Britain's Peace Gestures Meet Cold Reception in Berlin
Britain presses for peace with Hitler through Ambassador Henderson but Nazis snub the move as Hitler works on his Reichstag speech. France backs a similar démarche as Balkans talks resume with Bulgaria and Turkey. The UK budget signals heavy defense spending while the US weighs resuming ties with Berlin if Hitler offers a conciliatory address.
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Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Britain
Germany
Europe
Henderson
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Robert Coulondre
Dors
London
Paris
Coulondre
Italy
Balkans
Roosevelt
Jugoslavia
Rome
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Turkey
John Simon
United States
Adolf Hitler
State Department
Reichstag
Senate Leaders Promise Anti-Graft Bill Passage
In Columbus the Senate leadership pledged a clear path for an anti graft bill approved by the House. The measure gives the attorney general power to call grand juries in 88 counties and prosecute conspiracies to defraud the state or its subdivisions. The bill carries penalties of up to ten thousand dollars or two years in prison.
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Columbus
Senate
Davey
House
End of 6 Day Crime Tour In Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri three youths fourteen to twenty seven years old formed a self styled tough trio. They carried out five robberies over six days terrorizing victims. Police say one member discarded a victim’s social security card triggering arrests. Federal charges under the Lindbergh Law expected with possible death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
George Smith
Victor Ramsye
James Roark
House to Vote on $100 Million Defense Materials Bill
The House was expected to vote today on a bill authorizing $100 million for strategic minerals and metals vital to national defense. The Senate approved $40 million for the same materials, and lawmakers anticipated attempts to trim the House allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Lindbergh completes Buffalo aircraft industry inspection
Col Charles A Lindbergh on official Army duty finishes inspection of Buffalo's aircraft industry. The U S cruiser Omaha arrives in Malta for a week long visit.
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Lindbergh
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States Army
Malta
U.P
United States
Omaha
Gunman Slays Chicago Doctor at Busy Intersection
Police questioned former patients of Dr. James McDonald Scott a 73 year old Chicago surgeon killed last night near a West Side office. The shooter fired three shots from near a parked car and fled with an accomplice at the wheel. Scott had practiced in Chicago for about 45 years and worked at two major hospitals.
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Chicago
U.P
James McDonald Scott
Scott
West Side
Illicit Romance Evidence Linked to Slaying Trial
The prosecution in Norwalk reports an illicit romance as a motive in the first degree murder trial of Harold W. Hastings 35 unemployed steel worker. It alleges Hastings ran down Carl Schlett 29 near Bellevue on January 26 and left his frozen body by the highway the next day.
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Norwalk
U.R
Harold W. Hastings
Carl Schlett
Schlett
Hastings
Bellevue
New Arrests Expected In Poisonings
Philadelphia report says new arrests loom as Carina Favato links a vast murder for insurance ring. Her son Joseph Pontorelli urged her to reveal more while she talks with Assistant District Attorney Vincent Mc Devitt and detectives after she pled guilty to arsenic deaths of Philip Ingrao Charles Favato and Guiseppi Di Martino.
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Philadelphia
A.P
Carina Favato
Joseph Pontorelli
Casts at Floating Object Reels in Brother's Body
Frank King cast at a floating object in the Detroit River and pulled up the body of his brother Henry. Henry, 51, left home Saturday to look for a waterfront job and was found dead in the river, suspected to have suffered a heart attack and fallen from a pier.
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Detroit
U.P
Frank King
Detroit River
Henry
Roosevelt to address 3000 Red Cross delegates
President Roosevelt will speak from the White House south portico this afternoon to about 3,000 delegates at the American Red Cross annual convention.
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FDR
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
American Red Cross
Senator Slattery Sworn In for Illinois Seat
James M. Slattery, a Democrat from Illinois, took the oath of office yesterday to replace the late J. Hamilton Lewis as United States Senator in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
James M. Slattery
Illinois
J.hamilton Lewis
Embezzler's Son Shoots Self Over Small Thefts
Dallas report of Wayne Ponder twelve year old who confessed thefts to his father then killed himself with a .22 rifle. Father Walter Ponder thirty four later pleaded guilty to embezzlement of a bank teller job. Family tragedy noted.
