Roosevelt Reveals 3.86 Billion Dollar Long Term Lending Plan
President Roosevelt outlined a 3.86 billion dollar long term lending program to Congress with 870 million to be disbursed in 1940. Loans would fund self liquidating projects and be financed by government guaranteed bonds outside the regular budget. He opposed earmarking WPA funds and warned no free money or added government costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
James F. Byrnes
Senate Special Unemployment Committee
House
Public Works Administration
L Am
Works Progress Administration
Huey Long's Brother Will Be Governor of Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports Gov. Richard W. Leche resigning due to illness and naming Lieut. Gov. Earl K. Long Huey Long’s younger brother as successor. Federal probes into WPA relief corruption shadow Louisiana politics as Leche vows to remain boss of the long established machine.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Long
Red Clay Hills
Earl
K. Long
Leche
Executive Mansion
Works Progress Administration
Washington
WPA
Alice Lee Grosjean
Shreveport
Leche, Maestri
Seymour Weiss
Bold Robbery Being Probed
Cincinnati police investigate a $6,000 robbery of a Pennsylvania Railroad express car, with two bandits boarding at Milford and escaping at Norwood Station. Guard T. E. McKernan, tied to a casket, reports a professional fingerman’s planning and the car’s loot. The inquiry is led by Railway Express Agency special agent George F. Hunter.
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Cincinnati
U.P
George F. Hunter
Terre Haute
Ind
Railway Express Agency
Pennsylvania Railroad
Milford
Union Terminal
T. E. McKernan
Hunter
Norwood
Wild Acclaim Greets Returning British Rulers
King George and Queen Mary return from Canada and the United States to a homecoming rivaling their New World reception. Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose join the royal party after a sea reunion aboard a destroyer.
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Southampton
England
King George
Queen Mary
Canada
United States
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Ohio Democrats Publish New 16 Page Paper
Columbus report says James G. Dunton announces the Democratic paper Ohio Democracy. The tabloid size publication contains 16 pages and is produced by staff at Democratic state headquarters.
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Columbus
Ohio Democrats
James G. Dunton
Ohio Democracy
Atlantic Plane Returns From Maiden Voyage
Marseilles reports the Pan American Airways flying boat Atlantic Clipper returning from its maiden transatlantic press view flight. It carried 12 passengers and departed Marignane Airport at 4 05 a m EST for New York.
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Marseilles
France
Pan American Airways
Marignane
New York
Pressview
Motorist Killed In Marion Auto Crash
Richard Peters aged 20 died when his car left the road at night and struck a tree. The fatal accident occurred on a Marion road, with Peters the sole occupant reported.
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Marion
U.P
Richard Peters
Bomb Victim J Milton Lee Noted for Threats
J Milton Lee aged 28 of Moorhead Minnesota was killed when a dynamite bomb exploded in his car as he turned the ignition. Police report warned he had received threats to his life.
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J. Milton Lee
Moorhead
Minn
Baker
Velma West Sightings Trigger Nationwide Manhunt
Authorities searched near Lima for Velma West 33 a hammer slayer and one of three women who escaped Marysville Women's Reformatory. A Kenton motorist said he picked up two women Monday one believed to be West and Virginia Brandy 19 of Akron. The motorist said West wore overalls a woolen jacket and a man's cap while the other wore a red dress. The women claimed they aimed for White Cloud Michigan via Ada and Lima. In Gallipolis a woman matching Mary Ellen Richards 23 was seen buying a dress similar to West’s accomplice and Florence Sheline 23 wore a pink dress given by West.
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Marysville
U.P
Lima
Velma West
Hammer
Marysville Women's Reformatory
Kenton
White Cloud
Mich
Ada
Gallipolis
Mary Ellen Richards
Florence Sheline
Buffalo Youth Found Dead in Canada Murder Probe
The nude body of 12 year old Donald Doto of Buffalo was found bound with a belt, shoelaces and tape in bushes near Fort Erie Ontario. Chief Constable A E Griffin identified the victim as Donald and said a Buffalo resident, Stuart A Nighswander, is being held in connection with the slaying.
