Constitution Day Sparks Debate on Supreme Court Revival
President Roosevelt and Interior Secretary Ickes join critics to mark Constitution Day with speeches on judiciary power. Senator Borah urges independent courts as essential to democracy while rove footage from Antietam notes unity amid Civil War memories. Roosevelt hints at judiciary plans but unclear on future actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Supreme Court
William E. Borah
America
Pesident Roosevelt
Washington Monument
Antietam Battlefield
Maryland
United States
Davey plans shake up of Ohio parole unit
Governor Martain L. Davey called the probation and parole division flawed and promised a reorganization next week. He said the welfare office-run unit has shown neglect by a few officers, defended a limited parole record, and stressed the need for a strong, respected board.
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Davey
Columbus
U.P
Martain L. Davey
Parole Board
Ohio
Welfare Department
S H Hibbard Dies Thursday at 78
S Hartley Hibbard longtime Athens County surveyor died at 8 p m Thursday night at his sons home in Mineral He was 78 and had served county affairs 1896 to 1911 He leaves two sons George and Paul one sister Mrs George Earhart and three grandchildren His wife died in 1928 and another son Henry died in 1926 A Masonic funeral will be held Sunday at two o clock at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery Friends may call Saturday and before the service
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S. Hartley Hibbard
Athens County
George
Paul Hibbard
Mineral
Hibbard
Athens Hotel
George Earhart
S. Congress St
Athens
Henry
Dowler and Ferguson
Hebbardsville
Mahoney and LaGuardia Triumph in New York Primary
Jeremiah T. Mahoney defeated Tammany’s Royal Copeland after strong New Deal support. Fiorello H. LaGuardia also beat Copeland by a wide margin in the Republican vote. Copeland ran on Democratic and Republican lines with backing from Alfred E. Smith. LaGuardia surpassed 50,000 Democratic write-in votes.
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New York
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Tammany
Royal S. Copeland
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Copeland
Alfred E. Smith
LaGuardia
Hold Another Meeting On Rail Wage Issue
Dr. William Leiserson of the National Mediation Board called another wage negotiation conference between railroad representatives and about 300 000 operating employees. He said the talks are still examining the entire situation and could continue for ten weeks.
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Chicago-Hup
William Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Leiserson
Further Drop Noted In WPA Employment
Ohio state headquarters reports 81 462 persons employed on 1 635 WPA projects on Sept 8, a decrease of 997 workers and 62 projects from the prior week.
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Columbus
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Bomb rack faulty release blamed in Shanghai bombing
Chinese air force pilot Captain Cho Hung Sing suffers injuries in a bombing incident in Shanghai. He says a bomb rack malfunctions caused his plane to drop bombs, killing nearly 600 civilians in the International Settlement.
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Cho Hung- Sing
Chinese Troops Launch Major Offensive Along Shanghai Front
Chinese forces attack along the Shanghai front aided by heavy rains that hamper Japanese air and tank support. Both sides claim key positions near Lotien Kiangwan and the international race course as massive fortifications rise in the North Station area.
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Shanghai
U.P
Lotien
Kiangwan
North Station
International Settlement
Yangtze River
Whangpoo River
Chuma River
Kuan
Peiping
Peiping-Hankow
Bar Association backs pay hike for WV University law school
The West Virginia Bar Association executive council meeting in White Sulphur Springs endorsed legislation to raise the WVU law school salary scale to match peers in other states. It also proposed a special committee to study an integrated state bar and report to the next session.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Executive Council
The
West Virginia Bar Association
West Virginia University Law School
West Virginia
Gasoline Dealers Vote No Sales to Drunks
Youngstown based Independent Gasoline Dealers Association bans sale of gas to visibly drunk drivers. Signs will be posted at all member stations, announced secretary Jack Hay.
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Youngstown
U.P
Independent Gasoline Dealers Association
Jack Hay
Hay
Woodville school closed after new polio case found
Health Commissioner Roy C. Rehder ordered the Woodville school south of Mansfield closed following the fourth infantile paralysis case this summer.
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Mansfield
U.P
Woodville School
Here
Roy C. Rehder
President James Defends Court at Ohio University Speech
President Merman G. James delivered a Constitution Day address at Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium. He defended the Supreme Court view of judicial review and urged students to distinguish fact from opinion in founding documents. He argued the constitution adapts via amendments and that court power could be changed by lawmakers, noting the nine month amendment pace.
