Great Britain warns Tokyo over possible incident
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said Britain is in close consultation with France and the United States over Japan’s Tientsin blockade. Sir Robert Craigie warned Tokyo of provocations that could lead to a regrettable incident and stressed Britain’s serious consideration of possible reprisals.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Japan
United States
Chamberlain
Robert Craigie
Tokyo
Tientsin
Robert
China
Britain
Japanese Tanks Reach Border at Tientsin Blockade
Three Japanese tanks moved toward the border of the British Concession in Tientsin as tensions rose over alleged British actions at the gates. Japan broadened its blockade to Amoy and Kulangsu, threatening food supplies and warning of immediate action against a British steamer delivering provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
U.P
Hamilton assails New Deal money policies in speech
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, denounces the Roosevelt monetary system as a playground for academics and speculators. He claims the New Deal turned the economy into a lab, failing to restore recovery and saddling the nation with a forty billion dollar debt.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
U.P
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
German Government Found Guilty of Fraud in War Claims
The German Government was found liable for fraud by the German-American Mixed Claims Commission. It ruled in favor of American claimants for about 50 million dollars related to wartime disasters at Black Tom and Kingsland, a potential first for an international tribunal naming a major power guilty of fraud.
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Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
State Plans To Remove Private Liquor Stores
State liquor authorities announce plans to replace private liquor agencies with state-operated stores. Current agencies run annual sales over $50,000 and operate for private owners who receive a six per cent commission from the state.
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Columbus
W.P
Pulitzer dies at 60 in New York
Ralph Pulitzer eldest son of Joseph Pulitzer died last night at age sixty. He was sixty last Sunday.
Solons Fight Sleeper in Last Session
Columbus lawmakers adjourned sine die after failing to repeal a Whittemore Adams Act amendment seen as a sleeper. Rep. Michael Feighan led repeal efforts but the GOP majority swamped them. Rumors floated of a possible special session to align state law with anticipated federal changes.
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Columbus
Michael Feighan
Cleveland
Bricker
Congress
Pickrel's Name Linked With Bank Stock Deal
The state securities division suspended the license of Rieger Bros. & Co. Dayton brokers and charged insiders including William G. Pickrel former Ohio Lieutenant governor with profits over 40000 from running stock of the Dayton Mutual Home and Savings Association. Pickrel served 1931 to 1933 as lieutenant governor and was a 1934 Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
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Columbus
State
Rieger Bros. & Co
Dayton
William G. Pickrel
Ohio
Dayton Mutual Home and Savings Association
Pickrel
Hope for Peace In Milwaukee Strike Brightens
Milwaukee Wisconsin government and union leaders planned a second meeting to settle the Allis Chalmers strike. Governor Julius Heil prepared to confer with Max W. Babb company president and the UAW bargaining committee of the CIO.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
Julius P. Heil
Max W. Babb
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Nazis Deny Report of Plan To Grab Slovakia
Berlin newspapers angrily rejected foreign claims that Adolf Hitler planned to occupy or annex Slovakia. The piece notes many German troops who occupied Slovakia last March had not been withdrawn, clarifying official positions amid heightened tension.
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Slovakia
Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
State Eyes Purchase Offer for Ohio River Bridge
The State Bridge Commission considered offers by the Newell Bridge and Railway Co for sale of the bridge over the Ohio River between Newell West Virginia and East Liverpool Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Bridge Commission
Newell Bridge and Railway Co
Ohio River
Newell
W. Va
East
Liverpool
Four pension division investigators dismissed
Columbus report states four investigators of the state old age pension division including Mrs. Mary Thompson of Gallia County were dismissed today by Tom Mc Caw, chief of the division.
