British Steamer Sunk Off Spanish Coast amid Mediterranean tensions
A British steamship Woodford was torpedoed and sunk 50 miles north of the Havock attack site off the Spanish coast. One second engineer died, six injured. Britain plans stronger destroyer forces in the western Mediterranean. Ministers meet as Italy blamed and France seeks joint action.
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London
U.P
Havock
Woodford
Mediterranean
Foreign Office
France
United Press
Gibraltar
Britain
Anthony Eden
Lord Perth
Italy
Turkey
Moscow
Timiriazev
North African
Belgian Geldings Set World Record At Ohio State Fair
A team of Belgian geldings owned by B. P. Moyer of Greenfork Indiana won the heavyweight horse pulling contest at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday. They pulled 3 925 pounds for 30 feet to set a new world record surpassing the 3 900 pounds previous mark. The team weighed 4 350 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
B. P. Moyer
Greenfork
Ind
Moyer
Prominent Newark Republican Leader Frank Pfeffer Dies
Frank Pfeffer aged 67 a longtime Republican Party activist and deputy fire marshal under Gov Harry Davis died in Newark after a brief illness. He served in party activities for 25 years and was well known in local government circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
U.P
Frank Pfeffer
Harry Davis
Public Wedding Planned at Glouster 1937 Labor Day Parade
Plan calls for a public wedding of an Athens County couple during the 1937 Labor Day celebration in Glouster. Speakers include Homer Martin John Owen Milo Warner and a mayor will officiate. A street parade features floats drum corps prizes and nuptial music by John Sikoski. Gifts include cash from the American Legion and a mattress from Richardson Furniture.
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Glouster
Athens County
United Mine Workers
Frank McCann
American Legion
Athens
John Sikorski
American Legion Post
Richardson Furniture Company
Herman Atlas
Fair Store
Luckoff Company
Housing and Sugar Bills Signed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the Wagner Steagall housing bill and the sugar bill, launching a $526 million federal drive to clear slums. The housing measure allows cities to borrow from a $500 million bond issue and receive $25 million in grants to build sanitary low income housing on slum sites.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
School Funds Are Distributed In Ohio Quarterly Allocation
The State Department of Education distributed 12 052 274 to boards of education for operation of schools in counties cities and exempted districts. The regular third quarterly payment was issued as notes that districts may borrow and later redeem with cash. Notable allocations include Athens county 83177 Gallia 57247 Hocking 46497 Meigs 54438 Vinton 40128 Athens city 12567 Gallipolis 16707 Logan 19638 Chauncey Dover 11247 Glouster 8755 Pomeroy 12014.
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Columbus
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Gallipolis
Logan
Chauncey - Dover
Glouster
Pomeroy
Baby Drowns in Water Container in Marietta
Mari lyn Carol Warfield aged 15 months daughter of Edward Warfield of Marietta drowned after falling head first into a two gallon water container. The tragedy occurred in Marietta.
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Marietta
Marilyn Carol Warfield
Edward Warfield
Mear Marietta
Braddock and Baer Set for Oct 29 MSG Bout
Former world heavyweight champions James J. Braddock and Max Baer were signed today for a 15 round boxing bout at Madison Square Garden on October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
James J. Braddock
Max Baer
Madison Square Garden
Pawnbroker Sees Pity Fade in Brief Wedding Ring Request
Cleveland A P Dick Bergman recalls feeling sympathy when an elderly couple entered his shop seeking $6 on a 40 year old wedding ring. They said they needed the money to gamble on horses saying they would bet two and two and two on three dandy horses.
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Cleveland
A.P
Dick Bergman
Williams Manufacturing shoe plant to reopen Friday
Officials of the Williams Manufacturing Co shoe plant idle since a strike by the United Shoe Workers of America affiliate Committee for Industrial Organization prepared to reopen. Reopening follows sheriff assurances of deputies on hand and a court order. The union seeks sole bargaining rights. About 1,100 to 1,200 workers are idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.P
Williams Manufacturing Co
United Shoe Workers of America
Committee For Industrial Organization
Earl C. Brandel
City Plans To Appeal Gas Rate Ruling
Norwalk city solicitor Herbert R. Freeman said the city would seek a state Supreme Court review of an Ohio Public Utilities Commission decision that voided the new gas rate ordinance. The PUC struck it down after Ohio Fuel Co. filed a rate increase application.
