Rotarians Triple Proceeds For Crippled Children
Final plans for Hocking County's Roosevelt birthday event emerge with the Logan Rotary Club naming Barton A. Hall as general chairman and Judge Phil A. Henderson and Probate Judge E. L. Ewing as vice chairmen. Funds from three local sources will aid crippled children by supporting local and national agencies, with 70 percent kept locally.
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Hocking County
Roosevelt
Logan Rotary Club
Barton A. Hall
Phil A. Henderson
E. L. Ewing
Reds Fascists Reject Offers In Spanish War
In London on January 19 AP reported the Spanish Socialist and Insurgent governments refused the non intervention committee plan to curb munition shipments to both sides. The Burgos and Valencia regimes drew a gloomy British reaction with a note that Italy and Germany now hold the key to volunteers. Franco rejected the plan too, denouncing it as he complained thousands of volunteers were crossing the French border to join the Socialist side.
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London
Burgos
Valencia
Italy
Germany
Francisco Franco
Fight Looms on Tag Fee Scheme in Ohio
Champaign County commissioners oppose an administration backed plan in the Ohio legislature to raise the state share of automobile license fees. County Engineer H. P. Walters warned the county would lose about 30 500 dollars intended for highway maintenance and said the county would fight the measure.
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Urbana
Ohio
Champaign County
H. P. Walters
Walters
Nikolai Bucharin Removed From Tavastish Editor Role
Nik al Bucharin longtime editor of the Soviet government newspaper Tavestia was removed from his post in Moscow on January 19 according to AP reports. The move signals a leadership shakeup within the Soviet press apparatus as authorities reorganize editorial control.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bucharin
Tavestia
Aviator Zetzer Arrested in Gerrettsville Train Robbery Indictment
John Zetzer a 36 year old aviator and garage operator from Port Clinton was arrested after a secret federal grand jury indicted him in the November 7 1935 Garrettsville wild west mail train robbery. The case ties Zetzer to the Alvin Karpis gang with others from Port Clinton to Hot Springs Ark and Tulsa Okla. Indictment details limited pending arraignment. Reports from reliable sources allege a Toledo underworld figure is named in the case.
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Cleveland
John Zetzer
Port Clinton
Garrettsville
Alvin Karpis
Hot Springs
Ark
Tulsa
Okla
U. S
Emerich B. Freed
Zetzer
Reuben Spiess
Toledo
Hughes Sets New Transcontinental Speed Record
Howard Hughes, flying a highspeed monoplane, set a new transcontinental land plane speed record by crossing from Newark to Los Angeles in seven hours and 31 minutes at an estimated average speed of 332 miles per hour. The feat shattered previous records.
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Newark
N. J
Howard Hughes
Spanish Reds Rout Fascists at El Cerro De Los Angeles
Socialist militiamen routed Fascist insurgents from fortified positions at El Cerro De Los Angeles, the geographic center of Spain, 80 miles south of Madrid. Gen. Jose Miaja called the victory one of the government’s most important operations to date as militia forces surged south from boundary barricades in a surprise night attack.
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Madrid
el Cerro de Los Angeles
Spain
Jose Miaja
Springfield Water Supply Under Fire
Dr. Walter H. Hartung Ohio Health Director sent engineers to Springfield for inspection of the city water system and proposed repairs by a Supreme court suit. He ordered officials to attend an emergency Ohio Health Council meeting to discuss the flood contaminations for the second time in a week.
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Columbus, O
Walter H. Hartung
Springfield
Supreme Court
Hartung
Ohio Health Council
Weather worsens Pope Pius condition in Italy
Damp raw weather in Italy over several days increased pain in the Pope Pius swollen legs, according to physicians.
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Vatican City
Italy
Pius
Inaugural Delegates Won’t Get State Funds
Ohio lawmakers who attended Roosevelt’s inauguration cannot be paid from existing legislative funds. Attorney General Herbert B. Duffy said the 10 delegates must receive a special appropriation to cover their travel expenses. The opinion notes ten other delegates to a Washington conference may be paid as legal charges from committee funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Auditor
Atty. Gen
Herbert &. Duffy
Washington
Rain Threatens Inaugural Roosevelt Ceremony
The Weather Bureau forecast rain possibly mixed with sleet or snow for the inauguration, as a cold steady rain drenched Washington. Crowds filled the capital with inaugural stands and national decorations along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt Begins Second Term Amid Quiet Inaugural Spirit
Washington residents welcomed Franklin D Roosevelt as he began a second term promising to write history anew. Crowds packed the streets despite rain, with a simplified parade limited to military units and governors. Officials expect a 2000 word inaugural address focusing on democratic ideals and international trade.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Suspect Admits Extortion Notes From Jail
A small bald whiskered man jailed for extortion told officials he wrote notes to relatives of child stars Jane Withers and Freddie Bartholomew signed Ace of Spades. He surrendered last night using the name Da vid Harris 46 and faces misuse of the mails charges.
