Unified drink bill faces nation wide showdown
A proposed per cent beverage control measure faces heated debate as leaders seek a final compromise before enactment. Delegates to state conventions in Michigan Wisconsin and other states prepare votes or ratification while the Woman's National Action group mobilizes campaigns across Idaho Vermont West Virginia New Jersey Arkansas Montana Oregon Washington and more to push reform.
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Idaho
Vermont
West New Jersey
Ark
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Abductors Demand Ransom For 15 Year Old Kidnapping
V P Peter Myers, 15, was taken from his home with armed men demanding a ransom. The abductors waited for a response at the scene in Mog, offering up to $1,000 and threatening to withhold details until contact is made.
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V.P
Peter Myers
Mog
Bck
Unclear fragment hints at Munich plot and Berlin staging
Fragmentary text references Hitler related topics with mentions of Munich Berlin and security forces. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the readable words.
Develand Art Museum Jury Delivers Verdict
A local art museum faces a verdict after a court hearing regarding display disputes. Prosecutors and defense teams presented arguments about exhibit stewardship and potential damages. The outcome sets a precedent for curatorial decisions at regional institutions.
Farm Relief Bill Faces Senate Revolt and House Action
President Roosevelt's 1 billion farm relief plan faces possible Senate resistance while House leaders push for quick passage. The House committee is expected to report in favor with amendments likely allowed, and Majority Leader Byrns predicts a Thursday vote. In the Senate, critics target the domestic allotment backbone of the program, preferring alternate price-restoration methods.
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Burns
Senate
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
House
White House
Byrns
White May Ask Modification of Ohio Dry Laws
In Columbus a conference of legislative leaders and Governor White discusses a guiding program for action this week. If House and Senate leaders agree, the Ohio General Assembly may recess for a month. White plans to ask Congress to act on beer legislation before seeking changes to the Crabbe and Miller Acts.
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U.P
White
Congress
Ohio General Assembly
House
Senate
Assembly
No Saloons is White's Word About Liquor
Governor White said his forthcoming message to the Legislature will warn against old time saloons. He pledged that there shall be no screened or shuttered places and that liquor outlets must be open to public view. He will send the message to the Assembly and backs federal beer law aims while opposing closed venues.
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U.P
White
Congress
Ohio
League moves seek US in two world disputes
The League of Nations accepted US participation in the Colombia-Panama Leticia boundary advisory committee to avert war. Simultaneously officials study Mussolini’s four power peace plan for Europe, noting England’s security pledges require US and French assurances.
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League of Nations
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Colombia- Penu Leticia
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Europe
Mussolini
Italy
England
France
State Banking Official Directs New Measure
Columbus March 20 State Banking Superintendent Ira Fulton ordered all non licensed banks to stop recording stock transfers and sent letters to unlicensed institutions requesting records since mid February Tangeman stated the action aims to protect depositors from possible evasion and noted likely legislation on stock transfers would be introduced in the Ohio General Assembly tonight or tomorrow
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Columbus
U.P
Ira Fulton
Tangeman
Ohio General Assembly
White veto pledge powers counties racing referendum
Governor White denounces the Emmons Racing Bill clause that bars Ohio counties from holding a racing referendum until 1935. He says he will veto any bill that delays county power to protect themselves against legalized betting by pari mutuel or other systems.
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Columbus
White
Ohio
Death Toll Rising in Hamilton County
Two more deaths in Hamilton County over the weekend raise the automobile fatality total to 25. Miss Margaret Witz, 23, of Cincinnati, and Robert Maloney, 59, a homeless man, died from injuries after a taxi collided with a car and after Maloney was struck while crossing a street.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Margaret Witz
Robert Maloney
British Officer on Trial for Treason Act Case
Lieut Norman Baillie-Stewart of the Seaforth Highlanders, 24, faced a military court in London on ten counts for betraying his country for 250 dollars. Held in the Tower of London, the trial marked the first officer case under the official secrets act since World War I. He pleaded not guilty.
