Southern Democrats Unite Against Roosevelt in Anti New Deal Push
Georgia Senator George Talmadge leads Southern anti-Roosevelt forces in a campaign to "out the East and North" as they rally in Georgia to resist New Deal reforms. The movement seeks to curb federal power with a platform from Southern and border states and to keep Supreme Court appointments within the region.
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Funeral crowds mark vast procession through capital
Police Commissioner Philip Game arranged a funeral procession for the late king but arrangements broke down as vast crowds gathered in the city, the capital of the empire. The event drew many casual onlookers amid the somber ceremony.
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Fire destroys four buildings in St. Marys
A blaze Tuesday in St. Marys, West Virginia damaged four buildings and equipment valued in the thousands. Firemen blamed a faulty flue for starting the fire affecting Parkersburg Marietta and Belpre areas.
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Winter Weather Update Delays Across Regions
Snow fell across northern districts with stronger totals in favorable zones. Blizzard warnings eased as snow moved eastward and precipitation clung to roads. Authorities urged caution while crews worked to clear major routes and assess impacts.
City of Ones: a proposal for stilted houses and air routes
Fragmented notes describe a scheme by an architect to place houses on stilts above ground traffic with aerial routes for amateurs and children. It suggests a city concept named The City of Ones and mentions classified ads seeking homes.
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Birds Help Crippled Starling Escape In Stranded Nestling Tale
Steubenville report notes County Auditor Harold K. Robinson found a crippled starling nestling on his window ledge. A second starling attempted aid but could not, then two birds returned and carried the crippled bird away together.
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Ohio GOP To Hear Knox at Dayton Dinner
Col Frank Knox, publisher of The Chicago Daily News and possible GOP nominee, to speak at the McKinley Day banquet in Dayton on Friday. Rep Hamilton Fish Jr and Stephen Day push for Roosevelt retirement, constitutional programs, budget balance, and defense spending. Day says Roosevelt follows Tugwell. Knox return draws Ohio Republicans.
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Five Hurt in Auto Collision Near New Marshfield
Five men were injured in a crash between a truck and a passenger car on Route 56 about a mile east of New Marshfield at 1 PM. They were taken to Sheltering Army Hospital. Injured: Clarence Brooks Fred Carsey both of Carsey town and Clarence Frank Carr W. E. Wolf of Nelsonville. Brooks and Carsey rode in the truck. three others in the car were uninjured. The accident occurred near the Hiram Nanna home. An ambulance transported the men. the truck and car suffered major damage.
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Union workers protest suspension at Firestone plant
Several hundred union tire builders sat down at their machines at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co plant in Akron to protest the suspension of Clayton Dicks, a union committeeman, after a fist fight with a non union worker during a wage rate dispute last Wednesday.
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Shawl Fire Kills Miss Elizabeth Smith in Cincinnati
Miss Elizabeth Smith aged 65 died after flames from a coal stove ignited her shawl. She was found with the shawl burning around her shoulders and succumbed to burn injuries. The incident occurred in Cincinnati and involved a domestic setting.
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Kidnapping Probe For Dauphin County DA Daughter
A 13 year old Marjorie Richards daughter of District Attorney Karl E Richards of Dauphin County Pa has been kidnapped and a search is underway for a man described as an ex convict who may have abducted her. Reports say she has been traced to New York.
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Veterans May Not Get Bonds Until Summer
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that the demand note bonds for the veterans bonus may not be mailed until July, with distribution finishing six to eight weeks later. Congress authorized cashable bonds from June 15, and officials said payments could ease relief costs by removing some veterans from the needier class.
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Veterans Seek Bonus Blanks Flood Ohio for Shares
Ohio veterans rush for application blanks for a $106 million veterans bonus. Airmail consignment reached Akron as 200 VFW and Army Navy Union members greeted them. The Ohio American Legion collected 3,000 blanks for a Kenton rally while Milton Campbell promised posts would receive forms by night. The 1922 law has already paid 225,000 WWI veterans $28 million.
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Florence Hughes Seeks Divorce From Lee Huron
Florence Huron of Athens County sues for divorce from Lee Huron citing marriage in 1922 in Cincinnati and his 1934 departure followed by a 1934 marriage to Mae Hensley in Cincinnati. She requests restoration of her maiden name Florence Hughes and notes she does not know his current whereabouts.
