Still Spotlight Candidate in Wide Republican Meeting
County sends 51 gates to the state wide Republican meeting as leaders discuss possible candidates. Thomas A. Jenkins and Clarence J. Blanchester are named among speakers with Morgan of Cleveland seen as a likely contender. Bricker is favored for governor by some, while others anticipate a next run for attorney general. Delegates and officials from Athens County and Columbus attend a large rally at the Auditorium with many state political figures and party leaders in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Smiley
Thomas A. Jenkins
Republica
Clarence J. Blanchester
Morgan
Cleveland
Jy Vil
Athens County
Jorpan
Jenkine
Apbeatilt
Columbus
Biden
Nelos Akron
Fle
Bricker
Fate Rests in Bangster Case at Trial
March 16 report outlines the fate in the Bangster case against Charles O trial for his life before noon. Sheriff Jesse L. Sarber and state witnesses, including the widow of Sarber, identify Makley and Mang?er as involved in the week’s violence. The gang’s attempt to free John Makley’s company and a star witness’s testimony are noted as pivotal in the murder trial.
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Charles
Jesse L. Sarber
Sarber
Makley Mngeter
Makie
John Makley
Lana State
Dillinger's Outlaw Circle Breached In Michigan City Shooting
Reports say Herbert Youngblood, a Black man who escaped Crown Point jail with John Dillinger, was shot and fatally wounded in Port Huron Michigan during a police pursuit. Officers including Sheriff William L Van Antwerp and deputies engaged in a gun battle as they closed in on Dillinger in the Thumb District. Sheriff Lillian Holley vows to travel to Port Huron if there is any chance Dillinger is there.
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Dillinger
Port Huron
Mich
U.P
John Dillinger
Thumb District
Michigan
William L. Vanantwerp
Herbert Youngblood
Crown Point
Ind
Clarence Marx
Marx
Youngblood
William L. van Antwerp
Charlies Cavanaugh
Herbert Lohr
Charlies Lohrstofer
Cavanaugh Stageer
Lillian Holley
Ohio Father Puts Son Into Furnace
Akron police report Howard Gross a beer salesman claimed God told him to burn his infant son John Gross aged three. The child died six hours after being removed from a furnace pit at the family home. Gross was held for a sanity hearing after being arrested at a drug store following the incident and after recent hospital treatment for a brain concussion from a car accident.
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Howard Gross
John Gross
St. Thomas Hospital
Gross
Wan
Millfield Girl Dies As Result of Burns
Violet Johnson two year old child of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Johnson of East Millfield died in Mercy Hospital Columbus from burns suffered when her dress caught fire from an open grate. Her mother had left to get coal and found her in flames on returning. Funeral services set for Thursday at the Millfield church with burial in Hilltop Cemetery. She leaves a brother Fred aged 6.
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Chauncey
Violet Johnson
Lawrence Johnson
Fast
Millfield
Hilltop Cemetery
Fred
New Detection Plan Aims to Solve Death Enigma
Milwaukee police use Belence’s Paraffin test to investigate a fatal shooting involving police matron Mrs Lil Man Ebbiebrad and officer Paul W. Kittleman. Both were found injured after a high speed crash near Waukegan Illinois. Parafin tests target nitrate specks on the hands to identify the shooter.
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Milwaukee
Wic
Belence
Lil- Man Ebbiebrad
Paul W. Kittieman
Kittleman
Waukegan
Mr. Ehiebradh
Ehlebradh
Flood Control Bill To Pass In Ohio Legislature
In Columbus on March 16 the Bittinger Bill proposing a 2 million dollar state appropriation for the Muskingum Valley flood control project was predicted to pass. The House Finance Committee voted it out and sent it to the House floor for a likely Friday calendar placement. The highway department would allocate 4 million dollars to the conservancy district project, with road reconstruction and changes to county township and state highways needed.
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Columbus
Bittinger
House Finance Committee
Highway Department
Conservancy District
All But Four CCC Camps To Continue In Ohio
Washington dispatch reports that all Civilian Conservation Camps in Ohio will continue for the year except four. The camps in Scioto County two, Brown County one, and Jackson County one will close March 31. New locations approved in Guernsey and Tuscarawas counties offset the loss, leaving a net decrease of two camps.
