White To Order Withdrawal of militiamen Soon
Moves were under way to today as riotous conditions gave way to negotiations in Toledo over a critical labor dispute. The Automotive and Electrical unions fought separate meetings with federal mediators as walkout votes loomed and guard troops circled Auto-Lite. Funeral services were held for two men killed last Thursday amid protests. Governor White pledged swift action to protect life and property and to uphold order.
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Cyigon
al Hayes
New York
George White
Toledo
Michigan
National Tech
Cleveland
John Sommertatte
First Reformed Church
Lakewood
White
Athens police detain youths after tumble by trestle incident
A garbled report says several Parkersburg and Athens youths, including Mary teens and Leslie Bradfield, were involved in an incident near a trestle injuring none, with two others detained. Authorities secured the scene and questioned those present.
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Athens
John
Haynes
Leslie Bradfield
Armitag
Bradfield
Navy Rescues Explorer William Robinson in Mercy Mission
In Balboa Panama Zone on May 2 a Navy mercy mission airlifted explorer William Robinson and surgeon care from the Galapagos Islands. Robinson, ill with appendicitis, is hospitalized in stable condition. His Chicago heiress bride Florence Crane coordinated desperate wireless aid as planes from the Canal Zone and the escort destroyer Hale arrived.
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C. Z
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Albert Robinson
U. S
Hale
Galapagos Islands
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Army Hospital
Florence Crane
Chicago
Canal Zone
Rovbie
Robinsons
Navy
Violent Death Charges Lifted in Ohio Case
Prosecutor Paul Flynn said medical examiners conclude 13 year old John Summers was killed March 17 by blunt force to the head and strangulation. His body was found in the woodshed with a noose. A 48 year old factory worker, John Seifert, is held without charge pending grand jury action.
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Tiffin
Paul Flynn
John Summers
Seneca County Grand Jury
John Seifert
Three Armed Prisoners Escape Oklahoma Jail
Three heavily armed prisoners who fled the Grayson County Jail in Sherman Texas after assaulting a jailer were on the run in Oklahoma today. They kidnapped two men as they sped toward freedom amid a manhunt across the state.
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Guthrie
Okla
Grayson County
Sherman
Texas
Oklahoma
Athens State Liquor Store Records Saturday Sales
Vic Pierce manager reported the Athens state liquor store totaled 474.30 on Saturday. Other daily sales last week fell below 200. The store will be closed Memorial Day but open until 10 PM on Tuesday Thursday Friday and Saturday nights.
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Athens
Vic
Pierce
Meanest Thief Strikes In Pittsburgh During Poppy Day
An AP report from Pittsburgh on May 2 describes a disabled war veteran Joseph Stack losing about $50 in Poppy Day funds after a thief snatched a tin can and escaped through downtown traffic. The incident highlights ongoing theft during a wartime charity drive.
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Joseph Stack
Classified Ads Highlight Decoration Day Goods and Deals
The piece promotes buying plants cut flowers tires enamelware and more for Decoration Day. A small coin purse is missing and its owner seeks its return. The Nelsonville Column notes daily advertised items and endorses classified advertising.
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Nelsonville
Congress Moves Toward Adjournment Before Debt Payment
President Roosevelt urges Congress to adjourn by June 15 after debt payment day while push continues for housing program and aimed tax and waterways measures. Senate leaders privately weigh administration plans on war debts and relief funding as industry revival goals loom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Congress
Miami University students killed in SUV ditch crash near Oxford
The Associated Press reports multiple traffic deaths over the weekend. At Miami University two sophomores Mark Ferris of Cleveland and Robert W. Perry of Greensburg Indiana died when their car left the road and plunged into a ditch near Oxford. Four others were injured. Other fatalities include Glen Hogle a Devilbian High School athlete in Toledo, Sam Martin a Chillicothe radio entertainer and Goldie Wisehard Ladd in a Columbus ditch overturn, Frederick G. Kopp a Franklin County deputy recorder, Cleveland attorney Mark L. Thomson, and Maureen Blaine of Lakewood in Avon Lake.
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Oxford
Mark Ferris
Cleveland
Robert W. Perry
Greensburg
Ind
Wm. Ryans
Akron
Martin A. Coyle
Hamilton
Earl Gibbs
Blanchester
Glen Hogle
Fremont
Devilbian High School
Toledo
Chillicothe
Sam Martin
Goldie Wisehard Ladd
Frederick G. Kopp
Franklin County
Columbus
Mark L. Thomson
Cleveland Board of Education
Maureen Blaine
Lakewood
Avon Lake
Filley Jury Begins Trial Over Doanville Shooting
Eather Filley of Nelsonville faces a murder charge for the shooting of Margaret Green in Doanville last November. The jury was seated, viewed the crime scene, and heard opening statements before a lunch recess. The January indictment followed by a February trial ended in a hung jury after 12 hours, with a retrial ordered.
