Britain recalls envoy as Stop Hitler drive grows
London reports recall of the British ambassador to Germany as part of a coordinated Stop Hitler effort. Roosevelt urges new neutrality laws while France prepares for power measures as Czech seizure prompts regional tension. The Daladier cabinet seeks expanded dictatorial powers amid Mussolini axis expectations.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
East
Europe
Edouard Daladier
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Czechoslovakia
WPA to cut 400000 WPA rolls this weekend
The WPA plans to reduce relief rolls by 400000 this weekend with 400000 more expected in April 600000 in May and 200000 in June bringing totals to 1800000 by June end Officials say cuts depend on absorbing regional shocks and possible revision if Congress approves 150 million in relief funds The House economy bloc seeks to trim Roosevelt relief requests and urges a full WPA expenditure accounting October 18 1936 in Ohio 245130 workers tops March 11 list.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Endh
VV Fase Gees Damluaeeaaalae
LEO CY Cobo
Works Progress
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
WPA
Congress
Workers Alliance
Clifton A. Woodrum
D. Va
Ohio
Athens County Man May Get Marshal Post
C H Sisson of Columbus and Nelsonville native was recommended by Sen Vic Donahey for U S Marshal for Southern Ohio after R Kenneth Kerr resigned to focus on private business. Kerr, publisher of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette, is a Democratic press leader and executive. Sisson previously served as a deputy marshal and a Donahey and White gubernatorial investigator.
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Washington
U.P
C. H. Sisson
Columbus
Nelsonville
Vic Donahey
United States
Ohio
R. Kenneth Kerr
Lancaster
O. Kerr
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Democratic State Press Association
Sisson
Donahey
George White
Irish President and Party Leader Send St Patrick Day Greetings
Dublin’s Douglas Hyde president of Eire and William Cosgrave head of the United Ireland Party sent St Patrick Day greetings to the United States. They hailed the 1446th anniversary of the saint’s death as a moment to strengthen bonds among Irish in all lands.
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Dublin
U.P
Douglas Hyde
Eire
William R. Cosgrave
United Ireland Party
United States
County Auditor dies in Butler County
Hamilton Ohio area reports that W. K. Swan aged 70, Butler County auditor, died at his home near Oxford yesterday. Swan, a former state representative, began his second term in office last Monday.
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Hamilton
U.P
W. K. Swan
Butler County
Oxford
Swan
Michigan's Gov Fitzgerald Dies of Influenza
Gov Frank D. Fitzgerald, 54, died at his Grand Lodge home after influenza illness. Lieutenant Governor Loren D. Dickinson, 79, to become Michigan's 54th chief executive and to take oath today. The body to lie in state at the Capitol Saturday with funeral Sunday.
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Lansing
Mich
U.R
Frank D
Fitzgerald
Frank Murphy
Loren B. Dickinson
Michigan
Grand Lodge
Dickinson
Capitol
Roosevelt to Tour South and New York in April
President Roosevelt will spend much of April away from Washington. He will travel to Georgia Alabama Virginia and New York as part of a tentative White House schedule.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia
New York
Plan Rites for Athens County War Veteran
Joseph McConsha a 92 year old Civil War veteran native of Athens County will be buried in Zanesville Saturday following his death yesterday Services are planned locally for the veteran whose long life spanned the nation s early years and the postwar era.
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Athens County
Zanesville
U.P
Joseph McConsha
Bishop McGivney, Knights of Columbus Leader, Dies at 69
Bridgeport Connecticut reports the death of the Rt. Rev. John Joseph Mc Givney aged 69, supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus and brother of the organization’s founder. He passed away last night.
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Bridgeport
Conn
U.P
John Joseph McGivney
The
Knights of Columbus
Lockout Threat By Operators in Wage Parley Cited
In Columbus Ohio a clash over taxes on single men and older widows frames a wage fight. In New York President John L. Lewis accuses Appalachian mine operators of threatening a lockout over 338000 miners as talks on a new contract drag past the April 1 expiration. The union seeks 50 cents daily wage gain, while producers push for the same cut. both sides anticipate talks into 1939 with a potential March 31 1941 expiration.
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NEW York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
Lewis
UMW
Charles O'Neill
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Kidnapping Described in Meigs Court Proceedings
Preliminary hearing on the kidnapping charge against Charles E. Warner opened in Meigs County court. Mrs. Timothy O. Bishop testified about her husband, a Meigs County Republican Central Committee member, being abducted. Cross examination was planned after a new affidavit was filed. Bishop traced his movements from Monday through Saturday, including rides with Strickland and Warner toward Parkersburg, with Eastman and Stivers in pursuit.
