Rival suitors clash in near fatal train confrontation
In Fairfax Virginia two suitors for 19 year old Alice Watkins faced off when Douglas Goodnough 27 allegedly forced Blair Cupp 22 toward an oncoming express at 80 miles per hour Cupp jumped free and Goodnough fired twice missing one shot wrecking the car and prompting Sheriff Eppa P Kirby to arrest the painter on assault and attempted murder charges amid claims of a love rivalry and a threatened killing by the speeding train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
U.P
Douglas Goodnough
Blair Cupp
WPA
Cupp
Good- Rough
Goodnough
Eppa P. Kirby
Alice Watkins
Fairfax Bank
Kirby
Cites Need of Substitute for Poison Sprays
Dr Anton J Carlson urges safer sprays for fruits and vegetables at a Sigma Xi Club banquet. He notes the health and agricultural need for non toxic insecticides and fungicides and calls for research to set safety limits and effective alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton J. Carlson
University of Chicago
Sigma Xi Club
Howard Hall
Carlson
American Academy of Science
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Dr. Carlson
Missing School Head Found in Northern Kentucky
Joseph W. Coleman, missing county school superintendent, was located Thursday at relatives’ home in Northern Kentucky. He was reported under physician care in a highly nervous condition and was admitted to Charlottesville Hospital after arrangements were made. Mrs. Coleman traveled to Kentucky to assist his return. Coleman had left Logan before noon Monday after a trip to Granville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Joseph W. Coleman
Kentucky
Joe Farbearn
Granville
King’s Liner Proceeds Slowly in Iceberg Area
Aboard Empress of Australia a three ship flotilla led by King George and Queen Elizabeth moves through dense fog in the north Atlantic iceberg zone en route to Quebec. The Empress and two naval convoy ships travel slowly as searchlights and sirens mark their passage.
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Quebec
King George
Queen Elizabeth
North Atlantic
Empress of
Australia
Canada
United States
Popcorn Tax Exempt in Columbus Ruling
The State Tax Commission ruled that popcorn for human consumption sold off the premises will no longer be subject to sales tax collection in Columbus, marking a tax exemption where popcorn is not taxed at the point of sale.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Mercy Slayer Plans To Adopt Child After Acquittal
New York Louis Greenfield and Anya Greenfield plan to adopt a child to replace their son Jerome whom Louis chloroformed after a long battle to relieve his misery. A jury acquitted Louis of manslaughter. The couple spoke of seeking consolation in caring for an orphaned child, though they said they could never be happy.
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New York
Louis
Anya Greenfield
Jerome
Greenfield
Winter Wheat Estimate Drops
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture crop board forecasts 543 million bushels of winter wheat for 1939, indicating no marketing quota referendum will be proclaimed. May 1 conditions place total wheat supply at 1.018 billion bushels, about 7 million below the level that would trigger an official quota.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture Crop Board
Winter Wheat Crop In Ohio Sized At 35.68 Million Bushels
Ohio's winter wheat crop is expected to yield 35,682,000 bushels, down from 46,332,000 last year and below the 1928-37 average of 36,370,000. Milk production runs slightly lower at 16.6 pounds per cow versus 16.8 last year, per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Kin of Poison Ring Suspect Tries death by own action
Philadelphia reports that Angelina Ruggerio stepmother of arsenic ring suspect Mrs Rose Carina attempted suicide by ingesting poison at her Hammonton New Jersey home. She died soon after while another arson suspect Domenic Rodeo escaped a police trap after an all-night vigil.
