Meigs County Committee Fight Amid Kidnapping Rumor
Tim Bishop Republican central committeeman from Pomeroy vanished Monday night triggering reports of a kidnapping. Zanesville police later said he was located and had left with relatives for a trip. Police planned to pursue charges if force was used to detain him.
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Pomeroy
Tim Bishop
Kerrs Run
Meigs County
Republican Central Committee
Bishop
Republican Central
Charles Spencer
Zanesville
Columbus
LeFever Bill Passage Recommended by House
The House health committees recommended passage of the LeFever Bill to reorganize the State Health Department. Amendments limit the department to recommending rather than establishing minimum qualifications for local health commissioners. Snow and river rise noted in Ohio as six inches fall in Columbiana County.
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LeFever
House
Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
State Health Department
State Department
East
Liverpool
Columbiana County
Ohio
Bladensburg Man Dies From Snowstorm Route 146 Crash
Abraham L. Taylor aged 66 of Bladensburg Knox County died in a hospital here from injuries in a traffic accident during a snowstorm on Route 146 near Zanesville Tuesday. The crash occurred in Knox County as Taylor was involved in the wintry crash sequence. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Authorities investigated the incident and prepared a report for the county coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
U.P
Abraham L. Taylor
Bladensburg
Knox County
Here
GOP Quashed By House Vote
The House defeated opposition to an export import bank extension with a 280 to 77 vote. Sixty one Republicans backed the bill while no Democrat opposed it, dampening fears of a larger GOP minority in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Rep
Jospeh W. Martin
Mass
John W. McCormack
Democratic Caucus
Trial Witness To Marry One He Said Was Killer
In Cleveland Ohio Stanley Sulkowski aged 51 testified that Agnes Sekarek aged 32 admitted poisoning her husband and hanging him to mimic suicide. A second jury acquitted her after the first jurors disagreed. Sulkowski then obtained a marriage license and a waiver of the five day wait.
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Cleveland
O.R
Stanley Sulkowski
Agnes Sekarek
Sulkowski
Postpone Fulton County Cage Tourney in Wauseon
The Fulton County basketball tournament scheduled for this week in Wauseon has been postponed due to an influenza epidemic affecting teams and staff.
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Wauseon
Fulton County
Four Are Dead in Southern Storm
A tornado struck a coastal farm area near Windsor North Carolina causing four deaths and injuring about one hundred. Homes were wrecked along a three mile path, with 40 houses destroyed and many left homeless as the storm moved across Green Cross Roads toward Albermarle Sound. Police said the dead include John W. Brown Colerain police chief 65 J F Mizelle and Robert Lawrence 94. Rescue teams worked through rain and debris as communications failed and shelters opened at the Edenton armory.
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Albermarle Sound
Edenton
Green Cross Roads
John W. Brown
Colerain
J. F. Mizelle
Robert Lawrence
Double Tragedy Strikes Home in Minneapolis
Miss Harriett Nease died in Minneapolis and was brought home for burial at Nease Settlement. She died at her brother Royce Nease's home where she resided with his wife Mrs Royce Nease. Later that night Mrs Nease died leaving Royce ill and confined to bed.
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Pomeroy
Harriett Nease
Minneapolis
Minn
Nease Settlement
Miss Nease
Royce Nease
Death of Monsarrat Adjudged Suicide in Columbus
A coroner's jury in Columbus ruled Charles R. Monsarrat 27 died by his own action after inhaling auto exhaust fumes in his garage. Monsarrat, scion of a prominent Columbus family and grandson of Nicholas Monsarrat, was born in Corning and widely known in Southeastern Ohio.
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Columbus
Edward E. Smith
Charles R. Monsarrat
Monsarrat
Nicholas Monsarrat
Hocking Valley Railroad
Ohio
Corning
California Girl Dances At Munich For Hitler
Marion Daniels a 19 year old California tap dancer from Alameda performed in Munich and Cannes drawing applause from Adolf Hitler. She danced Lehar’s Merry Widow in Munich and later in Cannes at the Casino before Hitler invited her to Munich for a special Mardi Gras operetta show. Hitler attended both performances and congratulated her through an interpreter.
