Congress braces for adjournment amid wage hours clash
Washington reports last minute tax and sugar bill battles threaten Saturday adjournment as Administration pledges Roosevelt program will pass. House approves Wagner Steagall Housing Bill 274 86 shifting to conference with Senate while party caucus seeks fast wage hour action. Senate opposition and veto risks loom over sugar measures with Hawaii and Puerto Rico export limits under debate.
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U.P
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Wagner-Steagall
House Democrats
House Rules Committee
Democratic Party
Florida
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
FDR Warns Price Fixing Plan May Boost Costs
President Roosevelt voices concern over the Miller Tydings provision allowing price fixing on trademarked goods in states with similar laws. The rider attached to the District of Columbia tax bill could raise retail prices and curb loss leaders, benefiting small businesses while angering consumers.
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Washington
U.P
Columbia
Congress
Score Taking Of Road Funds
The Bureau of Public Roads criticized Ohio and other states for diverting highway user taxes to non high way uses. Ohio directs 16 cents of every dollar to non highway purposes, similar to the national rate. Last year Ohio allocated 24 114 000 toward state highways 31 448 000 to local roads and streets and 11 470 000 to non highway purposes.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads Today
Ohio
Apple Juice Taxes Stir West Virginia Commerce
In Charleston the state tax commissioner faces a quandary over carbonated cider disguised as beer after midnight. Apple growers see juice sales as a remedy for a potential five million bushel surplus in the eastern crop, linking juice sales to farm relief.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tu.p
Resort Hotel Planned on Put-In-Bay Near Perry Monument
A modern summer resort hotel will be built on Put-In-Bay near the Perry Memorial Monument, announced today. The project signals growth for Sandusky area tourism and regional development.
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Sandusky
U.P
Put-In-Bay
Perry Memorial Monument
Storm Delays Rescue Flight Over Arctic Search
Dense clouds and storms grounded rescue fliers for a third day as six American and Russian aviation personnel awaited a weather break. Jimmy Mattern and Joe Crosson waited in Fairbanks for a chance to launch two motor planes. they believed the Moscow to United States airliner lay on an ice floe about 500 miles north of Alaska.
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Alaska
U.P
Arctic
Jimmy Mattern
Joe Crosson
Moscow
United States
Alaskan
Nazis Expel English Press Correspondent
Berlin orders Norman Ebut veteran chief London Times correspondent to leave Germany by Sunday midnight. He is warned of a fine or year in prison if he returns without permission, a reprisal for Britain expelling three German correspondents in London for espionage.
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Berlin
Norman Ebut
London Times
Germany
Great Britain
Lodon
Sit-Down for Love Until Runaway Spouse Returns
Detroit report says 17 year old Mrs. Josephine McCoy began a three day sit in the back seat of her husband Josephs car to win him back after he left for his mother and another home. Police were notified but the striker stayed, aided by sympathetic neighbors with blankets and food.
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Detroit
U.P
Josephine McCoy
Joseph
Praise Ex Prince For Money Sense in Budapest
A coffee house waitress praised Germany's ex crown prince Wilhelm for his business sense after he gave her an autographed photo. She sold the picture to a Hungarian banker for $10 and then sought another, claiming the first was lost. Wilhelm agreed so readily that she proposed a partnership.
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Budapest
Germany
Wilhelm
Solons Agree On Flood Aid
Washington reports House and Senate conferees reached accord on Ohio River Flood Control Bill provisions. The compromise allows the President to waive 50 percent of local costs for flood walls and levees if communities cannot meet their share, and extends this waiver to 1936 dam and reservoir acts on major rivers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Barkley
Ohio
Mississippi
Starts With Gun Ends With Kidnapping Charge
Jack D. Hamerly 19 began a trip to Mexico with only a gun and was jailed on kidnapping and robbery charges. He hijacked a taxicab and an airplane. the flight ended 30 miles out near Rosenberg where the plane landed for fuel and the pilot overpowered him.
