Labor unions split over peace talks plan in Denver
American Federation of Labor leaders rejected a CIO peace conference plan with conditions. They urged a no condition talks path and called the CIO proposal unfair and insincere while offering to negotiate on equal terms. William Green opposed preconditions but saw possible progress if talks advance. AFL delegates barred Charles P. Howard from the convention amid the vote.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Simt
John L. Lewis
Federation
A. F. of S
William Green
Lewis
C. I. O. War Council
Atlantic City
Charles P. Howard
International Typographers Union
Green
A. F. of L
CIO Leaders Forecast Revolt in Federation
In Atlantic City the CIO war council met in secret sessions and predicted a Federation revolt after the AFL rejected a peace conference offer. The CIO aimed for a unified labor movement or the Federation's destruction, while Lewis urged unanimous support for the peace resolution and warned of peace or war.
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Atlantic City
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
War Council
American Federation of Labor
C. SO
Lewis
Crash Fatal for Logan Youth Ray Chapman
Ray Chapman age 14 of West Logan died at noon from injuries after his bicycle collided with an automobile on W Hunter Street Tuesday night. Stacy Beougher age 15 sustained minor injuries. Driver John Frazier of The Plains was questioned and released. Chapman’s funeral set for Friday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Raynd Chapman
Harry Chapman
West Logan
W. Hunter St
Stacy Beougher
John Frazier
the Plains
Chapman
Frazier
Beougher
Young Chapman
Harry Jr
Helen
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Widow Mary Wilson Dies After Long Illness in Reedsville
Mrs Mary Wilson aged widow of William H Wilson died Tuesday at the home of her son Dr Wilson in Washington D C after a long illness Funeral services will be at Reedsville M E Church Friday at 3 pm with burial in Reedsville Cemetery
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Reedsville
Mary Wilson
William H. Wilson
Dr. Wilson
Washington D. H
Roosevelt Arrives at Hyde Park for Week at Estate
President Roosevelt arrived by special train at 8:25 a.m. in Hyde Park New York for a week long stay at his Hudson River country estate.
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Hyde Park
U.P
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Murdered diplomat J Theodore Marriner at Beirut
J Theodore Marriner United States consul general in Beirut was shot dead by an Armenian man. Marriner aged 45, unmarried, previously served as Paris embassy charge d affaires and earned a strong reputation as a promising young diplomat. The killer cited passport ambitions as motive.
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J. Theodore Marriner
U. S
Beirut
Syria
United States
Marriner
Paris
Range Burial for Rodeo Victim at Madison Square Garden
In New York six cowboys carried Walter Cravens’s coffin into Madison Square Garden for a Plainsman’s funeral after a steer trampled him during a World Championship Rodeo. Cravens dies from injuries. body to be buried in Butler Oklahoma. Eddie Curtis, his best friend, attends as $400 is raised from a hat run, reflecting Cravens’s lack of insurance and his $5,000 annual prize money.
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New York
U.P
Texas
Madison Square Garden
Thorugh
Walter Cravens
Cravens
Butler
Okla
Eddie Curtis
Logan Pool Project Released by WPA
Logan school officials were informed the WPA city pool project has been officially released and work will start after men are transferred from other federal jobs. The pool will be built on land donated by the Keynes heirs on the east side of N Market Street near the Chieftain Athletic Field.
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LOGAN
Keynes
N. Market St
Chieftain Athletic Field
Meigs County Tax Extension Granted
The Meigs County treasurer was authorized by the state tax commission to extend the payment period for general and classified property taxes to November 20 without penalty.
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Columbus U.P
Meigs County
State Tax Commission
Brady gang member admits coin killings in Maine confession
James Dalhover age 31, last survivor of the Al Brady gang, confessed to four murders including Ohio patrolman George Conn. He said the gang planned to return to Indiana for his murder trial and may leave Bangor by plane. He linked the gang to three other killings and described a Maine hideout and a jailbreak.