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Columbus
State
Mary Thompson
Gallia County
Tom McCaw
More Intense Labor War Seen as Parleys Collapse
Roosevelt may step in to avert a deeper labor war as AFL and CIO in Washington abandon peace talks. CIO chief John L. Lewis announces a new drive to organize the unorganized after evaluating executive board positions. AFL leader William Green accuses Lewis of seeking continued power and blames him for blocking peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
The
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
CIO
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William Green
Township Officials May Receive Increased Pay
Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled that township trustees and clerks already in office may get pay increases under a recent act. The ruling holds the constitutional ban on raising salaries for selective officials does not apply to township officers.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas J. Herbert
Indictment for Murder in Mother's Day Quarrel
Crawford County Grand Jury returns a first degree murder indictment against Violet Meeker 34 for the killing of her mother Mrs Charles Holt during a quarrel over money on Mother's Day. Five children depend on the case as details unfold in Bucyrus Ohio court proceedings.
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Bucyrus
U.P
Crawford County Grand Jury
Violet Meeker
NYA Budget Fight Ahead in House to Restore Full NYA Funds
Administration Democrats push to raise the National Youth Administration funding from 81 million to 123 million for the next fiscal year. The House opened debate and aimed for a final vote before Friday with possible Saturday session if needed.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
NYA
Appropriations Committee
Coroner Declares Kidnappers Suffocated Baby
Coroner states baby died by suffocation in kidnapping case. investigators say important clues were found at the scene. The report frames the investigation as moving toward a breakthrough, with authorities pressing for leads and awaiting key evidence to resolve the case.
Coal price drops in eight state area sparked by cost revisions
A regional commission reduced coal production costs across West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, yielding an average of 2.128 per ton for Price Area No. 1. District costs ranged from 1.837 in Northern West Virginia to 3.654 in Michigan, with officials noting the drop should ease consumer prices while offering no detailed cost explanation.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Appalachian
Commission
United States
Middle West
South
East
Roosevelt
Interior Department
West Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Panhandle
Joseph Martin Former Athens Resident Dies at 64
Joseph D. Martin, 64, longtime Athens resident, died Wednesday in Lancaster Hospital after a four week illness following surgery. He moved to Lancaster in recent years but remained active in Athens through the Elks Lodge and local business roles. Martin retired Jan 1 1928 from Athens Lumber Co after 30 years, served on Athens City Council and in the Chamber of Commerce, and was a director and stock holder at the company. He also headed real estate investments on West Union Street and led improvements there. He was president of the Athens State Oil & Gas Co.
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Joseph D. Martin
Athens
Lancaster Hospital
Lancaster
Elks Lodge
Mr. Martin
Athens Lumber Co
Pomeroy
W. Union St
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens State Oil & Gas Co
Harlan County Front Breaks as Operators Go Solo Talks
Harlan County coal mine operators announce they have disbanded the united front negotiating committee and will negotiate individually with the United Mine Workers of America. A spokesman says no breakdown, the deadlock was on the union shop clause while other contract points are agreed.
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Harlan
U.P
Harlan County
United Front
United Mine Workers of America
Operators’ Association
Two Spencerville Girls Attacked On Street
In Spencerville, Wanda Angel aged 16 and Maxine Meyers aged 15 were hospitalized after a masked assailant struck them from behind at 10 pm. The bareheaded man beat and kicked them on a Spencerville street, according to the girls who survived the attack.
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Spencerville
LIMA
U.P
Wanda Angel
Maxine Meyers
King George Extends Peace Message to Canada and U S
In a farewell radio address from Halifax, King George praises Canada and the United States as a “pattern to all men” for peaceful coexistence. He hopes the region may inspire the world, while Queen Elizabeth expresses gratitude for the warm welcome on their 9,127 mile Western Hemisphere visit.
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Halifax
N. S
George
Canada
United States
New World
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Pacific
Trop
Ics
Arctics
Elizabeth
Earl Barrett Jr. Kills Self At Birthday Party
Earl H Barrett Jr, son of a Claremore Oklahoma theater owner, shot himself at his 19th birthday party at his father's lodge on Lake Hamilton Arkansas. Thirty guests, including three girls in the trophy room, witnessed him say he would kill himself before firing a rifle to his head.
