Ohio lawmakers refrain from overriding Davey vetoes
Ohio legislators will not attempt to pass the biennial budget over Gov. Martin L. Davey’s vetoes totaling $1.13 million. The Utilities Commission chief and Ohio University president warned the cuts would cripple essential work and delay rate cases and operations.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
State Utilities Commission
Ohio University
Charles H. Schaber
Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Schaber
Herman G. James
Davey
Paul P. Yoder
Yoder
Joseph T. Ferguson
CIO Court Action Postponed In Ohio Steel Strike
In Columbus Ohio on July 22 AP says a two week adjournment looms in the CIOs suit to halt alleged NLRA violations amid the Ohio steel strike. Federal Judge Mell G Underwood delayed to Aug 4 after CIO rested its case and weighs an immediate restraining order against Gov Davey and local authorities over picketing and mass arrests.
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Columbus
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Act
Ohio
Mell G. Underwood
CIO
Underwood
Martin L. Davey
Ohio National Guard
Trumbull
Mahoning
Stark Counties
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Davey
Edward Lamb
Drunken Driver Fined After Carbon Hill Collision
Frank Sheren, 67, pleaded guilty to drunken driving after a collision with Harry Lehman near Candytown on the Carbon Hill road. Magistrate B Whitehart fined him $100 and costs. Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith arrested him following the 9 PM incident.
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Frank Sheren
Land Run
B. Whitehart
Harry Lehman
Carbon Hill
Sheren
Lehman
Candytown
Nellis Smith
Cab Driver Sentenced for Torture Robbery in Beaver
Philip Poghan a Youngstown Ohio taxi driver was sentenced to two and a half to five years in the western penitentiary for the torture robbery of Theodore Bordorner a recluse from Economy Township. Poghan pleaded guilty and said he jumped bail after his arrest and that he acted on his attorney’s advice.
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Beaver, Pa
Philip Poghan
Youngstown, O
Western Penitentiary
Theodore Bordorner
Economy Township
Poghan
Youngstown
Gotham police reopen crater investigation in 1930 case
New York police restart inquiry into the August 6 1930 disappearance after Stella Crater alleged murder tied to political career. Acting Police Commissioner Harold Fowler ordered the probe following an interview published by The World Telegram with Crater's wife.
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New York
Supreme Court
Times Square
John A. Lyons
Harold Fowler
the World-Telegram
Stella M. Crater
Pigeon Message Recovers Crew After Boat Fire
A carrier pigeon message from the disabled fishing boat Caliban IV sent Coast Guard units 12 miles offshore to rescue seven crew members and tow the 40 foot vessel to shore after motor trouble left it drifting near Fire Island.
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Freeport
N. Y
Caliban IV
Fire Island
Death in Solitary Sparks Georgia Penal Probe
Ernest Locklear, a young white convict, died in a sweat box cell in Atkinson County Georgia. Representative E L Almand said he learned Locklear died after isolation in the box. A coroner's jury ruled death caused by misadventure and the prison system faced scrutiny as solitary cells are described as cramped and thick walled.
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Atkinson
Georgia
Ernest Locklear
E. L. Almand
Locklear
Delay changes in Holy Land partition plan
In the British House of Commons a delay to study the Palestine partition plan was approved by a rising vote. Colonial Secretary Ormsby-Gore said the League mandate was no longer workable and urged submitting the plan to the League of Nations after partition and a new British mandate over holy cities.
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London
Palestine
House of Commons
League of Nations
Chamber
William G. A. Ormsbygore
League
Royal Commission
Britain
Murray City Man Held After Liquor Law Raid
John Dyker of Murray City was arrested on liquor law violations after state officers raided his home with a warrant from Logan. He was jailed and awaits arraignment tomorrow at the county facility.
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Murray City
John Dyker
Logan
Dyker
Southwest Gunman Traxler Faces Return to Texas Prison
Roy Pete Traxler, shot in the chest during a 12 day Oklahoma flight by outlaws, awaited return to a Texas prison farm. His companion Fred Tindal lay dead in a morgue after their escape route crossed with armed captors. Traxler spoke of being unable to warn his captor before he was shot.
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Hugo
Okla
Texas
Roy
Pete” Traxler
Southwest
Fred Tindal
Traxler
Oklahoma
Frank Trimmer
J. E. Denton
Boswell
Sino-Japanese crisis likened to smoking volcano by AP
AP veteran James A. Mills analyzes the Sino-Japanese stand off from Tokyo and Nanking, noting a temporary North China truce while warning of larger aims. He cites five core issues including suppression of Communists, economic rights, and joint development in North China.
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Jenon Mees
Tokyo
Nanking
China
James A. Mills
Associated Press
Japan
Asia
New York
Peipu
Nanjinz
North
Bussart Known for Long Criminal Record
Leroy Bussart, 35, alias John Mead, Columbus insurance salesman, confessed to robbing Laurelville Post Office June 28 and was held for federal authorities in Cincinnati. Records show prior burglaries including a Lancaster A and P store in 1930, Mansfield Reformatory sentence, and multiple aliases and arrests dating to 1923.
