Blue and Gray Trail motorcade hosts Logan luncheon
Nearly 200 attended a noon luncheon at the Masonic Hall in Logan for the Blue and Gray Trail motorcade. The event featured Queens Virginia Compton and Dorothy McBride, with speeches by Dr. Walter Compton and others. Afterward, the party planned receptions in Worthington and a banquet in Columbus.
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Logan
Masonic Hall
Logan High School
Worthington Fark
Lancaster
Columbus
Queens
Virginia Compton
Dorothy McBride
Michigan
Audrey Long
Virginia
Arline Thompson
Grand Rapids
Winifred Lerch
Benton Harbor
Donna Pitcher
St. Joseph
Dallas Kinser
Walter Brehm
Walter Compton
Compton
Barton A. Hall
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Blue and Gray Trail Association
John Cox
St. Joseph, Mich
Chamber of Commerce
Mystery Murder in Tampa Widow and two daughters slain
Police hunted for Paul Bunge in a Tampa Florida apartment after the death of his wife and two young daughters. A guard was hurt while shielding another daughter, Ingeborg Bunge, 21, who fled in fear. The mother was found with a slashed throat and the two children had fatal injuries.
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Paul Bunge
Tampa
Fla
Ingeborg Bunge
Pittsburgh
Mother Accuses Son In Unsolved Murders Case
In WALLA WALLA Washington a 13 year old mother accused her son Earl DeCasto Mayer of four unsolved killings. Investigators say she described Bassett's Seattle murder ten years ago and hinted at Montana and Idaho victims. Both are jailed for grand larceny amid Bassett case questions.
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Walla Walla
Wash
John Schermer
King County
Mary Eleanor Smith
Earl DeCasto Mayer
James Eugene Bassett
Seattle
Schermer
Idaho
Rubber Workers Reject Wage Cut in Akron
Akro n Ohio May 5 AP B F Goodrich executives weigh the United Rubber Workers 10 to 1 rejection of a wage cut as an alternative to decentralizing Akron production. The firm warns that without roughly a 12.3 percent cut, about 5,000 Akron jobs could move elsewhere. The company normally employs about 9,300 in Akron.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
United Rubber Workers
Goodrich
CIO
Invalidation Of Oglin Act Kills Refund Hopes
Ohio Supreme Court invalidates the Ogrin Act, ruling it unconstitutional and retroactive. The decision ends potential refunds for property owners who paid delinquent tax penalties since June 20, 1930, with authorities estimating millions in affected amounts, notably in Cuyahoga and Franklin counties.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio Supreme Court
High Court
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Robert N. Gorman
Cincinnati
Joseph A. Ogrin
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County
Franklin County
Supreme Court
Ohio
Chinese Trap Invaders Near Strategic Town
Chinese forces claim capture of Matonchen a walled town four miles northwest of Tancheng as they report rapid progress erasing the second major Japanese offensive in south Shantung. Tancheng encircled but battles shift to Taierhchwang while Gen. Miao Chen-lieu’s 57th army drives Japanese back toward Antungwei on the Yellow Sea easing Haichow threat.
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Shanghai
Matonchen
Tancheng
Shantung Province
Sunchai
Taierhchwang
Miao Chen-lieu
57Th
Antungwei
Yellow Sea
Haichow
Hammer Case Closed Today in Logan Slayings
The hammer slayings of Mrs. Lida Priest and Mrs. Ella Brewer are ruled a closed case after the body of Arthur McKibben was found three blocks from his home. McKibben killed himself with a 38 caliber revolver after murdering his mother-in-law. motive remains undisclosed. Brewer remains in critical condition at Mercy Hospital.
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Lida Priest
Ella Brewer
Logan
Arthur McKibben
McKibben
E. E. Smith
Jasper Toth
Ohio Wax Paper Co
Girl 8 Killed as Home Burns in Franklin Ohio
Middletown Ohio May 5 AP an eight year old girl died in a house fire that destroyed the home of George Smith in nearby Franklin three other children were rescued one severely burned George Smith Jr ten was in critical condition and doctors doubted recovery.
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Middletown
George Smith
Franklin
Elsie Smith
Smith
State utilities commission rejects freight rate schedules
Columbus Ohio May 5 The state utilities commission today rejected schedules of increased freight rates for intrastate transportation filed by Ohio railroads because the proposed increases did not conform with an earlier commission order. The ruling followed an April 14 decision that raised rates for all freight except twenty items.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Railroads
Derby Choice May Not Run
Louisville news that Stagehand, the favorite trained by Earl Sande, has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby prep race. The three year old, winner of the Santa Anita Handicap, developed a high temperature and sore throat after a Tuesday trial, finishing third to The Chief and Lawrin. Maxwell Howard stated the runner has only a faint chance to start.
