National aviation consolidation eyed under Roosevelt plan
Roosevelt plans early consolidation of military air power under a single agency with William Mitchell as head and Charles Lindbergh on a special board. The measure spans War Department Coast Guard Aeronautics and Naval aviation, aiming to contract air mail to private operators and streamline routes amid Senate testimony and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mitchell
Roosewhite
A. Lindbergh
Investmg
Clarence Chamberdantic
War Department
Coast Guard
Naval Alli- Marine Corps
Army Air Mall
Benjamin D. Fou
Air Corps
Post Office Committee
Charles A. Lindpear
Kidnap Conviction Sparks Nationwide Attention
In Albany ex convict O'Connell Jr. faces a mandatory 99 year sentence for kidnapping John Factor in a China seizure case that stirred national outcry. The accused, Brew, previously an inmate, was found guilty and awaits sentencing.
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Tork
U.R
Brew
Con- Albany
O'Connell, Jr
Heghart
The
John Factor
China
Joan J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Manny Strewl
Bus Death Case to Jury Tonight
The trial of A. K. Kalil over the death of 15 year old Harold Zimmerman during a bus incident is expected to begin tonight. Zimmerman testified Kalil’s car struck a parked school bus, leading to the fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Kalil
Kalil
Harold Zimmerman
Insult To Leave Press Tomorrow
The Office announced Samuel Chicago utilities man may depart for Chicago tomorrow. Reports say he could seek refuge in an Asiatic country after plans to return there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Warship Burns in flames after battle near coast
A Chinese gunboat was set ablaze during a confrontation near a bay today. Eight crew members were rescued with beliefs more missing as a fire tore through the vessel.
Threats Against Lima Prosecutor Highlight Makley Trial
In Lima, March 14, a second death threat letter aimed at Prosecutor Ernest Botkin surfaced as opening arguments loom in Charles Makley’s murder trial. Defense aims to prove Makley was at home in St Marys, Ohio, when Sheriff Sarber was killed by a Dillinger gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillinger Gang
Lima
U.P
Ernest M. Botkin
Charles Makley
Esther Mahherry
Newcastle
Ind
Dillinger
Botkin
Makiey
Harry Pierpont
Jesse L. Sarber
Ernest Botkin
Indianapolis
Makley
Eldorado, Kans
Mildred Barthomoimew
Emmit E. Everett
Pierpont
Jessie Levy
William Fogarty
Clarence C. Miller
St. Marys
Jesse L. Larber
John Dillinger
Six Guards Added to Ohio Penitentiary
Six more guards were placed on duty at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus following a plot to dynamite the walls. Warden Preston E. Thomas cited the move as precaution to thwart a possible raid to free Howard Bowman as Harry Pierpont, death-row gangster, was en route for transfer. Police raided a northside residence on a tip Neal Bowman, Howard's brother and a leading fugitive, was hiding there, but the tip proved unfounded.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Howard Bowman
Preston E. Thomas
Bowman
Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Jesse E. Larber
Neal Bowman
Howard
Miss Elizabeth Palmer Dies in Athens Home
Miss Elizabeth Jane Palmer aged 0 daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Andrew Palmer died this morning at her brother C E Palmer Clark Street Athens She moved from Glouster to Athens in 1933 Survived by brothers C E Palmer Athens and J W Palmer Bishopville Final rites at 11 am Friday at the Christian Church Glouster burial at Mountville family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Jane Palmer
Andrew Palmer
C. E Palmer
Clark Street
Miss Palmer
Mountville
Glouster
Athens
C .E. Palmer
J. W. Palmer
Bishopville
Palmer
Court Refuses Appeal Of Meigs County Man
The Supreme Court refused to admit for review the appeal of William Stillwagner of Meigs County against New Pittsburgh Coal Co for continued compensation participation. Stillwagner suffered a thigh injury and later developed a hernia as a company employee, was paid until 1932 when payments stopped. lower courts varied, with the Common Pleas Court ruling for Stillwagner and the Meigs County Court of Appeals reversing to award judgment for the coal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Supreme Court
Liam Stillwagner
Meigs County
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Stillwagner
Common Pleas Court
Meigs County Court of Appeals
Army Could Fly the Mail, Says Will Rogers Letter
Beverly Hills editorial tone features Will Rogers praising the Army for its ability to fly mail and its readiness to support national needs. Rogers imagines military help for cinema, theatre, and even farmers, asserting confidence in swift, capable response if the President requests aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Mosier Bill Seeks $1 Whiskey and Tax Reform
Senator Harold G. Mosier introduces a bill to lower liquor prices in Ohio, abolish the $1 a gallon state tax on strong liquor, and improve state monopoly sales efficiency. A hearing is sought before the Judiciary Committee to push the recommendations from the Liquor Control Board and legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Senate
