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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1940
Page
1
House Opens Debate on Draft With 2-1 Victory Predicted
The article reports an imminent House debate on the Burke-Wadsworth draft bill with a predicted 2-1 victory. Key clashes are expected over a draft industry clause, with Overton Russell in the Senate backing condemnation of noncompliant firms. The Smith amendment offers government rent of non cooperative plants rather than outright ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Percy Wis
Senate
Overton
Russell
May
Rep
Smith
Conn
Probe of FDs expense suggested by Republican leader
Joseph W. Martin Jr., chairman of the Republican National Committee, urged the Senate committee on campaign expenditures to investigate whether Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley action was funded with public money. The piece also notes House and Senate draft bill differences on age ranges and maximum conscripts, with a compromise seen as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Republican National Committee
Senate Committee of Campaign Expenditures
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
Senate
Curriculum of Ohio Schools Is Expanded
Ohio's 1,250,000 pupils return to classes with an expanded curriculum. State education director E N Dietrich expects a sharp rise in vocational training and says shop facilities will run continuously to train non students as mechanics and machine operators using government funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
E. N. Dietrich
Federation delegates oppose labor law changes in Ohio
Delegates to the Ohio Federation of Postal Clerks biennial convention in Cincinnati condemned any weakening of current labor laws on the vague pretext of a national emergency and voted against such changes before returning home. In Vichy France Murray Shipley of Cincinnati, an American volunteer ambulance driver released from a German prison camp August 23, arrived there yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio Federation of Postal Clerks
Vichy
France
Murray Shipley
Red Petitions Investigated In Ohio
The Communist party in Ohio submitted 34,000 signatures for a petition slate to appear on the November 5 ballot, but many circulators are being repudiated and the secretary of state is investigating. The party’s best past showing was 15,854 votes in 1934, vs 7,372 in 1936, with no candidate on the 1938 state ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Communist Party
Ohio
Ohio House Members Oppose Draft Plan
An overwhelming majority of Ohio’s 24 representatives plan to follow the senators in opposing conscription. Rep Jenkins urges absorbing men now available before conscription and Rep Secrest introduces a bill for a trial period of voluntary enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Jenkins
Secrest
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 514 During Labor Day
New York reports the nation tallying 514 violent deaths over the Labor Day holiday. Motor vehicle fatalities reached 325, up 97 from last year. Other causes totaled 189 including 25 dead in a Virginia airliner crash. Leading states for auto deaths were New York Illinois California Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ohio logged 21 auto deaths three drownings and one shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Virginia
Illinois
California
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ohio-Owned Coonhound Wins National Crown
Norfolk field trials name I. B. Bakers Blue Sail a six year old bluetick as best in North America. The Norwich bus operator I. B. Baker collects first in both free and line finals earning 700 dollars and a gold trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
Norwich
Coonhound
North America
I. B. Baker
Blue Sail
Germany expands occupy threat in Romania over Transylvania split
The war report centers on Romania where Nazi aims press for control after Germany and Hungary award half of Transylvania. Germany plans occupation to guard borders and secure access to the Black Sea, challenging Soviet influence and triggering Balkan tensions as Romania contemplates resistance. The Soviet Union watches with restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Rumania
Germany
Transylvania
Hungary
Hitler
Romania
Black Sea
Reich
Russia
Balkans
Moscow
Bolshevists
Agreement Reached With Great Britain on Bases and Destroyers
President Roosevelt told Congress that the United States will lease naval and air bases in British possessions in the North and South Atlantic and transfer 50 over age destroyers to Britain. The U.S. will gain bases in Newfoundland Bermuda the Bahamas Jamaica St. Lucia Trinidad Antigua and British Guiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Antigua
