Clean-Up Ordered in Ohio Pension Division
The Federal Social Security Board ordered Ohio’s Division of Aid for the Aged to reform its pension administration within 15 days. Wray Bevens, appointed chief, faces steps to end political influence, improve eligibility determinations, hearings, and civil service practices while ensuring non political, non discriminatory administration. The board withheld new pension funds for October 1 pending progress.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio Division of Aid For the Aged Today
Federal Social Security Board
Wray Bevens
Ohio
Federal Board
Martin L. Davey
A. J. Altmeyer
Henry J. Berrodin
State
Bevens
Davey
Peace Conference Ends Sudeten Crisis In Munich
Four European leaders meet in Munich to settle the Nazi Czech crisis. Chamberlain Daladier Hitler Mussolini sign peace on the Sudetenland, with Count Ciano shown. Telephoto and radio dispatches from Munich to London and New York.
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Munich
Europe
Czech Sudetenland
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Edouard Daladier
France
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Czechs Accept Sudetenland Cession Under Four Power Pact
Munich reports a four power agreement on ceding Sudetenland to Germany. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Hitler pledge to work for peace and never go to war again. Daladier calls Munich a historic date as France notes France Germany no hostility and acceptance from Prague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Edouard Daladier
France
London
Improvements Planned for Pomeroy Road in West Virginia
W. A. Compton of the Gray Trail Association says extensive upgrades are planned for U. S. Route 33 through West Virginia. The project aims to fix the worst Blue and Gray Trail section from Benton Harbor to Richmond, with a bid of 84,301 dollars awarded to D. B. Hussey of Columbus for widening and bituminous resurfacing from Pomeroy to the Athens County line.
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Pomeroy
West Virginia
W. A. Compton
Ue and Gray Trail Association
Compton
Harrisonburg
Benton Harbor
Mich
Richmond
State of Ohio
Athens
Athens County
D. B. Hussey
Columbus
Rock Springs
Nazis Prepare to Harmonize Sudetenland Under Nazi Policy
Berlin report states Nazi leaders plan to harmonize Sudetenland with German political theory. The Sudetenland is valued for industry and minerals and will fall under Nazi influence as Konrad Henlein’s prominent role as Fuehrer ends.
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Berlin
U.P
Sudetenland
Germany
Konradenlein
Wind Storm Threatens Northeastern Seaboard
A wind storm moved up the Atlantic Seaboard today and intensified toward gale force. It threatened the coast from the Virginia Capes to New Jersey with warnings extending to Eastport Maine.
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New York—.P
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia Capes
New Jersey
Eastport
Legion to Install Columbus Unit at Cincinnati Convention
Department officers elected at the Cincinnati convention last July will be installed by the American Legion of Ohio here Saturday night.
Think Dewey May Be Next In Washington Think Dewey May Be Next In Washington
Thomas E. Dewey of Owosso Michigan travels toward a possible 1940 Republican nomination after winning the New York governor nomination at Saratoga by acclamation. At 36 he aims to carry New York, the state with the largest electoral vote, and secure a path to the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
New York
Dewey
Saratoga
United States
New York State
Roosevelt To Take Holiday From Washington
President Roosevelt, gratified by Europe’s turn to peace, planned a Hyde Park, New York retreat Saturday night. The White House signaled the war crisis had passed as he postponed engagements that would pull him from the capital.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Europe
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Table Fork Wound Fatal to 15 Year Old in Forest
A coroner's verdict of accidental death was returned in Kenton Ohio after Robert Hart 15 of Forest was fatally wounded when a table fork pierced his chest. The weapon was reportedly thrown by his brother Russell 13.
