Strikebreakers Held in Jail at Kent
Kent Ohio up deputy sheriffs and police confined 40 strikebreakers inside a small jail after a mob of about 5000 men roared through streets near the county jail. The Smith Co plant was attacked as strikers and sympathizers fired on guards for hours. 14 injured and two in critical condition. Authorities moved to disarm the scene as leaders eased tension and the prisoners were formally charged with shooting with intent to wound.
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Black and Decker Tool Co
Kent
National Guard
Ravenna
Akron
College Town
Martin L. Davey
E. L. Burr
8S. C. West
Wheat Prices Soar With Drought Report
CHICAGO wheat prices climbed on major grain exchanges as the northwest drought persisted and the Agriculture Department released a special crop report noting prospects for spring grains declined in the first half of June.
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Chicago
U.pi
Department of Agriculture
Big Counties Profit Report From Columbus Office
In a U P dispatch figures show wages totaling 10 254 5 paid among 178 290 workers during April bar 0 per cent read as 252 714 was recorded for the reading Mb Ouu Wes.
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Columbus
U.P
Safety Zone Crash Kills Nine Men in Cleveland
Cleveland police arrested Fred Wall 23 for a hit and run that struck 19 steel workers in a safety zone opposite the American Steel and Wire plant after a night shift. Nine workers were hospitalized in serious condition. ten with minor injuries. Wall and passenger Alex Lenatorski 24 claimed they had been drinking at a party before the crash.
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Cleveland
A.P
Fred Wall
Wall
American Steel and Wire Co
Alex Lenatorski
Lenatorski
French Treasury Funds Exhausted Amid Inflationary Borrowing
Paris reports the French treasury is exhausted after this year's authorized borrowing. Finance Minister Vincent Auriol told the Chamber of Deputies that the nation has already disguised 14,000,000,000 francs in inflation, totaling about $922.6 million, in his long awaited national finances report.
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Paris
U.R
Vincent Auriol
Chamber of Deputies
Dean Hitchcock to resign from Ohio State College of Engineering
Columbus report states Dean Embury A. Hitchcock of the Ohio State University College of Engineering will hire from his post at the end of the summer, an announcement made today.
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Columbus
Embury A. Hitchcock
Ohio State University College of Engineering
Launch of New Party Set for Today in 1946 Bid
New York dispatch reports a plan to launch a third party drawing support from Father Coughlin's National Union for Social Justice, Townsend pension groups, and Share the Wealth followers. Coughlin hinted a candidacy announcement may come in New York, Boston, or Washington with a radio endorsement if timing and platform align. John Lewis dissociates from third party talk, backing Roosevelt. Sinclai n also withdraws. Townsend says pension groups won’t join until after July convention.
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New York
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Townsend Old Age Pensions
Huey P
Long
Coughlin
Boston
Washington
E.C.T
John. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Roosevelt
Upton Sincaln
California
Francis E. Townsend
Flint, Mich
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Inc
Man Acquitted in Trial For Friend's Murder
Springfield report says Clarence A. Haslep aged 37 was acquitted on a charge of killing his friend Luther A. Chapman aged 32 in the New Carlisle garage on Jan 2. Chapman was found mortally wounded on the garage floor which Haslep helped build. Prosecutor Wear sought to prove motive linked to Chapman's wife.
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Springfield
U.P
Clarence A. Haslep
Luther A. Chapman
Carlisle
Chapman
Haslep
Orville Wear
Tionna Chapman
Ddasiep
Man Hanged For Kidnaping Two Officers
Arthur Gooch age 27 was hanged today after kidnapping two Texas officers in Paris Texas and releasing them unharmed at Snow Oklahoma. He was the first to die under the Lindbergh Law. President Roosevelt denied clemency on his final appeal. Gooch said he wished to plead guilty and claimed he never hurt anyone.
