Roosevelt to veto parity loan bill amid price amendment
President Roosevelt likely to veto the 85 per cent parity loan measure if Congress attaches an amendment banning purchase of farm products below 85 per cent parity. Officials warn funds would lapse if the bill fails before July 1, risking CCC operations and the wheat marketing quotas referendum.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Osevelt
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Carl B. Robbins
Congressional
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Coun
White House
Mining Bill Is Approved In Ohio Despite Criticism
Gov. John W. Bricker signed a safety bill for Ohio coal mining as the General Assembly adjourned. The United Mine Workers regarded it as inadequate but sponsors called it a definite step toward safer mines, noting it followed the 1940 disasters and was drafted from the committee’s recommendations.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
General Assembly
United Mine Workers of America
Bricker
Two-Year-Old Twins Die After Window Fall in Boston
In Boston two two aged two year old twin girls climbed from a fourth-floor apartment window and fell to their deaths within minutes of each other. Neighbors witnessed Ellen Grinvert's fall and some aided her, while Eva lay on a sidewalk below and died later. Police were notified and investigated the tragedy.
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Boston
Ellen Grinvert
Ellen
Eva
Fire Damages Packing Plant at Gallipolis
A morning fire damaged the Evans Packing Company plant in Gallipolis with estimated losses to the building and contents at 1000 dollars. Local firefighters responded to the blaze and contained the flames with no further details available.
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Gallipolis
Evans Packing Company
Added Powers For Roosevelt Are Opposed
Substantial opposition appeared in Congress to the War Department bid for Roosevelt to gain unprecedented power to seize property for defense. Senator Wheeler warned of a major Senate fight, and many lawmakers wondered if the powers could be used to end strikes disrupting defense production.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Roosevelt
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Widow Elizabeth Miller Walker Dies in Logan Home
Mrs Elizabeth Miller Walker aged 72 widow of W F Walker died this morning at the family home in Logan Funeral services will be at 2 PM Friday at Fairview Church near Rockbridge She leaves one daughter Mrs Harold Nihiser two brothers Charles Miller and David Miller four stepchildren 13 grandchildren and three sisters Mrs Frank Harden Mrs Margaret Linton and Mrs Mary Arbell
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Margaret Linton
Logan
Mary Arbell
Lancaster
Youth Killed Hunting Crows Near Fayette Farm
WAUSEON. William Elden Opdycke, 18, was found shot to death on his father's farm near Fayette after failing to return from a crow-hunting trip. Coroner H. M. Warner returned an accidental death verdict, saying the youth was likely killed about 10 a.m. yesterday when his shotgun discharged as he climbed a fence.
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Wauseon
William Elden Opdycke
Fayette
H. M. Warner
City to buy 234 parking meters for downtown
Ravenna council votes to purchase 234 parking meters after a government arsenal project boosts employment and downtown activity. The move aims to regulate parking as business grows around the $30,000,000 facility.
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Ravenna
Chrysler Co Employes Win Pay Increases
The Defense Mediation Board pressed for a settlement in a 25 day strike by 12 000 CIO lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest, as Chrysler workers in Detroit won wage increases and bonuses totaling 15 million dollars subject to labor union ratification. The agreement provides an 8 cent hourly raise and a 45 dollar December bonus for workers with one year’s seniority.
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Defense Mediation Board
CIO
Pacific Northwest
Roosevelt
International Woodworkers of America
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
San Francisco
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
AFL
Bethlehem
Bay Area
Clarence A. Dykstra
Bethlehem Management and Union
Washington
Pittsburgh
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Mrs. Dickinson Is Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
Columbus. Agnes B. Dickinson, disbarred attorney, convicted of embezzling 10800 from a guardianship fund, was sentenced to 110 years in the State Reformatory for Women at Marysville. Judge Cecil J. Randall deferred execution for 20 days to allow a possible appeal. She had gained state-wide fame in taxpayer suits seeking public funds overcharges.
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Columbus
Agnes B. Dickinson
State Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Decline in Tubercular Cases Is Reported
In Richland County a tuberculosis case-finding clinic cited by the American Medical Association reduced advanced TB from 77 to 43 percent over five years. Dr. Theodore L. Bliss of Akron, directing Mansfield clinic, presented the report.
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Cleveland
Richland County
American Medical Association
Theodore L. Bliss
Akron
Mansfield
Retirement planned for Chief Justice Hughes on July First
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, age 79, will retire from the United States Supreme Court on July 1 due to health and age. His 19 years on the bench span turbulent times, including clashes with New Deal policies. Speculation links Robert H. Jackson as Roosevelt's likely successor, with Byrnes as the other anticipated appointee.
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Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
New York
Harding
Coolidge
Washington
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
James C. McReynolds
Byrnes
D-Sc
Supreme Court
Congress
Sabotage in Crash of Huge Bomber in San Diego Bay
A $250000 British Liberator bomber crashed into San Diego Bay killing four aviation experts. FBI and company investigators awaited wreckage as suspicion of sabotage rose. The plane, camouflaged, took off from Lindbergh Field, then slid sideways, its left wing striking and sinking. Pilot William Wheatle is missing and presumed dead. pilot McCannon survived with serious injuries.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Bay
FBI and Company
Lindbergh Field
Lewis M. McCannon
Woodstock
Consolidated Aircraft
William Wheatle
Chester
N. Y
Hocking River Rises Near Logan After Rainfall
Continued rainfall pushed the Hocking River to a high stage as the rapid rise continued this afternoon. State Route 75 east of Logan was reported water covered at three points between Logan and Gore.
