Senate Defeats Local Government Constitutional Change Proposal
In Columbus on March 19 the Ohio Senate defeated a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to alter local government structure. Rural opposition, led by township officers, feared loss of local input, and also blocked a Taft bill to consolidate welfare functions. Other actions included a Nickels Bill memorializing Revolutionary sites and an education department probe proposal.
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Columbus
Ww. A. Greenland
Cleveland
Ohio
Senate
Cuyahoga County
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Revolutionary Memorial Commission
Ohio U senior to represent state in oratorical contest
Wanda Morton of Nitro West Virginia, a senior at Ohio University, will represent the university in the finals of the Women’s State Oratorical Contest at Capitol University in Bexley tonight. Her speech titled Let Us Have Our Dreams will pit her against winners from Wittenberg College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Capitol University, Heidelberg College, Bluffton College and Wooster College for state honors.
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Seniior
Ohio U
Wanda Morton
Nitro
W. Va
Ohio University
Capitol University
Bexley
Miss Morton
Wittenberg College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Heidelberg College
Bluffton College
Wooster College
Modern College Girls Compared to Coeds of 50 Years Ago
A letter from Beverly Hills humorously claims a man has measured 6000 college girls and finds present students are higher wider and thicker with more lung capacity than coeds a half century ago The writer jokes about perceptions of past and present female students and the strenuous life at a female college.
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Beverly Hills
Cahi
Will
Route 50 West of Albany to Get 7.67 Mile Surfacing
Ohio officials announce plans to surface seven and two thirds miles of U S Route 50 west of Albany. The project budget ranges from 60 000 to 450 000 with concrete or brick surfacing. John W Dowler Athens County state highway resident engineer said plans and specifications are ready and bids will open in Columbus on April 7.
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Ohio Highway Department
Albany
John W. Dowler
Athens County
Columbus
Dowler
Vinton County
Miller Brothers
Middleport
Arthur Brisbane News Digest on Urban Change and Notes
A New York church demolition near Vanderbilt Hotel accompanies a brick and concrete highway upgrade projected in Ohio counties. Also covers Dr Millikan’s Pasadena science news and a cancer fund gift from Egbert Fuller, with page reference to continued details.
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Pasadena
Millikan
Charles O
Hera Wreck Off Hammerfest Claims Eight Dead
In a Norwegian snowstorm the steamship Hera of 1080 tons wrecked on rocks off Hammerfest. Eight people died, including an eight year old girl and four stewardesses, while 56 survived by swimming to shore. Survivors walked to Haveysund after a long rescue.
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Oslo
Norway
U.P
Hera
Hammerfest
Haveysund
Arrested Too Soon
A bank official R C Shallberg facing embezzlement charges of 1 109 050 says a longer wait before arrest would have let him make a fortune in real estate and repay the money. He demands a speedy trial and transfer to state prison and urges his wife to divorce while threatening suicide. He cites near success as the cause of his bitterness.
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Moline
U.P
R. C. Shallberg
Man to die by own action over wedding postponement
John Ballard a 28 year old University of Michigan freshman dental student committed death by own action after his fiancee Bertha Rankin urged postponement. His body was found in a friend's apartment with autopsy confirming poisoning. Rankin is daughter of Prof. Thomas M. Rankin of Carleton College.
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John Ballard
University of Michigan
Ballard
Bertha Rankin
Thomas M. Rankin
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Ann Arbor
Navy destroyers search Luzon for missing aviator Brophy
Four United States Navy destroyers began a search in an isolated Luzon area for William G. Brophy, an Los Angeles aviator believed forced down while en route from Hong Kong to Manila. Brophy departed Macao at 8 30 a m with fuel to 6 50 p m.
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Manila
P. I
United States Navy
William G. Brophy
Los Angeles
Luzon
Hong Kong
Brophy
Macao
Buckeye Voters League Formed in Dayton
The Buckeye Voters League of Dayton filed incorporation papers in Columbus to work for Negro rights in Dayton. It supports Clarence Brown for governor in 1982, G. L. Knight for U S senator, and seeks a new Republican state chairman.
