Masulla Convicted in Conn Killing. Two Trials Planned
In Harrison County, Bernard Masulla was found guilty of murder in the September 27, 1937, slaying of state patrolman George Conn near Freeport, with a mercy recommendation yielding life imprisonment. Peter Serino was acquitted. Booker Johnson faces trial October 24. Charles Ford remains indicted with no trial date set.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
George Conn
Freeport
Bernard Masulla
Pittsburgh
Conn
Peter Serino
Booker Johnson
Charles Ford
Serino
Masulla
Probers Hear Red Evidence in U S Sit-Down Inquiry
Detroit sheriff's investigator Jacob Spolansky testified before the Dies committee that Joseph Kowalski, a Communist International representative, conceived the sit-down strike strategy in Michigan. He said Labor's Non-Partisan League sought Kowalski's dismissal after earlier testimony in Detroit. He anticipated dismissal from Sheriff Wilcox due to his testimony.
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Washington
U.P
Jacob Spolansky
Detroit
Micch
Wlouse
Joseph Kowalski
Michigan
Spolansky
Martin Dies
Tex
League
Wilcox
Sheriff Wilcox
Predict Tuesday Will Set New Heat Record In Columbus
Columbus Ohio prepared for one of the hottest days in October history. State meteorologist John C C Fisher predicted Tuesday would establish a new heat record for October 18 with 81.5 degrees, narrowly missing the 1910 all time mark by less than one degree.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
John CC. Fisher
Barb Wire Helps Cops Catch Fleeing Robber
In Cleveland a 28 year old ex veteran Stanley Rogovinski was captured by police in Newburg Heights after he and another man allegedly robbed a tavern early today. He was trapped on a four barb wire fence during the pursuit.
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Cleveland
Stanley Rogovinski
Newburg Heights
Wholesale oil dealer group unites to back major project
A Ottawa County oil dealer coalition pledged support for a sizable project benefiting the industry and its customers. The group, formed to bolster supply and pricing stability, revealed plans and urged member firms and clients to participate in the initiative.
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Port Clinton
Ottawa County
United i
Allah
Gaitiel
Ite
Young Pilots Set New Record for Endurance
RICHMOND Indiana residents prepared a city parade for Russ Morris and Bob McDaniels two 24 year old pilots who lived six days and five nights in a small monoplane to set an unofficial world endurance record for light airplanes. They lifted off at 7 am Wednesday and remained aloft over Indiana and Ohio for 180 hours and 10 minutes before landing at Richmond Field at 5 10 pm yesterday.
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Richmond
Ind
U.P
Russ Morris
Bob McDaniels
Indiana
Ohio
Richmond Field
Ohio observes Education Week with governor proclamation
In Columbus an official observance of American Education Week was proclaimed today by Governor Davey. The event highlighted statewide efforts in education and referenced ongoing programs across Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Davey
Murdered trio tied to painter search in Miami
Miami police hunt Joe Miller, a painter, amid a shotgun slaying count that left Hazel Haffey 35 a former manicurist her step father Ernest Egelhoff and George R Black dead in a three apartment building Police say a threat from a man named Miller was disclosed by Haffey last week neighbors heard shotgun blasts late Saturday night with bodies found the next day confirming a homicide sequence.
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Miami
Fla
UPR
Joe Miller
Hazel Haffey
Ernest P. Egelhoff
Lafayette
George R. Black
Miller
Supreme Court Denies Hart Appeal in Tumbleweed suit
The Supreme Court refused William S. Hart's petition seeking review of a second circuit ruling that upheld dismissal of his $185,000 damage claim against United Artists over the 1925 film Tumbleweed. Hart produced the picture and accused U A of distribution losses.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William S. Hart
Court of Appeals
United Artists Corporation
Hart
Queen Mary Docks Without Tug Assistance
The 86, OM ton liner Queen Mary docked at her North River pier today without tug help due to a strike by 2,000 tugboat workers who refused to aid the ship at the end of her transatlantic voyage from Southampton carrying 41,601 passengers.
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New York
North River
Southampton
Fine Driver Faces Fines in Hoboken Court
John Birkens, 24, appeared in Hoboken Police Court and was fined 200 for drunken driving 100 for driving after his operator's license was revoked 10 for driving through a fire line and 2 for no registration card. The court added 64 days in jail. he fainted.
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Hoboken
N. J
John Birkens
Birkens
Singer Ruth Etting Faces Alienation Suit
Hollywood AP reporting Ruth Etting is sued for alienation of affections by Alma Alderman, second wife of Etting's husband Myra Alderman. The dispute follows a shooting at Etting's home Sunday night and reveals Alderman's July marriage in Tijuana, with California's one year divorce rule cited.
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Hollywood
California
Ruth Etting
Myra Alderman
Martin
Moe) Snyder
Alderman
Alma
Miss Etting
Tijuana
Mex
Nazis Curtail Catholic Activities in Vienna
Nazi authorities ban all Roman Catholic street processions and most special services in Vienna. Six priests are reported arrested in the city last week with a belief that many more have been taken in Austria.
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Vienna
V.P
Austria
Republicans Open Ohio Drive To Back Farm Program
Hamilton, head of the Republican National Committee, urged support for GOP candidates in Ohio Michigan and Indiana arguing the New Deal farm program has collapsed. He criticized Secretary Wallace plan ideas and pressed for a common sense alternative emphasizing market expansion cooperative marketing and fair farm credit.
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Ohio
Hamilton
Montpelier
U.P
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Michigan
Indiana
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Republican Convention
Ohio Republicans
United States
Plane crash near Miami delays Roumanian ace flight
Capt. Alex Papana and Max Constant escaped unharmed when their plane crashed at Miami Municipal Airport during takeoff for a New York to Roumania flight. The aircraft was badly damaged and the trip postponed. The incident accompanies a nationwide Republican campaign swing through Ohio led by John D. M. Hamilton and Bricker, amid pension budget tensions and calls for federal mediation.
