Davey Proposes Federal Review Of Ohio Pensions
Governor Martin L. Davey invited the Federal Social Security Board to send an impartial agent to Ohio to study the old age pension division and restore federal pension funds. He said the division is properly run and criticized Auditor Ferguson and the board's charges while urging the mandamus suit be allowed to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.S
Martin L. Davey
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Social Security Board
Davey
Wray Bevens
Ainst
Ohio Supreme Court
Edgar S. Byers
Cleveland
Joseph T. Ferguson
Joe Ferguson
Ferguson
Roosevelt
Security Board
Senator’s Widow to Testify in Cemetery Sales Probe
Mrs Allie D Willis widow of late Senator Frank B Willis of Delaware will testify when the State Securities Division reopens its investigation of cemetery lot sales on October 27. Howard R Dustin former salesman for Forest Glen Inc testified that he sold her 7500 dollars worth of deeds and she realized a profit, using her name to approach customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Allie D. Willis
U. S
Frank B. Willis
Delaware
State Securities Division
Howard R. Dustin
Forest Glen, Inc
Willis
Columbus Sheriff Closes Franklin County Gambling Den
Sheriff Jacob E. Sandusky ordered all gambling establishments in Franklin County shut down and stated the lid is on to stay. The ban includes bingo and other betting, with Columbus city limits already closed since March as gamblers moved beyond the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Franklin County
Jacob E. Sandusky
Kent State inaugurates Karl C. Leebrick as president
A special convocation opened the inaugural ceremonies at Kent State University. Karl C. Leebrick, formerly of Syracuse University, will be inducted as president in a ceremony that will culminate the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KENT
U.P
Kent State University
Karl C. Leebrick
Syracuse University
Diphtheria Epidemic Among St Bernard Children Checkemic
Cincinnati health officials report the diphtheria outbreak at St Bernard school appears checked. Health Commissioner Dr Francis Haberman announced today that measures taken have halted the spread and reduced new cases.
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Cincinnati
U.P
St. Bernard
Francis Haberman
Bulkley Charges Taft Using Excessive Campaign Funds
In Columbus Democratic Sen. Robert J. Bulkley accused Republican Robert A. Taft of spending excessive money to win the U.S. Senate race. Bulkley cited Taft's reported $110,000 primary outlay and warned the general election costs could be higher. Taft challenged Bulkley to repeat the claim on the Cincinnati debate stage.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
U. S. Senate
Robert J. Bulkley
Cincinnati
Bulkley
Taft
Hamilton County
Bulkley Clubs
Ohio Politi
Ketcham Becomes Mt. Union College President
Dr. Charles Burgess Ketcham assumed leadership as the fifth president of Mt. Union College in Alliance Ohio. He previously led the Cleveland district of the Methodist Episcopal Church and voiced the belief that church related colleges are the salvation for the current generation amidst confusion and chaos.
Typhoon Tail Hits Tokyo Killing Estimated 230
The typhoon tail blamed for about 230 deaths in Kyushu crossed Tokyo causing vast damage. Up to 10,000 houses flooded and many trees felled. Traffic was halted briefly across the Tokyo area.
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Tokyo
U.P
Kyushu
Slayer Electrocuted in Joliet for Farmer Killing
John Jelliga aged 33 father of two children died in the electric chair at the state penitentiary for torturing and killing a farmer during an attempted robbery on December 9.
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Joliet
U.P
John Jelliga
State Penitentiary
Thieves Steal During Mrs Roosevelt Speech at Club
Three sneak thieves crept into the Columbus Club box office in Green Bay and stole $200 as Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to about 2,500 people on good neighbor policy and the peace movement.
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Green Bay
Wis
Columbus Club
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR Backs Hague Pick for U S Senate Seat
President Roosevelt and Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague united to back William H. J. Ely for the U S Senate. The endorsement, delivered by War Secretary Woodring, undercuts potential friction with Hague's machine as Ely seeks to succeed Senator John Milton.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
Frank Hague
Jersey City
New Jersey
William H. J. Ely
United States Senate
Ely
Woodring
Hague
WPA
John Milton
N. J
Democratic Party
National Committee
Judge Lindsey Attacks Suits Against Boy Star
U P judge Ben Lindsey condemned lawsuits draining Freddie Bartholemew's earnings calling the amount an outrageous travesty on justice. He spoke at the Los Angeles Lawyers' Club citing eight to ten lawyers and four to five agents from one English boy with no carpet on his floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
Ben Lindsey
Freddie Bartholomew
Los Angeles
Hold Police Officer After Records Vanish
Police Lieutenant Cuthbert Behan was jailed at Bergen Street Station after records for a Kings County corruption inquiry vanished. Behan faced grand larceny and record mutilation charges as Gov. Lehman ordered the probe begun six months earlier by Mayor LaGuardia amid citizen calls for crime control reform.
