Cummings Defends Roosevelt Plan On Judiciary Shakeup
Attorney General Homer Cummings opened a coast to coast defense of President Roosevelt’s judiciary proposals criticizing improvised talk of dictatorship. He argued new judges would not be subservient and urged democracy to work amid partisan opposition. Senate responses show Democrats split with no clear majority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Homer S. Cummings
Cummings
James A. Farley
Minton
Sherman Minton
Ind
Senate Democrats
Robert M. LaFolette
Wis
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Burton K
Boy Dies of Rabies Contracted Weeks Ago
Glenn Bowman 15 son of Mr and Mrs Pearl Bowman of near Amanda Ohio died in a hospital Sunday of rabies six weeks after contracting the disease. He was bitten by a chow dog on December 31 with injuries to his lower lip and jaw. Health officials say he was not treated by a physician until four days after the bite.
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Lancaster
Glenn Bowman
Pearl Bowman
Near
Amanda
Bowman
Marietta
U.P
Albert G McGrew
Bartlett
J Brown
Brown
Ohio State registrar reports winter enrollment rise
Misa Edith D Cockins, registrar at Ohio State University, announced a winter quarter enrollment of 11,891 students, up 244 from the same quarter last year.
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Columbus
U.P
Misa Edith D Cockins
Ohio State University
Labor League backs Roosevelt court reform plan
Nelsonville based Labor's Non Partisan League backs President Roosevelt in his federal court reform program. Wilber L. Hutchins urges unions to mobilize support by telegrams and letters to senators and representatives. A letter from E. L. Oliver notes the labor program needs the League's backing to push reform and protect New Deal goals against judicial veto.
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Nelsonville
Roosevelt
Wilber L. Hutchins
Labor
League
Athens County
Hutchins
United States
E. L. Oliver
Washington D. C
Supreme Court
Congress
Spanish Plane Fires On British Destroyers Off Algeria
London reports Havock and Gipsy engaged Sunday in a firing duel with an airplane believed from the Spanish nationalist air force off Cape Tenez Algeria. The large Junkers type plane reportedly dropped six bombs near the two British destroyers at 15 to 20 miles offshore.
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London -Har
Havock
Gipsy
Algeria
North Africa
Junkers
Cape Tenez
Frank Lowry Injured When Hit by Auto
Capt Frank Lowry director of the Republican campaign in Athens County was struck by James Sutton of Enterprise on West Main Street Pomeroy. He suffered a compound fracture of the lower right leg and a left shoulder dislocation. Sutton and Arthur Grueser of Minersville were taken into custody as Lowry was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Frank Lowry
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pomeroy
Lowry
Main St
James Sutton
Enterprise
Davis Ice Co
Sutton
Arthur Grueser
Minersville
Dana L. Tracy
Hank Young
Berry Hotel
Athens
Rural Carriers to Meet in Columbus February 22
The Central Ohio Rural Carriers Association and Auxiliary announce their annual meeting will be held here on February 22.
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Columbus
Central Ohio Rural Carriers Association and Auxiliary
Two Athens Countians Die In Weekend Traffic Mishaps
Eleven year old Earl Mann of Stella Ave and twenty one year old Joseph Moleski of Jacksonville died in two weekend crashes. Mann was struck on W Union near Court while playing with friends. Moleski died at Sheltering Arms Hospital after being hit on Sunday evening in Jacksonville. Police pursue driver of the hit and run car. Hammell Ohio University student not at fault, dragged companion Verna Crotos unharmed.
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Earl Mann
Joseph Moleski
Jacksonville
Stella Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Moleski
State Highway Patrol
Charles Bayless
Verna Crotos
Mann
W. Union St
Court
Don Hammell
Ohio University
Salem
Hammel
Utilities Group Needs Money Says Public Report
The Sherrill Ohio Government Survey Commission’s delayed 1935 report faults the Ohio Public Utilities Commission for lack of funds and political influence. Howell Wright, its author, cites that appropriations have not kept pace with needed regulation and municipal relations with utilities.
