Britain Shows Mock War as Warning to Dictator Powers
Britain staged the largest peacetime air maneuvers with a formidable fleet display off the South Coast. Five hundred war birds from France faced 800 defending planes as London squads practiced mock combats and bombers dropped dummy ordnance. King George reviewed 133 Weymouth ships as 20 million Britons prepared for a major blackout. Diplomatic tensions rose in Danzig with Albert Forster meeting Hitler while Japan protested British actions in Swatow and American consular positions in Hankow. The Rome envoy noted Japan's three power alliance readiness pending final details.
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Great Britain
Europe
Channel
France
London
Weymouth
King George
England
Paris
Danzig
Hankow
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Rome
Toshio Shiratori
Japan
Nazi Civilians Defined for Registration in Skyrocketing Rounds
Berlin authorities ordered registration of civilians aged five to seventy including women and children to supplement the police register. The move aims to mobilize homeland labor for defense if Germany is attacked, with women and unfit men expected to support the army.
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Berlin
A.P
Nazi Germany
Germany
Petitioning Groups Unite for Referendum in Civil Service Issue
In Columbus the Provisional State Employer Association will not circulate new petitions. Leaders and Arthur Limbach, Democratic state chief, agreed to focus on aiding the Democratic organization in circulating white petitions seeking a referendum on the civil service amendment and civil service law.
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Columbus
J.P
Buff
Provisional State Employer Association
Arthur Limbach
Predictions for 70 000 Flying Certificates by 1941
Chairman Robert H. Hinckley of the Civil Aeronautics Authority predicted that about 70 000 pilots would hold U S flying certificates by year end 1941. He cited a 4 million dollar appropriation boosting training to expand from 26 144 pilots to the target.
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Washington-Aup
Robert H. Hinckley
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Hinckley
Democrats nominate tax fighter for Cuyahoga Falls mayor
E A Ted Andrews who led the suit ending sales tax on candy in Ohio was nominated for mayor of Cuyahoga Falls by Democrats on Tuesday.
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Cuyahoga Falls
U.P
E. A
Ted) Andrews
Ohio
Family Reunion Halted By Death In Ohio Home
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Perry and family visitors from New Jersey found a wreath on the door as Mr. Perry died suddenly. Funeral services were held for the 67 year old husband and father. Surviving widow Ola Perry four daughters and two sons are listed with their locations.
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Perry
Ola Perry
Kalb
Madison
N. J
Amy Caldwell
Thivener
Gallia County
Alice Perry
Charleston
W. Va
Lucy Perry
Orange
Harlan
Nelsonville
Frank
Special Issues Win and Lose in Ohio Municipal Primaries
Ohio voters in Mansfield Portsmouth and Dayton split bond and levy referendums Tuesday with about half approving major projects Mansfield rejected 80000 bonds for sewer water improvements while Portsmouth approved 250000 bonds to purchase right of way for a 6 million flood wall Dayton adopted a two mill school levy Portsmouth vote 92 percent to authorize flood wall work along the Ohio and Scioto Rivers
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Mansfield
Portsmouth
Dayton
Scioto
Three Vinton County Fugitives Captured
Three men escaped from the Vinton County Jail by picking a lock and were recaptured near McArthur. Deputy Sheriff Tim Thompson nabbed Alfred Law Roy Moore and Walter Andrews with help from an airplane state patrolmen and a posse. The trio offered no resistance and had been held for grand jury action on felony charges.
High Life Banned at Michigan State Fair
The executive committee of the Michigan State Fair under Gov. Loren D. Dickinson banned "high life" at the 1939 fair. No beer will be served. instead visitors will find Michigan dairy products and unfermented juices from Michigan fruits as substitutes.
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Detroit
U.P
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Wrestler helps in lift as car wheels are removed
Dan Quinlan of South Hadley lifted the rear of a car to hold it aloft while his step-brother Albert Ladeau detached the wheels and tires, police reported in Chicopee Massachusetts.
