Davis probes Williamson case as Meigs County eyes shake up
Special prosecutor Crarg Davis continues questioning witnesses with a grand jury in Pom ery as officials predict Meigs County will undergo its biggest shake up with facts of the Lafe Williamson death. Dana L. Roush is jailed as a material witness and a grand jury is scheduled, while Davis and Sheriff’s representative Reed coordinate jail vacancy and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Crarg Davis
Lafe Williamson
Davis
Williamson
Meigs County
Dana L. Roush
Roush
Roscoe O. Fowler
D. Curtis Reed
Reed
Columbus
McCumber
Printers Debate AFL or CIO Affiliation at ITU Meeting
In Louisville, ITU delegates discuss whether the International Typographical Union should stay with the AFL or join CIO. AFL President William Green criticizes ITU President Charles P. Howard for CIO ties. CIO official Philip Murray rebutts, denying CIO allegiance to alien ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
ITU
William Green
AFL
Charles P. Howard
CIO
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Murray
Green
Launch Drive on Tax Delinquencies in Ohio
Columbus reports the first efforts to collect 209,769,031 dollars in delinquent state taxes after a taxation commission formed by the general assembly to study the problem. The commission sponsored by Senator Verner E. Metcalf will investigate delinquencies and draft collection legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus-Hup
General Assembly
Verner E. Metcalf
Belle Center Publisher Buys St Paris News-Dispatch
Belle Center publisher URBANA U P J E Manahan has purchased the St Paris News Dispatch from Herbert E Cook after a recent explosion and fire destroyed his plant. Manahan also runs the Belle Center Herald Voice and My Victory News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
U.P
J. E. Manahan
Belle Center
St. Paris News-Dispatch
Herbert E. Cook
Manahan
Belle Center Herald-Voice
My Victory News
Ontario orders three more metal lungs for paralysis outbreak
Toronto health officials ordered three additional metal lungs to combat a surge in infantile paralysis cases. The directive went to General Hospital technical staff to construct the devices urgently as most of the 13 lungs in the city are already in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
U.P
Ontario Health Department
General Hospital
Mail Inspection in Parsons Case Hints at Body Location
U S Department of Justice agents inspected William H Parsons' mail in New York seeking a clue to the missing Mrs Parsons. Intercepted letters claim she died of pneumonia on July 9 and a brother sister note is tied to a pearl and sapphire brooch Parsons and Mrs Kupryanova Parsons identified as hers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Department of Justice
William H. Parsons
Parsons
Stony Brook
N. Y
Admits Brutal Chicago Crime
Robert Conroy 24 re enacted for police the assault and torture of Anna Brasy a 38 year old choir singer in her home last November 21 Chief of Detectives John J Sullivan said Conroy confessed to his wife the morning after the attack and the couple fled with their two children to Washington DC They recently returned and Conroy found work as a file setter A second woman who telephoned the mother of Miss Brady later provided tips that led to his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Robert Conroy
Anna Brasy
Conroy
John J. Sullivan
Washington
D.C
Miss Brady
Testimony in Ohio Gas Rate Cases Opens in Columbus
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission began a state wide phase of hearings on the Ohio Fuel Gas Co rate case. Testimony covers property valuations operating costs and operating revenues as a basis for fixing gate rates for gas delivered to cities throughout the system. Eleven other Ohio cities and towns are parties to the case as the commission enters day two of renewed hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
AUP
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Columbia
Ohio
Weather Miners Slow Nationalist Advance Near Ribadesella
Nationalist forces attacked Ribadesella on the Biscay coast as they press to seize the last Loyalist province in northern Spain. Cold weather and stiff Asturian miner resistance south and west of Gijon forced a tactical shift toward Ribadesella, 28 miles from Gijon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
U.R
Spain
Ribadesella
Gijon
Biscay
Living costs rise since 1933 low but below 1929 peak
The National Industrial Conference Board reports living costs for wage earners were 24.1 percent higher in August than the 1933 low, yet 12 percent below August 1929 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
National Industrial Conference Board
Roosevelt Delays Comment on Black Klan Allegations
President Roosevelt postpones public remarks on Hugo Black Klan connections until Black returns from Europe. Some groups expect a full airing of charges upon his return, while others see the delay as a fading of the issue. The White House notes only newspaper reports and no definitive knowledge of the allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