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Cincinnati Veterans Bonus Surpasses City Budget
An estimated 18,000 ex servicemen in Hamilton County will receive about 9 million dollars cash veteran bonus under the law passed Monday over Roosevelt’s veto. Coffin says the sum exceeds Cincinnati’s 1936 operating budget by over 1 million dollars and nearly matches annual sales reported by city auto dealers. He adds that even if veterans ran the public schools, they could operate them a year on the current schedule and still have substantial funds left.
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Death of Richard Loeb Sparks Legal Reactions
Comments from famed lawyer Clarence Darrow and others follow the death of Richard Loeb at Stateville Penitentiary near Joliet. Darrow defends Loeb and Leopold saying there are no secrets left after the trial, while former State's Attorney Crowe and Lieutenant Crot weigh in on fate and justice.
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Sweeney Protests House Adjournment Over King George V
Representative Sweeny of Ohio denounces the House adjournment honoring King George V. He says he despises imperialism and Toryism, protests subservience to British influence, and states the record should show his opposition to the action. He accepts Roosevelt’s condolence message but calls the adjournment excessive.
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Rail Transfer Is Approved by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Kana wha and Michigan Railway to acquire the ties and franchises of the Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad. The K and M operates lines in West Virginia and a 56.6 mile stretch between Corning and Hobson Ohio. The West Virginia line runs from Charleston to Hiop West Virginia. The K and M previously controlled the West Virginia road through stock ownership and is controlled by the Toledo and Ohio Central, with New York Central owning all T and O C stock.
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Stalder Funeral To Be Held on Friday Morning
The Plains resident George Stalder will be buried Friday at 10 30 in The Plains Methodist Church after injuries from a collision with a train in Nelsonville on Saturday. He died Tuesday noon from the crash.
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Couple Keeps Marriage Secret for 13 Years
NORWOOD, Minn. The charivari given to Arthur Franzen and Ellen Carlson arrived 15 years after their wedding. Arthur, aware he had kept the secret, quips that a woman can keep a secret. The couple had been living with their parents to fool friends. The news only recently leaked.
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Oklahoma City Man Falls 20 Feet After Car Crash
G M Bilbrey swerved to avoid an approaching auto and crashed into a bridge. He then stepped out to assess damage and plunged twenty feet into a river bed.
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Night gown catches fire. child dies in Columbus incident
Roy Bowers, 4, suffered fatal burns after his night gown ignited from a gas heater on Tuesday in Columbus. Fire officials say the accident occurred at the family home and the child was transported to a hospital but did not survive.
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Loeb slashed to death by fellow convict Day in prison
Richard Loeb died after 56 razor wounds inflicted by James Day at Stateville Penitentiary in a killing that ended the Loe b Leopold crime chapter. Day claimed self defense and alleged prior indecent advances. A sweeping inquiry was promised as authorities questioned six convicts.
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Relief To Last Through July In Ohio Budget Tangle
Ohio citizens gain relief funding through July 31 as the $90 213157 biennial budget bill faces uncertain fate. Gov Martin L Davey warns he would veto the $11 5 million bill creating a four man relief commission if it harmed innocent people. He authorizes fast December pensions and transfers $1 million to ensure January payments.
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Cabinet To Consider Larger Army Budget
Britain’s ministers move to state and defense questions after King Edward VIII’s accession. Budget estimates for expanding armed forces are sent to No 10 for the cabinet’s regular Wednesday meeting at Downing Street.
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Claim of Lady in Red Reported To Be Valid
Michigan governor confirms that Anna Sage has a valid $1,000 claim against the state for pointing out John Dillinger to federal agents. The former governor helped secure a $5,000 reward pool with other states and Dunn will seek payment from other states.
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Boy of 9 Receives Bravery Medal in Payson
Roy Lundell aged 9 in Payson Utah is awarded a gold bravery medal by the American Legion for rescuing his 18 month old brother from a tunnel in a haystack.