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Houston
Tex
U.P
Jack D. Hamerly
Mexico
Rosenberg
Police Raid at Marion Theater During Sweepstakes Drawing
The Palace in Marion was raided by police during a sweepstakes drawing for a test cast. City Solicitor Ralph E. Carhart prepared gambling charges. Three names were drawn for the $200 first prize, but none of them were in the audience to claim it.
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Marion
U.P
Palace
Ralph E. Carhart
Hoover Seeks 1940 GOP Realignment Quietly
Former President Herbert C. Hoover attacks 1936 GOP tactics and leads a movement in about 20 states to rally Jeffersonian Democrats to a Republican coalition for 1940. He urges a national convention next year to draft party principles and outlines reforms to defend against calumny boost youth input and unify policies.
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Republican Machine
Washington
AU P
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Atlantic Monthly
Republican Party
Gathering Is Family Affair For Roosevelts
Indianapolis U P estimates 10000 young Democrats of America gathered for the national convention opening. Frank Wickham of Sioux Falls ridiculed rumors of disunity over the Roosevelt program and court reform. James Roosevelt will keynote Friday. Eleanor Roosevelt will speak 15 minutes tomorrow. James A Farley will deliver the main address tomorrow night. Henry A Wallace speaks Saturday morning.
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U.P
Frank Wickham
Sioux Falls
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James A. Farley
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Amaru Torpedoed Near Turkish Coast
A dispatch from Chanak reports the Spanish Loyalist steamship Amaru torpedoed by an unidentified submarine off the Tenedos Islands in the Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast. Loyalists claim the Nationalists have no submarines in their navy. The Amaru carried foodstuffs from Odessa.
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Turkey
U.P
Chanak
Amaru
Tenedos Islands
Aegean Sea
Amuru
Odessa
Russia
Cincinnati Workers to Get 250000 Dollar Profit Share
Cincinnati employees of Procter and Gamble Co will receive a total dividend of 250000 dollars this Saturday under the firm’s profit sharing plan.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Proctor and Gamble Co
Suggest Removal of Head of Parole Board
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy investigating Ohio Parole Board urged Governor Davey to replace chairman Leland S. Dougan immediately Dougan’s term had expired Tuesday to aid the ongoing inquiry.
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Columbus
U.P
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio Parole Board
Davey
Leland S. Dougan
Parole Board
Duffy
Dougan
Navy to Probe USS Cassin Explosion Killings
The Navy opened an investigation into an explosion aboard the destroyer USS Cassin in drydock. Seven civilians were killed when a steam pipe fractured spraying live steam and metal in the boiler room.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Navy
U. S. S. Cassin
Scientists Plan Expedition for Unknown Species in Colorado Canyon
The American Museum of Natural History will send two parties around Sept. 10 to Shiva Temple in the Colorado canyon to explore a mile of primeval forest. Led by Walter A. Wood Jr. and H. E. Anthony, climbers will ascend with ropes to search for undiscovered animal life possibly evolved in isolation.
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Washington
U.P
Grand Canyon
Colorado
American Museum of Natural History of
New York
Shiva Temple
A. Wood, Jr
American Geographic Society
H. E. Anthony
American Museum
Department of Mammalogy
Czech Lisbon quarrel shocks Europe over gun order
Portugal broke with Czechoslovakia over a promised delivery of 600 machine guns for a 30 000 man force. The move, urged by an unnamed third nation, followed Czechoslovakia’s refusal to fulfill the arms order and prompted the Portuguese envoy to rush to Vienna for talks.
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Lisbon
U.P
Portugal
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Jose de Costa Carneiro
Vienna
Diseases Now Ravage China Amid Refugee Health Fears
U P reports say cholera dysentery and smallpox spread in Far East refugee centers as State Department officials evacuate over 3000 Americans from Shanghai area. Hong Kong Canton and Shanghai battle worsen sanitation water and food shortages. Cholera origin traced to Canton.
