Sixteen More Shakedown Indictments Reported in Ohio
Franklin County grand jury issues sixteen additional indictments over five per cent campaign assessments by state civil service employees in Gov. Davey’s era. Names kept secret till after the August primary per Attorney General Duffy, who notes cases cannot be tried until post primary. The probe, begun ten weeks ago, also urged stronger civil service laws and higher funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Franklin County Grand Jury
Martin JL. Davey
Herbert S. Duffy
Duffy
Common Pleas
Henry L. Scarlett
Frederic Cuff
Grand Jury
Surieses
Franklin County
Civil Service Commission
M. Ray Allison
J. Freer Bittinger
Davyey
Daniel S. Earhart
Tax Commission
Thomas E. Dye
Charles O. Wilson
Frank W. Mowrey
J. L. Kennedy
State House
Meigs Farmer Dies as Train Hits Auto
Eugene Cartwright a 25 year old farmer died instantly when his car stalled on a railroad crossing near Dexter as a northbound passenger train struck. Engineer M J McCarty and crew J B Johnson and C F Reed were aboard. Cartwright, unmarried, lived a mile above Dexter and was son of Mrs Mabel Cartwright and the late Frank Cartwright. Funeral arrangements with Rawlings Coats Funeral Home to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Eugene Cartwright
Dexter Station
M. J. McCarty
S. Third Ave
Dexter
Cartwright
J. B. Johnson
C. F. Reed
Mabel Cartwright
Frank Cartwright
Ethel Philpot
Reese Philpot
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Italian Jews Alarmed By New Racial Creed
Rome officials and Jewish leaders fear Italy may begin a racial program excluding Jews from the Italian Race and stripping them of privileges. The 10 point creed, produced by university professors under the ministry of popular culture, appeared in Giornale D Italia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Ministry of Popular Culture
Giornale D'Italia
Ask Lewis Aid In UAW Fight
John L. Lewis endorsed a CIO intervention in the UAW split after four hours with 13 local presidents from Michigan and Ohio. He opposed Homer Martin’s purge and urged a joint Washington conference, which failed as Martin could not be reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers of America
Michigan
Ohio
Lewis
U.A.W.A
CIO
Homer Martin
Martin
Babs Revels In Divorce Talk Amid Gossip
London society gossip centers on Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow and Count Curt Haugwitz Reventlow with rumors of a looming divorce. Some say the count alleged threats and jealousy, claiming he would fight any divorce proceeding and would harm the countess or shoot a jealous rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Curt Haugwitz-Reventlow
Noted Physicist Millikan Hospitalized After Operation
Dr. Robert A. Millikan, renowned physicist from the California Institute of Technology and Nobel Prize winner, is reported in serious condition at Mayo Clinic hospital in Rochester Minnesota following a surgical operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
U.P
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Woman escapes kidnapper after all night ordeal near French Lick
Miss Nettie Costin, 22, was abducted in Louisville while with an escort and forced to ride with an armed kidnapper. She cut her bonds with a rock and fled, then hid near French Lick, Ind. The crossing of state lines renders the crime a federal offense.
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French Lick
Ind
Nettie Costin
Louisville
Miss Costin
Conviction of Pair Upheld in Labor Racketeering Case
The Ohio Court of Appeals unanimously upheld blackmail convictions of Don A. Campbell and John E. McGee in Cleveland. No reversal error was found in the record. Campbell, president of the painters' district council, and McGee, former head of the laborers' district council, remain in the county jail as they pursue further appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Court of Appeals
Don A. Campbell
John E. McGee
Campbell
Painters’ District Council
McGee
Laborers’ District Council
Common Pleas Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Search for Bodies of Plane Crash Victims
Warships and airplanes combed the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and Italy for bodies of 16 passengers and four crew members killed in an air plane crash. The list included two sisters and a niece of Gen. Giuseppe Valle the aviation under secretary, and most of the victims were school teachers including two women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagliari
Sardinia
U.P
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
Giuseppe Valle
Aviation
Hughes Outdistances Earth Around Axis
Hughes and his companions on the round the world flight, as reported by the National Geographic Society, completed five circumnavigations in four days beating the Earth’s axis by one lap. The fliers saw sunrise five times while earthbound people completed four rotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
Howard Hughes
National Geographic Society
Earth
New Dealers Change Views On Stockyards Policy
Washington reports a policy reversal in the Kansas City Stockyards rate case. After the Supreme Court invalidated proposed livestock rates, officials discussed distributing $600,000 impounded funds. A week later the government sought reconsideration and appealed, while Henry Wallace criticized the court decision and claimed the funds belong to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Thurman W. Arnold
Henry A Wallace
Agriculture Department Allots Wheat Acreage
The Department of Agriculture will announce 1939 wheat acreage allotments expected to reach 55,000,000 acres. The nationwide total is set as the minimum under the new farm act with a July 15 announcement requirement. State by state and farm allocations follow in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAP
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
New York Honors Hughes World Flight Crew Parade of heroes greets Hughes
