New British Peace Plans Move Ahead
The British peace program advances on four fronts as Parliament debates a British Italian pact to isolate the Spanish Civil War. Plans include banning gas warfare, extending appeasement in trade, and negotiating Germany's colonial demands. Chamberlain says Mussolini and Hitler assured no territorial ambitions in Spain.
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Italy
Europe
Britain
France
Germany
House of Commons
China
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Name
Paris
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Hitler
Munich
Spain
Surgeon To Use Eyes Of Killer In Transplant
An anonymous specialist planned to transplant corneas from John W. Deering, a 40 year old Utah murderer executed by firing squad, to a youth and an elderly woman. The eyes were said to be in excellent condition after shipment by plane and storage in ice and a hospital freezer.
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San Francisco
U.P
John W. Deering
Utah
Barkleys of Marion County Children’s Home Resign
Mr and Mrs Elmer L Barkley superintendent and matron of the Marion County Children's Home resign after an investigation by county authorities.
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Marion
O.R
Elmer L. Barkley
Marion County Children's Home
Venerable Gallia County Physician Dies Tuesday
Dr. Alonzo B. Garrett of Gallipolis aged 91 died at home after a sudden illness. He was the oldest medical practitioner in Ohio and served in Civil War regiments before turning to medicine. He held many honors and belonged to several local and national organizations. Born January 20, 1847 in Lavalette Virginia, he enlisted as a drummer at age 14 and later completed medical studies by age 23.
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Gallipolis
Alonzo B. Garrett
Ohio
Third Ave
Court St
Miller
Lawrence County
Dr. Garrett
Cadet Post
GAR
Pythias
Gallipolis Camp
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Daughters of Union Veterans
Jr. O.U.A.M
American Mechanics
Loyal Order of Moose
Knights Golden Eagle
Lavalette
Huntington
Co. I
Kentucky Infantry
Kentucky
Durante Receives Honorary College Degree
Jimmy Durante was awarded an honorary degree by Columbia College of Drama and Radio for his outstanding contributions to screen, drama and radio. He quipped that he never completed eighth grade in Brooklyn as photographers captured his profile.
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Chicago
U.P
Jimmy
Schnozzle
Brooklyn
Warren Rites To Be Thursday at Coolville
Mrs. Julia Warren 83 a long time Coolville resident died last Friday at her Hemet California home where she had lived 13 years. The funeral party arrives Thursday with services at the Coolville M E Church at two pm conducted by Rev. E B Dean. Interment follows in Coolville Cemetery. She was widow of Shepherd Warren.
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Coolville
Julia Warren
Hemet
Calif
M. E
E. B. Dean
Three Former Convicts Held For Kidnapping
J Edgar Hoover announced that DOJ agents captured a gang of former convicts believed responsible for three kidnappings in New York. Victims included Arthur Fried 82 who was murdered and his body burned after a ransom demand. Others seized were Joseph Stephen Sacoda 27 Demetrius Gula 30 John Virga 34 and William Jackins 27 all New York residents with prior prison records. One kidnapped victim was Benjamin Farber 38 a Brooklyn coal proprietor and Norman Miller 19 whose father Charles runs a stevedoring business.
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New York
U.R
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Arthur Fried
Hoover
Joseph Stephen Sacoda
Demetrius Gula
John Virga
William Jackins
Fried
Benjamin Farber
Brooklyn
Norman Miller
Charles
Glass Textile Firm Formed for New Glass Fiber Product
Owens-Illinois Glass Company and Corning Glass Works announce a new joint venture to manufacture glass textiles. Armory Houghton leads as chairman with Harold Boeschenstein as president after seven years of joint research costing about 5 million dollars. The innovation aims to insulate and lighten household equipment and enable smaller motors in industry due to heat resistant glass fiber.
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NEW York
U.P
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Corning Glass Works
Armory Houghton
Harold Boeschenstein
Boy 14 Leaves Home for Warmer Climes
In Columbus a 14 year old named Albert Heise ran away from home as winter approached. His mother told police he left with a note stating he would be gone until warm weather.
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Columbus
Birds
Albert Heise
Albert
Ohio Taxes Up 18.9 Percent in Decade Says Chamber
The Ohio State Chamber of Commerce reports federal state and local taxes rose 18.9 percent from 1929 to 1938 while taxpayers faced volatile ability to pay. Dr Arch D Schultz notes school spending neared 1929 levels in 1937 and cites declines in real estate values payrolls and state income.