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Washington
Ohio
Robert Fechner
Scioto County
Brown County
Jackson County
Guernsey
Tuscarawas
Insull Captured After Effort to Flee Greece
Samuel Insull, 74, sought escape across the Mediterranean aboard the freighter Meotis but was overhauled by a Greek destroyer off Egypt and captured as he neared Alexandria. Greece had ordered his expulsion to face extradition to Chicago, ending his bid to avoid trial in the United States.
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Athens
Greece
U.P
Samuel Insull
Mediterranean
Egypt
Inasuli
United States
Port Keaser
Alexandria
Wirelees
Chicago
Insull
Meotia
Wilkin Named to Ohio High Court Bench
Columbus March 14 Robert N Wilkin son of a former Ohio Supreme Court judge was named by Gov George White to succeed Judge Florence Allen on the state’s highest judicial bench. The appointment followed Senate confirmation of Allen to the federal circuit court after the death of Judge Smith Hickenoper of Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Robert N Wilkin
Ohio Supreme Court
George White
Florence Allen
Wilkins
U. S Senate
Judge Allen
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Smith Hickeniooper
Cincinnat
Toledo Love Cult Under Police Scrutiny
Police in Toledo investigate a strange love cult advocating "no creed but Christ, no law but love." The group reportedly sanctioned married members taking "epilngeal" mates, with weather permitting its establishment. One woman was jailed for safekeeping.
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Toledo
Railroads Agree to Six Month Wage Negotiation Postponement
Railroads have agreed to President Roosevelt's request for a six month postponement, with a plan to extend current wage scales for another year. Unions were believed to agree in substance on the arrangement announced in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Labor to Omit Sales Tax From Bill
The House Taxation Committee in Columbus moved to draft a revenue plan without a sales tax. It shifted toward an income tax proposal as the program’s base and discussed drastic revisions. Rates were raised brackets lowered and estimates set at 25 million yearly, with utility excise taxes and a chain store license possibly included.
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Columbus
House Taxation Committee
Bush Slated for Ohio Retail Coal Code Post
Samuel P. Bush, a Columbus industrialist, is slated to become administrator of the Ohio retail coal code authority. He chaired Governor White's workmen’s compensation fund inquiry committee and served on the liquor control recommendations committee.
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Columbus
Samuel P. Bush
Bush
Governor White
State Workmen's Compensation Fund
Allen Confirmed for Sixth Circuit Judge Seat
March 16 The Senate confirmed Florence E. Allen of Ohio as judge of the Sixth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The confirmation completes her appointment to the federal appellate bench.
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Washington
Senate
Florence E. Allen
Ohio
Sixth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Former Pomeroy Pastor Sentenced to Penitentiary
Rev Floyd W Dick once pastor of the Church of Christ in Pomeroy was sentenced in Meigs County Court to from one to ten years in the Ohio Penitentiary for embezzlement. He had pleaded guilty and faced parole violations after arrest in Cleveland. He told the judge he had no way to meet obligations except imprisonment and said he had conquered his drug habit.
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Pomeroy
Floyd W. Dick
Church of Christ
W. R. White
Meigs County
Rev
Lindbergh Attacks Air Mail Contracts Before Senate Panel
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, earning $16 000 a year as an aviation adviser and holder in air mail firms, accuses the Roosevelt administration of unfairly canceling air mail contracts and demands due process before conviction. He warns commercial aviation could be a key military reserve and notes firms operated at a loss to win contracts.
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Washington
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Senate
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Lindbergh
Hat Mischief Ties To Fatal Vim Cafe Slayings
Testimony at a Cincinnati coroner hearing links a new hat to the killings of cafe owner James Meyers and bookmaker Philip Citron at Vim Cafe. Mrs. Alice Reynolds and David Polinsky face murder charges. witness Catherine Kroger recalled a prior exchange about a hat and a remark on Jewish blood.
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Chargea
Jack Reynolds
Cincinnati
Philip Citron
Allegen
James Meyers
Catherine Kroger
Dayton
Alice Reynolds
Reynolds
David Polinsky
Meyers
Ohio Man Held in Asylum Escape Plot
Leo Lucas of Orrville, 35, was to be arraigned in Columbus police court on charges of aiding a feeble minded inmate to escape from the state institution. He was arrested near the grounds after meeting Ellen Ringler during a trial vacation in Wooster and saying he wished to marry her.