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Dallas
Tex
Wayne Ponder
Walter W. Ponder
United States
Ponder
Old Age Pensioner Repeys State 1000 Check
An elderly Ohio woman repaid the state 1000 dollars in old age pension funds after asking how much she had received in the past three years. Tom McCaw, administrator of the state division, received the repayment check and did not disclose the woman’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Division of Aid For
Tom McCaw
McCaw
Delegates Plan Unification Of Three Methodist Branches
In Kansas City Missouri delegates from the Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist South and Methodist Protestant Church gather for a three week conference to unify the divided church. About 1000 delegates including 60 bishops participate as the first session opens with nearly 8 million members in total. The unification would create the largest Protestant denomination in the world.
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Kansas City
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Protestant Church
Uniting Conference
Methodist
Leiserson Nominated to Replace Smith on NLRB
President Roosevelt named William M. Leiserson to succeed Donald Wakefield Smith on the National Labor Relations Board. Leiserson, longtime mediation board chair and labor economist, awaits Senate confirmation amid heavy opposition to NLRB personnel and Wagner Act decisions. Smith has served since last August and faced AFL attacks and Senate resistance to renomination.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
William M. Leiserson
National (Railroad) Mediation Board
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Leigerson
Senate
NLRB
Smith
American Federation of Labor
Plan Last Minute Plea For Condemned Farmer
Harvey Roush, a Marion County farmer, is to die in the electric chair Wednesday night for the murder of his landlord. Attorneys Mouser and Davis filed a last minute appeal to Governor Bricker and the Parole Board for clemency and spoke with Associate Justice McReynolds of the U S Supreme Court, who took no action on a stay of execution.
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Marion
U.P
Harvey Roush
Bricker
Parole Board
Grant Mouser, Jr
Z. P. Davis
McReynolds
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
British envoy to Washington named Marquess of Lothian
The Marquess of Lothian, a bachelor and Cliveden Set figure who opposed appeasement, is expected to depart for Washington this summer as the new British ambassador to the United States. He will replace Sir Ronald Lindsay, who retires after more than nine years as dean of the diplomatic corps in Washington.
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London
U.P
Marquess of Lothian
Cliveden
Europe
Washington
Ronald Lindsay
Mussolini Expels U S Correspondent Over Tone
Rome ordered the expulsion of Richard Mowrer Chicago Daily News correspondent for unfriendly tone of dispatches and alleged false news. His predecessor Frank Smothers was expelled last November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U.P
Richard Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Mowrer
Frank Smothers
Violent quake felt in Lima near 7:55 a.m.
A powerful earthquake was felt in Lima at 7:55 a.m. local time, marking one of the strongest shocks since 1932. The report notes the timing as 7:55 a.m. EST for reference.
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Lima
Peru
Economy Step Is Suggested By President
President Roosevelt sent a reorganization order to Congress creating three new federal agencies to coordinate social security, works projects, and government loans. He would move the budget bureau, central statistical board, and national resources committee under White House control, aiming to save 15 to 20 million dollars annually. The measure would take effect in 60 days unless rejected by both houses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Security Administration
Budget Bureau
Central Statistical Board
National Resources Committee
White House
Ohio Coal Foundation Meeting at Chauncey
The Ohio Coal Foundation will hold an open meeting at the Chauncey theater building Thursday at 7 30 PM. Residents of Chauncey and nearby areas are invited to learn the organization's purpose, past work, and future prospects. A large turnout is expected and committee members are urged to attend.
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Chauncey
Ohio Coal Foundation
Youngstown imposes citywide gambling ban
Mayor Lionel Evans and Police Chief Carl Olson ordered a 48 hour ban on all gambling activities including race horse betting and lotteries. Evans vowed to purge the city of gambling and threaten to fire officers who do not assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
U.P
Lionel Evans
Carl L. Olson
Evans
Jailed To Keep News of Arrest From Mother
An 18 year old boy arrested for transporting a stolen car across state lines chose to stay unnamed as he began a year and a day in the Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe Ohio to shield his mother from the arrest news. He insisted on being called just plain Johnny Miller.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Johnny Miller
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Two Die in Chillicothe Collision Near West Area
Russell Osborne aged 24 of Chillicothe and Joseph Kenney aged 26 of Petersburg Ohio were killed in a head on auto collision 13 miles west of Chillicothe. Five others were injured in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
U.P
Russell Osborne
Joseph Kenney
Petersburg
Defend Labor Relations Act Faces Senate Hearing
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Charles Fahy told the Senate Education and Labor Committee that proposed amendments would create confusion and uncertainty and frustrate the act’s purpose. He defended the act and said the board would administer it with fairness and impartiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Charles Fahy
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Education and Labor Committee
J. Warren Madden
Fahy
Aged Doctor Rescued After Three Days Lost in Jungle
Dr. John Folk, a retired Bridgeport West Virginia physician, survived three days in dense Key Largo terrain without food or water before being found and hospitalized in Homestead Florida. He had wandered into near jungle growth Friday evening and was not located until Monday by his party members.