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Fort Erie
Ont
U.P
A. E. Griffin
Donald Doto
Buffalo
Stuart A. Nighswander
Capture 2 in Stolen Car After Chase in City
Fremont police arrested Robert Taber and Patrick Darcy after a 60 mile per hour downtown chase. Both men, from New York and ages 20 and 21, face three warrants for armed robbery kidnapping and automobile larceny. They allegedly hijacked a ride from William Dunkel a 16 year old Canton resident, stole his car and $8, then left him tied to a tree near Findlay.
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Fremont
U.P
Robert Taber
Patrick Darcy
New York
William Dunkel
Canton
Findlay
Columbus and Toledo pitchers fined for abusive language
Pitchers Al Fisher of Columbus and Freddie Hutchinson of Toledo were fined $10 each by American Association President George M. Trautman for using profane and abusive language.
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Columbus
U.P
al Fisher
Freddie Hutchinson
Toledo
George M. Trautman
American Association
Ashland inspector restored to state highway post
Robert M. Greenluw of Ashland was reinstated as inspector of route markings in State Highway Division No. 3 by an order of Common Pleas Judge Robert P. Duncan of Franklin County.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert M. Greenluw
Ashland
Common Pleas
Robert P.duncan
Franklin County
Nations Refuse To Move Warships From Swatow
Great Britain and the United States defied a Japanese ultimatum and sent more warships to Swatow Harbor. The Pillsbury Thanet John D. Pope and H-51 refused to leave as tensions rose along the China coast with British French and American interests at stake. Meanwhile Japanese raids in Hankow raised concerns for L. W. Holland an American mission worker held by Tokyo authorities.
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Tientsin
China
Great Britain
United States
Swatow
Pillsbury
Thanet
Swatow Harbor
U. S
John D. Pope
Shanghai
Hankow
Yangtse
L. W. Holland
American Methodist Episcopal Mission
Holland
Haakow
Yarnell signals readiness to defend Americans in China
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, commander of the U S Asiatic fleet, rejects Japan's demand to pull American warships from Swatow and says U S vessels will protect American citizens wherever needed. He notes the Pillsbury withdrawal did not relieve U S personnel from responsibility for damage or injury. The China issue remains tangled as the U S seeks negotiation over open doors and treaty rights while Japan presses to limit foreign protections.
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Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Swatow Harbor
U. S
China
Yarnell
Pillsbury
Swatow
Americ
State Department
Japan
Tientsin
United States
Bill Sends War Rivers Bill to White House for Signature
The Senate approved a minor house amendment to the conference report on the war department rivers and harbors and flood control appropriation bill and sent it to the White House for the president. The bill appropriates 305 million dollars and includes 1.3 million for the Muskingum Conservancy District in Ohio.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
War Department
White House
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ohio
Revenue agents crack down on Cincinnati scalpers
Field agents of the internal revenue department opened a drive against Cincinnati baseball ticket scalpers today announcing that one arrest had been made.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue Department
Senators Fight Monetary Bill Threat to Senate Filibuster
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warned the Treasury would meet any emergency if Congress fails to pass the administration monetary bill as western Senators seek to block it with filibusters. Roosevelt would lose authority to devalue the dollar and extend the stabilization fund after June 30 without renewal. Western lawmakers insist on raising the price paid for domestically mined silver and persist to block the measure.
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Washington
U.P
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Congress
Administration
Senate
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Walt Mason Dies at 75 in California Poet and Journalist
Walt Mason, noted poet, humorist, and newspaperman, died at his California home after a lingering illness. He was 75, born May 4, 1862 in Columbus, Ohio. Mason gained national fame selling poems to more than 200 papers in the United States and Canada.
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Globe
United States
Canada
Walt Mason
Frontier
Columbus
Walt
New York State
New York
Ohio
Illinois
St. Louis
Summer Arrives In Ohio With Longest Day Ahead
Ohio welcomed summer as the sun began its longest day of the year at 5 03 a m with sunrise at 5 03 and sunset at 8 04 p m. The forecast called for showers and cooler conditions in western Ohio with partly cloudy skies and showers in the southeast on Friday.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Employers Gain Right to Petition for Elections
The National Labor Relations Board announced new rules granting employers a limited right to petition for collective bargaining elections. It allows investigation and hearings under Section 9 when two or more bona fide unions claim a majority but none petitions for certification. The AFL urged adding unions party to a Wagner Act contract to be parties in any board proceeding affecting the contract.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Board
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Major Reese Fights Ouster
Major Victor Reese of North Ridgeville alleges he was suspended as superintendent of the Ohio National Guard Arsenal for refusing to discuss testimony given to federal investigators by Adjutant General Emil F. Marx. Reese denied the charge of insubordination and did not reveal the federal probe's details, while Fifth Corps Area investigators examined the disposal of canned milk in state possession.
