Danzig tensions rise as Polish guard shot in row
A Polish customs guard was shot amid the Danzig free city dispute as Europe fears a wider conflict. Hitler plans another Danzig meeting while Britain and France push security front talks and Romania, Hungary, and Japan influence shift regional power.
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Poland
Germany
Free City
Danzig
Europe
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Russia
Moscow
London
Neville Chamberlain
Far East
Japan
Tientsin
Britain
China
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Reich
Middle Class Revolt Plans Lobbyist for Unemployed Survey
Lorain County residents aged 18 to 35 will be surveyed to gauge unemployment as the first step in Professor Walter B. Pitkin's middle class revolution. A full time representative is expected to be hired later to present to tax spending bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
U.P
Walter B. Pitkin
Lorain County
Oldest Benedictine Nun in America Dies at 94
Sister Cleopha Fisher, a Trier Germany native who joined the St. Benedictine Order at 49, dies after a short illness at Villa Madonna Infirmary. She is to be buried in Covington, Kentucky, at age 94, believed to be the oldest nun in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
U.P
Cleopha Fisher
United States
Villa Madonna
Trier
Germany
Post Office stamps to honor 35 Americans
The Post Office Department plans a new series featuring 35 famous Americans including inventors, authors, educators, poets, artists, composers and scientists. The move is expected to rake in millions, but sparks complaints over excluded notables just hours after the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Workers Alliance orders WPA workers to quit for one-day protest
Washington The Workers Alliance ordered its members to leave WPA jobs today in a one day demonstration against the 1940 relief bill. President David Lasser estimated at least half a million would protest and demand changes to the new act. The walkout followed withdrawal from WPA strikes over security wages replacing the prevailing union pay for skilled labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Workers Alliance
David Lasser
Alliance
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lasser
WPA
Congress
Federation of Labor Opposes WPA Strikes
At the American Federation of Labor convention in Cleveland President William Green condemned WPA strikes calling the government an invader of private industry and criticizing the CIO as a rebel movement. He described John L. Lewis as a dictator and urged firm action by AF of L members.
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Cleveland
U.P
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association
Labor
House of Labor
John L. Lewis
Green
A. F. of
More Bass Planted Across Ohio State Lakes This Fall
Ohio conservation commissioner Don Waters says about a quarter of a million bass will be released from state hatcheries into lakes and streams this fall, up from the usual 150,000. Distribution, starting in October, will span two months, with more blue gills also planned than last year’s 500,000 drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
O.R
Don Waters
Arab Rebels Hold U.S. Missionary for Ransom Near Dead Sea
Eleven armed Arab rebels seized Gerould R. Goldner of Cleveland an American missionary and demand a $5 000 ransom. Authorities say he is believed held in the Dead Sea area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
U.P
Gerould R. Goldner
Cleveland
Goldner
Dead Sea
Landowner Michael Emmert Dies Sudden Heart Attack
Michael A. Emmert, 67, a Perry and Franklin County landowner and businessman, died last night of a heart attack. No further details were provided.