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Kenton
Robert Hart
Forest
Russell
Ohio voters to decide proposed amendment on court judges
Secretary of State William J. Kennedy announced the constitutional amendment altering how Supreme Court and Appeals Court judges are selected will go to voters in the November election. A Pittsburgh and Lake Erie freight wreck near Elyria derailed 15 cars, causing New York Central trains to be rerouted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
William J. Kennedy
Elyria
New York Central
Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
Man Burned Fighting Flames in Home Basement
Carl Wilt woke to his dog barking and then battled through fire to reach the basement of his Sandusky residence. He sustained severe burns in the blaze and was treated for his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
U.P
Carl Wilt
Tornado toll in Charleston climbs after double strike
Charleston South Carolina tallies 27 deaths from two tornadoes striking from opposite directions on Thursday. National guardsmen and marines guard the 30 block area as 107 injured include 38 in critical condition. Red Cross reports 72 homes destroyed and over 100 damaged. losses around 2 million dollars. About 1100 homeless sheltered in armories and schools. Dead include 15 whites and 12 Negroes near the city market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
U.P
Red Cross
Y.M.C.A
Suit Against Quints' Physician Dismissed
Federal Judge John P Barnes dismissed a $1,000,000 damage suit by Ivan Spear Hollywood promoter against Dr Allan Dafoe and others over an alleged aborted contract to exhibit the Dionne quintuplets at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John P. Barnes
Allan Dafoe
Ivan Spear
Hollywood
Athens Marietta Road Will Be Made Wider
State Highway Department received bids on seven county road projects. Low bid for widening the Athens Marietta Road 4.981 miles using cement concrete was submitted by L. T. Cisler & Sons of Marietta at 31382 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens-Marietta
Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Washington
Athens- Marietta
L. T. Cisler & Sons
Marietta
Poland Masses Troops on Czechoslovak Frontier
Polish army concentrated on the Czechoslovak border with plans to occupy Lower Silesia by Saturday if needed. Reports said 600 square miles could fall under Poland, while the Munich pact offered hope for peace. Troop movements headed south and border disorder surfaced as Warsaw awaited Prague’s reply.
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Teschen
Czechoslovakia
Lower
Silesia
Poland
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Warsaw
Britons Ready Homecoming to Chamberlain Amid Munich
Britain awaits Neville Chamberlain as Munich signs peace with Germany while workers dig air raid trenches and the home fleet moves through the North Sea. The British Legion contemplates a peaceful army of up to 50 000 if Sudeten policing plan is accepted. War prep continues until government countermands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
North Sea
British Legion
Sudeten
Four power talks may widen European peace effort
Paris reports say the four power settlement of the German Czech Slovak crisis could prompt further four power conferences to stabilize long term peace. Premier Daladier discussed in Munich the Czech agreement's application by Germany Italy Britain and France and the chance of later negotiations on all European issues.
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Paris
Munich
Daladier
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
Hitler hailed as greatest living statesman by jubilant Germans
Berlin reports sweeping victory for Hitler as Sudetenland occupation is secured by Saturday. Crowds praise the Fuehrer and credit Chamberlain as peacemaker while German population grows to about 79 million with Austria and Sudetenland added.
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Berlin
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Sudetenland
Hitler
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Roosevelt Hull Study Four Power Pact on Czechoslovak Crisis
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull studied the four power agreement settling the Czechoslovak crisis in Munich while anxious officials watched Poland's demands. The Munich signing eased tensions but concern lingered as the world hoped for no new war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Hull
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Phillips Funeral To Be Held At Amesville
Funeral services for William F. Phillips of Amesville will be held Saturday at two o clock at the Phillips home on Amesville Road. Rev. William G. Seaman will conduct, with burial at W Union St Cemetery. Friends may call Friday at 35 Grosvenor St and at the Phillips home Saturday until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Phillips
W R. Phillips
Amesville
Phillips
Amesville Road
William G. Seaman
W. Union St
Seaman
FE. Fisher
Grosvenor St
Belgium Begins Demobilization First Nation
Brussels U P reports Belgium became the first country to start demobilization today as part of a broader postwar process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
U.P
Belgium
Ohio To Lead States In Housing Projects
Washington report states United States Housing Administrator Nathan Straus predicted Ohio would have more public housing projects under way within six months than any other state. He announced a new one million dollar fund for Portsmouth bringing Ohio totals in the housing program to fifty seven million five hundred eighty five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Nathan Straus
Ohio
Straus
Portsmouth
Manly cites progress in utility rate fairness nationwide
Basil Manly of the Federal Power Commission told the Public Utilities Association that glaring discrepancies in power rates have been greatly reduced. He credited revisions by both public and private utilities and the annual rate comparisons for creating a sounder, more equitable nationwide rate structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manly
Commission
Ohio Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution for Fred Moseley
Columbus Ohio. Fred Moseley of Centerbury a former convict was granted an indefinite stay of execution by the Ohio Supreme Court on October 11 pending appeal. The stay suspends the murder sentence of Moseley who is accused of killing his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
O.R
Fred Mosley
Centerbury
Ohio Supreme Court
Hitler's territorial demands satisfied say German sources
German officials and press assert Hitler’s claim to Sudetenland ends Europe-wide expansion. They list six regions once German, now allowed to remain with France and Italy confirming borders. No current claims on Poland Corridor Eupen Schleswig Alsace Lorraine Tyrol Transylvania.
