Rescue hoped as Transcontinental plane vanishes over California
Nine aboard a Transcontinental and Western Air plane from San Francisco to Los Angeles are missing after last contact near Shaver Lake. Heavy snow, rain, and mountain terrain hinder search efforts as officials fear the craft may have landed intact in a snowbound valley.
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Fresno
Calif
Western Air
San Francisco
Los Angeles
John D. Graves
U.P
Here
Shaver Lake
Tehachapi Mountains
Bakersfield
TWA
Donald Black
the Airways
Black
C. G. Landry
Southern California Edison
Big Creek
Republicans Promise To Use Graft Evidence In Campaign
Ohio Legislature's historic session ends after three months of debate and sharp graft charges. Republicans pledge to wield corruption evidence against the Davey administration in campaigns while closing inquiries. Legislation mainly allocates miscellaneous funds near 4.5 million, with apportionment for Ohio University noted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Davey
Senate Committee
Ohio University
Senate
Verner E. Metcalf
Washington
Francis Poulson
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Poulson
William McCulloch
Miami
Kent State
Bowling Green
Ohio State
Wilberforce
National Guard
Rescue at Sea Aboard Cornwall Aids Disabled Steamer Kommendine
A British warship H. M. S. Cornwall tows the disabled steamer Kommendine after the vessel lost its rudder off the coast of France. The scene shows a salvage tug aboard a towline as dialogue on relief funds and state actions fill the wider report. The piece also notes political sparring over liquor warehouse contracts and upcoming radio talks on the senate inquiry.
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H. M. S. Cornwall
France
Flood devastates Southern California leaving thousands stranded
A disastrous flood swept Southern California from the rain soaked mountains to the sea. It drowned dozens and caused estimated damages of 25 million dollars. The city of Los Angeles was isolated as waters rushed through streets forcing thousands to flee. The Weather Bureau later announced the crisis had passed.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
U.P
California
New 38 Tax Bill Moves Through House Today
The administration's 38 tax bill advances in the House as Chairman Robert L. Coughton of the Ways and Means Committee opens a 319 page measure. It repeals the Treasury salary reporting rule for corporations earning over 15, raises capital gains relief, and imposes penalties on closely held firms. Republicans say the plan omits taxes tied to current economic sentiment. The proposal does not affect 1937 income but takes effect January 1, 1938.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Treasury
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Senate transfers Bulkley highway bill to post roads panel
The Senate voted 38 to 36 to move the super highway bill sponsored by Sen. Robert J. Bulkley from Banking and Currency to Post Office and Post Roads. The proposal would fund 2 billion dollars for a nationwide highway system for jobs defense and safety. The move signals likely death or delay for the measure despite Bulkley's reluctance to abandon it.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Robert J. Bulkley
Banking and Currency Committee
Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Bulkiey
Post Office Committee
Mother Faces Charge Of Abandoning Baby In Toledo
Detroit police say 23 year old Mrs Irma Szabo will be returned to Toledo to face a charge of abandoning her month old son there last Tuesday night She had left her husband and 3 year old daughter in Logan West Virginia and moved to Detroit last April then took the baby to Toledo where neighbors complained the infant cried loudly
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Detroit
A.P
Irma Szabo
Toledo
Train Crash Kills Engineer Richard Boyd in West Virginia
Richard Boyd 44 of Honaker Virginia died when a locomotive struck a rock near Jaeger West Virginia early today. Two Norfolk and Western coal train crew members were injured.
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Welch
W. Va
U.P
Richard Boyd
Honaker
Norfolk & Western
Jaeger
Former New Dealer Calls Administration Frustrated
Raymond Moley, Roosevelt era adviser, told Union League Club he believes opportunism and impatience have frustrated the Federal Government. He warned five years of the New Deal have seen wasted opportunity and called for mobilizing new enthusiasm to advance public welfare and progress. Moley, now a magazine editor and Columbia professor, criticized the Roosevelt administration’s course since 1935.
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Chicago
U.P
Raymond Moley
Union League Club
Moley
Columbia University
Roosevelt
Nurses Sit-Down Standoff Hits Champaign County Hospital
Seven nurses at Champaign County Hospital continue a sit-down in the nurses’ quarters as county commissioners meet to decide action on demands to dismiss hospital supervisor Ruth Clyburn and assistant Lora Moore. Nurses accuse favoritism and conflicting orders amid staffing from Cleveland Springfield and Urbana. The county medical society says commissioners must settle the strike.
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Urbana
U.P
Champaign County Hospital
Ruth Clyburn
Lora Moore
Cleveland
Springfield
The
County Medical Society
Packer Urges Premium for Annual Wage Plan
Jay C. Hormel of Austin Minnesota a meatpacker told the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee that the government should offer a premium to industries adopting an annual wage plan. He cited his plant of about 4000 workers as a model and said the premium would cover the risk of adopting the plan.
