Veterans clash with Nazi Bund at Yorkville Casino
About 100 American veterans and over 1,000 Nazi Bund members clashed at the Yorkville Casino during Hitler’s birthday celebration. Seven veterans were badly beaten and hospitalized, four Nazis were arrested, and police kept crowds back as injuries and tensions surged. Gene Matthias, Medal of Honor recipient and Legion official, testified that veterans had come to learn what the gathering was about.
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New York
Bund
Yorkville
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gene Matthias
Legion Post Americanization
Fisher Buick Plants Resume Work After Union Accord
Flint Michigan A three day shutdown of Fisher Body Plant No 1 and the Buick assembly line ended as work resumed on schedule under a union agreement to drop a dues collection drive at plant gates. A strike vote was underway in Chevrolet and Buick divisions of General Motors.
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Flint
Mich
U.P
Fisher
Buick
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
Young Boys Ordered Into Loyalist Armies
The Loyalist government in Catalonia ordered all boys aged 18 to report for military service by next Wednesday as part of the defense against Nationalist Spain in the last stand.
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Mendaye
Catalonia
Spain
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday Across Regions
New York dispatch reports daylight saving time starts Sunday affecting residents in six states and 748 cities plus portions of 11 other states. Clocks jump forward one hour and remain in effect until September 25.
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NEW York
U.P
City County officials discuss relief problems in two day conference
City and county officials met for a two day conference called by State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson to discuss relief problems.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Strikers Close All Bohn Aluminum Plants
Strikers shut down all eight plants of the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation in Detroit and nearby areas ending limited production at the facilities.
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Detroit
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation
Students Chase School Pickets
Four union pickets marched in front of Mt. Morris High School while angry students, led by football players, jeered and chased them away. Principal Edwin Clark persuaded leaders to cancel the anti-picketing demo in a dispute over a $70,000 school improvement project and WPA demands for union job promises.
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MT. Morris
Mich
Edwin Clark
WPA
Husky
Not Good Enough for Son Mother Personal Crisis Reports
A Cleveland fire squad failed to revive Mrs. Edward Pecjak aged 30 who drowned herself over anxiety about her three week old son. She expressed belief she was not a good mother despite reading many parenting books.
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Cleveland
U.P
Edward Pecjak
Pecjak
Sherwood Sues Columbus Over Abolished Position
Aaron W. Sherwood of Marietta, a former assistant division engineer in the state Highway Department, has filed suit in the Court of Appeals to recover his job after it was abolished by Highway Director John Jaster Jr.
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Sherwood
Columbus
Aaron W. Sherwood
Marietta
State Highway Department
Court of Appeals
John Jaster, Jr
Ford accepts White House invitation in April
Henry Ford said he will travel to Washington on April 27 to meet President Roosevelt, a meeting Ford calls a renewal of an old acquaintance. Ford opposes the New Deal and is involved in labor dispute litigation, while praising farm prosperity as a path to recovery.
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Sudbury
Mass
Henry Ford
Washington
Roosevelt
Ford
NRA
National Labor Relations Board
America
Self Rule Held On Trial by Buffalo Editor
Alfred H. Kirchhofer president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors warns at the group’s 16th annual convention that self government in America is on trial. He says 300,000,000 under censorship and stresses financial independence as the guarantee of press freedom over political servility.
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Washington
America
Alfred H. Kirchhofer
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Kirchhofer
Buffalo Evening News
Court Upsets Plan for Park in Muskingum Watershed
The Ohio Supreme Court rejected a district plea to review the legality of a $1,500,000 general tax levy for the Muskingum water shed conservancy district. District directors faced rulings denying authority to spread the levy on property. Leaders warned the decision harms plans for lakes and recreational facilities near 11 of 14 dry reservoirs.
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Columbus
Muskingum Watershed
Conservancy
Ohio Supreme Court
High Court
Tuscarawas Common Pleas
Hart
Relief Outlay Is Increased In Ohio March Totals Rise
Ohio relief expenditures climbed to 2 712 352 for March with 144 795 relief cases, per State Auditor Ferguson. February spent 2 673 350 for 137 565 cases and January 2 389 970 for 122 769 cases. comparisons show prior year declines from February to March.
