Commissions and Courts Face Hughes Warning on Qualifications
Chief Justice Hughes urged the bar to oppose unqualified judges and warned federal agencies to act with the spirit of the just judge. He cautioned administrative bodies against undermining courts and stressed independence and impartiality amid debates over court reform and agency authority.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
American Law Institute
Hughes
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Stanley F. Reed
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Kansas City
Wallace
National Labor Relations Board
Navy Bill Before Senate Expands U S Navy to History
President Roosevelt seeks a 1.09 billion dollar naval expansion to create the largest U S Navy in history. Senate Naval Affairs Chairman David Walsh will bring the conference report to the floor, aiming for quick passage and a White House signature. Roosevelt also plans new naval construction funds this year.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
David S. Walsh
D. Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
House
White House
Congress
Maple Syrup Production in Ohio Falls in 1938
Ohio cooperative crop reporting service reports syrup output in 1938 dropped by 118000 gallons from 1937 levels. Weather and tapping trends cited as factors in the decline.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Silence Till Something Bursts and The Messenger Ad
An ad shows a boy’s bicycle for sale in good condition with royal blue paint a bell alarm and chain guard priced at 7.50 cash. It notes the paper’s ad service and instructs readers to dial for an ad-taker to place similar notices.
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Hyde
Pension surge in Meigs County reaches high share
Meigs County reports 42.4 percent of residents age 65 or over on state old age pensions, among the highest in Ohio. Pension administrator George Childs announced 1,375 residents certified, with 986 on the pension rolls. county population is 23,961 with 2,325 aged 65 plus.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
George Childs
Meigs
Gallia teens held in chicken theft ring
Gallipolis Ohio three youths from prominent families age 18 to 20 are jailed on chicken stealing charges. Dan Beck Marcus Davis and Roy Jeffers confess to months of thefts across Gallia and Brown counties with sales mainly in Huntington.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Dan Reuben Beck
Raccoon Island
Gallipolis High School
Marcus Davis
Near Bladen
Mercerville High School
Roy Jeffers
Eureka
Rio Grande College
Gallia County
Ohio Valley
Brown County
Huntington
Jeffers
Hatfield
Davis
Beck
T. H. Bailes
Evergreen
Henry McGhee
Vinton
Bill To Relieve Taxes Awaits FDR's Signing
Congress sent the administration's 5.33 billion tax revision bill to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature. The conference report passed the House 242 to 89 after quick debate, having been approved by the Senate earlier. The House prepares to debate amendments to the 3.054 billion recovery bill amid GOP threats over relief administration, public works, and private sector competition.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Samuel Fisher Dies at Home in Monkey Run
Samuel Lewis Fisher aged 45 died Wednesday evening at his Monkey Run home. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 p m in Ewing Chapel with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs Mary Fisher sister Mrs Hattie Smith of Millport and brother Eugene Fisher at home.
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Pomeroy
Samuel Lewis Fisher
Monkey Run
Ewing Chapel
Beech Grove
Fisher
Mary Fisher
Hattie Smith
Middleport
Eugene Fisher
WPA Funds Approved for Ohio Projects Totaling 246 997
Washington announces presidential approval of Works Progress Administration projects in Ohio totaling 246 997. The Athens County work includes repairing public school books and related efforts.
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Athens County
Washington — On
Robert J. Bulkley
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Athens
Railroad Wage Cut Effective First of July
American railroads notify railway labor of a 15 percent basic wage cut starting July 1. The move, aimed at saving 250 million dollars annually, affects about one million workers and will trigger the Railway Labor Act arbitration process. Union leaders vow to resist, likely delaying final decision beyond July 1.
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Washington
U.P
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Committee
Searchers Fear West Baby Dead in Forest
Bradford Pa. residents join a massive search for four year old Marjory West missing since Sunday in Allegheny National Forest. Officials report renewed effort led by Mayor Hugh J. Y. with nearly 1,000 volunteers scouring forests and brush as fears grow for the child’s survival.
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West
Bradford
U.P
Marjory West
Allegheny National Forest
Hugh J. Y
France Lowers Bank Discount Rate to Two and a Half Percent
The Bank of France reduced its discount rate today from three percent to two and one half percent. This move signals eased monetary stance amid economic concerns.
