Rancher Reports Plane Wreckage Believed To Have All Aboard
A Mint Canyon rancher said he sighted a burned Lockheed 14 wreck in the Sierra Pelona area, with nine aboard believed dead after a two day search hindered by fog. The observer counted seven bodies inside. two children were not seen. The aircraft had departed Burbank en route to Las Vegas on a short route for delivery to St Paul.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Mint Canyon
Walter Peterson
Saugus
Sierra Pelona
Peterson
Northwest Airlines
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Las Vegas
Nev
St. Paul
Minn
Sid Wiley
Lockheed
Mojave Desert
Two Women Identified In Wrecked Plane Missing Flight
Photo shows Mrs Carl Squier of North Hollywood and Lola Tottey of Burbank among the four women aboard the new transport plane that vanished soon after leaving Burbank for St Paul. The craft also carried two children and three men, all airline officials, with two other women unnamed.
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Burbank
Cal
St. Paul
Death claims Ray Goodlive at oil station on Walnut
Raymond Goodlive 59 died at his oil station on South Walnut Street after a pulmonary hemorrhage from a chronic heart condition. He collapsed while servicing a car for C D Fout and died before Dr George Roberts arrived. Survived by wife Dora and two sisters Mrs Poling and Mrs Sheets. funeral plans pending with Leonard Funeral Home.
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South Walnut Street
Raymond Goodlive
North Mulberry Street
B. Whitehart
George Roberts
Goodlive
C. D. Fout
West Logan
Fout
Leonard
Dora
Robert Poling
Junction City
Frank Sheets
Logan
Health Board Meeting Postponed to May 26
The city health board meeting scheduled for last night was postponed to Thursday May 26 after several members failed to attend. Minutes will reflect the attendance gaps and rescheduled date.
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City Health Board
Start of TVA Probe Depends on Single Vote
The joint congressional committee to probe the Tennessee Valley Authority moved to open hearings by summoning TVA directors and former chair A B Morgan. A single Republican vote was needed to avoid a deadlock and start testimony from Harcourt Morgan and David Lilienthal, while TVA officials pressed ahead with private utility property acquisitions in the mid south.
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Joint Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Washington
Donahey
Ohio
Wolverton
New Jersey
Harcourt Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Mid-South
Burton Urges Speed in Ohio Relief Study
Cleveland May 18 AP Mayor Harold H Burton urged speed as a state House committee opened an investigation of the citys relief crisis. Demonstrators swarmed Cleveland City Hall while Burton pressed legislators to pass needed relief legislation before the June 1 special session in Columbus.
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Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
State House of Representatives
Council Chamber
Columbus
Burton
New Commissioner To Be Aristocrat On County Board
The Hocking County board will see a new member who earns the top salary under an April 1937 Ohio law. The elected official replacing W. E. Evans will receive at least 1,200 dollars yearly, while current members Frank St. Clair and John M. Conkle keep 900. Salaries follow a population scale from 60 dollars per thousand to 5 dollars per thousand for populations over 90,000.
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Hocking County
Ohio
W. E. Evans
Frank St. Clair
John M. Conkle
Cummings Orders Probe in Jersey City
Attorney General Cummings announced a thorough investigation into the general situation in Jersey City after complaints that free speech had been denied. The inquiry follows requests from many individuals who sent complaints to the White House and the Justice Department.
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Washington
Cummings
Jersey City
White House
Justice Department
Guffey and Jones Cast Their Primary Ballots in PA
In suburban Pittsburgh, Charles Alvin Jones, a Pittsburgh lawyer running for governor with Gov. Earle for senator, votes at their Sewickley home booth with his wife, while Senator Joseph Guffey votes in Pittsburgh's East End backing Kennedy. Postmaster General Farley, national Democratic chairman, supported Kennedy for governor but urged nominating Earle for senator. The campaign was intensely bitter.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Charles Alvin Jones
George Earle
Sewickley
Joseph
Guffey
Thomas Kennedy
East End
Farley
Democratic
Kennedy
Earle
Dual Jobs Hit In New Ohio Graft Report
Columbus Ohio May 18 AP dual job holding state employees were criticized in the third partial report of the Senate graft hunting committee. The report highlights Mrs Myrna Smith Gov Martin L Daveys secretary earning 6500 annually and lists dual salaries for her husband Barton Smith 333 monthly from Industrial Relations, her brother in law Harry Cole 300 monthly as chief clerk in two divisions, and Willard Archer of Belle Valley 12298 in 22 months as a liquor department inspector and operator of a liquor agency.
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Columbus
Senate
Myrna Smith
Martin L. Davey
Sawmiller Martin Crosby Dies at Logan Hospital
Martin Crosby about 60 died at 7 A M today after a week of treatment. A sawmiller and lumber dealer from Mound Crossing he is survived by his widow three sons and two daughters. The body was taken to Kingston for preparation.
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Cherrington
Martin Crosby
Mound Crossing
Crosby
Kingston
Nichols Sawyer Named Gubernatorial Campaign Chairman
Hugh L. Nichols former Ohio chief justice was named general chairman of the gubernatorial nomination campaign for Charles Sawyer a Cincinnati Democrat. The appointment was announced in Columbus on May 18 AP reports.
