Sawyer Defends Reforms At Democratic State Convention
Charles Sawyer vows honest efficient government at the Democratic state convention in Columbus. He addresses a tense gathering amid boycott rumors from Governor Davey’s supporters, pledging a general public accounting system central purchasing reform and civil service protections while courting AFL and CIO endorsement and urging bipartisan road and conservation leadership.
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Columbus
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Davey
Robert J. Bulkley
Bulkley
Senate
Civil Service
Highway Commission
State Conservation Commissioner
The
Conservation Council
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
CIO
Grand Jury To Resume Inquiry in Two Weeks
Franklin County Grand Jury to resume investigation of expense accounts of former State Senator William H Herner Norwalk and former State Representative Julian H Schweller Fort Jennings after a two week recess as declared by Prosecutor Ralph J Bartlett.
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Columbus
Franklin County Grand Jury
State Board of Control
Ralph J. Bartlett
William H Herner
Norwalk
Julian H. Schweller
Fort Jennings
Defeat of Applications For PWA Funds Seen
Washington records reveal half of local government applications for Emergency Recovery Construction Program allotments will be rejected due to a lack of funds.
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PWA
Washington
U.P
Public Works Administration
Seven Children Drown as Tidal Wave Hits School Bus
In Jamestown Rhode Island a tidal wave engulfed a school bus, trapping seven children from two families named Matos, Geodis, and Cagllis, all drowned. Two others, Mrs. William Ordner and her 14-year-old son, also perished. An unidentified man died when crushed in a collapsing barn. The accident occurred Wednesday and was reported late due to crippled communications.
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Jamestown, R. I
Joseph
Teresa
Dorothy
Eunice Matoes
John
Constantine Geodis
Marion Cagllis
William Ordner
William Jr
Four Day Truce Starts in New York Truck Strike
A four day truce began in New York City today allowing normal trucking to continue until Saturday night. If no agreement is reached unions plan a membership meeting to consider a general strike. Truckmen demand a five day 40 hour week with no base pay cuts and one week vacation.
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New York
State Highway Director Frees 641 Seasonal Laborers
Columbus report states highway director John Jaster laid off 641 seasonal laborers due to funding curtailment and end of summer work. Eighty positions cut in the Marietta District as part of cost reductions across districts.
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Columbus
John Jaster
Highway Department
Marietta
European crisis deepens as leaders seek pacification
London reports Chamberlain flies to Germany to seek concessions from Hitler while Daladier's cabinet resigns over the Czech Sudeten dispute. Prague sees crowds demanding arms as Sudeten and Czech forces clash. Hungary presses for minority rights parity amid looming foreign policy shifts.
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Edouard Daladier
France
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Sudeten
Prague
Commission Debates Ohio Power Bond Proposal
Ohio Power Co seeks a 65 million dollar security issue the Public Utilities Commission may approve with only five million withheld pending engineer reports on five years of added company property. Rev Elmer M Druley 59 pastor of Universalist Churches in Caledonia Mt Gilead Belleville died Wednesday funeral planned Friday
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Power Co
Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Marion-Aupya
Elmer M. Druley
Caledonia
Mt. Gilead
Belleville
French-British Plan Would Enrich Nazis
Prague U P reports that rich industrial and mineral regions in the Sudetenland would go to Germany under a French-British plan. Towns likely to become German include Carlsbad Pilsen Brun Eger and Asch with notable industries in textiles brewing munitions and woollens.
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Prague
U.P
Sudetenland
Germany
Carlsbad
Europe
Pilsen
Skoda
Brun
Eger
Asch
Fur Flies in Ohio Pension Controversy
XENIA Ohio. Greene County officials defend fund recipients from political pressure after criticisms that letters urged pensioners to support Republicans in the November election. The GOP confirms lettersWere sent but denies coercion and accuses the Davy administration of using the pension system for politics from the start.
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Xenia
O.P
Harry D. Smith
Greene County Executive Committee
Frank L. Johnson
Henry J. Berrodin
Ohio Aid For the
Berrodin
Greene County
GOP
Davey
Dodge Heir's Widow Seeks Share in Estate
Detroit report states Laurine McDonald Dodge, widow of Daniel G Dodge, seeks her rightful share of the $10 million estate after his drowning in Georgian Bay two weeks after marriage. Attorney Paul Oren says she was left $250,000 in the will and will pursue her rights.
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Detroit
U.P
Daniel G. Dodge
Georgian Bay
Paul Oren
Laurine McDonald Dodge
Testimony Against Serino Ends Today
Cadiz Ohio report states the state prosecutes Peter Serino age 22 of Pittsburgh for the murder of Ohio patrolman George Conn. Key witness Charles Ford testified he turned state's evidence and named Bernard Masulla as the trigger man while Ford discussed a white slavery ring and trafficking women for immoral purposes at 450 dollars each. Ford denied knowledge of Ruth Baumgardner’s disappearance.
