Lake cargo boom seen as ice clears on Great Lakes
Shipping officials expect the spring movement to surge as ice clears. A planned 70 million ton season may start May 1 with ice thaw. Coal and iron ore traffic is shaping up, with movement estimates near 35,000,000 tons this year, down from 1934. Lake zones may shift hauls from Toledo to eastern ports as Lake cargo rules and mine output volumes adjust.
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Herman M. Griggs
Cleveland Coal
Toledo
South- Virginia
Pennsylvania
Dillinger Fugitive Rumor Tied to Alvania Sighting
A dubious report ties the outlaw Dillinger to Alvania as police deny knowing him. An arrest followed in Pennsylvania after a man claimed to be a jailed desperado but later surrendered, with rumors of Dillinger’s companions stirring local fear.
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Urgh
U.P
Aanak State Penitentiary
Jonbn
Pal Around
Pittsfire
Pennsylvania
Dillinger
Spanions
Irda
Senators push air mail measure to regulate private carriers
Three lead senators Warren R Austin of Vermont Davis of Pennsylvania and W Warren prepared for submission today to compel the Post Office to restore air mail contracts with private carriers amid fraud allegations. The measure is tied to McKellar Mail Bill debates and aims to curb abuses in air service provision.
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Warren R Austin
Davis
W. Warren
McKellare
Allen County Men and FERA Strike Reported in Lima
In Lima on April 9 workers from Allen County and FERA protested civil works. The strike affected Emergency Relief programs as FERA arranged duties and food rations while unemployment and pay concerns persisted for about 600 workers and families.
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Allen County Men
FERA
ULA
W Ork
Adromtram
Lima
Cake saves umpteen from death in famed hometown dawn
A garbled report from a small town recalls a dramatic incident Sunday at a residence on a hill. Joseph Moll of Oatgae is mentioned among bystanders as the event unfolded including a cake, a flood of gas, and a narrow escape from serious harm.
Avalanche on Storm King Mountain Kills Three
Three motorists die and three are injured when an avalanche from Storm King Mountain crashes onto Storm King Highway near West Point New York. Frosts and rains loosened exposed rock as a ton plus boulder toppled onto a coach carrying Otto Seilheimer and his family, killing his wife and five-year-old son. The Seilhaimer party narrowly escapes, while Dr. F E Lehman and Miss Mary Wolf survive in another car as a 1 000 pound boulder narrowly misses them.
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West Point
N. Y
U.P
State Highway Commission
Storm King Mountain
Storm King Highway
Otto Seilheimer
East Patterson
N. J
Louise
Eugene
F. E. Lehman
Mary Wolf
Primaries Indicate Status Of New Deal In Illinois
Illinois voters head to the polls in a pivotal primary that could signal public support for the New Deal and the Democratic administration two years after its rise. With 27 House seats at stake, the main races feature local contests and signals of party strength in a traditionally Republican state.
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New Deal
House of Representatives
House
Reed Launches Re election Bid with Bold Roosevelt Critique
Washington Senator Devis A Reed Republican Pa opens his bid for re election delivering a keynote style attack on Roosevelt policies calling them futile and fantastic poisonous and dangerous to American civilization.
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Washington
Devis A. Reed
Republican
Roosevelt
Bitter exchange at public hearing on bituminous code
John L. Lewis the United Mine Workers president accused Alabama wage negotiators of delaying a return to the union, provoking a sharp retort from Forney Johnston Alabama operators counsel who likened the United States and the United Mine Workers as synonymous. Lewis challenged Alabama to decide on rejoining the union.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Alabama
Forney Johnston
Johnston
United States of America
Lewis
Toledo Police Find Crews in Torch Death
Toledo reports a 15yearold wife of a boy held on suspicion of torch murder at New Matamoras Ohio provided information that could lead to the arrest of her 16yearold brotherinlaw Harold Meeks for questioning. Virgil Meeks 20 denied involvement in the slaying of ex Wheeling West Virginia policeman Charles Jacpetti whose burned body was found last Wednesday.