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Columbus, O
Hugh L. Nichols
Ohio
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Solons Back Cooperation Plan For Public Utilities
A public utilities cooperation plan dominates debate as Senator Gadsden promotes a government backed private power push to create thousands of jobs. He urges funding under the relief and Public Works bill while critics seek limits to protect private capital and avoid hamstringing utility construction.
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Washington
Senate
Philip H. Gadsden
Committee of Utility Executives
Gadsden
Senate Appropriations
PWA
33 Bodies Found In Hotel Ruins
Atlanta May 18 Firemen and laborers neared the end of their gruesome search for bodies in the burned Terminal Hotel ruins. The tally stood at 33 with seven recovered yesterday and three Monday morning victims still unidentified. Mayor Hartsfield ordered more workers to clear debris by nightfall.
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Terminal Hotel
William B. Hartsfield
Women Voters League Opposes One House Plan In Ohio
The Ohio League of Women Voters adopted a resolution against a unicameral legislature and backed a constitutional amendment on judge selection. During the biennial council, Mrs. B C Goss of Cleveland resigned as second vice president. Mrs. Frederick Grover moved to second vice president and Mrs. James Hoffman of Cleveland was named to succeed her. A permanent council committee was formed with Mrs. Leigh Alexander, Mrs. Robert Horning, Mrs. Lucia Johnson Bing, Mrs. Herbert Schroth, and Mrs. Loy Hoyt as members.
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Canton
Ohio League of Women Voters
B. C. Goss
Cleveland
Frederick Grover
Oberlin
James Hoffman
Grover
Leigh Alexander
Robert Horning
Lucia Johnson Bing
Athens
Herbert Schroth
Cincinnati
Loy Hoyt
Chillicothe
Call Witnesses In Trailer Case
Hillsboro May 18 AP. A list of 35 witnesses testified for the state in the first degree murder trial of Demery Mullikin 32 accused of beating his wife Margaret 31 to death in their trailer. Defense attorney Harley S Pulse said Mullikin and his wife quarreled the night of her death April 5 but denied he beat her. He said Mullikin forced her to quit her job as bookkeeper for an ice and coal firm over alleged ties to another employee. Coroner W M Hoyt and Dr W H Willson testified autopsy showed abdominal injury as the cause. Hoyt could not determine how inflicted.
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Hillsboro
Demery Mullikin
Harley S. Pulse
Mullikin
Margaret
Ice and Coal
W. M. Hoyt
W. H. Willson
Greenfield
Chicago relief outlets closed amid aid funding shortfall
In Chicago on May 18, police guarded relief stations after 23 aid outlets serving 93,000 families were shut for lack of funds. Demonstrators picketed and occupied three stations, as 1,500 of the relief administration's 1,900 employees were laid off temporarily. State officials prepared for a special legislative session to address the relief crisis.
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Chicago
Chicago Relief Administration
Japs Besiege Rail Junction at Suchow in China
The Japanese siege of Suchow today showed a widening crisis as Franco Italian friction grew, insurgent gains in the Spanish civil war appeared, and Polish Lithuanian tensions resurfaced. Artillery hit Suchow walls, opening a breach for Japanese infantry to storm the central China rail hub as Chinese defenders reportedly retreated. In Rome Franco Italian talks faced stiff hurdles with Mussolini pressing France to recognize Franco as ruler of Spain and to grant Italy parity in Tunisia.
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Associated Press
Suchow
Poland
Lithuania
Central
China
Rome
Mussolini
France
Francisco Franco
Spain
Italy
Tunisia
Fireman’s Son Triggers Alarm Box Prank Cincy
Fireman William Kemper and his crew investigated an alarm from Kemper’s home in Cincinnati. Five year old Earl Kemper admitted a companion helped him reach the box to see the engines, causing the false alarm.
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Cincinnati
William Kemper
Kemper
Earl
Pennsylvania primary reshapes state politics in 1940 era
Returns show Democratic slate ahead with Earle, Wilson leading for U S Senate and governor while Republican incumbent Pinchot loses bid for a third term. Davis on GOP ticket leads for Senate as Margiotti and Kennedy trail. Farley’s intervention claimed as factor in the factional split.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Democratic State Committee
Lewis
Joseph F. Guffey
CIO
Thomas Kennedy
S. Davis Wilson
U. S. Senate
James A. Farley
George H. Earle
Farley
Guffey
New Deal
Wilson
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Earle
Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Parley
Gifford Pinchot
James J
Puddler Jim) Davis
Charles J. Margiotti
Lone Wolf
Eddie McCloskey
Johnstown
U. S
Jones
Margiotti
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Lola Tottey
Ray Goodlive
Dangers
Committee of Solons
PROBE
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Joseph Guffey
NEW Report
Davey
Sawmiller
Logan Hospital
Hugh L. Nichols Sawyer
Solons
Daily News
George Carr
Dessie Hanna
Atlanta
Women Voters’ League
GUARD
Japs Besiege
Keystone
Davis
Owlett
James
Pinchot
Alfred &. Smithbacker
Roosevelt
Austria
American Federation of Labor
Arch Cio
Roosevelt Cnt
Vania
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