Taft Gets Early Praise From Ohio Republicans
Republican Senators praised Sen. Robert A Taft R Ohio for presidential candidacy but avoided full commitment. Ohio lawmakers like Rep. Earl R Lewis Rep L L Marshall Rep Harry N Routzohn and Rep Robert F Jones endorsed Taft calling him presidential timber with the right industry courage and qualifications.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Taft
William Howard Taft
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Republican Executive Committee
H. Styles Bridges
N. H
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Ohio
Earl R. Lewis
St. Clairsville
L. L. Marshall
Cleveland
Harry N. Routzohn
Dayton
Robert F. Jones
Lima
White House
H. C. Cameron Dies After Year Long Illness At 74
Henry C. Cameron an Athens insurance and real estate figure died at his home on 40 W State Street after a year long heart ailment. Born March 25 1865 in Greenfield he moved to Amesville then Athens at 22 to enter the insurance business. He built many Athens homes and ran a firm with son Carlos at 15 W State St. He served as Christian Church trustee and helped organize a Salvation Army building.
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Athens
State St
Mr. Cameron
Greenfield
James A
Sarah P. Cameron
Amesville
Cameron
Court St
Carlos H. Cameron
The
Christian Church
Salvation Army
Peace plan drafted to settle General Motors strike
Federal labor conciliator James F. Dewey announced a drafted peace plan for settling the General Motors strike. He said the plan was prepared after talks with GM officials and the United Automobile Workers and would be submitted to union leaders for approval.
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Detroit
U.P
General Motors
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Automobile Workers Union
James F. Dewey
Fake SOS Investigation After Coast Guard Search
Investigation by federal officials into a string of false SOS calls began after Coast Guard planes and five ships searched for a freighter reported to be sinking. The incident draws scrutiny from MIAMI authorities and the Coast Guard.
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Miami
Fla
Federal Communication Commission
Coast Guard
Mount Vernon Collision Kills Woman. Husband Critical
William Greer and his wife Gertrude were in a two car crash late Thursday. Gertrude Greer, 62, died from injuries while her husband, 62, was in serious condition.
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MT. Vernon
U.P
William Greer
Gertrude
Roosevelt Dodge On Third Term Question At Press Conf
President Roosevelt again dodged a direct answer on a possible third term at his White House press conference. He laughed off the topic after reading Sen. Robert A. Taft’s statement that no sensible man would want the presidency in 1940.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Robert A. Taft
Britain May Send Fleet To Far East
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain might deploy its European fleet to the Far East to protect subjects if needed, though he gave no firm threat. He warned against precipitate action and noted the Far East crisis months ahead. The British Asiatic fleet is weaker than Japan, and China forces are insufficient to shield Britons.
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United Press
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Far East
Chamberlain
Commons
China
Father Divine plans three day event at old Phillies park
Philadelphia promoter Ray Fabiani said Father Divine and a few thousand angels will visit the former Phillies ball park turned mini car track for three days next month. John Lamb said Divine has 35 million in cash and is interested in Chestnut Hill properties.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Hell
Phillies
Father di Ne
Ray Fabiani
John Lamb
Divine
Chestnut Hill
Domestic Wool Crop Second Largest on Record
The Agriculture Department estimated 1939 domestic wool production at 375,699,000 pounds, up 1 percent from 371,999,000 shorn in 1938, marking the second largest crop on record.
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Washington
AUP
Agriculture Department
Campers marooned as cloudburst strands 500 in San Bernardino
A cloudburst washed out roads and bridges cutting off access to camps in the San Bernardino Mountains. About 500 children and campers were stranded, officials said, amid damaged infrastructure and limited emergency routes. Local救援 teams worked to establish passage and assess needs.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino Mountains
State Bureau To Be Probed
Governor John W. Bricker announced a probe into the Ohio Industrial Commission's investments and the formation of an advisory panel to guide future policy after a meeting with Citizens Tax League officials. He cited evidence of unfair manipulation in medical actuarial and legal fields and charged collusion between commission workers and ambulance chasing lawyers.
