Petition introduced to force vote on wages hours bill
Washington reports that Mary Norton leads a petition in the House to move the wage hour bill from rules to the floor with aims for a May 23 action. Supporters expect 218 signatures, while southern Democrats oppose the measure over wage differentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W.R
Mary Norton
N. J
House Labor Committee
House
Orton
Senate
Roose
Congress
Bertrand H. Snell
N. Y
Snell
Ickes Sees No Hope For Third Party Movement
Secretary Harold L. Ickes said the chance of a successful third party was small and that progressives should look to President Roosevelt. He remarked that a coalition of insurgent Republicans and progressive Democrats would be "next to impossible" under the current two party system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Messenger Want Ads Never Sleep
The notice touts Messenger Want Ads as 24 hour service for renting rooms finding lost articles and more with quick economical results. It lists a contact number and deadlines for weekday and Sunday editions urging readers to place ads today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger Want
Messe
Aker
Want
Britain Takes Hand in Nazi Problem in Czechoslovakia
British envoys in Berlin and Prague will raise the German minority issue with Goering and Czech authorities. London rejects German claims that the problem is Germany’s alone, stressing Britain’s vested interest. Warsaw reports Poland’s 82,000 minority in Czechoslovakia faces anti-Polish actions by Communists, which Prague promised to halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Neville Henderson
Hermann Goering
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Germany
Poland
Warsaw
Police hold three in jewelry shop robbery
Three Huntington, West Virginia residents were held on suspicion of complicity in a $950 robbery of the Jewel Shoppe in Columbus Ohio. Switzer Bias 29 Alexander Corondoni 34 and Helen Shire 28 were arrested after two men held a clerk and forced her to surrender two valuable diamond rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Huntington
W. Va
Switzer Bias
Alexander Corondoni
Helen Shire
Gallia Girl Capped Into Mortar Board at OWU
Betty Henke of Gallipolis joined 11 Ohio Wesleyan University juniors as new members of Mortar Board the senior women's honorary. She was among those honored as cap members at the OWU ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Delaware
U.R
Ohio Wesleyan University
Mortar Board
Betty Henke
Gallipolis
Italian Troops Impress Hitler in Rome Parade
About sixty thousand Italian troops and Fascist Party members marched along the Via Triumphalis in Rome to honor Adolf Hitler. The display is part of a three stage series to showcase Italy's fighting forces for the Axis partner and ally of Benito Mussolini. A prior display featured over 200 Italian warships, with a third expected featuring 300 war planes.
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Rome
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Convict Electrocuted for Slaying Fire Chief
Heber L. Hicks, 40, was executed at the state penitentiary for the head and hands murder of Harry Miller, a retired Cincinnati fire captain. Miller was beaten and shot to death at his summer home near Trenton, Indiana, on June 11, 1936. His severed head and hands were found in a Kentucky lake, with the torso disposed in a Kentucky culvert. Detectives recovered the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
U.R
Heber L. Hicks
State Penitentiary
Harry Miller
Cincinnati
Trenton
Carrollton
Eminence
Nazi Playground Heads Ordered Before Justice
BAY SHORE N Y Six operators of Camp Siegfriend a Nazi rally site were ordered before Justice Moses W Drake to answer violations of the state civil rights statute The manager Henry Hauck was arrested released on 381 000 bond He promised to bring five directors to court and warrants for their arrest were withheld Roy P Monahan state commander of the Disabled War Veterans said his officers had investigated the camp for six months The civil rights law requires every organization whose members take an oath to file a roster with the secretary of state Monahan said the league had not filed a roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Shore
N. Y
Justice of the Peace
Moses W. Drake
Yaphank
Henry Hauck
Justice Court
Roy P. Monahan
Disabled War Veterans
Monahap
League
GOP opposition labeled propaganda by Rural Progress editor
Senator Sherman Minton charged Rural Progress Magazine edited by Glenn Frank with a propaganda stance. He cited editorials opposing court reform and major New Deal bills, noting Frank appeared at the hearing but was not subpoenaed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Sherman Minton
Ind
Senate Lobby Committee
New Deal
Rural Progress Magazine
Glenn Frank
Republican Leader
Frank
Republican Committee of
Minton
Rural Progress
Congress
Three Point Relief Plan Is Proposed for Ohio Welfare Aid
Columbus United Press report outlines a three point program to provide 17 million dollars for rest of year relief and to secure federal funds for a welfare building program. The plan creates a public institutional building authority, enables bond anticipations from utility and tax revenues, and allows local bonds for federal aid projects. Governor Davey has not decided on enabling acts for cities to levy taxes or pass relief levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Davey
Legion Opposes Laws To Admit Immigrants
