Texas Officers Hunt Clues To Murderers Of California Women
Texas officials chase leads in the Frome murder case near Van Horn. A Pecos engineer reports seeing two men in a large dark coupe with yellow plates tailing the Frome car before the brutal killings. Witnesses’ stories help reconstruct the crime as investigators seek the killers who may be West Texas residents or in the area to threaten witnesses. Frome and his daughter were killed. their bodies to be returned to Berkeley. Private services planned in Richmond, California.
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Van
el Paso
Jackson
Mickey J. Hammons
Almogordo
N. M
Unionists Quit Power Plants After Victory
Detroit Michigan reports that regular crews returned to Saginaw Valley power plants after CIO workers ended a four month wage dispute and gained exclusive bargaining rights. National Labor Relations Board election to decide which union will hold control was promised. Governor Murphy denounced plant seizures as a bad illegal precedent.
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Detroit
U.P
Saginaw Valley
Committee For Industrial Organization
Michi
National Labor Relations Board
Frank Murphy
Florida
District School Heads Discuss Transportation Plans
A five member committee of Southeastern Ohio superintendents met at the County Superintendent of Schools office with Kenneth C. Ray to draft a transportation schedule. They will present reports at the state meeting in Columbus. Members include Kenneth C. Ray chair, C. W. Mallet secretary, F. J. Taylor Amesville, N. B. Potts Pottsmouth, and F. D. Ring Zanesville.
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Ohio
Kenneth C. Ray
Department of Education
Columbus
Kenneth C. Y
C. W. Mallet
Mennelsville
F. J. Tay
Amesville
N. B. Potts
Pottsmouth
F. D. Ring
Zanesville
Sammy Baugh Sent to Columbus Red Birds
St. Petersburg news says Branch Rickey released Sammy Baugh to Columbus of the American Association. It also reports Paul Dean signed and transferred to Houston of the Texas League.
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Sammy Baugh
Columbus
Red Birds
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Paul Dean
Houston
Two Slain in Texas Desert
In West Texas desert badlands, the bodies of 23 year old Nancy Frome and her mother Hazel Frome were found by truck drivers after lying for five days in mesquite brush. The pair had been stripped and tortured. Weston G. Frome of Berkeley California is named as the family link. Prior to this, two years earlier, two men and two women vanished there.
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Nancy Frome
Hazel Frome
Weston G. Frome
Berkeley
Calif
West
Texas
Jenkins One of Congress TVA Probers
Vice President Garner named a Senate group to probe the Tennessee Valley Authority with Donahey Brown Schwarts McNary Borah as members. House picks Mead Driver Thomason Jenkins Wolverton Wolverton as members. Borah declined the appointment saying he distrusts joint investigations.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Vic Donahey
Fred H. Brown
N. H
H. H. Schwarts
Wyo
Charles L. McNary
Ore
William E. Borah
Ida
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
William B. Bankhead
James M. Mead
N. Y
William J. Driver
Ark
R. Ewing Thomason
Tex
Tom Jenkins
Charles A. Wolverton
N. J
Borah
Funeral set for Mrs Dora Coen in South Canaan
Mrs Dora Coen 59 wife of Archie Coen died Monday at her Athens area home after a stroke. Survived by husband four daughters and a son Glen Guysville. burial at the South Canaan Church cemetery after 2 PM service conducted by Rev Pugh. One son Robert preceded her in death.
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Dora Coen
Archie Coen
Athens R. D
Train Crash Kills Many In Southern Africa Head-On
between 20 and 30 persons were killed Monday when the Bulawayo Johannesburg mail train crashed head on into a freight train near London reported by U P the disaster occurred in Southern Africa and involved the mail train from Bulawayo to Johannesburg.
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London
U.P
Southern
Africa
Bulawayo
Johannesburg
Indicted Gas Officials Plead Not Guilty in Ohio Case
Ten of fifteen officials of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co and its parent Columbia Gas and Electric Co pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Common Pleas Judge Dana Reynolds. Indictments allege dilution of natural gas. Five other out of state officials were not arraigned.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas and Electric Co
New York
Dana Reynolds
Mass marriage mystery in Arkansas leads to coroner verdict
Mrs Cora T Hebner a middle aged German woman who said she married six men without divorce is linked to the murder of her invalid husband Will Hebner. A coroner’s jury found he was slain by his wife in an unknown manner after investigating a skeleton at the Hebner home over two weeks. Hebner said her husband married 19 women while living with her.