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Munich
U.P
Marion Daniels
French Riviera
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Miss Daniels
Alameda
Cal
Lehar
Hitler
Cannes
Gaertner Theater
Kuenssleraus
Parole Law Recoding Aims By Bricker Aide Conference
Columbus report on a conference committee reshaping state parole law and re coding of unemployment measures. Senate action included the Lipscher Bill on traffic enforcement insignia and uniforms and a ballot dollar display requirement. Kirkpatrick Bill lets townships use gasoline tax for road machinery with surveyor and commissioners approval.
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Columbus
WUP
Parole Board
Bricker
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Senate
House
Lipscher
U S Officials Expect Crisis in Settlement
Shanghai dispatch reports cancellation of most US Marines leaves as Japanese anger over Chinese terrorists raises risk to foreign interests in the International Settlement. In 18 months Chinese terrorists killed over 80 Chinese traitors aiding Japanese rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.S
United States
Two Men Sentenced for Diverting WPA Labor
A. J. S. Fiegelist a Maumee lumber dealer and Edward Parker a Sylvania ex foreman were convicted in federal court of diverting WPA labor from a rural sanitary project. They were sentenced by U.S. Judge Frank L. Kloeb to jail for taking workers from outdoor toilet construction to build a frame structure at Fiegelist lumber yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
A. J. S. Fiegelist
Maumee
Edward Parker
Sylvania
U. S
Frank L. Kloeb
Fiegelist
Detroit UAW Leader Hints on AFL Ties
Homer Martin denied plans to lead his UAW faction into the AFL but said he would not discourage any friendship offered by the American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Ohio State Law Dean to resign from university post
Dean Hersch el W Arant of Ohio State University Law School has his appointment to the Sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed by the Senate and will resign from his university position Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Herschel W. Arant
Ohio State University Law School
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Senate
Vinson Warns Dictators U S Is Ready To Answer In Might Language
Congress pauses Washington’s birthday ceremonies as debate resumes on a 53.8 million naval air bases bill. Vinson warns dictators US will answer in their own language, citing Guam fortifications to halt expansion toward the Western Hemisphere. Other measures include defense spending and Alaska coast guard base plans.
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Vinson
U. S
Washington
House
Naval
Carl Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Guam
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Joseph B. Shannon
Roosevelt
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Charles Brunett
Army
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Senate Territories Committee
Philippines
Islands
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Josiah W
Coal Officials Discuss New Union Contract
The National Coal Association and 16 soft coal producers met in New York to plan renewal negotiations with the United Mine Workers set to begin March 14. The current pact covers 400000 miners with a 35 hour week and daily wages of 6 dollars north and 5.60 south, while UMWA leaders plan to push for a 30 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers
The
Coal Association
UMWA
Brooklyn Father Pays Ransom to Free Four-Year-Old
George Katz a Brooklyn accountant said his four year old son Michael was kidnapped Monday morning in Sea Gate Brooklyn and released that night after paying about 300 dollars to two unidentified men who had demanded seven thousand. The boy was unharmed.
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New York
U.P
George Katz
Brooklyn
Michael
Katz
Senate panel kills Ohio wine import bill in 4 2 vote
The Ohio Senate liquor control committee defeated the Baumhart Bill to curb imported wine. Grape growers backed the measure to shield Ohio from California competition while manufacturers blenders and distributors warned it would damage the economy and invite retaliatory laws elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate Liquor Control Committee
Ohio
California
Dayton Board Drops 117 Teachers to Meet Budget
The Dayton Board of Education voted to cut 117 teachers from the Dayton School system next year to reduce staff from 1,117 to 1,000 and stay within budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Board of Education
Boy Giant Today Becomes a Man
Alton U P report says Robert Wadlow tallest man on record rose to eight feet one and a half inches and declared today he is a man on his 21st birthday. His growth continues with height weight and health steady. his bed measures nine feet six inches long.
