Valencia Bombardment Kills Hundreds Aboard Caproni Raid
Five Italian Caproni bombers struck Valencia before dawn, killing an estimated 200 people. The American Consul Milton Wells and several Americans survived unhurt as critical targets including the embassy building, Guay Consulate, and English ships were damaged or destroyed. At least 50 buildings wrecked, clock stopped at 2:45 A.M., many wounded or missing.
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Milton K Wells
Norman Thomas
United States
Paraguay
Carlos Dupuy
Mills Loses Bid to Block Sedar Trial in Ohio
In Columbus on May 28 AP reported attorney Richard Mills of Cleveland failed to stop the murder trial of Frank Sedar, charged with killing a Boys Industrial School guard during an escape attempt. The Ohio Supreme Court refused the writ of prohibition, ruling no grounds to halt the Fairfield County proceeding. The appellate court had previously denied relief. Sedar and another inmate face charges in the guard slaying.
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Columbus
Richard Mills
Cleveland
Frank Sedar
State Supreme Court
Mills
Sedar
Fairfield County
Cuyahoga County
Lose Fight For Wally's Title
London May 28 AP Friends of the Duke of Windsor said Edward telephoned that he had lost his fight to obtain for Wallis Warfield the title Her Royal Highness A royal announcement affecting the titles the duke and his future wife will bear was expected to follow in letters patent recording the grant of dignity or privilege to the patentee
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London
Eng
Duke of Windsor
Edward
Wallis Warfield
Ford links Rouge riot to UAWA effort to destabilize Ford
Ford Motor Company said the riot at the Rouge plant gates was staged to cover up the UAW inability to organize Ford workers. The company cited unidentified newspapers and the union as driving a dramatic “Ford strike story” for six months. Union leaders denied direct involvement and accused Henry Ford of fascism and mob tactics.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Workers
Ford
Henry Ford
Homer Martin
Young killers convicted in hatchet slaying case
Jersey City May 28 AP A second degree murder verdict was returned for Gladys MacKnight 17 and her 19 year old boyfriend Donald Wightman in the hatchet murder of her mother. The maximum penalty is 30 years and sentencing is set for next Thursday Judge Meanty will decide prison time. The pair had shown a brief, tense reconciliation after the verdict as they awaited sentence.
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Jersey City
N. J
Glarys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Hudson County Court
Thomas F. Meanty
Donald
Gladys
Parkie Denny Faces Fourth Trial For Wife's Mutilation Murder
Richmond Kentucky May 28 AP Parkie Denny formerly of West Alexandria Ohio stands trial for a fourth time in the mutilation murder of his wife Ethel. A Clark County jury convicted him yesterday but could not agree on punishment and was discharged.
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Richmond
Parkie Denny
West Alexandria
Ethel
Clark County
Industrialist Dies in Cincinnati at 79
Fenton Lawson, 79, president of the F H Lawson Co. metal products firm and a pioneer Cincinnati family member, died after a year of illness. An original proponent of the city charter form of government, Lawson's death marks the end of a notable era in local industry and civic life.
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Cincinnati
Fenton Lawson
F. H. Lawson Co
Picket lines tighten around Great Lakes steel plants
Associated Press report from Youngstown Ohio May 28 notes John L. Lewis and his militant unit expanding pickets across the Great Lakes region. About 70,000 idle workers include 47,000 in Ohio and 23,000 in Chicago Calumet. Major plants at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Inland Steel and Republic Steel faced renewed strikes as unions press for contracts.
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Youngstown
John L. Lewis
Great Lakes
Ohio
Chicago
Calumet
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Inland Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Husky
Republic
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Buffalo
N. Y
Lewis’ Steel Chieftains
Senator King rails against wage and hour bill
Senator King of Utah condemned a new wage and hour bill as worse than the NRA saying it infringes on states’ rights and would cede absolute power to a federal bureau to set wages and hours. He compared it to Mussolini’s plan to unify labor under one head while many senators awaited bill details and a 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum wage were debated.
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Washington
Senator King
Utah
NRA
Italy
Mussolini
Senaators
Uee
Mrs Frank Snyder enters Cherrington Hospital for treatment
Mrs Frank Snyder of Murray City checked into Cherrington Hospital yesterday for medical treatment.
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Frank Snyder
Murray City
Cherrington Hospital
Duke Edward and Wallis Warfield plan US visit
In Monts France an associate says Edward and Wallis Warfield plan a second honeymoon including a brief United States stop as part of a world trip. They are set to marry June 3 at Chateau de Cande and may travel to the US in October or November before continuing to Austria. A world cruise remains possible but not in the immediate future.
