Kidnap plot tied to Dizzy Dean case and Ross slaying
FBI Director Hoover disclosed that Dizzy Dean escaped kidnapping as the plan shifted from seizing a sports star to Ross. Henry Seadlund confessed to the Ross murder and said the Cardinals would not pay $50,000 for Deans release. The inquiry linked a Chicago arrest to a spree including bank robberies and a digout near Spooner Wisconsin where bodies were hidden.
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Wisconsin Woods
Spooner
Seadlund
Charles Ross
Ross
J. Atwood Gray
Pershing Schaaf
Washington
U.P
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Cardinals
Dean
Peter Anders
Hoover
Department of Justice
Chicago
James Atwood Gray
G- Men
Wis
Rockford
Spain Torn by Sunday Raids
Lingering terror hit the Spanish frontier as Nationalist and Loyalist air and sea forces raided towns from dawn to dark on Sunday. Loyalists claim a blow against German units aiding the Nationalists at Salamanca, destroying a general staff center and killing several officers. Casualty totals remain unconfirmed as the first major day of the merciless raids ends.
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Hendaye
U.P
Salamanca
Three Injured as Bus Crashes Culvert
Two women and a child were hospitalized in Warren Pennsylvania after a Buffalo to Pittsburgh bus left the road and hit a concrete culvert then burst into flames. All passengers and the driver escaped before the fire spread.
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Warren
U.P
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Dr J R King Dies In Florida Vacation At 72
Dr J R King age 72 longtime Otterbein College farms manager since 1932 died Sunday in St. Petersburg Florida where he was vacationing with Mrs King He previously served as a missionary in Africa and was a prominent figure in college agricultural work.
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Westerville
J. R. King
Otterbein College Farms
St. Petersburg
Fla
Farmers Week Opens with 7000 Ohio Farmers in Columbus
Advance guard of about 7,000 Ohio farmers arrived on the Ohio State University campus for the 26th annual Farmers Week. Four allied groups opened their sessions alongside the main event, including the Ohio Horticulture Society, Ohio Apple Institute, Ohio Turkey Association and the Ohio Beekeepers Association, with activities running through Friday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Ohio State Horticulture Society
Ohio Apple Institute
Ohio Turkey Association
Ohio Beekeepers’ Association
Japs in China Warned In American Protests
A Tokyo foreign office spokesman said new instructions were sent to Shanghai and Nanking to curb violations of American interests after protests raised by the United States. The note delivered by Ambassador Joseph C. Grew did not list specific cases but urged preventions to avoid repeats.
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Tokyo
USP
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Nanking
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Lloyd George Warns on Isms in Antibes Speech on Democracy
In Antibes France David Lloyd George marked his 50th wedding anniversary with an interview decrying Nazism Fascism and Communism. He praised France Britain and the United States as major democracies able to safeguard liberty and warned against Mussolini as a bluffing leader with weak cards. He also commended France saying they possess the best army in the world.
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Cap D'Antibes
France
U.P
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
United States
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Europe
Lloyd George
Varmints Tie Up British Shipping
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas. A British freighter the Clydefield sailed to Italy one day late after a bunk bug infestation aboard. Sailors staged a sit down strike until a fumigation crew removed the pests and the ship finally departed with all hands satisfied.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
U.P
Italy
Milton Seated In Senate Amid Union Protest
Senator John Milton of New Jersey was sworn in despite a petition by Labor's Non-Partisan League alleging election fraud and seeking a Senate Elections Committee review. The chamber faced gallery disruption as 30 New Jersey citizens attended, with no obstacle to Milton's installation and ongoing unseating possibilities.
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Washington
U.P
John Milton
N. J
Senate Today
Labor
League
New Jersey
Milton
Garner
Senate Elections Committee
Walter F. George
Senate
Davey Names Lockwood Thompson to OSU Board
Governor Davey appointed Lockwood Thompson of Cleveland a new member of the Ohio State University board of trustees succeeding Newton D. Baker. He said university relations are on a friendly basis and quoted that Ohio State and he are on very sweet terms as they move forward together.