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McAllister
Okla
U.P
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Oklahoma
Gooch
R. N. Baker
H. R. Marks
Paris
Tex
Snow
Baker
Ambrose Nix
Okemah
Roosevelt
Alvin Karpis
William Mahan
Harry Campbell
Thomas Robinson
Mrs. Guy Hale Dies in Columbus at Home
Mrs. Guy Hale, colored matron at the Old Folks Home in Columbus, died suddenly from a heart attack on Thursday. She was the wife of Guy Hale of Albany Road and leaves a married daughter in Portsmouth. Burial is planned at Rendville, with funeral arrangements not yet finished.
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Guy Hale
Old Folks Home
Columbus
Albany Rd
Portsmouth
Rendville
Farley Fears Internal Fight Over Two-Thirds Rule
Democratic leaders predict possible floor battle at the 1936 presidential platform as the national convention re nominating Roosevelt approaches. James A Farley says opposition grows against changing the two thirds rule, pitting Solid South against urban and rural Democrats in a contest over the nomination.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Toledo To Install Parking Meters and Bicycle Licensing
City council directs drafting of ordinances to install parking meters in Toledo and license bicycles, outlining new regulatory steps for street use and rider compliance.
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Toledo
U.P
France joins Britain in sanction abolition policy
Paris reports France's cabinet agreed to follow London's example and advocate abolition of league sanctions against Italy, marking a coordinated move with Britain in a shift of the allied stance.
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France
Britain
Paris
U.P
Great Britain
London
Italy
Dance on Ship as Crew Mans Water Pumps
Amherstberg Ont. U P reports the excursion steamer Tashmoo with 1400 passengers aboard battled a hole in its hull after a rock strike in the Sugar Island Channel Detroit River. Passengers danced unaware as pumps fought floodwater until landing was made and the vessel sank at 2 a.m. in 18 feet of river water.
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Amherstberg
Ont
U.P
Sugar Island
Detroit River
Jean Calloway
Ohio House OKs Poor Relief Bill Reducing Funds
Columbus U P reports the Ohio House approved a poor relief bill overruling metropolitan counties to curb relief funds for large population centers. The measure sets 6 month appropriations at 6.5 million and moves to the Senate, with a June 29 recall likely. An amendment raised rural aid to 9 monthly, while urban aid stays at 12 for large counties. An anti coercion misdemeanor was also passed.
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Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Cuyahoga
Bittinger
John Richards
Carroll County
Juvenile Bootleggers Sent to Reformatory
A 14 year old boy admitted to police he was a veteran bootlegger and had helped his father serve bootleg liquor for six years. His sister aged 12 was learning the business when police raided their home. Both youths were sent to the juvenile detention home.
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Cleveland
U.P
Two Boys Die In Wild Ride In Cleveland
In Cleveland this afternoon two Lakewood Country Club caddies died after a car recklessly sped through streets. Driver Ralph Ream allegedly drank before the crash and sped up to 70 mph on curves, colliding with a car driven by Thomas Grabien and injuring Grabien, his wife, and their five year old son Otto.
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Cleveland
U.P
Hoye
Robert Hartwick
David Stuhr
Lakewood Country Club
Fred Bloch
John Wolf
Ralph Ream
Thomas A. Grabien
Trabien
Otto
Cuta
Police hunt slayer of Dayton war veteran
Dayton police began a search for the gunman who shot and killed Randy Siler, 44, a World War veteran, on a street early today. Four bullets were the only clue. Siler, who certified 18 bonus bonds Thursday, had not received payment on them. Police were told there was no struggle to rob him.
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Dayton
U.P
Randy Siler
Siler
First year since 1925 with no state bank liquidations
Columbus Ohio report by Samuel B. Squire, banking superintendent, notes 1954 marked the first 12 month period without state bank liquidations since 1925. The annual banking report highlights stability and warns on future oversight.
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Columbus
U.P
Samuel B. Squire
Brakeman Wins Race With Death
Henry Douchet a brakeman for the Pittsburgh Lisbon and Western Railway saved five year old Harold Peters from a railway trestle as a freight train bore down. He slid to a car ladder, grabbed the boy from danger, tossed him into the creek, and then plunged in to pull him to safety as the train thundered past.
