Castoff Wife Aids Ex-Mate In Court Suit
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP. Former Oklahoma chief justice Fred M. Branson seeks damages in separate maintenance defense aided by his ex wife via proxy. He reads a deposition from Eula Branson detailing how Madeline Braniff’s 1923 involvement led to his divorce, painting Branson as an old fool manipulated by the secretary. Branson, 57, says he squandered $350,000 after his second marriage while Branson portrays himself as a reluctant victim of a marital triangle.
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Oklahmoa City
Fred M. Branson
Oklahoma
Madeline Braniff Branson
Eula Branson
Madeline Braniff
Branson
High School Girl Held In Brother's Death
In Big Stone Gap Virginia police detained 15 year old Aileen Hammitt for the death of her 20 year old brother Lacy Hammitt Jr. During a quarrel she fired five shots after he allegedly reached for a .32 caliber pistol. Deputy Kennedy said a murder charge would be filed. His wife Margaret intervened and the sister took the gun.
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Big Stone Gap
U.P
P. H. Kennedy
Aileen Hammitt
Lacy Hammitt, Jr
Hammitt
Margaret
Moody brothers extend light plane endurance record
Springfield based Moody brothers Howard and Hunter extended their light plane endurance record to 253 hours and 43 minutes hoping to reach 16 more days to challenge the 653-hour heavy plane mark. They surpassed the prior light plane record of 218 hours 43 minutes with their 55 hp monoplane.
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Springfield
U.P
Moody Brothers
Howard
Hunter
State to Release 1200 Raccoons From Milan Farm
The State Conservation Division announced that 1,200 raccoons will be released from the Milan raccoon farm next month for distribution across the state.
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Columbus
U.P
State Conservation Division
Milan
Hatch Seeks Cool as Bill Bans Government Employees from Politics
New Mexico Senator Carl Hatch walks down Capitol steps after a heated Senate session. He secured passage of a bill aiming to keep government employees out of political activity.
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New Mexico
Carl Hatch
Washington
Capitol Steps
Senate Chamber
Operator of Gambling Ship Defies Officers
Santa Monica California April 27 1930 Tony Cornero and his crew of about 100 sailors held out against county and state officers on his gambling ship. He boomed via megaphone that they had food for a year if needed and would stay beyond the three mile limit. Authorities sought to board and arrest him.
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Santa Monica
Calif
U.P
Tony Cornero
Rex
State Orders Grouse From Canada Trapper
An order was placed for 300 pairs of ruffled grouse at 16 dollars a pair with D. H. Mendick of Alberta Canada, by Ohio State Conservation Commissioner Don Waters. The birds will be distributed in various parts of the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
D. H. Mendick
Alberta
Can
Don Waters
Housing bill vote set as deficit forecast 40 votes
President Roosevelt's housing bill faced a predicted 40 vote defeat in the House. Leaders ordered a rule to consider it as Congress neared adjournment while disputes over funding and broader New Deal measures continued.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
White House
Ship Dunkwa Missing After Fire In South Atlantic Search
A ship and aircraft rushed to aid the crew of the S. S. Dunkwa after a blaze forced lifeboats from the freighter. The S. S. Ceiba reported no trace of the Dunkwa or its crew after passing the position. A Coast Guard plane searched the Atlantic and Florida Straits near the Keys for five hours without success.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Bahama Islands
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Florida Straits
Florida Keys
Roosevelt Backing Hatch Bill Bolsters Garner Campaign
President Roosevelt approves the Hatch clean politics bill boosting Vice President Garner’s bid for the presidency. The move shifts campaign machinery and signals a possible White House reorganization while the Democratic machine faces new limits on political activity by government employees.
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Washington
U.P
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Good Neighbor League
Charles Michelson
Lowell Mellett
National Emergency Council
Peace Front Talks and Dam Clash Fill War News
Great Britain and France prepared a joint mission to Moscow to form a peace front against dictatorships while at Green Mountain Colorado strikers and vigilantes battled near the federal dam site. National Guardsmen were deployed as a third day of violence loomed with six reported injuries.
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Great Britain
France
Moscow
Soviet Union
England
Green Mountain
Colo
A. K. Anderson
Anderson
A. F. of L
CIO
U S and Canada Set Talks on Aviation Matters
The U S State Department announced impending talks with Canada to be held in Ottawa on August 9 focusing on important aviation matters. Military officials expect the discussions to influence defense plans for the Western Hemisphere.
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U.S. Canada
Washington
A.P
State Department
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Akron men killed in Pittsfield truck crash
Two men from Akron Ohio died when their 20 ton trailer struck a bridge abutment at the foot of a three mile hill near Pittsfield Massachusetts early today.
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Pittsfield
Mass
U.P
Akron, O
Gas masks for babies join the toy line in London
The Home Office announced gas masks for babies will be sold soon in attractive colors. They will offer three types: a padded hood helmet for under two with a front window and pump bellows. a respirator for ages two to four. and a small civilian respirator for four to five years.
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London
Home Office
Jail Break: Stark County Inmates Escape Custody
Sheriff urges state patrol aid to locate three prisoners who fled Stark County jail by removing an iron grate and breaching a wall. Fugitives are Arnet Harra man 24 Richwood Ohio serving for obtaining money under false pretenses William Lee 22 Gallitzin Pennsylvania petty larceny and John Edwards 27 Canton intoxication. Edwards had escaped a month earlier but was recaptured last week.