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Columbus
Ohio State Chamber of Commerce
Arch D. Schultz
Chamber
Schultz
U. S. Department of Labor
Sawyer Charges and Resignations Shake Ohio Campaign
Republican candidate John W. Bricker accuses Sawyer forces of soliciting state liquor permit holders and workers for campaign funds. Clarence J. Burk resigns as liquor store supervisor to work for Sawyer amid claims of a Davey–Bricker patronage deal. Sawyer blasts alleged blank checks and warns of further state employee involvement. Louis J. Taber endorses Bricker and Taft as tax, efficiency concerns rise.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Clarence J. Burk
Sawyer
John W. Bricker
Cincinnati
Burk
Davey
Bricker
Arthur L. Limbach
New
Philadelphia
Bricker-Davey
Toledo
Cuyahoga
State Tax Commission
Commission
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Taft
Martian War Dramatizes Radio Fear Critics Protest
Federal Communications Commissioner George Henry Payne said ministers nationwide protested radio terror programs before the New York dramatization of the War Between the Worlds. He cited concerns over frightening children and questionable language and content in such broadcasts.
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Washington
A.P
Federal Communications
George Henry Payne
New York
Payne
Communications Commission
Second Suit Filed by Ousted Hospital Head
A second mandamus suit by Dr. E A Baker suspended superintendent of Longview State Hospital seeks reinstatement. A similar Cincinnati filing failed service on Welfare Director Margaret Allman Commissioner J F Bateman and Assistant Welfare Director Oakley Spaght.
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Columbus
E. A. Baker
Longview State Hospital
Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Margaret Allman
J. F. Bateman
Oakley Spaght
Russians Responsible For Attack Reported In Manchukuo
A Comei News Agency dispatch from Hsinking reports 12 Russian cavalrymen crossed into Manchukuo near Pogranich Naga and attacked three Japanese border patrolmen. Two patrolmen were believed killed. one escaped. A pursuing force of Japanese-Manchukuans was sent after the Russians. Beneeo protested to Rus-
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Tokyo
Comei
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Pogranich- Naga
Beneeo
Roosevelt Heads Home To Deliver Campaign Speech
President Roosevelt leaves for his New York country home to give a campaign address on the evening of Nov. 4 before returning to Washington for the general election next Tuesday. He plans to vote while away.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Dies Ickes in Dispute Over PWA Grants
Washington D C. Chairman Dies of Texas questioned Ickes over Public Works Administration aid. Dies accused cancellation of a $335 000 Port Arthur Bridge project and a $12 000 000 dam program to pressure his committee. Ickes denied the charges in a heated exchange.
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Washington
U.P
Dies
Tex
House
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Port Arthur
Carpenter Resident Florence Cummings Dies After Illness
Mrs. Florence Cummings age 78 widow of J W Cummings lifelong Carpenter resident died Tuesday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after four weeks illness Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 30 AM Columbia Chapel with interment in Caster Cemetery Four children survive D W Cummings Lizzie Harvey Carrie Webb and Edith Radekin all reside near Carpenter
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Carpenter
Florence Cummings
J. W. Cummings
Carpenter District
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Columbia Chapel
Caster Cemetery
Wife Discovers Husband’s Hidden Divorce After Year Together
Cincinnati Ohio Mrs Robert Lemmon lived with her husband for over a year after he obtained a decree of divorce which she did not know about. Domestic Relations Court records released the disclosure when she asked the court to confirm whether the divorce had taken place.
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Cincinnati
Robert Lemmon
Springfield strike hit two drive-away firms
About 233 union truck drivers from two drive-away firms walked off the job today in Springfield. The action affects vehicle delivery and logistics operations, with union officials citing contract disputes as the motivation.
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Springfield
U.P
No Bi Lateral Trade Treaty For U S Hull
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the National Foreign Trade convention that the United States would not compromise its multilateral trade policy. He warned totalitarian push for bilateral deals could trigger an autarkic collapse and urged stronger reciprocal trade treaties.
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U. S
Cordell Hull
Neville Chamberlain
U.s.hull
New York
U.P
United States
Germany
Walter Funk
Teachers Will Decide On Reopening Schools
A private mass meeting of Dayton's 1300 public school teachers was held to decide if poverty stricken schools will reopen quickly. The board of education closed the schools three days earlier and a temporary injunction dissolved after a three hour conference. Hodapp dropped contempt proceedings against five board members and two officials who had ignored the injunction.
