Roosevelt And Vinson Push Bill For A Bigger Navy
President Roosevelt warns national defense is inadequate and seeks a long term defense program. Carl Vinson introduces a bill calling for an 800 million dollar naval expansion to add 47 ships, 3 dreadnoughts, 22 auxiliary vessels, 1 000 airplanes and 20 000 more personnel. The plan aims to match Britain and lift air strength to about 3 000 planes, while raising overall military buildup beyond treaty limits.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
United States
Roosevelt
Vinson
Congress
AU P
America
Britain
Spain
China
Mr. Roosevelt
United States of America
Davey Plans Substitute to Kill Myers Bill in Ohio
Governor Davey moves to veto the Myers Bill creating a state relief director and relief criteria. A substitute measure is to be drafted while sessions set for February 8 or 9 to resume final legislative action. The main item is a $3,000,000 supplemental appropriation, likely reduced by half.
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Davey
Myers Bill
Columbus
U.P
Myers
Sessions
Senate
Relief Board of Appeals
China seeks League aid for China against Japan
At Geneva the British French and Russian delegates conferred after W K Wellington Koo urged concrete League of Nations assistance for China. He said China would not rely on individual members and depended on a pledge from the League during its 100th Council meeting.
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Geneva
U.P
Great Britain
France
Russia
League of Nations
China
Japan
W. K. Wellington Koo
League
League Council
Woman Bit Driver After Dog Attack in Ashurst
A young woman in Ashurst England bit a careless autoist on the neck after he ran over her dog. A judge fined her 22 dollars and 87 cents. The item ends with a moral about watching pets and a tip about Want Ads deadlines and antiques selling quickly.
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Ashurst
England
Big
Appeal Planned Over Unborn Child Ruling in Damages Suit
Theresa Smith of Waukegan will appeal Judge Harry M. Fisher's decision that an unborn child is not a person after a February 1924 misdiagnosis by two specialists led to X ray treatments. The suit, seeking $100,000, claimed the child born as an imbecile and died October 25.
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Chicago
U.P
Theresa Smith
Harry M. Fisher
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Smith
Waukegan
Ill
Fisher
Hae
Dill Alienation Suit Settled in Knox County
Margie Heaton Dill's alienation of affections suits against former U.S. Senator C. C. Dill and her mother-in-law Mrs Grace Dill are fully settled. Mrs Grace Dill paid a $5,000 judgment. Dill married Wendell Dill in 1934 and sought $25,000 damages. she has also filed for divorce.
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MT. Vernon
Knox County Common Pleas Court
Margie Heaton Dill
U. S
C. C. Dill
Grace Dill
Wendell
Akron Boy Improves After Nut Shell Removed From Bronchial Tube
Cleveland doctors completed a delicate operation to extract a hickory nut shell from the bronchial tubes of three year old Bobbie Cummins of Akron. The child is believed to be recovering at a local hospital.
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Cleveland
U.R
Bobbie Cummins
Akron
Miners Fear Martyrdom After Green Ouster Effort
Washington U P officials of the United Mine Workers fear the expulsion of William Green from the AFL on dual unionism charges will make him a martyr. Green has long been a coal miners union member. He and John L. Lewis chair the Committee for Industrial Organization.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers of American
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Coal Miners Union
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Or
Dewey Seeks Armistice Plan Between A F of L and CSO
James F. Dewey federal labor conciliator arrives in Miami after conferring in Washington with CSO chairman John L. Lewis and planning talks with AFL leaders today or tomorrow to propose an armistice framework.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
James F. Dewey
A. F. of L
Labor union splitnd turmoil as deputy sheriff exit shocks convention
Minutes describe Green rising to AFL leadership after UMWA secretary role. A WV district autonomy plan passed only after a confrontation involving Hayden Smith a 50 year old Negro delegate from Raleigh West Virginia who admitted deputy sheriff status. Sergeants at arms protected him as delegates surged and disrupted the convention.