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Washington
U.P
Jay C. Hormel
Austin
Minn
Packer
Hormel
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Coal Commission Sets Plan to Restore Coal Minima
The National Bituminous Coal Commission met to outline procedures for establishing new minimum prices on soft coal, replacing revoked levels. Officials expect at least four months to complete the minima framework.
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Washington-Hau P
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Rickenbacker Seeks Control of Eastern Air Lines
A proposed purchase of Eastern Airlines by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and partners, totaling about 3.5 million dollars, is being formalized and will be presented to stockholders around March 14. North American Aviation president J. H. Kimbelberger disclosed the plan today.
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Washington
AU P
Eastern Airlines
Eddie Rickenbacker
Haines Enters Politics as Auditor Candidate
Jesse Haines longtime St. Louis Cardinals player and Dodgers coach announced his bid for the Montgomery County auditor Republican nomination at the August primary.
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Haines
Dayton-Hup
Jesse Haines
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Montgomery County
Ohio PUC allows C and O to abandon Hooker station
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission authorized the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to abandon the Hooker station in Fairfield County, effective April 1.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Hooker
Fairfield County
Bandit Kills Patron Amid Armed Robbery in Cleveland
A 28 year old Jack Lesgan, circulation employee of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, was shot to death by a bandit during a restaurant holdup in Cleveland. Police pursued the suspect as details of the robbery emerged.
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Cleveland
Jack Lesgan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Negotiations Seek Trans Atlantic Air Service by 1939
Commerce and State Department officials said they are negotiating with Great Britain France and Germany for airline terminal facilities that could enable scheduled trans Atlantic air service by the summer of 1939. Officials note aircraft development supports the plan and anticipate a 20 hour or shorter flight across the ocean as international competition heats up.
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Washington
O.P
Commerce and State Department
Great Britain
France
Germany
Commerce Department
North Atlantic
Ocean
Body of Drowned Meigs Boy Searched In Vain
In Pomeroy Ohio 11 year old Robert Hendricks drowned in the Ohio River Tuesday. A multi day search by Middleport and Pomeroy fire departments county officers and volunteers failed to locate the body. Dynamite was used as a last resort to raise the body to the surface.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hendricks
Ohio River
Middleport
British Army Cost Set At Half Billion Dollars
London U P Army estimates total £106,500,000 for the year starting April 1 as part of a 1.71625 billion defense program for 1938. Government bonds fell on the stock exchange amid fears of vast ongoing expenditures with no end in sight.
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London
U.P
Government
Stock Exchange
Ransom for 12-year-old Levine Paid May Be Ready
New Rochelle New York report says ransom to free 12 year old Peter Levine may have been paid or is about to be paid. Rabbi Abraham Nowak intermediary for Murray Levine returned home after a private engagement, as Evelyn Arkin found a third note from the kidnapers demanding $60 000.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
U.R
Peter Levine
Rabbi Abraham Nowak
Murray Levine
Nowak
Evelyn Arkin
Beth-El Synagogue
Governor Orders Dismissal of Highway Engineer
Governor Davey ordered State Highway Director John Jaster Jr to discharge Harry Sparks, a bituminous engineer, and abolish his position after Sparks testified before the graft investigating committee. Sparks claimed the state paid more than a reasonable price for hot mix materials while other states paid less for comparable quality.
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Columbus
MUP
Davey
John Jaster, Jr
Harry Sparks
State Senate
Sparks
Civil Service
Investigation of TVA Probe Demanded by Board Leader
Chairman Arthur E. Morgan urged a congressional investigation into the Tennessee Valley Authority. He blamed internal TVA quarrels on his push for honesty openness decency and fairness in government rather than the power issue. He cited conspiracy secretiveness and bureaucratic manipulation as the underlying attitude.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Ambassador Wilson Presents Credentials to Hitler in Berlin
The new American ambassador Hugh R. Wilson met Adolf Hitler at the presidential palace and delivered his credentials as both nations voiced hopes for better relations.
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Wilson
Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Hugh R. Wilson
Mrs. Mary E. Kinnison Dies in Murray City Home
Mrs. Mary E. Kinnison age 66 died at her Murray City residence Wednesday. She is survived by her husband James a daughter Mrs. Glenna Shuttleworth a granddaughter Robyn two sisters Mrs. James Adkins Columbus and Mrs. Margaret Ditty Wellston and a brother Calvin Cunningham Dayton. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 30 PM at the residence conducted by Rev. Taylor. Burial will follow in Murray City.
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Mary E. Kinnison
Murray City
James
Glenna Shuttleworth
Robyn
James Adkins
Columbus
Margaret Ditty
Wellston
Calvin Cunningham
Dayton
Taylor
Man Survives Gas Death After Lighted Cigarette
In San Francisco Alfred B. Shelby, 34, lit a cigarette in a gas filled apartment while awaiting death. A hospital doctor said the cigarette caused an explosion that drew police and saved his life.