British Guiana
Roosevelt Warns of Attack on Free Men
President Roosevelt warned that freedom faces its greatest assault as he urged national unity and wide prep for defense. He cited need for modern arms and trained citizens, dedicating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the free people of America and signaling possible conscription to support national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Roosevelt
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
America
Congress
Baltimore Machinists Delayed Layoffs Rebound for Defense
More than 350 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad machinists who were to be laid off today will stay at work as demand for locomotives and parts rises under the national defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Boy 15 Identified in Grove City Train Fall Death
The body of Matt D. Jenkins, 15, of Burnwell West Virginia, was identified last night as the victim who died when he fell from a moving freight train at Grove City on August 20. Authorities confirm the identity and continue the investigation into the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Grove City
Matt D. Jenkins
Burnwell
Mrs Lola Neal Pleads Guilty in Gallia County Case
Lola C. Neal 62 arraigned in Gallipolis on embezzlement and false pretenses charges and pleads guilty. Judge White sentences her to Marysville Reformatory for Women with a term of one to ten years, reflecting her prominence in Gallia County civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola C. Neal
Gallipolis
Marysville Reformatory
One Killed as Convicts Flee Arkansas Pen
Grim escape across Arkansas and Louisiana follows a Labor Day breakout from the Arkansas Penitentiary in which a guard died and another was wounded. Two ring leaders were captured after a gun battle in Garland City Arkansas. In Louisiana a posseman was killed near Columbia while three youths were used as shields. The fugitives abducted five hostages, including two girls and a boy, from Rayville, La.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Louisiana
Garland City
Columbia
Frank Gartman
Rayville
Gartman
Columbia Automobile
Priest Injured In Auto Crash Near Columbus
Rev Father J J Gooley of New Lexington Ohio was in a collision when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train on Powell Road Delaware County near the Franklin County line. He suffered a broken left leg and broken ribs and was taken to White Cross Hospital by a Mc Donagha ambulance of Worthington. The auto was carried 200 feet along the tracks as the train headed toward Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Highway Patrol
J. J. Gooley
New Lexington
White Cross Hospital
McDonagha
Worthington
Powell Rd
Delaware County
Franklin County
High St
Letter Carriers Seek To Lighten Friday Load
The Ohio State Association of Letter Carriers urges rescheduling Friday publication release dates to ease mailmen’s Friday workload. The 42nd annual convention also backed higher pay better working conditions and an end to factionalism in the labor movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio State Association of Letter Carriers
Athens Co Woman In Plane Crash Claims Miss Mildred Chesser
Miss Mildred Chesser 32 of Mineral a former Athens High student was among 25 killed in a Pennsylvania Central Airlines crash near Lovettsville Virginia. Born in Knox Township Vinton County she worked in government service in Washington and planned a Labor Day visit to relatives. Funeral services set for Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Chesser
Athens High School
Harvey Chesser
Mineral
Lovettsville
Washington, D. C
Miss Chesser
Labor Day
Washington
Chesser
Pittsburgh
Lelia Wright
Columbus
Athens
Vinton
Knox Township
Vinton County
Carbondale
New Marshfield High
Bliss Business College
C. Belt
Packard Columbus, Inc
Veterans Administration Bureau
Clovis
Albany
LaVerne
Shade
Armour
Mechanicsburg
Harvey, Jr
Mary Lee
Clinton Bean
Union St
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
Heart Attack Fatal to Glouster Village Clerk
Mrs. George Cornwell 58 longtime Glouster village clerk died suddenly this morning after a heart attack. She lived in Glouster most of her life and belonged to the Church of Christ since childhood. Survived by son Harold and four sisters Elizabeth Johnson Lakewood, Mrs William Powell Athens, Mrs Cassie McCormick Glouster, Mrs Sarah Theophilus Akron. Husband died in 1929. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
George Cornwell
Cornwell
Church of Christ
Harold
Elizabeth Johnson
Lakewood
William Powell
Athens
Cassie McCormick
205 Ohio Boys To Be Admitted to Annapolis