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Pocahontas
Ark
Cora T. Hebner
Will Hebner
Hebner
Lonely Hearts
Franco Plans Ultimatum or Mass Attack on Loyalists
Generalissimo Francisco Franco reportedly planned an unconditional surrender ultimatum to the Loyalist Government or a merciless Barcelona assault with renewed mass bombings. Nationalists advancing along the Catalonia front claimed Loyalist resistance dwindled as 18,342 prisoners were taken and 7,554 Loyalist dead were buried between March 9 and 31.
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Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Tortosa
Barcelona- Valencia
Catalonia
Spain
Franco
Polimax
Salamanca Radio
Aragon-Catalonia
Reorganization Bill Opponents Continue Fight
Washington opponents of the government reorganization bill press their campaign to defeat the measure despite concessions. House Rules Committee Chairman John O Connor expresses optimism, while Majority Leader Sam Rayburn accuses insurgent Democrats and Republicans of baffleing Congress and embarrassing the President.
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Washington
Congress
Editor Demands Guinea Pig Experiments Stop
The Journal of the American Medical Association called for safeguards against using people as guinea pigs in cancer treatment trials. It cited 11 deaths in Orlando Florida, with the latest victim a woman dying the prior night.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Orlando
Fla
Dionne Quintuplets Welcomes New Infant Brother
Callander Ontario reports the Dionne family using their Dafoe nursery welcomed Oliva Dionne Jr weighing seven and a half pounds with brown eyes at 8:15 last night. Dr Joyal assisted. Oliva and baby son are said to be doing well.
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Callander
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie
S.al
North Bay
Oliva, Jr
Joyal
Oy Dionne
Dafoe
Jacqueline Noel
Claire Trembly
Pioneers Load Oxen and Provisions at Wellsburg
The Northwest Territory Caravan reenactment arrived in Wellsburg West Virginia after a seven mile Ohio River trip from Steubenville. The flotilla will load oxen horses and provisions here echoing 1788 pioneer supply moves for the journey to Marietta Ohio. From Wellsburg the route goes to Martins Ferry Ohio then to Long Beach near Marietta for an April 7 celebration opening.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
CIA
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Steubenville
Marietta
Martins Ferry
Long Beach
Tragic Basement Drowning of Twin Girl in Van Wert
Two year old Mary Lou Imler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Imler, drowned in 18 inch water in the family basement in Van Wert on Monday. The accident involved the couple’s twin daughters and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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van Wert
Mary Lou Imler
Paul R. Imler
Logan Dam Substituted for Athens Dam in Ohio Flood Plan
U S Army Engineers substitute a Logan dam for the Athens dam in the Ohio Valley flood control program. The concrete dam two miles north of Rockbridge would cost about 3.2 million dollars with land costs and highway relocation bringing total near 3.6 million. It would impound 90 square miles of drainage, yield 42 000 acre feet, and flood 1390 acres.
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Cincinnati
R. G. Powell
U. S. Army Engineers
Clear Creek
Hocking County
Athens
Army Engineers
Logan Dam
Rockbridge
Congress
Powell
Logan
Relief funds and rail subsidies eyed as recession prompts action
U S Administration warns that about 2 billion dollars in relief funds may be required for the next fiscal year if business remains weak. Railroads seek a federal income guarantee to spur investment, while RFC loans and public works credits could bolster banks, states, and municipalities.
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Washington
U.s.administration
Senate Finance Committee
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
RAILS
Roosevelt
Congress
RFC
Prison Doctor Says Boettcher Dying on Death Row
Carl Boettcher, 23, of Cleveland, condemned for killing Detective Robert Cline after a bank holdup, lies in critical condition at Ohio Penitentiary Death Row following a Feb 4 gun battle that killed the officer and two bandits. Doctors say he is dying.
