Tyranny of Force Assailed By Hughes in Court Defense
Schoolmasters and education leaders convened at Nelsonville for the Southeastern Ohio Schoolmasters Club dinner meeting. E. L. Bowsher and state education officials joined as symposium discussions on school finance and legislation filled with questions and answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
C. H. Bartlett
Nelsonville
Southeastern Ohio
Methodist Church
E. L. Bowsher
State Department of Education
Carl C. Byers
Gallipolis
Schoolmasters’ Club
Logan
Athens
Jackson
Pomeroy
Middleport
Chauncey
Glouster
Hocking
Scioto
Vinton
Harry Wright
George Banks
General Assembly
C. W. Monks
R.W. Parks
Chief Justice Hughes Counsels Reason Over Force in Court Plan
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes urged the processes of reason over tyranny of force in a speech to the American Law Institute. He framed democracy on rational judicial processes and independence, defending court procedure reforms while avoiding direct mention of Roosevelt’s court plan.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Evans Hughes
American Law Institute
Roosevelt
Hughes
Meri
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jurors in Denhardt Murder Trial Discharged in Kentucky
Jurors in the Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt murder case against Verna Garr Taylor were discharged by Judge Charles C. Marshall after failing to reach a verdict. The panel deliberated 19 and a half hours over two days with seven for acquittal and five for conviction. A September term was expected for the next trial. Denhardt showed no emotion as the jury was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
U.P
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
Charles C. Marshall
Denhardt
Actors Guild Donates 500 to Strike Support
Hollywood reports the Screen Actors Guild offered 500 to striking studio technicians. SAG executives prepared to meet with a producers committee to discuss grievances that could spark a strike vote by the actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actors’ Guild
Hollywood
U.P
Screen Actors Guild
Hollywood film workers launch nationwide boycott drive
Hollywood strikers pressed a nationwide boycott of the film industry. About 500 men and women picketed the ten major studios as the action continued into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
CIO Leaders Plan Workmen Reinforcement At Studios
Protests continued as producers offered a gesture of reconciliation which Charles Lessing refused. Kenneth Hunter said many workers were secretly enrolled and would not cross picket lines. CIO organizers pledged to bring in workers from automobile and steel plants to reinforce the studios pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lessing
Committee For Industrial Organization
Kenneth Hunter
CIO
A. F. of L. Cio
Truck Breaks Down Presses Firemen To Thumb Ride
Newcomerstown firemen stranded when their truck broke down on the way to a fire hitchhiked to Stonecreek where they joined Dover and New Philadelphia crews to battle a $1200 blaze that destroyed the two story Stonecreek Hall Association building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomerstown
U.P
Thumb
Stonecreek
Dover
New Philadelphia
Stonecreek Hall Association
Romanian shopkeeper fined for assault in Shanghai court
In Shanghai a Chinese court fined the Romanian owner of a second hand shop two yuan for assaulting a woman. The woman's husband then brandished a 10 yuan note in court and urged the judge to permit him to assault the Romanian five times.
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Shanghai
U.P
WPA work increases in Columbus area on April 28
WPA programs in Ohio added 722 jobs by April 28, raising total employment to 120,110 across 2,863 projects. The Ohio increase was reported by the Works Progress Administration as part of ongoing relief efforts.
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WPA
Columbus
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Mayor Lytle Recovering From Fire Gas Stove Explosion
Mayor J. Wesley Lytle is recuperating after a gas stove explosion while lighting a fire caused burns. The incident occurred in Uhrichs ville as authorities assess damage and circumstances.
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Uhrichsville
U.P
J. Wesley Lytle
Fight to Save Flood Monies in Congress
Senator Royal Copeland leads a Senate bid to preserve the 1936 Flood Control act funds. He denounces President Roosevelt's curtailment and aims to boost this year's program by 50 million dollars for the Northeastern Ohio Valley and 20 million for the Mississippi valley.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Senate
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Copeland
Northeastern
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Change of Mind Leads to Second Marriage License
Ruth Ballenger age 19 and Charles Hillen age 21 applied for a marriage license in Columbus. Ballenger returned with Leroy Ayres age 26 and sought another license. When asked to explain she said she liked Ayres better and the license was issued.
