Nationalists Press Ahead Into Catalonia Amid Loyalist Resistance
Nationalist forces push along a 120 mile front into Catalonia with 70 miles gained in four days and Barbastra seized, threatening Loyalist communications. Premier Negrin vows to fight to the end as Loyalists accuse Germany and Italy of supplying aid to the Nationalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerida
Barcelona
Ilerda
Caesar
Pompey
Fraga
Barbastro
Italy
Germany
Spain
Juan Negrin
Ministry of Defense
Alcaniz
Tortosa
Mediterranean
Valencia
US Cuts Aid to Mexico Amid Oil Property Expropriation
Washington reports the United States has ended long time cooperation with Mexico. A source says pressure will mount until Mexico offers a satisfactory solution to expropriated foreign oil properties. The silver agreement is halted and New York silver price reduced from 45 to 44 cents per ounce as first measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Mexico
United Press
New York
Government moves to break up passport ring
Federal authorities move against a large passport fraud ring by arresting photographer Ossip Garber on complicity charges. He is suspected of supplying photographs used to create hundreds of fraudulent passports, including those used by Adolph A. Rubens and his wife to enter Russia. The couple, known as The Robinsons, are detained on espionage suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Ossip Garber
Adolph A. Rubens
Russia
Steel Workers Protest Wage Cuts At Apollo Steel Plant
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee filed a National Labor Board complaint against Apollo Steel Co alleging persuasive tactics by superintendents to push wage reductions. At a Saturday meeting workers voted 881 to 81 to accept the cuts to avert a plant shutdown that would affect about 1,000 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee Today
National Labor Board
Apollo Steel Co
Nihiser Sentenced to Six Months in County Jail
Craven Nihiser was sentenced to six months in the Hocking County Jail after a jury convicted him of second degree manslaughter. The sentence followed the denial of a defense motion for a new trial by Judge Phil Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nihiser
Logan
Craven Nihiser
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Phil Henderson
Athens County Parade Plans Complete for April 11
Athens leaders announce traffic control by twenty two State Highway Patrolmen for the Northwest Territory celebration in Athens on April 11. The parade includes 15 plus floats six bands pioneer scenes and the federal pageant party oxen and wagons. Schools will dismiss and buses directed to University Elementary School grounds for staging and transport to the stadium for nighttime ceremonies at Ohio University.
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Athens
Athens County
Northwest Territory
C. C. Cornell
M. E. Olmstead
Frank Crume
Highway Patrol
Cambridge
Cornell
Olmstead
J. B. Grogan
Horace Palmer
E. S. Finsterwald
E. State St
Morris Ave
E. State
Court
Park Pl
University Terrace
E. Union
College St
Cutter Hall
Federal Group of Pioneers
Ohio University Stadium
University Elementary School
Rufus Putnam
E. Union St
FD Bound To Entangle Us Says Jenkins
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins charges President Roosevelt offers haven to oppressed minorities and risks European entanglements. He argues Americans must finance this movement bringing many races into the country and competing for jobs and relief amid high unemployment. He says the plan bypasses Congress and the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Thomas A. Jenkins
House
Roosevelt
United States
Jenkins
Congress
Indian Tribe Protests Headquarters Move in Minnesota
Chippewa Indians at Cass Lake protest federal plan to move agency headquarters to Duluth as part of a decentralization policy. The action targets about 13,000 people in north central Minnesota and follows a Washington order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Lake
Minn
U.P
Consolidated
Chippewa Agency
Washington
Duluth
Minnesota
Italy Declines Parley On Austrian Refugees
Rome reports Italy has declined Roosevelt’s invitation to convene nine European powers and Latin American nations to discuss asylum for Austrian and German political refugees. Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano rejected the plan in a briefing to Ambassador William Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Roosevelt
Ministry of Popular Culture
Count Galeazzo Ciano
United States
William Phillips
Flying Boat Lands in Brazil After 5000 Mile Flight
The German Dornier flying boat DO-18 landed at Caravelas 450 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro after a flight of more than 5000 miles from Dartmouth England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
U.P
Caravellas
Here
Dartmouth
England
Lima Cord, Sole and Heel workers walk out over pay cut
A 10 percent cut in salaries triggered a walkout by 133 salaried employees at the Lima Cord Sole and Heel Company on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
U.P
Lima Cord, Sole and Heel Co
Men Walk Out At Logan Shoe Plant
About 125 employees of the Godman Shoe Co in Logan walked out Tuesday afternoon protesting a 20 percent wage cut on one shoe line. The annex closed while the main building stayed open. roughly 350 workers are employed there. Organizers sought a conference with company president Fred A. Miller, believed absent in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Godman Shoe Co