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Somerset
U.R
Michael A. Emmert
Perry
Franklin Counties
Vote Sought on Civil Service Referendum in Knox County
Mt Vernon U P Democratic Chairman Arthur L Limbach backed a referendum on the civil service reorganization act from the 1939 Legislature. He said Democratic headquarters would launch an aggressive campaign for the referendum while Robert T Mason of the Ohio Civil Service Council criticized the measure as partisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
U.P
Arthur L. Limbach
Limbach
Democratic Women’s Club
Knox County
Robert T. Mason
Ohio Civil Service Council
Provisional State Employer’ Association
Exclusion of Ohio Produce Dealers at Huntington
West Virginia tax commission demands licensing for Ohio farm produce dealers in Huntington causing furore along the Ohio River. Much of Huntington’s produce comes from Southern Ohio, especially Gallia County. Huntington officials and Gallia Chamber of Commerce work to adjust the situation.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Huntington
West Virginia State Tax Commission
Ohio River
Gallia
Gallia Chamber of Commerce
Foundry Head To Share Profits With Employes
Claud H. Foster, 68, new chairman of Pressure Castings Inc, Euclid, unveils a 40-40-20 profit plan. Workers earning 1000 plus share in profits, with 20 percent to a sinking fund, 50 percent to stockholders, 40 percent to the employer. Foster, longtime inventor of the Gabriel Snubber, once paid Ohio’s largest income tax. Two workers to join the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Pressure Castings, Inc
Euclid
Claud H. Foster
Foster
Ohio
Jas Reserve
Gabriel
Gabriel Manufacturing Company
Kidnaping of Divorced Wife Sparks Connecticut Arrest
James J. Kehoe 24, an ex convict, abducted his divorced wife and held her for 19 hours to win her back from her present husband Cyril Beckwith. Police charged Kehoe with kidnaping armed robbery larceny and unlawful gun possession after Mrs Beckwith and a second man were found at a Salem tourist cabin. Beckwith restrained Kehoe at the police station and asked for another chance as Mrs Beckwith, 27, cried and clung to her husband. The couple and Kehoe were taken into custody 25 miles from Northampton Massachusetts where the incident began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
U.P
James J. Kehoe
Cyril Beckwith
Beckwith
Kehoe
Mrs. Beckwith
Salem
Leroy Langdon
Debate over Sea Bill to regulate waterways by ICC
The House Interstate Commerce Committee is divided over the Sea Bill to bring waterways under ICC regulation. The majority report says many water carriers are unregulated and compete on expediency or cutthroat practices, while critics contest the scope and impact of regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bladen Man Injured When His Leg Is Caught In Car Window
William Porter, 36, of Bladen, suffered a fracture of the left leg between the ankle and knee after a truck side-swiped his car as he rode with the leg outside the window. He is being treated at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Porter
Bladen
Holzer Hospital
President signs bill creating FDR Library
President Roosevelt signed legislation establishing a Franklin D. Roosevelt Library on his mother’s Hyde Park estate in New York. The facility will house archives from his administration and personal papers from his political career.
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Fdr
Washington
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Kuhn Pleads Guilty to Drunkenness in Webster Court
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund was fined five dollars in Webster Massachusetts district court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and profanity. The case marks a legal action against a prominent figure tied to the Bund and reflects the era's scrutiny of German American groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuhn
Webster
Mass
U.P
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Man Admits 1934 Charleston Murder in Saginaw
John Elzy a 41 year old Negro confessed to police in Saginaw Michigan that he murdered a man in Charleston West Virginia in 1934. He claimed an innocent man was jailed for ten years for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Mich
John Elzy
Charleston
W. Va
Toledo Boy Drowns After Swan Creek Jump
Conrad Lee, 9, drowned last night in Swan Creek after leaping from a boat into 12 feet of water. Rescue crews were unable to revive him at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Conrad Lee
Swan Creek
House Set for Ballot on Measure Banning Political Activity
The House votes on a bill to bar thousands of federal workers from political activity including attending nominating conventions. Republicans back the Senate version with initial votes around 150 to 160 to start. The measure would limit political work for relief staff but allow other government employees to remain active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
U.S
Washington
Majority
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
House Judiciary Committee
Hatch
John N. Garner
John J. Dempsey
Dempsey
House Committee
Governor Bricker Rejects Murphy Opinion On Pension Funds
Columbus Ohio Governor Bricker said he would not be bound by an opinion from U S Attorney General Frank Murphy on releasing 1 338 000 in old age pension funds withheld from Ohio last October amid a dispute between the Social Security Board and former Governor Davey. Board Chairman Arthur J Altmeyer had urged state and board to accept the opinion at a House subcommittee hearing on the Jenkins Bill. He denounced the idea as letting a federal bureaucrat punish a sovereign state and called for Congress action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Bricker
U. S
Frank Murphy
Social Security Board
Ohio
Davey
Arthur J. Altmeyer
House
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Barkley
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Public Works Administration
PWA
Joseph Starnes
Ala
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Pittman
Cordell Hull
Lands Disabled Plane Safely Lands
Michael Hinn narrowly lands a disabled plane at Blue Ash Ohio after a wheel brace weld snaps. pilot circles the field for ten minutes as the Blue Ash Fire Department and about two thousand residents watch.
