Bowman Escapes From Ohio Penitentiary In Escape Probe
Howard Bowman, 28, a bank robber awaiting life, escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary. A statewide search centers on southeast Ohio as investigators track a truck believed to have carried him toward state hospitals at Gallipolis and Athens. Police inspect a loaded supply truck, with Bowman possibly hiding inside the cargo as authorities warn he may head west.
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Southeastern Ohio
Bowman Hunt
Howard Cecil Bowman
Ohio State Penitentiary
Gallipolis
Athens
Elmer Hatfield
H. B. Wood
Dale Russell
Hatfield
Bowman
Athens State Hospital
C. H. Creed
Penitentiary
Neal Bowman
Russellville
Higginsport
Brown County
Howard Bowman
Neal
Lima State Hospital
Ohio
Kentucky
Col
Lynn Black
Berry Hotel
J. C. Woodard
The
Howard
Sheriff Bayless
A U S Strength In Air Studied
Congressional committees study Roosevelt defense request of 552 million as they examine U S air power. Witnesses say Army Air Corps must grow from 21 000 to 31 079 enlisted men under the program. May aims to speed action and align drafting with hearings.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
United States
Andrew D. May
House Committee
Army Air Corps
May
Syracuse youths sentenced to reformatory term
Oris Hubbard 17 John Branch 19 and Kenneth Osler 21 of Syracuse were sent to Mansfield Reformatory for 5 to 25 years after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. They admitted burglary of watches and jewelry and other articles.
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Pomeroy
Oris Hubbard
Pomeroy High School
John Branch
Kenneth Osler
Mansfield Reformatory
C. E. Peoples
Hubbard
Syracuse
West Virginia to Lease Tygart Dam Near Graf ton
Pittsburgh reports a plan to lease the Tygart Dam near Graf ton West Virginia to the state for a nominal sum under discussion.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Tygart Dam
Grafton
W. Va
West Virginia
UAW Calls Special Convention in Cleveland March 20
The executive board of the United Automobile Workers Union announced a special convention to open in Cleveland on March 20. Delegates are expected to discuss union affairs and future actions.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers Union
Cleveland
Seek Income Tax on Kidnapper's Ransom
Government attorneys allege Murray Humphreys former Capone lieutenant owes 37165 in back taxes. They claim 50000 received as ransom in 1931 is taxable income for 1931 and seek taxes and penalties for 1930 1931 and 1932 before Judge Bolon B. Turner.
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Chicago
U.P
Murray Humphreys
al Capone
John D. Kiley
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bolon B. Turner
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Humphreys
Loyalists Hold Line as Rebels Press Central Front
Loyalist forces repelled repeated insurgent assaults on the Cervera Igualada corridor near Igualada while rebels reported a northern push and the capture of Pons. Franco's army seeks to bring its northern wing up to the center and south as Italy and Spain commit divisions to the central sector.
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Hendaye
Pons
Francisco Franco
Cer_vera-Igualada
Barcelona
Cervera
Igualada
Poet Titus Demonstrates Barroom Floor Illustration in Miami
The 92 year old John Henry Titus poses in a Florida liquor lounge after illustrating his poem The Face on the Barroom Floor. The mellowing tropics atmosphere colors the scene as Titus reflects on his famous work.
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Miami
John Henry Titus
Florida
Liquor Enforcement Chief Dismissed in Columbus Shakeup
Alfred Humphrey of Ashtabula, chief of the enforcement division of the State Liquor Control Department, was dismissed today by Director Jacob B. Taylor. Taylor also announced a staff reduction from 160 to 80 inspectors and did not immediately name a successor.
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Columbus
U.P
Alfred Humphrey
Ashtabula
State Liquor Control Department
Jacob B. Taylor
Humphrey
Taylor
UAW Orders Martin To Negotiate With Ford
The United Auto Workers authorized and instructed President Homer Martin to begin negotiations with Ford Motor Company. The hastily convened board heard Martin report on organizing efforts and urged a settlement to restore Ford workers to their entitled jobs.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automoile Workers Union
Homer Martin
Ford Motor Company
Martin
Ford Company
Ford
Illinois Court Upholds Conviction of Miners
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conspiracy convictions of 34 Illinois miners tied to bomb threats against railroads and mines during inter union warfare, while reducing sentences to two years in prison and fines totaling $10,000 per defendant.
