Mussolini Demands Total Annihilation of Ethiopian Army
In Rome Premier Mussolini told ministers that Italy’s East Africa security requires the total annihilation of Haile Selassie’s military forces. He praised Marshal Badoglio and reported conquered populations showing sympathy, as the conquest proceeds despite the League of Nations committee in Geneva.
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Rome
Mussolini UN
Italy
Il Duce
Council of Ministers
League of Nations Conciliation Committee of 13
Geneva
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
East Africa
Marshap
Italian air raids hit Dessye and threaten Addis Ababa
Ethiopian government reports seven Italian planes bombed Dessye this morning and one returned toward Addis Ababa after reconnaissance over Scholameda. The front communique says multiple Italian squadrons have pelted the rear lines, causing a large civilian death toll and injuries, with about 80 dead and 300 wounded. it also denies Italian capture of Quoram.
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Addis Ababa
Dessye
Scholameda
Uoram
Deseye
Iorthern
Quoram
Will Speak on Soil Program Meetings in Athens County
Ross Wright county agricultural agent announced two soil conservation program meetings in Athens County. Edgar Dixon and Fred Dorr will speak at Steuart on Thursday April 9 at 730 pm. EK M Musgrave and Frank Pugh will speak at Alm y on Friday April 10 at 730 pm. A beekeepers and orchard men meeting is set for Coolville High School Vocational Building on Saturday April 11 at 130 pm with W E Dunham OSU to discuss bees and the fruit industry.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
Edgar Dixon
Fred Dorr
County Soil Conservation Committee
Stewart
EK. M. Musgrave
Frank Pugh
Commit
Almy
Streams of District Fall Quickly Overnight
The Hocking River fell from about 18 feet to under 11 by noon today. Other district streams also receded and roads cleared except the Stewart to Guysville route remains closed.
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Hocking
Stewart
Guysville
False Alarms Cost City Fire Services and Warnings
A fragmented notice discusses false alarms in New York City, noting annual costs around 640000 and urging public cooperation. It questions overreaction and references a misdirected alert about a lost dog, urging handlers to contact the finder with dog details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Arnings
Young Cho Dog
Curiosity Saves Face for Mayor in Flood Control Vote
In Council Bluffs Iowa the mayor’s secretary spotted a thin envelope among waste circulars. Inside lay a PWA check for 413000 dollars, covering a 25 percent payment on a flood control project, prompting a notable moment for local leadership.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
PWA
Bill To Extend County Office Terms Signed
Columbus The Ohio Supreme Court was to be asked to determine the status of county office candidates and incumbents after Gov. Martin L. Davey signed the Gilbert Bill providing four year terms for all county elective officials. The attorney general and Secretary of State offered differing opinions on immediate effect with law to take effect in 90 days. Davey also signed the fair trade bill prohibiting price cutting on marked articles with set retailer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Martin L. Davey
Secretary of State
Davey
Wife of Roscoe Ails Denied Separation in Court
Mrs Shirley Dahl Ails wife of Roscoe Ails stage and screen actor was denied a separation by Supreme Court Justice Edgar J Lauer They testified during a August vacation at their Russels Point Ohio summer home that he kicked her while they argued and she said she threw a drink at him He denied the assault statement and stated she initiated the throw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shirley Dahl Ails
Roscoe Ails
Supreme Court
Edgar J. Lauer
Ails
Russel’s Point
Alls
Amos Walker Former Potato King Dies at 78
Amos Walker of Cheshire age 78 died at Horace Hermann’s home after a cerebral hemorrhage. A prominent Gallia County farmer, he earned the nickname for marketing unusually large potato crops from his Southern Ohio farm during a business trip home to Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Amos Walker
Cheshire
Ohio
Horace Hermann
Walker
Gallia County
John E. Kircher Installed as Exalted Ruler of Athens Elks
John E. Kircher was installed as exalted ruler of the Athens Lodge of Elks succeeding Wayne Wingett. He will serve as delegate to the national convention in Los Angeles in July. Also installed were Harold J. Rose, Richard R. Wilson, Charles L. Jordan, Frances A. Lavelle, David Johnson, William W Watkins, and J. D. Martin with appointive officers John B. Cross, Gordon B. Gray, and Rolland Ruth.