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Louisville
Maxwell Howard
Dayton
Ohio
Earl Sande
the Chief
Lawrin
Sande
Election Workers Appear In Court in Kansas City
Federal Judge Merrill Fe. Otis counted 187 convictions and pleas of no defense in a Kansas City vote fraud purge. He declared that no power in America can thwart justice. Ninety five indicted election workers, Democrats and Republicans, appeared after he invited them to plead guilty or no defense to speed up trials from the November 1936 frauds.
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Kansas City
Merrill FE
Otis
America
Investigation Stifles Campaign Collections in Ohio
In Columbus on May 5 AP reports campaign fund collections from state workers are at a standstill as a Hamilton County grand jury probes charges that classified staff were solicited. Atty. Gen. Duffy expects the inquiry to last about a month and weighs extending to other counties. The Franklin County grand jury questioned 15 witnesses, mostly gasoline tax division workers, as officials seek names of additional admin aides designated as collectors. Francis Durbin accused Charles Sawyer of a sudden attitude shift, while Sawyer plans a radio broadcast Friday and Governor Davey notes it is common for state employees to contribute to campaigns and denies civil service violations.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Franklin County
Will P. Stephenson
Francis Durbin
Lima
Allen County
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Wage Hour Bill Petition Drive Seeks House Floor Debat
House sponsors of wage hour legislation report about 200 pledges to support a petition for floor debate. They aim to add 18 more signatures to reach a majority and override the Rules Committee. If 218 signatures are gathered, debate could begin May 23 on the revised bill.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Douglas Flays NLRB Ruling In Sit-Down Case
Washington May 5 AP The NLRB faces another clash as Douglas Aircraft fights an order to reinstate 27 sit-down strikers with a year’s back pay. CEO Donald W. Douglas blasted the ruling, saying the board ignored evidence of plant seizure damage and threats to government property.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Douglas Aircraft Company
Ford Motor Company
Inland Steel
Republic Steel
Donald W. Douglas
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
AFL Proposes Early Accord With Labor Peace Pact
Overtures by the American Federation of Labor for a business labor peace pact received informal approval from many delegates at the United States Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. The AFL urged employers and unions to discard warfare tactics and seek private industry job creation as the remedy for idleness. The AFL emphasized private ownership and initiative while protecting property rights, signaling conciliatory aims amid criticism of the NLRB and CIO.
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American Federation of Labor
United States Chamber of Commerce
Federation
AFL
Chamber
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
CIO
Police Hold 3 In Handyman's Death
In La Plata Maryland AP report three suspects including an attorney his wife and a writer are jailed without bail awaiting grand jury action on charges they beat 65 year old handyman Charles Ate to death at his Potomac River estate. The trio allegedly struck after an insulting remark about Mrs Wampler.
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LA Plata
T. Morris Wampler
Washington
Wyvil L. Haslam Wampler
Alan Buck
Walter H. Gray
Gray
Charles Ate
Wampler
Potomac River
Russell T. Howard
Buck
Daladier Takes Drastic Steps In New Crisis
Paris reports the franc was stabilized at 35.80 to the dollar and 179 to the pound in a de facto move. The government ordered price surveillance to curb profiteering as prefectures census prices for police monitoring.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Ministry of Interior
Hautemps
Europe
France
Toledo Fights $125,000 Blaze
A four alarm fire swept two four story downtown buildings in Toledo causing an estimated loss of 125000. Fire Chief Fred Schlorf reported the blaze was driven by a 4 high south wind and threatened the block while embers reached the nearby Lower Town residential area.
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Toledo
Fred Schlorf
Lower Town
Akron man files for Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor
Columbus May 5 AP The first official petitions for candidacy in the August 9 primary were filed for Harry J Halper of Akron seeking the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. His petitions bore 1023 signatures and he serves on the state housing board.
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Columbus
Harry J. Halper
Akron
State Housing Board
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Logan High Band
Harry H. Wright
Phil A. Henderson
J. B. Turner
Harrisonburg
B. D. Newman
Hocking County
Richmond
Ernest Schaal
Ford Hack
Boyd Wright
W. E. Evans
Virginia Smith
Margee Tschappat
Ethel Leadbetter
Helen St. Clair
Juanita Wolfe
Helen Walsh
Women's Relief Corps
The
Eastern Star Order
Kalamazoo
Mich
Arline Thomson
McBride
Lella Bradley
Battle Creek
Derby Choice
Douglas Flays
NLRB
A.F.L
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Handyman
Daladier
Blaze
Halper
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