Bills To Close Today In Columbus Legislature
The Ohio legislature nears the deadline for filing new bills as the two houses set rules. Only 481 bills have been introduced so far, far below recent totals, with sessions focusing on unemployment measures and tax stamp redemption. The next days promise committee action on school deficit relief and several administration plans.
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Conservation Council
Navy War Games Open in Caribbean Seaboard Drills
The United States Navy began its annual maneuvers in the Caribbean with the largest peace time force concentration. For the first time since 1924, exercises will take place in the Atlantic and run for three weeks as observers assess the navy’s patrol potential under Roosevelt's continental defense plan. War plans are kept secret and reporters are barred from the area.
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Washington
U.S
United States Navy
Caribbean
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Convicts Go on Trial After Escape Bid at Ohio Penitentiary
Two Ohio penitentiary convicts Clyde Staup aged 28 and Charles Menges aged 28 face common pleas court Tuesday on charges of attempted escape and cutting with intent to kill. Staup, an Allen County robber, and Menges, sentenced from Hamilton County for murder, stabbed guard Raymond T. Thornton before other guards halted the escape with gunfire.
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Columbus
A.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Common Pleas
Clyde Staup
Allen County
Charles Menges
Hamilton County
Raymond T. Thornton
Father of Nine Killed by Train Near Cambridge
Cambridge report of a WPA worker John Mirling 60 father of nine struck and killed by a freight train at Kipling east of the city. Witnesses said he walked into the tracks as engineer William Mullinex Newark did not see the impact.
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Cambridge
U.P
John Mirling
WPA
Kipling
Here
Mirling
William Mullinex
Newark
Retired Banker Charles R. Shields Dies at 77
Funeral services are set for Tuesday for Charles R. Shields 77 former chairman of the board of the Ohio National Bank in Columbus who died Sunday Burial will be in Newark his former home
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Columbus
U.P
Charles R. Shields
The
Ohio National Bank
Newark
AFL sees no immediate path to labor peace with CIO
AFL President William Green announced the executive council will not seek an early truce with the CIO amid continued civil war between AFL and CIO factions. He noted dual unionism and split CIO factions hinder settlement and said any negotiations now would fail versus a year ago. The council will monitor two UAW conventions next month.
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Fla
U.P
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Homer Martin
C10
Green
Hoover To Keynote Lincoln Day Observance in 1940 Drive
Former President Herbert Hoover will keynote the Lincoln Day dinner at the Waldorf Astoria New York as Republican leaders rally for victory in 1940. National figures including John D. M. Hamilton and five newly elected governors will address the event, with Lincoln Day dinners broadcast nationally by radio. Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio will speak at the Philadelphia Union League observance.
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Herbert Hoover
National Republican Club
Waldorf-Astoria
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John D. M. Hamilton
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Union League
Philadelphia
Former Stark County Auditor Killed by Train
Ralph L. Oberlin age 55 of Canton, former Stark County auditor, was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania train at the Lincoln Highway crossing while en route to Columbus for a state examiners' school. Police said his car stalled on the crossing and he attempted to push it off the tracks, the car sustaining only slight damage.
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U.P
Ralph L. Oberlin
Canton
Stark County
State Auditor’s Department
Pennsylvania
Lincoln Highway
Columbus
Oberlin
Veteran News Writer Dies in Washington
George R. Holmes, longtime Washington bureau manager and chief political writer for the International News Service, died of heart disease early Sunday at his home in Washington. He served nearly two decades in his bureau.
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Washington
U.P
George R. Holmes
The
International News Service
Hines' Attorney Seeks Dismissal of Lottery Indictment
Lloyd Stryker for Tammany leader James J. Hines argued before Judge Knott that the conspiracy charge in the lottery indictment is fatally defective due to a two year statute of limitations, seeking dismissal of the first count deemed most serious by the state.
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NEW York
A.P
James J. Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Tammany District Leader
Stryker
Charles Knott, Jr
Lost Army of Loyalists Carries On in Catalonia
In Catalonia near the French border a Loyalist force of about 20 000 to 25 000 continues. Two divisions the 31st and 32nd were cut off from the main Catalonian army and fight as long as ammo lasts. Their last base was Camprodon seven miles from the frontier. Nationalists seek to trap them as they retreat through snow bound passes.
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U.P
Catalonia
Madrid
Camprodon
C C Sheldon Dies in Athens After Brief Illness
Christopher Childs Sheldon aged 84 longtime Athens postmaster and business man died Saturday night at the Fenzel Apartments Athens after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Jagers Funeral Home with interment at West Union Street Cemetery. He leaves wife Ada and children Charles V Sheldon Nelsonville Bessie Slaughter Chillicothe Evalyn Frank Wadley at home and five grandchildren. A half brother C A Sheldon Rural Route 4 lives nearby. sister Ida Dickenson and brother Frank preceded him.
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Athens County
Yee
Athens
Fenzel
N. Congress St
Jagers
W. Union St
Sheldon
Thomas Sheldon
Colorado
Ida Dickenson
Frank
Ohio Jobless Receive $535864 In Insurance Checks
Ohio unemployed have received 535864.08 in unemployment insurance checks from the Unemployment Compensation Commission. More than 55000 checks were issued, from 50 cents to the $15 maximum, with eligibility tied to 20 weeks of covered employment and a benefit cap of half the weekly wage for up to 16 weeks. Recipients must report to a UCC office weekly.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
UCC
Hiram College Library Destroyed by Blaze
Hiram College officials investigated a Sunday fire that damaged the college library and observatory. The loss includes Dr. John S. Kenyon’s collection, an authority on English and Webster's editor, with many rare books purchased in England becoming irreplaceable.
