British Vessel Crippled in Mysterious Explosion Near Almeria
A British destroyer Hunter was crippled by a mysterious explosion off Almeria while on neutrality patrol. Eight crew may be killed and 20 wounded. Unofficial sources hint a German submarine torpedo, while authorities deny any mines in the area. Spanish divers resumed work at dawn as officials monitor British reaction and potential intervention.
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Valencia
Spain
U.P
Hunter
Almeria
United Press
Salamanca
Bilbao
Lionel Victor Wells
Arethusa
Barcelona
Alicante
Foreign Office
Hardy
Hyperion
Gibraltar
Febus
Wilfred Leighty Dies At Home In Nebraska
Wilfred Leighty age 71 former Athens County resident died Thursday in Gering Nebraska. He was born at Bates and lived in Glouster before moving west. Body to be brought to Jones Funeral Home Athens with funeral at Bates Church next Tuesday at 2. He leaves his wife ill a son C H Leighty Athens Route 4 and three brothers Ed Sugar Creek George Michigan and Charles New Marshfield.
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Wilfred Leighty
Athens County
Gering
Neb
Bates
Glouster
Jones Funeral Home
Athens
Bates Church
Leighty
C. H. Leighty
Sugar Creek
George
Michigan
Charles
New Marshfield
Widow Awarded 5000 in Railroad Collision Suit
Mrs. Hazel Brandeberry won a $5,000 damage verdict against the Pennsylvania Railroad after her husband Chester Brandeberry died when his truck was struck by a freight train. The case arose in Urbana and concerns a $25,000 claim.
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Urbana
U.P
Hazel Brandeberry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chester Brandeberry
Killed to Entertain Girl Aims Confession by Youth
Lester Brockelhurst, 23, of Rockford Illinois, is accused of confessing to killings in Rockford Fort Worth Texas and the area near Little Rock Arkansas. He told police he killed for money and that the acts amused his 18 year old companion Bernice Felton. The trooper halted the couple when their car lacked a front plate and bore a worn rear Pennsylvania plate. A loaded .32 caliber revolver ammo and bloodstains were found in the car.
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Hawthorne
N. Y
U.P
Lester Brockelhurst
Rockford
Ill
Fort Worth
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Bernice Felton
Joseph Hunt
Mobile
Pennsylvania
Hunt
Ohio City Officials Seek Defeat of Relief Cut
Mayors and city managers from major Ohio cities joined with executives from other states urging Congress to reject a proposed one third cut in the 1.5 billion dollar relief fund for the 1938 fiscal year. The Ohio group answered a telegraphic poll by the United States Conference of Mayors.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
United States Conference of Mayors
Bradley Elected President of Chesapeake Corporation
Charles L. Bradley of Cleveland was elected president of Chesapeake Corporation, a major holding company in the Van Sweringen system. Chesapeake controls the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and related holdings.
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Bradley
Cleveland-Aup
Charles L. Bradley
Cleveland
Chesapeake Corporation
van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cancelled Baseball Game At Oxford
The Ohio University Bobcats had traveled to Oxford to face Miami but rain forced cancellation. The game cannot be rescheduled under Buckeye Conference rules, leaving Ohio with two games remaining and a possible conference title. A single win over Cincinnati or Marshall would clinch the crown for Ohio.
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Ohio University
Miami
Oxford
Bobcats
Buckeye
Ohio
Cincinnati
Marshall
Merrill Nears End of Flight
Merrill and his co-pilot Jack Lambie sped toward New York after completing the London New York leg on their round trip. They departed Southport England at 3 13 p m EST Thursday carrying coronation photographs. Officials predicted 23 hours to reach Floyd Bennett Field amid clear Maine Coast weather.
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New York
U.P
Henry F
Dick) Merrill
Jack Lambie
Newfoundland
London
Maine
Floyd Bennett Field
N. Y
Merrill
Lambie
Southport
England
George VI
Kin of Athens Woman Dies in Auto Mishap
Mrs. Belle E. Mercer of 200 FE State Street learned of Irwin Joel a Buffalo eight year old who died in a head on crash Sunday night. Burr Joel the boy’s father and Mrs. Mercer’s nephew was seriously injured and his wife also hurt. Mercer was about to take a summer residence in Otto New York when notified of the accident in a Buffalo suburb.
