Loyalist Chiefs Expected To Reach Decision Tonight
Spanish Loyalist leaders near a final decision on continuing the civil war or surrender to Nationalists, with Catalonia lost and Franco rejecting peace terms. Nationalists advance along roads toward the French border as 25,000 Loyalists retreat. forces also land at Minorca in a strategic move.
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Perpignan
Europe
France
Catalonia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Vicente Rojo
Figueras
Olot
Ripoll
Puigcerda
Bourg- Madame
Minorca
Balearic Island
Mrs. Coultrap Dies in West
Mrs. F S Coultrap wife of a former Athens and Nelsonville schools superintendent and longtime Ohio University faculty member died in Long Beach California. The family home had been in Nelsonville and Athens before moving to California to live with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Will Long Frieda Coultrap. Surviving children include Dr Floyd Coultrap Manning G Coultrap and Don Coultrap. The Coultraps were active in local education and society for decades. Professor Coultrap graduated from Ohio University in 1875.
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Athens
Long Beach
Calif
F. S. Coultrap
Nelsonville
Ohio University
Coultrap
California
Magnolia Ave
Will Long
Frieda Coultrap
Floyd Coultrap
Toledo
Manning G. Coultrap
Chillicothe
Don Coultrap
Columbus
Coultraps
Pat Dunn Bill Placed On Calendar Of House
In Columbus the Pat Dunn Bill to bar husband and wife from state government work was placed on the House calendar for passage. Sponsored by Rep. Patrick Dunn a Tuscarawas bachelor the measure targets married women hired when their husbands are employed, claiming it hinders unemployment relief efforts.
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Columbus
U.P
Pat Dunn
Patrick Dunn
Tuscarawas
Soviet Raid Across Argun River Reaches Manchukuo
Tokyo dispatch reports Soviet troops crossed the Argun River raiding Japanese protected Manchukuo on Wednesday. Eight Soviet soldiers were killed as they retreated.
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TOKYO
Comei
Harbin
Argun River
Manchukuo
Resolution Proposes Investigation in Ohio
A House resolution proposes a committee to probe un American activities in Ohio and form a Little Dies committee. A Senate rules committee is considering a five Senator panel to investigate un Americanism in state universities and public schools.
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Columbus
W.P
Ohio
House of Representatives
Little Dies
Senate Rules Committee
January check total lower for state says official
Old age assistance checks totaling 2 510 319 were paid to 111 183 persons in January. The average grant of 22 58 represented a decrease of 43 cents below December. The lower average resulted from investigations and revisions begun last September.
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Columbus
WUP
Thomas McCaw
William E Malone Killed by Train on Way to Work
William E Malone 62 a New York Central railroad employee was killed by a train on his way to work He formerly taught at Bellefontaine High School in Ohio authorities said
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Cleveland
William E. Malone
New York Central Railroad
Bellefontaine
Snow Storm Ranges From West To Deep South
A cold wave and heavy snow stretched from the Pacific coast to flood plains in the Ohio Valley and southward toward the Atlantic States. Snow fell in Los Angeles and Hollywood, and a broad swath of freezing temperatures and rainfall spread from the Rockies to Florida as the Ohio River forecast to crest near 44 feet at Evansville and Cairo.
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Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
California
Great Lakes
Alabama
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Rockies
Florida
Montana
Middle West
Washington
Oregon
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ohio
Tennessee
Louisville
Red Cross
Texas
U. S
H. A. Downs
Chicago
New York
Fort Peck
Sheridan Canaly
Kentucky
Joseph Schultz
Evansville
Ind
Cairo
Mississippi
Dies Probers Given Funds
The House unanimously approved a one year extension of the Dies investigation into un American activities with a $100,000 appropriation. The added funding quadruples the initial $25,000 start. Representative Lindsey Warren urged steady, non sensational examination, warning against inquisition and public distrust.
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Washington
U.P
House Today
Dies
Martin Dies
Tex
Lindsey Warren
N. C
Abandon Hope for Men Entombed in Coal Mine
Rescue crews in Goodpsrings Pennsylvania almost give up on saving three young men trapped in a bootleg coal mine after a surface collapse yesterday. John 23 Lee District 26 and Norwood Howard 18 are named as victims amid hopes air pockets formed by timbers.
