituary notes author Sir Hugh Walpole died at 37 after a week of illness from a heart attack. It mentions his prolific output, writing came naturally to him, and that there would be no mourning per his request.
Coast Guardsmen searched Vermilion Harbor for the body of Helen Wilson 42 assistant secretary at Shafer Heights Junior High School vanished after falling from a cabin cruiser Saturday night Frank Baker Vermilion garage operator owner of a 28 foot boat said he dove for Wilson until exhausted Roy Morris 38 millworker of Junction was killed walking along the airport reopened after repairs to the Pennsylvania Railroad Newark Airport resumed commercial traffic after a track was repaired following a freight train collision Coroner Ray Slee said Morris stop merced off a track while a freight train approached and into the other train.
The Associated Press reports a freight handlers and warehousemen strike in San Francisco threatening a 10 cent an hour raise for women workers who earn 50 to 55 cents. In Pittsburgh, 2,200 truck drivers and helpers walked out, halting shipments of defense materials and disrupting armament production and Eastern supply lines amid stalled contract negotiations.
Bituminous Coal Division announced a proceeding to revoke registrations of ineligible coal distributors and to determine which of roughly 500 companies and individuals may continue to receive discounts from minimum prices. A June 26 hearing in Washington will assess eligibility and mandate registrations for wholesale merchants and cooperative organizations.
Officers of United States forces conduct a four week defense maneuver in Centralstate Rumberland Plateau and across three divisions in the Seventh Area. Generals colonels majors and captains issue field orders from corps headquarters as troops move via brigades and regiments. The exercise tests command, communications, and familiarizes staff with terrain to reduce massing of men and equipment when divisions assume positions Tuesday.
Dublin reports four bombs fell on Saturday injuring many with deaths estimated from 50 to 61. Ireland filed a protest with Berlin through its charge d affaires and demanded reparations. Missing persons numbered in the dozens, with final toll expected to rise to 61.
Carroll, blond screen actress, and Sterling Hayden, her leading man, were the subject of a plane and ship search in the waters around the Sahama Islands. They were reported aboard a steamer moving from one island location to another on Sahama Isle.
In central Ohio drought relief arrived as some areas received a rain span while statewide precipitation stayed below normal. Springfield marked its first showers since May 22, Dayton reported over an inch of rain, and Wilmington and Columbus saw heavy showers as northern sections faced wetter weather.
The American Medical Association faced sharp criticism from authors and groups in Moscow and Berlin and from a retiring New York president Nathan B. Yanten. The AMA says pressure by special interest groups tries to restrain medical practice and oppose group medicine.
Washington report says former Fay ette County sheriff Henry W. Jones and his son Perrill pleaded guilty to obtaining Ger rude Lampe signature on a $186 check under false pretense. Both men received one to three year sentences in Ohio Penitentiary.
Jersey City suffered a 25 million dollar blaze that swept eight blocks along the waterfront from Saturday afternoon. Fire Chief Frank Ertle ruled out sabotage and cited a carelessly tossed cigarette as a possible cause. The fire destroyed an eight story grain elevator and engine house, cattle pens, hay loft, barges, freight cars, and vehicles with hundreds of cattle killed.
A fragmentary note outlines Papal perspectives on moral principles and directives. It references further guidance from the pope on ethical issues and how they shape church teaching and practice.
Allied and Axis leaders held a new complete agreement meeting at Brenner Pass as Britain acknowledged the Mediterranean as Axis waterway. The London chatter tied Crete’s fall and France’s Axis alignment to a broader push toward Egypt and the Suez Canal amid rail and air strikes on Manchester and Syria.
Christian Scientists from around the world gathered for the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, urging a concerted defense of democratic government. The board of directors framed democracy as the best instrument to preserve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness amid a worldwide religious movement.
Mrs. Massanna Thionna gave birth to Ohio’s first Eskimo baby at University Hospital in Cleveland. Two hours later she ate a full-course turkey dinner. The child, named Frederic, is the fourth for the 22 year old mother. The Ihionnas appear in Eskimo Village at the Cleveland 700.
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