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Nelsonville
Margaret Green
Doanville
Miss Filley
Athens County
Grand Jury
Creed To Address Psychiatric Meeting In New York
Dr. C. H. Creed superintendent of Athens State Hospital will speak at the American Psychiatric Association meeting in New York City this week. He left yesterday for New York and is scheduled to present Wednesday morning on the Importance of the Hospital Farm.
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New York City
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Supreme Court upholds Ohio coal shipping rates
In Washington on May 28, the Supreme Court upheld an Interstate Commerce Commission order that fixes rates for Ohio mined bituminous coal shipped within the state. Ohio argued the rates discriminated in favor of coal fields in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. A three judge federal district court had sustained the rates.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Federal District Court
New Recovery Policy From Roosevelt Affects Service Industries
President Roosevelt issues a local government driven recovery policy that suspends price fixing in certain service industries. The NRA will designate affected sectors including hotels restaurants barber shops laundries and cleaning plants while preserving child labor hours wages and bargaining rules. If 85 percent of a local industry approve a code of fair practice it could extend to prices and other suspended provisions.
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NRA
Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Mrs Reynolds Denies Slaying in Cincinnati Trial
In Cincinnati on May 28 Mrs Alice Reynolds denies any part in the shooting of James Meyers age 52. She and two others including her husband Jack Reynolds welterweight champion and David Polinsky age 28 are on trial for murder. She also denies involvement in the affray that killed Meyers and Philip Citron 38.
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Alice Reynolds
James Meyers
Jack Reynolds
National Wrestling Association
David Polinsky
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Meyers
Philip Citron
Polinsky
Lathrop Man Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Hubert North was arrested by state highway patrol officers on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs by magistrate Carl H. Porter and his driving rights were suspended for six months.
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Lathrop
Mass Trate
Carl H. Porter
North
Arms Conclave Faces Grave Crisis as Talks Strain
United States and Great Britain officials after a long session warned the disarmament conference is in a grave state and may collapse without heroic action. Mussolini’s Rome speech fueled pessimism, with rumors Italy may bolt, as economic rivalries complicate efforts to secure a treaty.
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Great Britain
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Barbara Hutton May Quit Georgian Prince
Reports that Barbara Hutton Mdivani, heiress to Woolworth millions, is considering a separation from Prince Alexis Mdivani drew silence from friends in Paris. A London stay and counsel from her father were cited, with one confidant warning that any move could trigger havoc.
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Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Woolworth Millions
London
Prince Alexis
Mdivani
Ohio's New Aid for the Aged For Athens County Elderly
The aid for the aged program starts July 1 offering relief to hundreds of elderly residents in Athens County. Since blanks were returned last week 717 applications were obtained and more than 900 are expected. Many will qualify and gain financial support to replace worry with contentment. The article highlights two cases Mrs K a 68 year old widow renting a four room home with annual expenses of 365.50 and income of 122.06 from relief and CWA. and Mrs D a 75 year old blind homekeeper with yearly expenses 271 and income 74 from bank and relief.
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Relief
CWA
Attempted Havana assassination wounds guard
U S ambassador Jefferson Caffery escaped damage as four gunmen opened fire on the Caffery residence in Havana. A guard, Francisco Ortega, lost a leg while another explosion unsettled the city. Cuban authorities blamed radicals, while Communist leaders denied involvement and a vast police dragnet hunted suspects.
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Jefferson Caffery
United States
H. Freeman Matthews
Matthews
Caffery
Francisco Ortega
Ortega
Fulgencio Batists
Cuba
Railroads Better Sell Speed Rather Than Stock
Will Rogers argues railroads should focus on faster service, not stock sales. He notes a Denver to Chicago run at 78 mph as a sign of neglect and laments slow progress while predicting New York could drop off the U.S France route. He concludes railroads have done little in 30 years besides selling stock.
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Denver
Chicago
Will Rogers
Ohio Teachers' Union backs income tax plan for schools
Springfield reports the Ohio Teachers' Union aligns with the American Federation of Labor to back a statewide income tax proposal for permanent school financing. The measure would tax individuals, corporations, inheritances, and large life policies, with exemptions and a 22 percent top rate, directing half revenues to districts and half to a general school fund.