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Alex Papana
Max Constant
Los Angeles
New York
Roumania
Municipal
Miami
Fla
Confessed Spy Tells More of Nazi Espionage
Guenther Rumrich, a confessed Nazi spy, resumes testimony against three alleged accomplices in a plot led by the German War Office to steal American defense plans. The scheme included forging Roosevelt’s signature to obtain carrier specifications and luring Fort Totten’s Col Elgin with gas housed in a pen disguised device.
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NEW York
U.P
Guenther Rumrich
War Office
United States
Lamar Hardy
Roosevelt
Enterprise
Henry W. E. Elgin
Fort Totten
Hardy
Panama
Ohio Youth Named Star Farmer of North Atlantic Region
Charles Mahaffey of Prospect Ohio was named star farmer of the North Atlantic region and won $100 at the Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City Missouri. The Prospect High School graduate operates a 58 acre farm with assets valued at about $5700 earned through four years of FFA work.
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Kansas City
U.P
Charles Mahaffey
Prospect
North Atlantic
Future Farmers of America
Prospect High School
Mahaffey
King George and Queen Elizabeth to visit Mount Vernon
The Daily Herald reports King George and Queen Elizabeth are expected to visit the United States and honor George Washington at Mount Vernon with a grave visit.
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London
The
Daily Herald
George
United States
Elizabeth
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Men Hired To Blow Up Home In Kentucky Plot
Two London men aged 42 and 26 were arrested in Hamilton on charges of conspiring to dynamite the home of an estranged wife. They said they were paid 25 by a London man who was being held there. They placed six sticks of dynamite under the residence and ignited a 35 foot fuse before a neighbor stopped the blaze.
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Hamilton
U.P
London
John Agner
Homer Lanham
Agner
Lanham
Snow Storm Slams West While Heat Hits East
A weather system swapping extremes caused heat in the East and snow in Montana and Wyoming. Three deaths occurred in a Montana auto crash linked to the storm, with four others missing in freezing conditions. The blast damaged lines and crops as it moved east, and Chicago cooled from a 80s day as a cool front neared.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
Montana
Wyoming
U. S
C. A. Donnell
Donnell
Hoover Urges Independent Congress to Safeguard Freedom
Former president Herbert Hoover denounces New Deal policies and urges voters to elect an independent-minded Congress to defend democracy. He argues freedom must be defended by the people, not government, and condemns party loyalists as unfit. In Spain, a brief skirmish near Madrid is the only reported action in the civil conflict.
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Hartford
Conn
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Spain
U.P
Madrid
Athens Fall Style Festival auction ends with big Bucks sale
Athens residents spent 160 280 Auction Bucks at the final Fall Festival Auction at the Athens Armory. Items ranged from radios and dresses to canned corn and bulbs, with bids of 200 to 400 Bucks typical and the radio selling for 1 300 Bucks.
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Athens
Athens Armory
Virgil Maxwell
Ralph Kassing
John W. Bolin
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Far Beckley
Auction Bucks
Strikers Lose Court Battle Over Eviction Sentences
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds convictions of 39 CIO members who refused to evacuate Fansteel Metallurgical plant during a February 1997 sit down strike. The ruling denied appeal from the district appellate court at Ottawa Illinois and sustained Judge Theodore Forby of Lake County Circuit Court.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Committee For Industrial Organization
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
North Chicago
Ottawa
Theodore Forby
Lake County
Driving Course Added To Cleveland High Schools
An auto driver education program will start in 13 Cleveland high schools in February. The course in driver education and training is mapped by 12 teachers and Leslie R. Silvernale in cooperation with Dr. F. R. Noffsinger, AAA safety education consultant, and Prof. Amos E. Neyhart of Penn State College.
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Cleveland
A.P
Leslie R. Silvernale
F. R. Noffsinger
American Automobile Association
Amos EF. Neyhart
Pennsylvania State College
Athens Prisoner Among 134 Paroled by Board
The Ohio state parole board granted paroles to 154 inmates at the state reformatories and three at the Marysville Reformatory for Women. Notable names include Athens resident Ira Corwin convicted of grand larceny on May 1, 1939 and Vern Miller from Gallia convicted of shooting with intent to kill with case referred to Michigan authorities with potential release date May 1, 1939.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
State Reformatory
Marysville Reformatory
Athens
Ira Corwin
Gallia
Vern Miller
Michigan
Barney Keller Takes First Plane Ride on Fifth Birthday
Barney Keller, celebrating his fifth birthday, flew in an airplane for the first time and said he would take another flight soon.
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Kenton
Barney Keller
Auditor Plans Exam by Federal Security Board in Columbus
Audie announces he will ask members of the Federal Social Security Board in Washington to send a representative to Ohio. The aim is to determine if the state old age pension division’s administration conforms to the board’s demands. The board will withhold Ohio’s federal 50 percent pension share unless changes are made.
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Ohio
Pension Administration
Ferguson
Sawyer
Social Security Board
Bricker
WPA
Poulson
Franklin County
Davey
Columbus
U.S
Audie
Joseph T. Ferguson
Federal
Washington
Deermine
Senator Donahey backs expansion of Air Force growth
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio announced support for a program to expand the nation’s military aviation services. He did not take a position on the broader rearmament program but said a greatly increased air force is needed for national defense.
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Washington
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Scarlet Fever Quarantine Hits Vinton County Home
Four cases of scarlet fever lead to quarantine at the Vinton County Children's Home. Public schools stay open.
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McArthur
U.P
Vinton County
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