Fraternity Initiation Accident Leaves Student Footless
Hugh Bennett son of Judge Jesse Sennett and a Potomac State Normal School student near Keyser fell from a freight train during Theta Sigma Chi initiation near Piedmont. Bennett and companion King Fisk were riding to Keyser when the mishap occurred. Bennett arrived at a hospital tonight with both feet lost in the accident.
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Keyser
W. Va
Hugh Bennett
Jesse Sennett
Potomac State Normal School
Piedmont
Theta Sigma Chi
Bennett
King Fisk
Nesbitt Faces First Degree Murder Charge Hearing Monday
Jacob Nesbitt, who confessed to killing his wife Frances Drake Nesbitt, faces a first degree murder affidavit filed in Troy Ohio. He may be arraigned Monday as the grand jury convenes, with defense silent on strategy and public opinion divided on the electric chair.
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Troy, O
Jacob Nesbitt
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Nesbitt
G. H. Stokes
John Sharits
Jacob
Fi State Hospital
Charles Drake
L. H. Shipman
Factory and Auto Fatalities Reported in Stark County
Three deaths in Stark County on Saturday were linked to a factory accident, a traffic collision, and a self inflicted gunshot. Ellsworth Gardner, 28, fatally scalded in a Timken Roller Bearing Co. vat. Bernard White, 7, struck by car near West Creek bridge. George Blaga, 45, died in Massillon hospital from a gunshot wound. Driver H Lamborn was exonerated as the car struck White, with investigators deeming the crash unavoidable. Gardner’s body transported to Whitticar. White’s services planned for Pomeroy. Blaga noted Massillon hospital death with national Romanian society ties mentioned.
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Stark Co
TC. McQuate
Ellsworth J
South Division
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Gardner
Wheeling
McQuate
Aultman Hospital
Whitticar Undertaking Establishment
Young White
6Th St
West Creek
H. Lamborn
Harrison
Lamborn
Fanton
Pomeroy
Henry
Paivert
Paul
Ralph
United Brethren Sunday School
Dueber Av Hoor
Spiker
Rumania
Meet One
Manian Society
Cuza- Voda Rues
Massillon
Tom
Executive
Union of Ru Manian Society
Ieties of
America
Revocation Sought for Local Broker Gore Co
Hearing before the Department of Commerce in Columbus will probe Thaddeus V. Gore & Co. Canton brokers over alleged stock misrepresentations. D. C. Jacobs of The Better Business Bureau requested the action after investigations by Cleveland Akron and Canton groups into the firm with offices in the First National Bank building. The case centers on advertised bonds of Wadsworth Salt Co. and a $350000 issue pitched as a going concern though the plant was in receivership and assets sold for 57000.
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Department of Commerce, Division of Securities
Columbus
Thaddeus V. Gore & Co
Canton Brokers
D. C. Jacobs
Better Business Bureau, Inc
Cleveland
Akron
Canton
First National Bank
Wadsworth Salt Co
Beauty Queen Race Sparks WVU Rivalries
In Morgantown on March 13, friendships fade as the most beautiful girl at West Virginia University vies for election. Monticello yearbook supporters square off against the university press club, with independents adding tension to the contest amid campus politics.
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Morgantown
W. Va
University of West Virginia
Monticello
University Press Club
Huge supply bills reported by appropriation committee
Washington March 13 Two more of the government large supply bills were sent to the senate by the appropriation committee. One bill would provide 80,119,991 dollars to operate the state justice commerce and labor departments in the coming fiscal year. The other would appropriate 226,960,418 dollars for the interior department.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Interior Department
Quake entombs thirty miners in Upper Silesia
An earthquake shock in Reuther Upper Silesia entombed thirty miners. Seventeen have been located and are alive. the fate of the remaining thirteen is unknown.
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Reuther
Upper Silesia
Letters Found in Marshall Case
Philadelphia March report describes recovered letters kept by Anna May Dietrich the defendant in the Marshall case. The letters allegedly relate to the murder and dis memberment of Miss Dietrich and are expected to play a significant role in the trial. Abraham Warnick counsel for the defense said he will seek to have the letters entered into the court record.
High School Boy Injured in Auto Crash at Keyster
Herbert Wolf a 15 year old high school student was knocked from a car returning from a hike to High River in Keyster West Virginia suffering a fractured collar bone and possible internal injuries tonight.
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Keyser
W. Va
Herbert Wolf
High River
Col Coolidge Fights Waning Battle For Life
Col John C Coolidge remains critically ill at a Plymouth Vermont farmhouse as bulletins show gradual weakness yet moments of vitality. Doctors decline to predict outcomes while a private line to the White House allows a distant message from the son.
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Col. Coolidge
Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Vermont
Coolidge
White House
Breakup fears in Geneva over League council talks
In Geneva a three hour League session yielded unofficial reports of no compromise on expanding the council. Dr. Stressemann and M. Briand met for two hours with no progress as a plenary session eyed open discussion on seating nations. Hope lingered for a last minute German compromise to avert crisis.
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Geneva
Mar
League of Nations Council
Council of the League
Stressemann
M. Briand
France
Council
Hit-Skip Driver Injures Youth Near Lebanon Ohio
Robert Noble, 18, of Waycross, Georgia, is in critical condition in a Lebanon hospital after being hit by a hit-and-run motorist on the Dayton Lebanon pike, four miles north of Lebanon. He was walking home from a hiking trip during a Columbus to Georgia journey, and was separated from his father Albert Noble.