Fred A. Miller
New York
Strawn Baseball Park
CIO
Schmidt Quits In Cincinnati Dairy Executive Step Down
John J. Schmidt, former executive with Cline Ice Cream Co in Athens, resigns as vice president and general manager of French Bauer Inc and related milk and ice cream distributing interests of the Cooperative Pure Milk Association, effective April 15. He will pursue other business but gives no plans. Schmidt left Athens 13 years ago and is a widely known dairy distributor with deep roots in music circles. he has one daughter and five sons, two of whom are priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Schmidt
Cline Ice Cream Co
Athens
Cincinnati
Bauer, Inc
Cooperative Pure Milk Association
Mr. Schmidt
United States
Ohio Wesleyan Glee Club Aims Private Garner Concert
The glee club of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware O planned a private performance today for Vice President John Nance Garner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Glee Club
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
John Nance Garner
Borah Links Democracy’s Survival to Domestic Prosperity
Sen. William E. Borah warned democracy’s survival hinges on solving American economic ills rather than relying on international alliances. He argued unemployment and poverty threaten moral fiber, creating fertile ground for communism and fascism, and urged cures through contentment and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
William E. Borah
Ida
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Cordell Hull
Welcome to Cooking School Gala by The Messenger
The Athens Senior High School Auditorium hosted the opening of a four day home making institute run by The Messenger. A nationally known home administrator drew strong audience response as Mrs Bertha Harris received enthusiastic applause from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Messenger
Athens Senior High School
Grieving mother testifies as grand jury indicts two in ransom case
Mrs. Murray Levine of New Rochelle appears before a Westchester County Grand Jury that indicted two youths for attempting to extort ransom in the disappearance of her son Peter. The scene shows her tearful exit from court as she seeks guidance from authorities and shares her long search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Levine
New Rochelle
Peter Levine
Westchester County
SEC Program Pushed After Court Ruling
The SEC moves to finish regulation of the $15.5 billion public utility holding company system after a favorable Supreme Court ruling. By March 1, 43 such systems were registered, with assets totaling $6.805 billion, about 44 percent of all holdings. The agency will target Section 11 to force reorganizations after Jan 1, 1938 to simplify structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Securities Exchange Commission
Supreme Court
SEC
Watson Probes WPA Politics In Ohio Probe
Dr. Dav Watson WPA administrator investigated charges of political and racial discrimination in WPA relief client certifications in Springfield. He planned talks in Columbus with a delegation of 3,000 unemployed miners from Hocking and Athens Counties about expanding WPA jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Dav Watson
WPA
Springfield
Watson
Hocking
Athens
Kansas City Voters Decide Pendergast Machine's Fate
Kansas City's voters face a decision on whether the Democratic organization led by Thomas J. Pendergast and nicknamed the Middle West's Little Tammany Hall will continue in office for another four years. The machine has run the city for 12 years as a coalition opposition camps to unseat it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
Thomas J. Pendergast
Middle West
Nine of 36 Escaped Convicts Still Free
Nine convicts still at large after a mass escape from Brushy Mountain Coal Mines in Tennessee. Guards and volunteers capture all but nine, who carry dynamite stolen from an auxiliary store. The breakout occurred Sunday as workers drilled a slate seam to the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P
Brushy Mountain
Truck Drivers Rescue Woman From Blaze
Two Cincinnati truck drivers Irvin Collins and Raleigh Val landingham rescued Mrs. Peter Gilbert age 55 from her burning Aberdeen Ohio home after they forced entry when no one answered. They found flames bursting through the roof and carried her to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
U.P
Peter Gilbert
Cincinnati
Irvin Collins
Raleigh Vallandingham
Aberdeen
Ohio
WPA Funds Free Lunch Program For Ohio Students
President Roosevelt approved a $461,912 WPA project to furnish and prepare free lunches for school children across Ohio. The Ohio Department of Education sponsors the program, including cannery work for donated or surplus food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Ohio Department of Education
Industrial Aid Plan Approved
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee voted to report favorably a broad administration plan to use RFC and Public Works powers to lift business from a deepening recession. Amendments by Sen Carter Glass would broaden RFC loans to public bodies and remove the $300 million loan limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Reconstruction Finance and Public Works Administration
RFC
Carter Glass
Harold L. Ickes
Jesse Jones
New Route 31 becomes U S 33 markers installed
