Attack On FDR's Re-grouping Plan Looms Fourfold
Flint Michigan January 13 Governor Frank Murphy seeks an immediate peaceful end to General Motors strikes and calls a meeting of company and union leaders in the state capitol. He has mobilized four Michigan national guard regiments as 126th Infantry arrives and other units are being activated. James F Dewey federal labor conciliator and GM executive vice president William Knudsen are invited to Lansing for talks at 11 A M EST with the governor.
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Flint
Mich
Frank Murphy
General Motors
Capitol
Michigan National
Ohio probate judges study inheritance taxes forum on insanity
Probate judges of Ohio gathered in convention to study inheritance taxes and hold a forum on insanity. The session focused on tax policy and mental health topics within the legal framework, reflecting the era's regulatory concerns and judicial workload.
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Ohio
Democrats and Republicans Clash Over Roosevelt Reorganization Plan
In Washington on January 18, a bipartisan group opposed parts of the Roosevelt administration reorganization plan. Key questions include consolidating 100 independent agencies into cabinet departments, possible large savings, curbing the comptroller general, and basing Civil Service on competitive exams. Senate leaders plan caucuses to unite opposition as 1940 prospects surface for Vandenberg and Bridges.
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Washington
Comptroller General
Senate
House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Bridges
Search for missing fliers widens on Illinois river
Grappling crews and dredge operators renewed today their search of the Illinois river for the bodies of two Massachusetts national guard fliers missing since Monday night.
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Hennepin, Ill
Illinois River
Massachusetts National Guard
Woman's trial begins today for union fur nace theft
Mae Ruff of Union Fur nace faces larceny charges as an accessory in a $40 Logan theft on Dec. 9. Sheriff Joe Farbearn arrested her at Haydenville with five dollars of the stolen money. Leo Harrig testified she gave him the money, saying Ellen Rife had obtained it. Rife's trial is set to follow Ruff's.
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Mae Ruff
Union Furnace
Miss Ruff
Francis Kuhn
Logan
Joe Farbearn
Haydenville
Leo Harrig
Ellen Rife
Miss Rife
Denison University hears West on Supreme Court powers
West, under secretary of Interior and Roosevelt contact man, told Denison University students that the constitutional problem today is not to undermine the Supreme Court but to obtain from that body a full, free and enlightened exercise of its powers. West, a former professor at the college, spoke last night.
Martin Johnson Dies of Injuries in Air Crash
Martin Johnson the noted explorer died from injuries after yesterday's Western Air Express crash. 18 aboard, two fatally injured Braden of Cleveland Ink Co. was killed in the crash on a foggy mountain slope near Union Air terminal en route from Salt Lake City to Burbank.
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Los Angeles
Martin Johnson
Western Air Express
James A. Braden
Cleveland, Ohio
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Salt Lake City
Los Pinetos Ranger
Owens
W. W. Lewis
Esther Jo Conner
Windsor Hospital
Glendale
Lewis
Miss Conner
James Braden
Braden-Sutphin Ink Company
Cleveland
West
New Lexington Woman Ruth Stewart Dies at Hospital
Mrs. Ruth Stewart wife of Joseph C Stewart of New Lexington died at Cherryton Hospital at three o'clock yesterday afternoon from complications after entering for treatment last Thursday. She is sister to Mrs. Helen Boocks of Lancaster and leaves two sons Joseph Jr and William Howard of the home a step mother Mrs Mary Redman of Lancaster an uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs William Worthman of Athens. Body taken to New Lexington for burial preparation. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Ruth Stewart
Joseph C. Stewart
New Lexington
Cherrington Hospital
Stewart
Helen Boocks
Lancaster
Joseph, Jr
William Howard
Mary Redman
William Worthman
Athens
Youths Indicted for Slaying Prison Guard in Ohio
Fairfield county grand jury charged Frank Sedar, 17, and Albert Brown, 18, with premeditated murder, murder of a penal institution guard, and murder during robbery after fatally beating guard Hobart Stewart in the Boys Industrial School power house during an escape attempt. The youths fled in Stewart’s car but were captured. Names reflect Ohio origins and prior Cleveland sentences.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County Grand Jury
Frank Sedar
Albert Brown
Boys Industrial School
Hobart Stewart
Reformatory
Penal Institution
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Frank M. Acton
Explorer Victim of Crash in Western Air Express Liner
Two of the ten passengers aboard the wrecked Western Air Express airliner were Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson noted explorers. The former succumbed to injuries.
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Western Air Express
Martin Johnson
Hold Negro Porter in Bathtub Slaying
New York police and district attorney officials charged Major Greene a 33 year old Harlem Negro porter with the murder of Mrs Mary Robinson Case in her Jackson Heights Queens apartment. The arrest followed the discovery of the battered body by Frank Case a 30 year old hotel supply company employee.
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New York
Mary Robinson
Harlem
Jackson Heights
Queens
Charles P. Sullivan
Major Greene
Greene
Frank Case
Cold Weather Forecast Hits Midwest and Plains
A much colder spell threatened to end a brief warm spell as a first frigid wave aimed at the Midwest. Weather observers expected a sharp temperature drop by tomorrow, with North Dakota callouts and widespread prairie state impact, while the Northwest enjoyed milder conditions and the Rocky Mountain region saw moderate relief.
