Solons Plan Stop Gap Relief Measure
Ohio Legislature moves to pass an emergency relief stop gap bill while a two to four week delay is set on Governor Daveys proposed poor relief law. The Donovan measure lets counties borrow from a 5 million relief fund, repaid by utility tax shares or future relief allocations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Davey
Senate
Bernard Donovan
Toledo
Donovan
Carey
Rotary Fund
House
Billion-Dollar Bond Issue To Be Floated
Washington officials announce the Treasury will float a bond issue on June 1 totaling over 1.09 billion dollars. Secretary Morgenthau declined to specify the exact sum, but about 681.6 million dollars of 118 percent Treasury notes mature June 1, with additional funds needed to cover soldiers bonus bonds due after June 15, pushing the issue above a billion dollars.
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Washington
WU. 8
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Navy's New Cruiser Vincennes Launched in Fore River yard
Quincy report notes the navy launched the new battleship cruiser U S S Vincennes valued at about 11000 dollars. The ceremony occurred at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Fore River yard, with details limited by the fragmentary report.
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Navy
Vincennes
Quincy
Mass
U. S. S. Vincennes
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Shapely models banned from beer ads by Ohio board
The Ohio Board of Liquor Control ruled a billboard showing a bikini clad man and woman on a beach cannot advertise beer. Edith McClure Patterson, the Dayton member, argued such ads influence young girls negatively.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Jacksonville
Fla.) Brewing Company
Edith McClure Patterson
Dayton
Liquor Board
Harbor River Funds Passed
Washington reports a War Department allotment of 137 million dollars to improve rivers and harbors. The plan includes 5.5 million for Ohio River lock and dam work and channel projects, with funds spread from the upper Mississippi to minor backwaters. About 103.5 million is for new projects and 34.4 million for maintenance of existing port and harbor works.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
America
Ohio River
Mississippi
Way Is Clear For Approval Of Flood Bill
The Senate moved toward approving a 320 million omnibus flood control bill amid limited opposition. A key fight centered on granting the President sole power to sequence project initiations. Republicans denounced it as pork barrel while Democrats stuck to the majority line. A Clark amendment to put control with the Army Board of Engineers failed 40 to 31, cited to shift funds toward New York and Pennsylvania and other flood-prone states.
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Washington-Haup
Senate
Roosevelt
Ordr
Bennett Champ Clark
Army Board of Engineers
New York
Pennsylvania
Winds Aid Hindenburg Back Across Atlantic
The Hindenburg resumed its Atlantic crossing from Lakehurst after delays, lifting off at 11:05 EC T on Wednesday night. The ship, part of a summer schedule, will complete 10 round trips and not return to Lakehurst until the latter part of next month.
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Lakehurst
United States
Atlantic
Frankfort-Am-Main
Naval Air Training Station
E.C.T
E.S.T
Townsend Faces New Fraud Charge Over Townsends Grams
Washington reports a House inquiry into Dr. Francis E Townsend, 70, alleging a mail fraud scheme to raise an $11,000 lobby fund through the Townsend Grams. Compt Sullivan presented copies showing urgent appeals to 5,000 clubs. Townsend denied fraudulent intent but admitted limited knowledge of details. He announced plans to form a third party after the November elections, aiming to field at least one candidate per district on either major ticket.
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Washington—Up
Townsend
House
Francis E. Townsend
James R. Sullivan
Townsend Gram
Pension Movement
Townsend Grams
Sullivan
Landon Target Of Democrats
In Grand Rapids Michigan Democratic National Chairman James A Farley named Governor Alf Landon of Kansas as the likely Republican candidate to unseat President Roosevelt. Farley warned that electing Landon would be a reckless experiment while addressing the Michigan state Democratic convention.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
U.P
Democratic High Command
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
White House
James A. Farley
Landon
Michigan
Farley
Prairie
Crowell Named Regional Director for Social Security Board
Benedict Crowell of Cleveland was named regional director of the social security board for the district including Ohio Kentucky and Michigan. Crowell and his Cleveland staff will oversee unemployment insurance old age pensions and other public assistance under the social security act in the three states.
