FDR Faces World Crisis Fears and Policy Debates
President Roosevelt returns to Washington amid global tensions and domestic policy debates. He plans talks with Congressional leaders on the neutrality law farm relief and work relief funding while awaiting Stato Secretary Hull reports on Europe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
Cordell Hull
Georgia
Albania
White House
Mussolini
Italy
Senate
Hull
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Peace Appeal by Pope Seeks Global Conference
Pope Pius XII urged peace through talks during an Easter message. He warned restlessness and division within nations threaten harmony and stressed that mutual understanding and reliable treaties are essential for civic progress.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XII
Miners to Meet in Kerrs Run Pomeroy Ohio
Miners of the division plan a mass meeting at Kerrs Run Pomeroy Ohio to discuss the mining industry. The gathering is set for Wednesday April 12 at 2 p m with speakers including Thomas Price Herman Theisen and John Wyckoff. Many miners from the Hocking Valley are expected.
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Nelsonville
Kerrs Run
Pomeroy
Ohio
H. T. Rainey
Thomas Price
Herman Theisen
John Wyckoff
Hocking Valley
Fire destroys Robbins Building in downtown Springfield
An early morning blaze in the three story Robbins Building caused about 20000 dollars in damage in downtown Springfield. Fire Chief Grover L. Frock reported the loss and assessed the extent of the damage.
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Springfield
U.P
Robbins
Grover L. Frock
Easter Death Toll In Ohio Low Over Easter Weekend
Ohio reported nine accidental deaths over the Easter weekend. Notable incidents include Prince Yogi Rami, 37, an astrologer killed when a train struck his car in Sharon. Ralph J. Smith, 34, crushed by a 500 pound vinegar barrel in Findlay. and Joseph Santo, 18, killed when his car overturned near Route 33, Carroll.
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Columbus
Ohio
Prince Yogi Rami
Sharon
Cincinnati
Rami
Ralph J. Smith
Findlay
Williamstown
Joseph Santo
Lancaster
Route 33
Carroll
Warden's Appeal To Be Heard Next Month
Columbus Ohio. The appeal of the order dismissing James C Woodard as warden of Ohio Penitentiary will be heard the first week in May. Ralph Emmons of the State Civil Service Commission announced today. Woodard was dismissed effective April 1 after a suspension March 2.
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Columbus
U.rp
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph Emmons
State Civil Service Commission
Woodard
Democratic women to hear Farley and Perkins in Columbus
Two members of the President's cabinet James A Farley postmaster general and Frances Perkins secretary of labor will speak at the Great Lakes States regional meeting of Democratic women in Columbus on May 10 11 12.
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Columbus
U.P
James A. Farley
Frankes Perkins
Great Lakes States
Relief Rolls Being Slashed As Projects Are Completed
Relief rolls shrink as wage hour talks collapse. About 20 000 miners in Ohio and the West Virginia Panhandle area idle while 30 000 normally work face reduced WPA relief and uncertain funding. Union says unemployment eligibility under review. WV orders bar relief under dispute.
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Columbus
The
United Mine Workers
Ohio
West Virginia Panhandle
WPA
West Virginia
Hope for Soft Coal Pact Grows Amid Labor Talks
The Appalachian soft coal wage hour talks stall as 320,000 miners idle and UMW and 2,000 operators clash over closed shop and strike penalties. John L. Lewis returns to negotiations as anthracite talks shift to April 18 and operators split between renewal and secession.
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New York
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Progressive Miners of America
PMW
West Virginia
Lewis
Philip Murray
Crafton
Thomas Dougherty
Wellsburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania
National Coal Association
Congress of Industrial Organization
AFL
Ironton Man Struck By Car In Gallipolis
In East Gallipolis a 50 year old Ironton resident identified as Frank Thivenin was struck by a car driven by Frederick Sawyer. The victim was taken to Holzer Hospital with a fractured skull and Sawyer was not held by Gallia County officers.
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Gallipolis
Frank Thivenin
Ironton
Frederick Sawyer
Public Beauty Bureau Advocated by Film Star
Loretta Young urged Congress to create a Federal Bureau of Public Beauty funded by billions for beauty treatments for all women. She argued presidential candidates backing the plan would win women’s votes and that beauty services would reduce divorces and court costs.
