Wife and youth confess to shotgun plot near Gallipolis
Lloyd Angell 29 in Holzer Hospital after a shotgun attack near Gallipolis. His wife Bella Angell 20 and neighbor Delbert Blazer 17 held in Gallia County Jail. Blazer confesses shooting Angell. wife allegedly forced him, hoping for Blazer to marry her. Angell later says gun was his. Blazer and Mrs Angell sign sworn statements. Angell's injuries include loss of left eye and mangled right arm. Juvenile Blazer may face probate court action.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd Angell
Mina Chapel
Holzer Hospital
Bellagampert Angell
Delbert Blazer
Garfield Blazer
Gallia County
Blazer
Albert Steele
Angell
Dale Russell
Harold Wood
Ed Harrison
Hatfield
Angells
Laden
Hines Linked in Trial Over Harlem Policy Ring
New York District Attorney Dewey, in Supreme Court, sought to tie James J. Hines to magistrates who freed lottery offenders and to link Tammany leaders to the Dutch Schultz Harlem policy racket. He recalled Alexander Pompez, the policy banker who in 1931 yielded control to Schultz men to avoid pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Supreme Court
James J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Tammany
Alexander Pompez
Pompez
Testiony
Prison Fight Fatal Stabbing Behind Walls
Florence Arizona warden John C. Eager blamed overcrowding for a Sunday fight at the state penitentiary in which Harold James age 27 was stabbed to death by Frank Silva 25. The National Guard has guarded outside sentry duty since a state of emergency was declared a month ago after several escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ariz
U.P
John C. Eager
State Penitentiary
Harold James
Frank Silva
National Guard
Indian Railroad Wreck Claims Many Victims
MADRAS India Additional deaths today from South India's worst railroad accident bring the total dead to around 110. A passenger train crowded with religious pilgrims rolled down an embankment near Trichinopoly on the Cavery River 30 miles west of Tanjore after a hill of dirt washed away the tracks.
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Madras
India
V.P
South India
Trichinopoly
Cavery River
Tanjore
Coast Guard searches for body of man who drowned near island
Sandusky dispatch reports Ted Reedy, 27, fell from a fishing tug and disappeared offshore near Kelleys Island. Crews scoured the area today seeking the missing diver, with no recovery announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
U.P
Coast Guards
Ted Reedy
Kelleys Island
Tri State Moose Conference Opens Friday
Twenty five thousand delegates from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia are expected to attend the three day tri state conference opening Friday of the Loyal Order of Moose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Labor Board Encourages Use Of Elections For Union Representation
Washington U P The National Labor Relations Board said today a rising tendency among workers to use its election machinery rather than filing unfair labor practice charges helps maintain industrial peace. The board reported 53 percent of last year’s cases involved representation, decided by secret ballots or certifying unions after comparing membership cards with payrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Tydings Wages Campaign on Anti New Deal Standing
Maryland Senator Millard E. Tydings launches a renomination bid on an anti New Deal platform. He attacks President Roosevelt over states rights and carpet bagging while labeling opponent David J. Lewis as a rubber stamp candidate. Tydings vows to defend independence of government branches amid looming Labor Day speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tydings
Baltimore
U.P
Millard E. Tydings
Roosevelt
Maryland
David J. Lewis
Lewis
Fix Coal Price In Large Area
Washington announces the weighted average cost of producing soft coal in 10 central and Southwestern states and orders district producers boards to propose minimum prices by September 14. The action completes nationwide cost determinations and moves to reestablish minimum prices after February reversals. Cost data for central area districts 9 10 11 and 12 in western Kentucky Illinois Indiana and Iowa shows a minimum price of 1.772 per ton.
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Washington
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
Central Area
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
26 States To Get Loans For Rural Power Lines
The Rural Electrification Administration announced 70 loans for rural power line construction and wiring across 26 states totaling $13,175,600. Ohio projects include Licking County’s Licking Rural Electrification in Newark for $5,000 and Union County’s Union Rural Electric Co-Operative in Marysville for $2,400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Rural Electrification Administration
Ohio
Licking County
Licking Rural Electrification, Inc
Newark
Union County
Union Rural Electric Co-Operative, Inc
Maryssyide
Bandit Prefers Chair to Long Prison Term
Floyd Hamilton, once among the most hunted outlaws in the Southwest, told reporters he preferred the electric chair to a lengthy prison sentence. The capture of Hamilton and accomplice Walter followed a swift end to a large manhunt, with both desperadoes unarmed, hungry, and hidden before their arrest near the Trinity River bottoms after riding freight trains from Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hamilton
Texas
Southwest
Hamilton
Raymond Hamilton
Bandit
Dallas
Tex
Raymond
Department of Justice
Clyde Barrow
Floyd
Walters
Walter
Trinity River
Arkansas
Jap River Blockade Sparks Potential US Japan Clash
Shanghai report says Japan may engage in a sharp exchange with foreign powers over the Yangtse blockade. Japan cites river danger while keeping it closed. yet Japanese ships move freely. Last week Japan refused Admiral Yarnell's request to allow the US gunboat Monocacy to accompany fuel and supplies downriver from Kiukiang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Yangtse River
Japan
United States
Harry F. Yarnell
Far East
Kiukiang
Merrill Plans 12 Hour Hop to Europe Soon
New Orleans report states Dick Merrill the renowned pilot announced a 12 hour flight to Europe in an open single motor plane capable of 350 mph with fuel for the journey. Demonstration to the French Government was mentioned in the same briefing. Oliver Gibson and James Barrick, ages 21 and 23, were rescued by the oil tanker Regent after clinging to a capsized sailboat for three hours in Lake Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Europe
New Orleans
U.P
Dick Merrill
Lake Cleveland
Oliver Gibson
James Barrick
Bay Village
Regent
Lake Erie
Social leader dies in Dayton founder of Barney Center
Mrs. G Harries Gorman aged 75 a prominent Dayton social leader and founder of the Barney Community Center died here yesterday after prolonged illness.
