Middletown Plant Opens Peacefully After Strike
Governor Martin L. Davey sent 500 National Guardsmen to Middletown to guard the P. Lorillard Tobacco Co plant as the CIO Tobacco Workers Union ended its one month strike with only one dissent. John L. Lewis condemned the turn as surrender and warned of future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
P. Lorillard Tobacco Co
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin L. Davey
Davey
CIO Proffeer Tobacco Workers' Union
CIO
John L. Lewis
Washington
U.P
Ohio
Lewis
John Lewis
Youngstown
National Labor Relations Board
Paul W. Fuller
Cincinnati
Sam Sponseller
America
Fuller
Retail Merchants Association
John Owens
Columbus
Tobacco Workers’ Union
Congress
Supreme Court
Bar Pension Workers From Political Activity
In Columbus the State Division of Aid for the Aged warns that employees may not engage in any political activities. Wray Bevens, chief, says soliciting votes from old age pensioners for any candidate will be treated as a serious offense.
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Columbus
U.P
State Division of Aid For the
Bevens aims to send pension reform reply Friday
Pension Chief Wray Bevens prepared a reply to the Federal Social Security Board's 12 requirements for Ohio pension administration changes. The plan is to submit to Governor Davey and then to the board, seeking approval to release the federal share of pension funds held since October. If approved, 112,000 old age pensioners in Ohio would have their checks mailed immediately.
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Columbus
Wray Bevens
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Davey
Social Security Board
Rebels Seek Wrecks Crew After Cantabria Sinking
A report says a Spanish Nationalist auxiliary vessel attacked and wrecked the Cantabria and sought politically important crew members. Captain Manuel Arguelles says the ship was pursued to capture crew members wanted by Nationalists. Of 36 aboard, the captain his wife two children and a steward were landed at Cromer, 11 men taken by Pattersonian, 20 believed aboard the nationalist ship.
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London
U.P
Cantabria
Edward W. Harrison
Manuel Arguelles
Cromer
Pattersonian
France bans wheat exports to colonies gives state monopoly
The government closes the French colonial empire to foreign wheat imports and grants the national wheat office a monopoly on markets in overseas possessions.
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Paris
UPR
National Wheat Office
New Housing Plan Aimed at Middle Income Families
Federal Housing Administrator Lambert proposes a new approach to middle income housing. He suggests eliminating building profits and local taxes if needed to provide low rent housing for forgotten families. The plan envisions housing authorities and private firms building cheaply with tax exempt bonds and investor returns of about four percent.
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Washington
U.P
Gerad B. Almbert
Federal Housing Administration
Lambert
Lampert
Mountain Area Sees Severe Fall Drought
The Weather Bureau reports one of the most severe and widespread fall droughts in the region between the Appalachian and the Rocky Mountains. It notes an extremely dry October, possibly the driest on record across the area.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Appalachian
Rocky Mountains
Survey Flights Across Atlantic Set for April
New York based American Export Airlines plans Atlantic survey flights starting next April using a $200,000 Consolidated PBY-4 flying boat under construction. Delivery is due in February. After testing on the Pacific coast, the aircraft will head east for routes to European and Mediterranean ports. The group targets air freight and passenger service to those regions.
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NEW York
U.P
American Export Lines, Inc
American Export Airlines, Inc
Atlantic
James M. Eaton
Pacific
Near Eastern
Zaleski Native Dies Tuesday
Mrs. George B. Rhea age 87 longtime Southeastern Ohio resident and descendant of the Will family dies after a brief illness at the home of Mrs. James Wood in Cleveland Heights. She was born in Zaleski and was a Nabby Lee Ames Chapter DAR member. Funeral services are set in McArthur this afternoon. She is survived by two daughters four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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George B. Rhea
Arthur Johnson
Columbus
James’ Wood
Cleveland Heights
Wood
Rhea
Will
Ohio
Zaleski
Nabby Lee Ames
Daughters of the American Revolution
Athens
McArthur
Clara Will
Ex-Followers of Old Outlaw Gang Captured in Texas
A West Texas posse captured two men and a woman charged with armed robbery. Identified as relatives or followers of the Hamilton Barrow gang, the prisoners are Joe Carson 24, Ollie Miner Smith a former Hamilton Barrow follower, and Marie Barrow Francis 21, sister of Clyde and Buck Barrow.