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Bangor
U.P
James Dalhover
al Brady
G-men
George Conn
Ohio
Dalhover
Indiana
Frank Foley
Paul V. Minneman
Goodland
Ind
Indianapolis
Richard Rivers
Brady
Cumberland
Edward Lindsay
Piqua
Conn
Shafer
Freeport
Shaffer
Maine
New England
Bridgeport
G- Men
Romance Ends With Groom in Mayor's Court
In Nelsonville a young couple married in Kentucky faced parental opposition. David Bowen of Nelsonville and Ruth Johnson of Trimble were returning when a chase occurred after a minor traffic incident. Bowen pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
David Bowen
Ruth Johnson
Trimble
Greenup
Donald Johnson
George Bateman
Johnson
Athens
Bowen
S. G. Holland
Still Use McGuffey Books in Greene County
Xenia report says the famous McGuffey Readers are not abandoned in Greene County. County school superintendent H C Ault states the texts remain popular and are used as supplementary material in most rural schools.
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XENIA
U.P
Greene County
H. C. Aultman
New National Route 337 Named Blue and Gray Trail
The 337 route through Logan Nelsonville Athens and Pomeroy becomes the Blue and Gray Trail. It runs from St Joseph Michigan to Richmond Virginia with future extension likely. W A Compton says it may extend beyond Richmond. Charles Calkins expects the Pomeroy Athens segment to be improved soon with curve eliminations and federal standards.
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Pomeroy
U. S
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Pomeroy Bend
St. Joseph
Mich
Richmond
W. A. Compton
Blue and Gray Trail Association
Charles Calkins
State Highway Department
Japs Drop Reward Handbills Behind Chinese Lines
Japanese planes dropped handbills offering a reward of one yuan to each Chinese soldier surrendering to Japanese troops behind Chinese lines today.
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Shanghai
U.P
Ghoul Steals Newly Buried Body Demands $100 Ransom
In Streetsville Ontario a ghoul disturbed a two day old grave for 20 year old Hayden Pope, stole the body, and left a note demanding $100 from Pope’s parents. Posses joined police in a search as townspeople armed themselves to pursue the thief. Pope died after a long illness and was buried Sunday.
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Streetsville
Ont
A.P
Hayden Pope
Pope
Picketing Continues At Kansas City Ford Plant
Kansas City workers and UAW members held ongoing picket lines at Ford Motor Company's assembly plant. The union alleges a management ordered a lockout after grievance meetings criticizing Henry Ford's failure to recognize the union.
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Kansas City
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Henry Ford
Engagement of Loreen McDonald to Danny D. Dodge
Loreen McDonald 18 of Mani Toulin Island Ont announces engagement to Danny D. Dodge heir to automobile fortunes. Wedding planned for next year. Mrs A G Wilson mother of the 20 year old Dodge says she knows nothing of the engagement, and clarifies the tugboat captain’s daughter is not involved.
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Danny D. Dodge
Loreen McDonald
Manitoulin Island
Ont
St. Louis
A. G. Wilson
Dodge
Seek To Implicate Others In Cincinnati Poison Case
Defense for Anna Marie Hahn 31 shifts focus to circumstantial evidence and possible involvement of others in the poisoning death of Jacob Wagner 78. Hahn faces charges of murder and is linked to the George Gsellman death as jury selection begins crowded courtroom.
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Anna Marie Hahn
Oscar
Cincinnati
Jacob Wagner
Cincinnati-Au.p
Hahn
Magdalene Mitchell
Mrs. Hahn
Wagner
George Gsellman
Reveals Fight Within Board Over Coal Commission
Washington U P reports a behind the scenes clash at the National Bituminous Coal Commission. Commissioner John C Lewis accuses the majority of sidestepping individual rights and granting each of them only one Statistical office. He notes he and Percy Tetlow have long negotiated and worked on the very details now laws.
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Washington
U.P
National Bituminous Coal Commission
John C. Lewis
Clyde L. Herring
Lewis
Percy Tetlow
Tetlow
Denison Freshman Died in Newark Hospital
Robert Van Blarcum 19 of Sandusky a Denison University freshman died of appendicitis in Newark City Hospital on Tuesday.
