03 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1938
Page
1
The federal government closed the first quarter with a gross deficit of 700,983,353. Expenditures rose to 2,210,165,385 while income stood at 1,509,182,032. Officials warn the year end deficit could approach 2.8 billion amid relief, defense, and recovery spending.
Fritz Kuhn, head of the Nazi German American Bund, was blocked from speaking at a Bund rally in Union City New Jersey as American war veterans pelted the hall with bricks. Police repelled attempts to enter. Kuhn canceled the engagement and left under protection.
In the House of Lords Foreign Minister Viscount Halifax said Britain was prepared to advance 10,000,000 pounds immediately to Czechoslovakia in response to a Czech request for a 30,000,000 pound loan. Prague sought aid after losing key territories under the Munich agreement.
Granville U P funeral services were held for Rev Charles Newton Harford a Baptist minister who served for 76 years. He died Saturday five days after celebrating his 1100th birthday anniversary in Granville.
Washington reports the administration plans liberalizing federal Social Security to counter state pension schemes dubbed shortcuts to Utopia. Congress may revise the system before new tax legislation, while treasury talks with Ways and Means are delayed to confirm committee personnel.
Reports say over 100 Arabs died in weekend clashes with British troops in Palestine amid widespread disorders. In separate incidents nineteen Jews were killed and three wounded at Kiryat Shmuel near Tiberias, while ten Arabs perished and four were wounded by a land mine explosion at Jaffa.
Taxpayers suit filed in the Ohio Supreme Court seeks to force the state division of Aid for the Aged to conform with pension law. Marc Grossman represents Edgar S. Byers against Gov. Davy Welfare Director Margaret Allman and Wray Bevens in Cleveland Heights.
Elyria report says five men accused of operating slot machines in Lorain County were to go on trial today on charges that they bribed Sheriff William F. Grall for police protection.
Deputies said Police Chief J. T. Speake aged 58 and Ernest Lee Horton aged 33 of Courtland Alabama killed each other in a pistol duel at the Moulton fairgrounds. The men stood ten paces apart behind a tent and fired. Horton was wounded three times in the chest and Speake once in the heart. Both died within minutes.
A planned sugar beet strike by workers in Ohio and Michigan was postponed after a Sunday meeting in Blissfield Michigan. The agreement bars immediate action while a proposal is reviewed by the beet growers association and presented to members Thursday night.
Bruno Mussolini will wed Gina Roberti daughter of the president of the court of appeal. The wedding is set for October 19 marking the start of the 17th year of the Fascist dictatorship.
Paris dispatch reports Arturo Toscanini, famed Italian conductor, is “in bad” with the Italian government as Milan authorities seize his passport to stop him from traveling to the United States for a series of radio concerts. He is said to have left his home without passport, crossing into France, aiming to sail to the United States on Wednesday. his anti Fascist stance is cited by Milan police.
Chairman Dies of the House committee investigating un American activities urged funding for two years and at least 150000 dollars to pursue Nazi and Fascist financing by certain high industrialists. The panel now operates on 25000 dollars and resumes hearings next Tuesday amid criticism from the National Association of Manufacturers.
William sburg Kentucky Whitley County jury spared Sam Gilley father of four from the death penalty in a case charging him with raping a 14 year old girl near Poplar Creek last June 3. Judge J J Tye was set to sentence him later. This marked the county’s second time invoking the death penalty.
The Queen Mary docked in New York with 2,112 passengers, many booking late due to European war fears. Among them were A. Harry Moore of New Jersey, actress June Lang, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and Count George Polocki, Polish ambassador to the United States.
United Press reports the New York truck strike ending as the Highways Transport Association signed a contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, resolving a shutdown that had halted commerce in the greater New York area.
In the Sudetenland, Hitler pledged lasting security as German troops advance and a four powers commission may review limits on heavy weapons. Czech forces withdraw in order, while Henlein takes on the Sudeten commissioner role and martial law details are established for occupied areas.
Eight Supreme Court justices opened the 1938 39 term at noon as President Roosevelt is expected to name a new justice before recess next June. The opening carried less drama than last year with Hugo L Black beginning his second term amid normal proceedings. The term may see rulings on TVA validity the new farm program and the wages and hours law while attention centers on the vacancy left by the late Benjamin Cardozo.
