Ohio Relief Aid Denied by Federal Officials
Washington reports that Ohio city representatives were told no federal direct relief aid will be provided for their relief problems. WPA officials said the Ohio General Assembly must act, and the $125 million emergency direct aid item may remain in the bill only if the state legislature acts. House members vow to press for retention of the senate amendment during conference.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
Lene
WPA
Assembly
Ohio General Assembly
Harry Hopkins
Ohio House
G Men Recover Body And $10 000 In Ransom On Kidnapping Case
G men found five year old Jimmy Cash dead in a palmetto dump near Miami and recovered the $10 000 ransom. Franklin Pierce McCall 21 of Princeton Fla confessed to writing the ransom notes and collecting the money but denied kidnapping or murder. J Edgar Hoover led the operation into mangrove swamps at midnight to recover the body and money.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Jimmy Cash
Franklin Pierce McCall
Princeton
Cash
the Nazarene Church
J. Edgar Hoover
McCall
Thomas O. Otto
Charles Chambers
Joseph Hilliard
Hoover
FBI
J. B. Cash
Sidney L. Hendrick
Skeleton of Jimmy Cash Found in Palmettos Near Princeton
The murdered child, snatched from his home, was discovered as authorities pursued leads. Franklin Pierce McCall faces a grand jury after confessing involvement in the kidnapping and death. FBI and state prosecutors press for a swift inquest while guarding McCall from mobs.
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Miami
Fla
G. A. Worley
Franklin Pierce McCall
Homestead
McCall
Legislature Passes $1.5 Million Stop Gap Relief Bill
The Senate approved House amendments 24 to 0 on a $1.5 million relief measure drawn from 1938 sales tax revenues. Cities may borrow against anticipated collections, to be repaid next year, with federal funds unavailable. The plan shores up two to three weeks of relief as rescheduled sessions loom.
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Senate
House
Martin L. Davey
Washington
Husband shoots father in law then kills self in Ohio
Lawrence Gray, 33, a WPA worker, shot his father in law Edward Sowers, 51, after failing to reconcile with his wife Margaret Gray in Zanesville. He then killed himself after firing at his wife who escaped to a cafe. In Columbus, Virgin Foy Lambert testified in federal court about receiving mash and money for a liquor conspiracy that used stills in Gallia and Lawrence Counties over two years.
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Zanesville
Lawrence Gray
WPA
Margaret Gray
Edward Sowers
Gray
Columbus
Virgil Foy Lambert
Virginia
Ohio
Lambert
Gallia
Lawrence
Parkersburg Mill Closes Indefinitely After Strike
The Viscose Rayon Mill in Parkersburg West Virginia, employing about 3,500 workers, shut down Wednesday after failed talks to settle a strike in the spinning department. Plant officials announced the closure would be indefinite.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Iu.p
British Destroyer Vancc Joins Spanish War Zone Move
A slate grey destroyer from Britain arrived at Alicante signaling renewed effort to safeguard shipping in Spain's civil conflict. Insurgent bombs hit two foreign merchant ships near Denia, killing a British officer and three French seamen. In Canton, Japan intensified air raids as Chinese forces faced encirclement near Chengchow. Sudeten Germans protest Czech conscription changes to three years.
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Great Britain
Vancc
Alicante
Britain
Denia
China
Canton
Chengchow
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Baptists May Aid Rio Grande College Funds
Northern Baptist Convention recommends 4000 dollars for Rio Grande College to create an agriculture unit under the student self-help plan and hire an agriculture teacher. A separate anonymous gift of 1000 dollars from a Zanesville woman is announced, given in response to school literature.
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Gallipolis
Northern Baptist Convention
Rio Grande College
College
Zanesville
Fugitive Ern Dennison Wounded by Police in Columbus
Ern est Dennison aged 32 of Columbus, wanted from the London Prison Farm, was seriously wounded in the stomach by police while resisting arrest. The incident occurred today as officers closed in, ending a fugitive pursuit.
