Dems Differ On Probable GOP Winner
Democratic guesses on the Republican presidential nominee circulated as Senator Dickinson denounced New Dealers as bunglers. Landon was tipped by Kansas boss Tom Pendergast to win the nomination but lose to Roosevelt. Vandenberg was favored by a Democratic party director if he were drafting a book on the race.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Tom Pendergast
Kan City
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Michigan
Charlies Michelsong
Democratic Publiity
Landon
Illinois
Senator Borah
Idaho
Frank Knox
Chicago
Knox
Borah
Ohio
New York
Dickinson
Towa
New York Republican Club
Ohio Prison System Criticized by New York Group
The Osborne Association described Ohio's prison system as deplorable and disgraceful and proposed a seven point program to address acute conditions. The report to the Ohio Government Survey called for nonpartisan board control, remodel and building, a sound probation system, and improved personnel, amid criticism of state actions and past building delays.
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Columbus
Osborne Association Inc
Ohio
Ohio Government Survey
Margaret Allman
Osborne Association, Inc
Martin L. Davey
Association
Endowed Welfare Research Organiation of
New York
Mason and Dixon Line
200 Mile Lee Stretch Down Ohio River
A 200 mile stretch of low water moved down the Ohio River as temperatures fell and a slowly dropping stage would become tide. In Cincinnati stage at four feet and falling, rivermen said any moderating temperature could alter the drop and rise, with the river at 62 feet after recent heavy rains.
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Lee
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Rivermen
Mitchell World War hero dies after court martial fallout
Brig. Gen. William Billy Mitchell, famed for air warfare exploits in World War I, who was later court martialed over alleged negligence during the Shenandoah disaster, has died. His death closes a controversial chapter in military aviation history.
Mitchell Ace Flier Dies of Heart Disease
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell known as Billy to US airmen died in a New York hospital at 57 from heart disease after influenza. He was the first American officer to fly over enemy lines in World War I, later criticizing aviation policy and resigning after a court martial. He advocated a separate cabinet department for aviation combining Army and Navy air defense.
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New York
William Mitchell
Stormy Petrel
Army
New York Hospital
Mitchell
War
Navy Departments
Aviation
Navy
Hunger strike leads to jail sentence in Waukesha
In Waukesha Wisconsin Joseph Schultz applied for lodging at the county jail saying he had not eaten for three days. The cook served food which Schultz threw on the floor calling it trash. He was charged with disorderly conduct and sentenced to 60 days in the jail with a 180 meal hunger strike noted.
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Waukesha
Wis
Joseph Schultz
Lodg
Ing
Schultz
A. J. Redford
Senate Welfare Panel Defers Boyd-Hunter Bill
Further consideration by the Senate Welfare Committee of the Boyd Hunter unemployment insurance bill was deferred until the Legislature returns next Tuesday.
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Columbus
Senate Welfare Committee
Minister Matthew Hanna Dies in Tucson at 66
Cleveland based report states Matthew F. Hanna American minister to Guatemala died Wednesday in Tucson Arizona Born in Ross County Ohio near Chillicothe he served in Guatemala and was a longtime religious leader in Cleveland communities
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Cleveland
Matthew F. Hanna
Guatemala
Tucson
Ariz
Ross County
Chillicothe
Attorney in Hauptmann Case Quits With Death Looming
New York attorney Leibowitz, aiding in the Bruno Hauptmann case, quits saying Hauptmann’s last card is played and lost. Hauptmann faces execution the week of March 30 after an interview in the Death House.
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Hauptmann
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Samuel S. ‘Leibowitz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New York
Col
N. Jd
U S Acts in Rubber Strike
AKRON T W Chapell, Department of Labor conciliator from Washington, took over the task of breaking the deadlock between striking Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. workers and management as 14,000 idle. Pickets block all large plant entrances while 500+ employees remain inside and production stalls. Columbia Chemical Co. closes Barberton plant after two sit down protests in sympathy with 50 union pipefitters seeking a four cent wage increase. The plant employs 900. Railroads consider federal court injunction to stop pickets from halting coal cars to the Goodyear power plant.
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Akron
T. W. Chapell
Department of Labor
Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Columbia Chemical Co
Barberton
Goodyear
Informality and Thoroughness Characteristic of Edward VIII
London observes Edward VIII mark one month on the throne as Britain’s informal monarch. He toured the Imperial Fair at Olympia with brisk speed, paused at gear stands, and joked with officials, lifting his trousers to display socks and inspecting shirts, signaling personal, hands on engagement despite court mourning.
