Roosevelt sets six-year course as new session opens
Washington March 4 AP President Roosevelt marks the start of his sixth year in office amid calm. Congress, focusing on four major items tax revision naval expansion wage hour standards and government reorganization, expects no new proposals this session. A forthcoming message may study monopolies and antitrust laws. Special service at St John’s Church honors the era.
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Roosevelt
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House
St. John’s Episcopal Church
AAA
Tax fight centers on family owned corporations
The House debate over the administration tax revision centered on a proposed 20 percent surtax on closely held family corporations after deductions. Democrats speaking for the bill argued the levy would raise revenue similar to that from widely held firms, while Republicans and some Democrats opposed the measure. Representative Vinson of Kentucky pressed the case for the tax during a lengthy session.
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Washington
House
Vinson
D-Ky
Boy Still Missing in New Rochelle Abduction Case
March 4 AP report shows police weighing a new theory that if the kidnapers do not act within a day or two, Murray Levine the kidnapped boy’s father and a New York attorney may urge officers to pursue. Levine appealed publicly for contact and repeated radio pleas to the abductors.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
Levine
New York
Davey challenges graft hunters with demand for proof
Governor Martin L. Davey demanded immediate state department cleanup if the senate graft hunting committee can provide proof. In an open letter he accused the committee of unfairness and urged naming individuals and offenses with submitted evidence to justify any housecleaning.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Senate
Senate Russian Committee
Plot revelations stain Moscow treason trial coverage
Faysulla Khodjaieff one of 21 defendants in Moscow described failed attempts to gain British aid for seizing Central Asia from the Soviet Union. He testified about a 1937 plot with Mikhail Tukhachevsky and a plan to kill Stalin, plus a scheme linking Uzbek nationalists to insurrection via Germany and Turkey. He named Nikolai Bukharin as knowing of the anti‑Comintern pact and claimed fascism would stabilize capitalism while Nazi–Japan pacts formed against the USSR.
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Middle Asia
Soviet Union
Faysulla Khodjaieff
Russia
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Eather
Khodjaieff
Nikolai Bucharin
Germany
Italy
Japan
Bucharin
Europe
Czechs Defy Nazi Aggression Aims in Europe
Czechoslovakia signals defiance as Britain hikes naval spending beyond 600 million dollars amid appeasement talks. Premier Milan Hodza vows to defend sovereignty against German pressure, insisting any settlement must rest on equality with Germany and protect Sudeten German minorities.
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Europe
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Hitler
Mussolini
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Britain
Japan
Orient
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Berlin
Milan Hodza
Germany
Hodza
Man gets six months for assaulting mother near Bellirook
Nevin Williamson, 43, was sentenced by Municipal Judge F L Johnson to six months in jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his 66 year old mother at a farm near Bellirook. Prosecutor Marcus Shoup said a delegation of women reported the beating as a common occurrence.
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Xenia
F. L. Johnson
Nevin Wiliamson
Williamson
Marcus Shoup
Bellirook
Wight backs stance against Senate graft probe
Returning home after the Ohio Legislature session Rep Harry H Wight says he acted wisely in opposing continuance of the Senate graft probe. He denies voting under pressure and says his mind was made up a week earlier. The House passed a bill for a joint investigating committee while the Senate refused approval. Wight was among 67 Democrats blocking the Van Ness resolution to extend the probe to March 28.
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Harry H. Wight
Daily’ News
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Davey
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Wright
Representative Wright
van Ness
Metcalf Cites Probe, Says Davey Must Face Record
Senator Verner Metcalf of Washington, a member of the probe group, states the committee will hold Davey to the record. He recalls testimony alleging a liquor department inspector Joseph Maiden of Lorain raised expense accounts and says Davey cannot claim he will clean house after that.
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Verner E. Metcalf
Washington
Davey
Liquor Department
Joseph Maiden
Lorain
Metcalf
L H S Band Enters District Contest
Logan High School's 80 piece band will compete in the district contest at Gallipolis March 19 in 15 solo and ensemble groups. Wilber Crist, Capital University director, will guest conduct Thursday March 10. Soloists include Walter Prather and Robert Price.