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Robert
Death pledge to pay sister ends in tragedy
The Delaware County Orphans Court ruled the late Dr. Theodore J. Grayson had promised his sister Mary Grayson Morrow 35 dollars a month to leave town, a pledge tied to his death. She had sued the estate for 7324 dollars, claiming the arrangement would continue until she reached 70.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Theodore J. Grayson
University of Pennsylvania
Delaware County Orphans’ Court
Mary Grayson Morrow
Dayton
Clinton County Woman 102 Dies in Fire
Wilmington dispatch reports Mrs. Jennie Stringfellow 102 of Clinton County burned to death while attempting to rekindle a fire with kerosene at her Sabina area farm. Her son Henry was chores at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
U.P
Henry
Sabina
Jennie Stringfellow
Clinton County
Jewelry Heist Reported By Chicago Dealer
Berlin Aup Lester J. Blowwitz, a Chicago wholesale jewelry salesman, told police jewelry valued at $8000 was stolen from his parked automobile in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
AUP
Lester J. Blowitz
Chicago
Father Uses Torch on Daughter Over Shoes Bonus
Cristina Peschard 16 said her father burned her face with a blow torch and delayed medical care for 10 days after she bought shoes with a $6 laundry bonus. Doctors reported deep burns to her cheek neck and shoulder that may scar. Police freed her from a home described as a dreary, prisonlike eight person dwelling.
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EL Paso
Tex
Cristina Peschard
Cristina
Hope to Draft Donahey in 1940
Francis W. Durbin chair of Allen County Democratic group launches a bid to draft Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio for the 1940 Democratic nomination. Durbin forwards his recommendation in a letter to John J. OConnor former chairman of the House Rules Committee praising Donahey as a natural fit for president.
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Lima
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Francis W. Durbin
Allen County
Democratic Executive Committee
State Central
Durbin
Sen. Donahey
John J. O'Connor
New York
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Girl 15 dies by arsenic self harm over school dislike
Gallipolis report says Myrtle Holmes, a 15 year old girl, bought arsenic two days before death. Coroner Brown rules death by self administered poison with motive given as dislike for school. Funeral set for Thursday at the Baptist Church.
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Gallipolis
Myrtle Holmes
Brown
Baptist Church
Ohio Livestock Values Rise One Million in 1938
The federal state crop reporting service estimated a one million dollar increase in Ohio farm animals value for 1938 in its annual livestock summary.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Federal
State
Brush Workshop Fire Damages Cleveland Invention Site
Fire swept the workshop of the late Dr. Charles F. Brush in Cleveland causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Brush, famed inventor of the arc lamp, was not present at the time of the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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Cleveland
U.P
Charles F. Brush
Jack Bell Dies After Hollister Fire Burns
Jack Bell 67 died at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after severe burns from Hollister house fire Tuesday morning. He came from Durham County England in 1908 and lived here since. Survived by two children Edward Bell and Mrs Harry Rankin. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Rev H O Davis officiating Hollister Cemetery burial.
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Glouster
Jack Bell
Hollister
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Mr. Bell
Durham County
England
Rev. H. O. Davis
Hollister Cemetery
First Amish Divorce Suit Filed in Holmes County
The first divorce suit by an Amish resident of Holmes County was filed in Millersburg. Joseph J. Gingerich, a farmer and father of 10, alleges his wife refused to cook for him or let him eat at the same table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
U.P
Holmes County
Joseph J. Gingerich
Athens County Teams Battle In Blizzard Buildup Tournament
In Athens County High School Basketball Tournament Rome High leads Rome Ames-Bern in a fast game watched by about 700 fans braving a blizzard. Parents and classmates cheerleaders from Rome Amesville and the Rome No. 1 fan Supt. Copeland praise the Rome team.
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Edith Maneggie
Athens
Rome
Ohio University
Stewart
Charles McBee
Frederick
W. A. McCune
Allan
C. H.copeland
T. M. Crawford
Jean
W. B. Jacoby
William H. Marshall
Grover Sutton
Ada
Paul Mansfield
P. G. Chapman
Fred Dorr
Earl Seel
Richard White
Dorothy Meek
Mary Barnes
Clyde van Horn
Frank Barnes
Jean McCune
Betty Dunfee
Joe Steadman
Perk"Reichley
Ames-Bern
Mary Lee Thompson
Amesville
Mary Smith
Donna
Jean Sedwick
W. W. Totman
Weber White
W. L. Carpenter
John la Velle
Joe
R. A. Smith
Mary
Cathryn
Supt. R. T. Hickman
Mrs. Hickman
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