Hull Declares U S Will Not Enter Alliances With Foreign Powers
Hull warned the world of war risks and stated the United States will not form alliances or police the world. He said the U S will defend its rights and oppose treaty breaking, stressing peace with all nations while maintaining a strong defense. The address also linked isolationism to global chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
America
United States
Hull
Roosevelt
National Press Club
Congress
Germany
Austria
Hitler
Texas mother kills six sleeping children in Texas
Mrs. Lillie Mae Curtis, 38, admitted shooting six of her seven children in their beds at the Curtis home 22 miles east of Center. She told Sheriff Sample the children were better off dead due to lack of money and spared her 15-year-old son Travis. District Attorney Wardlow Lane filed six murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shaon
Fulton
James Shaon
Duffy to Act in Road Suit in Ohio
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy said he would represent Highway Director John J. Jaster Jr in a suit to recover at least 6 million dollars on hot mix road contracts. If evidence shows bid collusion he may join the plaintiff in court remedies. The case names 24 contractor members of the Ohio Hot Mixed Bituminous Industry Inc, Director Jaster and State Auditor Ferguson.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
John J. Jaster, Jr
Common Pleas
Agnes B. Dickinson
Ohio Hot Mixed Bituminous Industry, Inc
Jaster
Joseph T. Ferguson
Duffy
The Wearing o the Green Celebrates St Patrick's Day
The piece notes St Patrick's Day customs and Irish pride with Sham rocks and green attire. It mentions Irish families and common items, then plugs Want Ads in the Messenger and an ad-taker number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Iirishman
School Debt in Ohio Grows as Taxes Fall Off
The Ohio State Control Board released 5.978 million dollars in public school funds to cover December notes issued by districts under the school foundation program. With 10.722 million dollars outstanding as of March 2, the fund is in a worse position than a year ago, and the deficit as of March 1, including December notes, exceeds 13 million. If sales tax receipts decline further, the deficit may grow.
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Columbus
U.P
State Control Board
State Education Department
School Foundation
H. W. Langhorst
Foundation
Being Patient Believed Dead
Walter Hill a 26 year old inmate at Cleveland State Hospital attempted escape by dropping into a sewer from the Garfield Park ravine. Five feet of swirling water, a four hour search by police and firemen failed to locate him and authorities fear sewer gas may have killed him.
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Cleveland
Walter Hill
Cleveland State Hospital
Hill
Garfield Park
SSB Reports Increased February Relief Rolls
Washington eight largest cities show relief rolls up in February with increases from three to fifty one percent, according to the Social Security Board report.
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SSB
Washington
Ohio
Social Security Board
Sandusky Editor Died After Stroke
Sandusky editor Far F. Walrath of the Star Journal died Wednesday after a paralytic stroke. Funeral services are planned for Saturday in Sandusky.
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Sandusky
F. Walrath
The
Sandusky Star-Journal
Veterans Push Pension Plans
Washington reports fear of a new economy act hindered a push for a costly general pension for widows and orphans of World War veterans. Allies now back an administration approved compromise expanding pensions for those with 10 percent disability at death from war service.
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Washington
U.R
House World War Veterans Committee
Second Rise in Ohio Forecast by Engineers
Engineers at Dam No. 8 warn of a new rise in the Ohio River on the second anniversary of the St Patrick's Day flood. The river had receded from 246 feet to 21.5 feet and remains nonflooding at present.
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Ohio
East Liverpool
U.P
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Teachers Will Hear Convention Report
The Athens County Teacher's Association will hold a regular dinner meeting at the First Christian Church on Wednesday March 23 at 6 30 p.m. A report on the Atlantic City convention will be given and moving pictures will be shown by Mr Allen Cree and Mr H W Humphrey The Plains High School. Mr Humphrey is the association president.
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Athens County
Paving bids advertised for five projects in Ohio
The Ohio Highways Department invited bids for five paving projects with a total estimated cost of 416173 dollars funded entirely by federal aid.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Highways Department
Bradley Case Heads to Grand Jury in Cleveland
The Cuyahoga County Grand Jury will begin considering Gov. Martin L. Davey's charge of perjury against Lee Bradley, described as a former contact man for Davey. Bradley was bound over to the grand jury under $1,000 bond after a three day preliminary hearing by Chief Justice Burt W. Griffin, who found probable cause for indictment related to testimony given before the senate graft investigating committee.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Martin L. Davey
Lee Bradley
Davey
Burt W. Griffin
Cleveland Municipal Court
Bradley
Davey Tree Expert Co
Senate
State Health Doctor Speaks at County Schools
Dr Harris from the Bureau of Venereal Diseases in Columbus arrived in Athens to lecture and show moving pictures to senior high pupils. He will visit New Marshfield Hollister Albany Coolville Amesville and The Plains before returning to Columbus Friday.