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Washington
U.P
Benedict Crowell
Cleveland
Social Security Board
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Crowell
Widow of Eugene Field to keep home with poems stored
Julia Field, widow of poet Eugene Field, learned on her sick bed that she may stay on the 175 acre farm housing manuscripts of his love poems. Royalties had dwindled, the farm was mortgaged, and sale threatened before a benefactor pledged funds to save the homestead. Margaret Bowell, the mortgage holder, offered to let Mrs Field remain in residence regardless of sale.
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Eugene Field
Hertford Junction
Wis
Julia Field
New York
Frank J. R. Mitchell
Phi Nelta Theta Fraternity
Field
Mitchell
Fraternity Endowment
Chicago
Margaret Bowell
Mrs. Field
Roosevelt cousin sparks heated exchange in rail relief hearing
Philip J. Roosevelt, cousin of the President, challenged a Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee as he alleged government actions could rob citizens. He charged dismemberment of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad would benefit some states at others’ expense, prompting sharp exchanges with Senator Harry S. Truman.
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Phillip J. Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce
Washington
U.P
Philip J. Roosevelt
Senate Interstate Commerce
Roosevelt
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Harry S. Truman
Ardent New Dealer
Tall Oyster Bay
L. I
M. & St. L. Bondholders Protective Committee
Truman
United States
New York
Administration Forces Victors In Tax Battle
Washington AU P Administration forces won a Senate Finance Committee battle over the New Deal corporate profits tax plan. The panel dropped proposals to raise the normal income tax rate and approved a compromise: an 18 percent flat tax on corporate earnings, 7 percent on undistributed income, dividends taxed at 4 percent, and a $1000 exemption for grand corporations earning $20,000 or less.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Oklahoma Prison Dog Tracks Down Fugitive
McALESTER Okla A.P Another capture was credited today to Old Boston Oklahoma prison s hound as Clyde Beavers reputed ringleader in a bloody prison break here in which a guard was killed was returned to solitary confinement Beavers was captured late last night near Ti Okla about 35 miles southeast of McAlester Old Boston followed by a posse of four tracked the fugitive over mountainous country Beavers surrendered when the dog was at his heels.
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Mcalester
Okla
Old Boston
Oklahoma
Clyde Beavers
Beavers
River Cities To Voice Views on Toll Bridges
Nick Stevens of Oak Harbor, chairman of the State Bridge Commission, said hearings would be held in several Ohio River cities to obtain views from representative citizens on state ownership of the bridges and removing tolls. He noted dates are not yet set.
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Columbus
U.P
Nick Stevens
Oak Harbor
State Bridge Commission
Ohio River
Stevens
Verdict Against Ohio Valley Dairy Co. Awarded $50,000
A jury in Common Pleas court awarded Edward McKenney fifty thousand dollars after a truck from Ohio Valley Dairy and Products Co. struck him, necessitating the amputation of his right leg. The trial occurred Wednesday in Steubenville.
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Steurenville
Common Pleas Court
Edward McKenney
Ohio Valley Dairy and Products Co
McKenny
Mystery Seen In Badoglio's Trip To Rome
Rome dispatch notes Marshal Pietro Badoglio, newly named viceroy of Ethiopia, was en route quickly amid Europe turmoil. The League penalties against Italy persist, Mussolini denounces, and Austrian leadership shifts add to growing war talk. Italian-British exchanges over alleged dum-dum bullets spark further tension.
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Badoglio
Rome
U.P
Pietro Badoglio
Europe
Ethiopia
Italy
League of Nations
Benito Mussolini
League
Geneva
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Mussolini
Ernst von Starhemberg
Baby Bitten by Rat While Asleep in Crib
An Akron six month old baby in fair condition at Children's Hospital suffered numerous bites from a rat while in a crib. Parents Joseph and Mrs Stanford heard cries, saw the rat jump to the floor, then found the infant with lacerations on arms legs and face and a swollen left eye. Doctors feared blood poisoning.
