Tyroler Edges Mettler by 28 Votes in Athens County Primary
In Athens County the final Democratic probate judge race swung as Louis Tyroler defeated Harry Mettler by 28 votes after late precinct tallies arrived. Republicans split races with Charles Stratton winning county commissioner and Richard Wilson securing the Democratic commissioner nomination amid record governor Democratic votes.
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Tyroler
Mettler
Athens
Spicea
Athens County
Louis Tyroler
Harry Mettier
West Millfield
Buchte
Jacksonville
Stewart
Hockingport
Charles Stratton
Ray Bobo
Richard Wilson
Dr. E. LeFever
George A. Banks
Francis White
C. O. Gibson
Bricker
Stanley Mechem
Thomas N. Hoover, Jr
David Feth
J. R. Sands
R. W. Wilson
Fred E. Burdiss
C. L. Koons
FE. F. Devore
Jenkins wins big in Ohio Tenth District GOP primary
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins, a Ways and Means member, carried Athens County by six to one and led districtwide in unofficial returns with a majority of about 21 000. He defeated FE R King in the Republican contest for the Tenth District. Ongoing returns showed Kleffner leading Elsie Stanton for the Democratic nomination in Athens County.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Jenkins
Ways and Means Committee
House
Athens County
FE. R. King
O. J. Kleffner
Elsie Stanton
Kleffner
H. T. Phillips
Damon Watkins
Dean M. Hickson
Washington County
Watkins
Hickson
Hocking County
Dr. Phillips
F. J. Peavy
Marietta
Peavy
Russell S. Cunningham
Nellie Kemp
Sawyer
Davey
Bulkley
White
Day
Taft
Margin for Sawyer May Hit 30,000
In Ohio's Democratic primary Governor Martin L. Davey conceded to Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati as it neared completion with Sawyer leading by more than 25,000 votes. Taft won the Republican Senate nomination. Metcalf and other incumbents faced close races. several state offices appeared decided or near completion with unopposed incumbents noted.
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Kent
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Sawyer
Davey
Lawyer
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Day
Ohio Supreme Court
George White
U.S
Robert J. Bulkley
Bulkley
Cleveland
White
Thomas J. Herbert
Verner FE. Metcalf
Marietta
Herbert
Metcalf
James Metzenbaum
State Senate
Mediation Team Heads to Chicago in Rail Wage Dispute
The National Mediation Board departs for Chicago to tackle a wage dispute between 137 Class I railroads and 21 railroad labor unions. Mediation under Dr. William M. Leiserson and members George A. Cook Ottos S. Beyer begins tomorrow with the pay of over 900 000 workers and the industry’s financial fate at stake.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Chicago
William M. Leiserson
George A. Cook
Ottos S. Beyer
Trumbull Officials Adopt New Vote Machine System
Trumbull County election officials tested voting machines for the first time in the county yesterday and reported tabulation was completed 12 to 15 hours earlier than with the old system.
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Warren
U.P
Trumbull Unty
Ohio
Bird pleads guilty to robbery with firearms
Charles Bird America’s Public Enemy No 2 pleaded guilty to robbery with a firearm in Baltimore. He sought to shield his 19 year old wife from punishment, arguing she shared none of the crimes.
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Baltimore
U.P
Charles Bird
America
Republic Steel Attacks Labor Board Ruling
Republic Steel Corp challenged the NLRB’s Wagner Act administration and its proposed order in a 616 exception 136 page brief ahead of oral arguments. The board held the strike illegal as unfair labor practices and ordered reinstate 5,000 CIO strikers.
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Washington
U.P
Republic Steel Corporation
National Labor Relation Board
Committee For Industrial Organization
Tom W. Girdler
Republic
Incumbents Lead In Early Primary Returns
Early returns from Ohio congressional primaries show incumbents leading in eight reported races seven Democrats and one Republican Thomas A Jenkins of Ohio 10th district appears ahead Lamneck Arthur P of Columbus defeats two challengers amid criticism of his anti New Deal record.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironian
Arthur P. Lamneck
Dr J C Henry Dies at 34 in Athens Rites Thursday
Athens physician Dr John C Henry 34 died Tuesday evening at 6 30 at his home 204 E State St from pneumonia He born March 13 1904 in Athens was educated at Athens High School Ohio University Jefferson Medical College 1929 and practiced with his father He married Eleanor Bailey in 1927 and leaves wife daughter Marjorie Dee his mother and sister Funeral services are set for Thursday at four at the family home with Rev Howard Warner officiating Burial in West Union Street Cemetery Pallbearers listed and Athens County Medical Society to honorably pallbearers
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John C. Henry
Athens
E. State St
Dr. Henry
J. L. Henry
Athens High School
Ohio University
Sigma Pi Fraternity
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Nu Sigma Nu
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Henry
J. C. Henry
Eleanor Bailey
J. E. Bailey
Marjorie Dee
Kiwanis Club
Elks, Masons
Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens County Medical Society
Ohio State
American Medical Associations
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
American Association of Railway Surgeons
Joseph Saltz
McArthur
Howard Warner
W. Union St
Toll and
Jones
P. F. Good
W. F
Loyalist Columns Advance West of Segre River
Loyalist forces push westward from the Segre River into Nationalist-occupied territory in northeastern Spain in another offensive. Strong columns conduct the advance as the conflict intensifies in the region around Barcelona.
