West Vacation Train Speeds Belt to Speaking Engagements
President Roosevelt travels the Middle West by special train while planning discussions with political leaders and labor officials. He advances a 1996 election setup with farm radio remarks and meetings in Nebraska and Fremont. The trip includes talks on industrial recovery, employment and fair trade, with Ickes and Hopps aboard.
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Ing
California
San Diego
Panama Canal
Ohio
Indiana
Roosevelt
Eleven-year-old Virgil Woods Absent After Hitchhike
Virgil Wood, 11, left a note saying he would not give up his dog as his parents moved to an apartment. He disappeared while believed to be hitchhiking toward his grandmother's home in Meade Kansas.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Kas
Virgil Wood
Virgil
Meade, Kas
Riots Quelled by Armed Police in Cincinnati West End
Police patrolled Cincinnati West End after a night of sporadic clashes between whites and negroes. Twenty arrested on assorted charges as negro students from Oyler Junior High faced attacks near the school. An innocent victim, Walter Kemps, 40, injured by a rock while driving home.
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Cincinnati
West End
Joe Louis
Max Baer
New York
Walter Kemps
Oyler Junior High
May Split Ohio Church Group Seeks Four Districts
The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church moves to divide into four districts with proposed bishops for life and district superintendents. Laymen opened sessions as ministers voted to select 10 delegates to the General Conference next May. Isaac E. Miller was named Columbus District delegate with others including A Baa Martin, A G Shatzman, C M Coulter, and more listed as candidates.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Isaac E. Miller
Abba Martin
Portsmouth
A. G. Shatzman
Cincinnati
C. M. Coulter
Dayton
Cs & Larue
Toledo
W. J. Dunham
A. J. Kestle
Chillicothe
E. R. Stafford
Bowling Green
Donald Timerman
Zanesville
F. Barber
Lima
Coordinator to seek opinions on permanent NRA role
Major George L. Berry said his task as coordinator for industrial cooperation is to determine if industry and workers want a permanent NRA. Berry, head of the International Pressmen's Union, was named to the post by President Roosevelt after serving as assistant NRA administrator.
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Ed Trady
Secre
Major George & Co
Washington
George L. Berry
NRA
Berry
International Pressmen's Union
Roosevelt
Delaware Mayor Fines Three On Drunken Driving Charges
Mayor Sidney A. Rowland fined Marion 8. McKev er, Marion, and Jack Bolling, Berea, $100 each on drunken driving charges. He said he would give drastic punishment to others convicted on similar charges.
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Delaware
Sidney A. Rowland
Marion
McKever
Jack Bolling
Berea
Columbus Governor proclaims Parent-Teacher Week
Governor Davey designated October 13 through 19 as Parent-Teacher Week in Columbus. The proclamation highlights collaboration between families and schools to support student learning and community education initiatives.
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Davey
Columbus
Ohio House Debates Building Bill Amid Power Play
In Columbus the Ohio House split as Republicans pressed amendments on a building program. A proposed $10 million poor relief bond was killed in committee while a broader building plan moved forward with specific allocations and a seven member commission.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
House Taxation Committee
House Finance Committee
House
Davey
Senate
Ohio floods total damage estimated at 2.69 million
The Agricultural Extension Department of Ohio State University assessed summer flood losses at 2.686 million dollars for Muskingum and Hocking Valley. Original estimates had reached as high as 3.5 million.
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Columbus
Agricultural Extension Department
Ohio State University
Muskingum and Hocking Valley
Dayle Butts Dies After Charleston Gas Explosion
Mrs. Dayle Butts aged 22 died in a Charleston West Virginia hospital two months after a fatal gas explosion at her home. Her husband, a Buchtel High School graduate, is severely burned and recovering. Funeral services set for Saturday in Charleston. Mrs. Butts was daughter in law of Mrs. Frank Shaw and sister in law of Mrs. George Gaver. Leaking gas filled the home and an afterhours match caused the blast.
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Dayle Butts
Charleston
W. Va
Buchtel High School
Butts
Frank Shaw
Union Furnace
George Gaver
Richland Avenue
Athens
Mrs. Butts
Mr. Butts
Sawyer for Governor Movement Is Started
Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati, former lieutenant governor, has not announced a bid against Governor Davey. William Bush Sr. says 21 men discharged from the State Highway Department by a county patronage committee will form a Lawyer-for-Governor Club. Bush, a Democratic precinct leader, received one of the letters removing him from payroll.
