Storm Death Toll Reaches 51 in West
A blizzard sweeping from Oklahoma through Illinois to New England caused at least 51 deaths. Chicago, hit hardest, reported 14.8 inches of snow and 13 deaths, while Indiana saw multiple fatalities and widespread transit disruption.
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West
Chicago
New England
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
U. S
C. A. Donnel
New Jersey
New York
Upper Great Lakes
Central States
Indiana
James Jeeman
Labor Objects To Change In Job Insurance
In Columbus Ohio both wings of organized labor oppose the unemployment compensation reorganization bill. Cities demand lighter matching for the 5 million temporary relief bill. The Senate Taxation Committee will hear amendments to ease city matching. Labor groups say the bill disrupts administration and weakens their role in policy.
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Columbus
Bricker
Ohio
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Senate Taxation Committee
Ohio Federation of Labor
State Congress of Industrial Organizations
French Troops Deployed to Tackle Spanish Refugee Wave
Two French regiments moved to the Franco-Spanish frontier to quell a flood of refugees fleeing Loyalist Spain. On the Spanish side thousands camped along roadsides faced cold rain and hunger. Twelve women died Monday and nine women and children died last night.
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Perpignan
U.R
Spain
Government Opens Case In WPA Vote Fraud
The government called witnesses in a case to prove WPA workers were forced to vote correctly in a feud involving Sen. Dennis Chavez. Thirty five people are on trial for alleged conspiracy to manipulate WPA funds including his sister and son-in-law.
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Albuquerque
N. M
WPA
Dennis Chavez
Slaughter Begins Prison Term for Embezzlement
Scott D. Slaughter former Madison County treasurer began a sentence at Ohio Penitentiary for embezzling county funds. The term ranges from one to ten years.
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London
Scott D. Slaughter
Madison
Ohio
Bricker Links Landon Platform to 1940 Victory
Gov. John W. Bricker told 1,500 Kansas Republicans that Alf Landon’s 1936 platform points to a 1940 win. He warned the national debt nears 50 billion dollars and urged limited taxes, sane law administration, and avoiding reform excess to preserve middle-class savings.
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Topeka
Kans
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Bricker
America
Loyalists Prepare Evacuation From Catalonia
Loyalist government plans to evacuate Catalonia and wage the civil war from central Spain. Refugees crowded routes north to the French frontier while leaders in Figueras and Gerona said resistance would continue. Nationalists mounted a large offensive against Madrid.
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Perpignan
U.P
Catalonia
Spain
United Press
Barcelona
Figueras
Gerona
Madrid
Keep Hines Trial Jury Ignorant of Death by Self Action
New York strict measures were used at the James J. Hines lottery conspiracy trial to keep jurors from learning of George Weinberg’s death by his own actions. Court and counsel barred any reference to Weinberg until his prior testimony is read to the jury, likely within two to three days.
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New York
Tammany
James J. Hines
George Weinberg
Dutch Schultz
Weinberg
Hillsboro Driver Dies After Fog Crash Near Route 50
Chester Sea man 55 of Rainsboro died from injuries after a five car pileup in fog on U S Route 50 near Hillsboro. Police said the crash occurred this morning and the identity of the victim was released by authorities.
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Hillsboro
Chester Seaman
Rainsboro
Here
Fortune for unborn child from San Francisco mother
Mrs. Jessie McKirdy of San Francisco California left a will naming the child she is bearing as beneficiary. The will bequeaths fifty thousand dollars to the unborn baby, creating a fortune for the expected child upon birth.
