League Fails In Effort To End Conflict
The League of Nations failed to halt the Italy Ethiopia war as talks adjourned after three days. Baron Aloisi and De Madariaga discussed Rhineland issues with Germany seen as a factor, while Britain France and Italy sought a united front against rearming Germany. The Red Cross data dispute and battles on the Ogaden front were noted.
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League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Theeague
Committee of 13
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Pompeo Aloisi
Geneva
Germany
Rhineland
League
Locarno
Tey
Hey
Britain
Belgium
France
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Gallia
Ashangi
Pietro Badlio
Sasa Baneh
Daggah Bur
Ogaden Front
Hindenburg limps home from South America voyage
The Zeppelin Hindenburg landed at Friedrichshafen at 12 30 p m Eastern Standard Time completing a round trip from Rio de Janeiro. Officials said two of four engines were out of commission as the airship limped back to base. Earlier reports of engine trouble had been denied.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Thieves Forcibly Load Safe From Home in Canton Heist
Police and deputies hunted two masked robbers who forced a caretaker and his 18 year old son to carry a heavy safe to a waiting car. Authorities estimated loot around 900 dollars with jewelry bonds and about 400 dollars in cash.
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Canton
Joseph Nist
No Evidence Yet In Civil Service Campaign Funds Probe
The State Civil Service Commission announced three weeks of inquiry into rumors that civil service employees were solicited for a Democratic campaign fund found no evidence to prosecute civil service law violations. Chairman W. B. Francis cited lack of funds for a broader investigation and said the commission cannot hire investigators or court reporters.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
W. B. Francis
Commission
John W. Bricker
Francis W. Poulson
Attorney General's Office
Bricker
Francis
Private detectives search for Freddie Bartholomews mother
In New York two private investigators seek Mrs Lillian Mae Bartholomew mother of child actor Freddie Bartholomew. Her attorney Philip A Levey hired the detectives to aid custody efforts and contact English barristers report the husband repudiates Hobbs and urges police aid. The London broker Joseph G Hobbs is said to be a friend aboard the ship with Mrs Bartholomew.
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New York
Lillian Mae Bartholomew
Freddie Bartholomew
Philip A. Levey
Hobbs
Joseph G. Hobbs
London
Bartholomew
Freddie
Police of Three States Hunt Jewelry Thieves
Ohio Indiana and Kentucky police hunted four heavily armed bandits who raided the Sol Partner jewelry store in Dayton yesterday. The thieves reportedly stripped the store of jewelry valued at about 40000 dollars, as reporter Max Hettinger, who was inside, claimed he was pushed into the shop during the commotion.
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Dayton
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Sol Partner
Max Hettinger
Detroit Man Sentenced To Life For Ohio Killing
Alfred Johnson of Detroit was convicted of second degree murder in Cleveland and sentenced to life in the Ohio Penitentiary. He had spent ten of the prior twelve years in jail and attacked guards after the verdict as he was removed from the courtroom.
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Cleveland
Alfred Johnson
Detroit
Ohio
Johnson
Common Pleas
Frank
German Ambassador Hoesch Dies in London
Leopold Von Hoesch, German ambassador to Great Britain, died in London today from heart disease.
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London
Leopold von Hoesch
Great Britain
Davey Signs Three Social Security Bills in Ohio
Governor Martin L. Davey signed three state social security bills expanding cooperation with the Federal Government for a broader social service program. He also approved $38,000 to re-establish the Bureau of Juvenile Research and $5,000 for the board of professional engineers and surveyors. The actions include $1,200,000 for mothers pensions for the last nine months, $143,000 for aid to crippled children, and an expanded program for relief to the blind, with Federal matching funds.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Board of Professional Engineers and Surveyors
FERA Plans To Drop Ohio Case Worker Salaries
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration will discontinue May 1 paying the salaries of 727 county relief case workers across 74 Ohio counties. Dayton H. Frost said with FERA liquidation near completion the $50 000 monthly allotment is no longer available to meet its own needs. Direct relief ended in Ohio last December 1 but a cooperative plan previously funded 30 percent of salaries.
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Columbus
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Ohio
FERA
Dayton H. Frost
Frost
20 Cases of Illicit Liquor Confiscated
Gallipolis police seized twenty cases of Kentucky whiskey after arresting Charles Taylor and Clyde Yarnell both of Parkersburg on drunken driving charges. A Rio Grande call led officers to stop a car, then officers recovered the heavily loaded back of a coupe and had to cut it free. The pair face transporting illegal liquor charges.