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Philadelphia
Peccnantiine
Angelina Ruggerio
Rose Carina
Hammonton
N. J
West Jersey
Camden
Dominic Rodeo
Rodeo
Joseph Arena
Arena
Sea Isle City
Warns from Farley and speakers at Great Lakes women’s Dems meet
Postmaster General James A. Farley and other speakers warned Democratic women at a Great Lakes region conference in Columbus about reactionism and the threat of Eurowar. Mrs May Thompson Evans said escaping a European war or its buildup is folly and urged adapting internal life to world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
James A. Farley
Great Lakes
May Thompson Evans
Democratic National Committee
Federal Judge Defers Sentencing of Embezzler
Federal Judge Mell G Underwood deferred sentence pending investigation of Russell S Pride 23 who pleaded guilty to embezzling 1548 from Peoples Bank and Trust Co Belpre. Pride sought leniency after backers urged mild punishment for a bank teller who used the funds to buy furniture for his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Mell G. Underwood
Russell S. Pride
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Belpre
Bogy
Civil War Vet William M. Smith Dies at 93 in Shadyside
William M. Smith, last Shadyside Civil War veteran and former commander of the West Virginia department of the Grand Army of the Republic, died last night at age 93.
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Shadyside
U.P
William M. Smith
West Virginia
Grand Army
Turkey joins anti aggression front with Britain and France
Britain and Turkey agreed to cooperate in event of war in the Eastern Mediterranean strengthening security for the Balkans and Egypt. Turkish adherence to the anti aggression front with Soviet Russia appeared probable by May, as Chamberlain and Daladier warned Germany over Danzig while Japan pressed Britain France and the U.S. in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Turkey
Russia
Neville Chamberlain
Dardanelles
House of Commons
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Balkans
Egypt
Japan
Orient
South China
Amoy
Shanghai
United States
Britain
Italy
France
Istanbul
Europe
Wene
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Edouard Daladier
Poland
Chamberlain
Germany
Danzig
Woman Bank Clerk Sentenced in Policy Embezzlement Case
Cleveland report says Mary Elizabeth Redden, 31, a former Youngstown bank clerk, pleaded guilty to embezzling 9000 dollars from City Savings and Trust Co. and received 15 months in federal prison. She told Judge Paul Jones her lottery number would have paid for all she took, had it hit earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mary Elizabeth Redden
Youngstown
City Savings & Trust Co
Paul Jones
Bill Requires Wearing Of License Number
Gov. John W. Bricker signed a law requiring Ohio fishermen to wear waterproof badges displaying their license numbers. The Conservation Division will supply badges free of charge, and those not wearing them face fines from ten to fifty dollars, effective January 1, 1940.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Conservation Division
Smoking Tied to Cancer in Women, Doctor Says
Dr. Walker Crump of New York City told the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio convention in Cleveland that cancer of the respiratory tract has risen among women due to heavy smoking. He blamed hot foods for some stomach cancers and cited automobile exhaust and pulverized rubber in the air as contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Walker G. Crump, Sr
New York City
Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio
Crump
Lima to Swap Street Cars for Bus System Saturday
Lima will replace its 53 year old electric street car system with a city bus system this Saturday. The switch ends street car service and introduces buses to transport residents and visitors.
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Lima
House Plans Passage of Budget Bill Monday Night
Columbus report says House leaders will pass the biennial appropriation bill Monday night and finish the House part of the relief program. Governor Bricker weighed university salary cuts and signaled sympathy to presidents while noting possible further dismissals if needed. The House also approved the Mees bill to raise township trustee pay to 525 dollars and clerk pay to 600 dollars annually.
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House
Columbus
Bricker
Miner Killed By Slate Fall Near Bradbury Mine
John Russell aged 74 was instantly killed by falling slate in a small Bradbury area mine near Middleport at about 8 this morning. His brother A E Russell escaped injury. Surviving are his son Sidney and two daughters Mrs Carl Klees and Mrs Pete Roush of Middleport, plus three brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are not yet set.
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Middleport
John Russell
Bradbury
Russell
A. E. Russell
Sidney Russell
Carl Klees
Pete Roush
Walter
A. E
H. D. Russell
Edna Laing
Carrie Russell
Defrauds Boy of $400 Promising Scholarship
Ruth Gallagher Fike, 33, of Cleveland, mother of three, was convicted of fraudulently obtaining $400 from Paul Fike, 20, of New Washington, to secure a scholarship at John Carroll University. She is free on $1000 bond and faces sentencing next Thursday before Judge John P. Dempsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Paul Fike
New Washington, D
John Carroll University
Ruth Gallagher Fike
Thomas J. Martin
Liberty
Common Pleas
John P.dempsey
Novel Airmail System Serves Three States
A new nonstop airmail service began at Allegheny County Airport serving 58 cities in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. Postmaster Bodkin sent the first outgoing packet marking the launch as Morgantown West Virginia hosts the principal observance featuring Dr Lytle S Adams of Jeannette Pa inventor of an automatic pickup and delivery device. Cities on the first day include Latrobe Clarksburg Huntington Charleston Nitro Dunbar Spencer and Weston.