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Cincinnati
Michael Hinn
M. Parks Watson
Blue Ash
Hinn
Watson
Green Addresses Ohio Labor Group in Akron
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor arrived from Cleveland to address the 55th annual convention of the Ohio State Federation of Labor in Akron. The gathering adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt to seek a third term in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Ohio Labor Group
Akron
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Cleveland
Ohio State Federation of Labor
State Federation
Roosevelt
Budapest Nazi marchers rally behind Szalasi in Hungary
In Budapest thousands shouted Poor Szalasi as Ferenc Szalasi, jailed but influential, reportedly controls one-fifth of Hungary’s parliament and predicts the nation will soon name him dictator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szalasi
Budapest
Ferenc Szalasi
Hitler
Hungary
Seek Four Lanes for Columbus Athens Road
Lancaster suggests forming a U S Route 33 Development Association in Logan to promote turning the Athens Columbus corridor into a four lane highway. The proposal cites heavy traffic on the route and calls for additional lanes to ease congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Athens
Logan
Lancaster
Gallia Celebration Funding Approved in Gallipolis
The Senate library committee approved a House bill for a federal appropriation of 10 000 dollars to support the Gallipolis Sesqui Centennial celebration in 1940. Mrs Winifred Shoop 70 of Washington Court House drowned while bathing at Lake Eries summer cottage on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Library Committee
Gallipolis
Huron
Winifred Shoop
Washington Court House
Lake Erie
Senate Republicans weigh stance on Roosevelt lending bill
Senate Republicans meet privately to decide opposition to Roosevelt’s 3.46 billion lending program seen as key to adjournment. Barkley shifts bill name to Works Financing Act while Taft criticizes omissions. House fights over 350 million WPA move and Meade small business loan plan linked to lending bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Barkley
Banking and Currency Committee
James M. Meade
N. Y
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Act
Peace Treaty Signed Between Harlan Miners and Operators
A peace agreement between United Mine Workers and Harlan Kentucky coal operators was signed in Knoxville Tennessee after five days of talks with mediator Dr. John R. Steelman. The contract runs through 1941 and drops the union shop demand while operators waive the strike penalty and dismiss eviction actions against miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
United Mine Workers and
Harlan (Ky
John R. Steelman
U. S
Dolezal to face murder charge in Cleveland case
State plans murder indictment against Frank Dolezal for the beheading of Mrs Florence Sawdey Polillo. Prosecutor Mahon will review records linked to the so called Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run and an alleged confession later repudiated. Grand jury action expected next week but may be postponed to September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Frank Dolezal
John Mahon
Kingsbury
Dolezal
Florence Sawdey Polillo
State weighs buying Ohio River bridge at Portsmouth
The State Bridge Commission and Dravo Corporation counsel discussed the possible state purchase of the General U. S. Grant Bridge spanning the Ohio River between Portsmouth Ohio and Fullerton Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Columbus
U.P
State Bridge Commission
Dravo Corporation of
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Fullerton
Michigan Governor Criticizes High Life And Drinking
CHARLOTTE Mich U P Gov Loren Dickinson 80 attacked sin on a radio broadcast decrying rising drinking by women and girls and questioning a policy linked to a prominent lady in the nation. Bert Collins a local druggist echoed cautious respect noting the governor had not been around much. The town listened intently then resumed its evening routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Mich
U.P
Loren Dickinson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bert Collins
Personnel Costs Cut in Unemployment Bureau
Administrator H. C. Atkinson reported to Governor Bricker that salaried personnel costs of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation for the April May June quarter were cut more than 10 percent below the previous quarter. Reductions and adjustments produced a savings of 69111.17 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.B
H. C. Atkinson
Bricker
State Bureau of Unemployment
Atkinson
Massie Killed Crossing Train Line Incident
Erie watchman George Massie aged 46 died after stepping in front of a passenger train at the crossing. Authorities report a fatal incident with Massie succumbing to injuries at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
U.P
George Massie
Erie Crossing
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Malta
America
U. S. Post Office
Federation of Labor
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Hollywood
Adele Blood Hope
Harrison
Herbert James Noel
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