Harold G. Mosier
Mosier
Judiciary Committee
Liquor Control Board
Passengers On Bus Witness Truck Fire Fatality
In Toledo on March 14 a CCC Motor Freight truck carrying crude oil collided with a Greyhound Bus, bursting into flames after a fuel explosion. Samuel Bricker, 40, of Columbus, perished as passengers watched, while five bus riders were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
Greyhound
CCC Motor Freight Company
Samuel Bricker
Columbus
Bricker
Hager Slaying Trial Set for March 20 in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis Ohio the second degree murder trial of Walter Hager 25 farmer accused in the fatal slaying of his kinsman R A Hager during an eviction dispute on January 25 will open Tuesday March 20 with a two day session. Other scheduled cases include Albert Morg barger for shooting his wife to kill on March 30 and multiple civil and criminal matters through March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Walter Hager
Farmer
R.A. Hager
State of Ohio
Albert Morsbarger
Charlies Sims
Sarah Sims
Prima Company
A. Fontana
John Rutherford
Imogene Franklin
Safeway Transit Company
Rules Actual Weight of Trucks Must Be Given
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the registrar may issue truck licenses based on actual weight rather than manufacturer stated weight. The decision denied L. L. Bennett’s writ of mandamus to compel issuance at 2515 pounds. After a body was added the actual weight was 4550 pounds, affecting the fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Supreme Court
L. L. Bennett
Glen M. Dailey
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Mountain of mud threatens Roquebilliere village
Heavy rains in the Belvidere Hill area cause crevasses as a 50,000 ton section of mountain slides toward the farming village of Roquebilliere. Residents evacuate as a similar slide almost destroyed the settlement in 1926.
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Nice
France
U.R
Roquebilliere
Belvidere
Alps
Japanese Diet Approves 412 Million War Budget
The House of Peers in Tokyo approved an uncondtional 412 million dollar government budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Army allocations reach about 130 million and the navy about 140 million as the largest peacetime defense spend in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
U.P
House of Peers
Imperial Japanese Diet
Army
Navy
Hours-Wage Gain Report Encouraging
Washington reports progress on the push to spread employment by reducing hours and raising wages. Treasury and Federal Reserve back a nationwide interim credit bank system to ease credit for industry. Auto and refractories sectors show concrete gains, with thousands of jobs touched as companies study 36 hour weeks and proportional pay boosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Johnson
NRA Code Authorities
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Court ruling to affect all state gas rate cases
Columbus March 24 United States Supreme Court decision denying an appeal from the Columbus Gas and Fuel Co in Ohio Supreme Court sustaining a 48 cent gas rate Bricker attorney general said this will affect all gas rate cases in the state involving transmission production and gas-rate costs Bricker noted he was a former Public Utilities Commission member when the Columbus case was decided and dissented supporting the city 48 cent rate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
United States Supreme Court
Columbus Gas and Fuel Company
Ohio Supreme Court
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Pubic Utilities Commission
Light and Power Posts Best Gain Since 1929
The Edison Electric Institute reports the U S electric light and power industry had a 18.4 percent year over year gain in the week ended March 10 with total production at 1,647,024,000 kilowatt hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Electric Light and Power Industry of
United States
Edison Electric Institute
Senate Defeats Lakes St Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty
The United States and Canada treaty on the Great Lakes St Lawrence deep waterway was defeated in the Senate today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
United States
Canada
Senate
Dillinger Named Trigger Man in $52,000 Bank Holdup
Mason City Iowa dispatch reports John Dillinger identified as the machine gunner in a $52,000 First National Bank heist. Eyewitnesses and police noted his possible role as outside guard while five confederates looted the bank and hostage-taking aided their escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillinger
Trigger Man
Mason City
U.P
First National Bank
Buchanan
R. H. James
Dillinger
Governor Seeks 2 Million for Muskingum Flood Control
Ohio Governor White asks the legislature for a 2 million dollar appropriation to fund the Muskingum Flood Control Project and warns that without the money the Federal government may withdraw a 22 million dollar PWA allocation. He also seeks authority to contract with the Federal PWA and local districts, to build a Lake Erie to Ohio River canal, and to allow federal land purchases in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
White
Muskingum Conservancy