Europe
Justice Black
United States Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
Parolee Confesses to Killing Boy in New Hampshire
Massachusetts parolee Howard Long confessed to beating 10-year-old Neville Jensen to death in Lacona after an alleged attempted assault. He reportedly ran the boy over near Alton, then transported him to Gilford where he bludgeoned him with a car jack and discarded the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia
N. H
U.P
Massachusetts
Neville Jensen
Lacuna
Howard Long
Long
Alton
Gilford
Neville
Lawyer Decline Final Word on Political Hopes
Cincinnati Ohio Democratic national committeeman Charles A. Sawyer said he had nothing to add to last week’s statement that he was honored to be considered a candidate for governor but it was too early for any decision. He responded to reports he would run for governor in 1938 and that headquarters would be set up in Columbus within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Charles A. Sawyer
Ohio
Sawyer
Columbus
Martha Raye Guarded From Auto Occupants
Hollywood star Martha Raye was guarded by a policeman after being followed by men in a big black mysterious limousine. She said she has not been molested but fears menacing followers and insists they are not admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
A.P
Martha Raye
Court of Appeals Denies Sedar Appeal in Slaying Case
The Court of Appeals denied an appeal for Frank Sedar a 17 year old from Cleveland convicted in June of killing a Boys Industrial School engineer. Sedar remains in the Ohio Penitentiary serving a life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Court of Appeals
Frank Sedar
Cleveland
Sedar
Ohio
Pittsburgh man sentenced on three white slavery counts
Clarksburg report says Theodore Corey of Pittsburgh was charged on three counts of white slavery and sentenced to six years in federal prison following the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
U.R
Theodore Corey
Pittsburgh
Toglay
Warring Nations Urged To Protect Innocents In Shanghai
Foreign naval commanders from the United States Great Britain France Italy and the Netherlands urged Japanese and Chinese leaders to prevent war planes from flying over the International Settlement and the French concession. They also requested anti-aircraft fire avoid killing non combatants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai-U,p
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Shanghai
O. K. Yui
Chapei
International Settlement
China
Peiping
Peiping-Hankow
Chinese Planes Attack Jap Ships Off Hong Kong
Residents report Chinese aircraft attacked Japanese warships off Hong Kong for three days. Three Chinese planes dropped bombs on two ships on Monday, ships escaped under a smoke screen and were reportedly struck. Similar actions occurred Tuesday and today with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Scully and Waddell Win Pittsburgh Nominations
Mayor hopefuls Scully and Waddell captured big nominations in Pittsburgh. Scully backed by the state Democratic organization won the Democratic mayoral nomination, while Robert N. Waddell won the Republican nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
Cornelius D. Scully
Democratic
Robert N. Waddell
Glass workers wage hike takes effect in Toledo area
Wage increase for 6000 to 7000 members of the American Flint Glass Workers Union goes into effect today. The action expands labor gains across local glass plants in Toledo and surrounding districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Angry Client Kills Lawyer in Chicago
A disgruntled client named George Chicharvick killed attorney Frederick W. Elliott aged 58 in Chicago after shooting him four times. The assailant stabbed another lawyer, George Mason, and scratched two stenographers before surrendering to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
L.P
George Chicharvick
Frederick W. Elliott
Illinois
George Mason
Mason
Mediterranean naval police combat pirate submarines
Britain and France form an international naval police to patrol 1,000,000 square miles of the Mediterranean. Joint fleets, with help from Jugoslavia, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, Roumania and Russia, seek to curb suspected Italian pirate submarines and protect merchant shipping amid intervention talks on Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
U.R
Mediterranean
Italy
Jugoslavia
Greece
Egypt
Turkey
Bulgaria
Roumania
Russia
Committee of Non
Germany
Loyalists Seek Settlement of U.S. Claims in Spain
Geneva report says the Spanish Loyalist government, with Premier Juan Negrin’s authorization, opened negotiations with the United States over 30 million dollars in American private credits in Spain. Fifteen or so claims involve U.S. citizens and companies tied to pre revolution credits and exchange controls. Dr Julio Alvarez Del Vayo emphasized equitable settlement and solidifying Spain’s credit relations.