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Los Angeles
Jane Withers
Freddie Bartholomew
Ace of Spades
David Harris
Ickes Group Aims Uniform Federal Power Plan
The committee chaired by Secretary Ickes to draft a national power policy faces TVA tensions as Morgan calls for a truce while Lilienthal pushes stricter TVA actions. The White House says no link, but observers think the plan could influence the TVA dispute. In Detroit, about 1000 UAW pickets repelled police tear gas to block Briggs Manufacturing plant entry.
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Washington
Ickes
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley
David Lilienthal
Toledo fears gas shutoff amid strike disruption
Toledo faces a threatened artificial gas shutdown as union workers strike. City manager John N. Edy pledges emergency staffing to keep the plant running while Ottawa Hills, in freezing 20 degree weather, loses gas to 400 homes after an inlet gate closes. A gas plant manager warns fires will be drawn unless replacements arrive by 3 p.m. A bomb incident injures no one. police enforce access as Briggs workers arrive for the GM strike context.
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Toledo, O
West End
Toledo
John N. Edy
Ottawa Hills Village
I. A. Ludwig
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co
A. M. Adams
Ludwig
Auto Thieves Get Pen Terms For Robbery
Sheriff Joe Farbearn was notified by West Virginia state police that three Lancaster Boys Industrial School escapees Arthur Gumto Guy Wilkes and Charles Hoskins were sentenced to five years each in the state penitentiary for robbing a Mason City filling station. The stolen car was recovered when they were captured after the robbery.
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Joe Farbearn
West Virginia
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Mary Fauble
Rockbridge
Mason City
W. Va
Arthur Gumto
Guy Wilkes
Charles Hoskins
Five Missing After Riot at Ontario Prison
Guelph Ontario January 19 Canadian Press authorities said most escapees from the Ontario reformatory were recaptured after a riot. A tentative count showed four or five still unaccounted for with three fugitives phoning to return, tired and hungry.
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Guelph
Ont
Ontario Reformatory
Dill wins new trial in alienation suit in Ohio case
Former U S Senator Clarence C Dill of Washington secured a new trial today in the alienation of affections case. Margie Heaton Dill, his former niece by marriage, had won a $5,000 jury verdict in the common pleas court.
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MT. Vernon
U. S
Clarence C. Dill
Washington
Margie Heaton Dill
Common Pleas Court
Death claims Mrs Fisher 66 in ill health at hospital
Mrs Mary E Fisher 66 widow of Ben Fisher died at 3 10 PM yesterday at Cherrington Hospital where she was admitted June 28 1936 She leaves brother Robert Smith Columbus and sisters Mrs Anna McBride and Mrs Harry Eastman Logan Funeral services set for Wednesday 2 30 PM at Leonard Funeral Home Rev R C Babylon in charge Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service
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Mary E. Fisher
Ben Fisher
Cherrington Hospital
Robert Smith
Columbus
Anna McBride
Harry Eastman
Logan
Leonard Funeral Home
R. C. Babylon
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Service
Quick-thinking Cop Saves Life Of Queen
INNSBRUCK Austria January 19 AP A motorcycle policeman credited with saving Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands from plunging down a 650 foot Alpine precipice. The heavy automobile carrying the Queen and a lady of her court skidded on the old Roman road at Matrei. One wheel slid off the driveway toward the drop as the car moved slowly on ice. Policeman Heinrich Neuberger, following on a motorcycle, toppled his weight against the slipping car until aid arrived.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Matrei
Heinrich Neuberger
Pomeroy Streets Flooded as Ohio River Rises Again
The Ohio River floods reach Cincinnati area predictions point to a crest higher than last March. In Pomeroy water covers main streets at 48 feet with business fronts boarded up and schools closed. Newport and Portsmouth face isolation and flood wall tests as Red Cross seeks aid.
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Pittsburgh
Cairo
W. C. Devereaux
Cincinnati
Red Cross Disaster Committee
Adjutant General’s Office
Clermont County
New Richmond
Muskingum
Zanesville
Kentucky River
Big Sandy
Guyandot
Kanawha
Pomeroy
Newport
Kentucky
Quiz convict in kidnap case unfolds in custody
Eyewitnesses of the Charles Mattson kidnaping will confront ex convict Leigh Haskell Fowler, 36, after he was shaved of his beard. FBI agents completed third questioning at Bellingham. The meeting will occur when Fowler is moved from Whatcom County jail to the state prison at Walla Walla, where he serves 20 years for a December 17 holdup in Bellingham.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Leigh Haskell Fowler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fowler
Bellingham
Mattson
Whatcom County
Walla Walla
Delco Building Damage in Dayton Fire
A short circuit caused a blaze that destroyed the Delco Division roof and damaged a brick General Motors building in Dayton Ohio. Firefighter Theodore Brookey, 33, was injured.
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DELCO
Dayton,o
API
General Motors
Theodore Brookey
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Foundaton
Henry L. Doherty
Karpis
Hughes
Pope
Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Edward J. Duffy
Shensi
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Sianfu
Shensi Province
China
Nanking
Central
Briggs
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Meldrim Avenue
Louis L. Berg
William Myers
Myers
Frank Murphy
Michigan
John L. Lewis
Perkin
Frank Neitzel
Mrs. Fisher
Red Cross
Portsmouth
Iron
Steel
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