Camp Athens CCC to Move After North Hill Lease Ends
Official orders from Fifth Corps Army Headquarters direct 124 World War veterans, four officers, and six foresters at Camp Athens to evacuate North Hill and relocate to a Nelsonville site described as government property. Capt. M. J. Moon says tents will house troops east of Nelsonville until barracks are erected. move expected by mid July with portable barracks likely from nearby camps.
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Fifth Corps
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Athens
CCC
Nelsonville
Lock, Stock, and Barrel
J. Clyde Edmundson
H. Wescott Roach
North Hill
Camp Officanls
Edmundson
M. J. Moon
Gove
Captain Moon
Nelsonville Camp
Cutler
Malta
Athens County
Donahey Walks Out on Farley at Philadelphia
Charlie West, chairman of the Ohio delegation, seconded Franklin D Roosevelt's presidential nomination for Ohio at the Democratic national convention. West accepted the honor at Farley's request after Donahey declined and returned to Washington on a business matter.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Charlies West
Ohio
Franklin D
West
James A Farley
U. S
Vic Dovahey
Washington
Great Lakes Exposition Opens Saturday in Cleveland
Preparations for the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland are underway with enthusiasm as flags are displayed and colors gleam in the festive setup ahead of the Saturday opening.
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Cleveland
Jury Hears Details Of Rattler Murder At Trial
Los Angeles reports Charles H Hope testified in the murder trial of Robert S James. Hope described how James planned his wife Mary Busch James’s killing for a $20 000 insurance payout. He recounted buying rattlesnakes and bringing them to La Crescenta where Mrs James was restrained and bitten.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Hope
Mary Busch James
Robert S. James
James
Hope
la Crescenta
Robinson
Arkansas
Robbers Nab New York Salesmen In $100000 Diamond Theft
Four bandits kidnapped two New York jewelry salesmen on a Chicago North Side street and robbed them of uncut diamonds valued at $100,000. The men were seized and robbed in a bold daytime heist.
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Chicago
New York
Scientific study uses windo ws to watch steer digestion
In Wooster Ohio five steers at the Ohio Experimental Station have windows in their left sides for digestive observation and feeding tests conducted under Paul Gerlaugh. Officials say the animals suffer no discomfort.
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Wooster
U.P
Gellett Burgess
Ohio
Paul Gerlaugh
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Burns Fatal to Child in Urbana Incident
A child named Glenna Ifith Shank, age four, died from burns sustained when she fell into a trash fire in Urbana. The accident occurred today and authorities are investigating the incident.
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Burns
Urbana
Glenna Ifith Shank
Lemke doubles down on embargo and pensions plan
Rep William Lemke pledged to push radical reforms if elected president. His platform calls for a foreign product embargo an old age pension for all over sixty state run relief and a new currency to retire government bonds. Backer Rev Charles Coughlin announced a $500000 campaign fund and expects victory. Lemke targets Ohio New England Michigan and other regions with Indiana as a close race.
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Royal Oak
Mich
U.P
William Lemke
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Lemke
North
Ohio
New England
Michigan
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Indiana
Salesman in Desperate Pain Fatally Shoots Self During Call
George Lepsch a 27 year old Columbus salesman was talking on a long distance phone call with a friend in Pittsburgh when he said he was in desperate pain and then shot himself. Police reported the incident occurred Thursday night in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
George Lepsch
Pittsburgh
Lepsch
Platform Is Adopted in Short Order
Roosevelt and Democratic leaders pressed a nationwide New Deal platform in the 1936 campaign. The convention endorsed cooperation between federal and state governments, constitutional safeguards for regulation of commerce, a reciprocal tariff policy, and a sound currency. Landon backed a constitutional amendment if needed to regulate hours and wages.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Philadelphia
U.P
Roosevelt
Democratic National Convention
Alf M. Landon
London
Rooseveltian
Minimum Wage Law in Ohio Heads to Court Challenge
Ohio's minimum wage law which shields about 15 000 women and minor workers went on trial in Columbus before a three judge federal court. A granted restraining order would effectively void enforcement as provisions would cease automatically.
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Columbus
Ohio
Noted Surgeon Dies After Heart Attack
Columbus surgeon and professor emeritus Dr. Charles Hamilton, 73, died in a hospital an hour after a heart ailment struck him. He was a longtime Ohio State University faculty member.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles 8. Hamilton
Ohio State University
Funeral for George Pearman Held at Sumner
Funeral for George Pearman who died Thursday at his Sumner home will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the residence with burial in the Sumner cemetery.
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Pomeroy
George Pearman
Sumner
Unanimity urged as Dem delegates gather in Philadelphia
Democratic delegates gathering in Philadelphia press for unanimity on open questions. The convention faces a potential clash over abolishing the two thirds rule for presidential nominations while speakers praise unity and rail against opposition. The mood remains tense as intraparty tensions surface amid chants and demonstrations.