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Columbus
Ohio Industrial Commission
John W. Bricker
Citizens Tax League
Limbach matriarch dies at 81 in New Philadelphia
Mrs. Mary Isabel Limbach aged 81 died in New Philadelphia on Thursday. She is the mother of Democratic State Chairman Arthur L. Limbach.
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Limbach
NEW
Philadelphia
U.P
Mary Isabel Limbach
Arthur L. Limbach
Desperate refugee plunges to death with children in Chicago
Adele Langer a 43 year old Czech refugee and her two young sons leaped from a 13th floor Chicago hotel window on Thursday night. Police later reported her husband Karl 46 a former Prague textile magnate distraught by events and left behind. He had arrived in the United States on a six month visa with only seven thousand dollars. Mrs Langer had feared being forced to return to Czechoslovakia and died alongside her children near Michigan Boulevard after a mail notification from Canada arrived moments too late.
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Chicago
Adele Langer
Czechoslovakia
Michigan Boulevard
United States
Langer
West Side
Freight Car Plunges From Trestle In Cincinnati Accident
A railroad tank car ripped through the trestle railing in Cincinnati and dropped 30 feet to the street. A second car swung to balance, and a third derailed. No injuries reported.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Southern Railroad
Pay Increase Proposed for Shoe Factory Workers
A special committee urged the Wage-Hour Administrator to set new shoe industry wages at 35 cents an hour. The proposal would affect about 60,000 workers nationwide.
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Washington—Llp
Elmer F. Andrews
Bomb Explodes Killing Two in Cleveland Auto
A dynamite blast in an automobile in Cleveland today killed Sam Salupo a 29 year old ex convict and his companion Dorothy Evan 19. Salupo died in hospital while Dorothy Evan died en route to hospital. Detectives probe rivalry jealousy or gangland revenge as possible motives.
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Sam Salupo
Dorothy Evan
Salupo
Anthony
George Zicarelli
William Presser
Order Restored by Troops On Federal Dam Project
GREEN MOUNTAIN DAM Colo. National Guardsmen reopened a four million dollar federal state project under guard after a 24 hour siege by strikers. Maintenance work and repairs begin as guards police 100 square mile Blue River Valley with Major Richardson approving the reopening under martial law.
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Green Mountain Dam
Colo
A. K. Anderson
Blue River Valley
Harold H. Richardson
Ralph Carr
Mrs Holdren Former Athens County Children’s Home Matron Dies
Louise Boden Holdren 63 longtime matron of the Athens County Children's Home died Thursday at 8 p.m. She and husband George Holdren led the home for 23 years after years at Athens State Hospital. Born in New Marshfield she lived in Athens County all her life. Her parents J N and Priscilla Boden farmed near New Marshfield. grandfather, an Irish emigrant, owned part of a forest tract. The Holdrens assumed control of the home in 1916 after serving 15 years at the state hospital.
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Athens County
Ireland
Children’s Home
Holdren
Athens State Hospital
Former Judge Loses in Suit
Oklahoma City report shows Fred P. Branson 59 appealing a 3000 dollar annual separate maintenance award to his second wife. Judge John Wilson ruled Branson not victimized by a lascivious younger woman who ended his first marriage, citing Branson’s 1925 opinion on shared responsibility in affairs.
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Oklahoma City
Fred P. Branson
Oklahoma
John Wilson
Branson
Pne
Beta Theta Pi Opens Five Day Centennial at Miami University
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity the oldest secret Crek letter society west of the Alleghenies began a five day centennial celebration on the Miami University campus today with a series of events and gatherings.
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Oxford
AU P
Beta Theta Pi
Allegheny Mountains
Miami University
Husband Kills Young Mother in Ohio Suburb
In Cincinnati area, 28 year old Owen Brigman confessed to shooting his wife Dorothy 23. He said the killing followed a quarrel after discovering her with another man on the Deer Park porch. Their five year old daughter Joyce Ann was nearby as Brigman wept.
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Owen Brigman
Rossmayne
Dorothy
Brigman
Joseph Rille
Deer Park
Joyce Ann
Head of Prison Farm Suffers Heart Attack
Thomas C. Jenkins superintendent of the London Prison Farm was reported resting better after two heart attacks confined him to his home. Prison guards formed a posse to search for three of four convicts who escaped Wednesday by cutting away steel bars with an improvised blow torch.
