New England Hurricane Death Toll Nears 500 Mark
The United Press reports the Wednesday hurricane and tidal waves push the death toll toward 500 across New England and nearby provinces. By mid day 478 dead are listed across Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Hampshire New Jersey and Quebec with eight New Jersey towns underwater and floods looming in Hartford. President Roosevelt orders full federal mobilization led by WPA head Harry Hopkins to aid relief efforts as refugees crowd camps and disease threats rise.
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New England
New York
New Jersey
Quebec
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Hartford
New York State
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army and Navy
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
California
Missy
Providence
West Hampton
Long Island
New York City
Fire Island
French Labor Urges Protest Across Paris Today
Paris reports workers urged to demonstrate against capitulation to German demands on Czechoslovakia. Premier Edouard Daladier faced protests while seeking to avert a crisis that could disrupt talks between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. Leftists and CGT leaders called demonstrations outside factories despite a government ban. Daladier saved the cabinet by dissuading at least six ministers from resigning.
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Paris
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Edouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
General Confederation of Labor
Daladier
Insured Worker Eligible For Fund After Oct 1
Columbus reports a new regulation by the unemployment compensation commission requires employers to report every worker who loses a job after October 1 to state job insurance officials. This prepares for benefit payments starting January 1, per Executive Director Aera I Biechele.
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Columbus
Ohio
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Edmonson, State PR Director, Dies in Columbus Street Scene
Thomas A. Edmonson aged 68 former State Director of Public Relations and secretary of the State Industrial Commission during Governor White's administration collapsed and died on a Columbus street. The death was sudden and occurred in public view with no immediate cause reported. Edmonson was a longtime public official and prominent in state government circles.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas A. Edmonson
State Industrial Commission
White
French air liner Lieutenant Vaisseau De Par heads to Lisbon
Paris reports the air liner Lieutenant Vaisseau De Par took off for Lisbon today, launching a second trans Atlantic flight.
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Paris
U.P
Vaisseau de Paris
Lisbon
Ohio pension chief fired by Davey
Henry J. Berrodin, head of the Ohio Division of Aid for the Aged, was dismissed by State Welfare Director Margaret Allman. The firing followed Berrodin agreeing to meet the Federal Social Security Board demands to “clean up” the division after conferring with the Ohio Federation of Labor. Governor Davey criticized the federal board amid a weeks long dispute over pension funds.
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Columbus
U.P
Henry J. Berrodin
Ohio Division of Aid For the
Margaret Allman
Berrodin
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Labor
Com
Mittee
A. J. Altmeyer
Federal Social Securiy Board
Federal Board
Davey
Altmeyer
Defense Case For Serino Begins Today
CADIZ UP Defense of Peter Serino 22 of Pittsburgh on trial for his life in the Conn murder case was to begin in common pleas court today. State witness Leo Dumont testified fingerprints on Conn s car left door handle matched Bernard Masulla, who is indicted with others. Masulla to stand trial Oct 10. Charles Ford the states star witness testified Masulla was the trigger man. Ford said Masulla drove Conn s car to a road near Freeport Ohio where it was abandoned. Bertha Mathews identified a covering over Conn s body from a Huntington West Virginia house of prostitution corroborating Ford s evidence.
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Cadiz
Peter Serino
Pittsburgh
George Conn
Common Pleas Court
Leo P. Dumont
Bertillon
Conn
Bernard Masulla
Masulla
Charles Ford
Ford
Freeport
Bertha Mathews
Negro
Huntington
W. Va
Erroneous Dates Stir Excitement in District
District-wide stir follows incorrect event dates for the Northwest Territory Celebration. Ohio Commission releases corrected schedules listing Jackson on Oct. 7 Ironton Oct. 8 and 9 Gallipolis Oct. 10 Pomeroy Oct. 11 Belpre Oct. 12.