New York City saluted Howard Hughes and his five crew members after their record around the world in 3 days 19 hours 14 minutes 10 seconds. Crowds cheered along Broadway to City Hall as Hughes,Bennett Field arrival and private moments with actress Katherine Hepburn were noted amid fanfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Floyd Bennett Field
Long Island
Grover Whalen
New York World's Fair Commission
Harry P. Connor
Edward Richard Stoddart
F. H. la
New York
Hughes
Broadway
Canyon
City Hall
Katherine Hepburn
Thomas Thurlow
Harry M. Connor
Richard Stoddart
Edward Lund
Elinor Hoagland
Lund
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
Post
Scouts Gather At Marietta Regional Jamboree
About 2,500 Boy Scouts from Region Four including Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky camped in Marietta for the first regional jamboree and circus in the United States. They watched a re enactment of Governor St Clair's inauguration and prepared for the Parade of The States. The scout circus is set for Saturday afternoon at Marietta Stadium with a Muskingum River water carnival Saturday night. The jamboree ends Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Region
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
United States
St. Clair
Northwest Territory
Marietta Stadium
Muskingum River
Lakeside clubs urge Roosevelt for woman supreme court jurist
The Lakeside federation of women’s clubs plans to press President Roosevelt to appoint a woman to the supreme court to fill the vacancy created by Justice Cardozo’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
U.P
Lakeside Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Cardoza
Federal plan to relieve unemployment proposed in Virginia
Dr. Walter Gellhorn of Columbia University urged replacing state unemployment programs with a national system under federal administration. Speaking at the University of Virginia, he argued a nationwide plan would solve multistate issues for workers and employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Walter Gellhorn
Columbia University Law School
Gellhorn
New York
Federal Social Security Board
University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Lee Pressman
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio University industrial arts professor dies at 61
George F. E. McLaughlin, professor of industrial arts at Ohio University, died at his home in Athens after months of illness. Born February 19, 1877 in Adena, he advanced from electrical engineering to education and helped establish the manual training department. Survived by his wife Alberta and daughter Helen McLaughlin Gray. Funeral services Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Interment in West Union Street Cemetery.
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George FE. McLaughlin
Ohio University
Franklin Ave
First Presbyterian Church
W. Union St
McLaughlin
Adena
The
University
Alberta Carpenter
Sylvania
Helen McLaughlin Gray
Gordon B. Gray
Doctor Believes Lefty Grove Can Pitch Again
In Boston the Red Sox physician said Lefty Grove’s ailing left arm improved with a faint pulse and Grove, cheerful, expected to be able to pitch in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor
Lefty Grove
Boston
Edward J. O'Brien
Boston Red Sox
Groves
Grove
Plane Crash Kills Inmate at Home for Aged near Buenos Aires
A Pan American Airways plane crashed into the home for the aged in Ituziango, 15 miles from Buenos Aires, killing one inmate and injuring 18. The aircraft carried eight passengers and a crew of four. only the pilot and co pilot were reported injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Pan- American Airways
Ituziango
Farm Hand Ignotz Pinto Dies in Wheat Field
Ignotz Pinto a 62 year old farm hand from Cleveland collapsed and died of a heart attack in a wheat field near Port Clinton Ohio on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clinton
Ignotz Pinto
Cleveland
Twenty Jap Bombers Fail In Drive to Hankow
Twenty Japanese bombers started out for Hankow but never reached their objective. Chinese air force under Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly challenged the Japanese as they moved up the Yangtze toward the capital, despite Japanese claims of a weakened Chinese fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Fremont Farm Burns on Route 20 Near Fremont
A spark from a threshing outfit started a fire at Mrs. C. F. Wolfe's Fremont farm on U S Route 20 Thursday night causing about $10,000 in losses. Firemen from nearby units fought the blaze but the dwelling and outbuildings suffered extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
U.P
C. FE. Wolfe
U.S. Route 20
Here
Petition for Merger of Three County School Districts
A joint meeting at Adelphi decided to circulate a petition to merge Laurelville Perry and Salt Creek districts to build a new high school serving all three. State official Richard Smith attended, and 75 percent patron approval across the three districts is required. The proposed building would be in Pickaway County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Laurelville-Perry
Hocking County
Adelphi
Ross County
Salt Creek
Pick- Away
Richard Smith
Pickaway County
1000 CIO Employees Forced To Leave Town
In Westwood California CIO workers numbering about a thousand fled the area with their families after a labor dispute at Red River Lumber Company. The walkout followed a 17 percent wage cut and split workers between the CIO industrial union and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westwood
Calif
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
California
Red River Lumber Company
Lumber and Sawmill Worker’s Union
CIO
Governor Halts Pen Breaks With National Guard Call
Florence Arizona UP Gov R C Stanford mobilized a National Guard detachment to the state penitentiary to stop a wave of escapes. Twenty inmates escaped in the last month with eleven still at large amid overcrowding and deficient guard facilities.
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National Guard
Florence
Ariz
R. C. Stanford
State Penitentiary
Stanford
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