U S Flier Rescued After Five Days in Rubber Lifeboat
Message from ERNE WARREN HARSHMAN describes five days adrift in a rubber lifeboat after engine trouble split his squadron from the fleet near the Panama Canal. A German steamer Cerigo picked him up at Buenaventura on Saturday after a seaborn nightmare of rain and poor visibility.
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U.S
Verne Warren Harshman
U. S Navy
South Pacific
Anama Canal
Hershman
Pacific
Ited
Buenaventura
Colom
Harshman
Amer
Erne Warren Harshman
United Press
Aventura
Colombia
Langy
Miny
Rub
Pan-Ameran Airways
S&s. Cerigo
Panama Canal
Erigo
Diesel engines threaten power companies and fuel cheaper homes
A prophetic discussion on diesel engines forecasts electricity becoming independent of power lines and automobiles transforming travel and industry. It notes cheaper home power, potential long distance air travel for $25, and a surge in oil demand while reflecting on historical predictions and a South American royal entourage.
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Europe
Trade Begins On River Trade Routes Boosted By Auto Cargo
In a March ETA report the Betsy a Pittsburgh Cincinnati packet under Frederick Way Jr arrives near noon delayed by heavy traffic. Some 27 used automobiles head from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati filling the main deck. Up-river business caused the delay and river freights have surged as other winter tied packets prepare to resume runs. The Helen E under Henry Kraft will run Pittsburgh trips weekly Parkersburg to Pittsburgh. Rumors say City of Pittsburgh and Tom Greene may enter summer service and Queen City Senate Cordill Pittsburgh boats are eyed for canal trade.
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Betsy
Helen E
Enry Kraft
Pittsburgh
City of
Queen City
Senate Cordill
Crack Safe for 20000 in Tenn Bank Robbery
In Carthage Tennessee the Smith County Bank vault was broken into and about 20000 in cash stolen early today. Robbers used an acetylene torch to pry open the vault and took all bills except 15 dollars and a handful of pennies before fleeing in a vehicle parked at the back of the bank.
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Carthage
Tenn
Smith County
Vna
Police Arrest Pennsylvania Officers in Robbery Case
In Ashtabula Ohio on March 24 authorities arrested Patrolman James Mowry and C E Dennison of Conneaut after charges filed by John Williams of Cleveland alleged they fled from justice. Williams claims the pair robbed him of $400 after a night in Conneaut Lake jail and he was later fined $10 for vagrancy despite having funds. He identified Dennison as one of two men who bound him and dumped him from a car at gunpoint.
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Pennsylvania
Ashtabula
U.R
John Williams
Cleveland
James Mowry
C. E. Dennison
Conneaut
J. S. Cannon
Conneaut Lake
Williams
aJil
Dennison
Police Judge on Trial for Delinquency Charge
Ashland Ohio March 24 Police Judge J L Mason faced trial in Criminal Court on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a 16 year old school girl.
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Ashland
U.P
J. L. Mason
Mrs. Bing Replaced as Ohio Charity Leader
Miss Mary Irene Atkinson of Fremont named state superintendent of charities, replacing Lucia Johnson Bing of Athens who had held the post since July 1 1929. Governor-elect George White and state welfare director John McSweeney announced the appointment amid Bing plans to relocate to Athens.
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Athens
Mary Irene Atkinson
Fremont
Columbus
Atkinson
John McSweeney
Bing
George White
National Council of Defense
Ohio Council of Child Welfare
Ohio Institute
Ohio Congress of Parent- Teacher Association
Western Reserve
Ohio State
Rio Grande College
High School Theft Ring Breaks With Most Arrests
In Warren Ohio on March 24 a rural Trumbull County high school senior class saw 11 classmates arrested for more than 40 thefts and burglaries. Only one boy remains unarrested as authorities continue investigations.
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Warren
U.R
Trumbull County
Avoid Argument With The Wife When Up in Airplane
Beverly Hills Calif Two fatal plane crashes yesterday involved couples who argued over who piloted. In one case a man and wife argued at takeoff while the other plane saw a man and woman feuding over the cockpit. The writer Will warns such disputes are fatal and urges harmony before flight.
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Bill
Beverly Hills
Calif
Will
Hartman Tops Athens Scholarship Test For County High Schools
Herbert J. Hartman of Athens High School scored 331 of 400 to lead the general scholarship test taken by 73 students in Athens County. Runners up include Andrew Chute, Robert Sigley, and Nam Warren with scores from 317.5 to 301 as certs and honorable mentions are awarded. The test, covering math, English, history, science, and current events, aims to encourage scholarship and exposure to Ohio colleges.
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Athens
Herbert J. Hartman
Athens High School
Hartman
C. Hartman
Morris Avenue
Andrew Chute
Glouster High School
Robert Siigley
Celia Mansfield
Ames Bern
Arabelle Chute
Robert Wlliams
Glouster
Jo Barnecut
Nelsonville
Robert Mingus
Dorothy Radford
Thomas Wolfe
Helen Drake
Raymond Johnson
Virgil Seems
Lois McHarg
J. L. Ciifton
State
Ohio
Ohio University
Akron Boxer Sammy Harris Dies After Bout At Johnston
Sammy Harris, an Akron Negro lightweight boxer, died from injuries sustained when struck near the heart during a boxing match in Johnston, Pennsylvania, last night. The death was reported today by U.P. and authorities are investigating the incident.
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Akron
Johnston
U.P
Sammy Harris
Robert Edeson dies in Hollywood at 61
Hollywood obit notes actor Robert Edeson aged 61, veteran of stage and screen, died early today after a short illness in California. The report lists him as a notable figure in theater and film.
