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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1938

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Religious Revival Follows Nazi Riots in Austria

In Vienna Catholic leaders forecast a religious revival after riots in which a crucifix and religious works were burned. Attendance at services rose, and Cardinal Innitzer urged parental participation in religious education. Nazi squads guarded leaders as street clashes left a priest seriously injured and a secretary injured narrowly escaping.

Vienna U.P Austria Cardinal Innitzer New Storm Center

Snide Trial Resumed Before Three Judges

Earl Snide aged 18 faces first degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of Flor ence Hartman 22. The trial before a three judge court reopened as Snide claimed amnesia about the June 16 shooting. Dr J D O'Brien one of three experts who found Snide sane was to testify.

Canton Earl Snide Florence Hartman Snide J. D. O'Brien

Kidnaper Frees Child as Pursuit Closes In

John McDiarmid age 21 confessed to kidnapping four year old Lois Sears from her Dayton home and releasing her when Alfred Sears pursued him. He broke into the Sears residence Saturday night and was captured Sunday after police checked his license number.

Dayton John McDiarmid Lois Sears Alfred Sears McDiarmid Sears

Republican Chief John D. Hamilton to Speak Here Thursday

John D. Hamilton national Republican Party chairman will speak in Youngstown on Thursday Oct 20 the Mahoning County Republican organization announced today.

Youngstown U.P John D. Hamilton National Republican Party Mahoning County Republican Organization

20 Killed In German Air Crash

Twenty people died when an airliner crashed near Soest Germany while flying from Brussels to Berlin. Most victims were believed German, including a man his wife and their three children. The Savoia type plane belonged to S A R E N A Line. Investigators sought the cause as witnesses described mid air breakup above a 1000 foot cloud ceiling.

Soest Germany U.P Brussels Berlin Duesseldorf Societe Anonyme Belge D’exploitation de la Navigation Arienne

Right-of-Way Dispute Ends With Murder

In Cincinnati a dispute over right of way on a highway led to a fatal shooting. Edward R. Andres Jr., 18, was killed after a group including Rosemary Andrew 16 William Lestetter 17 and Elmer Wirth 19 were forced at gunpoint by an unidentified motorist who had lured them from a cafe by promising entertainment. The assailant fled.

Cincinnati U.P Edward R. Andres, Jr Andres Rosemary Andrew William Lestetter Elmer Wirth Rapid Run Pike Price Hill Wirth

Zanesville Publisher Heads Ohio Select List

O B Littick of The Zanesville Signal and Times Recorder was elected president of the Ohio Select List of daily newspapers at the annual meeting. He succeeds R F Fletcher of The Portsmouth Times. A C Hudnutt of the Elyria Chronicle Telegram was chosen vice president. C H Spencer of The Newark Advocate was re elected secretary for his 26th term. New directors include C V Hughes East Liverpool Review, George Culbertson Mt Vernon Republican News, and Littick.

Columbus U.P O. B. Littick Zanesville Signal and Times-Recorder Ohio R. F. Fletcher Portsmouth Times A. C. Hudnutt Elyria Chronicle-Telegram Littick C. H. Spencer The Newark Advocate C. V. Hughes East Liverpool Review George Culbertson Mt. Vernon Republican News

First Division Clubs Receive Series Money

Major leagues first division clubs apart from the Cubs and Yankees shared 1938 World Series funds. Boston and Pittsburgh each earned 32,557.10 dollars, Cleveland and New York 21,704.73, while Detroit and Cincinnati each received 10,852.37.

NEW York U.P Cubs Yankees Boston Red Sox Pittsburgh Pirates Cleveland Indians New York Giants Detroit Tigers Cincinnati Reds

Famous Art Gallery Fire Threatens Walters Treasury

Six firemen injured while battling a three alarm blaze that swept the Henry Walters home adjacent to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. Officials said the priceless Walters bequest to the city likely escaped damage as flames were kept from the gallery building.

Baltimore Walters Art Gallery Henry Walters Walters

Slot Machine Trial In Elyria Delayed

The Elyria trial of five men accused of bribing officials to run slot machines was delayed due to the serious illness of defendant David Crawford Sr ninety one. He is described as seventy one and suffering from a heart ailment at his Lorain home. Doctor Paul W. Smith cited fear and worry as the cause.