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Barcelona
Segre
Spain
President Roosevelt Prepares to Campaign in Georgia and South Carolina
President Roosevelt returns from Pensacola aboard the Houston with two speeches ready for delivery in Georgia on Thursday. He is expected to target Sen Walter F George and other foes in a bid to bolster the New Deal amid Georgia and South Carolina primaries. The president will then move to South Carolina for Ellison Smith and Olin Johnston contests before a trip to Kingston Ontario for university events and a bridge dedication.
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Warm‘ Springs
U.P
Roosevelt
Georgia
South Carolina
Pensacola
Fla
Houston
Pacific Coast
White House
Walter F. George
Lawrence Camp
Eugene Talmadge
Ellison
Cotton Ed
Kingston
Ont
Queens University
Arkansas Democratic Primary Shakeup
U S Senator Hattie Caraway held a slim lead over Rep John Mc Clellan in the Arkansas Democratic primaries. Caraway the New Dealer faces an opponent who vows not to be a Roosevelt rubber stamp if elected.
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U. S
Hattie Caraway
Rep
John McClellan
Arkansas
Caraway
TVA Probers Inquiring Into Prices Asked
A congressional committee pressed Evans Dunn of the TVA for more details after he said Sen. George L. Berry and associates paid only 1 for most of 241 acres of marble land sought for 5 million by TVA. Dunn cited a 1934 TVA memo urging Ickes and Roosevelt to investigate Berry's Norris Dam land deal. Berry had just lost the Democratic renomination bid in Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Congressional
Evans Dunn
Tennessee Valley Authority
George L. Berry
TVA
Dunn
Edwin C. Eckel
Roosevelt
Secretary of
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Berry
Norris Dam
Tennessee
More Than 25 Subpoenaed Into Dies Committee
Chairman Martin Dies of the House Un American Activities Committee said over 25 persons have been subpoenaed to testify at the inquiry opening Thursday. Witness names were withheld for obvious reasons but the panel promises important figures and startling disclosures. The Navy began checking aliens in shipbuilding and Roosevelt signed an order allowing the committee to inspect tax returns.
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Washington
FDR's Son To Work as $18 a Week Clerk in Boston
Boston reports John Roosevelt, the president's youngest son, will start Aug. 27 as an $18 a week clerk in a city department store. He and his wife Anne Lindsay Clark, married two months, will return from Bermuda next Monday after a plan to work for a Boston advertising firm prior to marriage.
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Boston
John Roosevelt
John
Anne Lindsay Clark
Bermuda
Roosevelt
Japs and Soviets Clash in Major Night Battle
United Press reports renewed intense fighting along the Siberian border at Changkufeng with 11 hours of artillery and infantry combat ending at dawn. Both sides exchange shelling, troop movements, and air raids over Korea as China-Japan operations press toward Hankow amid broader regional tensions.
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United Press
Japan
Soviet Russia
Siberian
Changkufeng
Tokyo
Manchukuo
Korea
China
Yangtse
Hankow
Canton
Danish Grant Clears Barbara Hutton Separation
The Danish ministry of justice announced a legal separation for Count Haugwitz-Reventlow and his estranged wife Barbara Hutton. The Count waived claims to her $40 million Woolworth fortune and gained control over their two year old son Lance.
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Copenhagen
Ministry of Justice
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
London
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Lance
Martyr funeral planned for Stabe victim in Prague
Sudeten German leaders prepared a martyr funeral for Wenzel Bayerle killed in a bar room fight as a symbol of grievances against Czechs. Arrangements also set for direct talks between Prague and Sudeten leaders with Viscount Runciman as mediator. A separate note says Steve Kovaleik, 22, Geneva, received a life sentence for the May 9 slaying of neighbor Walter A. Kangas.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Wenzel Bayerle
Viscount Runciman
Jefferson
AUP
Steve Kovaleik
Geneva
Walter A. Kangas
Case Dismissed but Defendant Sought in Assault Case
Court records show John Emboden a WPA worker of New Boston allegedly forced Justice R J Smith to alter journal entries to read Case Dismissed as police pursue him. He allegedly used a gun to compel the official.