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Chicopee
Mass
U.P
Dan Quinlan
South Hadley
Albert Ladeau
Actors' Dispute Could Trigger Movie Industry Strike
A $1 million cargo of top actors flew to New York and Atlantic City to press for a union battle settlement. Ralph Morgan warned a strike is possible if the actors do not win their terms amid the transfer of an allied group to the Stage Hands Union. The party included Edward Arnold and Lucille Gleason among others as they used staged lighting and cocktails to stage the trip for reporters.
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Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Cal
America
Ralph Morgan
Screen Actor's Guild
New York
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Morgan
Edward Arnold
Binnie Barnes
Jean Muir
Lucille Gleason
Wayne Morris
Henry Hull
Mischa Auer
Larry Steers
William Green
AFL
Bamboo Whips Found At Tong Headquarters In Cleveland
Police uncover bamboo whips at On Leong Tong HQ in Cleveland as part of a murder and torture probe linked to unpaid war fund contributions. Fong Gong reports being beaten in a torture chamber after failing to pay $12. Coroner confirms Wong Youn murdered, body found in Lake Erie.
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Cleveland
U.P
On Leong Tong
China
Fong Gong
Case School of Applied Science
Chinatown
Fong
War Relief Fund
Samuel R. Gerber
Wong Youn
Lake Erie
Ohio's liquor revenue ranks second among states
Washington report shows Ohio posted 54,194,861 in gross state liquor revenue in 1937, second to the leading state among 16 under monopoly systems. Total liquor sales across the 16 states contributed 50,790,622 to general tax funds and 245,518,791 to state revenues.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Commerce Department
Bachelor Wills Fund To Promote Birth Control
The will of Benjamin A. Seitz a bachelor gold prospector and miner creates a $3,000 trust fund to promote birth control. The income of the trust is to be used for developing stronger and better children.
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Benjamin A. Seitz
Seitz
Fruit Buying Slump Explains Market Trouble
The U P reports that the average American eats 192 pounds of fruit yearly. Ralph S Headley notes 40 million people live in families earning about 9 dollars weekly and half receive public assistance. He says they spend roughly 15 cents daily per person on food.
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Cincinnati
U.P
International Sapple Association
Robert T. Bly
Charleston
W. Va
Ralph S. Headley
Dayton
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Four escaped convicts to be sent back to Ohio Penitentiary
Four escapees from London Prison Farm who were recaptured last week will be returned to Ohio Penitentiary on Thursday, Acting Warden W. F. Amrine announced today.
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Columbus
U.P
London
Ohio
W. F. Amrine
Friday Dollar Day In Athens Stores Promises Wide Savings
Dollar Day returns to Athens sponsored by the Athens Retail Merchants Association. For February event every item over a dollar sells at a dollar with dollar specials across groceries dry goods hardware drugs auto accessories jewelry appliances books shoes and more. Frank Baker heads the association with committee members Harry Beckley Cliff Cornell and S G Foster coordinating notices in Thursday's Messenger.
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Athens
Ohio
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Frank Baker
Merchants’ Association
Harry Beckley
Cliff Cornell
S. G. Foster
Tornado Sweeps Lower Michigan
Emergency crews and Red Cross workers rush to tornado ravaged Lower Michigan where five tornadoes injured hundreds, destroyed homes and crops, and caused over 1 million dollars in damage. Fatalities include Lester Baker and others, with several hospitalizations across Kalamazoo Comstock Solon Grand Rapids Jackson and Lapeer.
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Detroit
Red Cross
Lower
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Comstock
Midland
Jackson
Grand Rapids
Lapeer
Lester Baker
Scotts
van Bachove
Solon
Leonard Elliott
Lake Pleasant
Farm Girl Held After Fatal Shot In Mississippi
Audacious incident near Hickory Flat Mississippi leaves 15 year old Shoots Uncle Audrey Thompson in back woods home. Boss Thompson 55 dies as Emma Thompson says daughter defended mother after argument over Boss boycotting town shopping.
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Audrey Thompson
Ashland
Miss
Boss Thompson
Backwoods
Hickory Flat
Emma Thompson
Father Donor Weakens After Caesarean Birth At Newark Hospital
After a caesarean birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Seldon D Webb of Newark, the mother required a blood transfusion. The father acted as donor and was weakened and also treated in hospital. Relatives report the trio in satisfactory condition.
