Bricker Promises Sound Basis for School Foundation Plan
John W. Bricker Republican candidate for governor vowed to put Ohio’s school foundation program on a sound financial basis. He cited a 17 million dollar deficit, proposed paying obligations when due, shifting interest burden to the state, and funding the deficit if a constitutional method exists. He warned districts have borrowed tomorrow’s money to pay today’s bills and urged honest action to avert school closings.
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Bricker
Columbus
School Foundation
John W. Bricker
Busiess
UAW backs Martin in clash with CIO chief
In Detroit Homer Martin president of the UAW reports strong rank and file support in the row with CIO head John L. Lewis over ousting four UAW officers on communist ties. UAW treasury holds the July per capita tax. a tri state council meeting with 46,000 members from Minnesota Wisconsin and Northern Illinois urged stopping the tax payments to the CIO.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
John L. Lewis
UAW
Martin
Lewis
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Flying Tackle Prevents Jump From Bellevue Hospital
New York fireman Thomas J. Kehoe of a fireboat crew saved a man by making a flying tackle on a two foot ledge of an eighth story lodge at Bellevue Hospital. He pinned 35 year old William Ahearn, who had lingered for over an hour, eluding rescue attempts. Firemen pulled both to safety through a window before a fall could occur.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Thomas J. Kehoe
William Ahearn
Kehoe
Ahearn
Two Gunmen Killed in Battle With Sheriffs
INDIANAPOLIS Ind UP deputy sheriffs killed two men as they emerged from a halted taxicab firing rifles at the officers. The men identified as Earl E Lindsay and William H Davis, Council Bluffs Iowa, had checked into a hotel. Three deputies pursued the cab after reports the visitors were tavern hopping with guns. They halted the vehicle at an intersection and advanced with 30 30 rifles. The passengers opened fire and both were shot down.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Earl E. Lindsay
William H. Davis
Council Bluffs
Elizabeth Kern Dies At Home In Athens
Elizabeth Kern aged 77 died today at her home 25 S Court St Athens from a heart attack. She was daughter of late Peter Kern a longtime Athens merchant. Her niece Mrs Charles Sosey of St Paul Minn notified. She lived alone in the apartment of the building she owned on rt St. Her parents and brother Iry Kern had died earlier.
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Elizabeth Kern
Peter Kern
Athens
S. Court St
Charles Sosey
St. Paul
Minn
Miss Kern
Rt St
Iry Kern
Ten Die In Flood Near Monterrey Mexico
Hurricane driven floods sweeping in from the Gulf of Mexico have caused ten deaths in Monterrey Mex as reports from the city stated. The disaster follows gulf coast weather and affected residents faced rising waters and casualties.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Monterrey
Mex
Five men rob Marion gasoline station. attendant struck
Five men robbed a Marion-area gasoline station of 18 dollars early today and assaulted attendant William Zattan, hitting him on the head. The robbery disrupted service as police investigated the incident and reviewed nearby surveillance.
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Marion
William Zattan
Seversky Sets Cross Country Speed Record
Seversky, born in Russia, breaks the east west speed record from Los Angeles to New York in 10 hours 3 minutes with a 31 minute refueling stop in Kansas City. His low wing single engine plane, designed by him, will be flown by Jacqueline Cochran in the Bendix Air Derby to Cleveland next Saturday. He averaged 262 mph over 2,593 miles using sub stratosphere flying.
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Burbank
Calif
U.P
Alexander P. DeSeversky
DeSeversky
Col
Roscoe Turner
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Los Angeles
New York
Kansas City
Jacqueline Cochran
California
Aviatrix
Cleveland
Hines Seen In Undershirt With Schultz in Hotel Suite
A witness testifies that Tammany Leader James J. Hines walked shirtless into a hotel suite shared by gangster Dutch Schultz, meeting Schultz while a masseur was called to the room. The testimony supports the prosecution's claim that Hines acted as a political fixer for the Schultz lottery racket. Eddie Corbett, a former prize fighter who runs a health resort in Bridgeport, described being summoned to Schultz for a massage when Hines entered for a chat with Schultz.
