Session Seals Fate of Sales Levy Across Legislature
Jackson political observers predict the sales levy will face renewed fights as lawmakers reconvene to debate exemptions and the 40 million dollar retail sales tax plan. Governor's push for tax changes, school funding, and food exemptions loom as opponents press for limits. Republican and Democratic blocs brace for a tough vote in the Senate and House amid broader appropriations debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.R
Senate
Gunsett
Frank E
Akron
Athens County Iron Corps Camp Ground Report
Kenneth Pinnell reports from the Athens County camp ground that the Iron Corps are stationed in the area and conditions remain unsettled. He notes rough terrain about seven thousand feet high and mentions snow conditions near Fort Knox Kentucky with four days of reporting.
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Athens County Iron Corps
Kenneth Pinnell
A. F. Drive
Fort Knox, Ky
Prevention Cure Are Listed June 19
U P report warns of thousands of cases of skin disease and offers treatment advice. It mentions a percent potash solution and ferric chloride in a water mixture as cures or aids, noting application to exposed skin and drying contact.
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U.P
Only Economists Are More Overestimated Than Fathers
A short letter from Will in Santa Monica argues fathers receive unwarranted praise and excuses for misdeeds, asserting economists face even greater overestimation and calling father figures a social necessity despite flaws.
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Rogers
Will
Ukulele Ike Sued Over Bankruptcy Assets
Hollywood June 19. Clif ton A Edwards known as Ukulele Ike is sued in a bankruptcy case alleging asset concealment and an attempt to defraud creditors. Russell B. Seymour trustee seeks an accounting of earnings and claims Edwards and wife Nancy Dover conspired to evade debts totaling about 68 000 across California New York and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton A. Edwards
Ike
Russell B. Seymour
Edwards
Nancy Dover
California
New York
Illinois
17 Warships Planned For U S Navy Construction
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced bids will open July 26 for 17 warships under the Industrial Recovery Public Works Act. The plan totals 32 vessels with 15 more to be built at navy yards, including two 20,000 ton aircraft carriers, a 10,000 ton heavy cruiser, 6.1 inch guns, and 1,400 ton submarines. four destroyers to private shipyards.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
Department
Industrial Recovery Public Works Act
Navy Yards
Specialized Selling Of Specials In Athens
Thrifty readers in Athens have formed a habit of watching The Messenger classifieds for bargains and opportunities. Merchants find it pays to advertise specials in this specialized medium. An ad insert by Mr. H. C. Towne of Second Street is included.
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Athens
H. C. Townesend
Second Street
Local Hardware Ads Offer Paint Varnish and Putty Deals
Limited quantities listed for furniture varnish at 1 dollar per gallon and finishing varnish at 2 dollars per gallon. Color varnish 1 dollar, tires paint 25 cents per quart, oil putty 25 cents per 5 pounds, glazing putty 20 cents per 5 pounds, color ground in Japan 5 pounds for sixpence. H. O. Townsend. Dial 717.
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Japan
H. O. Townsend
Dial
Thorough Inquiries Planned Into Stock Market
Washington June 19 Senate Investigators plan a thorough inquiry into the New York Stock Exchange investment trusts and holding companies. The investigation will resume with Otto Kahn as the first witness and then Dillon Read & Co. The Chase Securities Corporation linked to Rockefeller’s Chase National Bank will also face a hearing.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate
United Press
J. P. Morgan & Co
Otto Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Dillon, Read & Co
Ferdinand Fecora
Senate Banking Committee
Chase Securities Corporation
Rockefeller Controlled
Chase National Bank
State To Investigate Guardian Trust Co
The state Senate banking committee will probe Guardian Trust Company this week to promote legislation preventing future banking disasters. Arthur L. Miller, chair of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association Bank Investigation Committee, announced the inquiry in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
State Senate Banking Committee
Guardian Trust Company
Arthur L. Miller
Cuyahoga County Bar Asociation
Plane Visit Highlights Athens Port Soaring Interest
Aviation fans enjoyed Sunday as a Lan caster pilot flew a passenger in a Stinson Junior similar to the state aero nautics model. Athens City Council meets to consider leasing Rowland Field for $1 a year and returning it to Judge Rowland, with Capt. Fred Smith explaining that R F C funds and relief labor enable an airport at little cost. Local interest grows as weather boosts activity at Rowland Field and pilots continue training under Lt Hodgson.