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Springfield
OMO
American Federation of Labor
Grain Prices Rise as Weather Sparks Trading Spike
Chicago May 2 reports unseasonably high temperatures and drought lifting grain values on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat rose five cents a bushel to a limit for the day with May wheat peaking near 98 1/2 cents, while corn and oats also moved higher.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Escape in Fire Fright Hits A Henkle Junk Building
Several firemen escaped serious injury when a three story structure housing the A. Henkle Junk Company burned. The blaze prompted evacuations and fire crews battled the flames through the morning. No further casualties were reported.
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Washington
A. Henkle Junk Company
Prosecutors Face Delinquent Tax Judgments in Athens Court
Assistant Prosecutor Gordon H Gray led two delinquent tax judgments in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Solomon Starr of Nelsonville was found due for $604 in one case and Harriet M Love with Ethel J Sharp of Athens Township were ruled liable for $548.19 in the other.
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Gordon H Gray
Athens County
Keep Powder Dry Prompts Navy Warning as Armament Ties Grow
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward warned to keep your powder dry amid a failed Geneva Disarmament Conference. Britain and the United States study Japan’s demand to revise 5-5-3 naval ratios. A possible Roosevelt proclamation may bar U S munitions sales to Paraguay and Bolivia as Gran Chaco conflict intensifies.
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Clark H. Woodward
Navy
General Board
Great Britain
The
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Woodward
Foresees Virtual Split In Presbyterian Group
Dr J Gresham Machen organizer of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions predicts a virtual split in the denomination if the General Assembly's orders to discontinue his activities are enforced.
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Cleveland
J. Gresham Machen
Independent Board For Presbyterian Foreign Missions
Presbyterian General Assembly
Steel plant operations drop to 57 percent amid labor unrest
Cleveland report notes a 57 percent rate in steel works last week. Steel Today cites labor dissension as a cause, with multiple buyers deterred by strikes and unrest in the industry.
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Cleveland
Steel Works
Steel Today
Bayonet Versus Sword Swallower Ends in Death
Mihail Gherlasch once famed vaudeville artist attempted to prove sword swallowing was safe. A gendarme accused him of faking during a performance in Bucharest. He seized the bayonet, slid it down his throat, crowd applauded, then blood flowed and he died a few hours later.
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Bucharest
Mihail Gherlasch
Gherlasch
French fliers Codos and Rossi near Lindberghs trail
French aviators Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes neared New York after routing their monoplane Joseph Lebrix toward Floyd Bennett Field. They planned a two jump Paris to California crossing of 6100 miles, contending for a $66000 prize if a Pacific leg could be completed nonstop. They reported minor trouble and awaited service at Floyd Bennett Field.
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N. Y
Rossi
Codos
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Pacific Coast
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Maurice Rossi
Joseph Lebrix
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Roosevelt
Ministry of Marine
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Five Ohio University Students Injured in Auto Crash
Five members of Henry Harding's orchestra from Ohio University were injured when a sedan carrying them to Cincinnati overturned on Route 50 about 10 miles east of McArthur. Driver Frank Watkins of Athens escaped injury while Russell Dean Athens Henry Harding Harrisburg Pa Sam Levine Cleveland Kenneth Snyder Lancaster and James McCollum Columbus suffered cuts and bruises and Dean fractured his nose. The left rear tire blew out triggering the crash.
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Henry Harding
U. 8
McArthur
At & O
Frank Watkins
Athens
Cincinnati
Russell Dean
Harrisburg
Sam Levine
Cleveland
Kenneth Snyder
Lancaster
James McCollum
Columbus
Dean
Harding
Fire on excursion boat sparks panic on Ohio River
A cigaret ignited tarpaulin and a lifeboat on an excursion steamer Saturday night on the Ohio River near Maysville Kentucky causing a near panic. Firefighters extinguished the blaze as the vessel docked and John W Neal 29 proprietor of a Mt Olivet garage fell overboard and drowned.
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Ohio River
Dange
John W. Neal
Mt. Olivet
Robber Shoots and Kills Dunkirk Grocery Proprietor
Kenton authorities hunt a robbery suspect after L. W. Bean, 62, Dunkirk grocery store owner, was fatally shot. Bean tried to scatter the robber with a pistol shot but was struck in the abdomen as the thief failed to find the $100 he sought.
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L. W. Bean
Dunkirk
Bean
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