Compromise Seen Between CIO and AFL On Union Split
David Dubinsky, ILGWU president and CIO leader, said a compromise between craft and industrial union approaches may still be possible at the United Textile Workers of America convention. He signaled ILGWU would urge the CIO to send delegates to the AFL national convention in Tampa, Florida, in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
American Federation of Labor
United Textile Workers of America
Dubinsky
ILGWU
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Tampa
Fla
Former Bank Chief Sentenced to Four Months in Federal Prison
Edward A. Campbell, former president of the First National Bank of Massillon, was convicted in Federal court of taking 6400 in commissions on a bank loan to the old India Tire Co. of Akron. Judge Samuel H. West gave four months in a Federal reformatory and a $3000 fine. Campbell had been acquitted last May of misapplication of bank funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Edward A. Campbell
First National Bank of Massillon
Old India Tire Co
Akron
Samuel H. West
Campbell
Massillon Bank
Danish Warships To Probe Ship Tragedy
Danish warships rushed to Iceland to investigate the Pourquoi-Pass sinking that claimed the life of famed French Arctic explorer Dr. Jean Baptiste Charcot and 29 others. Only Petty Officer Eugene Gouldec survived, lashed to a plank as the vessel foundered in a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Iceland
U.P
Jean Baptiste Charcot
Pourquoi-Pass
Eugene Gouldec
Doctor Howard Z. Foster Dies in Office
Dr. Howard Z. Foster, president of the Hocking County School Board and local dentist, died of heart disease in his office today. He served the community in education and health roles and was a prominent local figure.
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Rotter
Laurelville-U,p
Howard Z. Foster
Hocking County
Mollison Aims Transatlantic Flight in October
British flier James Mollison plans an October attempt to fly from New York to London in under 17 hours. The flight will use a plane rated at 270 miles per hour and is to depart from New York.
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London
V.P
Atlantic
New York
England
James Mollison
This Fellow Likes Dogs But It Costs
Gallia County report details 27 dogs found by Dog Warden Roy Johnson at Albert Brewer’s Coal Valley home near Vinton. None were licensed. Brewer paid $13 for a kennel license to cover the 27 dogs.
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Gallipolis
Roy Johnson
Albert Brewer
Coal Valley
Vinton
Brewer
Second Purdue Gridder Dies After Shower Room Blast
Lafayette Indiana reports Purdue University football star Tom McGannon of Evansville has died from burns suffered in Saturday’s shower room explosion. Lowell Decker of Reading Michigan remains serious. Pat Malaska and James Maloney are improving. Memorial services for Carl Dalbeck of Lyndonville Vermont will be held tonight.
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Lafayette
Ind
U.P
Tom McGannon
Evansville
Purdue University
Lowell Decker
Reading
Mich
Pat Malaska
Crawfordsville
James Maloney
Oak Park
Carl Dalbeck
Lyndonville
Pawnee Bill’s Wife Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Mrs Gordon W. Lillie wife of famed showman Pawnee Bill died from injuries after an automobile accident Sunday in Pawnee Oklahoma. The death was reported today by local officials.
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Pawnee
Okla
U.P
Gordon W. Lillie
Bill"’ Lillie
FDR Opens Drive With Charity Plea
President Roosevelt launches the 1936 mobilization for human needs urging local charity and private giving to fill 330 city chests with an $80 million fund. He notes rising national income and employment while defending government aid and calling for social service gains to match recovery. General Electric’s Gerald Swope backs a brighter economic horizon and stronger social programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gerald Swope
General Electric
Swope
Injured Boy Believed Struck by Truck in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police think Doyle Keefer, hospitalized with a skull fracture, was struck while riding his bicycle. A bloodied boy seen near the Ohio Valley Bank corner Wednesday afternoon may have spoken with a truck driver, who was in conversation with him.
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Gallipolis
Doyle Keefer
Holzer Hospital
Ohio Valley Bank
Decision on Sanitary Project To Be Appealed
Warner Conservation Association members meet at the mayor office in Glouster to appeal the common pleas court judges order dismissing the Sunday Creek Sanitary District petition. Necessary steps for filing the appeal will be taken at once following the Wednesday night meeting.
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Glouster
Warner Conservation Association
Common Pleas Court
Athens
Morgan
Perry
Sunday Creek
Ohio Health News condemns excessive homework for pupils
The Ohio Health News argues that heavy home assignments harm pupil health. It cites a New York City study urging the abolition of compulsory homework before the fourth grade and calls for quality over quantity as the measure of educational efficiency.
