Woman Pleads For Death Penalty After Hatchet Slaying
Helen Tiernan, 25, of Riverhead New York, asks the death penalty for killing her seven year old daughter Helen after confessing she struck the child with a hatchet and set her clothing on fire. Her four year old son Jimmy survived as authorities guard her in jail before next month's trial. She wavered on a guilty plea, saying George Christopulos influenced her but police refuted involvement, noting he is a material witness.
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Helen Tiernan
Long Island Woods
New York
Brookhaven
N. Y
Helen
Jimmy
George Christopulus
Christopulus
Riverhead
U.P
Suffolk County
George
Girl Remains Unmoved At Trial for Murder
In Jersey City Gladys MacKnight, 18, remains stoic as her confession of killing her mother with a hatchet is read. Prosecutors allege her choir-singing sweetheart Donald Wightman, 19, helped hold the victim during the attack and sits nearby as the case tightens toward possible electric chair. Wightman appears shaken by the confessions.
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Jersey City
N. J
U.P
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Helen MacKnight
Gladys
Wightman
Car crashes into moving engine in Cleveland
A car struck the side of a moving switch engine in Cleveland. The vehicle was dragged about 40 feet with fenders flattened and windows shattered, but a man and a woman inside the car escaped unharmed as the locomotive stopped.
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Cleveland
U.P
Hitch-Hiker’s Son Born During Ride Near Cartersville
A hitch-hiking couple from Columbus, Paul Davis and his wife, were assisted by J. T. McKitchen near Cartersville, Georgia. Two hitch-hikers were picked up, becoming three by the stop, and the couple welcomed a seven and a half pound boy en route to Chicago.
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Cartersville
J. T. McKitchen
Paul Davis
Columbus
Chicago
Judge Places Athens Resident on Probation
Leslie Worden of Athens, indicted on four counts of violating federal liquor laws, was placed on probation after a one year and a day sentence was set aside by Federal Judge M. G. Underwood. Worden and Mr. Haskell Jones were sentenced to a year and a day, to run concurrently, with a $100 fine. Harold Hirsch, charged with transporting a stolen car from Chattanooga to Athens, also received probation after a two year sentence was suspended.
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Columbus
INS
Leslie Worden
Athens
M. G. Underwood
Worden
Haskell Jones
Harold Hirsch
Chattanooga
Tenn
Underwood
Bankers Chart Inflation and Policy at Ohio Convention
About 700 bankers gathered for the forty seventh annual convention of the Ohio Bankers Association in Columbus. Inflation and government activities dominated the agenda as participants discussed economic trends and policy responses.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Bankers’ Associalion
Ironton Vote Fraud Witness Leaves City on Vacation
Elizabeth Griffith former Lawrence County relief director and key witness in the election fraud probe reportedly left Ironton for a vacation in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia officials said her family notified Tuesday night. She had been at the county auditor's office earlier Tuesday. Special Prosecutor Thomas A Burke Jr and Secretary of State William J Kennedy presented evidence before the grand jury as highway patrol and sheriff deputies guarded the courthouse.
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Ironton
AU P
Elizabeth Griffith
Lawrence County Relief
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
William J. Kennedy
Miss Griffith
Thomas A. Burke, Jr
Cleveland
Kennedy
Grand Jury
Financier on Witness Stand
Pierre S and DuPont testified before the Board of Tax Appeals about 1929 and 1930 stock trades with John J. Raskob. They argued the moves were a moral obligation, not illegal losses for tax purposes. Government says DuPont owes over 617000 and Raskob over 1000000 for 1929 returns.
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New York
U.P
Pierre S&s. DuPont
Board of Tax Appeals
John J. Raskob
DuPont
Raskob
Akron and Kent tackle deadly meningitis outbreak
Health authorities in Akron and Kent battled to halt a spinal meningitis epidemic that has claimed three lives. A sixth disease carrier was found in Summit County jail, where a prisoner died days earlier from the illness.
