09 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1938
Page
1
A five day Nationalist offensive on the Ebro River front stalled as torrential rains hindered progress. Loyalist communiques claimed their forces repelled the assault led by Italian divisions. Nationalist News Agency denied reports Franco would retire in favor of a negotiator.
Cleveland officials say Fisher Body Co the citys largest employer will bring back 1000 workers within 10 days and by mid October the total workforce will reach 4000. The statement signals a rapid expansion after layoffs and reflects improving production demand in the period.
Monte Landis five year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Landis enjoyed his first day of kindergarten so much he cried to stay when his mother called him at noon. He preferred school to going home.
Political rumors in Columbus predicted Gov. Martin L. Davey may strip Henry J. Berrodin of executive power as a new business administrator for the old age pension office is appointed. The Social Security Board questioned Ohio pension management, while Auditor Ferguson warned of funds shortfalls and possible further borrowing to cover September checks.
Cardinals, bishops, laity from diverse faiths joined in New York at St Patrick's Cathedral to honor Patrick Cardinal Hayes known as The Cardinal of Charities. About 300000 mourners passed his bier in a three day vigil as the final services near three hours and burial in a crypt beneath the high altar with other archbishops.
In heavy fog civilian conservation corps workers found a burned U S Marine Corps pursuit plane wreck on Fork Mountain at Big Meadows Virginia. Cadet Frederick Ruether 25 of Louisville Kentucky was killed. The aircraft departed from Quantico Marine Barracks on a training flight.
Holger Nelson, 18, of Redwood City, missing with four companions since Sunday, was rescued in San Francisco Bay by Coast Guardsmen on Thursday. He said the others drowned when their sloop overturned after clinging to a timber since Monday night. Nelson was delirious and semi conscious on rescue.
The Ohio State Parole Board granted parole to 40 inmates at the London Prison Farm. Among those paroled is Daniel Crane of Hocking County for man slaughter with a December 1, 1938, offense.
Vienna reports Kurt Schusch nigg last chancellor of independent Austria is seriously ill. He played a pivotal role in postwar politics and helped shape the country’s early republic. No further details provided.
Washington reports the Senate campaign investigating committee met to review complaints on primary activities in Georgia and five other states. It focused on Maryland and Kentucky primaries, charging opposition factions in Kentucky with soliciting support from state and federal employees for Alben Barkley and his challenger. A Salisbury Maryland postmistress was accused of campaigning for David J. Lewis, sent to the Justice Department for action.
NEW YORK. Justice Ferdinand Pecora decides today whether the two year statute of limitations bars the conspiracy charges against Tammany leader James J. Hines in Dutch Schultz’s lottery racket. Defense argues the conspiracy ended with Schultz’s 1935 assassination.
President Roosevelt planned to travel from Hyde Park to Rochester to join family at the bedside of his eldest son James who would undergo a gastric ulcer operation at the Mayo Clinic. His mother traveled by plane and his wife Betsy was en route by train.
Rifle men began firing along a two mile front today at Camp Perry in the opening event of the national rifle team championship final event of the national rifle and pistol matches set to conclude Saturday.
Ohio voters face two proposed constitutional amendments offering $30 weekly pensions starting at age 50 on Wednesdays or at 57 on Thursdays. Both plans require about 300,000 signatures to reach a ballot. Beneficiaries must have no earnings over $30, cannot hire workers, and must be state electors. Payouts come as $30 warrants with two cent stamps, redeemable after 52 weeks. The plan includes a $200,000 public education drive about the measure.
Charleston LS adLPp Wage Hour Administrator Elmer F Andrews said wage and hour standards are vital to industry and labor and must apply nationwide. He warned unemployment pressures pushed for the act and argued stable minimum standards protect purchasing power and the domestic market.
Flint plants will have 8,000 workers on a four or five day week next week as Chevrolet restarts after inventory. Bay City small parts plant will see 1,200 return on Monday and Saginaw foundry workers total 2,900 already back at work. Overall, staffing matches pre inventory levels.
John Fisher, 60, a Wapakoneta farmer, filed nominating petitions in Lima for the November ballot as an independent candidate in the fourth district congress race. He said he would campaign on a sound money platform.
Kansas City authorities report a dynamite bomb exploded at a southside drug store less than 12 hours after a county grand jury indicted 50 persons in terrorism cases. The blast damaged two nearby buildings and startled residents, as part of a wider wave of bombings and vandalism linked to labor racketeering campaigns.
Logan reports Henry Erwin and Donald Lehman of Wellston were held before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart on charges of failing to identify ownership of 47 chickens left with a local dealer. They were the first in Hocking County charged under a new law, fined $50 and costs each, and sentenced to six months in the county jail after refusing to reveal the source of the chickens.
Oscar Segall age 52 and Harry Anderson age 25, residents of Youngstown, were fatally injured when a Big Four train struck their produce truck at a Wellington crossing Thursday night.
Four of five Athens County Health Board members approved a 1939 budget ensuring Dr J M Higgins remains commissioner of the combined city county health unit. The budget totals 7341.67 with changes cutting a nurse salary and car maintenance funds. Miss Esta LaHugh named county nurse to replace Miss Ann Morgan who resigns to Portage County.
SHANGHAI A P. The roar of Japanese artillery was audible today to the panicked population of Hankow. Reinforced Japanese columns advanced along three highways toward Hankow as Chinese forces faltered south of Mahweihling. Foreign observers warned Japan could outflank Hankow via Kiukiang and Nanchang while China claimed to sink two Japanese warships.
Columbus Ohio. Eleven delegates to the 1939 conference uniting three Methodist branches were to be named by the Ohio annual conference. S P McNaught head of the anti alcohol drive reported growing sentiment for prohibition. He cited 75 to 85 local option elections in November and plans to push a county local option law in the next legislature.
Franchot Tone told Hollywood farewell and planned to head east as he discussed his split from Joan Crawford. In his first interview since announcing their ideal marriage had ended, Tone said if Broadway brings luck he probably would never return to Hollywood.
The American Psychological Association reported that 50 judges from varied backgrounds showed reduced bias after two 60 cent luncheons in the Luncheon Technique. Photographs of 30 coeds tested bias by last names, with anti New Deal and party lines showing differences. age and education had little effect.
Logan report desk states Mrs. Mary Ashbaugh 23 wife of Isaac Ashbaugh Middletown suffered a stroke of paralysis Wednesday. She is mother to an eight week old baby. Mrs. Ashbaugh is daughter of Mr and Mrs Barney Blankenship New Straitsville. Condition described as serious.
Republican gubernatorial nominee John W. Bricker announced he will discuss Ohio's old age pension division and propose recommendations for its operation during his weekly radio talk at 6 30 p m Monday evening in Columbus.
Hundreds of school children attended a ceremony marking the Perry Memorial and peace anniversary in Put-In-Bay as officials opened activities and prayers for the day.
Britain and France moved to ready joint military and naval action if war erupts in Central Europe. Britain warned Germany of a grave Czech crisis and prepared to deploy mechanized units with France along the Maginot line, while naval forces moved to protect Atlantic routes. President Benes prepared a radio address as Sudeten negotiations stalled.
Gallipolis city and several county townships will vote on a liquor referendum Tuesday with special ballots proposing to abolish beer and liquor sales in the city and beer and wines in Gallipolis Huntington Green Harrison Perry and Walnut Townships petitions opposing beer sales total 715 names while those opposing hard liquor total 742 signatures. San Francisco Mayor Angelo Rossi met today with employers and union leaders to seek settlement of a bitter clerks strike at the citys 35 largest department stores.
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