Guilty Pleas Entered By Helwigs
Gart and Gilbert Helwig of New Lexington pleaded guilty to first degree murder. Hearing set Thursday before three Common Pleas Judges to determine life in prison or the electric chair. Also named are John Faught and Judge O F Rowland
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Gart
Gilbert Helwig
New Lexington Brothers
Common Pleas
Helwigs
John Faught
John Brien
O. F. Rowland
Athens
Frank M. Acton
Lancaster
Carlos M. Riecker
McConnelsville
Acton
Riecker
Carl V. We
Faught
Carl Helwig
O’brien
Sunrise
Athens County
John J. Woolley
No Helwigs
Rowland
Footprint Evidence Convicts Two In Ming Co Burglary
A jury convicted Phil Sheridan and George Ciano in Cleveland Common Pleas Court on scientific ballistics and dust evidence. The pair, part of a gang, burglarized the M. J. Ming Co. on July 23, stealing jewelry valued at $1000.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Phil Sheridan
Youngstown
George Ciano
Chicago
Common Pleas
George P. Baer
David L. Cowles
M. J. Ming Co
Sheridan
Ciano
Ming
Californians Vote on Labor Rights Initiative
San Francisco reports voters decided today on a labor measure banning mass picketing sit down strikes and intimidation. Opponents from AFL and CIO affiliates said the wording would hamper almost all union action and economic activity.
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San Francisco
U.P
California
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Women seek Senate and House seats in wide U S ballot
Twenty one women in 11 states sought election today among hundreds of candidates for the United States Senate and House of Representatives. There were no women candidates for governor.
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Washington
U.P
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Move To Prevent Political Use of WPA Funds Urged
Senator Morris Sheppard proposed amending the Federal Corrupt Practices Act to bar the use of Works Progress Administration funds in elections and to stop coercion of WPA workers. He also outlined additional reforms including extending the act to primaries, restricting federal money to states, clarifying employee campaign contributions, and tightening franking regulations.
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Washington
U.P
Morris Sheppard
D., Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Sheppard
King George to Visit United States on US Tour Next Spring
King George announced to Parliament that he will visit the United States during his Canadian tour next spring at the invitation of President Roosevelt. It would mark the first reign visit by a British monarch to the United States amid tension from a parliamentary by election. A Labor margin gain questioned Prime Minister Chamberlain's peace policy over the Munich agreement and dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.
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London
U.S
George
Roosevelt
United States
Labor Party
Commons
Czechoslovakia
Neville Chamberlain
Bandit Robbery Probe As Posse Sweeps Six Counties
A 250-strong posse from six counties scoured five miles near Bremen for three men who robbed the Junction City Banking Co of 1700 after closing hours. The bandits fled on foot after abandoning their car stuck in mud. A farmer witness saw them dive into a woods as officers considered a westbound freight train escape. Cashier Walter Metzger and two clerks Miss Laura Saffel and Miss Marguerite Hamister were held at gunpoint.
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Lancaster
U.P
Bremen
Junction City Banking Co
Paul van Atta
Pennsylvania
Walter A. Metzger
Laura Saffel
Marguerite Hamister
Japan May Preserve Open Door Policy in China
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita expected to announce that Japan will back the open door principle in China with equal economic opportunity for all, contingent on recognizing Japan's dominant position in Eastern Asia.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Asia
West Virginia election opens with light turnout
Charleston reports a light early vote in the West Virginia election with no statewide contests of major importance.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Television Movies To Be Broadcast To Homes In January
Paramount Studios announced plans to broadcast televised Hollywood movies to homes starting in January via a New York transmitter at Montclair New Jersey and later nationwide. Chairman Stanton Griffis said sets would be the required equipment and noted potential impacts on theaters and production while promising clips like prize fights and football games could be shown in theaters via Dumont's system.
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Studio
Hollywood
U.P
Paramount Studios
Stanton Griffis
Studios
New York
Montclair
N. J
Hol
Lywood
Griffis
Allen B. Dumont
Dumont Laboratories, Inc
Madison Square Garden
Dumont
Election results shown on Messenger screen in Athens district
Complete and late returns will be displayed tonight at The Messenger Building. Four telephone lines 0244 0245 0246 and 0250 provide home access to voters across Athens and the district. Returns flash on screen after eight, with scattered national results soon after this hour. Athens County results arrive from the election board and county results are delayed toward midnight.
