Third Term Talk Grows In Congress
Washington reports show a spreading third term discussion for Franklin D Roosevelt in 1940. Key figures including Rep Martin Kennedy and labor groups push or oppose the idea while Roosevelt remains silent on the plan. Iowa signals support if he seeks a third term as relief funding looms and a June 30 deadline tightens Congress and the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Martin J. Kennedy
N. J
House
Workers’ Alliance
John Nance Garner
E. H. Birmingham
Iowa
Democratic Executive Committee
Garner
Tom Mooney
California
Mooney
Herbert Hoover
Birmingham
Harold L. Ickes
West Coast
Alaska
San Francisco
Gas Assassin Seeks Cincinnati Man Preys on Families
A poison gas maniac hunted by police is linked to incidents in Cincinnati and Madeira with cyanide jars left in homes. Victims include Eleanor Kesse and Frank Kramer’s household as well as Ora B Craig and her daughters, who reported fumes and tampered stoves.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Eleanor Kesse
Otto P. Behrer
Frank Kramer
Madeira
Kramer
Ora B
Craig
Bill Proposes Coal Research Laboratory
The House considered a bill by Rep. Earl R. Lewis to authorize the Bureau of Mines to establish a coal research laboratory in the Ohio bituminous field. The plan calls for $200,000 to set up the station and $60,000 yearly for maintenance.
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Washington
U.P
House
Earl R. Lewis, R
Bureau of Mines
Ohio
Coal official resigns from National Bituminous Coal Commission
Washington reports F. W. McCullough secretary resigns from the National Bituminous Coal Commission effective July 1. The move ends McCullough’s role as head of the federal coal regulator amid ongoing industry oversight.
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Washington
F. W. McCullough
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Student Pilot Charged With Theft of Plane
Cheston L. Eshelman 22, Carlisle Pa, arrested at sea and charged with stealing a single engine plane. He landed it in the North Atlantic during a flight to Mars and was picked up off Georges Banks 175 miles east southeast of Boston by trawler Villanova. He had 55 cents and eight bullets. he claimed the voyage was toward Mars not Atlantic crossing.
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Boston
U.P
Cheston L. Eshelman
North Atlantic
Mars
Douglas
Corrigan
Carlisle
Boston Harbor
Eshelman
Atlantic
Central Airport
Camden
Georges Banks
Villanova
Gallia Farmer Shot to Death
Gallia report from Gallipolis says Everett Bush a 55 year old Bidwell farmer died at Holzer Hospital from a bullet wound to the head. Authorities deem the wound personal safety related. The shooting is believed to have occurred about 6 am with death two hours later. Bush is survived by his wife and seven children aged between three and 20.
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Gallipolis
Everett Bush
Bidwell
Here
Holzer Hospital
Bush
Ohio National Guard To Get New Planes
The Ohio National Guard will receive six new airplanes for Camp Perry maneuvers this summer with three more to follow. Indiana guard planes will augment the air force. National rifle matches are set for August 14 to September 12 at the camp, alongside field training and a governor’s inspection.
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Dayton
U.P
Ohio National Guard
Camp Perry
Emil F. Marx
Guard Air Force
Indiana Guard
National Guard
California Youth Held in Nazi Prison in Germany
William B. Curts a 20 year old Oakland native studying at the University of Munich has been held in a Heidelberg Nazi prison for three weeks after writing a four line doggerel verse satirizing the German government on a hotel register The case was disclosed today by United Press via dispatches from Oakland California.
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Oakland
Cal
U.P
William B. Curts
University of Munich
Heidelberg
Peru Declares Lina Medina and Child Government Wards
Lima Peru July report states six year old Lina Medina and her son Gerardo Alejandro born May 14 are to be raised and educated as wards of the Peruvian government. A special commission led by Garcia Arrese will manage maintenance contracts and oversee studies and rights.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Lina Medina
Dionne
Government
Garcia Arrese
Superior Court
Lina
Black Republic Planned in U S by Soviet
Charles H White a New York WPA Arts Project worker testified before the House WPA investigating committee that in 1930 31 he was sent to Russia with about 100 Americans to learn military tactics and street fighting He said he met Herbert Benjamin now secretary of the Workers Alliance and discussed a plan for a black belt republic under Soviet commissars in the United States He claimed he left the Communist Party in 1936 and accused the Workers Alliance of Communist control Walton a WPA theater worker called the setup a fence to sow the seeds of Communism.