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Norwalk
U.P
Herbert R. Freeman
State Supreme Court
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Co
Kidnapped Couple Abandoned After Abduction in Lorain County
Police hunt five men who abducted and robbed 19 year old Rose Marie Catalano and 21 year old Joseph Millie, then bound them with cord and left them in an abandoned farmhouse near Avon after taking them to the area along Lake Erie. A gasoline station robbery hours later is also linked to the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lake Erie
Rose Marie Catalano
Joseph Millie
Avon, O
Typhoid linked to deaths of Hartig sisters in Columbus
Typhoid fever today was held responsible for the death of Katherine Hartig 15 in Columbus. A sister Mary 13 and brother Donald 6 are in a Columbus hospital suffering from the disease.
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Columbus-All
Katherine Hartig
Mary
Donald
Columbus
Stricken Children Share One Iron Lung in Fight Against Paralysis
Denver hospital uses a single iron lung for two infantile paralysis patients, Shirley Krause and Maybelle Outcast, as doctors face a life or death choice if both deteriorate. A third machine is en route from Chicago. Maybelle's brother George recently died of the disease.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Steele Memorial Hospital
Shirley Krause
Maybelle
Shirley
Chicago
Burlington Railway
Belle
George
George Qoutcast
September 14 Hearing Set On Logan Gas Rate Case
Logan city learns the Public Utilities Commission will hear the local gas rate case in Columbus on September 14 at 10 a m. The hearing allows Logan to present evidence to help determine the statewide gate rate for the gas company and to cross examine company witnesses. A 1936 engineers report proposed a gate rate of 44.56 cents per thousand and distribution cost of 27.48 cents, totaling 72.04 cents.
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Logan
Public Utilities Commission
Harry Schank
Columbus
Dismissal of Logan Tax Collectors Sparks Inquiry
Tax Commission moves to present evidence to eight county prosecutors on nine dismissed employees including two branch managers. Frank Miller filed removal orders citing dishonesty inefficiency incompetence and malfeasance. Notable charges involve Ralph W. E. Miller accused of misappropriating $75 in use taxes and failing to account for $24.11 admissions taxes and $4.50 from a carnival operator.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Tax Commission
Frank Miller
Ralph W. E. Miller
Logan
Walter A. Leonard
J. G. Sparks
Carnival
J. W. Cotrell
Deputies Named by Hocking County Official
Hocking County Treasurer Robert M. White announced the appointment of Dr. O Sparnow and Miss Frances Donahue as deputies in his office starting next Monday. Russell Keyes was named investigator for the old age pension bureau in Logan.
Typhoon Devastates Hong Kong Killing Over 100
The historic typhoon struck Hong Kong today, killing more than 100 people and wrecking parts of the city. The Asama Maru and Conte Verde liners were driven ashore in the heavy seas.
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Hong Kong
Davey Is Honor Guest At State Fair Today
Governor Martin Il Davey was guest of honor at the 87th Ohio State Fair as officials prepared for a large agricultural exposition. An estimated 80,000 spectators were expected to attend the event in Columbus.
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Davey
Columbus
U.P
Martin Il Davey
Third term fight looms in 1940 Senate debate
Democratic senators sharpen opposition to a Roosevelt third term amid rising 1940 speculation. Sen. Rush Holt of West Virginia will introduce a resolution calling a third term unwise and unpatriotic, while conservatives mock fears of La Follette as Roosevelts successor.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Coolidge
Lafollette
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
Wisconsin
Sherman Minton
Ind
Paul V. McNutt
la Follette
Holt
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
China's Ambassador Wang Apologizes to Hull After Liner Bombing
Chinese Ambassador C T Wang meets at the U S State Department to present official apologies to Secretary Cordell Hull after the bombing of an American liner. He promises full redress for the incident amid tense foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Wang
U. S. State Department
China
Cordell Hull
Wang
Ohio WPA sees workers drift to private employment
Ohio industries rebound from strikes as about 32 000 workers exit WPA rolls since May reducing totals from 115 000 to 83 000. Job applications with the Ohio State Employment Service rise only slightly while officials note many may have entered private work aided by social security eligibility for those over 65. The service seeks additional funds and prepares to handle unemployment compensation starting January 1, 1939 through its 19 offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
WPA
Toledo Mayor Outlines Plan to Fund Ohio Relief
Toledo Vice Mayor John Q. Carey told the special relief committee that $11 million could be sourced for 1938 poor relief without new taxes beyond renewing expiring ones. He proposed local bond issues aligned with future tax receipts and urged re-enacting the 1 percent utilities excise tax, which would yield about $200,000 monthly and $60,000 the first year if restarted Oct. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Ohio
Special
Joint Relief Committee
John Q. Carey
Toledo
Carey
Ohio League of Municipalities
Milk Ban Follows Two Typhoid Fever Deaths
Portsmouth health officials ban all milk not pasteurized after two typhoid deaths amid an epidemic in Seiote County. Forty five cases reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
T.P
Seiote
Rural Carriers elect officers at national convention
Walter D. Weise of Salisbury Pennsylvania was elected president of the National Federation of Rural Carriers and Mrs Elmer Schaffeldt of Indianapolis Indiana was re elected president of the national auxiliary at the close of their four day biennial convention in Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Walter D. Weise
Salisbury
National Federation of Rural Carriers
Elmer Schaffeldt
Indianapolis
Ind
National Auxiliary
Attendees Cited in Death of 70-Year-Old Christopher Ranft
Attendance at two funerals today was listed as a contributing cause of a heart attack that led to the death of Christopher Ranft, age 70, in New Philadelphia.
