Davey Slashes 74000 From Ohio University Appropriation
Governor Davey vetoes 74 000 in items from Ohio Universitys appropriation of 1 295 300 leaving 1 221 300 for 1938. Vetoed items include wages 15 000 in 1937 15 000 in 1938 educational supplies 5 000 other supplies 4 000 equipment 5 000 library packs 9 000 traveling expenses 2 000 paper printing binding 5 000 and 12 000 to retirement fund. President Herman G James says operation in 1938 at risk without a special appropriation.
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Ohio University
Davey
Herman G. James
The
Messenger
State Teachers’ Retirement Fund
James
Retirement Fund Board
Ohio State University
Legislature
Division of Hospital Claims
State Highway Department
Bureau of Inland Lake and Parks
Industrial Relations
Board For Vocational Education
Department of Education
Bowling Green University
Kent State University
Miami University
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans Home
Board of Professional Engineers and Surveyors
Fort Meigs Memorial Commission
Cleveland American Legion Foundation
National Road Builders Association
Commission For
Ohioan Urges Defeat of Bills
Carl Sixon of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce urged the House Rivers and Harbors Committee to defeat Rankin and Mansfield Bills. He said the measures would create new regional authorities like TVA, disrupt flood control plans, and deprive Army engineers of jurisdiction, harming business and state governments.
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Washington
U.P
Carl Sixon
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
TVA
Dixon
Army
Labor Bill Expands to Include Local Retail Workers
Washington report states the House labor committee voted to broaden the Senate wage and hour bill to cover local retail store employees whose working conditions would become subject to federal regulation.
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Washington
Ll.p
House Labor Committee
Senate
Nationalist Airstrikes Hit Loyalist Territory Near Madrid
Nationalist airplanes bombed Loyalist territory west of Madrid aiming to clear a way for heavy reinforcements. Reports say 200 000 men are concentrating in the San Martin Val de Iglesias area.
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Madrid
U.P
San Martin Val de Iglesias
Rogers Hornsby Out As Browns' Manager
St Louis owner Donald Barnes dismissed Rogers Hornsby as manager of the St Louis Browns. Managerial duties are given to Jim Bottomley, cited as acting in the best interest of the club.
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Rogers Hornsby
Browns
ST. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Donald Barnes
Jim Bottomley
Fugitives Pursue Traxler After Prison Break
With Department of Justice agents leading, a manhunt spans Oklahoma and Texas for Pete Traxler the outlaw who escaped from Eastham Prison Farm. Traxler allegedly kidnapped Baird Markham Jr. son of an API director, released him after seven hours, then vanished before reappearing at his Oklahoma home.
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Department of Justice
Pete Traxler
Southwestern
Ohioan World Sponsor Bill On Air Hunts
Rep Frank C Kniffin of Ohio and the Naval Affairs Committee said he would sponsor legislation to curb Navy use in searches for publicity stunt fliers. The move follows the Amelia Earhart crash search and a review of costs and disruption to naval and coast guard duties.
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Washington
IUP
Frank C. Kniffin
Ohio
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
Navy
Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Frederick Noonan
Byron Scott
California
Naval
Coast-Guard
Roosevelt
Next Move in Meigs Dispute Is Eastman's Move
In Columbus the state civil service commissioner stated the next step in the Meigs County Children's Home controversy rests with J. H. Eastman and his lawyers. Eastman may file suit to challenge the trustees removal of a position. Such a case would likely reach the state Supreme Court.
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Columbus
INS
Meigs County
J. H. Eastman
Ralph Emmons
Civil Service
Eastman
State Supreme Court
Pickets Resume at Two Republic Steel Plants
A Canton judge, George B. Graham, orders that pickets may return to the gates of two Republic Steel Corporation plants in Massillon. The ruling allows continued demonstration at the sites under court supervision.
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Massillon
Owens-Illinois Glass Plans $20 Million Expansion
William E. Levis, president, announced a $20,000,000 expansion program for this year by Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in Toledo.
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Toledo
U.P
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
William E. Levis
Ohio Senate probes state agencies despite veto
In Columbus Lt. Gov. Yoder says the Ohio Senate will press its inquiry into the State Auditor Liquor Civil Service and Highway departments even after Gov. Davey vetoed 50 000 for the investigation The veto trimmed 1 135 886 from the biennial general appropriations bill leaving total appropriations at 93 418 087 with substantial cuts to many departments and universities.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio Senate
Civil Service
Davey
Paul P. Yoder
Department of State
Joseph T. Ferguson
Liquor
Highway
Ohio
Auditor’s Office
Highway Auditing Division
STATE
Picket Lines Are Limited At N G Taylor Mill
Cumberland Maryland residents faced a six man limit on picket lines at the N and G Taylor Company plant after a riot left ten people injured at the mill gates. Union leaders condemned the ordinance while James Dundon warned Mayor Koon that enforcement could lead to bloodshed.