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Columbus
Ohio Health News
State Department of Health
Ohio
Association of District Superintendents of
New York City
Health News
Dollar Day Shoppers Stretch Money This Friday and Saturday
Athens merchants declare Dollar Day values on September 18 and 19. Ads appear on all pages of today's Messenger urging shoppers to maximize every dollar with limited time deals. A strong urging to visit downtown for bargains is emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Messenger
Spanish Loyalists Ask 10000 Volunteers to Halt Rebels
The Spanish government in Gibraltar called for 10,000 volunteers to counter a major rebel offensive in the Talavera region near Madrid. Arm supplies arrived from an unnamed source to aid mobilization as Madrid weighs blowing the Alcazar at Toledo to free besieged loyalists.
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Alcazar
Toledo
Gibraltar
Talavera
Madrid
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Geneva
League of Nations
Spain
Europe
San Sebastian
Santander
Bilbao
Ohio Produce Will Be Lower
Ohio farm crop prospects in 1936 remain below 1935 levels despite rains in late August. Corn output is 109,610,000 bushels, oats 37,158,000, apples 2,660,000, peaches 168,000, and potatoes forecast at 12,350,000. Milk production shows a slight drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Woman Kills Self in Liquor Officer's Room
June Montgomery, 43, of Cincinnati, shot herself in the hotel room of Almon J. Bogardus, chief enforcement officer for the Ohio Liquor Board in Cincinnati. Bogardus said the woman used his pistol and will be questioned further. Dr. Frank Grace reported she said I shot myself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
June Montgomery
Almon J. Bogardus
Ohio Liquor Board
Bogardus
Frank Grace
Mrs Roosevelt Confined by Illness at White House
Mrs Roosevelt is ordered to bed by her physician after a heavy cold and fever. This marks the first illness serious enough to require rest since entering the White House with her husband on March 4, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Honeymooning Star Ross Alexander With Ann Dolan
Hollywood report says Ross Alexander, young film star, is honeymooning in Southern California with his bride Ann Dolan screen actress Ann Nagel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
Ross Alexander
California
Ann Dolan
Ann Nagel
Detroit murder trial halves as Black Legion cases near end
Detroit reporters note the Poole murder trial nears the halfway point as prosecutors prepare to call final witnesses against ten members of the Black Legion.
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Detroit
U.R
Charlies A. Poole
Black Legion
Citizens to Keep Order During Strike in Salinas
Sheriff Carl Abbott declared a state of emergency and drafted able bodied male citizens ages 18 to 45 to deputize and arm for guarding lettuce shipments. Strikers and guards have clashed for two days. schools closed. American Legion mobilized to help preserve order without direct street fighting.
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Salinas
Cal
U.R
Carl Abbott
Salinas County
R. D. Case
Louis Bloss
American Legion
Senator Holt Praises Alf Landon After Luncheon
Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia said he was favorably impressed with Alf M. Landon after a luncheon with the Republican candidate in Topeka Kansas. Holt praised Landon’s grasp of issues and plain manner but declined to commit to supporting or campaigning for the GOP. He also criticized WPA relief handling as he toured the Middle West seeking waste and incompetence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
U.P
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Alf M. Landon
Holt
United States
Landon
Middle West
Game Licenses Bring Half Million in Ohio Funds
Ohio sportsmen paid 468182 in hunting and fishing license fees to the state in the last year. The Conservation Division's annual financial report shows more than half of expenditures in 1935 went to personal service wages and salaries.
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Columbus
Ohio
Queen Victoria Eugenia Visits for Ill Son in Hospital
Victoria Eugenia former queen of Spain arrives in New York aboard the Conte Di Savoia to visit her son Alfonso Count of Covadonga who is seriously ill at Presbyterian Hospital with a hereditary breeding disease recurrence.
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New York
U.P
Victoria Eugenia
Spain
Conte di Savoia
Alfonso
Covadonga
Presbyterian Hospital
Landon to Outline Farm Plans in Midwest Swing
Gov Alf Landon announced a week long campaign through Des Moines Minneapolis and Milwaukee to press a permanent pro gram for farming and challenge current agricultural and reciprocal trade policies. He will also address social security in at least one stop and speak to a National Young Republicans gathering.
