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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1937
Page
1
Chinese authorities say the Japanese fourteenth final attempt began at dawn to crush Shanghai resistance. The assault used every weapon including infantry machine guns artillery siege guns naval guns tanks and cavalry along a front from the north railroad station to Lotien.
In Shanghai near the North Station area, two Japanese airplanes strafed and bombed a group of camera men for American concerns. The journalists Eric Mayell, Arthur Menken, Rudolfo Brandt, and H. S. Wong fled their car, took cover in a field as a bomb dropped about 200 yards away, and came under machine gun fire while fleeing for a ditch. No casualties reported.
Japanese marines initially failed to break Chinese defenses at the North Railroad Station in Chapei north of the International Settlement after more than 20 Japanese planes bombed the area for three hours. A mine exploded near the U S Augusta as a group tried to place it to strike the Idzumo, but the ships were unharmed.
President Roosevelt rested with his grandchildren in Seattle as the nation welcomed his decision to use federal hydro electric projects to boost industrial electrification in small communities and farms. He traveled with Mrs. Roosevelt and the Boettigers arriving after a transcontinental run from Portland.
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes defended the lower federal courts in a digest of the annual conference. He noted progress in clearing docket backlogs and endorsed a four point program to shore up weak spots. The conclusions were based on a report by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, a strong advocate of reorganization.
Harold E. Dahl of Champaign Illinois Loyalist pilot captured by Nationalists will face a second court martial on Oct. 5. He was previously convicted of rebellion and sentenced to death but his wife appealed to Franco and his life was spared. It is not believed the second trial will seek firing squad due to diplomatic negotiations for his release.
Mayor Harold H. Burton Independent Republican was renominated in Cleveland municipal primary with a 31 000 vote plurality over county engineer John O. McWilliams. Four of 32 incumbent councilmen seeking re nomination were defeated.
James Ossman and Robert Kennedy of Kimberly south of Nelsonville pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of a still and mask. They appeared before U S Commissioner Robert Newton and a hearing was scheduled.
In Cincinnati U S Bar rett of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association urged that U S engineers lead a national flood control program at a meeting with seven Ohio River border states. Major Gen Julian L Schley said reservoirs in headwaters solve the flood problem and hydroelectric development must not block flood control.
Andrew Marker, 69, was found shot twice in the head at his Troy gasoline station in what police believe was an attempted holdup. A pistol in Marker’s hand had fired once. A gray car with two women fled the scene after the shooting. About $100 was found at the station. Charles Murray of Piqua saw the two suspects leave. Police were alerted by Murray.
Denver reports that AFL leaders on the executive council are overwhelmingly in favor of expelling the John L. Lewis CIO unions. A final decision has not been made, and any action would await convention discussions next week.
Ruth Blum of Dayton refused to pay a two cent sales tax on a 50 cent battery rental. The state tax commission filed suit that may result in a 100 dollar fine.
Ohio State Police launch a statewide hunt for the slavers of Patrolman George A. Conn 28 found dead with eight bullet wounds wrapped in a burlap blanket in a roadside ditch near Freeport Ohio Three Missouri fugitives Charlies Bird Frank Bird and James Widmer are suspected of the killing they escaped from Cleveland jail and Missouri prison respectively tied to a $20000 bank holdup in Cleveland.
George A. Conn, a state highway patrolman found murdered near Cadiz, attended Ohio University in 1927-28 and again in late 1934-35. He was a Sigma Pi member and served in Athens and Pomeroy during last January's flood.
Ohio patrols were alerted after three bandits described in photos and notes circulated today. Col. Lynn Black said the fugitives may travel from Cleveland toward the south and may have flagged Conn for a traffic violation before his disappearance Monday near Freeport.
The Teamsters Union lifted its month old embargo on the San Francisco waterfront and called a truce with the CIO longshoremen and warehousemen. Pickets were withdrawn and Teamsters would resume hauling cargo to and from the wharves.
Irene Castle McLaughlin, patron of a refuge for mistreated dogs, was limited to 750 dollars monthly alimony pending permanent settlement of her divorce suit in Chicago.
Patricia Maguire, 26, of Oak Park, spent 67 months in a coma from encephalitis lethargica before dying of pneumonia and an abdominal tumor. Dr. Eugene Traut sought autopsy, hoping to advance knowledge of the disease.