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Columbus
MWOP
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Mussolini Leads Rome Birthday and Labor Day Celebrations
Premier Benito Mussolini marked Rome’s 2,691st birthday and Fascist Labor Day at the Venice palace. He distributed pensions to 1,250 elderly workers and handed prizes to regional winners of the national farm contest.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Venice
Princess Elizabeth Celebrates Twelfth Birthday in Windsor
Princess Elizabeth marked her 12th birthday with public flags across England and the empire while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth kept celebrations low key. The heir presumptive received a public appointment as president of the Princess Elizabeth Hospital for Children project, with a private party at Windsor Castle attended by her parents and grandmother.
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Windsor
England
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Great Britain
India
Empire
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Children’s League
Princess Elizabeth Hospital
Shadwell
London East End
Queen Victoria
Princess Elizabeth
Windsor Castle
Whitfield Leaves Home in a Huff Over Late Dinner
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield’s wife says he left home in a huff last Thursday night after dinner was late and he threatened to disappear. He spent the night in a hotel and flew in an airplane after vowing to go through with the plan. Police planned to search a Danbury Connecticut wooded area and a reported crash site.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield
Dinnner
Danbury
Conn
Safety Inspection Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court upholds Cincinnati ordinance mandating compulsory semi annual automobile safety inspections with a fifty cent fee for each inspection. The ruling confirms the constitutionality of the program and its fee requirement.
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Ohio
Columbus
O.P
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Ballot Applications Open in Nelsonville Special Election
Absentee and disabled ballot forms are ready in Nelsonville for the upcoming special election. Applications must reach the Athens election board office by noon Saturday to be counted.
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Nelsonville
Frank Poston
County Election Board
Election Board
Athens
New Plea Is Made By Anna Hahn Lawyer
Counsel for Anna Marie Hahn asked the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of a motion for a new trial. The Cincinnati slayer, under sentence to die in the electric chair on May 4, seeks relief from the high court.
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Anna Hahn
Columbus
A.P
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Leon Trotsky Fears Assassination Attempt In Mexico City
Exiled Russian leader Leon Trotsky believes an assassination bid will be carried out soon and has fortified his villa in Mexico City, sources disclosed today.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Nazi seize Austrian properties of Archduke Otto
The Boersen-Zeitung reports property in Austria owned by Archduke Otto of Habsburg, claimant to the Austrian throne, has been confiscated by authorities.
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Berlin
Boersen-Zeitung
Austria
Archduke Otto of Hapsburg
Dog Inheritance Tax Bill From Columbus Estate
Columbus report says 12 year old Jack the dog will owe four seven percent inheritance tax on the $500 left to him by his mistress Laura Prig of Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Jack
Laura Prig
Woman Dies After Lightning Strike At Rural Farm
Mrs. Jennie Castle White aged 73 died at Sheltering Arms Hospital after being struck by lightning during a storm. She lay unconscious in her yard at the farm between Flora and Alfred for a night before discovery by school children and neighbors. Her son James White arranged transport to the hospital Tuesday night. burial plans pending arrival of niece Mrs. Mabel Howard from Wyoming.
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Jennie Castle White
Flora
Meigs County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
White
Fred
Tuppers Plains
James White
Mabel Howard
Wyoming
Burlingham
Davey Delays Solons Action On Foundation
Governor Davey announced plans to call a special session after the November election to address the school foundation system’s finances. He argued the school issue could wait until November and warned delays could threaten banks’ acceptance of deficit certificates next fall unless taxes on cigars and liquid fuels are reenacted before March 31 1939. The deficit for 1937 is expected to rise by about five million dollars.
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Columbus
A.P
Davey
Youngstown Receives Slum Clearance Fund Start
Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority received 53000 dollars as the first payment under the U S Slum Clearance program. Officials expect construction to start in about six months on a 3465000 dollar project.
