Bank Robbery Attempt Fails After Wide Shot
Two gunmen tried to rob Bremen Ohio bank but fled after a single wild shot at Assistant Cashier F M Candlish who refused to open the till. Sheriff Belhorn led a posse along Route 37 as cash drawers held about 1000 dollars and a vault remained open with a time lock guarding a large money safe.
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Lancaster, O
Bremen
F. M. McCandlish
William Belhorn
Lancaster
McCandlish
C. D. Welty
Probe into Black Legion killings begins in Detroit grand jury
In Detroit on June 4 the Black Legion case moves to a grand jury chamber. Dayton Dean, who admitted shooting Charles A Poole, is separated for protection as a wider inquiry into the hooded group's alleged reign of terror is prepared by Circuit Judge James E Chenot and Assistant Attorney General Chester P O'Hara with inspector John Navarre leading initial police testimony.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
James E. Chenot
Chester P. O'Hara
John S. Navarre
Navarre
Poole
WPA
Youth Drowns in Ohio River Near Parkersburg
Harold Farnsworth 14 of Belpre Ohio drowned in the Ohio River near Parkersburg West Virginia yesterday.
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Parkersburg
W. VA
Harold Farnsworth
Belpre
Ohio River
Here
Congress Debates Tax Bill as Byrns Death Alters Schedule
Senate plans to debate taxes but may recess due to Speaker Byrns death. Interstate Commerce Committee reviews Guffey coal bill while House arranges Byrns funeral attendance and recess. Rules considers Puerto Rican independence as tax bill debate continues. Guffey coal bill faced attacks and defenses amid flood control actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Byrns
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Rules Committee
Nellie Granger Returns to Duty After Transcontinental Crash
Nellie Granger, hailed as heroine after the Unsontown crash, leaves Pittsburgh county airport for Kansas City to resume a transcontinental flight as a hostess. The move unofficially earns her the title first lady of the air.
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Nellie Granger
Unsontown
Nellie
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Loeb’s Slayer Tells of Vice and Court Fight
James Day a 21 year old Stateville inmate on trial for the razor slaying of convict Richard Loeb moves toward a circuit court jury qualified to impose the death penalty. Day testified for over two hours about prison vice and a Jan 28 bathroom fight that led to Loeb’s death, claiming self defense.
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Joliet
James Day
Stateville Penitentiary
Richard Loeb
Harold Levy
Emmett Byrne
Walter O. Herschbach
Day
Loeb
Logan Hollywood Premiere Tonight At Chakeres Logan Theatre
Preparations for Logan Daily News first birthday Hollywood Premiere at the Chakeres Logan Theatre are complete. The venue will resemble Grauman’s Chinese Theatre with arc lights and loudspeakers to broadcast star greetings. Two showings start at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. followed by a dance by Rudy Remple’s Buckeye Buddies and a post show celebration at Cases Drug Store promoting Adrienne cosmetics.
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Bob Gage
Hollywood
Logan Daily News
Chakeres Logan Theatre
Graumans Chinese Theatre
Hollywood Boulevard
Remple
Rudy Remple
Sand
Logan
Cases Drug Store
Adrienne
Cases
Espec
Chinese Canton organizes anti Japanese united front
Emissaries from Canton travel north to meet Nanking officials over proposals for a united Chinese war against Japanese aggression. Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly awaits Canton elaboration. Some Japanese sources suggest the move aims at civil war between Canton and Nanking forces rather than a direct clash with Japan.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
Tokyo
Japan
Ohioans among Naval Academy grads at Annapolis
Five of 262 midshipmen graduated at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis were Ohioans. They were E. J. Hoffman of Clyde E. T. Thompson of Fostoria R. W. Mayhew of Mantua W. T. Groner of Springfield and H. D. Sprenger of Washington Court House.
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
E. J. Hoffman
Clyde
E. T. Thompson
Fostoria
R. W. Mayhew
Mantua
W. T. Groner
Springfield
H. D. Sprenger
Washington Court House
Nude Picture Plot Targeting Aimee Semple McPherson
A San Diego man is jailed after alleging a nude picture extortion plot against evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Valentine McAuliffe, a 42 year old former Pennsylvania convict, claimed to have sent five notes demanding $10,000 to prevent publishing compromising photos.
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San Diego
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Valentine Philip McAuliffe
Pennsylvania
Harry Baugh
Angelus Temple
McPherson
Los Angeles
Aimee
Temple
P.S
Police Chief Ellis Parker Arrested on Kidnapping Charge
Ellis Parker Sr. Burlington County detectives chief was arrested on a kidnapping and assault charge involving Paul H. Wendel. The case ties to the Lindbergh baby murder inquiry and questions Gov. Hoffman's potential involvement. Parker was indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury and arrested while at the Mt. Holly Elks Club.