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John KE. Kircher
Athens Lodge of Elks
Wayne Wingett
Kircher
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold J. Rose
Richard R. Wilson
Charles L. Jordan
Frances A. Lavelle
David Johnson
William W Watkins
J. D. Martin
John B. Cross
Gordon B. Gray
Rolland Ruth
Eden Protests Italian Poison Gas in Ethiopia
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden condemned Italy for alleged use of poison gas in Ethiopia during a Geneva committee session. The conciliation panel planned to consult the Red Cross for evidence while Britain pressed for early peace talks and possible suspension of hostilities. France proposed a permanent international force under a European commissioner to aid mutual defense.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Ethiopia
League of Nations Conciliation Committee
Eden
Italy
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Britain
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
League Council
Germany
Rhineland
Appalachian Coals plans expanded sales force for Guffey Act
Appalachian Coals Inc, the nation's largest coal sales agency, announced a plan to expand its sales force in anticipation of Guffey Coal Act validation. Directors and stockholders met in an all-day session as marketing contracts covering 37,000,000 tons in the southern bituminous field were signed, with the company controlling up to 75,000,000 tons across Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Alabama and sub agencies in more than 20 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Appalachian Coals, Inc
United States
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Alabama
State Bank deposits resources rise in 1936
Columbus reports state banking data shows combined resources of 468 banks grew by 150.5 million to 1.306 billion and combined deposits rose by 151.0 million to 1.138 billion between March 4 1935 and March 4 1936. State Banking Superintendent Samuel H. Squire cites the favorable outlook and confidence for the future.
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Columbus
Samuel H. Squire
Explosion at Kentucky saw mill kills three near Cawood
An explosion at a saw mill boiler at the mouth of Bob's Creek near Cawood KY left three men dead and five others injured. Authorities reported the blast occurred today eight miles south of Harlan as rescuers rushed to the scene.
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Harlan, Ky
Bob's Creek
Cawood
Here
Women win in Green Top and Urbandale polls. Rifle backfires
Women sweep municipal offices in Green Top Missouri and Urbandale New Mexico with Edith Pearce as mayor and plans for a female city marshal. Rifle Colorado reports incomplete returns showing men leading a Rifle Beautiful platform despite the petticoat push.
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Missouri
Colorado
Kansas City
Rifle
Colo
Green Top
Des Moines
N. M
Cowtown
Rifle Beautiful
Edith Pearce
Urbandale
Reguar
Mississippi farm headed by Oscar Johnston gains 30 crop payments
A Mississippi farming concern led by Oscar Johnston was listed among large recipients of 30 crop production control payments under a program demanded by Senator Arthur Vandenberg. The notice cites compliance with the policy and names the organization among major beneficiaries.
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Mississippi
Oscar G. Johnston
Arthur Vandenberg
Storm Victims Buried in Hasty Group Graves
Gainesville Georgia and Tupelo Mississippi report almost 400 storm deaths with group burials for sanitation. Across six southern states floods threaten land and life as relief workers aid devastated communities. President Roosevelt allocates 2.5 million dollars for WPA rehabilitation.
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Gainesville
Tupelo
Miss
Roosevelt
Davey Scored By Opponent In Ohio Governor Race
Washington report notes Congressman Stephen M. Young attacks Gov. Martin L. Davey for not cooperating with the federal administration. Young accuses Davey of opposing relief projects and vetoing items in the state appropriation bill that would affect welfare and other construction funding.
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Washington
Martin L. Davey
Stephen M. Young
Davey
Ohio
Young
Conversion Native Delivers Terms for Priest Release
A native Christian convert in Harbin brings terms from bandit chief for the release of Rev. Father Clarence Joseph Burns held in the Manchoukuan mountains. The offer demands the encircling pursuing troops be withdrawn in exchange for the priest’s freedom after months of captivity.
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Harbin
Manchoukuon
Clarence Joseph Burns
Manchoukuan
Burna
Wendel Held Pending Action of Grand Jury
In Trenton officials said no immediate release is expected for Paul H. Wendel the former attorney charged with murdering Charles A Lindbergh Jr The grand jury did not act Tuesday keeping the charge in force and preventing his removal to Brooklyn to locate the house where he claimed he was held and forced to confess.
