Senate panel shelves plan to lift arms embargo
The Foreign Relations Committee of the U S Senate shelved a resolution to lift the arms embargo to Spain as Secretary of State Hull warned such a change could compromise American neutrality. Roosevelt and Hull argued changes might pull the United States into the European conflict.
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Great Britain
Japan
China
Mate Foreign Relations Committee
United States Congress
Spain
Cordell Hull
Senate
Hull
Roosevelt
Congress
Seek New Trail in Solution Of Mystery Death at Canton
Canton police chief Ira Manderbaugh pursues an absolutely new trail in the 1937 death of Mrs. Rose Cable, wife of contractor Dueber Cable, after Theresa Ludwig’s suicide letter accusing Cable. Cable remains jailed without charges as officers explore a possible shotgun angle and new city clues.
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Canton
Ira Manderbaugh
Rose B. Cable
Cable
Manderbaugh
Conneaut
Theresa Ludwig
Dueber S. Cable
Explains Plight Of Cleveland Relief Efforts Urgently
Mayor Harold H. Burton of Cleveland defended the city's relief administration and urged quick passage of a $17,000,000 relief program. He met with Governor Davey and lawmakers to discuss funding, noting Cleveland spent $7,126,890.72 on relief in the past year while the state contributed $2,755,000.
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Cleveland
U.P
Harold H. Burton
Davey
General Assembly
Sunshine Saving Time Get a Car Advertisement
A Want Ads pitch promotes buying a used car to save time on journeys and enjoy spring sunshine. It highlights daily bargains in Used Cars and notes a 3 PM Saturday deadline for ads in the Big Sunday Messenger. Dial 0242 to place and mentions 72 cent cash or charge options.
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Coun
Investigate All State Salaries In Shakedown
Columbus report states a grand jury probe into state employee salaries funding Gov. Martin L. Davey's campaign will run for 10 days to two weeks. Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy and aides say new developments lengthen the inquiry and higher ups in the Davey administration may testify without immunity.
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Columbus
U.S
Martin
L. Davey
Herbert S. Duffy
Will P. Stephenson
Davey
Logan Girl Injures Leg After Squirrel Chase
Leota Ringhiser ten child of Eliza Ringhiser near Logan climbs cherry tree chasing a squirrel. She falls onto barbed wire fence causing a deep leg laceration and is taken to Cherrington Hospital for treatment.
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Logan
Leota
Eliza Ringhiser
Cherrington Hospital
Three Hundred Jewish Refugees Land in U S
The United States liner Manhattan arrived today with 300 Jewish refugees from Germany aboard. Most were doctors, lawyers, and businessmen intending permanent residence. Friends and relatives have guaranteed to care for them for the time being. About 1,000 refugees have arrived in the past three weeks.
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New York
United States
Manhattan
Germany
Pope Plans Vigorous Attack on Nazi Attitude Toward Church
Vatican reports Pope Pius prepares a vigorous attack on the German Nazi attitude toward the Roman Catholic Church. trusted Catholic quarters asserted today.
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Vatican City
Pius
Misses Child Kills Self in Portsmouth Motorcycle Crash
Samuel A. Adams age 28 was killed in Portsmouth when he swerved his motorcycle to avoid a small child. The accident underscores dangers faced by riders in urban streets and follows local traffic incidents investigated by authorities.
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SELF
Portsmouth
U.P
Samuel A. Adams
Gallia Farmer to Begin Pen May 30
Gallia farmer Ann Childers 56 of Greenfield Township to serve one to 20 years in the Ohio penitentiary beginning May 30 after his conviction for shooting with intent to wound and planting a trap gun in a melon patch. Governor Davey denied a pardon despite 700 protest petitions.
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Gallipolis
Ann Childers
Greenfield Township
Ohio Supreme Court
Dan Earl Wagner
Gallia County
Childers
Davey
Divorce Action Death by Own Action and Rail Rate Plea
Boston report states Marcellus Edward Wild a 49 year old Cambridge aviator shot himself after a Reno message about his wife Winifred seeking a divorce. Miss Alice Carolyn Tripp testified Wild feared incompatibility and a planned marriage was not involved. Washington dispatch notes eastern railroads to seek ICA reconsideration of denied passenger rate increase.
