Loyalist General Seizes Madrid Government
Loyalist General Casado leads a defense council to overthrow the Negrin cabinet in Madrid. The move aims to unite Republicans for a unified effort toward an honorable peace. Nationalist authorities warn resistance will be punished and reports say Republican ships and crews contest mutiny near Cartagena.
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Hendaye
Europe
Republican Defense Council
Juanegrin
Sigismundo Casado
Oran
Cartagena
Mediterranean
Negrin
Casado
Socialist General Confederation of Labor
AGT
National Labor Confederation
CNT
France
Madrid
Spain
Lisbon
Burgos
Cargatena
Wreck Claims Three, Leaves Survivors in Athens Area
A Sunday morning crash on South Bridge near Athens killed Ruth Jinks and Charles Brown and seriously injured driver Lloyd Martin. Passengers Lauretta Birg Willis Hull and others had been riding around Athens before the fatal collision in heavy rain. Funeral services for Jinks and Brown are planned in Athens with burials at local cemeteries.
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Lloyd Martin
Hooper Sr
Ruth Jinks
Lower Plains
Charles N. Brown
Stella Ave
Martin
South Bridge
Sune
Charles Bayless
Athens
Miss Jinks
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Brown
Lauretta Birg
Willis Hull
Francis Martin
Miss Birg
Hulls
Mechanicsburg
James E. Householder
Firing Squad Executes Spy in French Navy
Toulon France Marc Aubert a French naval ensign was executed by firing squad at Malbousquet Fortress for selling navy secrets to a foreign power to fund a romantic cause. The case marks an unprecedented peacetime espionage execution amid global tensions.
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Toulon
France
U.P
Marc Aubert
Malbousquet
Aubert
Pope Pius XII Urged to Rest Ahead of Coronation
Vatican physician Dr Aminta Milani advised Pope Pius XII to ease his workload in the days before the five hour coronation ceremony next Sunday. Tired by recent duties and a fall prior to election, the new pontiff has faced strenuous schedules since the death of Pius XI.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XII
Aminta Milani
Vatican
Pius XI
Bank President Dies in Columbus
Avery G. Clinger aged 51 president of the Ohio National Bank of Columbus died suddenly of a heart ailment Sunday.
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BANK
Columbus
U.P
Avery G. Clinger
The
Ohio National Bank of Columbus
Committee To Start Work On Relief Bill This Week
Urban counties urge local matching funds as a biennial relief program is prepared by a joint House Senate committee. The general appropriation bill should be ready about March 16, with a possible recess to finalize relief and budget measures. The Senate may vote on appointing a state conservation commissioner, and the LeFever Bill would require a governor appointed health director for five years.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Joint
House and
Senate
Con
Servation Council
LeFever
State
Public Health Council
Tax Commission
Parole Board
Ickes Pushes Federal Coordination for Work Programs
Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes urged creating a federal department to coordinate work programs to combat unemployment. He testified before the Senate committee and opposed combining public works and relief administrations, saying a separate public works department could direct resources to regions in economic decline.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Ickes
Public Works
Woman with cataracts sees husband for first time
Dayton dispatch reports Mrs. George Clark, 44, who had been blind seven years, regained sight after cataract removal. She and her husband, married two years, were separated by her widowhood earlier. She cared for four children and ran her household during blindness.
