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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1937

Page

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Ever Normal Granary Plan Outlined by Wallace in Midwest Talks

Secretary Henry A. Wallace described the ever normal granary as an economic balance wheel to aid Corn Belt farmers. He proposed compulsory marketing control during storage, penalties on excess marketing, loans to non cooperators, and a potential tax to cover loan losses. He projected 2.4 billion bushels of corn grown annually with about 93 million acres planted and a carry over around 350 million bushels.

Indianapolis Ind U.P Henry A. Wallace America Congress Wallace

Navy Protest Bears Weight on Wages and Hours Bill

The Navy Department’s attack on administration labor policies is seen as shaping congressional debate on the wages and hours bill. Secretary Swanson and Admiral Leahy warn that tighter rules on naval construction threaten national defense and reference the Walsh Healy Act. In Cleveland, former U S Senator Atlee Pomerene, 73, is critically ill with pneumonia after two weeks of illness.

Washington U.P Navy Department Claude A. Swanson Secretary of Navy William D. Leahy Naval Operations Swanson Cleveland Atlee Pomerene U. S Ohio

Cooking School aims to save families with new recipes

The Gasco Food Institute will conduct food demonstrations and daily programs at Athens High School Auditorium on November 10 11 and 12 starting at 2 30 p m Each afternoon promises practical meal ideas for busy families and money saving tips Be there to learn and cook with experts from Gasco Food Institute.

Gasco Food Institute Athens High School

Unidentified assailant shoots Springfield man

Springfield police reported David L. McHenry 39 assistant Clark County coroner was shot in the abdomen by an unidentified attacker. He was wounded near a downtown garage after the assailant stepped from a car and McHenry tried to drive to police headquarters before collapsing with an arm on the horn.

Springfield U.P David L. McHenry Clark County McHenry

Tuesday Final Day for Filing Hahn Motion

Anna Marie Hahn waits in a jail cell as her lawyers Joseph Houdin and Hiram Bol singer file a motion for a new trial by Tuesday. Judge Charles S. Bell will hear the motion before sentencing. Officials consider where she will be imprisoned during the wait, with proposals including the Marysville Women's Reformatory.

Cincinnati U.P Anna Marie Hahn Joseph Houdin Hiram Bolsinger

13 Die in Ohio On Week End

A weekend Ohio accident toll rises to at least 13 with a truck collision three miles south of Monroeville killing Walter Didelius 51 Hilda 20 and Richard 15. Mrs Didelius hospitalized. A second fatality comes when a car strikes a trailer near South Charleston killing Scott Allison 40. Charles Bohnendbarger 64 dies when Akron car mounts curb.

Columbus O.R Monroeville Ohio Walter Didelius Hilda Richard Didelius Norwalk South Charleston Scott Allison Jeffersonville Akron Charles Bohnendbarger

Loyalists Kill Foe After Refusing Surrender Near Biescas

Near Biescas Franco Spanish frontier a Loyalist squad attacked Nationalist guards trapped in a small village. After three days Loyalists surrounded each house forcing surrender or death. In the final house two guards and the Loyalists killed themselves rather than surrender.

Hendaye U.P Biescas

Legion Attacks Nazi Official Killinger Over Pacific Fleet Role

A Los Angeles American Legion committee calls for the recall of Manfred von Killinger German consul general in San Francisco. They accuse him of promoting Nazi propaganda and seeking information on the Pacific fleet. The appeal references his earlier Nazi official duties in Dresden.

Manfred von Killinger San Francisco Dresden United States Los Angeles American Legion Killinger Legion Committee Pacific Fleet

Duke of Windsor Plans Paris Study Then Possible Retreat

Paris dispatch reports the Duke of Windsor will study housing conditions in Paris and may seek rest in Austria or the French Riviera within weeks. Spokesmen deny any firm travel plans including a U.S tour, Denmark, Russia, or a return to Britain.

Duke of Windsor Paris America U.P Austria French Riviera United States Denmark Russia Britain George VI

Governor's Mother Held for Shooting

Mrs. R. C. Kelly 66 mother of Governor FE D Rivers of Georgia appeared on a 500 bond and waived preliminary hearing on an assault with intent to kill charge. The Nashville Arkansas resident admitted shooting 68 year old Nash ville alderman J R Page blaming a disagreement.