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Messenger
Athens
Columbus
Nation
Athens County
Election Board
Cold Wave Moves Eastward From Rocky Mountain Belt
Weather across the plains and Midwest shows heavy snow in Colorado Wyoming Montana Iowa with eight inches reported. Eastern states remain summerlike while a rapid cold front headed from the Rockies toward the Atlantic coast. In Cleveland the temperature fell from 79 to 40 degrees entering the day.
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Rocky Mountain Belt
Chicago
U.S
Rockies
Mississippi
U. S
Atlantic
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Texas
Oklahoma
Missisippi
Missouri
Ohio
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Mercury
Term used in newspapers not suited for radio
Washington officials of three broadcasting chains said using newspaper terms like Flash and Bulletin in radio dramas is poor policy. The meeting noted the War of the Worlds scare but focused on technique rather than the drama itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
H. G. Wells
United States
Supreme Court to hear coal code test case in November
Logan staff special reports the coal code dispute from Hocking County to the Ohio Supreme Court where a motion to certify will be argued on November 10. The case stems from Starr Jackson Coal Co refusal to pay assessments under the 1935 coal code portions ruled unconstitutional.
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LOGAN
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Starr-Jackson Coal Co
Increased Anti Jewish Action Follows Shooting
Nazi reaction to the Paris shooting of Ernst Von Rath by a 17 year old Jewish youth spurred anti Jewish demonstrations in Vienna and a flood of hostile newspaper commentary Adolf Hitler dispatched his physician Dr Brandt and Munich University surgical chief Prof George Magnus to Paris to treat Rath.
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Berlin
A.P
Vienna
Ernst von Rath
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Brandt
George Magnus
Munich University
Rath
Sally Rand Fined for Assault and Battery in Hollywood
Sally Rand, famed bubble dancer, was fined 100 dollars by Municipal Judge C. A. Ballreich after being convicted of assault and battery against C. R. Stanford and Hazel Drain. The incident followed their heckling at a theater during her first row dance photos.
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Hollywood
A.P
Sally Rand
C. A. Ballreich
C. R. Stanford
Hazel Drain
Burglars Take Only 10 Pants for Team
A humorous note on a burglary at East High School field house where 10 pairs of football pants were stolen. The fragment also mentions Spanish Loyalists and Nationalists exchanging offensives near the Ebro River in a separate context.
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Columbus
East High School
Hendaye
Ebro
Think Woman Jumped From Ocean Liner
Authorities search for Mrs. Loretta Schaeffer after her baggage is found aboard a Long Island steamer. Police believe she jumped into the sea from the Colonial Line ship Comet, possibly with her husband and baby. Her stateroom was empty, door locked, key missing, and clothing including a woman's dress and baby wear found in the baggage. New York police say no record of a Dr. Schaeffer automobile accident matches the report.
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Providence
R. I
U.P
Loretta Schaeffer
Long Island
Colonial Line
Comet
New York
Dies Seeks NLRB Records in Labor Case
Chairman Martin Dies of the House committee says he will request full NLRB records on a case dropped after $100 paid to a Communist lawyer. J B Matthews of Consumers Research testified the NLRB case against his firm related to an AFL strike was dropped after payment to A J Isserman of Newark New Jersey. The payout was to be shared with two strikers though the firm was ordered to reinstate 42 workers with back pay since October 1935.
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Washington
U.pix
Martin Dies
Tex
House Committee
National Labor Relations Board
J. B. Matthews
Consumers Research
NLRB
American Federation of Labor Union
A. J. Isserman
Newark
N. J
Limb Falls on Sleeping Farmer in Green Township
Gallipolis report says Joseph Sharp, Green Township farmer, was sleeping under a tree after corn husking when a high wind caused a large limb to fall on his left leg below the knee. He is cared for at home.
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Gallipolis
Joseph Sharp
Green Township
Sharp
Elderly Man Dies While Preparing to Vote in Cleveland
William E. Jindrak, 80, died of a heart attack today in Cleveland while preparing to cast his ballot. The death occurred at the polling place as voters queued and local officials reported no foul play.
