Lamneck Attacks Washington Officials Over Business Attacks
Rep. Arthur P. Lamneck denounces high Washington officials for discrediting private business and warns that ongoing political exaggerations threaten the country. He urges America to reject self deprecation and notes business underpins services, employment, and payrolls with farming and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Arthur P. Lamneck
Washington
Union League Club
America
Gannett Demands Abolition of Senate Lobby Committee
Frank Gannett, publisher and head of the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government, urged abolition of the Senate Lobby Committee over its probe of groups opposing the executive department reorganization bill. He called for a public apology for alleged illegal activities as the Senate weighs a presidential action to save 10 percent in annual expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Frank Gannett
Senate Lobby Committee Today
Executive Department
National Committee
Edward A. Rumely
Senate
Gannett
Lobby Committee
Governor urges state to exit trucking business
Gov. Martin L. Davey writes State Liquor Director J. W. Miller urging the state to abandon trucking operations. He cites the liquor contract with Shaw Transport Inc and a Senate graft inquiry revealing Shaw paid another firm 11.42 cents per case to haul liquor. He commends forcing distillers to warehouse their own products.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
J. W. Miller
Liquor Department
Shaw Transport, Inc
Senate
Shaw Transport
Miller
Boettcher Sentenced to Die for Detective Slaying
Carl Boettcher of Cleveland was sentenced to die in the electric chair for fatally shooting Detective Robert Cline during a Feb. 4 gun battle with bank robbers in Columbus. Judge Dana Reynolds overruled a motion for a new trial and Boettcher, paralyzed from the battle wound, was moved to the Ohio Penitentiary hospital to await execution on July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Carl Boettcher
Cleveland
Robert Cline
Dana Reynolds
Boettcher
Ohio Penitentiary Hospital
Officials To Testify In $6,000,000 Road Suit
In Columbus the depositions of two state highway department officials were set for today in a $6 million taxpayers suit filed by Agnes Dickinson against Highway Director John Jaster Jr and a hot mix road material group. Governor Davey said in a radio address the department must vindicate itself and prove price charges unfounded.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Benjamin F. Levinson
Agnes Dickinson
John Jaster, Jr
Davey
Highway Department
Newspaper Strike Ends in Quebec Work Resumption
Mechanical employees of four Quebec City daily newspapers return to work after a three day strike over a 44 hour week and a $2 weekly wage increase.
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Quebec
Que
U.P
Drowns in tub as gas fumes render girl unconscious
Nine year old Jean Gent drowned in a Youngstown tub today after becoming unconscious from gas stove fumes. Police say the incident occurred at the family home and investigators are reviewing the scene for safety concerns.
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Youngstown
Jean Gent
Oil Companies Fight Mexican Seizure Over Oil Properties
American and British oil firms plan injunctions to recover 400 million dollars in seized oil properties in Mexico. Diplomatic steps planned next as the government decree disrupts operations, raises prices, and prompts mass employee departures and office takeovers across the country.
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Mexico City
Gannett Demands Senate Lobby Committee Abolished
Limelight publisher Frank Gannett called for abolishing the Senate Lobby Committee. He leads the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government which opposes Roosevelt’s plan to extend control over executive departments.
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Frank Gannett
Senate Lobby Committee
National Committee
Gannett
Constitutional Government
Roosevelt
Blind preacher seeks eyes from condemned at San Quentin
The Rev. A. E. Harding, a blind pastor, announced he would ask California to allow him to solicit a donor from one of the 12 men on death row at San Quentin. He cited recent cornea transplant advances as hope for restoring his sight.
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San Francisco
U.P
A. E. Harding
President Plans Marietta Visit For Northwest Territory Anniversary
President Roosevelt announced plans to attend the 150th anniversary celebration of the Northwest Territory's creation in Marietta Ohio next July. Two youths from Chicago and Mingo Junction presented a wooden plaque carved from oak used to build pioneer boats.
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Roosevelt
Northwest Territory
Marietta
White House
David Peterson
Chicago
Montee Parr
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Former Spencerville Mayor Guy Patrick Dies at 54
Guy C. Patrick, 54, longtime local figure and former Spencerville mayor, died today after an unsuccessful bid for Findlay mayor. He had run for the Findlay office three times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Patrick
Findlay
Guy C. Patrick
Spencerville
Breathing Spell in Europe Foreseen as War Clouds Ease
European news gives cautious optimism as this week begins with calmer governments and pockets of relief amid war fears. The piece notes civilian panic in England and continental Europe, and reports pressures on Austrian Jews facing flight choices amid growing tensions.