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Bishop
Roy Strickland
Shenang Springs
Strickland
Warner
Parkersburg
Homer Eastman
Charles Stivers
Reno
Marietta
Eastman
Stivers
Assailant Uses Hatchet In Attempt at Robbery
Marion police report an assailant attacked Mrs. Sarah Adams near her home last night, inflicting a four inch scalp wound before fleeing. Police believe the motive was robbery and that a hatchet caused the injury as Adams screamed and ran to her daughter's residence.
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Marion
U.P
Sarah Adams
Navy Names Harold R. Stark New Chief of Naval Operations
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark named successor to Admiral William D. Leahy as chief of U S naval operations. Stark, 59, currently commands cruiser forces and will take effect in June.
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Harold R. Stark
U. S. Naval Operations
William D. Leahy
Stark
State liquor dept names 61 replacements and five admins
Columbus. The state department of liquor control announced 61 replacements for provisional employees and five administrative appointments. Two district supervisors were named George H. Moon of Kent and Ford J. Bing of Sandusky. Inspectors chosen were Gus J. Miller Wilmington, Richard C. Davis Columbus, and Edmund Schuster Perrysburg. Other appointees include Hocking-Lyman O. Hansel Logan, Meigs-David Owen Jenkins Middleport, Perry-French Baughman Crooksville, Paul Landrum Junction City, and Carl Tague New Lexington.
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Columbus
Ll.s
State Department of Liquor Control
George H. Moon
Kent
Ford J. Bing
Sandusky
Gus J. Miller
Wilmington
Richard C. Davis
Edmund Schuster
Perrysburg
Hocking
Lyman O. Hansel
Logan Meigs
David Owen Jenkins
Middleport
Perry — French Baughman
Crooksville
Paul Landrum
Junction City
Carl Tague
New Lexington
Income Tax Receipts Show Sharp Drop in Mid-Month
Treasury figures show income tax collections for March 1 to 15 at 132.7 million dollars, down about 25 percent from the 178.9 million dollars recorded in the same period last year. The report notes a significant decline in early March receipts.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Identify Body of Man Found in Salt Creek
The body of a man found in Salt Creek was identified today as Tony Sharp, 51, of near Jackson. Authorities believe Sharp fell into the water accidentally several days ago and are continuing to investigate.
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Salt Creek
Jackson
U.P
Tony Sharp
Near
Sharp
Driver's license tests to be held at Logan Fairgrounds
The State Highway Patrol will administer driver’s license tests in Logan at the Fairgrounds on Saturday morning from 9 to 12 o'clock.
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State Highway Patrol
Logan
Fairgrounds
Burn Ohio Coal movement organizes in Glouster High School
About 250 residents from across the Hocking Coal Field attended a Glouster High School meeting Thursday night, forming an organization to publicize the Burn Ohio Coal campaign. Mayor C. F. Wallace chaired the session and the policy committee outlined plans to create statewide publicity units, fund research, and maintain non political standards and inspection of coals for customer satisfaction.
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Glouster
Hocking Coal Field
Glouster High School
C. F. Wallace
Edu
Julius Pico
John Schoonover
William Brown
Matthew Dawson
Buckley
al Craft
C. H. Harris
W. F. Smiley
L. K. Heiskel
L. E. Richardson
B. B. Buckley
A. A. Ayers
Murray City
Dr. Dew
Nelsonville
Solons Begin Relief Hearings in Ohio for Poor Relief Bill
In Columbus a joint House Senate committee opens public hearings to draft a permanent poor relief bill. They also extend the Whittemore Law for delinquent tax installment payments with caveats. Senate passes a reorganization bill creating a conservation commission and new tax department structure pending House action.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Whittemore
Conservation
Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
Ripper
Taxation Department
Board of Appeals
Tax Commission
Bricker Warns on Federal Spending at Sandusky Banquet
Governor John W. Bricker addressed about 2,000 diners at the Firelands Draft Horse Society banquet in Sandusky criticizing rising federal spending. He warned that continued federal policies threaten local government and home rule, saying democracy rests on local control.
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Sandusky
U.P
John W. Bricker
Firelands Draft Horse Society
Bricker
Posse Trails Snowshoe Fugitive Killer in Wyoming Blizzard
Earl Durand, 26, fled through a blizzard toward the mountains near Powell as snowshoe posses pursued with orders to take him dead or alive after he killed Deputy Sheriff D. M. Baker and Marshal Charles Lewis during an escape from jail.
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Powell
Wyo
U.P
Earl Durand
Here
Durand
D. M. Baker
Charles Lewis
Little Man Seeks Labor Act Change From Burke
Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska presented to the Senate a petition bearing the signatures of 50 000 small businessmen urging amendments to the Wagner Labor Relations Act.
