Hearing on Sunday Creek Sanitary District Plan Delayed
Hearing on the Sunday Creek Sanitary District plan was continued to May 22 as judges consider cost data for the project. Petitioners seek a clear funding method including possible federal grants while assessing how district residents would bear costs. The court urged building a formal cost survey before final district establishment.
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Sunday Creek
Mon Pleas
Athens
Morgan Counties
Authy
J. A. White
Columbus
Sunday Creek District
White
Walk-Out Confirmed By Auto Makers Group
The Automo Manufacturers Association quits the Chamber of Commerce over federal bus and civil rights legislation support. Dispute stems from a convention a year ago when a resolution urged relaxation of federal regulations on interstate transport. Respondents say railroad interests influenced the decision.
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Boad
Heads new Republican research group to rival brain trust
Dr. Olin Glenn Saxon, Yale professor, will analyze the New Deal for the public as part of a Republican research organization intended to match the Democratic brain trust.
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New Republican Research Organization
Democratic ‘Brain Trust
Olin Glenn Saxon
Yale
End of Paul H. Wendel Investigation Drives Jury Session
Mercer County Grand Jury orders continuous session to hasten inquiry into Paul H. Wendel amid expectations of a no bill. The case ties to the Lindbergh kidnapping and Bruno Hauptmann murder, as officials face added scrutiny after a failed legislature probe and Dr John F Condon’s refusal to testify.
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Trenton
N. J
Mercer County
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Basil B. Bruno
Harold G. Hoffman
John F
Jassie) Condon
Cantor Contest Rules Barred Plagiarism Debate
Lloyd Lewis, 18, a Missouri farm boy, won and later lost Eddie Cantor's 500 word peace essay contest for plagiarizing nearly all of his essay from a college president's article. Cantor did not require originality in the announcement, only that entrants express how America can stay out of war.
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New York
Lloyd Lewis
Missouri
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
America
Union Objection to Broadcast Withdrawn
Miss Helen K. Schaefer of Pomery Ohio, a University of Ohio graduate and Conservatory of Music student in Cincinnati, will present a piano program on WLW next Saturday at 10 15 AM. Her earlier station appearance was canceled for not belonging to the Cincinnati Musicians Union, now withdrawn since she is a student. Lisbon report notes county prosecutor Lefferty ordered the Columbiana County Grand Jury to probe alleged appeals to civil service employees for Democratic campaign contributions.
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Helen K. Schaefer
Pomeroy
Ohio University
Conservatory of Music In
Cincinnati
WLW
Lisbon
George L. Lefferty
Columbiana County
Grand Jury
Chicago polls opened amid two kidnapings and ballot irregularities
Illinois primaries began with two abductions including a Democratic precinct captain Ludwig Pryaszynski and a suspect linked to Governor Horner. Police also found 17 marked ballots on Philip Zimmerman as two election judges were removed, while Nebraska write in efforts to keep George Norris in the Senate drew attention.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ludwig Pryaszynski
Paul Witkowsky
Horner
Philip Zimmerman
Lincoln
Nebr
George W. Norris
United States
Senate
Nebraska
Norris
Secret Pension Plan Probe Sparks National Inquiry
Congressional investigators moved secretly to gather evidence on the Townsend old age pension organization amid warnings to be fair. Representatives Gavagan and Collina planned public hearings possibly starting tomorrow as Frank Arbuckle urged cooperation while opposing inquisition. FE. J. Margett said investigators will be granted access when they reach San Francisco, but warned they will be met with strong resistance.
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Los Angeles
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
Joseph A. Gavagan
Samuel Collina
R.-Calif
Frank Arbuckle
Ohio State Banks Profited $3.18 Million in 1935
Samuel H. Squire state superintendent of banks announced that Ohio state supervised banks earned a net profit of 3 184 019 dollars in 1935 the best performance since 1931 and indicating solid banking health for the year.
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Columbus
Samuel H. Squire
State Superintendent of Banks
Ohio
Crash Victim Dies After Amputation Attempts
MONTOWN PA. The luxury air transport disaster claims its twelfth victim C G Allinor a 42 year old Cleveland engineering expert who died in hospital Monday night after undergoing two operations to amputate part of his left leg.
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e_ 'MONTOWN
C. Gallinor
Cleveland
Amouta
8 Cities of Ethiopia Are Gassed by Italy
The Ethiopian representative told the League of Nations that Italian forces in East Africa poisoned thirteen Ethiopian cities. A separate note mentions German pilot Miller Zollars struck unconscious during a snowstorm, reported as satisfactory.
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Ethiopia
Italy
League Nations
East Africa
Mrs Bartholomew Seeks Custody After 2 Year Separation
Mrs Lillian Bartholomew plans a reunion with her son Freddie in Los Angeles within days to file a custody petition by April 23. Freddie, 12, has become a high‑earning child actor since last seen in England two years ago, with fears raised by his guardian aunt Miss Millicent Bartholomew of possible danger to the mother during the journey.
