James Roosevelt urged to run for Massachusetts lieutenant governor
A group led by Charles Maliotis asked at the White House for James Roosevelt to seek the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts lieutenant governor. In Hollywood, John McCormack floated a possible bid for president of Ireland if drafted and not barred by his American citizenship.
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James Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Bay State
Charles Maliotis
White House
Hollywood
John McCormack
Ireland
TVA Chief Arthur Morgan Stands Pat Amid Roosevelt Pressure
President Roosevelt pressed Arthur E. Morgan to withdraw charges or resign as TVA directors clash. Morgan and allies insist he will not testify against fellow directors, risking an ouster amid a three year feud. The White House set a 1:30 p.m. deadline for Morgan to answer whether he will cooperate in the congressional inquiry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Morgan
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
White House
Morgan
FDR
Chairman Morgan
Hitler and Mussolini plan to divide Europe says AP man
Columbus Ohio March 21 AP Dewitt Mackenzie AP foreign affairs expert told editors Hitler and Mussolini have a pact to divide the old world. Hitler would rule the north from Austria toward Czechoslovakia and beyond while Mussolini controls the Mediterranean and lower Balkans. The analyst warned of further German expansion including Ukraine and Danzig and urged vigilance against loss of religious liberty.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Dewitt-MacKenzie
Germany
Austria
MacKenzie
Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Balkans
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Ukraine
Danzig
Memel
Europe
Nazi Germany
Atlantic
America
Abolition of Comptroller Post Sparks Senate Split
Washington march 21 ap an administrative proposal to abolish the comptroller general s office renews the senate s long debate on the government reorganization bill Senator Byrd says an auditor general would slow illegal federal spending while Byrnes argues no business keeps its own books and the comptroller s duties would shift to the budget director the house moves toward a final vote on naval expansion as the senate reconvenes to push the reorganization debate
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Washington
Comptroller General
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Byrnes
D-Sc
House
Kite string tragedy claims teen near Jewell Defiance
James Steffel aged 16 of near Jewell in Defiance County died when a kite wire touched a 5900 volt power line. His twin brother Paul helped lift the kite as the accident occurred while their parents watched from a window.
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Defiance, O
James Steffel
Jewell
Defiance County
Paul
Judge Praises Drunken Driver Policy In Court
Prosecutor Hubert Lappen commended Judge Phil A. Henderson for a strict drunken driving policy in Hocking County. He noted no DUI cases in the last two terms due to uncompromising severity, while Henderson recalled at least six months without such charges and praised county officers. The judge has consistently fined $100 plus costs and imposed 30 day jail terms, with harsher sentences for second offenders.
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Hubert Lappen
Phil A. Henderson
Lappen
Las
Henderson
Hocking County
Eince
Juvenile Court to hear Logan youth in sassafras case
Logan juvenile court officials will deal with a youth arrested Saturday by city police for selling sassafras stolen Friday night from Floyd Brown’s porch on W Third Street. The sassafras, valued at eight dollars, was found on the porch by a relative of Mr Brown who had dug it up.
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Logan
Floyd Brown
W. Third St
House Passes Naval Expansion Bill in Senate-Bound Move
The House approved overwhelmingly the administration's billion-dollar naval expansion bill. Final passage followed a failed Republican bid to send it back with instructions to drop a provision for three new battleships. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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House Naval Committee
Senate
Owens Heads Labor League
A permanent organization of labor's non-partisan league in Ohio was established with John Owens, president of the Ohio Industrial Union council, at its head. Delegates approved a 12 cent annual levy for union members, 25 cents for non unions, and $5 for city labor bodies. A constitution and resolutions were adopted urging relief agencies and federal and state jobless bureaus. Owens, also president of district No. 6 of the United Mine Workers, was elected by acclamation. Elmer O. Fehlhaber of Cleveland named secretary treasurer.
