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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
1
A Republican state convention hears a platform urging to cure abuses in state government and oppose New Deal methods. It defends labor bargaining, calls for paired codes of unfair practices, condemns sit-down strikes, and backs a state board of education with a constitutional amendment.
William Green, AFL president, told the 23rd annual convention of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Fitters that unemployment would not end until industry adopts a six hour day and a thirty hour week. He urged private industry to absorb idle workers and warned government funding via PWA and WPA cannot continue indefinitely.
Columbus Ga. Major John R. Brooke faces life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife Elizabeth. He was convicted of bludgeoning her to death on June 8 at their quarters near Fort Benning.
Wilbur J. Carr the U S Minister at Prague directs staff in constructing a bombproof shelter in the legation garden to safeguard American citizens as tensions rise over Czechoslovakia.
John Cobb, an English racer, drove the Railton to an average speed of 350.20 mph at Bonneville Salt Flats, setting a new world land speed record in the 2500 horsepower class.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany AP The Zeppelin LZ-130 successor to the Hindenburg that burned at Lakehurst N J went aloft today on its first test flight.
Ohio's $15 million road program moves forward as the State Highway Department files for 6.75 million dollars in federal funds with the Public Works Administration. State Highway Director John Jaster Jr refused to reveal project details, saying funding must be lined up for next year and expenditure depends on the new administration.
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the CIO United Automobile Workers has exclusive bargaining rights for all hourly production and maintenance workers at Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit. The decision ends a dispute that sparked a sit-down strike lasting over a month last year.
Langsville report says Mrs. F. A. Miller died this morning in a Columbus hospital with funeral arrangements not yet completed. Also notes Thomas Clayton Wolfe, 37, author of Look Homeward Angel, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Frank H. Sherwood, 74, editor and publisher of The Mantua Record, died of paralysis in Mantua.
Daladier announced satisfaction with Chamberlain's talks with Hitler and said France rejected armed solution, ready to accept any plan proposed by Chamberlain. Dodd predicted war unlikely before 1940 if France and Britain unite. Hungarians move troops and demand plebiscite in Czechoslovakia. Italian observers view Chamberlain’s meeting as bold but insufficient. Republican convention warns against European entanglements and sending US soldiers.
Lawrence Camp, Roosevelt's Georgia senatorial hopeful, concedes after lagging in Wednesday's primary returns. incumbent Walter F. George extends lead over Eugene Talmadge as county unit votes narrow. George appears set for renomination and reelection under Georgia's unit system amid New Deal backing.
Athens County boards filed resolutions for votes on November 8 to approve operating expense levies. Nelsonville and Chauncey filed for extra levies of 1.5 and 2 mills respectively. Levies would replace current ones expiring in 1939. regional districts include Jacksonville Village Ames Bern Rome Canaan Trimble Waterloo Luhrig Shade and Nelsonville.
In Cincinnati a wall of students and mothers picketed in front of St Bernard High School as 600 pupils walked out to protest the demotion of athletic coaches Albert Milner and Ralph Nieman. Milner and Nieman remain as teachers but lost coaching duties. Mrs George Sauer, wife of a school board member, said the strike could last two weeks or more until the dispute is settled.
SANDUSKY Ohio 10LP Lester Miller, 36, was given a ten year jail sentence for abandoning four children aged five to eleven. He allegedly drove them to Xenia and left them at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home.
Lorain County Sheriff William T. Grall seeks to raise his qualification bond from 15 000 to 30 000 within ten days to avoid disqualification after posting 10 000 to guarantee appearance as a grand jury witness in a slot machine inquiry. Chief Deputy William G. Smith and Deputy Alfred G. Bauer have testified, with all three using immunity and alleging a bribe.
Springfield report notes a social security legislative program to be presented to the General Assembly next year will be discussed at a Columbus meeting of committees of the Ohio Late Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles. Proposals from the Cincinnati aerie convention include moving the Division of Aid for the Aged to a non partisan board, raising max pensions to 30 dollars monthly, and simplifying administration of the old age pension law.
Japanese columns closed in on Hankow the provisional Chinese capital as observers predicted Chiang Kai Shek would evacuate within two weeks. The most serious blow came at Matouchen on the Yangtse River where Japanese forces occupied the Matow forts.
Ralph Cowgill, 17, of Highland Park High School, died after suffering a skull fracture in a scrimmage when his head struck another player's back. The incident occurred during a football workout in Chicago setting the nation’s first fatal football report of 1998.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler held face to face talks in Berchtesgaden amid Sudeten demands. The outcome could shape the fate of Europe as diplomacy confronts Germany's self determination claims.
The article outlines possible outcomes from Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler including acceptance by Czechoslovakia, the risk of renewed armed intervention, or failure to agree. It notes a potential four power conference and highlights Britain's mobilization threat as a signal to Hitler. Bulgaria shifts sides as Britain seeks to isolate Germany and preserve peace. Chamberlain travels to Berlin hoping discussions yield useful results and possibly long term peace prospects including colonial concessions.
The Plymouth Chrysler plant, employing 7,000, shut down 1939 model production at 10:45 due to a Briggs Mack Avenue Body plant strike that idled over 9,000 workers. Chrysler warned additional plants would close tomorrow unless Briggs reopens as UAW cites speed-up and two firings for objecting.
Columbus report notes Arnett Harbage of West Jefferson sought legal action in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to halt state funds of 15000 dollars earmarked for the Ohio American Legion musicians. The contested grant was approved by the board to cover expenses for a hand drum corps and a quartet traveling to the regional national convention in Los Angeles next week.
Two major leaders meet in Berchtesgaden to decide whether the 1918 armistice ended the war or merely paused it. Chamberlain and Hitler confront history’s finger as Europe teeters between bread or blood, peace or war.
California Bankers Association member banks were advised they will not handle warrants proposed for a $30 weekly pension plan. The warrants would be paper instruments granting holders a two cent weekly tax payment. In Ohio, Governor Davey declared National Air Travel Week starting October 1.
A compact pronunciation key for key figures and places from the Czechoslovak crisis. Includes Czechs and Sudeten terms. notes on spelling like Eger and Prague and leaders Eduard Benes Milan Hodza Konrad Henlein with phonetic hints.
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