Father of seven admits slaying elderly couple
H L Roush a 48 year old farm hand admitted guilt on a first degree murder charge for killing Homer T Myers 65 and his wife 67 at their Marion County farm home. He claimed a note for 1400 dollars prompted the crime and he used gasoline to set the house ablaze.
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Bulletin
Marion, CO
H. L. Roush
Homer T. Myers
Paul D. Michel
Roush
Marion, O
Marion County
Michel
Myers
Here
Marion
Milk man Lee Marcey a daily White House visitor
Lee Marcey of Arlington Virginia is a regular daily visitor to the White House. He delivers about six to seven quarts of milk and two quarts of cream daily, including the White House cat's ration, and he is pictured carrying a day's supply.
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White House
Lee Marcey
Arlington, Va
Marcey
Shakedown probe opens as grand jury hears witnesses
A Franklin County grand jury began sessions at 9 A M to hear witnesses in Atty. Gen. Herbert S. Duffy's probe of state civil service workers allegedly solicited for campaign contributions. About 25 witnesses were to appear as the inquiry focuses on five percent salary assessments to fund Gov. Martin L. Davey's third term.
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Columbus, O
Franklin County
Atty
Herbert S. Duffy
Will P. Stephenson
Duffy
State Tax Commission
Martin L. Davey
U. S. Atty
Homer S. Cummings
Cummings
U. S
Ohio
Manager Denies Discrimination At Sun Glow
Henry Dague, office manager at Sun Glow Industries in Logan, denied rumors that six employees were reinstated after being discharged Thursday. He explained five laid off Thursday included one formal discharge for unreliability and four temporary layoffs. three of the four returned to work, one found another job, and the dismissed worker would not be rehired.
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Henry Dague
Sun Glow Industries, Inc
Logan
Industrial Union Council
Hocking
Sunday Creek Valleys
Nelsonville
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Dague
Bitter Lessons Sparking Anglo French Defensive Pact
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes that grim memory of 1914 drives Britain and France to pledge defense. The alliance aims to deter another European war by signaling united front if either is attacked, with Britain warning that its front lines now reach the Rhine and a French defeat could threaten England’s shores.
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All Highest
Britain
England
Europe
France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Rhine
Baldwin
Low Countries
English Channel
Ohio Road Toll Claims Six Lives Over Weekend
Six persons died in Ohio car and train crashes over the weekend. A Baltimore and Ohio train collided with a car near Custar killing Annabelle Schwab and Cloyce Baumberger. driver John Baumberger injured. Other fatal crashes occurred near Monroeville, Youngstown, Toledo, and Cincinnati, with victims Herman Zoll, Harold Hendricks, Robert Aitken, and Robert Conners among the dead.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Custar
Bowling Green
Annabelle Schwab
Cloyce B. Baumberger
John Baumberger
Cloyce
Monroeville
Sandusky
Herman Zoll
Youngstown
Harold H. Hendricks
Toledo
Robert H. Aitken
Robert Conners
Cincinnati
J. T. Sheridan Dies at 76 in Columbus Hospital
James T. Sheridan, 76, former press room manager of the Catholic Columbian, died in a Columbus hospital after a two year illness. He earlier worked on the Michigan Catholic in Detroit and the Rosary Press in Somerset Ohio.
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J. T. Sheridan
Columbus
James T. Sheridan
The
Catholic Columbian
Michigan Catholic
Detroit
the Rosary Press
Somerset
Kosinski Found Guilty in Cleveland Holdup Killing
John Kosinski, 32, a New York orchestra leader and airplane pilot, was convicted of a holdup killing at a second Cleveland trial and sentenced to life. He maintains innocence, appealing after a key witness, a boyhood acquaintance, testified to seeing him at the scene.
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John Kosinski
New York
Cleveland
Kosinski
Italian Plane Crash Kills 19 in Rome Area
A disastrous Ala Littoria flight from Tirana to Rome crashed near Formia in dense clouds, killing 19 people including Albanian Minister to Rome Djafer Villa and an American woman Helen Lindheim. Gen Aldo Pellegrini led the inquiry for Italy. The aloft wedding in Tirana linked King Ahmed Zog to Geraldine Appony.
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Rome
Aldo Pellegrini
Italy
Formia
Ala Littoria
Tirana
Albania
United States
Helen Lindheim
Djafer Villa
Ahmed Zog
Geraldine Appony
Hungary
Grain elevator fire destroys Williams town facility
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a grain elevator at Williams town near Findlay Ohio early today. Operator Carl Kleisch estimated the loss at $30,000.
