Roosevelts New Trial Test Faces Congress Clash
In Pomeroy a jury hears claims about a Eagles Club night on June 26. Roscoe Fowler defends against second degree murder charges as witnesses describe a diverted dance and no quarrel with Lafe Williamson. Mrs Marcella Hodge testifies Fowler stayed in sight aside from one interval.
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Marcella Hodge
Fowler
Williamson
Eagles Club
Roscoe
A. H. Joachim
Virgie Hobstetter
Jack Henry
Cliff Jenkinson
Garnet Jenkinson
John Hite
Charles Gloecner
Meigs County
Lafe Williamson
Cherrington
Hank Young
Earl Titus
Youngs
Hodge
Cortner Paroled Former Ohio Bond Clerk
W Merle Cortner, once chief bond clerk in the Ohio treasurer's office, was paroled effective Sept 1 1938 after a 1935 embezzlement sentence of one to 10 years. He pleaded guilty to $600 embezzlement though auditors say the shortage was $36 513 and the state continues collection efforts.
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Columbus
O.R
W. Merle Cortner
State Treasurer's Office
Ohio
State Parole Board
Cortner
Inquest Notes Hint at Influence Over Testimony
Testimony suggests Fowler tried to shape Young and others to align their accounts with Mrs. Hodge and Annette Ashworth. The state details Mrs. Hodge visiting the jail to discuss the Williamson case with Fowler, daily for a long period after Lafe Williamson’s death.
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Young
Fowler
Hodge
Annette Ashworth
Williamson
Eagles Club
Roosevelt Cancels Appointments Over Infected Tooth
President Roosevelt postponed all engagements today on his physician’s advice due to a painfully inflamed tooth. The illness prompted doctors to limit public appearances as the nation awaited further word on his condition.
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F.D.R
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Establishing of Democracy in Industry Asked
Madden urged mayors to cooperate with the National Labor Relations Board to promote industrial democracy. He cited obstructions by local officials and called for end to the AFL CIO internal war while defending the board’s invalidation of contracts seen as forced on employees.
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Washington
U.P
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
United States Conference of Mayors
Madden
Mayors
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ctizens
Unon
Labor Board
Re elected Master Taber Keeps Grange Post in Harrisburg
The National Grange meeting in Harrisburg Pennsylvania yesterday refused to accept Louis J Taber of Columbus Ohio resignation. Taber was unanimously re elected for an eighth term and has served as a Grange officer for 37 years starting at age 21.
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National Grange
Harrisburg
Louis J. Taber
Columbus
Taber
Twelve Dead in London to Brussels Airliner Crash
Twelve persons were reported killed when an air liner flying from London to Brussels crashed in flames near Ostend Belgium.
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London
Brussells
Ostend
Belgium
Auto Workers End One Night Sit-Down at Fisher Body Plant
About 150 UAW members who blocked the Fisher Body plant in Pontiac left the building after a one night sit-down strike. The Fisher plant normally employs 5,000 and Pontiac 9,000 workers. GM officials indicated the Pontiac factory would close for the day as production was reduced. Approximately 2,500 night workers took part in the action.
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Fisher
Pontiac
Mich
U.P
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Fisher Body
Pontiac Motor Car Company
General Motors Corporation
Two Hunters Die as Ohio Rabbit and Bird Season Opens
Ohio’s hunting casualty list reaches seven wounded and two dead on day two of the rabbit pheasant and Hungarian partridge season. Louis Horazdoski of Cleveland died of a heart attack while hunting near Chardon. Warren Gutridge of Newark died of natural causes on a farm in Southern Licking County. Harry Miller of Thurston was critically wounded by a fellow hunter's gun discharge near Thornville. Harry James of age 35 sustained minor wounds while hunting near Thornville.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Louis Horazdoski
Cleveland
Chardon
Warren Gutridge
Newark
Licking County
Harry Miller
Thurston
Thornville
Harry James
Bolivar Dam Completed by Army Engineers
Army engineers announce Bolivar Dam now finished as the twelfth longest feature in the Muskingum Conservancy District. The 92 foot high structure spans over a mile, near Dover, costing 5.8 million dollars, with Dover Dam and Pleasant Hill Dam due for completion within three weeks.