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United Press
Paris
U.P
Europe
Sarajevo
England
War Clouds and the Nazi Threat Across Europe
The piece analyzes tensions as nations seek to preserve the status quo while avoiding direct attack. It notes England, France, and Russia restraining themselves for rearmament and stability, while Hitler consolidates gains from Austria and pressures Balkan regions, aiming to control routes into Southeast Europe.
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England
France
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Balkan
Austria
Europe
Governments Calm After Grave Week
The article notes a calmer week for the Little Entente but warns against overoptimism amid many nations tightly bordered. It highlights Poland seeks autonomy for 200,000 Poles in Lithuania and access to Lithuania's Baltic ports to influence Lithuania and Soviet Russia, while Czechoslovakia eases tension by allowing German-born citizens greater government influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Europe
England
France
Soviet Russia
Lithuania
Baltic
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Asthma Cure Linked to Psychoanalysis, Says Doctor
Dr Franz Alexander reports two years of research finding asthma tied to emotional strain from personal losses or business failures. He says many patients improved after Freudian analysis removing emotional conflicts and even largely pathological cases showed relief.
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Chicago
U.P
Franz Alexander
Policeman 72 Sentenced to Electric Chair in 5 Slayings
Bellefonte Pa U P Martin J Sullivan a 72 year old ex policeman and father of 12 was executed in the Rockview Penitentiary electric chair. He had pursued witnesses who testified against him in a 1936 case involving Antoinette Vukelja and killed five members of her family and associates in a spate of revenge.
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Bellefonte
U.P
Martin J. Sullivan
Rockview Penitentiary
Sullivan
Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Antionette Vukella
Vukelas
Mary Vukella
Antoinette
Milan
Laura Bacon
Joseph Benda
Helen
Joseph Vukelja
Vukelja
Air Mail To Britain Ready
Commerce Department officials said regular trans Atlantic air mail service could start this summer or by next spring at the latest. Pan American Airways is ready to begin flights between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland, awaiting British Imperial Airways to prepare for a similar service under a bilateral ready agreement.
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Washington
Viennese Writer Egon Friedell Ends His Life
Vienna reports Egon Friedell, 60, noted Jewish writer playwright and actor, killed himself by jumping from a fourth floor window. Friedell known for History of World Culture published in England and the United States. The article notes growing interest in ancestry amid Austria’s Nazi race purity climate.
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Vienna
Egon Friedell
Friedell
England
United States
Austria
Three Seder Kidnapers Go to Gallows Tonight
Three men convicted of the kidnap slaying of Dr. James I. Seder, a former leader of the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League, face execution in Moundsville. Arnett Booth 46 John Travis and Orville Adkins 25 occupy three of four death cells at the state penitentiary as the second triple execution in the state's history proceeds tonight.
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Moundsville
W. Va
U.P
James I. Seder
West Virginia
Anti-Saloon League
Arnett Booth
John Travis
Orville Adkins
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Europe Eyes War as Tensions Ease in Hotspots
The report notes jitters in Europe as nations rush war readiness despite brief easing. It covers Lithuania and Poland tensions over Vilna, Polish protests, potential shifts to the Neutrality Act, and Britain’s stance on Czechoslovakia, with Barcelona air raids cited.
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Poland
Foreign Office
Lithuania
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Europe
Czechoslovakia
France
Russia
Great Britain
Vatican
Barcelona
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Manchester Guardian
Witness Asks Committee To Revise Taxes
Ellsworth C. Alvord of the United States Chamber of Commerce urged the Senate Finance Committee to revise undistributed profits and capital gains taxes. He called to remove fears of vindictive taxation and abandon using the tax system as an experimental laboratory to boost employment and national income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.p.ellsworth C
Alvord
Nationalists Continue Raids
Nationalists pressed raids along the Loyalist capital Barcelona while awaiting a possible Loyalist government decision. Loyalist claims cited efforts to reinforce the Aragon front and discuss excluding Communists from the cabinet. Both sides reported the front quiet as Nationalists consolidated gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
U.P
Barcelona
Aragon Front
Convict-Witness Jumps From 25 Foot Window in Ohio Case
Lee Frieberg, an Ohio Penitentiary convict from Cleveland, leaped from a second story window of the State House while awaiting testimony before Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy's parole grand jury. He injured himself in the 25 foot jump before being captured by George Payne and A S Frazier.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Lee Frieberg
Ohio
Cleveland
State House
Frieberg
George Payne
A. S. Frazier
House Approves expansive naval bill amid bitter fight
The House passed a sweeping measure to expand the U S fighting fleet to 1.5 million tons at about 1.12 billion dollars, defeating a recommit vote and a move to remove battleship provisions. Father Coughlin criticized the plan as a paper defense during his Detroit radio address.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
America
U. S
Ralph Church
Ill
Jennings Randolph
D. W. Va
Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Man Stabs Stranger Then Pleads Pardon and Flees
In Port Arthur Texas a man attacked W R Trahan 36 stabbing him twice then whispered pardon I am the wrong man he fled the scene Trahan is expected to recover and police investigate the incident
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Man
Stranger
Port Arthur
Tex
U.P
W. R. Trahan
Trahan
Owens Begins Duties As Labor League Head
Columbus Ohio John Owens state president of the Committee for Industrial Organization began duties as first president of Labor's Non-Partisan League in Ohio. He was elected unanimously by about 700 delegates to the convention which laid groundwork for the league's political action. The league reserved endorsement of candidates for state office until later, but campaign organizations would be set up statewide.
