Solons Clearing Path for Administration Measures
Ohio lawmakers prepare to advance Governor Bricker's program with a push to fast track administration bills in both chambers. The House may form a jitney calendar panel to speed measures while the Senate targets unemployment relief and the Parole Board and Tax Commission restructuring.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Bricker
William McCulloch
Miami
House Rules Committee
Parole Board
Tax Commission
Civil Service Commission
Former Capital Writer To Be Buried Tuesday
Funeral services are set for Eugene S. Leggett 36 former Washington newspaper correspondent and executive officer of the National Emergency Council who died Sunday of a heart attack aggravated by pneumonia in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Eugene S. Leggett
National Emergency Council
Theft of 40 Blankets at Oberlin College
The theft of 40 blankets valued at 330 dollars from Noah Hall at Oberlin College was reported to police today.
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Oberlin
Noah Hall
Oberlin College
War Chiefs Meet As Old Friends
Three former AEF leaders John J. Pershing Charles G. Dawes and James G. Harbord gathered at a Tucson hotel veranda in a reunion described as a meeting of old friends. A spokesman said they discussed nothing publicly on current affairs and the talk of 1918 remains unconfirmed.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. _ Pershing
Charles G. Dawes
James G. Harbord
France
U.S. Files Suit in Tires Case
The Justice Department filed a federal anti trust action seeking 1 053 474 in damages from 18 tire manufacturers accused of fixing prices. The suit covers 18 months from October 1, 1936 to March 31, 1938 in New York federal court. The government says excessive tire prices cost at least 351 158.
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Washington
U.S
Justice Department
New York
Federal District Court
Pan-American Clipper Grounds in San Juan Harbor
A Pan American Airways clipper from Miami grounded in San Juan harbor with 23 passengers and a crew of six. The pilot George Subit circled in mist and rain before landing in rough water and bringing the plane ashore. all aboard were shaken but unhurt.
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San Juan Puerto Rico
U RP
Pan American Airways
Miami
San Juan Harbor
George Subit
Police Start State Wide Search for Young Girl
A statewide search is ordered for eight year old Anna Louise Sweitzer who is believed abducted by a middle aged gardener. Parents say she was last seen with a playmate at a Pasadena playground Sunday afternoon and did not return home that night.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.P
Anna Louise Sweitzer
Gardner
Minister Installs Box To Protect Offerings
In Columbus a church pastor Dr Anson Phelps Stokes installed a floor drop box to guard alms at Trinity Church. Coins fall into a strong basement box, stopping theft from the alms box.
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Columbus
U.P
Trinity Church
Anson Phelps Stokes
Morgenthau Predicts Slow Business Rise
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr told a congressional committee that business is in a rest period but will slowly recover through 1939. He noted rapid gains since Decoration Day, but said conditions are better now and we can expect gradual improvement this year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Congressional
United Press
Morgenthau
Police Guard Increased for Bund Rally at Madison Square Garden
New York police boosted protection for the German American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden from 950 to 1,300 officers. Police Commissioner Valente said he would oversee the event and Acting Mayor Morris warned the Bund to keep order inside the venue.
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New York
U.P
Madison Square Garden
Lewis J. Valentine
Newbold Morris
Solemn Novendiali Mass for Pope Pius XI Concludes
In Vatican City the final of the nine day Novendiali masses was held today to honor the soul of Pope Pius XI, marking the end of a period of solemn prayer and remembrance.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XI
Brief Peruvian Fascist Revolt Ends in Deaths at Lima Palace
In Lima the abortive revolt led by Gen Antonio Rodriguez, minister of interior and head of the Union Revolucionaria party, left five dead including Rodriguez and a police officer. Authorities detained many suspects as troops retook the palace and the revolt collapsed. President Benavides was abroad at Pisca.