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Gallipolis
Kentucky
Charles Taylor
Clyde Yarnell
Parkersburg
Rio Grande
Hopes Are Bright for Sunny Easter Sunday
In Columbus central Ohio residents expect a bright Easter as Weather Bureau predicts probably fair skies. Officials say a storm system soaking central states moves east and should exit the area by Saturday, lifting rain fears for Sunday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Central States
Davey Reduces Stay Of 6 Men in Prison
COLUMBUS. Martin Le Davey commuted today the sentences of six men convicted of assaulting a truck driver during a strike at the Lancaster plant of the Godman Shot Company. The six, Doyle Shaeffer Charles Fleming Claude Muck Ross Siler Bernard Ebrecht and Otto Corsen, had been in Mansfield Reformatory and London Prison Farm. The commutations reduce their terms to five months from indefinite sentences.
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Columbus
Martin le Davey
WPA To Get All of New Relief Sum
House Appropriations Committee said Harry Hopkins assured that none of the 1.5 billion relief funds would be used for the Florida Ship Canal or Passamaquoddy project. Most money would support the WPA with a small portion to the Resettlement Administration.
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WPA
Florida Canal
Passamaquoddy
Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Florida Ship Canal
Maine
Roosevelt
House
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
Buchanan
D-Tex
Wider Trial Is Set for May in Burglaries
Felix J. Wider, under indictment for burglaries in Hocking and Franklin Counties, faces trial next month either in Columbus or Logan. He is free on $5,000 bond from Hocking County and connected to a Murray City Lovett filling station burglary. He fled with gunshot wounds after the incident at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens.
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Logan
Felix J. Wider
Hocking
Franklin
Columbus
Gerald W. Lanning
Don Hoskins
Wider
Hocking County
Liberty
Lovett
Murray City
John Lovett
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Vandals Wreck 20 Gas Pumps Across Cleveland Areas
Police report twenty gasoline pumps wrecked at independent, leased, and company stations in Cleveland. No motive identified. Separately the gas station operators' union voted to seek a ten percent wage hike for about 1500 members, plus paid vacations and uniform standards for leased stations.
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Cleveland
Susie Jors Indicted on First Degree Murder Charge
Susie Jors was indicted on a first degree murder charge for the death of her former husband, Lawrence C. Posey, who was shot to death Monday while asleep in Mount Vernon.
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MT. Vernon
Susie Jors
Rence C. Posey
Man Found Dead Near Corn Shock
Washington Court Ho neighbors found Hezekiah Stultz aged 55 dead, about 35 days after his passing, body reclining against a corn shock on a nearby farm. Local authorities investigating circumstances of the death.
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Washington Court
Hezekiah Stultz
Farr
If the Sun Only Shines Easter Fashion in Ohio
Ohio Easter parade spending rose to the highest level since 1930 as shoppers bought better clothing, luxuries, flowers, food, candy, and gifts. Merchants in 13 cities reported 5 to 35 percent higher pre Easter volume, with Chilli-cothe and Zanesville noting notable gains and a shift toward apparel and essentials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Merchants’ Association
Chillicothe
Zanesville
Clerks Close Bruno's Case in New Jersey Prison
Prison clerks file away case materials while Hauptmann case nears closure. Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s widow retrieved his prison clothing and $200 sent by autograph seekers, and 25 photos of their son Manfred. Hauptmann’s ashes lie in a Bronx urn as Mercer County probes Paul Wendel for alleged kidnapping involvement.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Flemington
Manfred
Richard
Bronx
Mercer County Grand Jury
F Paul Wendel
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. F. X. Seoghan
Wendel
Cincinnati to Honor Dead Scientist and Author
Cincinnati prepared to pay last tribute to Prof. John Ari Lloyd a scientist and author who died at his daughter’s home in Los Angeles soon after his seventeighth birthday. A botany and chemistry expert he taught at the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy.
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Cincinnati
John Ari Lloyd
O. C. Welbourn
Los Angeles
West
Lloyd
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
Rehiring Demanded for Discharged Steel Workers
The Labor Relations Board ordered Jones and Laughlin Steel to reinstate ten workers in Aliquippa Pa who were discharged for union activity. The decision found they were union officials or had solicited members and distributed literature. The company plans to challenge the ruling as the Wagner Act faced constitutional questions.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board Today
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation of
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Federation of Labor Union
Aliquippa, Pa
Aliquippa
J. and L. Ad
Taft Cooper Slay Spending In Dayton Speech
In Dayton Third District Republicans heard Robert A. Taft describe the New Deal as doomed by its spending. Taft warned of increased taxation as the only alternative while Cooper attacked government expenditures and new agencies. He cited figures including 129 agencies and 25,000 more public employees and rising costs totaling hundreds of millions.
