Davey launches bid for third term as Ohio governor
In Youngstown Martin L. Davey formally announced his candidacy for a third term. He cited his stewardship during the steel strike era and praised highway and liquor departments, defending troop use during the dispute while pledging to run a vigorous Democratic campaign against Charles Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Davey
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Sawyer
Calvin Coolidge
Stambaugh Auditorium
State Senate
Highway Department
John L. Lewis
CIO
Fire destroys Knicker Building in Portsmouth
A nighttime blaze leveled the old Knicker Building in downtown Portsmouth. Fire Chief Robert Leedon placed damage at 75000 dollars, with unofficial estimates up to 250000. Thirty six firefighters plus recruits from New Boston, South Webster, C. and Vanceburg, Ky., fought the flames to midnight. First floor housed Criterion Clothing Store Murphy Dress Shop Kay Jewelry and others. second floor housed the Portsmouth M C A and offices. Interstate Business College on the third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.P
Knicker
Robert Leedon
New Boston
South Webster
Vanceburg
Criterion Clothing Store
Murphy Dress Shop
Kay Jewelry Store
Commercial Building and Loan Association
Dir
Philadelphia firm blamed for Orlando serum deaths
Dr. W. T. Harrison, chief of the National Institute of Health, told acting Surgeon General W. F. Draeger that deaths in Orlando last week from a cancer serum were caused by a Philadelphia firm's product. He said contamination with tetanus germs during serum culture development was the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
W. T. Harrison
Biologicah- 3
National Institute of Earth
U. S
W. F. Draper
Orlando
Fla
Philadelphia
Harrison
Condemned Slayer Dies Of Wounds In Ohio Pen
Carl Boettcher 23 of Cleveland died from wounds in the Ohio Penitentiary Death Row after a bank holdup gun battle. He was to be executed in the electric chair on July 29 for the murder of Detective Robert R. Cline. Two other bandits were fatally wounded. two detectives were shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Carl Boettcher
Cleveland
Ohio
Boettcher
Robert R. Cline
Frank L. Brothers Dies at 50 in Columbus Up
Frank L. Brothers, age 50, former head of the conservation division accounting section, died today from a lung ailment. He was paroled from the London Prison Farm in January after being sent there in June 1936 for embezzling $13,000 in state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brothers
Columbus
Frank L. Brothers
Conservation Division
London
GOP Senators Balk at TVA Probe Jobs
Vice President Garner faced resistance from GOP senators to join a TVA investigation panel. He named McNary and Borah from the Senate and Mead Driver Jenkins Wolverton from the House, with Borah and McNary later withholding full consent. A $50,000 panel is authorized to probe the New Deal power agency and related private utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Nance Garner
Tennessee Valley Authority
Vic Donahey
Fred Brown
N. H
H. H. Schwartz
Wye
William B. Bankhead
House
James M. Mead
N. Y
William J. Driver
Ark
R. Ewing Thomas
Tex
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Charles A. Wolverton
N. J
N. J. Borah
McNary
New Deal
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Morgan
Ohioan Chosen for TVA Scandal Joint Committee
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio’s Tenth District will join a joint committee to probe the TVA scandal. Jenkins serves on the Ways and Means Committee in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
TVA
Jenkins
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter
Six men indicted by the Hocking County Grand Jury were arraigned before Judge Henderson. Henderson Wolf pleaded not guilty to second degree manslaughter in the traffic death of Jesse Harper. bond set at 1000 dollars. Lloyd Clause also pleaded not guilty to reckless driving. bond set at 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Phil Henderson
Henderson Wolf
Jesse Harper
Here
Paul L. Jones
Harry Crago
Charles Lytle Jr
Harry Lohr
Lloyd Clause
Nicaragua Plan Shelved For Panama Expansion
Washington reports a $200 million expansion plan for the Panama Canal will replace earlier plans for a billion dollar canal across Nicaragua. Four administration agencies including State War and Commerce Departments and the Federal Maritime Commission filed confidential reports with the House Merchant Marine Committee stating the Nicaragua route is not advisable at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
State, War, and Commerce Departments
Federal Maritime Commission
House Merchant Marine Committee
Central America
Snow Blankets Eight Cities in Northern Ohio
A blizzard from the west coated northern Ohio with one to five inches of snow. Winter, though officially dead for over two weeks, lingered as the storm disrupted daily life across eight northern cities. The event shut roads and prompted local warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Severe Snowstorm Paralyzes North Central States
Seven inches of snow fell in a furious gale last night in the North Central States, the heaviest on record in April. Thousands of motor vehicles were stranded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
North Central States
Winter Storm Grips Ohio With Snow Across Regions
The U S Weather Bureau warned the duration of the cold spell was uncertain as rain and milder air faced Ohio tonight before turning to snow and colder conditions Thursday. Toledo reported five inches of snow while Cleveland Ashland Canton Port Clinton earned two inches. Mansfield had 1.5 inches and Ashtabula Akron Massillon one inch. Central and southern Ohio saw light rain or frost with no snow forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio
Toledo
Cleveland
Ashland
Canton
Port Clinton
Mansfield
Ashtabula
Akron
Massillon
Change in Flood Control Urged by Ohio Valley Towns
