Government Investigates Realistic Radio War of the Worlds Panic
The FCC chairman asked CBS for the War of the Worlds script after the broadcast sparked nationwide panic. The realistic program portrayed an attack on Princeton by Martians, triggering evacuations and mass hysteria from New York to Newark and beyond.
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Washington
U.P
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Communications Commission Today
Columbia Broadcasting System
Columbia Network
Princeton
N. J
Earth
Secretary of the Interior
New York City
New Jersey
Deportation of Polish Jews Delayed by Berlin Talks
A secret police spokesman said Polish Jews not yet sent across the frontier were returned home during the weekend, with jail releases and ongoing talks planned in Warsaw. Estimates of those affected vary, while Germany fears responsibility for about 50 000 Polish Jews in Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Peotricia
Rsons
College Student Dies In Automobile Crash
Arthur Coller an 18 year old freshman at Bowling Green State University from Perrysburg Ohio was killed in a fog shrouded collision. The car driven by Arthur Thornton also 18 collided with a truck driven by Fred Hiple of Perrysburg. Coroner Halford Whitacre ruled the death accidental.
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Bowling Green
U.P
Arthur Coller
Bowling Green State University
Perrysburg
Arthur Thornton
Fred Hiple
Halford Whitacre
Wife shoots husband after telephone quarrel in Columbus
In Columbus 37 year old Hamer was shot in the head by his wife Sadie after he asked to see a Chicago girl while talking on the phone. The husband was wounded in semi condition and hospitalized.
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Columbus
U.P
Chicago
Hamer
Sadie Hamer
Fires destroying Franklin public school and St John’s high
Two fires in Delphos caused partial destruction of the Franklin public grade school and St John’s Catholic high school. Authorities estimated losses near 75,000, with suspicions of incendiary origins.
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Delphos
UPX
Franklin
St. John's Catholic
Volunteers Battle 45 Forest Fires in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports hundreds of volunteer forest rangers fought 45 fires across southern West Virginia under State Forest Ranger D. B. Griffin. Ten new blazes started during a dry weekend with new fires in Mingo County at Hells Knob Pigeon Creek and Delbarton and in Wyoming County at Milam Fork Holden and in Cameron Raleigh County.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
D. B. Griffin
Mingo County
Hells Knob
Pigeon Creek
Delbarton
Wyoming County
Milam Fork
Holden
Cameron
Raleigh
French Taxpayers Face Increased Tax Burden
Paris reports that a wave of emergency cabinet decrees could require taxpayers to shoulder a larger share of national finances than any of a dozen postwar cabinets. Decrees may total hundreds over the next two weeks as emergency powers expire in November.
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Paris
HUP
Blaze Destroys Four Buildings In Galena Village
A midnight fire in Galena Delaware county wiped out four buildings in the village 14 miles east of here causing about 20000 dollars in losses The blaze was discovered by 10 year old Robert Sampson while he lay in bed doing homework It was under control by 4 am after men from Galena and nearby towns battled the flames Fire Chief W H Schick blamed defective wiring in a grocery basement The firemen drew water from wells and Big Walnut Creek to save threatened structures in the 376 person community
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Delaware
U.P
Galena
Here
Robert Sampson
W. H. Schick
Big Walnut Creek
Ohio September jobless rate hits 84 percent of 1926 level
Ohio State University's Bureau of Business Research reported that employment rose four per cent in September, reaching 84 percent of the 1926 employment peak.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
Oust Widow of Wealthy Indian From Mansion
The government returned Jackson Barnett’s mansion to Cherokee heirs after evicting his widow Anna Laura Barnett. Barnett allegedly kidnapped and illegally married the old Creek millionaire. she and her daughter Maxine Sturgis were jailed on suspicion of resisting federal officers after a raid using tear gas.
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Los Angeles
Jackson Barnett
Anna Laura Barnett
Maxine Sturgis
U. S
Bob Clark
Supreme Court
Barnett
William P. James
Bricker Proposes Special Session on School Financing
Republican candidate John W. Bricker urges an immediate special session of the Legislature to tackle school financing. He backs pay as you go funding and shifting interest costs from districts to the state, with long range reform planned for 1939. Other candidates outline campaign itineraries across Ohio.
