FDR Seeks 1.5 Billion for Federal Unemployment Relief
The Associated Press report notes President Roosevelt requests 1.5 billion dollars for federal unemployment relief. Italy refuses to join sanctions against Germany over the Locarno Treaty denunciation, signaling varied European responses as Eden advocates a constructive peace approach.
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Italy
Reich
Locarno
Associated Press
London
Germany
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Rhine
Grandi
Europe
Eden
Britain
Congress Told WPA Needs All Of New Funds
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 1.5 billion dollars for work relief for the new fiscal year starting July 1. He urged channeling new funds entirely to the Works Progress Administration and tied relief to private employment growth to curb the deficit.
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Congress
WPA
Washington
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Treasury
Theivilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
Conciliators Move To End Akron Tire Strike
Negotiators from both sides press to end the month long strike at the Goodyear Tire plant in Akron as 14 000 workers remain idle. An accord was reportedly near with lawyers for the company and the United Rubber Workers returning to talks after the plant reopened.
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AKRON
Oodyear Tire & Rubber
Prominent Mayor T. B. Alexander Dies at 70
Funeral services are set for Friday for Mayor T. B. Alexander who died Tuesday at age 70. A longtime leader, he served as mayor for 25 years in the lake region.
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Put-In-Bay
T. B. Alexander
Lake Region
Potato seed ultrasound claim heads to agriculture front
A hoax classified ad hints at ultrasonics boosting potato yields with seed bombardment. The Messenger prints a seed planted in its classifieds offering a “TEAM HOUSINGS” set for sale or trade by Mark Dickson of Albany Ohio.
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Messenger
Mark Dickson
Albany
Ohio
Court to Review Edith Maxwell Murder Case
Edith Maxwell a 21 year old Wise County teacher sentenced to 25 years for murdering her father Trigo Maxwell won a review by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. She testified that she struck him with a slipper heel during an attempted whip for staying out late. Appeals argued insufficient evidence.
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Richmond
Edith Maxwell
Wise County
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Miss Maxwell
Trigo Maxwell
H. A. W. Skeen
State Supreme Court of Appeals
WPA Workers To Be Freed From Politics
Harry L. Hopkins issued a directive to all WPA state administrators banning employment actions based on support or opposition to political groups. The notice, to be posted in district offices and given to project foremen, aims to shield workers from political influence amid party criticism and Senate scrutiny.
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WPA
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Holt
D-W. Va
Bennett State's Witness In New Murder Trial
Cyre Bennett, 78, testifying for the state, denied killing his brother James Bennett at the opening of Grover Braden's murder trial. Braden, 34, Marion carpenter, faces the charge while Bennett previously testified against Othal Watkins, 45, convicted as the trigger man. Bennett spent four years in Lima Hospital for the Criminal Insane after the brother's alleged killing.
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Marion
Cyre Bennett
James F. Bennett
Grover Braden
Marion Carpenter
Bennett
Othal Watkins
James Bennett
Lima
Youth Held for Fratricide in Celina Slaying
Florian Knapke 24 confessed to killing his 17 year old brother Linus Knapke with bullet wounds to head and chest. The confrontation occurred in the yard of their home near Coldwater after an argument over loading chaff for a chicken coop. Linus died Saturday night and Florian was arrested following the slain youth’s funeral Tuesday.
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Celina
Linus Knapke
Ralph Allers
Florian Knapke
Linus
Coldwater
Bruce Barber
Florian
Barber
Wellston Girl Named Most Ideal DAR Senior
Miss Dorothy Helen Crowell of Wellston was named the most ideal girl in Ohio’s senior class at the 837th annual Ohio Society DAR conference. She competed against senior girls from other Ohio high schools.
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Springfield
Dorothy Helen Crowell
Wellston
Ohio
Ohio Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Crowell
Stop Inflation Cut Expense Warned by Dr. Kemmerer
Dr. Edwin Kemmerer, Princeton economist, urged Ohio University listeners to balance the budget and cut government expenses to the bone while addressing inflation. He warned that continuing heavy inflation could erode the dollar, raise living costs, and force tax-funded repayment or repudiation of debts.
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Kemmerer
Edwin Kemmerer
Princeton University
Ohio University Memorial Auditorium
Dr. Kemmerer
Bright Withdraws as Democratic Candidate for Congress
Logan banker Rolland Bright withdrew Tuesday as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Eleventh District. In a telegram to election clerk D J Beverly of Chillicothe he said business and personal matters necessitate his withdrawal.
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Logan
Rolland Bright
D. J. Beverly
Chillicothe
Gas Lines Link Detroit to Texas Gas Fields
Pittsburgh based National Tube Company will build a 230 mile gas line connecting Detroit consumers with Texas field trunk lines. The $3.5 million project is set to start once frost leaves the ground.
