Flood control delays loom for Ohio and Mississippi projects
Washington reports that administration proposals urge postponing flood control works and a 162 million dollar army housing program. House flood control chairman Whittington warns hearings on emergency measures will be delayed indefinitely. Roosevelt asked studies on flood control, power development, and navigation aids before action.
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Washington
Whittington
D-Miss
House Flood Control Committee
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mississippi
Congress
Knudsen Named President of General Motors, Sloan Becomes Chairman
William S. Knudsen II GMC head to lead General Motors with Alfred P. Sloan Jr. shifting to the board chairmanship and broader executive policy and finance powers. A $1 common stock dividend is declared payable June 12 for holders of record May 13, plus a $1.25 quarterly dividend on the $5 preferred stock payable August 2 to holders of record July 6.
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Detroit
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Sloan
New York
London Faces Traffic Tieup Ahead of Coronation
London braced for possible citywide transport paralysis if the 25 000 bus drivers and conductors strike spreads. Some subway and street car workers may join in sympathy, though bus leaders seek a board of inquiry before any wider action. Bus union says motor coaches running on idle routes would worsen spread of the four day stoppage.
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London
Board of Inquiry
Divorce Awarded in Logan For Heine Couple
Judge Phil A. Henderson grants a divorce to Clarence Heine of Logan from Florence Heine on gross neglect grounds. Custody split favors the eldest daughter with Mr. Heine and the youngest with Mrs. Heine. Plaintiff ordered to pay $20 monthly for support of the younger child.
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Phil A. Henderson
Clarence Heine
Logan
Florence Heine
Mr. Heine
Poisoned bake powder hospitalizes four in Judsonia
In Judsonia Arkansas a report states that cults caused four people to be hospitalized after individuals ingested poison labeled as baking powder. Authorities say the incident is linked to a religious sect activity and investigation continues with no confirmed motive or arrests yet.
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Judsonia, Ark
Film Strike Threatens Industry Ties With 11 Unions
Hollywood screen performers planned to delay aligning with 11 striking film lot unions while producers conference. The strike of studio hands grows, risking a halt to the $225 million industry. Above, girl strikers picket Paramount studios.
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Hollywood
Screen Players
Screen Actors’ Guild
Paramount Studios
Violence Flare At Hollywood Studio Picket Lines
Strife broke out as pickets from Federated Motion Picture Crafts and the IATSE faced off before Hollywood studio gates. Camera squads were planned to photograph AFL affiliate members crossing picket lines. Vandals splashed two gallons of creosote on a Westmore makeup salon. Some extras avoided the lines, but major stars proceeded. No action yet on Guild walkout or lines agreement until next Sunday’s conference.
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Hollywood
Thei
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
International Association of Theatrical Stage Employes
Westmore Brothers
Guild
Missing Ohio official feared dead after March disappearance
Mrs Verle R Billingsley said she believes her husband Verle Billingsley an assistant director of athletic ticket sales at Ohio State University is dead after he and two companions Robert Bair and James Shadrach vanished on March 29. Police continued the fruitless search as auditors planned to review accounts.
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Columbus
Verle R. Billingsley
Billingsley
Robert Bair
James Shadrach
Ohio State University
Joseph T. Ferguson
Bair
Shadrach
Charles Greulich
Northside
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Munitions Man Called Slayer In Palestine Case
Reuben Schenzvit, once linked to Sir Basil Zaharoff, was brought to court in Jaffa for a preliminary investigation into the slaying of Jacob Zwanger, former Soviet official, amid reports of an arms smuggling ring, a secret radio station, and spy activities. British intelligence ties Zwanger’s death to silencing him over large scale arms shipments to Palestine for the Haganah.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Reuben Schenzvit
Basil Zaharoff
Europe
Schenzvit
Jacob Zwanger
Harbors
Rotary district convention report given to local club
Secretary Harley Meyer and President Josef Brashares presented a review of the recent Rotary district convention at Columbus. Both men were Logan delegates. Guests included Clarence Heine and Charles Pratt. Next week’s program features entertainment by Ohio University students.
