Austria Moves to Quell Nazi Threat in Graz
Vienna and Graz authorities tighten security as Chancellor Schuschnigg orders a semi alarm while Nazi activity is suppressed. Troops and police guard Graz to block a planned march, with universities closed and Seyss Inquart due to travel for talks on banning Nazi displays and emblems.
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Vienna
AUP
Kurt Schuschnigg
Graz
Styria
Graz University
Gymnasia
Arthur von Seyss-Inquart
Schuschnigg
Fatherland Front
Seyss- Inquart
Seyss-Inquart
Graft Probe Extension Hangs on Ohio Session Move
In Columbus a nine week Senate graft committee inquiry into state government faced an imminent end if the Feb. 28 adjournment stood. Republican leaders weighed extending the session to keep the investigation alive while impeachment talk cooled, and Gov. Davey prepared a radio defense tonight.
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Columbus
Ohio
State House
Senate
Verner E. Metcalf
Washington County
William McCulloch
Miami County
House
McCulloch
Martin L. Davey
Rep. McCulloch
Senate Committee
Davey
Herbert S. Duffy
J. Ralph Leidner
Duffy
Frank Aible
Frank outlines GOP policy drifts. calls for core principles
Dr Glenn Frank told a Republican special committee that ten major drifts in national policy threaten checks on centralized power. He urged replacing a government by hand with a framework based on enduring principles adapted to changing circumstances in preparation for the 1940 platform. He chairs a group created to gauge public view and shape party strategy.
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Chicago
U.P
Glenn Frank
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Hund
Frank
Polish Priest Shot by Communist in Lubon Mass
In Lubon western Poland parish priest Father Streich was shot dead during Mass by Wawrzen Nowak a 48 year old alleged communist and propaganda activist police reported. Streich opposed Nowak who opened fire in the church and fled.
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Warsaw
U.P
Wawrzen Nowak
Father Streich
Lubon
Poland
Nowak
Tenant Wanted for 200 Acre Farm on 50-59 Basis
Classified note seeking a tenant for a 200 acre farm stocked and tractor equipped. Contact Ney Carpenter in Carpenter CO for rental on a 50-59 basis. The snippet reflects a rural property listing amidst assorted fortunes or improbable achievements.
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Ney Carpenter, Carpenter, CO
Hairdresser's Spy Code Key in U S Navy Carrier Plot
A red haired hairdresser Johanna Hoffman of the North German Lloyd liner Europa is named as a key captive in the federal probe of a spy ring accused of supplying Army plans to a foreign power. G men report arrests of two soldiers and search for two to three more, with Hoffman alleged to hold a code and a $1000 offer for carrier plans.
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New York
U.P
Europa
G-men
Johanna Hoffman
Miss Hoffman
Enterprise
Yorktown
Ohio Valley Poet Weatherby Dies in Columbus
O. C. Weatherby formerly of near Logan, a noted Ohio Valley poet, died Sunday in Columbus. He directed field operations for an insurance firm, with assignments in Chicago Detroit and Birmingham. Surviving is his mother Mrs. A. C. Woods of near Logan. Funeral at Cook Funeral Home in Columbus Wednesday.
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Logan
O. C. Weatherby
Near Logan
Columbus
Senate Reports Favor Jackson Nomination as Solicitor General
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably the nomination of Robert H. Jackson to be solicitor general by a 10 to 2 vote. Senators King and Austin opposed the report citing concerns over speeches on monopolistic business and doubts about the American system of government. Jackson denied the charge during extended hearings, with Norris joking about a filibuster.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee Today
Robert H. Jackson
William H. King
Utah
Warren Austin
King
Austin
Jackson
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
George W. Norris
Honeymoon Ends in Jail For Gallia Bridegroom
Carson Johnson age 22 and Margaret Hawk age 13 were married in Pomeroy Ohio. The bride’s mother Mrs Donald Neal of Gallipolis had him arrested after she obtained a warrant charging him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Johnson was jailed while the bride was placed in her mother’s care.