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Cincinnati
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Davey
William Bush
State Highway Department
Bush
Protests May Follow Loss of PWA Projects
Washington officials vow protests after the tentative rejection of public works and slum clearance projects under the relief program. State and local leaders have been flooding senators with objections to funding and local preparations already made.
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PWA
Washington
New Deal
Miners Reach Settlement in Coal Contract Dispute
Miners and coal operators reached a pay agreement after delayed strikes and multiple postponements under Roosevelt’s policy. The nine cent increase settles a cent-and-a-half wage gap, preserves a seven hour day, and aims to prevent economic hardship or WPA reliance while ensuring coal supplies for homes and power.
Italy delays action after ten day window in dispute
Geneva reports a government spokesman said Italy would wait ten days to two weeks before taking action against Ethiopia. The League Council endorsed a neutral observers commission to monitor Ethiopia’s frontiers, offering impartial findings on aggressor status. Pope Pius urged peace to both nations. Britain and France discuss mutual assistance as European tensions rise.
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Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Haile Selassie
Vatican
Pius
Cleveland
Paris
Great Britain
France
Wounded Youth Dana Lee Tom Undergoes Pelvic Surgery
Dana Lee Tom a 16 year old shooting victim at Sheltering Arms Hospital underwent operation to evacuate a secondary abscess of the pelvis. Doctors report his condition uncertain despite earlier improvements after being shot Sept. 10. John Barker of Athens is free on $1,000 bond awaiting grand jury action on the shooting charge.
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Dana Lee Tom
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dana Lee
Fred Lee Tom
John Barker
Athens
Utilities Board Ends Seven Year Dispute
The State Utilities Commission ordered West Ohio Gas to refund about 236000 in Lima over five years starting March 1928 and about 15000 in Kenton over two years starting 1929.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
West Ohio
Lima
Kenton
West Ohio Gas Company
Car Plunge Kills One Injures Another In Newark
William Hoffner aged 29 died when a car plunged from a bridge into a creek Thursday night in Newark. Passenger William Secrest, 20, was injured while two girls in the vehicle escaped unharmed.
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Newark
William Hoffner
William Secrest
Pope Pleads Against War at Cleveland Eucharistic Congress
Thousands of Catholics flocked to Cleveland Stadium and surrounding streets for Pope Pius XI's peace appeal closing the National Eucharistic Congress. The pope urged an end to war and called for universal peace as 110000 gathered inside and 250000 outside to hear the benediction. The event left a lasting impression of a peaceful, religious spectacle amid wartime anxieties.
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Cleveland
Pius XI
Cleveland Stadium
Lake Erie
Roosevelt Game Preserve to Open to Hunters
Lawrence Wood dell of the state conservation commission announced that Roosevelt Game Preserve and state forest lands in Southern Ohio will be opened to hunters on October 1.
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Columbus
Lawrence Wooddell
Roosevelt
Ohio
Presidential Train Through Athens In Pajamas Sparks Playful Tale
A presidential party train passed through Athens at 9 07 in the morning en route to Cincinnati St Louis and the Pacific Coast. The scene drew mixed reports as observers claimed Roosevelt appeared in pajamas while others saw him in a gray suit reading a paper. Mrs Roosevelt reportedly in the dining car with a breakfast scene also noted by witnesses.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Athens
B. and O
Pacific Coast
R. Hewett
F. Moore
R. Mathers
C. Hood
N. B. Moore
Wade and
Wagner
J. Sears
Dollar Down Easy Furniture Payment Scheme Reported
Mrs Howard Davis testified in Media Pennsylvania that she and her husband used a repeat scheme paying one dollar down and a weekly sum, then letting items default and starting over with new furniture, to keep items in their home.
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Media, Pa
Howard Davis
James Green Dies Today From Leg Infection
James Joseph Green a 16 year old Athens High School sophomore died at Sheltering Arms Hospital from acute osteomyelitis with septicemia after a leg bruise during football practice. He was born October 14 1920 in Athens and lived with his parents Mr and Mrs William Green at 118 University Terrace. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 1 pm at the Christian Church with Rev Reed J Downs officiating. burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. The body lies at the grandparents home 116 University Terrace for calling hours.