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Mrs. Bartholomew
Millicent Bartholomew
Freddie
England
New York
Leonard J. Meybert Meyhberg
Miss Bartholomew
Palm Desert
Woman Charged in Plot to Wreck L N Train for Insurance
Mrs. L. W. Vann, 40, is charged with planning to wreck the Louisville and Nashville line train whose engineer was her husband, 70. Authorities say she sought $3,000 in life insurance to fund a remarriage.
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L. W. Vann
Mayor Issues Warning to Athens Liquor Vendors
Athens beer and liquor sellers were warned by Mayor Len B. McCune to comply with all laws or face prosecution. Owners of restaurants selling intoxicants were summoned to City Hall to address rowdy behavior and sales to underage patrons. Chief Finsterwald and Safety Director Haney pledged enforcement as warm weather brings open doors and student patrons.
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Athens
Len B. McCune
City Hall
McCune
Scott Haney
F. S. Finsterwald
Ohio University
Fists Pistol Shuffle Grips Kentucky House
In Frankfort the Kentucky House erupted as Rep Marion McCarthy struck Rep John Mollette and an aide seized Mollette's pistol. Mollette contends the confrontation stemmed from labor policy disputes and says he did not know of any gun. Bystanders noted the weapon was handed to Mollette after the altercation.
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Frankfort
House of Kentucky
General Assembly
Marion McCarthy
Blackford
John B. Mollette
van Lear
Marion Howard
Chandler
Mollette
McCarthy
Missionary in China Freed After 148 Months in Bandit Hands
R. A. Bosshardt of the China Inland Mission, Swiss, was released in Yunnan province after 148 months in captivity. He described his captors as bandits who he said were Communists and said the release occurred in the northeast section of the province in southwestern China.
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Yunnanfu
Yunnan Province
China
R. A. Bossharat
China Inland Mission
Soviet Denies Plot Against Japan Over Manchukuo Split
Moscow rejected an alleged Japanese charge that the Soviet Union sought to detach Heingan Province from Manchoukuo and attach it to Outer Mongolia. An official source called the claim a ridiculous fancy as fighting flared near the Lake Bur region.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Heingan Province
Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Heingan
Lake Bur
May 12 Primary Seen as Dem Upset for Governor Race
Columbus report quotes George M. Neff from the secretary of state’s office predicting Democrats will outperform Republicans in the May 12 primary, marking a potential first in the statewide race amid election interest.
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Columbus
George M. Neffner
Secretary of State
Father's boast ends with twin sons and a daughter
Johnstown reports Leo F. Kane proudly told friends he fathered twins but by afternoon learned he was two thirds right a daughter was born during the news rounds making the count three children born that day.
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Johnstown
Leo F. Kane
Hope Held for Men Trapped in Moose River Gold Mine
Rescue crews peered down an abandoned shaft at Moose River Nova Scotia and saw a glimmer of hope for three men entombed 36 hours after a cave in. They believed a barrier might open a path to the 141 foot level where Dr. D. E. Robertson Herman R. Magill and Alfred Scadding were trapped as miners dug from the spot.
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Moose River
N. S
D. E. Robertson
Herman R. Magill
Alfred Scadding
Henderson
Farm Carrying Laad for City
Secretary Wallace critiqued the Back to the Land movement noting thousands of returnees depend on relief. He cited a 1935 farm census showing 6,812,350 farms, with large gains in New England and the Southern Appalachian region, and described rural migrants as industrial refugees aiding nearby communities.
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Washington
Wallace
New England
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Ala
Five Young Die in Auto Truck Crash Near Wise North Carolina
Five young people were fatally burned when their automobile collided with a fruit truck on a curve north of Wise. Four died in the flames at the scene and a fifth died later of burns in Henderson. A sixth occupant was critically injured.
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Wise, N. C
Here
Henderson
N. C
Swinderman Guilty of Embezzling City Funds
Rey Louis Swinderman 34 former city auditor was found guilty of embezzling 11221 dollars from New Philadelphia city funds and sentenced by Common Pleas Judge E B Lindsay to indefinite terms in the Ohio penitentiary.
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New Philadelphia
Common Pleas
E. BE. Lindsay
Rey Louis Swinderman
Ohio
Swinderman
Baseball Tops Capital Agenda as Roosevelt Speech Opens Day
President Roosevelt urged age limits on work and cited New Deal aims like shorter hours and minimum wages. Senate to decide Ritter impeachment amid a busy Washington day as Copeland bills gain backing for flood control and Merchant Marine subsidies. Hagood resumes active duty and may take a Chicago postal management role.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Copeland
N. Y
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson Hagood
WPA
Chicago
Artist Suspect Is Eliminated In Nancy Evans Case
A Greenwich Village artist, Herman W. Horstmann, 26, is cleared as a suspect in the Nancy Evans Titterton murder after police determine he was not the tall blond man seen near the author’s apartment. Horstmann was arrested for violating the Sullivan Gun Carrying Law as investigations continue. Nearby witnesses had described a similar man in Beekman Place and a midtown modiste reported two bad checks from a tall blond man.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Nancy Evans Titterton
Herman W. Horstmann
Quincy
Mass
George W. Falion
Auburn
N. Y
Ohio pig crop hurt by last winter say experts
Animal specialists attribute a severe last winter to a smaller spring pig crop in Ohio, estimating a 13 1 2 percent decline, less than the 20 percent drop projected under the now invalid agricultural adjustment act.