The National Americanism Commission of the American Legion in Indianapolis opposed bills in Congress that would raise immigration quotas to admit political and religious refugees from Europe. Chairman Steve Chadwick outlined the commission's report to the national executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis, Inc
U.P
National Americanism Commission of the American Legion
United States
Steve Chadwick
Commission
National Executive Committee
Congress
French Seamen Strike Over Uniforms Expands
Sailors aboard the S S Champlain led a uniform protest that sparked walkouts on the Colombie Degrasse and Ile De France. The Ministry of Merchant Marine considered swift action as the strike grew to include stewards and crew on multiple French line vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIS
U.P
Ministry of Merchant Marine
Stewards
S. S. Champlain
Colombie
Degrasse
Ile de France
Chinese Reds Prepare For Attack On Peiping
Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese Communist Army under Gen. Chu Teh, nicknamed Red Napoleon, ready to attack Peiping the seat of the North China Japanese provisional regime conquered about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Chu Teh
Red Napoleon
Far East
Peiping
North China
Japan
Ohio Independent Telephone Association elects leaders
J T Corliss of Marion was chosen president at the annual meeting. C L Jones of Athens was elected a director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Jones
Columbus
U.P
J. T. Corliss
Marion
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
Athens
Fremont man named as Ohio state crop insurance supervisor
Dwight Wise of Fremont was appointed state crop insurance supervisor for Ohio by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The announcement stated Wise will oversee crop insurance programs and related operations in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Washington
LLP
Dwight Wise
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cincinnati Liquor Store Head Indicted in Shakedown Probe
A Cincinnati liquor store head is indicted as part of a shakedown probe. A national anti graft drive expands with a committee of business leaders vowing to probe state expenses and leak suppression.
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Cincinnati
Mother and Son Held in Notorious Double Claim
Mrs. Mary Smith, 73, released from a Washington state penitentiary to aid officers in locating remains of Naval Lieut. James E. Bassett, killed by her son Decasto Earl Mayer ten years ago. She says Mayer dismembered the body and buried parts at several places and that he murdered three others in Montana in the early 1920s. The son remains imprisoned on a theft charge. Then in Cincinnati six indictments accuse Frank Schroer, state liquor stores chief, of soliciting civil service workers for Democratic campaign contributions. Names of six employees allegedly solicited and dates are listed. The probe followed complaints by Jerome Goldman of the Hamilton County Good Government League. More than 100 witnesses testified as law bars such solicitations. Breach could mean dismissal, six months in jail, and fines from 50 to 100 dollars. Stock, Liquor Department official Clarence Burk said he did not know action to take.
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Mary Smith
Washington State Penitentiary
James E. Bassett
Decasto Earl Mayer
Cincinnati
U.P
Frank Schroer
Democratic Campaign Fund
Herbert S. Duffy
Columbus
Schroer
Everett Hayes
Robert Bachman
Bert Springer
Harry Neiheisel
John Kaldy
Lonnie Stoneking
Clarence Burk
Liquor Department
Burk
Five Plead to Indictments in Pomeroy Court
Five men indicted by the Meigs County Grand Jury were arraigned before Common Pleas Judge C. E. Peoples. Paul Schmitauer pleaded guilty to attempted rape and contributing to delinquency of a minor with sentence deferred, William Smith pleaded not guilty to shooting with intent to kill with bond set at 1000 dollars, Richard and Lewis Van Meter pleaded not guilty to grand larceny with 1000 dollar bonds each, George Peck pleaded guilty to petty larceny and received 30 days in jail plus a 50 dollar fine and costs. Warren Chambers, charged with petty larceny, has been returned to the state penitentiary on an old charge, and Arthur Garrison’s indictment for failure to provide was noted with a sanity hearing reported in probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
C. E. Peoples
Paul Schmitauer
William Smith
Richard and
Lewis van Meter
George Peck
Warren Chambers
State Penitentiary
Arthur Garrison
Hoover Urges Practical Steps for Recovery Plan
Former President Herbert Hoover addressed eight western and southwestern states urging a concrete program to restart the economy. He criticized the New Deal, blaming it for the nation’s mood, and called for practical steps to restore confidence and put people back to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Herbert Hoover
Veteran Newspaperman Earl Martin Dies at 63 in Suburban Cleveland
Earl Martin 63 longtime newspaperman and production manager of The Plain Dealer and The Cleveland News died at his South Euclid home after a five month illness. He held roles as reporter editor and publisher across four Cleveland dailies in two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
V.P
Earl Martin
Clevel Plain Dealer
The
Cleveland News
South Euclid
Martin
Ohioans Receive 173 Million From Life Insurance Firms