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San Angelo
Tex
West Texas
Hamilton and Barrow Brothers
Southwest
Joe Carson
Raymond Hamilton
Ollie Miner Smith
Hamilton-Barrow
Marie Barrow Francis
Clyde
Buck Barrow
Two Men Injured in Falls at Mine No 6
Nelsonville report says two men were hurt in coal falls at Millfield Mine No 6 on Wednesday night with Howard Rutter hit on the head and Woodrow Rutter hit on the hand and back. Woodrow transferred to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. he later returned to work. Wilbur Hill also sustained minor head injuries in a separate morning incident.
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Nelsonville
Millfield Mine No. 6
Howard Rutter
Woodrow Rutter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Wilbur Hill
China to Fight to a Finish Signals From Chiang Kai-Shek
President Roosevelt received Chinese ambassador Hu Shih who read Chiang Kai-Shek’s manifesto urging continued resistance to Japan. The note said China is prepared to fight the war to a finish and sustain war efforts under Nationalist leadership.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hu Shih
Japan
White House
Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt Opens Work On Friday Speech For Democrats
President Roosevelt started work today on a nationwide address to be delivered Friday urging the election of forward looking Democrats. White House aides say the speech will primarily aid the party ticket in New York but will have broad appeal for the entire country.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Deadlock Reported in Mine Parley over Wage Hour Rules
A joint committee of anthracite operators and United Mine Workers leaders is deadlocked over contract revisions tied to the wage hour law. Operators proposed cutting all work to 44 hours weekly with wage reductions. UMWA says current agreement already aligns with the law. The contract expires April 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers
Wagehour
Elmer F. Andrews
UMWA
Gallipolis liquor dealers irked by party fundraising letters
Gallipolis liquor permit holders including two lodges report irritation after receiving letters from the Democratic State Executive Committee soliciting campaign contributions. Blank checks were enclosed with a suggestion they be used for the good of the cause.
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Gallipolis
Democratic State Executive Committee
Champion Favored in Cornhusking Contest
Cloudy skies and a heavy track favor the defending champion Ray Hanson of Minnesota in the Battle of the Bangboards. Twenty one husky farmers from eleven states contend for the national cornhusking crown under steady rain.
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Dell Rapids
S. D
Ray Hanson
Minnesota
Cleveland man to begin life term for Marino slaying
Thomas Galati of Cleveland, the fourth man convicted in the Roy Marino underworld killing in Youngstown, was to be transported to the Ohio Penitentiary to start serving a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
U.P
Thomas Galati
Cleveland
Roy Marino
Ohio Penitentiary
Dictators Speed Re Making Of World Map
Dictatorial regimes redraw borders at breakneck pace after Munich pact. Japan asserts East Asia as their domain while Nazi and Fascist ministers carve Central Europe, with Hungary eyeing restored lands and Prague fearing shifting power as Britain edges toward appeasement amid mounting tensions.
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China
United Press
Munich
China Sea
Mediterranean
Europe
Far East
Japan
East Asia
Toyko
Fumimaro Konoye
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Archduke Otto
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Vienna
Czech Republic
Fuehrer
Czech
Ruthenia
Poland
Prague
Budapest
Russia
Germany
Yugoslavia
Paul
Bucharest
Carol
Bela Imredy
Experts Seek Larger Market WASHINGTON
The Agriculture Department unveiled plans to curb massive surpluses by expanding markets for cotton and wheat. Preliminary corn crop estimates aim to set a loan rate near 57 to 61 cents per bushel, with a possible total crop exceeding 2.475 billion bushels.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department
May Open Poet's Tomb To End Bacon Dispute
London report says eerie lights in Westminster Abbey led to rumors the tomb of Edmund Spenser was opened to settle a 170 year old claim that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays. Abbey officials denied the opening and cited a survey to locate Spenser's burial spot.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Edmund Spenser
Prince of Poets
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare
Spenser
Watering Trough at Buchtel Modernized With Pipe Supply
The old Buchtel watering trough, the village's longtime water source, gains a new concrete structure and a pipe to Councilman George L. Schuey. He has added a small water bucket and pipe to his home, while others still haul water by bucket from the trough or to nearby Sayre barn. The trough and underground lake behind it spotlight local WPA and village efforts.
