Farm leaders gather as Roosevelt advisers plot policy
In Washington a meeting among farm, financial, legal and agricultural advisers was arranged to discuss government aid programs and the AAA. Key figures include Wallace Morgenthau and Hull with anticipation of court rulings on processing taxes and marketing agreements.
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NGTON
AAA
Roosevelt
Valetary Morgenthau
Attoral Cummings
Chester Daistrator
Herman Oliphant, Trease
Eting
Wallace
Supreme
Hull
Wal UN
Wall
Supreme Court
Student Arrests Over Vintage Papers From State Library
Police say Alex Freiden a university student, took historical documents from the State Library and fled east with the papers valued at 300 dollars including items signed by George Washington. Paul A. Noon credited with assisting in the incident.
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Alex Freidenio
Four Die After Bus Collision in Fort Wayne Area
Fog shrouded a highway bridge collision near Fort Wayne, Indiana, killing four people including a 23 month old child. Investigators prepared to question survivors and determine the accident’s cause.
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Ngton
Ind
Ick
Fort Wayne Toolis
Word for ddler and the perspectivist essayist
Fragmentary text references an essayist named Gabriel and quotes Josiah on optimism vs pessimism. It mentions a perspectivist stance and a vague scene with a horn, plus a Messenger classified item listing a white faced calf and a binder wheel count. Names include Lee Elliott and dated time markers are unclear.
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Gabriel
Josiah
Lee Elliott
Star of moviedom John Gilbert dies at Hollywood home
John Gilbert once a leading man famed as the screen's great lover was found dead of a heart attack at his Hollywood residence early today. He was 39 and had starred opposite Greta Garbo in major films.
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John Gilbert
Hollywood
Great Garbo
Italian Forces Meet Reverses In Dolo District
Ethiopia reports a large Italian advance from the Dolo region repulsed after battles involving over 100000 troops. Ras Desta Demtu says 43000 Italians and Somalis were defeated by 60000 Ethiopians near the great African Rift valley west of Dolo. Heavy rains in Tembien prompted a precipitous Italian withdrawal, with Italians abandoning Makale two fortnights earlier.
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Dolo
Ras Desta Demtu
Haile Selassie
Great African Rift Valley
Tembien
Makale
Woman Dies Hour After Filing Damage Suit
Springfield report notes 63 year old Martha Lookabaugh filed a $35,000 damage suit against Bertha Schreiber for injuries from a January 4 1935 auto collision. Lookabaugh stated she would not recover and could die any time and died an hour after filing.
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Springfield
Martha FE
Lookabaugh
Bertha Schreiber
Wapakoneta Engineer Seeks Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination
J Henry Meyer a civil engineer and contractor from Wapakoneta announced he would seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to run against Gov Martin L Davey in the upcoming election.
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Wapakoneta
Columbus
J. Henry Meyer
Martin L. Davey
Labor War Blamed in Shooting of Youth
Philadelphia reports Max Weiss Jr a 26 year old window cleaner was found shot to death in his wrecked car. The father cites labor troubles and says threats were received recently.
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Philadelphia
Max Weiss, Jr
Shot Fired at Butler County Agent Home
Detectives hunted the source of a gunshot that pierced the window of the residence of David T. Herrman Butler County agricultural agent on a Wednesday night. No injuries reported and no suspect information given.
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Hamilton
David T. Herrman
Butler County
Davenport Man Collapses At Water Plant In Heat Storm
Ray Spoor of Davenport Iowa collapsed while working atop a boiler during a severe heat event amid a heavy snowstorm at the Davenport Water Company plant.
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Davenport
Lowan Ray
Davenport Water Company
Steamer E. C. Pope Hurt by Ice Near Point Pelee
Cleveland engineers report the Steamer E. C. Pope was nearly undamaged after being ice bound near Point Pelee since Sunday with only a few cracked frames as damage.
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Cleveland
E. C. Pope
Point Pelee
Mother Who Tried To Kill Two Ends Life In Ohio Hospital
Mrs. Merrill Spurgeon, 42, widow of Portsmouth, attempted to drown herself and two children near Columbus last November after a failed romance with Roy M. Price. She later hanged herself in a closet at Athens State Hospital where she had been committed. The three were rescued during the river incident and she died at the hospital this morning.
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Merrill Spurgeon
Portsmouth
Columbus
Athens State Hospital
C. H. Creed
John Gilbert Dies in Hollywood Stroke Victim at 39
Hollywood mourns John Gilbert age 39 once famed screen idol died at his home from a heart attack. Firemen attempted revival with an inhalator after the actor collapsed. Born John Pringle in Logan Utah on July 10 1897 he married four times most recently to Virginia Bruce who won custody of their nine month old daughter Susan Ann Gilbert.
