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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
1
Louis Tatty, a Cleveland violin maker, pawned his Stradivarius valued at 10 175 dollars for 250 to a music company with a three year redemption clause. He claims the company refused repayment and offered the violin for sale at 55 000 dollars, while the company says he was delinquent in payments.
President Roosevelt releases a letter urging approval of the reorganization bill and denying any inclination toward dictatorship. He argues his experience and background prevent such a path, rebutting opponents who claim the measure would empower a dictator and noting continued political opposition and accusations. The interlude aligns with a press conference on Senate passage and recalls past support for the measure.
The guiding subcommittee of the Spanish nonintervention committee held its first meeting in two months and heard a new British plan for withdrawing foreign troops from the 20 month civil war. The outcome hinges on Barcelona’s ability to hold insurgent advances toward the heartlands and the coast as Franco’s forces push eastward.
Honolulu reports an intensified dawn search as sixty five U S warships and 240 planes scour the Pacific for six naval airmen missing after a mimic warfare incident that already claimed five lives. No trace was found after a night long effort, while hope remains for survivors. Two crew members escaped and two bodies were recovered from yesterday’s Waiʻanae crash off Oahu.
Washington March 31 AP Congress faces three obstacles to a May adjournment namely the wage hour bill the Hungarian debt settlement proposal and railroad legislation Democratic leader Barkley D Ky said he hoped the Senate could dispose of the tax revision bill the 1 1 100 000 000 naval expansion program and the proposed 1 000 000 000 relief measure in April
Louise Fischer, 88, former nurse and royal seamstress for the household of Joseph I of Austria, died yesterday in Cincinnati without living kin. A Bohemian native, she came to the United States in 1905.
Lima, March 31. Virgil Huber, a local Lima truck driver, died when struck by a passenger train at a crossing. Police and railroad officials investigated the fatal accident and notified his family.
Production resumed on a curtailed basis at the H. C. Godman shoe company plants in Logan after workers returned to some lines. Superintendent Harley said a majority of those employed were at work, and he expected Miller to discuss a proposed 20 percent cut with employees upon his return next week.
Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead kept their own counsel on their selections for the congressional committee probing the Tennessee Valley Authority. The House adopted a Senate approved resolution pushing the inquiry amid minor changes. Senator Bridges, a TVA critic, seeks one of five Senate seats, while others prominent in the debate have stepped back.
Three high school girls were rescued from a raft on Lake Erie after Coast Guard crews saved them. The girls Helen Lupson 13 Noreen Calley 11 and Juanita Perin 12 reported that three boys set them adrift and said, We'll see you in Canada.
Senate finance committee nears completion of its revision of the house tax bill proposing higher penalties on corporations that pile up surpluses to dodge taxes. The plan would tax undistributed net income at 25 percent up to 100000 and 35 percent above that, while broadening the income tax base remains under review.
In Chicago on March 31, a federal suit seeks 27 million dollars from 24 men and women accused of injuring the reputation of Dr. Francis E. Townsend and other Townsend movement supporters. The action is brought by Huston H. Marrs of Denver and other Townsend plan backers.
Singapore March 31 AP The Sultan of Senlangor a leading ruler in the Federated Malay States died today at Klang aged 74 His death marks a significant transition in Malay royal leadership and regional affairs with implications for succession and governance in the federation
Barton A. Holl, Logan Chamber president, wires Dr Carl Watson denying discrimination in Hocking County WPA relief and certification. He urges investigation and asks to withhold judgment until completed. County relief director Frank Brown and WPA engineer Walter Miller cited no comment or investigators, noting mine closures affected certifications.
In Columbus Ohio March 31 AP activities around taxpayer suits against state highway and liquor departments continued. Depositions resumed in the action against members of the Mixed Bituminous Paving Industry of Ohio Inc and Highway Director John Jaster Jr filed by Agnes B Dickinson seeking double damages for alleged overpayments of 2 to 5 million dollars in 1936 37 for hot mix materials. Unverified reports say Liquor Director James W Miller may seek a lower rate per case from Shaw Transport Inc despite Gov Daveys proposal that distillers store and transport their liquor to state stores and agencies.
In Liechtenstein on March 31 AP reports Bachelor Prince Franz Joseph, aged 32, assumed rule with authority delegated by his grand uncle Prince Franz I, aged 84, governing the 65 square mile principality.
A new party of laborers farmers and soldiers forms to carry on Mexico for Mexicans programs. Barba Gonzalez named president of the new party which seeks socialist state goals and the progressive nationalization of big industry, including expropriation of the foreign owned oil industry worth about $400 million.
Canton Ohio March 31 three young men were charged with a Akron gasoline station robbery in which about sixty dollars was taken. One suspect Raymond Kane 21 was critically wounded and hospitalized with abdominal injuries. Nick Mosic 22 and Joseph Zahachevsky 19, both from Canton, were also charged after reportedly confessing to Deputy Police Inspector Gilbert Mosley of Akron.
A coroner jury probes a series of deaths linked to injections of a cancer serum. Seven dead and four ill include Orlando women Mrs. Jack Sweetman, Mrs. L. J. Jackson, Mrs. W. R. Thompson, Mrs. W. C. Braswell, Mrs. H. B. Harnage, Mrs. Elizabeth Funderburke, and Mrs. F. E. Moonert of Winter Park. The serum bottle may have been contaminated. Canadian Dr. Henry Connell and Dr. T. A. Neal urge caution while FDA and medical associations monitor the case.
Hocking County officials warn a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal sales and excise taxes would cost rural schools about 191000. Local governments could lose 14494.93 based on 1937 collections. Relief agencies expect 14325 from sales tax plus 2000 from beer and malt taxes. Business leaders launch preliminary campaign against petitions, urging careful consideration of revenue impact.
Columbus police warn that 1937 plates expire at midnight and cars without 1938 plates advertising the Northwest Territory celebration face arrest. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles says there will be no extension for using old plates for a day or two.
Merlin H. Aylesworth, founder and first president of NBC, was named today by Roy W. Howard as publisher of the World Telegram, the New York unit of the Scripps Howard chain. The appointment places a veteran broadcasting executive at the helm of a leading metropolitan daily.
A multi state tornado outbreak leaves 32 dead and nearly 250 injured as storms cross Illinois Kansas Missouri and Arkansas. Hundreds lose homes with damage over 1 million dollars. Pekin and Columbus suffer severe destruction including rail depots and schools saved by quick action.
Allen county police thought they had bagged the sack bandit who has been molesting Northwestern Ohio filling station attendants in recent months. The suspect proved injured in a brawl and would be released. The injuries initially suggested he was the robber who escaped after a battle with Fostoria police last week.
Zanesville Ohio March 31 AP Harry T Basehart 55 veteran newspaperman and for 17 years editor of the Sunday Times Signal died here last night of a heart ailment.
An explosion and ensuing fire at Minton Collieries, 165 miles west of Edmonton, Alberta, killed five miners and seriously injured five others. Canadian Press reported from Edmonton on March 1.
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