Vandenberg Opposes Immediate Republican Spring Convention
U P reports Sen. Arthur Vandenberg Michigan rebuffs a mid term GOP convention calling for new life in the party. He says the subject not adequately explored and future sentiment must be checked. Other senators and party leaders voice opposition ahead of Chicago committee vote.
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Washington
U.P
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Michigan
National Committee
Vandenberg
William E. Borah
Ida
John G. Townsend
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
Herbert Hoover
John D. M. Hamilton
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Congress
Borah
Old Guard
Townsend
Revolt Drives Push to Revise Undistributed Profits Tax
Washington reports a congressional revolt to revise the undistributed profits tax as the House Ways and Means Sub Committee begins a full review of the federal revenue structure. Senator Frederick Van Nuys aims amendments to ease business burden and tax injustice. House member Frank Buck notes broad opposition citing inhibited new corporations and stifled expansions. Roosevelt signals focus on submerged third relief rather than tax repeal.
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House
van Nuys
Washington
U.P
Ways and Means
Frederick van Nuys
Ind
Frank H. Buck
Calif
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Police Capture Suspect In Gas Station Slaying
In New Buffalo Michigan State Police captured a wounded man who identified himself as James Russin. He is a suspect in the Buchanan service station killing of Herman Reinke a young attendant who died after a holdup last night. Reinke fired at the bandits before dying.
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New Buffalo
Mich
U.P
Michigan
James Russin
Buchanan
Herman Reinke
Reinke
Scalded by Steam Fatality Aboard Mariposa
John Mize aged 26 from Huron Ohio died after live steam entered a water purifying tank he was cleaning on the Great Lakes grain boat Mariposa. The accident occurred Wednesday during routine maintenance.
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Chicago
John Mize
Huron
Great Lakes
State Owned Toll Bridges Will Be Paid for by 1945
Columbus Ohio report says all three state bridges will be free by 1945. Sandusky Bay Bridge may be toll free in 7 to 12 years, Ft Steuben Bridge in seven to eight years, Pomeroy Mason Bridge potentially sooner with WV road improvements. State operation saved the public about $200,000 in passenger car rates.
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Steubenville
Navy
Pomeroy- Mason
Pomeroy
West Virginia
Hill
Hil
Ask Chair for Blonde Borgia
In Cincinnati the state urged a jury of 11 women and one man to sentence Anna Hahn to the electric chair. Prosecutor Dudley M Outcalt called the German-born nurse a “Blonde Borgia” who poisoned four elderly men for money. Hahn faced murder charges in the Wag ner case and evidence tied her to other deaths.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Anna Hahn
Angel of Mercy
Dudley M. Outcalt
Angel
Borgia
Mother of 11 Sentenced On Moonshining Charge
Mrs. Mattie M. Miles age 47 mother of eleven was sentenced in Federal Court to a year and a day in Alderson West Virginia Women's Prison for operating a whiskey still on her Marion County farm. Known as Queen of the Moonshiners she previously drew six months in October 1936 and was released during winter flood relief.
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Louisville
Mattie M. Miles
Alderson
W. Va
Marion County
Miles
Three Nations to Sign Anti-Communism Pact in Rome
The German embassy announced that Italy, Germany and Japan will sign an Anti-Communism pact in Rome on Saturday. The terms match last year’s German Japanese pact and the agreement does not create a military alliance.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Japan
Coal Official Seeks Early Resignation After Price Scales
Chairman Charles F. Hosford of the National Bituminous Coal Commission asked President Roosevelt to permit his resignation once the minimum price scales are finalized under the Guffey Vinon coal control act.
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Washington
AUP
Charles F. Hosford
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Roosevelt
Ohio Railroads Authorized to Draft Freight Rate Changes
The State Public Utilities Commission authorized Ohio railroads to draft basic freight rate changes in line with recent increases approved by the federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Columbus
U.P
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Federal
Interstate Commerce Commissio
92 year old seeks divorce and alimony
In Los Angeles C B Clayton age 92 filed for divorce from his 72 year old wife Mary claiming desertion two years ago and requesting reasonable alimony. He alleged his wife is worth $50 000 and said his prior wives were workers while Mary "likes to play around."