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Columbus
V.P
Lockwood Thompson
Cleveland
State Liquor Board
Davey
Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Newton D. Baker
Ohio State
Pioneer of Hookless Fastener Succumbs
MEADVILLE Pennsylvania Col. Lewis Walker age 82 who became interested in a hookless fastener at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and built a vast industrial concern to manufacture the fasteners died today at his home after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
U.P
Lewis Walker
Yanks to Leave China Shanghai Plan To Cut Forces
United States authorities plan to reduce U S military forces in Shanghai by half within a month, according to a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
U.P
United States
School Boy Killed in Car Accident
Alfred Jonas, 15, a Farmersville High School sophomore, was killed today when the automobile he was driving overturned while he was en route to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Alfred Jonas
Farmersville High School
Ex-Governor White Seeks Senate Post
Former Ohio governor George White 66 of Marietta announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the U S Senate race. He said he would not withdraw and plans to oppose incumbent Robert Bulkley in the August primaries. White previously ran for the nomination in 1934 during his governor term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
George White
Marietta
United States Senate
White
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Charles West
Secretary of the Interior
Two Confess Shooting Of Ohio State Officer
Two state highway patrolmen head to Indianapolis to view three suspects in the shooting of Patrolman Carl Whipple near New Vienna Ohio on December 18. Capt. George Mingle says two confessed. named suspects are Thomas Sinks 19 of Roseland Indiana and Harold Parker 24 of Hammond Indiana.
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Columbus
Indianapolis
Carl Whipple
New Vienna
George Mingle
Mingle
Thomas Sinks
Roseland
Ind
Harold Parker
Hammond
Chicago
Gallia Man Loses Hand In Sunday Accident
Gallia Ohio John Harrison 35 an automobile dealer lost his left hand after a shotgun he was cleaning discharged. The hand was shattered and the lower left arm amputated just above the wrist.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
John Harrison
Harrison
Dean Noe's 22 Day Fast Ends in Hospital
The 10 year fasting experiment by Rev. Israel H. Noe ended as doctors at Baptist Memorial Hospital began liquid nourishment after he collapsed. Noe, unconscious, entered a three month plan to regain health with uncertain chances of recovery. He was once dean of the Cathedral of St. Mary and faced removal over his fast.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Israel H. Noe
Noe
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Hal Buchanan
Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary
Cathedral of
St. Mary
James M. Maxon
Tennessee
Noes
Roosevelt hints at power deal shifts attitudes
President Roosevelt moves toward cooperation with business as a Tennessee Valley Authority power purchase possibility surfaces. He plans a Thursday talk with Governor Gordon Browning on Tasco and Tepco assets, with Browning reporting the president is in full sympathy and thinks the plan splendid.
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Washington
U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Tennessee Electric Power Co
Commonwealth and Southern
Tepco
TVA
Browning
Marietta Youth Shoots Hunter
Sheriff says Clyde Knoch, 22, Ohio State agricultural student, may be taken into custody for questioning after Donald Semon, 23, Marietta, was shot during a raccoon hunt on the Knoch farm. Semon in critical condition after being struck when Knoch fired a rifle to scare lantern-bearing hunters. Lemon and four companions returned fire.
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Marietta
U.P
Arthur D. Mackey
Clyde Knoch
Ohio State University Agricultural
Donald Semon
Semon
Mackey
Lemon
Knoch
Five Die as Auto Plunges Into Chamcook Lake
An automobile plunged through thin ice on Chamcook Lake near St. Andrews New Brunswick last night killing five occupants. Joseph Gibson escaped by breaking from the car and reaching solid ice. The lake ice was cut earlier to make a storage hole.
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ST. Andrews
N. B
Chamcook Lake
Joseph Gibson
Like Manna From Heaven Insurance Helps Widow in Grief
Mrs Irene White 37 mother of 11 receives 250 from The Athens Messenger to cover funeral costs and hospital bill after husband Jesse Monroe White was killed by an auto on Christmas morning. She plans to buy clothing, find work, and keep family together. The policy was his first and she praises theMessenger program as a Godsend.
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Gallipolis
Irene White
East Gallipolis
Jesse Monroe White
Athens
Jesse White
White
Mrs
Man of Memphis Fasts Toward Immortality
The Very Rev. Israel Harding Noe of Memphis Tennessee, once 20 pounds, is shown before and after his fasting attempt to prove man can become immortal. He grew thinner and later collapsed, now under medical treatment in Memphis.
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Israel Harding Noe
Memphis
Tenn
Noe
Memphis, Tenn
Mussolini Son Leads Long Flight From Rome to South America
Bruno Mussolini age 20 and two companions take off from Guidonia Airport in three Savoia 79 bombers for a study flight to map a potential Italy to South America air route. The mission tests aircraft and charts a strategic line for future operations.
