Allied Press Fails to Heed FD Emissary
United Press reports Sumner Welles met Mussolini in Rome and planned talks with Hitler in Berlin as Allied resolve stiffened. Churchill in Parliament outlined Britain’s naval buildup and losses, including substantial submarine and warship casualties, amid intensified air and sea war fronts across Europe.
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Allied
Joe Alex Morris
United Press Foreign News
Britain
France
Roosevelt
Europe
Sumner Welles
United States
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
London
Paris
Hitler
Welles
Mussolini
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Viipuri
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Firth of Forth
Northumberland
French
Winston Churchill
British Admiralty
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Churchill
Norwegian
Altmark
Wheat Carryover in 1940 Latest Estimation
Washington report from the Department projects a July 1 wheat carryover near 300 million bushels, up 46 million from last year. Total available wheat for the year stands at about 1.009 billion bushels, with 254 million from 1938 carryover and 755 million from the 1939 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W.P
Cculture Department
Snows Cost Ohio Extra Half Million
Ohio officials report heavy winter costs due to snow removal. The state has paid about a half million dollars more for wages and extra expenses to clear snow, according to Governor statements.
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Ohio
Columbus
State High Department
End of Trial of Athens County Officials In Sight
Conclusion of testimony in the bribery trial of Athens County Commissioners Walter Maccombs and Ira Whitmore neared with jury deliberation possible on Wednesday. Whitmore denied taking money, replying absolutely not to questions about payments tied to gas roller contracts quarry leases and gravel deals. Prosecutors pressed cross examination highlighting journal entries and a Derby trip with Gabriel Pincelli.
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Athens County
Walter Maccombs
Ira Whitmore
Attornneys
Whitmore
John Kelso
Paul Watson
John Green
Brawley
Ames Township
Ohio Sand and Gravel Corp
Kelso
Ohio Equipment Co
Lle
WPA
James R. MacSwords
R. W. Finsterwald
Maccombs
Derby
Finsterwald
York‘Township
MacSwords
Gabriel Pincelli
John Greene
Pincelli
Greene
Clark pressed to disclose 1940 third term plans
Sen. D Worth Clark called on President Roosevelt to reveal his 1940 political intentions within a reasonable time for the sake of the Democratic Party. Sens. Clyde L. Herring and Sherman Minton urged restraint to avoid intraparty strife while supporting him if he runs. The notes come as anti third term talk grows in the Senate and among several Ant New Deal Democrats.
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Washington
D. Worth Clark
Ida
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Clyde L. Herring
Sherman Minton
Ind
Pacific
Canal Zone
Senate
Rush D. Holt
New York
Clark
James Pope
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Hosiery Firm Wins Supreme Court Review
Apex Hosiery Co of Philadelphia seeks 711932 in damages from the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers CIO over a 1937 sitdown strike. The case rose from a federal district court verdict under the Sherman Act, then overturned by the Circuit Court of Appeals, with potential broader impact on union Sherman Act applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Apex Hosiery Co
Philadelphia
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
CIO
Apex Company
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apex
Bricker to Confer on Possible Special Legislative Session
Governor Bricker and state officials plan conferences in the coming days to decide if a spring special session is needed to raise poor relief funds. He completed a partial survey of relief needs and city resources and will meet Cleveland Mayor Harold Burton and other Cuyahoga County officials next Monday.
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Columbus
Bricker
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Norwegian Ship Rammed and Sinks Submarine Off Norway
In Bergen Norway a Norwegian steamship named Anfinn collided with a submarine of unknown nationality. The collision reportedly sank the submarine outside Norwegian territorial waters.
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Bergen
Norway
Anfinn
Sheehan Reassumes Portsmouth Post Leading Metro Housing Effort
Frank E. Sheehan, ousted as city manager last Saturday, returns to service as executive director of the Portsmouth Metropolitan Board, earning $4,000 annually as the agency oversees construction of 260 low rent houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.P
Frank E. Sheehan
Portsmouth Metropolitan Board
Plane crash near Bucaramanga kills twelve in Colombia
A tri motor plane crashed twelve miles from Bucaramanga, Colombia, killing twelve passengers. Rescue teams and officials reported the fatalities and began investigations into the cause of the crash. The incident stunned local authorities and residents in the region.
