Welfare Drive Opens With $11520 on First Day
Portsmouth Welfare Association reports 11520.29 pledge total at Monday opening luncheon at First Christian Church. Largest giver was S L Turner with 4000. other tallies include M Salladay 1132.75 and H C Dough 1551.28. Steel plant workers and civic groups participate with 2600 to Victory in the Community Chest tie-in, urging workers to support agencies and avoid government reliance.
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Portsmouth Welfare Association
First Christian Church
S. L. Turner
Mark W. Selby
Specialiis
E M. Salladay
Roup H
H. C. Dough
Utilities
Ablie Service
A. Graves
Frank Goebert
Larry B. Jordan
Kenneth B. Lehman
Public
W. H. Goodwin
Charles Howland
J. C. Bonebrake
Public Service
H. C. Bugh
Russell Anderson
George Gableman
Als
I. Allen
Henry H. E. Baughman
James J. E. Brown
Willard Mc Frank H. Rowe
James W. M. Bell
Albert
Tharp
Colummunity Chest
First Christian
Woman Driver Held Guilty in Manslaughter Verdict
A jury in common pleas found Mrs. Virginie Taylor guilty of second degree manslaughter in the automobile death of Mrs. William Cordle. Jurors deliberated an hour and the case was passed for disposition as defense signals a motion for a new trial.
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Common Pleas Court
Virginie Taylor
Waller Street
William Cordle
Chester P. Fitch
Four Drivers Fined in Traffic Court Action
In municipal court four drivers were fined while one case was dismissed after hearings. Police arrested one driver and investigated a head on collision on the Chillicothe street viaduct at 11th street. Louise Koontz Jr. and Dr O Keselring were involved in the crash, with Keselring's car headed north. Esby Ferguson was fined 100 dollars and suspended for six months after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Howard Bazier of 1913 Jackson Street was charged with
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Louise Koontz Jr
Second Street
Huntington
O. Keselring
Findlay Street
Esby Ferguson
Long Run
Hoace L Small Howerd Bazier
Jackson, Treet
Chereed
Bricker weighs veto on welfare salary bills in Ohio
Governor Bricker considers vetoing two welfare department salary bills with one boosting Mansfield and London guards to match Ohio penitentiary pay and another funding a $35 monthly lodging allowance for state welfare employees. Lawmakers advanced the measures amid a $317 million two year budget context.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Welfare Department
Mansfield Reformatory
London
Ohio
Ralph C. Lutz
Richland County
Mansfield
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
Guard faces trial in escape of boys
Columbus June 13 A.P. Donovan M Bryant 22 year old boys school teacher is charged with conspiracy to rob. He will be tried here after grand jury testimony by Jack Hawley 17 of Columbus and Norman Stanton 15 of Middletown who aided his escape in Bryant’s car. The boys were caught after attempting a confectionery robbery and Bryant reportedly confessed organizing the escape.
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Columbus
Ralph J. Bartlett
Donovan M. Bryant
Bartlett
Jack Hawley
Norman Stanton
Middletown
Bryant
Charles Sherwood
Refugees Find Haven Amsterdam
The Netherlands on June 13 granted landings to 200 of 700 German Jewish refugees aboard the Hamburg American liner St Louis. The ship neared Europe after being refused asylum in Cuba where the refugees had sought haven.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
St. Louis
Holland
Europe
Cuba
Bicycle Marksman To Face Trial For Shot At Duchess
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor an Australian steelworker is ordered held for trial at Old Bailey on charges of firing shots near the Duchess of Kent and into the home of the princess royal. He rode a bicycle with a sawed off rifle near royal residences and fired twice claiming no harm intended.
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Associated Press
Jondon
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
Old Bailey
Duchess of Kent
Lawlor
Leslie Marks
BurglarCaught at Dehner Store on Chillicothe Street
John Jewell, 21, of 734 Eighth Street, was arrested at 4 12 am by officers who surrounded the Dehner department store at 613 Chillicothe Street. He is charged with breaking and entering and denies involvement in other local burglaries. Officers recovered envelopes from a display window and questioned him as seven police units responded.