Ohio River Valley municipalities asked the House Flood Control Committee to relax flood control act rules requiring local right of way lands for levees and reservoirs. Newport Kentucky city attorney Carl Ebert said industries may move without flood protection, noting the city cannot raise 350000 dollars to acquire lands for a 2000000 dollar levee system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio River Valley
House Flood Control Committee
Carl Ebert
Newport
Athens Nelsonville Receive Liquor Fund Allocations
The state auditor disbursed 1,644,115 to cities from the liquor permit fund. Athens received 2400 and Nelsonville 2200, with payments based on liquor license revenues in each community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Columbus
L.P
State Auditor's Office
Marietta Opens Formal Celebration of Founding
Marietta begins a sesquicentennial celebration marking 150 years since the Northwest Territory’s birth. Pioneer style décor greets 37 college boys and a five-boat arrival retracing early settlers route from Ipswich Massachusetts to Marietta at the Muskingum mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Territory
Muskingum
Ohio Company
Ipswich
Mass
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Mass protest planned on government reorganization bill
A special Paul Revere Committees train is chartered to carry a delegation to Washington to oppose the bill. Recruits gathered at a Hippodrome mass meeting with Rep. Samuel Pettengill and Rep. Arthur Lamneck as speakers. Several hundred signed for the trip. the party will march to the Capitol and interview congressmen in committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Revere
Washington
Hippodrome
Samuel B. Pettengill
Ind
Arthur P. Lamneck
Ohio
James F. O'Kelly
Capitol
Unions Win Fight Before Labor Board
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that an employer’s refusal to sign a union contract after reaching terms violates the Wagner Act. Inland Steel Co. must bargain with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and sign a contract if wages hours and other conditions are agreed. The decision sets a new precedent and may reach the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
Inland Steel Company
Chicago
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Little Steel
Inland Company
Supreme Court
Labor Board
Licensed to Wed At Age of 83 Years
Gallipolis report notes Thomas A Torrence a Bidwell resident applied for a marriage license to wed Martha Harris aged 60. Torrence claimed a pensioner status and occasional preaching duties as details emerged during questioning.
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Gallipolis
Thomas A. Torrence
Bidwell
Martha Harris
FDR Defers Comment on Flood Control Plans
President Roosevelt at a press conference said a comprehensive flood control program is under discussion with other public works projects but no decision is expected soon. He declined to discuss the Bituminous Coal Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Commission
German Airliner on Voyage Back Home
The German Dornier DC-18 flying boat left today on the return trans Atlantic flight to Germany. The ship carrying a crew of four landed at Caravellas Bahia State after a record 5216 mile flight from Dartmouth England in 43 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
U.P
Germany
Caravellas
Here
Bahia State
Dartmouth
England
Mexicans Raise Fund to Reimburse Oil Firms
In Mexico City contributions pour into a national redemption fund to compensate American and British oil companies for expropriated properties valued at 400 million dollars seized on March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Wounds Wife Sentenced In Hospital Case
Leonard Compton aged 22 was accused of lightly wounding his wife while she was a hospital patient. Judge Davis sentenced him today to one to twenty years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Leonard Compton
Davis
Ohio
Crowds Expected for Northwest Territory Pageant in Athens
Athens will host a large crowd next Monday as 37 young men in pioneer attire travel with ox teams and Conestoga wagons for the Northwest Territory Celebration. Mildren, director of the statewide event, reported strong state wide enthusiasm and predicts full streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Athens County
J. Mildren
Mildren
New Plan For Financing School Buses Discussed
A meeting in Columbus explored a new basis for state funds allocation for local school bus operation. Attendees included C. D. Hutchins of the Ohio Education Department and several county and city superintendents from Fairfield Hillsboro Lucas Athens Medina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
C. D. Hutchins
Ohio Education Department
R. M. Eyman
Fairfield County
C. E. Holt
Hillsboro
A. N. Thurston
Lucas County
Kenneth Ray
Athens County
S. H. Babcock
Medina County
French Opposition Leader Attacks Blum Finance Plan
Pierre-Etienne Flandin, leader of the opposition, argued that American credit inflation tests the finance bill’s inflationary clauses. He warned the bill would push France toward a totalitarian economy and a Hitlerian Mussolinian dictatorship, while Premier Blum’s program passed a narrow margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Popular Front
Chamber of Deputies
Flandin
Leon Blum
Bank of France
Loyalists Halt Rebels Drive in Catalonia Front
Loyalists holding Tortosa formed a last stand line between Lerida and Barcelona after four weeks of defeats. A new Barcelona cabinet, led by two major Spanish labor unions, pledged to fight the civil war to the bitter end. They admitted Nationalists may separate Catalonia from Loyalist Spain, hoping they cannot press attacks on Barcelona and Madrid simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
U.P
Tortosa
Lerida
Barcelona
Catalonia
Spain
Madrid
Seven Die-Two Hurt In Chicago Hotel Fire
A fire on the upper floors of the Center Hotel in West Madison Street Chicago killed seven men and seriously injured two others. One of the injured was expected to die. The four story frame hotel served only men and the blaze started on the third floor.