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Denison
Newark
Robert van Blarcum
Sandusky
Denison University
Newark City Hospital
Chinese Lines Still Unbroken By Japanese
Shanghai battle enters its third month as Japanese shock troops fail to break Chinese lines. Japanese planes bomb villages west of the city as weather delays a big push. A Chinese spokesman notes the fight has lasted 28 days longer than the 1932 Shanghai War with no breakthrough. Japanese authorities warn American properties to fly U S flags during air raids.
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Shanghai
Republic
Hungjao
United States
Church Still Opposes Divorce Remarriage
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Protestant Episcopal Church will continue to oppose remarriage of divorced persons for another three years. Delegates at the triennial convention voted 3 to 1 against the commission’s majority report which urged permitting remarriage with bishop approval after a 12 year study.
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Cincinnati
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sabotage Indications Found on Vincennes Machinery
A naval board of inquiry reported indications of sabotage on the machinery of the new heavy cruiser Vincennes. The finding was disclosed by the Navy Department today.
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Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
Vincennes
Navy Department
Roosevelt Puts Five Point Program Before Congress
President Roosevelt urged an immediate special session to push a five point domestic agenda. Crop surplus control land use and reorganization of government plus minimum wages hours and child labor limits and stronger anti trust laws. He argued action would prevent red ink in the budget and boost consumer demand while avoiding war. The plan faced Republican resistance and mixed support from Democrats.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Spain
Woodrow Wilson
United States
China
Ohio WPA Projects Approved by President
President Roosevelt approved six Ohio WPA projects totaling 975000 dollars and sent them to the comptroller general for final approval. Senator Robert J. Bulkley was notified. The largest project, 268000 dollars, will seal abandoned Ohio mines. Another 228000 dollars funds housekeeping demonstration centers in 40 counties.
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Washington
W.P
Ohio
Roosevelt
Comptroller-General's Office
Robert J. Bulkley
Congressmen Cut Short Vacations for Special Session
Congress members scattered worldwide rush back to Washington for a Roosevelt called special session set for November 15. Reactions split along party lines with Democrats largely approving, while many Republicans critiqued the move as political or unnecessary.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
New Ohio Relief Plan Drafted by Joint Committee
A federal relief program plan drafted by the Ohio legislature joint committee would require counties and cities to cover 1 million dollars of 1937 poor relief costs and over 4 million dollars of 1938 costs. The proposal estimates 1937 relief of 2.74 million, plus county balances, with 2.25 million from reallocations of taxes and county borrowing. For 1938, projected revenues total 12 million from sales tax and various excise taxes, with 16 million in estimated relief needs.
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Columbus
U.P
Joint Relief Committee
Ohio Legislature
Ohio
Loyd Huml
Joint Committee
Mussolini’s Winner Again in Non-Intervention Talk
France and Britain planned to offer the non-intervention committee a path on the Spanish volunteer issue, a move seen as a Mussolini gain. Paris and London believed the committee could do little to resolve volunteers, making the negotiations mainly a delay of a French British decision while hoping Mussolini avoids sending reinforcements to Spain.
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London
France
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Committee On Non-Intervention
Mussolini
Germany
Britain
Italy
Paris
Spain
Troy Health Official Dies After Long Illness
Dr. E. R. Hiatt, 49, Troy health commissioner, died Tuesday night after a long illness. Former Hocking County health commissioner, World War II medical corps captain and wounded in action. He led the state health commissioners association last year. Survived by wife and five children.
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Troy
E. R. Hiatt
Miami County
Hocking County
State Association of Health Commissioners
Nazis Pledge Respect For Belgian Neutrality
Berlin declared Germany would respect Belgium's frontiers and territory and uphold its neutrality in any European war, aligning with similar pledges by Britain and France made six months earlier.
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Berlin
Germany
Belgium
Great Britain
France
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