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Gallipolis
Carson Johnson
Margaret Hawk
Donald Neal
Pomeroy
Balkans Endorse Italy in Africa and Spanish Rebels
A communique from Ankara states the Balkan Entente including Turkey Greece Yugoslavia and Roumania will recognize Italy's conquests in Ethiopia and send trade agents to the Spanish Nationalist regime. The conference promotes "The Balkans for the Balkan people" and hopes Bulgaria joins.
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Balkans
Italy
Africa
Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Ethiopia
Bulgaria
Funeral services for Lieut. Col. Elijah Halford held Thursday
Lieut. Col. Elijah Walker Halford a former private secretary to President Benjamin Harrison and close friend of General John J. Pershing died Sunday at 95. Funeral services are set for Thursday in Leonia New Jersey with burial in Indianapolis Indiana.
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Pershing
Leonia
N. J
U.P
Elijah Walker Halford
Benjamin Harrison
John J. Pershing
Indianapolis
Former Athens Banker Is Stroke Victim Early Today
George DeCamp of Newark Ohio a former Athens banker and president of Licking County Trust Co died early today after a period of ill health He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1926 to 1933
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George DeCamp
Athens
Licking County Trust Co
Newark
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Envoy DeCamp Had Broad Banking Career Across Ohio
Mr DeCamp born and raised in Dowington Meigs County pursued studies at Rio Grande College and Ohio University. He held posts from teller to Federal Reserve chairing Cleveland and Pittsburgh branches before moving to Newark in 1933. He leaves wife Ellen Jane Ryan DeCamp. Funeral Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at 129 Hudson Ave Newark and burial in Athens.
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Mr. DeCamp
Dowington
Meigs County
Rio Grande College
Ohio University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
First National Bank of Athens
Athens National Bank
Federal National Bank
Ohio
S. L. McCune
Athens
National Bank
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Newark
DeCamp
Ellen Jane Ryan DeCamp
Hudson Ave
Twenty One Soviet Figures Put on Trial for Purge Allegations
In Moscow the military collegium of the supreme court prepares to try twenty one prominent Soviet men amid a sweeping purge. Charges include murder conspiracy treason espionage and overthrow of the government. Conviction would likely mean death.
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Moscow
U.pr
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Lenin
Stalin
Wright Freed Amid Murder Charges After Ward Release
Paul A. Wright, once in a psychopathic ward, was removed from court records and taken to a quiet hotel. He had killed his wife and John B. Kimmel and left with no home money or job. He handed his last $70 to the Negro maid caring for his 3 year old child Helen before his Nov 9 jail intake.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Paul A. Wright
John B. Kimmel
Wright
Helen
Details of New Farm Program Are Revealed
Washington announces benefit payment rates and acreage allotments for principal crops under the new 440 million farm program for 1938. Seven changes were added to the soil conservation plan to fit the program with higher payments, marketing quotas by two thirds vote of growers, high storage loan rates, penalties for noncompliance, and continued soil practices. Secretary Henry A. Wallace warns penalties will be strictly enforced for noncompliant farmers.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Loyalists Halt Surprise Drive at Gallego River
Loyalist eastern army repelled a surprise insurgent crossing attempt across the Gallego River north of Zaragoza in Aragon. Government forces held the line on river banks until reinforcements arrived by truck convoys and pursuit aircraft, according to Gen. Sebastian Pozas.
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Hendaye
U.P
Gallego River
Zaragoza
Aragon
Sebastian Pozas
Traffic deaths fall 30 percent in January nationwide
The National Safety Council reports January traffic deaths reached 2,710, down 30 percent from December 1937. It marks the third straight month of declining fatalities.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
War Department Plans For Instant Mobilization
The War Department outlines rapid mobilization to field 1,230,000 well-equipped troops within four months of war. It calls for 10,000 private industry plants capable of instant war production, selected from 20,000 surveyed. Two recruitment paths exist universal conscription or citizen committees with 16,000 American Legion Posts aiding volunteers.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Army
Mittees
American Legion
Nourishment Taken By General Pershing
Gen John J Pershing showed renewed vitality and took nourishment by mouth for the first time in four days. A bulletin from Dr Roland Davison noted a restless night but some improvement with fluids intake, longer consciousness, near normal temperature, and a functioning heart.
