Gallia Boy Killed Instantly By Automobile Near Home
Gallia file reports a 7 year old Gallia County boy was killed when struck on State Highway 7 near his northern Kananga neighborhood home. Delbert Motley and Ira Taylor, both Middleport residents, were arrested after the high speed sedan left the road and struck the child and another boy, injuring two others. Witnesses and hospital staff described intoxication as a factor. Motley lacked a driver’s license. The incident occurred Monday evening, with continued coverage on page 10.
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Gallipolis
Billy
Greene Perry
Kananga
Delbert Motley
Ira Taylor
Middleport
Motley
Thurman
Max
Cecil Davis
Denver Davis
Perry
Max Davis
Davis
William Tinley
Columbus
Fred Broyles
Taylor
Hatfield
Hector Root
Ohioan Says England Enticing U S Into War
Congressman Martin L. Sweeney of the 20th District accused Great Britain of a subtle and vicious propaganda to draw the United States into war. He spoke at a Clan na Gael picnic in Cleveland and urged that American citizens will not be stampeded again into war.
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Cleveland
U.S
Great Britain
United States
Martin L. Sweeney
Sweeney
Postpone Action Again On Neutrality Measure
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee again postponed consideration of the administration neutrality program despite President Roosevelt's insistence on action before adjournment.
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Washington
A.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Miami University Names New Dean for School of Fine Arts
Appointment of Dr. Joseph W. Clokey of Pomona College to succeed Dr. Theodore Kraft as dean of the Miami University School of Fine Arts was announced today.
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Oxford
U.P
Joseph W. Clokey
Pomona
Calif
Theodore Kraft
Miami University School of Fine Arts
Ohio Supreme Court Upends State Mental Hospital Bond Plan
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the building authority bond scheme unconstitutional, blocking $7.5 million of the planned $10 million mental hospital construction bonds. It held the arrangement to fund the project evades the state debt limit of $750,000, leaving no clear funding source. The welfare department had prepared 25 year leases with income from counties and patients’ families to back the bonds.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
State Welfare Department
Building Authority
A. C. Allyn &Co
Chicago
Supreme Court
Truck Driver Dies as Gas Cargo Burns
A gasoline trailer truck collided with an automobile on Route 42 two miles northeast of Mt. Gilead causing 6500 gallons of fuel to ignite. James Bidwell 29 relief driver died. Wayne Truett 30 regular driver injured and hospitalized. Gasoline flowed toward Proller's Lake damaging trees and power lines.
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MT. Gilead
Here
James Bidwell
The
Oils Transport Company of Columbus
Wayne Truett
Mansfield
Akron
Columbus
Prollier
Gangster Killers Lose Supreme Court Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld first degree murder convictions of Sally Hart Herb Ross John Anthoulis and Thomas Galati in the Mahoning County gangster murder of Roy Happy Marino.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Sally Hart
Herb Ross
John Anthoulis
Thomas Galati
Mahoning County
Roy “Happy” Marino
Guard Fired for Aiding Youths Escape at Lancaster School
Donovan Bryant, a guard and teacher at the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster, was dismissed by the State Civil Service Commission after aiding two youths in escaping on June 10. He has been indicted as part of a robbery tied to the escaped prisoners.
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Columbus
A.P
Donovan Bryant
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
State Civil Service Commission
A. B. Chandler
Frankfort
Rowan County
Flemingsburg
Maysville
Lexington
Morehead
American Red Cross
Louisville
Sheridan Connolly
Robert E. Bondy
Washington, D. C
Elsie Mantle
Bondy
Washington
Mt. Sterling
Civil Service Commission
National banks condition report due June 30
Comptroller of the Currency Preston Delano announced a nationwide report on the health of national banks as of June 30. The update covers capital, loans, deposits, and overall stability across the banking system.
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Bank Call
Washington
U.P
Preston Delano
Five Children Found Locked in Room Heartrending Ohio Incident
Cleveland police jailed three parents Walter Tippie 29 Helen Tippie 26 and Queenie Tippie 22 after juvenile officers investigated the temporary abandonment of five children Joseph 3 Erna Louw 2 James 5 Donald 2 and Herbert 2 found locked in a third floor room of a rooming house. The children were unclothed when discovered.
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Cleveland
U.P
Walter Tippie
Helen
Donald
Herbert
Queenie Tippie
Athens
James
Joseph
Erna Louw
Nationwide Fourth of July death toll tops recent years
The four day holiday saw at least 633 deaths nationwide from violence and accidents, with 281 traffic fatalities and 194 from falls, drownings, fires and other causes. California led states with 69 deaths. eight states accounted for nearly half of all casualties. A Waukegan stand collapse injured fifteen. Edward Fisher, 21, died in Michigan after his car skid.
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California
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Smith Won't Be Goat in LSU Scandal
Dr. James Monroe Smith, speaking from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, refuses to be the goat in LSU financial scandal. He resigned as president ten days ago and fled to Canada with his wife, who faced jail on abetting charges after a $7,500 bond was posted by nine professors. Investigators allege embezzlement of $100,000 with broader bond and borrowed funds irregularities. grand jury reconvenes to press the case.
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana State University
Canada
Smith
Coast Guard Rescues 30 in Lake Erie Gale
In Cleveland area a violent squall on Lake Erie driven by a 35 mile per hour wind led to a busy rescue night for the Coast Guard as at least 30 boaters were saved after being caught far from shore during holiday boating adventures.
