Paris Liner Paris Burns and Sinks at Le Havre Dock
Sabotage suspected as the French liner Paris burned all night and sank at Le Havre. The ship carried art treasures for the New York World’s Fair, with some items unloaded safely. guards patrolled docks and one fire chief perished.
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Paris
le Havre
France
New York
Louvre
Versailles Museum
Mazarin
Richelieu
Turenne
Houdons
Diderot
Napoleon
Voltaire
Empress Josephine
Lafayette
Marcel Olivier
Normandie
Ile de France
Civil Service Fires 17 Provisional Appointees
In Columbus 17 provisional appointees including three liquor store managers four clerks and 12 highway department workers were ordered fired per Civil Service Commission records. State Highway Patrolman Edward F Hann of Columbus received a 30 day suspension for disciplinary reasons.
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Columbus
Highway Department
Civil Service Commission
Edward F. Hann
Weir blames Roosevelt policy for recovery failure
E. T. Weir of National Steel Corp voices blame on the Roosevelt administration for hindering private initiative. Speaking to the Weir Cove Chamber of Commerce in Weirton, he arguesgovernment control stymies progress and warns recovery depends on allowing private spending and initiative to resume.
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Roosevelt
Weirton
W. Va
U.P
E. T. Weir
Weir-Cove
Power and Annabella Plan Impromptu Hollywood Wedding
Tyrone Power and Annabella appeared at the marriage license bureau filing intension to wed. The couple said plans are indefinite and will depend on studio schedules with a possible honeymoon not likely for at least ten weeks.
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Hollywood
Tyrone Power
Annabella
McCoy
Perkins Acts in Coal Fight
John R. Steelman head of the labor department’s conciliation service arrives from Washington at Frances Perkins’s order to try to settle two week old soft coal industry dispute. He replaces James F. Dewey who had mediated with miners and operators and had won Perkins’s approval to intervene. Dewey’s replacement follows no stated reason.
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NEW York
U.P
John R. Steelman
Federal Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Washington
Secretary of
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Steelman
James F. Dewey
Dewey
White House
John L. Lewis
Union
Charles O’neill
Appalachian Coal Operators
Barber's Confession in Wife's Murder Shocks Dayton
Andrew Kolb a 36 year old barber confessed to police that he killed his wife 52 year old Mattie Kolb and hid her body in a sub basement beneath his shop detectives found the body while investigating his burglary report the couple lived at the barber shop location and he claimed he was away bowling the night of the crime.
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Dayton
Andrew_ Kolb
Mattie Kolb
Kolb
Storm Causes Airplane Deaths Near Puebla Mexico
Authorities blamed a storm for a plane crash that killed 21 year old Daniel Roosevelt, nephew of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and 22 year old Bronson Harriman Rumsey of Sands Point New York. The crash occurred near Guadalupe Victoria in Puebla state near Perote Vera Cruz yesterday.
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Mexico City
A.P
Daniel Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bronson ‘Harriman Rumsey
Sands Point
N. Y
Guadalupe Victoria
Puebla
Perote
Vera Cruz
Ex-President Howe Dies in Amherst at 80
Dr. Charles Sumner Howe aged 80, president emeritus of Case School of Applied Science, died last night in Amherst Massachusetts. He led the institution during his tenure and was renowned for his contributions to science education.
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CASE
Cleveland
U.P
Charles Sumner Howe
Case School of Applied Science
Amherst
Mass
Lindbergh Reports for Duty With Army Air Corps Chief
Col Charles A Lindbergh reported for active service to assist the United States in regaining air supremacy. He met with Major General Henry H Arnold and will tour air research facilities nationwide, producing a confidential report to guide air strength development over a two week assignment.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
War Department
United States
Lindbergh
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
War Dlement
America
Air Corps Reserve
Kiwanis Club Drops Nazi Like Flag Salute
The Kiwanis Club of Northside Cincinnati suburb retires the hand over heart with outstretched arm salute saying it resembles Nazi and Fascist salutes. Members will stand at attention while pledging allegiance at meetings. Joseph Ries proposed the change and will send a copy to Kiwanis International in Chicago.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Kiwanis Club
Northside
Joseph Ries
Kiwanis International
Chicago
Kitchenware Peddler Loses Life Savings
H. C. Beck a 59 year old door to door peddler of kitchen wares in Columbus U P saved $2,500 in postal savings certificates and $1,600 in government bonds in a leather bag in his rooming house. He returned home to find the door forced and the bag missing.
