Ally to Seek Borah Senate Seat in May Primary
Ray Craig Boise announced he would seek Senator Borah Idaho’s seat prompting speculation Borah aims for the Republican presidential nomination. McKaig Idaho grange leader will also run, after a Borah conference. EPIC backs Sinclair in California anti McAdoo drive for Roosevelt second ballot. Landon for President efforts rise in Massachusetts amid party clashes. Coughlin challenges O’Connor to a House debate on farm mortgage bill.
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Sinclair
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
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Massachusetts
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Charles BE. Coughlin
Representative O'Connor
D. N
House and Senate to Confer on Farm Bill
The House quickly agrees to a conference with the Senate on the new 500000 farm bill. Speaker Burns names Agriculture Committee conferees including Chairman Jones and members Fulmer Doxey Hope and Kinzer. Administration aims to push soil conservation subsidies before spring planting.
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House
Senate
Burns
Agriculture Committee
Jones
Tex
Fulmer
Doxey
Miss
Hope
Kan
Kinzer
Soil Conservation
Heir Woolworth Heiress Delivers Son in London
A son was born to Countess Barbera Hutton Meuewitz-Reventiow heiress to Woolworth millions. She is married to Count Curt Haug witz-Reventiow since May 1 1934 after a divorce from Prince Alexis Mdivani. The infant’s maternal father and stepmother Frankie and Mrs Hutton traveled from the United States to England for the birth.
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London
Barbera Hutton Meuewitz-Reventiow
Woolworth
Yee
Curt Haugwitz-Reventiow
Alexis Mdivani
Frankie Hutton
England
United States
Secretary Swanson Improves After Illness
Washington report says Secretary Swanson who has pleurisy and a fractured rib is much better today than two days ago. Hospital condition improves as doctors monitor his recovery.
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Washington
Swanson
Lips Like the Red Red Rose and Co Ed Lips Study
A playful note parodies lipstick statistics at the University of Wisconsin with absurd figures for lip impressions per co ed and per year. The piece ends by promoting a classified ad in The Messenger selling a 1929 Chevrolet Coach for 99 dollars.
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University of Wisconsin
Guthrie’s
Hoffman says star witness lied in Hauptmann case
Governor Hoffman accuses Millard Whited of lying in the Hauptmann extradition and trial context. Whited, a Sourland Mountain lumberjack, testified he saw Hauptmann prowling near the Lindbergh grounds in 1922, later recanting and claiming influence over state witnesses and rewards. He reaffirmed identification after police photo lineups.
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N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Millard Whited
Sourland Mountain
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Sourland Iagger
New Jersey
Hauptmann
New York
Bronx
Whited
Fremington
Hoffman
Charles A. Lindbergh
Farm Budget Bill for 1937 Before House
Washington expects a $161,863,147 Agriculture Department appropriation for 1937 as the soil conservation program heads to conference. The measure totals above current appropriations but under budget estimates after reapportionments, with $17,500,000 for diseased cattle work and $84,000 for farm credit, plus the soil conservation service as a regular item.
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Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Farm Credit Administration
Appropriations
Great Plains
Treasury
Aail Conservation Service
Miss Elsie Poston Dies of Influenza
Miss Elsie Poston 29 daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Poston Canaan Township died Sunday at home after a week with influenza She leaves parents a brother Lloyd and a niece Rebecca Ellen Poston Funeral at Canaan M F Church Tuesday at 2 p m conducted by Rev Everett Cole Burial in W Union St Cemetery Friends may call at parental home
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Jesse Poston
Canaan Township
Miss Poston
Lioyd
Rebecca Ellen Poston
Canaan M. F
Everett Cole
W. Union St
Stolen Patrol Car Stripped of Contents at Headquarters
Columbus report: state highway patrol recovered a patrol car abandoned after a garage break in. Equipment such as a first aid kit blanket axe tow chains and flashlight were missing. Also, Richard Kennett 17 and Courtland Bell Jr escaped an ice sinking on the Maull ee River after driving from Lakewood Michigan.
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State Highway Patrol
Tolkfimd
Richard Kennett
Courtland Bell, Jr
Maulee River
Lakewood
Mich
British Motive Not Selfish Eden Tells Commons
In the House of Commons on Monday Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said Britain’s Ethiopia policy is driven by League of Nations duties and collective security, not self interest. He cited a leaked inter-departmental report noting focus on Lake Tana and grazing rights, and dismissed worries about US oil embargo cooperation.
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House of Commons
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Eden
Ethiopia
Alea
Borah
Washington
Great Britain
John Maffey
Lake Tana
Blue Nile
Samuel Vyvyan Terrce Adams
League Committee On Sanctions
United States
Rail Workers Are Recalled on Central Ohio Lines
Several hundred railroaders, many furloughed since 1930, returned to work on Central Ohio routes as severe winter weather eased. Enginemen and trainmen led recalls with car repairers and maintenance of way workers also returning. About 109 men were recalled for engine and train service.