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Union organizers beaten in Alabama clash at Goodyear plant
In Birmingham a mob of about 400 attacked United Rubber Workers organizers who had arrived with a $100,000 unionization plan for the Goodyear plant in Gadsden. The organizers were injured and their office wrecked. Police said the mob included non union workers from nearby plants and bystanders labeled as native laborers upset by foreign participation.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.P
United Rubber Workers of America
Gadsden
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
State Parole Board Grants 47 Releases
The State Parole Board released 47 inmates from London Prison Farm with one conditional release. Forty one cases were continued from nine heard. Paroled individuals include Leva Braley Arson Havre Reeves Arson Leroy Perry Arson James Call Burglary Harley Stewart Manslaughter. Continued cases include Homer Scott shooting to kill to June 1938.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
London
Meigs— Leva Braley
Havre Reeves
Leroy Perry
James Call
Hocking
Harley Stewart
Athens Homer Scott
Grandstand Collapse Injures Two During Carnival Event
In Philadelphia 38 people were hurt when a grandstand collapsed at a carnival honoring the Democratic national convention. Two remain in hospital while the rest suffered cuts and sprains, none serious.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Court Rules Rail Pension Act Unconstitutional
Justice Jennings Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme Court declares the Railroad Retirement Act unconstitutional, striking down a program intended to provide pensions for U S railroad workers.
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Washington
Ll.p
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Chaos at Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia riot
A wild Philadelphia night at the Democratic National Convention ends in a full riot. Spectators topple a reviewing stand injuring 36 while interlopers wave Al Smith banners, boo and uproar erupts as police and Red Cross workers aid the injured. Delegates flood Broad Street to party as bars stay open all night.
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Philadelphia
al Smith
Red Cross
Providence
Arthur W. Mitchell
Chicago
Smith
South Carolina
Broad &T
Hippee
New Kiwanis International Chief Elected for 1936 37
A. Copeland Callen of Urbana Illinois elected head for 1936 37 at the Washington DC convention Callen leads the University of Illinois mining and metallurgical engineering department and is regarded as a leading mining educator.
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Kiwanis International
A. Copeland Callen
Urbana
Ill
Washington, D. C
Callen
University of Illinois
Chinese Lords Move Toward July Conflict in China
Canton report says General Chen Chi Tang’s Canton rebels invade Kwangsi Province in retaliation for Chiang Kai Shek’s army. Sporadic fighting continues in Hunan as Li Tsung Jen’s forces attack Nanking troop concentrations at Hengchow. Newspapers warn July 1 marks full mobilization for a coordinated bid to topple Chiang and unite China against Japan.
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Canton
China
Kwangtung- Kwangsi
Nanking
Chen-Chi-Tang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Citizens Aid Village Police Stand Ready at Wheeling Steel Plants
About 100 volunteers prepare to police the paralyzed strike front in New Boston as deputizing by Circuit Judge Kimble nears completion. Sheriff Oakes says the expanded force may be authorized. prior violence left one man dead and others wounded Tuesday while strikers damaged a railroad spur near the plant.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Wheeling Steel Corporation
New
Boston
B. F. Kimble
Arthur Oakes
Clarence Highfield
New Boston
Australian boy gets nail removed from lung in Philadelphia
Three year old Kelvin Rogers of Boort Australia traveled halfway around the world to seek care and underwent successful lung surgery at Temple University to remove a nail.
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Philadelphia
Kelvin Rogers
Boort
Australia
Temple University
Norris Attacks Landon. Backs Roosevelt Campaign
Senator George Norris of Nebraska assailed Governor Alf M. Landon’s Republican bid after a White House luncheon and signaled he will campaign for President Roosevelt in the coming election.
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Norris
Landon Washington
U.P
George Norris
Alf M. Landon
White House
Rogecvelt
Roosevelt Named Democratic Nominee In Convention Nominating Pace
President Roosevelt, at his White House desk, hears his own nomination for a second term via portable radio. John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie nominates him in Philadelphia. Garner to be renominated with Roosevelt at Franklin Field. Nominators plan 48 simultaneous introductions via state governors and a large audience in Virginia and Charlottesville July 4 address.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
United States
John E. Mack
Stephen T. Early
Philadelphia
Alabama
New York
Robinson
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mack
New Deal Organization
TVA
The
Federal Power Authority
Social Securities Act
Garner
Franklin Field Stadium
Joseph T. Robinson
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Virginia
Skyline Drive
Virginia Blue Ridge
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson
Armaments Increase Reported for 1936 in London
The London Morning Post reports German and UK armament spending rising in 1936 totaling 900 million pounds with detailed figures in pounds and pence. The boost signals growing preparation ahead of broader European tensions.
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London
London Morning Post
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Jackie Cooper
California
Mickey
Rowland Brown
WM. F. Smiley
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Joe Robinson
Barkley
Second Ward
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