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Columbus
Ohio
Woman reporter finds romance in Shanghai assignment
Portland, Ore. reporter Edna Stone of a San Francisco paper sailed for Shanghai on assignment. On a stop, she announced a rendezvous with Portland dentist Dr. Maurice M. Solko. The General Pershing sails today minus a passenger as Miss Stone and Dr. Solko were married Monday.
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Portland
Ore
Edna_ Stone
San Francisco
Shanghai
General Pershing
Miss Stone
Maurice M. Solko
Solko
Hocking Valley coal operator Jacob Sherman dies at 73
Jacob Sherman aged 73, a prominent coal operator in Hocking Valley and was active in West Virginia and Kentucky, died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of declining health. Born Sept 14 1863 at Minersville he rose to mine superintendent and owned mines near Athens Nelsonville Carbondale Middleport Murray City. He leaves three sons Ralph Edward and Ray and a daughter Mrs H L Welch plus two brothers. Funeral Wednesday at the Christian Church.
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Jacob Sherman
Hocking Valley
West Virginia
Kentucky
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Minersville
Melis County
Mr. Sherman
Carbondale
Lubiig
Athens
Nelsonville
Middleport
Murray City
Sherman
New River Consolidated Coal Co
Logan County
W. Va
Masonry
Knights Templar and Shrine
Ralph
Bellaire
Edward
Ray
H. L. Welch
Gassaway
Joe
Barberton
Charles
Akron
Sarah Ann Banka
Christian Church
W. Union St
Jagers
Roosevelt urges youth industry to aid in unemployment relief
In Baltimore President Roosevelt outlines the New Deal stance on unemployment urging youths 18 to 65 to work toward social goals. He proposes limiting active working years and calls for shorter hours and adequate minimum wages while industry should cut hours without shrinking take-home pay.
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Washington
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Maryland
New York Yankees
NRA
Columbus Awaits Body Of Howard Thurston
Columbus mourns Howard Thurston 66 famed magician who began as a hotel bell boy here and learned card tricks from guests. He died in Miami Beach four months after declaring renewed health. Wife Pauline Marks of North Adams Massachusetts will send the body to Columbus for burial.
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Columbus
Howard Thurston
Thurston
Miami Beach
Fla
Ancceas
Pauline Marks
North
Adama
Mase
Ohio Trout Fishing Season Extended to September 15
Ohio will permit trout fishing in streams for the first time in over three years. Conservation Commissioner Lawrence Wooddell said the season will stay open until September 15, with about four miles of streams per county remaining closed to protect spawning.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lawrence Wooddell
Wooddell
Coldest Ohio Winter Ends as Flood Waters Reach Mississippi
The Ohio River overflow sent flood waters into the Mississippi ending Ohio’s coldest winter since 1917 18. Forecaster W C Devereaux ties the flood to the severe winter but says next winter's climate remains uncertain. Cincinnati saw three major and two minor cold waves with record low temps and heavy snowfall in December and February.
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Ohio
Mississippi
W. C. Devereaux
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
League Tries Direct Negotiation for Peace
The League of Nations sought direct talks to gauge prospects for peace between Italy and Ethiopia. Salvador De Madariaga of Spain, head of the League's Committee of 13, discussed the issue with an Ethiopian envoy while Italy's Rome envoy traveled.
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League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
League
Committee of 13
Rome
Grand Jury Studies Police Official's Savings
Cleveland prosecutors examined records showing Police Captain Louis J. Cadek saved $109000, partly used to purchase 340 cemetery plots. The city paid Cadek about $867966 since his 1900s patrolman service, and he has held the rank of captain since 1918.
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Cleveland
Frank T. Cullitan
Louis J. Cadek
Cullitan
Cadek
Hitle
Accused Love Slayer Meditates Awaiting Trial
Charles Wile son, 23, accused of murdering his former sweetheart Jean Moor head, 17, in a fatal shooting. He nursed an infected bullet wound to his left thumb and read mail from strangers as he awaited trial on first degree murder charges. Police said he wounded himself the night of the shooting, April 4.
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Mansfield
Charles Wileson
Loveslayer
Jean Moorhead
Wilson
Manchester Man Finds Drifted Wooden Item on Ohio River
C EB Molen of Manchester reports finding a right wooden Jeg drifting down the Ohio River after the recent flood crest. He offers to claim the item by writing to Molen.
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Manchester
C. EB. Molen
Ohio River
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