Tornado Hits Columbus Kansas Killing Seven Injured Over One Hundred
Rescuers comb ruins in Columbus Kansas where a tornado leveled a large portion of the town of 3,500, killing seven and injuring more than 100. The storm derailed a train, overturned coaches, and ripped a brick schoolhouse, with many grade school children among the injured. The twister then moved northeast into Oklahoma and other states, causing dozens more fatalities and widespread damage.
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Columbus
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Fourteen Floats to Highlight Athens County Parade
Fourteen pioneer scene floats have been entered for the Athens County Celebration parade on April 11 in Athens. C. C. Cornell, float committee chair, reported on arrangements and said many groups plan to participate. Mrs. B. E. Worman coordinates a Chesterhill float entry. Committees work on other celebration details as organizers expect the largest crowd yet.
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Athens County
Northwest Territory
Athens
C. C. Cornell
B. E. Worman
Chesterhill
Antiques Sought for Northwest Territory Museum Parade
More relics of pioneer days are sought to decorate Court Street for a Northwest Territory Museum event on April 11. John W. Bolin of the Athens Retail Merchants Association asks locals with antiques to notify him for display in storefront windows. Floats are planned from many Athens area groups and business sponsors with more floats under consideration from Steubenville, Marietta, Zanesville, and McConnelsville.
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Court St
Northwest Territory
John W. Bolin
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Athens
Richard Steward
J. W. Thompson Co
Columbus
Steubenville
Marietta
Zanesville
McConnelsville
Steward
Zenner
Commng
Cancer Serum Deaths Raised To Nine Today
ORLANDO FL UP Fatalties which followed treatment of cancer with a new bacteria filtrate rose to nine with deaths of Mrs Lydia Morris and C F Pore aged 49 and 62 from apparent tetanus. Seven others who received the filtrate had died earlier and three remained hospitalized, one critically ill with convulsions described as like lockjaw.
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Orlando
Fla
Lydia Morris
C. F. Pore
Mexican Government Opens Oil Business
The Mexican government formed the National Oil Exporting Company to manage foreign sales of Mexico's oil, amid ongoing protests over seizure of private property. President Lazaro Cardenas met with two American oil promoters as the announcement was made.
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Mexico City
National Oil Exporting Company
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Sales Tax Collections Make Sharpest Decline
Columbus reports Ohio tax receipts for the week ending March 19 fell 36 percent from the same week in 1937, marking the sharpest decline of 1938, according to State Treasurer Clarence H. Knisely.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence H. Knisely
States Strain Under Relief Burden Amid Recession
Washington reports the Social Security Board says the business downturn and higher unemployment swell relief costs for the needy aged. By March 31 about 1.3 million people received aid under federal state plans, up 52,000 from February. Total March outlay reached 32.354 million, up nearly 1 million from the prior month, with Virginia the only state not having an approved plan. Indiana has contributed 6.3 million and Ohio 27.5 million toward old age assistance since February 1936.
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Washington
U.P
Loil Security Board
Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Loyalists Claim Victories on Lerida Madrid Fronts
Loyalists launch offensive on the Guadalajara front aiming at Madrid while reporting a severe reverse for Nationalists at Lerida in Catalonia. Loyalist troops retreating through snow to France, with 3,000 to 4,000 of the 31st Infantry Division said to have crossed into the Luchon area.
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Lerija
France
31St Infantry Division
Luchon
Abandon Hope For Missing Naval Fliers
Honolulu reports the Navy abandoned hope for six men aboard a giant bombing plane that disappeared during U S battle fleet maneuvers. Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch announced no survivors were expected and search efforts ended. The crash marked the second fatal loss in the war games' first phase, another bomber also crashed with five deaths and two survivors from the initial crash.
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Honolulu
T. H
Navy
U. S
Claude C. Bloch
Alcoholism Fatal to Former State Official
In Columbus Dr Edward Smith coroner ruled acute alcoholism caused the death of James Wittenbrook 43 former chief of the State Division of Labor Statistics and Employment Offices and Monroe County commissioner at City Prison. He had been held for investigation after stolen automobile license plates were found in his car and he formerly lived in Woodsfield.