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Columbus
U.P
H. C. Beck
California
Trio Scheduled To Go to Chair At Pen Tonight
In Ohio Penitentiary history a father and son face the electric chair after dusk for the Sept. 3, 1937 holdup murder of Patrolman Martin Randolph in Springfield. Harry B. Dingledine 56 Henry Dingledine 29 and Harry Chapman 37 of Chicago will be executed, joining previous triple executions in 1926 and 1931 for related murders.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Harry B. Dingledine
Henry Dingledine
Springfield
Harry Chapman
Chicago
Martin Randolph
John Hedrick
Richard Rhoades
John Bryant
James McCumber
Pomeroy
Fred J. Massa
Kenneth McCartney
Earl Sites
Ralph Wilcox
Galion
Manufacturer To Move Wooster Plant To Japan
George T. Ladd of Pittsburgh, president of United Engineering and Foundry Co., announced the Wooster plant will be moved to Japan very soon. He said the company has supplied Japan with modern steel mill equipment and will dismantle and transport it to Japan to work to a better advantage.
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Youngstown
U.R
George T. Ladd
Pittsburgh
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Wooster
Japan
United
Ladd
Gallia Judge Named To Hear Disbarment Case
Three out of town judges have been assigned to hear the disbarment case against Stephen M. Young former congressman. The trial opens Monday announced by Chief Justice Homer G Powell of Common Pleas Court. The judges are William R White of Gallipolis Richard L Cameron of Marysville and Charles H Huston of Mansfield.
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Cleveland
U.P
Stephen M. Young
Homer G. Powell
Common Pleas Court
William R. White
Gallipolis
Richard L.cameron
Marysville
Charles H. Huston
Mansfield
Cincinnati River Set to Crest Tonight
The Ohio River, swollen from overflowing banks for three days, rose toward a crest of 58 feet tonight. Weather forecasts call for fair and cool conditions tonight with increasing clouds and a warmer day Thursday, easing flood danger.
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Cincinnati
WUP
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Japan Seeks Treaty With Hitler and Mussolini
Germany and Italy push counter measures to offset Roosevelt peace efforts as Britain and France weigh including the Far East in anti aggression pacts. Japan negotiates with Berlin and Rome for mutual aid in air, munitions, and manufacturing privileges amid European power plays.
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Germany
Italy
Europe
Great Britain
France
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Middle Europe
House of Commons
Far East
Neville Chamberlain
Orient
Arthur Henderson
Laborite
Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
Hitler
Grigore Gafencu
Romania
Bucharest
Count Paul Tekeli
Franz von Papen
Austria
Turkey
Britain
Cafe Patron Dies After Fight In Celina
Wilbur Shinn, 55, of Celina died from a fractured skull after a fist fight in front of a cafe. Two Celina men Elmer Long and Edward Thomas are held for questioning on open charges as police investigate the incident. Shinn had allegedly been refused a drink for intoxication, sparking the sidewalk confrontation.
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Celina
WUP
Wilbur Shinn
Elmer Long
Edward Thomas
Shinn
Hold Owner in Probe of Cleveland Store Blaze
Fire investigators questioned Harry Feld owner after a two story downtown building housing the Ohio Floor Covering Co burned last night. Loss estimated between 75000 and 100000 dollars. Flames rekindled when a 25 gallon gasoline drum exploded, ending a brief revival.
