Route 31 contract let at Rockbridge for new stretch
State Highway Department awarded a $232,626 bid by Barvey Candlé of Bucyrus for the Rockbridge Route 31 project. Five bids were received. lowest. The plan relocates the route to remove a dangerous blind turn north of Rockbridge and connects with improved road sections. A brick paved 20 foot roadway with a new concrete bridge will span the river, scheduled for 160 working days.
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Rockbridge
State Highway Department
Barvey Candlé of
Bucyruse
Barton A. Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Wright
Ene
Hall
Enterprise
TION
Rock
Meier
Prof Fne
Nelsonville seeks dismissal of Gasco case
Nelsonville city officials asked the state public utilities commission to dismiss the appeal of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. from a rate ordinance. The city challenged jurisdiction of the commission and set July 15 for the solicitor to file a supporting brief.
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Nelsonville
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
France seeks US and UK aid to stem gold flight
Paris reports the new people's front government, amid a financial crisis that forced a brief departure from the gold standard, sought assistance from the United States and Great Britain. Officials said the government aims to disengage the franc from its parity with the dollar and pound.
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Paris
People’s Front
France
United
Great Britain
Chautemps
No Chamber of Deputies
Rene Brunet
United States
Economy Forecast: National Income Up in First Half
Administration economists said national income has risen since 1933 and will total about 35 billion dollars for the first half of the year. The figure, based on incomplete data, exceeds last year’s postwar period but trails the 39 billion dollars recorded in 1999.
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Washington
Perkins admits collapse of steel mediation effort
Washington June 29 AP Secretary Perkins said the governments mediation of the steel strike has collapsed and she will study the dispute to see if further mediation is possible. Taft began a preliminary report as the board’s work is recorded for a labor department filing. The board is suspended after both sides refused to assent to its recommendation.
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Washington
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Charles P. Taft
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Taft
Labor Department
Bell ed buzzard caught by farmer near Revenge
Lancaster Ohio June 29 AP. A bell ed buzzard was found by farmer Lester Starner near Revenge, staggering in the barnyard with hens. A bell attached to its wing bore the inscription Report to the National Geographic society Washington DC, the bird downed by a crippled wing.
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Lancaster, O
Lester Starner
Fairfield County
National Geographic Society
Washington DC
Sloan family named in tax probe details
Washington June 29 AP a securities commission attorney told a congressional tax inquiry committee that Alfred P Sloan Jr chairman of General Motors and Mrs Sloan saved about 1 900 000 in taxes from 1934 to 1936 via personal holding companies Fortas testified that Mrs Wilhelmina Du Pont Ross of Montchanin Del saved 40 405 in 1936 through the Renappi Corporation which derives substantial income from securities and gas leases Other prominent names were listed including Henry L Doherty president Cities Service Carter Lupton of Chattanooga and Mrs Helen S Raskob wife of John J Raskob former Democratic national chairman
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Washington
Securities Commission
Congressional Tax Inquiry Committee
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
Abe Fortas
Commission
Wilhelmina du Pont Ross
Montchanin
Del
Renappi Corporation
Ross
Fortas
Henry L. Doherty
Cities Service Company
Carter Lupton
Chattanooga
Helen S. Raskob
John J. Raskob
Bellevue Faces Grim Dike Break Decision
Bellevue Ohio residents weighed a drastic choice as a breached earthen dike threatened floodwaters to pour through the city. National guardsmen patrolled while officials and railroad and farm representatives studied underground rivers delaying surface drainage for days.
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Bellevue
Ohio
George Burgess
Yoder Opposes Stopgap as Ohio Weighs Budget Deadlock
Ohio Senate’s no-new-taxes bloc prepared to extend the budget battle for three months. A stopgap bill of 11,224,644 funds state operations from July 1 if the biennial appropriation talks fail, though Lieut. Gov. Yoder says it is only a last resort and hopes it isn’t needed. Conference committee aims to resolve differences with Gov Davey’s administration by Wednesday night.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Paul P. Yoder
Roosevelt-Du Pont rehearsal slated
Franklin Roosevelt Jr and Ethel DuPont will rehearse their wedding in Wilmington Delaware this afternoon as a dry run for the anticipated solemn ceremony tomorrow. The DuPont and Roosevelt kin filled the day with parties and social exchanges ahead of the event.
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Roosevelt-Du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel DuPont
DuPont
Roosevelt
Big Wheat Harvest In Hocking County Reaches Peak
Hocking County farmers work through adverse weather to cut what is estimated as the largest wheat crop in years. The bumper harvest results from expanded planted acreage rather than an abnormal yield.