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Buckeye Voters’ League
Dayton
Columbus
Clarence J. Brown
Buckeye Voters’ League of
Brown
G. L. Knight
United States
Mother Held After Liquor Kills Friend
In St Clairsville Ohio Anna Kovack 40 is charged with second degree murder for allegedly furnishing poison liquor that killed neighbor Sophia Delegan and sickened Joe Roth. Kovack and her three daughters aged 11 8 and 6 sit with family at Belmont County Jail as case progresses.
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ST. Clairsville
Anna Kovyack
Belmont County
Sophia Delegan
Powhatan
Joe Roth
Howard Duff
Frank Johnson
Kovacks
Frank Arnold Dies After Illness in Sugar Grove
Frank Arnold, former Carbondale resident, died this morning at his Sugar Grove home after a pneumonia illness. The body will be taken to Carbondale for burial likely Sunday at New Marshfield. He is survived by his father, Mrs Ralph and Edward of Carbondale, Fred of Athens, Murray of Lancaster, and a half sister Virgene. He had worked at Sugar Grove for several years.
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Frank Arnold
Carbondale
Sugar Grove
Wash
New Marshfield
Arnold
Ralph
Edward
Fred
Athens
Murray
Lancaster
Virgene
Athens Girl Held on Bracelet Theft Charge
Miss May Mitchell, 19, of Athens Ohio, accused of stealing a $1,500 bracelet from former employer Mrs. Marie Reed, is held to the grand jury on $2,500 bond. Marshall Wright, 21, of Gibson Tennessee, charged with unlawfully receiving and pawning the bracelet for $5, is also held. Both pleaded not guilty before Judge Otis R Hess. police say confessions were made. The bracelet was hidden in a slipper given by Mrs. Reed.
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Cincinnati
U.P
May Mitchell
Athens
Marie Reed
Marshall Wright
Gibson
Tenn
Otis R. Hess
Tax Receipts Jump Incomes Rise in March Totals
Washington reports March 17 income tax receipts totaling 48 129 417 up from 32 158 048 a year ago. Monthly total so far reaches 106 254 208 versus 99 666 010 last year, though first quarter totals may not reflect final patterns due to daily fluctuation.
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Washington
Warden Hil Faces Joliet Penitentiary Riot
Warden Henry C. Hil stood at the center of Joliet Penitentiary riots after denying convicts a demand for home rule amid threats of a wider outbreak. He and the prison chaplain moved among rioters unarmed urging order as fires destroyed several buildings. Guards bolstered the perimeter while all convicts remained in cells. Hil had recently undergone major surgery.
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Henry C. Hil
Joliet Penitentiary
Warden Hill
Joliet
Alree
Bertha Finnegan
Henry C. Hilll
Nathan Leopold
Martin Durkin
Sea Rescuers Stand Firm Against Arctic Storm
Seven rescue ships pressed a hazardous supply run to Horse Island off Newfoundland to aid Viking disaster survivors. A fierce snow storm and cold wind hampered access as crews and wounded seamen faced hunger and medical needs despite crossing ice floes four miles from the island.
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Newfoundland
Horse Island
Congressm Charles Brand Fined For Untagged Car In Urbana
Congressman Charles Brand of Urbana was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor BE Stockwell after admitting he drove an automobile without 1931 license tags. Brand was arrested Tuesday by Marshal Harry Day and said two of his three cars bore 1931 tags while he unknowingly drove the untaxed vehicle.
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Urbana
Charles Brand
BE. R. Stockwell
Brand
Harry Day
Ice Cutter Consul Seeks Rescue for Viking Survivors
A U S appeal from American Consul at St John to rescue 120 Viking survivors on Horse Island. The plea asks an ice cutter smash through frozen seas. Message referred to Treasury Department for Coast Guard action, dated March 19.
