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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1941

Page

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Third Cleveland Industries Hit By Four Day Strike

Defense production halted at Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co makers of bearings the third local plant struck in four days. Other actions included Plum Brook ordnance plant wage dispute and Midland Steel Products Co negotiations.

Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co Plum Brook Sandusky AFL OPM Graphite Bronze Co Mechanics Educational Society Midland Steel Products Co Cleveland United Automobile Workers CIO Detroit Monarch Aluminum Co Independent Aluminum Workers Organization, Inc Niles Steel Workers Organizing Committee Niles Rolling Mill Co Ernest Webb SWOC Akron

County Agents To Plan Ohio Food Increase

About 200 Ohio farm leaders met in Columbus to discuss proposed increases in dairy poultry pork soybeans and vegetables production as part of a national emergency effort. Extension service workers were summoned to plan agency roles while the fall conference Oct 14 17 was postponed due to the arm defense program. Farm women were urged to participate actively.

Columbus Ohio H. C Extension Service Ramtower T Here

Ohio Oil Company Buys Michigan Wells

Reed City Michigan. Ohio Oil Company buys Weber Oil Company holdings for 5 million dollars. Sale includes producing wells and all leases. Clark No 1 well yields 20000 barrels daily, largest in the field.

Ohio Oil Company Michigan Wells Reed City, Mich E Reed City Oil Field E Weber Oil Company Bayity Mich Ohio Oil Couy E Weber Company Clark No. 1

Sarah Knight Dies At Home Of Her Son

Mrs. Sarah E. Knight 91 died at Curtis Knight’s home on Klooper Street. Born 1850 near West Union Deddridge County West Virginia she was the eldest of nine children of Daniel and Nancy Hudkins. Her husband Hamilton Knight died 25 years ago. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 at Wesleyan Methodist Church Pratt Street with burial in Coolville Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 30 this evening at Curtis Knight’s home.

Sarah E. Knight Curtis Knight Klooper St Daniel Nancy Hudkins West Union Deddridge County W. Va Hamilton Knight Wesleyan Methodist Pratt St Coolville

Cox Says Ohio Solid Behind Foreign Policy

After meeting with President Roosevelt James M Cox declared Ohio sentiment is solid behind the President's foreign policy reflecting continued support from his state for the administration's international approach.

Cox Ohio Washington Roosevelt James M. Cox

Plan Rescue For Flier on Devil's Tower

SUNDANCE Wyoming George Hopkins a Rapid City daredevil remains atop Devil’s Tower with orders not to leave until rescuers reach him. He has a field tent blankets and dinner dropped by Clue Ice Spearfish with a descent planned by Ernest Field ranger and Warren Gorrell guide to reach the northeasterly spire for a midweek rescue after his tower landing on a wager.

Sundance Wyo George Hopkins Rapid City S. D Devil's Tower Wyoming Clue Ice Spearfish Flyer Rocky Mountain National Park Ernest Field Warren Gorrell Denver Wyoming Rock Hopkins

Urge Roosevelt to Press Religious Freedom in Soviet Union

Father Edmund A Walsh of Georgetown University urged President Roosevelt to directly push for full religious freedom in Soviet Russia. He said recent events show a definite and constructive move is needed, criticizing the Russian constitution's guarantees as a hollow shell after the president described them as similar to those in the United States.

Washington Roosevelt Soviet Russia Edmund A. Walsh Georgetown University United States Father Walsh

Striking Workers Warned to Return or Lose Jobs

Logan district WPA manager Fred Roose told about 200 road workers who quit protesting a split shift that they must return within five days or face automatic discharge under WPA rules. He cited equipment shortages as the cause of the schedule change.

Logan Fred Roose Zanesville

Bomb Six Synagogues In Unoccupied France

Six synagogues in Vichy’s unoccupied zone were bombed this morning in Paris. Explosions destroyed interiors and left walls standing as authorities investigated the incidents.

