Conservation Commission Bill Goes to State Senate
Differences between farm and sports groups were reconciled as the Senate advanced the administration bill to remove political influence from the conservation commissioner by hiring him for an indefinite term via a new conservation and natural resources commission. The measure abolishes the conservation council and sets eight year governor appointments, with initial terms from one to eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
Conservation Council
Commission
Conservation Committee
Burnhart
Ohio
Racketeer Killed After Quarrel in Night Club
NILES ex convict Martin Flask was shot to death outside a night club after an argument with Thomas Mango, another ex convict involved in the slot machine racket. Police search for Mango follows the daytime incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles
U.P
Martin
Marty” Flask
Thomas
Chippy
Mango
Flask
Limbach urges Donahey for 1940 Democratic nomination
Delaware report says State Democratic Chairman Arthur L. Limbach urged endorsement of Senator Vic Donahey as Ohio's favorite son candidate for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination. The appeal highlights Donahey's suitability and party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urges Donahey
Delaware
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Arthur L. Limbach
Cambridge Sunday Movie Ban Upheld by Court of Appeals
The Fifth District Court of Appeals affirmed Cambridge Ohio ordinance prohibiting Sunday films. The ruling upholds local social laws restricting Sunday entertainment.
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Cambridge
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Propagation and Restocking Efforts by Conservation Division
The conservation division undertakes propagation and restocking at considerable expense to restore and replenish wildlife populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation Division
Anti Barmaid Bill Reported for Passage
The House Temperance Committee reported an anti barmaid bill prohibiting women from barmaid work, except wives of proprietors. It also moved a bill banning employment of aliens as waitresses, waiters, bartenders, cooks, busboys, and busgirls unless they hold first citizenship papers, with an exception for Chinese not eligible for citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
House Temperance Committee
Poor relief funds allotted to four counties
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced the release of 10,389.93 from a 5 million special appropriation to four counties. Erie received 3266.43, Greene 428.27, Meigs 4252.31, and Huron 4442.92 for relief programs.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Erie
Greene
Meigs
Huron
Eight Die in Plane Crash Near Bogota Colombia
Eight persons were killed when a bi motor Scadra plane crashed near Manzanares between Barranquilla and Bogota. The German Line Scadra aircraft went down in good weather, authorities said.
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Bogota
Colombia
Manzanares
Barranquilla
Protection of Slovakia Is Assumed at Tiso's Request
Hitler proclaimed Greater Germany has taken over Czechia and Slovakia under self-preservation just as Nazi troops occupy Prague. Czechoslovak leaders resist German control while Carpatho Ukraine seeks Romanian annexation. Thousands of political prisoners are seized and Jews and opponents flee or hide as German authorities extend protectorate status.
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Slovakia
Tiso
Prague
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Czechia
Hitler
Hradzin
Europe
Jacas Tien
Bohemia and
Moravia
Reich
Czechoslovak Republic
Old Castle
Fuehrer
Cattle Disease Bill Battles Over Testing and Culling
The Ohio House Agriculture Committee faced a crowded hearing on a Senate approved Bang's Disease bill. Sponsored by Sen. Ray Palmer it would test and quarantine diseased cattle and allow killing with state indemnity. Rep. Willis Cory led opposition arguing for vaccination instead.
