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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1940
Page
1
A Los Altos toddler, Buddy Lotz, reportedly consumed a bizarre snack totaling paint, a dog, live fish, a canary, and feathers in one day. Doctors say the 18 month old shows no immediate ill effects, prompting warnings about child hazards.
The Marietta bribery trial of Athens County engineer B. F. Beckler Jr. reached a noon culmination as the state rested. Key witnesses included James R. MacSwords of Southern Ohio Equipment Co. and John Greene. defense questions probed plans to entrap Beckler and two former county commissioners, with cash payments of 200 dollars discussed and disputed.
A fragmentary report describes a crime plot involving a banker’s heir and widow seeking a stolen sum from a securities deviation. It mentions a rusted safe, a robbery at Bucyrus, and the abduction of Robert Mitchell, with a bank official Charles J. Neer noted in connection to the case.
Jack Misamore formerly of Pomeroy died in Los Angeles after a long illness following surgery. He ran Jacque's Grill in Pomeroy for about five years before relocating to California. Survived by wife Ruth and son James of Los Angeles. his mother Mrs Amos Juned left Logan for Los Angeles recently. sister Mrs Jean Hennessy of Pomeroy also listed.
A man driving a tractor was struck by lightning and killed near Sidney. In Youngstown a 6 year old drowned when a small raft overturned in a Campbell stream. The incident involved Robert Beverly, a Black child, age six.
MIDDLEPORT staff special reports a swarm of bees on Third Ave near a tree Monday afternoon. Captain Tom Jones handled the situation, moving the insects to his home apiary where they were provided with care. Jones is noted for his skill in bee handling, including a prior removal in downtown Columbus.
Washington report notes 24 Republican convention delegates from Maryland and Idaho enrolled under Dewey's banner while California Democrats register third term views in a primary. Wheeler urges Democratic leaders to draft a firm platform ahead of the July 1 convention. Republican committee to meet in Philadelphia a week before the June 24 convention. Roosevelt aides also drafting a Democratic platform. Senator Nye proposes a strong foreign policy plank to keep the nation out of war.
New York reports Frederick A. Cook, 74, a polar explorer awaiting presidential clemency while critically ill at Port Shester, N Y. He served a third year term for mail fraud and sparked years of dispute with Admiral Robert E Peary over the 1909 pole discovery claim. Cook was paroled in 1930.
Californians win Pulitzer prizes for letters and drama with Steinbeck Saroyan and Tolischus among recipients. Journalistic awards go to Waterbury Republicans for graft exposure. a foreign service prize honors Dennis Tolischus. A separate item reports a Wichita case involving a woman and a hatchet.
A fragment reports a woman cutting her artery while attempting to kill a chicken. The remainder mentions foreign correspondence awards and a Bloomington circus item about Henry B. Gentry, a retired founder of the Gentry Brothers dog and pony show, with garbled text from Associated Press dispatches.
Metcalf spoke last night at the American Legion Building Nelsonville urging Americans to defend democracy at home. He warned that if Washington keeps Democrats in power liberty could fade and cautioned against foreign entanglements while supporting limited involvement only in defense.
South Pasadena Calif AP report details a chaotic incident at South Pasadena San Marino High School. Victims include George C Bush 62 and Hobe Ehman 50 along with William Speer 43 and others. Spencer an expert marksman previously faced confrontations with authorities following a nervous breakdown.
Mrs. Mary Pirosko, 47, was killed in an explosion that sprayed flaming gasoline on her East Side Cleveland home. Her husband and five children were seriously burned while the parents cleaned a bathroom wall. A firefighter suffered minor injuries.
Washington reports that Thomas A. Jenkins congressman from the Tenth Ohio District will address listeners on Station WOL this Wednesday for fifteen minutes starting at 9 15 p m The National Republican Committee announced the appearance today.
The House voted 14 to 10 to table the measure after discussion by the chamber's committee. Rep Murdock warned against a second vote remaining secret. The president spoke at a press conference amid questions about Italy and potential European war involvement, return from Hyde Park, and the Hatch Bill pending Senate approval banning political work by federally funded state employees.
Mansfield Ohio farmer John W. McGugin pleaded guilty to arson after admitting he fired four barns over 11 years to collect insurance. The case, presented by Richland County authorities, seeks an Ohio Penitentiary term.
District Attorney Master W Getta Roday urged raising the reward to 5000 dollars for the capture of the sex maniac blamed for the killings of Fay Gates 25 a factory worker and Rachel Taylor 17 a Penn State co ed in Bellefonte Pa Officials report residents demand measures to curb such violence State police traced a tan automobile linked to the attacker after the Fay Gates slaying last Sunday.
Dayton health officials announced William Baree, 61, a Baltimore and Ohio baggage agent, as the third typhoid fever death linked to a banquet. A cook who helped prepare the dinner was identified as a typhoid carrier.
FALLS RIVER Mass. Arthur C Grantham Jr who will be eight months old Saturday received a 2 poll tax bill. His mother asked if he might qualify for an old age pension on his first birthday.
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain warned that the campaign in Norway is not finished and more fronts may flare into conflict. He urged readiness as Germany could mount a land invasion of England, while promising support to Norway and reassigning Churchill to day to day British military operations with united government resolve.
Nazi Germany uses propaganda to push war into the Near East and Balkans. German press cites a supposed telephone talk between Chamberlain and Reynaud to blame Allied plans for expanding the conflict. Egypt defense measures near the Suez Canal are said to be stepped up, with British officials noting action within seven days.
Reports from Alexandria and London indicate Hungary is definitively aligning with Germany. Allied alert grows as Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and Greece heighten military precautions. Britain and France report losses and heavy German operations around Narvik and in Norwegian waters.
Gallipolis staff reports Mrs Forest Fire age 42 of Ikanauga struck on the highway near her home by a truck driven by D. Bo Morris of Great Bend Meigs County and taken to Holzer Hospital in serious condition. Painter Harry Cromlish, 56, fell from a scaffold at Holset Hospital last night and is listed in serious condition with multiple fractures. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Mrs Coyne McDonough Coyne who would have observed her 101st birthday next Sunday.
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