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Athens
Stinson
State Aeronautics Department
O. F. Rowland
Fred Smith
Aeronautics
Rowland Field
Hodgson
Skin of Negro Is White After He Eats Berry
Jean-Joseph Dauphin a 56 year old Haitian man reportedly turned white after consuming a native berry medicine from a Voodoo doctor. He fell into a coma and later regained color, leading friends to fear a zombie phenomenon. Dominican authorities request samples for study as Dauphin travels to the United States.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
U.P
Monacan
Haiti
Foreign Office
Jean-Joseph Ysemeon Dauphin
Dauphin
Jean Marsan
United States
Jobless Marchers Use County Trucks
Unemployed marchers near New Philadelphia were escorted by Tuscarawas County authorities in eight trucks to the Coshocton County line near Newcomerstown. Leaders addressed a crowd before 250 were loaded into nine Coshocton County trucks. They will spend the night at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds en route to Zanesville.
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New Philadelphia
U.P
Tuscarawas County
Here
Coshocton
Newcomerstown
Coshocton County
Coshocton County Fairgrounds
Zanesville
Mrs McMath Details Kidnapping Ordeal in Court
In Barnstable Mass on June 19 the mother, Mrs Neil C McMath, testified in the trial of Cyril and Kenneth Buck for abducting ten year old Peggy McMath and demanding $40 000. She described the hours of suspense and the ransom demand as Peggy may testify later.
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Barnstable
Mass
Neil C. McMath
Cyril
Kenneth Buck
Peggy McMath
Real estate tax collection opens for June totals
Treas urer G. D. Gorham said books are open for the June real estate tax collection and several residents paid their taxes early today.
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G. D. Gorham
Kidnaped Millionaire Released After Heavy Ransom Paid
Police resume search for the kidnapped millionaire after a heavy ransom is paid and the suspect release is confirmed. The incident overturns ongoing investigation as authorities reassess the case and launch renewed inquiries.
Repeal Parade Trick of Wets Says McBride
Washington June 19 The Anti-Saloon League leader F Scott McBride challenged wet gains in state repeal elections He argued drys can block repeals if mobilized He noted seven of first eleven votes came before prohibition and that 37 states remain to vote with 20 under prohibition when the Eighteenth Amendment was adopted Three states Iowa Connecticut New Hampshire vote tomorrow and none of the southern states has yet voted.
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Washington
U.P
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
McBride
Iowa
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Stock Prices In Big Gains
New York trading on the stock exchange showed quiet midafternoon activity but prices hit best levels of the day with gains over six points. Alcohol issues rose sharply while motor shares were in demand led by Continental up five to 62. Chemical issues rose led by Commercial Solvents and farm equipment makers like Care gained over six points. Leaders such as U S Steel American Telephone and American Can posted gains of three points or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Continental
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
American
Wesleyan Ex-Dean's Ashes To Rest There
The body of Dr. W. G. Hoermell professor emeritus of physics and former dean of men at Ohio Wesleyan University died Saturday in Tucson Ariz. His ashes will be cremated and returned to Wesleyan for burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Delaware
W. G. Hoermell
Ohio Wesleyan University
Tucson
Ariz
Oak Grove Cemetery
First Summer Dance Draws 160 at Men’s Union
The Y. W. A. sponsored first summer dance Saturday night at the Men’s Union. Harlin Carpenter led a seven piece orchestra for an event attended by more than 160. Proceeds benefit the Y. W. A. treasury.
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Men's Union
Harlin Carpenter
Official Mine Wage Scale To Appear In Tuesday's Paper
Tomorrow's issue of The Messenger will publish the Official Wage Scale and Working Specifications for the Southeastern Ohio Coal Mining District as recently signed by miners and operators. The edition will reach over eleven thousand homes and should be saved for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Southeastern
Ohio
Athens Messenger
Outlawry at Highest Point In Southwest
Kansas City June 19. Modern outlawry has risen in the Southwest with machinegun terror. Fugitives include seven Kansas State penitentiary convicts such as Wilbur Underhill and Harvey Bailey. Pretty Boy Floyd and his lieutenant are named. Gunmen killed four at Union Station Plaza and a sheriff and patrolman in Missouri. A kidnap gang member released Miss Mary McElroy with a $30 000 ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jesse James
al Jennings
Kansas State Penitentiary
Wilbur Underhill
Harvey Bailey
Southwest
Charlies Arthur
Pretty Boy
Kaneas City
Hitler Threatens To Take Children From Nonconformists
In Erfurt on June 19 Adolf Hitler warned at a Brown Shirt rally that parents who do not conform to Nazi policy risk losing their children. He urged strict youth indoctrination and stated the state would raise the children as needed for the German people.
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Erfurt
Germany
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Accuse Cop of Aiding Resort To Retain Girl
Cleveland June 1940 a Massillon resort case led Patrolman Herbert Riedel to resign from the police force after a high school girl accused him of assisting her stay there He said he intended to help her obtain a maid job and did not know the resort's nature Authorities in Massillon planned to seek warrants against him.