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Nelsonville
Buchtel
George L. Schuey
Maters
Buchtelites
WPA
No. 4
John McMullen
Chauncey
Schuey
Sayre Slaughterhouse
Kelso Seeks Expungement Of Name From Court Records
Nelsonville attorney John Kelso announced a motion to expunge references to his name from court records after a rebuke was entered in Common Pleas Court. He indicated a hearing may be requested and delivered the motion to the Clerk of Courts before discussing the matter with Judge Rowland by phone.
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Bulkley
Taft
Cleveland
Sawyer
Bricker
Davey
Dayton
John E. Breidenbach
Dayton Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
John Kelso
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
Jacksonville
Kelso
O. F. Rowland
Ruth Burdette
Mountaineers Continue Digging for Pet Dog
CLARKSBURG West Virginia Digging for sport the brown and white beagle hound trapped in a sink hole in Spelter Mountain for 15 days continued with pick and shovel. After dynamite supply exhausted rescuers used hand tools to loosen rock and earth holding the pet of the Spelter mining community captive.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
U.P
Spelter Mountain
Spelter
Lindbergh Reported Near British Citizenship Post
The West End and Soho Weekly will report Lindbergh is to seek British citizenship for himself and his family and may accept a high civil aviation post in England. British sources say naturalization is not yet possible due to unsettled residential requirements under British law.
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London
West End
Soho
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
Lindbergh
Capone lieutenant shot dead in Hammond drive
Walter Leon Ard, 35, once allied with Capone, was found dying in his Chicago linked gangland ride in a Hammond Indiana residential district. Police say he was shot, likely during a gang activity.
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Capone
Hammond
Ind
Walter Leonard
Chicago
Baseball Mogul Weeghman Dies in Chicago at 64
Funeral services set for C. H. Weeghman a former waiter whose rise built a Chicago lunchroom empire and led to ownership of the Chicago Cubs baseball club. Weeghman died in Chicago at age 64.
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Chicago
C. H. Weeghman
Chicago Icubs
Skywriting debut for Liebman campaign plea over New York
Mrs. Grace Liebman flew over Midtown New York and wrote Vote Liebman in smoke for her husband Walter H. Liebman a New York Democratic candidate for Congress. Commercial aviators praised the flawless first skywriting effort.
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Grace Liebman
New York
Midtown
Liebman
Walter H. Liebman
Congress
Death Follows Diet of Venom
Clyde R. McGrew an 81 year old former superintendent of mails died after three years of self administered moccasin venom treatments. Doctors say the venom kept him alive as a last resort and then as a daily routine after kidney tumor surgery was deemed impossible. He learned to inject the venom himself in his leg.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Clyde R. McGrew
Mails
McGrew
George B. Rockwell
American Embassy Hit By Insurgent Shell
A Nationalist shell damaged the American embassy in Madrid last night creating a three foot hole in the building and wrecking the bedroom of the ambassador. Claude G. Bowers has abandoned the embassy for months and operates from Hendaye on the French border.
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Madrid
U.P
Claude G. Bowers
Hendaye
Judge Jones Ineligible For Relief Commission
Columbus US Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy ruled that Judge W. J. Jones of Vinton County cannot serve on the state unemployment relief commission due to his judge position.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
W. J. Jones
Vinton County
State Unemployment Relief Commission
Rearing Children Theme Opens Ohio PTA Congress
Delegates at the 33rd annual Ohio Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations gather in Columbus for conferences on their local units. Dr. Louis Mann of Chicago addresses the theme Who Is Rearing Our Children. Dr. Ada Hart Arlitt of Cincinnati urges parental involvement and notes adolescence shifts. She says by 12 the family influence wanes as peers and media rise, urging early upbringing.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Congress of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Louis Mann
Sinai Congregation
Chicago
Ada Hart Arlitt
University of Cincinnati
Parent Education
P.T.A
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Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Morris Sheppard
Texas
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George H. Bender
Senator Bulkley
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Bender
Sheppard
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Prestonsburg
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Tackett
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