Five Month Ohio Legislature Ends Its Session
The 93rd General Assembly closed after five months of work with key items signed into law. Major actions include relief bills, an $867 000 sundry claims bill, civil service reform, a new three member civil service commission, and protections for classified workers. A publicity commission was created with a $20 000 expenditure limit, while a student fee increase proposal for state university construction was blocked. The session, long and drab, was effective with no expected vetoes and marked by Republican unity and broad administrative reforms.
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Columbus
93Rd General Assembly
Civil Service Commission
House
Senate
Harry L. Davis
Unemployment Compensation Commission
The
Tax Commission
Adjutant General’s Department
Conservation Council
Building Authority
Parole Board
Townsend to push pension fight into 1940 campaigns
Dr Francis E Townsend said he will carry his old age pension plan into the 1940 election campaigns with greater enthusiasm. He was not discouraged by the House defeat of his measure 302 to 97, stating that Congress has offered nothing to millions consigned to chronic pauperism and that the fight has just begun.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
House
Townsend
Congress
Insurance Men Eligible for Unemployment Benefits
Columbus dispatch reports H. C. Atkinson, administrator of the unemployment compensation bureau, ruled that life insurance agents are employees of their companies and entitled to unemployment benefits when out of work.
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Columbus
U.P
H. C. Atkinson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Riots in Jerusalem Leave 18 Dead and 24 Wounded
A sudden flare up of disorders in Jerusalem caused thirteen deaths and twenty four injuries. The bomb blast and an ambush of policemen near Jaffa contributed to the toll as authorities struggled to contain the violence.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Jaffa
Premature Grandchild of Roosevelts Dies at Birth
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that a son born prematurely to Mrs. Anne Clark Roosevelt, daughter-in-law of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, died shortly after birth in Boston.
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Boston
U.P
Anne Clark Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moseley Attacks Jews Before Death Probers
Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley told the House committee that Jews who align with organized world Jewry should be denied citizenship rights including office and suffrage. He traced perceived Communist spread since the Russian Revolution and warned of a flag on the Statue of Liberty if conditions persist.
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Washington
U.P
House
George van Horn Moseley
Sketches of Defenses Found on Prisoner
Authorities at Fort McArthur hold Alphonse Bruckner age 35 in custody. He possessed a notebook with sketches and diagrams of Hawaiian Island defenses and a long list of German names. Bruckner says he was a trumpet player in the army and the names are of friends he had in the east.
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Los Angeles
Fort McArthur
Alphonse Bruckner
Hawaiian
Bruckner
Former Ohio Rep Schweller Begs Guilty to Padding Expenses
Columbus. Former state representative Julian Schweller of Putnam County began a 30 day sentence in the county workhouse after pleading guilty to 10 of 101 counts accusing him of padding his expense accounts while in the legislature. He also was fined $200 per count, the maximum penalty on each charge as imposed by Common Pleas Judge Cecil Randall.
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Columbus
U.P
Julian Schweller
Putnam County
Schweller
Common Pleas
Cecil Randall
Speakers announced for Father’s Day service
Judge H W Cherrington of Gallipolis and E O Saunders former Ashland Ky superintendent will speak at the Pomeroy Christian Church Father’s Day service Sunday at 9 30 in the morning Elmer Beegle and John Conley are in charge of the program
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Pomeroy
H. W. Cherrington
Gallipolis
E. O. Saunders
Ashland
Pomeroy Christian Church
Elmer Beegle
John Conley
Mute 10 Year Old Virginia Deming Found in Woods
State police announced Virginia Deming a ten year old mute was found in dense woods near Dover Plains New York after being lost for hours. Hundreds had searched the area and she could not signal for help.
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Dover Plains
N. Y
U.P
Virginia Deming
Gasoline Fire Kills Two in Bashan Area Home
Explosion after attempting to spray gasoline to kill bed bugs at the Frederick home on Horse Cave Road near Bashan kills Sam Long 27 and Mrs. Henry Frederick 42. Both died at hospitals after being burned when fumes ignited, with neighbors hearing the blast and a late ambulance chase ending in a minor crash. The Long family losses include three children aged 3, 15 months, and five weeks. Funeral plans were set for Bald Knobs Church and Lee Chapel for Mr. Long and Mrs. Frederick.
