Philadelphia Gets Convention Dem Democrats Open Campaign with $200000
The Democratic national committee chose Philadelphia as the convention site and secured a $200000 treasury boost from Jackson Day dinners in the city. The move places the convention in the industrial east while Chicago and San Francisco bids trailed in cash and concessions. The gathering will convene June 23, with party leaders aiming to erase a prior deficit and rally unity despite some dissent from Governor Eugene Talmadge.
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Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Farley
Chicago
Illinois
San Francisco
Davis Wilson
Cleveland
United Party
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Bowman Denies Guilt To End
Neal Bowman, 33, Ohio gangster, died in Kentucky's electric chair ending a 10 year crime career. He had crossed state lines to become the state's public enemy No. 1. The Lima inmate died in silence at 12 07 A M CST after repeating innocence.
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Eddyville
Neal Bowman
Ohio
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Ohio State Hospital
Lima
Mrs. Cummins Dies in Columbus at 71
Mrs. Marthane Cummins, native of Ross County, died in Columbus at age 71 after living there for 50 years. funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Columbus, O
Marthane Cummins
Ross County
Columbus
Congress in recess as committees push war loan inquiry
Yesterday the Munitions committee pressed its war financing inquiry with J. P. Morgan and partners while the Foreign Relations committee weighed a Pittman neutrality bill. The House met at noon to study a veterans bonus measure and Appropriations and Foreign Affairs panels met at 10 am to hear regular bills and hearings on a Bentwell led project.
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Munitions
Foreign Relations
House
Appropriations
Foreign Affairs
J. P. Morgan and Partners
WPA Workers Seek Pay Checks in New WPA Venture
The Works Progress Administration launched a program to employ 2,000 white collar jobless at a cost of $1,000,000. Ohio WPA chief Dr. Carl Watson said the effort will help municipalities catalog rent areas, slums, sanitation, living conditions, and crime breeding zones.
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Columbus
Works Progress Administration
Carl Watson
Ohio
WPA
Prosecution Probes Sterilization Case Inheritance Heiress
San Francisco report on a $500,000 suit by Ann Cooper Hewitt against her mother and three doctors over sterilization. Authorities study grounds for criminal action as nurse Elizabeth Kelley alleges the operation aimed at wealth. McCarter had claimed the heiress was ment ally subnormal and drawn to a chauffeur.
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Ann Cooper Hewitt
Elizabeth C. Kelley
Maryon Hewitt McCarter
Hackensack
N. J
Market Opens With Police Guard After Strike
A downtown market in Youngstown reopened under a police guard after a ten day closure due to a bakery and butcher strike. The butchers accused non-union workers at the meat counter during rush periods and the bakers joined in sympathy. Separately, Samuel Red Orr was jailed on $6000 bond on torturing and kidnapping charges linked to a packing house driver assaulted in central square.
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Youngstown, CO
Geo. L. Oles
Butchers’ Union
Samuel “Red” Orr
Truck Drivers Union
Central Square
Veterans' Bill Moves to Senate After House Passage
The House approved a bill to immediately cash the World War bonus to about 4.5 million veterans in a 355 to 58 vote. Estimated cost ranges from 1 to 2 billion dollars, with Ohio set to receive about 106 thousand dollars on 82,692 certificates. Backed by the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and disabled veterans groups. The Senate Finance Committee is urged to act promptly, though amendments may reduce generosity amid President Truman’s opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pattman
Texas
Ohio
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
West
Pickford and Fairbanks Finalize 15 Year Marriage Separation
Hollywood reports that the decree ending Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbankss 15 year marriage became final. Both stars had been granted an interlocutory decree a year earlier and the one year lapse removed any legal barriers to new romances in filmland.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Filmland
Dozen Hurt in Cuban Rioting Before Elections
In Havana and Santiago a series of bomb explosions wounded a dozen people before Cuba's presidential and constitutional offices vote. Ten bombs detonated in Santiago, damaging Dr Cesar Camacho Covani's Marianista party office and a political agent was severely wounded near Bauta in Pinar del Rio.
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Havana
Santiago
Cuba
Cesar Camacho Covani
Marianista Party
Bauta
Pinar del Rio
Sea Lion Yowls Under Window Disturbs Sleepers
Kansas City police aid a call about a sea lion named Babe snarling under a window near 9th and Cherry. The animal, weighing 350 pounds, was found in a tank on a truck behind a filling station and quieted by feeding 20 pounds of fish daily.
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Kansas City
Arthur McClure
9Th and
Cherry
McClure
Downing
Mac
Babe
Whitehead
Seeats Greenwood
Whithead
O. K
Farm Leaders Meet in Capital Over AAA Policy
Milo Reno head of the National Farm Holiday association Edward O Neall president of the American Farm Bureau Federation Chester Gray Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Chester Davis production administrator for the outlawed AAA attend the Capitol discussion on farm policy and the AAA master plan.