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Cumberland
U.P
N. and G. Taylor Company
Republic Steel Corporation
James A. Dundon
Thomas W. Koon
Neighbor Women Are Mothers on Same Day
In Columbus two women, Mrs Irvin Underwood 28 and Mrs George Colclough 25, living in the same double house, each gave birth to a daughter within eight hours. Both babies were born in the same hospital ward.
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Columbus
Irvin Underwood
George Colclough
Fugitives Kidnap Farmer Near Caddo As Manhunt Deepens
Durant Oklahoma police report Pete Traxler and Fred Tindal kidnapped farmer Fred Trimmer near Caddo, seizing his car and eluding hundreds of officers. They were last seen two miles east of Caddo after a chase that included two gun battles with officers.
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Durant
Okla
U.P
Pete Traxler
Fred Tindal
Fred Trimmer
Caddo
C. D. Murphy
Traxler
Tindal
Here
Nell Traxler
Eastham Texas
Arkansas
Holton Bybee
Texas
Neal Shannon
Monticello
Ark
James Rice
Harry Roberts
Bybee
Buck Mooney
Rice
Roberts
Eastham Farm
Eastham
Mine Fire Aided by Hidden Tunnel Discovery
WPA crews battling the New Straitsville coal mine fire found an abandoned tunnel about 1500 feet long, discovered after cutting into water-filled workings. Water can be pumped in two weeks and the Lost Run tunnel will reach a mile and a half, to be filled with earth as a fire wall.
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New Straitsville
A.P
WPA
James Cavanaugh
Lost Run
Job Insurance Branch Office Set for Athens
The unemployment compensation commission said it has opened 12 branch offices to help employers compute state insurance fund contributions. Offices will open within two weeks in Mansfield and Athens. Managers' salaries are $150 a month.
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Columbus
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Mansfield
Athens
Vacations Banned for Cabinet Ministers in Britain
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain asked all cabinet ministers to stay in Great Britain during the vacation season due to international danger. The move followed signs that the Spanish non intervention committee work neared collapse.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Four Salem Residents Die in Grade Crossing Crash
Four Salem residents died when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train at a grade crossing. The victims were Ho mer Silver 25 Kenneth White 30 Mrs Dennis Dewan 30 and Mrs Helen Laubscher 24.
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Salem
U.P
Homer Silver
Kenneth White
Dennis Dewan
Helen Laubscher
Pennsylvania
Italians pay tribute to Marconi in Rome
Thousands of Italians from all walks of life filed past the bier in Rome to pay silent tribute to Guglielmo Marconi who died amid his record breaking experiments.
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Marconi
Rome
U.P
Guglielmo Marconi
Barkley Emerges From Rough and Tumble Politics Leader in Senate Rise
Alben W Barkley born in Graves County Kentucky in November 1877 rose from log cabin roots to become a lawyer prosecutor judge and congressman before his 1926 Senate election. Known for aggressive floor style he aligned with liberal Democrat views and rose as acting leader under Senate control in 1933.
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Washington
U.P
Alben William Barkley
Kentucky
United States Senate
Barkley
Graves County
Marvin College
Clinton
Emory University
University of Virginia
W. S. Bishop
Paducah
Dorothy Brower
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Robinson
Relief official works three months without pay in Ohio
Roy L. Wildermuth, former chairman of the State Relief Commission, has been on duty at the Wyandotte Building for three months after relief was cut off on April 15. He continues gathering statistics and relief expenditure reports to be ready if relief is restored. County officials file monthly relief expenditure reports with the State Relief Commission.
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Roy L. Wildermuth
State Relief Commission
Ohio
Wildermuth
Board Probing Republic Steel Strike Actions
The National Labor Relations Board began an inquiry into Republic Steel Corporation labor practices amid John L. Lewis led strikes against four independent steel operators. Lewis may attend the session with 18 United Mine Workers board members as Green of the AFL faces potential expulsion over alleged treason to his union.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers Union
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Republic
Exposition Fire-Eater Near Death of Poison
Dan Nagyly 61, renowned Great Lakes Exposition flame-swallower, lay in Cleveland hospital with toxic poisoning after chemicals used in his act. For five decades he performed by swallowing flames and smoking cigars to thrill vaudeville and sideshow crowds.
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Cleveland
U.P
Dan Nagyly
Naggfy
Two Ohioans Held In Canadian Robbery
In North Bay Ontario two young Ohio men are held in custody over a service station robbery and the shooting of the proprietor. Authorities say one suspect is from Mansfield and the other from Lucas, both in Ohio.
