Germany and U S Diplomatic Tensions Rise Over Berlin Withdrawal
U P reports Germany recalled Ambassador Dieckhoff amid strained ties after the US ordered Ambassador Wilson home. Roosevelt plans to seek Congress approval to allow 12 000 to 15 000 German and Austrian refugees to stay on visitor permits.
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United Press
Germany
United States
Hugh Wilson
Berlin
Hans Dieckhoff
Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
Congress
Athens Community Chest Seeks Boost After Slow Start
Athens faces a slow start in the 1938 Community Chest drive with day five totaling 4211.50 and only 35 percent of the goal raised. The campaign aims for 11785 to support seven local agencies, with 7573.50 still needed and headquarters closing briefly for a weekend canvass push.
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Athens Community Chest
Athens
Honor Roll of Contributors to Athens Community Chest 1938 39
List of businesses and individuals in Athens contributing to the Community Chest with 25 dollars or more. Highlights include 100 percent participations from several firms and employees, and certificates to honor those showing full participation. Named entities include Harper C Pendry Harry Z Foster Jones Jones Erskine University Dress Shop Hull Foster Dowler Ferguson Covert Woolley Rowland J R Sprague Luster Fought Ohio Food Market Gill Co Athens Co Div for Aid to the Aged Columbus Co Ohio Electric Athens Junk Athens Bottling Works Cline Pharmacy Athens Messenger Logan's Book News Athens Armature Co A W Matters Athens Home Telephone Security Savings Bank.
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Athens
Harper C. Pendry
Harry Z. Foster Jones
Jones & Erskine
University Dress Shop
Hull Foster, Jr
Dowler & Ferguson
B. M. Covert
Woolley & Rowland
Drs. J. R
J. T. Sprague
Luster Fought & Co
Ohio Food Market
Gill, C. M. & Co
Athens Co. Div
Columbus & Co
Ohio Electric
Athens Junk Company
Athens Bottling Works
Cline
Athens Messenger
Logan’s Book & News Co
Athens Armature Co
A. W. Matters
Athens Home Telephone Co
Security Savings Bank
Hopkins Aims WPA Civil Service Dream Unveiled
Administrator Harry Hopkins told 1,000 WPA executives that the agency should place workers under Civil Service and instill a sense of pride in government work. He cited ample public projects like slum clearance and soil conservation and potential armament production to keep two million WPA staff busy for two decades.
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New York
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Dismissal Looms for State Employes Governor Says
Governor Davey said layoffs of an undetermined number of state employees likely if the budget is not met amid declining revenue. Plans to lay off 600 highway department workers in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties were announced, with a pledge to use part time work where possible and no politics involved.
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Columbus
WUP
Davey
Highway Department
Cuyahoga
Lake
Geauga
Utili
Hahn Lawyers Ask Governor For Clemency
Attorneys for Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn ask Governor Martin L. Davey to grant a clemency hearing after the Ohio Supreme Court denied a rehearing of her murder conviction. Lawyers Brant and Bolsinger conferred with Earhart, the governor’s secretary, as the clemency process involves the Parole Board’s recommendations but the governor is not bound by them.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Clair
Martin L. Davey
State Supreme Court
Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Sidney C. Brant
Hiram Bolsinger
Cincinnati
Daniel
Tax Revenue Slips As Gasoline Funds Must Follow Law
A official noted a decline in revenue from taxes and emphasized gasoline tax funds cannot be diverted from their legally prescribed purposes. He warned that shifting these funds to other uses is not possible under current law.
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Cordell Hull
Nazi Germany
Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Germany
United States
Morris Greentree
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Berlin
Roosevelt Defends Cherry Tree Memorial Plan Amid Protest
President Roosevelt denounces press hysteria over preserving cherry trees for a Jefferson memorial at the Tidal Basin. A protest by about 100 women blocks workers, with several occupying holes around a dug pine tree and vowing to stay until the project ends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Boston
Man Shot by Dog In Hunting Accident Amputates Leg
John Hake, 51, of near Niles, was shot by his own dog during a hunting accident and underwent amputation of his right leg today. The dog stepped on a ground gun trigger when the master called, firing a shotgun blast that shattered the leg.
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Warren
U.P
John Hake
Niles
Hake
Mother shoots infant in Jackson home accident
Jackson Ky Mrs Albert Johnson accidentally shot her six months old daughter to death today as the child rested in the arms of her sister, a 10 year old, at their home Police reported this tragic incident.
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Jackson
Albert Johnson
CIO Blacks Roosevelt's Endorsement
The CIO ends its first convention pledging labor employer contract adherence and New Deal reforms. John L. Lewis named first CIO president after a 28 minute demo, with a resolution endorsing the New Deal social program and urging Roosevelt's extensions. Officials to be elected include Lewis Hillman Murray Carney Fremming.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Congress of Industrial Organization
CIO
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
U.P
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis’ Eyes
Mr. Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
James Carney
Electrical Workers
Harvey Fremming
Oil Field Workers
Carney
West Virginian Urges More Air Service In State
Rep Jennings Randolph says West Virginia has been neglected for commercial air service at a Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing. He supports extending the Cincinnati to Washington route via Parkersburg and Clarksburg and lighting the new path. American Airlines currently flies through Huntington Charleston and Elkins.
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Washington
U.P
Jennings Randolph
West Va
Civil Aeronautics Authority Today
West Virginia
Randolph
Cincinnati
Airways
American Airlines
Huntington
Charleston
Elkins
West
Cincinnati lifts church bingo ban but keeps fraternal limits
The Cincinnati city manager lifted the ban on bingo games sponsored by churches and charitable institutions. The ban on games run by fraternal and social organizations remains. The order is temporary pending law committee recommendations to the city council.