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Logan High School
Gallipolis
W. Richard McCutchan
McCutchan
Wilber Crist
Capital University
Columbus
Prof
Crist
Walter Prather
Robert Price
Robert P Scripps Dies on Yacht Off California
Robert P. Scripps, 42, principal stockholder in the Scripps Howard chain, died aboard his yacht the Novia Del Mar off Santa Margarita Island in lower California. He began in newspapers at 16 and was son of E W Scripps, founder of the chain. He leaves his widow and six children.
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San Francisco
Robert P. Scripps
Scripps- Howard
Lower California
Novia del Mar
Santa Margarita Island
California
Scripps
E W. Scripps
United States
Weather aids hunt for liner in Sierra Nevada search
A 400 man ground party and air fleet resume the search for the Transcontinental and Western Air liner with nine aboard near Castle Peak in the lower Sierra Nevada. Poor flying weather and snow hindered progress as investigators check reports the plane was heard near Springfield Kern county and Paso Robles about 9 30 p m Tuesday.
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Fresno
Calif
CCC
Castle Peak
Sierra Nevada
Springfield
Kern County
Paso
Robles
Driver Burns to Death in Marietta Crash
Ernest Caldwell, 30, of Marietta, died when his truck collided with an automobile early today as flames trapped him. Clyde Tobin, 30, of Martins Ferry, the other driver, escaped with minor injuries.
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Marietta, O
Ernest Caldwell
Marietta
Clyde Tobin
Martins Ferry
Mother Offers Eye to Restore Son's Sight
LANSDALBE Pa March 4 AP Curly haired Roger Laverty, on his second birthday, receives an extraordinary gift from his mother, who offers to give an eye so he may see again. His right eye is blind and the left is affected after measles last April. A surgeon plans a possible corneal transplant at Presbyterian Medical Center in New York on March 28, with tissue from a still born baby or a recently deceased person also viable. The Lavertys, formerly of Providence Rhode Island, hope for healing as the boy has his whole life ahead. The surgeon, while not needing the mother's offer, notes any donor eye would work.
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Lansdalbe
Roger Laverty
William Laverty
Providence
R. I
Lavertys
Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Marion Township Backs Rural Power Line Plan
Officials of the South Central Rural Electric Cooperative report 15 Marion Township farmers signed up to support a six mile line from Geneva to the township school serving up to 26 farms. Engineer Darwin Kindle said the project could proceed, with a $2.50 minimum monthly rate and a $5 signing fee refunded if the line is not built. The cooperative funds lines via Rural Electrification Administration loans. Ohio Midland Power Co. supplies power after electrifying 98 miles in nearby counties. A follow up meeting is planned for South Perry, with Engineer Kindle possible to discuss a route through Middlefork to Route 180 and Gibisonville.
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South Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
Lancaster
Marion Township
Geneva
Fairfield County
Darwin Kindle
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
SCREC
Ohio Midland Pow
Er Co
Fairfield
Perry
Ross Counties
James Smoot
South Perry
Engineer Kindler
Middlefork
Route 180
Gibisonville
Appeal saves blonde Borgia in Ohio supreme court
Anna Marie Hahn’s counsel filed an appeal in the Ohio supreme court from her murder conviction in the poison slaying of Joseph Wagner, a Cincinnati gardener. The appeal halts the March 10 planned execution and outlines nine errors alleged by the defense seeking a new trial.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Ohio Supreme Court
Joseph Wagner
Cincinnati
Initiation Ceremony Draws 350 At Logan F O E Meeting
More than 350 members attended the initiation at Logan Aerie No 2168 F O E with 120 visitors from Murray City Athens Nelsonville Corning Marietta Pomeroy Glouster Jacksonville and Shawnee. Benson Owens Jackson County prosecutor spoke while Earl Hood Logan district deputy organized the affair. Logan Aerie meets Thursdays.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Corning
Marietta
Pomeroy
Glouster
Jacksonville
Shawnee Aeries
Logan Aerie No
Logan
Worthy
Charles Riggs
Benson Owens
Jackson County
Earl Hood
Lincoln Bodyguard Dies at 92 in Dayton Hospital
Jonathan Lewis, believed last surviving bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln, died aged 92 at the National Military Home Hospital in Dayton. Enlisted at 16 in the 147th Ohio National Guard and guarded the White House pump. Burial set for Sidney.