Route 31 through Logan was renamed to U S 33 as new route markers were installed. Officials said the change affects the entire Blue and Gray Trail with updated maps showing the former Route 31 as Route 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio
Hoover says Europe not ready for war
Former President Herbert Hoover, back from a European tour aboard the Normandie, urged repeal of the neutrality law and giving the President power to shape U S relations with warring nations. He warned no immediate European war, noting defense has dominated military prep for 26 years. He criticized the government reorganization bill's centralization effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
America
Hoover
Normandie
United States
Senate
Comptroller General
Black Nazi fined for insulting Jew in New York
Carl Krack 27, a pro Nazi, was arrested for insulting a Jewish woman while distributing Nazi literature. Magistrate Myles A Paige, a Black official, fined Krack 25 dollars after Burned by remarks about returning to Harlem and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Carl Krack
Myles A. Paige
Krack
Jerusalem
Paige
Harlem
Africa
Lima Man Killed by Passenger Train at Crossing
Winfield S. Rose of Lima, 82, was struck and killed by a passenger train at a street crossing on Monday in Lima. A police report noted the accident occurred at the crossing as Rose attempted to cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
U.P
Winfield S. Rose
State Officials Plead For Ohio Relief Funding
Faced with a 1938 relief shortfall of 13.5 million dollars, 16 Ohio cities and four counties demand the state cover at least half the relief needs. They propose an added one cent gasoline tax and ask the Legislature to enable local option taxes to fund the remainder. The proposal, drafted at a Cleveland meeting, will go to the Ohio League of Municipalities for submission to Gov. Martin L. Davey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
A.P
Ohio
Legislative Committee
The
Ohio League of Municipalities
Martin L. Davey
Referendum on Marketing Quotas for Burley Tobacco
Secretary Wallace set a referendum for April 9 to decide if marketing quotas will apply to the 1938 Burley tobacco crop. A quota of 350 million pounds would be set if two thirds of about 225,000 eligible growers in nine states approve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Newfoundland Blizzard Suspends All Traffic
A Newfoundland blizzard halted all vehicular traffic blocked trains and choked the port with ice disrupting transport and daily life across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
ST. Johns
U.P
New Deal Interstate Commerce Aims Achieved Through Court Opinions
The article reports two Hughes Court opinions expanding the interstate commerce clause reach. One upholds the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act registrations, the other broadens NLRB authority. Observers see momentum for wage hour and farm aid measures and potential revival of the Agriculture Adjustment Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AUP
Charles Evans Hughes
Public Utility Holding Company
National Labor Relations Board
Hugo L. Black
Stanley F. Reed
Willis van Devanter
George Sutherland
NLRB
Hughes
Democratic House aims to substitute bills in reorganization fight
Democratic members of the House Special Committee on Government Reorganization move to substitute four of their own measures for the Senate bill granting President Roosevelt broad powers. Speaker Bankhead hopes to bring the bill to the floor by week’s end as debate intensifies in a bitter, party line clash over civil service reform and budget oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Special Committee On
Senate
Roosevelt
William B. Bankhead
Civil Service Advisory Board
National Resources Planning Board
Department of Public Welfare
Resources Board
John O'Connor
N. Y
House Rules Committee
Bulkley Virtually Reverses Vote On Reorganization Bill
Senator Robert J. Bulkley switched his stance on the Senate reorganization bill, first voting to send it back to committee and later supporting passage. He said he gave everybody a break by voting both ways. Senator Vic Donahey also opposed the measure on both roll calls amid thousands of telegrams urging opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
David I. Walsh
D. Mass
Walsh
Robert J. Bulkley
George L. Berry
D. Tenn
Hattie Caraway
Ark
Guy Gillette
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Elmer Thomes
Washington
U.P
Bulkley
Vic Donahey
Gas Company Officials Indicted Over Gas Dilfation Proceedings
Prosecuting Attorney Ralph J. Bartlett prepared to meet with counsel for 15 Ohio Fuel Gas Co and Columbia Gas & Electric Corp officials indicted on charges tied to alleged dilfation of natural gas. Chauncey I. Weaver, president of Ohio Fuel Gas, claims the grand jury was misled by distorted information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ralph J. Bartlett
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas & Electric Corp
Chauncey I. Weaver
Ohio Fuel Gas
Cleveland Doctor Ends Up Undergoing Appendectomy
Dr. W. WN. Vigor of Brecksville Ohio arranged an appendectomy for a patient at a Cleveland hospital but was himself operated on for the same condition before the patient.
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Cleveland
W. WN. Vigor
Brecksville, O
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