Auto plant walkout edges toward nationwide strike
Twenty workers at General Motors plants walked off the job triggering a four day idle period as unions and management exchange threats of broader action. Roosevelt intervened to avert a total stoppage, with sympathy strikes hitting Fisher Body and Fisher Plant operations in Cleveland Toledo Atlanta Cincinnati and Atlanta delaying daily output across the motor car industry.
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Motor Car Indus
Toledo
Fisherip
Cleveland
Fisher Pants
Atlanta
Rain and lightning strike farm as barn burns in Ohio
A severe storm with heavy rainfall and lightning damaged a large barn owned by John B R Gillogly in the Southeastern Ohio district. Trees were burned and property loss is reported as observers note storm activity and forecast updates from the local weather bureau.
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John BR Gillogly
Ohio
Con. Teather
Dayton
Unreadable OCR Review Noted for Summary Draft
Fragmentary OCR text provides limited readable items including scattered names and numbers. no coherent event or clear entities present to summarize into a factual news item. Unable to extract a complete headline or distinct summary from the source.
American Dummies In Good Company Say Will Rogers
Will Rogers argues that anti Europe involvement is narrow minded and selfish. He notes Canada Australia South Africa and New Zealand premiers also urged England to change course, concluding Americans are in good company.
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Will
Santa Monica
Calif
Europe
Canada
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
England
Will Rogers
Senate Rejects Additions to NRA Powers in Resolution
In a 13 4 vote the Senate Finance Committee rejected all amendments to the resolution extending NRA authority until April 1, keeping production control provisions but omitting intrastate commerce controls. The panel agreed the bill, with modifications, would be reported to the full Senate and pushed toward passage after the bonus issue. President Roosevelt was reportedly ready to sign the shorter extension.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
NRA
Senate
Harrison
Roosevelt
Change Sought In Bonus Bill
The Senate, after a seven day stalemate over the anti lynching bill, moves to alter the Harrison Compromise to pay larger sums to veterans. Debate follows Porah's attack on the Costigan Wagner measure as a threat to state sovereignty. The chamber adjourns 48 to 32 as the lynching penalties plan loses priority.
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Senate
Washington
Porah
Idaho
Police Guard Brewery Clash Ends Standoff in Sandusky
Police with shotguns and tear gas patrolled the Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Company district after a Wednesday clash between strikers and non-strikers. The plant had reopened after a four week shutdown due to the strike. Two men were arrested on suspicion of throwing a tear gas bomb.
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Sandusky
UPI
Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company
Supreme Court Supports Building and Loan Stock Liability Law
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a law requiring building and loan stockholders to pay double liability. It refused to review a decision from the dis trict court of appeals affirming a Knox County verdict.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Dis‘het Court ‘of Appeals
Knox County
Ohio Supreme Court Fixes May 22 for Swiger Execution
The court overruled Russell Swiger’s appeal and set May 22 for the electrocution for the killing of Harold Fleming, a Zanesville filling station attendant, during a robbery. Swiger’s counsel argued mental weakness.
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Columbus
Russell Swiger
Supreme Court
Harold Fleming
Zanesville
Drowning near Belpre identified as Frank Draper
The body recovered from the Ohio River near Belpre is identified as Frank Draper formerly of Bessemer near Buchtel. A torn Athens Messenger page and notes found on the river bank led to identification. Indications point to death by own action. Funeral in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Ohio River
Belpre
Frank Draper
Bessemer
Buchtel
George Bateman
Athens Messenger
Bateman
Henry Windle
Don McManus
Frank
Senate to Probe Relief Set-Up Over Federal Aid
Senators prepare a sweeping inquiry into relief administration led by Harry Hopkins as they weigh withholding funds from states not meeting requests. Hopkins plans grants from a $100000 fund for May relief, with possible focus on Louisiana Georgia and Ohio and the broader $4880000000 work relief program.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
FERA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Senator Courens
R Mich
Louisiana
Georgia
Ohio
Cherrington Funeral To Be Held Friday
Funeral services for Fred Cherrington Gallia County prosecuting attorney who died Wednesday night will be held at 4 oclock Friday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church under the Blue Lodge of Masons. Burial will be in Pine Tree Cemetery. Friends may call at the home Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Pallbearers include Judge W R White Judge J Clark Sheriff Elmer Hatfield Charles Stevers Reuben Wood and Willam Ligier.