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United States
Edward
America
Europe
Chateau de Cande
Castle Wasserleonburg
Austria
Herman L. Rogers
Windsor
Pageant Of Pulchritude entrants at Logan Theatre
Entrants in the Merchants' Beauty Parade at Chakeres Logan Theatre are pictured. Front row includes Grace Clark Mary Smith Juanita Wolfe Jean Webb Margee Tschappat Virginia Smith Betty Hall Martha Eberst Mary Irwin Dorothy Price Maxine Stilwell Vera Mullen Ann Bowen. Second row lists Eunice Harbarger Doris Mullen Helena Walsh Dorothea Marks Martha Walsh Elizabeth Smith Dorothy Ritter Florence Schrader Grace Cole Mary Cline Virginia Canter Elizabeth McGonagle Phyllis Nixon Ruth Walker Florence Helber. Third row features Geneva Snyder Euteva Snyder Sue Rochester Carlotta Ambrose Jane White Thalia Brannigan Helen Slattery Dolores Lee Roberta Westbrook Dorothy Ellis Lola Belle Hockman Jean Edwards Ruth Frazee Elizabeth Brooker Ethel Leadbetter.
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Chakeres Logan Theatre
Grace Clark
Mary Smith
Juanita Wolfe
Jean Webb
Margee Tschappat
Virginia Smith
Betty Hall
Martha Eberst
Mary Irwin
Dorothy Price
Maxine Stilwell
Vera Mullen
Ann Bowen
Eunice Harbarger
Doris Mullen
Helena Walsh
Dorothea Marks
Martha Walsh
Elizabeth Smith
Dorothy Ritter
Florence Schrader
Grace Cole
Mary Cline
Virginia Canter
Elizabeth McGonagle
Phyllis Nixon
Ruth Walker
Florence Helber
Geneva Snyder
Euteva Snyder
Sue Rochester
Carlotta Ambrose
Jane White
Thalia Brannigan
Helen Slattery
Dolores Lee
Roberta Westbrook
Dorothy Ellis
Lola Belle Hockman
Jean Edwards
Ruth Frazee
Elizabeth Brooker
Ethel Leadbetter
Presbyterians Recover $1.6 Million in Property Dispute
A special committee told the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A that it had recovered about 1 600 000 dollars worth of property from the Presbyterian Church of America. The assets were taken by former members when they formed the new church a year earlier. The church awaits a Pennsylvania court ruling on the use of the name Presbyterian Church of America. Dr William Hiram Foulkes of Newark N J was elected moderator on the first ballot.
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Columbus
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church of America
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt vows tax reform to curb income tax evasion
President Roosevelt stated he would seek legislation to curb both evasion and avoidance of income taxes by a small group of wealthy individuals, claiming the issue runs into millions. The May 28 AP report from Washington notes the proposal as part of his fiscal agenda.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AFL Drops Craft Union Lines In Fight Over Lewis
The American Federation of Labor dropped strict craft lines today in its fight against John L. Lewis committee for industrial organization. Federation leaders still believe workers should join unions by craft rather than industry, but informal ruling allows broader membership growth.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Claude Hart Remains in Serious Condition After Strokes
Claude Hart, manager of the Lau relville Grain and Milling Co., remains in a serious condition at his Salt Creek Township home after suffering three paralytic strokes.
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Claude Hart
Laurelville Grain and Milling Co
Salt Creek Township
Hart
Miss Logan Virginia Smith Crowned At Logan Beauty Contest
Virginia Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs George Smith 260 W Hunter Sr won the Miss Logan title at a Logan merchants beauty contest held at the Logan Theatre last night An out of town jury awarded honors and Miss Smith will represent Logan in a state contest later this summer Miss Margee Tschappat and Miss Betty Holl Luckoff were named runners up with maid honors Below are the listed addresses and sponsor notes.
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Virginia Smith
George Smith
W. Hunter Sr
Trooper Dies After Brady Gang Ambush in Indiana
Indiana state police hunt Brady gang after trooper Paul Minneman dies from 23 gunshot wounds in Logansport while Elmer Craig survives gunfire. The raid follows a $2,500 bank robbery in Goodland. The trio Brady Dolhover Shaffer are linked to additional killings including a Piqua grocery clerk and an Indianapolis sergeant.
