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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1939
Page
1
Reports from the frontier say Communist and allied troops control all Madrid approaches and have repelled attempts to oust them. The defense council claimed its main revolt headquarters surrendered with 1,400 men after air raids on northern Madrid suburbs and eastern villages.
Louisville judge Churchill Humphrey wounded in the leg by a man who posed as a delivery worker. Humphrey identified a disgruntled former litigant from a divorce case as the likely assailant. Police expected custody soon with a precise description aiding the arrest.
Mrs Katharine Cline Miller of Lincoln Nebraska sues Imperial Airways of Bermuda in federal court for 250000 dollars claiming negligence caused the death of her husband Donald Walter Miller in the Cavalier flying boat crash at sea.
Four American women were among 300 attendees who curtsied to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the season's first royal court at Buckingham Palace.
President Roosevelt, seeking additional relief money, met with House Appropriations Committee Democrats who cut 150 million from his request. WPA chief Harrington urged full funding, warning cuts would force removals from relief rolls. He noted 30,000 aliens to be dropped and emphasized most recipients are deserving.
A Philadelphia survey reported by The Ladies Home Journal finds 59 percent of men prefer brunettes 31 prefer blondes and 10 favor redheads. The study also lists five criticisms of women as too spoiled nagging jealousy overly affectionate before marriage lack of romance after marriage and too many outside interests.
Washington reports outline plans to ease tax obstacles while preserving current government income. Key figures Roosevelt Harrison Cooper Morgen Thau discuss effects of undist ributed profits capital stock and excess profits taxes amid economy talks. Harrison signals revisions after March 15 returns and urges restraint on spending and debt.
The Ohio House approved the Senate bill allowing local taxing bodies to issue bonds with 55 percent voter approval to match federal grants for building projects. The vote was 112 to 1 in Columbus.
Ohio Wesleyan University announced the inauguration of Dr. Herbert J. Burgstahler as university president will take place Friday October 20. Burgstahler will assume leadership at OWU and address the campus community during the ceremony.
Premier Kiichiro Hiranuma vows to remove obstacles to East Asian order as Diet denounces Britain's 25 million dollar loan to China. Government eyes stricter stance with Moscow over Siberian fishing rights as Tanizo Koyama leads Minseito attack.
Ray Stana, 19, climbed 100 feet onto Cleveland's High Level Bridge and vowed not to descend until he secures a job. His friend Sidney Seymour, 18, said Stana planned the stunt for two weeks and waited while a photographer captured the moment.
London AP report says Neville Chamberlain aims to sound out world capitals for an arms limitation conference before summer's end. He would start with an air force pact among European powers, then invite the United States and others, with talks possibly expanding to all armaments and economics.
Chairman Carl Vinson said the United States will keep its naval superiority ratio over Japan, despite Japan's claim to build a battle fleet equal to any in the world. The present balance stands at about five U.S. capital ships to three Japanese dreadnoughts, with Japan freed from former treaty limits. Admiral Stanley indicated the navy might seek more ships if Japan expands.
U S officials reported Brazil pledged immediate strengthening of parts of its national defense as part of enhanced continental defense cooperation. State Department declined comment while noting the move came up during Brazil’s visit by Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha seeking credits to boost Brazil U S trade.
Waldo Logan, Chicago explorer, rushed 3,000 miles from a Caribbean coral island to Chicago by air to reach his ailing wife, credits the swift millions of dollars pledged by friends who funded the ride.
Roland Orr aged 20 died in a hospital from injuries after a car overturned between Baltimore and Thurston last night. He sustained the fatal trauma in the Lancaster area incident reported by U.P. authorities.
Detroit based report shows automobile production for the week at 82,148 units, the highest since mid February. Studebaker, Buick, Nash and Hudson lead gains as plants resume after two months, with February GM sales at 153,886 cars and trucks.