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Trenton
A. J
Paul H. Wendel
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Erwin EB. Marshall
Wendel
Brooklyn
Logan Man Recollects 1886 Cold Weather Memory
W R Huggins of Logan recalled the April 6 1886 Washington Township election day. It was cold with about 10 inches of snow on the ground and voters arrived at the polling place in sleds while he served as clerk of the election board.
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Logan
W. BR. Huggins
Washington Township
Woters
Increased Rate Challenge for Ohio Coal Shipments
Counsel for Pennsylvania and three railroads argued before the Supreme Court that Pittsburgh Coal Company mines coal in Pennsylvania and sells it in Ohio should carry interstate rates. The coal owners claim private barges and company trains keep shipments under Ohio intrastate charges until destination. Erie, Baltimore and Ohio, and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie joined the appeal. a federal district court upheld Ohio rates.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ohio
Guernsey Orcutt
Coal Company
Ohio Utilities Commission
Erie, Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
Federal District Court
Ohio Commission
Borah Wins Wisconsin Delegates In Advisory Primary
Wisconsin returns show Senator William E Borah leading in the Republican delegate contests, gaining control of all but two of 24 delegates. Roosevelt leads Borah two to one in presidential preference, though the primary was advisory and did not bind delegates.
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Milwaukee
William E. Borah
Idaho
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Borah
Diego Barrio Becomes Spain President After Parliament Ousts Zamora
Diego Martinez Barrio, a moderate Left Republican, assumed the presidency of Spain today after a dramatic parliamentary session that ousted the republic’s first president Niceto Alcala Zamora. Fresh violence flared in several sections as the Leftist victory from February elections spread through the country.
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Madrid
Diego Martinez Barrio
Spain
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Minister Defendant In Heart Balm Suit
In Columbus the case of Miss Cora Lillian Burnham versus Rev. Harold C. Zeis advances as she claims breach of promise for $100,000. The 29-year-old rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Steubenville allegedly promised marriage in 1928 and later married Mrs. A B Sharp of Steubenville on January 3, 1936.
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Columbus
Cora Lillian Burnham
Harold C. Zeis
Federal District Court
Burnham
Zeis
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Steubenville
A B. Sharp
Relief Clients Must Work or Go to Jail
Xenia enforces new go to work or go to jail ordinance for idle relief recipients. Seventy five employables were notified to report for work today. noncompliance carries fines and workhouse sentences.
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Xenia
Pittsburgh iP Daniel M Clemson obituary pioneer of steel era
Daniel M Clemson 83 a Pittsburgh resident and early figure in the era when Andrew Carnegie built his steel empire died last night His death marks the loss of a longtime community figure with ties to the citys industrial history
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Pittsburgh
Daniel M Clemson
Andrew Carnegie
Hopkins to Testify Before House Group on Relief Aid
Harry L. Hopkins is due before the House Ways and Means subcommittee amid preparations by Democrats to examine President Roosevelt’s $1.5 billion relief request. Meanwhile a separate tax hearing on a proposed $799 million program eyed corporate income levies and undistributed profits. The Crusaders and Chamber of Commerce opposition surfaced in related committee sessions.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
Black
D-Ala
Senate
Hopkins
State Police Check Trucks on Coal Haulage
Col. Lynn Black, superintendent of the State Highway Patrol, said patrols regularly check coal trucks for overloading and road worthiness. He noted few overload cases due to coal bulk and stressed preventing loose lumps that could fall and hazards on highways.
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Columbus
Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Struck by Falling Body Damages Sought in Cleveland Suit
The estate of Jesse Webb, veteran newspaper man, named defendant in a common pleas court suit for $2,500 damages. Plaintiff Joseph Gross says Webb’s body fell from a hotel window, describing the act as wanton disregard for pedestrians.
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Cleveland
Jesse Webb
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Gross
Webb
River Crest at Fureka Dam Falls From March Flood
The Ohio River crest at Fureka Dam reached 46.5 feet late this morning per government engineers. This is 11.7 feet below the March 22 flood stage of 58.2 feet.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Fureka Dam
Dillinger lureer Anna Sage cannot fund appeal
Mrs Anna Sage known as the woman in red who lured John Dillinger to his death lacks funds to continue her appeal against deportation to Romania as her attorney announced.
