Sawyer Attacks Bricker Ties as Ohio Campaign Moves
Democratic nominee Charles Sawyer told audiences in Nelsonville and Athens that GOP chairman Ed Schorr controls John Bricker and the Ohio Republican Party. He criticized party methods, touted support from labor groups, veterans, and farmers, and defended his independence and military service. He also noted as Reds lawyer and mused about an all Ohio World Series.
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Ohio
Charles Sawyer
Nelsonville
Athens
Ed Schorr
John W. Bricker
Schorr
Bricker
Sawyer
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
No Gun So Squirrel Attacks Logan Man
Vernon Stump of Logan fought off a enraged squirrel near South Bloomingville and killed it with a club. He was accompanied by Lawrence Ellinger of Logan while working in oil and gas drilling.
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Squirrel
Logan
Ohio
Vernon Stump
Stump
Lawrence Ellinger
South Bloomingville
Aid Needed in Drought States
The National Resources Committee informed President Roosevelt that the Great Plains drought states covering one seventh of the nation remain in need of rehabilitation after six years of heavy emergency expenditures. It urged coordinated relief to achieve lasting readjustments of people with the soil and climate.
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Washington
National Resources Committee
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Prize Winner in Baby Derby Held for Arson
Mrs. Martin Kenny, jailed on arson charges, defends herself as a liar in Toronto. Investigators linked her to the latest in five fires at Kenny family houses amid a $500,000 Toronto maternity marathon and a $12,500 consolation prize.
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Toronto
Ont
Martin Kenny
Kenny
Auto plants hit by strikes as 1939 models roll out
Detroit plants face closures reopenings and a looming strike as UAW tensions rise. Plymouth idle due to workers refusing early shift claiming 32 hour cap, Flint Buick staff weigh a Saturday vote over seniority and grievances, Fisher body supply delays blamed on materials.
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Detroit
U.P
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
Fisher
Pontiac
UAW
Flint
Buick
General Motors Corporation
Cr. G. Edelen
Figures Show Drop in Sales Tax Revenues
Columbus report shows state sales tax receipts for nine months ending Oct 1 at 27,372,147, down from 37,104,875 a year earlier. Auto tax receipts also fall from 6,762,717 to 3,020,925 as stamps required for title enforcement aids collection.
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Columbus
U.P
Clarence H. Kinsley
Industrialists Offer Full Cooperation in Monopoly Probe
A committee of prominent industrialists led by W Averell Harriman offered complete cooperation with the joint congressional executive panel probing monopolies. Harriman, head of Union Pacific and chair of the Commerce Department advisory council, said the facts should come out and consequences follow. The council has advised on business and federal issues for six years.
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Washington
U.P
W. Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Secretary of Commerce
F D Roosevelt Weighs Labor Study Plea From Newspaper Guild
President Roosevelt considered a request to initiate a study of labor conditions to ease worker employer tensions. The proposal came from officers of the American Newspaper Guild in Hyde Park New York.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
American Newspaper Guild
Norris Won't Seek Re-Election After 1942 Term
McCook Nebraska veteran Progressive U S Senator George W Norris of Nebraska announces he will not seek another term after his current term ends in 1942. Norris, long regarded as a leader of the progressive movement in Congress, has been a prominent figure for 28 years.
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France
Italy
Mediterranean
Rome
Andre Francois Poncet
Pime
Nevile Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Mussolini
Hitler
Rome-Berlin
Middle Europe
Comptroller Calls for National Bank Condition Reports
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of September. The action aims to assess bank health and stability across the federal system.
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Washington
UPR
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Subsidy Plans Debated for Crop Surplus in Washington
U P dispatch reports senators debating subsidy schemes and credits for foreign debt defaulters to purchase agricultural commodities. Proponents cite cotton support, but Sen Russell warns there is no immediate chance of approval. funding might wait for next session to handle this year’s crop payments.
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Washington
U.P
Logan
Smith
S. C
Agriculture Department
Delay Strike In Beet Field Postponed To December
A threatened strike by Ohio and Michigan sugar beet workers was deferred until December to align with federal hearings on beet prices in Toledo and Saginaw. The decision followed a union meeting in Ottawa Lake with CIO affiliate Don Henderson noting no wage demands now, but plans to request raises in December.
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Toledo
Aur
Ohio
Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Ottawa Lake
Blissfield
Don Henderson
Washington
Cannery, Agricultural and Packing and Allied Workers
CIO
Japanese Mine Blast Fatal to 37 and Traps 120
Exchange telegraph dispatches from Tokyo report a coal mine explosion at Yubari killing 57 and injuring 29. Some 120 miners remain trapped 7000 feet below the surface with hope fading.
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London
U.P
Exchange Telegraph
Tokyo
Yubari
Desperate Love Ends in Crime at Davidson County Jail
Lula Belle Kimel, daughter of jailer T. C. Kimel, fell for James Godwin and freed him and his partner with her revolver. The duo escaped, murdered a man, and committed multiple holdups before Godwin was recaptured yesterday. Kimel’s father resigned in humiliation.