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Columbus
U.R
Edward Smith
James Wittenbrook
State Division of Labor Statistics and Employment Offices
City
Wittenbrook
Woodsfield
Monroe County
John L. Lewis Day Observed by Miners
United Mine Workers members marked John L. Lewis Day, the 40th anniversary of the eight hour day and the second anniversary of the seven hour day in coal fields. Celebrations were planned in many towns and most workers in the Mine Workers Headquarters took the day off. The union aims for a six hour day.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Man Killed by Auto in Columbus Upstate
John J. Gordon, 77, died in hospital after being struck by an automobile Thursday night in Columbus. The incident occurred as he was crossing a street, authorities said. He was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Auto Columbus
John J. Gordon
Approval of RFC Bill Passes Senate Aid to Businesses
Washington D C United States Senate moved toward passage of the Glass Bill authorizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to businesses and municipalities. Senator Carter Glass warned that failure would trigger a wave of small business loan demands and threaten government finances as supporters and New Deal officials said the measure would spur industrial expansion and job creation.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Carter Glass
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
New Deal
Chinese hold Taierhehwang as battle extends days
Shanghai dispatch reports on Taierhehwang in southern Shantung Province where Chinese defenders stubbornly resist a larger Japanese force for a fourth day continuing to contest control of the town amid ongoing fighting.
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Shanghai
U.P
Taierhehwang
Shantung Province
Zanesville to spend 200 for Northwest Sesquicentennial float
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy issued an opinion approving a $200 expenditure by Zanesville for a float in the Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Celebration. He said the float serves an educational purpose under the Ordinance of 1787, Section III, which urges support for schools and education.
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Columbus
U.P
Herbert S. Duffy
Zanesville
Northwest Territory
Duffy
Territory
Ohio
Hint of Candidacy Seen In Hoover Speech
New York report notes Herbert Hoover may seek the presidency in 1940 after his Council on Foreign Relations address. He urged staying out of other nations' wars, criticized Roosevelt's quarantine policy, and warned against binding democracies to wage world peace. He cited his European tour and warned against dictatorship.
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New York
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Council On Foreign Relations
America
Roosevelt
Chicago
Hoover
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Missionary Rev Fred Pickett Dies in Asia
Cablegram from Athens reports the death of Rev. Fred Pickett missionary in Saigon French Indo China. He had served seven years for the Seventh Day Adventist Church and now leaves a family including several Athens residents as his immediate kin. Details on death not provided.
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Athens
Fred Pickett
Saigon
Indo-China
Franz Woodworth
M. L. Steenrod
John Gist
Raymond Bethel
Adrian
Mich
Pickett
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Indo- China
United States
Seventh Day Adventist College
Berlin
Asia
John Pickett
Flatiron
Laurelville Man Is Released From Jail
Federal authorities released Scott McDonald of Laurelville on $1,000 bond from Columbus City Jail where he has been held since his arrest two weeks ago on a charge of violating federal liquor laws. The case has been bound to the next grand jury session.
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Columbus
Scott McDonald
Laurelville
Columbus City
McDonald
Flagship of Caravan's Flotilla Runs Aground
The Youghiogheny River halts progress of the caravan as the flagship Union Galley grounds on a sand bar near Shaner Pa five miles above McKeesport. Earlier the ship wedged between rocks below the Sutersville Bridge after a prior beaching while pilot John W. Zenn tried to steer clear of the pier. 27 youths aboard plus two canoes a pirogue and a flat barge reached McKeesport safely.
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Mckeesport
U.P
Youghiogheny River
Northwest Territory
Shaner
Sutersville
John W. Zenn
Youghiogheny
Sutersville Bridge
FCC report calls for 25 percent cut in telephone rates
The FCC proposes a 25 percent reduction in all telephone rates and seeks broader regulatory powers over American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Commissioner Paul Walker led a three year, 1.5 million inquiry into AT&T. The plan awaits full FCC approval before any congressional recommendations. The 25 percent cut could occur without harming the company's net earnings.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
FCC
Paul Walker
Full Communications Commission
Congress
Vatican Publication in Dispute With Goering
Vatican newspaper Osserva Romana disputed Field Marshal Goering’s claim that Germany did not persecute religion. It cited arrests of religious leaders including Rev. Rupert Mayer, imprisoned for two sermons on Saint Stephen and the Lord Christ, while Protestants protested Niemöller being forced to halt services.