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Belle E. Mercer
State St
Buffalo
N. Y
Irwin Joel
Delay Hearing Present Evidence to Eckener
The Commerce Department hearing on the dirigible disaster was postponed to 2 p.m. to allow Dr. Hugo Eckener to inspect the wreckage watch motion pictures and review testimony already given. Eckener leads a German commission investigating the 35 deaths.
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Eckener
Lakehurst
N. J
Department of Commerce
Hugo Eckener
Germany
Scooter Carnival Postponed by Bad Weather
The annual Scooter Carnival in Lorene Ave was postponed at noon today due to bad weather and rescheduled for next Monday.
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Lorene Ave
Roosevelt to press full program in showdown with Congress
President Roosevelt returns from a fishing vacation to confront Congress over his social and economic agenda. He plans meetings with leaders as he seeks passage of his program including price stabilization measures and court reform. Advisers warn of a possible summer struggle over funding and Supreme Court expansion.
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Washington
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Floods Threaten Fairbanks Alaska Towns
Trappers traders and planters rushed to river banks to build barricades against ice choked flood waters in Fairbanks. Women and children moved to camps on higher ground as Tanana and Chena rivers flood the streets. Ice chunks larger than houses drifted downstream while dynamite crews break them up to speed the flow. Veteran sourdoughs warn backwash could bring a major inundation if jams up river.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
A.P
Tanana
Chena
Gabriel South Dies at Scatter Ridge Home
Gabriel South, 82, died at his Scatter Ridge home at 11:30 this morning. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Frank Simms of Athens and Mrs. Joe Koker of Scatter Ridge, a son John South of Scatter Ridge, and a sister Mrs. Susan Bennett of Athens. His wife died 11 years ago. Funeral arrangements were not completed today.
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Gabriel South
Scatter Ridge
Frank Simms
Athens
Joe Koker
John South
Susan Bennett
Athens County Aces Dominate State Scholarship Contest
Clark Biedel of Athens and Mary Kathryn Sharp of Nelsonville lead Athens County by winning Ohio Senior and Eighth Grade Scholarship tests. They will speak at Scholarship Day with Governor Davey and E. L. Bowsher at Columbus Central High School. Both aspire to medicine careers. Clark, 15, also earned top district chemistry and won a $300 Chicago University scholarship.
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Mary Kathryn Sharp
Nelsonville
Clark Biedel
Athens
Ruth Taylor
State of
Ohio
Athens County
Sunnyside Ave
West Franklin Avenue
Clark
Mary Kathryn
Davey
E. L. Bowsher
Columbus Central High School
Chicago University
Must Re Arm Baldwin Tells British Parley
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin opened an imperial conference urging a national defense program to deter attacks. He warned against a ruinous arms race and said Britain must mobilize defenses at a cost about 7.5 billion dollars, despite deploring the necessity.
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Baldwin
London
U.P
Stanley Baldwin
League of Nations
Hoover Seeks 15 Million for Slum Boys Clubs
Former President Herbert C. Hoover, as chairman of the Boys Clubs of America, urged a 15 million dollar three year plan at the annual convention to establish 100 new clubs in 50 cities serving 3 million slum youngsters. He said the effort would curb crime in congested areas.
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NEW York
U.P
Herbert C. Hoover
Boys’ Clubs of America, Inc
Sun Breaks Through as Coronation Week Opens
London reports a sunny morning during coronation week while crowds continue celebration hangovers from three nights of honor events. Buckingham Palace hosts a new demonstration drawing thousands, as the city recovers from the revelry.
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London
U.P
Buckingham Palace
Bombardment kills over twenty in Madrid theaters
Nationalist bombardment during midnight crowds hits two theaters in Madrid killing more than 20 people. Emergency squads rush to the scene as fatalities mount and investigators assess the attack's source.
