Germany Italy Again Accused Of Sending Aid
The Associated Press reports Europe struggles to keep Spain's civil war contained as Germany and Italy face renewed accusations of backing Franco. Rome laments foreign fighters and Italy warns of grave consequences if France intervenes. London summons the nonintervention committee while insurgents claim Barcelona authorities plan air raids on French soil. Catalonia remains the war’s key zone amid broader European tensions.
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Spain
Germany
Italy
Francisco Franco
Rome
Facist
Virginio Gayda
France
Russia
Commit Se
London
Great Britain
Britain
Barcelona
Franco
Catalonia
Orient
China
Soviet
Daring Robbery At Millionaire Designer Milgrim Home
Four armed masked robbers invaded the Long Island residence of Charles Milgrim, a noted dress designer, tied up the family and two servants, tortured Milgrim, and escaped with 95,000 in gems and cash after burning his feet with cigarettes. Mrs Milgrim fainted and was chloroformed tried to force ring location.
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Long Island
N. Y
Charles Milgrim
Milgrim
Local Scouts Attend Court of Honor in Lancaster
Seven Logan Boy Scouts appeared at a district Court of Honor in Lancaster to receive awards for merit badges and ranks. Eldon Carr earned Life Scout status and multiple badges, while Paul Henderson Curtis Henderson Wayne Frazee Jon Morris became Star Scouts along with merit badges. Fred Rose achieved first class, and Bill Wolfe became a junior assistant Scoutmaster, accompanied by Scoutmaster Alfred Campbell.
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Logan
District Court of Honor
Lancaster
E. L. Ewing
Eldon Carr
Paul
Curtis Henderson
Wayne Frazee
Jonas Morris
Fred Rose
Bill Wolfe
Alfred Campbell
Hoover Returns From European Tour Amid Honors
Former President Herbert Hoover returns to New York from a two month tour of 14 countries with seven or eight honorary degrees and 15 or 18 medals. He believes a general war in Europe is not imminent, noting the continent has changed during his first trip abroad in 19 years.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Ex-Banker Robert Bishop Leaves Final Note
In Cleveland on March 29 AP reports Robert A. Bishop 54 a former banker was found dead in a gas filled car. Deputy Coroner A J Kablaukas said he left a note to relatives stating I have made a mess of everything Ive touched and then ended his life.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Bishop
A. J. Kablauckas
Mexico Faces New Problems Over Oil Takeover
In Mexico City on March 29 AP reports the government controlled oil sector faces urgent issues as 11 days pass without foreign sales since seizing 17 American and British firms on March 18. Oil tanks run near capacity and production falls 65 to 75 percent, with nowhere to store what is called black gold. The US treasury silver purchase suspension triggers peso decline, seen by Mexicans as retaliation for the expropriation of foreign owned oil assets valued at 400 million dollars.
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Mexico City
United States
Convicted Banker Awaiting Operation
Charles E Wheland a former Uhrichsville banker serving 10 to 30 years for embezzlement at Ohio Penitentiary underwent a stomach ailment operation at Grant Hospital Columbus AP report says the warden noted transfer from prison hospital due to welfare department orders since January 1 1937 he has been in the prison hospital much of the time
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Columbus
Charles E Wheland
Uhrichsville
Ohio Penitentiary
Grant Hospital
James C. Woodard
Welfare Department
Wheland
Woodard
Dr H M Boocks named head of health admin class
Dr H M Boocks city health commissioner has been named president of the Public Health Administration class at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor where he enrolled last month. He will complete his course there June 1 and return to Logan.
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H. M. Boocks
Public Health Administration
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Relief conference maps new program for Ohio funds
A relief program proposed by 16 Ohio cities and four counties would have the state provide at least half the unemployment relief funds, with local governments raising their share through new enabling legislation. The plan, drafted at a league conference, seeks a permanent framework and would be reviewed by the league and forwarded to Gov. Martin L. Davey for a possible special relief session.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio League of Municipalities
E. E. Hagrman
League
Martin L. Davey
Columbus
Girl Rescues Self From Slumbering Father Death
Five year old Janyce Kingston of Seattle saved herself after discovering her father Everett Kingston 27 dead from a cerebral hemorrhage. A neighbor found the child alone with the unconscious man, and the mother was in a maternity ward at the time.
