Fleets on Parade as Warning to Dictators
Great Britain and France display armed force to deter totalitarian expansion in the Balkans. Italian and Spanish military movements raise concerns as Chamberlain prepares a policy statement favoring strength over appeasement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Great Britain
France
Europe
Mediterranean
Balkans
Dardanelles
Italy
Britain
Bucharest
Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Greece
Mussolini
Rome
Spain
England
House Votes On Education Board Today
Columbus reports the Ohio House moves to submit a proposed constitutional amendment creating a state board of education and investigates alleged un-Americanism. The Senate passed a National Guard measure and a highway reorganization bill while the House approved forest land taxation and delinquent land forestration steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
National Guard and Tax Commission
House
State Board of Education
Joker
Board of Education
Senate
National Guard
Adjt
Emil F. Marx
Highway Department
House Conservation Committee
Baumhart Senate
Mother Reveals Bergdoll Secret Visit in 1935 Return
In Broomall Pennsylvania the mother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll confirms that he secretly visited the United States in 1935 when their fifth child Vega was born. The 78 year old Em maze Bergdoll weeps as her son returns from Germany to face a five year prison term for evading military service. His wife Berta Bergdoll says he will return immediately from New York where she announced the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broomall
U.P
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
United States
Vega
Emma C. Bergdoll
Berta Bergdoll
New York
High Wind and Storms Kill Three Across South
Violent wind and electrical storms swept three southern states causing three deaths, dozens injured and extensive rural property damage across the region. Rural communities faced downed lines, toppled trees and scattered outbuildings as storms moved through areas near Atlanta and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Atlanta
U.P
Rival Dole Criticizes UMWA for Relief Request
Barney Flaherty of the Progressive Miners of America attacks the UMWA for seeking state aid for idle miners while alleging $1,080,000 in local union dues collected over six years should have funded relief. He questions why relief is needed if dues were available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
United Mine Workers of America
Barney Flaherty
Progressive Miners of America
West Virginia
UMWA
Flaherty
1938 Ohio Highway Deaths Decline Sharply
Ohio highway fatalities dropped 15.5 percent in 1938 from 1937, totaling 1,922 deaths. Statewide and municipal crashes yielded one death per 28 miles driven and one injury per two miles, with two accidents per 1,000,000 miles. Auto deaths on state roads fell slightly to 9,260. rail crossings accounted for 0.5 percent. Twenty-three percent of fatalities were pedestrians, many with backs to traffic, and eight percent of drivers involved were intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
State Health Department
Highway Department
Nation's Officials Pay Tribute to Sen. Lewis
In the Senate Chamber the nation's top leaders from executive, judicial and legislative branches gathered to honor the late Sen. James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. Funeral services for the 76 year old Democrat were held at 2:30 p.m. EST with President Roosevelt, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, the diplomatic corps and Congress in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Chamber
James Hamilton
Lewis
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Youngstown man charged with armed robbery of father
William Amreihn was held to the grand jury under 15000 bond after pleading innocent to robbing his father of 73 dollars at gunpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
U.P
William Amreihn
Roosevelt Says U S Will Be Morally Involved in War
President Roosevelt ended his Warm Springs vacation with a warning that the United States will be morally involved in any major war. He indicated a fall return if no war occurs and pointed readers to a Washington Post editorial noting that force may be needed to deter dictators. The president underscored that Western civilization could be drawn into conflict even if not initially involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Warm Springs
Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
United
Georgia
Ial
Washington Post
Hitler
Mussolini
United States
Germany
Italy
WPA Relief Funds Cut As Senate Grants 100 Million
The Senate approved a 100 million dollar appropriation to fund WPA relief through July 1, 100 million less than requested. Roosevelt will seek 1.5 billion for the new fiscal year, with advocates optimistic but seeking assurances against further requests. Chairman Adams called the plan encouraging amid relief spending debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Roosevelt
Econo
Alva B. Adams
Colo
Appropriations
Condition of Queen Geraldine Improves In Greece
Queen Geraldine of Albania, 23, suffers puerperal fever after fleeing Tirana before last week's invasion. Her condition remains serious as Greek doctors seek a Berlin gynecologist to assist in Larissa where she is hospitalized following a 14 hour mountain road journey with her newborn son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
U.P
Geraldine
Albania
Tirana
Berlin
Larissa
Cold Wave From Canada Drives Midwest Chill