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Davidson County
Lexington
N. C
T. C. Kimel
Lula Belle Kimel
James Godwin
Luja Belle
Godwin
Wallace Sacks New Directors to Key Agriculture Posts
Secretary Wallace launches a drastic reshuffle in the Agriculture Department the widest in 25 years to coordinate the New Deal farm program. He reassigns executives to align marketing and production control across agencies and thousands of offices nationwide with the aim of meeting surpluses and price declines.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue Reports Record Collections for 1938
Washington reports that the 1938 fiscal year ending June 30 saw miscellaneous internal revenue rise to 2,287,075,357 dollars, a gain of 79,467,184 dollars over the prior year. Tax collector Guy T. Helvring announced the historic total.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvring
Czech Autonomy Granted to Slovaks Amid Munich Aftermath
Prague grants autonomy to 3,000,000 Slovaks within Czechoslovakia and readies talks with Hungary over eastern territories. Germany moves to absorb four districts and may hold plebiscites in the fifth area, altering population balance as Nazi control expands.
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London
Ll.p
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
International Commission
Reich
Hitler
Austria
Czech
Czech Republic
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Italy
Grand Council
Reveals Nazi Espionage Plan Hearings Blocked
The House committee on un American activities paused public hearings after testimony that Germany has launched an intense espionage program in the United States. Arnold Gingrich editor of Ken magazine urged a detailed inquiry into German espionage and testified about the Silver Shirts fascist group. He said the Gestapo added three new departments in the past year devoted to espionage in the U S.
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Washington
U.P
House Committee On
unAmerican
United States
Dies
Tex
Arnold Gingrich
Ken
Gingrich
Silver Shirts
Secret Service
Gestapo
Musician on Relief Loses Valuable Stradivarius in Theft
San Francisco 71 year old musician on relief Albert Klingbeil reported a Stradivarius violin from 1700 valued by collectors at about $7,000 was taken from his room by a burglar. He said he receives $18.32 a month in relief and would not sell the instrument.
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San Francisco
Albert Klingbeil
Klingbeil
AFL Lays Plans Today for Anti Wagner Act Campaign
At its Houston convention the American Federation of Labor outlines a campaign to revise the Wagner Act. Joseph A. Padway will map the push in Congress to curb the National Labor Relations Board and grant unions an appeal from board decisions. The AFL accuses the NLRB of favoring the CIO and votes to fund the drive with a new $400,000 assessment.
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AFL
Houston
Tex
A.P
American Federation of Labor
Joseph A. Padway
Congress
A. F. of L
National Labor Relations Board
Committee For Industrial Organization
Padway
Roosevelt
CLO
Federal agents to target illegal liquor sales in Ohio and Kentucky
Federal Alcohol Administrator W S Alexander announced an intensified drive with special investigators for Ohio and Kentucky. State Auditor Joseph Ferguson said Ohio loses substantial revenue to whiskey bootleggers, with Cincinnati as the main conduit for Kentucky whiskey to illicitly reach Ohio markets.
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Washington
W. S. Alexander
Ohio
Kentucky
Alexander
Joseph Ferguson
Federal Alcohol Administration
Ferguson
Cincinnati
Germany more powerful than in 1914 says Miller
London based dispatch argues that Hitler's moves have collapsed the Versailles Charter and expanded German power through Austria and the Sudetenland. Britain and France seek a counterbalance with Mussolini, aiming to realign Europe and isolate the Soviets while eyeing Ethiopia and Spain. Franco's neutrality clouds the Madrid conflict.
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United Press
London
U.P
Munich
Europe
Versailles
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
France
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Berlin
Reich
Germany
Middle Europe
Austria
Sudetenland
Black Sea
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Roumania
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
Spain
Francisco Franco
Britain
Killer of Five Is Executed in Gas Chamber
Adam Richetti, famed Kansas City Union Station massacre gunman, was executed in Missouri by lethal chamber after midnight. He muttered a claim of innocence as the chair was strapped on. Richetti had survived earlier gang violence and ambushes, including clashes with Pretty Boy Floyd.
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Jefferson City
Adam Richetti
Kansas City Union Station
Richetti
Missouri State Penitentiary
Pretty Boy
Floyd
FDR Weighs Spy Threats as U S Actions Expand
President Roosevelt said he is concerned about foreign espionage in the United States and is studying countermeasures. He spoke with Lamar Hardy, U S district attorney for New York, who is prosecuting a German spy case slated for trial in New York City after returning from Europe.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
America
Lamar Hardy
United States
New York
Hardy
New York City
Europe
Hitler Struck by Bouquet of Roses While Driving
Adolf Hitler was scratched in the face today when a bouquet of roses was thrown at him during a drive to Jaegerndorf in Sudetenland. Sudetenlanders were urged to refrain from throwing flowers at Hitler thereafter.
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Derlin
Adolf Hitler
Jaegerndorf
Sudetenland
Sudetenlanders
Hitler
Bribe Defense Begins in Lorain County Slot Case
The defense for five men charged with bribing public officials in connection with Lorain County slot machine operations was expected to be completed in Elyria court today.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Imports of Gold Reach Highest Level on Record
The Commerce Department reported gold imports of 204.845 million dollars for the week ending September 30, the highest since 1933. Nearly all gold left Europe before the crisis eased, with the bulk of imports coming from the United Kingdom at 12.793 million dollars.
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U.S
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Europe
United Kingdom
Ford Reveals Mercury V Eight At New York Show
Dearborn Michigan UP Edsel Ford introduced a new eight cylinder Mercury, a V type car the most powerful Ford has marketed, set for its debut at the New York Auto Show, signaling a major product upgrade for Ford Motor Company.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Mercury
Ford Company
New York
Hunter Killed Near Ashville While Squirrel Hunting
Frank W. Gillespie a 28 year old Columbus father of two was accidentally shot and killed while squirrel hunting near Ashville Oklahoma late yesterday authorities said.
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Columbus
Frank W. Gillespie
Ashville
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