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Janyce Kingston
Seattle
Wash
Everett Kingston
Janyce
Governor Davey Praised by Mrs Myrna Smith on Radio
Mrs Myrna Smith private secretary to Martin L Davey for 16 years spoke on a radio address praising the governor as devoted to the welfare of others and noting his love of people. She said Davey loves people and is in politics while canceling speeches due to his sister in law’s death in Missouri and delaying Youngstown Mansfield rallies.
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Columbus
Myrna Smith
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Peole
Smith
James Davey
St. Louis
Missouri
Youngstown
Mansfield
Ex Actress to Marry Husband After Breach Suit
Vera Reynolds silent screen star and her husband of 12 years Robert Ellis Reel plan to marry, ending a month long breach of promise suit. They testified they lived together as man and wife until last August, and a hearing concluded with the decision to wed soon.
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Hollywood
Vera Reynolds
Robert Ellis Reel
Von Engel Lands In Brazil After Record Long-Distance Flight
SAO SALVADOR Brazil March 29 H W Von Engel a German commercial pilot landed at Caravellas at 9:05 a m Greenwich time after completing a flight from England that broke the long distance word record for straight flight by a sea plane.
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Sao Salvador
Brazil
H. W. von Engel
Caravellas
England
Ford predicts prosperous era tied to soil wealth
Detroit March 29 AP Henry Ford returns from two months vacation on a Georgia plantation and reiterates belief in an upcoming prosperous era. He credits wealth to land cultivation and notes wartime gains favor financial interests, while calling for greater farming and tractor experiments ahead of his 75th birthday.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Georgia
Ford
Tornadoes Kill Six in Two States
A storm system lashed Arkansas and Louisiana last night and today, killing six people and injuring at least 24. Three deaths and seven injuries occurred in Turtle Lake area near Ferriday Louisiana, while near Texarkana Arkansas a tornado destroyed five farm homes, killing two children and injuring 11 others.
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Ferriday
Arkansas
Louisiana
Turtle Lake
Here
Texarkana
Ark
Idle During H C Godman Co Wage Dispute
About 130 workers idle outside the H C Godman shoe plant after a conference with company officials. The workers, represented by a committee led by Tom Gordon, refused to return until they meet with company president F A Miller. A prior vote had kept many workers at work, while protesters urged a 20 percent cut on the K line. CIO organizers attended the meeting, and some workers chose to stay out while others planned to return pending further talks.
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H. C. Godman Shoe Factory
Tom Gordon
Robert Harley
F. A. Miler
Gordon
Harley
Nunse
Strawne
Hell Park
Logan
FP. A. Miller
Godman Company
CIO
Deposition Month in Ohio Taxpayer Suit Overcharges
In Columbus on March 29 the deposition phase continued in the case of Mrs. Agnes Dickinson against state hot mix contractors. Highway Director John Jaser Jr. testified he provided Dickinson with a list of the contractors involved.
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Columbus
Agnes Dickinson
John Jaser Jr
Dickinson
Coal Operators May Scrap Guffey System
WASINGTON March 29 AP Soft coal operators discuss scrapping the Guffey price fixing system in favor of a government supervised marketing agency. No legislation yet proposed but talks follow the bituminous coal commission abolishing minimum price schedules under federal court pressure.
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Wasitington
Guffey
Bituminous Coal Commission
Federal Commission
Mothers Unite After Tragic Death In Jackson Heights
Mrs Donald Carroll and Mrs Fred Matthiesen from Jackson Heights New York join in mourning and urge action after Charlotte Matthiesen 18 dies in a death pact with Carroll's 16 year old son A funeral scene shows mothers and fathers seeking to save Donald who faltered at the moment to shoot himself in a disturbing youth tragedy and its aftermath.
