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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
1
Tension between France and Italy threatens Mediterranean stability as both nations accuse each other of violating the Spanish neutrality pact. Paris threatens frontier openings for Loyalist aid while Rome warns of denouncing non intervention and boosting Nationalist support.
Premier Juan Negrin of Loyalist Spain told the League of Nations council that Italy has attacked shipping in the Mediterranean, openly charging Rome with aggression during the meeting in Geneva.
Britain aims to include Italy in the nine nation anti piracy patrol by expanding sea lane shares as it seeks cooperation with Italy and France. French charges claim Mussolini plans to send 150000 men to Madrid and deploy choking gas, which Rome denies while dispatches from Perpignan report rising volunteers crossing into Spain.
Detroit police said 16 year old Robert Pawlowski, an escapee from Henry Ford Hospital, confessed to killing Pauline Regal with an iron fence stake. He claimed he intended to pillage the room but struck the woman when she stirred in bed.
Miles W. Vaughn former far eastern manager of United Press told a luncheon of civic organizations in Cincinnati that the danger of U S involvement in the Chinese Japanese war has decreased since the Chinese army withdrew from Shanghai area.
Hollywood stars Gary and wife Mrs Cooper celebrate the birth of a seven pound four ounce baby girl. Cooper, recovering from the event, shows a broad grin and brings cigars to work but can only work a short day due to the excitement and fatigue.
Three year old Jo Ann Lowe daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Lowe was fatally struck by an automobile driven by a neighbor woman in Columbus.
Washington officials concede a balanced budget for the current year is impossible and expect the deficit to remain near the $418 million level projected last April. Budget experts revise estimates, applying cuts and adjustments from recent Congress actions to limit the shortfall.
Up State Patrolmen found 32 year old mechanical engineer Charles Heim in Guilford Lake after his canoe capsized and he drowned.
Unionists from the Maritime Federation of the Pacific halted an oil barge attempt to bunkER the government owned freighter Wichita in the San Pedro harbor The Wichita leased to a private line reportedly carried barbed wire scrap iron and 16 airplanes as part of China bound war materiel under Roosevelt policies.
Nationalists launched heavy shelling on Madrid with shells crashing into central districts while residents continued daily trade. Asturian Loyalist forces stretched about 200 miles in Asturias for a final stand defense.
Lords Gerald Berners and George Kinnoull answered Ted Peckham’s ad seeking six noble bloods for Gentlemen for Hire. Berners joked about a strip tease while Kinnoull condemned Americans buying peers. Peckham offered salaries and expenses to those who joined the cast.
In San Francisco a Superior Judge approved allowing Cecelia Ramirez and Manuel Del Llano to marry for the sake of their unborn child. The pair, who had sought a license for months, dressed in wedding clothes and rushed to the marriage bureau but arrived after hours, missing the opportunity.
The unofficial joint legislative committee aims to finish a financing plan for poor relief by mid October. Chairwoman Lady Huml of Cuyahoga County predicts substantial progress but says the full bill will not be ready for legislative consideration before mid October.
Columbus dispatch reports two inmates ordered back to Ohio Penitentiary after a sick parole inquiry. Beryl Reynolds, released April 23 on imminent danger of death parole, was jailed again for a 1932 Ross County wound intent conviction. Arthur Burkhart, a Hancock County bank robbery convict, also returned.
Twelve bombing planes were sent to southern China to form a Chinese death squadron targeting the Japanese naval base at Pratas Shoals about 150 miles east of Hong Kong. Pilots gunners and observers are ordered to destroy the base or die. families receive 10000 indemnity per casualty.
Robbers broke into Cagle High School manual training shop to steal tools used to force open the Cable Ohio post office doors. They obtained about $10 in cash before fleeing.
Chinese troops recaptured Lotien, a key town north of Shanghai, after a dawn assault that routed Japanese reinforcements. The battle featured hand to hand fighting by Chinese forces famed for their two handed broadswords, amid a planned withdrawal to a new defensive line as Japanese forces pressed south.
Labor Council of the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys announces a Friday 7 30 pm meeting at Athens City Hall to organize a local CIO lumber union. Attendees are workers from Bardin Company Athens Lumber Glouster Lumber Nelsonville Lumber C W Backus Lumber. Officials will attend and aid in organizing details.
Five police squads swept a West Side slum district seeking a 15 or 16 year old boy accused of assaulting eight year old Geraldine Thompson. Officials reported the suspect was recently released from St Charles reformatory and described from sex-crime records. Geraldine, eldest of six, recovered from a coma and was improving at County Hospital.
Mrs. Samuel Miller survived after a collision in Sugar Creek in front of Dr DD Hostetler's office. Her jugular vein was severed and the doctor promptly stitched the vein, saving her life.
Albert Leavitt, sponsor of a Supreme Court suit, says Black already taking the oath does not affect the case. Leavitt resigned from a justice department post before filing Aug 18, arguing a constitutional bar on a senator who passed the retirement act serving on the Court. He notes the action precedes Black’s oath and vows to pursue further steps.
Special Prosecutor Craig Davis jailed Dana Roush last Friday and Carl Baer with George Hicks on Wednesday. The moves signal more arrests of witnesses who withhold information as the grand jury session continues. The jury was excused today and the case will resume Friday morning.
One million voters faced a three way contest in New York City with Royal Copeland seeking both nominations. Jeremiah Mahoney led the Democratic side backed by James Farley while Fiorello La Guardia challenged Copeland in the Republican field. Outcome uncertain as campaigns closed.
Rio Grande College trustees approve a plan to add Agriculture and Home Economics as new departments. The planning committee, led by J. Boyd Davis, met at the Lafayette Hotel with members Irene B. Caldwell Ira J. Fulton and others confirming the formal proposal for the college curriculum change.
The League of Nations voted to revive its 23 nation advisory committee with the United States as an observer. Britain and France pressed China’s Dr. Koo to defer invoking Article XVII while warning Japan may ignore league action. Negrin denounced Italy for intervening in Spain as a threat to European peace.
Grace Jones widow of Ohio Supreme Court Judge Thomas A. Jones died at her Columbus home. A native of Athens and Ohio University graduate, she had lived in Columbus 23 years. Survived by two sons Eben and Thomas Hoyt Jones two daughters Mrs Harold Mosier and Mrs William Cockley and nine grandchildren all of Cleveland. Burial in Jackson Ohio after Friday services.
Steubenville report says Weirton Steel Company lawyers secured a win to have SWOC activities investigated at an NLRB hearing. Board attorneys indicated witnesses would be called to present facts about SWOC amid charges the company intimidated its 12 000 employees for union activity.
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