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Gallipolis
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Marietta
Ohio Commission
Jackson
Ironton
Pomeroy
Belpre
New Member Of Clan Joins Up With FDR
The White House announced Preston Delano, governor of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, as comptroller of the currency. Delano, a distant Roosevelt relative from Fairhaven, Mass, will assume duties within 24 hours as President Roosevelt canceled his Friday press conference due to a head cold.
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Washington
White House
Preston Delano
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Delano
Early
Roosevelt
Fairhaven, Mass
Easterners To Resume Standard Time Sunday
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday September 25. Clocks in the East and other daylight time regions will be turned back one hour to standard time, marking the return to standard time across observing areas.
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New York
Denison University Opens New Dormitory for Women
Granville UK reports building work began this week on Denison University's new dormitory for women valued at 150000 dollars. The project marks a significant expansion of campus housing.
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Granville UK
Denison University
Sudetens Lose U.S. Trade by Going Home
U.S. trade experts predict Sudeten Germans seek Nazi affiliation to gain political appeasement while losing U.S. tariff benefits. State Department reviews reciprocal Czech trade treaty as regions move toward annexation. automatic withdrawal of benefits anticipated after Hitler's takeover. debt with U.S. citizens cited.
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Sudetens
U.S
Washington
Germany
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Hull
United States
Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
U. S
Logan Widow Dies Thursday
Mrs. Anna McBride 73 widow of Jack McBride died at 11 o clock Thursday in Cherrington Hospital after two strokes the prior Friday. Taken from Magnetic Springs by ambulance she leaves one surviving sister Mrs. Harry Eastman of Logan, with Robert Smith having died recently. Funeral at Hunter Street residence Monday at two, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Anna McBride
Jack McBride
Cherrington Hospital
Magnetic Springs
Hunter St
Oak Grove Cemetery
Rebel Counter Offensive Begun Against Loyalists
Nationalists launched a counter offensive on the Manzanera front recapturing several heights. A Loyalist communique admitted the loss of two positions. Nationalists reported more than 2,000 Loyalist dead and wounded.
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Hendaye
Manzanera Front
Bridges Removal Waits Supreme Court Action
Washington United Press reports Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins reiterated that no action can be taken in the deportation case against Harry Bridges until the Supreme Court decides if Communist Party membership is sufficient cause for deportation.
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Washington
U.P
Frances Perkins
Harry Bridges
CIO
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Woman Fatally Burned Lighting Stove in Cambridge
Mrs. Mary C. Rhuddell, 85, was fatally burned in Cambridge U P when her dress caught fire from a burning paper she used to light a stove on Tuesday. Authorities listed the incident as an accidental fire.
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Cambridge
U.P
Mary C. Rhuddell
Missing, 20 Hurt As Dam Collapses Fort Peck
Seven men are missing and feared dead after an earthen collapse at Fort Peck Dam. Twenty more workers were injured but not seriously and received first aid at the scene.
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Fort Peck
Mont
U.P
Fort Peck Dam
State Winners Named In Legion 4 H Contest
Columbus Ohio Lucille Mondhank 18 Lancaster and John Dietrich 20 Adena named state winners in Ohio American Legion leadership contest at 4 H Club Congress. Their expenses paid to attend the national congress in Chicago in November.
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Columbus
Lucille Mondhank
Lancaster
John Dietrich
Adena
Ohio American Legion
Chicago
Tip on 'Sure Thing' Delayed, Sues, Loses
In Urbana a common pleas court jury ruled telegraph firms not liable for delayed horse race tips. Leffel failed to prove conclusively that his tip referred to a specific horse or that the horse won the race in question.
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Common Pleas Court
Leffel
80 Mile Gale Rages Over Ireland and Wales
A fierce gale swept the British Isles with winds up to 80 miles per hour as Ireland and the Welsh coast endured the storm. The Air Ministry confirmed the velocity while authorities warned of continuing rough conditions along exposed shores. In Ohio a hunting accident on Indian Lake claimed Frederick F. Rainey, 18, son of Mr and Mrs F T Rainey of Upper Arlington, death.
