Bathtub murder shocks New York bride in Jackson Heights
Mary Case 26, a New York bride, was found strangled and beaten in her apartment bathroom after a struggle. Evidence includes a bloodstained hammer and trousers in an incinerator, with $15 missing from her pocketbook. Her husband Frank Case 30, an American Hotel Association worker, reported the discovery.
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New York
Pretty Mary Robinson Case
Jackson Heights
Frank Case
American Hotel Association
Albany
John Fiorenza
Nancy Titterton
Fiorenza
Sing Sing
Richard Grimes
Assitant
Queens Borough
Sale of Bank Building in Logan Announced
Logan staff special reports the sale of the Merchants Bank Building on Main Street to Mrs. Anna Cole operator of the Ambrose Hotel. Cole is currently in the Southwest and plans for the property are not known. Merchants Bank recently purchased the First National Rempel Bank Building on the same street and will occupy it after repairs.
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LOGAN
Merchants Bank
Main St
Anna Cole
Ambrose
The
First National Rempel Bank
Hitler Seeks French Talks With Schacht In Paris
Paris reports Adolf Hitler desires France to invite Dr Hjalmar Schacht to Paris for political economic and financial talks. Andre Francois-Poncet, the French ambassador to Germany, conveyed the request to Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos and discussed Spain Morocco tensions and Hitler’s pledge not to alter the Moroccan situation.
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Paris
U.R
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
France
Hjalmar Schacht
Andre Francois-Poncet
Germany
Yvon Delbos
Hitler
Schacht
Spanish
Morocco
OSU Student Is First Recent Smallpox Case
Roger Gove, an Ohio State University student, is in isolation with smallpox in Columbus. Authorities say this is the first case in six years and may have been contracted in Urbana where several cases have occurred recently.
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Columbus
U.P
Roger Gove
Ohio State University
Gove
Urbana
Illinois National Guard Aids Search for Plane Crash
Three National Guard planes joined 500 officers and volunteers in a search for a missing National Guard aircraft believed to have crashed in a swamp south of Hennepin Illinois. The Massachusetts National Guard plane carried Lieut Frank Otis and Co-Pilot Sgt John F Gibbons on a Boston to Moline flight.
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Hennepin,ill
National Guard
Here
Massachusetts National Guard
Frank Otis
John F. Gibbons
Boston
Moline
Ill
Barges Recovered After Long Chase on Ohio River
The steamer Sam Craig of the Union Barge Line Pittsburgh raced seven miles on the swollen Ohio River to recover five barges loaded with sand gravel and coal swept over Dam No 8 after striking a pier at the East Liverpool Newell bridge. The tow was valued at $150000.
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Sam Craig
Union Barge Line of
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
East Liverpool-Newell, W. Va
Ohio General Assembly Advances Partial Appropriation Bill
The 92nd Ohio General Assembly returns to work with the House Finance Committee set to review a $20,222,597 partial appropriation bill for the first half of 1937. Funding items include the Tax Commission, Highway Department, Public Welfare, and several state universities plus the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home and workers' compensation.
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Columbus
U.P
92Nd General Assembly
House
Senate
House Finance Committee
Clark Hunsicker
Pickaway
Tax Commission
Highway Department
Public Welfare Department
Bowling Green University
Kent State University
Miami University
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Ohio Soldiers
State
Police Captain Sentenced in Bribery Case
Cleveland Captain Michael J. Harwood was sentenced to two to twenty years in Ohio Penitentiary for taking bribes from bootleggers after Judge Frank Day overruled a move for a new trial. The case also involved seven other officers including Deputy Inspector Edwin C. Burns.
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Cleveland
U.P
Michael J. Harwood
Ohio
Common Pleas
Frank 8
Georg e Jacoby Dies at Home in Hocking County
George Jacoby 79 died yesterday at his Green Township home. Funeral services are Thursday at 2:30 PM with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery near Nelsonville. A former two term Hocking County commissioner, he was active in coal mining and once owned a farm in Athens County. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Leo Shirley and Mrs. Gertrude Stockman, three brothers Miles Henry and Robert, and sister Mrs. Anna Smith.
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Logan
George Jacoby
Green Township
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Jacoby
Hocking County
Athens County
Leo Shirley
Gertrude Stockman
Miles
Athens
Henry
Robert Nelsonville
Anna Smith Nelsonville
NYA Spends 305232 on Student Aid in November
The Ohio National Youth Administration reported that NYA spent 305 232 dollars in its student aid program during November and aided 25 559 persons.
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NYA
Columbus
Ohio National Youth Administration
Roosevelt seeks sweeping reorganization powers to cut 100 agencies
President Roosevelt asks Congress for near unlimited authority to merge the federal government’s 100 boards and commissions into 12 major departments under White House control. The plan would add social welfare and public works departments, expanding cabinet posts from 10 to 12 and centralizing executive management.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Department of Social Welfare
Department of Public Works
Roosevelt Proposes Reorg Endowing Auditor General Power
Washington reports President Roosevelt unveils a government reorganization plan that would replace the comptroller general with an auditor general and place budget and information functions under a central executive office. The plan also extends civil service, adds executive assistants, and expands the budget bureau.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Disorder Follows Unionists Food Aid to Strikers in Flint
Governor Murphy mobilized State Police and National Guardsmen after 18 were injured in a clash at Fisher Body Plant No 2 as unionists outside attempted to bring food to sit down strikers. Plants gradually shut down with 112,800 GM employees idle due to material shortages.