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Boston
A.S
Marcellus Edward Wild
Cambridge
Reno
Nev
Alice Carolyn Tripp
Wilds
Winifred Wild
St Clair Letter Sent To Holzers In Gallipolis
A handwritten letter by Arthur St Clair dated November 21 1790 was sent to Dr and Mrs Charles E Holzer for the Our House collection. Albert Greenwood of Knoxville Tenn donated it as Charles Lucet prepared to visit Gallipolis on May 21 representing the French Embassy. The missive aimed to ease French feelings after their arrival regarding a land settlement.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
Our House
Albert Greenwood
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Lucet
Arthur St. Clair
Northwest Territory
Republicans Plan National Poll To Shape Party Principles
Regional Republican directors draft a nationwide questionnaire on labor business and agriculture to guide a new declaration of party principles. The plan calls for distribution to county chairmen and precinct captains for face to face voter discussions. Chairman Dr Glenn Frank said results will take weeks and aims for a July committee convention.
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Chicago
U.P
Republican Party
Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank, Program Committee
Frank
Continue Hunt For Lost Child
Two thousand searchers moved through Allegheny National Forest in a final drive to locate Marjory West four who disappeared last Sunday. State Police led the effort in the White Gravel area 13 miles from Bradford as clues to kidnapping were ruled out.
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Bradford
Allegheny National Forest
Marjory West
Pennsylvania
Marjory
Rockbridge Man Jailed On Fish Killing Charge
Joe Blick of Rockbridge appeared before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart on a fish shooting charge filed by Deputy Protector Edward Eberst. He pleaded guilty, fined $25 and costs, and was jailed for nonpayment after the incident at Rockbridge Basin.
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Logan
Joe Blick
Rockbridge
S. B. Whitehart
Edward Eberst
Eberst
Rockbridge Basin
Bombing of Mission Chapel Kills 200 Refugees
Shanghai reports say air raids yesterday destroyed St. Mark's Chapel of the Presbyterian Mission near Suchow Station. Chinese dispatches claim about 200 refugees were killed in the blast two blocks east of the railway hub.
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Shanghai
St. Mark’s
Presbyterian Mission
Suchow
Writer Critics Justice Black Failure in Supreme Court
Washington pundit Marquis W. Childs argues in Harper's that Justice Hugo L. Black failed as a justice in judicial craft, shifting opinion responsibility to colleagues. Agriculture Secretary Wallace cites a Supreme Court ruling on stockyard rate cases and notes Hughes once approved the older method, now revised 20 months ago to address raised points.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Evans Hughes
Hugo L. Black
Marquis W. Childs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Harper’s Magazine
Justice Black
Henry A
Wallace
Hughes
Hoover
Recovery Bill Advances with $100 Million Boost for Rural Electrification
Washington reports Roosevelt touts anti monopoly effort amid unemployment figures from John D. Biggers. The Senate receives the $3.15 billion recovery bill, boosted by $100 million for Rural Electrification, after House approval 329 to 70.
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House
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
John D. Biggers
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rural Electrification Administration
John E. Rankin
Miss
Rankin
Clifton A. Woodrum
District Cases Heard Before Federal Judge
Federal Judge Mell Underwood heard multiple cases in Columbus with varied outcomes. Eulah Mayle pleaded guilty to robbing the post office and received five years. Several defendants faced liquor law violations with deferred sentences or modest prison terms and fines. Others pleaded not guilty or received suspended sentences for milk check theft and unregistered still possession.
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Columbus
U.P
Mell Underwood
Eulah Mayle
Fleming
Charles W. Dixon Jr
Glouster
Denver Smith
Hocking County
Thomas Pritchard
Laurelville
Charles Thrapp
Alva Slatzer
New Straitsville
Scott McDonald
Will Brewer
Bidwell
Three Gallia Boys Bonded in Chicken Theft Case
Da Reuben Beck age 17 Marcus Davis age 20 and Roy Jeffers age 18 Gallia County youths arrested for chicken thefts in this and several other counties released on bonds of 300 each signed by their fathers. They pleaded not guilty and were held to the May 24 grand jury. Sheriff Miller Brown County questioned the youths about chicken thefts in his territory and obtained admissions of guilt.
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Gallipolis
Reuben Beck
Marcus Davis
Roy Jeffers
Gallia County
Justice Milliser
Miller
Brown County
Elliott Roosevelt Challenges Man After Foul Remark
Elliott Roosevelt, 29, son of the President, challenged an unidentified man who insulted his father to a fist fight in Louisville Saturday night, according to a report from Lexington.
