Jews Appeal to Refugee Parley in Evian
World Jewish Congress petitions the international refugee conference in Evian to protest Nazi persecution of Jews and demand permission for emigrants to take some property. The memorandum cites 200,000 to 300,000 Jews likely to leave Germany and Austria, warning of destitution if driven out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evian
France
U.P
World Jewish Organizations
International Refugee Conference Today
Germany
World Jewish Congress
Austria
Harlan Deputy Shot to Death
London Kentucky U P reports Frank White tied to the Harlan conspiracy trial was shot dead by two bullets to the brain. Chris Patterson held in Laurel County jail for questioning. The Wednesday night shooting marks the third outbreak tied to the trial among persons connected with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Frank White
Harlan
Chris Patterson
Harlan County
Laurel County
Black Man Killed by Posse Burned in City Dump
In Rolling Fork Mississippi a Black man named Tom Green aged 48, a blacksmith, was found burned in the city dump after witnesses said a posse of 300 men set him afire. He had fatally injured his white employer R Purdy Flanagan in a 15 minute confrontation at a sharecropper cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolling Fork
Miss
U.P
Tom Green
R. Purdy Flanagan
Metcalf Would Seek Return of State Funds if Elected AG
State Sen. Verner E. Metcalf of Marietta said he would sue to recover money he claims the state has been robbed of in illegal contracts if nominated and elected attorney general. He described the suits as his first obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Metcalf
Ho Hum Mr Welch Takes Another Wife in Columbus
Eighty four year old Abner R Welch and 71 year old Miss Kate Austin obtained a marriage license in Columbus. Welch a four time widower and twice divorced is the oldest man to apply. Miss Austin never married and is the oldest spinster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Abner R. Welch
Kate Austin
Welch
Miss Austin
Storms Claim 700 in Japan
Authorities reported 195 dead in Kobe and Hyogo prefecture with 460 missing after storms and floods swept Japan. Reservoirs held but water pipes clogged forcing outside supply pumps. nationwide death toll surpassed 700 as rescuers searched for missing persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kobe
U.P
Japan
Hyogo
Toronto Chief Asked To Probe Death of Heiress
Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant asked Toronto police chief Brig. Gen. D C Draper to make inquiries into the death Wednesday of Mrs Maybelle Horlick Sidley Chicago heiress. Mrs Sidley died at the home of Perkins Bull, noted lawyer and guest for over a year. She was heiress to the Horlick malted milk millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
U.P
Ontario
Gordon D. Conant
D. C. Draper
Maybelle Horlick Sidley
Chicago
Sidley
Perkins Bull
Horlick
Landon Forecasts New Depression If New Deal Continues
Former Gov. Alf M. Landon warned on a national radio address that Roosevelt's deficit spending and New Deal methods will trigger another depression once government spending ends. He praised social aims but condemned spending policies and political abuses, urging a change to restore confidence.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iu.p
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Landon
German Prince Held Cause of Babs Dispute
London report ties Count Curt Haugwitz-Reventlow to a marital rift with Countess Barbara Hutton. Prince Frederick of Prussia, 26, a social prize and Winfield House guest, is described as an unwitting center of the dispute after testimony at Bow Street police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P— A
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz- Reventlow
Prince Frederick of
Prussia
Bow Street
Curt Haugwitz-Reventlow
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Winfield House
Grant Appeal In Phone Case Delays Ohio Refunding Settlement
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to review a Utilities Commission order for a 7.225 million dollar compromise in the Ohio Bell Telephone rate refund case. Cleveland residents appeal the denial to intervene in protest. The court will hear arguments on July 23, interrupting its vacation to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Ohio Bell Telephone
State Supreme Court
State Utilities Commission
Cleveland
Commission
Cyclist Chester Blazey Killed in South Euclid Crash
Chester Blazey an 18 year old cyclist was fatally injured after being thrown from a motorcycle he had bought just two weeks earlier. The crash marked the first suburban South Euclid traffic fatality in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Chester Blazey
South
Euclid
Flood Wall Petition Aims to Shrink Pomeroy Size
Petitions circulated by Pomeroy Fourth Ward residents seek transferring the Pomeroy to Middleport boundary from the Middleport line to the Pomeroy Bend Bridge. Movement aims to extend the flood wall into Middleport, aligning with local rights of way and flood protection plans. Army engineers are surveying Middleport as support for a wall grows.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Pomeroy Fourth Ward
Pomeroy Bend Bridge
Army
Main Street
U. S
Gallia Vet James Gatewood to Celebrate 90th Birthday at Gettysburg
Gallia County Civil War veteran James M. Gatewood of Swan Creek will mark his 90th birthday with a July 4 Gettysburg battlefield observance. He travels with his grandson James Gatewood III to the Blue and Gray Reunion and attends a family party hosted by niece Mrs. O. O. McIntyre at Gatewood Gallipolis. About 100 relatives and friends expected. tentative party date set for Saturday July 16.
