Harlem God Is Sought
Police issued an eight state alert for Father Divine the Harlem evangelist nicknamed God on felonious assault charges in the stabbing of 47 year old process server Harry Green during a service for about 2500 followers in Harlem. Green was attacked as he attempted to serve papers and Father Divine disappeared amid the confusion. Three suspects were arrested for questioning with few details available.
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New York
U.P
Police Today
Father Divine
God
Harry Green
Green
Harlem
Denhardt Seeks Change of Venue in Death Trial
Brigadier General Henry H. Denhardt asked Circuit Judge Charles G. Marshall for a venue change in the murder case involving his fiancée Verna Garr Taylor. He argued Henry County is biased due to many friends of the slain woman. New Castle prepares for an influx as Judge Marshall cautions the case will not be a holiday.
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New Castle
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
Charles G. Marshall
Kentucky
Henry County
Henry
Oldham
Marshall
Flemington
Reduction in Ohio liquor division trims inspectors
Columbus action by Chief Enforcement Officer Al Humphrey cuts 25 inspectors from the State Liquor Control department enforcement division. The force will total about 130. layoffs take effect May 1. Dismissed include George Haney of Gallipolis and John Jenkins of Oak Hill Jackson County.
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Columbus
State Liquor Control Department
al Humphrey
Humphrey
George Haney
Gallipolis
John Jenkins
Oak Hill
Jackson County
Youth Keynote Sets Tone for National DAR Congress
Delegates to the 46th continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution focus on youth and education after inaugural ceremonies. Mrs. William A. Becker, president general, in her annual report, stresses Americanism and citizenship education as DAR goals.
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Washington
U.P
Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Congress
William A. Becker
Congress
Springfield township official charged with fraud
George E. Lamm age 74 New Carlisle Ohio township clerk and treasurer charged with fraudulently converting to his own use 2615 dollars. Lamm a restaurant operator had served as a township official for ten years.
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Springfield
George E. Lamm
New Carlisle
Lamm
Special Relief Session May Be Necessary
Columbus reports leaders foresee a possible special session in June to resolve the deadlock over relief funding. Senator Keith Lawrence says passing the $89 million appropriations bill and its timing in relation to relief is uncertain. The anti tax bloc proposes a joint conference to bridge House and Senate gaps on the Huml Nichols bill.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Senate
Keith Lawrence
Cuyahoga
Lawrence
Senate Finance Committee
Davey
Loyalists to Guard Vessels in Spanish Civil War
The Loyalist government ordered its war fleet to protect friendly shipping within territorial waters and to patrol zones watched by Italian and German warships. It warned of sacrifices if needed and accused the non intervention plan of amounting to intervention by 27 nations in support of the Nationalists.
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Valencia
Spain
U.P
Senate Court Fees Vote Gain Registered By Opponents
Opponents of President Roosevelt’s judiciary reorganization claim a gain of 10 Senate votes today while administration supporters launch a nationwide campaign including public meetings led by labor’s Non Partisan League to drum up support for the court measure.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Roosevelt
Labor
League
Three Charged With Murdering Patrolman
Three men William Hobbs Vivian Rose and John Renew were charged with the slaying of Patrolman Arthur Spensel whose bullet riddled body was found in a Hamilton parking lot on April 12 Hobbs wife Helen was held as a material witness Rose said the shooting happened during a robbery attempt Hobbs admitted firing three shots
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Hamilton
U.P
Arthur Spensel
William Hobbs
Vivian Rose
Metamora
Ind
John Renew
Hobbs
Helen
Rose
Tragedy Strikes Groff Family at Local Quarry Plant
Robert Groff, 24, was killed when he was drawn into a belt line shaft at the Bowsman Washed Sand and Gravel Co plant on Monday. His brother Irvin was killed by lightning two years earlier.
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Robert Groff
Bowsman Washed Sand and Gravel Co
Irvin
Ohio governor signs bill expanding conservancy laws
Governor Davey signed a bill re codifying and enlarging the state’s conservancy laws. The measure allows the establishment of a conservancy district in an individual county.