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Leroy Bussart
John Mead
Columbus
Laurelville
Detroit
Cincinnati
Fairfield County
Bussart
Lancaster A. and P
Mansfield Reformatory
Oscar Bussatt
Joseph Lee Roy Bussatt
T. A. Varney
Spark blamed for Hindenburg disaster in 1937 report
The Bureau of Air Commerce says an electrostatic spark likely caused the Hindenburg explosion. The report cites ground ropes contacting wet earth at Lakehurst New Jersey as the channel for the fatal spark, killing 36 people.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Lakehurst
N. J
REA Expands Washington Rural Electrification Reach
The Rural Electrification Administration estimated that lines financed by it will bring current to more than 100,000 farm homes, expanding utility access across rural areas.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Chicago police charged with indifference in steel strike clash
La Follette Civil Liberties Committee faulted Chicago police for excessive force at the Republic Steel plant memorial demonstration on May 30. Ten demonstrators were killed and scores injured in the confrontation. A Chicago coroner jury ruled the deaths justifiable homicide.
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Washington
LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
Senate
LaFollette
Republic Steel
Mystery Ship Over Atlantic Deepens the Enigma
A plane sighting reported 00 miles east of Cape Race Newfoundland at 8 04 pm EST last night prompted American and Canadian radio agents to monitor the Atlantic mystery. Noted flyers Dick Merrill Jimmy Mattern and Howard Hughes were reportedly grounded.
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New York
Atlantic
Europe
Radio Marine Corporation
Chatham
Mass
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Dick Merrill
Jimmy Mattern
Howard Hughes
Two Cousins Meet After Eighty Years in Ohio
Eighty eight year old Hugh K Balentine of Cambridge and his cousin Hugh Balentine aged 94 of East Liverpool met for the first time in eighty years in East Liverpool Ohio. The pair once played together as children in Washington County Pennsylvania before their families moved apart. Balentine read a paper that the other man was Columbianas last Civil War veteran and traveled to visit him.
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East Liverpool
Hugh K. Balentine
Cambridge
Hugh Balentine
Washington County
Columbiana County
Senate approves loan bill over veto to extend farm relief
Washington July 22 The Senate enacted over President Roosevelts veto a measure to extend emergency interest rates on farm loans.
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Washington
Senate
Scottsboro Trial Continues as 99 Year Term Sought
In Decatur Alabama Andy Wright received a 99 year sentence after the tenth trial in the Scottsboro case. Charlie Weems faces trial as the case moves through a sixth year. Clarence Norris has a death sentence set for September 24, though an automatic stay was filed on appeal.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Andy Wright
Charlie Weems
Wright
W. W. Callahan
Clarence Norris
Struggle for Madrid Continues as Franco Puts Pressure
General Franco's forces fight to choke the government lines west of Madrid and hold the siege at Vilanueva De La Canada. They gain ground on peak No. 660 for a third time, while insurgents push at eastern and western flanks near the capital.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Villaneuva de la Canada
Vilanueva de la Canada
Franco
Massillon pickets pared for deportation after riot
City solicitor Richard B. Hardman said five of 165 pickets arrested after the Massillon steel strike riot on July 11 were subject to deportation. He noted the Massillon law and a league had complained many pickets were aliens in this country illegally.
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Washington
Richard B. Hardman
Massillon
Labor Board
Hardman
Massillon Law
Other League
Repeal of $3 trout license law takes effect
The repeal became effective today allowing anglers to obtain trout licenses for 50 cents.
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Columbus, O
Hatchet Men in Ohio Senate Form Own Group
In Columbus a new Senate faction calls itself the hatchet men. Twenty three Democratic Senators are charter members with a constitution and by laws. Lt Gov Yoder serves as president emeritus. J Ralph Sidner leads as president. John Taylor is first broadaxe and Harry Van Doren is second broadaxe.
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Yoder
Martin L. Davey
Hatchet
J. Ralph Sidner
D-Mahoning
John Taylor
D-Columbiana
Harry M. van Doren
D-Summit
Senate shelves Roosevelt Court Bill amid clash over changes
Senate votes to send administration measure back to judiciary committee and directs a lower court only reform plan within 10 days. The plan excludes any Supreme Court change, while Wheeler will aid study of lower court reorganization as Democrats seek to mend party rifts.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Wheeler
Bulkley Opposes Any Court Bill Compromise Stand
Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio rejected any court bill compromise that could repudiate President Roosevelt. He warned failure to approve some form of court reorganization would harm the country and the Democratic Party and delay leadership renewal. Senator Donahey backed Bulkley while both supported Barkley for Senate majority leader.
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Washington
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Dkentucky
Senate
Probe Starts at Ironton in State Auditor Case
Presentation of evidence began before a special grand jury investigating State Auditor Joseph Ferguson. The charges concern irregularities in Lawrence County relief and district funds. A 15 member jury was selected from a 26 person panel.
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Ironton
Joseph
Ferguson
Lawrence County Relief
Sele
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