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Homestead
Fla
U.P
John Folk
Key Largo
Folk
Bridgeport
W. Va
Forest Fires in Western Pennsylvania Under Control
Forest fires in Western Pennsylvania were brought under control with about 2000 acres of timberland affected. The worst blaze scorched 400 acres in the Chestnut Ridge area between Ligonier and Idlewild Park causing roughly 1500 dollars in damage.
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Johnstown
U.P
Pennsylvania
Chestnut Ridge
Ligonier
Idlewild Park
Plane Carries Rare Drug To Stricken Girl
A 17 year old Los Angeles girl with dementia praecox will receive cyclohexyl ethyl triazol, a rare drug first used in the United States. The drug, found in Germany, was flown in after U S Senator Sheridan Downey intervened to lift customs restrictions, with 18 ampules aboard a United Airlines flight. Dr Cullen Ward Irish will supervise the treatment as the girl’s condition is critical.
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Los Angeles
Germany
Europe
U. S
Sheridan Downey
America
United Airlines
Cullen Ward Irish
Downey
Department of Commerce
Newark
Defendant To Testify In Shakedown Trial In Ohio
Columbus Ohio U P reported William Alexander former records supervisor in the State Liquor Department was to testify today in a trial charging him with shaking down department employees for five percent of their salaries for Governor Daveys campaign fund last April. The second case was to go to a seven man five woman jury later today. The first trial last week led to the acquittal of Daniel S Earhart secretary to former Governor Davey.
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Columbus
U.P
William Alexander
State Liquor Department
Department
Davey
Daniel S. Earhart
Hearing on Woodard Appeal Opens May 1
The hearing on James C. Woodard appeal from his dismissal as warden of Ohio Penitentiary will begin May 1 before the state civil service commission. Woodard was suspended March 2 and dismissed by State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood effective April 1 on charges of mismanagement.
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Columbus
WU P
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
State Civil Service Commission
Carl Smith
Commission
Woodard
Charles L. Sherwood
Redeemable Tax Stamps Replace Old Issue Today
Columbus Ohio reports new redeemable sales tax stamps go into effect today for merchants who have old stamps. The 3 percent redemption to the state applies to every 100 face value. Full use begins May 1 with old stamps obsolete. merchants may still use old stamps through Sunday.
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Columbus
U.P
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
K. Gay St
Commission
Mediation Seeks Self Rule in Appalachian Coal Talks
Dr. John R. Steelman arrived as federal mediator amid a seven week stalemate between Appalachian mine operators and the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis. William Green urged a miners poll on closed shop representation while Secretary Perkins orders government intervention to resolve the deadlock as coal stocks dwindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
John R. Steelman
Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers Union
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Appalachian Conference
Lewis
Green
Steelman
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Percy Tetlow
Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
R. L. Ireland
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Labor Department
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Charles O'Neill
Temperature Reaches 84 as Rain Forecast for Athens
Athens records a high of 84 yesterday the year's peak, while a 36 degree low preceded a rise. Weather predicts rain late today and Wednesday with cooler conditions tomorrow. The Hocking River neared pool stage and took on its summer green hue.
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Athens
Mercury
Hocking River
O Brien Father of Film Star Dies in Heart Attack
William J. O'Brien aged 64 father of comedian Pat O'Brien died last night from a heart attack. He collapsed while being driven home after visiting his son. He was known as a longtime resident of Hollywood and the family announced the passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
HUP
William J. O'Brien
Pat O’brien
Paulding County Gets New Common Pleas Judge
Governor Bricker appointed Mervin Day of Paulding as the Paulding County common pleas judge to succeed the late Judge Samuel Wennis.
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Columbus
ULP
Mervin Day
Paulding
Paulding County
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