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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1938
Page
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London cabinet backs a new line to keep Europe out of war and pledges support for France and Belgium if attacked. Chamberlain to address Commons with decisions from two emergency sessions.
Stanley Jasosky, 22, appeared in federal court in Newark charged with writing six ransom notes demanding 30,000 dollars from Murray Levine of New Rochelle, father of missing 12 year old Peter Levine. Officials say his notes were among hundreds sent to exploit the case.
Kaunas Lithuania announced approval of Franciszek Horwath as Polish minister to Latavia, the first Polish envoy appointed to Kaunas in two decades and signaling renewed diplomatic ties after years of tension.
The Senate prepared to debate President Roosevelt’s Navy expansion bill worth 1.12 billion dollars after a 292 to 100 House vote. Senate Naval Affairs Committee chair David S. Walsh said hearings would include secret Navy reports previously denied to the House.
Duke Maximilan and Duke Ernest of Hohenberg, sons of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, were arrested in Vienna today. The two princes are noted figures in the Monarchist movement, while other Habsburg family members were not detained.
President Roosevelt departs Washington for a ten day vacation at Warm Springs Georgia. He will attend only one official engagement on Wednesday in Gainesville where he will dedicate a new town square named in his honor.
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission with a $10,000 state grant signals readiness to renew efforts to resolve the $18 million Ohio Bell Telephone rate dispute in Columbus.
New York jury of nine men and three women freed Mrs Patricia Ryan early today. They ruled she killed her policeman husband in self defense while temporarily insane.
The United States formally presented its damages claim to Japan for the Panay sinking on December 12. Ambassador Joseph E. Grew delivered the note on instructions from Secretary Cordell Hull. Officials have not disclosed the claim amount. unofficial figures place it at 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Three Americans were killed in the Panay incident, and three Standard Oil ships were destroyed.
Polish Ambassador Count Jerzy Potocki announced a plan to form a neutral belt of central European nations from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The proposed belt would include Finland Latvia Estonia Lithuania Poland and Romania and aims to separate the Soviet Union from Western Europe.
In Geneva the World Jewish Congress condemns Jewish persecution in Austria reporting 140 Jews buried in the last four days versus a normal rate of four daily, highlighting a surge of deaths amid persecutions.
Former President Herbert Hoover met with King George for about thirty minutes in London. The brief audience covered current postwar relief and economic recovery as both leaders discussed ongoing global concerns.
Washington U P Under secretary of Treasury Roswell Magill urged keeping the undistributed profits tax and called for ending the tax exemption on government securities. He spoke to the Senate Finance Committee arguing the tax revision bill should yield 5.33 billion dollars in federal revenue, despite opposition from Chairman Pat Harrison who wants the tax eliminated to ease business burdens.
Newark High School principal F C Boyd said authorities will be lenient with about 1100 pupils who refused to enter the building at 11 am after a two hour city parade celebrating the state basketball championship.
Japanese forces pressed toward Hsuchow near Hankow in the dawn of today as Chinese troops reorganized air service for a new assault on Japanese bases.
Albert Ewart a 28 year old former director of athletics and history teacher at the Junior High School was jailed for six months for stealing chickens. He admitted three years of theft totaling about 2000 dollars and was caught by Sheriff Fred Graham while taking 12 chickens. He also taught Sunday School and sold insurance across the county and was well regarded despite the crime.
President Lazaro Cardenas stated Mexico does not intend to expropriate mining or other key industries beyond the oil sector, though US promoters hold most mining interests. Treasury Secretary Eduardo Suarez invited foreign oil firms to discuss indemnity terms for expropriated oil companies to speed settlement.
Washington experts from Army Navy Marine and Reserve Corps meet to devise plans to mobilize 1.5 to 2 million men instantly in event of war. Conference seeks a 2 million man army within four months after outbreak. War Department states mobilization study is routine defense planning, not tied to current international tension.
Washington reports administration leaders in the Senate anticipate final passage of the executive department reorganiza tion bill before week’s end after favorable test amendments. William Green of the AFL calls for recommitment for further study and analysis, arguing the bill delegates broad congressional authority to the executive branch and is highly objectionable.