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Logan
Hocking
Gore
Working Days Begin For War Objectors
Ohio's first contingent of drafted conscientious objectors woke in Marietta for a 16 hour day of toil and study. Forty four objectors dressed in work clothes at 5 30 a m and reported to the state forest nursery at Camp Marietta at seven. They work until four, dine at six, then study or enjoy entertainment from seven to 9 30.
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Marietta
Ohio
Camp Marietta
War Today: French Collaboration and Axis Expansion Reach
The column argues French cooperation with Germany signals a deadlier Axis strategy. It cites Darlan’s attack on Britain, Petain and Weygand guiding Syria campaigns, and Crete’s end as Axis milestones. Predictions include possible German air raids on Cyprus and Suez, with a drive toward Haifa and Iraq.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Germany
Darlan
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
Mediterranean
Crete
Brennero
Brenner Pass
Benito Mussolini
Syria
Turkey
Rhodes
Aleppo
Iraq
Palestine
Cyprus
Rev Danford Returns to Athens Church in Ohio Conference
The Ohio Methodist Conference in Columbus last night returned Rev. John W. Danford to the Athens First Methodist Church for another year. Several other ministers were reassigned or appointed to churches including Rev. E. E. Cole to Athens Central Avenue, Rev. Stanley Jeffery to a Columbus pastorate, and Wesley Foundation pastor Rev. Jed Shoemaker to Athens First Church. Additional moves placed Rev. J. H. Baughn at Richland Avenue, L. J. Landsittle to Hemlock, and assignments to New Straitsville Pennsville Shawnee Chesire and Pomeroy churches among others.
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John W. Danford
Athens First
Methodists Opposed To U S Intervention In War
Ohio Methodist Conference adopted a report opposing American intervention in Europe and voicing concern over expanding presidential power. The document notes minority dissent and complains the president’s recent speeches are provocative and not guiding the nation toward peace.
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Columbus
Ohio Methodists
Ohio Methodist Conference
Father and Two Sons In Ohio Penitentiary
In Columbus a father and two sons are prisoners of Ohio today. Henry W. Jones 70 former Fayette County Sheriff and his son Perrill 43 began one to three year terms for obtaining a signature under false pretenses. Edwin Jones awaits at London Prison farm for a Brown County embezzlement two years ago.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry W. Jones
Fayette County
Perrill
Ohio Penitentiary
Edwin Jones
London
Brown County
Chinese Losses Reported in Yellow River Fighting
Official Japanese army spokesman stated 36,134 Chinese were killed and 20,000 captured in recent battles along the Yellow River in Shansi Province, detailing heavy casualties for China.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Shansi
Nazis Claim 746000 Tons Sunk in May by Raiders
Adolf Hitler's high command reported 746000 tons of British merchant shipping destroyed in May by planes subs and surface raiders. The figure nears Britain's 852000 tons sunk in the war’s most critical month. Earlier reference recalls April 1917 sink-on-sight campaign with 430 ships sunk by 111 U boats.
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Adolf Hitler
Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm
High Command
London Admiralty
RAF
Paris-France on brink of Syria war escalation and air-raid drills
Paris watchers said France stood ready to join Britain in a new Syria campaign with German support. Petain called an urgent cabinet meeting as Paris urged a practice air raid alert. Berlin and London reported diverging shipping losses, while RAF raids hit Berlin, Duesseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhr targets.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Syria
Vichy
Philippe Petain
Beirut
Berlin
London Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Duisburg-Ruhrort
Germany
Ruhr
St. Nazaire
Ostend
Belgium
Berlin Hints Invasion Attempt After Crete Battle
Britons ponder Goering’s assertion that Crete’s fall proves there are no unconquerable islands and wonder whether the next German strike targets the Middle East or Britain. Berlin reports promise clarifying results from Hitler and Mussolini’s Brenner Pass meeting as Crete’s final evacuation reveals 20,000 German deaths and a grim sea escape by British and Greek troops.
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Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Crete
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
British Isles
Berlin
Germans in Syria battle looming over French mandates
Reports from a Middle East war theater say German forces may strike in Syria and Lebanon as Britain plans a large counteroffensive, with Latakia cited as a landing site and Turkish reports claiming 500 troops landed. Berlin denies, while Ankara cites troop movement. Uncertainty surrounds Hitler Mussolini talks and Axis plans.
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Middle East
Syria
Lebanon
Latakia
Iraq
Trans- Jordan
Palestine
Britain
Turkey
Germany
Norway
London
Churchill
Vichy
France
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Teacher Tenure Bill Signed by Governor
In Columbus Governor John W. Bricker signed a measure granting life tenure to Ohio teachers with five years experience in districts over 800 enrollment, to take effect August 29. It also sets three-year contracts for districts under 800 enrollment after the first year, with five-year or life contracts optional thereafter.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Suit Delays Board Action
Columbus reports that Arnett Harbage seeks to block mileage allowances for lawmakers, prompting a temporary restraining order. The Court of Appeals has halted State Board of Control sessions, freezing expenditures until the order ends or is made permanent.
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Columbus
Arnett Harbage
State Treasury
Court of Appeals
State Board of Control
Knight Montgomery Dies at McArthur
Knight Montgomery aged 41 longtime McArthur resident active in civic affairs died this morning at the home of his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs J E Rosser after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 10 o clock Thursday morning with interment in Springfield. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs H H Montgomery of Springfield and several brothers and sisters.
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