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Youngstown
U.P
Youngstown Metropolitan
U. S
Relief Session Expected To Be Called By Governor
Columbus sources indicate Governor Martin L. Davey may convene the General Assembly in an extraordinary session between May 15 and June 1 to tackle a relief program. The timing hinges on a package with a viable chance of passage amid political campaigning pressures.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
General Assembly
Parley Called In Car Strike In Columbus
A new round of talks with federal mediators was convened in Columbus to end the five day street car strike. Union leaders said they are open to arbitration on wage demands and filed charges accusing the company of back-to-work tactics and failing to bargain. Samuel Martlin of Columbus filed a $10 million taxpayer suit alleging the company operated without a franchise over ten years.
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Columbus
U.P
Cincinnati
Samuel Martlin
Youth to tell story of impulse killing in court
Theodore Danielson Jr., 16, will testify in Chicago criminal court about an irresistible impulse he says led him to stab his mother with a bread knife in March after she slapped him for truancy. He confessed to the slaying in the kitchen of the family home.
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Charles Schmidt, Jr
Chicago
Edward C. Richard
Richard
J.P
Theodore Danielson, Jr
Jackie Coogan Suing Parents Over Child Star Millions
At a deposition hearing Lillian Coogan Bernstein cried that her son Jackie Coogan was a "bad boy." The 20 year old says he earned millions as a child star and sues his mother and stepfather for an accounting while noting a past drinking escapade and his abstinence since then.
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Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Coogan Blocks Move To Evict Parents From Mansion
Hollywood star Jackie Coogan halted an eviction of his mother and stepfather from a mansion and two Rolls Royces bought with his earnings. He acted amid reports his $4 million childhood earnings suit against Mrs Lillian Coogan Bernstein and Arthur Bernstein might settle out of court. He rushed to his lawyers and produced documents showing a trust arrangement for half of his screen earnings.
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Hollywood
U.P
Jackie Coogan
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Arthur L. Bernstein
Bernsteins
Jackie
Courts To Renew Auto Finance Company Case
The Justice Department plans to renew its antitrust case against auto finance companies within three weeks unless an agreement for a consent decree is reached. The government alleges manufacturers and finance firms cooperated to push dealers to use the manufacturer sponsor finance company.
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Washington
AAP
Justice Department
Ohio State Workers Form One Big Union
Columbus reports 1,400 Ohio state employees unite under the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes affiliate of the AFL. Frank C. Snyder, national vice president, disclosed the development today.
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Ohio State Workers
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State
American Federation of State
American Federation of Labor
Frank C. Snyder
Military Officials Favor Sale of Fighting Planes
Washington officials favor unrestricted sale of fighting planes to foreign governments while keeping designs and equipment secret. Foreign orders exceed U.S. production capacity with over a thousand planes on order or in process, as the War Department supports exports to benefit aviation research and industry.
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Washington
U.P
United Press
United States
War Department
Linanctt
Solons Hope To Control Relief Fund
The administration seeks public support for a 4.512 billion dollar lending and spending program while Congress weighs tighter control of next year's relief funds. A Senate plan to attach policy limits to the 1.25 billion dollar relief fund for the first seven months of FY 1939 is reviewed by a House appropriations subcommittee. James Roosevelt and James A. Farley defend the New Deal in response to Republican critics.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
House Appropriations
James Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
United States Housing Authority
Senate Committee On
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Clifton A. Woodrum
House
Hopkins
Farley
John D. M. Hamilton
Nassau County
Democratic Club
Garden City
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wall Street
Middletown
Ohio
Lafollette Blames Roosevelt Policy For Depression
Wisconsin governor Philip F. Lafollette, the only Progressive Party chief executive, denounces the Roosevelt administration as the depression’s cause. Washington officials push a $1 billion utility expansion, $40 million in new slum clearance, and relief reforms aiming to curb costs while funding labor.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Philip F. Lafollette
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Kin of Indian Fighter Succumbs at Findlay
Dr. W. B. Keator age 72 a World War medical service lieutenant died of cerebral hemorrhage and will be buried Friday He was a nephew of Capt Oscar Eltinge who led the detachment that arrived too late to relieve Custer’s men in their historic last stand
Factory increases force at Fisher Body in Cleveland
The Fisher Body Company, Cleveland's largest factory, speeds up production and assigns a skeleton crew to a five day week for the first time in several months.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
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