Former Gallia County Magistrate Slain by Knife Attack
Gallipolis Ohio July report states 80 year old John J. Jones died after five throat knife wounds near his Cora district home. Witnesses said Jones confronted a disturbance by a neighbor and was attacked as he approached to help. Jack Smith 41 held on first degree murder charges. grand jury to hear case next Tuesday. Jones was a former Perry Township magistrate and father to Raymond and Paul Jones.
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Gallipolis
Jack Smith
Gallia County
John J. Jones
Cora
Jones
Perry Township
W. Gomer Jones
Ohio
Holzer Hospital
Raccoon Creek
Rel
Smith
George Ehman
Chapman
Raymond Jones
Paul Jones
Virginia Democrats Break with New Deal in Primary
In Washington the conservative North Virginia Democrats renominated Rep. Howard W. Smith over William E. Dodd Jr. as four states held primaries. Kansas Republicans rejected the Jayhawker Nazi program while Clyde Reed led the GOP Senate race. Missouri and West Virginia results affirmed incumbents and party lines, with Reed leading and George McGill securing the Democratic bid.
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Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
U. S
Gerald Winrod
Vative
North Virginia
Howard W. Smith
Smith
William E. Dodd, Jr
New Dealer
Missouri
Bennett C. Clark
Clark
Senate
Lloyd C. Stark
Thomas J. Pendergast
Gerald B. Winrod
U. S. Senate
Clyde M
By Labor
League
Committee For Industrial Organization
James Kelsey
West Virginia
Three New Lexington Men Admit Murder in O'Brien Case
Three New Lexington men confessed to the John O'Brien killing after a relentless pursuit by Athens County and neighboring agencies. Carl Helwig admitted firing the fatal shot, with brothers Gilbert and Faught also providing details. Police credited quick teamwork, tips, and surveillance for solving a case with little initial evidence.
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John O'Brien
Athens County
New Lexington
Carl Helwig
O'Brien
O’brien
Sunrise
John Faught
Athens
Gilbert
Outlook Better For Retailers
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Richard C. Patterson Jr. said signs of expansion in consumer purchasing during July point to an earlier recovery in retail sales. He noted July data, though incomplete, show a strengthening trend from June with six month sales about 15 percent below the first half of 1937 and five percent below 1936.
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Washington
U.P
Richard C. Patterson, Jr
Patterson
Fugitives From London Prison Farm Captured
Edward Brown, 38, of Middleton, surrendered to Newport police, leaving three fugitives from six convicts who escaped the London Prison Farm last Friday. Stewart Bennedum, 38, of Dayton, was captured by Columbus police, and Sheldon Waits, 35, was taken last Saturday at South Charleston.
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London
U.P
Edward Brown
Middletown
Newport
Stewart Bennedum
Dayton
Columbus
Sheldon Waits
South Charleston
Smaller Wheat Crop Predicted by Experts
Experts forecast a total U.S. wheat production of 936000000 bushels due to rust and early frost. The figure lowers their prior forecast by 43000000 bushels from one month ago in the private crop survey.
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Its
U. S
Shaw Funeral Held for William Wayne Shaw
Funeral services for William Wayne Shaw, who died in Cleveland Monday night, were held there today. Burial will be in Gallipolis Thursday at 3 p.m.
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Shaw
Gallipolis
William Wayne Shaw
Cleveland
Both Sides in Kentucky Vote Are Accused
The Senate campaign expenditures committee widened its Kentucky primary probe and boosted its investigative staff. It charged both sides led by Alben W. Barkley and Gov. A. B. Chandler with improper tactics and said organized efforts sought to sway voters on relief and that federal employees contributed to one candidate.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Kentucky
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
A. B. Chandler
Wire Removed From Heart of Cow in County
County Commissioner Arthur Beegle displayed a four inch piece of bailing wire taken from the heart of his cow. A half inch had entered the heart and the animal was dying before a veterinarian operated Sunday. the wire was removed and the cow is recovering.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Beegle
Beegle
Million Dollar Libel Suit Filed Against CIO
The National Association of Industrial Insurance Agents filed a $1,000,000 libel suit in U S District Court charging the CIO and its chairman John L Lewis with libeling it as a company union. Other CIO leaders were named as defendants.