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Washington
U.P
Horse Island
State Department
St. Johna N. F
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Kills for Girls
Rosario Bruno 18 confessed to police that he killed two men to raise $64 for girls. He described a poolroom arrest and a confession detailing crimes including a lunch wagon holdup in Warehouse Point Connecticut that yielded $19 and an additional murder of Harry H. Willer a 74 year old service station operator in Trenton New Jersey for $45.
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New York
Rosario Bruno
Nick Legelis
Warehouse Point
Conn
Harry H. Willer
Trenton
N. J
Bruno
Shoots Himself Karl Bolender Former Logan Auto Dealer Dies
Karl D. Bolender 40 a former Logan Ohio automobile dealer died by suicide in Columbus amid reports of failing health. The incident occurred March 19 and authorities attributed his death to ill health. Also noted is Ellis F. Stephenson a federal prohibition agent who was at liberty on a writ of habeas corpus after a dispute over removal to Newark to answer charges of giving liquor to two minor girls.
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Karl Bolender
Logan Auto
Columbus
Karl D. Bolender
Logan, O
U.R
Ellis F. Stephenson
St. Louis
Liberty
Licking County
Stephenson
Newark
Washington and Jefferson Students Strike for Baker Resignation
About 430 Washington and Jefferson College students voted to continue a class strike until Monday over President Baker’s regime. A petition claiming 350 signatures urged Baker’s removal, citing athletic policy and strict rules, with charges largely undisclosed.
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Washington, Pa
Washington and Jefferson College
8. S. Baker
Baker
James I. Brownson
Board of Trustees
Rubber plant to run three shifts for year at full capacity
Detroit March 19. The United States Rubber Company plant here will operate three full time shifts with 4,000 employees. General manager J F O Shaughnessy announced the plant should run at capacity all year. Plants in Eau Claire Wisconsin and Los Angeles also at capacity.
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Detroit
U.P
Nlant
United States Rubber Company
J. F. O'Shaughnessy
Eau Clare
Wis
Los Angeles
O'Shaughneusy
Rioting Prisoners Burn Six Illinois Prisons
In Joliet Illinois rioting prisoners destroyed six prison buildings with a death reported. Fr Elisius Weir the Statesville prison chaplain said the unrest stemmed from parole board dissatisfaction and overcrowding. He defended prison staff while criticizing parole hearings and procedures. He alleged numerous inmates were imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
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Illinois
Did Not See Train Coming
In Wellsville New York on March 19 Harold Sweet, 25, his wife, 23, and their two young children with a goat were struck by an Erie eastbound train at a crossing. The couple and their 16 month old daughter died. The 3 year old son Harold Jr. survived and was taken to City Hospital in serious condition.
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Wellsville
Harold
Sweet
Meteor sighting sparks hunt across Ohio fields
Ohio Wesleyan University astronomers report a large meteor seen Feb 26 at 11 10 PM may have fallen between Marion and Mansfield Ohio. Dr Harlan Stetson of Perkins Observatory seeks observer reports to aid extensive research on the object.
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Delaware
U.R
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio
Marion
Mansfield
Ohio Wesleyan
Harlan Stetson
Perkins Observatory
Elevators Sale Pending For Ohio Farm Co-Op
The Ohio Farm Co-Operative Association will acquire the Sneath-Cunningham Company chain of 80 grain elevators. The deal, valued around $800,000, would place 30 elevators under the farmers’ group after a ten day waiting period. Fifteen elevators are in Seneca County with others across Sandusky Huron Wyandot Crawford Hardin and Logan Counties.
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Kenton
Ohio Farma Co-Operative Association
Sneath-Cunningham Company
Farmers’ Association
Seneca County
Sandusky
Huron
Wyandot
Crawford, Hardin
Logan Counties
Threat to Kidnap A Child For Perfect Crime
Police reveal a letter from the suspect in the Virginia Brooks case threatens to kidnap another child to prove criminal superiority. Detective George Sears says the message suggests it was written by a powerful but twisted mind seeking to commit the perfect crime.