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Hollywood
Calif
John Gilbert
Gilbert
Logan
Utah
John Pringle
Virginia
Reno Seeks Cost of Production Plan As AAA Substitute
Milo Reno, veteran head of the Farmers' Holiday Movement, unveiled a cost of production plus reasonable profit program as an AAA substitute. He will travel to Washington Saturday to lead the Farm Holiday Association in pressing for legislation to guarantee each farmer a cash return covering his production costs with a fair profit.
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Des Moines
Milo Reno
Reno
Washington
Farm Holiday Association
Ohio State enrolls over ten thousand in winter quarter
Columbus Ohio State University reports winter quarter enrollment surpassing 10500 with hundreds of registrations still to process. The university notes the record reflects continued student demand and enrollment growth.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Slate Fall Kills Youth in Coal Mine Near Oak Hill
David Paul Crabtree age 18 died Wednesday after a slate fall in a small coal mine near Oak Hill. The incident occurred during mining activities at the site with authorities notified and an investigation expected.
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SLATE
Jackson
David Paul Crabtree
Oak Hill
Messenger Invites Public To Inspect New Equipment
The Messenger invites the public to inspect its new giant press and related machinery. Visitors may tour The Messenger Building Friday and Saturday afternoons to see the 24 page Goss Unitube press, dispatch conveyor, stereotype department, seven type setting machines, and other tools. The event highlights the upcoming Annual Business and Financial and Sports Review to be published in Sunday's edition.
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Goss
Messenger
Stereotype
New Press
Police Ponder Facts In Poison Case Deaths
Columbus police investigated an assertion by the brother of an elderly woman found dead with her husband in their home. Coroner E E Smith said Mr and Mrs Walter Harrison had been dead ten days and tentatively died of natural causes. Deputies reported finding 2700 dollars in cash and securities hidden in rooms of the home.
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Columbus
E. E. Smith
Walter Harrison
Harrison
Burley Tobacco Prices Average $15.88 in Gallipolis
Burley tobacco buyers paid for 20,338 pounds in Gallipolis on Wednesday with a average price of 15.88 dollars per hundredweight. Local merchants and farmers reported steady demand and stable rates for cash sales and warehouse lots.
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Burley
Gallipolis
Absent Pupils at Goat Run School All Present
Superintendent J. W. Coleman visited Goat Run School in Washington Township and found all 31 pupils present. Teacher Daisy Powers reported one pupil walked five miles to attend after missing the bus one day last weekend to avoid missing class.
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Logan
Goat Run
Washington Township
J. W. Coleman
Daisy Powers
Coleman
Landon Urges Farmers to Support Supreme Court Ruling
Gov Alf M Landon addressed the 65th Kansas State Board of Agriculture urging farmers to accept the Supreme Court's validation of the AAA. He warned repudiation could end social and economic welfare and called for constitutional means to restore balance. He also urged payment for AAA contracts fulfilled before the ruling.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Supreme Court
AAA
State Board of Agriculture
Bowman Ends Crime Trial in Chair Friday
Neal Bowman, former Southern Ohio gangster, faced execution by electric chair at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville after legal avenues and governor clemency appeared unlikely. He was convicted of killing 17 year old Conner Franklin in 1924 to prevent him from informing on the gang, with Franklin’s body recovered from Herrington Lake near Danville. Bowman had fled from the Ohio Hospital for the Insane in 1933 after a bank robbery conviction and was captured after a gun battle near Somerset, Kentucky.
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Eddyville
Neal Bowman
Ohio
State Penitentiary
A. B. Chandler
Lima
State Hospital
Conner Franklin
Franklin
Herrington Lake
Danville
Bowman
Ohio Hospital
Somerset
Nays Gain in New Deal Poll Shows Declining Support
The Literary Digest poll reports 1,688,462 total votes on Roosevelt's New Deal with 643,514 yes and 1,044,948 no. Approval falls from 46.72 percent to 42.11 percent this week as 36 states disapprove while 12 states approve.
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New York
Literary Digest
Utah
Senate Finds Further Proof Against Morgan
Senate Munitions Committee heard more evidence of close collaboration between J. P. Morgan and the British Government as the United States debated entry into the war. Documents showed Lloyd George, then British finance minister and future prime minister, intervened to steer Allied American purchases largely to his control.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan
Senate Munitions Committee
David Lloyd George
Council Rejects Longer Closed Fishing Season
The Ohio conservation council rejected proposals to extend the closed season on game fish from May 1 to June 16. Sportsmen groups, especially in northern Ohio, had urged a January 1 to July 1 fishing ban.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Council
Ohio
Why Split Atom? Compton Explains Science Value
Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Nobel laureate, in Athens argued science drives practical progress and improves education and government. He cited curiosity about the universe, the spread of knowledge, and the future benefits of pure science in shaping society and economics.