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Columbus
Davey
British Taxpayer Face 25 Percent Income Tax Rise
Neville Chamberlain presented a 4.314 trillion budget to Parliament and said British earners must pay 25 percent income tax to fund a seven and a half billion pound five year rearmament program.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
U S Declines to Lead in Proposed World Disarmament Talks
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull defer responsibility for calling a possible international disarmament conference to Europe while pledging U S participation if such a meeting is organized. Assistant Secretary Sumner Welles announced this stance to the D A R, noting Hull had rejected Berlin’s plea for U S sponsorship for a world conference.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Europe
Hull
United States
Sumner Welles
Daughters of the American Revolution
Welles
Berlin
Mr. Roosevelt
George Lansbury
House of Commons
UAW Delays Strike Action Against GM in Sympathy Move
UAW delayed a nationwide strike against General Motors in sympathy with the Oshawa Ontario plant action. The executive board tabled a walk out proposal amid weak support and aims to avoid disrupting the UAW US-GM agreement reached after the sit down strike. President Homer Martin said discrimination charges against Henry Ford will be submitted in Detroit within days.
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Washington
U.P
United Automobile Workers Today
General Motors
United States
Oshawa, Ont
Henry Ford
Detroit
Homer Martin
Roosevelt Withdraws Support for Farm Tenancy Bill
Roosevelt in his drive to cut government costs has withdrawn administration support of the Jones Bankhead Farm Tenancy Bill. The measure seeking 50 million dollars for loans to tenant farmers to buy land was favorably reported by the House agriculture committee. House leaders were seeking a maneuver to bar a vote in view of the White House position.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
House Agriculture Committee
House
White House
Bath Not Part of Salesman's Job in Ohio Case
Cleveland judge rules that a traveling salesman’s bath is not work for industrial compensation. Ira Jayne, administrator of Harry C. Wakeman of Detroit, sued after Wakeman slipped on soap in a Cleveland hotel tub in 1934, seeking compensation. The court denied payment.
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Cleveland
U.P) —Common Pleas
George P. Baer
Harry C. Walkeman
Detroit
Ira Jayne
Wakeman
Cleveland Hotel
Youth Kills Self In Ferry County Murder Case
Henry V. Raney, 19, died after sustaining bullet wounds while police prepared to charge him with the alleged murder of Mary Hartman, 15, who died after he fired into her heart when she refused a ride. The tragedy occurred in Washington as an investigation unfolded with a mother present.
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Washington
Ind
U.P
Henry V. Raney
Pretty Mary Hartman
Mary
Labor Industry Leaders Open Talks on Wagner Act Bargaining
Thirty leaders from industry labor and government met Secretary Frances Perkins in Washington to shape a detailed bargaining framework under the Wagner Act to avert costly strikes. Key participants included John L. Lewis Walter Teagle Daniel Willard C M Chester and Harper Sibley as discussions focus on good faith unfair labor practices and handling unorganized workers.
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Washington
U.2
Frances Perkins
CIO
John L. Lewis
Presi
Dent William Green
A. F. of L
Lewis
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
C. M. Chester
National Association of Manufacturers
Harper Sibley
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Victims of Gage Plane Crash Leave Hospital
Mr and Mrs L E Galbreath of West Frankfort Illinois left Holzer Hospital after a crash near Gage ten miles from Gallipolis. Mechanics from Troy Ohio dismantled the plane and salvaged a large portion of the wreck.
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Gage
Gallipolis
L. E. Galbreath
Holzer Hospital
West Frankfort
Ill
Troy
Ohio
Agent Charged With Murder in Times Square Slaying
Mischa Ross a 31 year old musician and booking agent is indicted for first degree murder in the hammer killing of Tania Leelova a 24 year old violinist. Police say he gave a vague confession claiming he must have struck her after an engagement in a rehearsal studio near Times Square but he cannot recall the act or dragging her body with memory blamed on drunkenness.
