Ohio campaign heats up two weeks to election
Ohio governor candidates Bricker and Sawyer traded sharp charges as two weeks remained before the election. Bricker accused Sawyer of CIO influence and graft while demanding disclosure of pension negotiations with the Social Security Board. Sawyer withheld affidavits' names to protect witnesses.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Charles Sawyer
CIO
Steubenville
Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Sawyer
Firebug trio nabbed after house blaze in Hamilton
Police arrested three youths after a fire damaged a home in Hamilton, ending a wave of incendiarism that began last May and caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The 17 year old admitted starting fires to divert suspicion from a 16 year old friend sent to the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster.
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Hamilton
U.P
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Springfield Company to Add 750 to Payrolls
Springfield plant of the International Harvester Co will add 750 to its payroll next Tuesday. Superintendent Robert M Watkins said 600 others were employed in the last four weeks and 3000 will be working when the re employment plan is completed.
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Springfield
U.R
Robert M Watkins
International Harvester Co
Fire destroys honey house behind Tanner residence
A fire at the rear of Neil Tanner’s property damaged the honey house and destroyed a ton of honey. Fire crews responded to the blaze, no injuries reported, investigation ongoing.
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Conneaut
U.P
Neil
Tanner
Married Man Held in Despondent Girl Death
In Los Angeles a 22 year old stenographer Claudia Heubler died after a gun was placed to her temple by Carl E Weber 38 a credit manager. Weber held on charges of suspicion of murder pending inquest as police determine if the death was self inflicted.
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Los Angeles
A.2
Claudia Heubler
Carl E. Weber
Weber
Miss Huebler
Four Germans Arrested in Panama Canal Zone Espionage Case
Federal authorities probe a possible link between four Germans seized in the Panama Canal Zone for photographing fortifications and the major German espionage case tried in New York. Among the suspects are Robert Kuhrig of Colon who repaired typewriters for Army posts and Ingeborg Waltrant Gutmann, an employee of a German steamship line.
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Panama Canal Zone
New York
Robert Kuhrig
Colon
Atlantic
Canal Zone
Ingeborg Waltrant Gutmann
Ohioans Lose Jewels Money to Highwayman
In Scranton PA a bandit robbed Mr and Mrs George Baker of Cleveland of 325 dollars in cash and diamond rings valued at 1300 dollars. The couple traveling from New York to Olean New York stopped for a road map when the thief approached with a gun and made off with the loot.
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Scranton
U.P
George Baker
Cleveland
New York
Olean
N. Y
Ford Production To Rise 50 Percent In 1939
Dearborn Michigan Edsel Ford forecast Ford plant output for 1939 would jump as much as 50 percent over 1938 levels. The statement comes as Ford plans to expand production capability to meet rising demand.
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Dearborn
Mich
U.P
Edsel Ford
Ford
Hands in Pockets Gab With Royalty at Buckingham Palace
American ILO delegate Robert J. Watt described his Buckingham Palace visit as favorable to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Watt wore a blue suit and red necktie and admitted he and the King "gabbed" briefly before a quiet conversation with the Queen after a whisper redirected him to keep his hands from his pockets.
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London
Iu.p
Robert J. Watt
International Labor Organization
Buckingham Palace
King George
Elizabeth
Watt
Davey Studies Calling Special Relief Session
Gov. Martin L. Davey weighs a call for a special legislative session to address Ohio relief needs. Dayton official Earl E. Hagerman warns cities face depleted funds and a $2,000,000 deficit for new year aid programs. Schools have urged action, but the governor reportedly declined a separate session on financing.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Earl E. Hagerman
Dayton
Ohio League of Municipalities
Davey
Hagerman
Ohio plans 13.7 million in state institution projects
The Ohio Institutional Building Authority unveiled a 13 671 363 construction and repair program. It funds a new Highway Department building on the Ohio State University campus a new Agriculture and Conservation facility at the State Fair Grounds and a Health Department site. Additional items include Epileptics Hospital at Gallipolis additions and remodels Athens State Hospital new wing and power plant projects.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio State University
State Highway Department
State Fair Grounds
Department of Agriculture and Conservation Division
Health Department
Ohio Institutional Building Authority
Gallipolis Epileptics Hospital
Athens State Hospital
Neighbors Find Woman After Leg Fracture in Gallipolis
Miss Jennie Lawson, who lives alone in Gallipolis, fell at home on Wednesday and lay unattended until neighbors Mrs Oretha O'Brien and her daughter Virginia found her on Saturday. She was taken to Huntington hospital by her nephew Germer Lawson and is expected to recover.