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Fred Cherrington
Gallia County
Presbyterian Church
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H. H. Wilbur
L. W. Gishier
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W. R. White
J. Clark
Elmer Hatfield
Charles Stevers
Reuben Wood
Willam Ligier
Mr. Cherrington
Chicago Firebug Arrested After Incendiary Spree
Chicago police say H. Carl Peterson confessed to at least 17 fires in Rogers Park and other districts. Police Captain Patrick Harding quoted him saying he started fires for excitement and to watch fire engines after drinking.
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Chicago
Rogers Park
H. Carl Peterson
Patrick Harding
Harding
Unlikely New School Aid Amid Budget Deliberations
In Columbus the Legislature edges toward a tight budget scene as the House advances the 53 million dollar 1995 36 operating appropriation while senators weigh a foundation school bill. The split over funding for pensions and schools persists with a proposed 28 percent revenue share for old age pensions and an added eight to ten million annual outlay for schools. The Handley consolidation bill seeks county mergers to cut offices. The Ward income tax bill awaits action with pending provisions.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Paul P. Yoder
House Finance Committee
Davey
Senate Education Committee
Traxler-Keifer
Britain Accepts German Armament Challenge in Security Push
Britain signals unity with Germany on a security framework based on disarmament while planning to accelerate the air program. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will present the policy in Parliament amid a dispute as Lord Stanhope condemns Lloyd George’s Versailles role.
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Germany
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
Commons
Stanhope
Lloyd George
Lord Stanhope
Bergdoll’s Wife To Plead for Pardon
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wife of the fugitive draft evader, arrived in New York aboard the liner Washington to plead for his pardon. She said he has suffered much, noting he fled the United States 15 years ago to avoid a jail sentence.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
America
Washington
United States
Break Between Roosevelt And Business Men Seen
Washington reports growing hostility between President Roosevelt and the Chamber of Commerce as Hull attacks unsrupulous resistance to lower tariffs and reciprocal trade. Chamber resolutions oppose federal overreach and NRA voluntaryism while urging changes to the Wagner Act and banking oversight. Roosevelt arranged a late Thursday conference with the administration Business Advisory Council.
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Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Hull
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Federal Reserve
NRA
White House
Chamber
Business Advisory Council
Relief inquiry may be halted by legislators
In Columbus officials consider ending the relief inquiry as the legislative committee delays county hearings to study milk distribution to relief clients. Federal relief administrator Co. C. Stillman testifies on cash relief and milk supply costs, noting discounts may persist. He condemns cigarettes on relief orders but says purchases cannot be prevented under cash relief.
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Co. C. Stillman
Stillman
Dennis Dunlavy
Cuyahoga
Cash Reef
Steubenville Teen Confesses in Father’s Slaying
Ethilen der Loy, 17, a Steubenville schoolgirl, admitted shooting her father during a family quarrel and was committed to the Bureau of Juvenile Research.
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Steubenville
Ethilender Loy
Bureau of Juvenie Research
Encouraging Note From Fed Report On Ohio Trade In April
The Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland reports most Ohio industries moved toward normal prosperity in April. Gains in early 1935 matched or exceeded March levels. Coal output fell about 70 percent in the first week, with some recovery later. bank deposits rose 44 percent year over year, and debit activity in 24 cities was up 14 percent. Spring farm work advanced mid-April. winter wheat on April 1 was 1 percent of normal in Ohio, with a projected harvest of 38,892,000 bushels under average conditions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Fourth District
Kansas
Brewery Workers Strike In Cleveland Over Jurisdiction
The Cleveland Federation of Labor seeks to end a strike by workers in ten Cleveland breweries. The Brewery Workers' Union called the stoppage in a jurisdictional dispute with the beer and beverage drivers' union, an affiliate of the teamsters' union. The federation studied a demand to have the American Federation of Labor revoke the brewery workers' charter.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Brewery Workers’ Union
Beer and Beverage Drivers’ Union
Teamaters’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Barber's License Fee Theft Impacts Troy Barber
Troy man RR Berchtold says his barber license fee of two dollars was stolen from the Board of Barber Examiners at Columbus along with hundreds of dollars in other fees. He was arrested for lacking the license and fined sixteen dollars plus costs and ordered to pay an additional two dollars.