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Bureau of Public Beauty
Hollywood
U.P
Loretta Young
Congress
Federal Bureau of Public Beauty
Miss Young
Indiana Woman Faces Arkansas Death Penalty After Disappearance
Mrs Lucille Anderson of New Albany Indiana declared legally dead after vanishing in 1925 now faces the electric chair in Arkansas Her husband Smoky Joe Anderson was executed in March for grocer murder and his wife was sentenced to death as an accomplice Residents raise funds to appeal.
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Lucille Anderson
Indiana
Arkansas
Smoky Joe” Anderson
Anderson
New Albany
Ind
Former Official Sentenced to Reformatory Term
Ashland Ohio 27 year old O P Olen R Faber former Ashland County deputy treasurer was sentenced to one to ten years in the Ohio State Reformatory for embezzlement after changing his plea to guilty following a confession admitted at trial.
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Ashland
O.p—Olen R. Faber
Ashland County
Ohio State Reformatory
Faber
War Veteran Dies Findlay
Reverend William Henry Grimes, a Negro Baptist minister and Civil War veteran who would have turned 95 today, died there on Sunday.
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Findlay
U.P
William Henry Grimes
Ohio to distribute seventy one tons of new sales tax stamps
Ohio will distribute 71 tons of new sales tax stamps through Department of Agriculture trucks this week and they go on sale April 24. State Treasurer Don Ebright said the stamps become valid May 1 with a $3 saving per $100 collected under the Ward Act. A total of 283 million stamps will be issued to 344 agencies statewide.
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Columbus
ULP
Ohio
Department of Agriculture
Don Ebright
Ohio WPA Workers Urged to Accept Farm or Industrial Jobs
Ohio WPA workers who refuse reasonable farm or industrial jobs at prevailing wages will be fired, Dr. Carl Watson announced. He said letters were sent to farm and manufacturing groups and urged hiring through the Ohio State Unemployment Service to document refusals. Workers may return to WPA after private employment ends if still needed, with reinstatement timelines noted.
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Columbus
WPA
Carl Watson
Watson
Ohio State Unemployment Service
Cancel Orders For Meat Sold By Fake Label
Columbus joint report states 81000 pounds of meat ordered for state welfare institutions faced cancellation after mislabeling with fake government stamps was established. Home Packing Co of Toledo held the contract. Charles M Stark and Charles L Sherwood led inquiries. Federal and state inspectors investigated, with an adjusted price to be paid for meat delivered.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles M. Stark
The
Home Packing Co
Toledo
Stark
Charles L. Sherwood
Washington
Former Troy and Jackson Pastor Dies in Florida
Miami Beach funeral services were planned for Rev. James King Gibson 93 former National Chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic Gibson served Presbyterian parishes in Troy Jackson and South Charleston and was chaplain at the National Military Home in Dayton He retired nine years ago and moved to Florida in 1934 He died Sunday at his home and will be sent to Dayton for burial.
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Miami Beach
Fla
U.P
James King Gibson
Grand Army of the Republic
Gibson
Troy
Jackson
South Charleston
Dayton
Zog Prefers Exile To Mad Dictators
King Zog and Queen Geraldine began exile in La rissa Greece. They said they prefer death to surrender and called Hitler and Mussolini madmen while labeling Chamberlain and Daladier as damned fools.
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Zog
Athens
Greece
U.P
Geraldine
Albania
Larissa
Florina
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Death of Illinois Senator J. Hamilton Lewis at 72
J. Hamilton Lewis, a 72 year old Illinois veteran senator and Democratic whip in the upper chamber, died suddenly Sunday night from a heart ailment. He frequently opposed the shifting New Deal program.
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J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Ohio To Build Military Road Between Warren and Cleveland
Bids open Tuesday for the first stretch of a divided highway on U S Route 422 linking the Mahoning Valley steel center with industrial Cleveland. The 18 foot road will serve east bound traffic to Warren and Youngstown while the new west bound lanes handle through traffic. Route 422 is among six major highways Beightler lists as vital military roads for troop movements and war material transport.
