Knutson to seek probe of Black Klan ties
Rep. Harold Knutson of Minnesota called for a congressional investigation into reports that Associate Justice Hugo L. Black belonged to the Ku Klux Klan. He suggested Congress might act if a solid link to Klan membership were proven, though removal would require impeachment.
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Washington
U.P
Harold Knutson
Minn
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Minnesota
House
Black
Congress
Knutson
Senate
Klan
House of Representatives
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
North American
Alliance
Birmingham
Ala
State Will Call Special Juries
Columbus report says within two weeks special grand juries will be called in Cleveland Youngstown Canton and perhaps Columbus Toledo and Cincinnati for Attorney General Herbert S Duffy to obtain testimony needed for his investigation of Ohio parole system The juries will be directed by an AG official and the attorney general says he aims for prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Cleveland
Youngstown
Canton
Toledo
Cincinnati
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
Duffy
Farmers Battle Poles as Rural Co op Clashes with Utility
Farmers from Seneca and Crawford Counties uprooted 15 to 20 utility poles along State Route 18 to the farms of Irving I. Zieber and Charles H. Sandmeister. The action followed a dispute with Lake Erie Power and Light Co. escalating tensions between the Rural Electrification Cooperative and the utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin—U.p
Lake Erie Power and Light Co
Irving I. Zieber
Charles H. Sandmeister
Seneca
Crawford
Seek Link Between Fatal Gangland Bullets
Tests planned to determine if bullets that killed Roy Happy Marino were fired from the same guns as those that killed Mike Russell. Ballistic photographs from both bodies to be compared by Howard G. Robinson of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification. Russell was ambushed August 25. Marino was killed last Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
U.P
Roy
Happy” Marino
Ohio
Mike Russell
Wheeling
W. Va
Howard G. Robinson
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification
Russell
Marino
Officers Hunt Youth In Triple Shooting
Martins Ferry Ohio police sought 22 year old Albert Lynn for questioning in a triple shooting that wounded Virginia Jesalosky 20 and her parents Joseph 58 and Beatrice 52. Authorities believe a lovers quarrel sparked the attack and the suspect remained at large.
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Martins Ferry
Albert Lynn
Virginia Jesalosky
Joseph Jesalosky
Beatrice Jesalosky
Lynn
Writer Named By Dancer Is Still Missing
Los Angeles police probe a bloodstained incident at the B P Schulberg studio after dancer Laura Lee 21 accuses a celebrated writer of an attempted attack. Lee says officers were misled and she struck an officer after alleged taunts. A bloodstained pocketbook bearing the writer’s name was found.
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Hollywood
A.P
B. P. Schulberg
Los Angeles
Laura Lee
Miss Lee
Mysterious Hollywood death of Western Air Express chief stewardess Cecelia Gilligan
Coroner investigated the death of 25 year old Cecelia Gilligan, chief stewardess for Western Air Express, found in a Hollywood hotel room wearing shorts. Friends reported moodiness and a missed flight. prior suicide attempt noted though no self harm evidence found.
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Cecelia Gilligan
Western Air Express
Hollywood
Fair Warmer Friday Marriage Reunites Badgeleyes
Columbus report notes William W Badgeley and Helen L Badgeley plan a re marriage on a clear Friday while rain would postpone it If weather favors the couple would wed again They first married in 1920 on a rainy day and divorced in 1929 attributing the failure to the weather
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Columbus
U.P
William W. Badgeley
Helen L. Badgeley
President Roosevelt Calls Cabinet for Special Meeting
President Roosevelt summoned Secretary Cordell Hull and the Cabinet to a special afternoon meeting at the White House to discuss Europe and Asia tensions. Aides say the gathering is not an emergency session amid debates over the Neutrality Act and Shanghai events, with budget, farm, and monetary issues also on the agenda.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
White House
Europe
Asia
China
Japan
Shanghai
Congress
President's Son Plans Harvard Wedding Next June
John Roosevelt the President's youngest son and Boston debutante Anne Lindsay Clark discussed marriage plans to take place after his Harvard senior year next June. Engagement announced by Mrs F Haven Clark at Nahant, Massachusetts, home where Roosevelt is guest.
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Boston
U.P
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Harvard University
Miss Clark
F. Haven Clark
Nahant
Mass
Roosevelt
Pomeroy Jackson Road Included in Highway Projects
Ohio state highway department announced bids on Sept. 24 for seven highway improvement projects totaling 753000 dollars and covering 40 miles of road. One project covers Meigs Pomeroy Jackson Road on State Route 124 Rutland Township and part of State Route 7, plus grade drain and surfacing over 0.363 mile at an estimated 37735 dollars.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Meigs—Pomeroy-Jackson
Rutland Township
Salisbury
Despondent Fiance Ends Life in Ohio Bedroom Tragedy
Despondent since the death of her fiancé Robert Ayres, 32, of Xenia, Helen Gentner, 20, shot herself in the breast with a .22 rifle in her bedroom in Dayton. Coroner H. C. Schick announced the finding today.