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Dayton
Robert A. Taft
Myers
Cooper
Mornsevelt
Taft
Anderson Named to State Highway Post in Ohio
John J. Jaster Jr. names Murray Anderson of Chillicothe as assistant director and chief engineer of maintenance. Anderson succeeds Carl G. Wahl as state director of public works. Effective Monday, the $5,000 yearly post reflects the new appointment under Gov. Martin L. Davey.
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Columbus
John J. Jaster
Murray Anderson
Chillicothe
Anderson
Carl G. Wahl
Martin L. Davey
Cleveland man faces emergency amputation after Sun Racer crash
Uniontown Pennsylvania doctors say C. C. Challinor of Cleveland received a fighting chance to recover after surgeons amputated his left leg following Tuesday’s crash of TWA Sun Racer.
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Uniontown
C. C. Challinor
Cleveland
TWA
Ohio River Crest Holds at Cincinnati Near 54 Feet
The Ohio River remained at a high level in Cincinnati today, holding steady near a flood crest just below 54 feet. The crest follows the disastrous Pittsburgh flood of the previous month.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Work Relief Setup Criticized as Cruel and Stupid in NYC
New York City WPA administrator Hugh S. Johnson blasted the work relief program, calling it cruel and stupid. He faulted interference by authorities, cited widespread unanswered letters, and argued relief money is insufficient to cover destitution while the program imposes humiliating conditions.
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New York City
Washington
Ae Crue
Hugh 8. Johnson
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Johnson
Victor Ridder
NRA
Exiled Mexican Leader Banished on Plot Suspicions
Plutarcho Elias Calles, former president of Mexico, was banished today on suspicion of plotting against the current government.
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Plutarcho Elias Calles
Mexico
Mexico's Strong Man Calles Exiled to United States
Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles longtime power in Mexico arrested in a surprise coup with three advisers. All three sent to exile in the United States aboard a plane after Veracruz bombing charges and alleged anti-government agitation. The government feared his bid to regain influence via the workers and peasants confederation.
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Calies
United States
Confederation of Workers and Peasants
Morenea
Work or Jail Ruling Enforced in Xenia Ohio
Xenia officials launched a second test of the work or jail program for direct relief recipients. Seven employables were ordered to report Monday to work for 40 cents an hour, after 75 were ordered to report last Wednesday. Officials will cite those who do not report under vagrancy provisions.
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Xenia
Shipwrecked Boys on Friendly Island serial begins April 12
The Athens Messenger announces a new boys serial Shipwrecked Boys on Friendly Island by G. D. Ridenour. The tale follows two boys adrift at sea and surviving amid apes lions and wilderness with weekly installments starting Sunday April 12.
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Friendly Island
Athens Messenger
G. D. Ridenour
Nelsonville
Business Leaders Brace for Backlash in 1930s Campaign
Harper Sibley of the Chamber of Commerce urges business to resist political attacks and avoid burdensome laws. Labor leader Sidney Hillman warns Roosevelt’s defeat would handicap labor as unions back the President. Wisconsin Republicans urged unity for November elections. A proposed American defense pact and a plan to spend 1.5 billion for relief loom as summer talks unfold. tax and relief bills dominate hearings and conference talks in Washington.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Harper Sibley
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Labor
New York
Hillman
Mr. Roosevelt
Jorge Ubico
Guatemala
Buenos Aires
Roosevelt En Route to White House Duties
President Roosevelt travels from the tornado ravaged South toward Washington after a long fishing voyage in the Bahamas. He paused in Gainesville Georgia to comfort residents and expresses pride in their spirit as he resumes duties at the White House. Wire service reports kept him in contact with routine and emergencies throughout the trip.
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Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Gainesville
Wirelesa
Two Are Fined for Driving Recklessly
Two arraignments on reckless driving charges were heard before Mayor Holland. Arthur Smith of Athens pleaded guilty to driving on a property lawn during a hail storm on W Washington Street and was fined $10 plus costs. Harry Whitmore Buchtel faced reckless driving on Chestnut Street.
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Menta
Holland
Arthur Smith
Athens
W. Washington St
Harry Whitmore Buchtel
Chestnut St
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