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Chicago
Center
Madison Street
Austrian Refugees Arrive Aboard Antonia in New York
A group of Austrian refugees arrived in New York aboard the Cunard White Star liner Antonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. New York
Cunard-White Star
Antonia
How Rebels Drove Wedge Dividing Loyalist Spain
A map shows Franco's Nationalist forces splitting Loyalist Spain by a swift advance on Tortosa cutting Madrid from Barcelona and blocking the coast road. Reports say Franco planned an ultimatum for unconditional surrender with Barcelona threatened from land sea and air while Loyalists rush 100000 reserves to stall the push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Franco
Spain
Tortosa
Mediterranean
Madrid
Barcelona
Franco
Iron Worker Suspected In Widow and Daughter Murders
District Attorney Roy D. Jackson said an iron worker Jack Ferguson, 30, was arrested in McCamey selling a leather bag with women’s clothes. police tied a handkerchief marked with F to Miss Frome. Ferguson claimed to be hitchhiking from California. investigators detained a Berkeley couple connected to Mrs Frome and Nancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Horn
Tex
Roy D. Jackson
Weston C. Frome
Nancy
Jack Feraguson
McCamey
Here
Jackson
Ferguson
Frome
California
Ed J. Wormser
W. H. Reseall
Berkeley
Calif
Army Day Observed On 21st Anniversary Of WWI Entry
The United States Army marked Army Day commemorating the 21st anniversary of the nation’s entry into World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Police Hunt Hitchhiker Slaying Across Three States
Police in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania hunted an unknown hitchhiker suspected of killing Arthur C Rowland 29 a prominent musician and choir singer whose body lay near Paris PA on the border of PA and WV Rowland was shot in the right temple with a .32 caliber pistol his car found at Zanesville OH lent credence to the hitchhiker theory bloodstained seat cushions and Rowland's money and valuables remained untouched investigators noted he often picked up hitchhikers during the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
U.R
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Arthur C. Rowland
Paris
Rowland
Zanesville
Feminine Editor Blames Roosevelt For Fear In U S Industry
Eleanor Patterson editor of The Washington Herald and Washington Times told President Roosevelt that fear of him is depressing industry. In an open letter she urged administrative silence to restore confidence and allow industry to work in peace. Secretary Roper cited fear as a major factor in the recession and urged rapid congressional passage of legislative programs to ease fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Eleanor Patterson
Washington Herald
Washington Times
Roosevelt
U.P
Daniel C. Roper
Congress
Ing’s Herald
Ribbon sales fuel Monday dinner of modern pioneers
The article invites attendance at a Hotel Berry dinner next Monday where 38 modern pioneers share cross country experiences. Sponsor ribbons cost $1 and secure a seat in a reserved section. dinner tickets cost $2 and include a sponsor ribbon. Ribbons and tickets are sold at Hotel Berry Cline's McKee's Logan's or by committee members. Reports on ticket sales are due Saturday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Berry
Athens to host 1938 pioneers pageant with federal show
The pageant flecked with green blue and red costumes will appear in Athens as the first state sponsored celebration before touring 49 Ohio cities. Mildren and Prof T N Hoover lead the Athens committee with Miss Elizabeth McCann promoting the event. Twelve thousand programs financed by Clover Farm Stores and National Brands Stores will be printed for the afternoon events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Federal
Ohio
State Commission
All Eyes
Mildren
T. N. Hoover
Elizabeth McCann
McCann
Pennsylvania
Carl H. Beasley
Clover Farm
C. D. Shafer
National Brands
Squatters End Nine-Child Family Occupation at City Hall
Mr and Mrs Charles Machemer and nine of their ten children left the old City Hall after 11 days ending a squatters sovereignty siege. They vacated the Berks County Relief Offices to share an abandoned hotel with a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
U.P
Charles Machemer
Berks County
Seamen Conviction Upheld by Fourth Circuit
In Richmond Virginia the Fourth Circuit upholds the conviction of 14 seamen from the steamship Algie for endeavoring to make a revolt. The sailors appealed from the Balti more district court arguing the National Labor Relations Act protects the right to strike and applies to their case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Algie
District Court
Baltimore
National Labor Relations Act
British schooner Jo Minx sinks near Maisi Lighthouse
The captain and five crew members of the British schooner Jo Minx reached Baracoa Cuba in a lifeboat after the vessel struck drifting wreckage and sank twenty miles off Maisi Lighthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baracoa
Cuba
Maisi
Japanese Forces Reach Within 40 Miles of Suchow Front
SAPS reports Japanese forces on the eastern central front claim to be within 40 miles of Suchow a rail junction and key defense point near Hankow the provisional Chinese capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Suchow
Hankow
Former Parkersburg Mayor Re elected in WV
Jerry S. Dunn who served Parkersburg mayor from 1920 to 1926 was elected again defeating Herbert Debyaseys Whe Ancumbenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Jerry S. Dunn
Herbert
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