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Columbus
U.P
Carl Boettcher
Cleveland
Robert Cline
Ohio Penitentiary
Boettcher
Five RAF fliers killed in Yorkshire crash
Five Royal Air Force fliers were killed today when their bomber crashed near Driffield Yorkshire. The loss raises wartime casualties as authorities investigate the incident and mourn the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
Driffield
Yorkshire
England
WPA graft probe targets New Mexico project supervisors
Acting WPA head Aubrey Williams ordered action against New Mexico project supervisors accused of using relief funds for political purposes. The decision follows charges alleging graft within the Works Progress Administration program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Works Progress
Aubrey Williams
New Mexico
Chinese New Army Prepares Stand Near Suchow
A Chinese new army of 400000 men prepared today for a determined defense in central China as Japanese forces pressed toward Suchow, a key point in the Hankow defense and the provisional capital.
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Shanghai
China
Suchow
Hankow
Russia Rejects Japs Protest Amid China Aid Charges
Tokyo reports that Soviet Russia rejected Japan's protest over aiding China. The Japanese Foreign Office reiterated that an apology is insufficient and insisted Moscow has supplied arms, aircraft, and troops since the start of the Chinese-Japanese war.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
China
Foreign Office
Huge Winter Wheat Yield Is Forecast
Chicago based private crop experts forecast the United States will harvest 717 million bushels of winter wheat in 1938. The figure would rank as the third largest wheat crop in American history.
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Chicago
United States
Arrest in Kimberly hit and run case prompts DUI charge
Newt McCumber age 30 of Perry Ridge is charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene after his car struck a two year old on Kimberly Carbondale Road. He was jailed in Athens County after failing to post a $1000 bond set by Mayor Cliff Cornell. The child suffered only slight injuries.
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Newt McCumber
Perry Ridge
Athens County
Cliff C. Cornell
McCumber
B. C. Day
Day
Harold Campbell
Kimberly-Carbondale
Kimberly Mine
Carbondale
Nelsonville
WPA
Fear Cattle Disease Outbreak in England
Government officials rushed to avert what could be the worst hoof and mouth disease outbreak in English history. Minister of Agriculture W. S. Morrison banned cattle movement in all but six counties after nine separate epidemics in scattered areas.
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London
U.P
W. S. Morrison
England
Students Hit Hidden Tax With Accent On Cent
Troy banks were urged to Albany and Schenectady as college students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute corralled pennies to protest hidden taxes. About 250000 pennies were collected, then banks were bought out and stores faced change shortages. Students will release pennies in purchases with 25 percent paid in cents and issue Tax Centinels membership cards.
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Troy
N. Y
U.P
Albany
Schenectady
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Robert Baumann
Floral Park
L. I
Consumers’ Tax Committee
Dr Holzer Leads Ohio Valley Flood Control Push
Dr Charles E Holzer traveled to Washington to represent the Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress at a U S Flood Control Federation meeting He plans to urge Congress to fund flood walls and evacuation or rehabilitation uses He notes benefits exceed costs and highlights regional impact including Pt Pleasant West Virginia and Maple Shade Gallipolis while urging broader local participation and faster federal appropriations
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Gallipolis
Washington
Charles E. Holzer
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
U. S. Flood Control Federation
Holzer
Congressional Committee On
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Maple Shade
Ohio Valley
TVA
Flood Control Congress
New Officers Arrive at Athens Patrol Post
Patrolman W. R. McDade returns to duty at the Athens sub station after temporary work in Steubenville for the Northwest Territory Celebration. Patrolman C. H. Baker arrives after graduating from the training school last Saturday, increasing Athens station staffing to four. John Burris leaves for Columbus to enter the training school next Sunday.
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W. R. McDade
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Steubenville
Northwest Territory
C. H. Baker
Baker
Miami County
John Burris
Columbus
Mrs John J Jones Dies at Athens County Home
Mrs John J Jones, 72, died Tuesday at the Athens County Home. She is survived by a brother A L Van Nest of Louix City Iowa and two sisters Hattie Sapp of Pratts Fork and Anna Brooker of Cincinnati. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM at Jones Funeral Home, with burial in Shade Methodist Cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home.
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John J. Jones
Athens County
A. L. van Nest
Louix City
Hattie Sapp
Pratts Fork
Anna Brooker
Cincinnati
Jones Funeral Home
Shade Methodist Cemetery
Motorcycle Club Meeting Set for April 7 in Athens
The Athens Motorcycle Club will meet Thursday evening April 7 at 7 30 announced by president Odlin Rogers. He urged all members to be present.
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Athens Motorcycle Club
Odlin Rogers
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