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Columbus Su.p
Ruth Ballenger
Charles’ Hillen
Miss Ballenger
Leroy Ayres
Forty School Bands Invade Huntington for State Festival
Forty school bands with about 2000 musicians arrived in Huntington West Virginia to take part in a three day program marking the second annual state high school band festival during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Defense shadows in Wendel cross examination at Newark trial
Defense counsel begins cross examination of Paul H. Wendel as he tests his account of becoming the goat in a scheme to save Bruno Hauptmann. Wendel testifies linking Ellis Parker and his son to the plot while recounting the 34 days he spent in New Lisbon for feeble minded males confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
U.P
Paul H. Wendel
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Electric Chair
Trenton
Ellis Parker
Parker
Ellis, Jr
Hauptmann
Wendel
Parkers
Brooklyn
New Lisbon
N. J
Committee Says Union Conference Is Futile
The Committee for Industrial Organization told Republic Steel that a proposed union conference would be a futile waste of time. A telegram from the Steel Workers Organizing Committee criticized Republic Steel for agreeing to a conference while refusing to sign a union contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization Today
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
the _ Steel Workers Organizing Committee
The
Steel Corporation
75 Cars Derailed in Ohio River Division Cleanup at Industry
Wrecking crews resumed traffic on the Ohio River division of the Pennsylvania Railroad after clearing debris from a 75 car freight derailment at Industry. The incident delayed trains as crews removed derailed cars and restored rails and signals to normal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
U.P
Ohio River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Industry
British and French Ships Evacuate 2300 Children
A convoy of 2300 Spanish children boarded ships under British protection for France as Nationalist forces threatened Bilbao. France would distribute the refugees to cities and colonies loyalist-held, with families from both sides among the evacuees. The Loyalist government pledged nonpolitical selection amid the war’s devastation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
U.P
France
Wally Sets June 12 For Wedding
Monts France dispatch reports Mrs Wallis Simpson favors a June 12 wedding date with the Duke of Windsor just after King George VI’s coronation. Lieut Dudley Forwood and Det Attfield arrive to assist. Honeymoon planned in Wasserloonburg with Italy Adriatic Coast trips and a US visit. The Duke may enter public life as an Empire Ambassador role.
DOJ to contest Pittsburgh court's anti trust restraining order
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings announced the Department of Justice will challenge the Federal District Court at Pittsburgh over its order restraining the government from prosecuting its anti trust suit against the Aluminum Company of America. The government was temporarily restrained by Judge Robert M. Gibson's order.
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Washington-Aup
Homer S. Cummings
Department of Justice
Federal District Court
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
New York
Robert M. Gibson
Senate Panel Probes Van Sweringen Sale
A Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee opens a probe into the sale of control of the Van Sweringen railroad empire valued at 3 billion dollars to three New York investors. Senator Benson Wheeler seeks to learn if the buyers are qualified and whether their past experience ensures capable management of the vast network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
van Sweringen
New York
Senate Interstate Commerce
Benson Wheeler
Man To Face Death Charge 17 Years Old
Walter Nicholson 42 travels to Elmhurst to face murder charges in the 17 year old case against Chief Harry Magers. He was captured in Huntington West Virginia following a romance with Chillicothe woman Mina Gillette who is held on a statutory charge. In Huntington she was known as Mina Nicholson.
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Chillicothe
INS
Walter Nicholson
Elmhurst
Harry Magers
Nicholson
Huntington
W. Va
Mina Gillette
Gillette
Mina Nicholson
Audit of Billingsley’s OSU ticket sales continues
An audit of W. R. Billingsley books as assistant director of ticket sales at Ohio State University continued today as police said all clues in the case had been exhausted.
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Billingsley
Columbus
W. R. Billingsley
Ohio State University
Long Distance Building Recovered After Flood
Howard Brumley of Clifton West Virginia operated a lunch room when his business building was swept away in the January flood. The structure was found in a field near Huntington and transported back to its original site by a state highway truck. It was repaired and is back in use, little the worse for its long voyage.
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Pomeroy
Howard Brumley
Clifton
W. Va
Huntington
Re Opening 1922 Taylor Murder Case In LA
District Attorney Baron Fitts revived the 1922 unsolved Wil liam Desmond Taylor murder mystery and ordered Mary Miles Minter and her relatives to appear before a grand jury. He seized two diaries from Minter's home describing the mother as protective and the diaries as diabolical. The civil suit by Minter's sister seeks $48,000 allegedly taken from a bank box.
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Los Angeles
U.P
William Desmond Taylor
Baron Fitts
Mary Miles Minter
Margaret Filmore
Charlottee Shelby
Fitts
Charlotte Shelby
Taylor
Mary Astor
Miss Minter
Ohio Wesleyan Co Ed Missing Since Tuesday
Ohio Wesleyan University officials launched a search for Ruth Baumgarden 22 of Lakewood Ohio who has been missing from campus since Tuesday night. Parents Mr and Mrs Carl Baumgarden were notified but could not explain her disappearance. Relatives to potential houses were to be contacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
U.P
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ruth Baumgarden
Lakewood
Carl Baumgarden
Roosevelt ends fishing trip for Gulf business
President Roosevelt relinquished fishing to handle government matters. A seaplane delivered mail 225 miles from Galveston to the Potomac off Arkansas Pass. Temporary headquarters were set up in Galveston as he extended his Gulf vacation by one day.