Elyria David Crawford Lorain Paul W. Smith Guy B. Findley Crawford

U.S. Case Against Medical Group Nearing Completion

The government’s anti trust case against the American Medical Association moves toward indictment. A special grand jury will hear the matter in secret sessions starting Oct. 17. The dispute centers on coercive tactics against a cooperative prepaid health group begun by 2500 federal workers.

Washington American Medical Association AMA Group Health Association

Verdi Police Blockade Averts ILO Invasion

Sheriff Ray Root posted deputies on highways into Verdi Nevada to deter a suspected CIO invasion from San Francisco. CIO leader Louis Goldblatt denied any plan for large scale picketing of Isbell Construction Company road project, saying longshoremen had no arrangements to march.

Verdi Nev U.P Ray Root Committee For Industrial Organization San Francisco CIO Louis Goldblatt Northern California Isbell Construction Company

Local 60 year old dies from car exhaust in garage

Dayton report says George Dietrich age 60 died today from carbon monoxide inhalation in a garage. Coroner C W Small ruled the death accidental.

Dayton U.P George Dietrich C. W. Small

Assassination of Bulgarian Army Chiefs Shocks Sofia

In Sofia, Maj. Gen. Ivan Peeff chief of staff of the Bulgarian army and his aide Maj. Stoyanoff were shot in the street outside the ministry of justice. The killer, identified as Viasseff from Stanimaka, shot them then killed himself. he had been released from prison three weeks earlier after a murder sentence.

Sofia Bulgaria U.P Ivan Peeff Peeff Maj Stoyanoff Viasseff Stanimaka Ministry of Justice War Office

Japanese and Chinese Claim New Victories

Shanghai reports Japanese occupation of Sinyang on the Hankow Chengchow line. Chinese dispatches claim a major signal victory on the Tehan front with 20 000 Japanese killed in the Tehan sector.

Shanghai U.P Sinyang Hankow-Chengchow Tehan

Editor in Chief and wife Die in Anti-Hitler Pact

Dr. Rudolf Thomas, editor-in-chief of the Prager Tagblatt, and his wife died after taking an overdose of sleeping potion in Prague. Doctors said there was no hope for their survival.

Prague Rudolf Thomas Prager Tagblatt

Hitler Begins Drive Against Nazi Foes

Hitler launches a new campaign to liquidate Marxists and other state enemies in the Sudetenland. He declares the Reich’s defenses extended and claims Mussolini as the only real friend while denouncing British and French leaders critical of his peace terms. Churchill to respond in a radio address. Chamberlain aims to resolve Mediterranean issues tied to the Spanish Civil War with Italian troop withdrawals and border controls.

Joe Alex Morris United Press Europe Germany Fuehrer Adolf Hitler Sudetenland Reich Benito Mussolini Hitler Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Alfred Duff Cooper Arma Ments Churchill Neville Chamberlain Pravda Communist Party Lindbergh Russia Munich

Poor Girl Barker Denies Million Inheritance Claims

Jessie Barker, living in Louisville with her mother and stepfather, denies receiving a million dollar inheritance from her father Jesse Barker of Peoria. The family says she will get the money next spring while she subsists on about 1000 dollars monthly.

Jessie Barker Louisville Wright Barr Miss Barker Jesse Barker Peoria Ill

Auto Workers Back on Jobs Temporarily

Sixteen thousand automobile workers idled by a Plymouth plant walkout returned to work in Detroit today. UAW officials planned talks with Chrysler on enforcing a 32 hour week to give unemployed workers more hours, while Briggs closing Mack Avenue plant and Buick workers delaying a strike vote after talks with GM officials over seniority violations.

Detroit U.P Plymouth Chrysler Company United Automobile Workers Chrysler Mack Avenue Briggs Manufacturing Company Buick Motor Car Company Flint General Motors

Hahn Appeal Is Dismissed

The U S Supreme Court dismissed Anna Marie Hahn of Cincinnati from the Ohio Supreme Court affirmation of her death sentence for first degree murder. The court also refused to review California court decisions denying freedom to Thomas J Mooney, serving life for participation in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco.

