Opposition to Roosevelt Priming Plan Is Heard
Washington coverage notes bipartisan pushback from Sen. Byrd and Rep. Snell against Roosevelt recovery aims. Officials project 1939 relief funds of 1.25 billion for seven months and 800 million more for unemployed. wage hour and reorganizaton plans face defeat.
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Bertrand H. Snell
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Robert Ramspeck
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Henry Ford and wife celebrate golden wedding today
Dearborn Michigan reports Henry Ford and his wife marking their golden wedding with a city celebration. Tomorrow a party for 100 schoolmates will honor the couple and a large petition to President Roosevelt with 500000 names will be dedicated at the ceremonies. The events are limited to Dearborn residents.
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Roosevelt
Orland Post Office Closes After 57 Years of Cherry Family Service
The Orland, Ohio office ends 57 years of continuous service by the Cherry family. Lucius Payne served 28 years, followed by his nephew George P. Cherry for 29 years. Kathleen Cherry Trowbridge acted as postmistress for two months.
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Kathleen Cherry Trowbridge
Whitney Given 5 to 10 Year Prison Term
Former NYSE president Richard Whitney was sentenced by Judge Owen W. Bohan to five to ten years in Sing Sing for grand larceny. He pleaded guilty to misappropriating $105,000 in securities from his late father in law’s trust fund and $109,000 from the New York Yacht Club where he served as treasurer.
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Richard Whitney
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Sing Sing
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Owen W. Bohan
Richard Whitney & Co
House of Morgan
Whitney
George R. Sheldon
New York Yacht Club
Four Die in Muskingum Traffic Over Week End
Two Zanesville residents died today raising Muskingum count to four weekend traffic deaths. Beryl Tilton 22 and Richard Mason 28 both from Zanesville died when their car hit a tree. Nearby, Dale Guise 40 from Gettysburg Pa and Chris Guise 60 from Arendtsville Pa were killed when an automobile collided with a CCC ambulance returning from Fort Hayes Hospital Columbus six miles east of Zanesville.
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Muskingum County
Beryl Adelene Tilton
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Dale W. Guise
Gettysburg
Chris Guise
Arendtsville
Here
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Columbus
Eight Die in Puebla Political Clash
Eight people including a woman were killed and four injured in a political clash Sunday night at Chautenco, Puebla, between opposing parties.
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Puebla
Mexico
Chautenco
Third Thomas Ewing To Witness Cutler Ceremony
Thomas F Ewing grandson of Ohio University's first graduate arrived in Athens to witness the Cutler Hall dedication and related anniversary events. He will attend the parade, Pioneer's Banquet, and visit the courthouse reviewing stand. The Ewing family lineage includes General Thomas Ewing and earlier territorial anniversaries.
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New York
Marietta
Thomas Ewing
Northwest Territory
Cincinnati
St. Paul's
Yale
Territorial Celebration Events Tallied for Day
A complete schedule lists a 2 30 p m parade from E State Street through Morris Avenue to Court and Park Place then campus. At 3 30 p m a campus concert features 450 musicians from nine bands under C W Janssen. Dedication of Manasseh Cutler Hall at 4 p m with Dr Herman G James Ohio University president. Dinners at 6 p m at Hotel Berry and local churches for high school bands. 7 30 p m concert at university stadium by Ohio Univ Band. 8 p m Federal pageant Freedom on the March at the stadium.
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Ohio University Stadium
Athens
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H, R. Curtis
Newark
W. D. Busch
J. C. Search
Portsemouth
G. C. Frey
Marietta
H. C. Glover
Cambridge
C. F. Mare Mie
Columbus
C. N. Long
Mate Ion
A. B. Cook
Chillicothe
L. We Oertel
New Philadelphia
C. A. Cover
E. F. Hahn
Bridgeport
F. J. Crume
C. J. McGuire
D. W. Uncle
Masesillon
Jenkins Signals Congress Run Amid TVA Inquiry Posture
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins says he expects to be a congressional candidate while taking an appointment to a joint committee probing the Tennessee Valley Authority. His TVA role and Washington announcement suggest he will not seek the Tennessee governorship this year.