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Columbus
4U.P
Ohio National Guard
Emil F. Marx
Victor Reese
North Ridgeville
Reese
State Civil Service Commission
Fifth Corps Area Army
State repays $600 loss after anonymous note
Columbus Ohio state treasurer Don H Ebright received six $100 bills and a note confessing misappropriated income from a state commodity. The anonymous message asked to deposit the cash in the treasury without publicity.
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Columbus
State of Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Treasury
Windsors Await King Talk Before Going to U S News Writers
The Duke of Windsor will decide on returning to Britain or visiting the United States only after a telephone discussion with King George. A spokesman cited concerns the prior informal reception for American press could be misread, noting the couple’s clear wish to visit the U S when possible.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
United States
King George
Duke
Bicyclists Collide W Va Youth Killed
In Parkersburg West Virginia a midnight bicycle collision killed 15 year old Leo Markley and injured another rider Paul Jack who was riding downhill. Markley suffered a brain concussion and Jack was hospitalized.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
U.P
Leo Markley
Markley
Paul Jack
Jack
Inspectors Appointed as Deputy State Mine Inspectors
Columbus report lists Joshua Matheny Hocking County L L Lodwick Poland and Henry Ley Glouster as deputy state mine inspectors with salaries of 2200 dollars.
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Columbus
U.P
Joshua Matheny
Hockling County
L. L. Lodwick
Poland
Henry Ley
Glouster
Roosevelt proposes permanent revolving fund for self liquidating loans
President Roosevelt urged a permanent policy to develop and maintain a revolving fund fed by earnings from government investments to finance new projects during employment downturns. He detailed six loan categories totaling billions with 1940 allocations and called for expanding the U S Housing Authority borrowing authority by 800 million dollars.
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U. S
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Rotary Hears Plea To Oust False Leaders
At the International Rotary Clubs session in Cleveland Cor nelius D Garretson of Wilmington Delaware urged Rotarians to promote amicable employer employee relations and international friendship He said business should oppose the false leadership of politicians and cited Norman A McLarty Ottawa Ontario postmaster general of Canada who urged focus on international goodwill Garretson offered a formula to save time wasted in employer disputes and stressed the danger of fascism.
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Cleveland
U.P
International Rotary Clubs
Cornelius D. Garretson
Wilmington
Del
Delaware Manufacturers Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Norman A. McLarty
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Death of Ohio Christmas Tree Slayer Revealed
Elyria Ohio reports the death of William Case aged 82 known as the Christmas Tree slayer. Case died after a three week illness following a December shooting at his farm when he killed William Rousseau and wounded Mae Rousseau during a tree theft for their children’s Christmas. Case had been charged with manslaughter but not indicted.
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Elyria
William Case
Columbia Township
Case
William Rousseau
Grafton
Mae Rousseau
Oriental Scheduled To Die in Chair July 12
Ohio set to execute Pang Young, a Cincinnati Chinese man, on July 12 for murder during a robbery of a Negro laundryman. The state supreme court denied his appeal, and Governor Bricker could still intervene to stay the sentence.
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Oriental
Columbus
Bricker
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Pang Young
Cincinnati
Catsup Bottle Explosion Kills Woman in Bellaire
A catsup bottle exploded as Mrs. Harry Housauer aged 56 opened it several days ago. She died from injuries today after a glass shard penetrated her abdomen.
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Bellaire
Harry Frankhauser
Ohio veterans choose Akron for 1940 encampment
Members of the Ohio Department of the Union Spanish War Veterans and its auxiliaries concluded their state encampment with officer installations and the selection of Akron as the site for the 1940 meeting late yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of the Union
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