Plan Record Federal Aid To Farmers
The Roosevelt administration outlined a record 2.5 billion dollar lending program for agriculture entering its seventh year of farm aid. Direct payments for soil conservation surplus commodities parity and compliance, plus half a billion for research and agency activities, plus another 1 billion in credit resources after reorganizing agencies. Expenditures this year projected around 1.3 billion, with total farm aid likely near 8 billion over two decades, and Congress criticized for budget excesses while AAA payments totaled nearly 500 million to compliant farmers.
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Washington
Department
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Security Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Agriculture Department
Congress
AAA
Farm Tenant Act
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 172 in First Fourth
A nation wide survey reports 172 violent deaths in the first two days of the four day Fourth of July holiday. Auto accidents claim 75 lives, drownings total 43, and 54 die in shootings fires and holiday activities.
Warm Fourth Of July With Thundershowers Loom
United Press reports U S Meteorologist John C Fisher predicts a warm but not extreme Fourth of July in Ohio with temperatures in the upper 80s. Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected to temper heat tomorrow for holiday travelers.
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United Press
Ohio
U. S
John C. Fisher
Fisher
Lt. Col. William Judge Dredging Panama Canal Remembered
Funeral services were held in Cooperstown for Lt. Col. William Joseph Judge age 59 veteran of two wars and a construction engineer who aided in dredging the Panama Canal.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
William Joseph Judge
Panama Canal
Meteor Explosion Likely Caused Oregon Washington Concussion
Astronomers attributed a loud morning sky blast to a meteor exploding midflight over the region. The concussion awakened hundreds across northern Oregon and southern Washington, flooding police and newspapers with calls similar to wartime panic scenes.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Orson Welles
Mars
Former LSU President and Wife Held in Canada
Dr James Munro Smith former LSU president and his wife surrendered to Brockville authorities after arriving in Canada to face embezzlement charges of about 100000 dollars. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Dewey Sanchez sought custody and a Canadian surrender to Louisiana authorities.
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Brockville
Ont
Louisiana
Canada
James Munro Smith
Louisiana State University
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
Byron Clemmons
Murphy Roden
Royal Canadian Police
Huey Long
Dr. Smith
Strike Call Near for 8,000 GM Workers
United Auto Workers CIO hinted a strike for 8,000 General Motors tool and die makers engineers and maintenance staff after negotiations broke off in a hostile climate. President R J Thomas warned GM would face consequences as no more talks were planned on wages and hours in a supplementary agreement.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers Union (Cio
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
Roosevelt to seek $25 million more for defense plan
Chairman J Buell Snyder of the House military appropriations subcommittee said President Roosevelt would ask Congress for $25,000,000 additional defense funds next week. The request covers purchase and storage of strategic minerals under a $100,000,000 four year program, pushing national defense spending this Congress near $2,000,000,000.
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Washington
U.P
J. Buell Snyder
House Military Appropriations
Roosevelt
Congress
Armco Plans $4.5 Million Plant Renovation
Middletown report notes American Rolling Mills completes a major modernization project begun in 1937. Open hearth blooming and bar and hot strip departments shut down as about 4.5 million dollars is invested in the expansion.
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Middletown
U.P
American Rolling Mills
Public Enemy Found Dead in Vacant Toledo House
William Duck age 45 once a prominent Toledo public enemy and later a petty police docket character was found dead in an unoccupied house. A physician said he died of natural causes after an anonymous call reporting a man in need of medical attention.
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Toledo
U.P
William Duck
Public Enemy
Duck
Amrine Names Six Guards at Ohio Penitentiary
William F. Amrine acting warden of Ohio Penitentiary appointed six guards to fill vacancies created by recent resignations and suspensions.
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Columbus
U.P
William F. Amrine
Ohio Penitentiary
Windsor Duke and Duchess visit Geneva Palace tour
The duke and duchess of Windsor made a surprise visit to Geneva on Sunday. They were shown the palace of the League of Nations from basement to attic, touring key rooms.
