ASCAP Faces Trust Charge in Antitrust Case
Milwaukee report says the Federal Government formally charged the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers and 45 others with violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Victor Waters said the information includes conspiracy to pool control of desirable copyrighted music for commercial use and public enjoyment. It also cites illegal discrimination against nonmembers and nonmember authors and composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Victor O. Waters
ASCAP
Seek Two in Wave of Tuscarawas Sluggings
Police sought two thugs blamed for seven street sluggings in Dover and nearby New Philadelphia. The pair reportedly operated from an automobile and targeted women, including Mrs. Nicholas Weinsz, wife of the city’s safety director, amid a string of robberies.
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Dover
New Philadelphia
Nicholas Weinsz
Beating Son Sentenced for Assault on 71-Year-Old Mother
NEW YORK Albert Date 42 began a six month term for beating his 71-year-old mother with rubber boots in Coney Island Court. She wept as the sentence was pronounced and handed him $1 to buy cigarettes.
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New York
Albert Date
Coney Island
Findlay Woman Laura Herbert Dies After Visit by Son
Mrs. Laura Herbert aged 79 died last night in Findlay Hospital a half hour after her son Lieutenant Governor Paul M. Herbert visited her. The obituary notes her long life and ties to Findlay and public service.
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Findlay
Paul M. Herbert
Laura. Herbert
Findlay Hospital
Columnist Claims To Be Investigated
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked the State Department to verify Dorothy Thompson’s claim that Britain had definite commitments to the United States on its fleet in exchange for aid. Senator Vandenberg urged official sources to corroborate the reports. The article notes accompanying remarks by James S. Kemper of the United States Chamber of Commerce and reactions to Roosevelt's press conference over lend-lease tensions.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
George
D-Ga
Department
Dorothy Thompson
Britain
James S. Kemper
United States Chamber of Commerce
Kemper
Chamber
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Adolf Hitler
Montanan
German Reich
Hitler
Germany
England
Johnson
R-Calif
Army Party Probes Wreckage in Steep Wash Trail
An army mountain party searches the upper Little Rockies trail for more evidence from the bomber disaster that killed seven men on January 6. Survivors’ remains were hauled down the narrow 18 inch to 1,500 foot drops trail by manpower and pack animals.
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Morton
Wash
Bricker Creates New State Welfare Committee
Gov. John W. Bricker after a conference with welfare, religious, educational and civil leaders decided to create a state commission to help communities cope with problems from the national defense program. The group aims to keep civic issues in view amid military prep efforts.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Dollar Days in Athens Promotion Friday and Saturday
Frugal shoppers in Athens are urged to plan for Dollar Days on February 7 and 8. The Messenger announces semi annual event sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association featuring goods at the one dollar price with additional bargains across stores. Thursday edition previews special values and encourages visiting participating merchants.
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Athens
The
Messenger
Retail Merchants Association
Pennsylvania Manufacturer Sought in Ohio
Mahoning County officials intensified their search for Victor G. Dressler a missing Greenville Pennsylvania manufacturer. Two inmates identified a transient who ate breakfast at the county infirmary as Dressler after reading newspaper descriptions. His car was found abandoned and FBI joined the search after blood stains were found in the vehicle.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
Victor G. Dressler
Greenville
Lewis Seaborn
Diessler
Seaborn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Canfield
Nine Burn to Death in Quilt Factory Fire
Fire swept through a New Haven quilt factory killing at least nine employees on the third floor of the New oe Quilt and Pad Company building. A foreman said a tenth man was unaccounted for and probably dead. Three youths were injured leaping from a window. Fire confined to a department producing fluffed cotton for filling comfortables under army contract.
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New Haven
Conn
Toam
Army
Ford Brothers May Face April Army Induction
Detroit officials report Edsel Ford president of Ford Motor Co may place sons Benson Ford 21 inductor order 2585 in Macomb County board 2 and Henry Ford II order 409 likely to be classified within a month and possibly called for induction in April. Both work for Ford.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Benson Ford
Macomb County
Wayne County
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Industrial School Head Faces Possible Ouster
Mrs. Rose Beatty superintendent of the Girls' Industrial School at Delaware faces a conference with Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood over her tenure. Sherwood would not confirm offers of resignation or dismissal but warned that if a new superintendent is needed, there will be one.
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Columbus
Rose Beatty
Charles L. Sherwood
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Sherwood
Mrs Frieda Jeffries Killed in Burbank Auto Crash
Mrs Frieda Jeffries a 60 year old wife of former world heavyweight boxing champion James J Jeffries was killed in a car accident in Burbank California last night.
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Burbank
Calif
Frieda Jeffries
James J. Jeffries
Call 14 700 Ohio Draftees
Adj Gen Gilson D Light announced three new draft calls to supply 14 700 Ohio trainees from March 2 to April 10. The plan allocates 14 000 white and 700 Negro draftees across three waves with dates in March and April.
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Columbus
Adj
Gilson D. Light
State Selective Service
Ohio
Light
German Plane Crash in County Cork Kills Five
Dublin reports a German aircraft crashed near Schull in County Cork Ireland. Five crew were killed and one crewman was badly injured in the incident this morning according to government announcements.
