Nazis Stage Mass Armament Show on Fuehrer's Birthday
German forces staged a huge birthday display for Adolf Hitler with a national parade in Berlin. Conscripts from 1918 to 1920 were summoned for medical exams and labor service before two years in the army, while new anti aircraft guns and a vast air spectacle drew international attention.
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Fuehrer
Frederick C. Ofchsner
Berlin
U.P
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Danzig
Europe
Albert Forester
Arthur Greiser
Senate
Hitler
Junkers
Greater Berlin
Parole Ripper Bill Advances in Senate Concurrence
The Bricker administration moves toward final passage of an emergency measure replacing the parole board with a pardon and parole commission. The House approved 97 to 33 with 91 votes needed, and the bill later passed 100 to 29. The new panel would have three members at 6000 dollars salary for six year terms.
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Columbus
Bricker
House
Senate
Parole Board
Pardon and Parole Commission
Frank Whittemore
Summit
Myrna Smith
Davey
Harrison Jewell
Delaware
Frank Sotak
Cleveland
Reverdy C. Ransom
Wilberforce
Paro
Board of Appeals
Tax Commission
Civil Service Commission
J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
House Finance Committee
Whittemore
R. R. Bangham
Clinton
Poland Extends Military Aid to Baltic States
Poland will extend armaments aid and military cooperation to Lithuania Latvia and Estonia according to reliable quarters in Warsaw. The aid does not guarantee the security of the named nations.
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Warsaw
U.P
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Esthenia
Sisson Sworn Acting Federal Marshal for Southern Ohio
Charles Sisson was sworn in today as acting federal marshal for the Southern Ohio District by Judge Mell G. Underwood.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles Sisson
Southern
Ohio
Mell G. Underwood
Pacific Fleet Steams Home From Hampton Roads
The navy battle fleet ordered to cut short a two week visit at Norfolk steamed out of Hampton Roads this morning. About 120 vessels headed for the Pacific Coast to rendezvous past the Panama Canal before returning to San Diego San Pedro San Francisco and Seattle.
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Norfolk
Navy
Pacific Coast
Hampton Roads
Naval Communications
West Coast
Pacific
Panama Canal
San Diego
San Pedro
San Francisco
Seattle
Pastor Sentenced 1 to 15 Years for Assault
Rev. Colson Owens, 41, pastor of the Philadelphian Church in Tiffin, awaits transfer to Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to attempting criminally assault a 15 year old girl, a former member of his congregation. He also runs a grocery store in Seneca County jail before starting the term.
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Tiffin
A.P
Colson Owens
Seneca County
Ohio Penitentiary
Priest Falls to Death in Los Angeles Hotel Incident
The Rev. John J. Ergler, 65, a Catholic priest from Hollidaysville, Pa., died after falling from the seventh floor of the Hayward Hotel in Los Angeles today.
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Los Angeles
WU P
John J. Ergler
Hollidaysville
Hayward Hotel
Nineteen Indicted on Federal Liquor Counts
Nineteen indictments charging possession of unregistered stills or fermenting of mash were returned by the federal grand jury in Columbus. Indicted individuals include Herbert Edgell Jr of Nelsonville, Gerald Stephenson of Murray City, George T. Love of Glouster, Owen Miller and Virgil Brown of McArthur, Ben Robinette of McArthur, Andrew R. Phillips of Bladen, and Albert E. Jeffries of Vinton. Arraignments are set for April 26.
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Columbus
U.P
Herbert Edgell, Jr
Nelsonville
Gerald Stephenson
Murray City
George T. Love
Glouster
Owen Miller
Virgil Brown
McArthur
Ben Robinette
Andrew R. Phillips
Bladen
Gallia Co
Albert E. Jefflries
Vinton
Probe into Fatal Shooting of Cincinnati Officer
An investigation was opened into the fatal shooting of patrolman George Hauck age 45 found dead in a squad car on a local parking lot. Hauck was shot in the mouth and the bullet passed through his head. His service pistol lay on his lap and his body slumped over the steering wheel.
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Cincinnati
O.P
George Hauck
Hauck
Lindberghs Sail for Home as War Recall Forces Survey
Mrs Charles A Lindbergh sails from Le Havre aboard the Champlain with a nurse and two children to return to the United States. She will join her husband who has been recalled to active duty by the war department to survey U S air facilities.
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LE Havre
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Champlain
United States
War Department
Mussolini Deems Roosevelt Plea Absurd As Axis Vows Peace
Mussolini in Rome denounces Roosevelt’s plan as absurd while affirming a peaceful axis readjustment. He notes Italy and Germany will press forward with their program and cites Rome's Campidoglio speech. Britain and France push anti aggression talks and reestablish the ministry of supply with Burgin named head.
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Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Mr. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Mussolini
Campidoglio
Ministry of Supply
Leslie Burgin
National Liberal
Transportation
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Toledo man dies from truck collision near Port Clinton
William J. Dave aged 21 of Toledo died in a hospital today from injuries in a crash near Port Clinton. Three others were reported injured in the automobile truck collision.
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Port Clinton
U.P
William J. Dave
Toledo
Here
James E Moots Former State Treasurer Dies
James E Moots longtime Allen County board of elections chairman and former state treasurer of the Fraternal Order of Eagles died here yesterday.
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Lima
James E. Moots
Allen County Board of Elections
Boage of
Eagles
Yesteray
Non-Voters Threat to Democracy in Ohio Election
Ohio officials say over 1.5 million eligible voters did not vote in the 1938 election. Secretary of State Earl Griffith warned the real threat to American democracy comes from citizen indifference. Only about 43 percent of urban eligible voters registered.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Earl Griffith
Big Four
Traffic Club
Griffith
Steel Worker Admits Killing Housekeeper
Amelio Marco Tarquino, 45, a Baltimore steel worker, confessed to slaying his housekeeper Evelyn Bird Rice of Peachville and Augusta, then buried her head and torso in the rose garden and dispersed body parts in East Baltimore sewers. Police found the head and torso in the garden at dawn after his arrest on an open investigation charge. Rice had been reported missing after a quarrel last Thursday night.