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Hot Springs
Ark
U.P
Earl H. Barrett, Jr
Claremore
Okla
Lake Hamilton
Barrett
Finland Pays Annual Installment on Debt
The U.S. treasury announced Finland sent 160 693 dollars, marking the semi annual interest payment on its foreign debt. Finland stands as the sole debtor of its kind paying on schedule.
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Finland
Washington
U.P
United States
Treasury
Order Restored at GM Plants as Strike Ends
GM plants in Flint reopened peacefully after a settlement in the UAW AFL strike dispute. Rival union members walked into the Chevrolet and Fisher Body No 1 plants together, each side claiming a victory as sporadic fighting ceased.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
AFL
Chevrolet
Fisher
Neutrality Bill Could Delay Congress Borah Says
Senator Borah ranking minority member of the Senate foreign relations committee warned that enacting the administration neutrality program would keep Congress in session until September 1 or later. He said Hull's proposals would have to be dropped to meet July adjournment goals.
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J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
House
Senate
Frank Whittemore
Washington
U.P
William E. Borah
Ida
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Borah
Cordell Hull
Train Wreck Kills Ten in Mittelgrund Germany
Ten people died and twenty were injured when a Berlin Prague express derailed at Mittelgrund near Dresden. Rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the crash cause and secured the site.
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Dresden
Germany
U.P
Berlin
Prague
Mittelgrund
Senate Evades Resolution on FD s Third Term
Conservative Democrats delaying a resolution opposing a Roosevelt third term persuaded Sen. Rush D Holt to withhold his anti third term measure. Holt plans to submit it later but not this week. A preliminary poll reportedly shows only a bare majority with solid Republican support. Vice President Garner is said to oppose bringing the issue before the Senate to avoid clashes between factions.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Holt
John N. Garner
Salute Ohio at Fair Friday dedication
The World's Fair will honor Ohio and Governor John W Bricker with ceremonies dedicating the Ohi Exhibit Building Friday. Bricker will attend with about 30 state officials including Lieutenant Governor Herbert and top lawmakers, followed by a Friday evening banquet by the Ohio Society of New York City.
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New York
W.P
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ohi
Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Don C. Power
Ohio House
J. Harry McGregor
Ohio Senate
Thomas E. Bateman
Harry A. Hughes
Senate
Frank Whittemore
Ohio Society of New York City
Bricker Signs Final 93rd Assembly Bills
Governor Bricker closed the 93rd General Assembly by signing two bills before adjournment sine die. The measures raise highway patrol pay and authorize a two percent deduction from police salaries for pension funds.
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Bricker
Assembly
Columbus
U.P
93Rd General Assembly
Former Judge Conn Dies After Fall Injuries
Van Wert Ohio. Harry L. Conn 72 a former Ohio Supreme Court judge and former insurance superintendent died in a hospital from injuries suffered in a fall down the steps of the Elks Lodge Building last night.
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van Wert
Harry L. Conn
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Insurance
Elks’ Lodge
Murderer Caldwell Executed for 3 Holdup Murder
Willie Caldwell aged 23 of Cleveland was electrocuted at the Ohio Penitentiary after being convicted of murder in a $3 holdup. The execution took place last night.
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Columbus
A.P
Willie Caldwell
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
New Baby Auto to be Manufactured in Ohio
Negotiations are under way for a factory site in Norwalk Ohio to produce the Remway 400 a revolutionary rear engine car weighing 1200 pounds and claimed to reach 50 miles per gallon Grant Mouser of Marion director and attorney for the new company announced today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk U.P
Grant Mouser
Marion
Tragedy Claims Two In Ashland Ohio Drive
Agnes N Hull aged 25 and Ray B Tussey aged 33 both of Ashland Kentucky were killed when their car left the highway crossing into a hillside on the Ohio side near Ashland Coal Grove.
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Ironton
U.P
Agnes N. Hull
Ray B. Tussey
Ashland
Ohio
Coal Grove
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Zoul
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Oren Baker
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Ervin Fink
Ens
D. W. Philo
Green Creek
Fremont
Frank A. Joredan
Clyde Lutheran
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Roy Krugh
Ted Paul
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Velma Baker’ Fink
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Ath
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