Roosevelt Hints at Action to End Walkouts Across Industries
President Roosevelt, facing threats of walkouts in steel and textiles, prepared to act after a Gettysburg briefing. Officials voiced optimism that presidential measures could avert a crisis, as talks with labor and industry leaders continued. He planned a national tour then to New York and Hyde Park to assess the situation.
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Groton School
Hyde Park
New Y
Local Race Event Draws 33 Entrants in Polis
A chaotic entry list shows 33 participants for a polis race today. Organizers label several favorites as contenders for fame while crowds gather for the event.
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Polis
Mem the Great
Secretary Wallace Mourns For Pre AAA Era
Beverly Hills writer Will Rogers recounts meeting Secretary of Agriculture Wallace at San Juan Capistrano. Rogers describes Wallace in tears before an old harvest scene, lamenting to have missed agriculture days of the past.
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Wallace
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
California
San Juan Capistrano
San Diego
Fear of Law Triggers Gunman Suicide in Sussex Woods
In Worthing England after a 48 hour man-hunt Leonard Hill the lone gunman who shot a policeman killed himself rather than face English justice. Police and volunteers surrounded him as Arthur Jex the wounded officer recovers in a Sussex case that sparked national anger over firearm laws.
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Worthing
England
Leonard Hill
Hill
Arthur Jex
Sussex Woods
Quintuplets Fed From Eye Dropper in Ontario Home
Dionne Quintuplets Cecile Yvonne Marie Emily and Annette survive after more than hours with nourishment given by eye dropper. A milk corn syrup and water mixture is fed to each baby in turn taking long feeding times as five helpers assist the parents in Northaby Ontario.
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Northaby
Ont
Cecile
Yvonne
Marie
Emily
Annette
New British War Debt Offer Is Due in Day
London May 30 report says a new British war debts proposal will be sent to Washington within 24 hours under cabinet plans. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, intends to outline the war debts situation to the House of Commons tomorrow.
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London
Washington
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
House of Commons
Want Ad Scottie Urges Classifieds In Nelsonville Column
In today's Classified Page readers find red clover, grain bins, mowers, and other farming implements for sale. Steel safes and filing cabinets are listed alongside pottery and yard decorations. Rentals and property purchases appear in ads, with the Nelsonville Column highlighting daily notices.
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Nelsonville
Ship Crippled Before Flight Flier Claims
Capt George A. Pond and Lieut Cesare Sabelli allege tampering sabotaged their Leonardo Da Vinci in New York before a May trans Atlantic attempt. They diverted to Ireland after May 15 near Mayo, citing three tampering methods and plan Rome then New York return. Officials at Floyd Bennett Field deny knowledge of the alleged sabotage.
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London
George A. Pond
Cesare Sabelli
Atlantic
New York
Pond
Sabelli
Ireland
Leonardo da Vinci
Heston Field
Sabelis
Rome
Floyd Bennett Field
Convict Hopes Fast Will Bring Pen Clean-Up
James Wilson, a Dayton convict at Ohio Penitentiary, enters the twenty-second day of a self-imposed hunger strike hoping the state will clean house. Weakened by the fast and artificial feeding, he is in the prison hospital as officials note a history of sullen acts across five terms. He had been paroled in June 1933, then his parole was rescinded twenty days later. he blames Warden Thomas for the reversal.
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Columbus
James Wilson
Dayton
Ohio
Wilson
P. FE. Thomas
Ohioan Plunges to Death During Fire
A blaze at Hobart Cabinet Co No 2 plant and two warehouses in Troy Ohio caused an estimated 100000 dollar loss. Firefighters from four towns battled the flames. William Leach aged 58 died after plunging from a fourth floor window ledge while overcome by smoke.
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Troy
Hobart Cabinet Company
William Leach
Ege
Monument Dynamited Before Dedication in Follansbee
In Follansbee West Virginia a monument to the late L A Dill er former mayor was to be dedicated on Memorial Day but was dynamited in the early morning. Police have no suspects and are investigating the blast that wrecked the memorial site.
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Follansbee
W. Va
Ohio River
L. A. Diller
Strike rumor sparks record gasoline demand in Tiffin
In Tiffin the rumor of a refinery strike caused gasoline filling stations to see the busiest business in city history. In Bowling Green a child named Robert Hipsher was struck and killed by a car while stepping from a school bus on the eve of his tenth birthday.