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AKRON
A.P
Children’s Hospital
Joseph Stanford
Ex-Service Men Called To Memorial Services
All ex service men and their families are asked to attend memorial services at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday May 24 at 10:30 am. The notice is issued by Clarence Parker commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Dan Pierce commander of the Disabled American Veterans and Roger Connor commander of the American Legion. Washington UP Farm land values in Ohio rose five points in the past year in index figures announced by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The national gain was three points.
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Presbyterian Church
Clarence Parker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dan Pierce
Disabled American Veterans
Roger Connor
American Legion
Washington
Ohio
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Murder Conviction
Columbus Ohio Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of John Plever Cleveland for first degree murder and set June 10 as the execution date.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
John Plever Cleveland
Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt Disabled by Hip Fracture at Hyde Park
Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt 82 mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is confined to her bed at home in Hyde Park after a fall last Wednesday caused a cracked hip bone. The President learned of the accident on Wednesday and called to check on her health. Her doctor ordered two weeks of bed rest.
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Sara Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Railroad Men Sign Pact for Job Insurance
Washington leaders announced an agreement after a White House conference with President Roosevelt to shield rail workers from job and wage loss during mergers. The pact covers five years of protection against pay loss, a pension near 60 percent for long-tenured employees who lose jobs, and reimbursement for residence relocation costs due to consolidation.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
Magazine Editor Dies After Long Illness
John Chapman Hilder 43 prominent editor and author, longtime head editor at Vanity Fair Harper's Bazaar and other magazines, died late Wednesday after a prolonged illness. Born in London he moved to the United States in 1905 and shifted from architecture to writing, becoming literary editor of the Delineator in 1913.
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Westport
Conn
John Chapman Hilder
London
Delineator
Vanity Fair
Harper's Bazaar
Motor Life
the Eik’'s
Rough on Apartments Damages Alleged by Mrs Young
Mrs Benja min J. Young laments damage caused by Rep Marion Zioncheck who once sub let her Washington apartment The four month stay left a wrecked home with broken windows damaged dishes mouldy pickles spilled cocktails and soiled rooms she estimates repair costs around 2000 and says she has no home now
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Washington
Benjamin J. Young
Marion Zioncheck
Mra Young
Coal States Seek New Guffey Law Before Adjournment
Lawmakers from coal states push to salvage parts of the old Guffey Act through a substitute bill drafted by Sen. Joseph Guffey. Senate and House leaders disagree on passage this year while Labor Secretary Perkins suggests adding labor provisions to meet the Supreme Court ruling. The measure faces procedural hurdles as coal interests vow a vigorous campaign to keep Congress in session until a new law is enacted.
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Washington
Administration
New Deal
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Congress
Department of Labor
Joseph Guffey
Robert L. Doughton
Ways and Means
Joseph T. Robinson
Guffey
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means Committee
Confession of Youth Offered at Murder Trial
New York piece reports John Fiorenza, 24, confessed to murdering Mrs. Nancy Evana Titterton. His lawyer argued the confession stemmed from a deteriorated mind. Detective Swander testified the suspect admitted the crime the morning of April 21, 11 days after the body was found in her home bathtub.
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New York
U.P
John Fiorenza
Nancy Evana Titterton
George J. Swander
Death Reverses Coin Flip Political Decision
Lorain Ohio report reversed the outcome of a city council race after the winner Monroe died last week. John Drompp, who tied with Monroe, was later named to succeed him. The unusual incident hinges on a coin flip that previously decided the race.
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Lorain
U.P
John Drompp
C. C. Monroe
Monroe
Drompp
Promises To Break Baby's Smoking Habit
Los Angeles report says Rosemay Vasquez promised juvenile authorities to end her 22 month old Juan's cigarette habit after investigators noted the child had smoked for about a year. In a separate item, Vesta Feasel, to burn in a kitchen stove fire, died in Tiffin after attempting to ignite fuel.
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Los Angeles
Rosemay Vasquez
Juan
U.P
Vesta Feasel
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