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Sudetenland
Germany
Hitler
East Prussia
Poland
Eupen
Belgium
Schleswig
Denmark
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Tyrol
Italy
Austria
Mussolini
Transylvania
Roumania
Austria- Hungary
Hope Surges as Four Leaders Meet Over European Crisis
The four leaders signal a potential peace turn in Europe amid German plans to enter Sudetenland by Saturday and dismember Czechoslovakia. Daladier greets German crowds while Chamberlain and Hitler receive cheers. The meeting heightens hope for a new European settlement though the fate of Czechoslovakia remains unresolved.
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Europe
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria
Chamberlain
Sudetenland
Hitler
Daladier
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Britain
France
Munich Conference Outcomes and Territorial Shifts in Europe
The Munich agreement preserves Czechoslovakia’s integrity while expanding Hitler’s reach by adding Austria’s population and land. Germany gains via staged occupancy. evacuation of Sudeten territory starts and completes by October 10. Sudeten Germans may leave the army or police, with prison releases for political offenders. A follow-up four-power talk may address Polish Hungarian issues.
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Hitler
Third Reich
Austria
Germany
Europe
Czechoslovakia
International Commission
Stocks Rise as Peace Is Made
In New York the peace agreement in Europe spurred a surge of buying with prices up to 9.50 a share. Bonds rose with stocks while wheat fell over a cent a bushel. Cotton and copper gained as London traders cheered Chamberlain and bid European and American securities higher.
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New York
Europe
London
U.P
London Stock Exchange
Chamberlain
Gallia Man Ends Life in Home Death by Own Hand
Linnie Cornell, 58, of 219 Second Ave Gallia, shot himself in an upstairs room Thursday afternoon as his wife Mrs. Cornell, employed at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, entered the home. He had been in poor health and funeral services are expected Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Linnie Cornell
Second Ave
Europa Set to Sail From Bremenhavn to New York Amid War Fear
The German North German Lloyd liner Europa leaves Bremerhaven for New York after being held in port due to fears of a European war.
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Europa
London
North German-Lloyd Steamship Line
Bremerhaven
New York
Pope Pius Wept With Joy Over Munich Agreement Report
Vatican City dispatch says Pope Pius wept for joy when told by his secretary of the Munich agreement. report filed from Castel Gandolfo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
U.R
Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Wright to donate pioneer plane if Smithsonian recognizes status
Orville Wright offers to return the original Wright brothers plane from a London museum if the Smithsonian Institution acknowledges its historical importance. He disputes records of alleged flights at Hamondsport New York in 1914 and criticizes a Smithsonian publication crediting Samuel Langley with the first airplane.
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Dayton-Au
Orville Wright
England
Smithsonian Institute
Orville
Wilbur Wright
London
Institute
Hamemondsport
N. Y
Smithsonian
Samuel Langley
Two Parts of Improved Road To Be Dedicated In Rockbridge And Enterprise
Dedic ation of two new sections of Improved Federal Highway No. 33 at Rockbridge and Enterprise will be held Wednesday October 5 instead of the previous day. The change allows State Highway Department representatives to attend. Invitations have been sent to John J. Jaster and other staff members of the State Highway Department and to Federal Highway Department representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Rockbridge
Enterprise
State Highway Department
John J. Jaster
Federal Highway Department
President's Commission Hears Strike Demands
The emergency fact finding commission led by Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy opened hearings on Class I railroads’ demand for a 15 percent wage cut and the 900,000 rail workers threatening to strike. A report to President Roosevelt is due by October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina
Mrs Evans to Speak at Meigs County Courthouse
Mrs Charles Evans president of the Athens County Republican Women's Club will speak at the Meigs County Courthouse Pomeroy Saturday at 2 p m. She will be guest of the Pomeroy Republican Club.
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Evans
Charles Evans
Athens County
Republican Women's Club
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Republicas , Club
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