Ruling Rejects 15,000 Ohio Miners Unemployment Claims
Ohio authority denies unemployment benefits to about 15,000 miners on the grounds that a strike exists amid the soft coal shutdown. The United Mine Workers plan an appeal to the board of review while noting most mines have halted since negotiations began in New York.
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Bureau
Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
H. C. Atkinson
State Bureau of
T. J. Price
UMWA
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Bureaus Board of Review
Atkinson
Price
New York
Lxists
United Mine Workers
New Arrest Hints in Mass Murder Probe Involves Physicians
A key witness in the mass murder investigation is in secret custody and has provided information leading to further arrests. Dr Horace D Perlman is already in custody as a purveyor for the syndicate and is said to have implicated another physician and a druggist. The probe links a New Jersey affiliate with 35 implicated and totals of more than 100 deaths under review.
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Philadelphia
Monster Mass Murder Corporation
Vincent P. McDevitt
William Connelly
Horace D. Perlman
Merchants of Death
New Jersey
Heavy Gas Flow Reported From Meigs County Well
A deep gas well on the Taggart farm near Rolandus in eastern Meigs County showed a heavy gas flow Tuesday. Drilled about 4500 feet to the Oriskany Sand, it is the first such productive well in Meigs County, with prior high producing wells found near Ravenswood.
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Pomeroy
Ace
Meigs County
Taggart
Rolandus
Ravenswood
Angry client tries to bomb relief office in San Jose
A dissatisfied relief clientAttempted bombing the state relief administration office in San Jose Tuesday. The device exploded in his hand before he could throw it at about 40 people, tearing off his arm at the elbow.
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San Jose
Cal
State Relief Administration
Maverick defeats Quin in tight San Antonio mayor race
Former Congressman Maury Maverick edged E. C. Quin in a hard fought mayoral contest as late returns indicated a close result. Maverick led throughout the night with strong support from city voters and allied organizations.
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Maverick
San. Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
E. C. Quin
Gallia County Jailbreak Thwarted by Sheriff
An attempted escape from Gallia County Jail was thwarted last May. Prisoner Virgilie Sigler, 34, jailed for armed robbery, was placed in solitary confinement after sawing through three iron bars. Sheriff Elmer Hatfield reported three hack saws and six blades found in Sigler's cell. 14 other prisoners were in the jail.
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Gallia County
Virgilie
Sigler
Elmer Hatfield
Russia Key To Europe's Realignment
The United Press reports Soviet Russia holds a pivotal role in Europe’s alignment. Britain signals aid would follow Britain and France in war, not a one sided Russian commitment, while opposing a formal Britain France Russia military alliance. Poland Romania Sweden Norway Denmark Finland respond to German offers neutrally, with Germany seeking a strong Spain trade deal with Franco.
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Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
R. A. Butler
Paris
Romania
Poland
Rumania
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Spain
London
Francisco Franco
Mine Pickets Attack Driver in West Virginia
In Weston West Virginia 59 men were charged with conspiracy to harm truck driver Robert McWhorter and two assistants after McWhorter was assaulted at a railroad siding. The group faces arraignment May 17 with a bond set at 29,500 arranged by A J Rosenshine for the United Mine Workers.
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Weston
W. Va
Robert McWhorter
McWhorter
Lewis County
A. J. Rosenshine
Clarksburg
United Mine Workers
Harrison County
Flood control aid eyed for Ohio Valley projects
A $16 million flood protection program for the Ohio River Valley above Cincinnati was approved by the House Appropriations Committee as part of a $110 million national flood control outlay. The plan covers flood walls in several Ohio cities and reservoir construction on upper tributaries, with proposed additions and possible increases in funding depending on House action.
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Washington
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Ohio
Upper
Ohio Tribu
Ironton
Portsmouth
New Boston
Martins Ferry
Bill
Delaware
Scioto Basin
Dillon
Muskingum Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Julian L. Schley
Army Engineers
Budget Bureau
Frazersburg
Newark
Thomas A. Jenkins
James G. Polk
Highland
Robert T. Secrest
Caldwell
Engineers
C. E. Holzer
Gallipolis
The
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Penknife accident claims life of 18-year-old Owen
James D. Owen an 18 year old grocery clerk died today after a penknife slipped severing an artery while he opened a box of banned food in East Liverpool. Local authorities investigated the incident and described it as a tragic workplace accident.
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East Liverpool
James D. Owen
State House Cuts Salaries to Fund Relief Plan
The House Finance Committee cut state salary appropriations by three percent to free 10 million dollars for poor relief over the next two years. The move precedes a vote on easing local real estate levy thresholds for relief financing as administration projects 20 million dollars in annual outlays for 1939 and 1940 from state and local sources. Representative Bangham said pay cuts are not necessary as departments already operate under reduced levels.
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Columbus
A.S
House Finance Committee
R. R. Bangham
R. Clinton
Publisher Says Fascists Not Reds Threaten U S
Roy W. Howard warned at Stanford University that American democracy faces a threat from fascist regimes’ efficiency, not Russian communism. He urged journalism to explain that neither capital nor labor should dominate the national interest.
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U.S
Palo Alto
Calif
U.P
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Don Mellett
Stanford University
First Tax Stamp Redemption Filed by Charity Official
Mrs. Ethel P. Simon, field secretary for the Ohio Society for Crippled Children, submitted $100 in sales tax stamps for redemption under the Ward Act, asking $3 be paid to the society. The filing marks the first redemption under the new Ohio law effective May 1.