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Los Angeles
A.P
C. B. Clayton
Mary
LaGuardia To Talk With FD After Victory
New York President Roosevelt plans talks with Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia after LaGuardia led a Fusion slate to a sweeping municipal victory. The reform mayor and Thomas E Dewey discuss next year plans as Dewey vows to replace most of Tammany’s 64 appointed assistant district attorneys.
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NEW York
U.P
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Thomas FE. Dewey
Tammany
New York County
George W Bright Dies at Logan Home
George W Bright 78 retired federal employee died at his home on East Hunter Street after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Leonard Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He leaves a wife in Logan and several nephews and nieces. He was Logan High School’s oldest graduate, served five years in the regular army, then 40 years at Leavenworth prison, retiring in 1930. He was a member of the I O O F Lodge.
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Logan
George W. Bright
E. Hunter St
Leonard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
C. W. Graham
Bright
Logan High School
Leavenworth Prison
I. Oo. O. F. Lodge
Gains Claimed In Jap Drives Near Taiyuan
Japanese sources asserted a Chinese retreat in Shansi Province became a rout as Communist forces fled toward Taiyuan. They said heavy Japanese casualties were inflicted and a motorized unit occupied Towan, 25 miles north of Taiyuan, while they closed on the Shansi capital.
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Peiping
AUP
Shansi
Taiyuan
Towan
Four Years Not Two Necessary To Teach
Dr Franklin H McNutt of the State Department of Education told the Ohio Association of College Registrars and Examiners meeting that state policy will require four years of teacher training within eight years. The shift will be gradual with the class entering in 1940 to start the four year program.
Knox joins GOP to oppose Hoover off year convention plan
Col. Frank Knox the 1936 Republican vice presidential nominee and Republican congressional leaders joined in a drive to block former President Herbert Hoover’s proposal for an off year national convention.
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Chicago
Col
Frank Knox
Herbert Hoover
Labor groups condemn Bedaux led Windsors US tour
The AFL’s William Green and the Baltimore Federation of Labor denounced Charles Bedaux as anti labor for guiding the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on a 354 day United States visit. Bedaux dismissed the criticism while noting labor unions in many countries cooperate. The Baltimore resolution also cited the Windsors' links to Hitler and criticized the Duchess’ prior Baltimore residence and stance on labor.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor Today
Baltimore
Charles Bedaux
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
United States
Baltimore Federation of Labor
Bedaux
New York
Green UK
Duke
Wally
Hitler
Green
Committee of Industrial Organization
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Adolf Hitler
Joseph McGurdy
State Department
Government Offers 75 Million in Loans to Corn Farmers
The government, via the Commodity Credit Corporation, plans 75 million dollars in loans to corn growers at up to 50 cents per bushel to help stabilize prices amid a predicted 2.561 billion bushel crop. Loans target farmers in the Corn Belt with moisture tests and storage on farms in bonded cribs. interest at 4 percent, due in 10 months, using 1947 program rules.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit) Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Powers Start Talk on Japan Powers Start Talk on Japan
Eight nations met secretly in Brussels to urge Japan to discuss peace in the Far East. The group includes the United States Great Britain France Italy the Netherlands Belgium and Portugal as Nine Power Treaty signatories. Russia China was excluded. An invitation for Japan to send a delegate to Brussels was contemplated with possible unilateral action by the US Britain and France if Italy blocked it.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.P
Japan
Far East
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
China
Britain
Schorr Leads Thorne by One Vote in Hocking Board Race
Unofficial returns show William Schorr of Washington Township leading David Thorne of Carbon Hill by one vote in the Hocking County School Board race. Schorr has 2,072 to Thorne's 2,971 with all returns not yet in. Already elected are William Sayre and Homer Hedges.
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Logan
Hocking County
William Schorr
Washington Township
David Thorne
Carbon Hill
Schorr
Thorne
William Sayre
Green Township
Homer Hedges
Perry Township
Bank bookkeeper admits embezzling large sum in Missouri case
Lawrence C. Tatman wears a broad grin as he is marched to jail with Officer Lee Quianby in Memphis after surrendering and admitting embezzling 29500 dollars from the Seligman Bank where he served as bookkeeper for 18 years. The theft spanned sixteen years and Tatman said he was tired of deceit and eager to ease his conscience.
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Lawrence C. Tatman
Lee Quianby
Memphis
Tatman
Seligman
Izaak Walton Head New Bureau Appointee
E P Rinehart of Marietta, president of the State Division of the Izaak Walton League, was named assistant chief of the Game Management Bureau in the State Conservation Division by Commissioner L A Wooddell. The new post pays 2400 dollars annually.