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Cleveland—U.p
Sherrill
Ohio Government Survey Commission
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Sherrill Committee
Howell Wright
Cleveland
Wright
Union Leaders Plan New York Hotel Strike
Union leaders approve a strike of 4 000 hotel service workers in six major New York hotels. Chicago officers authorized the call with walkouts for porters bellhops maids clerks and maintenance staff to begin within 24 hours seeking collective bargaining an eight hour day a six day week and higher wages.
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New York
AUP
Building Service Employes International Union
Chicago
Demand Revision of Valencia Government
Madrid reports a unified command and a drastic revision of the military and civil structure were demanded today in a document approved by the Madrid defense junta and sent to the Valencia government. Government troops fought to retain control of the Arganda sector, 12 miles south of Madrid, on the Valencia Highway.
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Madrid
U.P
Arganda
Valencia
Tragedy at Newark Crossing Claims Anna Henthorn
Mrs. Anna Henthorn, 55, was killed at a downtown Newark railroad crossing when she stepped in front of a train as gates were lowered. Witnesses said she walked under the gates.
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Newark
Anna Henthorn
Man Held In Ohio Jail Over Extortion Plot
John Robert Lynch of Parkersburg is jailed in Athens awaiting transfer to Marietta for arraignment on a charge of attempting to extort 1500 dollars from John Pertz of Weston. Lynch was arrested Friday at the Athens Post Office after demanding a package addressed to Mable Bell. His wife, held at Parkersburg, denied involvement and said a woman named Mabel Bell urged her husband to place the call.
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John Robert Lynch
Parkersburg
Athens City
Marietta
John Pertz
Weston
Lynch
Athens
Mable Bell
Pertz
Mabel Bell
Death Toll Soars In Antung Theater Fire
Fire at a motion picture theater in Antung Manchukuo Saturday night killed estimates ranging from 650 to 800 with one family of 21 reported exterminated. Over 300 women and children bodies recovered as the balcony collapsed during panic. About 1200 escaped. fifty hospitalized with injuries and burns.
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Tokyo
U.P
Antung
Manchukuo
Nationalist Warship Bombards Loyalist Seaports
A Nationalist warship has bombarded Loyalist Mediterranean seaports within 24 hours, according to reports from Valencia. The strikes mark intensified naval activity in the region as the conflict widens its maritime reach.
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Valencia
U.P
Mediterranean
Lindberghs Fly to Cairo From Egypt Trip
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh departed by airplane from Alexandria Egypt to Cairo today in a transcontinental leg of their journey. Both are aboard a craft arranged for the flight by the U S government and aviation officials.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Cairo
Re Location of Flood Stricken Pt Pleasant Considered
Evacuation of about three fourths of Pt Pleasant West Virginia is being discussed after massive floods. A meeting was held and another is planned for Thursday to weigh moving buildings to North Point Pleasant near Marietta Boat Manufacturing plant.
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Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
W. Va
Ohio
Kanawha
Federal Post Office
North Point Pleasant
Marietta Boat Manufacturing
Ceraain
Point Pleasant
Ohio Valley
Charlies Lewis
Cornstalk
Logan
Mingos
Mad Ann Bailey
Fire at Mount St Josephs Academy Sparks 300 to Safety
A China cablegram alerted Mount St Josephs Academy in Cincinnati to a fire discovering a two story frame and brick wing at the rear. One nun was awakened by the message and reported the death of another sister, while officials evacuated about 300 people from the building.
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Cincinnati
China
Mount St. Joseph's Academy
Justifiable homicide in fatal Kent police shooting
Coroner J R Turner finds justifiable homicide after George Derr 53 Erie Railroad switchman is fatally shot by Kent officers during a confrontation over a parking ticket. Derr allegedly retrieved a rifle then a shotgun and fired on police who responded with tear gas and return fire.
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Kent
U.P
J. R. Turner
George Derr
Erie Railroad
Myrtie Derr
Walter Barr
Seven Killed In Accidents Across Ohio Over Weekend
Slippery highways across Ohio caused multiple crashes over the weekend. At least seven people died. Charles Wilson 23 and his wife Ann 21 of Marion died in Columbus hospital after a crash returning from Portsmouth near a flooded area. Max Allman 21 of Coshocton died from a collision in a car driven by Howard Brownfield. Edwin Scott 18 of South Zanesville was killed by a hit and run in Zanesville.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Wilson
Ann
Marion
Portsmouth
Max Allman
Coshocton
Howard Brownfield
Zanesville
Edwin Scott
Seek Maximum Use From Water Projects
Congress moves to maximize use of nation’s water resources under flood control drought relief and national resources programs. Midwest and Far Western senators and representatives lead with presidential backing reported reliably.