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NEW
Philadelphia
U.P
Army Engineers
Bolivar Dam
Dover
Tuscarawas County
Pleasant Hill
Ashland County
Begin Unemployment Census To Aid Nations Economy
The federal government launches an unemployment census using 85,000 mail carriers to distribute 85 million 14 question postcards to every U.S. home. Replies by midnight Saturday will be analyzed to measure unemployed numbers and workers capabilities. President Roosevelt urges national teamwork and three national radio broadcasts will instruct on answering the cards. A house to house check of about 2,000,000 people will verify accuracy.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Roosevelt
John D. Biggers
Ohio Glass
Post Office Department
Court Begins Test of TVA
CHATTANOOGA Tenn U P First witnesses were to testify today for 18 southeastern utility companies challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA The utilities argue TVA generates distributes and sells power unconstitutional that generation and distribution is its main aim not navigation or flood control that TVA seeks to monopolize the electric power field in the valley by selling below cost and funded by tax dollars and that extensive navigation is unnecessary on the Tennessee River
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
U.P
New Deal
Electrical Power
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee River
State of Emergency Declared in Portland Amid Violence
Portland officials declared a state of emergency to curb violence linked to rival unions. Acting Mayor R. E. Riley ordered 12 hour police shifts and a midnight curfew for pedestrians and motorists after a wave of shootings, beatings, intimidation, and property damage.
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Portland
Ore
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
R. E. Riley
Ohio Parole Board Grants 38 Paroles at Ohio Penitentiary
The state parole board approved 38 paroles and five conditional releases while continuing 119 cases at Ohio Penitentiary. Action watched by officials in Columbus.
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Columbus
UPI
State Parole Board
Ohio Penitentiary
Hoffman to distribute Lindbergh kidnapping reward before term ends
Governor Harold G. Hoffman said he would distribute the $25,000 reward money approved by the New Jersey Legislature in the Lindbergh kidnapping case before his term ends on June 17.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Intoxicated at Wedding Inspires Heir to Speak Out
Basil Ryan youth heir to the Thomas Fortune Ryan fortune announced he would stay in Hickory North Carolina and reveal all the mysterious facts of his marriage to Martha Barkley of Morganton. He had been treated for an intestinal disorder and released from Memorial Hospital. His former attorney said the wedding occurred while Ryan was full of North Carolina corn. The bride claimed Ryan was not intoxicated at the ceremony.
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Hickory
N. C
U.P
Basil Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Martha Barkley
Morganton
New York
Memorial Hospital
Miss Barkley
Ryan
C. W. Bagby
North Carolina
Bagby
Japan Within Ten Miles of Chinese Line
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces 19 miles from Soo Chow on the new Chinese defense line west of Shanghai. A spokesman claims heavy Chinese losses with thousands of bodies along roads hindering Japanese advances. Fifteen nations pause Brussels talks hoping the US alters neutrality law to back Far East quarantine efforts.
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Shanghai
U.P
Soo- Chow
Brussels
Japan
China
United States
Halifax to visit Hitler for exploratory European peace talks
Viscount Halifax travels to Berlin to confer with Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering as Britain probes possible pacification talks. British spokesmen frame the discussions as exploratory with a view to a broader peace effort, with a possible Rome visit to meet Galeazzo Ciano and Mussolini discussed.
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London
AUP
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Berlin
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Halifax
Rome
Anthony Eden
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Former Governor's Son Returns From Spain
David White son of former Ohio governor George White has returned to New York from Spain to direct work in the United States for the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. He spent about eight months in Spain with the Loyalists in the Tom Mooney Machine Gun Company and fought in several major battles.
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New York
U.P
David White
George White
Ohio
Spain
Friends of the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
White
Tom Mooney
Abraham Lincoln
Officials Hopeful as Solicitations Arrive for Community Chest
Officials report $11,210 in the Athens Community Chest as solicitors speed up after a pep meeting at the Hotel Berry. Campaign leaders urge continued effort to reach the $13,160 goal, with Ward 3 leading contributions over $250.
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Berry
Chest
Athens
Margery Stalder
Frank Murphey
Business House
Earl Beckley
William Fleck
Beckley
Athens Businesses and Institutions Listed in City Directory
A long listing of local Athens entities includes retailers, schools, medical facilities, services, and municipal offices such as Rufus Putnam School Ohio University Music Hall Annex Central School West Side and Fast Side Schools Sheltering Arms Hospital Ohio U Library Bank of Athens Kerr Hardware D Zenner Co Dr Sprague Sheltering Arms and more, detailing shops, restaurants, offices, and organizations in the area.