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Galveston
Tex
U.P
Roosevelt
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Potomac
Arkasas Pass
Montgomery Plays Key Role in SAG Talks on Strike
New role for film star Robert Montgomery as he helps lead preliminary talks between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood producers over adjustments for striking technicians. If actors back the strike, productions across studios could halt. Actors demand higher pay and improved working conditions for bit players and extras.
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Screen Actors’ Guild
Robert Montgomery
Guild
Hollywood Producers
Nelsonville Woman Elected Supreme Shrine Treasurer
Mrs. Mary E. Bartlett of Nelsonville was elected supreme worthy treasurer of the Supreme Shrine Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem at the convention in Tulsa Oklahoma. She is a member of Athens Shrine No. 6 and previously served as executive head in 1929-30. a vacancy arose due to the death of the prior treasurer.
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Nelsonville
Mary E. Bartlett
Supreme Shrine
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Tulsa
Oklo
Athens Shrine No. 6
Bartlett
United States
Canada
Congress predicts $1.5 billion relief appropriation for 1938
Washington reports that House leaders expect a 1.5 billion dollar relief bill for the 1938 fiscal year as Hopkins warns of 500 million dollar cuts. Debate centers on balancing the budget with Southern Democrats pressing for reductions while Byrd advances efficiency plans to merge housing agencies and save tens of millions annually.
Officials Fear New Slaying In Kingsbury Run Case
Cleveland police fear the so called Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run may have lured a ninth victim as they recount the discovery of a missing torso section from the eighth. Over three years the headhunter has decapitated and dismembered eight people, three of them women, with a pattern of inviting companionship before killings.
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Cleveland
U.P
Kingsbury Run
Lancaster Physician Will Succeed Fowler
Dr. Edgar Black of Lancaster has been provisionally appointed by Dr. C. H. Creed to be physician at Athens State Hospital effective May 1. He will succeed Dr. M. N. Fowler, recently named physician in charge at Apple Creek.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission Today
Edgar Black
Lancaster
C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Athens
Black
M. N. Fowler
Apple Creek
Strike Settled at Akron 10-Cent Stores
Akron workers and 13 stores reached a settlement ending a long strike. The agreement grants a 10 percent wage increase, sets a minimum, recognizes the Retail Clerks International Protective Association as the sole bargaining agent, rehires employees said to have been discharged for union activity, and bases vacations on length of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Retail Clerks International Protective Association
GOP Leaders Debate Overhauling of Party
Republican leaders in Congress split on proposals to overhaul the party and pick a new label. A national convention next winter to unite opposition to the New Deal was discussed but general agreement favored delaying action until Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Governor's Compromise Is Rejected by Ohio Senate
Senate insurgents announced they will not back any appropriations bill unless it saves at least 10 million dollars in state expenditures for 1937 and 1938. Gov. Davey proposed a purge of old age pension rolls, claiming 17,000 could be removed from 100,000 names. He urged a working session with Sen. Keith Lawrence to reconsider the Senate rejection, while insurgents said a new compromise would require both houses and warned of a possible June special session if no agreement is reached.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Davey
Keith Lawrence
Verner E. Metcalf
Washington
General Grant
Sen. Lawrence
Sen
Lawrence
Gov
House
Emerson Campbell
Belmont
Senate Finance Committee
al Kalb
Ottawa
House Finance Committee
Selby Shoes to buy Excelsior. workers get raises
The Selby Shoe Company announced the purchase of The Excelsior Shoe Company. Excelsior workers will be retained and given a ten percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.P
Selby Shoe Company
Excelsior Shoe Company
Excelsior
Fire Warden and Deputies Commissioned in Ohio District
Ten deputy forest fire wardens and one at large warden were commissioned by the U S Forest Service in the Athens Hocking Perry County region. Commissions authorize permits to kindle fires within national forest fire protection territory. Don Blankenship of New Straitsville received the at large appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
U. S. Forest Service
Department of Forestry
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
R. J. Schaar
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Don Blankenship
New Straitsville
William McQuaid
Buchtel
John Ayers
Murray City
Fred L. Johnston
Shawnee
John S. Wilson
Isaac Danison
Junction City
Walter Matheny
Haydenville
W. E. Evans
Carbon Hill
Arthur Guess
Greendale
Ray E. Terrel
Gore
Frank C. Wolf
Forest Service
E. D. Dressel
J. M. Crowl
J. J. Ahern
Camp Nelson
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Spain
Wally
Ohio Wesleyan
Mary F. Bartlett
Works Progress
Hopkins
Harry F. Byrd
Federal Home Loan’ Board
Federal Housing Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Senate House
Fowler
GOP
Shoe Company
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