Last Check Is Used for Buying Gun
Edward Wandling a 41 year old World War veteran bought a .23 calibre revolver with his WPA pay check at a Pomeroy hardware store Thursday morning. He murdered his wife Grace 44 and then killed himself. The bodies were found Thursday night by Meigs County officers.
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Malcolm Hartley
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Hardware
Edward Wandling
Beech St
Middleport
Grace
Meigs County
Wandling
Joe
Steubenville
Bud Fry
Dawson
Billy
Charles Wise
James Lewis
William Robson
George Beards
Hank Young
W. H. Ewing
A. R. Tedrow
Ewing
1 000 Die in Jap Bombing of Hankow
United Press reports Japan sealed a frontier truce with Soviet Russia and immediately launched a major offensive along the Yangtse toward Hankow with seventy bombing planes. Death toll surpasses 1,000 as Japanese forces push toward Nanchang and Kiukiang, amid wider war-front tensions and Allied concerns in Europe.
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United Press
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Yangtse
Hankow
China
Manchukuan Frontier War
Shanghai
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Republicans To Meet Aug 17 In Columbus
Ed Schorr, state chairman, called a meeting of members-elect of the Republican state central committee for August 17 at state headquarters in Columbus. The gathering will plan the fall campaign, set the state convention date for drafting a platform, and decide whether Schorr will be retained as chairman for two more years. Party leaders expect Schorr to be kept on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Republican State Central Committee
Ed Schorr
Schorr
Cincinnati
CIO Collections Trigger Riots at Pittsburgh Plant
Rioting broke out at the gates of the Pittsburgh Steel Company plant in Monessen Pennsylvania as dues collection by members of the steel workers organizing committee sparked clashes with labor activists. The incident reflects tensions in early union organizing campaigns and industrial action at the plant gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monessen
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization Union
Coal producing cost set at 2.15 a ton in Appalachia area
The National Bituminous Coal Commission set the weighted average cost of producing soft coal in the Appalachian region and Michigan at 2.157 dollars per ton. It ordered district producers boards to propose minimum prices by September 6 and noted hearings will follow on proposed prices.
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Washington
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Appalachian
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Ohio reports bumper crops but fruit yields light after freezes
The Ohio Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service says all field crops exceed 10-year averages and often beat 1937 due to favorable growing conditions. Corn is projected at 150,156,000 bushels with 43 bushels per acre, matching 1937. Winter wheat stands at 46,546,000 bushels. Fruit production is very light due to severe spring freezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Ohio
Plans Anti-Aircraft for New York City Defense
A high military official said U S Army engineers completed plans to surround New York City with high powered anti aircraft guns. Ordnance experts are developing an anti aircraft gun able to fire high explosive shells rapidly without overheating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
United Press Today
U. S. Army
New York City
Army Ordnance
Social Security Taxes Fall Short of Expenditures
Washington reports a three year total showing $887,946,271 collected in social security taxes vs $1,232,558,598 spent, a bookkeeping deficit of $544,612,321. Old age reserve holds about $690 million credited. through July 31 over $500 million paid for aid to aged, unemployed, mothers, handicapped children, and health services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Treasury
Nazi aircraft Brandenburg guarded after transatlantic flight
The German airship Brandenburg arrived at Floyd Bennett Field after a record westward crossing from Berlin. Police and sailors surrounded the plane to deter anti Nazi protests while mechanics prepared it for a return flight. Captain Alfred Henke and crew flew 3985 miles at 153 mph despite headwinds and fuel concerns. A damaged engine cowling and oil spray were noted on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brandenburg
Berlin
Floyd Bennett Field
Alfred Henke
Bank Robbers Hang for Killing Federal Agent
Two New York bank robbers and parole violators, Robert J. Suhay and Glen John Applegate, were hanged at Leavenworth for killing federal agent Wimberly W. Baker during an attempted arrest in the Topeka post office on April 16, 1937. Senator H. H. Baker of Arizona witnessed the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kans
U.P
New York
Robert J. Suhay
Glen John Applegate
Federal Penitentiary
Topeka
H. H. Baker
Yuma
Ariz
Wimberly W. Baker
Aged man dies in 35 foot fall at rest home
Max Gor, 83, died after a fall from the third story of a Columbus rest home. He had been ill prior to the accident and the incident occurred today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Max Gorfine
Donkeys Scarce in England Boost Messenger Ads
An amateur dramatic society struggles to find a donkey for a stage production of The Desert Song. The piece notes donkey scarcity in England and promotes Messenger Want Ads to sell furniture tools and more with rates from 72c for three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Amateur Dramatic Society
Eng
Messenger
Big Sunday Messenger
Child on WPA Rolls Sparks Suspensions In Fayette County