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Bogota
Colombia
Bucaramanga
Special Election May Indicate Ohio Politics
Voters in Columbus cast ballots in two Ohio special congressional elections to fill vacancies in the 17th and 22nd districts. Observers expect results to signal whether the 1938 Republican swing persists into 1940, with particular focus on the 17th district after the death of Democrat William A. Ashbrook, longtime representative from Johnstown.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
William A. Ashbrook
Johnstown
Frances Bolton
Chester Bolton
Death ray machine offered by Toledo engineer
Maurice J. Francill, a Toledo electrical engineer, offered a so called death ray to Ohio in a letter to Governor Bricker. He suggested the device could be used to execute condemned murderers and claimed a rat was killed in a recent demonstration.
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Columbus
Maurice J. Francill
Toledo
Francill
Bricker
Flood Control Survey in Ohio Valley Planned
The War Department Civil Functions' Bill for fiscal 1941 allocates 42,421,510 for rivers and harbors maintenance and 70,000,000 for general flood control, with cuts to maintenance funds and untouched Mississippi River flood control at 30,000,000. Ohio River Division projects include Johnstown Channel 400,000 and Muskingum District 1,074,000 among others.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
House
New York
Army Engineers
Ohio River Division
Johnstown Channel
Mahoning Creek
Loyalhanna Creek
Yoghiogheny Reservoir
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Massillon
Bluestone Reservoir
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Portsmouth - New Boston
Ohio River Basin
Immunizing Factor Appears in TB Germ
Dr H J Corper research director at the National Jewish Hospital Denver reports isolation of an immunizing factor in the tuberculosis germ. Animals inoculated with the factor survived 100000 deadly doses and immunity lasted three years without diminishing effects.
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New York
U.R
H. J. Cooper
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Corper
Roosevelt visits canal aboard destroyer Lang-Tuscaloosa
President Roosevelt arrives at Balboa aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa for an inspection of the Panama Canal Pacific defenses.
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Canal
LANG
U.P
President Roosevelt
Balboa
Tuscaloosa
Panama Canal
Pacific
New Navajo Language Sample Baffles White Readers
Government devised easy Navajo writing to teach English concepts to the Navajo people. John P. Harrington and Oliver LaFarge worked to write the Navajo language, though the system puzzles whites. officials say it will make sense to the Navajo in time.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Indian Education
Ficial
John P. Harrington
Smithsonian Institution
Oliver Lafarge
New York
Paul Fickenger
The
Indian Service
Rearming budget blamed for CIO split with John L Lewis
Lee Pressman says John L Lewis broke with President Roosevelt because funding favors armaments over relief and social services. Pressman notes opposition to the Wagner Health Bill and cites Lewis's Columbus Mine Workers speech predicting defeat if Roosevelt seeks a third term. Wood questions administration betrayal of labor amidst budget debates.
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Washington
U.P
Lee Pressman
CIO
House Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Pressman
Reuben E. Wood
Missouri Federation of Labor
Labor
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Columbus
WPA
Wood
Vote on Loan Is Due Today
The House convenes early to debate a Senate approved export-import bank bill permitting a 20 million dollar non military loan to Finland. Passage before tonight's recess expected as leaders back the measure increasing the revolving fund to 200 million.
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Washington
Senate
Finland
Legation
United States
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Britain
France
Aged Racine Woman Sarah Pickens Dies After Illness
Mrs. Sarah Jane Pickens 77 mother of nine died at her Racine home after a two year illness. Funeral services will be at Racine Baptist Church. She leaves husband Clayton Pickens and ten children in various towns including Frank at home Marion Racine Cecil Huntington Walter Burgholtz Gertude Biffle Carrie Ray Hattie Durst Sarah Riley Frances Frazier.
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Racine
Sarah Jane Pickens
Racine Baptist Church
Pickens
Clayton Pickens
Frank
Marion
Cecil
Huntington
Walter
Burgholtz
Gertrude Biffle
Carrie Ray
Parkersburg
Hattie Durst
East Fultonham
Sarah Riley
Ceredo
W. Va
Frances Frazier
Belpre
DIES IN CEMETERY CLEVELAND
The body of George Cifranik 49 a grave digger was found in Holy Ghost Cemetery in Cleveland authorities believe he died of a heart attack.
