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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1938
Page
1
President Roosevelt issues a second appeal for peace as war rumors intensify across Europe. The report notes looming German ultimatums and the impact on civilians, with dispatches highlighting a child victim and new wartime photographs from the European front.
President Roosevelt challenged Hitler's claim that Czechoslovakia must choose peace or war and urged an immediate conference of directly interested nations in a neutral European location. The U.S. also asked Japan to join appeals to Germany and Czechoslovakia to avert war, with Tokyo contemplating the American proposal.
Hitler summoned a four power conference in Munich to avert war as Britain’s Chamberlain announced the move in Parliament. Mussolini Daladier and Chamberlain planned to discuss new plans with Hitler while Sudetenland tensions hovered. The expected Czech withdrawal of troops from Sudetenland was seen as a potential peaceful settlement.
SARATOGA SPRINGS N Y Bruce Barton told the New York Republican convention the keynote that every additional Republican senator or congressman elected this fall is one more vote against hasty action toward war. He accused the New Deal of blocking prosperity and pledged to improve the Wagner Laborer, charging it keeps business jittery and urged railroad consolidation and recapitalization.
London authorities planned today to evacuate children from orphan asylums and schools before nightfall as war threats grew closer. Police recalled between 2,000 and 3,000 retired men to relieve younger volunteers for emergency air raid duties.
COSHOCTON Ohio Congressman William Ashbrook of the 17th Ohio District pledges he will not vote for another declaration of war except in case of invasion. The statement was made in Johnstown as part of his campaign remarks.
PORTSMOUTH UP John H Walker 50, a father of five, was acquitted today of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Walter Lee Stewart 23 and Henry Wright 23 who came to his home Feb 6 seeking access to his daughter.
Rev. A. S. Rosenberger resigns as Bluffton College president citing nervous disorder from overwork as the reason for retirement.
The House committee on un American activities resumes hearings with Nazi uniformed investigator John Metcalfe as a witness. Chairman Dies said Metcalfe, a former reporter and six months investigator, will testify on the growth of Nazism in the United States and may wear the Nazi uniform. Metcalfe previously estimated over 500000 Nazis and sympathizers in the country.
The George Sheets family near Waterloo is split by court orders. The father, 45, WPA worker, jailed on non-support charges filed by his father-in-law Craft Watson. The mother declared insane and committed to Athens State Hospital. Five children placed in Children's Home. infant cared for by grandparents.
Paris reports Daladier will address the nation tonight as workmen seal the Louvre and other national museums and move priceless artworks to safety from potential air raids amid rising wartime tensions.
Thousands of Americans crowded European seaports seeking passages home as war threat grows. United States Lines said the S S Washington at Havre would sail with a full American load, prioritizing women and children, canceling Hamburg stop to free space for refugees. Ships Washington and President Roosevelt to add cabins and lifeboats. Ambassador Bullitt urged passengers with extra bed space to offer it to fellow citizens, expecting strong willingness to help.
Major General Julian I. Schley ordered review reports on a proposed Letart Falls dam in Meigs County Ohio and improvements at Huron Harbor Ohio. Lt. Col. J. D. Arthur to collect Letart Falls data and Lt. Col. X. T. Price to study Huron Harbor.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce voted to investigate the $30 every Thursday old age pension proposal. directors ordered a thorough study of its fallacies and implications. The board also urged locating one of four $1,000,000 research laboratories at Ohio State University, noting Congress has funded the labs.
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe the Dionne quintuplets doctor appeared in Federal Court to answer a $1,000,000 damage suit filed by Ivan I Spear. Spear charged a conspiracy among Dafoe Pathe News the S S Kresge Company and Woolworth to break a contract to exhibit the babies at the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
New York reports the North German Lloyd ship Hansa, planned to carry 350 passengers tonight, departed shortly after 9 am today with no passengers aboard. The voyage proceeds as scheduled despite the empty vessel.
Latvia's government issued an order requiring every person to purchase gas masks today as part of civil defense measures amid ongoing security concerns. The directive affects residents nationwide and outlines procurement responsibilities for households and public institutions.
Columbus A P reports Governor Davey will not call a special session of the Ohio General Assembly this year to address public school financing. The aide called it politically inexpedient, despite teachers and state groups urging a session to tackle the $17 million school debt and seek renewed cigarette and gasoline taxes before January.
Vladimir Hurban Czech minister to the United States says Hitler’s demand for the Sudetenland is camouflage for a move to wheat fields in Russian Ukraine and oil wells in Romania. He calls Hitler’s conditions in the Sudeten areas absolutely false and urges democratic nations to stand firmly together for peace.
The Public Works Administration approved a 135000 grant to Ohio University for Lindley Hall additions and a three story two unit expansion to the men's dormitory. The total project cost is about 300000 with the university borrowing 165000 to be repaid from building revenue.
Fire Capt. Alex Dale led responders to a west side home where a man and two youths were fire damaged after a gasoline line air pressure tank exploded. Dale found his son Donald, 19, in the grass crying out in pain as the others suffered burns.
Water consumers are warned that between 9 and 11 o clock tomorrow morning water will be discontinued on W. Union Street from the railroad crossing west to Coulson Avenue Moore Avenue and S Shafer Street. The interruption is for Athens Lumber Co to connect an automatic sprinkler system.
The British Foreign Office disclosed a sequence from Roosevelt’s message to Hitler proposing a European conference. Chamberlain described Hitler’s demand as risking a world war, while plans for a four power Munich talks unfold. Germany moves sea lines and Italy mobilizes as Czech invitation is withheld.
Chamberlain sought Pope Pius XII’s influence for peace as Britain and France press for a conference on Sudetenland with Hitler. Hitler rejected Czech objections to immediate surrender. Britain prepares for war with anti aircraft guns and rationing while embassies caution citizens to leave. Mussolini and Daladier to join direct talks as four nations coordinate to delay mobilization and avert conflict.
Prague reports show Slovaks casting their lot with the Czechs to defend the republic against Germany. Czech German Democrats appeal to Britain, arguing not all Sudeten Germans back invasion. Leaders claim peace with Benes, while government urges citizens to Hooverize and stay vigilant as war atmosphere grows.
Poland and Czechoslovakia move toward settlement of a long running border dispute. A letter from President Ignacy Moscicki to Prague suggests a possible cession of a 20 mile Silesia strip housing 82 000 Czechoslovak Poles. The crisis risks Poland aligning with Germany and Hungary if the accord fails as Czechoslovakia’ s eastern and southern neighbors discuss mobilization.
The Navy Department announced that three light cruisers have been ordered from San Diego to the east coast in an official move reported today.
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