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Hayden Smith
Raleigh
W. Va
Smith
United Mine Workers
van A. Bittner
West Virginia
Senate Filibusterers Near Victory Over Anti Lynching Bill
A Senate poll shows 40 senators favor setting aside the anti lynching bill for other legislation, signaling the measure could be shelved next week. The move follows failures to invoke cloture and a Barkley statement urging a quick decision.
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Washington
A.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Woman Physician Dies After Fire In Morgan County
Dr. Jessie Smith seventy year old Morgan County's only woman physician died in Marietta hospital seven hours after clothing caught fire from an open grate. She rubbed salve on burns and cried for help. Neighbors Mrs Emma Wagoner and her son Harold rushed to the Penns ville home.
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Mcconnellville
U.P
Jessie Smith
Morgan County
Marietta
Smith
Emma Wagoner
Harold
Pennsville
New Directors Chosen At Ohio State Life Meeting
Ohio State Life Insurance Co stockholders elect Allen G. Aigler of Bellevue Walter F. Eberle of Cincinnati and Edward A. Sauer of Dayton as new directors at the annual meeting.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Life Insurance Co
Allen G. Aigler
Bellevue
Walter F. Eberle
Cincinnati
Edward A. Sauer
Dayton
Niagara’s Honeymoon Bridge Crushed by Ice Jam
The Falls View Bridge spanning the Niagara Gorge collapsed under a massive ice jam. Engineers said the 840-foot arch was beyond repair as girders tore free and the wreckage slid into the gorge, affecting nearby power plants and cottages.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
N. Y
U.P
Niagara Gorge
Falls View Bridge
United States
Canada
Niagara River
Twin Falls
Falls View
15 Year Flood Control Plan Is Advocated
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee plans a flood control bill to authorize a 15 year program for river wall levee and reservoir construction. Ohio Valley projects may receive substantial funding with past Army Engineers recommendations around 400 million dollars though the exact figure remains undecided.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Ohio Valley
William M. Whittington
Miss
Army Engineers
Continued Cold Due Saturday
A new cold wave hit the Northwest and spread east of the Rockies bringing hard ships for the region. Blizzards left communications crippled and villages isolated in drifts up to 30 feet high. Temperatures fell from zero to 30 below from the Canadian border to the Gulf. Forecaster J R Lloyd warned of colder weather through the area with snow expected in the Northwest and most eastern states Saturday.
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Chicago
U.P
Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Michigan
Rockies
Two Dead in Toledo Apartment House Fire
Two persons were killed and five injured in three fires in Toledo. Robert K. Stewart age 29 a Yale University graduate and Dorothy Schaub age 28 a waitress died in the Parcell Apartments blaze. Holy Rosary Church suffered a separate fire with estimated losses around 50 000.
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Toledo
U.P
Robert K. Stewart
Yale University
Dorothy Schaub
Parcell
Holy Rosary Church
State treasury income climbs 1937 by 32 percent
State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley announced that the State Treasury collected 383,053,096 in 1937, up 90,497,754 or 32.3 percent from 1936, according to the treasurer.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Kinsley
Japanese Outrages Strain U S Japanese Relations Over China Incidents
The State Department says U S Japanese ties are worsening due to repeated incidents in China involving American nationals and property. Diplomatic protests followed looting of American property and mistreatment of Chinese women employees, with Japan sending officers to Shanghai and Nanking to investigate.
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Washington
Shanghai
Nanking
Grew
Tokyo
Germany
China
U. S
Pantty
Falls View Bridge Crumbles Under Ice Jam Pressure
Niagara Falls structural damage reported as the Falls View Bridge sustains a cascade of snapped girders under a heavy ice jam. Photos show the ruined arch with girders bent and debris across the span.
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Niagara
Falls View
Driver Drunk Mule The Brains of the Outfit
Hartnett County farmer A H Westbrook was convicted of driving a mule under liquor influence and received a 30 day suspended sentence. State Patrolman J F Bradshaw testified the mule led the wagon and was the brains of the outfit.