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Margaret McKirdy
Jessie McKirdy
San Francisco
Calif
Hitler's Talk Stirs Europe
London report on Neville Chamberlain addressing Parliament praising Germany's pledge for peace while noting Mussolini's Italy seeks imperial gains. Analysis marks Hitler's Reichstag speech as conciliatory yet warns democracies of potential conflict and a Rome-Berlin axis, with future Italian moves awaited.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Hitler
Rome
Chamberlain
Italy
France
Mussolini
Spain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Benito Mussolini
Britain
Rome-Berlin
Japan
Mediterranean
Ships Fire on Plane Near Chinese Coast
Imperial Airways flying boat Delia reported being fired on by warships west of the Wai Chow Islands while en route from Hongkong toward Hanoi. Pilot Wilson did not specify the ships’ nationality, and the aircraft continued on its flight safely.
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Hongkong
Imperial Airways
Delia
Waichow Islands
Wilson
Hanoi
Bowman Captured in Texas to Fight Extradition
Howard Cecil Bowman, 28, an Ohio Penitentiary escapee and Brown County bank robber serving life, was captured in Fort Worth Texas. He refused extradition and details of capture were not released. Bowman's escape used a garbage can from London Prison Farm. guards disciplined and prisoners jailed. He is brother to Neal Bowman, later executed for murder.
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Howard Bowman
Texas
Columbus
U.P
Howard Cecil Bowman
Brown County
Ohio
Fort Worth
Bowman
Young Desperado
London
Neal Bowman
Ohio River
Neal
Kentucky
Mansfield Reformatory
Gallia Woman A Real Home Body Died At 83
Miss Mary Ellen Niday age 83 who lived with her brother A N Niday and sister Mrs Rosina Lear at Mercerville died Monday. She was daughter of Henry Niday and survived by two other brothers Harvey Niday of Murray City and Peter A Niday of Orbiston. The long noted home body never visited Gallipolis or the Ohio River despite proximity. Funeral services set for two oclock Wednesday afternoon at Mercerville Baptist Church.
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Gallipolis
Mary Ellen Niday
A. N. Niday
Rosina Lear
Mercerville
Henry Niday
Harvey Niday
Murray City
Peter A. Niday
Orbiston
Ohio River
Mercerville Baptist Church
First Job Insurance Check Sent to Ohio Unemployed Worker
Stanley C. Fox of Columbus, a sheet metal worker, received Ohio’s first Unemployment Compensation check for 11.50 in the mail to cover groceries for his family including his sick wife and eight year old son.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stanley C. Fox
Taft Accepts Lincoln Day Speech Invite
Senator Robert A Taft accepted an invitation to address the Hamilton County Republic Club on February 11 for a Lincoln Day speech.
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Taft
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Hamilton County Republic Club
Resignation of Judge May Not Prevent Probe
Hatton W. Sumners warned that without Manton's resignation effective quickly the House Judiciary Committee would pursue an investigation into charges about the Second Circuit judge. Manton said his resignation would be mailed to President Roosevelt, effective by March 1 at the latest. Dewey faced private criticism from New Dealers for involvement in the probe over alleged loans totaling 439000 linked to cases before Manton's court.
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Washington
U.P
Hatton W. Sumners
Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Martin W. Manton
Second
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Manton
New York
Roosevelt
Congressional New Dealers
Thomas E. Dewey
Horning
Sumners
AFL Council Seeks Support for Labor Act Amendment
The American Federation of Labor’s executive council met in Miami to study proposed amendments to the National Labor Relations Act. They aim to win new congressional backing for changes backed by Senator David J. Walsh. The CIO opposes altering the act.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Act
Federation
Senate
David J. Walsh
Mass
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Roosevelt closes paralysis drive with radio plea
President Roosevelt marked his 57th birthday by urging nationwide action to stamp out infantile paralysis. He spoke to millions during 25,000 birthday balls aired by radio, calling the campaign a concerted effort against the disease.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Five men go on trial in federal liquor ring case
Trial began in federal court for five men charged in a million-dollar liquor operation. The alleged ring supplied illicit trade across Columbus Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton.