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Gallipolis
Jennie Lawson
Oretha O'Brien
Virginia
Huntington
Germer Lawson
Wage Hour Administrators Fight Shut Downs Across Nation
As the second day of the fair labor standards act begins, widespread issues include 1000 layoffs at the Postal Telegraph, 10,000 messenger layoffs at Western Union pending rulings, and threats of strikes by the American Communications Association. Telegrapher slowdowns target Postal, with 20 messages per hour. Over 15,000 workers lose pecan shelling and garment jobs in San Antonio. Tobacco firms in Greenville forecast 30,000 jobs lost for workers, with 50 to 75 million pounds of flue-cured tobacco to be diverted abroad due to a 25 cent minimum wage.
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Washington
U.P
New York — Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union
Andrews
American Communications Association
San Francisco
Postal Company
San Antonio
Tex
Greenville
N. C
United States
Years Illness Fatal to Carpenter Resident 83
CARPENTER W W Sisson age 83 lifelong resident died this morning after a yearlong illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at two o'clock at the School Lot Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery. He leaves a wife, a daughter Ora Smith of Albany, and two sisters Mrs Mary Wood yard of Columbus and Mrs Mattie Tewksbury of Albany.
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W. W. Sisson
School Lot
Sisson
Ora Smith
Albany
Mary Woodyard
Columbus
Mattie Tewksbury
Nash to Add 1 000 Jobs at Three Wisconsin Plants
Nash-Kelvinator Corp will hire 1,000 workers this week, increasing total employment to 6,000 across Racine Kenosha and Milwaukee plants in Wisconsin.
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NASH
Kenosha, Wis
U.P
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Racine
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Pickets Block Back-to-Work Move at Plant
About 350 pickets blocked entrance to P Lorillard Tobacco Co in Middletown as 900 workers sought to return to work. Plant manager E F Harpring would review personnel before resuming operations. The Pioneer Tobacco Workers Union allied with the CIO called the strike after failed bargaining. A mass meeting of the local employee association, led by Elliott D Levey, voted to break the strike by returning to work.
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Middletown
U.P
P. Lorillard Tobacco Co
E. F. Harpring
Pioneer Tobacco Workers Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
P. Lorillard Co. Employee Association
Elliott D. Levey
New frontier clashes between Czechs and Hungarians
Prague reports say Hungarian terrorists killed, wounded and kidnapped Czech frontier guards. The government debates settlement of minority demands while Slovak Premier Tiso meets leaders. Hungary issues an ultimatum demanding occupation of disputed areas and withdrawal of Czechoslovak forces by November 1.
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Prague
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Josef Tiso
No Evidence Found In Duffy Investigation
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy closed the grand jury probe into Ohio’s pardon and parole system and told Governor Davey the jury found no evidence warranting criminal action against any official. He said investigation funds were insufficient and blamed the governor for lack of support.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
Davey
Duffy
William J. White Dies in Fire at East Liverpool Cobblers Shop
A 70 year old shoe cobbler William J. White perished in a fire that consumed his two room shop and home in East Liverpool. He lived alone in the residence above the shop. Firefighters found the victim amid the ruins after arriving at the scene today.
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East Liverpool
William J. White
Lighter Lung Aims Help Prisoner In Iron Lung Seek Flight
Frederick B Snite Jr., 27, long confined in an iron lung since 1936, departs for Miami for winter, aiming to fly home to Chicago in spring. He has reduced confinement to 25 30 minute intervals and now wears a nine and a half pound aluminum and rubber breathing shirt that enables sitting up and eases weight, promising greater mobility.
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Chicago
U.P
Frederick B Snite, Jr
Miami
Fla
Peiping
China
Full Sized Pension Checks Await U S Funds
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson began issuing October old age pension checks at full amounts, hoping federal funds will arrive before month end. Funds are not enough to cover all checks as the Federal Social Security Board withholds its 50 percent share due to a dispute with Governor Davey. About 112000 pensioners receive an average $22.50 monthly with equal state and federal funding. October cost nears 1.5 million dollars.