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New York
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Thomas E. Dewey
Hines
Schultz
Eddie Corbett
Bridgeport
Conn
Flier Douglas Corrigan a Meigs County kin
Long Bottom, Meigs County born relative network links Douglas Corrigan to S S Grace of Long Bottom. Aunt M H Rummager in West Virginia near the Ohio River. Parkersburg relatives. Evelyn Grace born of first marriage later Evelyn Nelson taught in Pittsburgh. Clyde Corrigan Sr. married in Texas and fathered three, son Clyde Jr. later renamed Douglas after actor Douglas Fairbanks.
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Long Bottom
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
S. S. Grace
Meigs County
M. H. Rummager
West Virginia
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Corrigan
Evelyn Grace
Nelson
Evelyn Nelson
Pittsburgh
Texas
Clyde Corrigan
Clyde Jr
Douglas
Douglas Fairbanks
British Warning To Hitler On Czechoslovakia Invasions
The British ambassador in Berlin Sir Nevile Henderson was summoned to London for special instructions and was expected to deliver a direct and detailed statement of Britain's position if Czechoslovakia faced invasion. He was believed to carry a warning that Britain would not remain neutral in such a scenario.
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Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
London
Henderson
Britain
Reunion Delayed As Warden Arrests Cousin
In Wheeling West Virginia Walter Howard district game protector at Cameron arrested his cousin Hayes Howard for hunting on Sunday. Hayes faced a Monday hearing and was fined 23 dollars causing the Howard family reunion to be postponed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Howard
Walter
Hayes Howard
Cameron
Walter Howard
Hayes
Horse Pulling and Milking Featured at State Fair
At the 88th Ohio State Fair in Columbus a crowd of about 60,000 was forecast as horse pulling and sheep shearing contests highlighted the day. Betty Angel, a 16 year old from Dundee, won the milkmaids event with a 12 pound three minute milking feat. Ellen Terrell of Athens, last year's champion, also competed.
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Columbus
W.P
Betty Angel
Dundee
Ellen Terrell
Athens
Wheat Export Subsidy Plans Cost Up To 12.5 Million
The Agriculture Department estimates a subsidy loss of up to 12.5 million dollars as it launches a broad program offering exporters 100 million bushels of wheat for sale abroad at world prices. Acting Secretary M L Wilson notes the FSCC will cover all losses, detailing the 46 cent delivery price and 19 cent deduction from the customs fund. The U S harvest nears a second largest on record at 956 million, with a 1.11 billion bushel carryover and demand gap.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
M. L. Wilson
Jones
Liverpool
FSCC
Customs Fund
United States
Dies Demands Deportation of Harry Bridges Dies Demands Deportation
Washington DC United States House committee chair Martin Dies demanded immediate Labor Department action to deport Harry Bridges Pacific Coast director of the CIO based on testimony Bridges allegedly cursed the president and threatened sinking US ships. Bridges is charged as an alien and a Communist.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Tex
House
Secretary of
Frances Perkins
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Committee For Industrial Organization
Department of Labor
Bridges
United States
Labor Deptment
Dies
San Francisco
Wheeling Swimmer Completes Half Length of River Swim
Steve Tanky, 22, aiming a 380 mile Wheeling to Cincinnati swim, arrived in Pomeroy after 14 days in the water. He swam about eight hours daily and cited leg cramps as a major hindrance. He is accompanied by 23-year-old Frank Marus in a boat. Both youths live near Wheeling.