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Washington
U.S
Charles H. White
New York
Federal Arts Project
House
WPA
Russia
Communist Party
White
Herbert Benjamin
Workers Alliance
Benjamin
United States
Workers ‘Alliance
Charles St. Bernard Dinsmore Walton
Demand Probe of Refugees
Rep. Pedro Mendieta urged a full investigation of all political refugees in Cuba after the German steamship St. Louis with 907 Jewish refugees refused asylum. Cuba had offered refuge on the Isle of Pines for a $500 per person cash guarantee plus maintenance costs, with 48 hours given for organizations to accept, a deadline that expired.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
Pedro Mendieta
House Immigration Committee
St. Louis
Europe
Isle of Pines
State plans new drive on Japanese beetle in Marietta
Columbus report says the state will launch a third successive year attack on the Japanese beetle around Marietta this month to eradicate the insect. Inspector Raymond Wolfe will work with farmers on a new chemical soil treatment plan.
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Columbus
U.P
Marietta
John T. Brown
Brown
Raymond Wolfe
Plant Industry Division
Cleveland's 25 Day Run Without Fatal Traffic Crash
Cleveland held its longest stretch in 15 years with 25 consecutive days without a fatal traffic crash as police reported the record period on a Wednesday. No fatalities were recorded during that 25 day span, marking a notable safety milestone for the city.
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Cleveland
Gas Dealers Move to Halt Stark County Price War
Stark County Gasoline Dealers Association votes to remove billboards announcing special prices in an effort to end the local gas price war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Stark County Gasoline Dealers Association
Labor Relations Board Hears Union Dispute
The National Labor Relations Board heard oral arguments in a dispute between the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Mine Workers union over a union shop stance in the bituminous coal industry. The case centers on Kelley’s Creek Colliery Co in Ward West Virginia and an examiner’s finding of Wagner Act violation for discharging a miner for Progressive union activity.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Progressive Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Kelley's Creek Colliery Co
Ward
W. Va
NLRB
Relief money used to feed dogs in Sandusky County
Dog Warden Hiley Mook reported in Fremont that relief funds will not be spent on dogs. He impounded three of four dogs belonging to a relief client after discovering the dogs were fed part of the four quarts of milk intended for the eight children. One dog was left with the family.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
Hiley Mook
Mook
Britain and France To Aid Russia If Attacked
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Britain and France would provide Soviet Russia full military support if she is attacked. He noted difficulties with Baltic states and emphasized a mutual aid pact would not force neutrality but seek cooperation against aggression. Britain plans to pursue reciprocity in a non aggression framework.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Russia
Chamberlain
Baltic
Chamerlain
Britain
Crop Reports To Be Issued In Ohio Weekly Newsletter
Ohio to launch a weekly crop reporting service replacing the daily local report. Sixty federal state inspectors collect data across the state with 88 county extension agents submitting reports. The newsletter will cover quantity produced wholesale price and local demand for crops.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
W. Dale Hilbish
State Department of Agriculture
Mexican speed flier killed in Potomac crash
Francisco Sarabia, Mexican speed flier, died when his plane plunged into the Potomac River after departing Bolling Field at 5 30 a m for a nonstop flight to Mexico. His wife and son Francis co Jr witnessed the takeoff and crash. He aimed to reach Ciudad Lerdo, Mexico, by noon Mexican time to visit his mother.
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Washington
U.P
Francisco Sarabia
Potomac River
Bolling Field
Mexico
Francisco, Jr
Sarabia
Ciudad Lerdo
Petticoat Rule Replaced by Men in West Virginia Town
In Friendly West Virginia the male faction won control of local government after a two year period of women led rule. John G. Flesher defeated Mayor Stella Eddy in a write in campaign and El Bie Rustmeyer lost as recorder to a male opponent. The campaign featured slogans and a clash over an anti pigpen ordinance.