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Dayton
U.P
Robert Ayres
Xenia
Helen Gentner
H. C. Schick
Child crushed by flower box in Cleveland tragedy
Virginia Russell aged 3 died in Cleveland when a flower box toppled from a porch and crushed her. Police say the accident occurred Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Virginia Russell
Two Robbers Hold Up Bank At Good Hope
Two armed men aged 20 to 25 wearing dark coats and hats robbed The Farmers' Bank at Good Hope ten miles southeast of here at 10 20 am. They fled in a black sedan with yellow wheels driven by an accomplice. last seen heading toward Linden Ohio. Sheriff Eisenhauer and surrounding sheriffs hunted the bandits. cashier Miss Essie Talmer spoke by phone.
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Good Hope
Washington D. H
Farmers’ Bank
Here
Linden
W. H. Eisenhauer
Fayette County
Highway Patrol
Essie Talmer
British and French Fleets Launch Anti-Submarine Drive
British and French admirals ordered a fleet of about 100 warships to combat submarine threats in the Mediterranean with air support. Soviet Russia backs the nine power Nyon conference, while Italy accepts participation with reservations to boost its patrol role.
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London
U.P
Mediterranean
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Izvestia
Nine Nations Sign Anti Piracy Pact Amid Global Patrol
Chief delegates from nine nations led by Great Britain and France signed a pact to cooperate in an anti piracy patrol. The agreement, effective immediately, orders warships from the Black Sea to the Straits of Gibraltar to seek and sink any submarine.
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Great Britain
France
Black Sea
Straits of Gibraltar
Africa
Europe
CIO May Run Own Man for Governorship
The CIO committee in Ohio will back its own candidate for governor in 1938 if other contenders fail to satisfy organized labor. John Owens, CIO chief of Ohio who led the little steel strike, is urged to run and would do so if no stronger candidate appears. Owens, a Democrat, heads Labor's Non-Partisan League in Ohio and claims league membership of 300,000 to 400,000 with CIO members around 228,000 to 230,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio
United Press
John Owens
CIO
Owens
Ex Leader of Czechs Dies at 87 Father of His Country
Prague reports former president Thomas Garrigue Masaryk died of pneumonia and arterial illness at 87. The first president of Czechoslovakia, he served three terms. Died at 3:29 am with son Jan Masaryk and top officials by his side. National mourning ordered. state funeral planned and body to lie in state at Lang Castle music room.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Republic
Czechslovakia
Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
London
Edouard Benes
Milan Hodza
Lang Castle
Fred Bushman Dies From Motorcycle Crash In Springfield
Fred Bushman former financial editor of the Dayton Daily News died from injuries after his motorcycle struck the side of an automobile in Springfield He was part of an automobile daredevil troupe performing there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.P
Fred Bushman
Dayton Daily News
Dog Thought Cause of Duel Fatal to Two
In Newark two men died in a self inflicted duel after a dispute over a dog. Edward Swan aged 73 and Sam Psomiadis aged 42 were found dead in a Lawrence Sandley residence room with a .38 pistol and a 12 gauge shotgun. Neighbors recalled an argument over the dog days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
U.P
Edward Swan
Sam Psomiadis
Lawrence Sandley
Psomiadis
Swan
Lewis Dettre
Dettre
Gas Hearings Are Continued in Columbus Rate Case
State wide aspects of the Columbus gas rate case affecting 11 cities were postponed for a day or two as the Public Utilities Commission resumed hearings. Cross examination of Lou F. Welker and L. A. Seyffert aimed to clarify testimony on gate rates. City officials present included Logan representative D. Pincura Jr. and A. W. O'Toole, City Solicitor Harley Meyer, and Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Public Utilities Commission
Lou F. Welker
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
L. A. Seyffert
James W. Huffman
D. Pincura, Jr
Austin W. O'Toole
Logan
Harley Meyer
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Clark County Offers 1000 Reward for Police Killer
Clark County commissioners offer a reward of 1000 dollars for information leading to the arrest of Harry Dingledine age 54 wanted on two murder charges. Dingledine fled after a gun battle at Crystal Lake in which a deputy sheriff a Springfield policeman and a bandit were killed.
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Springfield
U.P
Clark County
Harry Dingledine
Dingledine
Crystal Lake
Here
Inventors offer cure for world's ills with odd devices
Des Moines coverage notes Albert G. Burns and H. E. Taylor presenting inventions meant to spur economic growth. Grasshopper trap attached to a tractor converts pests into fertilizer, while a hamburger cooker reduces grease and odor. Other items include wedding rings that expand and a glare eliminating visor with rotating blades.