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Cleveland
Herbert Riedel
Massillon
Riedel
Road repairs update on Route 329 from Guysville to Steward
Surface piling of the road from Guysville to Stewart on Route 329 was completed Saturday according to H. G. Brown state highway maintenance superintendent in Athens County. West of Guysville on Route 329 South off has been poured for one mile and a half.
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Guyaviiel
Stewart
H. G. Brown
Athents County
Guysville
Oberlin Alumni Donate $50,000 Toward College Fund
Oberlin observes alumni day during its centennial events as R. T Miller of Chicago gives $50,000 to Oberlin, adding to the Miller loan fund now totaling $190,000. The contribution honors memory of a mother.
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Oberlin
U.P
R. T Miller
Chicago
Fraser Miller
India
Pilots Yacht Amberjack Through Storm On Roosevelt Cruise
President Roosevelt steered the Amberjack through heavy seas off Cape Cod on a vacation voyage. The schooner faced a storm on the open water between Woodshole and Edgartown as the party heads toward Campobello and planned stops at Gloucester and Portland.
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Cape Cod
Roosevelt
U.P
Provincetown
Mass
New England Canal
Woodshore
Maas
Edgartown
Camp Belle
New Brunswick
Gloucester
Portland
Economy Hits Postal Force
U P reports postal employees nationwide will be furloughed nine days without pay over the three months from July 1 as part of a government cost cutting drive. The order, approved by President Roosevelt, equals about a 10 percent pay cut for the period and covers all postmasters and staff except rural mail carriers and Washington Post Office workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Mat
Post Office Department
Jimmy Mattern Missing in Arctic Search Ongoing
In Nome Alaska in June 1940 a sea and air search is under way for James Mattern missing since he departed from Khabarovsk Siberia five days ago. Private and regular planes probe the area hoping he landed among Aleutian islands where he could survive for weeks until found.
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Nome
Alaska
James Mattern
Arctic
Khabarovek
Siberia
Mattern
Aleutians
Lake-Rail Rates Ordered Cut Across Western Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered western railroads to revise air and lake-and-rail rates on passenger automobiles from Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio and New York to Idaho. Lake-and-rail rates were found unreasonable as they exceeded rates based on a five cent differential and rail charges.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Railroads
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Idaho
Hamm Kidnapping Ends With Ransom Payoff and Release
William Hamm Jr., abducted millionaire president of the Hamm Brewing Co., was released near Wyoming Minnesota after ransom of somewhat less than 100000 dollars was paid Saturday night. William Dunn and Inspector Tierney brought Hamm home to St Paul after the handoff on Highway No. 1. A separate St Paul reward of 2600 dollars funded by local businessmen was announced for the capture of Hamm’s abductors.
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ST. Paul
Minn
William Hamm
Wyoming
William Dunn
Theodore Hamm
Hamm
Dunn
Tierney
Duluth
Twin Cities
Hamm Brewing Company
Pine City
Rush City
Thomas Cahill
U.P
William
Billy) Hamm, Jr
Howard Kahn
Verne Sankey
Haskell Bohn, Jr
Two Men Injured In Auto Accident Near Gumtree Schoolhouse
In Albany on June 19 Jens Carsey age 4 and Edward Swarts age about 35 were seriously hurt when a roadster driven by Swarts overturned twice on a steep grade near Gumtree Schoolhouse. Carsey suffered a mangled left arm likely requiring amputation. Swarts had a fractured rib and severe cuts. Orthie Potts escaped injury as the trio headed to report for township road work.
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Albany
Jens Carsey
Edward Swarts
Gumtree
Carsey
Columbus
Swarts
Orthie Potts
Swarte
Potts
Arnott Charged After Theft and Shooting Incident
Greenfield reports 18 year old Charles Arnott, son of Mr and Mrs John Arnott, caught stealing money from his mother pocketbook. He then wounded a man with a small rifle on a Sunday incident. local authorities investigate motive and circumstances.
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Igation
Jess T. Gorrell
Goodwin
Brennaman
House
William H. Ation
L. F
Mr. Jones
Isaak Walton
Luke
Jones
Union Station
Frank Nash
Leavenworth
Nash
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Santa Monica, Calif
Hooey
Hollywood
Keido Managers, Inc
U.S. Navy
New Recovery Act
Mr. Townsend
Wall Street
Pecora
Guardian Trust Co
Tanes
U.S
Acheson
Treasury
Trick of Wets
Moist States
Wesleyan
Dean
Hitler
Cop
Mansilion
Steward
Dodge
David
Diana
Horace FE
Dodge, Jr
Detroit
Jimmy Mattern
Lake-Rail
St. Louis
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