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United Press
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Charles Sawyer
Cleveland
Akron
Toledo
Rebel Leader's Brother Killed in Sea Plane Crash
Ramon Franco brother of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Spain's famed aviator, died in a sea plane crash near the Balearic Islands. At the front, Franco learned of the loss as Nicolas Franco, ambassador to Portugal, accompanied Oswald Pirow to Nationalist headquarters.
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Hendaye
Ramon Franco
Spain
Francisco Franco
Balearics Islands
Palma
Nicolas
Portugal
Oswald Pirow
Troops Withheld From Middletown Strike Area
Adj. Gen. Emil F. Marx announced that troops will not enter Middletown in the P. Lorillard Tobacco Co. strike until an injunction is issued and violated. A plea to deploy troops to reopen the factory was made at a conference with Middletown officials Governor Davey and National Guard officers in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Middletown
P. Lorillard Tobacco Co
Adj
Emil F. Marx
Midd
Davey
National Guard
Second Publisher Is Named to C. C. Board
William F Maag Jr general manager of the Youngstown Vindicator was named to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce board. Gordon K Bush publisher of The Athens Messenger is the other newspaper representative on the board.
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Columbus
U.P
William F Maag, Jr
Youngstown Vindicator
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Gordon K. Bush
Athens Messenger
Dayton board officials cited for contempt over school closure
Five Dayton Board of Education members and two school officials were cited for contempt for defying a court order against closing public schools. The closure affected 34 000 students as the board pressed its last week decision to suspend classes due to funding shortages while a potential $100 000 tax collection windfall was noted by the county auditor.
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Dayton
Dayton Board of Education
Null M. Hodapp
F. L. Shively
H. O. Levy
Otterbein Creager
Paul J. Wortman
Charlotte B. Whitmore
Emerson H. Landis
Corrine L. Borghardt
Richard L. Withrow
Frank L. Miller
Hodapp
Herbert S. Beane
Harry Lutz
Montgomery County
Lutz
Train Strikes Wagon Near Oak Harbor Kills Three Youths
The New York Central fast passenger train struck an alfalfa wagon two miles south of Oak Harbor. Three youths died: Carl Ohm 20 and Eugene Stone 18, both Oak Harbor residents, were drivers. Rollie Arnold 20 of Oak Harbor was missing, feared killed under the locomotive.
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Oak Harbor
Mercury
New York Central
Here
Carl Ohm
Eugene Stone
Rollie Arnold
Coroner's Jury Probes Sunday Mystery Death
Coroner's jury in Evanston investigated the death of Mrs. Marion Nichols a 30 year old mother found unconscious on a curb near her home. A passerby discovered her and a German police dog stood guard over the body. She died soon after being taken to a hospital with a skull fracture cited by a physician.
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Evanston, I
Marion Nichols
Murderer Executed by Utah Firing Squad
John W. Deering was executed by a sheriff's firing squad in Salt Lake City for the May 9 murder of Oliver R. Mere dith Jr., owner of a Salt Lake City leather goods shop. Deering consigned his body to the University of Utah Medical School and offered his eyes for corneal use with no takers.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
John W. Deering
Oliver R. Meredith, Jr
Deering
University of Utah Medical School
David Carse 74 Former Steel Advisory Member Dies in West Cornwall
David Bradley Carse 74 longtime member of the United States Steel Corporation advisory committee died in West Cornwall Connecticut on Sunday. He served in business and civic roles and was noted for his industry influence and leadership within steel circles.
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West Cornwall
Conn
David Bradley Carse
United States Steel Corporation Advisory Committee
Names Of Men Asked To Back GOP In Ohio Race
Democratic candidate Charles Sawyer accuses Gov Davey of pressuring ten state highway division engineers to back John Bricker. Named affidavits include Louis L Drasler of Cleveland and nine others across Ohio cities.