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Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Cleveland
URP
Hourly Pay Cut Triggers WPA Strike Talk
In Columbiana County 2500 WPA laborers returned to work under an hourly pay cut ordered by Fred L Roose Akron district director. Workers complain of pay dropping from 50.2 to 40.6 cents per hour, reducing monthly security wage to 52.80.
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East Liverpool
Iu.p
Columbiana County
Fred L. Roose
Akron
Plane crash kills five crew members in Sardinia
A military hydroplane crashed last night in Cagliari Sardinia killing all five crew members aboard. The incident occurred late at night, and authorities are investigating the cause of the crash and identifying the victims.
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Cagliara, Sardinia
Logan Scenic Area Draws Huge 4th Holiday Crowds
Thousands of tourists passed through Logan over the vacation period. Traffic on U S Route 33 was heavy as vacationers headed home. Local citizens left the city to visit recreation centers. Hocking parks area was crowded with people from Sunday through Tuesday.
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Logan
Hocking Parks
Jap Cabinet and Army Chiefs Clash Over War Alliance
Tokyo reports show army leaders pressing to overthrow Premier Hiranuma’s cabinet unless it joins Germany and Italy in a total war alliance. The cabinet favors only moral and economic aid if Soviet Russia remains uninvolved. Japanese losses on the Manchukuo front and rising tension with Soviet forces are noted alongside stalled Danzig talks and French aircraft production speeding toward 1940 goals.
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Japan
Tokyo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Germany
Italy
Russia
Hsinking
Free City
Danzig
Reich
Poland
Britain
France
Zoppot
Six Die When Auto Hits Bus Near Washington Pa
A Wellsburg West Virginia car carrying nine people crashed into a bus at Route 19 and 40 near Washington Pa., sending the sedan across the road and over a 10 foot bank into a house. Six occupants were killed and three injured. Henry Lacock and family awoke to the crash with Lacock suffering a neck injury from the fall.
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Washington
U.P
Wellsburg
W. Va
Here
Henry Lacock
Lacocks
Lacock
Treasury and AG&E settle income tax dispute for 8.7 million
The treasury announced a settlement with the government and Associated Gas & Electric over income and excess profits taxes. The utility AG&E will pay 8.7 million dollars to resolve the controversy.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Government
Associated Gas & Electric Systems
Ohio holiday deaths total forty across traffic and drownings
The extended Independence Day period in Ohio caused forty deaths from traffic, drowning, and other accidents, with five more in other states. No fireworks fatalities were reported, about fifty injuries were listed, and acc idental deaths rose to 23 by Monday noon. The toll included numerous named victims from Cleveland Cincinnati Gallipolis and other towns in Ohio and Michigan.
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Ohio
William Perry
Gallipolis
Nettie Duggins
Cincinnati
Mildred Hughes
Loveland
Jolene Hayes
Mt. Vernon
Warren C. Walters
Cleveland
Elmer Wilt
Bourneville
Rhoda Teichman
End Monetary Struggle Today
The Senate votes at 5 p.m. on restoring President Roosevelt’s power to devalue the dollar. The conference report would reestablish devaluation authority, sustain the currency stabilization fund of 2 billion dollars, and set a price for domestically mined silver. Roosevelt, back from Hyde Park, planned talks with congressional leaders before debate.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Roosevelt
Dollar
Hyde Park
Flood Ravages Morehead Area After Sudden Rise
A Kentucky cloudburst overflowed Triplett Creek washing away homes and killing dozens in Morehead Clearfield and nearby farms. An estimated 38 drowned with fears the toll could be 50 or more as residents were rescued by improvised boats and state aid moved in.
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Rowan County
Morehead
Minnie G. Carter
Ousted State Employes Win Fight for Jobs
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that provisional appointees named without a civil service eligible list may keep their jobs during good behavior or until an eligible list is created. The decision requires a formal charging and appeal process for dismissals, aligning provisional firings with permanent civil service procedures.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Woman Is Exonerated in Ontario Auto Tragedy
Blenheim Ontario a coroner s jury found Mrs Katherine Wilkinson of Detroit not to blame for the June 8 crash that killed four people The driver testified she was traveling 48 miles an hour when a front tire blew out and she struggled to keep the car on the road without success
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Charles W. Haslett
Coalton
Wellston
Joseph Neurohr
Cleveland
Peter Huppert
Canton
Cincinnati
Hill City
Kans
Clemens O. Wynne
Harold Cushing
Wynne
Colorado
Gustav Schlageter
Norwalk
Gertrude Brown
Pewaukee
Wis
Lake Mills
Erwin Schwyn
Toledo
Round Lake
Adrian
Mich
Blenheim
Ont
U.P
Katherine Wilkinson
Detroit
Here
Wilkinson
Davey Still the Master Showman And Ohio's No 1 Enigma
Martin L. Davey, former Ohio governor, drives through Athens in a 16 cylinder Cadillac amid cheers from supporters and wary rivals. He hints at future plans but offers only that he may help the Democrats and remains a political enigma ahead of 1940. Or al Daugherty introduces him as the next governor of Ohio.
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Davey
Ohio
Athens County Fairgrounds
Daugherty
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Martin L. Davey
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