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Columbus
U.P
House Agriculture Committee
Bang
Ray Palmer
Belmont
State Agriculture Department
Willis I. Cory
Seneca
van Wert
Palmer
Cory
WPA plans relief cuts if $150 million request fails
The Works Progress Administration outlined to House appropriations committeemen how it would trim relief rolls if President Roosevelt’s $150,000,000 request is rejected. Col. F C Harrington said about 400,000 would be dropped starting April 1, with cuts to be made by projects rather than by individual need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
Hearing on Labor Act Changes Demanded by Congress
Congress calls for hearings on amendments to the National Labor Relations Act to begin April 1. AFL-CIO negotiators and Committee Chairman Elbert D. Thomas of Utah aim for agreement before opening the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Afl-Cio
AFL Group To Discuss Labor Peace Program
President William Green of the AFL summoned the AFL executive council to meet in Washington on March 22 to consider progress of negotiations with the CIO regarding a labor peace program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor Today
AFL Executive Council
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Senate Debates Government Reorganization Bill
Washington U P reports the Senate opens debate today on the government reorganization bill sent from the House last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Benes Urges Unity After Hitler Crime in Chicago
Exiled former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes, lecturing via read message to 6,000 Chicago Czechoslovaks, warned the death of the Czechoslovak republic as a shocking international crime and urged unity for a free Central Europe. Jan Masaryk read the message as Benes, visiting UC professor, stayed in his hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Central Europe
Benes
Sudetenland
Jan Masaryk
University of Chicago
Prout Accepts Presidency at Bowling Green University
Dr Frank J Prout superintendent of Sankusky Schools appeared before the Bowling Green University board yesterday and formally accepted the presidency of the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
U.P
Frank J. Prout
Sankusky Schools
Bowling Green University
University
Eden Warns of Universal Tragedy Over Europe Policy
Former foreign secretary Anthony Eden, after resigning over Chamberlain's policy toward dictatorships, warns that unchecked European methods will lead to a universal tragedy affecting all. He urges national unity and an all party government to act at home and abroad to prevent a Munich repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
Chamberlain
Europe
Eden
Munich
State-Wide Red Probe Proposed in Ohio
The Senate Rules Committee may approve a Little Dies committee to probe alleged unAmerican activities in Ohio universities and public schools. Lieut. Gov. Paul Herbert backs broader inquiry into Marxist influence in schools churches and YMCAs, citing a strong Bund in Ohio. Arden Turner alleges up to 12 OSU faculty members and 50 state-supported teachers share Communist ties. names largely omitted per committee rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate Rules Committee
Little Dies
Ohio
Ohio Council of Civic Fraternal
Paul Herbert
Rules Committee
Pollock
Herpers
Y.M.C
Arden SS. Turner
Capital University
Ohio State
Communist Party
Ohio State University
Turner
W. W. Charters
Ohio Educational Research Bureau
Washington
Ohio University
American Student Union
United Student Peace Committee
The
Student Congress Against War
Methodist Federation For Social Service
Seek Foreclosure on Poison Slayer's Home
In Cincinnati an action in common pleas court seeks foreclosure of a mortgage on Anna Marie Hahn's home, the Cincinnati poison slayer who died in the electric chair on December 7. The building and loan company states Hahn borrowed 9000 dollars on April 24, 1937, and at her death owed 11 weeks of interest and 8985 dollars of principal.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Anna Marie Hahn
Common Pleas Court
Dunn Bill Fails Ends Doubts for Married Couples
In Columbus the Dunn Bill failed after the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee postponed it indefinitely by a 5 to 0 vote. Supporters and opponents debated workers' rights and marriage, with critics arguing the bill would push extra marital relations and hurt young married couples relying on two incomes.
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Columbus
U.P
Dunn
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
General Assembly
Arnett Harbage
West Jefferson
Treasury
Harbage
League of Women Voters
National Woman’s Party
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Helen R. Bitterman
Woman’s Party
Foes of Nazis Confer on European Policy in London
Britain and France discuss future policy after Germany’s seizure of Czechoslovakia. Henderson hands note to Berlin and delays trade talks while Daladier and Lebrun plan a state visit. Commentary warns of a stronger German war machine with 40 divisions and 6 000 aircraft after Czech seizure.
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London
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Prague
Nevil Henderson
Berlin
Europe
Henderson
Foreign Office
Britain
Reich
Andre Charles Corbin
Edouard Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Italy
Hitler
Skoda
Brno
Foreign Scene Banks Tax Plan
Washington reports uncertainty over expected income tax receipts and a troubled international situation hindering the business aid tax program. Some elements show form, but core decisions on eliminating business deterrents and private enterprise appeasement wait on administration policy. Ongoing Europe tensions could trigger a re survey of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
White House
Europe
Navy Department Shifts Admiral Ranks In Top Jobs
The Navy Department announced admiralty changes as part of a broad rearmament push. Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark is named chief of naval operations, succeeding Admiral William D. Leahy who will retire, with changes taking effect in June.