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Tiffin
Bowling Green
Robert Hipsher
Flags Fly Over Gettysburg As Roosevelt Gives Speech
Gettysburg Pa May 30 AP two thousand tiny flags flutter beside headstones in Gettysburg National Cemetery where Lincoln delivered his address A rostrum is prepared for President Roosevelt to speak later The president is first Democratic to observe Memorial Day there Also paying tribute are Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover Lincoln prayed at the nearby Presbyterian Church and Mrs M Smith of Hanover Pa a child singer will greet the president en route to the cemetery past Jennie Wade’s bullet torn home
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gettysburg Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
National Cemetery
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
M . Smith
Hanover
Roosevelt
Virginia Johnson Believed To Have Set Fire To Herself
Sacramento reports authorities concluded Virginia Johnson 22, a society girl, died by self immolation after applying a match to kerosene soaked clothing. Her father State Treasurer Charles G. Johnson and his brothers disputed the self harm theory while District Attorney Nell McAllister and police argued she feared mounting coma episodes.
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Sacramento
Calif
Virginia Johnson
Charles G. Johnson
Oscar
John
Nell McAllister
Virginia
Canadian Steward Detained in Murder Case
Georgetown British Guiana May 30 Police detained Robert Jones steward on the Canadian liner Lady Nelson as a possible match to Arthur C Wilton of Cleveland, charged with the murder of Mrs Irene Deboist whose nude body was found November 5 1933 near Van Horn Texas. Police await further information.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Robert Jones
Arthur C. Wilton
Cleveland
Irene Deboist
van Horn
Texas
Jones
Presbyterian merger proposal rests with General Assembly
Cleveland May 20 The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the United Presbyterian Church of North America discuss a proposed organic union now before the latter church’s General Assembly. The merger proposal passed the former assembly by a large margin, defeating a minority of fundamentalists. Antioch College receives 10000 from the Carnegie Corporation Educational Foundation.
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Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
United Presbyterian Church of North America
General Assembly
One Hundred Forty Sixth General Assembly
President To Review Fleet On Thursday
New York May 30 AP. The American Navy will parade before President Roosevelt from the cruiser Indianapolis off Ambrose Light near New York Harbor. Four years since the fleet was on this coast and since 1919 has New York seen a full display of maritime power. Six ships participate fresh from Caribbean war games. About 5 000 officers and 35 000 sailors comprise the fleet.
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New York
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
New York Harbor
Ambrose
Atlantic
Caribbean
Reynolds Cleared In Cincinnati Murder Trial
In Cincinnati a jury acquitted Jack Reynolds NWA welterweight champion and two co-defendants of murder after accepting the defense that fate decreed the killers kill each other. Meyers 52 was killed in a March 11 shooting. The verdict came after two hours of deliberation.
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Cincinnati
Jack Reynolds
N. W
James Meyers
Burglars Loot Atlanta Restaurant Leave Toy Pistol
In Atlanta last night burglars robbed E. P. Johnson's restaurant taking bread cakes pies meat and cigars. They left a toy pistol behind imitating John Dillinger.
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Atlanta
John Dillinger
E. P. Johnson
Johnson
Dillinger
Plane crash kills pilot and passenger near New Castle
In Henry County Indiana two men died when their airplane crashed in woods west of Springport. Kenneth Rutherford, 27, the pilot, and Homer Waverton, 33, the passenger, perished in the flaming wreckage.
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New Castle
Ind
Springport
Henry County
Kenneth Rutherford
Homer Waverton
Esther Filley Convicted of Manslaughter in Athens County
Esther Filley, 33, of Nelsonville, was found guilty by a ten man and two woman jury of manslaughter in the shooting of Margaret Green, 20, at Deanville last November. The verdict followed hours of deliberation and could yield a penitentiary term. attorneys planned a potential new trial request within the three day window.
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Athens County
Miss Filley
Home Hygiene Course Concludes in Athens County
A practical respiration demonstration by W H Herbert of Ohio University ends the Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick course. Sponsored by the Athens County Red Cross and led by Mies Viola Fell, the course used a mock sick room and baby care setup. Volunteers and Ohio University sociology students participated, earning a year’s certificate.