The 58th AFL annual convention opened in Houston with leaders urging broad changes to New Deal social and labor reforms. They threaten a possible split with the president over the NLRB personnel and Wagner Act amendments. If unresolved, the first test will be Senate confirmation of Donald Wakefield Smith to the NLRB this winter.
In Hagerstown Maryland police hunt the origin of arsenic found in 284 pounds of ponhaus a meat pudding. Eighty pounds were sold before warnings and 78 eaters required medical care after consuming the product. The remaining ponhaus was confiscated by health officials.
William P. Stansbury a Middleport druggist filed for divorce from Arline M. Stansbury formerly Arline Graff in common pleas court on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The couple married in August and Arline recently resigned as county extension agent.
Twelve anti-Nazi demonstrators were under arrest after clashes outside California Hall where a German day celebration drew 150 protesters. Police three times pushed back the crowd as 2,500 members of the United German Societies attended the event.
Hollywood mourns veteran silent film star Conway Tearle age 60 who died Saturday night of heart disease. Friends gathered for funeral services with private Christian Science rites and cremation planned afterward.
Tonight is Auction Back Night at the Athens Armory. Virgil Maxwell will start selling merchandise at 7:30 with bidding to the highest bidder. Buyers use Auction Bucks issued with Athens store purchases. cash is not accepted. Arrive early to view items and collect Bucks.
Charles Buddy Rogers 35, band leader and husband of Mary Pickford, escaped with minor injuries after a car overturned three times and struck a pole near Delaware Ohio at 3 35 a m A torn ligament in his right arm and bruises were reported A bus driver found him and two others in the wreck and took them to University Hospital Ben Feaman and Jack Henderson also injured with torn ligaments and a forehead cut Henderson was the driver and owner of the car The trio were en route from Fremont to Columbus where Rogers planned to catch a plane Miss Pickford was expected to fly from New York prior to meeting Rogers Feaman and Henderson are Rogers band members who had played at Rainbow Gardens Fremont Sunday night
A new coalitions formed by 400 Ohio AFL leaders will support Republican John W. Bricker in the gubernatorial race. The Ohio AFL has not endorsed any candidate as an organization, though AFL President William Green personally backs Democrat Charles Sawyer.
Alfred Duff Cooper, former first lord of the admiralty, accused Neville Chamberlain of appeasement and warned Britain would lose its empire if it did not resist domination of Europe by a single power. He contrasted “mailed fist” with “sweet reasonableness” as he opened a major foreign policy debate.
The Foreign Policy Association warns that world armament costs may erode democracy as spending rose from 4 billion dollars in 1933 to over 17 billion in 1938. It urges an international economic conference to establish lasting peace and protect free economies.
The Meigs County Grand Jury convened for the October term at about 10 o clock after Judge C E Peoples delivered the customary charge. No major cases were listed. four intoxication arrests occurred Saturday night in Pomeroy: George Bodkins, Ray Clifton, Milvin Grimm, and Alphonse Schorn.
Insurgent forces pushed on the Ebro front as Loyalists held firm in a stubborn offensive. Reports from both sides said the civil war stalled by heavy rains, with no clear breakthrough and fighting continuing at the frontier near Hendaye.
Marshal Alexander Averescu aged 79 and a three time Roumanian premier died Sunday night. He served as commander in chief of the Roumania army during World War I and was a prominent political figure.
Martha Jean Matter, 12, faced a crucial choice at a coroner’s inquest in Brookfield. Her changing account could confirm a murder charge against her father James J. Matter or support the original claim that Marguerite Matter died by suicide.
Polish forces extended control over former Czechoslovak land in TESCHEN and area around Oslo River, aiming to complete reoccupation within 10 days. The region covers 325 square miles with about 260 000 residents, including 160 000 Poles, and holds coal deposits and 60 miles of the Bojumin Kosice rail line.
The weather bureau warns of a disturbance about 350 miles southeast of Nantucket increasing in strength as it moves northeastward. It will bring northeast and north gales off the coast later today and tonight.
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