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Cincinnati
C. O. Sherrill
King Carol and Crown Prince Michael Leave London for Paris
King Carol of Roumania and Crown Prince Michael depart London for Paris after a three day royal visit.
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London
U.P
Carol of Roumania
Michael
Paris
Great Britain Joins World Trade Circle Through U S Treaty
Britain and the United States signed a reciprocal trade accord in the White House East Room joining a 20 nation axis. Canada also revised its pact with the U S while protests loom from industry groups over coal duties.
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Great Britain
U. S
Washington
United States
South America
Canada
State Department
National Coal Association
Germany
White House
East Room
Roosevelt Names Four-Man Board to Study Production and Income
President Roosevelt announced a temporary four member board to study national production and income and advise on fiscal and monetary policy. The group includes Henry Morgenthau III Morgenthau Henry Morgenthau as Treasury Secretary and Marriner Eccles, Daniel Bell and Frederick Delano to pursue stable economic recovery.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Patrol Bomber Crash Kills Two Army Aviators at Pearl Harbor
In Honolulu tonight Lieut P. M. Ashworth and Aviation Cadet J. W. Beam were killed when a U S Navy patrol bomber crashed on approach to Pearl Harbor. Five other men were seriously injured as the aircraft returned to its base after a night patrol.
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Honolulu
T. H
P. M. Ashworth
J. W. Beam
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Marietta Woman Struck and Killed by Auto
Mrs. Caro line Y. Streger, 73, of Marietta, was killed last night when struck by an automobile driven by Virgil Brown, 21, of Elba. She was believed blinded by lights as she crossed the street. LOSES LEG IN SHUCKER CONNEAUT, O. Left leg of Kenneth Divine, 20, was amputated after catching it in a corn shucker.
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Marietta
O.R
Caroline Y. Streger
Virgil Brown
Elba
Shucker Conneaut
U.P
Kenneth Divine
Jefferson
Predicts Cold Day Saturday in Ohio Football Forecast
Columbus forecast by U S Weather Bureau meteorologist John C Fisher predicts a sharp temperature drop to around freezing on Saturday with no rain or snow expected except possible flurries in northern and eastern Ohio. The forecast notes recent thunderstorms and above normal temps from the Mississippi Valley to Lake Erie being followed by the cold air moving in from the Plains States.
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Columbus
U.P
John C. Fisher
U. S. Weather Bureau
Fisher
Mississippi Valley
Lake Erie
Plains States
Ohio
Hunting Season Also Pupils Hookey Season
Leetonia High School principal warns students for two-day rabbit hunting and hockey mischief. G L Powell reminds families of state attendance laws and the impact on school discipline.
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Leetonia
A.P
Leetonia High School
G. L., Powell
Powell
Woman narrowly escapes Lover's Lane killer in Washington
Mrs. Edna L. Brown, 40, shot in the thigh, described a light-skinned negro in khaki and a slouch hat who killed her 60-year-old companion Peter F. Murray during a robbery on a Rock Creek Park side-road near the District of Columbia Maryland boundary. Police link the attack to three similar shootings that week and seek the suspect who fired 11 bullets.
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Washington
U.P
Edna L. Brown
Georgetown Hospital
Bethesda
District of Columbia-Maryland
Peter F. Murray
Murray
Mrs. Brown
Business and Labor Leaders Are Witnesses
Senate finance sub committee hearings will include testimony from President William Green of the AFL Gen Robert E Wood of Sears Roebuck and H Boardman Spalding of the National Manufacturers Association as it studies profit sharing. The purpose is to explore tax exemptions and rewards to promote social minded practices in commerce and industry and whether such plans enable workers to share profits.
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Washington
U.P
Clyde L. Herring
D., Jr
Senate Finance
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck & Co
H. Boardman Spalding
National Manufacturers Association Taxation Committee
Vandenberg
Mich
Officials Hope To End WPA Truck Blockade
In Columbus Ohio WPA officials sought a peaceful solution to a six week protest by Akron truck owners against the competitive bidding plan for WPA projects. About 190 truckers bid on contracts when invitations to bid were issued. others boycotted and pressed to return to the fixed hourly rate plan.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
WPA
Akron
Dalhover Electrocuted, Last Brady Gangster in Indiana
Rhuel James Dalhover, 32, a professional killer who boasted he would outdo Desperado John Dillinger, died today in the electric chair at the State Penitentiary in Michigan City. He was the final member of the Al Brady Gang, three Hoosier farm boys who turned to crime across the Midwest.
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Michigan City
Ind
U.P
Rhuel
James Dalhover
Desperado
John Dillinger
State Penitentiary
al Brady
Midwest
Auditor Releases School Bond Retirement Funds
COLUMBUS AP State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson today issued warrants totaling 5 974 000 for the distribution of public school funds to retire 50 percent of maturing notes issued by local boards of education.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Boards of Education
Two Child Brides Found in California
In Visalia Georgia Keener aged 12 married 18 year old Jack Blue with parental consent. In Los Angeles Velma Robinson Greene aged 14 was taken from her 63 year old husband Jones Scott Greene a Kentucky land owner.
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Los Angeles
Tu.p
California
Visalia
Georgia Keener
Jack Blue
Velma Robinson Greene
Jones Scott Greene
Eleven killed in stampede at Ataturk palace event
In Istanbul eleven people died and many were injured during a crowd surge at a presidential palace ceremony honoring Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Police and officials said the incident occurred as a throng pressed toward the chief of state during the event.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal Ataturk
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