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National Grange
Milo Reno
National Farm Holiday Association
Edward O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chester Gray
Washington
Chester Davis
AAA
Flood Project Wins Release for Hocking Valley Survey
The Hocking Valley Watershed flood control survey project submitted to the WPA has been released by Ohio relief director Dr. Carl Watson. Barton A. Hall said he spoke with David C. Warner, chief of the water conservation council, and engineers are being secured to complete the survey estimated at about $25,000 with further talks expected.
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Hocking Valley
Works Progress Administration
Carl Watson
Ohio
Barton A. Hall
David C. Warner
Water Conservation Council
The
Conservation Council
Hall
Seven Men Held in Brooklyn Bank Robbery Probe
Seven men suspected of belonging to a gang that held up an armored car and stole 427000 outside the Rebel Ice Corporation in Brooklyn in August 1934 were arrested. Ice company representatives and armored car operators were summoned to police headquarters. The men were also believed linked to bank robberies across the metropolitan area.
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Rebel Ice Corporation
Brooklyn
Ice Company
Wilson Short Dies At Home In Ill Health
Wilson Short, 69, died at his home 897 Warner Ave at 1 45 this afternoon after a period of heart trouble. He leaves wife Mrs Mattie Short and two granddaughters Manon and Daisy Powers. Leonard Funeral Service handles funeral arrangements.
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Wilson Short
Warner Ave
Mattie Short
Manon
Daisy Powers
Leonard
Four Young Slayers Die In Sing Sing Electric Chair
Ossining N Y Jan 10 Just 18 minutes saw four young slayers executed in Sing Sing as Newman Raymond Jr 21 his father and others watched. Amerigo Angelini 20 Thomas Gilbride 20 and Ray Orley 21 followed in five minute intervals. They were convicted of killing Patrolman James Killion during a crime career led by a middle aged fagin.
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Ossining
N. Y
New York
Fagin
Newman Raymond, Jr
Major Newman Raymond
Alexandria
Raymond
Amerigo Angelini
Thomas Gilbride
Ray Orley
Sing Sing
James Killion
Goodyear Plant Returns to Six Hour Day
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co employees at Akron plant No 2 will resume six hour day schedules starting Monday officials said today The move affects workers in the plant and ends earlier adjustments tied to production needs confirmed by company officials
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O. K
Dakron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Buckley Assassin Slaying Tied to Bank Robbery Suspect
In South Bend Indiana a nationwide manhunt targets Robert Moore a 40 year old suspected bank robber linked by a wife to the Buckley murder and other crimes. Moore died in a filling station shootout while resisting capture after deputies trapped him following tips from his wife Mary Roche Moore who is jailed for a Minnesota bank robbery. The case connects to the 1930 Buckley slaying in Detroit and a 1931 Wisconsin store robbery.
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South Bend
Ind
Gerald E
Jerry) Buckley
Detroit
Robert Moore
Moore
Hunter
N. D
Mary Roche Moore
Twin Lakes, Minn
Melvin Passolt
Minnesota State Bureau of Apprehension
Buckley
la Salle
Steve Karaba
Moquah Township
Wis
Logan Daily News Introduces Daily Merchandise Coupons
The Logan Daily News launches a new feature offering subscribers merchandise coupons funded by Logan merchants. Each day a subscriber's name appears with a credit coupon usable at a local store, redeemable on Monday or Wednesday after publication. No purchase required beyond presenting the coupon.
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Logan Daily News
Logan
Hauptmann Cleared to Appear at State Prison Hearing
The clemency hearing for Bruno Richard Hauptmann will not be held at the state prison as the governor's office announced the court will convene at the executive offices tomorrow at 10 30 a m. Hauptmann has stood by his Flemington tale that Isidor Fisch supplied the Lindbergh ransom money and he will submit trial exhibits to the pardons court.
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Samuel Blackman
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Harold G. Hoffman
William S. Conklin
Hauptmann
Bruno
State Prison
Hoffman
Mark O. Kimberling
Flemington
Isidor Fisch
Germany
AWAIT CHARGES IN $7 MURDER IN COLUMBUS
Patrolman C A Loudenslager said he expected first degree murder warrants against two men after an alleged confession tied them to the killing of Willard Deckard during a December 6 robbery. Tony Gerbitch and Robert Berry were arrested as sleuthing continued. Gerbitch blamed Berry for the fatal beating.
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Columbus, CO
C. A. Loudenslager
Willard Deckard
Tony Gerbitch
Robert Berry
Loudenslager
Lester Bauman
Gerbitch
Berry
Deckard
Five Guests Rules Change at Logan Daily News Event
Five subscribers to the Logan Daily News will be guests at the wake set by the newspaper. Inside pages list invited names and the office will distribute tickets to attendees.
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Logan Daily News
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