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Canton
A.P
Joseph Nist
Stark County
Arnet Harraman
Richwood
William Lee
Gallitzen
John Edwards
Edwards
Denies Attempt To Stop Ohio Tax League Probe
J. W. Beall Democratic chairman of the State Industrial Commission denied seeks to halt the Citizens' Tax League of Ohio investigation. L. P. Bush Columbus president of the league charged Beall took steps to block the probe and continue the inquiry.
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Ohio Tax League
Columbus
U.P
J. W. Beall
State Industrial Commission
Citizens’ Tax League of Ohio
L. P. Bush
League
Beall
Buses Carrying Veterans Hampered by Triple Collision
Arlington Massachusetts dispatch reports 44 people injured when three buses carrying Disabled American Veterans and families piled up during a trip to a national convention. A car driven by violinist Paul Cherassky collided with a stopped vehicle, injuring additional passengers. The buses were part of a 19 bus fleet with 500 delegates en route to Cambridge for a bean supper picnic after touring Lexington and Concord.
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Arlington
Mass
U.P
Paul Cherassky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Robert G. Morel
Lexington
Concord
Cambridge
Swallowing solution kills infant in drain cleaner incident
Archie Neer, 15 month old son of Mr and Mrs Merkle Neer of Middleport died in a Van Wert hospital after swallowing a lye drain cleaner. The accident occurred in the family home and police are investigating.
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van Wert
Archie Neer
Paris fashion revolutions alter Milady silhouette
Paris winter presentations showcase a wasp waist revival with bows puffs bustles and tummy muffs. Schiaparelli Patou and Chanel unveil slimmed jackets and varied skirts including aprons and peplums while Schiaparelli lessons in balloon hemlines and bold accessories redefine elegance and couture signaling a Cigaret silhouette trend.
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Doris Kent
United Press
Paris
Milady
Schiaparelli’s
Schiaparelli
Patou
House Defeats New Dealers Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace led a late bid to restore the Commodity Credit Corporation appropriation of 119 million dollars after the House vetoed it. He warned farm prices could plunge if the Senate does not reverse, predicting corn might drop below 25 cents a bushel without the loans. The House had cut the item from the third deficiency bill by a 116 to 110 vote and sent it to the Senate.
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House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
Rules
Adolph Sabath
Alben W. Barkley
John N. Garner
Uvalde
Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sabath
United States Housing Authority
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Sparks Returns to Road Job After Court Victory
Columbus Ohio. Harry A. Sparks, former highway department engineer, is back at work after a court ruling reinstated him on January 10. His tenure was abolished after he testified before the state senate graft investigating committee in 1938 and he had claimed the state overpaid for hot mix road materials.
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Columbus
O.R
Harry A. Sparks
Highway Department
State Senate
R. S. Beightler
Sparks
Prison Farm Fugitive Captured Three Still At Large
A prison farm escape near London Ohio ends with one fugitive found in a soybean patch. Charles Adomack, 41, a Cleveland robber, surrendered after sliding down a rope while infected with tuberculosis burdens the other three suspects who remain at large.
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London
W.P
Ohio
Charles Adomack
Cleveland
House To Act On Dam Measure Transferring Muskingum Project
The House was set to finish action on an omnibus flood control bill authorizing the Federal Government to assume responsibility for completing and maintaining the Muskingum conservancy project in Ohio. The transfer makes the 14 dam system part of the national flood control program and relieves local property owners from certain taxes.
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Washington
U.P
Muskingum Conservancy Project
Ohio
Prowler Fatally Hit After Valetine Fires From Window
Springfield police investigate after Raymond Valentine 28 fired a public safety item from an upstairs window. A Black youth prowler was fatally wounded and a second assailant fled the scene. Police planned further questioning of Valentine.
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Springfield
A.P
Raymond Valentine
Valentine
Taft enters 1940 presidential race as Ohio favorite son
Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio formally enters the 1940 Republican race confirming he would accept designation as Ohio s favorite son candidate. He pledged to support delegates for his nomination while noting the hard work ahead to reform New Deal policies and solvency. He praised Hamilton County Republicans for endorsing him and anticipated no Bricker contest.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Washington
U. 8
Taft
Hamilton County
Republican Executive Committee
Tomake
George F. Eyrich
United States
Hamilton
William Howard Taft
John W. Bricker
Eyrich
Ruling on Corn Acreage and Selling Quota in Ohio
Columbus, Ohio. Elmer F. Kruse, chairman of the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Committee, stated that farmers may feed or sell all the corn they produce when a corn marketing quota is in effect, as long as they do not exceed their corn acreage. The ruling aligns with amended provisions of the 1938 Agriculture Adjustment Act, replacing prior rules requiring on farm storage.
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Columbus
U.P
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio Agriculture Conservation Committee
State Auditor Reports Relief Roll Chiselers
A pre audit report from State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson shows 316 relief account cases dropped from Montgomery County rolls in six months. Findings for recovery total 1204 dollars against 16 relief clients with 181 paid. one client also drew unemployment and another received two checks. The others were employed or could have secured aid from other employables.
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Columbus
Montgomery County
Joseph T. Ferguson
Carlos
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