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Cleveland
Twu
George Cifranik
Holy Ghost
Operator Declares Charges Against Industry Distress
Daugherty, a coal operator and Athens County Democratic Party chairman, spoke to 100 at Hotel Berry as part of an Ohio Coal Foundation program. He blamed taxes for industry woes, citing November taxes of 7100 plus Social Security misses totaling over 10000, and argued heavy tax and regulatory burdens make coal production untenable.
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Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
Athens County
Democratic Party
Hotel Berry
Daugherty
Ohio Coal Foundation
Athens Kiwanis Club
Coal Foun
Machines Put Miners Out of Work in This District
Daugherty criticizes government coal policy noting $46 daily payments to the Bituminous Coal Commission and District Producers' Board per operating mine. He cites 1934 1936 reforms, a stagnant seven-member coal commission, and laws expiring 1941 as factors pushing mechanization. He argues machines replace workers and questions unemployment compensation versus jobs.
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Daugherty
Bituminous Coal Commission
District Producers’ Board
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Coal Commission
United Mine Workers
Hocking
Sunday Creek
FDR Letter Delivered to Pope Pius XII in Vatican
Myron C Taylor Roosevelt envoy presented a personal letter from President Roosevelt to Pope Pius XII during a 40 minute Vatican audience. Taylor also carried credentials as envoy, following Sumner Welles who carried a secret letter to Mussolini.
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Vatican City
U.P
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius XII
Taylor
Sumner Welles
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Akron Man Dies After Killings at Home
Russell Faulk killed his two young children and wounded Frank Bender after a quarrel with his ex wife. Faulk died in an Akron hospital last night. Bender was shot during the incident and listed in fall condition today.
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Akron
Russell Faulk
Frank Bender
Faulk
Lamb To Run For Ohio Attorney General Nomination
Edward Lamb Toledo attorney announced as a Democratic candidate for attorney general. Lamb has represented the Congress of Industrial Organizations in several cases.
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Lamb
Columbus
U.P
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Congress of Industrial Organization
Ferguson Announces Democratic Candidacy for renomination
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson of Barberton announced his candidacy for renomination on the Democratic ticket in Columbus U.P. He seeks to continue his role as state auditor and bolster party leadership locally.
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Ferguson
Columbus
U.P
Joseph T. Ferguson
Barberton
Gallipolis Receives 10000 Federal Grant for Sesquicentennial
Gallipolis officials announce a $10,000 federal grant approved by Congress for the sesquicentennial celebration. Dr. C. E. Holzer, general chairman, says funds cover major costs and mobilizes local workers to prepare. The event will honor Gallipolis as an early Ohio settlement with 1790 era pageantry drawing thousands to Southern Ohio.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Congress
Ohio
Dies Committee hears push for secret sessions risks un American charges
Rep. Frederick Smith of Marion Ohio accuses the Dies Committee of risking un American and subversive activity if its hearings are held in secret. The Un American Activities Committee met in executive session to consider Chairman Martin Dies request for secret hearings. Dies argued non public sessions avoid political campaign manipulation and said secret hearings would go too far and align with communism and totalitarianism.
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Washington
U.P
Frederick Smith
Marion
Dies Committee
Congress
Wallace Urges Trade Program Continuance
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace urged continuing the reciprocal trade agreement program as a foundation for postwar world trade. He dismissed opponents' fears that it would hurt American farmers and said continuation is needed to maintain U S agricultural exports.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
U. S
Review Petition on Grindstone Quarry Seasonal Status
Washington The Wage and Hour Division agreed to review arguments that grinding stone is a seasonal occupation. Hall Grindstone Co of Marietta Ohio filed the petition seeking exemption from the fair labor standards act hour provisions, noting seasonal character.
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Washington
Labor Department
The
Hall Grindstone Co
Marietta, O
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Mannerheim
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Supreme Court Review
Sheehan
Joe
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