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Columbus
Ernest Dennison
London
Sanity Hearing Set for Knox County Farmer Mosley
A sanity hearing for Fred Mosley, Knox County farmer convicted of killing his wife, was assured today after a physician declared him insane.
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MT. Vernon
Fred Mosley
Knox County
Board Works Overtime on Coal Schedule
The National Bituminous Coal Commission resumes work at night to speed new minimum prices after last February withdrawals. Commission member Plzas Greenlee said a schedule will be sound but not yet ready, emphasizing legal requirements and potential tests, as he spoke to the National Retail Coal Association.
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Chicago
O.P
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Plzas Greenlee
Commission
National Retail Coal Association
Ex-Sheriff Files Democratic Nomination for County Commissioner
Former Summit County sheriff and WPA laborer Ray Potts filed petitions for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner. The move signals Potts's bid to return to public office in Akron area politics.
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Akron
U.P
Ray Potts
Summit County
WPA
Hitch Hiker Velma Marshall Plans Fifth Cross Country Run
Gallia County reports Velma Marshall aged 22 visiting from California to resume her fifth nationwide hitchhiking trip. She, daughter of Harry and Mrs Gibson, notes truck drivers more likely to offer rides than passenger car motorists after 20,000 miles of free riding.
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Gallipolis
Velma Gibsonarshall
Gallia County
California
Harry Gibson
Thivener
Herbert Marshall
No Child Is Safe As McCall Arrest Ties Kidnapping to Murders
The arrest of Franklin P. McCall and the recovery of five year old Jimmy Cash's body mark a new point in a string of seven major child kidnappings since 1932. Earlier victims Lindbergh Jr Mattson Levine and Cash were murdered. others found alive. McCall, described as normal and employed, may fit a troubling new pattern in kidnapper psychology. Public calls arise for swift punishment and a sense that no child is safe.
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Franklin P. McCall
Jimmy Cash
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
Charles S. Mattson
Peter Levine
Cash
June Robles
Tucson
Ariz
Peggy McMath
Harwichport
Mass
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Princeton
Fla
Long Island Sound
New Rochelle
N. Y
McCall
Southern Senators Pledge Filibuster Over Wage Standard
Seventeen southern senators threaten a filibuster unless a flexible 40 cent minimum wage is set in the wage hour bill. They object to a compromise offering 25 cents immediately, rising to 40 cents after seven years with industry board input and administrator approval. Conference action on the recovery bill continues amid adjournment hopes fading and a new probe proposal on relief fund use.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Alben W. Barkley
Millard Tydings
Student donates 10000 to St Johns College endowment
Phillip A. Myers II of Ashland Ohio gave St Johns College a 10000 check upon graduation in Annapolis. He said his education was worth more than he paid and urged the president Stringfellow Barr to use the gift to establish an open scholarship.
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Annapolis
U.P
Phillip A. Myers II
Ashland
St. Johns College
Stringfellow Barr
America
Hotel Workers Strike During Rose Festival in Portland
In Portland Oregon during the Rose Festival about 5000 hotel guests faced delays as 2000 hotel workers walked out after failed negotiations. Five AFL affiliated unions demanded recognition of a joint bargaining committee from the Portland hotel association.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Hotel Association of Portland
Narcotics Inspector Shot in Columbus
A. D. Stevenson federal narcotics inspector was shot twice while tailing marijuana peddlers in Columbus and remained in good condition in hospital. Police pursued a white youth and a black boy who fought with Stevenson in an alley. the white youth fled and the other took Stevenson's weapon before it discharged.
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Columbus
A. D. Stevenson
Stevenson
Dr Holzer to Open Eureka Dam at Gallipolis
Dr Charles E Holzer of Gallipolis will throw the gate lever to officially open the Eureka Dam as part of a dedication ceremony on the West Virginia side. A large parade of floating equipment will accompany the Shawnee steamer with War Department and Engineer Corps officials aboard. Governor Martin L Davey will be represented and former Governor George White is expected to attend the Ohio River event.