A cold wave stretching from the Canadian border to Texas moved eastward today, sending temperatures sharply lower across the Midwest. Light snow accompanied the cold in some areas as the mercury fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Canadian
Texas
Midwest
Narcotic Ring Broken Up by Federal Agents
Kansas City area report says 13 men arrested and narcotics for a million doses confiscated in a nationwide ring break up led by the federal narcotics bureau commissioner H J Anslinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
H. J. Anslinger
U. S
Narcotics Bureau
Plane crashes at Wright Field during Army tests
A North American Aviation light bomber valued at 456000 burned two miles southeast of Wright Field during Army tests. Three crewmen escaped with minor injuries while two of the four original fighters were destroyed. A Douglas Aircraft ship crashed near Los Angeles weeks earlier. A French air official aboard sparked a congressional inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Wright Field
U. S. Army Air Corps
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Sisson Named Southern Ohio District Marshal
Charles Sisson, currently deputy marshal in the local court, will be appointed acting federal marshal of the Southern Ohio District pending approval from district judges and Kerr’s resignation notice, with full marshal powers once confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Charles Sisson
Southern
Ohio
Mell G. Underwood
Kenneth R. Kerr
Sisson
Underwood
Immigrant Dies After Naturalization Court in Dayton
John Kolentus a 63 year old native of Romania died of a heart attack shortly after becoming a American citizen in a Dayton Federal Court proceeding. The incident occurred minutes after the naturalization ceremony outside the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
John Kolentus
Autoist Drowns In Embankment Crash At Big Creek
Cleveland report says Ralph Anderson WPA employee drowned when his car plunged 30 feet down an embankment and overturned into Big Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Ralph Anderson
WPA
Big Creek
Clinton P. Biddle Dies of Pneumonia in Weston Mass
Clinton Poston Biddle son of Dr and Mrs T R Biddle of Athens died at his Weston Massachusetts home from complications of pneumonia He was associate dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and professor of investment banking Funeral services are set for Friday at the First Congregational Church Cambridge Mass Burial there He had returned to Athens in 1934 to deliver a graduation address and received an honorary Doctor of Laws Later he served as a director of Cambridge Trust Co Great Island Corporation and Morris Poston Coal Co and co authored Problems in Investment Banking with George E Bates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Poston Biddle
T. R. Biddle
Athens
Weston
Mass
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Cambridge
Biddle
Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard
Cambridge Trust Co
Great Island Corporation
New York City
Morris Poston Coal Co
Cleveland
Avon Home
George E. Bates
Nazis Seek U S Workers
House committee on un American activities plans an immediate probe into reports that the German American Bund is recruiting Americans for Nazi factories. Rep. John J. Dempsey says agents have extensive information on Bund representatives offering skilled U S workers jobs in German munitions plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House Committee On un-American Activities
Bund
John J. Dempsey
N. M
Germany
Strike Ends for Police and Firemen in Larksville
In Larksville Pennsylvania municipal workers including police and firemen voted to end the strike and return to duty immediately while awaiting a court hearing on the borough budget. The action ends a brief stoppage in the anthracite region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larksville
U.P
Pennsylvania
Father Backed Moving Van Kills Dayton Boy
William Smith of Dayton backed a moving van from his house. He did not see two year-old Marvin Eugene as the rear wheels crushed the child's head, killing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
William Smith
Marvin Eugene
Smith
Smuggler Chaperau Sentenced in New York Smuggling Case
Albert N. Chaperau, identified as the master smuggler, was sentenced to five years and three days in prison and fined $5,000 for smuggling. The judgment was handed down late Tuesday in New York, detailing the penalties imposed on the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert N. Chaperau
McCauley Aviation Launches $250000 Expansion Plan
Dayton based McCauley Aviation Corporation began a expansion program to raise annual propeller production from 900 to 5,000 units. The project aims to boost capacity and meet growing demand for air craft propellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.R
McCauley Aviation Corporation
Girdler Calls for Amendment to Wagner Labor Act
New York U P reports Republic Steel chairman Tom M. Girdler urged amending the Wagner Labor Act at the Ohio Society of New York dinner. He argued a better law would please both workers and industrialists and referenced Senator Wagner's remarks on possible employer driven bargaining in jurisdictional disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Flood Control Act Defended at Ohio Valley Meeting
Rep. Will M. Whittington defended the Flood Control Act of 1938 before Ohio Valley Improvement Association delegates. He condemned attacks on federal power to condemn dam sites for flood projects as politically motivated. Maj. Gen. Julian Schley endorsed completing flood control reservoirs to reduce floods and aid national defense and river navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