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Dayton
Abraham Lincoln
Jonathan Lewis
National Military Home
Hopital
147Th Regiment
Ohio National Guard
White House
Sidney
Death claims Mrs Heft 80 in Ohio hometown
Funeral arrangements underway for Victoria E Davis Heft 80 wife of William P Heft who died at home on Wood Street after a long illness Born Fairfield County near Pleasantville raised in McArthur She married July 3 1893 and lived at Wood Street since Then worked as a typesetter across several Ohio towns She leaves husband two daughters Ruth Heft and Roberta Ruth Green one granddaughter Private services planned Heinlein Bros to oversee
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Victoria E. (Davis) Heft
William P. Heft
Wood St
Heft
Fairfield County
Pleasantville
McArthur
Presbyterian Church
Logan
Nelsonville
Lancaster
Kenton
Fostoria
Lew Green
Hacking Sentinel
Bruce Collison
Democrat Sentinel
Robert D. Green
Princeton
Ruth Heft
Logan Daily News
Roberta Ruth Green
Heinlein Bros
Signatures Gathered to Oust Gov Davey in Ohio
L Leon Shepherd, a Lakewood private investigator, reports 8000 to 10000 signatures collected since Monday on petitions demanding the removal of Gov Martin L Davey. The drive extends across major cities including Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati Youngstown Canton Akron Dayton and Toledo with a goal of 100000 signatures within a week. Grounds cited are nonfeasance malfeasance and misfeasance in office. A minimum 60000 signatures are required to initiate court action.
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Cleveland
L. Leon Shepherd
Lakewood
Martin L. Davey Shepherd
Columbus
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Canton
Akron
Dayton
Toledo
Shepherd
Davey
Auditor to probe Franklin Warehouses records in Detroit
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson said he would travel to Detroit to examine “other books” of Franklin Warehouses Inc of Columbus which handles state liquor storage after refusing local records.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Franklin Warehouses, Inc
Detroit
Flood Devastates Southern California Destruction Mounts
A massive five day rain storm leaves 95 known dead or missing in five counties including Los Angeles. Officials report 70 dead, 25 missing, up to 50 feared lost. damage over 10 million dollars with urban destruction in a 170 mile stretch. Flood waters recede revealing disease fears and disrupted communications as 20,000 are homeless. Malibu and Roosevelt Highway scenes show washed houses and landslides. Capra and other film figures stranded.
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Los Angeles
California
Lloyd Aldich
Orange County
Pasadena
San Bernardino
Riverside
Orange
Ventura
San Juan Capistrano
San Bernardino Mountain Range
Malibu Beach
Frank Capra
Neil Hamilton
Madeline Carroll
Las Flores Beach
Malibu
A E Faine Oil Leader Dies After Illness
A E Faine 62 prominent resident of New Straitsville and director of the Ohio Pennsylvania Trade Oil Producers Association died in a Marietta hospital after a two week illness. Survived by wife six children and a Logan brother Roy. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at New Straitsville M E Church.
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A. E. Faine
New Straitsville
Ohio Pennsylvania Trade Oil Producers’ Association
Marietta
Faine
Logan
Roy
New Straitsville M. BE
Hunt Axe Wielder in Death of Dad
Police urged caution in a search for Roy Ridenour a former inmate of Florida hospital for the insane accused of slaying his father and wounding his mother with an axe. The mother Mrs Matilda Ridenour 60 lay in a hospital with a deep head wound. The father Charles B Ridenour 72 died yesterday from a fractured skull. The 14 year old fugitive was moved to Ohio last November and released from custody at Climini cinnatian. The report also notes Gen John J Pershing's heart condition as a grave factor in a separate Tucson Ariz dispatch.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roy Ridenour
Florida Hospital For the Insane
Matilda Ridetour
Charles B. Ridenour
Ohio
Climicinnatian
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