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Pomeroy
Steve Tanky
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Frank Marus
Tanky
Ambush Shooter Visits Wounded Victim in Hospital
Gallipolis report says Delbert Blazer, 17, the confessed ambush shooter of Lloyd Angell, 29, appeared at Angell’s hospital room weekend. A nurse stopped the entry after Angell voiced strong disapproval. Mrs Angell, charged with shooting Angell with intent to kill, is released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Delbert Blazer
Lloyd Angell
Angell
Blazer
Methodists Plan for Consolidation Meeting
Commissioners of the three branches of the Methodist Church representing about 8,000,000 communicants met in Cincinnati to choose a city for a conference next April where steps will be taken to consolidate the three groups into one church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Methodist Church
Nationalist reinforcements rushed to aid isolated units
Nationalist forces were reported rushing to relieve three divisions trapped in the rocky Zujar River valley 140 miles southwest of Madrid, on the frontier between France and Spain. The move aims to break the isolation and restore relief to the garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Zujar River
Madrid
Britain Ready To Go Full Limit To Stop Nazi Invasion
London reports the British cabinet unanimously vote to take the full limit to prevent a German invasion of Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Halifax granted wide authority as France aligns, with naval preparations and potential allies warned of potential war.
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Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
London
U.P
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
North Sea
Germany
Russia
Poland
Roumania
France
Roosevelt Moves to Oust Tydings in Maryland Primary
President Roosevelt returns to the capital to review South Carolina and California results and to organize a campaign against Senator Millard F. Tydings. He backs McAdoo in California and plans a Maryland push for David J. Lewis, a New Deal Democrat, while urging Johnston in South Carolina to replace Ellison D. Smith.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South Carolina
California
Millard EF. Tydings
Olin D. Johnston
Ellison D
Cotton
Maryland
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Denton
Hyde Park
N. Y
Houston
Florida
Georgia
South
Walter F. George
Senator Smith
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Senate Democratic
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Corrigan to Attend Cleveland National Air Races
Corrigan will land at 1 p m Saturday for the National Air Races in Cleveland after a welcome display of firecrackers and smoke letters. He travels from Pittsburgh and will stay overnight before departing Sunday for California. Maj De Seversky's New York to Los Angeles flight in 10 hours 3 minutes suggests records may fall, with his record plane due to arrive Saturday as Jacqueline Cochran's Bendix speed dash looms.
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Cleveland
U.P
Welcome Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan
Phil Henderson
Pittsburgh
California
Henderson
Alexander DeSeveresky
New York
Los Angeles
Maj
DeSeversky
Jacqueline Cochran
Body of Secretary of Trotsky Found in Seine
Paris report identifies a headless body pulled from the Seine near Neu land outside Paris as Rudolf Klement, former secretary to Leon Trotsky. Klement vanished July 13 as Trotsky had announced in Mexico City July 18 that he was missing.
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Paris
U.P
Seine River
Neuland
Rudolf Klement
Leon Trotsky
Klement
Trottky
Mexico City
Eric Wolf
Trostky
Barcelona
Spain
Limbach Breaks Arm In Fall at Fort Knox
Fort Knox Kentucky: Captain Arthur L. Limbach of the 162nd Field Artillery Ohio National Guard suffered a multiple fracture of the arm when stepping from a moving wagon and being thrown against a tree. He was to fly to Columbus for further treatment.
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Fort Knox
U.P
Arthur L. Limbach
162Nd Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Limbach
Ohio
Columbus
Conductor Beebe Dies In Auto Wreck Near Cleveland
Walter Beebe aged 62, longtime conductor on the Twentieth Century Limited for the New York Central, was killed today when his car crashed into a tree near Cleveland. The accident ends his four decades of service with the railroad.