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Lebanon
Robert Noble
Waycross
Dayton-Lebanon Pike
Here
Columbus
Georgia
Albert Noble
Michigan
Three Italian Gunners Killed in Destroyer Accident
Rome, March 13. Three Italian gunners were killed when an explosion aboard the destroyer Carini occurred during target practice off Spezia. The incident happened late today as the ship conducted training exercises.
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Rome
Mar
Carini
Spezzia
Important Announcement on Hill Success Editorial Series
A Sunday editorial by Napoleon Hill on Success appears in the Second News Section Page 12. This first of a year long series urges readers to start now, read every installment, and share with children and young colleagues to aid future advancement.
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Napoleon Hill
Lorain bacteriologist attacks germ theory claim
Lorain, March 0. John F. Mazur, a local bacteriologist, said in a recent interview that he has created animal and vegetable life by artificial means. He challenged germ theory and claimed biblical origin of life offers stronger proof than evolution. Mazur also asserts he produced hay fever four times by inhaling ammonia gas during seasons when hay fever is said not to exist.
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Lorain
John F. Mazur
Mazur
Seasona
Chicago Man Honored by Pope Laetare Medal Recipient
Edward N. Hurley of Chicago is awarded the Laetare Medal for 1944, presented by Rev. Matthew Walsh, president of Notre Dame University. The honor mirrors the papal Golden Rose and includes a papal blessing. Hurley is the forty third recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Matthew Walsh
Hurley
Charges Against Lengel Police Chief Revealed
In a detailed indictment, Lengel is charged with misusing duties, aiding liquor activity by officers Strettenberger Bush Clark Wilhelm and Beatty, and failing to enforce liquor, gambling, and prostitution laws. The record cites arrests without warrants, improper guidance to officers, and corrupt payments connected to bonds and illicit houses.
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Canton
Lengel
Mary Schmitt
Mary Ackerman
Carl Studer
Fat” Metzger
Ben Clarke
Worner Moore
Paul Kizman
Harry Bouklias
Sam Shifman
James Amerman
Wlengel
Amerman
Canton Daily News
Vice
S. M. Swarts
S. A. Lengel
City of
Mployd Strettenberger
Albert Bush
Elmer Clark
A. KR. Wilhelm
J. E. Beatty
Homer Moore
Paul Kirman
Tarry Turner
Miller
Guthrie
Jumbo Crowley
Officer Wise
Longel
Moore
Harry Turner
Turner
Mary Sehmidt
Mary Ackernan
J. W. Crawford
McDonald
Crawford
Bomdsman
Shifan Guyve
James Shadesmith
Ine Crawford
Four Hurt In Two Night Crashes Near Canton
Four men were injured in two separate crashes in the county late Saturday night. Pete Stanley age 19, Care Olgar 21, Joe Zavoda 18, and Mrs. William Harris 30, were brought to Mercy hospital with varying injuries. Stanley and Olgar were in a touring car that crashed into a ditch, while Zavoda suffered facial lacerations and the driver assisted by a Blue Line Transit Co. employee helped extract them. Harris sustained serious internal injuries and a fractured hip in a separate collision near Mirerva.
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Mercy Hospital
Olyvar
Clark
Joe Zavoda
Henry
Lees
William Harris
Harrisburg Rd
Stanley
Olgar
Zavoda
North Industry
Canton
Blue Line Transit Co
Magnolia
Mercy Holy
Woman Held Up At Point Of Gun In Massillon Robbery
Massillon woman Mrs Jennie Thompson of Paul Street was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night at the Cherry and Prospect intersection. Two masked attackers fled into the darkness after the robbery.
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Massillon
Jennie Thompson
Paul St
Cherry and
Prospect
Cobham completes 12,000 mile London to Capetown trip
Alan Cobham, England's premier civilian flyer, ends a 12,000 mile flight from London to Capetown and return. Twelve aeroplanes escort Cobham across the English Channel as huge crowds greet him. He raced the liner Windsor Castle back from Capetown, covering 8,920 miles on the return while the liner did 6,080 miles. Cobham has flown over 100,600 miles in the same aircraft.
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London
Alan Cobham
England
Capetown
Cobham
Finglish Channel
Windsor Castle
Fingland
Druse Rebels Capture Palmyra City in Mesopotamia
Reports from Bagdad say Djebe Druse tribesmen renewed activity in the region. French forces have been unable to check them and the rebels captured and occupied the ancient city of Palmyra, marking a significant advance in the area.
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Bagdad
Mar
Palmyra
Weather outlook for mid March in Ohio Valley and Great Lakes
Washington dispatch reports a March 15 to 20 outlook with mostly fair weather in the Ohio Valley including a rain period in the first half of the week. Temperatures are near normal. In the Great Lakes region expect snow toward the middle and again toward the end of the week with temperatures near or below normal.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
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Mavyor
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Leneel
Se Fox
Civil Service Commission
Timken
THE
Better Business Bureau
Gore & Co
Marshall
Albert Cram
Bridgewater
Germany
Pope
Pete Stanley
Kimbald Sh
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