France Vichy Paris

Roosevelt Seeks Bipartisan Talk on Neutrality Act

President Roosevelt said a bipartisan conference with Senate leaders next Tuesday will decide on possible revisions to the Neutrality Act. He noted no thought of changing current combat zone delineations and warned against revoking the 1939 proclamation that blocks arming merchant ships.

Washington Roosevelt Senate Congress White House Bloom N. Y House Foreign Affairs Committee Pepper D. Fla Capitol Hill Taft Ohio Foreign Relations Committee Great Britain Russia Munitions Control Board United States Clark Fish Shannon Samuel B. Pettengill Indiana Robert E. Wood America First Committee Wheeler Mont Pettengill

Third World Series Game Postponed by Rain at Ebbets Field

The third game between the Yankees and Dodgers at Ebbets Field was postponed by Commissioner Landis after steady rain made the field unplayable.

Ebbets Field Brooklyn Yankees Dodgers Landis

Nazis Renew Aerial Raids On England

German attacks hit at least five towns in England as the Battle of Britain resumes with heavy casualties in the hardest hit city. RAF strikes targeted Brest St Nazaire and German-held airfields while ships were damaged off Gravelines and Dover Strait. An exchange of wounded prisoners paused operations at Newhaven and Dieppe.

London Britain Dover Strait RAF Brest France St Nazaire Gravelines

Army to finish eight recreation centers in 75 days

Lt. Col B. F. Vandervoort announced that eight recreation centers for soldiers and defense workers will be completed within 75 days across Ohio Indiana West Virginia and Kentucky as part of the Fifth Zone quarter master project.

Columbus B. F. Vandervoort Ohio Indiana West Virginia Kentucky

England backs Russia while banning Daily Worker

Morrison announces the Daily Worker will not resume publication as the government labels the Communist Party disloyal. Churchill’s Conservatives vote confidence in him for backing Russia as ally in the war against Hitler. The essay weighs public reaction to Soviet religious policy and warns against Moscow attempting to impose its world revolution.

America House of Commons Morrison Daily Worker Communist Party Great Conservative Party of Britain Churchill Russia England Hitler

Ohio Infantry Moves Back to Camp Shelby

Ohio's 37th Infantry Division is ordered to bivouac out of Alexandria and begin return to Camp Shelby Mississippi today. Leaves were cancelled and a 48 hour pass period interrupted as soldiers were recalled amid the sudden relocation.

Alexandria Ohio Camp Shelby Miss S7th

Mrs Susan Ebershach Succumbs in Pomeroy

Mrs Susan Ebershach age 77 died at her home in Pomeroy after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. She was widow of Val Ebershach and leaves a son Paul at home J P Kieling a son by a former marriage and three daughters Mrs Susie Evans of Zanesville Mrs Joe Raub of Pomeroy and Mrs Clarence Harbrecht Hamilton One son died two years ago.

Pomeroy Susan Ebershach Ebershach Val Ebershach Paul J. P. Kieling Susie Evans Zanesville Joe Raub Clarence Harbrecht Hamilton

Portsmouth Man Held On Manslaughter Charge

Arthur Bagby sixty four was held on a manslaughter charge after a park shooting that left Harry Wikoff thirty six dead. Bagby claimed self defense and said Wikoff had threatened him and carried a hammer. Police Captain Lee Startzman reported the statements.

Portsmouth Arthur Bagby Harry Wikoff Lee Startzman Bagby Wikoff Startzman

War Department Plans Columbus Recruitment Drive

The War Department asked the Fifth Corps Area at Columbus to recruit 3,301 men for three year enlistments during October November and December.

Columbus Fifth Corps War Department

Hitler Claims Gigantic Soviet Move Will Bring Victory

Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler returned to Berlin and told 25,000 Nazis that a gigantic new development in the Russian campaign began in the last hours and would smash the enemy in the east, asserting Russia had been beaten and praising German captures of 2.5 million prisoners, 22,900 guns, 18,000 tanks. Soviet reports meanwhile said Red Army had driven back German forces near Leningrad by about 30 miles and advanced at several fronts, with Red Star noting a river crossing after a 10 day battle.