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Washington
Congress
Midwest
Ohioan Faces Charge Of Killing Officer
Angelo Pedonesi age 34 from Cleveland faces a murder charge in New Castle Pa over the death of officer Robert Dukes. Dukes was beaten after asking occupants of a double parked car to move. Dukes died from injuries sustained in the assault.
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New Castle
O.P
Angelo Pedonesi
Cleveland
Robert Dukes
Dukes
Lewis Turns Attention to Coal Industry
John L. Lewis returns to Washington to plan a major labor battle with the United Mine Workers and Appalachian soft coal operators. The union seeks a five hour reduction in a 35 hour week with no pay cut, effectively a 15 percent wage increase, while operators demand higher weekly hours to 40 and resist wage increases.
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Washington
U.A
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
CIO
Ex Navy Officer Farnsworth Faces Espionage Trial
John Semler Farnsworth a former lieutenant commander and social figure goes on trial in federal court charged with conspiring to pass naval secrets to Japan. Prosecutors plan a week long presentation with witnesses, many navy officers and Farnsworth's Annapolis classmates. An indictment names two Japanese naval officers as conspirators but they face diplomatic immunity.
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Washington
AUP
John Semler
Farnsworth
United States Navy
Japan
United States Naval
Army
Leslie
Garnett
Navy
Annapolis
Spain Not Communistic Says Loyalist Minister
Spanish foreign minister Julio Alvarez Del Vaya tells Roy W. Howard of The World Telegram that Spain is not Communistic but proletarian groups hold force, and a royalist victory would immediately modify the capitalist system. He spoke in response to a World Telegram questionnaire published today.
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New York
Spain
Royalista
Julio Alvarez del Vaya
Saga
Roy W. Howard
New York World-Telegram
Cleveland gun battle wounds two cops after drugstore raid
Two Cleveland city detectives were shot and a holdup suspect was seriously wounded in a gun battle after a pharmacy robbery.Police were pursuing suspects and securing the scene after the incident.
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Cleveland
U.P
General Motors plants reopen as wage talks begin
Flint resumes auto production after a 44 day strike with 30 000 workers returning to work. Negotiations start in Detroit on wages hours and conditions for the Flint sit downers and GM workers as union recognition remains the central issue.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
Forsgotten
Ems
Standard
United Automobile Workers Union
Detroit
Peace Returns to Anderson Labor Fray After Martial Law
In Anderson Indiana workers return to Guide Lamp and Delco Remy plants amid a peaceful resumption of work. About 7000 Delco Remy and 1800 Studebaker workers entered through multiple gates as National Guard units maintained order. Union leaders appealed to President Roosevelt for aid to restore human rights and social justice.
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Madison County
United Automobile Workers Union
Roosevelt
Victor Reuther
UAW
Alexandria
Lansing
Flint
Mich
Anderson
Michigan
Ohio workers files rise for injuries in year claims
Columbus report shows higher injury and occupational disease claims with improved industrial conditions last year. Industrial Commission official Thomas P. Kearns notes the trend reflects broader caution and reporting across workplaces.
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Columbus
U.P
State Industrial Commission
Thomas P. Kearns
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Minister Marries Girl 14 In NC To Bypass Virginia Law
Norfolk report says Rev. Frederick Steel wed Alice Marian Hewitt age 14 in Elizabeth City North Carolina after parents initially refused consent. The wedding followed a long courtship as Virginia law bans under fifteen marriages. Alice plans to sing and play piano at the Matewan West Virginia Pentecostal Church while Rev. Steel leads services.
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West Virginia Hills
Alice Marian Hewitt
Hewitts
The
Steels
Virginia
Elizabeth City
N. C
Justice of the Peace
Alice
Rev. Steel
Wall
Pentecostal Church of
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