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Columbus
Mahoning Valley
Passenger Gets Long Ride Free of Charge
Indianapolis taxicab driver Ollie Price said a fare of 40 dollars as payment for a Columbus trip turned into a flight when the passenger fled after showing 250 in ten dollar bills. Price pursued but the man escaped, prompting police to investigate.
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Columbus
U.P
Ollie Price
Indianapolis
Price
British Naval Force Ordered From Italian Ports Amid Europe Tensions
Europe braces for a possible showdown as Britain withdraws His Majesty's ships and air forces from Easter leave in the Mediterranean. Mussolini plans to fly to Tirana while calling up reservists, and Greece and Yugoslavia face renewed Fascist pressure. France agrees to reinforce Mediterranean defenses as Nazi officials deny concentration of forces ahead of Hitler's 50th birthday.
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Europe
United States
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Britain
Italian
Benito Mussolini
Tirana
Albania
Reich
Poland
Belgium
Holland
Democratic
Adolf Hitler
Britain moves to draw nations into alliance over European security
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain plans to summon Parliament to back a plan to guarantee the independence of Balkan and eastern European states. Aims include defending Greece and Turkey, with Rum ania open to support and Hungary and Bulgaria possible joiners as Soviet Russia looms as a strength reservoir. Albania falls under pro Italian regime as Djafer Ypi becomes premier.
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Balkans
Chamberlain
Greece
Turkey
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Soviet Russia
Jugoslavia
Italy
Germany
Belgrade
Zog
Albania
Djafer Ypi
Rome
Senate Ready To Vote On Ripper Highway Bills In Columbus
The legislature reconvenes with the Senate set to approve a highway department overhaul that replaces county engineers with 25 regional offices paying 4000 dollars and creates five district offices at 4500 dollars. Leaders aim to enact the Tax Commission and National Guard Ripper bills by weekend while the House Finance Committee prepares a general appropriation bill and a biennial relief program.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Highway Department
Tax Commission
National Guard
House Finance Committee
Akron Aircraft to Start First 20 Planes This Week
Akron Aircraft, Inc. plans production of the first 20 airplanes this week in a temporary Akron plant. The facility was set up after the city raised $60,000 for the project.
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AKRON
U.P
Akron Aircraft, Inc
Marian Anderson Concert Under Lincoln Memorial Draws Large Crowd
In a free open air performance beneath the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson, barred from Constitution Hall because of race, sang to over 75 000 on the Mall and was broadcast to millions. Interior Secretary Ickes introduced her and criticized the DAR and school boards for racial intolerance.
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Washington
U.P
Marian Anderson
Abraham Lincoln
Miss Anderson
Washington Monument
Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall
Harold L. Ickes
DAR
Lincoln Memorial
Ickes
Democratic Republic
Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
J Ham Lewis Dies Suddenly Senate Dandy
Washington reports the death of James Hamilton Lewis a diplomat and statesman and Senate Democratic whip. His unexpected passing comes as Congress debates a $50 million unemployment relief bill with the New Deal faction seeking more time to influence policy. Governor Horner will appoint a successor likely to be a staunch New Dealer.
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Washington
WU P
Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Beau Brummell
Jim Ham
Congress
Roosevelt
Lewis
Henry Horner
Illinois
Lindbergh May Testify For House Committee
Col Charles A Lindbergh traveling home from Europe has been invited to testify before a House committee and may discuss foreign policy with a Senate committee. He has inspected European air forces and aviation plants, and earlier this year provided a secret report stating German air power was superior to others.
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Washington
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
House
Lindbergh
Ohio Leads in Aliens Dropped Off Dole Roll
A WPA survey shows Ohio had the most aliens removed from relief rolls after Congress barred aliens from WPA. Ohio removed 6,527 people for failing to file citizenship affidavits. Nationwide, 45,500 aliens were dropped from WPA rolls.
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Ohio
Washington
WPA
Engineer Dougherty Killed in Wellsburg Train Collision
Engineer Thomas E F Dougherty died and two crewmen were injured when a Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad freight train struck a landslide near Wellsburg West Virginia on Sunday.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Thomas EF. Dougherty
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
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