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Geneva
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
League of Nations
Reds Acquire Hafey From Knoxville For pennant push
Cincinnati Reds pull Bud Hafey from Knoxville in a deal centered on strengthening the outfield. Glenn Chapman swaps clubs with cash considerations, while Wesley Livengood and Charley Glock are optioned to Knoxville for the remainder of the season. Chapman had been purchased from Indianapolis to join the exchange.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Cincinnati Reds
Bud Hafey
Chick Hafey
Knoxville
Hafey
Reds
Glenn Chapman
Wesley Livengood
Charley Glock
Chapman
Indianapolis
Begin Cutting WPA Relief Rolls To Stretch Funds
The Works Progress Administration plans to reduce federal relief rolls to about 2,000,000 people to stretch a $1.7556 billion appropriation. June rolls will drop from 2.6 million to 2.4 million by August, then fall below 2,000,000 in September and October. Long range targets call for 1.8 million by next May and 1.5 million by June 1940.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Works Projects
F. C. Harrington
Army To Open Bids On 2500 Fighting Planes
Wright Field procurement officers will begin four days of bids on orders for more than 2,500 fighting planes for 1939 1940. The large bid is believed to be the air corps history’s biggest by competitive bidding and uses most of the remaining 230 million of 300 million dollars allotted for air corps expansion.
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Dayton -U.R
Wright Field
Air Corps
Hoover Plans Speeches On Neutrality Question
Former President Herbert Hoover travels from Palo Alto to Chicago and Cleveland to address the neutrality issue. In Chicago he speaks on Neutrality: Shall Our Youth Be Sent to War in Europe, then in Cleveland he continues with New Problems for American Action before the Christian Endeavor Society.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Cleveland
Europe
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Bed theft report points to early morning break in
Frank Kitzmiller told police $180 was stolen from a hiding place in his bed between 2 and 4 a m. A screen from a rear window was removed.
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BANK
Columbus
Frank Kitzmiller
Chamberlain Warns World of Danger of General War Over Danzig
Britain and France push to block Nazi plans to seize Danzig with talks of alliance with the Soviet Union. Chamberlain reports a free corps in Danzig as tension rises over potential German moves, while Italy and Japan prepare military actions nearby and in Asia.
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Chamberlain
Danzig
Great Britain
Europe
Moscow
Soviet Union
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Free Corps
Britain
France
Reich
London
Paris
Germany
King George
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Adolf Hitler
Free City
Poland
United Press
Free State
Albert Foerster
Italy
Po Valley
Far East
Tokyo
China
Tientsin
Peiping
Bitter clash looms over New Deal bills in Congress
Washington faced a seventh month battle as President Roosevelt's monetary and neutrality programs faltered. Democrats tried to rally Senate support to extend devaluation powers and renew a $2,000,000,1000 stabilization fund after expiry, while the House approved neutrality provisions and adjournment talk rose.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Monetary Conference
William E. Borah
Ida
United Press
House
One Dead Nine Hurt in Lima Bus Collision
Lima resident Thornton Lincoln died of injuries from a collision between his automobile and a Cincinnati & Lake Erie bus near Lima. Nine people were hurt including seven bus passengers. Mrs Cleo Bowyer of Lima remained seriously injured with leg and possible internal injuries. Bus passengers Howard Hall of Lima and Mrs Leah Connelly of Grand Rapids were hospitalized.
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Lima
U.P
Thornton Lincoln
Cincinnati & Lake Erie
Indian Lake
Cleo Bowyer
Lincoln
Howard Hall
Leah Connelly
Grand Rapids
Mich
Seek Two Kidnaping Robbers in North Ohio
Northwestern Ohio authorities hunted two robbers who abduct victims and tie them to trees after robbing them. Fred Raymond a farmer, was seized near a hospital and tied to a tree taking $5.50. Sam Slater a Delta gasoline station operator was reports seized and tied to a tree taking $5.00.
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Toledo
U.P
Ohio
Fred Raymond
Sam Slater
Delta
West Virginian Quits Post on Coal Board
Huntington resident F. Witcher Mel Cullough resigns as secretary of the Bituminous Coal Commission and plans to return to private law practice or take up other coal industry work. He did not specify a new position or date.
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Coal
Washington
F. Witcher
Mel Cullough
Huntington
W. Va
Bituminous Coal Commission
Three Killed as Freight Locomotive Hits Boulder
A Louisville and Nashville freight train crew of three is dead after the locomotive struck a vast boulder rolling from a mountainside near Mt Vernon Kentucky. Fireman W F Goebel 49 engineer E J Weaver 57 and brakeman S C Long were killed.
