Nelsonville Prepares Weeklong Centennial Gala
Nelsonville readies a full week of centennial celebration after months of planning. The program begins Sunday with church services and American Legion Memorial observances, followed by DAR visitors registration, historic window displays unveiling, and a Memorial Day tribute. Notable figures send congratulatory messages as streets and storefronts glow with colors for the centennial.
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Nelsonville
American Legion
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Daniel J.doherty
The
John Owens
United Mine Workers
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dew Hotel
Carpenter Building
W. Columbus St
DAR
Girl Found After Kidnap. Suspect Held in North Tonawanda
Betty Jane Hobbs four year old of North Tonawanda N Y was abducted from her home May 20 and recovered Saturday afternoon at the Gillian house near Coolville. Anne Legare sister of Mrs Gillian is shown in the gallery alongside the home. Legare says she was forbidden to explain motive by her attorneys. Police detail and photos appear on page 5.
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Betty Jane Hobbs
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Anne Legare
Charles Gillian
Coolville
Charles Bernhard
Messenger
Betty Jones Hobbs
Tonawanda
Ellsworth Hobbs
Buffalo, N. Y
New York
Towanda
U.P
Anna Legare
Betty Jane
Gillian
WPA
Burlingham
Meigs County
Leslie Gillian
Paul Morrison
Gillians
Middleport
Legare
Columbus
Charleston
W. Va
Buffalo
Leegare
Canada
United States
Presbyterian Church Joins World Council
The 150th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church voted to join the World Council of Churches as a charter member, aligning about 2 million members behind the move. The assembly also accepted an invitation from the Protestant Episcopal Church to pursue organic union.
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Philadelphia
U.P
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
World Council of
World Council of Churches
Utrecht
Holland
Protestant Episcopal Church
Girl and infant brother die in kerosene blast
Thelma Schlagel, 18, died in a Paulding hospital from burns suffered in a kerosene explosion that also killed her one year old brother Russell. The blast occurred in the kitchen of their home five miles northeast of Paulding.
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Paulding
Thelma Schlagel
Russell
Here
Giant 56 page edition marks Nelsonville centennial
The Sunday Messenger prints a 56 page four section issue weighing over seven tons of newsprint and more than a quarter ton of ink. It celebrates the City of Nelsonville’s 100th birthday after six weeks of staff effort with 15 500 copies produced for subscribers and extra copies.
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Sunday Messenger
Nelsonville
The
Messenger
Messenger Press
Harrison Assails FD on Tax Bill Amid Democratic Split
Senate tax leader Pat Harrison of Mississippi challenged President Roosevelt over the new revenue act. He argued the bill is fair to taxpayers and would spur recovery, while the President criticized corporate profits changes. Vice President Garner presided as galleries filled and senators listened.
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Washington
AU P
Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Harrison
Arthurdale
W. Va
John Nance Garner
American Congress
Youthful Killer Free and Facing Sanity Hearing
Sixteen year old Donald Carroll acquitted of the slaying of his sweetheart Charlotte Matthiesen may face commitment to a mental institution due to a verdict technicality. Judge Thomas Downs stated Saturday the jury did not specify that insanity existed at the time of the crime.
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New York
Donald Carroll
Lato Friday
Charlotte Matthiesen
Thomas Downs
Pastor Predicts Break With Federal Council by 1939
Milwaukee clergyman Dr J Frank Novin a fundamentalist opponent of the Northern Baptist Convention warned he would compel the convention to sever its ties with the Federal Council of Churches by 1939 by delivering an unshirted hell he said. In Washington Remington Rand Inc asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to review a court of appeals ruling that the company must comply with a National Labor Relations Board order.
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Milwaukee
Wis
J. Frank Novin
Northern Baptist Convention
Federal Council of Churches
Washington
LLP
Remington Rand, Inc
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
TVA Director Faces Heat in Washington Hearing
In Washington the joint congressional probe into the Tennessee Valley Authority advances as director Harcourt Morgan testifies, sweat visible as he mops his brow during questioning.