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Romania
Anna Sage
Red
John Dillinger
Ohio River Near Flood Stage Threatens Southwest Ohio
The Ohio River neared flood stage at 52 feet in Cincinnati area as crest expected between 52 and 53 feet Thursday. Rising waters flooded lowlands and closed Route 141 at Raccoon and Cadmus while creeks ran above banks. Nearby valleys including Gallipolis reported multiple road closures and homes inundated as Kanawha and Monongahela basins contributed to the high water.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
W. C. Devereaux
Gallipolis
Raccoon
Cadmus
Eureka
Yellowtown
Big Sandy
Kanawha
Selote
Monongahela
Huntington
W. Va
Portsmouth
Mayeville
Ohio counties to have greatest fair season
Ohio faces its largest fair season with 71 counties and 14 independents plus the state exposition. Athens County Fair is set for Aug 24 in Athens, Gallia County fair dates in Gallipolis on Sept 14, Vinton County fair in McArthur on Sept 7, Fairfield County in Lancaster on Oct 12, and the Ohio State Fair runs Aug 31 to Sept 5.
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Colu Imbus
Ohio
Karl H. Hanefeld
Athens County
Athena
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Vinton County
McArthur
Fairfield County
Lancaster
Nevin to Administer Oath to Underwood
Federal Judge Robert R. Nevin will administer the oath of office Saturday to Mel G. Underwood named to succeed the late Benson W. Hough as federal judge for the Southern Ohio district Underwood will resign as congressman from the 11th district to accept the position.
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Columbus
Robert R. Nevin
Dayton
Mel G. Underwood
New Lexington
Benson W. Hough
Ohio
Underwood
Ohio University Past Described By Convocation Talk
Prof. T. N. Hoover recounted early history of Ohio University noting 1787 land grants, 1802 name changes, and 1808 completion of the academy building. He cited President Lindly and tobacco purchases as symbols of youthful campus life, with Sunset Cox among students before the 1845 closure and 1840s reopening.
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Ohio University
T. N. Hoover
Congress
Noover
Rufus Putnam
American University
Territory
Rhgme
Western University
Ihealy
Lsd
Academy
Hoover
Jacob Lindly
Waterford
Lindly
Lindley
Sunset Cox
West Wing
Mire Louise Field
Mary Helen Fretts
Eleven of 14 Aboard Killed In Wreck
A Transcontinental and Western Sun Racer crash on Chestnut Ridge left 11 dead and three injured. Survivors, including a hostess and two passengers, were treated at Uniontown Hospital as investigators probing fog and wreckage details. Cadets from Valley Forge Military Academy were among the dead.
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Uniontown
Western
Chestnut Ridge
Valley Forge
Pa.) Military Academy
Nellie Granger
Charles H. Smith
Arnold, Pa
Valley Forge Miletary Academy
D. C
Grove City
Crawford Kelly
McKeenport
Stanley BB. Bayersdorfer
Hub Department Store
Steubenville
Frank Hardman
Jersey City
Union Ironworkers Coneention
St. Louis
John O'Neill
G. B
G. B. D'Arcy, New York City G. W. Hafferman
New York City
Otto Ferguson
Kansas City
H. ©. Lewis
Davesburg
Meyer C. Ellenstein
Newark
N. Y
C. G. Challinor
Cleveland
New York
Weather and misfortune mark midwest crash aftermath
In Columbus and surrounding regions, pilots, passengers, and relatives react to the California bound Sun Racer crash in Pennsylvania. Surviving crew and workers recount the disaster as investigators note weather and radio beam issues may have influenced the crash.
FERGUSON AND JONES PLEAD GUILTY IN INTOXICATION CASE
Willem Ferguson and Henry Jones of Charleston West Virginia were fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication charges before Magistrate T R Bennett. They were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Frank Joyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willem Ferguson
Henry Jones
Charleston
W. Va
T R. Bennett
Frank Joyce
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TWA
Potato King
John E. Kircher
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Diego Barrio
Steel Pioneer
Nevin
By Mareen Graham
J. W. Harper
West Coast
Harper
Dr. O. August
Stanley H. Bayersdorfer
Steubensville
Bayersdorfer
Unions Town Hospital
Charles G. Challinor
George Pickering
Highway Patrol
A. Baltz
Ferguson
N. J
Jack Frye
Transconttinental Airways
Burt
Frye
Bennett
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