Davey Orders School Chief to Watchstep
Governor Davey warns Ohio education chief O Skinner to uphold local control in schools or face dismissal. He criticizes federal relief and centralization while promising to replace Skinner if districts lack genuine local governance, noting Skinner’s term ended July 14 but he remains until a successor is named.
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Cincinnati
O. Skinner
Davey
Ohio
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
American Association of Nurserymen
Skinner
Geo. White
Relief Director Denies Meigs County Liquor Parties
Henry Corradini Lawrence county relief director said he welcomes substantial proof to charges by a legislative relief committee that liquor parties were held in relief offices during his Meigs county tenure. He denied any parties or liquor at the Meigs office and said the accuser Selah Flint was discharged for inefficiency. The committee conducted hearings across the state and arrived in Ironton Ohio.
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Ironton
Henry Corradini
Lawrence County
Legislative Relief
Meigs County
Selah Flint
Corradini
Senate Debates Compensatory Bayon and Silk Tax in AAA Bill
The Senate debates compensatory measures for Bayon and Silk tax within the AAA bill as the lobby committee pursues a probe into alleged destruction of records in the utilities fight. The House moves to prohibit gold clause suits amid a broader AAA bill discussion.
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Senate
House
Night of Horror In Lima as Escaped Convict Kills Self
Elizabeth Boyd 17 recalls a terror filled night as J B Cox an escaped patient from Lima state hospital held her family hostage while ordering a bank robbery. Cox forced the father to the bank. police closed in and Cox shot himself, ending the siege.
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Cox
Boyd
Father
Mother
J. B. Cox
Alliance, O
State Hospital
Lima
Goering Orders Crackdown on Political Catholicism
Berlin July 18 AP General Goering minister of aviation and head of Germany's secret police ordered prosecutors to strictly enforce decrees against political Catholicism. He said Catholicism must be overcome by positive national socialism and highlighted the Hitler Youth's role in the ideological clash.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Father Kills Son With Playful Pitch in Ohio Alley
In Massillon Ohio on July 18 a baseball thrown by Ralph Lewis struck his two year old son Ralph Jr in the heart, killing him. Ralph Sr and 13 year old William Holt were throwing in an alley near the Lewis home when the accident occurred as Ralph Jr and his sister Loren played in the yard. The boy dashed into the throw and collapsed.
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Massillon
Ralph Lewis
Ralph, Jr
William Holt
Lewis Home
Ralph Jr
Loren
Lewis Yard
Psychiatrist Finds Accused Slayer Sane in Norwalk Trial
Thor B. Lamphier, described as a born misfit yet sane by psychiatrists, testified in Norwalk on the slaying of widow Mrs. Katherine E Wilde. He pleaded guilty. a three judge court weighs degree of guilt as defense resumes its case.
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Norwalk
Thor B. Lamphier
Lamphier
Don Bell
Farmers Decree Death to Sheep-Killing Dogs
Morrow county farmers in Galion Ohio declare death to dogs that kill sheep. Over 100 sheep have died in recent days across Blooming Grove Williamsport and Chesterville areas with many others killed or driven into creeks by the dogs.
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Galion, CO
Morrow County
Blooming Grove
Williamsport
Chesterville
Married 50 Years, Just Youngsters Ross Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John W Ross of Cedarville marked their golden wedding after 50 years of marriage begun in 1885 in Springfield Friends recall Mrs Ross a baseball fan seeking a Cincinnati night game but unable to locate her husband who was golfing so she attended with friends
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Xenia
John W. Ross
Cedarville
Springfield
Ross
Cincinnati
Jail Delivery Note Probed in Allentown Shooting Case
Sheriff Charles Radcliff seeks a coded letter writer who vowed to free one of four Allentown youths held in Columbus tied to a detective shooting. The four suspects face jail, guards increased, with rhetoric of escape while a wounded detective recovers.
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Circleville
Charles ‘Radcliff
Allentown
Columbus
Steve Surina
Nickey Rishko
Stephen Shultz
Frank Stavinsky
George Ruder
Ruder
Four Die in Wreck Near Pasco Washington
A head on collision between a Northern Pacific passenger train and a freight near Pasco on the T. E Walla Walla branch killed the engineer and at least three transients, about 24 miles from Pasco. At least ten passengers are reported injured lightly.
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Pasco
Wash
Northern Pacific
T. E Walla Walla
Pastor Delivers Gospel Push in Clark Gable Town
The Rev. Samuel Williams led a Christian outreach in Hopedale to win Clark Gable as an evangelist. He failed to meet the actor but claimed success as Hollywood's Gable Theatre closed and says the hand of God ended weekly showings. He warned against reopening the site, calling it a curse.
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Cadiz
Samuel Williams
Clark Gable
Mr. Williams
Hollywood
Gable
Hopedale
Williams
First Methodist Church
Hand of God
African King Prepares for Coming Battle
Emperor Haile Selassie rallied Ethiopians to join him in battle, saying it is better to die free than live without liberty. He accused Italy of intending conquest and urged unity to defend the country, vowing to lead troops. He cited past resistance, calls for peace, and Mussolini’s rejection of settlement.