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Des Moines
I A
U.P
Albert G. Burns
Alameda
Cal
National Inventors Congress
H. E. Taylor
Chicago
Taylor
Movie Gunman Shot Wounds On Set On Blank Cartridges
Hollywood shaping up as Wallace Beery, filming Bad Man of Brimstone, wounded himself with a blank cartridge on a frontier set. He was playing a desperado with a gun in each hand when he slipped during a take and fired into his right leg above the knee.
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Hollywood
U.P
Wallace Beery
Sees Predict Dollar Weakness and Market Warnings
Boston economist Roger W. Babson warned that the odds favor a 20 cent dollar. He suggested inflation or repudiation could erase large public debts while noting that over the next year or two favorable factors dominate. He forecast better general business this fall and increased spending by farmers wage earners and stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Roger W. Babson
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Babson
Local Option Contests In Ohio Show Decline
Columbus Ohio. Local option elections next fall will number less than half of the 1936 contests. S P McNaught superintendent of the Ohio Anti Sa loon League says he lacks exact petitions but bases his estimate on petition blanks requested from his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
O.P
S. P. McNaught
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
McNaught
Ohio Supreme Court seat offered after judge's death
Governor Davey offers the vacancy created by the death of Judge Thomas A. Jones in the Ohio Supreme Court. Judge Joseph D. Barnes of the Second District Court of Appeals, a Democrat, is involved in the consideration of the appointment.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Thomas A. Jones
Daveyta
Joseph D. Barnes
Second District Court of Appeals
Jap Guns Hit At Retreating Chinese Army
Japanese artillery fired on Chinese forces retreating westward through the Yangtze Delta toward a German fortified defense line. Air reconnaissance indicated a genuine strategic withdrawal in orderly fashion, with a major battle expected on the new line within ten days.
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Shanghat
U.P
Yangtze Delta
Charges Dropped Against Palace Theater Manager
Marion city council adopted a motion to drop further litigation against George FE Planck manager of the Palace Theater after his acquittal on a lottery charge tied to the theater's bank nights. The measure was sent to City Solicitor R F Carhart for advice.
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Marion
U.P
George FE. Planck
Palace Theater
R. Fe, Carhart
Council
Three Rebel Columns Move on Loyalist Base
Three Nationalist columns press toward Gijon from the west south and east along the Biscay coast as insurgent warships block Gijon Harbor. The operation aims to unite lines and isolate the last Loyalist base in Asturias.
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Hendaye
Gijon
Biscay
Asturias
Government Sues for 15 29 Damages in Federal Court
The government sues Everett Keller and Frank Lee of Chillicothe for 15 29 damages after a CCC truck was damaged when struck by the Keller car driven by Lee on U S Route 50 near Chillicothe on May 5, 1905.
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Columbus
Government Today
Everett Keller
Frank Lee
Chillicothe
Ccc
Keller
Lee
U. S. Route 50
Chiglicothe
Grand jury opens probe into Lafe Williamson death in Meigs County
In Pomeroy the Meigs County grand jury began hearings on the Williamson death as Special Prosecutor Craig Davis leads the investigation. Over 20 witnesses are questioned while Sheriff Fowler and Deputy Hank Young relinquish duties to allow a thorough probe.
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Williamson
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Lafe Williamson
Craig Davis
Davis
Manning D. Webster
C. E. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Webster
Roscoe O. Fowler
Mrs. Fowler
Middleport
Hank Young
Fowler
Manning
D. Curtis Reed
Columbus
Fred W. Crow
Ruling Saves Film Nuptials By Court in Brent Case
Superior Court judge in Los Angeles ruled he had no jurisdiction over marriages made in Mexico. The decision declares Brent and Constance Worth's union valid, ending his bid to annul the Mexican marriage to Ruth Chatterton’s former husband. Brent had sought divorce claiming weariness.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
George Brent
Charles Haas
Mexico
Brent
Ruth Chatterton
Greta Garbo
Constance Worth
Ori
Johnstown Mayor Skips Appearance at Labor Board Hearing
Johnstown Mayor Daniel J. Shields, cited busyness, did not attend a labor board subpoena hearing regarding Bethlehem Steel. Labor board attorneys asked a postponement from Shields’ clerk, leaving his future plans undetermined.
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Johnstown
Lu.p
Daniel J. Shields
Labor Board
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Shields
Dick Smith Appointed Assistant State Education Director
Georgetown resident Dick Smith aged 37 was named assistant state education director today with an annual salary of zero dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
AUP
Dick Smith
Georgetown
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