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Chicago
U.P
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois
Hopkins Nomination Clears Committee for Commerce Secretary
The Senate commerce committee approved Harry L. Hopkins for secretary of commerce and sent his name to the Senate floor for debate and a final confirmation vote. Leaders expect a confirmation vote tomorrow amid anticipated sharp debate. Earlier, Frank Murphy’s appointment as attorney general was approved by the Senate.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Senate
Hopkins
Works Progress
Frank Murphy
Ticket Price Does Not Change Ballpark Injury Protections
Cincinnati judge Upholds $1,000 verdict for a woman injured by a foul ball at Crosley Field ruling price of admission does not dictate safety rights. The ruling rejects club arguments that grand stand seating would have provided screening protection.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Crosley Field
Cincinnati Reds
Dudley Miller
Wisconsin hitchhiker confesses ax murder of Ruth Scott
Life term began for Ernest John Mahr after his arrest for the brutal killings of Ruth Scott a Milwaukee girl aged 16 and her 57 year old widowed mother. He admitted the ax murder and assault and was soon sent to prison for life.
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Racine County
Wis
Ernest John Mahr
Ruth Scott
Milwaukee
Mahr
Treasury official backs ending tax exemption for government securities
Under secretary John W. Hanes told a Senate committee that removing tax exemptions for government securities would spur private investment and revive the capital market. He noted private industry struggles to float securities against government financing as President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress on the proposal.
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Washington
Treasury
John W. Hanes
Senate
Hanes
Roosevelt
Congress
Smith Not To Get NLRB Appointment Is Report
Washington U P reported informed senators said Donald Wakefield Smith could not be confirmed for another National Labor Relations Board term and that President Roosevelt likely would abandon him. The AFL seeks to block renomination and plans to prevent confirmation, charging Smith was partial to the Congress of Industrial Organizations in AFL CIO disputes.
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Washington
U.P
United Press Today
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Smith
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Afl-Cio
Ex Broker Evicted From Longtime New York Home
George Liftchild, 83, once a Wall Street senior partner, sits with his son Frank at Bergen Street Police Station awaiting housing. The pair, homeless and partially blind, were ousted from their 10 room three story brownstone once grand 60 years ago when the elder Liftchild earned $100,000 annually.
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New York
U.P
George Liftchild
Wall Street
Frank
Bergen Street
Liftchild
Senate panel pressed to cut further from relief fund
In Washington the Senate appropriations subcommittee on relief is urged to slash another 225 million from the deficiency relief bill leaving 500 million. Administration leaders expect to fall short of the president's 875 million request and aim to hold at 725 million as last week’s House figure to fund work relief through July 1.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Roosevelt
House
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Bricker
Paul Ballard
Jackson
William Whetto
Lawrence
General Assembly
Whetto
Blum
Cuyahoga
William Zoul
Tom Jones
Meigs
Sen
Palmer
Belmont
Ohio
WPA relief debate over $150 million cut heats up in House
Chairman Alva B. Adams of the appropriations subcommittee disputed Roosevelt figures on WPA layoffs. Adams argued the math misleads, estimating the five month net reduction at about 500,000 with a $62 monthly relief cost per worker. Roosevelt cited three to three and a half dependents per WPA worker and warned 4 to 5 million could be left without aid if funding shrinks to 725 million.
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House
Alva B. Adams
Colo
Appropriations Subcommittee
Roosevelt
Adams
Colony Claims May Feature Hitler's Talk
London reports say Adolf Hitler may press colonial territory claims in a Reichstag address marking the Nazi regime's sixth anniversary. Diplomats expect possible links to Italy's demands on France and a broader four power conference on arms limits.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Hitler
Reichstag
Great Britain
Germany
Guards at Downing Street as Irish bombers feared
Extraordinary police guards were posted at No. 10 Downing Street Parliament and embassies after word of planned intensified bombing by Irish extremists. Reinforced guards and reserve constables were deployed across key government sites in London.
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London
U.P
No. 10 Downing Street
Scotland Yard
Neville Chamberlain
FDR Urges Action on Canal and Bay Power Projects
President Roosevelt urged House rivers and harbors committee chairman Joseph Mansfield to act on completing the Florida ship canal and the Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power project in Maine. He sought renewed consideration after last year’s committee rejection of appropriations for continuation.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Joseph Mansfield
D., Tex
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy Bay
Maine
French Fleets Plan Display Off Gibraltar
French Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets sail from Brest and Toul for double action maneuvers and a naval strength display near Gibraltar. Paris denies any deliberate show of force amid Italian claims in the Mediterranean, with Italy and Britain seen as planning similar moves next week as tensions rise.
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Paris
U.P
France
Brest
Toulon
Gibraltar
Italy
Mediterranean
Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Locomotive Hits Two Hikers in Snow Covered Gorge
Two men died after a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive struck them while hiking in the snow covered Cuyahoga River gorge. Kenneth A. Reid 38, former manager of the South Euclid Theater, and Raymond Britton 42 of Zanesville, a farmer and Reid’s brother in law, were identified as victims.