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France
Paris
Bank of France
Moderation as key to a long life from Ohio doctors
At the Ohio State Medical Association convention in Columbus doctors urged moderation for longevity. Dr. Hein advised eating and drinking in moderation with exercise, while Dr. Alcon supported a varied diet including vegetables and fruit. Dr. Striker linked emotional health to many illnesses, and Dr. Zinninger warned that choosing healthier ancestors could matter too.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Medical Specration
Barney J. Hein
Toledo
OMA
Hein
John B. Alcon
Cecil Striker
Cincinnati
Striker
Max Zinninger
Zinninger
Wiliam R. Kelley
Kelley
Longview
Texas
WPA Worker Seeks Congress Seat in St. Louis
Lawrence Smith, a WPA worker from St. Louis with a wife and two children living on 56 dollars a month, runs for the seat held by Democrat Thomas C. Hennings Jr. He promises changes in the WPA if elected and counts on 26,000 fellow WPA workers in St. Louis for support.
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Congress
Lawrence Smith
St. Louis
WPA
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
Smith
US Asks Support for Joint Drive to Oust Relief Chiselers
Ohio State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson and relief auditor O. P. Van Schoik asked White House aide James Roosevelt for a joint state federal effort to inspect 230000 WPA cases and 140000 direct relief cases at a cost of 350000. They said the inquiry could cut ineligible beneficiaries and ease the relief burden with WPA backing.
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Washington
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio
White House
Ferguson
O. P. van Schoik
James Roosevelt
Carl Watson
WPA
Milk Price Is Lowered Across Ohio Cities
The reduced consumer demand and abundant cattle feed have cut milk price by one cent a quart in several Ohio cities since April 1. This is the first drop in two years and dairy experts expect similar reductions statewide within weeks despite varying local distribution costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
England Demands Mexico Pay War Losses
London notes Mexico to pay 370 962 pesos indemnity for losses in revolutions between 1910 and 1920. Britain cites prompt US settlement and questions discriminatory treatment between equal titles.
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England
Mexico
London
AUP
Great Britain
United States
Negro Social Worker Marries White Woman in Secret Ceremony
Julian D. Steele, a Black social worker and Harvard graduate, wed Mary Dawes, a White school teacher, in New York City last Friday in a secret ceremony. The union ends seven years of romance and followed a controversy that led Steele to resign as director of the Robert Gould Shaw House in Boston.
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Boston
Julian D. Steele
Harvard
Mary Dawes
New York City
Robert Gould Shaw House
Springfield Motor Crash Claims 22Yearold George Lust
George Lust of Columbus aged 22 died in a Springfield hospital from a skull fracture after a car crash on the National Highway six miles east of here last night.
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Springfield
George Lust
Columbus
Here
Flood Control Authorization Bill Cleared by Committee
The House Flood Control Committee reported favorably a 375 million omnibus flood control bill authorizing Army engineers to build reservoirs walls and levees across major basins from New England to Los Angeles and the Lower Mississippi to the Willamette Valley. It includes 10 million for surveys 10 million for soil conservation and water flow retardation and 375 thousand for Weather Bureau rainfall and flood forecast services. Project completion is set for mid 1944 with a 70 percent government cost share for existing and new authorizations including Ohio River works and Cache River diversion above Cairo Illinois.
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Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Army Engineers
New England
Los Angeles
Lower
Mississippi
Willamette Valley
Agriculture and War Departments
Agriculture Department
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Cache River
Cairo
Ill
Accuse Davey of Asking for Political Fund
The Ohio Senate Graft Investigating Committee charged Governor Martin L. Davey with seeking more state money last winter to enlarge his political machine. It found no need for extra funds and reported departments had a surplus of over two and a half million dollars despite his pleas.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Hunts for missing man end with discovery in shed
Logan report says Charlies Nimon, 39, missing since Monday, was found asleep in a shed near his Orland, Vinton County home after a search by over 100 officers CCC enrolles Boy Scouts and neighbors. Sheriff Joe Farbearn led the operation with 50 Camp Hocking volunteers and 15 Boy Scouts under Alfred Campbell.