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Ohio
J. J. Daley
New York Central Railroad
Daley
Akron Pickets Await Court Injunction Test
Pickets along a wide front in Akron await a court injunction test to limit the Goodyear Tire blockade. Volunteers muster as Sheriff James T. Flowers Jr predicted no violence as deputies prepare for the confrontation this week.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
James T. Flowers, Jr
Governor Removes Georgia Comptroller General for Neglect
Governor Eugene Talmadge dismissed Comptroller General William B. Harrison for refusing to countersign warrants without an appropriations act. The order cites neglect of duties and conduct unbecoming, risking public funds and state credit.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
William B. Harrison
Harrison
Georgie
Wilham B. Harrison
Ohio River steamship service to resume after brief lay-up
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River steamboats T McCleod and Green Line ready to restart regular trips after about two months. The river level is falling toward flood stage with no expected rise in coming days as warm weather continues in southwestern Ohio.
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P. HW. MccCleod
Ohio River Transit Co
Here
Louisville
Green
W. C. Devereaux
Coshocton Epidemic Believed Ended
Coshocton returns to normal after an intestinal influenza outbreak affecting the town of 10,885. Newark, 35 miles away, faced gas fears as a broken main spilt fumes over four blocks. officials urged alertness and repairs continued. Seven Coshocton schools reopened as the council studied a water softening and filtration plant to prevent a gastroenteritis repeat that affected about 2,000 residents.
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Coshocton
Newark
Officials Killed In Puerto Rico in Nationalist Plot
In San Juan and Utuado Puerto Rico two police chiefs were killed in a coordinated Nationalist attack. Col Francis Riggs 48 formerly of the U S Army was shot at noon in San Juan. District Police Chief Francisco Velez Ortiz died while suppressing a riot in Utuado. An FBI inquiry was announced.
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Ban Juan
Puerto Rico
Col. BE
Francis Riggs
Insular
Man Shoots Brother in Mistaken Burglar Disturbance
In Marion Harlan T. Rapp aged 32 was shot by his brother Fred Rapp who said the shooting was accidental after Harlan arrived home and was fired upon as he left. Doctors classified the injury as not serious and police investigated the incident.
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Hauntmann
Bronx
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Wolf
Marion
Harlan T. Rapp
Fred
Harlan Rapp
Teft
Ex Governor Albert C. Ritchie Dies After Stroke
Former Maryland governor and longtime anti New Deal critic Albert C. Ritchie died at his Baltimore apartment after a stroke. He was 64, alone when stricken around 1 45 a m. Doctors and his secretary found him nonresponsive despite artificial respiration and oxygen. Ritchie had been a controversial figure in Democratic Party politics and conservation of states rights for 15 years.
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New Dealers
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Albert C. Ritchie
Mariiander
Chicago
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Maryland
Cecil Bagley
Richard Coblentz
Bagley
Fire Department
Free Bridges Fight May Go Before Court
The Ohio State Bridge Commission plans court action if negotiations fail to force toll-free bridges, aiming to buy the Sandusky Bay bridge for 1.5 million dollars after the owner sought 3 million then 2 hundred thousand. Senator Herner notes toll reductions expected once acquired, with current rates among the highest in the state.
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State Bridge Commission
Ohio
Sandusky Bay Bridge
The
Sandusky Bay Bridge Co
Herner
Commission
Ohio River
Martina Ferry
Wheeling
W. Va
Athens Boys Asked Not To Fly Kites at Airport
At the Athens Airport, Al Knouff of Swiftair Service urged local boys to avoid flying kites near the airfield after Bob Swift narrowly missed a collision while landing. He warned of the serious risk posed by kites at low altitude and near aircraft operations.
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Athens
al Knouff
Swiftair
Bob Swift
Knouff
City WPA projects back in operation today
All city sponsored WPA projects are working again, per W. Gross, service director. After cold weather delays, this is the first day all projects operated since February 14.
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WPA
W. Gross
Old Fashioned Mustache Cup a Dying Keepsake in Columbus
In Columbus stores the mustache cup once used to shield facial hair from coffee is rare now. Dealers recall decades of sales and note surviving cups fetch odd looks as customers, including a wife seeking one for her husband, restore memories of a bygone era.