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Columbus
Tu.p
Ohio
Ethel P. Simon
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Nine Point Creed for Social Outlook Embraced by United Methodist Church
The reunited Methodist Church adopted a nine point social creed guiding its 8 million members. It calls to abolish child labor regulate women’s work conditions provide old age security and worker injury protection ensure fair hours wages and conditions support collective bargaining and free speech. It also endorses limited military roles and conscientious objection to service. The convention announces reunion of the three historic branches into one church, forming the United States' largest Protestant denomination.
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United Methodist Church
Kansas City, Mo
U.P
Reunited Methodist Church
Spiri
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
United States
Hocking County School Head Missing Amid Nervous Strain
J. W. Coleman Hocking County superintendent of schools has vanished after leaving home in a nervous condition. Relatives fear a breakdown as the search expands with his car description broadcast and Sheriff Farbearn checking Granville where he recently bought a meat market.
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Logan
J. W. Coleman
Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Sherié Coleman
Elijah Coleman
Adams County
Granville
Farbearn
Coleman
Plan Gives FD Listening Post Plan Gives FD Listening Post
Roosevelt signs reorganization giving him direct supervision of the plan dubbed the most sensitive ears to the ground. Transfer of major NEC functions creates a national body to feel public pulse and check New Deal policy performance. The NEC network could bypass other information channels.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
NEC
White House
Democratic National Committee
ThreeYearOld Wins Movie Contract on Tip
Carolyn Copp aged not yet four earns a Hollywood film contract after a theater man in Columbus Ohio sends her photo to Y Frank Freeman of Paramount Pictures. Freeman views her in Chicago and she tests in Hollywood for a Madeline Carroll film Are Husbands Necessary. Her screen name will be Carolyn Lee.
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Hollywood
Columbus
Carolyn Copp
Carolyn
Y. Frank Freeman
Paramount Pictures
Chicago
Freeman
Carolyn Lee
C and O Wins Permit to Discontinue Two Passenger Trains
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad won approval from the West Virginia Public Service Commission to discontinue two passenger trains on its Guyan Valley division between Logan and Huntington on one day's notice to conserve coal for passenger and food trains on the main line.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Guyan Valley
Logan
Huntington
Ask Exclusion of Deer From Roosevelt Game Reserve
The Ohio House approved a joint resolution urging the State Conservation Council to remove deer from the Roosevelt Game Reserve near Portsmouth and convert it into a hunters and tourists paradise by stocking small game and fish and adding picnic facilities.
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Columbus
State Conservation Council
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Paradise
Plea for Flood Fund Favored
Washington report shows the House Appropriations Committee backed federal support for Muskingum Conservancy District assessments. An item of 1 300 000 dollars was included to pay part of the 9 000 000 dollar levy on property within the district as tax protests sweep through Newcomerstown and nearby counties.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Muskingum Conservancy District
Newcomerstown
Tuscarawas County
Counes
Windsors Scrap U S Visit and World Fair Plans
Paris report states the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have abandoned plans to visit the United States and the New York World Fair. They will return to the French Riviera and may undertake a sea cruise later, but would not visit the Americas.
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Paris
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
United States
New York World’s Fair
French Riviera
Americas
State Senate May Curb Pro Nazi Organization
A bill in the Ohio Senate by Sen. Leo Ascherman would ban public wearing of foreign official or semi official uniforms including storm trooper garb by members of the German American Bund, a pro Nazi group, as action awaits in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Bund
Ohio Senate
Leo Ascherman
Cuyahoga
Shep herd elects Richmond supreme watchman
The Shep herds of the White Shrine of Jerusalem elected Reginald E. Richmond of Toronto as supreme watchman. Mrs. Mary E. Bartlett of Nelsonville, Ohio, was re-elected treasurer.
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Cincinnati
U.P
The
Shepherds of the White Shrine of
FDR Pressures Coal Negotiators To End Fuel Crisis
President Roosevelt demands a 24 hour plan from soft coal negotiators and the United Mine Workers to reopen mines and avoid a fuel famine. Operators refuse two year extensions, fearing future price controls and political timing.
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New York
United Mine Workers Union
Roosevelt
White House
John L. Lewis
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress
Chinese Guerrillas Loot Japanese Bank in Canton Raid
About 100 guerrillas penetrated Canton’s Japanese defenses and looted the Bank of Taiwan in Formosa from which they took about 260000 dollars in notes and 90000 dollars in silver coins after bayoneting three guards and forcing the safe doors in the daring wartime raid.
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Hong Kong
U.P
Bank of
Aviatrix dies after stair fall in trolley car
The body of a woman who died from injuries after a fall down the stairs of a double deck trolley car was identified today as former Lady Mary Heath, British aviator.
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London
Awoman
Lady Mary Heath
Highway Department Personnel Changes Near 4 000 in Five Months
Columbus U P reports State Highway Department has totalled nearly 4000 personnel changes in five months, mainly affecting non civil service laborers and truck drivers across 12 divisions. About several hundred positions were abolished for economy, with at least 100 from classified service removed. Beightler notes current construction and maintenance crews are trimmed, and expects 1000 1500 more engineers and supervisors hired for WPA road work. Discharges target political activity across divisions except Ravenna and Marietta.
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Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Robert S. Beightler
United Press Today
Beightler
J. W. Wilson
Ravenna
Wilson
Marietta
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Gwe
Jerome
Robert Pavlin
Hinsdale, Ill
Hocking CO. Officers Hunt School
Windsors
U. S
State Senate
Mrs. Bartlett
FDR
Jap Bank
Highway Department
Clark County
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