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Cleveland
U.P
William E. Jindrak
New Deal Is On Trial in Many States
National off year election sees close races across 47 states with rain likely affecting turnout. Forecasts hint at Republican gains in Senate House and governorships while a conservative trend and pension plans loom. About 40 million ballots possible as 498 offices at stake.
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New York
U.P
mid-Atlantic Coast
Plains States
Maine
Senate
House
New England
Middle Atlantic
North Central
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Still Walks to Polls Though 94 Years Old
Valentine Christmann 94 celebrated a birthday last week and walked to the polls in 1B Precinct Logan. He is believed the oldest to vote in Hocking County today, having formerly lived in Athens County.
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Logan
Hocking County
Valentine Christmann
North St
Athens County
Dancer Sued Over Hat Criticism in Hollywood
Irene Castle Mc Laughlin, ex dance team member and film technical director, faces a $150000 damage suit from Sonya Zaranoff who alleges Os she insulted Zaranoff hats by saying they were terrible.
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Hollywood —Up
Hollywood
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Sonya Zaranoff
Thousands of Jews flee Slovakia for Hungarian areas
Thousands of Jews escape or are deported from Slovakia into Hungarian occupied zones as the crisis worsens. Waves of people converge on transitional routes amid wartime upheaval in Bratislava and surrounding regions.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Slovakia
Black Attacks Court Decision On Florida Citrus Labels
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black criticized his fellow judges in a dissent on the courts first opinion day of the 193839 session. He argued the Florida embossing law intruded on state legislative rights while the court postponed rulings on the Child Labor Amendment the National Labor Relations Board and the Kansas City stockyards rate case.
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Washington
U.R
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
High Tribunal
Florida
National Labor Relations Board
Kansas City
Adoptive suit over claimed misrepresentation at Marion home
Mrs. Hazel Curtiss of Columbus sues ex superintendent Elmer Barkley and matron for 5000 dollars alleging the adopted boy was misrepresented as an ideal child. She claims the boy is mentally deficient and that his mother is alive. The child has been returned to Marion County Children's Home.
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Marion
Hazel Curtiss
Columbus
Elmer L. Barkley
Marion County Children’s Home
Barkleys
Quints Tonsil Operation Planned for Wednesday
The Dionne quintuplets will undergo tonsil and adenoids removal on Wednesday. They were moved to Dafoe nursery hospital where a team from Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children will perform the procedures.
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Callander
Dafoe Nursery
Toronto
G Men Trap Pair Who Demanded 20000 From Socialite and Mother
Federal agents say they trapped two extortionists by staging a mock transfer on a Buffalo Erie train. Alexis Barbeau and his mother were threatened with death for 20000. Catalano and De Pasquale were arrested and held on 50000 bonds.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alexis C. Barbeau
Katherine Barbeau
J. Catalano
Anthony L. de Pasquale
Silver Creek
Total To Be Below Early Expectations
Ohio voters faced rain sleet and snow as they went to the polls with the total turnout expected below 2 750 000. Athens High reported 473 votes for Bricker and 252 for Sawyer while officials predicted slow early voting in several counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Sawyer
John W. Bricker
Senate
Robert J. Bulkley
Ardent New Dealer
Robert A. Taft
State Supreme Court
Supreme and
Appellate Court
Secretary of State
Bricker
Sawyer
Forest Fires in Ohio Held to Small Areas
CHILLICOTHE Residents.report smoke from fires outside Ohio. John A. Bastian, assistant state forester, says fires are widespread but controlled to smaller areas. He urges landowners to monitor timber lands and notify wardens or towermen at once if fire is found.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
John A. Bastian
Murder charge filed in Lancaster County case
Edward E. Wolfe aged 53 faces murder charges after allegedly confessing to Sheriff William J. Belhorn that he fatally stabbed Albert Leroy Walter, a 53 year old farmer, on Saturday in Lancaster County.
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Lancaster
Edward E. Wolfe
William J. Belhorn
Albert Leroy Walter
Senate Seats at Stake in New York Upstate Election
Thirty four Senate seats are at stake in today s election with thirty one held by Democrats and three by Republicans.
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Senate
New York
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