Italian Planes Scare Addis Ababa As War Rages
Nine Italian planes over Addis Ababa trigger panic while Emperor Haile Selassie leads 300000 troops to the northern front. Italians claim a scouting mission with no bombs. Ethiopian and Italian officials trade war-violations claims on the eve of peace talks.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Haile Sellassie
Italy
Lake Tana
Lake Ashangi
Dessye
Waldie
Warra Bailu
Geneva
League of Nations
Death claims Bert Campbell in Ohio funeral arrange
Albert Bert Campbell aged 77 a Hocking county native and former Falls township farmer died at 5 30 p m Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs Geo Graybill in South Amherst Ohio Funeral services will be held here Wednesday He is survived by three daughters Mrs Geo Graybill Mrs Ed Rohr er of Logan and Mrs Charles Rheinscheld of Columbus and four sons Frank Homer Charles and John with Arthur pre deceased him in death
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Albert
Bert” Campbell
Hocking County
Falls Township
Geo. Graybill
Amherst
Ohio
Graybill
Ed Rohrer
Logan
Charles Rheinscheld
Columbus
Frank
Homer
Charles
John
Detroit
Arthur
Senate Hears Closing Arguments in Ritter Impeachment Case
Congress schedules close with Senate debate on the impeachment of Federal Judge Halsted L Ritter of Florida while subcommittees review war profit limits and the Mississippi Valley Authority bill. The House weighs a rent commission for the District of Columbia as military affairs probes war surplus dispositions.
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Senate
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Finance
Agriculture
Mississippi Valley Authority
House
District of Columbia
Military Affairs
Roosevelt speaks in Baltimore as campaign drive opens
President Franklin D Roosevelt prepares for a Baltimore rally before the Fifth Regiment Armory audience and nationwide radio hookup. State leaders expect about 25,000 attendees with more listening at 10 30 pm. He will follow a torchlight procession after a White House day ending with a dinner hosted by Senator Radcliffe.
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NEW Lal
Fifth Regiment
Lawrence Fennaman
Maryland Young Democratic Organization
Greece's Premier Constantine Demedjis Dies of Apoplexy
Athens April 13 Constantine Demedjis premier since November 30 died today after an apoplexy attack. General John Metaxis named premier to succeed him. Demedjis had been under a physician's care and was thought convalescing when found dead in bed.
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Athens
Constantine Demedjis
Greece
John Metaxis
Demedisis
Manchoukuo Seizes Spies in High Profile Roundup
Six Manchukuo provincial officials including Ling Sheng, a North Hsingan governor, were arrested at Hailar and moved to Hsinking for court martial. The Dome dispatch says they plotted to aid Soviet Russia and oust Japanese influence in northwestern Manchukuo.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchoukuo
Soviet Russia
Ling Sheng
Hsingan
Hailar
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Easter Observances Highlight Parades Fights and Holy Day
Easter observances featured grand processions in Jerusalem and Vatican quiet as Pope Pius health limited Mass. Roosevelt attended St. Thomas Episcopal Church while drizzles and parades marked the day in New York Chicago and Moscow. Dublin saw IRA parade violence and Italian air raids hit Arra Hailu in Ethiopia.
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Jerusalem
Vatican
St. Peter's
Pius
Italy
Roosevelt
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Washington
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Moscow
Mexico City
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Arra Hailu
Ethiopia
Rush Work on REA Projects Across Rural Ohio
In Columbus Ohio on April 13 AP reports miles of copper wire on new poles aiding the first of 50 Rural Electrification Administration projects to supply cheap power and light to about 50 000 Ohio farms. REA loans exceed one million dollars to four cooperatives with 70 county applications totaling over 15 million dollars filed for loans. 24 projects with 6 million dollars in loans were forwarded to Washington. Cooperatives will buy or produce electricity and distribute it through funded distribution systems.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Electrification Division
Ohio Farm Bureau
Carl Frye
The
Farm Bureau
Washington
Church Services Draw Large Crowds Across Local Churches
Record crowds attended yesterday’s church services vesper services and pageants presented by all local churches highlighting shared devotion and community participation.
Easter service at Hocking jail by St Pauls church
Rev. Charles Lever of St. Pauls Episcopal church conducted Easter services yesterday afternoon at the Hocking county jail for the benefit of the prisoners there. The church choir accompanied Rev. Lever and sang several selections.
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Charles Lever
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Hocking County
Lever
G men seek break in Easter Gift bomb case
Federal investigators widen their search for the Easter Gift bomb terrorists after two deaths from parcel bombs. John W. Johnstone took wrappings for handwriting analysis while Maloney lists possible suspects as police and federal agents probe the case. The attacks killed cemetery caretaker Michael Gallagher and wounded his son in law Clinton Lehman, and injured Thomas Maloney and his family.
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Wilkes-Barre
John W. Johnstone
Thomas Maloney
United Anthracite Workers of America
Maloney
Thomas, Jr
Margaret
Michael Gallagher
Clinton Lehman
McSweeney to Attend Meet at Hocking County Banquet
John M. McSweeney Wooster head of the Ohio Welfare Department and candidate for congressman at large will speak at the second annual Roosevelt-Davey club banquet in Hocking County on April 23. Also appearing are Hon. Charles M. Hay and other notables. Tickets are one dollar and sold at local shops and offices plus from ticket committee members in Murray City Laurelville Union Furnace Carbon Hill and Gore.