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County Cork
Eire
Dublin
Ireland
Schull
Needy Cities Hope for County Help in Ohio Plan
Ohio administration asks counties to donate 2.204 million dollars from auto license tag revenue to aid financially strained cities. House Finance Committee plans a hearing on a Senate approved 2.2 million relief measure amid opposition linked to highway funds shift. Senate proposes extending three percent of municipally owned utility receipts for three years for poor relief. House reenacts cigarette tax for two years raising 8 million dollars. Probate judges seek higher salaries. Senate considers a rates committee to push uniform charges for utilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Finance Committee
William M. Boyd
Cleveland
Senate
House
Walter Baertschi
Lucas
War Department to speed TNT plant near Sandusky
The War Department plans rapid construction of an $11,000,000 TNT plant near Sandusky, ignoring protests from nearby property owners.
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Washington
War Department
Sandusky
Japan moderates threat to Americans in war talk
Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka said Japan does not seek war with the United States for its ambitions, signaling restraint after the triple alliance with Germany and Italy. The piece notes Tokyo’s shift from a hard line to a tempered approach while pursuing domination of Greater East Asia and maintaining dependence on U S material and naval power.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Matsuoka
America
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Italy
Prince Konoye
Nippon
United States
Washington
Far East
U.S.A
Orient
Oye
Uncle Sam
East Asia
Triple Alliance
Konoye
Manchukuo
China
Axis
Willkie Pledges Aid as He Tours Britain War Scene
Wendell Willkie, returning to the United States, pledged to do anything in America to aid Britain in its war for freedom. He praised British courage after a Bristol visit, met King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and discussed with Eamon De Valera before testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Aid to Britain bill. A London columnist suggested his visit moved the U.S. closer to entering the war.
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Bristol
England
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Britain
Lisbon
Willkie
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
London
Dublin
de Valera
London Daily Mirror
Revolt Nipped Cuba Returns To Normalcy
President Fulgencio Batista, claiming a seditious plot behind an assassination threat, moved to restore constitutional guarantees. He dismissed army head Col Pedraza, police chief Col Garcia, and navy head Col Gonzalez, shipping Pedraza and Garcia to Miami while Gonzalez stayed under custody. A joint Senate and House session was summoned to hear Batista's message.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Senate
House
Batista
Jose Pedraza
Bernardo Garcia
National Police
Angela Gonzalez
Navy
Pedraza
Garcia
Miami
Fla
Gonzalez
Ford Sons in Line for Draft
Detroit insiders report Henry Ford prepared to build a new factory and install a mile-long assembly line to produce bomber planes. A small-scale model of the proposed plant was shown to War Department visitors at the River Rouge site, signaling Ford’s readiness to contribute parts and sub-assemblies for aircraft production.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
War Department
Dearborn
Ford
River Rouge
Ohio Farmers Receive Crop Control Benefits
The Agricultural Department reported Ohio received 8 713 483 dollars in benefit payments during the first half of the current fiscal year. The payments totaled 385 605 000 dollars distributed to farmers who cooperated with crop control programs.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Ohio
Pearl Bush Returns Voluntarily After Lebanon Camp Escape
London police report Pearl Bush aged 53 who fled the Lebanon honor camp of the London Prison Farm on August 3 has surrendered and returned on her own accord.
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London
W. F. Amrine
Pearl Bush
Lebanon
College Upsets City With Flood of Silver Coins
Heidelberg College disrupts Tiffin's cash flow by paying current bills and payroll with silver coins, showcasing the school's financial impact on Seneca County city. The episode highlights a dramatic display of "hard money" as shoppers react to the event and local officials assess its implications.
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College
Heidelberg College
Seneca County
Perfect Physical Rating Surprises Tulsa Youth
Eighteen year old Lionel Ellis Cripe scored a perfect naval enlistment physical exam but said the result did not surprise him. He held up a blue ribbon from winning first prize as the most perfect boy aged one to two at the Tulsa County Free Fair in 1923.
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Tulsa
Lionel Ellis Cripe
Tulsa County
Price couple found dead from coal stove fumes
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John Price were found by a constable in their farm home east of here. Coroner Charles Kiefer ruled death asphyxiation due to fumes from a coal stove.
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Troy
John Price
Here
Charles Kiefer
Opening of New Drive Is Indicated
RAF bombers pounded Duesseldorf and six invasion ports along the channel coast in the heaviest raid in two weeks. Bombs hit Dunkerque Dieppe Ostend Cherbourg Brest and Bordeaux while Germany reported 14 British bombers shot down over the Channel.
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RAF
Duesseldorf
Germany
Channel
London Air Ministry
Dunkerque
Dieppe
Ostend
Cherbourg
Brest
Bordeaux
Air Ministry
Berlin
English Channel
London
Britain
Ans
England
Midlands
Italy
Bengali
Libya
Asmara
Eritrea
Cairo
Cheren
Red Sea
Arrest in Ashland for Burning Two Sons Fingertips
Earl Hartley of Savannah faces a pending hearing before Judge H E Culbertson after his two sons Earl aged 10 and Richard aged 9 showed burns in probate court claiming their father burned their fingertips with matches as punishment.
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Ashland
H. E. Culbertson
Earl Hartley
Savannah
Earl
Richard
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