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CADIZ
U.P
Peter Serino
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Charles Ford
Ford
Serino
George Conn
Barclay W. Moore
Bernard Masulla
Conn
Ten Bandits Loot Train With Gold Bars Heist
MARSEILLES FRANCE Ten bandits robbed a train carrying 148 gold bars worth 1 890 000 dollars near St Barthelemy. They held the crew at revolver point and wounded an express agent who drew a gun. The bandits unloaded the gold into waiting trucks and escaped after an accomplice pulled the emergency cord. The gold was en route to Belgium from the African Congo.
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Marseilles
France
Marseilles-Avignon
St. Barthelemy
Belgium
Army Launches Inquiry Into Air Chief's Death
An official army board of inquiry met in Burbank to investigate the airplane crash that killed Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, 55, chief of the Army Air Corps, and his mechanic Sgt. Sam Hymes, 39. It was not possible to determine who was at the controls.
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Burbank
Cal
A.P
Army Board of
Oscar Westover
Army Air Corps
Westover
Sam Hymes
Bolling Field
Eden Warns Europe Slipping Toward War and Chaos
Former British foreign secretary Anthony Eden said Europe remains on the edge of war or disintegration, warning that each crisis draws the world toward unstable peace, soaring armaments, and shrinking trade. He split with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain over handling dictatorships and resigned over the policy of bargaining with them.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Stratford-On-Avon
Anthony Eden
Eden
Chamberlain
Recount Request Follows Unwanted Ward 9 Victory
Cambridge police officer Thomas Leary, who ran in Ward 9 for the Democratic state convention with alleged enemies backing him, demanded a recount after an unwanted win. He led the three-man field but lost his home district Precinct 5 during the campaign.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Thomas
Leary
Ward 9
Liberals Eating Seed Corn Warns Republic Steel Chief
Cleveland U P Board Chairman Tom M Girdler of Republic Steel warned national industrial advertisers that America is eating its seed corn by stomping on competitive enterprise under the guise of liberalism.
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Cleveland
U.P
Tom M. Girdler
The
Republic Steel Corporation
America
Auction Bucks boost October Athens sales drive
Retailers in Athens distribute Auction Bucks during the Fall Style Festival from September 15 to October 1. Bucks come in five denominations and are redeemable only at two October public auction sales at the Armory, starting 7:30 p.m. Each dollar purchase earns a one buck value total. money is not accepted at sales, only Auction Bucks.
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Athens
Lorigamaly
City Hall
Armory
Bethel man killed in early hit-and-run near Isles
Cincinnati dispatch reports 58 year old Robert Allen of Bethel Ohio died when struck by a motorist on the outskirts of the Isles. Police seek clues. investigation underway.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Robert Allen
Bethel
The
Isles
Tidal Wave and Fires Add To Destruction in Coastal Area
Restored communications in storm lashed New England disclosed late today a major disaster from yesterday’s hurricane and tidal waves. The death toll rose to 261 in New England and 35 more in New York New Jersey and Quebec for a total of 296. Authorities feared higher toll as flood waters rose toward record heights in the Connecticut River Valley. Rhode Island bore the brunt as a tidal wave swept inland up to a fifth of a mile and fires raged in coastal towns. The toll and damage prompted National Guard patrols and federal aid as towns evacuated and residents crowded into camps.
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New England
New York
New Jersey
Quebec
Connecticut River
Boston
Rhode Island
Providence
Watch Hill
Newport
Westerly
Connecticut
West Hampton
Long Island
Coast Guard
Roosevelt
Hadley
Mass
Amherst
NLRB Denies Steel Charges in Ohio Hearing
Cincinnati based NLRB director Philip G Phillips rejected claims of collusion with the Committee for Industrial Organization to file Wagner Act violations against Armco. Armco attorney J Petzhold accused the board of fak ing charges as former Armco employee Harrison Bryant testified he was laid off for steel workers organizing committee membership during a Catlettsburg Ky hearing.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Philip G Phillips
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Rolling Mill Co. Co
J. Petzhold
Armco
Catlettsburg
Petzhold
William S. Gordon
NLRB
Harrison Bryant
Ashland
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Loyalist incursion on Levant front near Valencia
Government dispatches report a new Loyalist advance into territory held by Nationalists on the Levant front before Valencia. The clash marks another escalation in the frontline fighting as Loyalist forces push toward contested areas.
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Hendaye
Levant
Valencia
PWA Grants in Ohio Near Million Dollar Mark
Public Works Administration grants totaling nearly $1,000,000 were approved for Ohio projects. Announcement came from PWA Administrator Harold L. Ickes, detailing funds aimed at infrastructure improvements across the state.
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Washington
U.P
Public Works Administration
Ohio
PWA
Harold Ickes
Japs Push Toward China Capital Amid Rain Slowed Advance
Japanese forces pressed westward from Loshan as bombing raids cleared a path into Sin Yang and Hangsin, about 70 miles from Hankow. Front reports indicate steady progress in the general offensive despite heavy rain.
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Shanghai
Sin-Yang
Hangsin
Hankow
Loshan
Fall Fashions Blossom On Court Street
Fall Festival sweeps Athens with shops flaunting autumn and winter wear from New York and Chicago markets. Mahogany and green tones dominate coats hats dresses and shoes with chic accessories. Bargain prices blaze across today’s Messenger as merchants promote early winter wardrobe musts.
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Court Street
Athens
New York
Chicago
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