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London
United States
British Isles
Ireland
Wales
Air Ministry
Columbus
U.P
Frederick F. Rainey
F. T. Rainey
Upper Arlington
Inidian Lake
Forces of lawyer take rap at Davey rally in Columbus
The Democratic state convention approved a platform condemning graft in state government backing gubernatorial candidate Charles Sawyer. It pledged to drive out graft, establish a central accounting system, require periodic department reports, and enforce open bidding on contracts. The platform also guaranteed civil service protections and called for reform of liquor, highways, and taxation policies. George W. Kennedy called Gov. Davey to attend. Davey reportedly urged supporters to boycott.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Democratic State Convention
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Davey
State House
Stricken Area Fearful Again
West Hampton New York reports renewed violent weather worsening rescue efforts after a hurricane and tidal wave wrecked the town. A 50 mile wind and heavy rain threaten floods and rising seas as the search for missing continues. Death toll in the town stands at 19 with 24 still unaccounted for.
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West Hampton
Long Island
New York
N. Y
U.P
Atlantic
Gallia Woman Dies in Early Morning Car Crash
In Gallia near Hobson, 35 year old Edith Myers, divorced wife of Morris Myers, died instantly when her 1938 Buick sideswiped a telephone pole around midnight. Companions Mrs. Emmett Reed, C. O. Smith and Kyle Rowan, all of Gallipolis, were severely injured and hospitalized at Holzer. Myers suffered a broken neck. two ambulances transported the injured.
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Gallipolis
Edith Myers
Morris Myers
Hobson
Emmett Reed
C. O. Smith
Kyle Rowan
Meigs County
Rowan
Myers
Holzer Hospital
Two Ohioans Die In Eastern Hurricane
WAREHAM Mass. Two Ohioans died in the hurricane that swept the area Wednesday night. Death lists name Mrs. Bertha Conner and Herbert Conner 60 both of Greenville Ohio.
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Wareham
Mass
U.P
Bertha Conner
Herbert Conner
Greenville
Veterans Choose Toledo for 1939 Rainbow Division Reunion
The Ohio Rainbow Division Veterans Association board of trustees selects Toledo as the 1939 reunion site, scheduled for June 9 and 10. The event brings together veterans from the Rainbow Division to reunite, celebrate service, and plan activities for the gathering in Toledo.
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Toledo
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Rainbow Division Veterans Association
Ministers Test Cooperative Fruit Farm Plan
Three Ohio pastors lease a 1&7 acre tract in Coshocton to farm fruit and dairy jointly. They will preach in Keene Roscoe and Canal Lewisville on Sundays, pooling profits with the former salary for one pastor. The idea, approved at the Northeast Conference of the Methodist Church in Cleveland, aims to fund current pastorates through agriculture.
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Coshocton
U.P
Keene, Roscoe
Canal Lewisville
Paul R. Olinger
Lower Salem
R. H. Hoy
R. D. Robinson
McConnelsville
Harry Stewart
The
Methodist Church
Cleveland
Fighting on Czech Front Is Reported
United Press reports tense negotiations between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler in the Rhineland as plans for a second meeting falter. Hitler signals intent to march into Czechoslovakia, while Chamberlain seeks a pledge against action during talks. French forces mobilize along the Rhine and Czechoslovakia reasserts control in Sudetenland. Russia warns Poland over potential Pact violations. A separate note places Harry Nelson McArthur arrest on breaking and entering charges.
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Godesberg
Germany
UPI
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Chamberlain
Hitler
Chamberelain-Hitler
Fuehrer
Maginot Line
Rhine
Alsace
Loreraine
Russia
Poland
Czech
Mcarthur Logan
Harry Nelson
Rudolph Brandt
McArthur
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By Webb Miller
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