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Columbus
Organization of
Ohio
John Owens
Ohio Industrial Union Council
Owens
United Mine Workers of America
Elmer O. Fehlhaber
Cleveland
Auto victim seeks $35,000 in damages
Elmer Lutz of 55 Furnace Street files a suit against Mrs. Nancy Munn of Hastings Nebraska alleging negligence after a car struck him while crossing Main Street on July 31 1937. Lutz suffered a broken leg requiring amputation later at Cherrington Hospital and claims Munn failed to blow her horn. He had recently moved from Rock House Park to Logan.
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Elmer Lutz
Furnace St
Nancy Mann
Hastings
Neb
Lutz
Main St
Cherrington Hospital
Munn
Rock House Park
Logan
Perry farmers seek closed game area in Perry Township
Four Perry Township farmers sign up in a drive to create a closed game area near South Perry, backed by the Citizens' Service Union. The proposed zone covers 500 acres and list signers Fred Weaver Russell Hattsough George Deffenbaugh and Emanuel Schaal.
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Perry Township
South Perry
Citizens’ Service Union
Fred Weaver
Russell Hattsough
George Deffenbaugh
Emanuel Schaal
Chamber backs lower surtax on large incomes
Washington March 21 AP The United States chamber of Commerce urged reducing the maximum surtax on large individual incomes from 75 to 40 percent for incomes over 5 million dollars annually. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harrison and others discussed further tax revisions including repeal of the undistributed profits tax and adjustments to capital gains. Opposition argued against broadening the base, fearing a shift of tax burden to low income families. The Treasury seeks to raise 5.33 billion dollars a year.
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Washington
The
United States Chamber of Commerce
Harrison
Dmiss
Senate Finance Committee
House
Borah
R-Ida
Senate Committee
Treasury
Nihiser Trial Postponed Due to Missing Witnesses
The Craven Nihiser second degree manslaughter trial was postponed indefinitely this morning as two key state witnesses were absent. The jury remained in the box and witnesses awaited swearing in.
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Craven Nihiser
Witness Arrest Highlights Local Trial Twist
Clyde Robinson of Salt Creek Township appeared as defense witness for Craven Ni hiser but was immediately arrested by county officers. He is wanted in New Straitsville on a charge of minor breach of the peace.
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Clyde Robinson
Salt Creek Township
Craven Nihiser
Robinson
New Straitsville
Negro witnesses missing in Krannitz murder trial
Missing witnesses were Robert Smith and Hugh Butler of Columbus. Smith drove the parked truck involved in the night Mary Krannitz died, with Butler present. Subpenas sent. sheriff said they moved and could not be found. Nihiser appeared with attorneys Wright and Brashares. jury was not fully chosen when trial was postponed.
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Robert Smith
Hugh Butler
Columbus
Smith
Nihiser
Mary Krannitz
Butler
Franklin County
Minor collision in alley injures no one reported
A Sunday mishap in the alley between North and Hill streets involved a car driven by Merlin Whitcraft and a Frasure and Brown milk truck. Police Chief Lew Reynolds investigated the minor wreck.
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North and
Hill Sts
Merlin Whitcraft
Lew Reynolds
Logan High Band Captures District Title At Gallipolis
Logan High Schools 84 piece band won district honors at the Southeastern Ohio Spring Music Festival in Gallipolis on Saturday. Several soloists and ensembles from Logan High also captured first and second places. The group will advance to the state contest at Ohio State University in Columbus on April 23. Nelsonville High School’s band placed second. Judge Captain M. S. Niergarth praised tone, intonation, interpretation, technique, and overall effect, awarding Logan its highest rating of A with three plus signs for taste in interpretation. He commended tone beauty and discipline, noting strong stage appearance. The Logan band performed The Second Norwegian Rhapsody Christensen and Builders of Youth under director W. rrMIen ard McCutchan and captain Chas. O’Neil.