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Robert Edeson
Hollywood
Calif
U.P
Steubenville Plant to Resume Operations Wednesday
Steubenville Ohio March 24 U P Operations will be resumed Wednesday in the Steubenville plant of the Wheeling Steel Corporation which employs 950 men.
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Steubenville, O
U.P
Steubenville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Mother Kills Self in Columbus Home
Edith Mosier, 24, mother of a 15 month old, shot herself at her Columbus residence. Her husband found the body when he returned from work.
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Self
Columbus
Edith Mosier
Crime Costing 13 Billion Yearly Aides Gather For National Fight
Chicago March 24 U P Officials from across the country say crime costs the nation 13 billion dollars yearly and must be fought on a national scale. Proposals include a national crime record system a clearing house to speed extraditions and a drive to disarm criminals.
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Chicago
U.P
Tiny but Mighty Female Pilot Joins Air Transport Field
Arline Miller of Los Angeles, a 20 year old at 100 pounds and 4 feet 11 inches, is among the nation's few women transport pilots with the highest rating and has recently taken a job in selling airplane parts.
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Arline Miller
Los Ange
Les
Improvement To State Highway Program Expanded
Columbus reports that after bidding opens for 2 million dollars of road improvements today the State Highway Department adds 4 million more to the annual program on April 7. The third major section will impact 20 counties including Summit Washington Stark Coshocton Fayette Auglaize Clinton Geauga Gallia Licking Medina Jackson Mahoning Vinton Defiance Paulding Champaign Clark Madison and Athens.
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State Highway Department
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Washington
Stark
Coshocton
Fayette
Auglaize
Clinton
Geauga
Gallia
Licking
Medina
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Mahoning
Vinton
Defiance
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Champaign
Clark
Madison
Athens
Cripple Slays Attorney At Private Suit Hearing
Marino Ronaldi 63 year old cripple is held on charges for the slaying of William A. Kavanaugh assistant corporation counsel at a private law suit hearing in Hoboken New Jersey. Ronaldi warned Kavanaugh that violence would follow if he continued defending Anton Mai his brother in law in a foreclosure dispute. He leaped from his chair firing three shots hitting Kavanaugh and shattering a chair behind Douglas A. Herr another attendee.
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N. J
U.P
Marino Ronaldi
Union City
William A. Kavanaugh
Ronaldi
Kavanaugh
Anton Mai
Mai
Ronalds
Dougal A. Herr
Herr
Ohio Senate without presiding officer due to influenza
Lieut. Gov. William G. Pickrel of Dayton was ill with influenza and confined to his home, leaving the Ohio Senate without a presiding officer last night.
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Pickrel
Columbus
Ohio Senate
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
Mellon Celebrates 76th Birthday Amid Treasury Woes
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon marks his seventy sixth birthday while facing the deepest Treasury crisis in a decade. Tax revenues fall, the deficit widens, and funds are needed for veterans loans as Mellon meets with officials. He remains a symbol of wealth and influence, though his political clout has waned under the White House.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
American Finance
Treasury
Veterans
Congress
Pittsburgh
Mellon
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Curtis
Senate
White House
Ohio prison reform debate links riots to indeterminate law
In Columbus a Senate committee hearing on clemency reform ties prison riots and the Ohio Penitentiary fire to the indeterminate sentence law. Former Senator Paul M. Herbert and Newton D. Baker urge changing the system to allow definite reductions for good behavior and assign sentencing judgment to trial judges rather than a clemency board.
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Senate
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio Penitentiary
Clemency Board
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Hoover Addresses Porto Rico On Economic Growth For Liberty
President Hoover told Porto Ricans that economic advancement can be the bulwark of liberty. He spoke before the territorial legislature in San Juan, urging equal opportunities for all Porto Ricans as he prepared to sail from Ponce to the Virgin Islands aboard the Arizona.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Hoover
Ponce
P. Ft
Arizona
Virgin Islands
State Officials May Get Four Year Terms Under Taft Plan
Columbus March 4 The Taft resolution to amend the constitution to four year terms for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state attorney general and state treasurer was approved by the House Committee on Organization of State Government seven to two and sent to the House. The Senate had already adopted it. The measure would start in 1936 with elections in off years. A separate Mooney bill would place the state health director on a five year term appointed by the Public Health Council with governor approval to keep politics out of public health. The Senate also passed the Mooney bill unanimously. A reapportionment bill for welfare public works and educational funds totaling 466 446 was approved without opposition and returns to the House for amendments.
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House of Representatives
House Committee On
House
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Cinccinnati
Taft
Mooney
Public Health Council
L. B. Mooney
Charles A. Neal. Cinginnat
Cooper
State Welfare Department
New York Republicans Push Citywide Walker Probe
New York State Republicans moved to launch a comprehensive investigation of New York City government after efforts to remove Mayor James J. Walker. The drive followed sustained demands from civic and church groups and culminated in early morning success.
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New York State
Albany
N. Y
New York City
James J. Walker
Jury Selected For Hymie Martin Murder Trial
A Cleveland court nears a jury completion for the pitttsburg Hymie Martin case. The tentative panel includes six women and five men as the trial opens the second dramatic phase in the murder of former Councilman William E. Potter.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Martin
William E. Potter
Weather summary and temperature readings from several cities
Yesterday high temperatures reached 88 in Phoenix and 80 in San Antonio Shreveport. Yellowstone posted a low near 10 with extended numbers around 16 below in some areas. A broad storm system and rain are forecast tonight into Wednesday, with an eastward drift bringing unsettled conditions across the western half of the country and cooler air in the north central regions.
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San Antonio Riel
Shreveport
Yellowstone
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