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Tucson
Ars
U.P
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Roland Davison
FDR and McNutt Confer on Philippine Policy
President Roosevelt and Philippine High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt held a White House meeting as part of a series to shape a long range policy for the Philippines. McNutt said a future re-examination of political status could lead to postponing independence, though no decision can be made now.
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Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
White House
Marine Corps
Washington
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Jimmy
Marine Corps Reserve
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Islands
McNutt
The
United Press
Philippines
Police Shoot Student Fleeing After Gas Station Robbery
Detroit U P reports Frank J. Hendricks a 24 year old Ohio State University graduate student and robbery suspect was shot in the thigh by police while fleeing a gasoline station robbery. He said he robbed the clerk of 28 dollars to pay tuition. hospital said wound not critical.
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Detroit
U.P
Frank J. Hendricks
Ohio State University
Hendricks
John Owens Becomes First Ohio CIO President
John Owens of Cambridge, district president of the United Mine Workers, began duties as first president of the CIO Ohio State Industrial Council after unanimous election at the CIO state convention. He had served as regional CIO director and led the two day delegates meeting.
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Columbus
U.P
John Owens
Cambridge
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio State Industrial Council
CIO
Owens
Auto Accident Claims Life Of John Dana In Kentucky
John Dana age 47 of Loudonville died after injuries from a Friday auto crash in Bowling Green Kentucky. Dana, World War veteran and son of Mrs J P Dana, left a wife Frances Coss Dana and sister Mrs Rollin Tripp, with funeral set for Tuesday at 2 pm at his mother's home and burial in W Union Street Cemetery.
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John Dana
Loudonville
Bowling Green
Dana
Athens
J. P. Dana
University Terrace
Flexible Co
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Frances Coss Dana
Rollin F. Tripp
New York City
W. Union St
Flying Fortresses Return From Good Will Flight
Col. Robert C. Olds received congratulations from the War Department as six large U S Army flying fortresses landed at Langley Field Virginia after a 12 000 mile goodwill flight. The planes circled the field and glided to a stop 10 hours and 36 minutes after leaving France Field Panama Canal Zone for the final leg.
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Langley Field
U.P
Robert C. Olds
Buenos Aires
War Department
France Field
Panama
C. Z
Germany abolishes age limit for retired officers in military service
Berlin reports the supreme command of the armed forces issued a decree removing the age cap for retired regular and reserve officers. Under the new rule, former officers may be recalled for duty as long as they meet medical standards, ending the prior 45 year age limit.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces
Bandit slain during theater robbery in Los Angeles
Gunfire from a gangster film drowned out a running shootout when an officer felled a robber fleeing with about 4000 dollars in theater receipts at a Los Angeles cinema.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Steel buy in February higher than January by Steel
Cleveland dispatch notes February steel purchases rose 20 to 25 percent over January as demand was described as slightly improved by the Steel magazine.
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Cleveland
U.P
Steel
Coughlin Decries New Deal Finance Abuse
In his Sunday address Father Charles E. Coughlin attacked the New Deal for protecting big business and high finance. He urged extending private ownership of homes and farms, saying fewer than 11 percent of homes and 14 percent of farms are privately owned and calling for owners to hold at least 50 percent.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
New Deal
Father Coughlin
United States
Father Denies Reports That Son Is Kidnapped
In New Rochelle New York authorities and family pursued rumors that 12 year old Peter Levine had been kidnapped. His father Murray Levine denied the kidnapping reports and would not confirm the boy’s location saying he was with an uncle in New Jersey.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
New York
Levine
New Jersey
Duffy Seeks Reelection for Attorney General
Columbus based Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy announces his bid for reelection saying he will run on his record. The move comes as he seeks to defend his office against potential challengers in the upcoming campaign.
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Duffy
Columbus
U.P
Herbert S. Duffy
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