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Troy
Berchtold
Board of Barber Examiners
Columbus
Four Armed Bandits Rob Bank In Deshler
Four heavily armed men held up the Corn City State Bank Co. in Deshler just before noon Thursday and escaped with 1500 dollars. The State Highway Patrol mobilized over 200 officers across northwestern Ohio Indiana and Michigan as alarms spread and roads were patrolled. In Columbus Governor Davey announced W J Galvin Wilmington publisher and Charlies F Michael of Pacyrus as new members of the State Board of Agriculture.
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Corn City State Bank Co
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Columbus
W. J. Galvin
Wilmington
Charlies F. Michael
Pacyrus
Obie Manufacturers’ Association
State Board of Agriculture
Davey
Quarantine Bans Family Visit in Uniontown Case
In Uniontown Pennsylvania an 18 year old boy Harry Younkin and his 11 year old sister were quarantined after a health officer posted a quarantine sign during a visit to neighbors. The children's mother Mrs Jennie Younkin seeks a court order to release them.
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Uniontown
Harry Younkin
Monsier
Jennie Younkin
Shouse Demands Roosevelt Accept Work Relief Liability
Jouett Shouse, president of the American Liberty League, urged that President Roosevelt be held personally responsible for the $4.88 billion work relief fund if diverted from direct work relief. He mocked Coughlin and Lang and warned observers expect a new third party in 1936.
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Jouett Shouse
American Liberty League
Roosevelit
Shouse
Cleveland Road Club
Macy Lang
Coughlin
Townsend
Cas
Washington
Huey Long
Republican Party
Children Mourn Pilot Friend Over Colorado Crash
In Wallenburg Colorado twelve pupils at North Butte School mourn James G Montijo a veteran transport plane pilot who was killed when his craft crashed near the school on Thursday after the children had watched him fly the Varny Company route between Pueblo and El Paso and had exchanged letters with him.
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Colo
North Butte
James G. Montijo
Montijo
Varny Company
Pueblo
el Paso
Three States Oppose Beaver Mahoning Canal Plan
Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia readiness to oppose the Beaver Mahoning canal project grows as the Ohio Railroad Association reports petitions nearing 1,000,000 signatures. Opponents contend the canal would cost taxpayers over 100 million dollars for the benefit of a few industries in a small area.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
FB. C. Shively
Ohio Railroad Association
Ohio Finance Committee proposes budget with $3 million pay rise
The Ohio House Finance Committee unveiled a biennial budget restoring state employee salaries by $3,000,000 while reducing several college allocations. Kent State cuts to $64,995 and Bowling Green to $748,087 stand out alongside boosts for Ohio State University and Miami University. Welfare gains total $111,900, and procedural changes include dissolving the Board of Examination and Classification.
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House Finance Committee
Kent
Bowling Green State Colleges
Wilberforce University
Bowling Green
Wilberforce
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Miami
Schweller
Javey
Board of Examination and Classification
Ohio Penitentiary
Ished
P. W. Rogera
Republican
Lorain
Oakley G. Spaght
Yankee Held In Formosa
A former U S Navy lieutenant William Gates along with two companions were detained in a Formosan port jail on espionage suspicions. Police accuse them of surveying and photographing the coast using coastal scene photos and a marine survey map as evidence.
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Tathort
United States
Formosan
Taito
William Shinn Gates
Lancaster
Hog
Wrede
Gene Reuwhin
Gates
Tien
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Tokyo
Hiatro
Relief Boom to Missouri Laundry Firms in Slump
Ed Parkett president of the Missouri Laundry Owners Association notes relief increases reduce demand as families on relief halt home washing. Wives stop taking in washings and customers return to laundries for service, affecting local industry.
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Kansar City
Ed Parkett
Misaouri
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