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Izaak Walton
Columbus
E. P. Rinehart
Marietta
Izaak Walton League
State Conservation Division
A. Wooddell
Driver Held on Second Manslaughter Charge
Cleveland Ohio notices Charles Lit died from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Frank J Deibel a real estate operator who seven years ago served a 14 month term for automobile manslaughter Deibel faces charges of failing to stop after an accident with a hearing set for November 19 The article notes Lit age 65 died today from Monday’s injuries.
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Cleveland
Charles Lit
Frank J. Deibel
Ohio Penitentiary
Deibel
Eighty Killed in Latest Spanish Bombing Raid
Report from the Franco-Spanish frontier says Barbastro suffered heavy losses after Nationalist bombers struck the Aragon front. Government tallies put fatalities between 70 and 80 with many injured as 12 tri motor bombers dropped large bombs.
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Hendaye
U.P
Aragon
Barbastro
Aragon Front
Black Faces Third Attack In New Office
The attack targets Hugo L. Black's eligibility to the Supreme Court life post. Florida oil royalty certificate dealers petition the court to review the Basic Securities Act and SEC powers, arguing Black's prior Senate Lobby Committee rulings show bias over blanket subpoenas for broker telegrams including those of William Randolph Hearst.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Life
Roosevelt
Florida
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Black
Senate
William Randolph Hearst
Bricker to Represent City in Norwalk Gas Rate Appeal
The City of Norwalk hires former attorney general John W. Bricker to represent the city before the Ohio Supreme Court in its appeal of a public utilities commission ruling that voided a local gas rate ordinance. The commission voided the ordinance after finding it was passed after a rate increase application was filed by Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The city contends the commission lacked authority to override a city council action.
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Columbus
U.P
Norwalk
John W. Bricker
Supreme Court of Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
See Hope for Cure of Hardening of Arteries
New York U.P. reports a Yale pathology professor Dr Milton C Winternitz announced a discovery of an auxiliary blood stream in humans. The finding describes numerous fine blood vessels in the inner lining and covering of arteries, raising hope for a cure for hardening of the arteries.
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NEW York
U.P
New York Academy of Medicine
Milton C Winternitz
Yale University
National Corn Huskers Championship Draws Huge Crowd
MARSHALL Mo. The national corn huskers championship drew an enormous attendance with an expected 125000 spectators. Each of the 20 huskers received a guard of 20 to 30 supporters to shield them from eager fans from ten states where corn grows.
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Marshall
U.P
Weber Farm
Read to be hanged for slaying Charleston salesman
William B. Read age 25 of Four Corners Maryland is to be hanged Friday night at Moundsville penitentiary for the slaying of W Earl Pollman a Charleston salesman on Thanksgiving Eve 1936 Gov Holt denied a commutation of sentence Read has been declared sane by alienists and will die in the penitentiary Friday night
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Charleston
W. Va
William B. Read
Four Corners
Moundsville Penitentiary
W. Earl Pollman
H A. Holt
Read
No Hope Seen For Peace as Delegates Meet
Washington report on AFL and CIO peace talks shows bitter mood and near failure after eight day recess. Sen George Berry urged a truce while CIO demands autonomy and AFL seeks reabsorption, with public and private pressure mounting. Messages from typographical union and others pressed leaders to unite or quit.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Trades Union Movement
A. F. of L
George L. Berry
Tenn
Popular Movement For Peace
Berry
Federation
Printing Pressman's Union
Roosevelt
Lewis
Ohio Chamber of Commerce Ends Three Day Meeting
Delegates concluded a three day session in Dayton as the Ohio Chamber of Commerce debated relief voting thresholds. The board urged lowering required municipal votes from 65 to 55 percent to align with Governor Daveys 50 50 state and local relief matching stance.
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Dayton
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Davey
Cincinnati Municipal Election Leads as Council Slate Tops Charter
In the full first choice tally in Cincinnati, the Republican council slate finished with 10 285 more votes than the charter candidates, reflecting a clear edge in the outcome.
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Cincinnati
Charter
Lindbergh May Return to United States
Letters from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to sponsors of his 1927 New York to Paris flight suggest the aviator, then in England, may return to the United States soon.
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Lindbergh
ST. Louis
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