NRS Office to Supply Men for Route 31 Job
The National Reemployment Service will hire 460 men for a $260 000 Route 31 improvement at Rockbridge. Work starts next week with Harvey Candall of Bucyrus as contractor. WPA workers, priority for those with dependents, and three shifts planned. The project builds a brick road over the hill, linking two new sections and preserving the current route. Federal and state funds support the effort. Existing test sections north of Rockbridge are being torn up and replaced while traffic continues.
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Hocking County
National Reemployment Service
Rockbridge
NRS
Harvey Candall
Bucyrus
WPA
Inquest Opens Over Memorial Day Riot Slayings
A six man coroner's jury in Chicago examined conflicting testimony in the Memorial Day steel strike riot inquiry. Testimony indicated strikers and sympathizers provoked the battle near Republic Steel’s South Chicago plant. Police witnesses said the first shot came from strikers. union official Yuratovik claimed police fired first and used tear gas.
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Chicago
Republic Steel Corporation
Frank Stevens
John Ryan
Everett C. Parker
Gus Yuratovik
Republic Lodge
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Yuratovik
Cloudburst floods Canton leaving streets waterlogged
Canton woke to cleanup after a cloudburst dumped 2.55 inches of rain in 90 minutes, flooding low lying areas and causing temporary traffic tieups on railroads and highways.
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Canton
Library Damaged by Fire in Canton Suburb
Fire swept the magazine department on the second floor of the public library in suburban North Canton yesterday. The building was damaged but part of the library was back in service today.
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Canton, Q
Canton
Senate Democrats Split Over Leader in Washington
Senate Democrats, leaderless after the death of Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, split into rival camps vying for control of party machinery and the legislative program. Administration supporters push Roosevelt proposals including the court bill and wage and hour and housing measures.
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Robinson
Washington
Senate Democrats
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
State Funeral for Robinson Opens Senate Tributes
Grieving senators gather in the Senate chamber to honor Democratic leader Robinson of Arkansas with a state funeral the day before his burial in Little Rock. A large congressional delegation will attend, and leadership contests for party control surface amid debate over a court bill.
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Washington
Robinson
D-Ark
Senate
Little Rock
Ark
Senate Chamber
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
House
Harrison
Mississippi
Byrnes
South Carolina
Possible successors named for Senate majority leader post
Amid Joseph T. Robinson's sudden death senators discussed include Alban W. Barkley of Kentucky and Pat Harrison of Mississippi who chairs the senate finance committee. Barkley, assistant majority leader, is favored by New Dealers while Harrison is backed by anti court Democrats.
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Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Alban W. Barkley
Kentucky
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Barkley
Harrison
Mine tragedy kills 20 at Baker mine northeast of Sullivan
Twenty men die after an explosion and fire at Glendora Coal Company's Baker mine two miles from the entry. Three bodies recovered. 17 trapped awaiting carbon monoxide clearance. About 203 men were in the shaft. rescue crews from Vincennes and Terre Haute aided the effort as relatives frantically gathered.
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Vincennes
Terre Haute
Eastern U S in Heat Zone
Sweltering temperatures hit the eastern half of the nation with relief in some areas from widespread precipitation. Forecaster J R Lloyd predicted hot south to southwest winds bringing 90 to 100 degree heat as thermometers on Logan's Main Street read 92 to 94 in shade and 102 in sun.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic States
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
Logan
Heavy rains hit Minnesota and North Dakota yesterday
U. S. Meteorologist B R Laskowski of Huron South Dakota reports heavy rains in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota yesterday. He notes the prior week’s extreme heat caused premature grain development in the region.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
B. R. Laskowski
U. S
Huron
Baker Suffers Stroke, But Expected Full Recovery
Newton D. Baker of Cleveland a former Secretary of War under Wilson has had a slight stroke of paralysis but his wife said today he is assured of complete recovery. The report comes from Saratoga Springs New York where Baker is staying.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland, O
Wilson
Haydenville Man Fined for Improper Vehicle Registration
Raymond Brown of Haydenville was fined 15 dollars and costs by Mayor Kenneth Fitzgerald for improper registration of a motor vehicle. The charge was filed by state highway patrolmen after a wreck Saturday night in Haydenville.
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Haydenville
Raymond Brown
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Nation Fetes Russian Airmen In North China Crisis
The Chinese foreign office in Nanking said reinforcements to the 29th army were ordered and six divisions about eighty thousand men stood by in North China. Tientsin dispatches claimed a local agreement with Japan, but Nanking rejected any local settlement and urged diplomacy.