Washington United States Supreme Court Anna Marie Hahn Cincinnati Ohio Supreme Court California Thomas J. Mooney San Francisco

Reinforcements to Palestine Against Arab Rebels

The colonial office announced that strong reinforcements were en route to Palestine for a campaign to suppress Arab uprisings. An intensive military plan has been mapped out to confront the Arab rebels and restore order.

London Colonial Office Palestine

Showdown on Smith Sought By Federation

The American Federation of Labor plans a showdown with President Roosevelt over the reappointment of Donald Wakefield Smith to the National Labor Relations Board and the Wagner Act. Delegates at the 58th convention will likely approve a resolution asking Senators and candidates to declare their position on Smith's confirmation. The convention will then address calls to modify the Wagner Act to curb NLRB power.

Houston Tex American Federation of Labor Senate Roosevelt Donald Wakefield Smith National Labor Relations Board A. F. of L Committee For Industrial Organization Federation Smith NLRB

Nazi Troops Take Control In Sudeten Border Zone

Nazi storm troopers moved into Zone No. 5 in Sudetenland with the German army, initiating police control as two Sudeten Germans died and multiple others wounded in a clash on the Elbe River bridge. Postal and transport services were cut, and many shops closed while veterans were urged to return to postal work.

Aussig Sudetenland U.P Nazi No. 5 Elbe River

Army Begins Greatest Maneuvers in History

At Fort Bragg North Carolina the U S Army launches the largest air maneuvers in U S history. A fleet of 65 enemy planes from Langley Field Virginia will invade eastern North Carolina covering 39 counties and 20 000 square miles. The exercise tests anti air defense and air combat coordination.

Fort Bragg N. C U. S. Army Langley Field North Carolina

Burial set for Howard Seaman proprietor of regional firms

Howard Seaman 62 owner of business enterprises in New Lexington Zanesville and Cambridge will be buried Wednesday after dying Sunday in a Zanesville hospital.

New Lexington Howard Seaman Zanesville Cambridge

Czechoslovakia moves toward a German orbit amid territorial shifts

Neutral observers note Czechoslovakia’s rapid transformation into a compact republic under German influence. The state loses independence as Germany gains border zones and industrial assets while Prague seeks neutrality to avoid direct Eastward confrontation. Polish occupation of Bohumin proceeds with Czech withdrawal ahead of schedule.

Germany Sudeten Hungary Komarom Czechoslovakia Sovaks Switzerland Bohumia Silesian Bohumin

Probe Causes of Airplane Crash Sunday

Federal inspectors work to determine the cause of a Sunday plane crash that killed four people and seriously injured another. Victims include James Small a 25 year old surveyor from Abram Aerial Surveys in Lansing and Orlie Berkley a 24 year old aerial photographer from Eau Claire.

Eau Claire Wis James Small Marion Abram Aerial Surveys Lansing Mich Orlie Berkley Robert FE. Butler Butler Small Berkeley Willis Kyser Niles

Milk Dealers To Test Federal Control Laws

The case began today in Judge John H. Duffel's court as part of a federal challenge to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1937. Eleven of fourteen suits allege milk dealers refused to comply with provisions establishing minimum prices in sales between producers and processors.

Cincinnati U.pla John H. Duffel United States District Court

Two British Vessels Hit by Rebel Bombs

Loyalist reports say two British ships were struck by Nationalist bombs during a weekend of air raids. The Transit was hit during raids on Valencia, and the Bramhill caught fire in a bombardment of Barcelona Harbor on Sunday.

Barcelona U.P Valencia

Southwestern Kidnapper Given Life Sentence

John Couch aged 25, described as a southwestern desperado, received life imprisonment from Federal District Judge M. M. Joyce for kidnapping Peggy Gross and Daniel Cox Fahey Jr. of St Louis Missouri, in Minneapolis Minnesota.

Minneapolis

Printers Oppose Change In Judiciary Procedure

The Ohio Typographical Conference adopted a resolution opposing a proposed constitutional amendment for appointing Ohio Supreme and Appeals Court judges. The resolution was approved at Marion.O.

Marion O.P Ohio Supreme and Appeals Court Ohio Typographical Conference

Wood Funeral Service Planned for Tuesday

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at two o'clock at the home for Mrs. Harry Wood 79 who died at Rio Grande Sunday night. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery Rio Grande.

Gallipolis Harry Wood Rio Grande Calvary Cemetery

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