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England
J. W. Richardson
Man Shoots Self to Escape Divorce Papers
Dayton dispatch reports Edward T. Rickey 60 a Spanish American War veteran and National Guard member died by self inflicted gunfire as deputies prepared to serve divorce papers at his home. Attendants say Rickey sought his wife who was a mess hall waitress.
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W.P
Edward T. Rickey
National Military Guard
R. Snyder
Rickey
Funeral of Pope Pius XI Set for Tuesday in St Peter's Crypt
Crowds gather at St Peter's Square to pay homage to Pope Pius XI as his body lies in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament awaiting burial on Tuesday in the cathedral crypt. Troops manned cordons amid massive viewings, with 750000 expected tonight and 1000000 having viewed the body Sunday.
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Apostolic Tribunal
Benedict XV
Pius X
New Pact on Jews Signed
George S. Rublee, American director of refugee work, submitted to a 32 nation inter governmental committee a memorandum with the German government on German Jews. The plan proposes emigrating 150,000 to 200,000 able bodied Jews and financing dependents, with assurances of better treatment for those awaiting emigration.
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London
George S. Rublee
Two Perish in Crash of Rebuilt Airplane
In Abilene Texas a rebuilt biplane crashed in a pasture killing owner G. E. Morton Jr. aged 26 and passenger Harrell King aged 22 instantly. Pilot Thorean E. Gillam aged 23 was critically injured with head and internal injuries.
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Abilene
Tex
U.P
G. E. Morton, Jr
Harrell King
Thorean E. Gillam
WPA Starts Study of Ohio Delinquent Tax
The Works Progress Administration began a statewide survey of Ohio delinquent taxes at a cost over 1 million dollars. The project is in early stages and plans to employ about 1500 needy white collar workers in Ohio.
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WPA
Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Death of Rev Peter L Mark at 90 after car crash
Rev Peter L Mark a 90 year old retired Methodist minister from Westerville died in a Columbus hospital from injuries suffered in a January 31 automobile crash. His first pastorate was in Pleasanton Athens County.
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Columbus
U.P
Peter L. Mark
Westerville
Athens County
Pleasanton
Brazil Seeks Planes and Guns for Air Infantry
Washington reports Brazil is requesting light planes and .30 caliber machine guns to form an air infantry unit. A December license authorized $82 000 for 165 to 170 machine guns. Other inquiries target maneuverable training planes, with no new U.S. policy assumed if sales are cash and private.
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Washington
Brazil
State Department
U. S. Army
Plane Missing With 5 Aboard In Alaskan Storm
A Marine Airways pontoon plane carrying five people disappeared after a storm forced it down in Stephens Passage near Juneau. Lon Cope, noted rescue pilot, sent a final radio message as the single engine craft faltered 15 miles south of the city on a 274 mile Ketchikan run. One chance in 10 of survival was cited by veteran pilots. The incident followed by a separate note that Marysville schools were closed again due to influenza cases.
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Recognition of Franco Is Debated
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain has not decided to recognize Gen. Francisco Franco and cannot assure it will abstain. He said the situation in Spain is changing rapidly and Britain is in close touch with France on the issue.
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Devonshire
Arthur Henderson
Alaborite
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Commons
Senate panel urges limits on industrial police and labor spying
The civil liberties committee recommends Congress restrict industrial police functions and ban labor espionage coercion and intimidation. Based on inquiries into Harlan County Kentucky conditions and Republic Steel during the Little Steel strike of 1937, the panel led by Senator Robert M LaFollette Jr Wisconsin says it will draft the bill.
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Senate Civil Liberties Committee
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Harlan County
Republic Steel Corp
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Kroger Stock Earnings Rise for Fiscal 1938
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company reports earnings of 3,741,569.13 dollars or 2.05 per share after preferred dividends for the year ending December 31 1938, up from 2,950,339.96 dollars or 1.62 per share in 1937. Sales declined seven percent to 231,295,622 dollars from 248,444,230 dollars in 1937.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Albert H. Morrill
250 Barrel Gusher Struck on Ohio Farm Near Burbank
Ten men pooled 8000 dollars to drill near Burbank in Wayne County. A gas well gushed 250 barrels daily, with potential income of 7000 dollars per month. Drillers faced delays capping the well until Sunday but now acidizing accelerates flow.
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Wooster
U.P
Burbank
Wayne County
Charles M. Ditch
Alex J. McCrea
Ohio Provision Co
McCrea
Litchfield
Ditch
Woody
Senate rejects disclosure of aid to French air mission
The Senate Military Affairs Committee voted 10 to 6 to reject a bid to公開 its record on U S aid to a French air mission proposing to buy about 600 U S made fighters. Chairman Morris Sheppard said witnesses who testified in secret should keep faith.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Bennett C. Clark
France
House
Roosevelt
Pan American seeks license for U S Europe air route
Pan American Airways applied to the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Washington for an air route certificate to carry passengers between the United States and Europe. The initial schedule envisions 24 hour service to Britain via the Irish Free State and under 35 hours to France via Lisbon Portugal, with no start date announced.
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A.P
Pan-American Airways
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
United States
Europe
Pan-American
U. S
Britain
Irish Free State
France
Lisbon
Portgual
Fire destroys church in Cleveland
The Second Immanuel Church in Cleveland was destroyed by fire early today with an estimated loss of 25000 dollars. The cause of the fire had not been determined.
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Cleveland
U.P
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