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Logan High School
Gallipolis
Logan High
Ceeden Ee
Ine Dana
DY W. Rrmienard McCutchan
Ohio State University
Columbus
Nelsonville High School
M. S. Niergarth
Cleveland Public Schools
Niergarth
Logan Band
Tax deadline warns of penalties for late returns
County Auditor Ora B. Yaw warned that no extension will be granted after the April 1 deadline for personal tax returns. Those who fail to file will face a 50 percent penalty, up from the former 5 percent rate, according to collectors.
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Ora B. Yaw
Praise Meeting Draws About 200 in Iron Street Church
About 200 people from Hocking and nearby counties attended a Prayer and Praise meeting at the First Christian Church on Iron Street yesterday. Clarence Carpenter of Logan led the service. the event is part of a monthly district series led by Rev. Homer Haines.
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Hocking
First Christian Church
Iron St
Clarence Carpenter
Logan
Homer Haines
Identity of Long-Lost Rockbridge Man Confirmed
John Rish, a travelling entertainer, is identified as Merle Dupler of Rockbridge after fingerprints and a photo linked him to the missing son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Dupler. Dupler disappeared in 1922 after Marine Corps enlistment and planned a visit home. a Newark sighting led to relatives recognizing him via a scar and a cousin’s memory.
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Merle Dupler
Pearl Dupler
Rockbridge
Newark
John Rish
Hocking County
Dupler
United
Washington
Marine Corps
Rish
J. W. Rish
Corpus Christi
Texas
Calvin Coolidge
Mexico Takes Over Oil Wells
Mexico City reports a petroleum board linked to the Cardenas government has begun operating the nationalized oil industry. The board will produce gasoline and crude products to meet national needs at a scale similar to when 17 foreign companies controlled the sector. The move follows a two year dispute with foreign firms and 18,000 union workers, culminating in nationalization by presidential decree.
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Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Supreme Court
Britain Ready to Recognize African Steal
Rome March 21 AP Italian troops begin withdrawal from Libya as a concession to Britain. The expected British Italian friendship accord would recognize Mussolini’s Ethiopian conquests through the League of Nations and withdraw Italian forces from the Spanish Civil War by the 27 nation nonintervention committee. Exchange of Mediterranean Red Sea military data and a boundary agreement between Ethiopia and British Kenya are also reported.
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Rome
Libya
Britain
Italy
Naples
Mussolini
League of Nations
Eritrea
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
Kenya
I Duce
Foles Lets to Resume Friendly Relations
Poland and Lithuania decide not to go to war and plan to fix the Wilno Kaunas railway line to restore communications. Lithuania accepts Polish demands to resume ties and exchange envoys, ending 18 years of conflict over Wilno. Foreign Minister Beck to outline talks in parliament.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lithuania
Wilno-Kaunas
Wilno
Joseph Beck
Marian Koscialkowski
U. B. Conference Opens In Logan Tomorrow
More than 300 delegates and visitors are expected at the Mid-year U. B. Conference of Southeast Ohio in Logan First Church tomorrow at 9 30 a m. Bishop A R Clippinger opens with The Christian Church In a Modern World. Other speakers include Dr O T Dever Miss Alice Bell Dr Roy N Shaffer and Dr Hazen G Werner. Werner also speaks on Europe A World Struggling to Be Born with an illustrated lecture by Dr W O Weidler. Logan choir will provide music. Public welcome.
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U. B
Southeast Ohio
Logan First Church
A. R. Clippinger
O. T. Deever
Board of Christian Education
Alice Bell
the Evangel
Roy N. Shaffer
West Virginian Conference
Hazen G. Werner
Dayton
Werner
Europe
England
W. O. Weidler
Home Missions and Church
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Montpelier
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Sassafras
Labor League
Perry Farmers Ask
C. OF C
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Robert Young
Frank Borzage
Logan High Band
Mexico City
Cardenas
Spain
Hendaye
Shanghai
Suchow
FOLES
Logan Choir
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