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LOGAN
CCC
Charlies Nimon
Orland
Vinton County
Camp
Hocking
Nimon
Joe Farbearn
Three Children Die in Unused Ice Box Tragedy
In Chambersburg Illinois three siblings Emma ten Henry eight and Albert five suffocated after climbing into an unused icebox while parents visited neighbors. The bodies were found when the mother returned and saw the dog refusing to leave the box. Funeral services were arranged today.
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Chambersburg
Ill
Emma
Henry
Albert
Henry Petri
Time and Literary Digest to Merge
New York United Press reports that the Literary Digest, founded in 1890 by two Lutheran ministers, will be purchased by the Time owners and merged with Time. Sandusky plant of the old Textor Wine Company destroyed by fire, with an estimated damage of $15,000.
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New York
News Weekly
Time
Sandusky
Textor
Cable Denies Guilt in Wife's Murder
Canton contractor Dueber S. Cable faced murder accusations as police investigated a death by own action letter from Theresa Ludwig, who claimed Cable paid killers to kill his wife Rose B. Cable. Ludwig killed herself after writing to an attorney. Cable denied all charges and offered cooperation.
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Cable
Canton
Dueber S. Cable
Theresa Ludwig
Miss Ludwig
Conneaut
Cleveland
Rose B. Cable
William H. Simpson
Simpson
A. B. Cable
Dueber
Heavy Frosts Damage Meigs County Crops
Reports from Meigs County indicate farmers suffered thousands in crop damage from a heavy frost Wednesday night. The frost, described as the worst since 1926, mainly hit tomatoes and potatoes in river bottoms near Letart and Racine as Wesley Green surveys the damage.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Wesley Green
Letart
Racine
City and TVA bid for Tennessee Public Service facilities
The Tennessee Valley Authority and the City of Knoxville offered 7.5 million dollars in cash for the electric facilities of the Tennessee Public Service Co. The bid accompanies a TVA investigation committee debate on when to start hearings, with Knoxville as a proposed site.
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Washington
U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Tennessee Public Service Co
TVA
Commonwealth & Southern
Vic Donahey
Senate
Tenn
Ceraaereese
Squaw Driven Out of Rochester on Hex Spell Charges
Police ordered Irene Ray of the Algonquian tribe to leave Rochester after eight families alleged hexes sickened relatives including a 25 year old girl near death. Prosecutor McCarty reviewed Indiana witchcraft statutes but found none, while the Ray couple agreed to depart the town.
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Rochester
Ind
Indiana
Wabash
Maumee
Paul Whitcomb
Irene Ray
Murray McCarty
McCarty
Diana
Salem
Mass
Ray
Lewis
Whitcomb
Plymouth
Britain, Ethiopia Clash Over Peace Plan At League
Emperor Haile Selassie appeared before the League of Nations to denounce Britain's move to recognize Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia. Britain and France defended the policy as practical for peace, while Soviet Russia, New Zealand, Spain, China and Ethiopia opposed the shift. The league split widened as China Japan fought for Amoy and Vargas defended Brazil’s stance after suppressing a rebellion. United States moves toward a hemispheric security axis. Hull to brief Senate on embargo policy.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Europe
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Italy
Soviet
Russia
New Zealand
France
League
Britain
Geneva
Germany
Spain
China
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Amoy
United States
Mediterranean
Valencia
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Rio de Janeiro
Vargas
Maury Maverick
Tex
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Senate
NLRB Agent Probes Logan Labor Charges
NLRB agent George E. Slyer visited Logan to examine labor complaints at the Godman Shoe Co plant. He looked into a canceled lease on a union hall that prevented a scheduled meeting by Local 150 of the United Shoe Workers.
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Logan
Godman Shoe Co
George E. Slyer
National Labor Relations Board
United Shoe Workers
Summon 38 Witnesses in Civil Service Probe
Thirty eight witnesses were called today to testify before the special grand jury investigating charges that civil service employees were assessed five percent of their salaries to finance Gov. Martin L. Davey s campaign fund. The grand jury is not expected to report before May 25 or June 1.
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Columbus
U.P
Civil Service
Martin L. Davey
Germany signs treaty with Manchukuo ally
Berlin dispatch reports Germany signed a treaty with the Japanese sponsored Manchukuo regime, signaling a formal accord linked to China’s fate as proxies tighten power in the region.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
China
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