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San Diego
Cal
U.P
Virginia Brooks
George Sears
Sears
Retire Teachers on 25 a Month Bill Advances
Columbus March 10 The House Committee on Schools recommended passage of Rep F W Mall Guernsey County bill allowing teachers over 70 with 26 years service to retire and receive at least 25 a month from the retirement fund Also recommended passage for Rep L R Bostwicks bill making school physical training optional A third Rep R R Stratton measure to require State Board of Education approval of state aid school improvements passed but two bills were indefinitely postponed Citizens opposed a state textbook commission and uniform textbooks as presented
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Governor White
Senate
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Hoover
John A. Lloyd
Portsmouth
Robert L. Roche
Tiffin
David N. Dearmond
House
House Schools Committee
King Bill
Senate Highways Committee
Secrest-Bestwick
Columbus
House Committee On
F. W. Mall
Guernsey County
L. R. Bostwick
Madison County
R. R Stratton
Brown County
State Board of Education
BE. R. King
Vinton County
Congressional District Revisions Reported To Committee
Changes to redistricting bills were reported to the Committee on Elections in Columbus. The sub committee favors no change to the First and Second Districts comprising Hamilton County. Proposed districts include Tenth covering Scioto to Gallia and Eleven covering Delaware to Knox with several counties listed.
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Columbus
U.rpa
Senate
Committee On Elections
Herner
Marshall
Hamilton County
Scioto
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Delaware
Coshocton
Knox
Holmes
Licking
Fairfield
Perry
Hocking
Muaskingum
Guernsey
Tuscarawas
Morgan, Noble
Monroe
Washington
Hoover Starts Trip President Boards Ship For Porto Rico
President Hoover arrived at Old Point Comfort Virginia to begin a cruise to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands aboard the battleship Arizona. The presidential special was delayed 15 minutes at Hanover when a baggage car decoupled but the train reached Old Point early and Hoover boarded the Arizona at seven in the morning.
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Hoover
Porto Rico
Old Point Comfort
U.P
Virgin Islands
Hanover
Old Point
Arizona
Walker's Wit Sapped by Roosevelt Charges
Mayor James J. Walker faces six general and ten specific accusations of incompetence laxity and misfeasance in office as Governor Roosevelt releases the charges. Tammany leaders urge Walker to abandon wise cracking while vacationing in Palm Springs California and stay silent on the matter.
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New York
James J. Walker
City Hall
Roosevelt
City Affairs Committee
Tammany Mall
Walker
Palm Springs
Calif
Weather Summary From Fragmented Data
Yesterday's highs ranged from 4 to 76 across Phoenix El Peso and Shreveport. Forecast predicts fair to slightly colder conditions with central eastward drift. temperatures projected to rise to mid 30s to 40s in some areas with variable winds and generally fair weather in the area.
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Phoenix
el Peso
Shreveport
White River
Cochrane
Gevers
Sra Chippers
Riot at Stateville Prison Causes Massive Fire and Damage
Riot at Stateville Prison near Joliet led to seven buildings burning and nearly $500 000 in damage. Guards and police contained the mutiny after hours of clashes. two guards were injured and three convicts shot. Warden Hill and Chaplain Weir urged restraint while overcrowding and parole-board tensions fueled unrest.
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Weir
Hill
United Weit
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Hardin County
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W. H. Schweikert
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House Health Committee
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features, Inc
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Colonel Friedsam
St. Patrick
Noutheast Corporation
Jacobs
Egbert C. Fuller
Connecticut
Anna Fuller
Ann Arbor, Mich
U. 8S. Navy
Joliet Pen
U. S
W. and
Sol S. Lipman
Lipman
Middle West
West
Henry Hill
Frank Kneas
Ilinola
Fr. Weir
Goat
Heavenly
Northern
Co-Operative
Flan
House Committee
Charlies Ryburn
Marion County
F. M. Shelton
Springfield
M. 8. Cox
President
Jimmy’s
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Stateville
W. C. Hil
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