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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
1
Ohio Republicans in caucus backed sending differences over a 1 million dollar university building funds increase to a Senate House conference committee. Gov Bricker warned veto if the extra allocation stays. Most or all of the amount expected to be deleted for welfare and safety programs.
Columbus Ohio Bureau of Unemployment administrator H C Atkinson said it was reasonable to assume miners idle by the bituminous coal shutdown would be eligible for jobless benefits. A formal decision would come after miners return to work, expected today, with precedent from a prior Ohio Supreme Court ruling guiding potential payments.
John O. Sinclair, 51, died at 5 30 this morning at his home in Darwin. He leaves his wife and three children Pauline Sinclair Mrs Bernice Eastman of Kingsbury and Avery Sinclair of Dayton. Also surviving is one brother William Sinclair of Gold Ridge. Funeral services have not been arranged.
Ohio's 300 selective service boards were ordered to classify all registrants as soon as possible without delaying inductions. Lieut. Col. C. W. Goble announced the directive. Cleveland reported 19 consecutive days with no fatal accidents, tying a city record of four traffic deaths in a month.
Washington reports growing speculation that U S Navy may patrol lanes in the Indian Ocean used by lease load shipments to Egypt via the Red Sea Gulf of Aden route. Diplomatic sources note Britain needs in the Middle East after Greece losses and potential government approval for a fleet of over 20 freighters to operate to Egyptian ports under protection policies.
Dayton police say manslaughter charges will be filed against the tavern owner after a scuffle outside the tavern led to Logan Gillentine a 40 year old man’s death. Witnesses report the master of a beer drinking dog challenged Gillentine when refused to serve the dog beer triggering the confrontation.
State Ranger Kenneth Byers cites a discarded cigarette as the cause of a forest fire that burned 40 acres of timber at Cantwell Cliffs, eleven miles south of here. The blaze was brought under control after about five hours of fighting.
Representative Engel reports the total cost to construct Camp Edwards would exceed 29 million dollars, more than four times the War Department's original estimate.
Detroit police and Wayne County prosecutors pursue a two month probe into a ring buying and selling babies of unmarried mothers. A 47 year old grandmother was arrested on a conspiracy charge and more suspects including a woman and several doctors and lawyers are being questioned. Unwed mothers reportedly received hospital care and about 50 dollars, with babies sold to couples for up to 1000 dollars.
Mrs. Mettie Vale age 86 widow of William Vale died at her Gravel Hill home in Middleport. Funeral service will be held Friday at the residence with burial in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. She leaves one sister Mrs. Briggs Bucyrus and seven nieces.
Roy E. Crabtree former manager of the Jackson County office was sentenced to one to ten years in Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to eight charges of embezzling 1600 from aid for the aged recipients and the state.
Edwin S Porter aged 71, a pioneer film producer and director and collaborator with Thomas Edison in motion picture invention, died after a camera allegedly damaged last night in New York.
The Maritime Commission began gathering at least 2,000,000 tons of cargo ships to form a fleet for war materiel and defense stock. President Roosevelt was reported ready to requisition refugee vessels in U.S. ports as an initial step. An early move would requisition 69 Axis and Danish ships totaling 300,000 tons to seed roughly 15 percent of the target.
Secretary Morgenthau said the Treasury is studying a plan to let citizens prepay taxes with a special security to speed funding for war materials and shipping. President Roosevelt ordered expanded merchant shipping and rapid seizure or charter of ships to aid democracies. The Maritime Commission, led by Admiral Land, aims to mobilize 2,000,000 tons of shipping and place 50 American tankers with Britain soon.
Chan Chong, a Chinese man, stood on a Chicago street corner when two autos collided at an intersection. One car loosed from control struck a drug store window, lifting Chong onto its bumper as it crashed through.
Columbus report states the 14th draft call for Ohio orders induction of 75 Negroes on May 21. Maj. Carl G. Wahl, head of the state selective service mobilization division, received the notice today.
In Scranton Pennsylvania authorities doubt a Kentucky confession by Dwight Thorne that he planted a bomb killing Dr E H Kebhorn's son and daughter William Rebhorn and Lois. Thorne said Bancroft paid him to kill the physician after a workers compensation dispute.
Douglas Nickell, 20, of East Cleveland, an Ohio State University engineering student, fell about 100 feet from a Scioto River cliff while searching for firewood for a wiener roast. He died after the plunge as hospital notes confirmed.
In Sapulpa Oklahoma Aunt Lizzie Deevers a 110 year old widow declares she is to marry 77 year old neighbor John Knight. She jokes about nine prior husbands and lists playful birthday wishes a monkey a canary bird and a ride in an airplane.
Southern coal operators and CIO United Mine Workers set temporary wage schedules with a daily $1 raise and two thirds of southern mines expected back by today. Northern mines had already resumed, GM wage talks continued for a larger sum, and national mediation preparations followed. John L. Lewis urged broader labor participation in government amid war concerns.
Ironton report says John Brannagan, 27, was shot four times during a tavern argument near Ellisonville. Ed Addis, coal miner of Ellisonville, told Sheriff Fred Sanders he acted in self defense and is detained for investigation.
Fires that struck five eastern states for the second time in a fortnight were, by today, either quelled or virtually under control as weather and firefighting efforts limited spread.
The piece treats a Tokyo Times-Advertiser editorial proposing Axis peace terms as a guide for a conqueror’s settlement. It suggests Europe Africa and the Near East under Hitler, with Britain weakened, demilitarized Pacific bases, and a Western Hemisphere sphere open to Axis powers. Churchill vows continued resistance.
Ellsworth C. Alvord of the U S Chamber of Commerce urges changes to a Treasury plan that would raise 3.5 billion dollars in new taxes. He proposes 2.5 billion in revenue and 2 billion in non-defense spending cuts while favoring inflation control through higher production of non-defense goods. He warns the proposed rates would harm those with fixed incomes between 2 000 and 20 000 dollars and could worsen living costs if inflation spikes.
A federal labor conciliator arranged talks today to avert a strike by the utility workers organizing committee in five eastern Ohio counties. The CIO voted in Newcomerstown to strike Ohio Power Co at midnight tomorrow, with counties including Tuscarawas Coshocton Guernsey Holmes and Harrison in the path. UWOC seeks a 20 cent hourly wage increase a signed agreement and exclusive bargaining rights.
Ohio State University starts production on a campus life movie with selected actors and a ready scenario. Cameras begin tomorrow for a year long technicolor production intended for incoming freshmen prospective students and alumni groups.
Meigs County farmer Harry Snowden of Rutland dies at 8 this morning after a long illness. He leaves a wife and four children. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm at Rutland Baptist Church with burial in Miles Cemetery.
A telephone lineman, William A. Bells, 23, was electrocuted near Cadiz when a 2,300 volt power line touched a telephone wire. His fiancée, Virginia Wagner, watched three mine rescue squads labor for six hours.
British Middle East command says German forces suffered colossal losses in Greece as 48 000 of 60 000 BEF troops were rescued at sea. Some 9 000 soldiers remained on Greek shores while 3 000 BEF personnel were killed or wounded.
London reports quote Undersecretary R A Butler accusing Charles Lindbergh of using influence to hinder action against Germany. In Melbourne Australia Acting PM A W Fadden touts German casualties. British troops reach Basra while fears of a Nazi push toward Suez and Egypt rise. Soviet May Day warning follows.
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