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Geneva
U.P
United States
Spain
Juan Negrin
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
de Vayo
Spanish Republic
Guilty Plea Filed in Kidnapping Case
Roy Shauver alias Jones pleaded guilty under the federal kidnaping statute to abducting Patrolman Clelland Andress of Elyria after a Sept. 7 robbery of a Woodville bank. He appeared before U.S. Commissioner B. D. Nicola. Bond set at $50,000. remanded to county jail awaiting federal grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Roy Shauver
Jones
Clelland Andress
Elyria
Woodville
B. D. Nicola
Everett L. Foote
Shauver
French Guns Fire on Spanish Rebel Plane
Land batteries in Perpignan fired on a seaplane over French waters near the Spanish frontier. The Nationalist fleet plane bombed Portbou and the Culera tunnel, then circled a French freighter entering Port Vendres.
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Perpignan
France
U.P
Portbou
Culera
Port Vendres
Tragedy Strikes Local Teen Cyclist in Collision
Charles Harold age 17 son of Patrolman C F Harold was killed on the way to school when his motorcycle collided with an automobile. He was a senior at St Marys High School.
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Columbus
Charles Harold
C. F. Harold
St. Mary's High School
Ellsworth seeks Cochran aid for Arctic rescue flight
Lincoln Ellsworth travels to New York to request Jacqueline Cochran and Floyd B. Odlum provide the Northrop plane for a rescue mission. He plans a base in interior Alaska to systematically search a wide polar area for the Soviet air crew missing on a Moscow to California flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Lincoln Ellsworth
New York City
Jacqueline Cochran
Northrop
Arctic
Ellsworth
Miss Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
New York
Moscow
California
Alaska
Farmers Talk With Wallace On Soil Plans
Washington farm leaders meet with Secretary Henry A. Wallace to discuss the 1938 soil conservation program. The plan calls for a major crop reduction from about 300 million acres to 275–285 million in 1938, shifting from production control to soil conservation with state and county allotments and farm quotas.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
AAA
Debates Over Klan Issue Roil New York Mayoral Race
New York City mayoral candidates race to finish campaigns amid divisions over whether the Ku Klux Klan should influence voters. Senator Royal Copeland, seeking GOP and Democratic nominations for Tammany Hall, cites a press expose alleging Hugo Black Klan ties. Mahoney, Copeland’s foe, declares the Klan “dead” and urges not to revive it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
New York City
Royal S. Copeland
Tammany Hall
U. S. Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Copeland
Move Is First Step To Keep Peace Pledge
The U S government enforces a modified neutrality law against Japan and China. Federal vessels may not carry arms or war materiel to either side, and privately owned ships flying the U S flag face cargo risks. The embargo mirrors Roosevelt’s May 1 1937 proclamation.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
China
Roosevelt
Chinese Leaders Decry Roosevelt Arms Shipping Limits
Chinese leaders condemned Roosevelt's armament shipment restrictions to the Far East as aiding Japan. They argued the order halts China's munition imports from the United States, its top supplier, while allowing Japan to buy freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Roosevelt
United States
Far East
Japan
China
Government bans war cargo on US ships amid Sino Japanese tension
The Wichita bound Baltimore to China freighter was expected to jettison war planes at San Pedro under a presidential ban. Officials say the move, after Cabinet talks with Hull and Kennedy, aims to keep the US out of war and dilute clashes over freedom of the seas while risking Japanese and Chinese reaction.
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Baltimore
China
San Pedro
Calif
Canal Zone
Cordell Hull
Maritime Commission
Joseph A. Kennedy
Japan
Far East
Chinese
U. S
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Hyde Park
U.S
Vatican Nazi Ties Seen Strained by Italian Paper
Vatican officials warned that strained relations with Germany could worsen after an Osservatore Romano editorial urged vigilance as priests in Germany face violence similar to Spain. The article suggested Mussolini’s forthcoming German visit as the last chance to avert a severing of ties between the Reich and the Holy See.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Germany
Osservatore Romano
Holy See
Spain
Benito Mussolini
Reich
Marital Trouble Costs Heir 200000 Total
New Rochelle New York U R Tommy Manville settled a long running dispute with his fourth wife Marcelle Edwards. He paid 200000 to end the matter and announced no more marriages. Edwards agreed to go to Reno and drop efforts to take 1,000,000 from his fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N. Y
U.R
Tommy Manville
Marcelle Edwards
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Belle City
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San Francisco
Cecelia Ramirez
Manuel del Liano
George Steiger
Cecelia
Manuel
Steiger
del Liano
KR. Ro Miller
Polar Hunt
Harry Edward Twyford
Nicholas Twyford
Harry
Hobart
C. Montef
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