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Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
America
Kansas
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Lake States
Roosevelt to Speak at Harvard 300th Anniversary
President Roosevelt plans a Cambridge stop for Harvard University’s 300th anniversary on Friday. He will then go to Hyde Park for government duties until Sept. 28 before addressing the Democratic convention in Syracuse and launching an early campaign drive through October and November. The trip includes rallies in Elkina West Virginia Pittsburgh and New York City with extemporaneous remarks likely.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Syracuse
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York City
Elkina
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Youth Held to Grand Jury in Fatal Auto Crash
Harold Edwards a 20 year old Salt Creek Township youth was freed on bond of 5500 to await grand jury action on a second degree manslaughter charge for the unintentional killing of Ruth Blick his cousin in an automobile crash near his home. Florence Miller also injured in the accident was recovering at Cherrington Hospital with a fractured leg and multiple injuries.
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Logan
Harold Edwards
Salt Creek Township
Ruth Blick
Florence Miller
Cherrington Hospital
Wife Slayer To Be Charged With Murder
Marion report says 68 year old Charles Warwick confessed to beating his 72 year old wife to death with a pitch fork handle. He claimed she struck him with a cane first and that he retaliated. Sheriff Miller said a murder charge would be filed today.
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Marion
U.P
Fred F. Miller
Charles Warwick
Warwick
State weighs buying two Ohio River bridges
The Ohio State Bridge Commission, via executive secretary John M. Caren, pursues purchase of two toll bridges over the Ohio River at Steubenville Weirton and Pomeroy Mason City from Dravo Contracting Co. Steubenville bridge listed at 1.6 million and Pomeroy bridge at 300 thousand, both about one million each.
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Columbus
U.P
State Bridge Commission
Ohio River
Steubenville
Pomeroy
John M. Caren
Davey
Dravo Contracting Co
Pittsburgh
Ft. Steuben
Weirton
Mason City
Belpre-Parkersburg
Bridge Commission
Suspect Questioned In Detroit Abduction Case
Detroit police detained 45 year old Richard Liska for investigation of activities the night 20 month old Harry Browe vanished from Clark Park where brothers left him to buy ice cream. The incident occurred Sept 5, prompting a detective bureau inquiry into the kidnap.
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Detroit
U.P
Richard Liska
Detective Bureau Today
Harry Browe
Liska
Browe
Clark Park
Harry
Musician Confesses Murder of Wife in Trenton Home
Trenton police report Ramon Cota, 45, a Mexican musician, confessed to murdering his wife and led investigators to her grave in the cellar. Officials sought two additional wives linked to Cota in New York and Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the case.
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Trenton
N. J
Ramon Cota
New York
Hunteville
Ala
Cota
Silent crippled veteran learned of war benefits in West Virginia
Walter Chapman, a World War I veteran discharged in 1919 still on crutches, has lived bedridden for 17 years. American Legion volunteers arranged a hospital visit in Huntington for possible spinal relief. Efforts to secure wartime compensation and disability benefits, potentially $15,000, are underway. Chapman cannot read or write and was unaware of his protections.
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Gallipolis
Glenwood
W. Va
Walter Chapman
Camp Lee
Virginia
Pt. Pleasant
American Legion
Chapman
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Storm Called Biggest Ever By Observer
Hurricane warnings spread along the Atlantic coast from Virginia Capes to Florida as a massive storm neared. Coast Guard crews evacuated residents in danger zones while Red Cross mobilized emergency workers in Raleigh Wilmington Charleston and Jacksonville. Ships sought shelter as centers moved northwest with possible northward veering.
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Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Florida
Coast Guard
American Red Cross
Raleigh
N. Y
Charleston
D. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Gordon E. Dunn
Federal
Central States
Carolinas
Dunn
Jacksonville Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
New York
Orduna
Puerto Rico
Noravind
Torvanger
North America
Caribbean Islands
Galveston
Tex
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Beaufort
Salem
Mass
Floyd Bennett Field
Cape May
N. J
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
North Carolina
Carolina
Little Island
Virginia Beach
Tax collections higher in Ohio half of 1936
The State Tax Commission release notes general taxes in the first half of 1936 rose slightly from the previous year while collections of special assessments are nearly hopeless, signaling uneven revenue prospects for Ohio.
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Columbus
Aup
Ohio
State Tax Commission
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Sweden
Stockholm
Kurt Bjorkvall
Eva von Blixen-Finecke
Roosevelt Field
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Purdue
Richard L. Harkness
United Press
State Health Department
By Michael McEwen
Self
Alf Landon
Rush Holt
By Joe Alex Morris
Harvard
Wilbur M. Brucker
Michigan
U. S
James Couzens
Couzens
State Commission
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