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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1940
Page
1
A compromise on the profits tax raises the corporate income tax rate from 20.9 to 24 percent and adds a 25 to 80 percent excess profits levy for 1940 corporations. The measure includes defense provisions and a new government insurance system for military personnel.
A Hoover led GOP committee plans a midwest campaign tour for the Willkie Neary ticket with Alfred M Landon and Thomas F Dewey. Hoover will speak in Columbus Ohio on Oct 9 and backers will campaign for Taft Bricker Vandenberg Roosevelts Hanford MacNider Davis and Stassen in key states.
Speedy preparations for draft boards in Ohio were announced. Presiding common pleas and probate judges will join as two members of county boards to nominate five men for the draft. A third member will be chosen, with selection expected today or tomorrow, per John W. Bricker.
Truck drivers rallied today to halt enforcement of Kentucky's 18 000 pound gross weight limit contending the rule is unconstitutional interferes with interstate commerce undermines national defense and discriminates against freight trucks by exempting passenger vehicles.
A 21 year old German airman described as a son of one of Hitler's most eminent advisers was reported to have been captured in Britain. A Hoover speech for Wendell Willkie was postponed at Bicoyers request until a later date.
The government files suit in Washington DC against the American Petroleum Institute and 22 major oil companies alleging unlawful monopoly price fixing and conspiracy under the Sherman Act. It seeks restraining orders to halt acquisitions and dissolving the institute to curb anti competitive practices.
Ohio registrar Dylan Wallace says police will begin enforcing new permit checks starting tomorrow. About 675,000 motorists have not yet obtained the new license, with roughly three quarters of Ohio’s 2.7 million drivers already compliant.
Mrs. Edward Hill, 74, of Blanchester, died Sunday night after a car hit her west of Dodsonville. Harry Schmidt, 55, of Chester, an oil merchant, was held on $200 bond on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident.
A U.S. Navy sailor from the cruiser Augusta was detained by Japanese gendarmes near the Whangpoo waterfront on Saturday night. He was held at gendarme headquarters for about two hours before release, amid claims of beating before officers from his ship secured him freedom.
New York report says Courtney Ryley Cooper a famed author of adventure and crime tales hanged himself in a hotel closet. Detective Caswell Jacobs noted overwork and nervous exhaustion while friends described frustration over FBI interest in Mexico related Fifth Column information.
Logan resident Malloy and Fred Carpenter vie for a seat on the Hocking County Board of Directors. Carpenter withdraws after Malloy cites reasons as to voter alignment and qualification. Pearl Max, 28, of Columbus, dies from injuries after a Sunday crash where a car left State Route 3 and overturned in a ditch north of here. two company directors were seriously hurt.
Pravda declares the triple axis pact signals broader war across Europe Asia and beyond with new spheres of influence and mutual defense among Germany Italy Japan and the United States and Britain. It accuses U S aid to Britain of widening the conflict and notes Russia’s neutral stance.
West Virginia’s largest family the Jones clan of 15 with parents Grover and Mrs Jones will ride a special railroad coach to Narrows Virginia for a day at the New York World’s Fair and a possible meeting with President Roosevelt at the White House Rep John Kee aims to arrange the Roosevelt visit noting the 14th son was named after the president Grover Jones Day will be celebrated at the fair Thursday in their honor
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for president, warned that America risks war while aiding Britain. He urged restraint and argued the nation cannot avoid conflict by supplying support to allies without becoming belligerent.
A Washington inquiry explains that youths turning 21 after October 16 are exempt under current selective service rules. The Census Bureau estimates about 3 million new registrants daily. the draft may cover 21 year olds born before or on October 16, with exemptions possible only for specific reasons.
Willkie continues campaign by train through Michigan visiting South Bend Kalamazoo Battle Creek Ann Arbor Wyandotte and Detroit where he will speak to the National Federation of Republican Women. He then heads to Ohio Pennsylvania New York City Brooklyn and New Jersey for additional speeches and policy remarks.
A 35 year old short order cook admitted to abducting and bludgeoning Mrs. Ethel Atkins to death at a vacant farmhouse 20 miles from the city. The body was found nude and battered last Tuesday in Hor sham Montgomery County. Atkins, wife of a Philadelphia bricklayer, was linked to a former Duke tobacco family marriage in North Carolina. Police Capt Engle said the suspect signed a statement claiming she killed a companion on a round of Philadelphia taverns.
Local selective service boards told to avoid fanatical diligence and press everyone into training. The Service Committee announced a conference address urging careful deferment decisions to target only those eligible for first call for a year of army duty.
Chicago report notes no holiday slowdown on U S highways in August with 3 220 fatalities. The National Safety Council says the month marked the largest rise since March 1987 and a 48 percent jump from August of the prior year reflecting a heavy vacation period.
Prominent Catholic clergy will dedicate Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo as part of the diocese centennial ceremonies. The event marks a major milestone in the Toledo Diocese serving 19 counties and about 170000 Catholics led by Bishop Karl J. Alter. In Portsmouth, Henry Diller, 52, died in a gas line accident at Wherling Steel Corp when a gas pipe connection was knocked loose, investigators say.
In Rome authorities announce the first domestic rationing since wartime strain. Each person gets 28 ounces of cooking fat monthly, about half a pint, plus 10 ounces of butter or fat and small allowances of soap and other necessities.
Akron Democrats Rep. George J. Harter and Rep. Wilford B. Bixler urged Governor Bricker to reorganize the division of aid for the aged to speed up 16 000 pending old age pension applications. They cited a June 18 claim by division chief Tom McCaw that eligible applicants would receive help within three months after $2 million was appropriated, noting about 600 Summit county seniors and others remained on waiting lists. Welfare director Charles I. Isherwood disputed the statements as unsupported by other acts.
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Hershey, a native of Hell's Point and a former graduate of a gene school at Hell's Point, became the temporary head of the nations first peacetime conscription program. With a permanent No 1 appointment pending President Roosevelt conferred executive powers of the director of selective service upon Hershey.
A chaotic wartime wire story discusses a six year old gun accident and a Gibraltar military issue. It cites Spain Italy Germany and Japan, plus Roosevelt, in debates over Mediterranean control and potential Axis actions. The text blends sensational detail with strategic conjecture about Gibraltar and Britain's position.
British observers warn of a twofold crisis before winter with a possible axis attempt to seize Gibraltar and invade England amid German and Italian diplomacy. Reports cite Berlin talk of gas masks distribution, Dover bombardments, air raids over London, and mobilization of plans involving Spain and Vichy France.
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