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Gop
Cleveland
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Sawyer
Davey
Bricker
Louis L. Drasler
Harley E. Calvin
Marietta
Joseph M. Doyle
Chillicothe
Harry Sharp
New Philadelphia
J. W. Stopher
Toledo
Carl A. Smith
Lima
F. K. Trautman
Newark
Walter E. Willard
Middletown
H. C. Miller
Sidney
Frank W. Turner
Delaware
Electrocute Murderer Of Wife and Father-in-Law
Bellefonte Pa U P An-tonio Peronace age 6? died in the electric chair at Rockview Penitentiary for the murder of his bride and her father in a rage slaying. He previously shot his second wife Mary and her father Vict Marielle who had two children Kathleen and James.
Trusty Escapes Mansfield Farm While On Duty
Watt Conley, age 29 of Montgomery County, escaped custody at the Ohio State Reformatory after working as a farm trusty. Police seek him on car theft charges.
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Mansfield UP
Watt Conley
Montgomery County
Ohio State Reformatory
Youth Killed In Car Wreck At Carpenter
Edward Stout seventeen son of Mr and Mrs Howard Stout of Carpenter died after a car crash near Pegtown. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens where he died at 8 pm Sunday. Funeral planned at The Temple Church Wednesday at 2 pm. He rode with Miss Madeline Bolton and Herbert Brown from Star Mill to Amy Perry’s home. Stout’s car struck a tree one mile west of Pegtown. He leaves parents two sisters Elizabeth Irene two brothers William Granville and grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Bobo.
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Carpenter
Edward Stout
Howard Stout
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Temple Church
Young Stout
Madeline Bolton
Herbert Brown
Star Mill
Amy Perry
Stout
Pegtown
Elizabeth
Irene
William
Granville
Charles Bobo
Strive To End Pension Crisis In Ohio Move
In Columbus two efforts aim to break a deadlock delaying October old age pension checks. Rep. Gus Kasch of Akron and Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy back a plan for the emergency board to sweep money from general revenue, highway and other funds to cover full pension payments. An informal legislative meeting also convened to address the issue.
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Columbus
U.P
Gus Kasch
Akron
Herbert S. Duffy
State Emergency Board
General Revenue
Foreign Ministers Meet in Vienna to Sample Czechoslovak Border Dispute
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano will meet in Vienna on Wednesday to begin arbitration talks over the Czech Hungary frontier dispute. Officials forecast an early settlement.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Vienna
Blast Mountain Beagle Rescue Captures Community Effort
In Clarksburg West Virginia a 19 member rescue crew on Spelter Mountain drills blasts to free Sport a five year old beagle trapped in a fissure for 12 days. Neighbors employed unemployed miners to blast below the rock to free the dog. Food is lowered through a three inch hole while volunteers urge Sport with a glove on a pole.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Spelter Mountain
Sport
Howard Walls
Spelter
Jack Walls
Howard
Roosevelt Intervenes In Rail Wage Dispute To Avert Strike
President Roosevelt meets with top railroad executives in a White House conference to discuss the emergency wage board’s suggestion against a 15 percent wage cut and to explore rehabilitating plans for the industry without payroll reductions. A 139 Class 1 railroads group faces four possible paths including canceling cuts or delaying action.
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Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Emergency Board
Roosevelt
H. A. Enochs
Association of American Railroads
Chicago
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Harry A. Millis
University of Chicago
U S Protests Killing of American in Jap Raid
United States officials protest two incidents involving Americans in China. Phoebe Nyhus of Fertile Iowa was killed by Japanese bombing planes near Peiping. In Hankow, American and British sailors were halted and searched by Japanese sentries.
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Shanghai
U.S
United States
Peiping
Phoebe Nyhus
Arthur Nyhus
Fertile
Iowa
Hankow
Mother of Five Stabs Husband After Dispute
In Columbus detectives say Myrtle Ballinger, 49, mother of five, fatally stabbed her husband Joseph Ballinger, 50, after an argument. A formal statement was to be taken today. The injury was described as a chest wound near the heart caused by a butcher knife.
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Columbus
U.R
Myrtle Ballinger
Joseph
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