Belgian Leader Seeks Round Table Talks to End World Chaos
Secretary Hull studied Paul Van Zeeland’s plan for international conferences to stabilize the world economy finance and politics. Van Zeeland proposes round table discussions involving the United States Great Britain France Germany and Italy. The report was sent to European nations on January 26.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
van Zeeland
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
State Department
Changes in Marriage Law of Ohio Urged
Dean Hershel W. Arant of Ohio State University Law College spoke to the State Bar Association urging adoption of a report from a special committee. The panel recommends mandatory physical examinations for both parties before marriage with physicians’ certificates confirming absence of venereal disease. It also proposes that marriages be solemnized within 10 days after certificate issuance.
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Columbus
4U.P
Herschel W. Arant
Ohio State University Law College
State Bar Association Today
Ohio
Cat credited with saving five dies in farm fire
A Salem cat named Black Sambo died after rescuing five people from a burning farm home near Salem. Miss Mabel Owens, caring for four nephews, woke to the fire and carried the four boys to safety in two trips through smoke filled rooms before the cat went missing.
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Salem
Mabel Owens
Rolland Weingart
Senate Inquiry May Turn Into NLRB Probe
Sen. Edward R. Burke of Nebraska announced that preliminary hearings on probing the National Labor Relations Board may become a full investigation. He charged the board pressured local officials during labor conflicts and sought newspaper sources of anti NLRB articles, as debate continued over the proper approach to reform.
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Washington
U.P
Edward R. Burke
D. Neb
Senate Judiciary
National Labor Relations Board
Burke
Senate
William M. Dieterich
State Demands Coal Refund From Cleveland Firm
Governor Davey ordered restitution after State Purchasing Agent Glenn Horn said the state was cheated out of 7000 dollars in coal purchases from Ma her North Coal Co of Cleveland. Senate graft panel heard the state paid 160 per ton for coal costing 92 cents per ton and Columbia Refining Co testified paying 5328.56 to G Lloyd Weil former Akron mayor as commissions for gasoline sales to the state.
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Columbus
U.P
Glenn Horn
Cleveland
Davey
Horn
Maher-North Coal Co
State Senate
Columbia Refining Co
Senate
G. Lloyd Weil
Akron
U S British Parley On Ships Revealed
London reports an American Navy Department officer met with the Admiralty on capital ship construction. The officer returned to Washington to report to the government. Discussions focused on the battleship program amid rumors that Japan is building ships over 35 000 tons.
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London
U.P
Navy Department
Admiralty
Washington
Japan
Probe Near Completion Mansfield 4 Up
A parole-investigating grand jury in Mansfield has been in session two weeks and is expected to finish next week. The jury remains in recess until Monday.
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Mansfield
Officer Killed By Bandit at Filling Station
Patrolman Aaron Laubach, 35, was fatally shot during a holdup at a filling station. A man suspected of killing him fled after a high speed chase and a crash near Donnelsville, sparking a wide search along the Ohio Indiana border. Blood in the suspect’s car indicated possible wounding in the exchange.
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Hamilton
AU P
Aaron Laubach
Clark County
Springfield
Donnelsville
Laubach
Chinese Receive New War Planes and Pilots
Chinese sources say 150 pilots and 250 modern aircraft arrived in China two weeks ago. Many planes are British-built. Chinese air force activity has increased and a fleet bombed Hangchow southwest of Shanghai.
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Shanghai
U.P
China
Hangchow
Widowed Mother of Four and Young Lover Die for Insurance Murder
Marie Porter aged 37 and her lover Angelo Giancola 22 were executed in Illinois for the insurance murder of Porter’s brother William Kappen on the eve of his marriage. Porter, first woman electrocuted in the state, and Giancola died after midnight with William’s brother John 20 serving 99 years. The trio planned to collect $3,300 in life policies naming Porter as beneficiary.
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Porter
Giancola
John
Belleville
William Kappen
Irene Traub
Kappen
St. Lowis
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Miami Beach
U.S
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War Department
Army Air Corps
Army
International Railway Company
John M. Allison
Joseph C
Cat
NLRB
Illinois
Lawrenceville
Portey
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