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London
Edward VIII
Britain
George V
Edward
Prince of Wales
Olymnic
King George
Queen Mary
Canada Delivers New Frigid Wave to United States
A renewed Arctic chill from Canada halted any warm spell across the U S. A mercy flight found a 65-year-old woman alive but trapped two weeks in Cedar Canyon South Dakota after a fire killed the town's other resident, a retired Presbyterian missionary. Temperatures rose briefly to 15 degrees but were still 20 to 30 below normal, with a zero line pushing south across Nebraska and Iowa.
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South Dakota
Sperearfish
Clyde Ice
Lonely Cedar Canyon
Ice
Rockies
New England
Nebraska
Michigan
Iowa
Pension Plan Probe Sparks Townsend Publicity War
Washington reports a House vote of 240 to 4 to create an eight member inquiry committee into Townsend and other old age pension movements. Representative Bell calls Dr Townsend a charlatan amid claims grocers in some cities forced fees on Townsend club purchases.
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House
Bell
M. Mo
F. EB. ‘Townsend
Townsend
Blanton
Mrs. Grover Whitier Dies at Straitsville
Mrs Grover Whitier age 48 dies at home in New Straitsville following active church and lodge work. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 PM in the M E Church. She leaves a husband two daughters Mrs Wayne Lowry of Columbus and Novella at home plus her father William Grandy four sisters and four brothers with relatives in Los Angeles Crookinville Buckeye Lake and New Straitville.
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New Straitsville
Grover Whitier
M. E
Whitier
Mra
Wayne Lowry
Columbus
Novella
William Grandy
Ada Cox
Los Angelies
Marie Dalrymple
Crookinville
Kate Lines
Emma Evans
New Straiteville
Byenville
Frank Grandy
Buckeye Lake
Clarence
Herbert Grandy
Senate Acts To Curb Shipment of Arms
Washington lawmakers halted a bill to ban shipments of firearms and ammunition in interstate commerce except by licensed dealers after munitions investigators heard testimony on sales of old army machine guns.
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Senate
Washington
Cleveland payroll cuts hit 2203 state workers
Since January 1, Mayor Herald H. Bugtones announced in Cleveland that 2,203 civil service positions have been eliminated from the payrolls, according to the Civil Service Commission.
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Cleveland
Meyor Herald H. Bpugtones
Eft
Civ Service Commission
Seid
Missing pilot Paul Redfern alive in Guiana mountains
Alfred Harred and Art Williams report finding Paul Redfern alive in the Tumae Humac Mountains of Western Guiana after a crash on August 26, 1927. Redfern, crippled and aided by medicine men, is said to be held by an Indian tribe and guarded. Harred and Williams fled after Indians surrounded them while attempting rescue. The State Department ordered an inquiry through the American consul in Trinidad.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Alfred Harred
Paramaribo
Art Williams
Paul Redfern
Tumae Humac Mountains
Gui
Redfern
Harred
Brunswick
Rio de Janeiro
Williams
Tom Roch
Washington
State Department
Trinidad
British West Indies
Bituminous Coal Production Rises Nationally in Week
New York reports the National Coal Association says bituminous coal output for the week ended February 15 reached 10.2 million net tons, up from 8.705 million tons in the same week last year.
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New York
United States
National Coal Association
Columbus Mayor Lays Off 100 More Workers
Mayor Myron B. Gessaman announced 100 firemen and other city employees would be laid off, following Wednesday’s dismissal of 140 civilians after voters defeated a mill levy to raise 800000. He said operating needs for 1936 total 3,000,000 but only 2,184,908 remains.
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Columbus
Myron B. Gessaman
Gessaman
Cold Ohio sees slight moderation amid deep freezes
In Ohio, signs of warmer weather emerge but many cities report sub zero temperatures with Coshocton and Big Prairie among the coldest spots. A separate Cleveland item notes a third assault on women in three weeks, Mary Johnson 20, a maid, was struck with a hammer and fled. Marion reports Mayor Smith calling a mass meeting Friday to discuss balancing a budget $887,000 over projected 1934 revenues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Coshocton
Big Prairie
Cleveland
Mary Johnson
Marion
FC. Smith
Skeleton found in Meigs County mine cave linked to Duckworth case
Workmen sealing Mine No 5 in Lost Run Coal Co area found a skeleton in a cave near Hysell Run. Local dentist test confirmed a 45-year-old man. The find may solve the 10-year mystery of Arthur L Duckworth who disappeared after collecting from Vulcan Mining Camp. A purported confession by John Hendricks claimed Duckworth's body was burned, but officers did not accept it as the solution to the Duckworth case.