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Columbus
U.P
Leo Lucas
Orrville
Lucas
Ellen Ringler
Wooster
Paroles Granted to London Prison Farm Inmates
Columbus March 16 The state parole board granted 9 paroles and 1 conditional release to inmates of the London prison farm. In all 109 cases were heard with 58 continued for future consideration. Paroles included Meigs Ora Gilmore burglary and larceny May 15 and John Terrell burglary and larceny April 15.
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Columbus
U.P
State
London
Meigs—Ora Gilmore
John Terrell
Former Columbus detective charged with second degree murder
Dan Mc Alister, a former city detective in Columbus, filed on a second degree murder charge. Judge Dana F. Reynolds ruled McAlister is accused of shooting Harvey Adams, who died Feb 11.
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Columbus
Dan McAlister
Dana F. Reynolds
McAlister
Harvey Adams
Will Rogers on Nudists, Religion and Canada Pledge
Will Rogers muses on nudist colonies turning atheistic in winter and jokes about the St. Lawrence canal project with Canada. He notes Senate defeat, party positions, and southern opposition while predicting renewed interest if Mississippi deepens, ending with his signature humor.
Funeral for Dr Danford Set for Saturday in Athens
Funeral services for Dr Verne G Danford aged S& will be held at 2 p m Saturday at 110 North Congress Street with Rev Reed J Downs officiating burial will be in Wenet Union Street Cemetery He died Thursday of a heart attack in his home He was a prominent obstetrician in Athens and Trimble Township with more than 4000 births attended He served in Mexico with the U S Army Medical Service and later opened an Athens practice He is survived by his wife Bertha Johnson Danford a son Dr Byron Danford and three daughters Mrs Wheeler Dew Mrs Howard Knox Verna Marian Susan and Barbara plus three grandchildren. Friends may call at the home tonight and Saturday before the service.
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Verne G Danford
North Congress Street
Reed J. Downs
First Christian Church
Wenet Union Street
Danford
Athens
Trimble
H. D. Denford
Starling Medical College
Columbus
Lines Medical College
Chicago
Mexico
U. S Army Medical Service
Trimble Lodge
Fire Lodge
American Legion
Bertha Johnson Danford
Byron Danford
Wheeler Dew
Logan
Howard Knox
Verna
Marian
Susanne
Barbara
Pleads With Motor Lead On Planned Auto Election
Washington dispatch reports NRA Administrator Hugh S. Johnson pressing General Motors leaders to back a government supervised election to decide union alignment within ten days. W. Knudsen and Donaldson Brown showed no immediate willingness to meet, while unions threaten a Tuesday walkout unless the dispute is settled. William Green warns the auto strike could trigger steel trouble, as talks center on workers right to organize under NRA policy.
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Washington
U.P
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Brown
General Motors
Johnson
American Federation of Labor Unions
NRA Labor Advisory Board
Industrial Board
Johnson 2
Detroit
William Green
A. F
Weirton Steel Company
Father of 13 Fatally Hurt by Freight Train
Clyde Deeter aged 80 was struck on the main track near New Marshfield and died at 7:45 PM at Sheltering Arms Hospital. He had 13 children and had been living with his son Arthur in New Marshfield. Funeral services are set for Sunday at White's Chapel in Meigs County four miles south of Coolville.
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New Marshfield
Clyde Deeter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Deeter
Arthur
Athens
Meigs
White's Chapel
Meigs County
Coolville
Railway carloadings rise for week ending March 10
The American Railway Association reports revenue freight carloadings reached 612,402 for the week ending March 10, up 8,265 from the prior week and 171,041 above the same week in 1933. Miscellaneous freight loadings totalled 216,442 cars, up 10,813.
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Washington
U P
American Railway Association Today
Cat Named Popeye Becomes Local Hero for Slaying Rattlesnake
In Los Angeles on March 16 an orange Persian cat named Popeye killed a four-foot diamondback rattlesnake. The cat leaped onto the reptile, delivering fatal blows with claws and teeth to prevent a strike, earning hero or heroine status in the neighborhood.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Popeye
Mrs Roosevelt Departs Haiti by Seaplane for Miami
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt leaves Port au Prince via Pan American Airways seaplane at 5 45 am bound for Miami to connect with the 2 00 pm train to Washington.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pan American Airways
Miami
Fie
Washington
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