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Toledo
Columbus
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Reduction in WPA Aid Cuts Ohio Work Rolls Sharply
Columbus dispatch analyzes the impact of a $150 million Congress cut on Ohio WPA. If proportional, rolls drop from 245000 to under 205000, but gradual reductions could keep February March at about 233000 and spring cuts to 175000 or less.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Congress
Washington
Carl Watson
WPA
Burns Receives Suspended Sentence For Jewelry Smuggling
George Burns, famed comedian of Burns and Allen, was in New York Federal Court today given a suspended sentence of one year and one day and an $8,000 fine after pleading guilty to a jewelry smuggling charge. He was placed on probation for a year and a day.
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George Burns
Burns and Allen
New York
Burns
Farm Week draws large crowds at Ohio State University
Ohio State University hosts Farm Week opening with 2377 attendees 1813 men and 465 women. Claude R. Wickard urges focus on consumer power and cautions against price policies that hurt U.S. shoppers while helping foreign buyers.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio State University
Claude R. Wickard
North Central Division
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wickard
United States
National Safety Council Reports 1938 Accidental Death Drop
The nation reduced accidental deaths to 95 000 in 1938, a decline of 10 200 from 1937 and the best single year improvement. Domestic air flight fatalities fell to 35 from 57, and 45 states reported fewer deaths than in 1937.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
Weirton Steel Hearing Concluded After Long NLRB Review
Pittsburgh report states a 39,000 page record with testimony from over 900 witnesses was prepared for the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing, the longest in NLRB history, wrapped after its 220th session addressing Wagner Act charges against Weirton Steel Co.
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Pittsburgh
L.P
National Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Co
NLRB
Gasoline fumes threaten Walnut Hills area
Gasoline fumes from a leaking railroad tank car poured into sewers and into 40 Walnut Hills homes in Cincinnati. Firefighters checked each house and shut off hot water tank flames as fumes backed through drain pipes posing a neighborhood danger.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Walnut Hills
Coal unions and operators gear up for new wage talks
Negotiations between a joint committee of 16 coal operators and United Mine Workers officials begin in New York. The UMWA seeks a contract upgrade including a six hour day and 30 hour week, while industry spokesmen push for wage cuts and price fixes to restore profitability after a $60 million loss in 1938.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
New York
UMWA
Coal Commission
Commission
Circuit Courts of Appeals
Open Trial of Young Slayer
In Fremont two grieving mothers sat in adjacent rows as a common pleas courtroom heard the case. Mrs William Fowler, mother of Marshal Neal D Fowler of Clyde Ohio slain by a shotgun blast on December 6, attended with her husband. Mrs Elsie Bush of Mentone Indiana sat with her son Rex a Purdue University student facing trial for the killing.
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Jack
Purdue University
Gas Explosion Kills Two at Bellefontaine
An artificial gas explosion at De Graff 10 miles southwest of Bellefontaine left two dead and two wounded. Gerald Roggerman 31 of Lima an American Gas Co. employee was killed instantly when an underground gas container exploded during filling late Monday. Roy C Owings 48 De Graff hotel restaurant proprietor died several hours later.
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Bellefontaine
U.P
de Graff
Here
Gerald Roggerman
Lima
American Gas Co
Roy C. Owings
Convention of State Pastors Is Under Way
Ohio pastors strengthen interdenominational ties at the 20th annual state pastors convention in Columbus. The four day meeting continues with officer elections after a dinner. Simultaneously the Ohio Conference of church women holds its 12th annual convention.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Conference of Church Women
State official faces threats over highway layoffs
Columbus Ohio. State highway director Robert S. Beightler said anonymous calls threaten bodily harm after he announced personnel cuts. He affirmed the drive to reduce department staff will continue.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert S. Beightler
Supreme Court Allows Coal Data as Public Records
The Supreme Court ruled the National Bituminous Coal Commission may release public sales and production cost data submitted by coal companies, even when the information was formerly confidential.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
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Hines
Will
Europe
Martin T. Manton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gallia
AFL Council
Weirton Steel
Rule ON Coal Commission
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