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Dehner Department
Chillicothe Street
John Sherman Jewel
Eighth Street
Leroy Dehner
Jewell
Edward Hamilton
William, Setters
James Conroy
Joseph Cook
Howard Wikoff
William Mucha
Raymond Salisbury
Supreme Court Upholds West Virginia Housing Act
Charleston June 13 The Supreme Court sustains the West Virginia housing act in an injunction suit against the Huntington Housing Authority.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
West Virginia Housing Act
Huntington Housing Authority
Temperatures Reported for Local Day
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 a m temperatures 63 as high and 59 as low. Yesterday's high was 82 with a low not given. One year ago today the maximum reached 79 and the minimum 59.
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Schirrman
Britain weighs Moscow reply as Strang begins talks
June 13 London reports Britain eyes Moscow and Berlin for reaction to willingness to negotiate a European settlement. Foreign Secretary Halifax restates forceful resolve while envoy Strang heads to Moscow to speed talks. Pravda hints three power Baltic guarantees, while Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter notes German aims. Italy may push Franco toward alliance as Italy and Germany seek wider pact.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Berlin
Europe
Halifax
House of Lords
Russia
Soviet Union
France
William Strang
Foreign Office
Strang
Adolf Hitters
Voelkischer Beobachter
Rome
Italy
Spain
Hull invites world to open up trade
Secretary of State Hull marks the fifth anniversary of the U S reciprocal trade program by inviting all nations to join in the treaties. He criticizes Italy and Germany for closed economics and warns that discriminatory blocs by large nations lead to dependency and political subservience of smaller nations.
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Washington
United States
State Hull
Hull
Italy
Germany
Mr. Hull
Retired local policeman Posey Flowers dies at home
Charles Posey Flowers a longtime Portsmouth patrolman died at 10 15 am at his home 811 Prospect street after a heart ailment and long diabetes illness He was born in Ironton and lived in Portsmouth 58 years A shoeworker by trade he joined the police in 1903 serving as patrol driver and turnkey before rising through the ranks He enjoyed meeting old friends in the business district where his long service made him widely known.
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Charles (Posey) Flowers
Prospect Street
Flowers
Portsmouth General Hospital
James Flowers
Ironton
Portsmouth
Court Street
Front
Second Streets
Seek Explanation for Rail Official's Death
A coroner's inquest opened in Richmond Virginia to determine the death of James Wiley King 49 vice president of the American Association of Railroads found dead beside the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad tracks 32 miles north of Richmond. He previously served as superintendent of transportation for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and was found with a fractured skull between two tracks.
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Richmond
James Wiley King
American Association of Railroads
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
King
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
King and Queen Bows Before Homeward Flight
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth completed a Canadian itinerary with stops in Fredericton Saint John and Moncton before sailing from Halifax on the Empress of Britain. They plan to depart Cape Tormentine by destroyer for Charlottetown and return to Nova Scotia later in the day as part of their American tour.
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Newcastle
N. B
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Halifax
Predericton
Saint John
Moncton
Cape Tormentime
Destroer
Charlottetown
Lester
Tax changes rushed ahead by committee
After voting to repeal the undistributed profits levy a house subcommittee worked against time to finish its draft of business tax legislation. Chairman Cooper of Tennessee urged speed to reenact excise taxes expiring June 30.
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Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Moregenthau
Washington
House
Cooper (D
Tenessee
Neutrality bill advances through House Foreign Affairs
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved the administration's neutrality bill today, providing repeal of the arms embargo for nations at war. The measure moves toward broader consideration in Congress with the June 13 report from Washington.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chillicothe Council Urged to Buy Plant
Chillicothe council considered legislation to purchase the Chillicothe Water Co plant and property for 700000 and to install a softening plant for 125000. The plan would issue 825000 in mortgage revenue bonds sold to Toledo firm Siler Carpenter and Roose, with a 3.5 percent interest rate retired over 30 years.
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Chillicothe
Chillicos the Water Co
Utilities Committee
Toledo
Siler, Carpenter and Roose
Toledo Company
Council
Convicts End Mutiny At Kansas State Prison
In Lansing Kansas on June 15 a mutiny by 229 convicts at a coal mine inside the state penitentiary ended without violence. The prisoners demanded underwear and food and the warden agreed to supplies and continued cell discipline as the dispute concluded.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
Ellie
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