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North Dakota
Prairie States
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Two juries clear defendants in first January term trials
Rev. B. F. Hughes of the Bible Christian Church in Logan is acquitted of assault after a long standing church feud is cited as motive. Roy Camp of Lebanon is found not guilty of issuing a $14.60 worthless check to Isam Walton, with testimony noting Camp’s reputed character.
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B. F. Hughes
Roy Camp
Rev. Hughes
Bible Christian Church
Iron St
Logan
Flemon Souders
Hughes
Souders
George Christman
Lebanon
Isam Walton
Wellston
Starr Township
Camp
Officers Threatened in Fremont Child Custody Case
Harry Pressler aged 61 faced a 30 day jail sentence after alleged threats by him toward a policeman and a probate officer who sought details about a complaint that Pressler had taken his daughter Betty aged 14 from the New Philadelphia children's home unlawfully. The girl was later returned to the home.
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Fremont
Harry Pressler
Pressler
Betty
New Philadelphia
Bank building sale to motel operator announced
Officials of the Farmers and Merchants Bank announced plans to sell the building they occupy to Mrs. Anna Cole, who runs the Ambrose MH Motel in the same building, within the next few months. The sale involves the bank's recently acquired space in the building formerly owned by the First Rempel National Bank.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Anna Cole
Ambrose MH
Bank Willove
First Rempel National Bank
Newark truck driver charged with manslaughter in boy’s death
Paul Farrell, 26, of Newark, was held to the grand jury under $200 bond in the traffic death of six year old Lyle Rice in Portsmouth Ohio. Farrell faces manslaughter charges after the Dec incident. The boy was struck and killed by a truck.
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Portsmouth
Lyle Rice
Paul Farrell
Newark
Four Held in Mass Holdups In Ohio Area
A woman and three men were held as police investigated a spree in which the quartet is accused of more than twenty robberies across Ohio and nearby states. Identified as Mrs Evelyn Hughes and her husband Harry 24 of Akron Gene Haines 30 of Marietta and John Hoover 28 of Columbus they allegedly robbed pedestrians in Zanesville Columbus Chillicothe Cincinnati Huntington W Va and Ashland Ky. No charges had been filed yet authorities said. The group reportedly logged about 2000 miles on a robbery tour new records show.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Evelyn Hughes
Harry
Akron
Gene Haines
Marietta
John Hoover
Columbus
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Huntington
W. Va
Ashland
Missing Planes Near Minatitlan Abandon Hope Grows
In Vera Cruz near Minatitlan twelve people are missing after two airplanes disappeared in rugged terrain. Officials say chances of finding survivors fade as search efforts continue through harsh conditions.
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Mexico City
Minatitlan
Vera Cruz
Logan Lawyer Refuses City Council Presidency
Logan lawyer Gerald Lanning refused the City Council presidency hours before a regular meeting citing business reasons. The post had been vacant for months after Mark Ricketts moved to city treasurer and Dallas Kinser briefly led the council before resigning to become a councilman. Harold Larimer has served as council chair pro tem since the vacancy.
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City Council
Gerald Lanning
Fitzgerald
Lanning
Dallas Kinser
Mark Ricketts
Ed Nelson
Kinser
Presi
Multiple suspects sought in Tacoma boy’s kidnapping case
In Tacoma on January 13, Charles Mattson’s casket lay as mourners faced the brutal wounds he suffered from a kidnapper and slayer. Hundreds of officers hunted the Pacific northwest for the offender as Dr W Mattson and wife prepared for the funeral. Autopsy said the boy died after a fierce struggle, possibly six days before discovery. Authorities pursued clues across northern regions and near San Bernardino. Federal agents showed interest in an unidentified man seen acting queer on a bus ticket from Kelso, while the killer’s principal partner remained sought. The case remains active with possible more than one kidnapper, according to Dr Mattson.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Pacific Northwest
W. Mattson
Charles
San Francisco Chronicle
Wees
San Bernardino
Calif
Kelso
Missouri
Department of Justice
W. W. Mattson
Mother, 64, Admits Aiding Jailbreak In Ohio
Ada Cline, 64, pleads guilty to smuggling saw blades to her son Kenneth Knapp at an Ohio penitentiary. Knapp, held for an escape involving nine inmates from a county jail, is described as a “good boy” by his mother despite a long criminal record. Knapp was one of eight men recaptured after the New Year's Day escape.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ada Cline
Kenneth Knapp
Atlanta Federal
Indiana
Knapp
Lost Tiger Cat Pussy Puss Reunited With Owner
Mrs. Joe Balch of 162 West Front Street offered a reward for her missing eight month old tiger cat named Pussy Puss. The notice stated rewards for three suspected cats to recover the pet, and the animal was returned to its owner after an ad ran in the Logan Daily News.
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Tiger Cat
Joe Balch
Front St
Priday
Logan Daily News
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