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China
Japan
Peiping
Foreign Office
Nanking
Feiping
Tientsin
Woman battles bandits at Xenia inn
Mrs. Lockhart wife of the innkeeper at a highway inn ten miles west of Xenia Ohio routed two holdup men after her husband was wounded in a pistol struggle. She hurled an ash tray at the attackers who fired a shot at her before the pair fled into the night.
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Xenia
Here
Harry Lockhart
Maytags to face Nelsonville in Senior League showdown
Tonight at 6 at the fairgrounds the Maytags meet Nelsonville in a Senior League game. Last night’s Junior League contest was rained out due to soft grounds.
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Maytags
Nelsonville
Fairgrounds
Three Russians Inspect U S Air Factories and Hollywood
In San Diego three Soviet aviators Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff and Sergei Danilin visited U S bases and planned a tour of airplane plants and cities from Los Angeles to New York. Stalin congratulated them on Soviet aviation prowess while Josef Ryan praised the ship's compact design.
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Russia
California
San Jacinto
Cal
Mike Gromov
Andrei Yumachev
Sergei Danilin
March Field
Moscow
San Diego
Calif
Hollywood
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
U. S. Army Base
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Washington
New York
Josef Stalin
T. Claude Ryan
St. Louis
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Krannitz Divorce Filed Over Gross Neglect
Mary C. Krannitz of 1051 Third St. sues Jacob B. Krannitz of 153 Fountain St. for divorce. They wed Aug. 16, 1906 and have six children, all but one of age. She seeks custody of the minor child and both temporary and permanent alimony.
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Mary C. Krannitz
Third St
Jacob B. Krannitz
Fountain St
State Checks Held Up In Ohio Pay Delay
Ohio Gov. Martin L. Davey faced a $94.5 million appropriation bill as state workers awaited pay. The 156 page measure would be studied for veto or signing within 10 days. A Cedar Point picnic committee urged timely action to meet salary schedules.
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Columbus. O
Martin L. Davey
Cedar Point
Civil Service
Liquor and
Marshal Marshall Leaves Cedarville Post
Xenia Ohio July 15 Marshal Marshall no longer holds the Cedarville marshal job. He was appointed a year ago after an officer fell ill and quit today to let the former holder return while Marshall remains street commissioner of the village near here.
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Xenia,o
Marshal Marshall
Cedarville
Marshall
Here
Immunizes Islanders At Kelley Island Visit
Dr. F. M. Houghtaling conducted his 17th annual immunization of Kelley Island residents against communicable disease. He cited winter isolation of the island as a factor making the immunization necessary.
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Sandusky
F. M. Houghtaling
Kelley's Island
Nine Indicted by Grand Jury in Massillon Mail Blockade
Nine men charged in federal indictments for obstructing mail deliveries at Republic Steel mills in Massillon and Warren Ohio. Morton and Cox named on six counts. Steed and others faced multiple charges. One indicted man in custody. two leaders sought by deputy marshals as post strike labor clashes spark new political moves in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
United States
Massillon, O
CIO
Ohio
Dwight Williams
Joseph M. Hovancsek
Leo Cox
Massillon
Joseph M. Morton
Kenneth Steed
Morton
Workers’ Union
John L Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Steed
Union Lodge
Republic Steel Corporation
Cox
Mike Walker
Theodore Pictowski
Tony Crisch
Dominic
Republic
Youngstown
San Caputo
Will Williams
Warren, C
Post Office
Farley
U.S
Washington
Cleveland Industrial Council
CIO Central Labor Body
Film romance on rocks in Hollywood divorce filing
July 15 AP reports June Lang, touted as filmland’s May Bride, facing a divorce from Vic Orsatti after 45 days of marriage. Orsatti’s attorney will file the action either today or tomorrow, citing outside influences as the cause of the strain on their marital life.
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Hollywood
June Lang
Filmland
Vic Orsatti
Hocking County 438 Club Tour Heads to Olentangy Park
About 00 Hocking County 438 Club members left Logan for an all day trip to Olentangy Park in Columbus. The event promises a day of fun with the club leading the outing.
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Hocking County
Logan Morning
Olentangy Park
Columbus
Mrs Rebecca Reedy Is Ill at Home in Long Bed Rest
Mrs Rebecca Reedy of North Mulberry Street lies bedridden for three months and is reported gravely ill at age 62.
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Rebecca Reedy
N. Mulberry Sr
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