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New York
Cuthbert Behan
Bergen Street
Kings County
Brooklyn
Herbert H. Lehman
Behan
F. H. LaGuardia
Citizens Committee For Control of Crime
Reported Hopkins fiancée dies in hotel plunge
Dorothy Hale widow of muralist Gardner Hale and reported fiancée of Harry L. Hopkins plummeted from the 16th floor of Hampshire House. Police list cause as probably death by own action. No suicide note found. body placed at West 47th Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Hale
Arabs Launch New Attacks Across Jerusalem Area
A wave of Arab rebel attacks on Jewish settlements in Haifa Samaria and southern districts ongoing as British troops try to stop sporadic fire in Jerusalem. The toll rose to 19 dead and 25 wounded after clashes in the old city persisted until this morning, ending as prayers began in mosques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
U.P
Old City
Haifa
Samaria
Will Expand Age Insurance
The advisory council of the Social Security Board met to draft amendments expanding old age insurance provisions of the Social Security Act. A parallel report urged states to rewrite unemployment compensation laws to grant larger benefits while covering fewer jobless. The recommendations aim to align with Roosevelt and the board's forthcoming proposals to Congress to curb radical pension ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Advisory Council of the
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
Congress
thousand truck drivers strike paralyzes Des Moines area
About 1,000 truck drivers walked off the job in Des Moines tying up 40 over the road carriers and 10 local transfer firms.
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Des Moines
U.P
Hero Pilot Rescues 14 As Plane Lands In Field
John David Hissong of Eastern Airlines landed a burning passenger plane in a Montgomery field under moonlight. He saved 14 lives including his own and said he would not claim any extraordinary credit. Five years earlier he was a similar hero.
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Montgomery
Ala
John David Hissong
Eastern Airlines
Hissong
Plot To Steal Aircraft Plans Aired at Trial
Letters seized by British police in Dundee relating to a plot to steal US aircraft carrier Yorktown and Enterprise plans were entered as evidence at the trial of three alleged spies. The letters, intercepted at Mrs. Jessie Jordan’s home, were in the hands of District Attorney Lamar Hardy. Rumrich testified about a plan to duplicate White House stationery in Hamburg and send it to him.
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New York
Dundee
Scotland
Yorktown
Enterprise
Great Britain
Jessie Jordan
Lamar Hardy
Guenther Rumrich
White House
Hamburg
Germany
Court Orders Etting Deposition In Alienation Case
Hollywood figure Ruth Etting must provide a deposition on October 29 in a $150000 alienation of affections suit filed by Alma Alderman against Etting. Meanwhile her first husband Martin Snyder is jailed on charges of attempting to murder her second husband Myra Alderman.
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Hollywood
U.P
Ruth Etting
Alma Alderman
Miss Etting
Martin Snyder
Myra Alderman
Probe Into Food Poisoning At Cincinnati State Hospital
Investigation opened by Dr. G S Meckling of the State Health Department into food poisoning affecting 65 employees and five patients at Longview State Hospital. Victims became violently ill after eating meat stored in cold storage for a week.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Longview State Hospital
G. S. Meckling
State Health Department
Snow White Voices Sue Disney Producers in Copyright Row
Adri ana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell sue Walt Disney Productions and RCA claiming breach of contract over low payments for Snow White and Prince Charming voices while accusing the studio and RCA of profiting from phonograph records. Caselotti seeks 200000 and Stockwell 100000 with others filing similar actions.
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New York
Walt Disney
Snow White
Adriana Caselotti
Harry Stockwell
Prince Charming
Miss Caselotti
Stockwell
Walt Disney Productions, Ltd
RCA Manufacturing Company
Thornton W. Allen
Yale University
Raymond Fraunfelder
Disney
Seven Dwarfs
Indict 73 in New Mexico WPA Frauds
Seventy three persons including Sen. Chavez kin surrender to bond for court on indictments accusing misuse of Works Progress Administration funds and labor. Charges cover conspiracy to violate WPA Appropriations Code and diversion of labor pay rolls and materials across New Mexico with arraignment set for Oct. 25.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
U.R
Dennis Chavez
Works Progress Administration
Chavez
U. S
Stanley Miller
Anita Tafoya
Fred Healy
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Swift and Company considers talks to end Sioux City strike
Swift and Company officials offered to meet with union representatives on Saturday to discuss a possible settlement of the three week old strike at the Sioux City packing plant. National guardsmen have guarded the plant since Wednesday after 1 000 strikers and sympathizers clashed with police and deputies at the entrance.