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Rome
Bruno Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
South America
Guidonia
Barcelona
South Atlantic
Italy
Six Ohio Traffic Deaths Reported for Week End
Deaths of at least six persons from weekend traffic accidents in Ohio were reported Monday. James Herd, 61, and his wife of Raymond Union County died when a New York Central passenger train struck their automobile. Nile L Currie 17 Findlay High School senior was killed when his bicycle was struck by a Nickel Plate locomotive on his way to prayer meeting.
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Columbus
AUP
Ohio
James Herd
Raymond
Union County
New York Central
Nile L. Currie
Findlay
Mauna Loa Eruption Fears Rise After Violent Tremors
In Honolulu natives watch Mauna Loa after Saturday night tremors, fearing a new eruption from the world’s largest active volcano. The town recalls past eruptions and awaits further seismic activity from the mountain.
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Honolulu
T. H
Mauna Loa
Juvenile Jail Escapees Recaptured in Jackson Ohio
Earl Featheroff aged 16 and Henry Roberts aged 17 from Van Wert escaped from the Celina jail last Friday night in a stolen car and were recaptured in Jackson Ohio.
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Celina
Earl Featheroff
Henry Roberts
van Wert
Jackson, O
McBee employee found dead in Athens garage
George Rutkoskie 52, printing superintendent for The McBee Co, was found dead Sunday morning in the garage behind his residence at 166 Morris Ave Athens. Cause is carbon monoxide poisoning. He had lived in Athens 11 years and was famed as a top expert in looseleaf printing.
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George Rutkoskie
The
McBee Co
Morris Ave
Rutkoskie
Athens
A. L. Pritchard
St. Joseph
Mich
Baker Vawter Co
Benton Harbor
Remington Rand
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Athens Country Club
Sixth Day for Woman Who Sneezes Whistles
In Oakland California Betty Grose a 24 year old mother of five has sneezing spells every 20 seconds followed by a 19 second ear whistle at three minute intervals. Doctors report this unusual condition has persisted for six days with no interruption.
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Oakland
Calif
U.P
Betty Grose
Child Dodges Toy Dog From Esophagus Incident
In a St. Louis home kitchen a year old girl Betty Ann Lang choked after swallowing a toy dog. Doctors at the city hospital removed the toy, about half an inch long, from her esophagus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Betty Ann Lang
City Hospital
Labor leaders meet distant to seek labor peace
In Miami and Washington 1500 miles apart, AFL executive council meets to gauge C I O moves toward unity and peace. UMWA chief Lewis presides as CIO peace talks and potential actions loom. Green aims for reunification amid wage-cut tensions from Roosevelt housing plan.
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Washington
Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
C.so
CIO
A. F. of L
William Green
Green
C.10
C.1.o
A. F
L. Reeferred To David Dubinsky and Max Saritzky
Lewis
Roosevelt
Congress
Actress Dead in Auto at Brookville Estate
Rosamund Pinchot daughter of Amos Pinchot and niece of Gif ford Pinchot was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage of the H F Alexander estate in Brookville New York She was an actress and played the nun in Max Reinhardt's The Miracle in 1923 Police said a garden hose connected the exhaust to her body Syosset police investigated the case
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Brookville
N. Y
Rosamund Pinchot
Amos Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
H. F. Alexander
Miss Pinchot
Max Reinhardt
Syosset
Personal Crisis Reports In Columbus Firestone Case
Gerald Defenbaugh, 25, formerly of Pleasantville, reportedly died by suicide today in Columbus by self-inflicted gas line action. Police and investigators are handling the case as a tragic death with local authorities noting definitive cause as self-harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gerald Defenbaugh
Pleasantville
Steel firms oppose iron ore rail freight rise
Several steel companies filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission objections to any rail freight rate increase on iron ore, signaling industry pushback against proposed price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
Petroleum Leaders Meet To Discuss Conservation
HOT SPRINGS Ark. UP Leaders of the nation s petroleum industry met to discuss conservation of the dwindling crude oil supply. Ten states sent representatives to review geologist Alex W McCoy s report that six billion barrels must be discovered in five years to balance supply with demand in 1945. Governor Bailey said federal action on production could come unless states act, and Interior Secretary Tiekes pledged a representative to the conference. Governors Merriam California and others from Kansas Pennsylvania Michigan Colorado West Virginia and Tennessee attended.
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Alex W. McCoy
Ponca City
Okla
McCoy
Carl Bailey
Arkansas
Interior
Harold L. Tiekes
Frank Merriam
California
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Colorado
West Virginia
Tennessee
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Osu
Dean Noe
Messenger Insurance
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McBee
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