Woman Hostage in Prison Office Held by Convicts Shot by Officers
Mrs. Ruth Joiner a 25 year old parole agent was held at gunpoint by three convicts in the Indiana State Prison hospital office. Warden Dowd ordered a police assault with guns and tear gas, rescuing Joiner as the four inmates and six others were wounded.
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Acme Telephoto
Ruth Joiner
Indiana State Penitentiary
Michigan City
Ind
Alfred H. Dowd
Indiana State Prison
Dowd
Richard Sweet
Alphonse Skusewich
Earl Niverson
Leroy Hunt
Sweet
Piotrowski
Mrs. Joiner
Hunt
Ellender Pushes Rule Change for Independent Unions
Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana said he would introduce an amendment to the Wagner Act to facilitate recognition of independent unions as bargaining agents. He spoke after Lawrence Sherman of Remington Rand testified about delays in labor board action on his petition for certification.
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Washington
U.P
Allen J. Ellender
Lawrence Sherman
New York
Remington Rand Company
Labor Board
Ellender
Sherman
Senate Labor Committee
Remington Rand
Indictments in Cemetery Lot Sales Probe Reach 53 Names
Federal marshals sought 44 of 53 people indicted in a grand jury investigation of cemetery lot sales in Cincinnati. Among those already seized were three Republican leaders, Dr. J Stewart Hagen Cincinnati Republican chairman Stewart Cooper assistant Hamilton County prosecutor and Charles Eisen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
J. Stewart Hagen
Stewart Cooper
Hamilton County
Charles Eisen
Trainman Crushed to Death by Freight Cars
William J. bole aged 52 a yard freight engine conductor for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was killed after his foot was caught in a switch Tuesday and two freight cars bore down crushing him as he shouted for help with no lantern to signal the engineer and a brakeman on a car failed to hear.
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Wheeling
W. Va
William J. Bole
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bob
Logan Woman Injured by Exploding Fruit Cans
Mrs. James Larson of Church Street was injured Monday evening when two cans of fruit exploded. She sustained deep arm lacerations and burns from flying glass, requiring ten stitches to close the wound.
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LOGAN
James Larson
Church St
Treaty Approves Cotton Rubber Exchange With Britain
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the exchange of American cotton for rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
Ohio farmers blamed for failing to hold markets
Ohio agriculture official W. Dale Hilbish said Ohio producers lose markets to out of state sellers because they lack market mindedness. He cited a 1937 apple bumper and urged grading packaging and joining community packing houses or auctions with inspector services to compete.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio
W. Dale Hilbish
State Agriculture Department
Hilbish
Daladier calls European crisis gravest since World War I
Daladier described the European situation as the gravest in 20 years amid rising tensions over Danzig and the Polish corridor. Nazi activity near the Hela peninsula and reports of a coup in Danzig stirred concern as Britain and Japan negotiate while US and French forces monitor ships and protect international interests.
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Daladier R
Europe
Sarajevo
Versailles
Japan
Great Britain
Tientsin
Danzig
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Edouard Daladier
Hela
Berlin
Senate of
Free City
Poland
Bigelow Plan Condemned by Business Leaders
In Painesville Ohio speakers from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce condemned the Bigelow constitutional amendments at a meeting of the chamber council. George O'Brien urged opposition arguing the plan would wreck Ohio's economy and government. The amendments seek a $50 monthly pension for residents 60 and over and would ease ballot amendment procedures.
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Painesville
U.P
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Painesville Chamber
George O’brien
Ohio Chamber
Ohio
Tony Galento Faces Joe Louis in Heavyweight Showdown
Tony Galento weighs 233½ pounds at noon official weigh in versus Joe Louis at 200½ pounds for the world heavyweight title fight set at Yankee Stadium. An estimated crowd of six thousand gathered at New York Boxing Commission HQ to glimpse the rivals and forecast favored Louis. Odds opened 6 to 1 for Louis and shortened to 5 to 1 by midday.
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NEW York
WUP
Tony Galento
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Galento
Louis
New York Boxing Commission
Worth Street
Britain Relents to Japanese Demands in China
In London today Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signaled Britain would concede to Japan's demand for neutrality at the British Concession in Tientsin to end the dispute. He said British authority there would remain, while neutrality would be strictly enforced to curb anti-Japanese activity.
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Britain
Japan
United States
France
Tokyo
Moscow
Constantine Smetanin
South China
China
U. S
Clarence E. Gauss
Shanghai
Foochow
Wenchow
London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tientsin
Chamberlain
Abe Fortas Named General Counsel for New Coal Division
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes designated Abe Fortas PWA general counsel as general counsel of the new bituminous coal division replacing the national bituminous coal commission effective July 1. Ickes said he will appoint the division head within days.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Abe Fortas
PWA
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Ickes
Noel and Taft wed in New York ceremony
Miss Blanca Duncan Noel daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis A Noel of New York City wed Robert Taft son of Senator and Mrs Robert A Taft of Cincinnati in a ceremony held here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Blanca Duncan Noel
Louis A. Noel
New York City
Robert Taft
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Lunch With President Roosevelt Amid Governors Conference
Delegates at the 31st annual governors conference prepare for a luncheon with President Roosevelt and a review of the United States Military Academy cadets today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
U.P
Annual Conference of Governors
Roosevelt
U. S. Military Academy
Civil War Vets Parade Today in Columbus
A small group of Civil War veterans will parade by the State Capitol this afternoon as the Ohio department of the Grand Army of the Republic holds its annual convention. Seventeen veterans are registered, with 91 year old Frank S. Morris of Chardon elected state commander by one vote over Rev. W. L. Hooper of Columbus. W. D. Christman of Glouster named to the council of administration.
