Strife Over Chesapeake & Ohio Control Surges
Cleveland March 17 AP Internal strife over control of Chesapeake and Ohio railway flared in the holding company structure built by the late Van Sweringen brothers. Controllers clash as Chesapeake Corp stockholders proxies contest and Guaranty Trust Co in New York may decide the battle. Chair Robert R. Young demands resignations of Bradley and Murphy as a special stockholders meeting is called for April 4. Young, Kolbe, and Kirby own Allegheny Corp which holds 71 percent of Chesapeake Corp.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
van Sweringen
Chesapeake Corp
Robert R. Young
New York
Charles L. Bradley
John P. Murphy
C. and O
Guaranty Trust Co. of
Young
Messrs. Bradley and
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Frank Kolbe
Allan P. Kirby
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Allegheny Corp
Ven Sweringen
Allegheny
Solons Work On Agency Measure
Washington lawmakers clash over government reorganization. Senator Wheeler and allies press for requiring presidential reorganization orders to need congressional approval before taking effect. Opponents say assurances from the White House aim to blunt amendments. Senate debate centers on how far Congress can nullify executive orders under the bill.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Clark
D-Mo
Police Chief asks parents help with cemetery safety
Police Chief Lew Reynolds appealed to parents to prevent children from using the old cemetery as a playground. He noted tombstones have been upset by boys and warned that parents may be held responsible for future damages.
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Lew Reynolds
Reynolds
Insurgent Air Raids Kill 284 in Barcelona
Eight insurgent air raids over 18 hours left Barcelona with at least 284 dead and hundreds injured. The city faced daylight bombardment after rescuers had begun clearing debris from prior blasts, with a shoe factory hit and six story buildings collapsing in a poor district.
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Barcelona
Spain
Rural Meeting Friday Night at Logan High School
The annual Hocking County Rural Achievement Meeting is set for 7 30 pm Friday in the Logan High School auditorium with 4 H clubs granges rural churches rural women Future Farmers Logan Garden Club Pioneer Youth Club and rural farmers participating Entitled segments include group singing audience special music high school boys dialogue 4 H program livestock boys style review tours dances skits and a presentation of certificates and pins by Frank St Clair county commissioner
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Hocking County
Logan High School
Future Farmers
Logan Garden Club
Pioneer Youth Club
Rural Farmers
James Smoot
Fred Graham
Dan Rheinscheld
James Guthrie
Wayne Frantz
Robert Rheinscheid
A. G. Sellers
Paul Sellers
Juanita Root
Club Congress
Arthur Ingram
Norman Edwards
Earl Swackhammer
Chester Alspach
Future Farmers of America and
Garden Club
Frank St. Clair
Woman 103, Civil War Witness, Dies in Ohio
Mrs. Susan Ensminger, who claimed to have witnessed Civil War skirmishes, died at her Bucyrus home at age 103. One of Ohio’s oldest residents, she celebrated her birthday just last Monday.
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Susan Ensminger
Ohio
Hitler to make world announcement amid Spain focus
Berlin reports Hitler may deliver an important declaration tomorrow centering on Spain and the Spanish Civil War while signaling no immediate changes in the Lithuanian Polish crisis. Officials stressed the main story lies in Spain with Vienna largely uninterested and Austrian Anschluss deemed closed. Poland seeks Lithuania concessions including erasing Wilno as capital and honoring a League of Nations call to normalize relations.
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Berlin
Europe
Germany
Spain
Foreign Office
Vienna
Hitler
Poland
Lithuania
Wilno
League of Nations
Kidnapper Must Pay With Life in Chicago Case
Chicago police recount the 1940s style case as federal jurors recommend the death penalty for John Henry Seadlund who confessed to abducting Chicago businessman Charles S. Ross, 72, after a $50,000 ransom. The verdict followed 12 hours of deliberation.
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Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Seadlund
St Patrick's Day Festivities Across Small Towns
Dublin marks St Patrick's Day with a De Valera greeting to Ireland’s friends in the United States. In Ireland Ind Missouri and St Patrick Missouri, residents toast the day with local lore, unique town names, and festive postmark business as the nation honors its patron saint. In Ireland Ind, 275 Germans celebrate with green in honor of John Stewart, who settled there in 1816. The town later changed names to American City and back to Ireland with no snake complaints. In St Patrick Mo, population under 100 observes the holiday. school classes off while postmaster John N. Kirchner handles rush of St Patrick’s Day cancellations at the six-foot-wide post office in his store.