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Cobb Lands Plan of President To Raise Funds for Children
Irving Cobb praises President Roosevelt on his birthday for a charitable plan to raise funds to aid children. He extols the president’s ability to mobilize support and hopes for his health and for Warm Springs to stay warm while the drive continues.
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Underwood Appointment Sparks Local Protest
President Roosevelt named Mel G. Underwood to succeed Benson W. Hough as Federal judge for the Southeastern Ohio District drawing protest from the Franklin County League of Women Voters. The group said Underwood has limited experience and is not registered to practice in Federal Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee must act before confirmation. Gov. Davey awaits the vote to decide timing of a possible special election in the Eleventh District, weighing cost against scheduling with the May primary.
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New Farm Bill Wins Approval
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the revised administration and conservation farm bill 14 to 2. The measure gives broad powers to the secretary of agriculture to grant funds for land use. It is a temporary two year stop gap until a permanent program is enacted via federal grants to states.
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School Bus Overturns Kills Driver and Three Children
A Colgate Oklahoma accident near Tupelo when a school bus overturned on an icy highway killed the driver and three students. Five more children survived without injuries.
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Senator Robinson Attacks New Deal Policy Aims
Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas, Smith's 1928 running mate, delivered a Tuesday night broadside against Roosevelt administration policies and the New Deal, denouncing its aims and legitimacy.
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Deserter Cry Flung at Smith By New Dealer
Washington hots up as Roosevelt forces accuse Alfred Smith of deserting Progressivism and joining the enemy. Smith replies that Senator Robinson clouds the issue and laments the party’s drift toward socialism while warning of walking from the Democratic convention.
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Woman and Tot Held On Kidnaping Charge
A 21 year old woman identified as Dora Bayless and a two year old girl are in police custody on a kidnaping charge. She claimed her husband filed the charge in Birmingham Alabama as he seeks custody. Detective Lester Bauman said the child was taken from a train Tuesday night at Memphis authorities request and the woman said she planned to sail for Argentina on Saturday.
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Earthquake Richter Shocks Hit Menico Cacahuatepec Oaxaca
Nine earthquake shocks were felt in Menico Cacahuatepec Oaxaca today damaging several houses.
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Winsome Fan Follows Nelson Eddy on Concert Tour
A 19 year old Barbara M. Clark from South Bend Ind followed Nelson Eddy across the coast to coast tour. Eddy’s manager Calvin Franklin said she sat in a $2 balcony seat and she traveled from Long Beach to Los Angeles Oakland and Cincinnati. Clark said her interest was musical not romantic and she attends performances to study piano and enjoy singing.
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Pledges Action At Convention In Washington
Senator Guffey pledges continued efforts to regulate the soft coal industry if the Supreme Court strikes down the Guffey Act. At the United Mine Workers convention in Washington D C the resolutions committee sorted 3000 proposals addressing labor political and economic interests including a Labor Party, a fund for Roosevelt, and potential removal of Green as AFL delegate.
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Injunctions Refused in Coal Tax Case
ROANOKE Va Tuesday Judge John Paul of the United States District Court refused to grant temporary injunctions restraining the collection of a 12 percent tax on coal miners under the Guffey Act. The memorandum was issued in the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs N B Farley Jr collector of internal revenue case.
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Long's Policies Continue Despite Allen's Death
Baton Rouge reports Gov. James A. Noe vows no policy changes after the death of Gov. Allen. Noe, a former Huey P. Long lieutenant and Louisiana’s chief executive, said there will be no shift in the state's governing policy.
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Kansas Republicans Back Landon Candidacy
Kansas Republicans pledged a Landon for President delegation in Cleveland and swarmed Topeka to boost Gov. Alf M. Landon toward the GOP nomination. The governor remained silent on the campaign, with friends expecting no reference in tonight's Kansas Day address.
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No Support in House For Townsend Plan
Representative Ferguson of Oklahoma says no House member, including the Townsend Plan author, would vote for old age pension legislation. He challenged any member to go on record, asserting he would vote against the plan.
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Ethiopian Commander Rallying His Forces
Ras Desta Demtu, Ethiopian chieftain, gathers scattered units after Fascist victories near Gamale Dorya as Italian forces on all fronts mobilize about 300000 troops.
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