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Akron
U.P
Kent
Summit County
Friends to Attend Windsor Wedding in Monts France
A small group of loyal friends of the Duke of Windsor will travel to Monts France on June 3 to witness his wedding to Mrs Wallis Warfield. The ceremony follows his abdication of the throne, as announced.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Monts
France
Wallis Warfield
Union Leader Says Republic Hired Thugs
Union leader accuses Republic of hiring thugs as looming labor clash in Jones & Laughlin Steel plants drives workers to vote on 27 000 representation in a historic industrial election. In South Bend Indiana the Studebaker plant halted operations as union members refuse to work with non union employees.
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Republic
United Press
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Steel Workers
South Bend
Ind
U.P
Studebaker
Steel union fights for contracts as strikes loom in steel industry
Philip Murray of SWOC accuses Republic Steel of deploying policemen and thugs in Aliquippa Pa as union drives for signed contracts stall. SWOC threatens strikes at five independent steel firms unless contracts are signed within ten days, deadline May 25.
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Tee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Jones & Laughlin
SWOC
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Robert Montgomery
Franchot Tone
Frank Morgan
Humphrey Bogart
Edward Arnold
Beverly Hills
Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Consumers Power Company
Saginaw
Mich
Alcoa
Tenn
Aluminum Corporation of America
Sheriff Identifies Body Found at Eureka Dam
The drowned man found near the Eureka Dam is identified as Glenn Reese age 24 a barge tender on the Pittsburgh towboat D. W. Wisherd. Reese was reported missing Jan 9 after falling from a tow above Gallipolis. The body is held for word from relatives.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
James Franklin
Lewis Brown
FE. E. Hatfield
Glenn Reese
Pittsburgh
D. W. Wisherd
Reese
Defer Action Against Former Postmaster in Malta Case
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood deferred further proceedings against former postmaster Mark B. Strahl who is charged with opening mail at Malta Morgan County. Strahl pleaded not guilty. The case is delayed pending investigation of his status as a patient at the Soldiers Home in Dayton.
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Columbus
U.P
Mell G. Underwood
Mark B. Strahl
Malta
Morgan County
Strahl
Dayton
Jealousy blamed for infant death by three year old brother
New York report notes three year old Noel Galvin confessed to striking his sleeping two month old sister with a toy airplane a toy truck and a ball. Police found blood on his hand and blouse but ruled the death accidental due to his age. Noel remained untroubled and played as visitors arrived.
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New York
U.P
Noel Galvin
Harry Bilms
Noel
Private capital may back Nebraska TVA venture
A Norris plan to create a state TVA links private Wall Street finance with Nebraska public power districts. A syndicate of 35 banking houses may back the five privately owned systems, aligning finance with public power expansion and bond value for hydro projects in Sutherland, Columbus, and Tri-County districts.
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Washington
U.P
George W. Norris
Neb
Wall Street
Norris
Nebraska
TVA
PWA
Sutherland
Columbus
Tri-County
New York Capital
Death Penalty for Kidnapping In Ohio Enacted
Ohio Governor Davey signed the Di Salle Act making kidnapping with maiming or injury a capital offense, effective in 90 days. If the captive is liberated unharmed before trial, the penalty is at least 20 years. The governor also backed clinics for mentally ill and pledged 1 million dollars for funding at a special session.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Davey
Probate Judges Association
General Assembly
CIO Leader Assured He May Speak in Lancaster
John Owens Ohio director for the CIO received assurances from Lancaster officials and a citizens' committee that he may speak in the city. He protested the barring of CIO organizers George De Nucci and Avery Dennis and discussed free speech rights with Mayor Charles E. Moyer Police Chief Gail Lesler and committee members. CIO leaders reported 350 glass workers signed up in Lancaster.
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Lancaster
Ll.p
John Owens
Ohio
Committee For Industrial Organization
Citizens’ Committee
Owens
George de Nucci
Avery Dennis
CIO Field
Charles E. Moyer
Gail Lesler
CIO
Nationalist Drive on Bilbao Awaits Weather
Nationalist columns expected good weather to begin their final push toward Bilbao. The 10 mile high road segment presented the toughest phase of the Basque campaign, with planners acknowledging the challenging route ahead.
