Portsmouth Post Office Bids to Open July 11 in Washington
The treasury office announces bids for Portsmouth Ohio's new post office on July 11 in Washington. Cost limit set at 373 008.73 dollars with site at 133 038.33 dollars and eight property owners finally accepting a 149 402.75 appraisal amid long delays.
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Supervising Architects Office
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Portsmouth
Sutch Street
Gay
Findlay
Frank EB. Sheehan
N. W. Robert Jr
the Treasury
Costa
Times
Associated Press
Robert
Sheehan
New Post Office
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Youth Given Prison Term In Manslaughter Plea
Thomas Brooks Pollitt pled guilty to manslaughter after a charge of first degree murder was reduced. Judge Harvey K. Parker sentenced him to 21 years in the Kentucky penitentiary. Parole eligibility comes after six years. The case involves the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Clifford Pollitt following jealousy over a neighbor. The brothers resided near Fleming County.
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Vanceburg
Commonwealth
Thomas Brooks Aga
Kentucky
Harvey K. Parker
Pollett
Pollitt
Clifford Pollitt
Ell
Polata
Fleming County
Johns Hopkins graduates advised to join government service
The Associated Press reports that Johns Hopkins University president urged graduates to pursue government work if they faced unemployment. Degrees awarded included eight doctorates ten arts and 98 bachelor of arts degrees.
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Associated Press
Naltimore
Johns Ass
Ares, Ares
Univer J
Smang
Icine
Bach« of
Roosevelt Receives Doctor of Laws Degree at Hayes University
Roosevelt motored to the university where he received a doctor of laws degree. Hayes of New York delivered the commencement address during exercises marking the event.
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Roosevelt
Hole University
Hayes of
New York
Niles Trust Co. to Pay $200000 in Debt Settlement
The Niles Trust Co. announces a settlement to pay $200000 in de value claims. Court records show the bank resolving a financial dispute marked by the June date and AP reporting.
Debt Parley Rumor Circulates At World Conference
Rumor from the world economic conference in London claims President Roosevelt will call a debt conference in Washington. Neville Chamberlain may announce a token 75.95 million dollar payment to the United States in the British House of Commons. France weighs paying a 19 million dollar interest default to qualify for talks, while Daladier travels to Paris to query parliamentary leaders on sanctioning the December payment amid the alleged overture from Washington and London.
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London
Roosevelt
Washington
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
United States
Ronald Lindsay
Great Britain
Daladier
Paris
France
Britain
Four European heads to meet in Rome end of June
Four power leaders Mussolini Daladier Hitler and MacDonald are discussed for a Rome meeting at the end of June. The Associated Press reports Italy eyeing a face to face exchange to launch a four power pact for European peace.
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Mussolini
Daladier
Hitler
MacDonald
Associated Press
London
Rome
Airship Macon Seen Over Saulte Ste. Marie
Saulte Ste. Marie Michigan reports sighting the airship Macon on June 14 as it passes over the area. Officials confirm the U S 8 dirigible is in the region engaging observers and stirring public interest in the airship program.
River body identification request after Burtington incident
Police sought help to identify a body found in the Ohio River near Burtington Kentucky last night garbled OCR text notes a May 14 or June 14 date and includes unclear references to local authorities and the river search.
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Concennati
Jane
Atemeti
Ile
Burtington
Hull ignores war debts in talk at meet
Secretary Cordell Hull urged a world economic conference to resist economic nationalism and pursue a tariff truce. He pressed removal of excess trade barriers, a permanent international monetary standard, and freer foreign exchange, while giving no concrete American proposals. The address drew approval from foreign delegates and British representatives, with Hull keeping plans hidden as the last of the big five to speak.
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London
Cordell Hull
Hull
America
France
Italy
Britain
Japan
Railroads Seek Further Wage Cuts Says Dow Jones
Dow Jones and Co reports railroads plan an additional 12 percent wage reduction with notices to four main railway brotherhoods to be sent tomorrow. The development comes as negotiations intensify in New York.
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Dow, Jones & Co
Associated Press
New York
Dow, Jones and Co
Phelps Describes Rome Sothsayers to Lake Erie Grads
Yale professor William Lyons Phelps addressed the Lake Erie College graduating class in Amesville Ohio. He called ancient Rome’s soothsayers “terrible liars” and urged that poets, musicians and artists are true seers who make and write history.
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Associated Press
Amesville
Rome
William Lyons Phelps
Yale University
Lake Erie College
Phelps
Nine Injured in Pike River Wreck Near Wizard Oil Bridge
Nine people were injured and three arrested after a two car crash at Wizard Oil bridge east of Wheelersburg at 10 30 p m Tuesday. Victims include Mr and Mrs Arthur Williams and their baby of Illinois and Pauline Faulkner of Proctorville who was hospitalized with serious leg injuries. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Oakes charged Leroy Smith with driving while intoxicated and also charged Miller and Holderly with intoxication. Smith was treated at Portsmouth General, Miller and Holderly at the wreck scene.