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London
U.P
Thomas C. Jenkins
Thirteen Billion Dollar Congress Prepares to Adjourn
Washington reports a $13 billion Congress set to adjourn after seven months of partisan battles. The session saw clashes over Wagner Act reforms wage hours and un-American probes as Roosevelt allies fought conservative Democrats and resisted new New Deal measures.
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Congress
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
South
Mid-West
John J. O’connor
New York
House Rules Committee
Moody brothers set new world endurance record in light planes
The Moody brothers from Decatur Illinois, Hum phrey and Hunter, established a new world endurance record for light planes above Springfield NL, surpassing 218 hours 43 minutes. After ten days and 15000 miles aloft they continue their flight as a dramatic fuel intake photo shows.
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Moody Brothers
Humphrey
Hunter
Decatur
Ill
Springfield
Ohio House Members Back Jenkins Pension Bill
Twenty four Ohio representatives filed a petition with Speaker Bankhead to allow quick floor action on Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins bill. The measure would authorize payment of 1 338 000 dollars in old age pension funds held back during the Social Security dispute with former Governor Martin L. Davey. Jenkins urged approval if the speaker permits a two thirds vote. Chairman Doughton previously opposed advancing the bill in Ways and Means.
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Ohio
William B. Bankhead
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Social Security Board
Martin L. Davey
Rep
Jenkins
House
Robert Doughton
N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Town Winner In Tax Fight
Newcomerstown residents celebrated a tax rebellion that eliminated an $808,000 village share forMuskingum Watershed District dams. The bill, passed by the House, shifts the burden to the Federal Government as other counties offered support. Newcomerstown led with 9 percent non payment.
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Newcomerstown
U.P
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
House
Roosevelt
Coshocton
Zanesville
Steel Workers Strike Shuts Lorain Stove Plant
The Lorain plant of the American Stove Co. shut down today as the steel workers organizing committee local called a strike. Company heads say the action is illegal and due to a misunderstanding. Gustave Morgan, union head, says the strike followed a failed attempt to arbitrate grievances. The plant normally employs 400 workers.
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Lorain-Aup
Lorain
American Stove Co
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Gustave Morgan
Lightning strikes park killing boy injuring many
In Kingston Pennsylvania a lightning bolt struck a group of children at Kirby Park killing a six year old boy and injuring or shocking many others. Two women remain in serious condition from shock.
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Kingston
U.K
Kirby Park
Farm Funds Restored by Senate Panel
Washington reports a Senate sub committee restored a $119,000,000 farm fund for the Commodity Credit Corporation in the deficiency bill and sent it to the full committee for fast action. The action follows House rejection of Roosevelt's lending and housing plan with plans to adjourn late Saturday.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Alben W. Barkley
Congress
Alva B. Adams
Pat McCarran
Nev
James E. Murray
Mont
Columbus Woman Beaten by Intruder in North Side Apt
A prowler entered a North Side Columbus apartment by removing a rear screen door and beat Miss Lucille V. Davis 27, a secretary at State Republican Headquarters, causing cuts and bruises on her head. Police continue investigation into the early morning attack.
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Columbus
Lucille V. Davis
State Republican
Davis
U S Acts to Guard Americans in China Amid Foreign Drive
The American consulate in Hankow issued strong urgent representations to Japanese authorities to protect Americans in the Kaifeng District as an anti-British campaign expands into a broader foreigner crackdown.
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Hankow
China
U.S
Kaifeng
Charles Lanham, Former Barnum Acrobat, Dies at 82
Columbus obituary notes Charles F. Lanham age 82 formerly known as Joe Barnum an acrobat with the P T Barnum circus died today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Charles F. Lanham
P. T. Barnum Circus
Joe Barnum
Earnings revealed in Jack Benny radio earnings suit
Hollywood U P Jack Benny's radio earnings over the past four years were fixed at 1 170 000 in a lawsuit filed today.
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Hollywood
U.P
Jack Benny
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