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U.P
Norman Baillie-Stewart
Seaforth Highlanders
All England
Tower of London
Brief Case Lost and Found Ad Returns Prof Cooper’s Item
A brief case linked to Prof. W. H. Cooper of 306 East State Street was lost and an ad placed in the Lost and Found column. The case was found and returned the same day after readers saw the notice and contacted him. The ad also mentions a Bisck mother seeking a lost brief case reward and a contact number 20884.
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W. H. Cooper
E. State &J
Messenger
Bisck
W. H Cooper
Sea Gulls Mix Up Flight Across Flooded Hocking River
Flood waters Sunday drew sea gulls far from their usual haunts. A gull travelled up the Hocking River and hovered near the landing field east of Athens for over an hour, occasionally resting on the hangar as wild ducks swarmed the flooded area.
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Athens
Arithmetic Regulation of Intoxication in California
A letter from Santa Monica mocks alcohol taxes and drunkenness by proposing arithmetic to regulate intoxication. It contends the treasury profits from drinkers while a wife admonishes excessive intake, using humorous percentages and fractions to satirize policy.
Roosevelt Moves to Fast Track Reforestation Job Plan
President Roosevelt prepares a 200000 job program targeting a vast reforestation project to use unemployed workers. Senator Wagner of New York plans three relief bills to liberalize the Reconstruction Finance Act establish a national coordinated employment office system and push unemployment insurance. The president also advances a 500 million economy program and signed veterans and federal payroll cuts into law as he keeps a low-profile weekend schedule.
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Britain Suspends Soviet Trade Treaties After Arrests
London march 3 Britain suspends all Soviet trade negotiations after six British Metrovick employees were arrested in Russia on sabotage charges. Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that the ambassador had not been allowed to interview the detainees and details of the charges were unavailable.
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Southern Indiana Faces Major Ohio River Flooding
Evansville dispatch reports the Ohio River rising to 50.5 feet at Madison forcing 50 families from homes with six feet more expected. Other Indiana streams swelled as flood warnings spread, Ohio seen as main danger point with flood stage at 45 feet.
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U.P
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Ohio
Madison
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Zangara Dies in Hot Seat After Cermak Death
U P reports Giuseppi Zangara died in Florida prison electric chair at 9 26 am after firing six shots at F D Roosevelt 33 days earlier. He defied witnesses with scornful taunts and demanded pictures before the chair. Sheriff Dan Hardie switched off the current as guards watched and 40 people witnessed the execution. Superintendent Chapman said the body would be buried in the prison cemetery.
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Raiford, Fla
U.P
Giuseppi Zangara
Dan Hardie
Anton Kaan
SS Itern
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joe
Chapman
Zangara
Giuseppe Zangara
Florida
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Miami
Gallipolis Is Isolated Now By High Water
Flood waters of the Ohio River rise to 54 feet isolating Gallipolis. No school will be held tomorrow. 30 percent of children cannot reach schools. Red Cross shelters 200 refugees. 50 families flee as Route 7 washout and Route 11 flood hinder travel. K and M train halted at Pt Pleasant bridge. Messenger newsletter undelivered in Athens.
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Wayne Luts
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Garfield Avenue
Red Cross
Adamsville
Pt. Pleasant Bridge
Athens
Tragedy in Gallipolis Claims Three Drowned and Deaths
William Smith aged 68 dies at home after a paralytic stroke in Gallipolis. Funeral services for Mrs John Harrison and daughter Eileen postponed until floodwaters subside after the car plunged 60 feet into high water. Harrison and a boy escaped. bodies recovered about 40 minutes later as roads remain flooded and cemetery access blocked.
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William Smith
Second Avenue
John Harrison
Eileen
John
Hazel Harrison
Aileen
Galipelis
Ohio River
John, Jr
Motorists sought after fatal hit in Stark County
Canton March 2 four motorists fled after striking and killing Robert Boyd 74 prominent Stark County Republican leader. Authorities pursued them today in connection with the fatal incident.
