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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1940
Page
1
The Treasury forecasts a peace time outlay of 13 billion dollars for the current fiscal year with a deficit around 5.76 billion. This would be the second highest annual outlay in U S history behind 1919. Defense costs and carryover from vast appropriations shape the large figures.
Wendell Willkie decried any one man ruling a city and urged full civil liberties as national defense. He called Mayor Frank Hague a "puny Hitler" and denounced Jersey City as a hub of corruption while urging no third term and pledging to defend constitutional rights amid police protection. He spoke at Journal Square and prepared to address Newark Stadium at 8 p.m.
George C. Mathison reports to police that he and Londoners feel a bond under bombardment. He says every night between midnight and 1 am an empty milk bottle is smashed against his front door.
The Messenger begins a new series today highlighting the Thought Control Clinic at the famed Boston Dis pensary. Page Four features the first of several articles exploring psychology's role in medical cures.
Washington AP report notes conscription registration draws near for Oct 16 with about 16.5 million men to register. Officials say lack of a full director hampers decisions. Lt. Col. Hershey acts without title while others urge Maj. Gen. Gullion or a civilian appointee. Local draft boards to be chosen by governors this week.
Columbus reports a predicted record Ohio general election turnout of about 3.25 million on November 5 with a presidential race forecast at 3.15 million. Secretary of State George M. Neffner cites heavy registrations and high interest in Roosevelt and Willkie, noting current records from 1936.
Illinois politics cooled as the body of Gov Henry Horner lay in state for a military funeral tomorrow. Republican and Democratic leaders paused their disputes to pay tribute to the two term governor who died at age 61 after a two year illness in Winnetka.
Washington reports Ohio is among four states eyed for a Navy gun parts plant costing about 10 million dollars and employing 1,500 people. Rear Admiral William R. Furlong, ordnance bureau head, says sites in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois are also under survey alongside Ohio.
A CIO National Maritime Union survey shows Great Lakes seamen earning the highest wages in American merchant marine history.
Rome official Stefani news agency reports New York Times correspondent Herbert Matthews has been asked to leave Italy. The dispatch allegedly stated Italy was involved in the U S presidential election and could harm bilateral relations.
The CIO United Automobile Workers postponed a walkout planned today at Midland Steel Products Co. in Cleveland pending a meeting between union and company representatives with federal conciliators.
Supreme Court justices opened the 1940 41 term in Washington with high hopes for decisions on national defense and the wage hour act. The justices appeared healthy and greeted friends as court crier T Perry Lippitt announced Oyez Oyez Oyez.
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, will report Wednesday at Wright Field, Ohio, to begin a year of service as a captain in the air corps specialist reserves, instead of today as previously planned. The change was announced by Wright Field officials.
In Key West a 70-year-old man identified as Karl Tanzler Van Cosel faced a hearing on a charge of removing a body from a vault without permission. He allegedly preserved the 19 year old woman’s body for seven years using wax, keeping it in a bed with bracelets and a veil, while he slept nearby.
Clouds hung over Crosley Field two hours before the sixth World Series game as Cincinnati prepared to face Detroit. The weatherman predicted little rain and infield canvas protected play. Bucky Walters was set to face Rowe as Detroit led 3 games to 2. Commissioner Landis expected to allow continuation despite any showers.
Ohio fatalities rise with 21 dead and seven teen victims after two cars collide near Van Wert. Judge Earle F Ferguson 63 and Mrs Ferguson among the injured critically. Pedestrians and riders including Vernon Fawcett James Clifford and Donald Bardon among the dead across several towns.
George G. Whitehead longtime publicity chief for the Ohio Republican organization died suddenly from a heart ailment at age 52. He previously served as editor of the Ohio Republican News and had declined an offer to head publicity for the National Republican Committee’s Midwest division.
Former attorney general Harry M. Daugherty, 80, was reported slightly better today after a week with a heart ailment. He is being given oxygen as his condition improves at an Columbus hospital.
Four or more inmates escaped from the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster last night. Jail authorities and local police launched a search, with investigators seeking to recapture the runaways and verify the escape details.
The British Air Ministry outlines a policy of industrial and military destruction aimed at crippling Germany’s factories and morale. The approach prioritizes military targets like the Krupp munitions works at Essen over civilian sites, arguing that a damaged war economy defeats the war more effectively than bombing cities.
The War Department launches a new purchasing policy to curb profiteering on defense factory sites after estimating land speculators cost nearly $500,000 in two months. The loss was tied to seven plants where contracts have been signed, totaling $111,000,000 in plant value to be privately built and operated but government-financed and owned.
New York reports the British motor tanker British General was torpedoed for the second time in 14 hours, about 700 miles west of Ireland. Mackay radio picked up two messages, the first from yesterday afternoon at 1 30 p m EST, the second at 3 24 a m today.
Middles town Ohio firemen battled a blaze at the Sorg Paper Company plant Sunday. Dozens were hospitalized or sent home due to smoke fumes and gas from paper pulp. Estimated damage ranged from 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. Fire Chief Elmer Reed among those injured.
In Portsmouth a 16 year old girl named Jane Pittenger shot herself fatally after being reprimanded for returning home late from a ball game. Coroner J D Rose reported.
In Columbus a milder Ohio winter and rising private industry activity push relief expenses down. State relief consultant William Hartsough notes substantial drops in direct relief costs since 1939 and expects lower winter costs than last year. WPA administrator Dr. Carl Watson says 105,000 workers can be financed for six months with $630,000 monthly for materials, though sponsor shares remain a hurdle.
Hyde Park dispatch reports President Roosevelt planning a midday train trip to Watervliet Arsenal New York to inspect a defense facility producing guns for the army and navy. The establishment operates around the clock turning out 37 millimeter to 16 inch guns, dating to 1812, with output exceeding 1,000 cannon in the 14 months ending Sept. 30 and set for expansion after coldworking equipment and a new shrink pit are added.
Hamilton area report says Marshal Cain of New Miami fired during a weekend disturbance after being attacked with a knife. Edward Allen, 20, died and Charles Allen, 43, was wounded. coroner notes Cain claimed self defense and duty.
Secretary Knox called up about 1 000 Ohio naval and marine reservists as part of 27 591 reservists nationwide serving on active duty. The weekend order increased total active officers and men to 239 281, the highest since World War I, applying to all organized and fleet reserves.
German and Italian troops reportedly moved into Romania as Axis plans floated a Black Sea naval base. The reports suggest Turkey could become involved in a Southeast Europe move, with a possible Dardanelles objective and Romania protected against further Balkan gains. London dispatches noted British interest in Germany’s troop movements and a hoped RAF-led counteroffensive.
The Rev. William Penny of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Yarmouth Nova Scotia says he is tired of fooling around with poor-box thieves and will install three small safes embedded in concrete in the church.
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