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Toledo
New Matamoras
Ohio
Harold
Virgil Meeks
Charles Jacpetti
Wheeling, W. Va
Virgil
Harold Meeks
Want Ad Scottie Says Bargains on Classified Page
Three good used pianos are for sale at bargain prices and could make children happy with a musical gift. A new inner spring mattress is advertised. A wide variety of homes for rent across town is listed. Many other ads are back on the Classified Page.
Fleet Leaves California for East Coast War Games
At San Pedro and San Diego the United States Fleet set sail for a month long cruise to the Atlantic, carrying about 45,000 men aboard 104 ships led by Admiral David F. Stiles aboard the Pennsylvania. The fleet will conduct war games and arrive in New York by late May for a Roosevelt review.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Calif
U.P
Navy
United States
California
Atlantic Seaboard
San Pedro
San Diego
Canal Zone
David F. Stilers
Pennsylvania
New York
Roosevelt
Insull To Play "Trump Card" In Extradition Battle
In Istanbul Turkish and American authorities moved to return Samuel Insull to the United States as his lawyers pledged one last trump card. Government and Ambassador Skinner expressed confidence he would be extradited. Insull grew nervous and sleepless as the case nears trial on fraud charges tied to his utilities collapse.
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Instanbul
Turkey
Samuel Insull
United States
Robert P. Skinner
Angola
Insull
Roosevelt to Tell All About Fish Stories at Sea
Miami April 9 40 Press aboard the Nourmahal report President Roosevelt will meet White House correspondents off Cat Cay to canvass the national situation. A burlesque inquiry into his fish tales accompanies the briefing as reporters test the veracity of the anecdotes from the cruising voyage.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Florida
High School Girl Hurls Self Into Old Quarry
FINDLAY April 1 Officers sought to reconstruct the death of Lavon Furrows a popular high school sophomore who hurled herself into an abandoned quarry Sunday night near the business district Three boy companions were questioned Two escorted the girl to the quarry edge when she screamed and jumped into about 60 feet of water at the bottom of the pit
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Findlay
Lavon Furrows
Miss Furrows
Conversion Bond Issue Draws $500 Million Subscriptions
Washington April 9 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr reports subscriptions totaling 500 million dollars for the treasury proposed 1.2 billion conversion bond issue at 8 percent. The filing marks early progress toward the large debt refinancing plan.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
The
Treasury
President and perch photograph doubt in Santa Monica West
A Will Rogers letter from Santa Monica mocks the idea of a Democratic president posing with a trained perch. He jokes about photographers and political cameramen and recalls a past incident involving a fish and a different president. The tone remains satirical on political imagery.
Route 50 at Albany Will Be Beautified
Landscaping of more than three miles on U S Route 50 between Albany and the Vinton County line is approved in a state highway beautification program. Three major projects and a smaller one were authorized for the Tenth Division, funded by state money after CWA plans. Junipers and Japanese holly to accent bridges and narrow right of way. vines and grouping to enhance approaches along the stretch.
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Albany
Vinton County
Marietta
Highway Department
CWA
U. S. MW
Re-registration for unemployed through CWA ends soon
National Re-employment Service in Nelsonville holds re registration today and tomorrow for men left without jobs after CWA discontinuation. Nearby Growster area enrollments set for Wednesday 9 am to 3 pm in the mayor’s office. Athens Armory serves as re registration headquarters for prior registrants not yet assigned to work and Ohio University students may assist under Walsh and Hixenbaugh.
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CWA
National
Nelsonville
Growster
Athens Armory
William V. Walsh
J. P. Porter
Athens County
Ohio University
Walsh
Thomas Hixenbaugh
Athens
Begin Relief Projects In Athens District
Athens County opens new CWA effort with 45 workers on West State and North Congress Streets. County administrator T H Smith says 230 men could be employed as funds of 14.49 dollars for April are allocated. Additional road repair and quarry jobs planned this week as local office absorbs eased workload.
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Athens
T. H. Smith
Smith
West State
North
Congress
CWA
Threats Reail City Manager McElroy Home Kansas City
Police patrolled the block around City Manager H F McElroy after a telephone threat to his home. Earlier a rifle bullet shattered a home window, and McElroy and his daughter who was kidnapped last year waited in an adjoining room as the incident unfolded.
