Bomb plot trio confessed in police statement
The three men named in the confession are Arthur Scott George Bundas and John Borawei appearing as named. The defendants charged Gus Hall a CIO organizer in the Warren Niles strike sector planned the bombings. A warrant was issued for Hall after three arrested men said he supplied money for nitroglycerin and directed their actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Arthur Scott
George Bundas
John Borawei
Gus Hall
Warren - Niles
Hall
John L. Lewis
Youngstown
Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Canton
Trumbull County
Gas Hall C. L
Warren
Republic Property
Sheet &Tube Co
C. I
Lodge
Ohio Supreme Court Reverses, Upholds Muskingum Appeal Right
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed lower courts and upheld the Muskingum Conservancy District’s right to appeal damage awards even after it possessed land it sought to condemn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Muskingum Conservancy District
Glouster Backs Fresh Air Camp Plan for Athens County
Judge Louis Tyroler pitched an Athens County fresh air camp to Glouster Tuesday night and the town agreed to raise at least 125 dollars. Orange contribution tags are printed for sale by church youth across the area. Committees from Glouster and nearby towns will seek food donations and establish storage space as the plan targets an 83 acre Strouds Run farm with a 10 room house to serve undernourished children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Tyroler
Athens County
Glouster
Jacksonville
Trimble
Hollister
Judge Tyroler
Nelsonville
Athens
Phil F. Robinson
Martin Murphy
Kiwanis Club
Strouds Run
Yankees Score First Invading Win in Series
The United States Ryder Cup team defeated Britain in Southport England for the first invading win in the series. Gene Sarazen came from behind to beat Percy Alliss 1 up and Ed Dudley with Philadlephia beat Alf Perry 2 and 1. Henry Picard defeated Arthur Lacey 2 and 1. Final score 8 to 4 with five wins one halve two losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
England
U.P
America
United States
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield Center
Conn
Percy Alliss
Big Ed Dudley
Augusta
Philadelphia
Alf Perry
Henry Picard
Hershey
Arthur Lacey
Youths Admit Putting Iron on Train Tracks
Two Dyesville youths Albert Collins 13 and Merle Lowry 14 told railroad officers they laid iron on New York Central tracks near their home to see what would happen. The iron was removed minutes before a fast passenger train. A third youth, William Ogden 16, was arrested for shooting at signs on railroad property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Dyesville
Albert Collins
Merle Lowry
New York Central Railroad
William Ogden
Sloan forms shell firm to hold yacht title for tax cut
Treasury officials told the joint congressional tax committee that Alfred P. Sloan Jr., head of General Motors, created a corporation to own his yacht Rene, cutting his taxes by 128,528 dollars over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-Aup
Treasury
Joint
Congressional Tax Committee
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation Executive
Rene
Inglewood Slayer Sought After Three Girls Murdered
Fear grips Inglewood as detectives search for a killer who raped and strangled Madeline Everett 7 Melba Everett 8 and Jeanette Stephens 9. Police questioned suspects while crowds demanded action and District Attorney Baron Fitts posted a 2500 dollar reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglewood
Calif
Los Angeles
Marion Parker
California
Madeline Everett
Melba
Jeanette Stephens
Baron Fitts
Arrest Man Thought To Have Sold Nitroglycerin
Franklin Pa. Henry Huber 64 of Plumer Pa. held as alleged distributor of nitroglycerin and other explosives used in bombings on Warren and Niles steel strike fronts. Officers posing as C I O men arrested him. he pleaded not guilty at arraignment. District Attorney Maurice Breene and state police say he confessed stealing the explosives and selling them to bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
U.P
Henry Huber
Plumer
Warren and Niles
Committee For Industrial Organization
Huber
Foster L. Dale
Maurice P. Breene
New Deal Economy Drive Falls Short Figures Show
Washington reports the 1937 fiscal year closed with indications the economy drive fell about 150 million dollars short of expectations. Deficit was higher than projected but the smallest since the New Deal began. receipts topped revised estimates by up to 60 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Supervisor of Playground Is Back on Job
AKRON U P Jimmy Gunn recreation director and 25 playground workers were reinstated after children protested closures caused by the WPA curtailing activities. The group picketed city hall and to the mayor urging funds to reopen the playgrounds. The finance committee pledged to recommend transfers to reopen them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
U.P
Jimmy Gunn
Goodyear Heights
Gunn
WPA
City Hall
Lee D. Schroy
Schroy
Chicago Police Chief Endorses Actions at Republic Steel Disorder
Chicago Police Commissioner James P. Allman testified before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee that he fully approved the actions of his officers during the Memorial Day disturbances at the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago. He submitted a police report corroborating his stance as the La Follette inquiry opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
James P. Allman
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Allman
LaFollette
Strikes in Johnstown Seek Martial Law to Restore Order
Three unions involved in Bethlehem Steel strikes urge Governor Earle to declare martial law in Johnstown after two dynamite explosions damaged water pipelines and halted operations. Union leaders accuse Mayor Shields and police of failing to protect citizens as they demand federal and state protection. Bethlehem Steel offers a $10 000 reward for suspected attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown
Quemahoning
U.P
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
George H. Earle
Bethlehem
Cambria
James Mark
United Mine Workers
SWOC
C. W. Jones
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Mark
Pennsylvania
Daniel J. Shields
Shields
Roosevelt
Earle
Relief Bill Signed by Roosevelt To Aid Economic Recovery
President Roosevelt signed a $1.5 billion relief appropriation and, before leaving, also affixed his signature to a $630 million agriculture bill, a railroad retirement tax measure, and a two year nuisance tax extension totaling $650 million in miscellaneous levies including a three cent postage rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Agriculture Department
Parker Sr. Given Six Year Sentence
Ellis H. Parker Sr. and his son Ellis Parker Jr. were convicted of conspiracy to kidnap Paul H. Wendel. Parker Sr. received six years in a federal penitentiary while Ellis Parker Jr. drew a three year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker, Sr
Newark
N. J
Ellis H. Parker, Sr
Ellis, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Athenian Tries to Mail Letter in Supreme Court Box
A tourist from Athens Ohio named H G Householder tried to mail a letter in a fire alarm box at the Supreme Court Building on Tuesday. Police recorded his name and released him after he explained he mistook the red box for a mailbox as fire engines answered the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
H. G. Householder
Athens
Petitions Circulate on Judge Selection Amendment in Ohio
A state wide drive seeks a November vote on a constitutional amendment to make supreme and appellate court judgeships appointive. If approved, the governor would appoint judges from at least three nominees, with six year retention elections. The measure would allow counties to adopt appointive selection for local courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
AUP
Ohio Committee On Judicial Selection
Supreme Court
Courts of Appeals
Judicial Council
State Senate
Common Pleas
New Cabinet Moves To End French Financial Crisis
Paris premier Camille Chautemps and finance minister George Bonnet push emergency powers to devalue the franc and reopen the stock market after cross party support in the Chamber. Bonnet cites foreign urges for balanced budgets while warning against unpatriotic speculation against the franc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Great Britain
Bonnet
France
Ohio Supreme Court voids Forgiveness section of Intangible Tax Law
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Forgiveness provision of the Intangible Tax Law unconstitutional and void. It had allowed the Tax Commission to grant immunity to owners of stocks bonds and similar intangibles who failed to return property for taxation before the Classified Tax Law. The section aimed to spur disclosure by those hiding assets and paying lower intangibles tax rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
State ‘Tax Commission
Clash at Cleveland Knitting Mills as 1,200 storm picket lines
Police fought 1,200 strikers and non-strikers at Stone Knitting Mills in Cleveland when workers tried to reopen under an AFL drive. About 120 injured, 20 seriously, as CIO pickets faced 250 to 400 returning workers. Police say no gas or clubs used. officers kept rival groups apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Stone Knitting Mills
Ladies Garment Workers Union
CIO
American Federation of Labor
CSO
W.W. R. Woodward
A. F. of L
Woodward
Canton Non Strikers Stoned As They March Back to Jobs
Canton area violence marked a back to work march at Republic Steel and United Alloys as National Guardsmen protected gates. Hundreds of pickets stoned cars, guards warned crowds, tear gas and machine guns readied while unions and authorities handle arrests and ongoing labor dispute details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
AUP
Republic Steel Corp
United Alloys Division
Republic
Alloys
National Guard
United Front
CIO
The
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Roosevelt Calls Extremists to End Steel Strike
President Roosevelt urges an end to violence and backs a peace process to settle the seven state steel strike. The federal mediation board reports its activities to Secretary Frances Perkins and repeats a rejected plan requiring a labor board election before any pact with the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Frances Perkins
Labor Board
Complete Investigation of Ohio Pension Division Urged
A sub committee of the Ohio Senate Recodification Committee recommends a full inquiry into the Old Age Pension Division to protect taxpayers and recipients. It urges annual pension appropriations aligned to needs, retrenchment during high costs, review of liquor revenue, a bipartisan admin body, limits on executive increases, and tighter controls on eligibility and family responsibility. Profits from the state liquor monopoly and a $1 per gallon tax fund pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Senate
Columbus
Ohio Senate
Pension Division
Liquor Department
Artist Found Wading in Guysville Quarry
W H Harner age 23 from California was found wading in Ashcraft stone quarry near Guysville Tuesday afternoon. He told Sheriff Bayless and Deputy Evans this was “the ocean” and spoke of a sandy beach. A briefcase contained many drawings. Papers in his clothes led to his Massachusetts wife, who said she would arrange his return. Officers noted a temporary mental ailment.
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Ashcraft
Guysville
W. H. Harner
California
Charles Bayless
Charles Evans
Harner
Massachusetts
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Lawrence Bronson
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Stanton Ave
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Charles P. Taft
Mediation Board
Miss Perkins
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