Roosevelt Letter Trade Sees Denials and Threats End
An exchange between Governor Franklin D Roosevelt and President Hoover over the St Lawrence Waterway sparks denials from the White House and State Department. Roosevelt sought secret negotiations with Canada, a letter was acknowledged, and officials stated no negotiations are underway. The White House cited heavy mail as a factor in mixed messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.R
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hoover
St. Lawrence Waterways Project
Roosevelt
Canada
Albany
N. Y
State Department
Executive Mansion
Castle
W. R. Castle, Jr
St. Lawrence Waterway
Ign Canada
New York State
New Mind Needed West Virginia Man Says That of the World
Former Senator Guy D. Goff of West Virginia arrived in New York aboard the Leviathan and spoke on needing a new mind to visualize present conditions. He resigned from the Senate last March due to illness and will return to private law practice. He praised President Hoover's moratorium plan for its beneficial impact in Europe.
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West Virginia
New York
U.2
Guy D. Goff
Goff
Senate
Hoover
Europe
Kroger Units Join Sears-Roebuck Stores in Several Cities
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. operates units in Sears-Roebuck stores in Cincinnati Chicago and Minneapolis. Within a month add ons planned for Kansas City Memphis and two in St Louis. Sears expanding Detroit stores with Kroger fixtures. About 50 000 now spent on fixtures with 75 000 more planned. Kroger handles operations and service making each unit a Sears-Roebuck department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Sears-Roebuck
Chicago
Minneapolis
Albert H. Morrill
Kansas City
Memphis
St. Louis
Sears
Detroit
Morrill
Kroger
New Serial Will Start Tomorrow in The Messenger
The Messenger begins a new serial titled Guilty Lips tomorrow, written by Laura Lou Brookman. A full page installment will appear with clever illustrations and daily resumes of prior chapters until the story nears its conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Liane
Mds
Guilty Lips
Laura Lou Brookman
The
Ohio Highway Department Probe May Be Started by Bureau of Public Roads
Ohio Senator David Lorbach and the Senate Highway Investigating Committee heard a call for a complete scientific survey of the State Highway Department. O W W Merrell urged the Bureau of Public Roads to send a corps of engineers to Ohio to produce an unbiased, thorough report on highway operations and engineering. The committee indicated it may later request such a survey.
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Ohio Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Senate Highway Investigating Committee
O. W. W. Merrell
David Lorbach
Merrell
Ohio
Corps of Engineers
Union
Bureau
Churchill Critiques Shaw and Astor on Russia Visit
Churchill voices strong views on Bernard Shaw and Lady Astor after their Russia trip. He frames Shaw as advocating state ownership of all wealth and notes his sharp reaction to Lloyd George's super taxes on incomes.
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Winston Churchill
Bernard Shaw
Lady Astor
Russia
Shaw
Lloyd George
Churchill Attacks Lady Astor in Rivalry Over Russia
Churchill criticized Lady Astor for a friendly remark about Russian methods as the week before her husband Lord Astor had received fifteen million dollars in tax refunds from American courts. The exchange signals a brewing word war as Churchill may press the issue further with backtalk from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Lady Astor
Lord Astor
Russia
England
New York Police Report Involving Senator Shooting Case
A New York police report details a shocking incident where a woman allegedly aided by gin is linked to shooting a senator. The governor of New Jersey seeks clarification on checks drawn to the woman by New Jersey and who issued them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New
New Jersey
Infant in serious condition after Plains Road crash
Rosalie Potts, 14 months old and one of five injured in the Sunday night automobile crash on The Plains Road, was reported in serious condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital. She was treated for a head injury affecting the spine after being moved from the family home. The Potts family members Marion, Richard, and the parents Mr and Mrs Leo Potts were recovering at the Plains home.