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Pres. James
Ohio University
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Merman G. James
Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium
James
Supreme Court
Meigs County Home Matron Reinstated. Superintendent Post Abolished
Judge W R White ruled Mrs. Elsie S. Eastman remains matron of the Meigs County Children's Home after the Civil Service dispute. He found her husband J H Eastman cannot be reinstated as superintendent because the trustees abolished the post. The board had ousted Eastman and placed Evelyn Jones as matron last summer.
Labor Board Probe of Steel Dispute Postponed
The Labor Board hearing into anti union charges against Weirton Steel Company adjourned until Monday. Clinton S. Golden regional director of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee testified before the board in Steubenville.
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Labor Board
Steubenville
U.P
Clinton S. Golden
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Weirton Steel Company
E. G. Smith
West Virginia Bar Association
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Fear for 'Smilin' Ed' McConnell in serious crash
Grand Rapids Michigan reports radio singer Smilin Ed McConnell in critical condition after an auto accident Tuesday. Doctors fear pneumonia from chest injuries and multiple rib fractures. he was moved from Munson Hospital Traverse City to Grand Rapids when his condition worsened.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Smilin’ Ed" McConnel
McConnell
Munson Hospital
Traverse City
Estate endows Elks fund in New Philadelphia
The New Philadelphia Elks Christmas charity fund receives 11 528 dollars from the estate of the late George Edwards per his will probated today.
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Elks' Fund
Philadelphia
Miner City death prompts review in Carrollton man found
The body of 53 year old Russell McFadden of Carrollton was found hanging from a tree limb near Mineral City on Thursday night by Ted Mathey. Authorities did not release a cause of death and are investigating the circumstances.
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New Philadelphia
Russell McFadden
Carrollton
Mineral City
Ted Mathey
Grand Rapids CIO Calls General Strike Across Furniture Plants
A mass meeting of the Committee for Industrial Organization voted a general strike in Grand Rapids furniture plants, Globe Knitting Mills and Jarvis Manufacturing. Organizer Harry Spencer said the walkout would start at week’s end or early next week unless majority plants sign agreements presented this week.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
U.P
Grand Rapids
Globe Knitting Mills
Jarvis Manufacturing Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
Harry Spencer
Spencer
CIO
Constitution Day Highlights Rail Rate Dispute
The Constitution Stone Co. of Crow Summit West Virginia complains to the Interstate Commerce Commission that rail rates from Crow Summit to Constitution by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are unjust and unreasonable, alleging a violation of its constitutional rights.
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Washington
U.R
Constitution Stone Co
Constitution, C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Crow Summit
W. Va
Constitution
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Propose Probe of Justice by High Tribunal
Boston lawyer Patrick Henry Kelly asked Chief Justice Hughes to appoint a committee of lawyers to review Justice Hugo L. Black’s right to sit on the Supreme Court. He urged Black delay until the court rules on his status. Senator Wheeler demanded an impartial board to examine Black and Ku Klux Klan charges and warned of a Senate inquiry if Roosevelt fails to act.
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Washington
Patrick Henry Kelly
Boston
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Kelly
Black
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Senate
Homer
Cummings
William E. Borah
Homesick Fugitives Return to Reformatory
Sherman Smith age 24 of Clinton County and Floyd Grissinger age 19 of Auglaize County were recaptured at the Ohio State Reformatory after escaping a farm dormitory on September 7. Officials said their parents convinced them to return.
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Mansfield
Sherman Smith
Clinton County
Floyd Grissinger
Auglaize
Ohio State Reformatory
Arthur L. Glattke
Disappearance of Co-Ed Stirs UCLA Palceued Police
In Santa Monica California police investigated the unusual case of Herman Jappe 27 and Carmen Cook a UCLA languages sophomore who vanished after a Thursday on campus. Daphne Smart said a man in a car grabbed Carmen as she cried and drove off. Mrs Enoch Berg of Burbank claimed Jappe and Carmen visited her home, ate a meal, then left together. Berg noted they had married last March.