Fucher Russia U.S.S.R Germany Hitler Churchill Fuehrer Berlin Gulf of Finland Black Sea Leningrad Red Star

Violence in Nazi Held Lands and Reprisals Across Europe

Reports from Berlin describe Prague mayor Otokar Klapka condemned to death by the German people's court for rebellion. Slovakia decrees death for sabotage as firing squads execute 18 in Prague and Brno with three Jews hanged as Gestapo agents amid a broader crackdown. Soviet fronts show counterattacks near Leningrad and heavy losses for German forces in Ukraine, while Moscow signals a potential new drive toward Moscow. In Australia John Curtain to form government after Fadden resignation. Japan protests oil and rubber shipments from the Netherlands East Indies to Russia as Tokyo warns of unfriendly attitudes.

Europe Berlin Prague Otokar Klapka Gestapo Protectorate Leningrad Klementi Voroshilovy Dnieper London Germany Moscow Ukraine Kharkov Donets River Australia John Curtain Arthur W. Fadden Netherlands East Indies Russia Koh Ishii Tokyo Indies

Officials Seek Cause Of Destructive Blast

Cumberland Maryland officials investigated a powerful explosion that damaged three two story buildings in the city core. It injured 23 people, two critically, with Theodore Hershberger and Dr John Christ among those at risk as flames trapped Hershberger for nearly an hour and hurled Christ from his second story office.

Cumberland Maryland Theodore Hershberger Cresaptown John Christ Hershberger Christ

Deferred Draftees May Lose Jobs for Army

Ohio employers were told by State Selective Service that men over 28 released from the army could replace draft age workers with occupational deferments. Lt. Col. Furman G. Spencer said the process should allow all selective service age men to gain military training and service.

Columbus Ohio Selective Service Furman G. Spencer

Firecracker Slayer Sentenced to One to Twenty Years

Hayes A. McLean 72, former Cedarville marshal, was sentenced in Xenia to one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary for the July Fourth eve killing of Wallace Collins an 18 year old Ohio State University student.

Xenia Hayes A. McLean Cedarville Ohio Penitentiary Wallace Collins Ohio State University

Fleishman Sentenced in Cemetery Lot Sindle Case

Chicago report says Lou Fleishman, 35, released from Columbus Ohio penitentiary, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to a cemetery lot swindle.

Chicago Ohio Columbus Lou Fleishman

Ohio Fuel Is Cut by Ickes

Eastern Ohio faces gasoline shortages as an Ickes order blocks shipments from the eastern seaboard. About one-tenth of Ohio’s supply is affected, with Pennsylvania and West Virginia supplying part of the region. Executives from two unnamed firms plan to protest but will keep shipments from the East.

Ohio Cleveland Seaboard Harold L. Ickes Pennsylvania West Virginia Midwest

Lindbergh to Speak Tonight in Fort Wayne Address

Charles A. Lindbergh will address a select audience under police protection at the Gospel Temple in Fort Wayne Indiana. The event sponsored by the America First Committee seats 4 000 and will be broadcast at 8 30 p m CST Senator D Worth Clark will also speak. Idaho listed as state of senator.

Fort Wayne Ind Charles A. Lindbergh America First Committee Gospel Temple D. Worth Clark

Westinghouse to furlough 300 workers in Mansfield

Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company announced it would furlough 300 workers here next Monday due to an OPM order curtailing refrigerator production. The firm had laid off 700 others last Monday because of a materials shortage.

Mansfield Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company

Boy 13 Electrocuted Touching Wires in Tree

In Cincinnati a 13 year old, John Helton son of Mrs Pearl M Helton of Norwood, was electrocuted after touching live electric wires while perched in a tree.

Cincinnati John Helton Pearl M. Helton Norwood

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