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Cleveland
Walter Beebe
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Wagner visits AFL meeting signals White House interest
Executive councilmen of the AFL interpreted Sen Robert Wagner's two hour visit to their quarterly meeting as indicating President Roosevelt's interest in their complaints about NLRB bias toward the CIO Wagner left for Washington after meetings with Green and Padway who outlined twenty cases they say show pro CIO bias The federation seeks Wagner Act amendments to fit craft unionism and noted two of the three NLRB members are pro CIO Among the cases discussed were instances where the board set aside contracts between employers and the federation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor Today
Robert F. Wagner
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Wagner
New Deal
Washington
Federation
William Green
Joseph F. Padway
NLRB
Directors Seek Union Rights in Hollywood Pay Dispute
Hollywood figures Frank Capra Howard Hawks and Rouben Mamoulian argued before the National Labor Relations Board that they are laborers deserving union protections under the Wagner Act despite high weekly earnings. Producers led by Darryl F Zanuck counter that directors are contractors not workers, challenging the act's reach for top salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
National Labor Relations Board
Frank Capra
Howard Hawks
Rouben Mammoulian
Katharine Hepburn
Greta Garbo
Myrna Loy
Two Jailed as Suspects In Shooting of Levan
Steubenville Ohio report says Jefferson County Sheriff Bates questioned two youths jailed in Carrollton as suspects in yesterday’s shooting of Garrett B. Levan. Levan husband of Mrs Wilma Sinclair Levan Republican national committeewoman for Ohio, wounded in the chest while giving a hitchhiker a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
U.P
Robert D. Bates
Jefferson County
Carrollton
Garrett B. Levan
Levan
Wilma Sinclair Levan
Ohio
Expects Mother Suspected In Hospital Dysentery Deaths
In Huntington West Virginia attendants at St. Marys Hospital maternity ward believe an expectant mother admitted today may have brought the infectious dysentery blamed for the deaths of three babies in the past ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
U.P
St. Mary's Hospital
Raid Kills and Wounds Over 1,000 Civilians Near Hankow
Chinese reports say 50 Japanese planes dropped incendiary bombs on Kingshan 78 miles NW of Hankow, killing or wounding more than 1,000 civilians. Officials also accuse two Chinese companies of being wiped out by poison gas near Laohushan in the Yangtze valley. It marks a rare strike outside Hankow supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingshan
Hankow
Laohushan
Kuling
Yangtse
Canton
Hong Kong
Whipping Post Urged for Drunken Drivers in Cleveland
In Cleveland public safety discussion Judge Joseph H. Silbert recommended a whipping post to punish drunken automobile drivers. The idea aims to curb dangerous driving and reduce alcohol related incidents on city streets.
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Cleveland
Joseph H.silbert
Record Livestock Entry Forces Fair Show Into Continuous Performances
Columbus Ohio State Fairgrounds hosts a record livestock judging show with entries from cattle horses hogs and sheep. Daily sessions run 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday without lunch breaks as judges emphasize legs and refinement in selecting prize animals. Professor Salisbury notes leg condition can curb a perfect animal and that refinement fuels appeal even if audience may not name it.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Ohio
S. M. Salisbury
Ohio State University
Salisbury
Coliseum
Robber Steals Shoes Leaves False Teeth In Vinton Store
A robber enters Feltman Rees general store in Vinton village through a window and makes off with two pairs of women's shoes and two odd shoes. The thief leaves a man’s shoe and a set of false teeth on the counter as clues. Sheriff Hatfield and Deputy Russell report the clues point to a frightened bandit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Feltman & Rees’ General Store
Vinton Village
Hatfield
Russell
Dewey Nominates Dewey for New York Governor
Republicans reported in New York to have settled on District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey as their candidate for governor. The state convention would select the nominee in Saratoga. Bruce Barton was seen as the choice for the regular U.S. Senate seat, while Herbert H. Lehman was expected to run for the unexpired Senate term of the late Royal S. Copeland.
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New York
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Saratoga
Bruce Barton
United States Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
Royal S. Copeland
Kerr Residence Sells At Public Auction In Gallipolis
Mrs. Earnest Halliday purchased the C. D. Kerr residence, built in 1836, at public auction in Gallipolis for 5525 dollars. The sale was conducted under local bidding rules and concluded with Halliday taking ownership of the Kerr property.
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Seversky
Flier
Doug Corrigan
Hitler
Harlan
Jellico
Tenn
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Harlan County
Wheeling-Cincinnati
Methodists
Edward Collins
Reno
Nev
Collins
Cordell Hull
Fuehrer
Joseph P. Kennedy
Chamberlain
Kennedy
Georges Bonnet
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten
Milan Hodza
NAVY
Trotsky
Seine
AFL
Shanghai
Dewey
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