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Goodsprings
John
Lee District
Norwood Howard
WLW to cut power to 50 000 watts on March 1
The Federal Communications Commission notified Crosley Radio Corp that WLW Cincinnati must reduce transmitter power from 500 000 to 50 000 watts at 3 a.m. March 1. The station has operated at super power since 1934 on an experimental license.
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Cincinnati
WLW
Federal Communications Commission
Crosley Radio Corp
Lisbon youths held in connection with Ohio robberies
Five Lisbon men aged 17 to 20 were under arrest as state police pursued links to several robberies in northeastern Ohio.
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Lisbon
Ohio
British freighter Maria de Larrinaga reported sinking with 37 aboard
The Maria de Larrinaga sent SOS pleas as heavy seas battered her in mid Atlantic. The Veendam reached her last known position and found nothing while rescue ships searched the area for signs of the 4,988 ton freighter and its crew. A sighted wreckage report by Aurania prompted renewed hopes before no further word came.
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New York
Veendam
Maria de Larrinaga
mid-Atlantic
S. S. Aurania
Radio Marine
Chatham
Mass
E.S.T
S. S. Clintonia
Glass accuses Roosevelt of 1940 purge plan in party fight
Senator Carter Glass charges President Roosevelt seeks to purge conservative Democrats in the 1940 campaign. He accuses the White House of rejecting Virginia senators' judicial appointments to clear the field for future power shifts. Byrd of Virginia also faces reelection in 1940. Glass is 81 and veteran of political battles.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Roosevelt
Senate
Glass
White House
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Accused Slayer Freed in Cleveland Murder Trial
Mrs. Agnes Sekerak, 32, was acquitted by a jury of murdering her husband. The case centered on allegations she hanged her spouse in their home and involved two trials in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.P
Agnes Sekerak
New Deal Fee Seeks to Reform NLRB Powers
Sen Edward R Burke proposes amendments to the Wagner Act to curb the NLRB. He calls the board one sided and labor biased and urges a recreated board with employer and public representatives. Burke links changes to AFL and CIO concerns and criticizes election delays.
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NLRB
Washington
ULP
Edward R. Burke
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Organized Labor
Burke
David L. Walsh
Maas
American Federation of Labor
Committee
Industrial Organization
AFL
CIO
Bowman Silent On Jail Break Incident Revealed
Howard Cecil Bowman a Brown County bank robber who escaped Ohio Penitentiary on January 17 is in solitary confinement in Columbus as officials seek details of the escape and accomplices. Captured in Fort Worth on January 30 dressed as a college student, he reportedly hid in an empty garbage can hauled to a London Prison Farm hogs. Bowman was returned overnight by a guard and James C. Woodard Jr. son of the warden.
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Columbus
U.P
Howard Cecil Bowman
Brown County
Ohio
Fort Worth
Tex
London
James C. Woodard Jr
British Order Planes Motors From U S Firm
EAST HARTFORD Conn U P United Aircraft Corp announced receipt of a British government order for 200 airplane engines and constant speed propellers to equip a similar number of planes from North American Aviation Inc of Inglewood California.
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East Hartford
Conn
U.P
United Aircraft Corp
North American Aviation, Inc
Inglewood
Calif
Banker Is Stabilizing Factor in American Life
Columbus report from the American Bankers Association two day regional meeting notes remarks by Herbert V. Prochnow of First National Bank Chicago on unsettled global conditions. Phillip A. Benson cautions against excessive government lending and blames blamed politics for credit restrictions.
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Columbus
Herbert V. Prochnow
First National Bank
Chicago
Prochnow
American Bankers Association
Phillip A. Benson
Association
Benson
Promotion Bill Will Embody Bricker Plan
Sen. A. D. Baumhardt announces introduction of a state Senate bill to create a bureau of industry and resources promotion. The director of agriculture and conservation commissioner plus department heads would appoint a secretary and run a statewide publicity drive to attract industry and promote research and development of new products.