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Jackson
Court Journal
John Emboden
WPA
New Boston
Emboden
R. J. Smith
Idaho Senator Supported By FD Loses Nomination
Washington reports Sen. James P. Pope of Idaho, a Roosevelt endorsed liberal, loses his bid to conservative Rep. D Worth Clark by about 3 500 votes. Pope’s defeat weakens the Roosevelt drive for liberal candidates in four states. Other Roosevelt picks include Sen Robert J Bulkley in Ohio and Mrs Hattie Caraway in Arkansas with McClellan challenging.
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Idaho
Washington
James P. Pope
Ida
New Dealer
Senate
D. Worth Clark
Pope
Roosevelt
Clark
Carroll Takes Witness Stand In Murder Trial
Former Deputy Sheriff Francis M. Carroll testified in his own defense in a murder trial in South Paris Maine. He denied knowing of letters said to accuse him of violating his 17 year old daughter Barbara prior to arrest. The state says the letters motivated the slaying of Dr. James G Littlefield. Carroll testified after a 25 minute opening statement by Clyde R Chapman.
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South
Paris
U.P
Francis M. Carroll
Barbara
Carroll
Paul
Buddy) Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Clyde R. Chapman
Woman election judge warned for curious ballot viewing
In Columbus Ohio a female election judge was warned after she opened ballots to gauge the vote in the Ohio primary election. Local authorities cautioned her that such curiosity crossed legal boundaries.
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Columbus
L.P
Ohio
Davey Wins Gallia County Primary by Three to One
Unofficial returns from Gallia County show Governor Martin L. Davey defeating Charles Sawyer by about three to one. The Republican slate led by Harry Miller won 16 to 14 against Henry Cherrington. nominees announced: Robert Betz for representative Emmett Keeler for auditor and Jerry Grover for commissioner.
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Gallipolis
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Gallia
Republican County Committee
Harry Miller
Henry Cherrington
Robert Betz
Emmett Keeler
Jerry Grover
Railway Organizer Fails To Talk in Jersey City
Charles Hubbel organizer for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was missing from his hotel en route to Cleveland and did not speak at Journal Square where 300 spectators and 35 police stood by awaiting him for two nights.
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Jersey City
N. J
Charles Hubbel
Brotherhood of Railway
Journal Square
Cleveland
Gallia Grand Jurors Weigh First Degree Murder Case
Gallia County grand jurors study the first degree murder case against Sylvester Smith charged with beating to death 80 year old John J. Jones former Perry Township magistrate. Several other cases also under consideration by county officials.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Sylvester Smith
John J. Jones
Perry Township
Corn Forecast for 1938 Could Trigger Referendum on Quotas
The Department of Agriculture will reveal a 1938 corn crop estimate that may force a mandatory referendum on marketing quotas if the August 10 carryover plus new crop exceeds 17.7 percent of domestic use and exports. Initial figures hint a quota threshold near 2.45 billion bushels, with AAA officials aiming to avoid the vote and noting a possible higher ceiling around 2.533 billion. Final numbers and loan implications hinge on the crop board report.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Crop Board
Hamilton Defends GOP Friendship for Labor
New Haven Connecticut Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican National Committee says the New Deal seeks power by casting the GOP as enemy of labor. He argues the party supports labor gains through measures like the Sherman Anti-Trust Act the Prison Goods Act and the Norris LaGuardia Anti Injunction Act.
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New Haven
Conn
U.P
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
New Deal
Republican Party
Hamilton
Traffic scholars named from Yale and Northwestern institutes
Eighteen traffic engineers and police officers were selected as $1,000 scholarship winners at Yale University bureau of Traffic Research and Northwestern University Traffic Safety Institute.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
U.P
Yale University Bureau of Traffic Research
Northwestern University Traffic Safety Institute
Pierson to tour South America for new American outlets
President Warren Lee Pierson of the export-import bank will depart Miami on Saturday for a two months tour of South America to seek trade outlets for American goods.
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Washington
U.P
Warren Lee Pierson
Export-Import Bank
Miami
South America
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Carol V. Weysgandt
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R. M. Winegardner
Robert N. Gorman
Wyoming
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William C. Dixon
John W. Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Earl Griffith
Mt. Gilead
Don H. Ebright
Akron
George H. Bender
L. L. Marshall
Euclid
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Edward S. Matthias
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