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Findlay
Williamstown
Carl Kleisch
Hitler heads to Rome for Mussolini talks amid Sudeten demand
World eyes the Hitler Mussolini Rome rendezvous as Berlin notes possible Rome Berlin axis shifts. Sudeten German leader Henlein pushes for a plebiscite autonomy and a reoriented Czechoslovak policy, while Spanish and Chinese fronts show stalled fighting and May Day protests ripple in world cities.
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Associated Press
Rome
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Austria
Italy
Brenner Pass
France
Britain
Sudeten Fuehrer
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Spain
China
Shantung Province
Mrs Hahn Not Afraid To Die in Death Cell Interview
Mrs Anna Marie Hahn the Cincinnati poison slayer protested innocence in a Columbus death cell interview saying she would not be afraid to die She described her trial in common pleas court as unfair and rejected testimony about poison found in her purse lining while asserting she killed Jacob Wagner a retired gardener to gain a small fortune in a 78 year old victim.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Jacob Wagner
Wagner
Two Men Arrested After DUI In Rockbridge Area
Horace Cole and Dewey Cochran, both 38 to 47, Columbus and Bidwell, were arrested after their car left a ditch on U S Route 33 north of Rockbridge. Drunken driving charges filed. informations to be presented by Prosecutor Hubert Lappen. arraignment set with Judge Phil A Henderson during the Blue and Gray Trail dedication week.
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Rockbridge
Joe Farbearn
Nellis Smith
Horace Cole
Columbus
Dewey Cochran
Bidwell
Hubert Lappen
Phil A. Henderson
Blue And Gray Caravan Starts Northward Today
The Blue and Gray Trail Motorcade begins from Richmond Va and travels through Harrisonburg Elkins and Athens to Logan for a May 5 luncheon. Local officials invite Logan and county residents to join at Pomeroy or Athens for the Columbus stop. Logan delegates and state highway staff will accompany the party en route to Michigan Blossom Festival ends in St Joseph and Benton Harbor.
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Logan
U. S
New Haven
Hartford
W. Va
Pomeroy
Athens
Nelsonville
Dallas Kinser
Masonic Hall
Eastern Star Order
Hocking County
Columbus
Lancaster
Southern
Marysville
Bellefontaine
Wapakoneta
St. Mary's
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
South Bend
Decatur
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Mich
Michigan
Richmond
Phil A. Henderson
Harry H. Wright
W. E
Thomas Asks Kidnap Probe After Jersey City Eviction
Norman Thomas, Socialist Party leader, demands federal probe of his alleged kidnapping by Jersey City police after an unauthorized May Day Eve rally. He plans a return to Hague’s city, awaits replies from Roosevelt and J Edgar Hoover, and weighs legal action against those responsible for his eviction.
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New York
Norman Thomas
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Socialist Party
Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Thomas
Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Hague
Troop 153 Wins Second at Scoutorama Signals Test
Boy Scout Troop 153 of Logan took second place in the signalling competition at the annual Scoutorama in Columbus. About 25 troops from Central Ohio counties competed as nearly 100 Scouts from Logan and Hocking counties joined around 4,000 attendees. Scout master Desmond Braddock led the winning unit.
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Logan
Columbus
Ohio
Hocking County
Desmond Braddock
Roosevelt Pushes House Vote On Wage Hour Legislation
President Roosevelt urged a House vote this session on wage hour reform despite Rules Committee delays. Mrs Norton plans a petition to force floor action if 218 signatures are gathered, but adjournment rush and prior opposition complicate chances. The bill sets a nationwide minimum wage from 25 to 40 cents and a 44 to 40 hour workweek, affecting interstate industries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rules Committee
Nortson
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
Charleston
S. C
Labor Committee
Labor Group Opens War Against Davey
Cleveland crowds estimated at 6000 filled Public Hall as the Labor's Non-Partisan League launched its campaign against Governor Martin L. Davey. Congressman Jerry J. O'Connell urged action against a fascist governor while CIO leader John Owens and NPL president Bernard V. McGroarty spoke, condemning national guard mobilization during last summer's steel strike.
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Cleveland
Labor
Non-Partisan League
Martin L. Davey
Cleveland Public Hall
Jerry J. O’connell
Montana
Ohio
John Owens
CIO
Bernard V. McGroarty
APL
O'Connell
Martin
National Guard
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Ashley
Harry Wiley
Delaware
H.W. Sowers
State Highway Patrol
Sun Glow
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ilduce
Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr
Marguerite Sykes
St. Bartholomew's Church
Mrs. Norton
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