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Columbus-Sup
Joseph T. Ferguson
Treasury
Ferguson
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
State Pension Division
Federal Board
Cops Guard Political Rally in Youngstown Debate
An 80 officer police guard will oversee the Youngstown debate between U S Senator Robert J Bulkley and Republican rival Robert A Taft. Chief Carl Olson warned against heckling and demonstrations following unruly crowds in Cincinnati and Dayton as the fourth campaign encounter hosted in Ohio.
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Youngstown
U.P
U. S
Robert J. Bulkley
Robert A. Taft
Carl Olson
Cincinnati
Olson
Ohio
Marietta
Dayton
Suspicion of Vandalism In Accident Dismissed
Police abandon theory that Communistic vandalism caused a truck crash and fire in Lansing Illinois. The victim was Alexander Moore a 30 year old from Cincinnati. The truck carried literature bound for Professor Harold Lasswell studying racial propaganda as it traveled from Chicago to Washington DC.
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Lansing, Ill
U.P
Alexander Moore
Cincinnati
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Harold Lasswell
Fremont to Bury Ex-State Senator Edward R. Tyler
The body of Edward R. Tyler former state senator from Fremont, Chicago, was to be brought to Fremont today for burial. He had served as a public official and will be honored in a local funeral arrangement.
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Fremont
U.P
Edward R. Tyler
Chicago
Bucyrus Man Held on Mail Tampering Charge
Gerald W. Probst, 29, of Bucyrus, was detained by federal authorities today on a charge of tampering with the mails.
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Bucyrus
Gerald W. Probst
Bids on Gallia Roads Opened
State Highway Department opened bids for eight counties. Low bids include Gallia roadside improvement along 2 117 miles of the Ohio River Road by E N Birkmeyer Coldwater at 7388 and Gallia grading and drainage of a steel truss bridge with concrete approaches by Miller and French Construction Co Cincinnati at 52619.
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Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Gallia
E. N. Birkmeyer
Coldwater
Raccoon Creek
Ohio
Clay Townships
Miller and French Construction Co
Cincinnati
Negro Goes on Trial In Conn Murder Case
Charles Ford a 20 year old Black state witness in two prior trials testified in the first degree murder trial of Booker Johnson a 42 year old Black man. Bernard Masulla of Pittsburgh already convicted with life imprisonment. Peter Serino of Pittsburgh was acquitted. Ford remains under indictment.
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Cadiz
U.P
Charles Ford
George Conn
Booker Johnson
Bernard Masulla
Pittsburgh
Peter Serino
Ford
Time Deposits Higher In Past 15 Months
The comptroller of the currency reports on banks as of June 30. Time deposits such as individuals' savings rose slightly since June 30, 1937, across the nation's 15,341 banks.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Teen Killed by Automobile Crossing Street
Creston reports Lloyd E. Johnson 14 died after being struck by a car while crossing a street Monday night. The accident remains under investigation as authorities confirm the fatality and identify the driver.
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Creston
U.P
Lloyd E. Johnson
Capital City Is Captured By Japanese
United Press reports Japan seized Hankow, three sister cities Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang, after bombing and dynamite blasts. Refuges crowded roads as Chinese engineers blew key factories and airports near Wuhan. Foreigners sought protection from U.S. bluejackets amid ongoing Sino Japanese conflict.
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China
Spain
Hanc Kow
Britain
France
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hanyang
Wuchang
United States
Wuhan
Prepare for State Corn Husking Contest
London prepares to host about 50 000 spectators for the state corn husking contest on Friday. Forty county champions will husk 255 acres of Iowa 939 hybrid corn, with 350 acres of automobile parking planned for attendees.
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London
U.P
Madison County
Iowa
Steel and Automotive Boom Shapes Roosevelt Budget Talks
A steel and automobile driven business upturn helps President Roosevelt resume budget deficit studies. With the off-year election near, polls hint at Republican gains and a currency inflation bloc may back farm price standards. Roosevelt plans 1939 budget conference amid a widening deficit and reduced receipts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
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Harmon Creek
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Congo
John S. Pike
R. G. Elmer
Ironton
Robert B. Marshall
Francis Poulson
Social Security Board
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