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Donald Carroll
Fred Matthiesen
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Gasco President Replies to Charges Against Officials
Chauncey J. Weaver of Springfield and Ohio Fuel Gas President defends firms amid 12 indictments against two gas companies and 15 officials for allegedly selling diluted gas and filing false reports. He says grand jury was misled on stabilization process while asserting gas meets heat content standards. Columbus city attorney John L. Davies had filed a taxpayer suit seeking 42 million dollars.
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Columbus, CO
Chauncey J. Weaver
Springfield
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas
Columbus Gas & Fuel Company
Weaver
John L. Davies
Columbus
Thias
Davies
Boy 7 Hurt at School After Swing Accident
The seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Lafe Eggleston Starr was in fair condition at Cherrington Hospital after an accident on the Union Furnace school playground yesterday. He suffered a fractured skin and lacerations when a swing struck his head. Principal D O Davis of Union Furnace brought him to the hospital.
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Lafayette Feegleston
Lafe Eggleston
Starr
Cherrington Hospital
Union Furnace
D. O. Davis
Great Lakes bulk freight season opens quietly
Cleveland, March 29 AP The 1988 bulk freight shipping season on the Great Lakes opens with slower pace than last year. Vessels Elba and Sierra began movements from Toledo and Detroit carrying coal. Iron ore movement is forecast between 26 and 390 million tons, versus 63 million tons in 1937.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Elba
Sierra
Toledo
Detroit
Drop in Retail Sales Studied in Ohio Stores
Ohio State University bureau reports February retail sales in representative independent Ohio stores fell four percent in dollar volume from January and were 26 percent below February 1987. Cincinnati saw a nine percent year over year drop, while other large cities showed from January to February declines up to thirteen percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
Cincinnati
Boy Injured in Bicycle Collision in Lancaster
Charles Jack Boocks age 16 son of Dr H M Boorks sustained a minor right leg fracture when his bicycle collided with an automobile in Lancaster during a visit. He had just returned from Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg West Virginia for a short relatives visit.
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Charles “Jack” Boocks
H. M. Boorks
Lancaster
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
W. Va
Abandonment Charge Filed in Alimony Suit
Jennie T. Helber of Enterprise sues husband Lew B. Helber alleging abandonment on March 8. She seeks temporary and permanent alimony, custody of four children, and an injunction to prevent interference with her and the disposal of property.
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Lewis B. Helber
Jennie T. Helber
Enterprise
Ier
Mgr. Helber
Tornado Kills Two Children Near Texarkana Ark
A tornado struck four miles northeast of Texarkana Arkansas killing two children and injuring eleven others last night. Four year old Charles Barnett died rushing to a storm cellar with family, while two year old Billy Ray Davis was crushed in his father's home wreckage.
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Texarkana
Ark
APD
Here
Charles Barnett
Billy Ray Davis
Indianapolis Tavern Fire Claims 7 Year Old Life
In Indianapolis on March 29 a deadly fire tore through a building housing a tavern cleaning business and living quarters, killing seven year old Mitckew Bowden. Firefighters battled the blaze but could not save the child, with authorities reporting extensive damage to the structure and recognizing the tragedy as a fatal incident tied to the building's dual use.
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Indianapolis
Mitckew Bowden
Roosevelt forces jubilant over Senate victory
Anti administration Democrats join House Republicans in a last bid to block the government reorganization bill after Senate passage. Roosevelt forces celebrate a 49 42 margin and predict House approval soon. Opponents urge public hearings, mocking dictatorial powers fears as a reorganization plan seeks broad executive authority.
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Washington
House Republicans
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Administration
Rep
Taber
RNY
Minority Committee
Clark
D-Mo
O'Connor
D-Ny
House Rules Committee
Joint Conference Committee
House rules panel splits on PVA probe plan
Washington March 20 AP members of the house rules committee agreed that Congress should investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority but disagreed on how to proceed. Some favored a quick approval via a Senate resolution creating an investigating committee of five senators and five representatives. Others urged the committee to draft its own plan or accept member proposals.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Congress
Senate
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