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Pomeroy
Mr. Long
Frederick Homestead
Horse Cave Road
Frederick
Mrs. Frederick
Long
City Hospital
Parkersburg
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Frank Fugate
Walter Wolfe
Bald Knobs Church
Eugene
Iva Pearl
Elson
Lee Chapel
Henry Frederick
Alta
Orris
Otis
Meigs County
Flood control funding boosted in war department bill
The Senate sent to the House a War Department civil functions bill totaling 305 million dollars, adding 50 million in unbudgeted items for rivers harbors and flood control. The Ohio projects include Muskingum district 1.5 million and Newark 275 thousand among others.
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Washington
Ll.p
Senate
House
War Department
Ohio
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ironton
Portsmouth
New Boston
Cincinnati
Dillon
Newark
Delaware
Massillon
Martins Ferry
Wellsville
Refugees Are Exiled at Sea
The German liner St. Louis sails from Havana with 918 Jewish refugees denied Cuban entry. Cuba orders the ship to leave immediately as police guard decks to prevent disturbances while the vessel waits for another country to admit its passengers.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
St. Louis
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg
Germany
Federico Laredo Bru
Pope Receives Pledges of Peace from Governments
Pope Pius told the College of Cardinals that responses to his peace efforts were encouraging. He said governments he contacted sent assurances of goodwill and resolve to maintain peace, clearing the way for further mediation to preserve world peace.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius
College of Cardinals
Lerner to Confer After First FLSA Jail Sentence
Wage hour officials plan talks with Sanford Lerner, vice president of Standard Trouser Co. of Buchannon West Virginia, who received the first jail term under the fair labor standards act for contempt after refusing to produce records.
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Washington
V.P
Wagehour Administration
Sanford Lerner
Buchannon
W. Va
Lerner
Standard Trouser Co
Mrs. Morgan Funeral Services Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. T. H. Morgan will be held Saturday at two o'clock at the Morgan home located at 101 South Court Street. Rev. A. Y. Wilcox will officiate with interment in West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon.
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T. H. Morgan
Morgan
South Court St
A. Y. Wilcox
West Union Street
Webster Named Columbus fair admission supervisor
Jed Webster of Pomeroy was appointed supervisor for admission sales and ticket taking at the Ohio State Fair today.
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Webster
Columbus
Jed Webster
Pomeroy
Arrest of Clifford Roush for check alteration
Federal authorities were expected to take Clifford Roush at Marion U P today. The 22 year old is held on a charge of disfiguring a relief check by altering it from 18 to 48 dollars and attempting to cash it at a grocery.
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Marion
U.P
Clifford Roush
Explosion in Kotah magazine kills thirty in India
Thirty people died and many feared buried after a magazine explosion in Kotah, Allahabad region. The blast in Uttar Pradesh caused extensive debris and casualties.
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Allahabad
India
U.P
Kotah
Industrialists press needs to Roosevelt in White House talk
Eight top business leaders from the Business Advisory Council met President Roosevelt at the White House for two hours to outline urgent economic issues. They urged action on labor taxation legislation and government regulation, praising Harry Hopkins for helping ease tensions. Attendees included W Averill Harriman and others from Toledo and national firms.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Business Advisory Council
White House
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
W. Averill Harriman
A. D. Whiteside
FE. R. Stettinius, Jr
J. F. Fogarty
Carle C. Conway
Gano Dunn
John D. Biggers
Toledo
Man and Woman Nabbed With Kidnaped Baby
Five month old Gerald McCroghan was found unharmed in a West Philadelphia drug story minutes from the site of the kidnapping. Police recovered the infant from a man and woman after a priest had promised protection to the abductor. The kidnapper was described as a blonde girl in a red blouse.
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Philadelphia
UPK
Gerald McCroghan
Gerald
West Philadelphia
Attack Victim At B I S Dies in Escape Attempt
Lancaster U S Prosecutor Robert A Hastings planned to decide today on murder charges against 19 year old Robert E Lee once a model prisoner at the Boys Industrial School after he fatally injured Officer Axel Stromstead during an escape attempt. Stromstead 52, killed with a wrench in 1936 by two prisoners. Autopsy showed a 10 inch skull fracture.
