Defeat in Ohio referendum shifts focus to federal ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld state laws on referendums and delegate selection, ruling no separate referendum on two laws. The decision blocks a statewide vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and confirms the process for selecting delegates to a state convention.
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U. S
Ohio Supreme
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George
J. Patton
Columbus
States Supreme Court
Drownings Reported After Boat Incident on July Release
July 12 report from Ky notes a man’s dead motor caused an eddy leading to two children drowning during a party incident. Margie Ross, 11, and others, including two who swam to safety with rowboat assistance, were among those affected.
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Margie Ross
Han
Unclear OCR Note on Bank Paying Rents and Ohio Issue
Fragmentary report notes a bank related to paying rents and an Ohio matter. Details are incomplete, with words and phrases truncated or garbled.
Lindbergh to Resume Greenland Flight Route
A fragment notes Charles A Lindbergh plans to resume an ex to Greenland aboard a United States commercial air service. The report mentions salaries for teachers cut and a three year period of reform announced today by a local figure Mattison as superintendent.
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Aries A. Lindbergh
Greenland
Mattison
Alion
Forgotten Men in Returning Delegation From London
A Beverly Hills writer laments the returning delegation from London missing honor and purpose. He jokes that Oklahoma Governor Bill Murray would call out the National Guard to bar beer celebrations, while noting the London conference delays and the delegation’s neglect.
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London
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
National Guard
U. S
Fate of Cotton Crop Curb in Balance Today
The administration's bid to cut cotton production faced a crucial test as telegrams raced to Secretary Wallace. About 2,000,000 southern farmers weigh destroying one quarter of their crop to lift prices, while cotton tops ten cents a pound, risking profitability if farmers resist.
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Tration
Wallace
Central Bank Cooperation Topic Triggers Debate at WEC
London July 13 The American delegation awaited Washington instructions on central bank cooperation at the World Economic Conference. Senator Key Pittman refused to discuss it, signaling a possible reversal of U S policy and further shrinking the conference agenda.
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London
U.R
World Economic Conference
Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Bank of England
Bank of France
Key Pittman
Dem
Nevada
America
West Virginia Board Reappoints Six College Presidents
Charleston July 13 The West Virginia Board of Education reappointed presidents of six state colleges. Rosser at Fairmont State Teachers College White at Shepherd State Teachers College Stayman at Potomac State Rohrbaugh at Glenville State Teachers College Marsh at Concord State Teachers College Swawkey at Marshall College New River State College and West Liberty State Teachers College remain to be chosen.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia Board of Education
Joseph Rosser
Fairmont State Teachers College
W. H. S. White
Shepherd State Teachers College
Joseph Stayman
Potomac State College
E. J. Rohrbaugh
Glenville State Teachers College
J. Frank Marsh
Concord State Teachers College
M. P. Swawkey
Marshall College
New River State College
State School For the Deaf and Blind
West Liberty State Teachers College
Factor Freed After 12 Days With Kidnappers
John Factor, famed financier, was released by a kidnap gang after 12 days in captivity. He arrived at his Chicago hotel in a frail condition, stating he faced threats of death and bodily harm, with no ransom paid. He was moved to bed and given medicine to stabilize.
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Chicago
U.P
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
la Salle Street
LaGrange
Federal drive targets kidnaping gangs in Chicago
Federal authorities mobilize broad police powers in Chicago to strike at syndicated crime after six kidnappings in the past year. Melvin Purvis outlines a sweeping campaign linking Kidnap cases to Parker, Floyd, Sankey and others, as Factor is freed after 12 days.
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Chicago
Melvin Purvis
United States Bureau of Investigation
John
Jake the Barber
Purvis
West
Charles ‘Pretty Boy
Floyd
Verne Sankey
Sankey
Haskell Bohn
William Hamm
St. Paul
Charles Boettcher, II
Denver
Court Asks Retrial of Jamaica Ginger Case
Ohio Supreme Court affirms Knox County Court of Appeals ruling directing retrial of suits by H. G. Ling and R. R. Bennington against Thomas E. Taugher over Jamaica Ginger shipped for beverage use. Plaintiffs allege adulterated poisonous fluid misbranded and mislabeled caused permanent injuries.
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Court of Appeals
Knox County
Thomas E. Taugher
H. G. Ling
R. R. Bennington
Ohio Supreme Court
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Bennington
Taugher
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Ohio to Activate Highway Patrol Within Six Weeks
Ohio will activate its new highway patrol within six weeks after the McNamee Bill became law. The force will start with about 20 officers, expand to 60, and be led by a patrol superintendent at about 3600 dollars yearly. Patrol focus includes trucks and congested routes with stricter enforcement.