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Columbus
Republic
Ohio Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Frank S. Morris
Chardon
GAR
W. L.hooper
W. D. Christman
Glouster
More Persons Get Aid For Aged This Month
Ohio's old age pensions rose by an average of three cents in June and aided 116,275 people with total pensions of 2,624,139 dollars. The Aid for the Aged Division chief Tom McCaw reported 5,092 new names added to the rolls since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Ohio
Tom McCaw
Aid For the
McCaw
Doctor Pleads Guilty in Baby Sale Case
Cleveland doctor John W. Tippie pleaded guilty to a child placing charge in the alleged sale of a newborn girl for 50 dollars to a Pittsburgh couple. Judge Stace deferred sentence as the baby's parents were summoned. Tippie denied selling the infant, while the mother Isabelle Farrell vowed to fight for the baby's return. The adopting couple Herman and Tonita Estelle were under review by a Pittsburgh agency to determine if they meet adoption qualifications.
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Cleveland
U.P
John W. Tippie
Pittsburgh
Jacob Stace
Tippie
Isabelle Farrell
Herman Season
Tonita Estelle
Ohio
Pitkin Leads Drive on Evils Of Civic Life
Walter B. Pitkin, author of Life Begins at Forty, proposed an American Middle Class Revolution to purge community problems. He aims to organize a league of the middle class starting in Elyria Lorain County Ohio to study and fix local issues such as gambling taxation relief and traffic laws before expanding to Ohio and other states.
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Cleveland
Walter B. Pitkin
Pitkin
League of the Middle Class
Elyria
Lorain
Ohio
Motor Trouble Forces Down Endurance Fliers
Springfield, Illinois two fliers Hunter Moody and Wilbur Parrish had spent more than six and a half days aloft in a bid to break the 218 hour record for light planes. Their 50 horsepower Miss Springfield landed at 5 40 a.m. CST after 160 hours aloft.
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Springfield
Hunter Moody
Wilbur Parrish
Decature
Miss Springfield
Dixie Clipper Opens Trans Ocean Service
Pan American Airways launches the Dixie Clipper flying boat on the first regularly scheduled passenger flight across the Atlantic from its Port Washington base at 2 p.m. The 41 ton craft marks an early milestone in trans ocean air travel.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Pan-American Airways
Seaplane Sinks Near Steubenville
An amphibian plane from Youngstown carrying sightseeing passengers overturned and sank on the Ohio River at Steubenville. All three aboard escaped unharmed: Robert Van Cise 23 Beaver Falls Pa owner M A Moltrup 35 Beaver Falls pilot and Samuel Lyons 35 ticket seller. They climbed to the bottom of the craft and were rescued by boys in a skiff.
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Steubenville
Youngstown
Ohio River
Robert van Cise
Beaver Falls
M. A. Moltrup
Samuel Lyons
Son Born to Parents of Boy Killed Last Week
Mr and Mrs E Bartow Jones welcomed a son in Holzer Hospital on Tuesday following the death of their two and a half year old son who was struck by an auto in front of their Pt Pleasant home last Thursday Mrs Jones formerly Miss Nedora Wilhelm a Gallipolis native also has a four year old daughter
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Gallipolis
E. Bartow Jones
Pt. Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Ohio Real Estate Mortgaged by National Debt Says 30 Percent
Rep. Dudley A. White of Ohio submitted to the House an analysis claiming the national debt amounts to an invisible mortgage of 30 percent on Ohio real estate values. He notes variances by county and cites local debts totaling about 800 million dollars, arguing the tax burden will rise as deficits grow and that the public misperceives who pays.
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Ohio
Washington
U.P
Dudley A. White
House
White
Lake County
Meigs County
Congressional Record
Fou
Gallia
Jackson
Perry
Vinton
Adams
Athens
Guernsey
Hocking
Lawrence
Monroe
Morgan, Noble and
Pike
FDR Faces Senate Cuts on Dollar Devaluation
Washington reports show House Democrats pressing a showdown over dollar devaluation with two days left in the session. Roosevelt warns that removal of his power would shift control to Wall Street and weaken national defense as Congress debates monetary policy and the relief bill.
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Washington
House
Administration
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Wall Street
Pat McCarran
White House
Mass Transfer of U S Aircraft Accomplished
Fifteen navy bombers with 105 officers and men arrived at Pearl Harbor at 8 50 a m PST completing another mass transfer of U S fighting aircraft from the mainland. The flight covered 2250 nautical miles from San Diego to Pearl Harbor in 16 hours 39 minutes a record for the distance.
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Honolulu
T. H
Pearl Harbor
U. S
San Diego
Frigidaire Reaches 5 Millionth Refrigerator Milestone
The Frigidaire Division of General Motors announced that its 5,000,000th automatic refrigerator was manufactured. This marked a major production milestone for the appliance maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Frigidaire
General Motors Corporation
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Alfred Dowd
Swain
Gallia County
James S
Clark
United Press
Tony
New Coal Division
Taft
Dixie Clipper
FDR
Treasury
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Works Progress Administration
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