Bill funds flood damaged schools in Ohio area
In Columbus the State Department of Education backs an emergency bill to allocate 300 000 for repairs and equipment replacement for schools hit by recent floods in Pomeroy Middleport Portmouth Aberdeen and Ripley. The funding would be directed to local boards of education by the director of education.
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Columbus
State Department of Education
Pomeroy
Middleport
Portsmouth
Aberdeen
Ripley
John Hayden
Clermont
WPA
Education Department
Director of Education
Boards of Education
Gulf Refining to Expand Toledo Plant Capacity
Gulf Refining Co. officials announced a $2,000,000 expansion program for its Toledo plant to double its refining capacity. The move aims to boost output and strengthen regional operations.
Hysell Run Man 71 Dies After Sinus Trouble
James H. Miller 71 of Hysell Run near Pomeroy died Thursday at Holzer Hospital after illness from sinus trouble. He was removed from the home Wednesday. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. He leaves a wife and one son.
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Pomeroy
James H. Miller
Holzer Hospital
Miller
Hysell Run
Disaster Loan Chief in Ohio
Emil Schram managing editor of the disaster loan corporation travels to the Ohio Valley flood region to set up financing machinery. He will confer with Gov. Horner in Springfield Illinois on relief needs for Southern Illinois, then visit flooded areas and organize advisory committees and regional offices. The trip continues along the Ohio River to Evansville Paducah and Louisville with plans to reach Cincinnati Wheeling Huntington and Portsmouth before full operation.
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Washington
Emil Schram
Disaster Loan Corporation
Ohio Valley
RFC
Schram
Henry Horner
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Horner
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Paducah
Louisville
Cincinnati
C. B. Henderson
Corporation
Huntington
Wheeling
W. Va
Portsmouth
Ohio
Unemployed Census Proposed by Ohio Representative
Rep William R Thom of Canton Ohio urged a census of the unemployed in the House The plan would have U S postal workers distribute self registration forms at homes with return to the carrier The idea builds on postal workers handling over 35 million social security registrations for old age benefits
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Washington-Hu
William R. Thom
Canton
Ohio
Social Security Board
Thom
Sit-Down Strikes Idle Akron Plants
About 375 workers at Enter prise Manufacturing Co and L Albert and Son Co in Akron staged sit-down strikes, leaving plants idle as workers protested conditions.
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Akron
U.P
Enterprise Manufacturing Co
L. Albert and Son Co
Congress Gets Farm Program
Washington dispatch says the administration presented Congress with a broad long range farm program to stabilize incomes protect consumers and conserve land resources. Secretary Henry A Wallace doubts the Supreme Court would uphold all of it as currently constituted and notes a production control feature resembles the AAA plan struck down. Major features may wait on court expansion legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Supreme Court
AAA
Wallace
Roosevelt
Agnes Webb Dies in Albany After Illness
Agnes Ross Webb, 28, died at her Albany home after a brief illness. A Albany High School graduate, she served as assistant cashier at Albany Bank for ten years. She married Worley Webb on September 2, 1933, in Saint Marys, West Virginia. Survived by her husband, her parents C L and Mrs Ross, a sister Virginia, and a brother James Edward, both at home. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Albany M P Church with burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery. Friends may call at the home.
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Albany
Agnes Ross Webb
Albany M. P
Hebbardsville
Family Reels After Car Theft From Baxter Springs Barn Lot
In Baxter Springs Kansas William Stroskof a family man was in the barn lot his wife in the kitchen and their son in the barn when a car vanished from the family yard. All three suspected one another until hours later police learned the vehicle had been stolen.
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Baxter Springs
Kan
pPj
William Stroskof
Decatur Bride Seeks Divorce Over Cruel Treatment
Mrs Ed Newport wife of six weeks files for divorce in Decatur Indiana claiming cruel conduct. She testifies he refused to bathe and has not bathed since their marriage.
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Decatur
Ind
U.P
Ed Newport
Ship Blast Victims on USS Wyoming List Released
SAN PEDRO CALIF shows casualty list from gun explosion aboard the USS Wyoming with Captain Edward John Trumble of Alexandria Virginia among the dead and a mix of seriously injured and slightly injured sailors led by William Keenan Webster of Greenwich Connecticut and others from Ohio Massachusetts New Jersey and beyond.