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Rotary
Columbus
Harley Meyer
Josef Brashares
Logan
Clarence Heine
Charles Pratt
Ohio University
Basques Fight to Save Bilbao as Evacuations Planned
Basque defenders in Bilboa fought a last-ditch stand to save the city and enable evacuation of thousands of women and children. Spanish dispatches report Mola’s troops pressing into the mountains north of Bilbao with artillery commanding the Nervion River while Basques claim government forces hold west of Bermeo. The Basque government claims 3,000 Italian troops were killed during an assault cut from Bermeo.
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ST. Jean DE Luz
France
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Bay of Biscay
Bermeo
Bernieo
Hitler madman said by Rabbi Wise in Kansas City
Rabbi Stephen S Wise called Adolf Hitler a madman who seeks to destroy civilization in a Kansas City address opening the Jewish Welfare Federation campaign He warned that Jews were the first victims and cautioned that Catholics may be next after Hitlers speech last Saturday in an era of rising anti Semitic peril.
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Kansas City
Stephen S. Wise
Adolf Hitler
Jewish Welfare Federation
New Yorker
Hitler
Vinton Man Killed In Dark Fall Near Marion Ohio
Howard Lambert age 28 of near Vinton was killed when he fell from T and O C railroad tracks onto Harding Highway below an overhead crossing, about 14 miles east of Marion at 1 AM. Birthel Jeffries, 30, also of near Vinton, said both were walking toward Toledo to seek work and Lambert lost footing in darkness. Coroner Dr. M F Axthelm opened an inquiry.
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Marion
Howard Lambert
Vinton
Birthel Jeffries
Lambert
Toledo
M. F. Axthelm
Republic Steel Chairman Eyes Labor Demands
Tom M. Girdler, chairman of Republic Steel, returns to study demands for talks to negotiate a written contract with the nation s second largest independent producer. SWOC’s Damich claims 85 percent of workers at four Republic plants are union members and vows not to back down. In Pittsburgh, independent mills face strikes unless they accept United States Steel and John L. Lewis as their union spokesman amid talks with Jones and Laughlin.
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Cleveland
Tom M. Girdler
The
Republic Steel Corp
New York
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pittsburgh
Republic
B. J. Damich
SWOC
United State Steel
John L. Lewis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Registration of Guns Suggested by Attorney General
Attorney General Cummings urged Congress to require all rifle shotgun revolver or pistol owners to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Registration would be free with a $1 tax on each firearm sold. He said criminal use of guns is a top law enforcement issue and current acts are too limited.
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Washington
Cummings
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The
Revenue Bureau
Speaker Bankhead
Jacob Hines seeks Baptist baptism in jail before execution
In Cincinnati on May 4 AP reports condemned killer Charles E. Hediny Hines age 25 awaiting electric chair. He requests a Baptist baptism by immersion in jail tub as part of his formal religious reception before his execution.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Charles E
Teddy” Hines
Edith Caudill Hirl
Hines
Suspect Admits Slaying Waitress in New York
Police say they secured a signed confession from Leonidas Hamilikas, 31, of 947 Forrest Avenue, Bronx, in the April 22 murder of Irene Wadas, a Columbia residence club waitress. He alleges he waylaid her and stabbed her in the abdomen with a nine inch knife.
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New York
Irene Wadas
Columbia Residence Club
Leonidas Hamilikas
Forrest Avenue
The
Bronx
Hamilikas
Miss Wadas
Tew Steps Aside as President of B. F. Goodrich Co
James D. Tew resigns at age 55 from the presidency of B. F. Goodrich Co after 31 years with the firm, which he joined for 16 cents an hour. The announcement notes his remark that an executive burns up about two years of his life each year.
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Akron
James D. Tew
B. F. Goodrich Co
NO COMEDY THIS HOTEL STRIKE OLIVER HARDY WALKOUT
Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy is shown in a Central Press Soundphoto frowning as hotel employees strike. He was forced to carry his own luggage up several flights in San Francisco when workers at 16 leading hotels walked off the job.
