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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
1
Teachers and school administrators from 11 counties gather in Athens for the 47th annual Southeastern Ohio Education Association session. About 3,000 are expected to attend through Friday with talks on domestic and international issues, teaching methods, and the profession’s welfare.
Mr Ray Athens County superintendent from 1933 to 1938 and state director of education recently appointed will speak at Memorial Auditorium Friday morning. Mr Pitkin Columbia University journalism professor on sabbatical will also address Southeastern Ohio teachers as part of a coast to coast survey of local and national affairs.
Camp Shelby Mississippi report states Private Paul J. Brewster from Mason Ohio was shot and killed when a service pistol discharged by corporal William H. Pierce of Wilmington Ohio during tent cleaning. Pierce believed he was using dummy cartridges.
The Civil Service Commission reported that total federal government employees reached 1,444,985 at the end of August, up 53,296 from July.
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said the prospect of a severe shortage in the East has been virtually erased. He warned about the shortage in recent weeks and noted improvements.
Pittsburgh AP United Mine Workers notify 43000 captive mine workers of a Monday strike after the mediation board’s 48 hour acceptance. Steel company mines led by US Steel Bethlehem Republic Weirton Wheeling Crucible and Youngstown Sheet and Tube face walkout amid wage and union shop demands. Alabama CIO negotiations seek 40 cent raise plus vacation pay and weight-tracking changes. Detroit Great Lakes Steel pickets demand new contract and removal of Kin caid. Bendix line in New Jersey closes as CIO vows action.
Reports under the new State Milk Control Law will be forwarded after Jan 1 to the National Defense Board to aid movement of dairy products from surplus areas to markets abroad, Agriculture Director John T. Brown announced. A pre-dawn fire damaged a three story brick building housing four firms on S Main St, causing an estimated $50,000 loss.
The Department of Agriculture predicts farm income in 1942 will total about 13.9 billion dollars, roughly 2.6 times the 1932 level. The report contrasts prosperity in 1942 with the depredations of the 1930s and cites record production hopes and government payments boosting incomes beyond prewar highs.
Ohio University President Herman G James extends a warm greeting to visiting teachers as the Southeastern Ohio Education Association meets in Athens. He notes work continues despite harsh conditions and urges counselors to share burdens and strengthen efforts during the gathering. All Athens welcomes attendees and wishes a profitable stay.
Secretary Stimson announced war department plans to expand the army air forces to 400000 flying cadets and enlisted men by June 30, nearly tripling current strength. The plan envisions 84 combat groups, up from 54, with further expansion possibly to 500000.
Columbus court ruled that 75000 dollars earmarked for mailing old age pensioners checks could not be shifted from State Auditor S. T. Ferguson to the Welfare Department without his consent. The court dissolved an order restraining the State Board of Control from certifying its Sept. 30 action to surrender the money. The legislature moved mailing duties to the Welfare Department but not the postage funds, and Ferguson refused to relinquish them. The aged aid division said it would cover postage by trimming elsewhere for the rest of this year and 1942.
Columbus report says Perry County prosecutor R M Alspach was convicted of contempt of court for failing to obey a bankruptcy referee. He must work 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m daily to complete a trusteeship record for a Somerset man. Judge Underwood stayed jail, allowing him to return home nightly with attorney Potter.
Officials of the Ore and Coal Exchange said Lake Erie docks loaded a new seven day high through Oct 20 with 1,909,388 tons of bituminous coal, up from 1,851,312 tons the previous comparable period.
Kansas City report notes Ernest Collins of Xenia Ohio as a top individual in national dairy cattle judging while the Ohio team earned a runner up position at the Future Farmers of America convention.
In Spokane Washington a 6 year old unnamed Missourian was excused from jury duty by Superior Judge Louis Bunge. The judge noted exemption was for age not birth in Missouri and quoted the boy's letter claiming to be 76 and not yet having citizenship papers.
Evan J. Jones longtime associate professor at Ohio University died this morning at Ford Hospital Detroit after a prolonged illness. Family members staying in Detroit will return tonight to 41 Park Place where funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow.
Washington announces AAA quotas for fire cured and dark air cured tobacco for 1941. Marketing cards issued to each farming operator. Within quota production free of penalties. excess production incurs 10 cents per pound penalty.
Senator Brewster accused Sidney Hillman director of labor relations for the defense program of wielding dangerous powers by opposing a contract award to a low bidder on a Wayne County Michigan defense housing project. He urged the contract be awarded promptly despite Hillman’s warning of possible civil strife in Detroit labor circles.
Common Pleas Court issued a temporary restraining order to halt Akron Transportation Co. workers from installing trolley poles on Elmdale Avenue after residents filled post holes and threatened the crew with water from garden hoses.
Southeastern Ohio native Dr H C Carlson of the University of Pittsburgh will address the Southeastern Ohio Education Association health and physical education segment in Athens. He played for Pop Warner era teams, captained 1916 Pitt, and has directed Pitt student health and coached basketball since 1922.
In Columbus Fort Hayes officers said selectees may serve the maximum 30 months unless release conditions change. About 10 000 Ohio men will be released with 8 000 aged around 28 and the rest as hardship cases or dependents. If early release lists run out, selectees and enlisted men may be discharged.
Ohio pension checks for recipients in ten additional counties were mailed today. Tom McCaw, head of the State Division of Aid for the Aged, said all October payments would be dispatched by Saturday. He noted mailings would occur one day earlier than the schedule once followed by State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.
State Examiner W. J. Sullivan reported a $2,802.62 loss from State Liquor Store No. 225 in Cincinnati due to a substitution scheme replacing liquor with water and soda. A further $42.88 cash shortage was noted in petty cash.
H C Atkinson administrator of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation estimates that a new federal Social Security tax schedule would raise Ohio employer and worker contributions by about 160 million dollars annually. He cites a taxable payroll of 2.5 billion for 1942 and a rate rise from one to five percent for old age contributions. Employers pension payments would rise from 25 to 50 million. unemployment insurance would stay at 75 million under a 3 percent levy. Total Ohio tax would reach 250 million.
Columbus reports more than 7000 industrial layoffs in the last 60 days with over 40000 additional workers at risk before month end. Akron and Cleveland show limited dislocation as shortages of metals rubber and motors curb defense production. Cincinnati faces furloughs for nearly 4000 workers in 90 days due to material shortages.
In a House of Commons statement Eden outlines a large scale American engineering effort that could underpin an Allied front in the Caucasus and a future drive into the Middle East. Mackenzie notes expected heavy fighting as Hitler targets oil fields and Turkish routes, with Willkie arguing the United States is already at war. Britain likely will request American expeditionary troops and equipment when conflict shifts toward the Middle East.
Parliament debates Churchill governance as Britain plans further attacks on Italy and night landings on the Continent. Beams of support to Russia include US and UK pledges to offset Soviet losses. Moscow reports heavy fighting in Kalinin and near the capital as Nazis push from the southwest and west with hundreds of tanks and paratroops.
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