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Madrid
U.P
TVA Restraining Order Set Aside in U. S. Circuit Court
The Sixth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a December injunction that barred TVA from building new transmission lines or soliciting new power customers until constitutionality is decided. The case will be tried in Knoxville federal court, with no ruling yet on TVA's broader powers.
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Covington
Sixth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Gore
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Southern
TVA
Knoxville
United States Supreme Court
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee River
Athens professor kin killed in head on crash
Lyle Thomas 37 and wife 27 and their three month old son died after a head on crash in Lodi California. Lyle’s sister in law Byrdie Wolfer 19 also died. The truck driver is held for negligent homicide. Funeral plans listed for Pekin Illinois next week.
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Lyle Thomas
Thomas
Byrdie Wolfer
Lodi
Calif
Neil Thomas
Ohio University
Lyle
Violet Thomas
Neil
Phi Mu Sorority
E. State St
Basque Planes Attack BiscargI Near Bilbao Front
Basque air force conducted its first sortie since the Bilbao attack, bombarding Nationalist positions on Mount Biscarg. The action, announced by an official communique, signals possible arrival of Valencia planes to bolster Bilbao defenses as fighting rages for 72 hours with heavy casualties on both sides. Basque and Asturian attacks on Biscargi and Solluve, eight miles northeast of Bilbao, failed to dislodge Nationalists.
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Hendayf
U.pi
Bilbao
Mount Biscarg
Valencia
Biscargi
Solluve
Millfield Miners Sponsor Dance for Baseball Fund
Miners from Millfield Local No. 1201 plan a Mayfair dance from 8:30 to 1 to raise funds for the Millfield baseball team. Twenty five percent of proceeds go to the Nutter triplets care fund. Dutch Zimmer's Orchestra will perform.
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Hocking Valley
Millfield
United the Workers of America
Tweny
Nutter
Dutch Zimmer
Beaumont Legislator Shoots Houston Man in Hotel Fracas
B E Quinn of Beaumont a Texas Legislator shot and killed Herman Hicks 41 of Houston during an early morning hotel scuffle.
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Austin
Tex
B. E. Quinn
Beaumont
Texas
Herman Hicks
Houston
Movie Strike End Pondered Amid Labor Talks
Secret talks among producers, striking studio workers, and labor leaders hint a plan to end the two week old movie strike. Union delegates met with the Los Angeles Labor Council and then with Louis B. Mayer. The nationwide theater boycott drive gains momentum as Chicago painters union votes to picket, with actions in New York and Detroit.
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Hollywood
U.P
Los Angeles Labor Council
Louis B. Mayer
Producers Association
Painters’ Union
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Akron Transport Strike Ends After Wage Deal
Akron's 28 day transportation strike crippling buses and street cars ends as Akron Transportation Co and union workers reach a settlement. The plan lifts top pay from 65 to 73 cents per hour and was first agreed by the company then approved by employees 187 to 20.
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Akron—Up
Akron
Akron Transportation Co
Transportation Company
Political Leader Dies In Lawrence County
Lawrence County commissioner Harry H. Banton died at his Ironton home at 43. He was the second county official to die within two months. Banton had been seated after a court ruled ballots tampered with before the election and a recount.
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Ironton
U.R
Harry H. Banton
Lawrence
Banton
Election Offer Said Basis For Agreement In Steel Strike
Mediators brokered a settlement in the Jones & Laughlin steel strike ending a major walkout. Some 27 000 workers would return to work as SWOC gains potential exclusive bargaining rights if an election approved by federal supervision favors the union.
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Jones & Laughlin
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
J. and L
Murray
Labor Board
SWOC
United States Steel
CIO
Jones & Laughlin F
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Pittsburgh Steel
United Iron and Steel Workers
Aliquippa
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Ford Organizing Committee
Ford
General Motors
Saginaw
Mich
Janesville
Wis
Martin
South Chicago
U. S. District Court
Chicago
Ford Company
Edsel Ford
Fisher Body Co
Cleveland
Michigan
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Queen
Pittsburgh J. & L
Cio-Affiliated
Nebraska
South Set
Kathryn Sharp
Lamborn
Hoover
U. S. Circuit
San Francisco
Wolfer
Pekin
Millfield Miners
Lawrence County
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