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Bilbao
Amorebieta
Spain
U.P
Obey and Support Oath Benched for Duke Wallis Wedding
Reports say the June wedding of Edward Windsor and Wallis Warfield in Monts France will not include vows to obey or to support. Mayor Dr Charles Mercier is to perform the ceremony in Chateau de Cande’s library with Articles 213 214 and 215 of the Civil Code cited.
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Wallis Warfield
Edward Windsor
Duke
Suspect Denies Kidnap Plot In Wilmington Case
Russell Gotherman, 33, ex convict, held in Clinton County Jail on charges of kidnapping Frank J. Schofield, 78, a wealthy recluse who vanished May 6 near Wilmington. Officials and CCC workers searched the Schofield farm at Clarksville for clues. Ora Slater, a Cincinnati private detective, was hired to crack the case. Gotherman was questioned Tuesday but denied any knowledge of what happened.
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Wilmington
U.P
Russell Gotherman
Clinton County
Frank J. Schofield
Civilian Conservation Corps
Schofield
Clarksville
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
Slater
Gotherman
Licenses for Cigarettes Due Next Monday
Athens County Auditor C. O. Gibson reminded that new cigarette and malt licenses must be obtained by next Monday May 24. Retail cigarette licenses cost 25 dollars and wholesale 100 dollars. malt licenses retail and wholesale cost 1 dollar each. Applications may be mailed or presented at the auditor’s office.
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Athens County
C. O. Gibson
Beckett Elected Governor of Lions District 13 B
G K Beckett of Hamilton won the district 13 B governorship at the Ohio State Association of Lions Clubs convention in Toledo defeating Senator Verner E Metcalf of Marietta.
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Toledo
Vandals Bomb State Rep William Glass Home
Police say unknown attackers bombed the home of State Representative William Glass in retaliation for his campaign against gambling and disorder houses. No injuries reported as investigators probe the blast and motive.
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Campbell
William Glass
Possible More Supreme Court Retirements Threaten Roosevelt Plan
Washington reports say an angry Senate revolt and potential further retirements or deaths could derail Roosevelt's court reorganization. The plan hinges on aging justices like Willis Van Devanter and may spark delays or new legislative pushes. Observers cite a six to three liberal tilt if replacements align with New Deal supporters, but key judges Hughes and Roberts complicate outcomes.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Willis van Devanter
van Devanter
Senate Judiciary Committee
van Devanter Iue
White House
Charles Evans Hughes
Owen J. Roberts
John N. Garner
Ohio University appoints Dr. George G. Hunter trustee
Governor Davey named Dr. George G. Hunter of Stanton as a trustee of Ohio University to succeed James G. Collicott. Hunter, a former Ohio House Republican, will serve until May 14, 1944 after an active political career, though there are no records of his attendance at the university.
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George G. Hunter
Stanton
Ohio House of Representatives
Davey
Ohio University
James G. Collicott
Columbus
Hunter
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ex Governor Bilbo Seeks Divorce in Poplarville Case
Former Mississippi governor Bilbo seeks divorce from Linda Bilbo in Poplarville. He asks Chancellor Ben Stevens to hear evidence of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs Bilbo counters to move the case to Jackson.
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Poplarville
Miss
U.P
Bilbos
Theodore
Linda Gaddys
Ben Stevens
Bilbo
Jackson
Mississippi
Pearl River
Rare disease follows rat bite ends farmer’s life
John Maxwell of Fayette County died from a blood infection after a rat bite last August. Doctors said the illness is common in parts of the Orient but rare in the United States. Maxwell, a farmer, was bitten while scooping feed from a barrel.
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Columbus
Electrocution Set For Toledo Killer Tonight
Steve Kotowicz, 22, convicted of fatally shooting a Toledo grocer during a holdup, will die by electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary tonight marking the first execution in the state this year.
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Columbus
Uri
Steve Kotowicz
Toledo
Ohio
Accountant dies after leap from Cleveland Bridge
John Maltzberger aged 38 an accountant fell 250 feet from the Cleveland High Level Bridge in a personal crisis death today.
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Cleveland
John
Maltzberger
Cleveland High Level Bridge
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