City council race grows with 23 petition filings
Twenty three candidates filed petitions for city posts in the county election office as three seats open in November. The high vote getters in the primary will advance to a November race, with several incumbents up for re election and new entrants joining the slate.
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Punty
City Yand
Weir
Arthur D. Lynn
EB. Vnes
John Wilhelm
Bert G. Bryan
Carles Daehler
Peron
Bryan
Daehler
Alvert
Albert Weghorst
Sep Kounta
Floyd D. Shonkwiler
Ray
Fey
Shonkvier
McElhaney
Taylor
Stanford Man Awaits Trial In Wife’s Death Case
In San Jose California on June 20 1959 Associated Press reports 81 year old Stanford Press representative David Lamson is jailed awaiting trial for allegedly ordering his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson’s murder at their Stanford University home Memorial Day. Proeschner county physician testified blood found on a pipe may be linked to the victim. Prosecutors noted Lamson tended the pipe before his wife’s body was found in the bathtub and defense may argue the pipe as the weapon.
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San Jose
Calif
David Lamson
Olay
Allene Thorpeamson
Stanford Univerity
Stanford
Frederick Proeschner
Lamson
Narrow Escape as Kaiser Misses Death at Rail Crossing
Amsterdam dispatch reports former German Kaiser Wilhelm II narrowly escaped death while driving in Holland. His car was on railroad tracks between Amsterdam and Maar when automatic crossing bars rose, striking the vehicle and damaging it, but the chauffeur freed the car seconds before a train arrived.
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Kaiser
Associated Presse
Amsterdam
Holland
Mar
Wilhelm
Portsmouth poised to benefit from federal public works funds
Portsmouth and Lancaster win early approval for post office and federal building projects under the new federal public works bill. The plan seeks at least 400 million dollars for Buckeye state projects, with Portsmouth receiving a 373000 dollar post office building and Lancaster a 76000 dollar improvement. The package aims to reduce unemployment through paving, flood defense, grade crossing elimination, and other federal constructions, offering 30 percent federal funding with bond-financed 70 percent from local entities.
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Portsmouth
Lancaster
Ohio
Buckeye
Washington
Webster-Oak Hill
Sciotoville
Scioto River
Gallia Street
Clay Street
Gallia
Uni
U.S. Suggests Rail Cut Delay
Washington reports that administration sources advised postponing wage reductions in railroads. Joseph B. Eastman, transportation coordinator, met unofficially with carrier managers negotiating a 22 percent railroad wage cut. Eastman said the course of events depends on future developments and more meetings are likely.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Roosevelt
Heat Wave Returns to Grip City After Brief Relief
After a short respite from the sun the city again endures a heat wave with a 98 degree peak at 4 p m Monday. Temperatures rose to 90 Saturday and 91 Sunday, then 89 by 11 a m Monday. Night cooling to 64 offered limited sleep. The warmest high this month was 100 last Thursday June 15. The weatherman calls for a fair Wednesday with possible thunderstorms Wednesday night and scorching conditions expected in the middle west.
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Old Sol
Middlewest
Senator Capper Sees Dollar Wheat By 34
New York June 20 Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas predicts dollar wheat by end of 1933. He argues commodity prices should rise, boosting employment and wages. He notes current wheat at about 30 cents a bushel versus last year and forecasts the year end yield reaching $1 for farmers.
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Associated Press
New York
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Ambiguous roster note on wage figures for work items
Incomplete report shows figures for two wage categories labeled as time and cutlery work with payments of 3.28 and 2.12 dollars respectively, plus a loading tap and a 7.5 cent item for cutting. context and parties unclear due to damaged text.
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Ated
Ubrichsville
Tmeide
President Roosevelt Sails East Toward Provincetown
At sea off Chatham Massachusetts on June 20 President Roosevelt enjoyed calm seas after a nor’easter threat. The president’s schooner Skipper left Nantucket at 5 pm with a steady east wind guiding an 85 mile course toward Provincetown. Ellis and Navy yacht Cuyahoga trailed with secret service aboard while yesterday’s storm gave way to sunny conditions.
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Associated Press
Chatham
Mass
Roosevelt
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Nantucket
Ellis
Cuyahoga
Navy
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
House to Vote on Tax Tonight in Ohio
In Columbus on June 20 the Ohio House faces the fate of Governor White's two per cent sales tax bill. Democrats caucused to bring the measure to the floor for consideration and possibly a vote. Amendments are expected, including efforts to remove exemptions and overboard existing ones.