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Columbus
Ciieware
Dispute settled as Libbey-Owens-Ford factory reopens
More than 1,500 employees at the Libbey-Owens-Ford Laminated Glass plant returned to work after a labor dispute involving 24 women workers. Ten non union girls will be shifted to another shift, ending the stoppage
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Toledo
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Train Collision Is Investigated
A rear end collision in Cincinnati between a Big Four Chicago to Cincinnati train and a Baltimore & Ohio St. Louis bound train left one dead and many injured. It follows a prior January wreck of similar nature near the same terminal, with investigators seeking probable causes.
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Baltimore & Ohio
St. Lou's
Louinville & Nashville
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Chesapeake & Ohio
Sportsman
Treatie
Ethiopian forces claim breakthrough against Italian lines
Ethiopian sources tell the Associated Press that troops pierced Italian positions between Maekale and Aduwa and killed hundreds of Italian soldiers in a northern thrust. Ras Kaesa reportedly attacked near Aksum, with 800 invaders killed, and Ethiopian forces claimed capture of rifles and ammunition. Details of the Aksum engagement were not immediately available.
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Aduwa
Reilahe
Ras Kaesa
Aksum
Makale
Akeum
Probe Woman's Death In Explosion at Toledo
Ruth Broadway, 28, was found dead in her room after a gas explosion that shook a 21 apartment building in Toledo. Coroner W M Shapiro planned an investigation. Raymond Broadway said he separated from his wife three weeks ago.
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Ruth Broadway
Wee
W M. Shapiro
Raymond Broadway
Centenarians Observe Each Other's Birthday
Findlay resident John Orth who turns 100 on Wednesday notes that his friend Jessee Treece of Arlington invited himself to the party. Orth quips that he attended Treece’s 100th birthday last year.
Armed bandits rob Canton Motor Coach office
Five men armed with automatic pistols robbed the Canton Motor Coach central office before noon, escaping with about $2,590 to $5.90 plus bus tokens. They fled toward Alliance as state and local officers pursued. Dispatcher Lecky and cashier Sanders were held at gunpoint while two drivers were forced to lie on the floor. the bandits are believed linked to Friday’s Summit Wholesale Grocery robbery in Akron.
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Alliance
W. V., Lecky
C. R. Sanders
Mr. Lecky
Lecky
Sanders
Summit Wholesale Grocery Co
Akron
Probe Death Of Divorcee In Long Beach Apartment
Long Beach Calif a mysterious guest in the apartment of Mrs Ethel Palm an attractive divorcee was sought by police investigating her death The 12 year old Billy Dooley woke to a blaring radio and said he heard someone drop through a window around 10 pm Saturday Mrs Palm died Saturday night and her body was found Sunday morning by manager W E Carter The death by self strangulation theory was questioned by detectives who noted she would have found it difficult to strangle herself
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Billy Dooley
Palm
Safety of Kidnapped Missionary Feared
Redford Mass reports grave concern for Rev J Clarence Burns of Toledo, kidnapped by Manchouguo bandits. Father Sylvia R Gilbert states Burns was taken at the coldest part of the year with temperatures between 35 and 0 degrees below zero, believed kept in a mountain mud house far below freezing.
Record Cold Wave Breaking With Heat Spark
Floods threaten 13 states as California drownings rise to four and two missing on a Green River Indiana boat. Red Cross, coast guard mobilize thousands to move livestock, even as a warm spell 50 degree goal looms. Ohio River gorge breaks, ice jams stubborn in Allegheny region as concerns persist.
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California
Green River
Indiana
Red Cross
The
Coast Guard
Two Men Die In Auto Crash
An auto crash five miles west of Warren killed two men, driver Cort land and passenger John Kane Jr, both in their early twenties. Also injured were two sisters Florence and Martha Rood. A second fatality occurred near Dover when Robert Ziegier fell from an embankment. In Columbus another heart attack death followed a car collision into a house.
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Ivan D. Wortman
Cortland
John Kane, Jr
Florence
Martha Rood
Robert Ziegier
Cleveland
Dover
Mary Lee McQuire
William C. Beitz
Columbus
Muscle Shoals Plant Called Obsolete in Hearing
Congress heard from Dr. MH Kunsman director of fertilizer research that the synthetic ammonia plant at Muscle Shoals for nitrate production is obsolete and probably can never be operated. The statement came during hearings before the House appropriations committee.
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Washington
Congress
Muscle Shoals
House Appropriations Committee
MH. Kunsman
Agriculture Department
Tugs Break Ice on Maumee River to Forestall Flood
Three tugs began breaking ice in the Maumee River Monday to avert possible flood damage as warm weather threatened ice jams and rising water.
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Toledo
Maumee
Cleveland man dies in house fire after attempted rescue
Joseph Mehalke, 40, perishes in a Sunday blaze at his Cleveland home as his wife Mia Susan Grege, 42, cannot wake him and escapes through a window, narrowly surviving the flames.
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Joseph Mehalke
Mia
Susan Grege
Owsie
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