Muskingum
Ihs Pwa
PWA
Conservancy
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Gallia County borrows to pay CWA project bills
Gallia County Commissioners allocate 14 413 66 dollars to cover approved material costs for CWA projects in Gallia County. Vouchers are expected to be issued later this week for payment of the bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
CWA
Gallia County
Triplets Born at Apple Grove Home Without Doctor
In Gallipolis on March 6, James Dunn and wife of Apple Grove W Va welcomed triplets two boys and a girl born at home without a physician present. The girl weighed four and a half pounds, one boy five pounds and the other six pounds. Clothing was provided by the relief division of the CWA. The Dunns already have three other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dies
James Dunn
Apple Grove
W. Va
Ohio River
Eureka
CWA
Flood Remembered: Athens Hocking Valley Disaster 1907
L. C. Nye recounts Athens and Hocking Valley flood of March 14 1907 with first hand scenes of rescues and tragedies. He describes rising river levels eight feet above normal, filled streets, heroism earning Carnegie Hero Medals, and days without drinking water as residents evacuated to safety and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
L. C. Nye
Athens
Nye
Hocking River
Chauncey
B. F. Eddy
Circle Hill
Hocking
Richland Avenue
Albert Swett
South Bridge
Richland
Will Casley
State Hospital
McKinley Avenue
Peter Finsterwald
Victor Pierce Named Supervisor Of Athens County Liquor Store
Victor F. Pierce was today named supervisor of the Athens County liquor store by the state liquor control board. Salary ranges from 180 to 2400 dollars a year, allocated by county population, with Homer Phillips of Gallipolis provisional as Gallia County supervisor and John A. Kent named for Meigs County, and J. O. Cullen for Perry County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor F. Pierce
Athens County
State Liquor Control Board
Popu
Homer Phillips
Gallipolis
Gallia County
John A. Kent
Meiga County
J. O. Cullen
New Lexington
Perry Coun
Auto Concerns Vote to Adopt 36 Hour Week
Detroit March 14 The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce endorses a 36 hour week for auto industry workers as a response to Roosevelt and recommends a proportional wage increase. Ford announces restoration of the 5 per day minimum wage for all employees, affecting about 47 000 workers in the Detroit area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Swineley Products Company
Diauliers
NRA
Detroit
Ford
Roosevelt
John Everett Rites Held in Ames Township
Funeral services for 52 year old John Everett of Ames Township were held today at Dowler Funeral Parlors at 2 PM. Burial followed at Canaanville Cemetery. He is survived by his brother Wade Everett of Canaan Township. he was the son of John Everett of Canaan Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Everett
Ames Township
Dowler
Canaanville Cemetery
Wade Everett
Canaan Township
German Mob Prevents Jew Gentile Marriage
A mob in Mainz prevented the marriage of a Jew to a Gentile girl and the couple was taken into police protective custody. Names were withheld. Berlin dispatch reports the incident dated March 14.4UP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mainz
Canada Ready To Build Big Waterway
President Roosevelt announced that Canada will construct the St. Lawrence seaway whether or not the United States ratifies the treaty. He stated Canada will proceed with building the waterway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Washington
U.P
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Roosevelt
Grand Jury Probes Jewel Heist Escape Case in Crown Point
At Crown Point Indiana on March 14 the grand jury was convened after delays caused by failure to seat a panel. Judge William J. Murray urged a thorough investigation into the sensational escape from Lake County Jail involving John Ditlinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
John Ditlingern
Lake County
William J. Murray
Criminal Court
Chamber backs Smith in CWA industrial status plea
The Athens Chamber of Commerce backs Theodore H. Smith in pushing Athens County to be reclassified from agricultural to industrial to continue receiving Federal Work Division aid after CWA ends this month. Smith warned mining declines mean about 25,000 county residents rely on Federal help, urging local groups to press for funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Theodore H. Smith
Athens County
CWA
Chamber
Hotel Berry
E. O. Braught
Columbus
Chamber of Commercce
Ohio
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Mitchell
G. van Tine
United Press IN
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Anthoray
Ing
Ert
United Press
Capitol Air Mall
Ned
Bas
Warden
Elizabeth Palmer
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hager
Lyle
Wilson
Taber
National Grange Master
Brotherhood
America
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Athens Presbyterian Brotherhood
J. W. Wallace
Sheriff's Office
J. H. Buchanan
Tom Walters
Walters
James
Nor
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Hanford
Assembly
Gallia Co
By L. A. Nye
Victor Pierce
Kent
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