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Washington
U.P
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Harold R. Stark
William D. Leahy
Bodies Found After Lake Erie Duck Boat Tragedy
The bodies of William B. Paupard and his fiancée Mrs. Jean Brown were found near their overturned boat at Morin's Point, Lake Erie, after a three day search by Lucas and Monroe counties authorities. The couple, both residents of Toledo, had planned to marry the following Monday and had embarked with provisions for their future island home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
William B. Paupard
Odeon Island
Jean Brown
Morin’s Point
Lake Erie
Lucas
Monroe
Pittsburgh Salesman Dies in Hotel Plunge
L. P. Madden a 45 year old Pittsburgh firm salesman died after plunging from the seventh floor of the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston West Virginia. Authorities think he fell while trying to raise a window after a cigarette ignited his mattress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
L. P. Madden
Pittsburgh
Daniel Boone Hotel
Plows Dig Trains Free After Midwest Blizzard
In Marquette Michigan passengers aboard a Chicago and Northwestern train marooned in a snow drift were removed safely. A second stalled train in the Upper Peninsula was freed by a Negau nee snow plow to Ishpeming. The Ashland Express from Milwaukee was freed, and the region continued digging out as snow storms set new records. Officials predicted auto traffic on trunklines could resume by night.
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Marquette
Mich
U.P
Chicago and Northwestern
Upper Peninsula
Negaunee
Sands
Ishpeming
Ashland
Milwaukee
Personal Crisis Case In Bloomingburg Cemetery
Roy T. McClure fifty five of Columbus was found dead by his parents grave in Bloomingburg Cemetery near Washington C H. Coroner M M Reiff reported notes left indicating self harm and a revolver was nearby. Former press agent for People and Drovers Bank of Washington D C H and later worked in the office of ex State Treasurer Clarence Kinsley. He attended Ohio University Athens and played on the varsity baseball teams in 1903 04.
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Washington C. H
U.P
Roy T. McClure
Columbus
Bloomingburg
Here
M. M. Reiff
McClure
Old People & Drovers Bank
Washington D. H
Clarence Kinsley
Ohio University
Athens
Father Declared Dead Five Years Returns to Life Bedside
Covington widow Ella Fuehner rushed to City Hospital in Rochester New York to be with her father William Casey who had been legally dead for five years. She had not heard from him in 17 years until patrolmen brought news of his serious illness.
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Covington
U.P
Ella Fuehner
City Hospital
Rochester
N. Y
William Casey
Casey
Hoover Urges Following Of Fascist Youth Plans
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke to 1,500 at a Boys Club of America dinner in Los Angeles urging America to focus on youth. He urged building boys to support a representative state, echoing Fascist youth ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Los Angeles
U.P
Herbert Hoover
America
Boys Club of America
Appalachian coal talks heat up as wage bids escalate
Appalachian bituminous producers and United Mine Workers in New York clash over wages, hours, and guaranteed working days as they seek to avert a 1939 strike. Lewis urges a no strike pledge while negotiations run against a backdrop of reestablished price schedules expected after May 1.
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United Mine Workers Conference
New York
Walter L. Robison
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
U.P
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Federal Coal Commission
Charles O'Neill
Nelsonville Man Faces Second Leg Amputation
J W Bill Young 72, longtime Nelsonville resident and former broom maker, was taken to St Francis Hospital Columbus for possible amputation of his sound leg due to diabetes. He previously lost a leg in a cane mill accident at age 13. family members traveled to the hospital.
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Nelsonville
J. W
Bill) Young
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Factory Fire Destroys Sterling Faucet Plant at Newcomerstown
Fire swept through the Sterling Faucet Co. factory in Newcomerstown early today causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. No injuries were reported as crews battled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomerstown
U.P
Sterling Faucet Co
Twins Born One Month Apart in Jasper Indiana
In Jasper Indiana a second twin joined the family of Mrs. Robert Scherle age 30 on Wednesday, exactly one month after the first twin born February 15. The unlikely birth gap marks a rare sequence for the Scherle household with both twins surviving.
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Jasper
Ind
U.P
Robert Scherle
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