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Pomeroy
Hysell Run
Lost Run Coal Co
Arthur L. Duckworth
H D. Brown
Duckworth
Vulcan
James McCumber
John Hendricks
McCumber
Hendricks
Ohio Farmer Seeks U S Aid In Food And Fuel
Butler County farmer Walter L. Seward petitions the U S District Court for relief under farm bankruptcy and moratorium programs. He alleges crop sales by a bankruptcy official left him without funds to feed livestock or care for his ill condition and seeks an accounting. A first of its kind filing in the district.
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Cincinnati
Butler County
United States District Court
Walter L. Seward
Hamilton
A. W. DuVall
Seward
Supreme Court
Fraternity Pins Said No Longer Sign of Betrothal
Chicago coeds and Ohio University officials debated the meaning of fraternity pins after Ohio’s dean of women declared pins no longer a sure sign of engagement. A dozen comments at St Louis showed little belief pins now signal betrothal with one editor lamenting the change.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Irma Voigt
Ohio University
Ohioan
St. Louis
Jeanne Stolte
The
Daily Maroon
Hammond
Ind
Sterilization Dispute Hits High Court In Hewitt Case
In San Francisco a judge questioned sterilization as a common practice as two surgeons face criminal charges in the Ann Cooper Hewitt case. The 21 year old heiress sues for $500 000 claiming she was tricked into the operation by her mother. The doctors are co-defendants in the damage suit and delay of their hold order was set to Feb 28 to allow habeas petitions.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Sylvain J. Lazarus
Pr. Tilton KB. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Italians Push Further Into Northern Ethiopia
Italian forces under Marshal Pietro Raccongno tighten grip in Northern Ethiopia as advances continue. Diplomatic circles discuss a potential Italy Germany understanding to counter France ring of steel and League sanctions.
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Ethiopia
Pietro Radogno
Eanty Africa
Italy
Germany
France
League of Nations
Heiress and Cowboy Wed in Surprise Wyoming Ceremony
Anne Gould Meador, 22, granddaughter of Jay Gould, and Herman H. Fisbury, 24, a Cody cowboy, were married Saturday in Cheyenne. They planned to travel to New York City, with only a minister's wife and daughter as witnesses. Rhinelander dies of pneumonia in New York.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Anne Gould Meador
Jay Gould
Herman H. Fisbury
Cody
New York City
Flisbury
Clergy Oppose New Deal Policies in FD Government Poll
A Literary Digest clergy poll of 21,606 clergymen across 45 states shows 70.22 percent voting no on approving Roosevelt's New Deal policies and 22.78 percent yes. Ohio clergymen split with 617 of 1,208 voting against, while Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina ministers supported the administration.
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Ohio
Alabama
Mississippi
South
Caroline
Increased Relief Numbers Trigger Senate Tax Debate
Washington reports a sharp rise in work relief participants to 3,797,770, widening the gap from the original 3,500,000 goal and fueling liberal calls for a broader higher income tax. Senate liberals push for higher levies on the wealthy and some tax exemptions realignment amid plans to fund a new farm program. President Roosevelt delays recommendations while Treasury and Agriculture draft levies to cover farm costs and relief. The House fights the farm bill amid dairy-state opposition over acreage removal and price competition, aiming for quick passage with a dual federal-state subsidy system.
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WPA
Senate
LaFollette
Supreme Court
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Treasury
Agriculture Departments
Boileau (P
Wis
AAA
FERA Leaders Meet in Athens District Conference
FERA district leaders from five districts gathered in Athens on Wednesday to address certification administration and public relations. Belford Nelson led the Southeast District. Julia Griggs assisted. Rose Craig led the Northeast District. Richard Bachman supervised intake. Paul Rock and Mary Ann Johnson represented the Athens District onsite.
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FERA
Ohio
Athene
Belford Nelson
Julia Griggs
serevice d@Jaion
Columbus
Rose Craig
Richard Bachman
WEA
Paul Rock
Athens
Mary Ann Johnson
Puppy wants home ad from Findlay Republican Courier
The Findlay Republican Courier ran a short ad seeking a home for a medium brown dog. The pup is described as not good looking but having a wonderful personality and possessing a license through popular subscription.
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Findlay
Findlay Republican Courier
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