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Wizard Oil Bridge
Wheelersburg
Arthur Williams
Ilinois
Deaconess Hospital
Ironton
Pauline Faulkner
Portsmouth General Hospital
Leroy Smith
Guy Miller
James Holderly
Averal Faulkner
Proctorville
Carl G. Braunlin
Arthur Oakes
Smith
Miller
Holderly
Hillsboro
Williams
Ashland
Oakes
Faulkner
DAY OFFICE WINS IN HOUSE FIGHT
Columbus June 14 The state prohibition department survived a floor battle in the house voting 72 to 39 against an amendment to strike its 1934 100000 appropriation. The drys led by Mrs. W E Slagle failed to table the measure 55 to 48 and the debate weakened the proposal. In the senate a conference on merging the prohibition department with the liquor control commission was under discussion.
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Columbus
State Prohibition Department
House
John F. Hunter
Lucas County
Drys
W. E. Slagle
Mahoning County
Cirys
Big City
Senate
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cuyahoga County
Prohibition Department
State Liquor Control Commission
Witness Sought In Murder Trial
A witness is sought in the murder trial connected to the shooting death of night clerk John J. McLaughlin. Vacchiano is charged with slaying McLaughlin in an incident that occurred several days earlier.
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Ter
John J. McLaughlin
Vacchiano
McLauughlin
Akron firm denied six day closing extension request
Columbus June 14 AP The first Central Tree Co of Akron had sought a six day extension to a closing order that became effective today but the state beef advisory board denied the request.
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Columbus
First Central Treet Co
Akron
State Beak Advisory Board
House Action Again Asked on Veteran Bill
Washington reports a fight over adding 1 million dollars for veterans hospitalization to the independent offices supply bill. Senate and house conferees plan a house vote after objections that the fund would violate parliamentary rules. The dispute comes amid broader battles on the industrial recovery act and Roosevelt reductions in agricultural funds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Byrnes
D.8. C
Representative Byings
D.-Tenn
Congress
Rainey
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Alabama
Rabbi Wise Greets St. Louis In Personal Address
Rabbi Stephen S Wise arrived in St Louis from New York to address Jewish leaders. He formed his own reception committee and greeted the city in person saying I greet you on behalf of the city of St Louis.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Stephens. Wise
New York
City of St. Louis
Judge orders grand jury probe into pass book irregularities
Judge Walter Wanamaker directs Summit county grand jury to investigate alleged alterations in children’s pass books in Akron. The inquiry focuses on a single matter tied to youths’ accounts despite a prior order touching building and loan details.
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Akron, CO
Walter Wanamaker
Summit County Grand Jury
Akron
Bank Tion
Joan
Ohio House committee preps net income tax bill
In Columbus on June 14 the house taxation committee began drafting a net income tax bill. A sub committee led by Richard E Douglas will consider earned income, unearned income, or both, with options to exempt and apply graduated rates. The plan may remove the existing unearned tax from the intangible tax.
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Columbus
White
House Taxation Committee
Richard 8. Douglas
Cuyahoga County
Widow of Ralph Cole Sues for $100000
Mrs Blanche D Cole as administratrix of former Congressman Ralph D Cole's estate files a $100000 suit in Cleveland against attorney James V Suhr alleging he was driving too fast when his car overturned near Parkman Ohio on October 15 1932 killing Cole. Cole once led Ohio American Legion.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Blanche D. Cole
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
James V. Suler
Trail Ballad Echoes in Cleveland Imitative Song
A fragmented item from a Cleveland AP report mentions a ballad or song titled Long Long Trail sung or cited by an individual named Mee he. The line reads as a brief lyric note with no clear event date or context beyond the Cleveland reference.
Court Charges Grand Jury to Probe Bank and Drunken Driving
Judge McCurdy urged thorough inquiry by the May term grand jury into alleged internal bank wrongdoing at First National in Portsmouth and a rise in drunken driving incidents on local roads. He cautioned jurors to take all time needed, report interim findings, and focus on whether courts share responsibility for unsafe highways. The panel includes W. B.
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Portsmouth
Russell K. McCurdy
Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
Henry T. Bannon
First National Bank
Bannon
Couste
Weather Halts Flights Delays Amid Aviation Feats
Inclement weather halted multiple aviation efforts. Twenty four Italian seaplanes await takeoff from Orbetello to Chicago, while Jimmie Mattern returns to Khabarovsk after a trans Pacific hop plan. Capt Boyd and two companions reach Port au Prince after being forced down from New York. In Havana, Spanish flyers Barberan and Collar plan to continue to Mexico City after a non stop crossing from Spain.
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Orbetello
Italy
Chicago
Air Ministry
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Alaska
J. Errol Boyd
Port Au Prince
Haiti
St. Marc
New York
Havana
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Mexico City
Cuba
Spain
Buck's Story Stricken Out in Kidnap Case
In Barnstable Massachusetts June 14 the defense in Kenneth Buck’s kidnapping trial won a point as a second confession was ruled inadmissible. The judge cited remarks by State Detective Barrett to Buck during the first admission, invalidating the later confession. The court had heard two confessions, one referencing a mysterious “Bill” directing Buck’s actions.
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Asociated
Press
Barnstable
Mass
Kenneth Buck
Margaret
Peggy) McMath
Kenneth
Bill
Edward F. Hanity
Michael Barrett
Barrett
General Advance Seen In Steel Pay
NEW YORK June 14 An advance in steel industry wages appears certain according to The Iron. The report notes company plans and broad industry expectations for higher pay following negotiations and market conditions.
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Associated Press
New York
Steel Industry
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