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Gallipolis
Gettysburg
James M. Gatewood
Swan Creek
Gallia County
James Gatewood III
Gatewood
O. O. McIntyre
Police Killer Executed in Ohio Penitentiary
William Hobbs aged 32 was executed by electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, the 108th death sentence carried out in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William Hobbs
Hamilton
Ohio Penitentiary
Nelsonville plants face scrutiny over city utility data
Colum bus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. accuse Nelsonville city plants of lacking records on kilowatt hours produced sold and used, water pumped, and steam used. The suit seeks court orders to install meters to measure current, water, and steam, with a Feb 3 1938 inspection granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens County Common Pleas Court
O. F. Rowland
Waterworks Department
Terrorism Across China and Palestine Raises Death Toll
On the first anniversary of Japan's invasion, bombs kill six Japanese and several Chinese in Shanghai as Marines and Ulster Rifles respond. Guerrilla actions intensify in Shansi and Hopei against Japanese forces. In Palestine, Arab Jews clashes flare near David's Tower with a grenade vendor killed. London reports Franco pledges no foreign interference if rebels win in Spain.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
China
Palestine
United States
Britain
Ulster Rifles
Shanghai
Shanshi
Hopei
Haakow
Holy Land
David's Tower
Old City
London
Francisco Franco
New Spain
Funds Distributed for Four Ohio Projects
The Rural Electrification Administration announced $854,000 in grants for four Ohio projects as part of more than $11 million in loans for cheap farm power across 18 states. It also considered additional loans totaling $450,000 to extend cooperative lines in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Ford urged to grant CIO bargaining power at St. Louis plant
A National Labor Relations Board trial examiner proposed Ford Motor Co reinstate 192 workers and grant sole bargaining rights to the United Automobile Workers Union for 837 employees at the St. Louis plant. It marks the board’s first recommendation to Ford to give exclusive bargaining rights to a CIO affiliate, the Committee for Industrial Organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U P
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Co
United Automobile Workers Union
St. Louis
Ford Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
Deportation Request for Nazi Propagandist Winterscheidt
New York congressman Don O'Toole sent a telegram to Secretary Perkins urging the deportation of Severin Winterscheidt, a Nazi propagandist. He was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term for indecent exposure in a movie theater, marking a second morals conviction this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Donald L. O'Toole
N. Y
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Severin Winterscheidt
Winterscheidt
Night watchman shot in Boston Heights park
Lucius G. Cleere 34 the Walbridge Club night watchman was shot to death early today while seated in a park near Orchard Park on the club grounds in Boston Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Lucius G. Cleere
Walbridge Club
Park“7
Orchard Park
Boston Heights
Morgan Sues TVA for Job and Back Salary
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan files a suit in Knoxville seeking reinstatement as TVA chair and $2,900 back salary. TVA board and directors Harcourt A. Morgan and David Lilienthal named defendants. July 22 answer deadline set. Morgan traveled from Xenia to Philadelphia for lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
U.R
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
Roosevelt
Dr. Morgan
Nic Donahey
Washington
Senate House
Chaplin and Goddard Reconcile in Del Monte Report
Del Monte California reports that Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard have settled differences and are reconciled. Goddard may cancel a Reno ski club trip, and for the first time she tentatively acknowledges being Chaplin's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Monte
Calif
U.P
Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Chaplin
Miss Goddard
Reno
Rosenberry Faces Life Sentence for Murder in Ohio
Scott Rosenberry of Canton stood in Columbus facing a life term after the State Supreme Court upheld a common pleas court verdict of second degree murder for the death of his wife Edna. The court reversed a Court of Appeals ruling that had overturned the trial court judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Scott Rosenberry
Canton
Ohio Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Edna
Court of Appeals
Fatal Crash Near Fremont Claims Two Lives
Richard Ward 20 of Fremont died and Carl Neeb 22 was seriously injured when a car left Route 53 and struck a pole 11 miles north of Fremont early today. In New York patrolman Harry J. Padian 53 was shot five times by an insane patient and died at Harlem Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
U.P
Richard Ward
Carl Neeb
Here
New York
Harry J. Padian
Harlem
Roosevelt Opens Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Tour
President Roosevelt will address about 100000 people at Marietta Muskingum Park marking the Northwest Territory Centenary. He will dedicate a Borglum memorial and receive a reception committee from five states. The trip includes stops in Kentucky Oklahoma Texas California and more with plans to sail to Panama and Pensacola aboard the Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Arthur St. Clair