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Joint
Congressional Investigation of the
Tennessee Valley Authority
Washington
TVA
Harcourt Morgan
Excursion Boat Mandalay Sinks After Fog Collision
The excursion ship Mandalay carrying 480 passengers sank in New York Bay after a collision with the steamer Acadia in dense fog. All aboard were transferred to the Acadia. the Mandalay went down near the Narrows by Staten Island after passengers disembarked.
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New York
Mandalay
New York Bay
Acadia
Narrows
Staten Island
More Showers Forecast Next Week in Ohio Valley
Weather outlook for May 30 to June 4, 1938, predicted occasional showers in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Temperatures start above normal, dip cooler midweek, then rise again by Friday.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lisbon Detective Attacked During Gambling Probe
George Curran a Columbiana County detective investigating county gambling operations was attacked and beaten by eighteen assailants on Friday night. Prosecutor Karl Stouffer and county commissioners supported the probe.
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Lisbon
George Curran
Columbiana County
Karl Stouffer
Pomeroy Police Chief Indicted on Bad Checks
Pomeroy police chief Dana L. Tracy was indicted by the Meigs County Grand Jury on four counts for passing bad checks totaling modest sums to five individuals. The blanket indictment also includes Gerald A. Eiselstein facing embezzlement charges. Eiselstein's trial is set for May 31 after prior postponements. A council special meeting will review Tracy's case following his three month leave.
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Pomeroy
Dana L. Tracy
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Roy Wright
Floyd Miller
R. V. Ebersbach
Leroy Barsotti
Gerald A. Eiselstein
Probate
Eiselstein
Tracy
M. D. Hartley
Davey Hissed In Toledo Campaign Speech
Governor Martin L Davey faced boos and hecklers during a Toledo speech as one quarter of the crowd interrupted with jeers. He called the demonstrators part of John L Lewis Communist gang and pledged a larger majority to counter the disruption.
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Toledo
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Gallia Farmer's Case Considered by Davey
Gallia County farmer Ann Childers 56 was convicted of a trap setting charge and sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary. A 15 year old boy was wounded by a trap in his melon patch. Governor Davey requested a 10 day stay. petitions from 700 neighbors are on file. In Marion a divorce suit was filed by Mrs Jean De Wolfe Foster, Harding granddaughter, against William M Foster.
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Gallipolis
Ann Childers
Gallia County
Ohio
Davey
Childers
Marion
Jean de Wolfe Foster
Warren G. Harding
William M. Foster
Dayton
Landon forecasts Democratic break up over freedom vs tyranny
Alfred M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential candidate, at the New York Young Republican Clubs banquet, predicts the Democratic Party will split under Roosevelt’s leadership and calls for a realignment on liberty versus tyranny. He links unemployment to overall political issues and criticizes Washington for inaction.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
U.P
Alfred M. Landon
Roosevelt
Kansas
Association of New York State
Young Republican Clubs
Washington
Democratic Party
Landon
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Jersey City
Goodyear Plans to Reopen Plants After Union Talks
Labor board executives met with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company officials and union leaders in Akron to settle clashes that left at least 100 injured and hundreds gassed. Goodyear said plants would reopen Tuesday morning regardless of negotiations, while Adjutant Gen. Emil F. Marx ordered four more observer units to Akron after holding 3,000 guardsmen in readiness.
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Akron
Labor Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear
Emil F. Marx
Ohio National Guard
U S Supports British Effort To Stop War
The United States backs Britain's push to avert war as Japan bombed Canton and Chinese forces repelled invaders. Mexican President Cardenas orders border watch to halt rebel Cedillo’s forces. Hull urges nations to honor Kellogg Briand pledges while Czechoslovakia faces election tensions and Krofta praises Britain’s peace efforts.
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United States
Great Britain
Canton
China
Lazaro Cardenas
Cedillo
Hull
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Kamil Krofta
Parque
Gallipolis Baby Shows Weight Gain In Incubator
Loretta June, two weeks old and daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Henry of Gallipolis Ferry, has increased her weight from one pound three quarters to two pounds at Holzer Hospital where she remains in an incubator.