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New Philadelphia
Au.p
Christopher Ranft
Killed in Highway Crash Near Bel Air Maryland
One woman and three men were killed and another man seriously injured when a car and a Washington bound bus collided head on on a highway near Bel Air Maryland. The dead include Elmer D. Hays 45 of Chevy Chase his wife Isabel R. Hays and their son Elmer D. Hays Jr 18 and James Leech 18 also of Chevy Chase. Thorn Perkins 24 of Striker QC was the injured man and the only bus passenger. Mrs Hays and the two youths were believed killed instantly with the man dying en route to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Air
U.P
Washington
Elmer D. Hays
Chevy Chase
Isabel R. Hays
Elmer D. Hays, Jr
James Leech
St. Joseph's Hospital
Baltimore
Thorn Perkins
Striker
Perkins
Hays
Tax Penalty Refund Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Ohio Case
Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley ruled the Ogdin Law allowing penalties refund on delinquent taxes unconstitutional. The suit was led by Lorain attorney Wesley J. Grills. County officers should disregard the act entirely, Findley stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
U.P
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Ogdin
Wesley J. Grills
Lorain
Findley
Caretaker Drowns at Van Wert YMCA Pool
Warnfield aged 50 the YWCA building custodian drowned Wednesday in the swimming pool at Van Wert Ohio where he had gone to wash the windows. He was found in the water by staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCCA
van Wert
U.P
Warnfield
YWCA
Georgia Paroled Chain-Ganger Sent to Massachusetts
Georgia governor Fleming Willis paroles James Cunningham a Georgia chain gang fugitive to reside in Massachusetts for nine months. Governor Rivers condemns Hurley for extradition refusal as a feud between states over lottery operations escalates. Cunningham, 37, had argued chain gang punishment is cruel. He later faced a lottery charge in Massachusetts and appeals to the state Supreme Judicial Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Massachusetts
Atlanta
Fleming Willis
Thein
EF. D. Rivers
Willis
Rivers
Charles Hurley
Hurley
River
James Cunningham
Cunningham
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Warships Will Escort Yankee Trade Vessels
United Press reports American-flag ships entering Shanghai will be escorted by warships as Japan warns foreigners to keep away from the International Settlement. Chinese defenders at Port areas endure brutal fighting against Japanese forces north of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Tientsin
Yellow River
Suiyuan
Koki Hirota
Tokyo
Japan
Hirota
Lotien
Kiating
Paoshan
Yangtze
West Virginia labor leaders clash over CIO attack
John B. Easton, WV Labor Federation president, calls William Green's charge that CIO unions seek to shellac local labor bodies a cowardly attack and a full fledged lie. The Charleston exchange frames ongoing AFL CIO tensions in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John B. Easton
West Virginia Labor Federation
Buckeye Pipe Line Lowers Oil Price
Pittsburgh AUP Joseph Seep agency of South Penn Oil announces a 15 cent cut in Corning gerade crude oil price run into Buckeye Pipe Line lines. New price set at $1.27 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
AUP
Corning Gerade
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Joseph Seep
South Penn Oil Company
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GOP
Braddock
Baer
Hocking County
West Virginia
Goshen
Ilegal
Green
Clo
Buckeye
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