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Dayton
Board of Education
Null M. Hodapp
Citizens’ Committee
Common Pleas Court
Hodapp
Mosier accuses Michelson of ridiculing Dies investigation
Cleveland congressman Harold G. Mosier a member of the House committee on un American Activities accuses Charles Michelson chief publicist for the Democratic National Committee of attempting to ridicule the Dies inquiry.
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Cleveland
U.P
Harold G. Mosier
House Committee On un-American Activities
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Dies
Middletown Tobacco Strike Sparks Gov War Of Words
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey orders 500 National Guardsmen ready as a Middletown tobacco strike looms. CIO leader John L. Lewis accuses Davey of intimidation, declares a reign of terror and planned strikes in Ohio. A court issues an injunction against picketing by force at the P Lorillard plant.
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Lewis
Middletown
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization Today
Ohio
Davey
Gov
CIO
Little Steel
Akron
Pioneer Tobacco
P. Lorillard Tobacco Co
P. P. Boll
Governor assails NLRB as CIO front in Middletown clash
Governor Davey accuses the National Labor Relations Board of being controlled by John L. Lewis and CIO sympathizers. He claims many NLRB lawyers are Communists or sympathetic, and that CIO uses the board to push labor dictatorship. He cites CIO pickets and a Cincinnati official as an organizer, warning the AFL is harmed by biased NLRB decisions.
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Davey
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
CIO
Tam
National Labor Board
NLRB
Cincinnati
Philip G. Phillips
Middletown
American Federation of Labor
CIC
AFL
LRB
Labor Board
Buick Announces Largest Manufacturing Program
Harlow H. Curtice, president of Buick, said the division will run at capacity for the next two months. Output in November and December is planned at an unprecedented volume, marking the largest manufacturing program in Buick history in Flint Michigan.
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Flint
Mich
U.P
Buick
General Motors Corporation
Harlow H. Curtice
Vet hopeful Sport the community dog alive in rock fissure
A veterinarian in Clarksburg West Virginia expressed cautious optimism that Sport the community dog may still be alive after being trapped in a rock fissure for two weeks in Spelter. Local residents remained hopeful as search efforts continued near the cave in the mountain town.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
U.P
Little Mountain
Spelter
Former Diplomat Blames U S for Failure of German Democracy
Dr. William E. Dodd former ambassador to Berlin told Cincinnati readers that U S debt to German democracy helped bring Adolf Hitler to power He cited 1919 tariff walls and non cooperation with the League of Nations as undermining German democracy He urged Christians to apply the Golden Rule in foreign policy.
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U. S
Germany
Cincinnati
U.S
United States
Adolf Hitler
William E. Dodd
Berlin
America
Dodd
University of Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
League of Nations
Geneva
France
Mrs Carr Dies in Columbus Hospital
Mrs Eva Dougan Carr 38 wife of G F E Carr Logan city schools superintendent died this morning in a Columbus hospital after weeks of illness. She was active in Pennsville Church of Christ Logan American Legion Auxiliary and various groups. Surviving: husband and three children Eldon Arlene Lois Ann six brothers two sisters. Funeral services at Leonard Funeral Home Logan Friday at 1 pm and at Pennsville Church of Christ 3:30 pm with interment in Pennsville Cemetery.
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Logan
Eva Dougan Carr
G. F E. Carr
Logan City
Columbus
Carr
Pennsville Church of
Chris
Logan America Legion Auxiliary
Parenteacher Association
Girl Secor
Logan Social Club
Eldon
Arlene
Lois Ann
Leonard Funere
Pennsville
Christ
Poison Roach Powder Blamed for Death at State Institution
Two inmates at the State Institution to the Feeble Minded in Columbus died suddenly Monday after being poisoned by cockroach powder used by a staff attendant as baking soda. Dr. F. L. Keyser, superintendent, filed the report to state welfare director Margaret Allman.
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Columbus
U.P
F. L. Keyser
Supe
Margaret Allman
State Welfar
Serum Aids Farmer In Accident Near Zanesville
A farmer named Fred Long, 38, was injured near Zanesville when a shotgun discharged accidentally. Seru, arriving from Detroit by air, aided his condition after the incident.
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Zanesville
Detroit
Fred Long
Vienna Up Talks Aim to Settle Hungary Czechoslovakia Rift
German and Italian delegations met to settle the territorial dispute between Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The talks focused on borders and future arrangements in Vienna.
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Vienna
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
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Hubby
Caroline Cantlon
WPA
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Mosier
Michelson
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