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Gallipolis
Loretta June
Lewis Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Holzer Hospital
Jersey City clash as O Connell deported amid riot
Jersey Citizens deport Rep. Jerry O Connell after violence at an Anti Communist rally led by Mayor Frank Hague. Police seized the congressman as 15 000 gathered at recene Field while others struck or shoved. he was placed on a Newark bound train. O Connell said he would meet with Roosevelt and Farley in Washington.
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Jersey City
N. J
U.P
Frank Hague
Jerry O'Connell
Mont
Recene Field
O'Connell
Hague
Newark
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
CIO
Religious and Patriotic Societies
American Federation of Labor Unions
Four Year Old Betty Jane Hobbs Found in Coolville
In Coolville a four year old girl, Betty Jane Hobbs, believed abducted from North Tonawanda, was found in a frame house on the town’s edge. Mayor Luther C. Brafford identified the girl as Betty Jane, while her mother Mrs Ellsworth Hobbs was en route with a Buffalo police officer to confirm custody.
English Girl Held as German Spy Suspect
New Orleans authorities will question Sylvia May Bradshaw 23 a brunette who shot photos of U S army and air field bases and wrote letters to Germany. She entered the United States 11 months ago on a visitor passport.
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New Orleans
U.P
Sylvia May Bradshaw
U.S
Germany
Fifteen Suspects Questioned in Chicago Murder
Chicago police questioned 15 suspects after the murder of Florence Johnson, 34, wife of a city fireman. She was beaten to death in her apartment early Friday as her children and sister slept nearby.
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Chicago
Florence Johnson
Gypsies Out Next in Nazi Plan for Austria
The Abend Ausgabe of the Wiener Neueste Nachrichten said Saturday that after Jews, the next targets in Austria’s Nazi program to purge undesirables would be the Gypsies.
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Vienna
Austria
Abend Ausgabe
Wiener Nueste Nachrichten
Pope Grants Private Audience To Fort Wayne Bishop
Castel Gandolfo report notes Pope granted a private audience today to Msgr. John F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, during the papal visit. The meeting occurred in the Vatican and underscores ongoing Catholic Church relations.
Indicted Auto Leaders Face Federal Bonding in Indiana
Federal authorities will take into custody Edsel Ford Walter Chrysler Alfred Sloan William Knudsen and 46 other top auto executives in South Bend Indiana on charges of violating the Sherman anti trust act They allegedly coerced dealers to finance auto sales through their own finance companies the case hinges on a $1.7 billion annual auto financing business Bond posting is to begin next Tuesday in U S District Court before Judge Thomas W Click The indictments were returned by the federal grand jury
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
United States
James R. Fleming
Edsel Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
Alfred P. Sloan
William Knudsen
Automobile
Automobile Finance
Fleming
Thomas W. Click
U. S. District Court
Federal Grand Jury
Condemn Vinton Land for National Forest
U S District Attorney Francis Canny filed condemnation proceedings for 1244 acres of Vinton County land to be added to Zaleski National Forest. More than 50 landowners named in the action.
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Columbus
U. S
Francis Canny
Vinton County
Zaleski National Forest
Zenner liquidation pays final dividend in Athens case
Federal Bankruptcy Referee G. H. Butt approved a final 12 percent dividend in the Zenner Department Store liquidation in Athens. The last payment brings total dividends to 52 percent. W. B. Bartels served as trustee.
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Zenner
Columbus
U.P
G. H. Butt
Athens
W. B. Bartels
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Pioneer Valley City
C. H. Bartlett
John Webb
World Council
Dem
Communist Party of the
Prober
Gallia
Harding Kin
Fdr
Jersey
O’connell
Frederick A. Hoefert
Luther C. Brafford
Glora
Brafford
Charles H. Evans
Jules Legare
Caoleville
Vinton
National Forest
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