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Washington
U.P
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Senate
University Women Back Judge Allen for Court
The American Association of University Women endorsed U S Circuit Judge Florence E Allen of Cleveland for appointment to the U S Supreme Court.
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University
Allen
Washington
U.S
U. S
Florence E. Allen
Cleveland
American Association of University Women
U. S. Supreme Court
Oldest Perry County Resident Mary Blackburn Dies
Mrs. Mary C. Blackburn Perry County's oldest resident died today just before turning 100. She was born May 15 and will be buried Saturday in New Lexington Ohio.
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New Lexington
U.P
Mary C. Blackburn
Perry County
Hefty Eat More Advice From Doctor
Dr Garfield Duncan of Jefferson Medical College told the Philadelphia Medical Society that eating only two meals a day creates abnormal appetite and often leads to weight gain. He urged four to six moderate meals daily to reduce excess weight.
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Philadelphia
Garfield Duncan
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia Medical Society
Guard Mexican Border To Capture Dr Ritter
Law enforcement blocks all roads to Mexico to trap Dr Otto Benjamin Leo Ritter a self styled Nazi finance minister described as an international swindler with multi million dollar bank deposits. He is sought on two warrants one for immigration irregularities and another from New Jersey charging him with swindle.
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San Bernardino
Cal
U.P
Mexico
Otto Benjamin Leo Ritter
Finance Ministry
New York
New Jersey
Little Powers Seek Safeguard Against Further Aggression
European leaders in Poland Romania and Yugoslavia met in constant talks to protect frontiers against another Nazi blow. In Czechoslovakia the Nazis expanded influence with 10 000 arrests in Bohemia and troops marching toward Carpatho Ukraine while Germany eyed the eastern border and the Bank of Prague reported 16 truckloads of gold and currency seized by SS SA teams.
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Poland
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Europe
Hungary
Wniin
Hitler
Carpatho-Ukraine
Bohemia
Prague
Brno
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Soviet Russia
Berlin
Vienna
Reichstag
Skunk Forces WVU Class Cancellations and Evacuations
An uproar of outdoor airlust swept WVU as a skunk infiltrated the administration building. Hundreds of students were sent home or to open doors after the odor prompted early class dismissals. Students eventually flushed the animal from the basement with long poles.
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Morgantown
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia University
LaGuardia Slams Hitler in West Coast Speech
San Francisco report says Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, while in town for a western mayors meeting and the city’s World Fair, delivered a sharp rebuke of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. He condemned German actions, especially in Latin America, signaling a broad diplomatic critique during his four day visit.
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San Francisco
Fiorello LaGuardia
Adolf Hitler
New York
Latin America
Donahey Appreciative But Denies 1940 Candidacy
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio expressed appreciation at being named a favorite son candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940 but stated he is not a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donahey
Washington
U.P
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Former Police Chief Spaulding Dies at 81
James W. Spaulding, 81, longtime Delaware police chief, died last night in Delaware. He served for decades in law enforcement and led the Delaware police department during his tenure.
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Delaware—U.p
James W. Spaulding
Delaware
Social Security Plan To Be Stopped By House Panel
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee privately indicate they will likely reject most administration proposals to broaden the Social Security program. They plan to limit amendments to liberalize old age benefits and improve administration while disapproving the Security Board's plan to extend coverage. They also consider delaying the payroll tax increase from two to three percent slated for 1940.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
The
Security Board
Senate delays red hunt bill in Ohio college probe
In Columbus the Senate Rules Committee postponed a decision on forming a Little Dies Committee to probe alleged un American activities in Ohio. The panel showed coolness to advancing the Pole taked resolution to investigate subversive activity in state supported colleges and public schools. An allied civic groups council urged broadening the inquiry beyond schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate Rules Committee
Little Dies
Ohio
Senate
Ohio Council of Civic, Fraternal, and Patriotic Organizations
Masaryk Warns U S to Keep Hands Clean in Europe
Jan Masaryk, son of Czechoslovakia’s founder, urged Americans in a CBS radio interview with H V Kaltenborn to stay free of European betrayals he said caused his homeland’s dismemberment. He described betrayals as the root of Europe’s ills and called for cautious U S policy.
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Chicago
U.P
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Masaryk
Columbia Broadcasting System
H. V. Kaltenborn
News Commense Stator
Ina Claire Weds William R Wallace Jr in Salt Lake City
Actress Ina Claire and San Francisco attorney William R. Wallace Jr were married last night at the home of Mayor John M. Wallace in Salt Lake City.
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Ina Claire
Salt Lake City
U.P
William R. Wallace, Jr
San Francisco
John M. Wallace
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Minshall
Anna F. O'Neil
Summit
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