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Lancaster
U.S
Robert A. Hastings
Robert E. Lee
Boys’ Industrial School
Axel Stromstead
Robert Stewart
Two blast victims show improvement at Barberton hospital
Barberton authorities report two of the severely injured children from Wednesday's grade school explosion are out of danger. Ella Chambers and Mary Mattingly, both seven, are improving, while Dorothy Young and Frances Fisher, both seven or eight, remain not fully responsive to treatment.
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Barberton
U.P
Ella Chambers
Mary Mattingly
Dorothy ‘Young
Frances Fisher
Freight train wreck near Salesville injures cars
Twenty three loaded coal and merchandise cars of a west bound Baltimore and Ohio freight train were wrecked at Salesville east of here in the early hours. Local authorities investigated the crash and reported damage to consists and rail alignment.
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Cambridge
U.P
Baltimore & Ohio
Salesville
Here
Germany Holds Whip Hand in Arms Making
An unimpeachable source says Germany’s seizure of the Skoda munitions works in Czechoslovakia and Krupp facilities makes the Nazi regime the world’s principal supplier of military equipment. European nations must rely on Germany for armaments, while Germany’s mobilization increases regional arms production and pressures U.S. arms embargo policy.
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Germany
Washington
U.P
Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Cordell Hull
United Press
Hull
Rain Brings Relief to Ohio Crops After Dry Spell
Ohio farmers welcome a two day rainfall that drenched central regions and lifted soil moisture. University experts note benefits for fruit growers and young orchards, with improvements for hay, pastures, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, and corn, though oats are considered a loss. Rain expected to continue tonight and Saturday.
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N. F. Childers
C. J. Willard
Department of Agronomy
Willard
One Dead Eight Hurt In Ice Plant Blast
Bellevue officials investigated an ammonia tank explosion at the City Ice & Fuel Company plant that killed worker Donald Ice, 24, and injured eight others as a condenser tower failed and a wall was punched through.
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Bellevue
U.P
City Ice & Fuel Company
Donald Ice
Cleveland Sets Record For No Traffic Deaths
Cleveland records 20 consecutive days without a traffic fatality the first time since the traffic division began 15 years ago, announced by traffic statistician Carl Schultz.
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Cleveland
U.P
Carl Schultz
New Orleans Carrier Covers 109000 Miles in Career
George Arno, 45, begins his second 25 year run as a newspaper carrier in New Orleans. He started delivering in 1913 and has scarcely missed more than 12 miles of walking daily, missing only once or twice.
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New Orleans
George Arno
Arno
Camera locates missing miner in abandoned shaft
In Toluca Illinois two weeks after Dominic Valessano, 77, vanished, brothers Jack and Frank Gerardo used a wired camera to probe a ramshackle mine shaft. Their flash photo revealed Valessano's mangled body at the shaft bottom.
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Toluca
Il-Aup
Dominic Valessano
Jack
Frank Gerardo
Valessano
Summit County Solon Stages One-Man Strike
Rep. Gus Kasch of Summit County quit his House seat last week in protest at limits on debate. He continued the one-man strike last night, refusing to sit while Speaker McCulloch presided and spending most of the final hours in the gallery chair.
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Columbus
U.P
Gus Kasch
Summit County
House of Representatives
William McCulloch
McCulloch
Kasch
Girl Struck by Dad's Truck Is Uninjured
Cambridge Ohio dispatch says Robert Lucas struck his two year old daughter Barbara who ran in front of his truck. Barbara was taken to a hospital where doctors found she sustained no injuries.
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Dad
Cambridge
U.P
Robert ‘Lucas
Barbara
Wilkin Confirmed for U S District Court Ohio Seat
The Senate confirmed Robert N. Wilkin from Ohio for a judgeship on the U S District Court for Northern Ohio. The action came late yesterday in Washington.
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Wilkin
Washington-Au
Senate
Robert N. Wilkin
Ohio
U. S.district Court
Thetis Submarine Sinking Traps 88 Men in Irish Sea
TheThetis sunk off the North Wales coast with 88 aboard as tides rose. Four men escaped using automatic lungs. hopes fade for others as air and rescue work face delays. IR A sabotage rumors swirl while Vigilance and other ships stand by for stern cutting.
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Liverpool
Eng
North Wales
Admiralty
Mersey
Cammell-Laird Shipbuilding Company
Birkenhead
Irish Sea
Vigilance
Irish Republican Army
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Joseph Edward Miller
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Des Moines Hospital
Leah Miller
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Ohio State University
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