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Fisher Body Plant No. 2
GM Accused of Hiring Strikebreakers in Detroit
United Automobile Workers president Homer Martin alleged General Motors used professional strikebreakers in Detroit. GM officials denied the charges in Washington and Detroit, stating they were not hiring such personnel.
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Washington
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
General Motors Co
Martin
Martin visits for J L Lewis talk amid U A W strike
Martin arrives for a conference with John L. Lewis chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization backing the strike of the U A W. He is accompanied by C I C director John Brophy who backs his assertions as Gov Frank Murphy calls in special police to prevent rioting. The Senate Civil Liberties Committee says it is already on the job and GM records are under subpoenas for investigation.
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Martin
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
U.A.W
John Brophy
C.I.C
Frank Murphy
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Senate
General Motors
Hocking River Falls Four Feet at Night in Athens
The Hocking River dropped four feet last night and leveled at the ten foot mark this morning as Athens woke to a muddy, wide flow. Temperatures ranged from 35 degrees on Monday to 34 by noon Tuesday with a cold, clear morning following earlier sleet. Forecasts anticipate rain tonight and Wednesday as Columbus Weather Bureau notes.
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Athens
Columbus
Loyalists fear gas attack in Madrid defense lines
Loyalist defenders in Madrid erected new fortifications amid fears the insurgent offensive may unleash gas. Unofficial reports say tear gas was used widely in the late stages of the recent seven day assault, prompting concerns that deadlier gases could follow.
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Madrid
1U P
Publisher posts $1000 reward for Tacoma murder
Bernarr MacFadden publisher and physical culturist posted a $1000 reward in Miami Beach for the arrest of the killer of Charles Mattson of Tacoma. The notice cites MacFadden’s offer and the ongoing police pursuit.
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Miami Beach
Fla
U.P
Bernarr MacFadden
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Longtime Ohio University and Ohio State President Dr William Scott Dies
Dr William Henry Scott age 96 former president of Ohio University and Ohio State University died at his Columbus home after injuries from a Christmas time fall. He was the oldest living OU graduate and among the nation’s oldest college presidents. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. at North Broadway M E Church, viewing at 2 p.m. He was born Sept 14 1840 in Chauncey Athens County and spent nine Ohio years in service as educator and leader.
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William H. Scott
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Columbus
Athens County
William Henry Scott
North Broadway
M. EB
Scott
High St
Ohio
Chauncey
Alexander Bothwell Scott
Susan Rutledge Scott
McConnellville
Athens City
Chillicothe
Ohio State
Peg Leg Sticks in Mud in Zero Weather
J. W. Stanley, 71, suffered exposure after his peg leg broke through sleet crust and stuck in mud on a rural road. He stood for three hours in freezing conditions before being discovered and hospitalized.
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Poplar Bluff
U.R
J. W. Stanley
Kidnap Case Mirrors Lindbergh Mystery In Puget Sound
Federal agents probe the Charles Mattson kidnapping and murder near Tacoma Washington with a $10 000 reward offered by the Roosevelt administration. Evidence includes footprints fingerprints ransom note clay under nails and automobile marks as investigators pursue a deranged suspect and motives amid a nationwide manhunt.
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Mattson
Homer
Cummings
Roosevelt
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles
Paris
Puget Sound
Mattson family in grief after son Charles found dead
In Tacoma Washington Dr William W Mattson and wife collapse under shock as 14 year old Muriel and 16 year old Bill Jr tell reporters and accept visitors after FBI contact confirms Charles Mattson's body found. The father had earlier spoken to reporters despite the kidnapper's silence.
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W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Charles
Muriel
Happy
William
Puget Sound
William W. Mattson
Lindbergh
Mattson
America
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dr. Mattson
U.P
University of Washington
University of Pennsylvania
Harold Nathan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Degenerate With Grudge Being Sought
Police describe a middle aged slight built man from Tacoma suspected in the kidnapping of 10 year old Charles Mattson. Details include height around five seven 140 pounds dark hair swarthy complexion and a heavy beard possibly removed. Evidence suggests a personal grudge an ex convict and possible multiple suspects.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Charles Matetson
Mattson
Tim
Washington
Furenished
William
Muriel Mattson
Virginia Chatfield
Charles
Miss Mildred M. Thrasher Promoted to WPA State Directorship
Miss Mildred M. Thrasher, supervisor of WPA women and professional projects in the Cincinnati District, was promoted to the directorship of the state WPA organization based in Columbus, Ohio.
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Columbus
Mildred M. Thrasher
WPA
Cincinnati
Pope Pius Throes of Pain Plague His Rest Again
Vatican City reports intensified pain in Pope Pius' right leg continues to disturb his sleep despite a harmless potion given to ease rest. Doctors monitor heart condition and overall health as the pontiff remains under care.
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Vatican City
Pius
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