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MT. Holly
N. J
Ellis Parker, Sr
Burlington County
Paul H. Wendel
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Hoffman
New York
Wendel
Little Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Parker
Wider Sentenced to Penitentiary for Burglary
Felix Wider of Columbus was taken to the Ohio Penitentiary by Sheriff Joe Farbearn to serve a 1 to 15 year hard labor term for burglary of John Lovett’s filling station in Murray City on December 12. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft denied Wider’s motion for a new trial. The judge then imposed the indeterminate sentence with the same burglary penalty.
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Felix Wider
Columbus
Ohio
Joe Farbearn
John Lovett
Murray City
Wider
Harley M. Whitcraft
Whitcraft
Movement to slash big benefit payments gains momentum
Washington reports the Senate agriculture committee moved to cut large benefit payments under the soil erosion and farm control program. They approved a plan to reduce payments over 51,000 by 50 percent and suggested cutting all above 10,000 by half. President Roosevelt proposed lower rates for large operating units compared with family-sized firms.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Tour Wide Area During 1936 Campaign Era
President Roosevelt will tour across Kentucky Arkansas Texas and Indiana while Republicans meet in Cleveland. The itinerary begins June 8 departing Washington with stops in Hodgensville Kentucky Arkansas Little Rock Texas Houston Austin San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth Dennison Vincennes and then Washington before Yale Harvard races. He plans a June 26 Philadelphia renomination event then a sailing trip with family to Campo Bello New England coast. The trip is described as non campaign and not aimed at distracting from the GOP convention.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Washington
Hodgensville
Abraham Lincoln
Little Rock
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Blum Government Prepares To Assume Leadership In France
A protest from Hocking county farmers and sportsmen challenges the Ohio Conservation Council ruling a March 1 to August 1 closed season on groundhogs. They argue groundhogs are pests not game, while others fear damage to crops. The council acted to curb groundhog holes that shelter other game, noting summer gun laws tempt misrepresentation of hunting.
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Hocking County
Ohio Conservation Council
Game wardens seek undersized Lake Erie fish suspects
In Ohio 17 people were arrested and six tons of illegal catches were seized by state conservation officers. Commod.S Lawrence Wooddell said the confiscations occurred in Ashtabula County with arrests in Ashtabula and Lake counties.
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Columbus, O
Lake Erie
Lawrence Wooddell
Ashtabula
Lake County
11th Anniversary of Hocking County Courthouse Dedication
On Thursday June 4 1936 the community marks the 11th anniversary of the dedication of the Hocking County Courthouse. The date honors the courthouse site and local government efficiency through the years.
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Hocking County
Premier Sarraut resigns as France faces large strike
Paris reports Premier Albert Sarraut and his cabinet resigning to let Socialists govern a strike ridden France. As they marched to the Elysee, about 400000 workers joined a massive stoppage that halted metal industry and paralyzed production.
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Associated Press
Paris
Albert Sarraut
Strikeridden
France
Sarraut
Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Keys Quadruplets Turn 21 First to Reach Majority
Hollis Oklahoma June 4 AP report marks the Keys quadruplets Mona Roberta Mary and Leota as the first quadraplets on record to reach legal adulthood. They talk about voting marriage and growing up while planning to keep having fun together.
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Hollis
Okla
Keys
Mona
Roberta
Mary
Leota
Leeta
Confederate Vet 96 Welcomes Second Child in Simple Home
In a rural room lit by a kerosene lamp, Libby Hill Hughes gave birth to a girl, the couple’s second child. The 96 year old Confederate veteran, famed as a proud papa, attends memorials and supports himself on a small pension while planning a large family.
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Proud Papa
Libby Hill Hughes
Hughes
Katie Tillman
House Speaker Burns Dies of Heart Attack in Senate Chase
President Roosevelt will attend the state funeral for Speaker Burns in Washington and join the burial in Tennessee. Rep William Bankhead of Alabama was elected speaker to succeed Burns, who died after a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage in a Tennessee hotel. Burns would have been 67 next July 20.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Speaker Burns
Capitol
Tennessee
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
House
Joseph Wellington Burns
South Trimble
Trimble
O’connor
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
Representative Bankhead
Union Scores Ohio Factory Strike and Board Ruling
The Amalgamated Association charges Wheeling Steel Corp with openly violating a National Labor Relations Board ruling by refusing to sign a contract and insisting on talks with department councils. The Portsmouth plant, where about 5500 workers are represented, has been in a 13 day strike.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Parker F. Wilson
W. W. Holloway
Corporation
The
Amalgamated
Department Councils of
Labor Board
Holt and Donahey Claim No Bill Introduction
Senator Rush D. Holt and Senator Vic Donahey said they are the only members of the Senate not to introduce a bill in this session. Holt noted that 17,681 bills had been offered by Senators and Congressmen, arguing there are already too many laws.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
WVA
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Holt
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Poole Slayer
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Guffey
Met
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Rmass
Overton
Ilinois
Ohio Navy
Ellis Parker
New Jersey
Jacinto
Gulf
Mexico
Fudgennicle, Kentucky
Juney
Atlantic
Revelt
Court House
By Edward Kennedy
Solons
Union Scores
Steel Workers Guild
NLRB
Donahey Distinguished
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