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Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
McElroy
Auto Strikes Threatened As Unions Protest
Detroit April 9 Unionized automobile workers renewed protests defying Roosevelt peace terms and risked a large layoff as 26 000 workers could be out within a week. Fifty-eight A F of L locals urged Washington that the Automobile Labor Board failed to carry out agreed peace terms. Cleveland National Labor Board to rule on immediate employee elections for mine and textile representatives after a day of talks. Addressograph Multigraph workers to return after a 11 day strike ended by an agreement with Euclid and company.
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Automobile Labor Board
Federation of Labor
Cleveland Textile
Detroit
U.P
Roosevelt
Cleveland
A. PF. of L
Washington
Worsted Milla
United Textile Workera of America
Addressograph Multigraph Company
Euclid
Ohioan Slain After Attack On Two Girls
In Zanesville Ohio on April 9 an armed confrontation ended with the death of Joseph Myska 33 after he allegedly attacked two hitchhiking girls aged 13 and 18. A passing motorist took one girl to hospital as detectives pursued Myska who fired at officers before being shot dead.
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Zanesville
D.p
Joseph Myska
Myska
Zanceville
Ray Warner
Fred Quigley
Warner
Quigley
Price Rise Triggers Heavier Buying in Steel Market
Cleveland April 2. Steel tonnage contracted for Q2 1994 rises as orders surge for the second quarter, the Steel magazine reports. Forecasts indicate Q2 demand will exceed Q1 by about 2 percent as price increases of 2 to 8 dollars per ton take effect this week.
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Cleveland
Steel
Fifty Trapped in Japanese Mine Explosion
TOKIO April 9 Fifty work men entombed today by an explosion in a coal mine at Akai in Northeastern Japan. A rescue party entered the gas filled mine to determine the fate of the missing men. Relatives gathered around the mouth of the mine weeping and wailing as they waited for news.
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Tokio
Akai
Japan
Tax Bill May Pass Senate Warhington Apri
The Senate debated adding revenue funds beyond the pending tax bill to meet depressions needs and sustain U S credit. Senator La Follette backed Sen Couzens plan for a one year ten percent blanket income tax increase, with Senate acceptance seen as likely though House approval was doubtful.
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Warhington
Senate
Robert M. LaFolette
Republican
Wis
James Couzens
Epublican
Mich
Police Beat Over Political Riot In Boston Streets
A three sided clash on a city street drew about 300 participants as two Armenian factions fought amid brickbats and fists. Police battled both groups with riot guns tear gas and night sticks injuring several and arresting rioters after the December murder of Archbishop Leon Tourian in New York.
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Boston
Apt
Battay Street
New York
Leon Elise
Tourian
Former Patient Seeks Damages From State Over Treatment
Carrie G Boggs 2, of Barberton, appeals to the governor for a state grant to live, claiming maiming after improper care as a patient at Gallipolis Hospital for Epileptic. He says a restraining jacket was used during an attack and his struggles caused his arms to swell and burst. The case was referred to welfare director John McSweeney.
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Columbus
Apr
Carrie G. Boggs
Barberton
Gallipolis
John McSweeney
Hitler and Germany Condemned in Boycott Rally
Chicago April 9 Promoting a wide boycott of German made goods continues under the Committee on Defense of Human Rights after a four state meeting. Former Senator James A Reed of Missouri and Congressman Edward A Kenney of New Jersey spoke, condemning Adolf Klitier and the German government as dangers to freedom.
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Chicago
Committee On Defense of Human Rights
James A. Reed
Missouri
Edward A. Kenney
New Jersey
Adolf Klitier
Missing Aviator Believed Dead After Lake Crash
Monroe Michigan April 9. Alonzo Layman 27 missing since taking off from Pontiac municipal airport December 19 in a borrowed plane. Wreckage found on a beach ten miles from Monroe identified as from his craft including an aileron and fabric bits. Authorities believe he perished in the lake.