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Bureau of Veneral Diseases
State Department of Health
Columbus
Athens
New Marshfield
Hollister
Albany
Coolville
Amesville
The
Plains
Bucyrus Woman, 103, Dies at Home
Mrs Susan Ensminger died at her Bucyrus home Wednesday night two days after her 103rd birthday anniversary. The longtime resident passed away peacefully leaving family and friends. She was known in the community for her charitable works and dedication to neighbors.
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Bucyrus
Susan Ensminger
Noted historian predicts new European war
Cambridge mass U P. Albert Bushnell Hart dean of American historians declares another European war inevitable. He says the United States will not enter unless national existence is threatened and forecasts Hitler will seize Czechoslovakia within four weeks to four months, then Poland, then the Baltic states and Finland. Germany links with Russia, Britain and France back Russia, Italy possibly with Germany, a Russian stop is only hope.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Albert Bushnell Hart
United States
Harvard
United Press
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Austria
Baltic States
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Hart
Russia
Britain
France
Italy
Geman
New British Cabinet May Be Formed To Meet Crisis
Moscow reports Litvinov seeks broad conference among powers including the United States to counter aggressors and pledges support to Czechoslovakia if attacked. London notes a revolt against the government and talk of a union cabinet of all parties. Paris and Berlin discuss crisis measures and political realignments.
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Litvinov
United States
Italy
Germany
Japan
Russia
Czechoslovakia
London
Paris
Blum
Berlin
Reichstag
Vienna
von Wiesner
Archduke Otto
UPX
New Basis for Transportation Aid Is Sought
C D Hutchins, state supervisor of school transportation, reports favorable county and village superintendent feedback on a proposed new basis for allocating six million dollars in rural transportation aid. He outlined meetings in Wilmington Athens Bowling Green and Ravenna in late March to discuss the plan. The revision adds road conditions pupils per bus and equipment valuation to grant calculations.
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Columbus
C. D. Hutchins
Ohio
Hutchins
Wilmington
Athens
Bowling Green
Ravenna
Broadcasting Industry Faces Possible Probe
The FCC may launch an investigation into monopolistic practices in radio broadcasting. A Craven resolution asks a three member panel to probe competitive and contractual ties between chain broadcasters and network stations.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
T. M. Craven
Chain Broadcasting
Youth Leaps to Death from Bridge Into River
A Lafayette College freshman, believed to be Carter Dawson, leaped from the Easton Phillipsburg Bridge into the Delaware River. Dawson, son of Joseph Dawson of Parkersburg West Virginia, is reported dead.
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Easton
U.P
Carter Dawson
Lafayette College
Easton-Phillipsburg
Delaware River
Dawson
Joseph Dawson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Income Tax Revenues Hit All Time High in March
Washington AP reports income tax collections in the first 15 days of March reached 615.9 million dollars, up 18 percent from a year earlier and a record for that period. A Treasury path to avoid large borrowing in the current year is indicated, with March and full-month projections surpassing earlier hopes.
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Washington
A.P
Treasury
Chamberlain Eyes Cabinet Shakeup and Eden Post
Reports say Prime Minister Chamberlain may invite a cabinet ally and place Anthony Eden in a key post after Eden resigned as foreign secretary over policy disputes. Earl Baldwin of Bewdley could be recalled to lead government forces in the Lords, with talks of inviting opposition and appealing to trade union leaders for faster rearmament. Chamberlain plans a foreign policy statement within a week, signaling potential cabinet changes.
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Anthony Eden
Chamberlain
Earl Baldwin
Bewdley
House of Lords
Turmoil Delays Work of Coal Commission
The Mineral Coal Commission faces renewed dissension over abolishing its public relations division. Although abolition passed unanimously, staff disputes persist with pressure aimed at ousting two of seven commissioners. Chairman Hosford objected to the move after missing the vote. The UMWA and political figures dispute leadership changes and minority alignment on the panel.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Charles F. Hosford, Jr
Joseph F. Guffey
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Maloney
C. FE. Smith
Smith
UMWA
Wallace Extends Corn Loan Application Deadline
Secretary Wallace extended indefinitely the March 31 cutoff for corn loan applications to allow farmers to store additional corn on their farms. Loans are available only to those who cooperated in the 1937 AAA program.