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John M. McSweeney
Wooster
Ohio Welfare Department
George White
Hocking County
Roosevelt-Davey Club
McSweeney
Charles M. Hay
Eberst
Judy’s
S. and
S. Market
Auditor's and Recorder’s
Logan Daily News
Logan
Murray City
Laurelville
Union Furnace
Carbon Hill
Gore
Phoenix Sets April Heat Record at Ninety Nine
Phoenix records a new April 12 heat of 99 degrees breaking the 40 year old daily high of 95 as of yesterday. The milestone marks the warmest April day in the city’s records.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jafsie summoned to testify before Wendel grand jury
Dr. John F. Condon known as Jafsie was asked to appear before Mercer county’s grand jury investigating Paul H. Wendel’s murder charges in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Foreman Allyne M. Freeman sent a telegram promising expenses and a Wednesday appearance.
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Trenton
N. J
John F
Jafsie) Condon
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Paul H. Wendel
Allyne M. Freeman
Mercer County Grand Jury
Bronx
Wendel
Brooklyn
N. Y
William F. McGuinness
Murray Bleefeld
Moe Taylor
Hopkins Defends WPA Amid Criticism in Nationwide Drive
In Washington on April 13 AP reports Administrator Harry L. Hopkins launched a broad national push defending the Works Progress Administration. An illustrated report billed WPA as a great forward step and cheaper than direct relief when accounting public improvements, morale, and skilled labor. The American Liberty League countered, denouncing boondoggling and political favoritism and urging abolition of work relief in favor of direct relief.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
American Liberty League
Greendale Minerals Sells 5600 Acres to U S Government
The United States government purchased 5600 acres in the Hocking Valley from Greendale Minerals Co of Logan. Surface rights were acquired with 1513.61 acres in specific townships, while mineral rights are reserved to Greendale. The deal totals about 30 000 acres across multiple counties and aims to establish extensive forests after surveys and land clearing begin.
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Greendale Minerals Co
Hocking Valley
U. S
United States
Hocking County
Greendale Minerals Company
Logan
Cer
Greendale
Hocking
Perry
Athens
Vinton
Ward Township
Township
Falls-Gore Township
Starr
Greendale Co
Perry County
Vinton County
Athens County
Ohio farmers receive 1.1 million in credits in first quarter
The Farm Credit Administration's fourth district said Ohio producers borrowed 1 109 000 dollars in the first quarter from 12 production credit associations. March alone saw 559 000 dollars lent across 1223 loans, with the rest spread over January and February.
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Louisville
Farm Credit Administration of the Fourth District
Ohio
Five die as freight train derails near Tashkent
Five crew members were killed and several injured when a freight train derailed on the Middle Asia Railroad near Tashkent after speeding around a curve. The engineer was arrested on drunkenness charges.
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Moscow
Middle Asia
Tashkent
Rinehart Improves After Operation in New York
Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist, is reported in very satisfactory condition after an operation last week. She is expected to leave the hospital in a few days, the hospital said.
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New York
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Death of Nancy Titterton Baffles Police In New York
Detectives scrutinize funeral attendees for clues to a strangling at 22 Beekman Place. They seek two unidentified men: one tall and effeminate, the other stocky and coarse. Husband Lewis Titterton and relatives attend, while investigators pursue leads from near the victim’s Beekman Place home.
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Nancy Evans Titterton
Lewis H. Titterton
National Broadcasting Company
New York
Titterton
Dayton
Associated Press
Beekman Place
Lewis Titterton
Lexington Avenue
Frank W. Evans
Georgetown
Ohio
Margaret Arbeiter
J. D. Wooster Lambert
Lambert Chemical Company
Hagood Reinstated to Command Sixth Corps Area in Chicago
Major General Johnson Hagood is ordered back to active duty to command the sixth corps area in Chicago effective May 2. He replaces Major General Frank R. McCoy who moves to command the second corps area in New York as Major Dennis E. Nolan retires.
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Washington
Johnson Hagood
Sixth Corps
Chicago
Hagood
Eighth Corps
Roosevelt
Frank R. McCoy
McCoy
Second Corps
New York
Dennis E. Nolan
WPA worker's home burns four die in blaze near Chandler
Four people died when a rural home owned by Henry Main a WPA worker burned at night near Chandler Oklahoma The victims included Mrs Ethel Main 28 the couple's daughter Juanita 11 and Mrs Main's brother Everett Campin 16 along with Henry Main 30 the homeowner The blaze wiped out a small family and left a community shaken.
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Chandler
Okla
Henry Main
WPA
Main
Ethel Main
Juanita
Everett Campin
Trainman Killed In Pennsylvania Yard Accident
In Bucyrus Ohio April 13 AP reports Walter H. Prytag 46 was crushed beneath train wheels in the Pennsylvania yards. He died at the scene.
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Bucyrus,o
Pennsylvania
Walter H. Prytag
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