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Washington
U.P
National Association of Industrial Insurance Agents
U. S
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
John L. Lewis
Kennedy to Broadcast Sunday Address on Election Duties
Secretary of State William J J Kennedy will broadcast Sunday at seven PM detailing the duties of election officials to voters. The address, announced today, aims to inform the public about electoral responsibilities and procedures.
Sawyer Attacks Davey Over Real Issues in Ohio Primary
Charles Sawyer accuses Gov. Martin L. Davey of dodging the real issues and demands an open reply. Davey campaigns on his chief issue with John L. Lewis and the CIO, while targeting newspapers critical of his administration. A radio debate with a Davey backer is planned for Friday night with Durbin replying for Davey.
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Columbus
Charles Sawyer
Martin L. Davey
Davey
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Bucyrus
Tiffin
Lewis
CIO
Sawyer
Francis W. Durbin
Lima
Unions Lose Picket Rights in Court Ruling
U S Circuit Court of Appeals enjoins four American Federation of Labor affiliates from picketing a three state chain store system amid intra union quarrels not deemed labor disputes under the Wagner Act. Judge J Warren Davis and Joseph Buffington concurred in upholding the temporary injunction against the AFL affiliates in the clash with the CIO affiliated group.
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Philadelphia
U.S
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Warren Davis
Joseph Buffington
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Five Die In Auto Crash Near Union Oregon
Five youths were killed when their car crashed into a culvert at a curve near Union in La Grande Oregon. The fiery crash occurred today injuring no one else reported. The victims were named locally as youths from area communities.
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LA Grande
Ore
Union
State to Buy Airplane for Aeronautics Division
The State Board of Control approved a 9,282 appropriation to purchase an airplane for the State Division of Aeronautics in Columbus. This action funds the state aviation program and expands its aerial capabilities and operations.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
State Division of Aeronautics
Registration of Ohio Relief Clients Ordered
Ohio relief director William C. Dixon announced that every relief client must re register this month with proof of need and eligibility. Local agencies will mail registration blanks and complete the process by September 1. All able clients must accept work offered, with weed cutting cited as seasonal labor. Centralization of relief administration was urged in each county.
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Columbus
William C. Dixon
Ohio
Dixon
Relief Administration
Japan Russia clashes likely to continue on frontier
An official Moscow communique charges Japanese aggression and says hostilities will continue with serious consequences. Tokyo signals possible negotiations while Japan braces for potential Soviet air raids in Korea and eastern Japan amid broader Sino Spanish fronts.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Rival Faith Leader Celebrates Harlem Procession
Father Divine reviews about 2500 followers in white attire marching Harlem sidewalks to celebrate securing a new heaven on the Hudson. He has reportedly purchased a country estate near Franklin D Roosevelt’s Hyde Park home.
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Divine
God
Harlem
New York
Hudson River
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
August Crop Outlook I Good Says Weatherman
The Weather Bureau reported favorable weather for agriculture last week in principal producing states. Some areas, mainly in the southeast and southern Ohio Valley, experienced too much rain. Overall the August crop outlook is favorable.
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Washington
U.P
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Mussolini to Increase Italian Fighting Forces
Premier Benito Mussolini has decided to increase the strength of his fighting forces, announced today in Rome.
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Italy
Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
OU Library to Receive $100000 for Reconstruction
A PWA grant of 45000 supports remodeling of Ohio University Carneg ie Library into a classroom building. State funds 55000 match the grant, bids pending, and plans call for a half story addition with two floors of classrooms two instructors rooms and a basement for the Military Science department. Twenty six PWA grants totaling 2289888 were announced for projects with construction value 5088651.
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PWA
Ohio University
Carnegie Library
George C. Parks
ROTC
Dewey says probe may involve other officials in Schultz racket
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey indicated the investigation into the Dutch Schultz lottery racket could involve officials beyond two judges and a former D A named previously. The Hines case lists Magistrate Hulon C ashaw Magistrate Francis Erwin and former D A William Copeland Dodge among alleged connections.