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Canton
Robert Boyd
Stark County Republcan
Milk Investigation Committee Concludes Report in Columbus
The governor's milk investigating committee met in Columbus to complete its report for the governor. The session aimed to finalize findings likely to influence state dairy policy and oversight.
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Columbus
Governor's Milk Investigating Committee
Bank Activity Near Normal Across Ohio After Holiday
Ohio banks show activity back to normal in about two thirds of institutions. Efforts this week target banks that did not reopen with licenses, focusing on reorganizational steps and new state and federal legislation. The move enables appointment of federal conservators for state banks that are Federal Reserve members, following a presidential proclamation over the weekend. Theodore Tangeman and Ira J. Fulton discussed the proclamation authorizing state authorities to appoint conservators if needed.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Federal Reserve
Theodore Tangeman
Ira J. Fulton
Roosevelt
Ten Counties Prepare Delegations for Conference in McArthur
All ten counties in the Southeast Division will finalize plans for delegations to the annual conference at the M. E. Church in Mc Arthur on Friday March. The 9:30 a.m. program will feature leaders including Mrs. Hamilton Shaffer Dayton Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers and Dr. Aston Smith University of Cincinnati. Reports of each unit’s year’s work will be presented in the morning session.
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Hamilton Shaffer
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Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
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Columbus
H. Ray Wagner
Anne L. Becker
Cincinnati
Aston Smith
University of Cincinnati
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Gallipolis
W. R. Lewis
De Angeis Dies at 74 in New Jersey
Jefferson De Angeis, 74, noted stage actor, died today in New Jersey after a prolonged illness. The passing ends a long career highlighted by notable theatre and screen performances.
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N. J
Jeffer
Son de Angeis
Flood Damage To Highways Reported In Athens County
Flooding from the Hocking River and tributaries threatens roads in Athens County and nearby areas. County surveyor J W Wilson estimates county road damage around 10000 dollars while state losses await river recession. Ohio University facilities and state hospital grounds near the river are flooded with many county roads damaged or rendered unsafe.
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J. W. Wilson
John W. Dowler
Athens
Ohio University
State Hospital
Wives Start Action Against “Our” Husband
Philadelphia March 20. A chance meeting of two women who became close friends led to the arrest of Gladstone Sharon 27 for bigamy. He is held for extradition to West Virginia to face charges filed by Mrs Mary Sharon and Mrs Helen Shar on, who met here. Each said her husband was missing and comparing photos showed they were married to the same man.
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Ellen Evans
M. Scott Kearns
Philadelphia
Gladstone Sharon
West Virginia
Mary Sharon
Helen Sharon
Aid for State Bank Considered Probable
Federal aid for state banks looked likely to win quick approval in the House. The measure would let banks outside the Federal Reserve System obtain new currency from the Central Reserve Banks on the same basis as Reserve member banks. Banks could secure funds by pledging government bonds or other sound securities as collateral.
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Reserve
Inmate Escapes from Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
An inmate fled Sandusky's Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home in a car owned by Commandant Perry Null after stealing $100 from the home office. Officials described the escapee as a trusted inmate from the Manfield Reformator program.
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Sandusky
U.P
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Perry Null
Ohio River flood drives Cincinnati families from homes
The Ohio River surged to 618 feet in Cincinnati with forecast crest near 4 feet, sparking mass evacuations as more than 1,500 families became homeless. Three deaths in Kentucky floods linked to the rising waters and several other fatalities were reported as authorities warned of heavier damage ahead.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio
Spring Arrives With Weather Mix Across Regions
The text notes spring arriving tonight at 7 45 p m and 7 43 p m in a world busy with lode beer economy. In Athens District the morning sky was clear and warm while Midwest sections report heavy snow in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Kansas as a late blizzard sweeps through.
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Reichsbank chief resigns to become ambassador to Washington
Dr Hana Luther Justs resigned as president of the Reichsbank and has been appointed ambassador to Washington, Berlin reports. The move shifts key financial leadership as the capital confirms the posting.
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Hana Luther
Justs
Reichsbank
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