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Arthur H. Compton
World
Mid-West
Wooster
Compton
America
Cobb Heralds a New Aspirant to Crown of Peggy Hopkins Joyce
CobB Heralds a New Aspirant to Crown of Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Culver City Calif before she seemed to despair of ever getting a start on husbands again and sort of slowed up a new champion has arisen Mrs Virginia Over shiner Patterson Stark Seeger Gilbert Kahn Cogswell Gould Porter who has just been coaxed to the altar for the eighth time in that many years. And she still but a mere chit of a girl. If ever that record busting lady holds a family reunion there will be a crowd. And if she keeps on marrying around the day is coming when the rest of her name will have to run as a second section. I wonder how it happened she never met any of the Mdivani boys.
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Culver City
Calif
Peggy Hopkins
New Lexington Official Held After Shooting Charge
Col F Marion Walker 47 of New Lexington is arraigned on a charge of shooting William E Davis of Columbus. Davis identified Walker from six men at his hospital bed as the shooter outside relatives home in Goldsboro near Wellston. Walker denies the shooting and admits driving through the area en route to his New Lexington home.
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Jackson
F. Marion Walker
New Lexington
William E. Davis
Columbus
W. P. Turner
Davis
Walker
Goldsboro
Wellston
National Forestry Group
Camp Webster
South Webster
British Air Corps
Turner
Lexington
Murder Clues Bring Arrests in Deckard Case
In Columbus three suspects, Tony Gerbitch known as Garvo and Ethel Shepard aged 44, plus another man and a woman, were jailed after detectives Loudenslager and Bauman traced leads from a December 6 beating death of 44 year old Willard A. Deckard. Police Chief Kundt shuffled the department to reinstate Loudenslager.
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Columbus
Rank
Fred Kundts
Arthur Loudenslager
Loudensiager
Willard A. Deckard
Lester Bauman
Deckard
Loudenslager
Bauman
Cleveland
Robert Berry
Tony Gerbitch
Garvo
Ethel Shepard
Army Captain To Face Inquiry for Remarks
Col H M Poole said Capt J J Parker Jr will appear before a Cleveland board of inquiry for allegedly making disparaging remarks about President Roosevelt and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Parker, a reserve officer, was previously stationed at the Beckley CCC camp in West Virginia.
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Columbus
H. M. Poole
Fifth Corps Area General Staff
J. J. Parker, Jr
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Parker
Beckley
W. Va
Indicted John Murphy Not Local Resident
The John Murphy indicted by the Athens County Grand Jury for driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated is not the John Murphy who lives at 18 Maple Street in Athens. The indicted Murphy was arrested in Nelsonville.
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John Murphy
Athens County
Grand Jury
Maple St
Athens
Nelsonville
Georgia Chief Sole Dissenter To Resolution
The Democratic National Committee upheld the New Deal with one dissent from Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge. Philadelphia and Chicago offered $150,000 to host the 1936 convention as Mayor Hague’s resolution passed without debate and with broad support.
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Georgia
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Ttugene Talmadge
Frank Hague
Jersey City
N. J
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Farley
Roper Calls Right to Amend Constitution Heartbeat of System
Secretary of Commerce Roper tells Yale Daily News the right to amend the Constitution is the heartbeat of the constitutional system. He argues the Constitution must be applied as a dynamic adaptable instrument to meet changes and exigencies of modern society.
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Roper
Yale Publication
New Haven
Conn
CUP
Secretary of Commerce
Yale Daily News
Roosevelt open campaign at Jackson Day dinner declares fight goes on
President Roosevelt opened his campaign with the Jackson Day dinner remarks stressing a fight against privilege and greed while urging support across political lines. He warned Supreme Court opinions could shape American life for years and noted business leaders viewed his stance as protecting liberties.
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Roosevelt
AAA
Supreme Court
Backers of New Bonus Bill Predict Passage
Washington reports supporters forecast easy passage of a new cash payment bonus bill in the House. Backers say hostile factions unify behind the measure and anticipate a large victory, with united backing from the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans.
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Washington
House
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Ohio Watertable Rising Pronounced by State Geologist
Columbus report quotes State Geologist Wilber Stout describing a rising watertable as the mean underground water level. He notes Ohio recovered from a drought year with 22.03 inches of precipitation in 1934, against a normal 86.34 inches and last year's 38.39 inches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wilber Stout
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