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Herman Jappe
Carmen Cook
Miss Cook
Daphne Smart
Carmen
Enoch Berg
Burbank
Jappe
Lake Shipping Breaks Record on Great Lakes Tonnage Surge
Cleveland report cites Lake Superior Iron Ore Association and ore and coal exchange officials predicting record Great Lakes traffic this season barring a severe winter or major failure. They estimate tonnage could exceed 170 million tons, far surpassing 1929's 161 million and equaling roughly half U S ocean freight that year.
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Cleveland
U.P
United Press Today
Great Lakes
Ore and Coal Exchange
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
United States
Farmers Seek OSU Help to Halt Potato Blight
Ashtabula County growers petition Ohio State University agricultural experts to curb a potato blight they warn could wipe out 25 to 35 percent of their 1937 crop if not stopped.
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Jefferson
U.P
Ashtabula County
Ohio State University
Explorers Find Evidence of Animal Life on Arizona Island in Sky
Grand Canyon explorers report unmistakable signs of animal life on Shiva Temple, a 275 acre, 4600 foot high island in the sky. Deer tracks horns and other traces were found, while no water was observed. Scientists stayed overnight to set traps as four climbers reached the top and four more brought supplies.
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Sky
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Ariz
U.P
Natural Research
Colorado
M. R. Tillotson
Grand Canyon National Park
Harold D. Anthony
Mamalogy Department
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Edwin D. McKee
National Park
Proxy Bride Wedding Performed From 10000 Miles Away
Joan A. Kingma a 24 year old piano teacher from Grand Rapids Michigan selected a proxy ceremony for her marriage to Dutch ship officer Her man A Voogel in Batavia Java. While she remained home a friend’s wife stood in to say I do in Batavia. A church ceremony will follow when she joins Voogel later.
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Joan A. Kingma
Grand Rapids
Mich
Herman A. Voogel
Batavia
Java
Dutch East Indies
Voogel
Miss Kingma
Rebels Battle for Mount Los Celleros Frontier Clash
Loyalists and Nationalists fought for Mount Los Celleros a vital NW Spain position. The Nationalists seized the peak enabling a direct road to Asturias and government reinforcements rushed north to retake it. At Pajares Pass government forces faced miners in a last stand as two insurgent columns advanced.
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Hendaye
Mount Los Celleros
Spain
Asturias
Pajares Pass
City Officials Questioned in Belmont Racketeering Probe
Belmont County grand jury called five towns mayors police chiefs safety directors and constables from Martins Ferry Bridgeport Bellaire Powhatan and Barnesville. Deputies served 25 subpoenas as part of a racketeering inquiry linked to the recent Milo Russell murder in Wheeling West Virginia.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Belmont County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Bellaire
Powhatan
Barnesville
Milo Russell
Wheeling
W. Va
Mediterranean piracy pact expands to surface ships and planes
Britain France and seven supporting powers at a London Paris meeting broaden the piracy accord to include surface warships and aircraft. Patrols may fire on any unmarked ships or planes in the patrol zone. The move, a setback to Italy and Spanish Nationalists, signals closer Franco British French cooperation in Mediterranean security.
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Geneva
U.P
Mediterranean
Spain
Britain
France
London
Paris
Italy
Germany
Francisco Franco
Cargo of Ammunitions Removed From Vessel
SAN PEDRO Calif The government freighter Wich ita bound for Manila today arrived without its munitions and airplanes. Two cases of revolvers two cases of cartridges and 19 fast mail planes were unloaded here to avert a crisis from President Roosevelts ban on war shipments aboard government boats.
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San Pedro
Calif
U.P
Manila
Hong Kong
Roosevelt
Rushville Troy Winners in 4-H Leadership Contest
Ruth Phillips of Troy and Ray Huff of Rushville were named 4-H Club leadership contest winners in Ohio. They are eligible to compete in the national contest in Chicago. Mrs Olive Walker of Belleville received a jeweled service pin for 20 years as a 4-H advisor.
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Columbus
Ruth Phillips
Troy
Ray Huff
Rushville
Ohio American Legion
Chicago
Olive Walker
Belleville
Ohio
Spider Slashes Leg While Apple Cutting
Frank W. Fish aged 33 sighted a spider while slicing an apple. He swung the knife to swat the insect, struck the spider off the fruit, and badly cut his leg requiring hospital treatment.
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Salem
U.P
Frank W. Fish
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