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Sioux City
U.P
Swift and Company
National
WPA Worker Stabbed To Death In Cincinnati Brawl
Charles H. Cinnamon age 30 a WPA worker died from knife wounds after a case brawl in Cincinnati The suspect fled through a rear door as police questioned his mother at the front entrance
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Cincinnati
U.P
Charles H. Cinnamon
WPA
Pope Denounces Nazi Church Policy Yet Withheld
The Vatican prepared to publish a speech by Pope Pius condemning Nazi church policy in unprecedented terms. Officials delayed release after the Castel Gandolfo remarks reached the Vatican to confer on dissemination.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Papal Court
Ohio Farm Income Drops 18 Percent in September
Ohio State University Rural Economics reports gross cash income from chief farm products in September fell 18 percent from a year earlier. The release highlights weaker crop and livestock receipts and notes statewide conditions impacting farm revenue.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Univerisity Department of Rural Economics
Wday
Seven Die in Ohio Mishaps in 24 Hours
In Ohio during the last 24 hours at least seven people died in automobile accidents. Victims include Russell Jonan a 39 year old Lima salesman killed when his car hit a bridge abutment near Van Wert. Others include Mary Ellen Quinlan a 3 year old from Lima killed in a crash involving her mother. Additional deaths involve Seperina Dangey 60 of Bowling Green struck in an auto collision near Perrysburg. George J. Robinson a Youngstown druggist injured then died. Leona Deyhle 40 of unknown location killed when Eldon her son drove and overturned. Joseph R. Burden 55 and wife Nellie 50 of Ottawa killed in a collision with a bus and wagon near Leipsic.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Lima
Russell Jonan
van Wert
Mary Ellen Quinlan
C. D. Quinlan
Seperina Dangey
Bowling Green
George Herman
Perrysburg
George J. Robinson
Youngstown
Leona Deyhle
Eldon
South Charleston
Joseph R. Burden
Nellie
Ottawa
Leipsic
Republic Steel Company appeals NLRA order to reinstate workers
Republic Steel Company filed an appeal in the U S Court of Appeals seeking review of an National Labor Relations Board order directing reinstate 5 000 workers who struck at Republics Ohio plants in May 1937 The company argues the NLRB trial examiner showed bias in favor of CIO affiliates and allowed hearsay testimony while restricting its attorneys, claiming constitutional rights were violated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Republic Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Republic
Ohio
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NLKEB
Second Republic
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Dies Committee Probes Auto Strike Witnesses
The House committee investigating un American activities summoned Flint Michigan witnesses to detail alleged Communist influence in the 1937 automobile sit down strikes. UAW President Homer C. Martin postponed his appearance until next week due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
House
Flint
Mich
Homer C. Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Martin Dies
Tex
Brazil and United States Likely to Sign Merchant Ship Pact
Foreign Minister Waldo Aranha said Brazil and the United States would soon reach a pact ensuring all goods traded between the two nations are carried on merchant ships owned by either country.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Aur
Waldo Aranha
Brazil
United States
Nationalist bombers strike Barcelona causing mass casualties
In Barcelona a bombing by nationalist forces killed 20 civilians and wounded 70, with several large buildings damaged beyond repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Mediation Possible as Japan Presses Chinese Defenses
The piece notes a looming mediation in the long war with Britain and Germany possibly involved. It describes Japanese advances toward Canton and Hankow and Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of delaying decisive battles while rallying Chinese resistance across Yellow River to Yangtse regions.
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Japan
China
Great Britain
Germany
Yellow River
Yangtse
Canton
Hankow
South
Chiang Kai-Sheki
Chiang
Shanghai
Nanking
Peiping
South China
Yu Han-Mou
Deposed Sheriff Fails To Raise Bond
Elyria Ohio United Press report states William F Grall 56 former Lorain County sheriff could not post the $20 000 bond set after his bribery indictment and spent the night in his own jail cell He was released under guard to try again to raise the funds and remain free pending trial
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Elyria
U.P
William F. Grall
Lorain County
Loren Miller
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