New Philadelphia report says Muskingum Conservancy District court judges approved a 50 percent flood protection benefit assessment for property owners who withdrew four appeals since the first assessment. The new assessment totals 849,953 with total approved to date at 4,652,528.
Paris dispatch reports France channels more than half of tax revenue to military forces. The Maginot Line and underground forts guard eastern and northern borders while experts deem the army the best in Europe. Civil defense measures protect Paris and other cities against air attack.
Three men Arnett Booth Orville Adkins and John Travis were hanged at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville after a kidnapping of Dr James J Seder. Warden C E Stone announced future executions would be limited to official witnesses and newspapermen. Adkins was briefly dropped before being hanged properly and Booth alleged a Cleveland man masterminded the crime.
President Antanas Smetona of Lithuania governs amid a cabinet wave of resignations after Lithuania capitulated to a Polish ultimatum to restore diplomatic relations. Popular anger grows as ministers step down and more resignations are expected, potentially including Smetona himself.
The Ohio Board of Parole granted 75 paroles and three conditional releases to prisoners at Mansfield Reformatory. The list includes Ernest Smith of Hocking County for automobile theft with April 1, 1938 stated.
Mrs Zelda Mae Gabrielson aged 40 was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing a street in Akron. The incident occurred today, leaving her family and the community in mourning.
Forty pupils were cut and bruised when a school bus collided with an automobile and overturned near the school. Driver George Shreffler, 50, and Mrs. George Phillips were involved. The bus’s steel frame and safety glass prevented serious injuries. pupils walked to school after treatment.
An expeditionary force raised the United States Flag on Canton and Ederburg, the South Sea islands claimed by Great Britain, and returned today aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Roger B. Taney. The bases serve vital air routes between Honolulu and the Antipodes and have spurred amicable US Britain negotiations.
Floyd J. Cooper, 58, of Jackson Michigan, died of a stroke while driving near Williams town. His car struck a gasoline pump, starting a fire that station attendant B E Jones barely stopped. Mrs. Cooper, riding with him, was unharmed.
Dr. M I Marsh, age 72, vice president of Cedarville College trustees, died Monday of heart disease in Xenia Ohio.
The King’s Bench Division of the English High Court announced a settlement in the libel case between Shirley Temple and the magazine Night and Day. Temple will receive 10000 dollars, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation of America 5000 dollars, and 20th Century Fox Film Co of England 2500 dollars.
Washington United Press reports Percy Tetlow an Ohio coal miner was elected unanimously temporary chairman of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, succeeding Charles F. Hosford Jr who resigned. A permanent chairman will be named after Hosford’s successor is named by President Roosevelt.
Nationalists consolidated positions for a final assault on Gandesa near the Mediterranean, aiming to sever Catalonia from Loyalist Spain. Insurgent air power bombed east coast towns, avoiding Barcelona after heavy civilian casualties.
Fresno officials of Transcontinental and Western Airlines said they have abandoned hope of locating the airliner lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains on March 1 until snow melts this summer. Nine people were aboard the plane. Volunteer searcher S. E. Shipley, 54, has been missing 13 days and authorities fear he is frozen to death after his skis were found.
Washington sources report a congressional probe of the Tennessee Valley Authority likely, with President Roosevelt poised to remove or suspend TVA chair Dr. Arthur E. Morgan. Morgan, Antioch College alumnus and former president, contests the charges and vows no resignation.
Governor Davey appointed O. L. Teagarden of Oak Harbor to represent agriculture on the state tax and revenue commission created after the special legislative session. The panel aims to draft legislation for a comprehensive, equitable tax system for the state and subdivisions. Floyd A. Mees of Meigs County is also named as a member.
Treasury reports March first 21 days tax receipts total 685,689,563 dollars, up 5.1 percent from last year, indicating strong early performance in federal income collections.
Washington officials reported the House Ways and Means Committee chose not to hold hearings on the General Welfare Act. Rep. Harry Sheppard pledged to push a discharge petition to bring the bill to the floor, needing 218 signatures but only 126 secured. The plan, backed by a 70-member steering group, contemplates a pension set between 50 and 100 dollars monthly for those over 60, replacing Townsend era tax ideas.
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