Crest of Ohio River Flood Advancing on Louisville
The Ohio River neared a crest of six feet above flood stage as forecast storms and a cold wave shaped the flood outlook. Cincinnati logged 5.8 feet over flood stage with crest expected near 58 feet. Louisville and surrounding areas prepared as Red Cross aid planned for up to 30 000 evacuees. The rapid cold spell was seen as limiting snow melt but worsening conditions for refugees.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
Red Cross
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
James L. Kendall
Cincinnati
U. S
H. A. Downs
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Downs
Propose 17 Million Dollar Grant to Ohio
The Independent Offices Appropriation Bill in the House includes 225 million for federal participation in old age pension plans for 1940. Ohio would receive 17.993 million, with West Virginia getting 1.764 million in proposed state grants.
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Washington
Independent Offices
House
Ohio
West Virginia
Flood refugees find comfort in new trailer homes
In Aurora Illinois families displaced by the 1937 Ohio River flood were moved to higher ground and housed in trailer homes bought after the disaster.
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Aurora
Ill
U.P
Ohio River
AFL Official Orders Unions To Oust Reds
Miami report says Matthew Woll vice president of the AFL warned the American Federation of Teachers to purge communism or risk AFL suspension. He cited the New York Central Trades and Labor Council action suspending two teachers' locals for subversive activities and warned the Teachers' Federation leadership to avoid associating with Communists to remain in the AFL.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Teachers Today
A. F. of
Chaplin Plans New Film Parodying Hitler and Mussolini
Charlie Chaplin announced he will start his next film on March 15 with United Artists backing. The movie titled The Dictators will feature Chaplin in a dual role spoofing Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
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Hollywood
U.P
Charlie Chaplin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Murray Silverstone
United Artists
Chaplin
Pope Pius XII Reports Mild Illness After Cold
Vatican officials say Pope Pius XII has a slight cold and a brief cardiac scare but is not seriously ill. He has suspended audiences for now, a physician gave a digitalis injection, and a high Vatican source confirmed the episode occurred Monday.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius
Vatican Secretariat
Vatican
United Press
Richner Named Monroe County Probate Judge
W D Richmer of Woodsfield was appointed by Governor Bricker to succeed Judge Charles O Polen who resigned as Monroe County probate judge.
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Richner
Columbus
U.P
W. D. Richmer
Woodsfield
Monroe County
Bricker
Charles O. Polen
Rehearsal Flood Forecast for Ohio Valley Warned
CHICAGO A P Selby Maxwell, a long range weather prophet, said the current Ohio River Valley flood is a dress rehearsal for a major flood in 1940. He forecasts no heavy rain before Feb 21 but warns rains then could swell upper tributaries after the Ohio drains its present overflow. Maxwell cites air tides tied to sun and moon movements.
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Chicago
A.p—Selby Maxwell
Ohio River
Ohio
Maxwell
Roosevelt drafts letter denouncing Senate over Roberts vote
President Roosevelt completed a draft letter attacking the Senate for rejecting Judge Floyd H. Roberts for the western Virginia District bench. The Roberts setback and Thomas R. Amlie’s Interstate Commerce Commission bid sparked a party power struggle ahead of the 1940 Democratic national convention. Roberts was backed by Gov. James H. Price and Virginia New Deal factions. opposition came from Carter Glass and Harry F. Byrd. Amlie faced charges of communism from Wisconsin officials as Sen. Warren Austin prepared to defend him.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
Floyd H. Roberts
Roberts
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Mystery Ends as Woman Confesses to Jail Keys Theft
In Youngstown Campbell a two year mystery over missing jail keys ended with a woman's confession. She admitted stealing the keys intending a jail delivery that never occurred after Police Chief Frank Cunningham questioned three prisoners, leaving the keys in the lock.
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Youngstown
U.P
Senate Probe of Communism in Ohio Schools
Senator Pollock introduces a resolution asking a five member Senate committee to investigate alleged un American and Communist teaching in Ohio State University and other state supported universities and public schools. The move follows Legion agitation in Franklin County but Pollock says it is not tied to that effort.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Robert Pollock
Stark
Franklin County Council of the American Legion
Ohio State University
Pollock
Dies Congressional Committee
Minorca Island Forts Hold Key to Spanish War Sway
Britain and France seek to induce a Loyalist surrender of Minorca to the Insurgents to forestall Italian occupation from nearby Mallorca. The plan aims to protect French interests and hasten a Spanish armistice, as Loyalists resist unconditional surrender despite Milan’s pressure. Minorca has withstood 43 000 Loyalists, heavy fortifications, and 15 Italian air losses.
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London
Great Britain
France
Minorca Island
Majorca
Minorca
Mediterranean
Manuel Azana
Spain
Britain
Admits Watch Theft Fined by Mayor
University student Richard Drake pleaded guilty to petty larceny before Mayor Cliff Cornell after being accused of stealing a watch from Nick Dandos’s room at Elk Hotel. Drake, arrested by Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield, said he had been drinking and did not know what he was doing.