Nashville Ark U.P R. C. Kelly D. Rivers Georgia

Haitian Frontier Incident Closed After 1000 Deaths

CIUDAD TRUJILLO Dominican Republic UP reports a government statement that the frontier incident involving more than 1,000 Haitians killed has been closed. It was described as a private dispute between individuals on both sides of the border and not an international matter. It denied any troop deployment.

Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic

Steel output in Mahoning Valley slides to 46 percent capacity

The Mahoning Valley steel industry reports daily production at 46 percent of capacity, signaling a sharp drop in activity for the region. The report attributes the slowdown to ongoing market and supply pressures affecting mills locally.

Youngstown U.R Mahoning Valley

Roosevelt convenes advisers on stock market impact

President Roosevelt calls Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkins and government economists to the White House to discuss the stock market decline and the recession. Stephen Early said discussions may lead to reaffirmation of the pledge that no idle person shall starve during the winter.

Washington Roosevelt Works Progress Harry Hopkins White House Stephen T. Early

Soviets End Three Day Anniversary Celebration

Moscow marked the Soviet Union's 20th birthday with a general holiday as crowds marched for six hours past Stalin and other leaders. Provinces reported at least 33 more enemies of the people sentenced to death during the holiday.

Moscow U.P Russia Josef Stalin

Athens Community Chest Drives Half From Public and Small Businesses

The 1938 Athens Community Chest launches the second half of its $13 160 goal with a city wide canvass of homes and small businesses. A 5 PM street parade aims to spur contributions while noon vendor meetings at Hotel Berry set team plans.

Athens Margery Stalder Frank Murphey Margaret Haskins Dorothy Dent Arvilla van Dyke M. D. Hughes H. C. Dorman Earl Beckley William Fleck F. M. Wolfe William Price

Alarm Grows In Europe as Fascists Unite

Europe faces rising alarm as fascist nations move toward closer ties amid Italy's link with Germany and Japan. German and Italian warships practiced together near Gaeta, fueling fears of a broader fascist alliance and possible military clauses. European leaders discuss inviting South American nations to join the pact and widen influence.

Europe London U.P Italy Gaete

Oberlin Teacher Missing in Shansi Province China

Oberlin College teacher Miss Gladys Williams, daughter of late Oberlin alumnus George Williams from the class of 1888 killed in the Boxer Rebellion, is among nine missing after heavy fighting between Japanese forces and Chinese defenders of Taiyuanfu, the Shansi provincial capital.

Oberlin O.R Gladys Williams Oberlin College Shansi Province China George Williams Taiyuanfu

Millionaire offers to free Pomeroy and Middleport from debt

Capt John E Lyons a Middleport millionaire proposes to act as financial dictator for Pomeroy and Middleport. He will put up a $100 000 bond as debt guarantee and work free of charge with all income applied to village debts. He suggests uniting the towns into one city under the name Pomeroy.

Malcolm Hartley Messenger Pomeroy Pomeroy and Middleport John E. Lyons Capt. Lyons

Special prosecutor opens in Fowler murder trial in Pomeroy

Prosecutor L Crary Davis a Columbus attorney and former Meigs County Bar member acting as special prosecutor in the second degree murder trial of Roscoe Fowler suspended sheriff. Fowler is charged in the death of L Williamson a Meigs County farmer and Republican leader.

L. Crary Davis Columbus Meigs County Roscoe Fowler Pomeroy Fowler Lafe Williamson

Rank and File Push for Settlement Across Labor Groups

Negotiating committees of the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization press toward peace as two-year labor conflicts loom. Telegrams exceeded 300 to each group over the weekend signaling rising public demand for settlement. If approved the C I O would control coal steel autos rubber textiles clothing maritime and other industries while the A F of L would oversee building trades engraving and skilled railway clerks and machinists.

Washington U.P American Federation of Labor Committee For Industrial Organization A. F. of L

Japs Fight To Isolate Shanghai Area

Japanese troops crossed the Whangpoo River 17 miles south of Shanghai and General Matsui said the army would isolate the Chinese from Shanghai by Tuesday night. Reports spoke of heavy losses on both sides as Japanese planes resumed bombing missions to the south and west of the city amid strong resistance on the west bank.

Shanghai U.P Whangpoo River Twane Matsui Whangpoo

Gallipolis Woman Robbed and Injured by Auto Thief

Miss Jane Bovie a 22 year old Gallipolis resident was robbed of her car in Huntington by a bandit who wounded her with a knife Saturday night Police here were informed of the attack and theft.

