Effort Made to Discharge City Manager in Portsmouth
At a Portsmouth city council meeting an undisclosed group was alleged to press for the ouster of City Manager Frank E. Sheehan. Assistant City Engineer C. H. Samson was laid off, while Bert Brant presented a motion for an acting manager familiar with city affairs.
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C. H. Samson
Sheehan
City Council
City of
Portsmouth
Bert Brant
Fourth Street
Brant
Partes
Samson
22Nd Street
Charles S. Stevenson
Stevenson
Samaid
Vance
Chamberlain notes US hints on disarmament plan
In the House of Commons Neville Chamberlain says the United States government intimated it will propose world disarmament. The State Department in Washington denies any communications with Britain on disarmament. Officials tie Chamberlain's hint to Secretary Hull's Nashville speech urging limits and reductions in armaments.
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Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Arthur Henderson
Labor
Britain
Chamberlain
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Hull
Nashville
Tenn
2000 Wounded Men Enter French Territory From Spain
In Hendaye France on June 16 1940 2000 ragged wounded soldiers from the 43d division crossed the Pyrenees into France after fighting guerrilla actions along General Franco's Catalonian salient.
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France
Spain
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Franco
Germany Won’t Assume Old Austria’s Debts
Berlin June 16 Adolf Hitler’s economic minister Walther Funk said in Bremen that Germany is not obligated to acknowledge debts of pre annexation Austria in law or morality. He voiced a desire for a compromise and criticized the United States as a center of disturbances in world economics.
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Czech Premier Yields Point In Sudeten Row
Prague reports Premier Milan Hodza after lengthy talks with Sudeten Germans accepted the German autonomy demand as a basis for discussion. Negotiations to appease Hungarian and Polish minorities also impended.
Guild Interpleads in Disbarment Case of Edward Lamb
The three man Ohio bar panel and the National Lawyers Guild may interplead for Edward Lamb in Marion common pleas court. Judge Hector Young opened the hearing while counsel argued demurrer and dismissal motions. Lamb signaled willingness to apologize but said he had not been granted audience with the investigating committee.
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Edward Lamb
Toledo
Hector S. Young
Marion
Common Pleas
Homer Marshman
Cleveland
Lamb
Ohio Cio
Young
National Lawyers’ Guild
Guild Committee
U. S
Robert Jackson
Robert Goldman
Cincinnati
Bannon
Bar Committee
Carl V. Weygandt
Marshman
Mr. Lamb
Gallipolis
White
Frank W. Moulton
Edgar G. Millar
CIO
Ohio
Ohio Senate Advances $12 Million for 1938 Poor Relief
The Ohio Senate speedily passed measures to provide about $12 million or more for 1938 relief. It approved bonds against delinquent tax collections and anticipatory notes against liquor and beer permit fees, raising about $7.5 million for 1938 relief and similar for 1939. Debate continued over potential House-Senate conflicts and broader relief funding.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Maid, 13, Admits She Tried to Extort Funds
Easton Md June 16 state police said Betty Lou Tipton a 13 year old nursemaid admitted sending an anonymous note to her employer D C Burroughs warning his children would be dead by morning unless he paid for wedding clothes and money. Burroughs said he will likely keep her on the estate and does not plan to prosecute.
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Easton
Paul Randall
Betty Lou Tipton
D. C. Burroughs
Hobbs Must Die July 6 for Killing Ohio Officer
Ohio Supreme Court affirms death sentence for William Hobbs for the April 12 1993 homicide of Hamilton police officer Arthur Spensel during a robbery attempt. The ruling sets July 6 as his execution date in the electric chair.
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Columbus
William Hobbs
Ohio
Hamilton
Arthur Spensel
Supreme Court of Ohio
Yellow River Spreads Over More Territory
June 16 report from Shanghai says the Yellow River floods have submerged thousands of acres in central China near Hankow. The deluge kills thousands but allows Chinese forces to defend Chengshan at a railway junction. Yangtze River also threatens disaster 300 miles south as it nears flood level.
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McCall Sentenced to Die in Florida Kidnapping Case
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, of Miami, was found guilty of kidnaping James Bailey Cash Jr. and sentenced to death by electric chair under Florida law. Proclaimed driven by visions of a $10,000 ransom, he pleaded guilty to the capital offense in a nonjury proceeding before Circuit Judge T. F. Atkinson.
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James Bailey Cash Jr
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Atkinson
Florida
Skeegie
Princeton
James Bailey Cash Sr
Raiford
Flood Control Bill Heads to White House for Approval
The omnibus flood control bill authorizes a 77 foot floodwall at Portsmouth but allocates no funds. President Roosevelt may fund starts from relief public works. bulkley of Ohio seeks pending federal money as U S Army Engineers advance site plans and negotiations with Portsmouth officials continue.
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W. H. Booth
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Vander Meer Sets Record With Second No Hit No Run in Week
Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer dazzled under Brooklyn floodlights at Ebbets Field blanking the Dodgers for nine innings and matching a historic feat by also holding Boston’s Bees scoreless last Saturday. No one in baseball history has two no hit no run games in a season or week. Details are on the Sports Page.
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Evans Found Safe in New Orleans Amid Missing Case
Richard E. Evans, clerk of courts, was located stranded in New Orleans after two weeks missing. A telegram seeking money prompted officials to search Ashland where NLRB hearings against American Rolling Mill Co. were planned. Evans, a longtime CIO leader and SWOC vice president in Ohio, may have been aiding CIO organizing efforts.
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Lee McGahan
Earl C. Brandel
Evans
Huntington
Friends
Marvin A. Kelly
Sheriff's Office
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American Rolling Mill Co
Labor
CIO
SWOC
Ohio
Ouster Claim Ties Fire to Political Motives in Ohio Case
C Elbert Black, once head of the state gasoline tax division, testifies in a common pleas court suit to regain his civil service job. He says State Tax Commissioner Frank Miller told him he would lose his job for political reasons, while the tax commission says the post was abolished for economy. Two witnesses at Black’s stand raise the possibility of a separate investigation.
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Columbus
Elbert Black
Common Pleas
Frank Miller
Tax Commission
Black
Temperatures Reported For Today And Yesterday
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 am temperature at 80 with a low of 65. Yesterday’s high reached 91, while the previous year’s comparable day saw a high of 90 and a low of 60.
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Congress Confronts 10 Million Barrier to Adjournment
In Washington on June 16 the first peace time congress wrestled with a 10 million obstacle added to a deficiency bill. House totals reached 279 million with Senate adding 10 million. Members hoped to adjourn by dinner but risked a last minute rush of speeches. The session also debated farm benefits distribution and rural electrification funding. Senator King urged an independent review of work relief funds. President Roosevelt delayed departure to attend his son John’s Nahant wedding, awaiting final bill actions at the Capitol.
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Veto overridden on farm loan interest
The Senate and House, both voting to override President Roosevelt, extended low interest rates on federal farm loans through June 30 1940. Iowa Democrats Senator Gillette and Representative Biermann sponsored the measure. The plan keeps 3?2 percent on bank loans and 4 percent on land bank loan rates, despite the president’s cost estimate of 208 700 000.
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