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Theater Target Of Jap Bombs
Chinese soldiers and civilians searched the ruins of the Powah Theater in Canton for more victims after a Sunday bombing by Japanese forces killed and wounded an estimated 800 people. Chinese authorities say the attack was a civilian retaliation to Chinese victories in lower Shantung Province aimed at terrorizing the population.
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Engineer Electrocuted At Radio Transmitter
Cincinnati report states Harold C. Stocker a radio engineer was electrocuted today by 11 900 volts passing through his body at the Mason transmitter serving WLW and WSAL broadcasting stations.
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WSAL
False Fire Alarm Stampedes Brazilian Theater Crowd
Thirty five people were killed and many others injured when a false fire alarm caused a stampede at a motion picture theater in Sao Paulo Brazil.
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Brazil
Daladier Seeks Wide Support for France’s Crisis gov
Premier Edouard Daladier opened the Third Republic cabinet meeting to plan boosting France’s influence, end labor strains hindering rearmament, and weather a grave financial crisis. Lebrun signed a decree backing the new government as Austrians and Germans show support for Hitler while French Communists and Socialists oppose it and 68,000 workers strike in defense related industries.
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Death of Charles Wilkes at 85 in Salem Home
Charles Wilkes age 85 long time Athens County teacher died at his Salem home after about two months illness. Survived by four daughters Mabel Ober Rochester Marie Yates Boston Faith Williams Lula Wilkes and two sons Fred Plattsburgh and Charles Athens. Funeral at Salem Church 2 p m Tuesday with burial in W Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 tonight.
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Two-Thirds in Favor of Tobacco Quotas
In Columbus incomplete returns from Ohio farmers in the referendum on establishment of marketing quotas for the 1938 burley tobacco crop show the affirmative vote nearing two thirds of total ballots cast.
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Columbus
Ohio
Crowds Swarm Athens For Pioneer Program
Athens hosts Northwest Territory Celebration with a large turnout. Citizens and visitors view pioneer life displays, parade routes move through Court Street, and Ohio University Stadium hosts a noncharged pageant as state patrol and local police guide traffic.
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Ohio
Athens County
Northwest Territory
Court St
Museum of Pioneer Life
W. Union St
Fairgrounds
Girl Scouts
Bank of Athens
Eighth Victim Identified in Cleveland Murders
Police named the eighth victim as Mrs. Rose Wallace 40 a Negro housewife. Detective Peter Merylo said a skeleton’s dental work matched Mrs. Wallace and a son aided in confirming identity noting bridgework traced to a Cincinnati dentist who died 15 years ago.
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V.P
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Peter Merylo
Cincinnati
Republic Steel appeals NLRB ruling to federal courts
Republic Steel chairman Tom M. Girdler said the firm would challenge the NLRB decision ordering it to dissolve its employees' labor group. He criticized the Wagner Act as biased and cited worker opposition and past sit-down strikes as evidence against the union leadership.
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U.P
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Republic
Girdler
N.L.R.B
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organizations
London Left Wing Demonstration Sees Violence Amid Vote
Hyde Park rally in London features left wing members voting against a union with Austria and Germany. Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, linked to Lord Redesdale, is assaulted during the confrontation with demonstrators.
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Lord Redesdale
Coughlin Claims Credit For Defeating Reorganization Bill
In his Sunday address Father Charles E. Coughlin credited his radio followers with defeating the government reorganization bill in Congress. He praised letters telegrams and prayers that swamped senators and representatives and urged more protests by wire to Congress. He called the bill an irretrievable step down a dangerous path.
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U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Congress
Coughlin
Paul Revere
Shores of America
Father Coughlin
Washington
Emergency Legislation Sought to Aid Railroads
President Roosevelt asked Congress for immediate emergency legislation to avert severe railroad financial and operating troubles. He proposed government loans for equipment and changes to the bankruptcy act affecting railroads, consolidation, and efficiency.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Predict Regular Atlantic Air Service by August
Two government aviation officials after a Dublin conference said mail and passenger flights likely would start across the North Atlantic by August. They cited international arrangements and presumed improvements in airline operations.
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