Ohioans in 1937 collected 173.5 million dollars from life insurance companies an average of over 476000 dollars daily, according to an announcement by The National Underwriter Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
National
Journal
Rubinoff Cancels Engagements After Emergency Surgery
In Battle Creek Michigan Dave Rubinoff underwent an emergency appendicitis operation. All three weeks of concert engagements were canceled today due to the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubinoff
Battle Creek
Mich
Dave Rubinoff
Talbot Dies at Wrestling Match in Cleveland
Howard S. Talbot aged 43 died of heart disease while attending a wrestling event in Cleveland on Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Howard S. Talbot
Sees Victory For Soft Coal Price Fixers
Walter H. Maloney of the National Bituminous Coal Commission predicts a legal victory for government price fixing. At the University of Michigan he notes attacks on the Bituminous Coal Act mainly from large consumers and cities. He says the delay will not permanently hinder the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
U.P
Walter H. Maloney
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
University of Michigan
Maloney
Chamber urges labor and industry to unite without federal aid
George H. Davis of the United States Chamber of Commerce said there is no chance for labor and industry to unite until mutual confidence is restored. At the chamber's 26th annual meeting 2,500 delegates adopted a resolution urging management and labor to work together without government recourse on common concerns. The AFL had proposed industry end industrial warfare and cooperate with labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
American Federation of Labor
Loans to Rails To Mean Jobs
RFC chairman Jesse Jones said liberalized maintenance and equipment loans could put 25 000 to 40 000 railroad workers back to work. He told the House Banking and Currency Committee the railroad layoffs may total 150 000, and immediate restoration of 100 000 is unlikely. He called the loan policy a homeopathic dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Jones
House Banking and Currency Committee
Henry Steagall
Ala
Farmer Says Employees Stole 3000 From Him
Harley Spruance a 65 year old Marshall farmer reports three suspects extorted 3000 under death threats. Warrants issued for Dorothy Hildebrand 17 James Merritt 25 and Edna Merritt 21 sister to Miss Hildebrand and former housekeeper. Authorities in Hillsboro Southwestern Ohio search for the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
U.P
Ohio
Harley Spruance
Marshall Farmer
Spruance
Dorothy Hildebrand
James Merritt
Edna
Levine Still Hopes That Kidnapped Son Is Alive
Murray Levine spoke in a first personal interview since his 12 year old son Peter D Levine was kidnapped on February 24. He said he is completely in the dark about the boy’s fate but will continue to hope he is alive. Levine announced an extended 20 day offer of a $30 000 reward for information leading to the boy’s return alive or dead at his Manhattan law office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Murray Levine
Levine
Manhattan
Peter D. Levine
Four Housewives Deck Perfect Bridge Hands in Surprise
Findlay Ohio reports four housewives on a contract bridge game with perfect hands in one suit. Mrs Glen Schooler bid seven spades and won all tricks with 1 000 points plus 210, while Mrs Woolsey showed 13 diamonds, Mrs Myers 13 clubs, and Mrs McCullough 13 hearts. This rare all‑one‑suit hand occurrence is noted as one in 158 billion deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Woolsey
Immunity Denied for Campaign Fund Collectors
Columbus report says immunity from prosecution will not be granted to those named as collectors for the Democratic campaign fund when they testify before the special grand jury investigating a alleged shakedown of civil service employees. Attorney General Herbert Duffy announced that collectors and solicitors will likely be called late next week after state employees finish testimony. He said he has the names of 16 so called collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Democratic Campaign Fund
Civil Service
Herbert Duffy
Eber G Silvus Retired Athens Merchant Dies
Eber Green Silvus age 84 died Thursday at the family home 160 East State Street after a long illness. Funeral Sunday at five with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by wife Rosette Frowine, three children and seven grandchildren. Son Paul runs the family shoe business. four children and two daughters-in-law reside in Ohio and Nova Scotia. He was active in Athens business and First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eber Green Silvus
State St
W. Union St
Isaac and
Lovina Silvus
Eber Silvus
Athens
Isaac Silvus
Herrold Place
Eber
Rosette Frowine
Scioto Coumery
Paul Silvus
Rachel Armstrong
Catherine Waters
Liverpool
Nova Scotia
Jennie
William
Ernest
Effie
Silvus
First Presbyterian Church
Paul
Nobleman Cavendish Dies at Chatsworth House
London reports Sir Victor Christian William Cavendish, 69, ninth Duke of Devonshire, died at Chatsworth House Derbyshire. He owned about 200000 acres of farming land. An Elizabethan ancestor Sir William Cavendish popularized Cavendish tobacco. An earlier forebear, Chief Justice John Cavendish, was beheaded following his son’s role in the Wat Tyler revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Victor Christian William Cavendish
Duke of
Devonshire
Chatsworth House
Derbyshire
Sir William Cavendish
Cavendish
John Cavendish
Wat Tyler
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