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Eamon de Valera
Ireland
United States
Ind
Bridget
Michael
Herman
Frieda
John Stewart
St. Patrick
Stewart
Erin
Otto J. Blessinger
ST. Patrick, Mo
Missouri
John N. Kirchner
Grand jury to take Bradley perjury case
Cleveland March 17 AP Prosecutor Frank T Cullitan said Gov Martin L Davey s perjury action against Lee Bradley star witness in the state senate graft probe would go before the Cuya hoga county grand jury The 57 year old Cleveland salesman was bound to the grand jury on probable cause to suspect he lied before the graft hunting committee The next grand jury meets in May Governor Davey said let it take its course Bradley said he had only begun talking and was released on 1000 bond The charge rests on Bradley s claim that he and the governor obtained via a GM rep a 25000 contribution to the 1934 campaign fund Judge Griffin noted the unlikely GM would contribute that amount in March before the August primary
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Cleveland
Frank T. Cullitan
Martin L. Davey
Lee Bradley
State Senate
Cuyahoga County
Burt W. Griffin
Senate
Bradley
Davey
General Motors Corp
Griffins
Liklihood
General Motors
Duffy May Drop Jaster Defense In Taxpayer Suit
In Columbus Ohio on March 17 AP Herbert S Duffy attorney general said he will defend State Highway Director John J Jaster Jr but would drop the defense if trial shows improper or illegal methods in letting Hot Mix contracts He expects an early trial and seeks to protect public funds in a suit seeking 2 to 5 million dollars against 24 members of the Hot Mixed Bituminous Industry of Ohio Inc Jaster State Auditor Joseph Ferguson and Cliff W Simpson.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
John J. Jaster, Jr
Duffy
Agnes B. Dickson
Ohio, Inc
Jaster
Joseph T. Ferguson
Cliff W. Simpson
Association
Highway Department
Irish Blossom Blooms Early This Year At News Office
Wayne Dennis brings an unusually early St Patrick's Day plant to the Daily News office. He says the evergreen green leaves and flowers have bloomed since January despite snow and cold, after acquiring the plant last summer at Keystone Furnace in Jackson County.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Daily News
Wayne Dennis
N. Mulberry St
Dennis
Keystone Furnace
Jackson County
Suburban Barber Pushes Gov Davey Ouster Drive
L Leon Sheperd of Lakewood, a barber, campaigns to collect 60,000 signatures by March end to force court action to remove Governor Martin L. Davey. He says petitioners face difficulty from people who request petitions merely to derail them.
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Cleveland
L. Leon Sheperd
Lakewood
Martin L. Davey
Shepherd
Flood danger eases in Hocking Valley storms fade
Flood danger in the Hocking Valley lessens as streams fall and weather turns colder. The Hocking River dropped several feet after peaking yesterday afternoon. Logan saw extreme spring weather with 74 degree heat, rain, hail, thunder, and lightning, though showers did not alleviate flood risk.
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Hocking
Logan
Hocking County
Flood Watches Narrow as Tuscarawas Rivers Rise
Lowland communities along the Tuscarawas River faced possible evacuation for 300 to 500 residents as rain swollen the stream. Two inches of rain fell in an hour, halting travel on several state highways including routes 53, 203, 35, 50, 22, 159, 146 and 220 due to high water.
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Coshocton
Tuscarawas River
Tuscarawas
Owen Popham
State Highway Patrol
Tiffin
McCutchenville
Prospect
Chillicothe
Circleville
Pleasant City
Cumberland
Waverly
West says he will not seek OSU presidency
Charles West of Granville, undersecretary of the interior, announced he would not be a candidate to succeed Dr. George W. Rightmire as president of Ohio State University. Rightmire asked for resignation to be accepted effective July 1, and West had been mentioned as a possible successor.
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Columbus, O
Charles West
Granville
Interior
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Rightmire
West
Arming for Defense Hull Outlines Policy
Secretary Hull argues America must arm for protection against international lawlessness while pursuing peace and no alliances. He warns withdrawal from world affairs is illusionary and urges an adequate armed force to defend national interests amid rising lawlessness and treaty disregard.
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Washington
Hull
America
National Press Club
Austria
Germany
Japan
China
War secretary presses firm policy on Spain and Czechoslovakia
War Secretary Hore-Belisha reportedly issued Chamberlain a near ultimatum to promise united British action with France against German aggression and to curb German-Italian moves in Spain. Litvinoff urged broader talks among powers to check aggression and defend Czechoslovakia and Lithuania. Tension eased between Poland and Lithuania over a border incident. Insurgent air raids on Barcelona killed at least 284 with many wounded. Hitler prepared a Reich stag declaration as Spain’s war looms. Lloyd George condemned British policy as muddled on a Paris trip.
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Poland
Lithuania
Wilno
Barcelona
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Barkley Favored to Chair TVA Investigation Panel
Washington May 17. Congressional insiders name Senator Barkley of Kentucky as probable chair of a senate house committee to probe the Tennessee Valley Authority. Barkley faces administration and bipartisan support but Republicans warn of a partisan whitewash risk if allies of TVA control the inquiry.
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Washington
Mzron 17
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
150 Attend Local 4-H Entertainment
Delegations from six counties totaling about 150 persons attended a 4-H senior group entertainment by the Pioneer Youth Club at the Masonic Hall in Logan last night. Major contingents came from Jackson County with 40 students. other counties included Fairfield Athens Ross and Perry. County officials and agents such as Floyd Henderson Ross Wright Tom Johnson Margaret Cramm Everett Rogers W. W. Brown Bruce Tom Hulda Horst attended. The program featured Miles Graham a vocal soloist Mrs Smoot readings by Mrs Spears a skit by Mary and Ralph Masure a string orchestra and folk games with refreshments served.
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Pioneer Youth Club
Masonic Hall
Logan
Jackson County
Floyd Henderson
Fairfield
Athens
Ross
Perry
Ross Wright
Tom Johnson
Margaret Cramm
Perry County
Everett Rogers
Ross County
W. W. Brownfield
Bruce Tom
Hulda Horst
Miles Graham
James Smoot
Mary Louise Bowen
A. T. Spears
Smoot
Mary
Ralph Masure
Mother Kills 6 Of 9 Children in Center Texas
Justice of the Peace Ben Edeins ruled six slayings wrongful deaths by a mother in Center Texas. Mrs Lillie May Curtis 38 shot six of her nine children as they slept kissing them goodbye and saying she could not provide for them. District Attorney Wardlow Lane said murder charges will be filed. The victims were Marcie Jack 5 Margie Ree 7 Robert 9 Billie Burke 10 Gloria Jean 11 and T O Curtis 13.
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