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Detroit
Texas
Pittsburgh
National Tube Company of
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway February earnings rise
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co reports February income of 3,966,621 after charges. The figure marks a 1,700,004 increase from February 1935 and lifts year to date totals to 6,985,075, up 2,792,405 from the same period in 1935.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Ohio River Is Highest Since 1913 Disaster
Flood waters along the Ohio River valley reach levels not seen since 1913 as gale driven snow cripples northeastern Ohio. Cities from East Liverpool to Wheeling report rising waters, with Gallipolis at 48 feet and a crest around 62 feet anticipated by week’s end. Route detours and high water threaten Marietta Portsmouth and Athens amid drifting snow and blocked roads.
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Ohio River Valley
Ohio
East Liverpool
Wheeling
W. Va
Gallipolis
Eureka
West Virginia
Pomeroy
Marietta
Liverpool
Steunenville
Portsmouth
Athens
Hocking
Coolville
Hockingport
National Debt Figures Soar To New High
The treasury reports a March borrowing line totaling 1.9 billion dollars with a net public debt reaching 31.447 billion. Cash receipts include 452 million for note retirement, while actual new cash borrowed mid month equals 903.65 million.
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Washington
America
Treasury
Exchange of
Hunt Missing Wife of Miami L. Professor
Cincinnati police sought clues to the whereabouts of Ruth Boydston 32 wife of Raymond W Boydston assistant professor of physics at Miami University Oxford missing since last Saturday She was said to be in ill health and planned to go to Lincoln Nebraska but bought a bus ticket to Nashville Tennessee and did not reach there
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Cincinnati
Ruth Boydston
Raymond W. Boydston
Miami University
Oxford
Samuel Rocker Founder of Jewish World Dies
Samuel Rocker editor and founder of Ohio's Jewish World died at home after a short illness. He launched the Jewish daily in 1911 and led its editorial mission.
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Cleveland—I(A
Samuel Rocker
The
Jewish World
Ohio
White punches Vallee amid Scandals meeting uproar
The Daily News reports George White struck Rudy Vallee five times on stage at the New Amsterdam Theatre during a Scandals meeting. An electrician restrained White as Vallee fought back, with cast members and guests present. White aimed to pressure a six week shutdown to shed costly contracts, equity ruling aside.
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New York
The
Daily News
George White
Rudy Vallee
New Amsterdam
Scandals’ Company
Bert Lahr
Willie
Eugene Howard
Gracie Barrie
White
Vallee
Equity
Doan, Noted Nelsonville Leader, Dies in Westerville
Robert A. Doan 61, a prominent Hocking Valley figure, died at his Westerville home after a short pneumonia illness. Born in Nelsonville, he led the local brick industry from 1901 and later devoted himself to Christian Church work, founding a large Bible class and serving on church boards. His death marks the loss of a longtime community leader.
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Nelsonville
Robert A. Doan
Hocking Valley
Westerville
Doan
C. H. Doan
Nelsonville Sewer Pipe Company
Berean Bible
The
Christian Church
Greek Leader Dies in Exile After Short Illness
Eleutherios Venizelos died in Paris at age 72 after a brief illness. Former premier and self-styled Father of the Greek Republic he lived in exile following the 1935 revolution failure that restored the monarchy. His wife and two sons Sophocles and Kiriadis were at his bedside.
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Paris
Eleutherios Venizelos
Sophocles
Kiriadis
Japanese Plane Crash Kills Five at Kurume
A Japanese naval plane crash in Kurume Kyushu killed at least five people including two pilots. The plane spiraled over the city and crashed into shops. a fire destroyed three houses. Three children perished in the blaze with fears of additional casualties in the rubble.
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Tokyo
Kurume
Kyushu
Floods at a Glance Across Several States
The Associated Press reports widespread flood damage and casualties across Pennsylvania West Virginia and neighboring states. Pittsburgh area floods leave at least 12 dead with hundreds homeless and millions in property losses. Other cities including Johnstown New Hartford Wheeling Williamsport Harrisonburg Ithaca and Raleigh report rising waters evacuations disrupted communications and marooned communities.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Maryland
Virginia
Italians Destroy Two Enemy Planes
Rome reports two Ethiopian planes were destroyed by Italian aircraft in a war communique issued by Marshal Pietro Badoglio.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Floods Sweep Pennsylvania and Northeast Causing Massive Losses
Widespread floods from the Great Flood of 1936 cause heavy property damage across Pennsylvania New York Maryland Virginia and Maine with numerous deaths and widespread ruin. Johnstown Pittsburgh and many towns are isolated as floods reach record levels and power plants and factories are flooded.
Delay Seen in Jassie Probe and Hauptmann Appeal
Governor Hoffman plans questions for Dr. John F. Condon as discussions shift to Bronx. Condon declines Trenton visit while Hauptmann’s fate draws a large turnout at a Trenton mass meeting, following a Panama trip by Condon.
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Jassie
Trenton
Hoffman
Bronx
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Wll
John F. Condon
Condon
Panama
Tax receipts show weekly prepaid sales tax totals
State Treasurer Harry S. Day reports weekly prepaid sales tax receipts totaling 1 026 502 for the week ended March 14. This compares with 512 400 in the same week of March 1935, indicating substantial growth.
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Columbus
Harry S. Day
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Bedford
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Louis Brann
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Elmira
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New York City
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