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Hocking County
Logan City Council Special Session on Flood Controls
Logan city council will hold a special session tonight to consider flood control measures including repairs to the north bank of the Hocking River in West Logan. The meeting focuses on legislation to fund and authorize the riverbank work and related safety protections.
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Logan City
Hocking River
West Logan
Perfect Pinochle Hand Triggers Tragic Illness in Syracuse
Syracuse. James Demopoulous, 58, described as very ill by hospital attendants after drawing a dream hand in pinochle a double sequence in hearts worth 1500 points. Police say he stared at the hand, then slumped in his chair as hospital officials report a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Syracuse
James Demopoulous
Demopoulous
Charles Busse
Aunts Slain. Man Held on Murder Charge in New York
A former inmate of the state hospital at Utica awaits grand jury action on first degree murder charges for hacking two elderly aunts to death with an ax. William G. Serviss, 45, testified at an inquest and was committed to Montgomery county jail after neighbors found Mrs. Mary B. Enders, 80, and Mrs. Jennie V. Enders, 83, dead the previous night. Mary Enders died at Amsterdam hospital shortly after.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
State Hospital of Mental Hygiene
Utica
James B. Conant
William G. Serviss
Montgomery County
Mary B. Enders
Jennie V. Enders
Serviss
Conant
Mary Enders
Amsterdam Hospital
Relief Bill Sent to White House for Approval
The House sent the administration a $1 5 billion relief bill to the White House for approval. Washington June 29 AP reports the measure seeks relief funds for the economy and supports aid to distressed sectors.
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White House
Washington
House
Police hunt CIO organizer as ringleader of terrorists
In Warren Ohio on June 29 authorities charged Gus Hall CIO organizer as the brains of a plot to halt operations at struck steel mills by bomb terrorism. The seven state strike front erupted with violence as dynamite damaged water pipes at Bethlehem Steel and a death was recorded at Beaver Falls. The toll stood at 13 with a clash injuring a bystander and a tear gas incident. District Attorney McCreary said witnesses would be questioned as investigations continue.
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Associated Press
Warren
Gus Hall
CIO
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel Co
George Mike 45
Aliquippa
Beaver Falls
Moltrup Steel Products Company
Illness Delays Ironton Trial In Ballot Tampering Case
In Ironton Ohio on June 29 AP reports nine jurors sick with dysentery delayed the start of the trial for four ballot tampering defendants. A physician attended the jurors in court, and the session resumed later. Charles Pratt testified about his brother Pearl Pratt’s whereabouts the night of the alleged tampering.
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Ironton, O
Charles Pratt
Pearl Pratt
U. S. Flier Lands On Lonely Island
Amelia Earhart, during her around the world flight, reportedly landed at Lae New Guinea at 5 A M Greenwich time. She planned to push on to Howland Island with navigator Captain Freddie Noonan from Lae.
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Sydney
Australia
Amelia Earhart
Lae
New Guinea
U S Bureau Clamps Down On Money Handling Prank
A humorous scene at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing sparked by a publicity stunt showing visitors lifting paper-covered parcels claimed to hold 126 million dollars. The director's secretary said the gag had attracted too much public interest as crowds pressed to handle the mock packages while officials tightened access and limited demonstrations.
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Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ednah Sible
Miss Sible
America
Bureau
Absolve Man First Sought as Murderer
Inglewood officials search for a killer of three girls as Sheriff Huntamer in Olympia says Othel Leroy Strong is absolved of any connection. Rasmussen questioned after an assault on Carol Sims. two suspects amid mobs and a 500-strong search party in Baldwin Hills.
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Inglewood
Calif
Melba Marie Everett
Madeline Everett
Jeanette Marjorie Stephens
Baldwin Hills
Othel Leroy Strong
L. C. Huntamer
Olympia
Wash
Strong
Huntamer
Merle O. Everett
Everett
Sacramento
Frank Merriam
Olive Everett
Campbell
Olive
Ed Muir
Comb Hills
Bob Brown
Fortune
Don Morsaint
Winslow Smith
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Central Press Photo
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Chicago
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Robert Murrey
Robert Irwin
Central Press
GASCO
Nville
Public Utilities Commission
U.S
Sloans
GMC
Yoder Lashes
Cambria
Frank Moltrup
Ironton
U. S
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San Diego
del Mar
Jack Cornell
Otto R Rasmussen
Los Angeles
Carol A. Sims
Baron Fitts
Miss Sims
Rasmussen
Centinela Park
A. F. Wagner
Melba Everett
Marjorie Everett
Marjorie Stevens
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