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San Pedro
Calif
U.R
U. S. S. Wyoming
Richard Frye
Johnstown
Sidney Whitney Ensley
Atlantic City
N. J
William Keenan Webster
Greenwich
Truce in Coal Conference Elusive in Wage Talks
In New York the United Mine Workers and soft coal operators from eight states remain far apart on new wages and working terms for 400,000 miners. A eight operator and 15 miner committee will study the demands after two talks. An adjournment was likely to allow data review. Separate agreement signed by AFL unions and New York retail coal dealers promises a 15 percent wage rise benefiting about 5,000 workers with over $1 million added to earnings.
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United Mine Workers of America
New York
van A. Bittner
District 17
Phil Murray
John L. Lewis
UMWA
U.P
United Mine Workers
Roderick Stephens
American Federation of Labor
Bill's Passage As Is Angers Ohio Legislators
Governor Davey urged a ten million dollar appropriation for the liquor department with no strings attached. Senate Finance Committee members were asked to pass the bill without amendment after earlier reducing funding to two point five million for six months and striking provisions over director control. Senator Metcalf accused the governor of jamming the measure through.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
State Liquor Department
Senate Finance Committee
W. H. Metcalf
Marietta
Relief Commission Tours Ohio Flood Area For Aid
Two members of the State Relief Commission conduct a two day tour of the flood region along the Ohio River to prepare distribution of one million dollars in flood relief funds. Chairman Roy L. Wildermuth surveys Ironton northward while Frank X. Frebis examines the downriver sector.
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Columbus
U.P
State Relief Commission
Ohio River
Roy L. Wildermuth
Ironton
Frank X. Frebis
Lindberghs Arrive for Vacation Flight in Jask Iran
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived at Jask Iran for a vacation flight and left 50 minutes later for Gwasur across the India frontier, 265 miles away.
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Jask
Iran
Persia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Gwasur
India
Ten More Are Badly Hurt in Powder Blast
SAN PEDRO, Cal. A naval inquiry into the Wyoming powder blast that killed seven Marines and wounded ten began. Thirteen hundred aboard. a five inch gun misfire sent steel fragments into crew. Captain Trumble and six gunmen were loading when the explosion occurred. Marine Private David Williams lost his right arm. Naval officials stayed silent on cause. past similar blasts cited as possible precedent.
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San Pedro
Cal
Wyoming
Annapolis Cadeta
Arkansas
Quantico
Marine Barracks
Edward J. Trumble
David Williams
Williams
Naval
U. S. S. Mississippi
St Louis G M Strike Ends After Verbal Deal
About sixty workers at the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants in St Louis ended a sit down strike today and employees returned to work under a verbal agreement. The outbreak involved 2 500 GM workers across the two plants after evacuation without disorder late Thursday.
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ST. Louis
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
Cincinnati Flood Leaves 1705 Families Homeless
Bleeker Marquette of the metropolitan housing authority told City Manager C. A. Dykstra that 1705 Cincinnati families are homeless due to the flood. He noted only 105 vacant properties might be used as shelter.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Bleeker Marquette
Metropolitan Housing Authority
C. A. Dykstra
Amelia Earhart Prepares World Flight from Cleveland
Amelia Earhart began the second leg of her journey from Municipal Airport at 7 18 a m EST in the Lockheed Flying Laboratory en route to Burbank California to prepare for a round the world flight next month. Mrs Sarah C Miller grandmother of Marilyn Miller dies at 91 of pneumonia in Findlay Ohio.
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Cleveland
U.P
Amelia Earhart
Lockheed “Flying Laboratory
Municipal Airport
Findlay
A.P
Sarah C., Miller
Marilyn Miller
Boy Travels Far With $5 Capital
Middleport boy Jimmy Berry age 10 traveled alone from Middleport to Waycross Georgia carrying seven books and a five dollar bill. He paid a diner bill of 1.25 after losing his money a kind woman paid the check and the money was later found.