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Richard Drake
Nick Dandos
Elk Hotel
Cliff Cornell
Drake
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Roy Burton
Athens
Cornell
Burton
Lester Robinette
Young Logan Boy Dies While in Mexico City
Logan four year old David Meldrim died during a family vacation in Mexico City caused by septic poisoning. He was the son of Hugh and Mrs. Meldrim of Logan and grandson of J. M. Meldrim. The body was sent by train to Logan for burial as the rest of the party continued home by automobile.
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Logan
Mexico City
David Meldrim
Hugh Meldrim
Cora Morgan
Athens
J. M. Meldrim
Court Rules on Preferred Claim Status in Aged Pension Case
The Second District Court of Appeals in Xenia ruled that the Ohio Legislature's use of the word Preferred in describing a claim by the Division of Aid for the Aged against pensioners' estates does not give it priority over mortgage claims mechanics liens judgments chattel claims taxes and assessments.
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XENIA
U.P
Second District Court of Appeals
Ohio
Ohio Division of Aid
Ohio General Assembly Advances School Financing and Parole Bills
In Columbus the General Assembly pushed a raft of school financing and related “rip per” bills toward action. The Senate approved a Whitney resolution creating a nine member panel to study a state highway commission, while Governor Bricker agreed to study the proposal. In the House, Rep. Lady Huml introduced a graduated income tax plan, and Rep. George B. Marshall backed a state bar association reform package raising marriage ages and tightening rules on venereal disease and insanity as grounds for divorce and annulment.
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Columbus
Parole Board
Unemployment Compensation Commission
General Assembly
Bricker
Senate
Whitney
Highway Department
Lady Huml
Cuyahoga
State Bar Association
George B. Marshall
Franklin
Marshall
Union Demands Wage Raise in Logan Strike
William Switzer of Mansfield, president of Sun Glow Corporation Logan plant, said the union seeks a closed shop and a 15 cent hourly wage increase as workers walk out and halt operations in Logan.
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Logan
William Switzer
Mansfield
Sun Glow Corporation
Bricker and Taft to Attend Washington Dinner Event
Governor John W. Bricker and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio will join a series of four Republican House dinners in Washington. The events are described as a preview of 1940 presidential prospects, with the first gathering slated for this month or early March. Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin outlined the plan and announced members of the Republican Steering Committee.
Congress to Decide on High Power Broadcasts
The Federal Communications Commission has left the decision to Congress on approving super power broadcasting. FCC denied WLW Cincinnati permission to use 500000 watts ending any near term FCC authorization. Congressional action will be required during FCC reorganization plans.
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Congress
Washington
U.P
Federal Communications Commission
WLW
Cincinnati
Commission
FCC
Roosevelt Warns Congress of WPA Relief Emergency
President Roosevelt urges immediate action on a new $150 million WPA appropriation as he warns that without extra funds the WPA rolls could fall from 3 million to well below 2 million by June. He presents two reduction plans and notes the broader harm to millions reliant on federal aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Clifton A. Woodrum
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Harrington
Chicago
Two Priests Die in Icy Highway Crash
In New Boston Massachusetts two Cleveland Ohio priests died from injuries after a coupe skidded on ice, plunged off an embankment and struck a tree in Winstead Connecticut. Rev. John F. Madigan aged 40 and Rev. Neal Sheehan aged 38 were victims.
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Boston
Mass
U.P
Cleveland, O
Litchfield County Hospital
Winsted
Conn
John F. Madigan
Neal Sheehan
Koon Murder Trial Set for March 6 in Athens County
James Edward Koon 21 of Deanville faces first degree murder charges in the Dec 22 shooting of Levi Laudermilk. A 50 member jury pool will be drawn with 12 to hear the case. Prosecutors say $655 was recovered from the theft.
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James Edward Koon
Deanville
Levi Laudermilk
Athens County
Charles Bayless
B. C. Day
Charles H. Evans
George Bateman
Nelsonville
Koon
Co. G. Dew
Laudermilk
State to Save Hauling Costs by Replacing Shaw Transport
Ohio officials announced the liquor department will terminate its trucking contract with Shaw Transport Inc and sign with a new firm to save about a quarter of a million dollars. The Shaw contract faced scrutiny from the Senate Graft Investigating Committee last year. Shaw allegedly sub let the work to a second company at a lower rate. John F. Nolan of Steubenville, a Democratic leader, was shown to hold a one third stake in Shaw Transport.
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John F. Nolan
Steubenville
Shawn Transport
Fortune Teller Predicted Death Woman Dies in Kerosen e Blast
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania Margaret Verenzo 34 died in a kerosene explosion at her home one week after a fortune teller warned of danger. The incident followed a televised or roadside fortune telling warning.
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Canonsburg
U.P
Margaret Verenzo
Prison fund sought to expand housing at London Farm
The Chloe legislature will be asked to provide funds to expand housing facilities at the London Prison Farm to relieve crowding at Ohio Penitentiary, according to officials.
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Want Farm
Columbus
Chloe
London
Ohio Penitentiary
Streamlined policing replaces old methods, Ohio patrol chief says
Col. Lynn Black of the State Highway Patrol urged streamlined enforcement over a heavy hand, citing a 38 percent drop in Ohio accidents. He said most violations are unintentional, promoted humane treatment, and emphasized appearance plus performance in police work. He supported speed zones and noted no patrol vehicle failures.
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Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Black
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