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Rosalie Potts
Plains Road
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Leo Potts
Marion
Richard
the Plains
Plumber Ends Life After Leaving Suicide Notes
Cincinnati dispatch reports Daniel L. Kobler a plumbing supply firm sales manager, killed himself after leaving notes for his wife Theodora Kohler who planned to sail from Bremen on September 4 and arrive in New York September 11 A witness saw smoke from the garage and Kohler lying near an auto exhaust pipe in the closed doors of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Daniel L. Kobler
Theodora Kohler
Europe
Bremen
Germany
Europa
New York
John Houston
Kohler
Noise crackdown starts in Zanesville
Chief of Police Joseph D. Petet launched a campaign against unreasonable noises on August 18, warning violators with arrest. The effort targets improper use of automobile horns as part of a broader noise curb.
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Zanesville
U.P
Joseph D. Petet
France Well Fixed By Working And Saving
Beverly Hills column notes a weekend spread about a Texas earthquake and British figures Winston Churchill Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor. Borah says France is better off than any nation today due to early postwar effort while the writer remarks Americans began work after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Texas
California
Winston Churchill
Bernard Shaw
Nancy Astor
England
Borah
France
Willa
Speech Habits Study Began In Connecticut
In New Haven on August 18 a 15 month interview project by the American Council of Learned Societies starts to map speech habits across New England. Dr. Hans Kurath and Prof. Miles Hanley lead 1,000 residents in 1,000 word-and-definition questions to gauge regional vocabulary and meanings such as hollow versus dingle and team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
WUP
New
United States
Dingle
Kurath
Beetle Infestation Found in Ohio Triggering Quarantine Talk
State Agriculture Director Guthery announced the Japanese beetle, previously in eastern states, has been found in Ohio. An investigation begun to determine if a quarantine is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbusa
U.P
Guthery
Ohio
State Horticultural Society to tour Tom Corwin farm
Jackson August 18 The State Horticultural Society will meet Wednesday at the Tom Corwin farm in Coal Township near here to visit the Tom Corwin orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
State Horticultural Society
Tom Corwin
Coal Township
Bandit's Gun Not Loaded in Cleveland Hold Up
Marion reports say two youths held up F A Dickey near Cleveland. Dickey says he grabbed the revolver, pressed it to a bandit's stomach and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired. Bandits beat him and fled with 60 dollars.
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Marion
F. A. Dickey
Cleveland
Dickey
Alvin Henry
Phonograph Record Of Thoughts Ends In Tragic Act
Nora Goldberg recorded her thoughts on happiness on a phonograph disk then wrote a note to her father and mother before drinking an ounce of carbolic acid. The incident occurred in Paterson New Jersey on August 13 as her parents returned from an errand.
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New Jersey
Paterson
T. Nora Goldberg
Bradley Beach
N. J
Note
Nora
New York
Texas Starts Five Year Plan to Build Its Industries
A Texas driven industrial expansion plan named Progressive Texans Inc launches to boost state industry. Governor Ross Sterling supports broadening markets to curb overproduction in oil and cotton while a business group led by John W. Carpenter promotes the effort as a regional effort by the state chambers of commerce.
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Neas
South
Texas
Progressive Texans, Inc
Ross
Sterling
United States
Ohio Board Authorizes Prison Heating Plant and Other Projects
The Ohio Board of Control authorized a $296,000 heating and lighting plant for the Ohio Penitentiary to heat the new state office building financed from the penitentiary fund. It approved $84,000 for London Prison Farm dormitory equipment, $26,000 to buy boilers and stokers, $160,000 for dining facilities at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors’ Home, and $12,100 to fund forestry work via the Ohio Experiment Station. The actions include transferring 1000 inmates from the penitentiary and urging immediate use of funds for flooring.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Penitentiary
State Board of Control
London Prison Farm
Board of Control
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Xenia, O
Ohio
German flying yacht heads to Paramaribo from Rio
STILL HEADING NORTH PARA Brazil August 18 The German flying yacht DC-X departed toward Paramaribo today en route from Rio de Janeiro and New York.
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Para
Brazil
Paramaribo
Rio de Janiero
New York
Writer Harlan Miners Reporter Shot In Kentucky Field
Harlan Miners Press reporter Berta Israel is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the left leg after three men ordered him to leave Harlan County. Israel says they abducted him from the Harlan Courthouse, forced him into a car, and fired as he walked toward the highway before a taxi brought him to Columbus. Israel, a former Ohio State student and campus contributor to radical papers, traveled here after reporting on Kentucky coal conditions.