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Columbus
U.P
John Owens
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor
Ohio
Owens
Habitual Jail Resident Brought In For 189th Time
Fred W. Martin, 50, Venice California, jailed 189 times in two years, charged with drunkenness once again. He has long been the city jail’s most frequent inmate, with the same offense repeatedly cited.
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Venice
Calif
U.P
Fred W. Martin
Levine Appeals Again In New York Kidnapping Case
New Rochelle New York Murray Levine makes another plea to the kidnapers of his son 12 year old Peter to negotiate for the 30000 ransom in secrecy and safety Ja sosky Stanley Thomas 19 sits in Newark jail charged with six extortion notes he knew nothing of the abduction the boy was kidnapped February 24 on his way home from school
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Murray Levine
Peter
Levine
Stanley Thomas Jasosky
Newark
N. J
Japanese Drive on Central Front Near Masuchow
Japanese troops press a final drive to crush Chinese resistance on the central front advancing toward Masuchow, key city on the Tientsin Nanking Railroad. Vanguards with fast artillery reach within 30 miles of Hsuchow and shell 10 000 Chinese entrenched at the railroad and Grand Canal junction.
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Shanghai
U.P
Masuchow
Tientsin-Nanking
Nanking
Hsuchow
Grand Canal
Martin Says Lewis Not To Run for President
Boston report states John L. Lewis will not seek the presidency. Homer W. Martin president of the United Automobile Workers says Lewis told him he would not run and Martin believes Lewis would not take the post.
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Martin
Lewis
Boston
John L. Lewis
Homer W. Martin
The
United Automobile Workers
Catholic Heads Asked To Influence Franco
Sixty one Protestant bishops from Episcopal and Methodist churches in 36 states urge the Catholic Hierarchy to pressure General Francisco Franco to stop bombing civilians in Spain.
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New York
U.P
Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal
Francisco Franco
Spain
Pleasure Boat Burns City of Buffalo at Cleveland Dock
The lake steamer City of Buffalo, in service since 1897, burned at her dock in Cleveland Sunday causing about 700000 dollars in damage. Fire spread rapidly and passengers were aboard during the blaze.
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Cleveland
City of
Buffalo
Engineers to Probe State Highway Bid Practices
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson assigned three engineers to examine contracts for hot mix and other paving projects for possible collusion or padding of bids. He plans a full audit of coal purchases by the state purchasing department to uncover excessive prices for coal supplies to state institutions.
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Columbus
4U.P
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
State Purchasing Department
Ohio Woman Drowns as Car Dives in River
Mrs. Frances Deming age 65 of Granville Ohio drowned when a car carrying her daughter two grandchildren and a neighbor’s child plunged into the Red Cedar River at EAST LANSING Michigan. State police saved the other four occupants by chopping a hole in the submerged car and pulling them to safety.
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East Lansing
Mich
Frances Deming
Granville
Red Cedar River
Dancers Face Trial in Warsaw
Ruth and Zyna Dickstein American dance team released on 1000 zloty to await trial on charges of insulting a passport official in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Ruth and
Zyna Dickstein
Killed While Flying a Kite Near Jewell Ohio
James Stef fel, 16, of a farm two miles north of Jewell, Ohio, was electrocuted Sunday while flying a kite. He died at the scene, authorities said.
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Defiance
U.P
James Steffel
Jewell, O
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Toronto
Canada
Charles Vance Millar
Lobby Prothers
Republic
ED L. Keen
United Press European
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Messenger
Athens
Bertha M. Harris
Messenger School
Congress
Stasvys Lozoraitis
Staus Silangas
London
Vilna
Central Europe
Coughlin
Labor League
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