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Baltimore
Amelio Marco Tarquino
Evelyn Bird Rice
Peachville
Augusta
Robert F. Stanton
Tarquino
Rice
Robbers Torture Merchant in Cincinnati Heist
Four men tortured 50 year old Joseph B. Klekamp a Cincinnati coffee merchant with a cigar lighter to force him to reveal a supposed large stash. They stole his automobile three dollars from his pocket and a suit hat and adding machine from his store.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Joseph B. Klekamp
Roosevelt vows bold New Deal fight in 1940
President Roosevelt signals a vigorous campaign to preserve New Deal policies in 1940. He challenges conservative Democrats to support the program or leave the party, warning that abandoning New Deal ideas could destroy the Democratic Party. He did not state if he will seek a third term but indicated leading the New Deal fight for the nomination.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Lindbergh Reports to FDR on German Aviation Strength
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh met with President Roosevelt to discuss his survey of aviation research facilities. He plans to testify before the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and outline urgent needs to boost U S aircraft production. He has toured German, Italian, British, French and Russian air facilities and will tour American sites in a national study.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Aeronautics Committee
United States
Army Air Corps
Italy
Great Britain
France
Russia
Turkish British Pact Concluded Seeks Near East Peace
The paper Vakit reports Turkish British anti aggression talks have been concluded though not officially confirmed. It says the understanding differs from the British French accord by not promising aid to Romania or Greece, while Turkey plans a bloc with Romania and Greece to form a strong peace front for Turkey’s safety.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.P
Vakit
Rumania
Greece
Near East
Husband pleads not guilty in wife slaying case
Dayton Ohio Andrew Kolb 36 pleaded not guilty at common pleas court arraignment on first degree murder charges for killing his wife Mattie 52. He was held without bond for grand jury action after police said he admitted beating her to death and concealing the body.
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Dayton
U.P
Andrew Kolb
Common Pleas Court
Mattie
Kolb
Ruling on Overtime Pay Reversed in Washington
Wage Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews said overtime beyond 44 hours weekly must be paid in cash with the regular paycheck. He reversed a prior interpretation announced at a press conference Tuesday in Washington.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Pope Urges May Prayer for World Peace
Vatican City report says the Pope issued a pastoral letter inviting Catholics worldwide to join in prayer for world peace during May. The appeal emphasizes prayer and unity across nations.
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Vatican City
U.P
Protests of Innocence at Ohio Electric Chair Executions
In Ohio Penitentiary three men were executed by electric chair for the Springfield policeman’s murder. Harry W. Chapman age 37 from Chicago claimed innocence while Henry Dingledine age 29 and his father Harry B. Dingledine age 56, the first father and son to die in the chair in Ohio, asserted innocence or had previously claimed it.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Springfield
Harry W. Chapman
Chicago
Indiana
Chapman
Henry Dingledine
Harry B. Dingledine
Dingledines
Harry Dingledine
Charge Arson In Paris Fire
In Le Havre France arson and destruction charges were filed against unknown persons over a liner fire. Louise De Chappedelaine and the Havre police chief blamed criminal arson as an investigation opened into a possible foreign sabotage plot. The Paris lies damaged beside the dock as the Champlain replaced her on the North Atlantic run.
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LE Havre
France
U.P
Paris
Louise de Chappedelaine
Earhart Shakedown Case Goes to Jury
A jury of seven men and five women deliberates on Daniel S. Earhart, former state official accused of soliciting funds for Governor Davey’s 1938 campaign from civil service workers.
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Columbus
U.P
Daniel S. Earhart
Davey
Kent State Plea for More Money to Bricker
The House Finance Committee in Columbus considered an appeal from Kent State University President Emeritus J. E. McGilvrey for higher state appropriations. The request aims to boost funding for the university.
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Kent State
Bricker
Columbus
U.P
House Finance Committee
J. E. McGilvrey
Kent State University
Nation-Wide Walkout Threat Shocks Coal Industry
The United Mine Workers ordered a strike in all soft coal mines for May 4 unless a new contract is agreed. The move affects about 130,000 miners in 21 states amid deadlocked talks over removal of 80 penalty clauses.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America Today
John L. Lewis
West
Midwest
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Harding
Indiana
Colorado
Illinois
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Alabama
Kentucky
F. H. LaGuardia
Congress
Roosevelt
Secretary of
Labor
Frances Perkins
John R. Steelman
Department
Division of Conciliation
Steelman
Canadian Navy Seeks Sub Off Nova Scotia
The crews of two Canadian destroyers returned to their ships after being ordered aboard to hunt a mysterious submarine reported hovering off the coast near Halifax. Sightings were reported by three ships’ pilots, fishermen, and a freighter crew, with authorities treating the observations as credible.
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Halifax
N. S
UPR
Mrs Wade Bean Dies At Shafer Street Home
Mrs Wade Bean 59 of 18 N Shafer St died at 1245 pm after eight months illness She leaves her husband and several relatives Funeral services are to be announced later.
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Wade Bean
Shafer St
N. Shafer St
Denison Receives $87,000 Bequest From Burke Estate
Denison University announced a bequest of about $87,000 from the estate of Charles F. Burke former trustee and New York realtor who died January 21 1937. The gift was disclosed by Dr Millard Brelsford secretary of the board of trustees.
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Granville
U.P
Denison University
Charles F. Burke
New York
Millard Brelsford
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Probe
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