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Cuyahoga Falls
U.P
Cuyahoga River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kenneth A. Reid
South
Costigan Former U S Senator Dies in Denver
Former United States Senator Edward Prentiss Costigan aged 64 from Colorado died last night. A longtime advocate of New Deal labor and relief measures, Costigan played a key role in early 1930s policy debates and Democratic politics. The death occurred in Denver.
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Denver
U.P
U. S
Edward Prentiss Costigan
Colo
Tetlow Sees Coal Price Plan Withstand Court Attacks
Nelsonville report notes Percy Tetlow chairman of the National Bituminous Coal Commission explains delay in establishing minimum prices under the Guffey Vinson Act. He says coordinated district orders are near and prices will be attack proof after hearings.
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Tetlow
Nelsonville
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Percy Tetlow
Commission
Chas. J. Wolfe
Kimberly
Wolfe
Mr. Tetlow
Ohio
Washington
Industrial Union Council
Hocking
Sunday Creek
United States Circuit Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Ohio Chamber urges tax and highway reforms in recommendations
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce called for reorganizing the Tax Commission into a three member board with a director appointed by the board who would handle appeals. It proposed a bipartisan Highway Commission with a highway director appointed by the commission and serving at its pleasure. The chamber opposed labor laws that imbalance duties between employer and employee.
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Columbus
U.P
State Tax Commission
Highway Department
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Tax Commission
Highway Commission
Chamber
Ohio
Bricker Seeks Inquiry Into State Office Thefts
Gov. Bricker said state records and equipment disappeared from offices before his term. He asked State Auditor Ferguson to investigate missing items and reported records in the Welfare Department were destroyed while highway division records had been burned. He noted only old typewriters remain in the executive suite.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Joseph T. Ferguson
Bricker
Robert S. Beightler
Highway Division
Welfare Department
Axe Slayer Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Er nest John Mahr age 24 was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing Ruth Ella Scott 16 with an axe in Milwaukee. He admitted climbing through a bathroom window aiming to rob the home and killed the girl to avoid being found. He also attempted to kill the mother Jalso but was fought off. He was captured while hitchhiking toward Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ernest John Mahr
Waupaw
Ruth Ella Scott
Max W. Nohl
Scott
Jalso
Chicago
Retired West Virginia Merchant Prince Dies
Robert W. Honaker aged 64, a former Keystone clerk whose insured life exceeded half a million dollars, died Tuesday night in BLUEFIELD hospital. A Raleigh County native, his real estate expanded to include a bank building an eight story department store an office building and numerous smaller properties.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Robert W. Honaker
Raleigh County
Keystone
Telephone rate revisions approved in five Ohio towns
The Public Utilities Commission allows Peoples Telephone Company to change rates in Bartlett Chesterhill Morganville Pennsville and Stockport over objections that the increases are excessive.
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Columbus
U.P
The
Peoples Telephone Company
Bartlett
Chesterhill
Morganville
Pennsville
Stockport
Crash Kills Four In Katherine River Tragedy
A New Guinea Airways transport plane crashed into the Katherine River killing three crew members and a passenger in Darwin Australia. The disaster occurred today and authorities investigated the wreckage and cause.
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Darwin
Australia
U.P
New Guinea Airways
Katherine River
Ohio House to take up 5 million emergency relief bill
The House Welfare Committee begins review of the administration's five million dollar emergency relief measure. Governor Bricker backs the plan which abolishes the state relief director and ties funds to local dollar for dollar matches, with a June 30 sunset and monthly release limit.
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Columbus
House Welfare Committee
House
J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
Bricker
State Welfare Department
State Relief
Emergency Board
Welfare Department
Joseph T. Ferguson
O. P. van Schoik
Frank Burns
Marion County
Man Who Made Fatal Elixir Shot to Death
Bristol Tenn UP coroner reserved verdict in the death of Harold Cole Watkins 58 a chemist who prepared sulfanilamide elixir blamed for 67 deaths in 1937. He was found with a bullet through the heart at his home his wife claiming accidental discharge while cleaning a pistol.
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Bristol
Tenn
Harold Cole Watkins
Watkins
Akron firm reports higher net profit in annual results
General Tire and Rubber Co. posted a net profit of 1,181,224.18 dollars for the year ending November 30, up from 808,913.41 dollars the prior year, according to the annual report released by President W. O'Neil.
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AKRON
U.P
General Tire and Rubber Co
W. O'Neil
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Franco
UAW
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U.K
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