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Dayton
G. Harries Gorman
Barney Community Center
Heavy Death Toll Exacted At Week End
Ohio records a grim week end with 13 lives lost. Nine in auto wrecks and four by drowning. Notables include high schoolers Don Blair and Berdella Rohrer killed in a hit and run near Dayton. Suspect Harrison Jackson, 34, surrendered after 12 hours. Other deaths span Delta Fremont Cincinnati Akron Van Wert Ridge Township Huron Bedford and Akron.
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Columbus
U.P
Don Robert Blair
Berdella Rohrer
Dayton
Harrison Jackson
Ada Berkebile
Delta
Fremont
Sidney Miller
Convoy
van Wert
Betty Cook
Michael Streharsky
Akron
Rev
C. D. Carter
Latonia
Charles Burt
Cincinnati
Gabriel Szilagyi
Cleveland
Howard E. Shirley
Ridge Township
Edward Zybura
Huron
Clyde Schmidlin
Bedford
Donald M. Wagner
Chief Spender Rules Against WPA Politics
Hyde Park, Hyde Park New York. Harry Hopkins relief administrator after a White House conference declared that no WPA workers will lose their jobs regardless of how they vote. He opposed canvassing WPA workers for political funds and urged money go to clothing shelter and food, citing reports the Workers Alliance planned to raise 50000 dollars from WPA employees to back friendly representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Harry Hopkins
White House
WPA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Workers’ Alliance
War Profits Taxation Urged by Josh Lee
Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma called for a war profits tax to draft wealth as well as men, urging its reintroduction at the next Congress session during the 39th annual national encampment of the unions of Foreign Wars in Columbus. He framed the proposal as a deterrent to war propaganda and a matter of justice for soldiers under arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Lee
John A Huston Dies at 60 Former Steubenville City Solicitor
John A Huston 60 former Steubenville city solicitor and prominent Jefferson County Bar Association member died today at home from heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
John A Huston
Jefferson Count Bar Association
Europe Suffers Setbacks in War Worries and Policy Flaws
The United Press reports a string of European blows to Neville Chamberlain's approach as resignations rock France cabinet over labor reform, Franco and Italy align with Nazi fascism, Slovakia hints support for Nazis, and Hungary’s Horthy visit with Germany signals deepening axis ties.
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United Press
Europe
Nazi Germany
Hungary
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Lastruary
Amberlain
Germany
Italy
Thermore
Far East
Yangtse
Chamberlain
Spain
Francisco Franco
France
Pyrenees
Union Socialist-Republican Party
Edouard Daladier
Nicholas Horthy
Berlin
New Agency Takes Over Air Commerce Regulation
Washington U P The new five man civil aeronautics authority began today regulating the six hundred million dollar air transportation industry. It assumes duties formerly split among Commerce Post Office and Interstate Commerce Commission and replaces the 12 year old Bureau of Air Commerce. Denis Mulligan's term ends. Clinton M Hester becomes chief executive officer with authority over construction operation airways maintenance traffic rules enforcement and air commerce promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce and Post Office Departments
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Air Commerce
Denis Mulligan
Civil Aeronautics
Clinton M. Hester
Second Cottage Killing Probed
Summit County Sheriff Walter P. O Neil examined a bloody ax handle and a pocket knife as clues in the mysterious death of Richard Williams 57 found dead in a lonely cottage near Twinsburg Acting Coroner K H Harrington said death was due to concussion of the brain due to external violence Williams death was the second at the cottage in six months last March Oscar Makila 65 friend of Williams was found mutilated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AKRON
Summit County
Walter P. O'Neil
Richard Williams
Williams
Twinsburg
K. H. Harrington
William
Oscar Makila
Miss Mary Bihaut Dies at Logan Home
Miss Mary Bihaut aged 80 died Sunday evening after a several week illness at her N Walnut Street home in Logan. Survived by sister Tyna, the funeral will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at the residence with Rev C W Graham officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Mary Bihaut
N. Walnut St
Tyna
C. W. Graham
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wagner Act changes proposed by AFL leaders
The AFL executive council met in Atlantic City to hear William Green's proposals for amending the Wagner Act to curb the Labor Board. The talks followed Green's meeting with Roosevelt and aim to draft recommendations for the Houston convention, urging restrictions on the board's judicial powers and allowing employee views on unions while preventing coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
N. J
A.P
American Federation of Labor
William Green
National Labor Relations Board
Green
Roosevelt
Primary costs hit record $475,000 for Aug election
Columbus report shows campaign expenditures surpass $475,000 with Governor Davey’s bid receiving $273,956 from Davey campaign and allied groups. Democratic nominee for governor Charles Sawyer spent $37,603, while Senator Bulkley reported about $21,000 and opponent $3,422. Supreme Court Judge Arthur H. Day and allies spent $12,657. Republican Bricker, unopposed, spent $1,114.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Charles Sawyer