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Lisbon
U.P
Henry Douchet
Douchet
Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railway
Harold Peters
Little Beaver Creek
Mother and Two Children Slain in Pittsburgh Home
Pittsburgh police probe a baffling murder scene where Mrs. Martin J. Feely and her two children, Robert 5 and Janice 3, were found strangled and stabbed. The mother had temple wounds from an ice pick. the home was locked from the inside, challenging theories of a parental killing followed by suicide. Feely was away at a summer camp in New Jersey.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Martin J. Feely
Robert
Janice
New Jersey
Bridge Board Bill Offered
COLUMBUS U P A proposal to increase the membership of the State Bridge Commission from three to five members was offered before the House and referred to the Highway Committee. Sponsored by Rep McCraw the bill aligns with Gov Davey suggesting southern representation in toll bridge decisions with West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio. Two members would hold opposite political faiths with staggered terms of two and four years.
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Columbus -U.P
State Bridge Commission
House of Representatives
Highway Committee
McCraw
Belmont County
Davey
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Agreement on Deficiency Bill Raises Hopes
Senator Holt of West Virginia contemplates filibuster against the Guffey Act as Borah opposes the bill in the Senate. Borah argues the measure would fix coal prices and calls for price fixing if oil and gasoline prices are to be fixed, signaling strong resistance before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
William E. Borah
Ida
Borah
Independent Party Names Ohio Ticket With Thatcher for Governor
The Independent Party in Ohio announced its state slate led by Addison Q. Thatcher former Toledo mayor as governor candidate. Raymond J. Jeffreys, who narrowly missed the Republican congressman-at-large nomination, heads the ticket and the party will also sponsor county official candidates this fall.
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Cleveland
U.R
Independent Party
Ohio
Raymond J. Jeffreys
Addison Q. Thatcher
Toledo
Thatcher
Paroles Granted to 51 Mansfield Inmates
The State Parole Board granted paroles to 51 inmates at Mansfield Reformatory in Columbus. Of 115 cases heard, 60 were continued. paroled inmates include Athens Carlton Chutes for forgery with Aug. 1 release and Alfred Bell for forgery, also Aug. 1, plus Gallia inmate Julian Smith for grand larceny on Aug. 1. Denver Bellville to burglary and larceny with Nov. 1 date.
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Columbus
U.P
State Parole Board
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Athens—Car] Chutes
Alfred Bell
Gallia
Julian Smith
Denver Bellville
Lima woman to be arraigned on smuggling charge
Mrs. Mary Hall, 44, of Cincinnati, was to be arraigned in Lima on a charge of smuggling a loaded revolver to her husband Raymond Hall, 46, at Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane. The gun failed to fire.
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Lima
U.P
Mary Hall
Cincinnati
Raymond
Lima State Hospital
Legislative jam eases as budget tax bill reached
United Press reports a breakthrough in Congress as months of friction loosen on the budget tax bill the linchpin of the impasse. Conference action hoped for Saturday in both houses with other bills advancing including deficiency appropriations and anti price discrimination measures. A filibuster threat looms from Sen Holt while two broad civil service and strike breaker measures move to the House must calendar.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
White House
Roosevelt
Healey
Treasury Post Office
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Rush D. Holt
W.va
UWMA
John L. Lewis
Holt
Lewis
Civil Service
William B. Bankhead
Plan To Rush Corporate Tax Bill Through
The New Deal moves to pass the $800 million revenue measure as Republicans and Democratic rebels oppose. Drafting experts finish a compromise bill taxing corporate income from 7 to 27 percent on retained earnings, with dividends taxed as ordinary income and small corporations exempted. The plan aims for $620 million permanent revenue and $517 million temporary revenue to fund farm programs and the soldiers’ bonus.
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Washington
Iu.p
Roosevelt
AAA
Federal prisoners riot on train en route to Leavenworth
Eight inmates crying for narcotics rioted Thursday while being moved from Toledo to Leavenworth. Guards subdued the group after about twenty minutes of furious milling as the train arrived at Chicago station.
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Chicago
U.P
Toledo
Leavenworth, Kan
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