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Dayton
U.P
George Clark
Clarks
Clark
Paderewski To Resume Concert Tour March 15
The 78 year old Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski is resting in his private railroad car in Cleveland as doctors report his rheumatic inflammation easing. Tentative return date for his concert tour is March 15 after cancellations of four initial engagements.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Death by Suicide Reported in Dayton Wife of Plane Inventor
A.P. dispatch says Mrs. Geoffrey Kruesi, 44, wife of the co inventor of the army blind landing gear, died by swallowing poison. Her body was found at her home last night. Her husband, once a technical adviser to the Soviet government, returned two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Geoffrey Kruesi
Army
Prout May Be New Bowling Green Head
Trustees of Bowling Green State University met at Lima amid rumors that Frank J. Prout Superintendent of Sandusky schools would be named new president. E E Cornell of Bowling Green and J J Urschel of Toledo blocked the election by not attending last Friday's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
U.P
Bowling Green State University
Lima
Frank J. Prout
Sandusky
E. E. Cornell
J. J. Urschel
Toledo
Youth Commits Death By Own Action In Columbus Case
Authorities could not determine the motive in the death by own action of 16 year old Richard Miller of Springfield who had not lived with his parents since infancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Richard Miller
Springfield
Law Head Dies in Wooster Wayne County
Judge Hiram B. Swartz aged 92 dies in Wooster. He was dean of Wayne County lawyers and served as president of Wayne County Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Head
Wooster
U.P
Hiram B. Swartz
Wayne County Lawyers
Ed Wayne County Bar Association
Roosevelt Seeks 150 Million for WPA Relief in New Push
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders he will ask within a week for an additional 150 million dollars to fund WPA relief this spring as Congress debates economy. He plans no new proposals for action this session, and labor talks with AFL CIO leaders begin tomorrow to seek labor peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Elmer F. Andrews
Labor Department
New Deal
Perkins
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
National Labor Relations Act
Labor Board
Afl-Cio
Gandhi Weak Continues Fast as Riots Roil India
Gandhi's hunger strike near death is reported in Rajkot as doctors fear collapse. A Benares dispatch notes around 45 dead and 200 wounded in communal riots where police fired on mobs and several houses burned, though officials say the riots have no link to Gandhi's fast protesting reforms promised by the Thakore Saheb of Rajkot.
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Rajkot
India
U.P
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Benares
Thakore Saheb
Fisher Co Investment Offices Closed in Athens
The C E Fisher & Co investment securities offices at 11 F Washington St failed to open. Keys were given to Prosecuting Attorney Harold J Rose and an Ohio Securities Division team including an attorney examiner and a stenographer were enroute to Athens to investigate after the firm’s brokerage license was suspended.
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C. EF. Fisher & Co. Investment Securities
F. Washington St
Harold J. Rose
Ohio Securities Division
Athens
Rose
Fisher Company
Charles E. Fisher
Securities Division
Ten Week-End Auto Fatalities Listed in Ohio
Warmer weather drew Ohio motorists to the highways and traffic accidents rose. Ten deaths were reported including Andrew Horvath and Emery C. Phinney killed in a fog collision near Auburn Corners Geauga County. James Doyle and Glenn Smith collided near Richwood. Fritz Buehler and Harold Donaldson died in Avon Lake and near Parkman respectively. James A. Lott died in an automobile truck crash near Chillicothe.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Andrew Horvath
Cleveland
Emery C. Phinney
Berea
Auburn Corners
Geauga County
Thomas White
Richwood
James Doyle
Glenn Smith
Fritz Buehler
Avon Lake
Harold Donaldson
Parkman
James A. Lott
Chillicothe
Japan Plans New Navy To Match World Fleets
Tokyo officials announced a five year navy building plan along with a five year army and navy air force program and a four year weapons upgrade. Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai stated the government would field a navy equal to the world’s most powerful fleet. Columbus reports Deputy Warden August Ptak of Ohio Penitentiary was confined to his home with a minor paralytic stroke after recent administrative changes.
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Japan
TOKYO
U.P
Mitsumasa Yonai
Columbus
August Ptak
Ohio Penitentiary
State Liquor Profit Rises Despite Lower Sales in 1939 Four Weeks
Ohio Liquor Control Department reports a net profit of 460 879 20 for the first four weeks of 1939, up 682 90 from the prior year. Liquor sales drop 150 660 49 versus 1938, credited to economies since January 10 1939, saving 32 177 56. Over 23 000 saved by personnel cuts. 791 000 converted from stock to cash to reduce a 5 500 000 debt. Further savings anticipated in February.