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Athens Bottling
James Josten
Rufus Putnam
KE. F. Sells Co
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
U. Music Hall
Ohio US
Central School
West Side School
Fast Side
Hotel Berry
Ohio U. East Wing
Foster
Dr. Jacobs
B. M. Covert
Cornwell
McHenry’s Ladies Apparel
J. L. Beckley and Son
The
Athens Messenger
David Farrell
Swanson Furniture Co
Ohio Cleaners
North Grill Lunch
Athens Credit Bureau
Mansfield Garage
U. West Wing
Katherine Figg
J. J. Sister Co
van Dyke
Bauer Grocery
U. Library
Carpenter Hardware
the Bank of Athens
Kerr Hardware
D. Zenner Co
H. Sprague
T. H. Morgan
Wheaton's Hardware
Frank R. Murphey and Son
Slaughter’s
Davies
Drs. Merwin and Goldsberry
U. Science
Walsh Electric Co
Logan's
Murphy's Bakery
Athens
Cornell's
Summers and Son
Powers
Cutler Hall
Carnegie Hall
Walker's
Quick's
County Recorder's
Prosecutor
Varsity
Hixson's
Wonder
Antoinette's
Parker Bros
Union Plans New Drive On Ford Plant Workers
Officials of the United Automobile Workers of America prepare a nationwide drive to unionize Henry Ford's 140,000 workers at the Ford plant in Dearborn Michigan. After a seven hour session the Dearborn Safety Council granted permission to hand out circulars Wednesday near the plant.
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Dearborn
Mich
U.P
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Dearborne
Akron Attorney Sues Time Inc for Libel Over Fortune Article
O. Mather of Akron filed a $100,000 libel suit against Time Inc publishers of Fortune Magazine claiming a Fortune article defamed his reputation. The filing was announced today in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Nation O. Mather
Akron
Today
Time, Inc
Fortune Magazine
Kidnap Gang Escapes Pen From Jamesville Prison
Syracuse dispatch reports John J. Oley Percy Geary and Harold Crowley escaped Jamesville Penitentiary. They overpowered guard John Corbett with a revolver and bound four guards and a matron before fleeing with Eddie Hayes. The trio were captured in New York City last February after kidnapping John J. O'Connell Jr. in Albany in 1933.
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Syracuse
N. Y
O.R
John J. Oley
Percy
Baby Face
Geary
Harold
Red) Crowley
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany
Jamesville Penitentiary
Herbert Paddock
Oley
Crowley
New York City
John Corbett
Corbett
Nellie Hills
Eddie Hayes
Hollywood Faces Gangster Menace as NY Aids Sought
Hollywood officials seek New York police help to curb a gangster threat amid bomb plots and shootings targeting film figures. Investigators probe the killings of Hymie Miller and George Bruneman as possible links to underworld influence over studio strikes.
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California
New York
Hollywood
U.P
Los Angeles
Eddie Cantor
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Business Aid Bloc Demands Speedy Action
A congressional bloc allied with business urged rapid measures to broaden and accelerate support for industry. The group backed revising the undistributed profits tax and pushing a more active business program as Senate delay on farm and labor bills looms.
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Washington
A.P
Congressional
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
House Committee
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Congress
Pat Harrison
Miss
Finance Committee
Mississippi
Barkley Speaks
Alben Barkley
Tom Connally
Tex
Edward R. Burke
Neb
John D. Hamilton
Hunters Find Skeleton of Unidentified Man
A Lawrence County hunting party in Ironton discovered a skeletal remains of a man who appears to have hanged himself from a tree in the woods. The noose remained attached to the tree and the victim is not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Lawrence County
Secrest Improves at Naval Hospital
Naval Hospital reported today that Rep. Robert T. Secrest is very much improved and likely to leave by Wednesday. Secrest, a Democrat from Ohio, was admitted Friday with influenza and acute bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
The
Naval Hospital
Robert T. Secrest
Secrest
Baby boy born to Mattey parents in Zanesville
In Zanesville an infant boy was born to Mr and Mrs John Mattey at Good Samaritan Hospital today. The newborn arrived in an incubator, with details released by hospital staff.
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Zanesville
John Mattey
Good Samaritan Hospital
Baby Dies of Burns in Morgan County
Charles Parker aged 14 months died in Zanesville on Monday from burns received from a stove at his Morgan County home. The infant's death was reported by Morgan County authorities and adds to a local burn tragedy.
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Zanesville
Charles Parker
Morgan County
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Lewis J. Valentine
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