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Washington
U.P
Far East
State Department
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Canton
Strange Boy Seen With Stanley Schostak Before Death
Cleveland police hunted a “strange boy” linked to 14 year old Stanley Schostak who disappeared last Thursday. Stanley’s body was found in a secluded valley with a bullet wound. no weapon was found. Three witnesses reported seeing him with the unknown boy.
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Cleveland
Stanley Schostak
Stanley
Girl Born to Ohioans Fleeing Chinese City
An eight pound girl christened Wendolyn was born today to Mr. and Mrs. 2d. C. Meisler of Sandusky Ohio, refugees fleeing war torn China. Meisler had been connected with the Adventist sanatorium in Shanghai and fled when Japanese forces attacked the city.
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Mussel Rock Radio
Wendolyn
2D. C. Meisler
Sandusky, C
China
Meisler
Adventist
Shanghai
Nanking
International
Shantung Province
Shanghai-Nanking
Tientsin-Peiping
Triplets Arrive in Marysville At Milforder Farm
Calves born as triplets to a Holstein cow owned by H. F. Stillings of Milforder, marking a rare birth at the farm and bringing attention to its dairy herd.
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Marysville
H. F. Stillings
Milforder
Invading Japanese Press on 20 Mile Front Near Shanghai
Japanese forces pressed along a 20 mile front northwest of Shanghai amid bombardments. They claimed gains against Chinese positions and intensified air and naval attacks. U.S. observers reported foreign diplomats seeking restraint as the city faced renewed violence and refugees flooded in.
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United Press
Shanghai
U.R
Harry Yarnell
International Settlement
Representa
Britain
France
Idzumo
Yangtze
Nanking
Urge Return of All Chinese Aces Abroad
Nanking dispatch says the government appeals to Chinese aviators abroad to return quickly and join the war against Japan. The air force reports high morale and Gen. Mao Pang-Chu notes 34 Japanese planes down since Shanghai fighting began with only three Chinese losses.
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Nanking
China
Japan
Mao Pang-Chu
Shanghai
Uhrichs ville Teen Guard Dies After Illness
Uhrichsville High School football guard Lloyd A. Hooker aged 17 died yesterday after a several months long illness. School officials and teammates mourn the loss in Uhrichsville.
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Uhrichsville
U.R
Lloyd A. Hooker
Civil War Vet Dies In Harrison County
Funeral services for Samuel Kerr 95 last surviving Civil War veteran in Monroe Township Harrison County will be held Friday.
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Dennison
Samuel Kerr
Monroe Township
Harrison County
Roosevelt to Fight On Amid Congress Stretch Toward Adjournment
President Roosevelt returned to Washington to monitor Congress as it nears adjournment and to gauge reaction to his North Carolina speech accusing the United States Chamber of Commerce American Liberty League and the National Association of Manufacturers of pursuing narrow interests. Allies say the speech signals his resolve to push administration aims on Supreme Court reform and labor.
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U.P
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Manteo
Roanoke Island
N. C
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Liberty League
National Association of Manufacturers
Supreme Court
John Roosevelt Silent on Cannes Incident In Paris Hotel
John Roosevelt the president's 20 year old son barricaded himself in the Hotel Meurice in Paris and refused to answer questions about allegedly hurling a glass of champagne at the Cannes mayor during the Battle of Flowers Festival. The Foreign Office reportedly debated denying the incident.
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O.R
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hotel Meurice
Cannes
Foreign Office
Four New Liquor Rules To End Controversy Nixed Signs
Cincinnati reports four new liquor regulations set to take effect Monday by the state liquor control board. The ad rule limits signs to two inside beer signs per manufacturer, 324 square inches total area, and a $10 sign cap, with 24 square inches for liquor ads. Multiple brands allowed if from same distiller or distributor, but signs must show products for sale on site and avoid phrases like Liquor and Meals. Bottles may not be shown in retailer windows.
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Cincinnati
State Liquor Control Board
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