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Columbus
Ohio Liquor Control Department
Ohio
Man commits murder by mistake then kills himself
William P. Purkhiser a 53 year old insurance executive killed a 13 year old girl Haselteen Black in Oklahoma City and then shot himself in a rooming house in St Joseph Missouri. Police say he intended to kill Haselteen s mother and possibly her step father after breaking into the home. Purkhiser s letters reveal a past loan to Mrs Dorothy Scharber now Mrs Scharber and a failed personal relationship with her.
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ST. Joseph
U.P
William P. Purkhiser
Purkhiser
Haselteen Black
Oklahoma City
Dorothy Scharber
Haselteen
Prize record found in WPA grave register
In Gallia County at Kgger Cemetery Cheshire Township a record shows Barney Boatman served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He married at 60 to a 16 year old neighbor and they had ten children. Boatman lived to 110 years and was buried with patriarchal and soldier honors.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Gallia County
M. R. Allen
Allen
Kgger
Cheshire
Barney Boatman
Great Britain
Boatman
Admiral Backs Guam Harbor Plan in Senate Fight
Admiral William D. Leahy praised Guam as of inestimable value and urged Senate approval of a $5,000,000 harbor improvement project after the House rejected it. He indicated support for a $65,000,000 naval air bases program while noting Guam would not be fortified as a major base.
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Washington
U.P
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Island of
Guam
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
House
Leahy
Senate
Japan
Federal Judge Delays Gallia Land Hearings
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood ordered continuation of about 25 contested land easement cases near the Gallipolis Ohio River Dam due to high water. He urged counsel to report when a new date can be set, suggesting the latter part of April or early May.
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Columbus
U.P
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Mell G. Underwood
Underwood
Friend of Buffalo Bill to Be Buried in Marion
Martin Adams 94, Civil War veteran and former Marion resident who died in South Lyons Michigan, was to be buried in Marion today. He rode as a pony express rider and was a friend of William Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Buffalo Bill
Marion
O.R
Martin Adams
South Lyons, Mich
William
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Senate Hopes For Final Vote On Army Bill
Senate leaders seek a final vote today on a 358 million emergency defense bill to expand Army Air Corps strength to 6000 planes, amid an amendment to cap at 5500. The House may start on 110 million for critical army equipment and pilot training, with funds for coast defenses and naval appropriations also under review.
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Washington
Senate
Army Air Corps
Bennett C. Clark
House
Navy defends dirigible experiments amid bids
U S Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison said the navy must continue dirigible experiments until military value is clear. The remarks came as Goodyear Zeppelin Co. bid to build an experimental airship for training, amid past crashes of Shenandoah Akron and Macon and broader aviation fatalities.
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Washington
U.S
Charles Edison
Edison
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
Ohio
Shenandoah
Macon
United States
Wright Brothers
Williams Dies in Texas Electric Chair After Prolonged Suffering
Huntsville Texas reports Win zell Williams a 20 year old Black man executed by electric chair after a 30 day reprieve granted by Governor W Lee O Daniel to prolong his suffering. O Daniel faced sharp criticism from press lawmakers and clergy over the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
U.P
Winzell Williams
W. Lee O'Daniel
O’daniel
O'Daniel
Branch Managers of Job Bureau Dismissed
The re organized state bureau of unemployment compensation announced the dismissal of 16 branch managers at the end of their 90 day provisional appointments. The positions will be filled from civil service eligible lists. Among the 16 was Frank B. Brown of Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Reorganized State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Today
Bureau
Frank B. Brown
Logan
Inquest Planned Into Actor Herbert Mundin Death
An inquest will be held today into the death of Herbert Mundin a 40 year old British screen actor who died after injuries from a automobile accident Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Herbert Mundin
Hail Causes Heavy Damage in Marietta
Marietta residents repaired damage from a 10 minute hail storm Sunday night. Hailstones near walnut size broke windows damaged signs cars and a greenhouse reported heavy losses including homes and structures in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
U.P
Benny Postpones New York Smuggling Trial
Benny Nelson Hollywood comedian announced the New York trial on smuggling charges scheduled to open Tuesday has been postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
AUP
Jack Benny
New York
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