Pittsburgh dispatch reports two WPA timekeepers placed under suspension amid an inquiry into the employment of seven year old Richard Malone of Smithfield Fayette County on a county project. He was paid 6.54 for road work and fired days after signing. his brother, age 20, replaced him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Richard Malone
Smithfield
Fayette County
Richard
CIO Affiliates In California Stage Revolt
The Committee for Industrial Organization labeled intra CIO charges of Communism against a leader and moved to quell a revolt by four west coast affiliates. Los Angeles locals of ILGWU UAW URWA and USWA withdrew from the Los Angeles Industrial Union Council and accused Harry Bridges of Communist sympathy. UAW President Homer Martin supported the break with Bridges in a west coast purge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
Intra-Cio
CIO
John Brophy
Los Angeles
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
United Automobile Workers of America
United Rubber Workers of America
United Shoe Workers of America
Los Angeles Industrial Union Council
Harry Bridges
State Industrial Council
Bridges
West Coast
UAW
Homer Martin
Compensation Rates Lowered by Ohio Industrial Commission
The Ohio Industrial Commission reduced workmen's compensation rates for firms in the year starting July 1 1938 by about one percent. The commission also noted a rise in the ratio of net losses to the fund's income from 91.4 percent in 1936 to 97.5 percent in 1937. In 1937 the commission paid 14,874,085 dollars to workers and dependents for injuries, with 42 percent for 1937 accidents and 58 percent for earlier incidents, including 9 percent for pre 1927 accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Industrial Commission
Ohio
OConnor Flays Radicals In Anti New Deal Talk
New York U P Rep John OConnor Democrat New York chair of the House Rules Committee denounced radicalism in the Federal Government in a speech widening rift with the national administration He welcomed aid from any group opposed to communism and noted Republican groups backing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
John O’connor
N. Y
House Rules Committee
National Administration
O'Connor
Negro Barber on Old River Steamboat Dies
Urbana report states Jonas Slaughter, 83, a Negro barber who worked 55 years in Urbana and sailed on the Steamboat Robert E. Lee commanded by Mark Twain during a Mississippi race with the Natchez from St. Louis to New Orleans, died at his Urbana home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
U.P
Jonas Slaughter
Robert EF. Lee
Mark Twain
Natchez
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleans
Coshocton Woman Sues Deshler Hotel Over Door Injury
Jessie Rogers of Coshocton files a $25,253.05 damages suit against the Deshler Hotel Co alleging a hotel entry door struck and injured her on June 20 at Columbus Ohio location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Jessie Rogers
Coshocton
Deshler Hotel Co
Roosevelt Attacks Southern Democrats in Primary Fight
President Roosevelt publicly challenged two Democratic senators Walter F. George of Georgia and Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina over their renomination bids. George accepted the challenge while Smith faced a sharp rebuke as the White House prepared for a party clash aimed at purging conservative opposition to the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Sen
Walter F. George
Georgia
Ellison D
Cotton Ed) Smith
South Carolina
Senator George
Cotton Ed
Lawrence Camp
George
White House
Two Hurt as Bridge Falls Beneath Truck
Two Nelsonville men injured when a bridge over the Hocking River near Stewart collapsed under a state highway truck loaded with limestone. One man was in serious condition with possible internal injuries. another had a finger amputated. The driver escaped with minor injuries. Both workers resided near Nelsonville and were painting the bridge when it fell.
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Nelsonville
Hocking River
Stewart
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
James Wesley Smith
Paul Price
Harley Worden
Price
Smith
State Rt. 144
Boy Dies on Church Altar in Sedalia
In Sedalia Missouri 14 year old deaf mute Lawrence Olson lay on the altar of Rev C W Swanson Full Gospel Church for 25 hours before coroner Dr Gordon Stauffacher ordered the body removed. He traveled from a farm near Warrenburg Missouri seeking healing for speech and hearing denied at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
C. W. Swanson
Full Gospel
Lawrence Olson
Olson
Gordon Stauffacher
State seeks conviction in Carroll deputy murder case
The state demanded conviction of former Deputy Sheriff Francis M. Carroll for the murder of a country doctor. Prosecutor Ralph M. Ingalls closed his argument as jurors were told the case would go to them that afternoon. Dwyer, Carroll’s daughter’s sweetheart, is already serving a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Francis M. Carroll
Paul Dwyer
Ralph M. Ingalls
Carroll farmer dies after head on collision on U S Route 33
William Beaver 79 a Carroll farmer died from injuries after a head on crash between a car and a truck on U S Route 33 near Lancaster. He previously suffered injuries in the Thursday accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Lancaster
U.P
William Beaver
Carroll Farmer
Here
Young Roosevelt Denies Insurance Earnings Ties
James Roosevelt, secretary to President Roosevelt, rebuts claims of profiting from insurance while in the White House. In a Collier's interview he says he never solicited business or accepted any insurance payments. A Saturday Evening Post piece alleged earnings of 250 000 to 2 000 000 annually, citing his tax returns from 1933 to 1937.