Gallipolis Jane Bovie Huntington

Record Cotton Crop Forecast for Year

The Department of Agriculture forecast an all time record cotton production of 18 243 000 bales, up 679 000 bales from the forecast four months earlier.

Washington U.P Department of Agriculture

Suicide jumps from High Level bridge in Cleveland

Arthur J. Stockwell 23, sailor from Marine City Michigan, telephoned his wife to say he would kill himself and then jumped to his death from the High Level bridge in Cleveland on Sunday.

Cleveland U.P Arthur J. Stockwell Marine City Mich

Gallipolis Jurors Questioned In Fowler Murder Trial

Meigs County suspended sheriff Roscoe C. Fowler faces second degree murder charges for the alleged slaying of Lafe Williamson a 42 year old farmer and Republican leader at Eagles quarters. A 75 member jury pool was called and by noon 21 jurors were seated with adjournment pending possible challenges.

Pomeroy Roscoe C. Fowler Meigs County Lafe Williamson Eagles Fowler Williamson J. E. Bailey del Rice Charles Woode Iva Brown Thomas P. Weber Herman Wolfe W. B. Hannum Henry Mora Clifford Morris Birdie Norton Foster Reed Curtis Reed McCumber Meigs

Black Delivers First Formal Ruling of 1937 Term

Associate Justice Hugo L. Black brings the Supreme Court’s first formal decision of the 1937 38 term. The ruling upholds the federal trade commission cease and desist order against Standard Education Society publishers of a standard encyclopedia and remands the case for further findings before the FTC.

Washington U.P Hugo L. Black Supreme Court Black Federal Trade Commission Standard Education Society Trade Commission Second Circuit Court of Appeals Commission

Japs Invade Alaskan Salmon Fishing Field

Alaskan fishermen and West Coast unions plan a boycott of Japanese ships in reprisal for the invasion of salmon grounds off the Alaskan coast. They say the Japanese fleet has already ruined cod and crab fishing and threatens a salmon industry worth 100 million dollars annually.

San Francisco Alaskan

Fifteen Year Old Boy Kills Grand Rapids Journalist

In Whitehall Michigan Floyd Peterson a 45 year old Grand Rapids newspaperman was shot and killed at the home where he stayed. Foster Gee a 15 year old Whitehall High School student confessed to the deputy sheriff stating he shot Peterson after Peterson threatened his mother with a revolver.

Whitehall Mich Floyd Peterson Grand Rapids Ruby Gee Foster Gee Whitehall High School R. B. Merrick Peterson

Man Dies in Ohio Penitentiary Hospital

John Gullion aged 50 died in the prison hospital in Columbus. He spent 21 years in Ohio Penitentiary after being sentenced from Ironton on October 28, 1916 for first degree murder.

Columbus John Gullion Ohio Ironton

Williamson Case Chronicle Details Sheriff Fowler Murder Trial

A chronological summary of the Williamson case in Meigs County tracks Roscoe Fowler's murder trial for second degree murder as investigations unfold. Key dates include the June 27 discovery of Williamson, his July 17 death, witness sessions from July 20 onward, grand jury actions in September, and Fowler’s October 5 suspension.

Nature of Jap Reply Stirs Nine Power Conference

Delegates at the nine power conference hear that Japan will reply to peace terms with a negative but courteous stance. They remain skeptical Japan can be mediated in the China war. The Japanese response is anticipated by Wednesday with some hope of a potential approach.

Brussels Iu.pi Japan

Prosecutor Pledges Max Penalties for Bingo and Keno

Acting police prosecutor Sidney B. Fink announced plans to seek maximum penalties against operators of bingo and keno games in Cleveland. He urged strict enforcement as the issue drew attention from local authorities and residents.

Cleveland Sidney B. Fink

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Navy Pomerene Hahn Foe Legion Nazi Onirg Mary Kirk Raffray Wallis Warfield Ernest A. Simpson Wallis Raffray Jacques Raffrey Captain Simpson Raffrays Simpsons New York Karl Winfield Spencer Simpson England Prince of Wales Talesmen Charles Bernhard Henry W. Cherrington Manning Webster JL. Crary Davis Frank M. Acton Lancaster de Curtis Reed J. F. Hogan Fred W. Crow Reed Roscoe O. Fowler Eagles Lodge Hol«tev Hospital Peoples
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