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Middleport
Jimmy Berry
Edna Jo Berry
National Re-employment
Waycross
Jimmy
Georgia
Roosevelt says government will act to secure steel for naval program
President Roosevelt signaled prompt action to obtain steel for the naval construction push amid Walsh-Healey Act constraints. He noted Britain’s vast naval build plans and urged a solution within weeks while supporting labor standards and seeking broader adoption nationwide.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
Sen
David I. Walsh
Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
Atee
Mrs Hetzel Dies At Home In Pomeroy
Mrs. William Hetzel aged 71 died Thursday evening at her Lincoln Terrace home in Pomeroy. Funeral services set for 2:30 PM Saturday at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. She was born in Middleport, daughter of the late Roman Darst, and is survived by her husband three daughters Edna Hetzel Nye Weir and one brother M W Darst
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Pomeroy
William Hetzel
Lincoln Terrace
Ewing
Beech Grove Cemetery
Hetzel
Roman Darst
Gallia County
Middleport
Grace Weir
Washington, D. C
Edna Hetzel
Charleston
FE. M. Nye
M. W. Darst
Pickerington
Edward and Wally to Wed in Vienna English Chapel
Frances Clyne reports, after returning to New York, that the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson will marry May 22 in the English Chapel in Vienna. The date was stated definitively at a London cocktail party attended by Lord Brownlow, a close friend of the former king.
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New York
U.P
Frances Clyne
New York Society Mediate
S. S. Bremen
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Vienna
London
Lord Brownlow
Purse Loss Fright Triggers Paralysis in Newark Woman
In Newark New Jersey Sophie Fleischer aged 26 became so frightened after thinking she lost her pocketbook that her vocal cords and one arm were paralyzed. Doctors expected full recovery within a few days with rest. The found pocketbook contained 50 cents and a $10 check.
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Newark
N. J
U.R
Sophie Fleischer
Johnson recalls White House visit with Roosevelt
William Andrew Johnson, 79, a former slave born to President Andrew Johnson, said the 30 minutes with President Franklin D. Roosevelt were the happiest of his life. He stood outside the White House grounds clutching the cane gifted by the President and called Roosevelt “my kind of white folks.”
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Roosevelt
William Andrew Johnson
White House
Andrew Johnson
Constitutional Amendment Seen as Key to Court Plan
The Roosevelt administration presses for court expansion as it edges toward a compromise. A leading proposal by Senators Wheeler and Bone would allow Congress to override Supreme Court invalidations under specific conditions. Meanwhile a 27-member House group from 16 states forms the Judiciary Reform Group to campaign nationwide for the reorganization plan.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sens
Burton K, Wheeler
Mont
Homer T. Bone
Wash
Congress
House
Reps
David J. Lewis
Knute Hill
Henry G. Teigan
Minn
Jerry Voorhis
Spanish Civil War on Madrid Front Stalemate Continues
Nationalists and Loyalists on the Madrid front sit in a stalemate as heavy days of assaults ease. Reinforcements of 20,000 men were reported arriving from the Malaga front for renewed attacks, with no imminent breakthrough in the siege that began in November.
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Madrid
Hendaye
U.P
Malaga
Bar Association approves resolution on court size
The Cincinnati Bar Association on Thursday approved a resolution condemning President Roosevelt’s proposal to increase the Supreme Court’s membership. The action was taken by the association’s membership in Cincinnati.
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BAR
Cincinnati
U.P
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Bar Association
Unionists Hold Fansteel Plant After Two Hour Siege
In Waukegan Illinois a force of police and sheriffs deputies failed to remove over 100 sit down strikers from Fansteel Metallurgical plants after a two hour siege. Tear gas and projectiles failed to break the strike which demanded union recognition and collective bargaining amid plans for a peace conference with Chicago officials.
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Waukegan
Ill
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Chicago
Tom Kennedy
Doolittle
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Carl Swanson
Kennedy
Ralph J. Dady
Dady
Estrikers
Joseph M. Jacobs
General Motors
Flint, Mich
Infant dies from inhaled walnut kernel in Springfield
A 20 month old boy Carleton Fields of Springfield died in Children's Hospital after inhaling small walnut kernel particles. The incident occurred Thursday and was reported by local authorities.
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Springfield
Carleton
Fields of
Children's Hospital
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