Robert J. Bulkley
George White
Supreme Court
Arthur H. Day
Taft
John W. Bricker
Three Die in Harlem Subway Crash
A southbound subway train crashed into a stalled train at a Harlem station, killing three people and injuring 40 to 50. An explosion followed, flames swept through the telescoped cars, and rescuers used blow torches to reach trapped passengers. One victim was a Negro messenger and another the motorman of the striking train. The crash happened an hour after rush hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
Harlem
Haggerty seeks ten million for free textbooks
President John D. Haggerty of the International Allied Printing Trades Association says he asked WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins to allot 10 million dollars to purchase new textbooks for distribution to school districts unable to buy needed books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D. Haggerty
International Allied Printing Trades Association
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Seek To Free Assailant Of Prominent Woman
Hollywood AP report says counsel for Charles E McDonald seeks a writ of habeas corpus to free him after he shot Mrs Karl Krueger blaming her for marital troubles Authorities delayed formal charges as Mrs Jaeger wife of Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra leader and McCormick Har Lyester family member remains in serious condition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
A.P
Charles E. McDonald
Karl Krueger
McDonald
Jaeger
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Lone woman parachute jumper to headline Cleveland races
Faye Lucille Cox of Cushing Oklahoma will lead a delayed opening parachute jump at the National Air Races in Cleveland. Billed as America's No 1 woman parachute jumper, she faces four male competitors in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Faye Lucille Cox
Cushing, Oklo
America
Battle To Hold Cuyahoga Title
Cleveland reports a bitter split in the Cuyahoga County Democratic organization after a riotous convention. Ray T. Miller says his selection is legal and will proceed by law to organize for the fall campaign. Burr Gongwer’s faction claims illegality and to hold the party’s property. A state meeting with gubernatorial nominee Charles Sawyer may seek a solution in Columbus.
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Cleveland -U,p
Cuyahoga County
Ray T. Miller
Burr Gongwer
Gongwer
Columbus
Charles Sawyer
Herbert presses Duffy to withdraw from suits in Franklin County
Republican attorney general candidate Thomas J. Herbert demands that Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy pull out of two Franklin County cases described as hot mix and trackless trucking suits. Herbert cites court findings of fraud against the state or excessive prices and insists Duffy withdraws immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert S. Duffy
Franklin County
Herbert
Duffy
Barbara Spurns Counts Reconciliation Attempt Fails
In Venice Count Haugwitz-Reventlow and his wife Barbara Hutton are permanently estranged after a failed final interview. The count, despondent, left for Vienna and Budapest following the separation. Pilot Coleman absolved of blame in Erie Bachus death. the 11 year old was struck by his amphibian plane in East Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Italy
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Vienna
Budapest
East Liverpool
U.P
Richard Coleman
Ernest Bachus
Coleman
Matthews claims Communist aims mirror New Deal to split Democrats
James B. Matthews testifies before the Dies committee that the Communist Party seeks to destabilize the Democratic Party by driving a wedge between liberal and conservative wings and opposing Rep. John J. O’Connor. He notes a Workers Alliance fund to defeat O’Connor may be Communist-backed and identifies a broader United Front strategy. Johnson may be called as a witness due to NRA to WPA experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Matthews
Dies Committee
Roosevelt
Communist Party
John J. O'Connor
N. Y
O'Connor
Matthews
House Committee
Martin Dies
Tex
J. P. Thomas
N. J
New Deal
Democratic Party
John O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Workers Alliance
Communist “Front
Noah Mason
United Front
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Martin Dieg D
Johnson
New York City
Works Progress Administration
Union Leader Predicts Ford Contract and Industry Upturn
Cleveland dispatch reports Homer Martin, UAW president, predicts the auto market will improve in the coming year and Henry Ford will sign a UAW contract during the 1939 season. He notes 3,000 Ford workers reinstated with back pay and a new Detroit plant local. Rome dispatch says Italian schools ordered to drop Jewish teachers except in Bottai approved cases.
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Cleveland
U.P
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Henry Ford
UAW
Ford
Detroit
Rome
AUP
Italy
Giuseppe Bottai
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J. S. Clark
Arizona
Labor Board
Heads Vets
Fifth Marines
Minneapolis
Owen A. Galvin
Chief Spender
Air Commerce Regulation
Sky Thriller
Cuyahoga
Barbara
Count
James
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