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Red Cross
W. H. Herbert
Ohio University Physical Education Department
Athens County Red Cross Organization
Mies Viola Fell
Athens County Health Department
Athens
Dwight Rutherford
Glouster
Anne Morgan
Ohio University
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American Aggregates Wins Ohio River Dredging Contract
The American Aggregates Corporation of Greenville, C. on tta bid of 46,158 was awarded a War Department contract for dredging Kinniconnie's Bar and Big Bone Per in the Cincinnati district of the Ohio River.
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Washington
American Aggregates Corporation of
Greenville
Tta
War Department
Kinniconnie
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Akron Doctor Dr Samuel St John Wright Dies at 81
Akron physician Dr Samuel St John Wright died yesterday at age 81. He served as dean of Akron physicians and followed a family tradition with his father and grandfather also being Summit County physicians.
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Akron
Samuel St John Wright
Summit
Riley McDaniel Active at 83 in Ohio
Riley McDaniel, aged 83, is described as one of the most active men in his region. He recently fox hunted with friends, an activity he enjoyed without ill effects. In youth he trained and drove winning racehorses and later bred horses, most recently handling a Belgian stallion weighing ton.
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Stewart
Riley McDaniel
Ohio
Mr. McDaniel
West Virginia
Twelve Passengers Escape in Plane Crash Near Danbury
In heavy fog a United Air Lines plane en route from Cleveland to Newark crashed during a forced landing at an unknown location. Nine passengers plus crew were treated. co-pilot Lorenz Letson of Chicago is listed as critically injured with fractures and head lacerations. The stewardess credited pilots Wolf and Letson with a safe touchdown.
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Conn
United Air Line
Cleveland
Newark
N. J
Danbury Hospital
Lorenz Letson
Chicago
Misa Pugh
Wolf and
Letson
Await Europe's View of Arms Await Europe's View of Arms
In Geneva Europe weighs disarmament after U S and Russia set tone. French foreign minister Louis Barthou and Britain's Sir John Simon to state views amid a tense board. Little Entente members clash with Russia, hinting at friendlier ties. Balkan nations applaud Litvinov’s speech opposing revisions of postwar treaties.
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May
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United States
Russia
Louis Barthou
John Simon
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Maxim Litvinoff
Balkan
Litvinoff
Runaway Fire Truck Wrecks Milwaukee Avenue Block
Detroit May 30 A runaway fire truck wrecked an entire block on Milwaukee Avenue. Fireman Jonn Pruitt, the tillerman, was shaken as the steering knuckle failed and the big ladder truck crashed into six automobiles. One ladder broke through a lunchroom window and another knocked a shoe store door off.
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Detroit
Jonn Pruitt
Milwaukee Avenue
Pruitt
State Liquor Store Announces Spring Weekend Hours
Vic Pierce, the store manager, said sales were reported today and the store will be closed today. It will reopen Thursday night and stay open Friday and Saturday nights.
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Vic Pierce
Edison Company Employees Plan Walkout in Toledo
Federal mediators rush to avert a Toledo power strike tied to a 2 percent wage demand. Automotive plant riots at Auto-Lite and a looming general walkout threaten 1,107 local manufacturers amid tense union talks and city water risks. Mayor Kiotz cites police control as key to avoiding violence.
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Toledo
Filedric Auto-Lite Company
Taft
Oliver Myers
Electrical Workers’ Union
Auto-Lite
Findlay
Solon T. Kiotz
Kiwanis Club
Strip mine operators seek National Guard help in Southeast Kansas
Operators say they will request troops to protect mines as marchers shut down boilers at Kelly-Carter Coal. deep shaft mines face unprofitable conditions under code rules while strip pits continue under code exceptions.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Kas
National
Southeast
Kelly-Carter Coal Company
Rockefeller Secludes Himself After Illness at Ormond Beach
John D. Rockefeller Sr., nearing 95, left his winter estate at Ormond Beach and traveled north to Lakewood New Jersey in a private compartment car. His health reportedly improved after about four months recuperating at the Florida estate.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Ormond Beach
Rockefeller
Lakewood
N. J
Buckley’s Wife Seeks Republican State Senator Nod
Mrs. Bert Buckley of Dayton announces her candidacy for the Republican nomination for state Senator. She previously ran for state treasurer, a post once held by her husband, and was defeated in that race.
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Dayton
Bert Buckley
Buckley
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