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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1941
Page
1
The House Military Committee unanimously approves a bill granting the President broad powers to restart production in strikebound defense plants and to use armed force to protect workers choosing to return to work.
More than two thirds of the 16 691 persons employed in Canton Ohio during 1939 were engaged in defense important production and trades. The United States Bureau of Census Manufacturing Survey reports 163 establishments in business that year with 13 672 workers in iron and steel production or mechanical trades.
Ohio State University canceled the final commencement events as rain washed out the ceremonies. Officials said diplomas would be mailed to all 1,601 graduates for the first time in 71 years.
Tom Sawyer, 24, headed for navy petty officer duty, told 19 young women about his departure. ten gathered at Union Station to bid him farewell with a kiss.
Torrential rains in Noble County caused widespread highway flooding and closures. Multiple roads were shut to traffic as water levels rose, disrupting commuting and prompting authorities to monitor conditions. Local officials urged motorists to seek alternate routes and exercise caution.
A jurisdictional strike at a Detroit auto parts plant threatens enforced layoffs for about 40,000 workers in nearby auto plants that rely on the struck firm for parts. CIO United Automobile Workers walkout at Douglas and Lomason prompts mediation and warnings of idle Plymouth Briggs Ford and Dodge plants.
London reports the British board of education will offer short courses on United States history and current problems for school teachers to address the gap in British students' knowledge of the U S compared with American students' knowledge of Britain.
Investigators search upscale Washington DC area for missing clothes of 23 year old War Department stenographer Jessie E. Strieff whose nude body was found in a retired professor's garage near DuPont Circle. Police link two prior local slayings to the same neighborhood.
About one third of Ohio farmers supplemented their incomes by off farm work last year. Nearly 39 percent of the farms were mortgaged and the average farm size was 50.8 acres. The Census report also shows eight of ten farms had automobiles, one in eight had a motor truck, one in three had a tractor, six in ten had electricity and nearly four in ten had telephones.
Henry Brinkman age 47 of Geona Ohio died in a Toledo hospital from burns after a collision on Woodville Road seven miles east of Toledo. His three year old granddaughter Roberta Hesselbart was trapped in the wreckage and burned to death as the car burst into flame after the gasoline tank exploded.
The Roosevelt administration moves to close German consulates and Nazi propaganda offices in the United States, arguing activity harms American welfare. The return of symbolic retaliation could provoke Germany to sever diplomatic relations, with Hitler likely to respond through a harsh Reichstag speech and U.S. press campaign.
Nevada Senator Pat McCarran warns that the State Department order to close all German consulates by July 10 could push the U S toward war. Undersecretary Welles says no rupture implied. The move targets German consulates and related agencies. Rome blocks American private debts to Italians in retaliation.
The 37th Division from Ohio in Kisatchie National Forest opened summer maneuvers against the 32nd division with 18 000 Ohio Guardsmen and selectees taking part. The dress rehearsal simulates war conditions ahead of September actions for the Third Army. Realistic battle sounds from amplifying trucks accompanied the exercise.
McKeesport Mayor George H. Lysle 74 urged 179 striking service employees to meet and discuss the dispute. The city suspended garbage removal since Sunday midnight as the CIO State County and Municipal Workers Union demands union recognition and higher wage increases than the council granted. Lysle says talks would be with individuals, not as union members, and insists signing a contract with the union is illegal.
Conroe Texas jury acquits W. S. Cochran age 41 a plantation owner on a murder charge connected to the slaying of Bob White a Negro accused of assaulting Cochran’s wife during his third trial White was shot June 10 at the trial’s start
The Ministerial Assembly governing the Church of God approved a $165,000 budget for church expenses for the next year at the 56th annual international camp meeting near Anderson Indiana. The seven day camp meeting began Sunday on the grounds near Anderson.
Violinist Fritz Kreisler aged 66 was discharged from a New York hospital after being seriously injured when struck by a truck in April. Doctors said his condition was good and he is listed as recovering at home.
Altoona police sought a woman described as the meanest in the city after Gerald Croft, 25, a blind grocer, charged her with palming off a one dollar bill as a five dollar note.
Secretary Ickes proposed a complete ban on oil exports from the east coast without gov ernment approval after a 240000 gallon shipment from Philadelphia to Japan was halted due to looming eastern oil shortages.
Five persons were injured in a three car crash on Route 33 three miles south of Nelsonville yesterday afternoon at 4 10. Walter Sweazy and his wife Edna were taken to Cherrington Hospital with concussions and shock. The Maple car carrying Ivan Maple Kenneth Reeves and Raymond Anderson caused the collision and suffered minor bruises. The Milcholland car incurred minor damage. the Sweazy car and Maple car were demolished. Patrolmen said an arrest would follow.
In Columbus, 17 year old Robert Hoskins of Middletown was chosen as governor of Boys' State as nearly 800 boys took part in the American Legion sponsored government study project. Inauguration of city and county officials signaled the start of a fully functioning mock political entity.
Prosecutor Robert Hastings asked officials in Ohio California and Oklahoma to locate Grover Wilson a Fairfield County farmer whose wife was found suffocated in a gravel pit near Lancaster Swimmers found Mrs Wilson on her husband’s property The couple had separated and left their farm two weeks earlier Sheriff Dudley Crider reported Wilson had not been seen at his hotel since early last week
Heavy June rainfall following the driest January to May in weather bureau history harmed Ohio farmers by washing away soil delaying corn and alfalfa tasks and delaying soybean planting and fruit tree spraying. Pastures revived and waterholes refilled for cattle, but farmers worry when rains will end as wheat harvest nears.
Gallia County resident William J. Mitchell among 37 Ohio Penitentiary inmates paroled by the State Pardon and Parole Commission. Mitchell was jailed for assault with an Oct 1 release date. In the same briefing New York steel mills aim to run at 99 percent capacity per the American Iron & Steel Institute.
Senator Gerald Nye an isolationist from North Dakota told an America First crowd at the Carthage fairgrounds that America may still avoid war with a 50-50 chance. He warned the administration and interventionists are panicking to push the nation toward involvement, citing cabinet speeches and public sentiment.
Federal investigators silent on a claim by Ralph C Benedum East Liverpool postmaster that five men believed to be Japanese photographed the Ohio River bridge to Chester West Virginia. Benedum said the men were in a District of Columbia taxi cab and did not cross into Ohio.
A 32 year old man arrested for questioning in the 1931 killing of Councilman William E Potter was released last night after authorities learned he was already serving a prison sentence at the time of Potter's death.
Survivors praise Melvin Mundy of Bethlehem Pennsylvania for steering a lifeboat through 13 days at sea after the Robin Moor was torpedoed. Mundy copied a rough chart from the captain and navigated toward safety as a rescue ship finally plucked all aboard.
Reported massing of large German forces on Norway west coast aimed as a springboard for an invasion of Scotland. Soviet and British reports discuss troop movements, feints, and mounting tensions across Europe as WWII fronts shift.
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