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Od Press
New York
Harlan County
Harlan
Israel
Columbus
U.P
Berta Israel
Kentucky
Ohio State University
World Court Backed by Labor Group Urging U S Entry
The American Federation of Labor urges U S entry into the World Court following the Root Formula. AFL Executive Council recommends joining to promote international peace and goodwill with President Hoover’s recommendations awaiting Senate approval. William F. Green notes court protocols protect U S interests and urges prompt action.
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Atlantic City
U.P
American Federation of Labor
United States
William F. Green
Federation
Council
Senate of the
Hoover
Green
Denial of Flight Permit for Pangborn and Merndon
The Aviation Society refused to grant Clyde E Pangborn and Hugh Merndon Jr permission to attempt a flight to the United States. They argued that if the pilots were Japanese their licenses would be revoked for taking pictures of fortifications when flying from Russia. The fliers' representatives said $2,000 in fines had closed the incident.
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Tokio
The
Aviation Society Today
Clyde E. Pangborn
Hugh Merndon
United States
Russia
Weather Report Anomalous Reading From Phoenix Area
A fragmentary forecast notes high confusion in the Phoenix region with inconsistent figures. It mentions 104 yesterday and 48 for today, then references a 36 hour outlook and general warmth in the vicinity with unclear wording and stray terms.
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Phoenix
White River
Cals
Calgary
Indica
Mayors Meet to Tackle Coal Problems in Tri State Area
More than 30 mayors from Eastern Ohio Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia indicate about 40 executives will attend Wheeling conference to stabilize the coal industry. A ten point program calls for tri state committee rail rates curtailment and wage fairness while an impartial tribunal of state university presidents may be recommended to study the bituminous situation.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tri-State
Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Legion's Quest Of Dining Hall Is Successful
Cleveland Aug 18 The state emergency board approved 160000 for a new dining hall at the Xenia Orphans Home as the Ohio American Legion convention moves toward voting on repeal or modification of the prohibition amendment. A two hour parade drew about 200000 veterans and auxiliary members, signaling potent influence in backing the appropriation.
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Cleveland
U.R
Xenia Orphans’ Home
American Legion
Orphans’ Home
Convention
Legion
Col. M. al. Campbell
Cincinnati
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphane Home
Ohio Legionnaires
Women's Auxiliary
Joan J. Taylor
White House
Taylor
William F. Handley
Fairfield County
Russell
Cunningham
Lancaster Post
Miss Anita Grew swims Bosphorus 19 miles in turkey
Anita Grew daughter of U S ambassador to Turkey swam the 19 mile Bosphorus Strait from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara today. Officials believed the feat to be accomplished for the first time.
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Istabul
Turkey
U.R
Anita Grew
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Strait of Bosphorus
Black Sea of
Marmara
County Clerk Indicted Over Public Funds Embezzlement
Ford H. Fanfield former county clerk was to surrender to Sheriff Adam Stone to face an indictment charging embezzlement of 0,966.84 dollars from public funds. The grand jury returned eight indictments in total late yesterday.
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Youngstown
U.P
Ford H. Fanfield
Adam Stone
Oilfields Under Martial Law Turmoil Affects Prices
Tulsa reports show mid continent oil wells shut by troops amid martial law as East Texas fields close. Governors Murray and Sterling push controls prompting expected crude price hikes and a rebound in refined gasoline. Magnolia Petroleum and Sinclair Oil raised crude prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
U.0
Mid-Continent
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma Fields
Rose Sterling
Texas
East Texas
Oklahoma
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Standard
Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
Ohio Law Cuts License Orders
Ohio law reducing marriage license orders cuts Mahoning County applications by 50 percent since July 22. Nearby bureaus in New Castle Mercer report up to 80 percent increases as Ohio couples marry across the border in Pennsylvania. In 24 days 85 applications were filed under the five day wait rule, versus 14 in the same period last year.
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Youngstown
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