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Monroe
Mich
R— Alonzo Layman
Pontiac
Lake, Erie
Man Hangs Self Found In Woods Near Ti ffin
The body of Benjamin Lemon aged 52 was found hanging in a wooded area south of Ti ffin after a search that began on March 27. A police investigation is underway to determine the motive and confirm identity.
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Woods Tiffin
Benjamin Lemon
Woods
Cannon Case At Trial Stage In High Court
Washington April 9 to 4. One of the bitter political contests of recent years reached the stage today when Bishop Jann Jannet Sr. was called before the district of Columbia Bureau of Prel. Cannon and Ada Burroughs were charged with violation of the corrupt practices act in connection with the 1928 presidential race against Alfred E. Smith. The government contends poverty Edwin Jameson of New York contributed $65,000 to Cannons campaign fund and only $17.40 was reported to the clerk of the House. Cannons fund aided a campaign across the South to win Democrats to the Hoover standard. He was credited with defections from Smith in solidly Democratic regions. In the 1928 election Florida North Carolina Virginia and Texas of the Solid South went into the Hoover column.
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Washington
Jann« Jannet Sr
District of Columbia
Bu Preiye Cmlrt
Cannon
Nia
Ada 1. Burroughs
Alfred E.i Smith
Edwin Jemieson
New York
Laurance
House of Representatives
South
Hoover Standard
Smith
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Texas
Hoover
Largest weekly total of loans reported in Ohio
Columbus April 9 A report by state manager Henry Brunner of the Home Owners Loan Corporation shows Ohio loans during the week ending April 6 totaled 2,61 homes with a value of 6,552,815 dollars. The cumulative loans closed in Ohio to date reach 27,231 valued at M , 00T Ta.
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Colimbus
U.P
Ohio
Henry Brunner
Home Owners’ Loan Corpora
City Mail Delivery Reduced in Athens
Athens residents now receive one daily mail in residential areas and two deliveries in the business district while rural routes still get once-a-day service. Special delivery and parcel post remain as usual. Postmaster Harry W. McKinstry cites a reduced postal budget and hopes to restore the regular schedule after June W.
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Athens
Harry W. McKinstry
Death by own action in Junction City man’s death
NEW LEXINGTON April 9 Coroner H P Minshull ruled death of Jacob Ridenour 8 former Junction City postmaster and businessman as death by own action He was found dead at Big Horse Sunday relatives say he shot himself with a gun made from a pipe gun while in poor health
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New Lexington
U.P
H. P. Minshull
Jacob Ridenour
Junction City
Big Horse
Wage pact across Southern Ohio mining field set for year
A new one year wage contract for the Southern Ohio mining field was confirmed by miners and operators in Nelsonville. Detailed scales and working changes were approved at a Cleveland conference involving the Ohio Coal Control Association and United Mine Workers officials. The agreement, effective April 1, raises pick mining pay and day wages, adjusts machine and loading rates, and modifies the seven hour day with exemptions for 24 hour operations. Page 3.
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Nelsonville
Southern Ohio
Washington
Ohio
Hocking
Crookaville
Pomeroy and
Jackson
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Control Association
United Mine Workers of America
Obi
Last Resort Measure Up in Ohio Legislature
Columbus April WP reports the Ohio General Assembly, after weeks of futility, moves toward a final push with a $54,000,000 retail sales tax bill. Defeated twice in the House, revived after substitutes, the measure is slated for a last resort vote when the Houses reconvene. The Senate also plans to open its inquiry into the liquor control law administration tonight.
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Columbua
Ohio Generals Assembly
Senate
Campaign Against Communist Agitators Revives Vigilance Committee
In Haverhill on April 9 officials and 1,500 business and professional leaders launched an anti Communist campaign by reviving the Pentucket Vigilance Committee, blamed for stirring 6,000 shoe workers into a sixth week of strike amid imported Soviet minded agitators.
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Haverhill Maas
U.P
Pentucket Vigilance Committee
Striking W. Va. Miners Return to Their Posts
Logan West Virginia miners resume work after a walkout sparked by reports operators in the district had not signed the Appalachian wage agreement. More than 6,000 miners in the Logan fields returned to their posts today ending the strike.
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Logan
W. Va
Logan Fields
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