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North Bay
Ontario
O.R
Here
Dugheed
Mansfield
Lucas
Riots in Chicago Prompt 64 Criminal Conspiracy Charges
State's attorneys plan to press criminal conspiracy charges against 64 men over a coroner's finding of justifiable homicide in the May 30 South Chicago Republic Steel plant riots. Ten police and civilians died. defendants were arrested after the fatal clash between steel strikers and police.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Republic Steel Company
Frank M. Padden
Committee For Industrial Organization
Mal Coghlan
Cave-In Blamed for Mine Blast in Indiana
Sullivan Indiana. Coroner Cecil Taylor says an explosion killed 20 men at the Baker Mine after a cave in released gas from two abandoned corridors. Gas ignition followed as roof sections failed, with witnesses detailing the sealing and collapse.
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Indiana
Sullivan
Ind
U.P
Cecil Taylor
Baker Mine
Taylor
Moore Named Manager of Ohio Statistical Bureau
Carl E. Moore, longtime U S collector of internal revenue for four years, was appointed manager of the Ohio Statistical Bureau of the National Bituminous Coal Commission.
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Cleveland
Carl E. Moore
U. S
Internal Revenue
Ohio Statistical Bureau
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Plans Deliver Jap Ultimatum Over Peiping
Japanese war planes flew low over Peiping warning China to accept demands or face consequences. A second fleet scanned the Peiping Han kow Railroad and highways for Chinese troop movements. Near Tangku Japanese forces seized Chinese wharfage to clear way for 35 000 soldiers as authorities warned of renewed bombardment.
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Tientsin
U.P
Peiping
China
Japan
Peiping-Hankow
29Th
Tangku
Wanpinghsien
Beating Targets Cleveland Worsted Mills Workers
In Cleveland a group of 12 women workers waiting for transport to a strike-bound plant were attacked by four women from a car. Mrs Josephine Koharonek 35 suffered scalp lacerations. Two men Norman Schultz 20 and Martin Krizovich 44 were also beaten near home during the same period.
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Cleveland
U.P
Josephine Koharonek
Norman Schultz
Industrial Rayon Corp
Martin Krizovich
Rayon
Seven Children See Father Die in Train Tragedy
Alec Stewart aged 50 a farmer who was hard of hearing was killed by a Norfolk and Western train near Clifford while cutting weeds by the tracks. His seven children witnessed the fatal accident.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Alec Stewart
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Clifford
Cyclist Killed While Hitching Ride on Truck
In Cleveland Utah, 17 year old Calvin Weir of Fast Cleveland was killed Tuesday when his bicycle hitched a ride on a truck. His arm touched a car and he was dragged under the truck wheels.
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Cleveland
Calvin Weir
Seven AFL unions appeal ruling on closed shop ban
Newark New Jersey seven unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor prepared to appeal a court decision that held the closed shop and all labor activity including picketing for the closed shop illegal.
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Newark
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Gold Find by Trio in Canal Zone Tunnel
Government sources confirm a dreamlike discovery in Chiriqui Province where three prospectors American Arring Thorpe Frenchman Jonas Van Steck and German Antonio Hill reportedly found 6000 pounds of gold bars worth about 3 million dollars. Police hold 120 bars under guard. dispute over shares and flight of Hill followed.
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Canal Zone Tunnel
Panama City
U.P
Chiriqui
Arring Thorpe
Joannes van Steck
Antonio Hill
Pierdra Candela
van Steck
Hill
Court Change Bills Future Still Uncertain
Senate Democrats chose Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as their new majority leader by a 38 to 37 vote to steer the judiciary program and restore party unity. Barkley defeated Sen. Pat Harrison amid administration-leaning support, though the White House remained neutral.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Democrats
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Barkley
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
White House
New York Governor Lehman Criticized by Earle Over Court Plan
Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania accuses Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York of great disloyalty and a grave error in opposing the President's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court. The clash highlights partisan tempers during the national debate on court reform.
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Harrisburg
U.P
George H. Earle
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Supreme Court
Senate caucus drama reshapes court bill vote
The Senate caucus revealed deep splits over the court bill as Barkley soldiers on against Harrison amid talks of a two measure rewrite. Bilbo swung the margin, while Wheeler and Burke said the outcome won t affect the fight. Officials warned a recess adjournment was not settled and a final decision awaited today s caucus.
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Barkley
Harrison
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
D. Miss
Mississippi
Bilbo
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Congress
Supreme Court
White House
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Japs Explain Attack On Two U S Women
An officer from the Japanese Barracks said two American women were manhandled outside the Japanese Embassy after they allegedly peered into the grounds. Carol Lathrop of Washington, D C and Helen R Jones of Detroit reported being kicked by sentries who leapt over a sandbag barricade as they passed the embassy at night.
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Peiping
Carol Lathrop
Washington
D. C
Helen R. Jones
Detroit
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