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Oliver Hardy
Central Press
San Francisco
Pulitzer Prize Headlines Gone With The Wind Wins
New York AP report details Margaret Mitchell winning the Pulitzer for Gone With The Wind with modest reaction “I’m astounded” and “I’m overwhelmed” while noting the $1000 prize and the book’s immense sales and upcoming film. It also lists other prizes including You Can’t Take It With You play honors and various editorial and literary recognitions.
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New York
Margaret Mitchell
Atlanta
Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis
Anne O'Hare McCormick
New York Times
Boy Testifies on Harlan Fight Shootout
A 12 year old boy, Markham Clouse, testified before the La Follette committee that he saw Harlan County deputy sheriffs shoot from a cliff into a car of United Mine Workers organizers on February 8. He described bullets splattering near his feet while he was collecting scrap iron along a mountain stream. Earlier witnesses said union organizer Thomas Ferguson was badly wounded in the shoulder by a rifle slug.
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Washington
Senate
Harlan County
United Mine Workers
Markham Clouse
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Thomas Ferguson
FDR Sails From Port Aransas to Port Isabel
President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac sails from Port Aransas escorted by De catur and Moffett for Port Isabel. The presidential party plans to return to Port Aransas within two days.
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Corpus Christi
I'ex
Potomac
Decatur
Moffett
Port Aransas
Port Isabel
Roosevelt
Edward Duke of Windsor Reunites With Wallis Simpson
In Monts France on May 4 AP reports Edward Duke of Windsor reunited with Wallis Warfield Simpson at Castle De Cande after five months of isolation. The former king arrived from St Wolfgang Austria by train and car to a warm welcome, embracing Simpson inside the mossy chateau as guards paced the grounds and a small house party awaited luncheon.
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Austria
France
Wallis Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
Verneuil
Wallis
Tours
Tractor overturns kill farmer near Basil farm
John Sherman, 41, was killed when his tractor overturned and pinned him beneath it on his Basil area farm seven miles north of Basil, Lancaster County, on May 3, according to AP reporting from Lancaster Ohio. The accident occurred late yesterday on the farm.
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Lancaster
John Sherman
Basil
Departmental Leader Opens Second Parley on Labor Mediation
Secretary Perkins urged expansion of state labor mediation to settle disputes and avert strikes during collective bargaining. She cited cooperation among state and federal conciliators, labor, and management, and noted the Wagner Act as law. Governors Murphy and Habeasman proposed mediation boards, drawing opposition from UAW president Homer Martin. Perkins invited twenty plus labor and business leaders including the U S Chamber of Commerce koordinators.
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Washington
Perkins
Law of the Land
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Herbert Habehmah
New York
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Miss Perkins
United States Chamber of Commerce
Earl Returns to Louisville for Derby Weekend
In Louisville on May 4 AP reports Earl Sande, famed from Idaho, visiting Churchill Downs after five years. He no longer rides in the Derby but backs two horses Sceneshifter and Fencing in the $50,000 purse race, calling them having outside chances as they breeze toward late Saturday’s event.
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Louisville
Earl
Great Sande
Churchill Downs
Sande
Gas Co seeks city rate hike in Cleveland action
East Ohio Gas Co. asked a federal court to order rate increases in Cleveland and to issue an injunction stopping the city from maintaining existing rates. The company seeks a city gas rate set at 65.3 cents per thousand cubic feet.
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Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
Boston Surgeon Starts Round the World Flight from Newark
Dr Reginald D Margeson a Boston surgeon left Newark airport at 822 am for Cleveland on the first leg of a round the world flight by scheduled airlines He hopes to be back in the United States in 19 days
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Newark
N. Y
Reginald D. Margeson
Boston
Cleveland
United States
Car Strike Postponed In Lorain For 24 Hours
A planned strike by streetcar and bus operators to press wage increases was postponed for 24 hours at the request of Lorain Street Railway Co and its receiver. The move delays a disruption that would have begun at 6 AM today.
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Lorain
Lorain Street Railway Co
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Miss Mitchell
John W. Owens
Baltimore Sun
John J. O'Neill
New York Herald-Tribune
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Howard W. Blakeslee
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David Dietz
Scrippt-Howard
Harvard University
C. D. Batchelor
New York Daily News
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Harlan
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