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Lima
Peru
Panoptico
Antonio Rodriguez
Union Revolucionaria” Party
Rodriguez
Oscar R. Benavides
Callao
Pisca
Europe
Luis Iparraguirre
Luiz Rizo Patron
Iparraguirre
Rizo Patron
Benavides
Ruiz Patron
British Reply on Expeditionary Force Awaited
London reports a government decision on sending a British army to France in case of war may be announced today as Parliament debates rearmament. Britain plans joint air and naval action with France and faces Franco-German-Italian diplomatic speculation about a possible meeting among Hitler Mussolini and Franco.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
France
House of Commons
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Britain
Spain
Franco
Berlin-Rome
Italy
Germany
New Arab Uprising Brewing in Holyland
A secret Syrian Arab radio station orders rebel leaders designated by numbers to begin arming in Aleppo Damascus and Latakia for a simultaneous uprising.
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Holyland
Damascus
U.R
Aleppo
Lattakia
Japanese Officials Hunt Chinese Minister Killers
Japanese authorities sought clues to identify 20 Chinese who commemorated the new year by assassinating Chen Lo, foreign minister of the Japanese sponsored reformed government of Nanking and former Chinese minister to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Chen Lo
Nanking
France
Barbour Introduces Anti Lynching Bill in Senate
Senator W Warren Barbour of New Jersey introduced in the Senate a lynching bill modeled after the Wag ner Van Nuys act. The measure mirrors prior proposals halted in the last Congress and aims to curb mob killings.
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Washington
W. Warren Barbour
N. J
Senate
Wagner van Nuys
Nevada Senator strikes back at Montana divorce move
State Senator Will Cobb announced plans to introduce a bill lowering Nevada's residency requirement for divorce from six weeks to four. He argues Montana's new law, already passed and awaiting the governor's signature, would set a one month residency, enabling Montana residents to divorce faster. The Nevada bill aims to undercut Montana by a few days, depending on the month.
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Carson City
Nev
U.P
Will Cobb
Montana
Nevada
Cobb
Metcalf Named Chairman of New Unemployment Board
Former State Sen. Verner E. Metcalf of Marietta likely will be named by Gov Bricker to a six year term on the unemployment compensation bureau board of review. He also is expected to be designated chairman. The ripper bill abolishing the old commission moves toward final enactment with governor signature anticipated.
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Columbus
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Bricker
Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Senate
House
Metcalf
Board of Review
Ohio Pension Checks Mailed
Ohio state officials announced February old age pension checks mailed with federal March support totaling 1.366 million dollars. The March federal share brings first quarter receipts to 4.039 million for Ohio, with checks sent alphabetically by county and February pensioners expected to receive their payments before month end.
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Columbus
U.P
Don H. Ebright
Ohio
Ironton Banker Homer M. Edwards Dies at 55
Homer M. Edwards, 55, Ironton banker and former Lawrence County prosecutor, died Sunday. He served as secretary to the late Frank B. Willis when Willis was governor of Ohio.
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Ironton
Homer M. Edwards
Lawrence County
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Freak Accident Story Wins New Car for Syracuse Timekeeper
Am brose Flanagan of Syracuse, a WPA timekeeper and former school official, wins a new car in a national Ripley Believe It or Not contest after submitting his story Stabbed to Death by a Foul Ball about a 1902 Ohio tragedy. Other Ohio winners receive autographed book and Caribbean cruise. a Cleveland entrant is hospitalized after a plane fall.
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Syracuse
Pomeroy
Ambrose Flanagan
Robert Ripley
Flanagan
Bethesda
Ohio
Stanton Walker
Walker
Ruth
Robert
David
Ohio University
Louis
Atlanta
Postpone McCall Execution For Supreme Court Appeal
Franklin Pierce McCall, condemned for kidnapping James Bailey Cash, had his execution postponed to Friday to allow a U S Supreme Court appeal. Gov. Fred P. Cone ordered the delay, which officials say is not a stay but a postponement. The death warrant remains in effect for the week of February 20.