Gallia County obituary notices report the deaths of Harry Stockhoff at 78 from a heart attack and Mrs. Alfred Davis a prominent local businessman's wife. Stockhoff leaves a wife and daughter Mrs Frank Jones. his funeral is set for Sunday. Davis leaves husband two sons Kenneth and Dean of Gallipolis and daughter Mrs L A Mayes of Long Beach California.
Twenty one men involved in the Fansteel Metallurgical Co sit-down in 1937 start serving jail terms for occupancy of the plant. The U S Supreme Court ruled such strikes illegal and tied reinstatement to NLRB authority in a ruling issued last week.
The WPA approved final plans for a 250 acre lake and recreation park near Oak Hill in Jackson County Ohio. Project cost totals 150000 with WPA labor valued at 50000 Ohio Conservation Division funds 65000 and Ohio Highway Department road relocations at 35000.
Four Cleveland residents died when the Capitol Limited struck their light sedan at Broad Street crossing in Cuyahoga Falls last midnight. Victims are Oscar Johan Lund 57 Rose Lund 55 Martha Reynolds 38 and Catherine Tritschler 45. In Wooster Ned Reed 22 OSU sophomore died from injuries after a late midnight auto accident west of the city.
MINEOLA New York police say Anna Louise McKee a 59 year old wealthy Republican leader and assessor office clerk was killed by a burglar who knew her two and a half story house Her murder weapon a ball top hammer was not found She lay undiscovered from likely Sunday night until Thursday afternoon with four blows crushing her skull and signs of a fierce struggle in the living room and hallway and a dented wooden panel.
Eugene Weidmann age 31 known as Bluebeard's Successor and his gang were tried in Versailles for murdering Jean De Koven an American dancer and five others. They operated from a villa in Saint Cloud and killed as a business with burial grounds there. De Koven lured by Weidmann was strangled and buried under a porch as ransom attempts followed. The state seeks the death penalty for the German suspect.
United Mine Workers officials in New York outlined an indefinite extension of the current wage hour contract with a 50 day reopening clause. The move aims to pave the way for a possible wage increase demand next fall after the National Bituminous Coal Commission reestablishes minimum prices. A joint meeting with Appalachian bituminous producers is set for March 14 to renew contracts covering more than 300 000 miners, with operators opposing a fall reopening that could disadvantage them.
AFL negotiators unveiled a peace plan aiming to end the CIO-AFL split by creating an American Congress of Labor and bringing CIO 4 million members into the federation. The proposal would assign industrial unionism in key sectors and push for jurisdictional settlements through worker referendums.
Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia announced Pope Pius XII blessed the cause of Mother Elizabeth Seton of Emmitsburg Maryland. If canonized she would be the first American born saint. Seton, born 1774, died 1821, founded the U S parochial school system. Roosevelt is her distant relative.
In the House of Commons Sir Kingsley Wood announced the budget estimates and praised the British air force as formidable and possibly the best in the world among bombing and fighting forces.
A quiet labor amendment slipped into the national defense act empowers War and Navy secretaries to deny contracts to firms that interfere with workers rights. Senator Alben Barkley steered the provision which was adopted with minimal debate and will be reviewed by conferees.
Pittsburgh University students staged a one day revolt over the resignation of football coach John B. Sutherland. Hundreds quit classes and the protest featured funeral services for Pitt football at the Cathedral of Learning.
Indefinite suspension of operations announced by Sunday Creek Coal Co at Mine No. 90 near Hemlock Perry County. The mine loaded about 800 tons daily with 175 to 200 workers, mostly from Corning and Shawnee. The property is not abandoned. resumption awaits improved market conditions.
Joseph B. Anderson known as Smoky Joe, an ex-gambler and confessed slayer of Eldon Cooley a Hot Springs grocer, was executed at Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas. Authorities tied him to two Michigan killings and the Gary Indiana taxi driver murder.
Martial law was declared in Bratislava and Czechoslovak troops seized public buildings in Bratislava Pis tyan Bystrice and Trent to quell separatist activities as a sudden government move.
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