Washington reports a Senate and House bill admitting 205 Ohio youths to the United States Naval Academy. The entrants passed mental exams in 1939 or 1940 but were previously denied for non physical reasons, aligning Annapolis enrollment with the National Defense Program. Most affected were alternates awaiting entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
United States Naval Academy
Senate
House
Annapolis
Congress
Former OHE Official Sentenced for Embezzlement
Byron Bodimer, former assistant financial officer of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis, pleaded guilty to embezzlement forgery and larceny of 7600 dollars in state funds. He was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary to serve from one to twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Byron Bodimer
Ohio Hospital
Ohio
Son Is Born To Wife of Crash Victim
Louise Moore, 25, gave birth to Jason less than a day and a half after her airman husband J Paul Moore died in a Virginia transport plane crash. The newborn was named Donald Patrick Moore and weighs seven pounds. Both mother and baby were reported doing fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Louise Moore
Jason
Virginia
Donald Patrick Moore
J. Paul Moore
Pennsylvania Central
Moore
Nicaragua
United States
Montpelier
Louise Mixter
Ohio
Ohio Fugitive Caught After Two Year Hunt
The last of five Lima hospital escapees from the Criminal Insane was captured in Detroit. Police nabbed 43 year old Marion B. Pierce in a downtown alley where he worked as a pinboy after a detective story memory and a reader tipped off authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lima
Marion B. Pierce
Cincinnatian Names Exe Ramifications of 37th Division Leaders
The 37th Division Veterans Association after its 22nd annual reunion in Mansfield Ohio named Harold E Roth of Cincinnati president and chose Cleveland for its 1942 meeting Albert L Allen of Mansfield and Ross Burleigh of Springfield were named to the executive committee Maurice Conner of Lima was named secretary treasurer for the women’s auxiliary
NYA Funds Coming Washington for Ohio Jobs Plan
Ohio will receive 647,744 dollars from the National Youth Administration to fund part time jobs for about 15,818 secondary school pupils during the current school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Washington
Ohio
National Youth Administration
British refugee ship torpedoed. 320 children saved
The British refugee liner carrying 875 aboard was torpedoed with 320 children among the saved. The vessel remained afloat as crews evacuated in darkness, with no details on location or hit. Only the purser died. lifeboat drills and calm children aided the rescue before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canada
Ministry of Information
Daily Herald
Johnnie
RAF Gains Ground in Balkans and Britain Air War Intensifies
British RAF fighters treat a mass Nazi air assault as a victory roll marks early success in Europe. Luftwaffe withdraws after Dover battle then renews attack along southeast coast and northeast Scotland. In the Balkans German divisions move to bolster Romania front. Italian Picchiatelli join fleet strikes in Central Mediterranean. RAF bombers hit targets in Genoa and near Boulogne as air war widens with heavy losses on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover
Hell's Corner
Scotland
Balkan
Europe
Bucharest
Romania
Bucovina
Russia
Mussolini
High Command
Mediterranean
Italy
Genoa
Boulogne
France
London Air Ministry
Germany
London Times
Britain
Hitler
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Empire
Gravesend
Hornchurch
Eastchurch
Birmingham
Coventry
Filton
Midlands
Liverpool
Swansea
Bristol
Plymouth
Portland
Poole
Portsmouth
Cardiff
Balkans
Air Ministry
British Isles
Foil Plot To Escape From U.S. Reformatory
An escape attempt at the U S Reformatory in Chillicothe left inmate William Glenn Sullivan 18 of Chattanooga Tennessee mortally wounded and six prisoners fled a line during a return from a movie. Five climbed an eight foot fence but were captured within ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
U. S. Reformatory Hospital
William Glenn Sullivan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mansfield guard dies from shotgun wound in discharge accident
Edward E. Schmidt aged 38 a Mansfield Reformatory guard died from shotgun wounds sustained when his weapon discharged as he was lowering it from a wall tower on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Edward E. Schmidt
Mansfield Reformatory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tyx
U. S
Aberdeen
Willkie
G.O.P
S. D
Red Petitions
State Department
Hull
Lord Lothian
Jackson
Panama Canal
Central America
South America
Antilles
Mexico
Newfound Gap
Tennessee- North Carolina Line
Cummins Prison Farm, Ark
Priest
Athens Co
OHE
Ruth Norsikian
Omaha
Neb
Omaha Court
Cincinnatian
U.S. Reformatory
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