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Selassie
Abdis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Kings
Lion of Adah
Italy
Two held on murder charges in Fort Smith girl death
In Arkansas, 16 year old Dorothy Karps and 28 year old Clyde Trammell were jailed in Little Rock after Fort Smith prosecutors filed murder charges in the July Fourth death of 14 year old Isabel Mahar. Mahar was found July 7 near Clear Creek with a broken neck following a holiday party. Karps had been free on bond as a witness and Trammell accused Karps of involvement.
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Little Rock
Ark
Isabel Mahar
Fort Smith
J. A. Pitcock
Clyde Trammell
Dorothy Karps
Finish Batchelor
Trammel
Miss Mahar
Clear Creek
Karps
Holiday Party
Mahan
Miss Karps
Liberty
Bottle Barrage Closes Free Gate at Reds Game
The Knot Hole club youths sponsored by the Cincinnati Reds must pay to attend ball games this week after a wave of pop bottles from about 5700 fans at the prior game against the New York Giants prompted Reds general manager Larry MacPhail to cancel club days for the rest of the week.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Larry MacPhail
Reds
Nine Miners Die as Shaft Disaster Unfolds in Kentucky
Rescue teams in VAN LEAR KY recovered seven bodies of the nine trapped miners from Mine No 5 after a gas explosion. Charles Kretzler Virgil Clay and six others were identified among the dead. Two more men John Gool and Frank Tury were believed located and to be recovered soon.
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van Lear
Frank Price
Consolidation Coal Company
William Kretzler
Charles Kretzler
Virgil Clay
James B. Vaughan
Derwood Litz
Sherley Hereford
Roy Murray
John Gool
Frank Tury
Gangland Big Shot Slain in Chicago
Louis Two Gun Alterie, a famed Chicago gangster who weathered bootlegging wars, was shot fatally as he left a hotel. His wife Irma, 35, was unharmed. Capt. Gilbert blamed labor trouble. Alterie had ties to Dion O’Banion and recently worked as a janitor union official.
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Chicago
Louis
Alterie
Irma
Daniel Gilbert
Dion O’banion
Gilbert
Skylight Burglary Suspects Identified in New York
Burglary charges filed against Maxwell Brown of Los Angeles and Daniel Scott of Marion after two men entered a three story building through a skylight and were spotted from an elevated railway platform. The incident occurred in New York on July 18 AP reporting.
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New York
Maxwell Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Daniel Scott
Marion
Store Manager Injured In Harrisburg Car Crash
Sam Altman manager of Luckoff's local unit suffered a fractured pelvis when his car overturned after a tire blowout near Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He is in a hospital cast with his return uncertain and a three week stay planned before possible six more to recover. Brother Max Altman fractured vertebrae and others suffered injuries including lacerations and concussion with varying hospital stays.
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Sam Altman
Luckoff’s, Inc
Harrisburg
Max Altman
Lancaster
Max Fineberg
Gallipolis
Barney Brandwein
CAB STRIKE ENDS AS TAXIS RETURN TO CITY STREETS
Parkway Cabs Inc drivers resume service in Cincinnati after a second settlement within 10 days ending a second strike. Leadership and details of the agreement were not disclosed. Local riders faced delays during the stoppage.
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Cincinnati
Parkway Cabs, Inc
Blonde American Dancer Fined for Nudity in Paris
Paris reports Joan Warner, an American dancer, found guilty of outraging morals and fined 50 francs for nude performance. Judge Rebrasier ruled the act artistic but too naked, while club manager Faudrin paid 200 francs. Trial costs multiplied the total penalties, setting a police guide against nude dances unless overturned on appeal.
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Paris
Joan Warner
Joan
Miss Warner
Mile Warner
Circuit Court OKs FDR Plan in New Ruling New Orleans
The Circuit Court of Appeals ruled TVA power sales constitutional, upholding federal authority to dispose of surplus energy during wartime and challenging Alabama Power Company stockholders who sought to block a $1,150,000 sale of transmission lines from Wilson Dam to seven Alabama counties. The decision reverses a lower court finding that Congress lacked power to authorize the sale and allows continued TVA operations, pending potential Supreme Court review.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Joseph F. Johnston
Alabama Power Company
TVA
Promptius
I. Grubb
Northern District Court of Alabama
Congress
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Grubb
United States
Salesman Burns Utility Campaign Records
R P Herron utility salesman told the Senate lobby committee he burned large records tied to a campaign against the utility holding company bill. He said he sent over 1000 telegrams from Warren and unsigned items were destroyed to remove any trace of an investigation. He cited E W OBrien of Erie as having told him to destroy his records.
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Washington
R. P. Herron
Utility
Boodsman
Senate Lobby Committee
Warren
Herron
Utilisties Investment Corporation
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Aia
E. W. O’brien
Perior
Erie
H Ai
Ohio State Employment Service Reports June Jobs Placed
The Ohio State Employment Service placed 7201 persons in jobs during June, down 12.7 percent from May. New registrations totaled 16923, up 32.5 percent from May, as the service cited anticipation of progress administration.
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Columbus
Ohio State Employment Service
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