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San Francisco
Calif
Alfred B. Shelby
Appoint Three New Mine District Deputies
State Industrial Relations Director Ora O Chapman appoints three mine district deputies from the Civil Service list. Lawrence Misner of Middleport serves Southern Ohio, John W Harris of Cadiz serves Harrison and Belmont Counties, and John Price of Midvale serves Tuscarawas County. Each deputy will earn 2100 dollars annually.
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Columbus
U.P
Ora O. Chapman
Division of Mines
Lawrence Misner
Middleport
Ohio
John W. Harris
Cadiz
Harrison
Belmont
John Price
Midvale
Tuscarawas County
Civil Service
Chinese Chief To Head Jap Controlled Province
Tong Shao Yi, former premier after 1911, agreed to lead a Japanese controlled mid China provisional government to be set up at Nanking. A Columbia graduate, he is viewed by many as the likely head of a permanent Peiping regime.
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Shanghai
U.P
Tong Shao-Yi
Chinee Republic
Mid - China
Nanking
Tong
Columbia University
New York
Peiping
Senate graft inquiry ends with adjournment and election impact
The three month Ohio Senate graft inquiry ends as the Legislature adjourns. Findings described bribery rumors and inflated coal costs, with witnesses naming Gov Davey connections. Public opinion is expected to judge the case in the November election.
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Senate
Ralph Teatsorth
United Press
Columbus
Suit Alleges Breach of Promise by Steubenville Rector
In Steubenville federal court Cora Lillian Burnham a 43 year old divorcee alleges Rev. Harold C. Zeis broke a 1935 marriage agreement and wed Emma Sharpe in January 1936. Burnham seeks 100000 dollars for breach of promise and says she met Zeis in 1925.
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Steubenville
Cora Lillian Burnham
Harold C. Zeis
Emma Sharpe
Burnham
Mr. Zeis
Winter Wheat Crop Will Be Much Lower
Chicago experts estimate 1938 winter wheat production between 650 and 668 million bushels. Analysts Donovan and Murray set midpoints at 650 and 668 million, averaging 659 million, down 26 million from 1937 but above the USDA December forecast by 30 million. Five year US average was 623 million.
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Chicago
U.P
H. C. Donovan
Thomson & McKinnon
Nat C. Murray
Clements, Curtis
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
AAA Sets Ohio Corn Acreage Allotments for 12 States
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced corn acreage allotments totaling 40,491,279 acres for 566 counties in 12 commercial corn producing states. Ohio receives 2,251,779 acres in 57 counties under the new farm program allotments set by county committees for individual farms.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ohio
Loyalist Bombardment Hits Insurgent Battle Cruiser
In Hendaye the Spanish government reported 12 sailors killed and 20 wounded after Loyalist aircraft bombed the insurgent battle cruiser Almirante Cervera following its participation in a bombardment of Valencia and Sagunto.
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Hendaye
Barcelona
Almirante Cervera
Valencia
Sagunto
Suitor Kills Divorcee in Beauty Shop
Cleveland police reconstruct romance behind a fatal in beauty parlor. Miss Laura Cooke, 28, a blonde divorcee, was killed while servicing a customer. her married suitor Edward C. Gruneske, 46, killed by self-inflicted wound after the slaying.
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Cleveland
Laura Cooke
D'Annunzio Buried as National Hero in Italy
In Gardone Italy Gabriele D'Annunzio the renowned poet and wartime figure was accorded a national hero funeral today with full ceremonial honors.
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D’annunzio
Gardone
Italy
U.P
Gabriele D’annunzio
Devastating California Flood Strands Cities and Movie Colony
Severe rain caused floods and slides from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Los Angeles Riverside and Long Beach suffered major damage with 6.25 inches in 24 hours and 10.65 inches in four days. Bridges collapsed marooning residents. 10 drowned in Santa Ana River flood. Military rescue teams aided victims. movie stars stranded in hillside homes.
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Emergency Relief Council
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Pacific
Navy
Randolph Street
Haywood
Colony
North Hollywood High School
Disaster Relief Council
Venice
Santa Monica
Compton
Lennox
Bell
van Nuys
Lomita
Culver City
Veteran Alfred Doctor Dies at Home of Son
Dr. C. F. Guthrie age 78 died at his son's home in Alfred this morning. He leaves his wife an invalid a daughter Mrs. Clara O'Brien of the Philippine Islands a son Harry two grandchildren Charles O'Brien and Maxine Guthrie and a brother Lycurgus Guthrie. Funeral services will be held at the Alfred M E Church Saturday at 10 30 AM Burial will be in Mound Cemetery.
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Alfred
C. F. Guthrie
Harry Guthrie
Guthrie
Hunterdon Mine Is Closed Indefinitely
Glouster announces Mine No. 267 at Hunterdon will close indefinitely. Supt. Jake Maurer states the large workforce from Glouster and nearby areas is affected by the stoppage at the city’s largest local operation.
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Hunterdon
Glouster
Jake Maurer
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