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Cleveland
U.P
Harry Feld
Ohio Floor Covering Co
Slayer Denied Hearing in Ohio Appeal
Harvey L. Roush of Marion County was denied a rehearing by the supreme court on his appeal. He remains under a sentence of execution set for April 26.
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Slayer
Columbus
U.P
Harvey L. Roush
Marion County
Supreme Court
Roush
Republican in Charge Gallipolis Office Change
Elijah Johnson, Republican, took over the aid for the aged office this morning. No changes in the office staff have been made yet.
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Gallipolis
Elijah Johnson
Fleet shift hints at Britain US sea power pact
Washington reports say President Roosevelt ordered the fleet back to the Pacific in a move that may reflect an informal understanding with Britain on mutual sea power deployment amid rising tensions. Officials caution that exact details and communications are unclear. Britain, meanwhile, planes to reduce its Asiatic squadron and withdraw one cruiser from Singapore.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Singapore
Rivers Near Flood Stages
Snowmelt and heavy rains moved into the Ohio and Mississippi valleys boosting rivers toward flood stages. The Mississippi rose in Southwestern Illinois while the Ohio’s crest near Cairo, Illinois was delayed, as Red Cross officials warned of serious flood situations from Pt Pleasant to Cairo and estimated thousands would need evacuation.
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United Press
Mid-West
Ohio
Mississippi
Illinois
Cairo
Ill
American Red Cross
Washington
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Directed Verdict Denied in Earhart Trial
In Columbus Judge Cecil J. Randall overruled a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal in the Daniel S. Earhart case. Earhart, secretary to former Governor Davey, faces charges with 16 other aides for soliciting campaign contributions from state workers in 1938. The judge upheld the state case and ordered the trial to resume.
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Columbus
U.P
Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Daniel S. Earhart
Davey
Randall
Brush Fires Endanger Homes Across Washington State
Washington fire crews mobilized all reserve equipment and manpower to combat multiple brush fires driven by a strong north wind. Residential neighborhoods faced threats as drought conditions and warm weather escalated fire danger across the western part of the state with new outbreaks occurring at frequent intervals.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Donahey Favored as Ohio Favorite Son Candidate
A meeting between Senator Vic Donahey and Ohio Democratic chairman Arthur Limbach sparked talk that Donahey agreed to be Ohio’s favorite son for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination. Limbach said the senator’s reaction was favorable and that Ohio congressmen were sympathetic to the plan.
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Washington
U.P
Vic Donahey
Arthur Limbach
Ohio
Limbach
Donahey
Submarine Sightings Reported Off Halifax Coast
Reports revived of a submarine off the Nova Scotia coast with fishermen citing sightings at St. Peter's Bay on Monday. The vessel was earlier seen near Lockeport, about 250 miles southwest, last Saturday.
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Halifax
U.P
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
St. Peter’s Bay
Lockeport
Anti Collusion Bill Moves in Ohio House
Ohio House actions target conspiracies to defraud the state with penalties up to $2,000 fine and two years imprisonment. The judiciary committee unanimously approved the measure amid a broader push for faster adjournment and budget-relief moves.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Parole Board
Pardon and Parole Commission
Myrna Smith
Davey
House
Senate
House Finance Committee
Bricker
William McCulloch
J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
Michael Feighan
Cuyahoga
Arch D. Schultz
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Schultz
School Foundation
British Rulers To Visit U S in June for 3 Days
The visit plan for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the United States in June is announced. They will start June 7 at Niagara Falls, proceed to Washington for official events at the White House and British Embassy, visit Mt. Vernon and Arlington Cemetery, dine with the Roosevelts, then go to New York to inspect the World's Fair and stay at Hyde Park before heading to Canada. The tour includes wreaths at Washington landmarks and a state dinner.
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Washington
Europe
George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Union Station
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mt. Vernon
Potomac
George Washington
Arlington Cemetery
New York City
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Home
Canada
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Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
Martin
Green
A. F. of
U.S
Boost Donahey
Roy Reichelderfer
Film Censor Board
James Donahey
U. S
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