Will M. Whittington
Miss
House Committee On Flood Control
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Whittington
Julian Schley
U. S. Army Engineers
Ohio River
Schley
Pastor Who Braved Ice Floes Dies in Toledo
Rev. Peter G. Schoendorff aged 66 died in Toledo on Tuesday. He led the island mission during his St Michaels Catholic Church pastorate at Kellys Island and once braved ice floes on Lake Erie to administer last rites to the dying on Pelee Island in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
Peter G. Schoendorff
Father Schoendorff
St. Michaels Catholic Church
Kellys Island
Lake Erie
Pelee Island
Joan Crawford Divorces Franchot Tone for Mental Cruelty
Hollywood report says Joan Crawford was granted a divorce from Franchot Tone after she testified Tone subjected her to mental cruelty. The decision followed court testimony in which she described his conduct during their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Tone
Job Insurance Payments Near 3 Million Mark
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reported March totals of 2,722,761.91 in unemployment benefits with 288,693 job insurance payments averaging 9.96 for total unemployment. Initial claims declined 18 percent from February as 25,534 claims were determined with 22,041 allowed. Local offices showed varied increases led by Bucyrus at 135 percent and Alliance Bellaire Steubenville at 50 to 80 percent. The employment service secured 10,530 jobs for the unemployed last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Bureau of Unemployment
H. C. Atkinson
Bucyrus
Alliance
Bellaire
Steubenville
Hamilton
Troy
Tiffin
Zanesville
Lorain
Athens
Niles
Lancaster
Salem
Massillon
Barberton
Employment Service
Justice's Wife Enters Prison
Mrs. Edgar J. Lauer aged 58, wife of a state supreme court justice, held in Women’s House of Detention with 500 inmates in a smuggling conspiracy case tied to Albert N. Chaperau. She received three months in prison and a $2500 fine. Chaperau got five years. Jack Benny and George Burns faced fines and suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Edgar J. Lauer
Supreme Court
Albert N. Chaperau
Europe
Jack Benny
George Burns
Chaperau
Wooster Woman 1939 American Mother Named
Mrs. Elias Compton of Wooster Ohio chosen The American Mother for 1939 by the Golden Rule Foundation. She is widow of Dr. Elias Compton who led Wooster College for 22 years and mother to MIT president Karl T. Compton, Nobel laureate Arthur H. Compton, lawyer Wilson Compton, and Mrs. S Herbert Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A.P
Elias Compton
Wooster
Golden Rule Foundation
Wooster College
Karl Taylor Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur Holly Compton
University of Chicago
Wilson Martindale Compton
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Bulgarians Dissolve Nazi Group After Plot Discovery
London report says the Bulgarian government disbanded the Ratnici Nazi organization with German support after uncovering a plan to overthrow the current regime and set up a new government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Ratnici
Germany
Union Chief Calls Appalachian Talks Ridiculous
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers blasts operators over the stalled Appalachian wage hour talks. He warns a renewed lockout could expand to bituminous and anthracite fields, risking a nationwide coal tie up if no progress occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
W. E. E. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators Association of
West Virginia
South
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mine Shutdown Does Not Disrupt Ohio Coal Supply
R. Ire land Jr of Cleveland, Hanna Coal Company president says Ohio soft coal users remain adequately supplied despite Appalachian region shutdown. Lake Erie ports report 21 029 cars of coal totaling over 1 000 000 tons ready for reconsignment to meet consumer needs. Officials note Washington heating plants and West Point report coal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.p—R
Washington
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Paving Bids Opened on Meigs and Hocking Roads
The State Highway Department opened bids on its second 1939 setting totaling 676,333 dollars. Meigs project covers 1.8 miles of State Route 338 in Lebanon Township with grading and drainage structures. lowest bid from H. H. Goeglein and Sons for 50,079 dollars. Hocking project involves drainage structures on U S Route 33 in Falls Township. lowest bid from John Minter for 1,251 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
State Highway Department
Meigs
Lebanon Township
H. H. Goeglein and Sons
Pomeroy
Hocking
Falls Township
John Minter
London
WPA layoffs hit Gallia County workers in 90 cut
WPA officials reported 90 layoffs in Gallia County last week out of 1128 on the rolls at the Zanesville district. Director L C Gibson announced the figures Wednesday at the Zanesville headquarters. A Gallipolis report found 221 workers, or 20 percent, had been removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
WPA
Gallia County
L. C. Gibson
Gallipolis
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Sen. Lewis
Bunny
Jonneal Fenwick
White House
Washington, D. C
Jonneal
Congressional Economy Bloc
Works Progress Administration
Southern Ohio District
Clinton P. Biddle
Girdler
Wagner
Joan
Lois Patricia Tryon
Mount Morris
New York State
Justice
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