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Minneman
Logansport
Brady
Elmer Craig
James Dolhover
Clarence Lee Shaffer
Indianapolis
Craig
Goodland
Ind
Examiner Praises Auditor's Office in County Audit Findings
State Examiner C E Tilton released a survey of Hocking County offices from 1934 to 1936 with two minor recovery findings against I W Risch for 20 dollars and A M Bierly for 13 87 dollars. The report notes full repayment of 18 170 53 dollars from the First National Bank failure deposit and high praise for County Auditor W S Yaw.
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C. E. Tilton
Hocking
I. W. Risch
A. M. Bierly
I. V. Risch
Hubert Lappen
W. S. Yaw
Tilton
First Rempel National Bank
Banker George Baker Safe After Floating Hospital Reach Yacht
In mid-Pacific May 28 AP reported George F. Baker one of world’s wealthiest men was out of immediate danger as a floating medical ship reached his yacht Tane, the New York banker.
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TANEY
Mid-Pacific
George F. Baker
New York Banker
Mud slide disaster buries Mexican mining town
May 28 AP dispatch reports hundreds dead as a 3,000,000 ton flood of rock and silt from a mountain dam collapse buried Tlalpujahua and nearby El Oro. Rescue teams toil amid rock and debris to reach more than 100 confirmed dead, with toll possibly rising to 500 as cleanup continues. The tailings pond from the Dos Estrellas mining operation caused the tragedy.
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Mexico City
Ben
Tlalpujahua
Tlalpujahuila Sierra
Michoacan
el Oro
Dos Estrellas Mining Company
Dionnes Observe Third Birthday in Callander
Mr and Mrs Olivia Dionne celebrated the third birthday of their five famous daughters in Callander Ontario noting a routine day with oatmeal spinach baths and play except for a half hour deviation in their supper time.
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Callander
Ont
Olivia Dionne
Actor's Father Dies in Los Angeles
Hirm J. Gibson aged 73, father of film cowboy Hoot Gibson, died last night in Los Angeles. The deceased, a longtime resident, leaves a widow and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Los Angeles
Hirm J. Gibson
Hoot Gibson
Repairs Under Way At Hocking Valley Golf Course
Cooperation of 8 W Wright present owner leads to partial repairs at Hocking Valley Golf Course for play this Sunday. Wilbur Lanning says Wright oversees mowing greens and fairways as membership drive for the proposed Hocking Valley Country Club advances. A six member committee will explain plans and describe the proposed club house while 100 member goal nets in under two days.
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8. W. Wright
Hocking Valley Golf Course
Wilbur Lanning
Hocking Valley Country Club
Wright
Lanning
Eugene Wright
Two Men Face Charges in Price’s Filling Station Robbery
Grand jury reconvenes June 1 to weigh charges against Mike Magdos of Gary Indiana and Forest Blue of Louisville Kentucky for the May 8 robbery at Price’s filling station. Both pleaded not guilty at arraignment after arrest in Chillicothe. They allegedly held up John Miller and stole about $70 from two registers.
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Price
Phil A. Henderson
Hubert Lappen
Mike Magdos
Gary
Ind
Forest Blue
Louisville
John Miller
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Chillicothe
Three Marion Women Injured in Eist Road Collision
Three Marion Township women were injured when their car struck a bridge on Eist road near the Charles G Wright farm. Mrs Harley Sheets suffered minor cuts while Adella Sheets and Olive Rarick sustained serious injuries including a broken jaw and a severe facial cut. All were taken to Cherrington Hospital for evaluation as doctors warned of possible additional injuries. The car did not overturn and occupants were thrown into the windshield.
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Marion Township
Eist
Charles G. Wright
Harley Sheets
Adella Sheets
Olive Rarick
Charles Rarick
Miss Rarick
Miss Sheets
Cherrington Hospital
WPA Worker Shot in Warren Picket Line Fight
In Warren Ohio on May 28 AP reports Jack Baugh a WPA worker was shot and wounded by a furious Black man during a confrontation with pickets outside the Warren plants of the Republic Steel Corporation. The assailant was reacting after an earlier morning clash as he attempted to pass the line to go fishing.
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Warren, O
Jack Baugh
WPA
Warren
Republic Steel Corporation
Inventor Frederick Ives Dies in Philadelphia at 61
Frederick Eugene Ives, 61, noted for pioneering color photography and his binocular microscope, died in Philadelphia. The article notes his contributions to photoengraving and optical instruments, marking the end of a prominent era in visual technology.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Eugene Ives
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