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Washington
L.P
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Collier’s Magazine
Saturday Evening Post
Jimmy
Alvan Johnston
White House
Collier
Roosevelt Seeks Georgia Victory For Walter F George
President Roosevelt pressed Georgia voters to back Walter F George in the upcoming primaries. The southern senator, in office 16 years, faced a challenge after Roosevelt accused him of not fully backing the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Walter F. George
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
George
It Costs George Raft $23.85 an Hour To Loaf
Hollywood gossip reports George Raft refused a leading role in St. Louis Blues after a row with Paramount. He claims the dispute cost him 23.85 dollars per hour around the clock, despite earning 4000 dollars a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Raft
Hollywood
U.P
Paramount Studio
Raft
St. Louis
Three Killed Five Injured In Decatur Auto Wreck
In Decatur Indiana a head on collision between two cars killed Colcis Monica 21 of Decatur and Gase Jerome 22 of Decatur and injured five others one seriously. Detlef R Peterson manager of the Fort Wayne United Press Associations bureau native of Miles Iowa was involved.
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Decatur
Ind
Colcis
Monica
Gase
Jerome
Peterson Detlef R
Fort Wayne
United Press Associations
Miles
House committee opens hearings on Nazi movement in U S
Washington hearings begin as four mystery witnesses testify on the Nazi movement in the United States. Chairman Martin Dies declines to discuss a report about a German spy ring and arrests by the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee
United States
Martin Dies
Tex
Justice Department
Youth Sentenced to Life In Jail for Child Killing
Lindbergh Trent age 15 is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of six year old Shirley Ann Wood burn in Cincinnati Ohio. He will be the penitentiary's youngest prisoner in 38 years and will be kept under special watch away from other inmates per Warden James Woodard.
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Columbus
Lindbergh Trent
Shirley Ann Woodburn
Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
James ©. Woodard
Company Asks More Evidence In Strike Trial
The Senate civil liberties committee heard Republic Steel request affidavits from additional witnesses to better illuminate last year’s steel strike. Tom Girdler, Republic’s chairman, testified that Robert M. LaFollette Jr. conducted the hearings politely. Girdler compared labor policies at Republic with those at Jones and Laughlin during his time there, noting shifts in legal standards since 1919.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Tom Girdler
Republic
Girdler
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
LaFollette
Murderer of Woman To Die In Electric Chair
Robert Nixon, 18, convicted of one murder and suspected in four more in Chicago and Los Angeles, is sentenced to die in the Cook County electric chair on Oct 21. Victims were all women bludgeoned to death with bricks, including Florence Johnson, 34, wife of a city fireman, in her apartment last spring. Nixon was convicted last month. his companion in the Johnson slaying faces sentencing Oct 3 on a guilty plea.
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Chicago
U.P
Robert Nixon
Los Angeles
Cook County
John C. Lowe
Florence Johnson
Nixon
Johnson
Corrigan Receives Permit to Fly Own Plane on Tour
Douglas Corrigan was issued an experimental license by the Bureau of Air Commerce after inspectors examined his nine year old flying crate at Roosevelt Field. The permit allows Corrigan to fly the ship to various cities on a nationwide tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Douglas Corrigan
Bureau of Air Commerce
Roosevelt Field
Corrigan
New Soft Coal Agency Seeks National Approval
Fairmont Coal Inc led by Stephen P. Burke asks the National Bituminous Coal Commission for provisional approval. The agency represents West Virginia producers with about 21 million tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Soft Coal Agency
Washington —4U,p
West Virginia
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Fairmont Coal Inc
Stephen P. Burke
Portsmouth Firms Submit Low Bids on Road Job
The Ohio Highways Department opened bids on eight road projects totaling an estimated $744,057. Tentative low bidders include Athens State No 7 and 144 for 0.54 mile paving in Coolville. S Monroe and Son Co of Portsmouth bid $78,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.2
Ohio Highways Department
Athens
Coolville
S. Monroe and Son Co
Portsmouth
Caribbean Storm Lashes Grand Cayman Island
A tropical disturbance near Grand Cayman intensified to near hurricane force with winds around 70 miles per hour. The system was centered near Grand Cayman at 7 a.m. EST and expected to move northwest or west-northwest as a hurricane warning remained in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
U.P
Grand Cayman Island
Caribbean Sea
Federal
Grand Cayman
Sylvia Sidney to Marry Luther Adler in London
Sylvia Sidney a film and stage star and Luther Adler Broadway actor filed notice of intention to marry It will be Miss Sidney s second marriage and the couple plan a London ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Sidney
London
U.P
Luther Adler
Miss Sidney
Parole Board Grants 22 Paroles at Ohio Penitentiary
The Ohio parole board today granted paroles to 22 inmates at Ohio Penitentiary. Four conditional releases were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Parole Board
Ohio Penitentiary
Young man dying, to be wed by devoted sweetheart
George Burke, 26, terminally ill from streptococcus, is to marry his longtime sweetheart Betty Luchansky, 26, at St Luke's Hospital. Doctors say Burke has at most three weeks to live. Luchansky bought a license secretly to reassure him they will wed soon, and evangelist Rev T C Henderson will perform the ceremony.
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Cleveland
U.P
George Burke
Betty Luchansky
St. Luke's Hospital
Burke
Miss Luchansky
T. C. Henderson
Henderson
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