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Boulder
Mount Vernon
Louisville
W. F. Goebel
Ake
Cincinnati
E. J. Weaver
Spring Lake
S. C. Long
Latonia
W. A. Cox
Vernon Undertaker
Weaver
Long
Corbin
Sinks
Mt. Vernon
Rockycastle County
Lexington
Father Too Late Finds Girl Dead by Own Action
P L Hill of Hartwell Ohio was denied right to comfort his 26 year old daughter Jane Emery Hill who died of an overdose of sleeping tablets. Police ruled death by own action after she took about 100 tablets as she wrote of being ill. Her sweetheart Edward Turner also from Hartwell joined Hill en route to Detroit. she died 40 minutes before hospital arrival.
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Detroit
U.P
P. L. Hill
Hartwell, O
Jane Emery Hill
Miss Hill
Hill
Edward Turner
Hartwell
Film Director Held On Bad Check Charge
Beverly Hills California March Neilan a former newsboy and noted director of Mary Pickford Blanche Sweet and Elsie Ferguson was arrested on a charge of passing worthless checks. Detective Lt C H Anderson quoted him saying you gave me a chance but just couldn't make the grade.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Marshall Neilan
Hollywood
Ace
Mary Pickford
Blanche Sweet
Elsie Ferguson
C. H. Anderson
Johnson attacks third term push as socialist plan
Gen. Hugh Johnson told Look magazine that New Dealers seeking a Roosevelt third term aim to split the Democratic Party and return with triumphant socialism in 1944. He singled out Harold Ickes, accusing him of aiming for a cabinet job and condemning the move as a fascist-like power grab within the Democratic ranks.
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Hugh Johnson
Washington
U.P
Look Magazine
Roosevelt
Johnson
NRA
New Deal
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Ickes
Mr. Roosevelt
Harold
Taxpayers Not Hit by Swindle Of State Funds
Columbus judge rules no Ohio taxpayers harmed by embezzlement of 36513.77 by W Merle Cortner former chief bond clerk in the state treasurer's office. Suit to recover funds from Former State Treasurer Harry S Day and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. dismissed. Amounts diverted from 1931 to 1935 left 31748.67 unpaid.
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Columbus
U.S
Common Pleas
Charles A. Leach
Ohio
W. Merle Cortner
Harry S. Day
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co
Tax Limitation League, Inc
Leach
Killer in Bronx slayings wounded in suicide attempt
Joseph Shapiro, who killed his estranged wife and 14 year old daughter in a Bronx apartment, was wounded and under guard at Fordham Hospital after slashing his wrists with a broken bottle in Coney Island following the shootings.
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New York
A.P
Joseph Shapiro
Fordham Hospital
Shapiro
Coney Island
Bronx
Women’s Clothes Linked to Bone Find Investigators Probe
Youngstown detectives probe a possible link between the discovery of 18 human bones at the city dump and a nearby bundle of women’s clothes found earlier. The clothing bundle includes undergarments a black felt hat three old dresses and several cloth pieces.
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Youngstown
WUP
Temperature Rises in Athens with Chance of Showers
A clear sky in Athens today saw temperatures rise to 85 degrees, up from yesterday’s 84 and last night’s 58. State reports indicate a possibility of local thunder showers tomorrow afternoon.
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Athens
Civic Leader James E. Phillips Dies at 73
James E. Phillips longtime Marion civic figure and former Marion Chamber of Commerce president died Sunday at age 73. He guided local business development and served in community leadership roles, leaving a notable imprint on Marion.
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Marion
James E. Phillips
The
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Three Sisters Drown When Skiff Overturns
West Newton Pa. three sisters Louise 23 Anna 21 and Eleanor Mirella 17 of Collinsburg drowned when a home made skiff overturned in the Youghiogheny River. Rescuers searched the swift current for the bodies.
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West Newton
U.P
Youghiogony
Louise
Anna
Eleanor Mirella
Collinsburg
Oldfield Boy Injured As Bike Hits an Auto
Edward Oldfield a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs W H Oldfield 126 Morris Ave suffered a severe scalp laceration and other cuts when his bicycle collided with an automobile Saturday night. The boy rode west on E State St turning into Carpenter St when his wheel bumped the car going east on E State which had just turned into Carpenter.
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Edward Oldfield
W. H. Oldfield
Morris Ave
E. State St
Carpenter St
E. State
Carpenter
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