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Columbus
A. D. Baumhardt
Erie
Senate
Bureau of Industry and Resources Promotion
Bricker
Agriculture
Conservation
Education, Commerce
Highway
Baumhardt
Italy preps for war as mobilization rumors spread
Reports in Rome indicate Italy is accelerating military readiness with officers and specialists from multiple army classes being recalled. A Messagero article links solidarity with a shift in viewing the international scene, signaling a possible intensified diplomatic move against France.
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Rome
Italy
Messagero
France
Increase Night Police Force To Stop Attacks
An enlarged night police force will be on duty in Columbus tonight and until a wave of attacks on women is stopped. Mrs Eva Crawford, 38, reported to police she was knocked down by a man in her back yard last night. She was not hurt. It was the eighth such attack reported to police in two weeks.
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Columbus
Eva Crawford
Second Child Dies of Gas Explosion Burns
Four year old Bobby Bush of Chillicothe died from burns suffered in a gas explosion at home five days earlier. His sister Virginia Mae, aged three, had died the previous Saturday. The father remained in critical condition in a hospital.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Bobby Bush
Arthur C. Bush
Virginia Mae
82 Year Old Finnish Immigrant Files Naturalization
Mrs. Kaisa Gerberg of Fort Bragg California has filed naturalization papers at age 82. Born in Finland in 1856 she has lived in the United States for 50 years and now plans to vote as an American citizen.
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Fort Bragg
Cal
Kaisa Gerberg
Finland
Pope Pius Delivers Grave Health Update
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII in grave condition with fever and general weakening. Officials deny bronchial pneumonia but warn heart strain from influenza raises serious concern about his health.
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Pius
Vatican
House Rushes Defense Plans After Warning
The House moves to rapid consideration of a 376 million dollar emergency defense bill to boost aircraft to 5,500 planes. Administration leaders expect action early next week after a military affairs committee warned of possible imminent European conflict.
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Washington
U.P
House
Europe
Andrew D. May
Bricker Extends Cigaret Tax and Signs Relief Bill
Governor Bricker signed a 5 million dollar relief measure and approved extending the cigaret and liquid fuel taxes to March 31, 1941. The bills remove school earmarking, directing proceeds to the general fund, and became law immediately.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Benes Sees Chance To Avoid European War
Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia said in New York that war in Europe can be avoided though he warned no one can foretell the situation. He arrived on the liner Washington and will lecture at the University of Chicago.
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Benes
New York
U.P
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Washington
University of Chicago
Arant Nominated for 6th U.S. Circuit Court
President Roosevelt nominated Herschel W. Arant dean of Ohio State University Law School to be judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court.
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Arant
Washington
Roosevelt
Herschel W. Arant
Ohio State University Law School
U. S. Circuit Court
Treasury official notes profit on stabilization fund
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr released a letter to Senator Lodge showing that the $2 billion stabilization fund has earned a net profit of $12 million. The disclosure highlights gains from the fund's operations amid ongoing economic measures.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
Ohio Senate to act on UCC reorganization and school fund plan
The Senate will consider the unemployment compensation commission reorganization bill as Governor Bricker backs a plan to liquidate the school foundation deficit. The House Education Committee approved a 15 to 1 vote for the school funding bill to amortize a 17 million deficit, with hopes of passage today.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Bricker
E. N. Dietrich
Walton Bliss
Ohio Education Association
J. H. McGregor
Ry Coshocton
Civil Service Commission
Lefever
Exhorbitant Prices Paid By Davey Administration
State Purchasing Agent Charles J. Stark told Governor Bricker that the previous Democratic administration overpaid for supplies. He cited a year’s coffee stock bought before the current Republican regime, cotton bought for the penitentiary textile mill at a savings, coal prices, and prune costs, noting a pay-off implication amid shifting market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Charles J. Stark
Bricker
Stark
Ohio Penitentiary
German Vessel Sinks After Striking Wreck
The Glueckhaus sank off the Humber River mouth after hitting the submerged Katani Bulgari wreck. The Katani Bulgari had collided with the Meanticut of New Orleans, which rescued its crew. A Norwegian steamer saved the Glueckhaus crew.
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London
U.P
Coast Guard
Glueckhaus
Humber River
New Orleans
Glueckhauf
Milk price cut by Cincinnati chain stores
Cincinnati chain stores cut cash and carry milk price from 12 to 9 cents a quart.
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Cincinnati
U.P
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