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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1937
Page
1
United States labor crisis deepens as CIO leaders meet while AF L peace talks recess with signs of possible indefinite postponement. telegrams from rank and file urge a truce and conciliation by both sides amid uncertain presidential stance and a continuing hands off policy.
Fred Haddad a 25 year old automobile salesman was convicted of extorting nearly 10000 dollars from Dr Dayton T Pulford to fix a 2 traffic summons and today received a two to six year prison term.
Federal agents and state officials said most of the sulfanilamide and dienthylene glycol elixir shipments distributed as a cure for serious diseases have been located. The effort aimed to recover all remaining doses after 47 deaths were blamed on the drug.
In Topeka Kansas Mrs Bertha Mae Vaughn cafe owner set her cafe on fire to avoid calculating sales and social security taxes. Fire inspectors said she cited lack of education as the reason she could not compute her tax obligations.
The Ohio State Bar Association plans its mid-winter gathering in Columbus on January 27 28 and 29 with sessions for members.
A United Press survey across 29 cities shows meat prices easing from wartime levels with pork chops ham sirloin and porterhouse steak all dropping. Wholesale costs fell five to thirty percent since mid September and butchers and packers passed the savings to consumers. Beef tenderloin lagged in reacting to the trend.
Nelson Boyer killed his wife, 42, with an iron dumbbell and buried her in a vacant lot about three months ago. He led police to the body and confessed after his letters and forged signatures aroused suspicions from the wife’s Kansas family.
Japanese goodwill mission to explain China warfare was met by a hostile crowd on the San Francisco waterfront. Police rescued the envoys after a shouting episode while Chinese residents formed a sizable portion of the dissent. Longshoremen briefly halted work before authorities cleared a passage.
John N. Northrop of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research announced the discovery of a powerful new chemical that may provide a tool to stamp out influenza and the common cold.
District Fire Chief George Ehmann died when his speeding car collided with another vehicle and he was thrown from the car. The incident occurred as he responded to a fire call in Toledo.
Fred Garner age 40 was given an indeterminate penitentiary sentence after his conviction for feloniously assaulting a three year old girl in Columbus.
A fire at the Hanover jail and fire department facility on Wednesday night destroyed a new fire truck and other firefighting equipment. No injuries are reported as crews battled the flames at the Hanover site.
The Federal Reserve Board lowered margin requirements on long stock purchases from 55 to 40 percent effective November 1, aiming to bolster a shaky market. The move, seen as a boost for buyers and a signal of possible policy shifts, came as General Motors posted a strong quarterly report and United States Steel declared a cash dividend. Short selling margins were set at 50 percent, with an additional 10 point market requirement.
In Shanghai a Japanese tank fired point blank at a British infantry detachment led by Brigadier A P D Telfer-Smollett. The attack heightened tensions as Japanese, Chinese and Allied forces clashed near the International Settlement. A refugee mother and her infant were wounded. a baby was rescued by troops.
A U S Senate Agriculture sub committee arrives in Columbus for a two day hearing to gauge farm leaders sentiment in Ohio Indiana and Michigan on new farm legislation. Senators George McGill and James Pope will chair with Ohio's Robert Bulkley and Vic Donahey expected to attend. State Director Earl Hanefeld invites farm leaders to testify.
A letter to Major General E. D. Giles from Lieut. Dur Khan reports the birth of six sons to an Indian woman on the northwest frontier. The boys are stated to be doing well, with Khan noting the family’s pride and health of the offspring.
Joyce Ann Carmichael a three year old of Little Hocking Ohio died from injuries after being struck by a car. Edgar Dixon of Frost Ohio driver of the automobile was exonerated by authorities.
A Pennsylvania Railroad cattle train derailed near Piqua leaving four hundred sheep and cattle dead early today. Local officials described the scene as a heavy loss to the stock and a disruption to rail service.
Paramount officials said after a talk with the Will Hays office they will not use John Montague in Bing Crosby's The Badge of Policeman O Roan. Montague, acquitted of robbery in the East, may still be barred from movies. filming has begun at Paramount Studios amid complaints over the casting.
Captain George E. T. Eyston drives the car Thunderbolt to 309.6 mph on a measured mile at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah but fails to post an official record as he did not complete a return trip within one hour.
In Montgomery County Ohio Joseph T. Smith 69 of Dayton was charged with withdrawing a $27 monthly old age pension while earning $35 weekly from private employment over the past year. Deputy state pension official J B West filed the charge.
Ohio voters face special elections next Tuesday shaping wet and dry status and relief funding. Thirty seven counties will hold at least one local election on liquor questions while urban counties vote on levies for relief needs. Officials note emergency relief shifted to local governments last April and anticipate intense fundraising in cities. An estimated 60,000 candidates compete for 10,000 municipal and 2,500 township offices across the state.
In West Orange a housewife sought help after vendors served her husband dog food by mistake. Police ruled no harm occurred as both the husband and the dog appeared unaware of the mix up.
A handwriting expert testified in Cincinnati in the Anna Marie Hahn murder trial. Albert D. Osborn said Hahn forged the Wagner will naming her beneficiary and forged a bank note to gain $1,000 the day Wagner died. A second witness reported arsenic traces in Hahn’s purse lining.
The 38th annual national automobile show opens in Grand Central Palace with a safety focus. It features 20 American car makes plus French and Italian models, 15 trailer lines, and 7 commercial vehicles, aiming to reflect driving safety methods and accident control. Officials note high public interest and expect production to reach 5,000,000 vehicles in 1938.
Mrs. Nathan Poffenbarger a West Virginia author of five books on state history and civic leader editor and owner of the Pt. Pleasant State Gazette died in Charleston after a nine week illness. She was born in 1862 in Pomeroy Ohio and recently worked on site during a labor dispute delaying a printing plant.
Columbus Ohio U P reports the state conservation council approved a plan to equip game wardens’ cars with short wave radio sets. Complaints from farmers and landowners will be relayed to highway patrol stations and broadcast to wardens in the field.
Athens hosts the forty third annual Southeastern Ohio Education Association session with more than 2 500 teachers from 11 counties. Notables include Hamilton Fish Jr Dr Ralph W Lockman Irina Skariatina Myra Jervey and Dr Jesse Adams as events run from 6 pm to after 10 pm with dinners and sessions at Memorial Auditorium and Athens High School.
Noble Goodman, 21, of Upper Sandusky Wyandot County, husked 2346 pounds in 80 minutes on a soggy field to win the Ohio corn husking championship and earn a spot in Marshall Missouri finals. Harold Catney, 29 of Pleasantville Fairfield County, won the shock husking crown with 1329.1 pounds.
In Rome Mussolini tells 200000 Blackshirts at the Olympic Stadium that Bolshevism must be driven from Europe and Germany must gain colonies to save peace. Delegations from Nationalist Spain and Nazi Germany attend this anniversary, signaling a Rome Berlin Salamanca axis.
Albany report says a statewide dairy farmer strike began to force higher prices and union recognition. Union chairman Archie Wright of Ogdensburg said road patrols and pickets were posted on highways in 18 counties to curb milk supplies to New York City.
In Minneapolis Minnesota Richard Flanders seventeen lived with his father Emil C. Flanders. A schoolmate saw the father unresponsive on Sunday and remained until Wednesday. Richard said the father would wake up but police later found Emil dead.
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