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U.P
Ohio
Highway Patrol
McNamee
O. W. Merrell
Merrell
Ohio Supreme Court
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Secretary of State
Highway Department
Safety Board To Help In Education Drive
Columbus July 15. Governor White safety service commission and state highway department will cooperate with city and county school superintendents to promote safety education this school year. Plans include safety patrols of school boys and girls directing traffic near schools where this work lags.
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U.P
White
Safety Service Commission
State Highway Department
O. W. Merrell
Heads of New Union Given Cold Reception
In Washington on July 13 representatives of the Progressive Mine Union stood outside as leaders of the bituminous coal industry finalized a tentative trade code. The new union, long a focal point for violence in Illinois, sought access to the parley upstairs during the talks.
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New Union
Washington
Progressive Mine Union
Illinois
Ohio Crops Suffer Dry Spell Before July Rain
Ohio farmers faced severe drought in June with corn at a record low of 62 percent, potatoes at 56 percent, plus poor pastures reducing milk and egg production. Rain in late June and early July offered some relief, but most crops were already damaged. Winter wheat ran 11 percent above last year, yielding 19.5 bushels per acre. Grapes may produce average, other fruits hindered by weather and disease.
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Ohio
Missing Girl Found After Hitch Hike Search Ends
Miss Marian Buckley a 14 year old college student was located by Corbin Kentucky police chief in a swimming pool at Corbin ending a large city wide search in Cleveland. She is the daughter of H M Buckley assistant superintendent of Cleveland schools and was taken to a hotel for her father.
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Cleveland
U.P
Marian Buckley
Corbin
H. M. Buckley
Kentucky City
Eastern Operators To Draft Mining Code At New York Meeting
Eastern Ohio coal operators depart St Clairsville for a New York gathering to draft a regional mining code. Attendees will come from West Virginia Eastern Kentucky Western Pennsylvania Maryland and Central Pennsylvania fields to participate in the arrangements tomorrow.
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Ohio
New York
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Kentucky
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Maryland
City of Baltimore Passenger Ship Hit in Chesapeake Bay
Fifty passengers bound for Europe were rescued after a foot hole tore in the liner City of Baltimore bow in a collision with the tanker Beacon in Chesapeake Bay. The ferry Philadelphia arrived quickly to remove the passengers, who were uninjured and later returned to Baltimore. The liner listed and was run aground.
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Europe
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Elliot Roosevelt Seeks Divorce in Nevada Case
Elliott Roosevelt plans to file for divorce from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt on Friday in Reno Nevada. Attorney Samuel Pratt said Mrs Roosevelt will file a cross complaint and likely obtain the divorce on Monday. The grounds cited will be extreme mental cruelty in the Nevada divorce proceeding.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Samuel Pratt
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Young Roosevelt
Nevada
Piatt
Budgets Ready in Athens County Say Auditor Edmundson
Budgets for all schools townships and municipalities in Athens County for 1943 4 have been received by Auditor J Clyde Edmundson and are ready for distribution. Clerks of sub districts are asked to call at the auditor’s office to collect the budgets and none will be mailed.
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Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
Edmundson
County Relief Grant Approved for Athens County
A grant of 60472 dollars for relief work in Athens County for July was announced in Columbus by the State Relief Commission. The funds will provide food for about 4300 families on the county relief list. Overall grants approved by the commission total 1661973 dollars with Stark County receiving 75514 dollars.
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Athens County
Columbus
State Relief Commission
Athens County seeks federal funds for road program
Auditor J Clyde Edmundson reports Athens County financials from 1924 to 1933 to support an application to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works for roads under the National Recovery Act. The figures show yearly receipts expenditures and year end balances, with a 1933 credit balance of 8 291.85 in the county fund.
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Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
J. W. Wilson
Columbus
Roosevelt
W. A Stinchcomb
Cleveland
Post Financial
Perkins Proposes Joint Unemployment Insurance Fund
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins urged that leading industrial states create a shared unemployment insurance fund to protect workers in future slumps. She spoke at the University of Virginia with Spencer Miller reading the paper, arguing reserves are needed to tide jobless men and women over without resorting to charity.
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University
Frances Perkins
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Spencer Miller
Lancaster Woman Die in Auto Crash
Mrs Edna Hall 23 of Lancaster died from a broken neck after a tire blowout caused an automobile to strike a 7. Her husband Everett was seriously hurt in the same incident near Lancaster Colorado on July 13.