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Friendly
W. Va
Stella Eddy
John G. Flesher
Citizens Party
el Bie Rustmeyer
Eddy
Rustmeyer
State Trooper Held After Girl Is Slain in Patrol Car
A coroner's inquest will open into the fatal shooting of 14 year old Joan Stevens by State Trooper Benjamin Franklin in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania. Franklin says the girl produced a gun during a questioning and he fired multiple times. Trooper Edward Swatts corroborates. The case sparked conflicting accounts and a 21 hour silence before any official statement.
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Mauch Chunk
U.P
Joan Stevens
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Lehighton Barracks
Albert Heimbach
Edward Swatts
Swatji
Fatally Burned When Rug Cleaner Explodes
Clar ence Pugh 38 a brick yard worker died in City Hospital from burns suffered last night when naptha gas exploded while cleaning a rug in his Chester West Virginia home. Firemen said a short circuit in an electric sweeper pushed over the rug after the gas was applied caused the blast.
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East Liverpool
U.P
Clarence Pugh
Brick Yard
City Hospital
Chester
W. Va
Picnic Site Vandalism Damages Forest Service Area
Forest Service reports vandal damage at Twin Lakes picnic site in Snake Hollow. Rustic seats broken and scattered, drinking fountain and sign boards destroyed, bulletin board turned into a raft, and other minor depredations noted.
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Nelsonville
Forest Service Department
Camp Nelson
Twin Lakes
Snake Hollow
Pope Moves to End War Threats Amid Pact Fears
Vatican reports say Pope Pius is accelerating diplomacy to avert a British French Russia defense pact. The pontiff fears a three power agreement could invite Communist influence and undermine Christian values across Europe.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius
Russia
Europe
Sleeper Clause Blocks Municipal Ownership Extension
Columbus report notes a sleeper clause in a late session emergency bond law prohibits municipalities from issuing bonds to acquire construct or operate public utilities or to compete with private enterprises. The measure blocks any further extension of municipal ownership until 1941 unless repealed. The law, passed as emergency legislation, bypassed referendum.
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Columbus
U.P
93Rd General Assembly
General Assembly
Briggs Workers Vote On Strike Settlement
Briggs Local of the United Auto Workers Union votes at a mass meeting on a proposed settlement of the 15 day Briggs Manufacturing Company strike. The agreement was sent to workers after acceptance by spokesmen for the company and the UAW.
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Detroit
U.P
Briggs
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Briggs Manufacturing Company
UAW
Royal Tour Opens with Niagara Falls Welcome for King and Queen
King George and Queen Elizabeth complete 6000 miles of travel in Canada and enter the United States at Niagara Falls at 9:30 p.m. EST amid heavy guard. The royal train then heads to Washington for four days of ceremonies including a White House tea and embassy garden party.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Niagara Falls
Washington
Royal Pilot Train
London
Ont
U.P
Canada
International Bridge
Ontario
White House
N. Y
Cordell Hull
New York
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Duchess of Kent
Sean Russell
Detroit
Royal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Capitol
Hull
Ronald Lindsay
Lindsay
State Department
Pacific
Woman and mother of three drowns in creek
Warren County records the first drowning of the year as Lulu Clampett, 31, mother of three, is found dead after swimming in a creek yesterday.
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Morrow
Warren County
Lulu Clampett
Memorial Plantation Dedication Set Near Buchtel
The State Department of the American Legion Auxiliary with the Nelsonville unit will dedicate a Memorial Plantation near Buchtel on Sunday at 1 PM. State and local officials will attend. it honors World War dead and is the first in this region. Local arrangements were made by Mrs. Carl Pettit.
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Nelsonville
State Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Buchtel
Wilbur S. DeWeese
Department Americanism and
National Defense
Auxiliary
Department
Legion
Corporation of Buchtel
Carl Pettit
Nelsonville Auxiliary
American Legion
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W. Virginia Town
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New York Harbor
Harding
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