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Washington
U.S
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Court Deliberates First-Degree Murder Charge in Bank Holdup
A three judge panel began deliberations on the first degree murder charge against Carl Boettcher 23 of Cleveland for the slaying of Detective Robert Cline during a bank holdup in Columbus on February 4.
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Columbus
U.R
Carl Boettcher
Cleveland
Robert Cline
Flood Death Toll in Southern California Rises to 145
Bodies of two men were recovered in Big Tujunga Wash, pushing the total known dead from the two week flood disaster in Southern California to 145.
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Los Angeles
Big Tujunga Wash
California
St Patrick Day Observed in St Patrick Missouri
St Patrick villagers including the Kellys Murphys and OShaughnessy dressed in green and attended High Mass for their patron saint. The town marked the 101st anniversary since its 1837 founding. Postmaster John W Kirchner handled hundreds of mail stamp cancellations.
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ST. Patrick
U.P
Kellys
Murphys
O'Shaughnessy
John W. Kirchner
Kidnaper Seadlund Sentenced to Electric Chair
Chicago report says John Henry Seadlund, 27, was sentenced by a federal court jury for the kidnapping and murder of Charles S. Ross. He killed Ross and accomplice James Atwood Gray after a $50,000 ransom was paid. $45,000 was recovered. Seadlund courted a posttrial hearing and quipped to guards about convicting himself.
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Chicago
U.P
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Wisconsin
John P. Barnes
Seadland
Ross
Murphy Urges Nationwide Minimum Annual Wage Plan
Gov. Frank Murphy urged Henry Ford to lead in establishing a minimum annual wage system for U S industries. He warned Michigan faces a growing problem and said voluntary adoption is unlikely, urging government action by law if industry fails to act.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Frank Murphy
Henry Ford
United States
Murphy
Priest Rumor About Kidnappers Letter Persists
New Rochelle New York reports that a NYC priest allegedly received a letter from the Peter Levine kidnap gang. The father Murray Levine denies the claim while the note reportedly contains the line Peter Levine is OK Call off the cops.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
U.P
New York City
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
O.K
Ohio measles rise linked to open winter conditions
Dr. Walter H. Hartung state health director said Ohio sees a sharp rise in new measles cases, noting it is to be expected at this time of year after an open winter.
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Columbus
U.P
Walter H. Hartung
Ohio
Extra police guard St Patrick's Day celebrations in Dublin
In Dublin authorities stepped up police precautions to prevent clashes during St Patrick's Day festivities with heightened security measures and crowd control.
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Dublin
U.P
City in Panic After Series of 12 Raids
Nationalist air force bombed Barcelona in the most deadly raids of the Spanish war. The 12th attack in 14 hours left an estimated 1,200 dead and 2,000 wounded, with hospitals overwhelmed and rescue work slow. Government forces clashed with insurgents near Caspe as Franco’s advance faced setbacks.
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Barcelona
U.P
Aragon
Caspe
Missimo Francisco Franco
Alcaniz
Textile Representatives Testify on Trade Pact
Eastern textile and wool manufacturers testified on the proposed trade pact with Great Britain. L. A. Cauffman of Columbus representing the Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association protested any wool price reduction, noting Ohio wool brought 12 to 17 cents a pound this year versus 43 to 45 cents last year.
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Washington
U.P
Great Britain
L. A. Cauffman
Columbus
Ohio Wool Growsers Cooperative Association
Ohio
Goodyear Boss Warns Against More Decentralization
Goodyear president Paul W. Litchfield said the firm hopes to stop further decentralization of Akron production but acknowledged business will drift to locations where tires are produced most cheaply. Akron’s share fell from about 80 percent to one-third to one-half in recent years.
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London
United Press Office
Washington
U.P
Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron, C
Akron
Hold Murder Suspect Buffalo Detroit
Peter Burton aged 39, a murder suspect in the stranglings of his divorced wife and another woman in Detroit last Tuesday, was held for Detroit authorities in Buffalo New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Peter Burton
Detroit
Justice Butler Celebrates 72nd Birthday
Pierce Butler, associate justice of the Supreme Court, marks his 72nd birthday today at his Washington residence. The event noted in local circles highlights continuing service on the high court.
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Justice Butler
Washington
Pierce Butler
The
Supreme Court
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