Federal agents rushed to the Chicago apartment of Charles S. Ross after a pen marked letter bearing a ransom demand arrived for his wife. Officers traced a Washington D C postmark and followed a baffling phone call to the Ross camp as detectives pressed the abduction case of the wealthy retired Valentine manufacturer seized Saturday night.
Premier Mussolini ends visit with a parade of 25 German regiments before Hitler at the chancellery. They dine at Hitler's HQ and Mussolini honors the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Hess to accompany the Duce on his special train to the Austrian frontier amid heavy guards.
A major explosion and fire at the Swift and Company packing plant in Chicago’s Stockyards caused extensive damage estimated at 200000 to 300000 dollars. Fire officials cited an unknown initial cause with steam pipe explosions occurring shortly after the blaze began on upper floors as crews battled the flames for about an hour.
The National Bituminous Coal Commission reported agreements on coal prices for District One in Central Pennsylvania and District Seven in southeastern West Virginia after threats to appoint a hearing committee. An accord followed for District Two in western Pennsylvania and District Seven in southern West Virginia on coal classifications.
In Old Orchard Maine a 15 mile balloon flight carried 27 small balloons. Priest Rev James J Mullen shot at the balloons from Pelham Manor New York to puncture them and drop Al Mingalone to a treetop. The photographer was not harmed.
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission moves to speed the 15 year old Ohio Bell rate case. The case involves refunds totaling 18 million dollars to about 500 thousand Ohio consumers. Counsel for the state and Bell will confer today to seek a procedural framework for fixing property valuations.
Mrs. Bonificia Garcia 68 neared death after 12 hours with her arm caught in a picket fence. Her son Martiano, 40, chained to a bed, was to face a sanity examination. Neighbors and passers-by heard her moans and she was rescued while the man offered no coherent explanation.
Hollywood star Freddie Bartholomew, aged ten, faced a choice between taking a job at $1,100 a week or remaining idle as a superior court judge ordered the contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to stand. The injunction bars him from working for other studios for the duration of the MGM contract.
John Zitko age 67 was killed at City Foundry Co Cleveland when a 7000 pound steel hopper bucket toppled into a limestone pit after the rock beneath it loosened He was digging at the bottom of the pit when the bucket fell from the edge authorities said The incident occurred today at the Cleveland plant of City Foundry Co
William J. Watson of Columbus sues Cambridge Collieries Co for 300000 damages claiming illegal removal of coal from Bone Bell Mine in Guernsey County. He alleges the company mined coal from land adjacent to a 60 acre tract in which he held an interest and mined coal it did not own.
Magistrate Charles Solomon dismissed homicide charges against 87 year old typist Gertrude O Keefe after a brief fel ony court hearing. She was accused of fatally shooting George O Frank a 47 year old bank teller found slain across the street from her Brooklyn home. Dismissal hinged on bullet discrepancies between her revolver and the 32 caliber pistol used in the slaying.
A picket's tarpaper shanty at the Republic Steel Corp plant in Niles was destroyed by vandals. Deputies report floodlights off at 3:45 a.m. as four carloads of men wrecked the shanty and overturned a car owned by J. H. Oswald.
Eddie Hawkins aged 36 of Columbus died in a Mt Vernon hospital from injuries in a crash near Mt Liberty. Claude Brooks 38 and Frances White Ray 25 both of Columbus also died in the same accident and were Negro.
Authorities identify Joe Horvath 64 Dayton as the deceased in a Sunday night traffic accident on the New Troy Pike. Fire and police responded to the scene and the investigation continues.
Justice Hugo L Black arrived in Norfolk after a European vacation and refused to answer if he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan. He said he might issue a statement later, possibly via radio, and continued to decline comment on the Klan question.
NBC disclosed it offered Justice Hugo Black time on the air to respond to Ku Klux Klan charges and received a wireless reply from the City of Norfolk. Black declined specifics and said he would speak in a way that cannot be misquoted. Reporters swarmed the ship as Black prepared for questions, with Roosevelt silent on the issue.
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy filed quo warranto proceedings in the Ohio Supreme Court against Western Auto Supply Co. The state alleges the chain sold insurance without a license by issuing guarantees on fires for definite hazards and for a set period.
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