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Pittsburgh
U.2
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Stephen A. Bodkin
Morgantown
W. Va
Lytle S. Adams
Jeannette
Latrobe
Clarksburg
Huntington
Charleston
Nitro, Dunbar, Spencer and
Weston
FDR Supports Argentine Canned Beef for Navy
President Roosevelt urged the Navy to buy Argentine canned beef, calling it cheaper and superior to American meat. He warned that the House passed appropriation would block imports, forcing the Navy to pay 23 cents per pound for American beef, eight cents more than imports. The president said he had directed the Navy to accept the Argentine bid.
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Washington
A.P
Roosevelt
Navy
House
Navy Department
Argentine Meat Producers’ Cooperative
Eight Die in Grain Elevator Fire at South Chicago
Charred remains of 3,000,000 bushels of grain smoulder near South Chicago as a deadly grain elevator explosion and blaze claim eight workers. The disaster caused millions in damages and prompted extensive firefighting efforts.
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Chicago
U.P
Tentative Appalachian coal deal reached to reopen mines
Contract negotiators for the Appalachian soft coal industry and the United Mine Workers reached a tentative union shop contract and formed a drafting committee. The agreement would reopen mines Monday as the joint wage hour conference prepares the proposed terms for full approval.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America Today
W. L. Robison
Cleveland
Appalachian
John R. Steelman
Covernment
Hocking Mines to Start Soon
Charles Wolfe of Nelsonville, a United Mine Workers delegate, returned to New York for final review of a new coal agreement. Oral Daugherty, Carbondale Mine operator, expects to resume immediately after an agreement and to work at least half time through summer. Sunday Creek Coal Co waits for the New York settlement to start No 6 Mine at Mansfield Millfield with reduced tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wolfe
Nelsonville
United Mine Workers
New York
Oral Daugherty
Carbondale
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Millfield
Coal contract renews wage rules with union shop clause
The tentative two year renewal extends the 1937 39 wage hour provisions and adds a union shop condition under UMWA representation. Reopenings began with 60 mines in Central City and 5 000 miners affected as negotiators in Kentucky and Illinois move toward formal pacts.
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United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Appalachian
Central City
Edward J. Morgan
Western Kentucky Coal Operators’ Association
Chicago
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Steelman
UMWA
O'Neill
Rescue Ships Nearing Ports With Survivors
Two vessels approached Nova Scotian ports with 27 of 39 missing sailors from two fishing vessels that collided and sank 150 miles northeast of Boston. The Keith Cann arrived at Yarmouth with 20 survivors, while a Freeport vessel saved seven more and heads to Mereghan for bus transport to Yarmouth. Nine sailors had already been returned after 48 hours adrift.
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Yarmouth
N. S
Boston
Keith Cann
Yarmouth Harbor
Isabelle Parker
Edith C. Rose
Freeport
Mereghan
North Atlantic
Throne Found on Pier After Frantic 24 Hour Search
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. had a 2 million dollar Chinese dragon throne recovered after a day of frantic search by G-Men customs authorities and steamship line officials. The gold inlaid throne with dragon statues had lain on a New York pier for three days as freight and was destined for display.
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New York
U.P
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Imperial Palace
Peking
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Veronica Kesty
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Virginia
King’s Liner
Mercy Slayer
Jerry
Farley
England
FDR
John L. Lewis
Tennessee
Michigan
Maryland
Hocking
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Harlan County
Charles O'Neill
L. T.putman
Beckley
Hazard
Williamson Field
Big Sandy-Elkhorn
Kanawha
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