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Lancaster
Lancaster, CO
Edna Hall
Cotton futures surge to 1931 highs on NY Cotton Exchange
New York on July 13 saw cotton futures rise above 12 cents a pound as prices jumped over 3.50 dollars per bale, marking the highest level since 1931 on the New York Cotton Exchange.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Baker Charged With Failure To Provide
Sam Baker of Beaumont was arraigned before Magistrate C H Porter on an affidavit by his wife Anna Baker alleging failure to provide for child Betty Jean. Baker pleaded not guilty and posted a 300 bond. Charles Bowles of Beaumont also pleaded not guilty to assault and battery charged by Gladys Tittle of Beaumont, posting a 200 bond. Both arrests were by Constable Frank White.
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Sam Baker
Beaumont
C . H H. Porter
Anna Baker
Betty Jean
Baker
Charlies Bowles
Gladys Tittle
Bowles
Frank White
President Roosevelt’s Campobello weight burden eases
The seven pound excess weight burden on President Roosevelt after his July 4 Campobello vacation has shrunk to bye.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Campobello
Italian air squadron resumes flight toward Shediac
The Italian air squadron of 24 planes en route to Chicago resumed its pursuit toward Shediac New Brunswick at 8720 p.m. today announced by Machey radio.
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Chicago
Shediac
N. B
Machey Radio
Governor Grants Ohio Chief Executive Extreme Industry Powers
Governor White signed the Carney Act aligning Ohio law with the National Industrial Recovery Act. Effective in nine days, the measure gives the state’s chief executive broad authority to foster fair competition, promising intrastate cooperation with codes approved by the President for interstate commerce and agriculture.
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Ohio
Columbus
White
Theovernor
Congress
Roosevelt
Seeks Removal Of Bank Heads
Congressman Martin J. Sweeney urged Governor George White to demand the immediate resignations of Theodore Tangeman state director of commerce and Ira Multon superintendent of banks. He based the plea on Senate committee disclosures about the Guardian Trust Company case in Cleveland.
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Theodore Tangeman
Commerce
Ira Multon
George White
Martin J. Sweeney
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Guardian Trust Company
Ira J. Fulton
Theodore H. Tangeman
Sweeney
Expect Action Soon In OConnell Case
Immediate developments in the O Connell kidnapping case were anticipated as Edward J and Daniel P O Connell leaders of the upstate Democratic machine went into seclusion to allow underworld contacts to negotiate the freedom of their nephew John J O Connell Jr The article also notes a separate August Suer kidnapping communication awaited by his family in Alton Illinois.
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Albany
O'Connell
Edward J
Daniel P. O'Connell
Democratic
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Alton
Ill
August Suer
Child killed after being struck by milk truck
Marietta July 13 Clarice Newman three daughter of Mr and Mrs Newman of Barlow Township died when struck by a milk truck. Her father witnessed the accident but could not save her.
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Marietta
Clarice Newman
Mre. Newman
Barlow Township
Gesel
Husband of Postmistress Held as Material Witness in Gallia
Frank Ely 48 husband of Mrs. Ruby Ely 41 suspected in the death of his wife found in a cistern at Addison. Gallia officers questioned Ely in Gallipolis as they seek the Fiscos of Columbus and Ethel Walker Wallace a former health nurse detained as a material witness.
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Ely
Addison
Gallia County
Nelsonville
Gallipolis
Frank Ely
Ruby Ely
Eliza Fisco
Columbus
Fraley
Fiscos
Ethel Walker Wallace
Wallace
Fisco
Mia
Hatfield
Dr. C. L. Jones Re elected National Telephone Director
Dr. C L Jones manager of the Athens Home Telephone Company was re elected to the national independent telephone association board at a Chicago meeting. He has served as a past president of the Ohio association and has been a national director for three years. The board comprises three directors from across the United States.
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C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Company
National Independent Telephone Association
New Meeting
Chicago
Dr. Jones
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
National Association
United Station
Nelson eliminated in quarter finals at Mid Ohio Women’s Golf
Mrs Larry Nelson of Dayton, the 1932 champion, fell to Mrs Thornton Emmons of Cobhurstng 3 and 4 in Akron at Portage Country Club during the Mid Ohio Women’s Golf championship, after being one down at the turn.
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Portage Country Club
Akron
Larry Nelson
Dayton
Ming
Thornton Emmons
Cobhurtngs
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