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Carpenter
Seldon D
Pat) Webb
Newark
Ohio Woman Succumbs After Bee Sting Near Leesburg
Mrs. Rob ert McCoppin age 38 of near Leesburg died after a bee sting on the back of her neck while she walked near bee hives in her yard. Highland County coroner Dr. W. M. Hoyt judged the sting the cause of death. She collapsed in the house and died before help could arrive.
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Leesburg
W. M. Hoyt
Highland County
Robert McCoppin
Seek Clue To Girl's Slayer
Detectives sift through a packet of letters kept by Wanda Dworecki 18 as they link her murder to a suspected kidnapping four months earlier. Police seek three men also tied to the abduction and the drive to Williamsport where the girl was discarded from a car.
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Camden
N. J
U.P
Wanda Dworecki
Williamsport
Two Army Aviators Die in Plane Crash
Army air corps officers at Mitchel Field N Y said the victims of a crash near Saratoga Springs were Lieut Morris Thomas and Private Gerrity. They were en route from Mitchel Field to Malone N Y in an observation plane. The craft fell after sideswiping another in the same formation piloted by Lieut Marshall Prince who landed safely at a nearby airport with a damaged wing.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
Army Air Corps
Saratoga Springs
Morris Thomas
Gerrity
Malone
Marshall Prince
Franco restructures government appoints himself dictator
In Burgos Spain Generalissimo Francisco Franco reorganized the government today and declared himself dictator establishing autocratic rule.
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Burgos
Spain
U.P
Francisco Franco
Poison victim saved by red lollypops in hospital room
Two year old Donald Martin ingested a strong sedative. Doctors revived him with a bright red lollypop which he eagerly consumed, then continued to eat more until the child stabilized. His mother and father watched as he recovered, though warned of a possible hangover.
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San Francisco
U.P
Donald Martin
Donald, Jr
Martin
Donald
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Donald l
Different Groups Blamed for Defeat of Neutrality and Lending Bills
President Roosevelt cited opposition from diverse congressional blocs as the cause of defeats to neutrality, lending, and housing measures. Senators Adams King McCarran Schwellenbach defend or critique coalitions while Roosevelt warns of a looming war risk and plans a summer leave on the Tuscaloosa after pushing pending bills.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alva B. Adams
Colo
William H. King
Utah
King
Congress
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Wash
New Dealer
Schwellenbach
White House
U. S. S. Tuscaloosa
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Quarantine Ordered After Dog Bites Two Children
Logan and adjacent areas enter rabies quarantine after two children, Robert and Virginia Shriner, were bitten by a dog deemed mad. The dog was killed and its head sent to Columbus for testing. Both children receive Pasteur treatment as quarantine lasts until October 1.
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Logan
H. M. Boocks
Robert
Virginia Shriner
Earl Shriner
West St
Columbus
Howard Brooks
Good Hope Township
Hockings County
Rural Free Delivery Reaches Camden Michigan
In Camden Michigan rural free delivery ends decades of trudging through weather to fetch mail. Five nearby families gain mail service after 76 year old Mrs. James Martin writes to Eleanor Roosevelt describing their hardship and prompting action.
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Camden
Mich
U.P
RFD
James Martin
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hay Fever Remedy To Be Plentiful Again
The Department of Commerce announced imports of ma huang from China are back to normal in quantity and price. Ma huang yields ephedrine alkaloid used to treat hay fever and asthma after two years of scarcity due to Japan’s invasion of China.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Commerce
United States
China
Anna Hahn's Cincinnati Home To Be Sold At Auction
The Cincinnati home of the late Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn the convicted poison slayer who died in the electric chair is to be sold Thursday under a court order.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Anna Marie Hahn
Hopkins Fails in First Attempt as Mediator
Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins fails in his initial effort to make his department the clearinghouse for disputes between government and industry. Conferences with officials from the moving picture, potash, and communications sectors were held without success.
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Hopkins
Washington
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
Child Run Over by Family Car in Columbus
Four year old Jesse Carter, son of Mr and Mrs William Carter of Columbus, was killed last night when he fell under the family automobile according to U P report.
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DAD
Auto Columbus
U.P
Jesse Careter
William Carter
Columbus
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