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Gallipolis
U. S. Engineer Corps
Charles E. Holzer
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Eureka Dam
Lock
West Virginia
T. T. Burdette
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
John J. Kingman
War Department
Col. Powell
Ohio River Division
Ohio Valley
Martin L. Davey
Emil P. Marx
Frank J. Uible
George White
Marietta
Grange Chief Will Not Run for Ohio Governor
Louis J. Taber of Columbus, master of the National Grange, announced he will not seek the Ohio governorship this year. He cited farm price declines, unemployment, and the need for nonpartisan cooperation among agriculture, business, and labor as reasons. Taber has spent recent weeks in Washington in discussions with leaders from business and agriculture.
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Columbus
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Ohio
Taber
Washington
TVA Investigators Study Applications
The congressional Tennessee Valley Authority committee considers today applications from engineers and investigators for committee jobs. Earlier the panel hired Francis Biddle a 52 year old Philadelphia lawyer to act as its counsel. He is a Democrat and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.
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Washington
Tennessee Valcy Authority Committee
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
National Labor Relations Board
Sokol Members Parade Through Prague Streets
A group of 410 American Sokol members arrived Wednesday night and paraded through Prague streets to the cheering crowds, reflecting a strong cultural connection between the visitors and the Czechoslovak host city.
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Prague
Sokol Organization
Post Office to Issue Northwest Territory Commemorative Stamps
The Post Office Department announced issuance of three cent Northwest Territory commemorative stamps on July 15. The release originates from Marietta.
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Washington
U.P
Post Office Department
Marietta
Northwest Territory
Maine District Denied Bid To Join Canada
Ottawa reports Parliament refused to consider Estcourt Maine residents petitioning the Dominion Government to seek U S approval to annex the territory to Quebec. The Union of Catholic Farmers said a forest 50 to 75 miles wide cut Estcourt off from Maine with no transport or communication links.
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Ottawa
Americans Endangered By Japanese Bombs
Shrapnel from Japanese air bombs struck Shameen on the Canton River island near the Victoria Hotel facing the city waterfront endangering Americans and other nationals. Foreign residents’ center near the Victoria Hotel reported the danger from fragments.
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Shanghai
U.P
Shameen
Little Foreign Quarter
Canton River
Victoria Hotel
Government will not run railroads during strike
House leaders rejected rail labor calls for government operation if wages are cut. Rail unions had proposed a resolution and drafts for public operation, while opposition to broadening Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans for railroads kept the related bill stalled.
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U.S
Washington
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt To Visit Kentucky
President Roosevelt told Senate leader Barkley he plans to be in Covington Kentucky on July 8 with tentative stops including Marietta Ohio and a Northwest Territory celebration. The itinerary also lists visits to Tennessee Oklahoma Texas and California.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Coveington
Government Honors Husband Named as Hero and Home Foreclosure
NEW YORK U P The government sent two letters to Mrs Sadie Leslie Monssen widow of Lieut Mons Monssen Medal of Honor recipient for actions aboard the battleship Missouri in 1904 He is credited with saving the ship by sealing a fire with his bare hands and locking himself in the powder magazine The letters informed of a destroyer named for him and of foreclosure on her home by the Home Owners Loan Corporation.
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New York
U.P
Sadie Leslie Monssen
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Monssen
Lieut
Mons Monssen
Missouri
U S Plans License Penalties for Airmen Aiding Revolutions
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper announced the air commerce bureau is drafting rules to deter American airmen from supporting revolutions abroad. The regulation would revoke pilot licenses of those taking part in such activities.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Air Comes Merce Bureau
Drop Dead On Street Tiffin Grocer Dies
Albert J. Schneider age 59 a Tiffin grocer died of a heart attack while walking with his wife on a street today authorities reported.
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Tiffin
Albert J. Schneider
Tiffin Grocer
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