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New York
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Dutch Schultz
James J. Hines
Tammany Hall
Schultz
Hulon Capshaw
Francis Erwin
William Copeland Dodge
Dewey
Vessel Quits Search For Hawaii Clipper
Manila report says the U S Transport Meigs will stop searching for the Hawaii Clipper missing since Friday with 15 aboard en route from Guam to Manila. Officials expect no army planes to resume the search, but Navy ships will stay in the area for several days.
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Manila
U. S
Meigs
Hawaii
Senator Lewis Announces Planned Resignation Next Year
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois said he planned to resign from the Senate next year as his term expires in 1943. He indicated no immediate date for leaving but noted his intention to step down.
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Washington
U.P
James Hamilton Lewis
Senate
Lewis
Labor unity hailed as AFL leader attacks CIO chief
Cincinnati report quotes AFL organizational director Lewis G. Hines blaming John L. Lewis of the CIO for split in labor ranks. He told Ohio Federation of Labor delegates the AFL is stronger and seeks changes to the National Labor Relations Act or its board, charging the NLRB favors the CIO.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Lewis G. Hines
Washington
American Federation of Labor
John I. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio Federation of Labor
Hines
John IL. Lewis
Tennessee Democratic primary ends in Browning Crump clash
Gov. Gordon Browning and Memphis machine leader Ed Crump face off in Tennessee Democratic primary as three opponents oppose Sen. George L. Berry. National Guardsmen guarding Memphis polls were stood down after troops stood by in Jackson for annual maneuvers. Senate campaign expenditures investigators attend closing speeches to probe fraud evidence.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Ed Crump
George L. Berry
Brown
Mississippi
Jackson
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Boy Names Ex-Sheriff As Doctor's Murderer
Paul Buddy Dwyer testified he named former Deputy Sheriff Francis M. Carroll as the real slayer of Dr. James G. Littlefield. He described how the defendant allegedly kicked bludgeoned and garroted the elderly country doctor.
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Paris
Paul
Buddy) Dwyer
Francis M. Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Dwyer
Carroll
Gun Shot Victim Resting Well in Holzer Hospital
Billy Hamm, 14, is hospitalized at Holzer after shooting himself in the mouth with a small caliber rifle. The bullet passed through his cheek, knocked out teeth, and lodged in the roof of his mouth. His father raced from Lexington to Gallipolis within hours as Billy summers with his grandfather William Michael.
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Middleport
Billy Hamm
Holzer Hospital
Lexington
Gallipolis
Billy
William Michael
Rail Wage Dispute Sent to Federal Mediator
Chicago dispatch reports that railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen failed to agree on a 15 percent wage cut and will submit the case to a federal mediator for resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
RUP
Brotherhood of Railroad
Ohio AAA predicts satisfactory crop control program compliance
Ohio AAA director Elmer F Kruse said about half the state's corn acreage was checked and indications point to satisfactory compliance with the 1938 federal crop control program. Four more weeks of farm visits are planned to confirm plantings within allotments for eligibility in fall payments.
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Columbus
U.P
AAA
Ohio
Elmer F Kruse
Kruse
Girdler to Appear at Little Steel Hearings
Senate Civil Liberties Committee will arrange a date for Tom Girdler, board chairman of Republic Steel, to appear with counsel as hearings continue into the Little Steel strike of 1937. Mayor Lionel Evans of Youngstown, Ohio, is called as a witness as the city faces riots tied to union organizing by John L. Lewis.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Tom Girdler
Lionel Evans
Youngstown
John L. Lewis
308 Bond Issues To Be Voted on in State
Ohio voters will ballot on 308 bond issues at the August 9 primary totaling 46.6 million dollars. Schools lead with 224 issues asking for 25.1 million dollars.
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Columbus
U.P
Fred Beckler
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Bishop Reaches Franco HQ in nationalist Spain
Bishop Karl J. Alter of Toledo Ohio arrived at Generalissimo Francisco Franco's field headquarters in Zaragoza during his tour of nationalist Spain.
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France
Zaragoza
Spain
U.P
Karl J. Alter
Toledo
Generalissimo
Franciso Franco
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