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New York
Mischa Ross
Tania Leelova
Ross
Miss Leelova
Times Square
New York Studio Death Ties to Booking Agent Confession
Thirteen hours after Tania Lee lova 25 was found dying in a Times Square studio her skull broken with a claw hammer Mischa Ross the girl’s booking agent and former fiancé confessed to an altercation. Julia Nusenbaum also known as Tania Lee lova was engaged to Ross previously and had complained he was harassing her.
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Tania Leelova
New York
Times Square
Mischa Ross
Miss Leelova
Julia Nusenbaum
Ross
Gable in Court as Woman Faces Mail Fraud Charge
Clark Gable appeared in court denying claims he fathered a child with Violet Wells Norton who accuses him of wooing her in England before he was in films. Norton and detective Jack L. Smith face federal charges with U S Judge George Cosgrave presiding. Mae West and Gwendoline Norton are set to testify.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Clark Gable
Mae West
Violet Wells Norton
Norton
Hollywood
Gable
George Cosgrave
Frank Billings
England
United States
Jack Powell
Roosevelt predicts 1937 38 deficit and debt rise
President Roosevelt told Congress the 1937 38 fiscal year will show a net deficit of 418 million dollars and the national debt will exceed 35 billion. He seeks 1.5 billion for unemployment relief starting July 1 1937 and vows to cut the deficit using all means.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Government relief funds show $1.29 billion left for WPA ending term
Treasury figures reveal $1.29 billion unspent from nearly $7 billion appropriated for work relief. By March 31 obligations stood at $6.18 billion, leaving $741.75 million to continue until July 1. WPA faced potential shortage with $315.28 million left to obligate as Hopkins agency spent about $150 million monthly.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt Talks Budget Gaps and Tax Reforms
In his January estimates President Roosevelt outlines a $418,000,000 deficit for 1938 and calls for a survey of tax structure to close gaps. He proposes withholding spending, raising receipts via asset liquidation, and asks Congress for cooperation to balance income and outgo while limiting flood control costs and arms expenditures.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Committees of
Congress
Executive
United States
Remington Rand to Rehire 700 Strikers
New York based Remington Rand, Inc. announced the plant will begin rehiring 700 former employees who struck in five factories last year and remain out of work.
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New York
U.P
Remington- Rand, Inc
Reinstate Officers in Circleville After Civil Service Exoneration
Patrolmen Alva Shasteen and Carl Radcliffe were exonerated by the civil service commission after an appeal. They had been suspended following misconduct charges brought by Safety Director Charles Caskey.
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Circleville
U.2
Alva Shasteen
Carl Radcliff
Charles Caskey
Civil Service Commission
Franco Unites Falangists Monarchists in Spain
Francisco Franco, Nationalist dictator, merged Fascists and Monarchists into a single party and ordered dissolution of all other political groups in Salenanca Spain. The move consolidates Franco's grip over Spanish politics and curtails opposition.
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Franco
Salenanca
Spain
U.R
Francisco Franco
New Farm Aid Plan Offered
Washington U P Administr ation farm officials advised Congress a program with stricter controls than the outlawed AAA. It includes CCC loans subsidies per acre withdrawn quotas taxes on overages surplus removals and federal crop insurance. Dr N E Winters warned that without a comprehensive soil conservation plan the United States will within a century cease to retain its virile agricultural existence.
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Washington
U.P— Administration
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
N. E. Winters
The
Soil Conservation Service
United States
Police Seek Motive For Widow's Murder in Cardington
Morrow County authorities sought a motive for the killing of 76 year old widow Mrs. Caroline Hack found shot in bed at her Cardington area farm home. A damaged kitchen door lock suggested forced entry but valuables remained untouched as prosecutor Nelson Campbell questioned eight relatives including daughter Mrs. Carrie Shaw who found the body.
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Cardington
U.P
Morrow
Caroline Hack
Here
Nelson Campbell
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