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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1939
Page
1
German reconnaissance aircraft probed the Paris region before dispersal by heavy anti aircraft fire. Paris alarm sounded at 4 20 am with an all clear at 5 20 am. Germans resumed patrols from Luxembourg to the Swiss border amid tense border watch and French rail movement surveillance.
A Columbus fire destroyed a two story building used by the Arcades bus system and burned six buses. Damage was estimated at 30 000 dollars. Four men Charles Konitz Harry Lee Joseph Maurer and Harry Johnson suffered minor burns while pushing a gasoline truck away. Gasoline caught fire when a tank overflowed.
In Cincinnati federal court Judge Mac Swinford overruled motions by defense in the Arlington Memorial Park cemetery lot fraud case. A motion by federal prosecutors to consolidate conspiracy to defraud and mail fraud indictments was granted, advancing the government’s consolidation plan.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon in Pilgrim Church for Dr. Dan Freeman Bradley age 82 who died of heart disease Sunday in Cleveland.
Finnish Foreign Minister J E Erkko announced the negotiations with the Soviet Union have ended definitively with the Finnish delegation returning to Helsingfors. Moscow had demanded control measures including a naval base on the Hango Peninsula and fortifications around Kronstadt, Hogland and other Gulf islands, threatening Finland's Arctic access and defense.
A major quake near Seattle rattled a 200 mile radius just before midnight with 11:47 p.m. tremor lasting 30 seconds. Brick walls and pavements cracked as residents poured into streets. University of Washington seismologists rated it strong with postshocks felt afterward.
Berlin report says 43 people died and 60 were hurt in a collision between two passenger trains near Oppeln Prussia. The single track line between Langheren and Rosengrund near Breslau was blocked as a special commission investigates. Authorities cited possible signalman negligence.
Addison Q. Thacher and John Carey were declared elected as the sixth day of vote counting in Toledo's proportional representation city council election commenced. The tally shows nine councilmen in total, with Thacher and Carey securing sufficient votes.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor warns extremists in labor and industry to temper policies for industrial harmony. His book Labor and Democracy, to be published November 16 by Princeton University Press, outlines a five point program safeguarding democracy through strong labor voice, collective bargaining, labor representation in government, preventing unrest, and no government media control.
Washington sources say Democratic leaders fear a Roosevelt third term could trigger a party rift that sidelines the ticket in the November election. The group naming potential nominees includes Roosevelt, Vice President Garner, James Farley, Cordell Hull, and Paul McNutt, with McNutt seen as a compromise candidate if Roosevelt steps back. Garner campaign managers push for second choice support from state favorites like Hull in Tennessee and McNutt in Indiana. Farley opposes McNutt, complicating the swing toward a single ballot at the 1940 convention.
President Roosevelt sent congratulations to Catholic University on fifty years of Catholic education leadership. A letter to rector Monsignor Joseph M Corigan was read at the convocation marking the golden jubilee in Washington with Pope Pius XII noted in the occasion.
The British liner Sirdhana sank off Singapore. Survivors included Nicola an American magician from Monmouth Illinois and members of his company. A Japanese vessel third officer and British naval launches aided in rescue along with Japanese sampan men.
Harold H. Burton was to take the oath as Cleveland mayor for a third term choosing to ignore superstition about the 13th. The previous Cleveland mayor delayed the ceremony years ago to avoid the date.
A British reconnaissance aircraft that attacked a German submarine yesterday is believed to have scored a direct hit, the air ministry announced today.
France and Great Britain informed the foreign office that many troops would leave North China. They stressed no loss of rights under Chinese treaties. Some saw it as a step toward British withdrawal from Shanghai. Yomiuri hailed improved Anglo Japanese relations and forecast more gains. The British framed the withdrawal as a calmer Far Eastern scene aided by the Soviet German non aggression pact.
Vatican reports say Pope Pius XII will convene a consistory shortly before Christmas to appoint two American cardinals. Likely selections include Archbishop Francis Spellman of New York and a second American cardinal from San Francisco. A new Chicago archbishop may also be named at the same time.
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund faced trial on embezzlement charges over 5641 bond funds. Assistant DA Herman McCarthy would read telegrams allegedly from Kuhn to Florence Camp in San Francisco and other cities showing 717 used for gifts to her.
The French freighter San Jose arrived at Willemstad after about an hourlong pursuit by an unidentified submarine seven miles offshore. The master said heavy seas prevented an attack and the San Jose escaped due to its speed.
Mrs. Hatta Johnson, 32, a mother of two, was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in her Toledo garage. Authorities treat the death as accidental.
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill denouncing Adolf Hitler as a corned maniac, signaling a derailment of Dutch Belgian peace mediation. Chamberlain echoed a vow to continue war until victory, condemning Nazi atrocities in Poland and rejecting any peace concessions.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd arrives with Penguin 1 at the Boston army base at 8 a.m. after a 19 day 1000 mile trip from Chicago. The North Star is to sail tonight toward the Antarctic followed later by the Bear as part of the government expedition led by Byrd. The cruiser departed Chicago October 26 under Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, director of Armour Research Foundation.
Paul Anthony, 54, of Warren, died in a Cleveland hospital from injuries after a two car crash about seven miles east of Chagrin Falls in Geauga County. Six others were hurt in the collision yesterday.
The Dun Glen mine tipple of the Han Jna coal company near Adena St Clairsville was destroyed by fire Sunday. The blaze started from a blow torch, and officials announced plans to rebuild the structure.
Geauga County sheriff searches for three hunters who shot Robert Fenwick 32 director of the county farm bureau after he ordered them off his Claridon Township farm. Fenwick was found semi conscious and wounded in the abdomen hip and thigh and remained in serious condition. A $1000 reward was posted by the Chagrin Falls Fish and Game Protective Association for arrest and conviction.
Under Secretary of Commerce Edward J. Noble told transportation officials that rising Latin American tourist traffic would boost U S employment and create new business for steamship lines hit by the European war. The conference, held by the commerce department, seeks methods to spur Latin American tourism amid the suspension of North Transatlantic liner service due to the neutrality act.
Charles J. McFadden a 61 year old Mansfield Reformatory guard lay in the hospital with a skull fracture and an eye injury after an unprovoked attack by Ralph Copeland 21 a Negro prisoner from Allen County Superintendent Arthur L Glattke reported the guard was beaten when he spoke to Copeland about factory work at the furniture shop.
Capone nears release after ten years on tax charges with federal agents guarding the escape plan. The jailed racketeer may be in Terminal Island or Miami Beach or another city, while authorities keep the location secret amid threats to his life.
The Hague reports Premier De Geer pledges Dutch mobilization as protection while neutrality remains intact. Britain and France respond to peace proposals. Spaak and Van Kleffens discuss Belgian Dutch cooperation. U S officials advise Americans to consider leaving Holland if possible.
Governor Bricker named Charles 8. Sheppard Cambridge attorney to fill the Guernsey County common pleas judgeship left by the late Milton H. Turner. The appointment follows Turner's death and covers an important county court seat in Columbus.
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