Northwest Territory
Roosevelt
Muskingum Park
Gutzon Borglum
George White
Federal
Northwest Territory Commission
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Territory
Robert J. Bulkley
Robert T. Secrest
Washington
Houston
San Diego
Calif
Alben W. Barkley
A. B
Happy
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
E. W. Marland
Thomas
Fort Worth
Tex
Elliott
Amarillo
Pueblo
Colo
Crockett
San Francisco Exposition
Treasure Island
Panama
Ohio Democrats Prepare Dinner Before Roosevelt Address
The rally begins with a 6 30 dinner at the Methodist Episcopal Church for Executive and Central Committee members. Prominent Ohio Democrats will be guests as speakers, with events at the Fairgrounds in the judges' stand and the Nelsonville High School Band scheduled to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fairgrounds
Nelsonville High School
Marietta
Roosevelt
Girdler May Testify In Strike Hearings
The Senate civil liberties committee led by Sen. Robert F. Lafollette may subpoena Tom Girdler chairman of Republic Steel during hearings on the little steel strike set to begin July 18. The panel said about 100 witnesses would be called to testify about violence and shootings tied to the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Robert F. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Terwilliger Named Judge to Fill Adkins Term
Meeker Terwilliger of Circleville was appointed by Governor Davey as Pickaway County common pleas judge to serve the unexpired term of the late Judge Joseph W. Adkins until a successor is elected. The appointment was recommended by the county bar association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Meeker Terwilliger
Circleville
Davey
Pickaway County
Martin Cahill Dies After Athens Run
Martin W. Cahill railroad man dies of a heart attack at his Columbus home shortly after completing a Chesapeake & Ohio run between Athens and Columbus. He served in France during World War I and was a member of the American Legion post in Athens. His wife Mrs Cahill died on May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Martin W. Cahill
Chesapeake & Ohio
Athens
France
American Legion
Heat Proves Fatal On WPA Project In Bellaire
James L. Anderson aged 44 died from heat exhaustion while working on a Works Progress Administration project in Bellaire. The incident occurred today as crews labored under high temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
James L. Anderson
Alcatraz Escapees Reported Seen Near Weed California
Police received word Theo dore Cole and Ralph Roe, escapees from Alcatraz, were sighted near Weed, California. John and Dan Gooley of Weed reported Roe and Cole attempted a holdup near Weed the day after their escape. The fugitives fled Alcatraz on December 16 in heavy fog and were believed drowned in the bay currents after a nationwide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore Cole
Ralph Roe
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Weed
Cal
John
Dan Gooley
Roe
Cole
Alcatraz
Woodsmen Rescue Girl From Mountain Ledge
Woodsmen rescue an 18 year old nursemaid trapped on a narrow Adirondack ledge. She could not descend or climb the sheer wall after becoming stranded during a mountain climb on Wednesday. Passersby alerted rescuers who aided her safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene Valley
N. Y
U.P
Verdict in Shollenberger death case found
Dayton coroner R D Snyder returned a death by own action verdict in the case of 41 year old David Shollenberger of Dayton whose decomposed body was found in a Stillwater River thicket after he had been missing for a month. A revolver was found near the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
R. D. Snyder
David Shollenberger
Stillwater River
Shollenberber
Columbus Pupils Praise Guinea Pig Classes
Sixty five University High School graduates at Ohio State University campus publish Were We Guinea Pigs as a critique of progressive education. They praise self directed study and independent thinking while noting flaws in course organization and the lack of conventional grading and tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
University High School
Ohio State University
Prades Ag
CIO Prepares Fight To Free Indicated Leader
Newton Iowa area CIO leaders plan a legal and political fight to free William Sentner regional vice president of the CIO union indicted on two counts of criminal syndicalism. Sentner’s case stems from the strike by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union at the Maytag plant causing it to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Sentner
St. Louis
Sentner
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers Union
CIO
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Senator Borah Ordered To Take Complete Rest
Senator William E Borah 73 of Idaho, noted anti trust leader, is under doctor and nurse care with orders for complete rest. His secretary said he is not dangerously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Washington
William E. Borah
Ida
Cora Rubin
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Millard Davis
Vinton Bank
W. R. White
White
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Ford
Morgan
TVA
Goddard
Rosenberry
Martin L. Davey
Athens County Fairgrounds
Clarence Knisely
Frank R. Uible
House of Representatives
Son
Girdler
Terwilliger
Martin Cahill
WPA
Woodsmen
Girl
Shollenberger
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