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James Joseph Green
Athens High School
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Joseph
William Green
University Terrace
Athens
Rodelie
W. Va
Cynthia
Donmarie
Jean
Billy
Bob
Melvin
Pearl
Kenneth
Marcia
The
Christian Church
Reed J. Downs
New Marshfield Cemetery
James Carmichae
Kennedy To Study Situation in Europe
Joseph P. Kennedy, former Securities Commission chairman, plans unofficial economic observing for President Roosevelt while in Europe. En route across the Atlantic he seeks rest but will interview high foreign officials on the general economic situation.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities Commission
Roosevelt
Europe
Atlantic
Kennedy
Commander Freed of Embezzlement Charges
Cincinnati news reports Col Hugo Rudolph commander since 1930 of Cincinnati's Ninth Infantry, O N G, was acquitted today by a general court martial on seven counts of embezzlement of regimental funds. The charges were brought by Maj W Morse Hicks who also faced a prior inquiry for insubordination. Hicks filed counter charges.
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Cincinnati
Hugo Rudolph
Mith Infantry
Rudolph
W. Morse Hicks
Hicks
United Mine Workers Cite Wage Pact Satisfaction
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, said the hourly wage contract meets all requests and expressed satisfaction after leaving the conference room today. He stated, We got everything we asked for.
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United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Legion's New Head Vows Full Support and Stand Against Subversives
J Ray Murphy of Iowa, elected commander of the American Legion, vows to stamp out propaganda against American principles and to back the Legion program. He supports immediate cash payment of adjusted compensation certificates, cancellation of accrued interest, and refund of interest paid, without linking it to broader financial theories. Murphy, a World War I machine gun captain, pledged dedication to widows and orphans and the disabled veterans.
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Louis
J. Ray Murphy
Iowa
American Legion
Legion
Murphy
Girl Jailed on Assault Charge in Scotch Plains Feud
Camille Crempa, 19, pleaded not guilty to atrocious assault and battery with intent to kill after a battle in Scotch Plains where her mother was killed and her father wounded by a deputy sheriff. Prosecutor Abe J. David said Crempa and her husband denied firing on the posse of seven deputies as they served a summons. Deputies said Crempa and his wife fired at them. The clash ended a four year feud linked to a public service company’s high tension wires built across Crempa property.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Camille Crempa
Scotch Plains
Abe J. David
David
Earl
John
Crempa
Ohioans Named for 33rd Degree Masonry Honor
Nine Ohioans are nominated for the 33rd Degree in Scottish Rite Masonry. The group of 38 nominees was released by the Supreme Council at the Northern Jurisdiction annual meeting. Named include Probate Judge J. Philip Perry of Jefferson and Walter M. Lindsay of Cincinnati.
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Cleveland
Murphy elected national commander of American Legion
Ida Grove Iowa resident Ray Murphy was chosen Thursday as national commander of the American Legion. The election elevated Murphy to lead the veterans organization as it enters its annual national convention.
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Legion
ST Louis
P—Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
Thursday
American Legion
Traffic crash victim walks out of hospital
A man who gave the name James J. Miller of Jacksonville Florida vanished from City Hospital Thursday after being taken there and presumed dead. He unexpectedly recovered and walked out of the hospital shortly after arrival.
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Bucyrus
James J. Miller
Jacksonville
Fla
City Hospital
Ope
Peace Pact Ends Coal Strike Early This Week
The peace agreement ends the nation’s soft coal strike in all but four districts and sends miners back to work next Tuesday. Union leaders and operators approve a wage contract with pay increases for most work, extending the pact to April 1, 1937. John L. Lewis announced terms after ratification, noting a 50 cent daily rise for day laborers and 9 cent per ton or 10 percent increases for cutters loaders and yardage. The accord, praised by President Roosevelt, aims to stabilize supply amid winter.
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Virginia
Hazard
Kentucky
Disetricta
Tennessee and
Harlan Field
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
West Coast
Lewis
Edward F. McGrady
Aselutant
Pacific Coast
Await Official Word Of Strike End In Nelsonville District
About 200 miners from local unions gathered at the City Playgrounds with Ernest Hoskins presiding. Officials said no truck mines would operate until Washington issues formal notice, except mines supplying coal for public necessity such as municipal power waterworks plants schools and hospitals. Large rail mines had not operated this week as the district awaited word.
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Ernest Hoskins
Kimberely
Herman Theisen
William B. Morris
H. T. Rainey
Washington
Hoskins
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