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Lexington
U.P
Elliott Roosevelt
Louisville
Bus Driver Dies Before Route at New Lexington
Frank Paxton, 62, a bus driver, collapsed and died a few minutes before starting his school route in New Lexington. Authorities said he suffered a sudden medical event. the incident occurred today and was reported to local officials.
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New Lexington
U.P
Frank Paxton
Labor groups vow intensified organizing as economy improves
AFL President William Green said the federation would target the CIO when business strengthens. CIO leader John L. Lewis warned the downturn hurts his movement and promised the largest organizing drive in history to counter unemployment and raise wages as recovery begins.
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Washington
ABP
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
William Green
United Press Today
CIO
John L. Lewis
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
6268 Hocking County Residents Receive Aid
Logan reports 6268 county residents on WPA old age pension and direct relief, about 31 percent of the population. WPA enrollment is 1309, old age pensioners about 650, and direct relief around 400, with roughly 5200 in families of WPA workers.
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Logan
Hocking County
WPA
Athens
Three Men Sentenced by Judge Rowland in Athens County
Three men were sentenced by Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court after two pleaded guilty and a jury verdict in the third. Joseph Reynolds was found guilty of cutting with intent to wound and sent to the Ohio State Penitentiary. Clarence Brooks pleaded guilty to auto theft and received two years on probation with monthly reporting. Virgil Evener pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence, receiving a $50 fine, $4 costs, 30 days in jail, and a one year license suspension.
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O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Reynolds
Drydock
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Reynolds
Wilford Mingus
Modoc
Clarence Brooks
Stewart RD
Rolland Ruth
Virgil Evener
Athens County
UAW President Homer Martin Wins Unanimous Support
Detroit report says Homer Martin secured the executive board’s unanimous vote of confidence, marking the largest victory of his career as head of the United Automobile Workers Union.
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Detroit
U.P
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Ford Opposed To Annual Wage Plan Says Company Executive
A Ford Motor Company executive said Henry Ford was unalterably opposed to an annual guaranteed wage. He argued such a plan would reduce workers maximum earning power and was impractical for River Rouge and the industry. The spokesman noted current wages average about 91 cents an hour for eight hours.
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Dearborn
Mich
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Press Today
Henry Ford
Ford
White House
Roosevelt
River Rouge
Inquiries Cause Death Of Pomeroy Resident
Albert Kasper 55 of Naylor Run died from injuries after a fall ten weeks earlier. He was a farmer and Knights of Pythias member. Survived by wife and four children Mildred Arnold C O Kasper Lucretia Kasper Herman Kasper, a brother William Kasper, and sister Mrs George Young. Funeral details to be announced.
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Pomeroy
Albert Kasper
Naylor
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Kasper
Mildred Arnold
C. O. Kasper
Lucretia Kasper
Herman Kasper
William Kasper
George Young
Boy Auto Thief Sentenced to Reformatory
Charles Frazier a 17 year old from Middletown stole and wrecked three cars in one night a record. He received a sentence of one to 15 years at Mansfield Reformatory by Probate Judge E W Peoples. Frazier and Paul Schmittauer were taken to Mansfield Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Hank Young.
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Pomeroy
Charles Frazier
Middleport
Mansfield Reformatory
E. W., Peoples
Frazier
Paul Schmittauer
Mansfield Institution
Common Pleas Court
Mansfield
Hank Young
Ohio sales tax revenue drops 35.6 percent
Ohio reported a 35.6 percent drop in sales tax receipts for the week ending April 30, from 1 145 099 to 737 463 dollars, compared with the same period in 1937, State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley announced. County reductions January through April varied by Athens 30.3 percent, Gallia 11.6, Hocking 13.5, Meigs 11.1, Morgan 21.5, and Vinton 37 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence H. Kinsley
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Huge Naval Bill Sets U.S. Navy Record Expansion
The Senate approved and sent to President Roosevelt a 1.156 billion dollar naval expansion plan to create the most powerful fleet in U.S. history. Also reported Belgian cabinet resigns amid economic crisis.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
London
U.P
Exchange Telegraph
Brussels
Death at 79 from lockjaw after hand injury
Benjamin F. Roney aged 79 died from lockjaw today after losing a thumb in an electric wringer. The incident occurred in Marietta. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Marietta
U.P
Benjamin F. Roney
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