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Raiford
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash
U. S. Supreme Court
L. F. Chapman
McCall
Fred. P. Cone
Chapman
Worst Storm Hits Canada Blizzards cripple transport in Manitoba
Western Canada endures the winter’s worst blizzard as Manitoba and Saskatchewan suffer at least one death. Winnipeg records 38 degrees below zero, Dauphin 40 below. In Brandon a bus with 16 passengers seeks refuge in a farmhouse while several others are reported missing but believed sheltered.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dauphin
Brandon
State Legion Committee Joins OSU Red Hunt
The Ohio American Legion executive committee asked for a state legislative inquiry into alleged un American activity at Ohio State University as university trustees resume a probe into communist influence behind student groups. The Franklin County Legion council had previously called for such an inquiry.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Ohio State University
Ohio American Legion
Franklin County Council of the American Legion
Coal Operators Name Group To Confer With Union
The National Coal Association named a committee of 16 soft coal operators to negotiate with the United Mine Workers Union for a contract covering more than 400 000 miners. A group of major bituminous producers will meet at the Biltmore Hotel in New York Tuesday to map policy for the joint bargaining conference beginning in New York March 14.
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Washington
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers Union
Biltmore Hotel
New York
U S Aid Sought in Iowa Rail Accident Probe
Federal and state investigators will meet in St Paul Tuesday to examine a freak rail accident near Council Bluffs Iowa where a runaway freight engine struck a Chicago and Great Western passenger train. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train were killed and 22 people were injured.
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Council Bluffs
St. Paul
Here
Chicago and Great Western
Obituary of Major Clin ton B Wilcox in Macon Ga
Major Clinton B. Wilcox 70 of Sandusky and utility executive died today from complications after pneumonia in Macon Georgia. He was known for his work with regional utilities and his service in the community.
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Macon
U.P
Clinton B. Wilcox
Sandusky
Senate aims to plug arms sales with rider on defense bill
Several members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee plan to attach a rider to President Roosevelt's $576 million emergency defense bill to ban future sales of American made military planes and equipment to foreign powers. The panel also studies the army expansion and a French air mission purchase, fearing new fights if the sales ban is added.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Butcher Kills Himself After Wounding Widow
Everett Taylor 58 a Parkman Geauga County butcher shot at Mrs Nellie Alteney 50 through her window and wounded her then killed himself outside her home Sunday night. Deputy Fenton says Taylor had courted Alteney for three years and she recently refused to see him.
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Chardon
U.P
Everett Taylor
Parkman
Geauga County
Nellie Alteney
Robert Fenton
Taylor
Alteney
Coughlin Attacks Planes Sale to France
Detroit preacher Charles E. Coughlin used his Sunday sermon to denounce plans to sell U S bombing planes to France as a step toward radical internationalism. He urged recognition of Washingtons gift of "no foreign entanglements" and warned against bigger foreign entanglements via financial control.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
George Washington
U. S
France
Condition of Burned Heiress Is Improving
Hollywood doctors reported Geraldine Spreckels, sugar heiress and recent divorcee, improving after burns to arms and back from a match igniting her gown. They expect a full recovery within about three weeks and labeled her condition satisfactory.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Hospital
Geraldine Spreckels
Washington's Birthday Holiday Closures Announced
State offices will be closed Wednesday in observance of Washington's Birthday. The governor's office announced the holiday closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Washington
New Yorker Sees Defeat in 1940 Debate Over New Deal Control
Washington reports a public plea for sensible Democrats to oust radicals and criticism of New Deal emergency powers. President Roosevelt faces foreign developments that may interrupt his Caribbean vacation aboard the Houston as conservatives seek to regain party control before 1940.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Houston
Caribbean Sea
John J. O'Connor
New York
Patrick H. Drewry
Congressional Elections Committee
Republican Party
Democratic Party
O'Connor
Jesse P. Wolcott
House Republican Committee
Export-Import Bank
China
Federal Reserve
Stabilization Fund
Pennsylvania Chain Store Tax Declared Invalid
The Dauphin County court ruled the Pennsylvania chain store tax enacted in 1937 invalid. The tax had been largely ineffective due to preliminary injunctions affecting most chain stores in the state.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
U.P
George H. Earle
Dauphin County
Earle
School Pupils Victors in Strike in One-Room School
Ashland district pupils at Riddle School Montgomery Township won their protest against teacher Miss Gwendolyn Workman who resigned amid accusations of cruelty. Parents said she struck pupils with books and rulers and swapped children causing injuries.
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Ashland
U.P
Riddle School
Montgomery Township
Gwendolyn Workman
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