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Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Hermann Goering
Rupert Mayer
Lord Christ
Martin Niemeller
CCC to enroll 40k more in Ohio and nearby states
Washington reports Civilian Conservation Corps director Robert Fechner announced immediate enrollment of 59,000 recruits to replace personnel discharged after six months in April. State quotas included Ohio 4 019 and West Virginia 982 with other lists to follow.
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Washington
U.P
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
Ohio
West Virginia
Youths Join Rebels in Barcelona Resistance
Youths and girls under the draft age in Catalonia form volunteer brigades to resist the Nationalist offensive on Barcelona, as announced. The movement signals broad popular mobilization against the advancing forces in the city.
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Rebels
Barcelona
Catalonia
Bette Davis Defies Warners Over New Film Start
Bette Davis sent an April Fool note to Warner Bros claiming she will not star in Comet Over Broadway. The studio suspended her $2,500 weekly salary and warned she would not be paid until she changes her mind.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Warner
Bette
Broadway
Faith Baldwin
Warners
Rail Executives Seek Their Own Solution to Rail Troubles
Rail executives and labor groups, unhappy with Roosevelt committee findings, form a subcommittee to draft a plan avoiding wage cuts. They intend to present the proposal to President Roosevelt on his return to Washington next week. The report by ICC Chairman Splawn and Commissioners Eastman and Mahaffie remains partly confidential, with copies shown to attendees of the president's railway conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Special Railway Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walter 4. W. Splawn
Joseph W. Eastman
Charles D. Mahaffie
Spanish War Nears Climax on Three Fronts
Nationalists launch a Mediterranean coast push in the Orella sector of Catalonia and threaten Lerida as Loyalists claim a major offensive near Guadalaraja, the key to Madrid. Simultaneously a Teruel front operation appears to divert Nationalist troops from Catalonia as the civil war nears its peak.
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Hendaye
U.P
Mediterranean
Orella
Lerida
Monzon-Lerida
Guadalajara
Madrid
Teruel
Catalonia
House to end general debate on government reorg bill
House leaders prepare to shut off general debate on the government reorganization bill amid a stormy session. A late move to read the bill for amendments under a five minute rule could trigger a roll call vote, as administration supporters seek to advance the measure.
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Washington
U.P
House
Government Res
Administration
Hopkins Seen As Possible President By Reorganize Bill
Rep Arthur Lamneck charged that enacting the government reorganization bill would make Harry Hopkins the most potent relief administrator and potentially next president. He called Hopkins the fair haired boy of the administration and said he would gain unlimited power and tax money to pursue social and political aims.
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Washington
U.P
Arthur Lamneck
Harry Hopkins
United States
Lamneck
Hopkins
Telegraph telegrams pour in as Father Couglin mobilizes opposition
The capitol receives a flood of telegrams urging representatives to vote No on the bill after Father Couglin and Father Coughlin condemn centralization of government in education and warn of a totalitarian state. Administration leaders later hedge on timing, suggesting final action may slip to next week after amendments are ready.
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Charles E. Cougslin
Detroit
New Deal
Father Coughlin
Welfare
Roosevelt
Record Winter Wheat Crop Predicted in 1938
CHICAGO U P The winter wheat crop since 1931 and the third largest in the corn history was forecast today by E. H. Miller, a prominent crop expert. Mrs Miller predicted a 1938 winter crop of 692000000 bushels as compared with 685000000 bushels in 1937.
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Chicago
U.P
E. H. Miller
Holl Denies Accusations About Hocking County Relief
Barton A. Holl, president of the Logan Chamber of Commerce, sent a telegram to Dr. Carl Watson denying Columbus paper reports on Hocking County relief. He said conditions are better there and urged an investigation before judgment, noting Meigs and Hocking counties maintain certifying agencies since last June and investigations started after mine closures.
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LOGAN
Columbus
Hocking County
Carl Watson
Ohio
Barton A. Holl
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Hocking
Hall
Ho and Meigs
Lick Run
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