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Columbus
White
House
Keith Lawrence
Attorneys' liquidation pay rate boosted in proposal
Common Pleas Judge James L. Martin outlined a plan increasing attorney pay in state bank liquidations to 75 a day for court work and 7.50 an hour for outside court tasks, 50 percent above the Bricker recommendation. The rate would apply to attorneys employed in liquidation cases before January 8 this year in Toledo.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Bricker
Common Pleas
James 8. Martin
Bank Depositors Committee Meeting Postponed
The First National Bank custodian blocked a meeting of the depositors committee with Brown on Monday afternoon. It was to be held at 2:30 p.m. at the bank. Dr D Ruggles, a bank director, told Wallace Drew Brown could not attend due to illness. Drew, chair of the committee, reassured the six other members the meeting would be rescheduled.
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Servator
First National Bank
Brown
D. Ruggles
Wallace Drew
Drew
Depestters
Miss Hutton Weds Prince in Paris Civil Ceremony
Barbara Hutton heiress of Woolworth fortune marries Prince Alexis Mdivani in a Paris civil ceremony. The 20 year old bride and 29 year old prince plan a church rite Thursday and a wedding trip to Italy. Bride retains control of inherited wealth by pre signed contract.
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Paris
Barbara Hutton
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Georgia
Mairie
16Th Arrondissement
Italy
Hutton
Frank W. Woolworth
Franklyn L. Hutton
New York
James P. Donahue
Jessie Woolworth
Jose Marie Sert
Three States Vote On Repeal In Prohibition Update
Prohibition repeal votes concluded in Iowa New Hampshire and Connecticut with Connecticut conceding defeat as it never approved the 18th Amendment. Early tallies show New Hampshire and Iowa leaning toward repeal while 11 states have voted yes including Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Indiana New York Nevada New Jersey Massachusetts Wyoming Rhode Island and Delaware. If 36 states approve repeal would succeed.
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Iowa
New England
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Nevada
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Delaware
Jobbing Mills To Resume Wednesday In Portsmouth
Wheel ing Steel Corp announces two and three high jobbing mills at Portsmouth works will resume at 7 30 a m Wednesday. A notice posted at the plant Monday confirms the reopening plan.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corp
Proprieter Arguing With Deputies Lands In Jail
Two county beer licenses were revoked by state liquor director L. L. Faris. Licenses for Lawrence R. Goodrich at the Stone House and William F. Hardin at Bow and Arrow club were confiscated. Deputies inventoried 210 bottles at Stone House and 69 at Bow and Arrow. Goodrich was arrested for intoxication after tearing up a federal license. Managers ordered not to dispose of beer.
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L. L. Faris
State Liquor Control Commission
Lawrence R. Goodrich
Harry Thornton
Russell Stanley
Goodrich
Caldwell
Stone House
Bow and Arrow Club
Faris
Floyd Blamed for Massacre in Kansas City
Five men were killed in Kansas City on a Saturday. Witness Mrs. Lottie West identified Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd as one of the killers, tying the Oklahoma bank robber to the crime. Police note Floyd’s history of violence, but others doubt his involvement and cite possible liquor war motives.
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Kansas City
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Lottie West
Travelers’ Aid Society
Union Station
Treasury reports over one billion in general fund ready
Washington reports on June 17 the general fund reached 1 008 000 817 dollars as treasury securities sold on June 15 added 1 083 000 000. After maturing debts and expenses a balance near 600 000 000 remains. Income taxes for June totaled 104 281 178 dollars, only 14 000 000 less than last year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
War Times
Rose Pastor Stokes Dies at 54 in Germany
Rose Pastor Stokes, 54, a longtime advocate of radical causes, died at Munici pal hospital in Frankfort on the Main of a heart ailment after recent cancer surgery. Cremation planned. ashes to New York. Once sentenced to 10 years at Leavenworth for obstructing the draft, sentence commuted by President Wilson. Born in Angustera she rose to prominence as Rose of the Ghetto and partnered with James Graham Phelps Stokes in social reform.
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Frankfort-On-The-Main
Germany
Rose Pastor Stokes
Municipal Hospital
New York
Leavenworth
Wilson
Angustera
Jobless Marchers Clash In Marion Enter Columbus
Two nurses suffer minor injuries after a clash with police as 60 unemployed marchers stay at the Ohio state fairgrounds Columbus awaits. Leaders reported about 2,000 marchers planned to converge on the state capital Tuesday to press demands on the legislature.
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Marion
Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Robert Dawson
Ee Steinberg
Cleve
Frank Rogers
Lowell Watson
G. Green
Franklin County
State Fair Grounds
Ross Anderson
B. W. Fuhr
Adjutant General's Office
Licking County
Hancock County
Findlay
County Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Coshocton
New Philadelphia
Fugitive Taken From Hospital After Abduction
Wounded robbery suspect Peter Subolsky, 27, Cicero Illinois, was abducted by two men from a Homeopathic Hospital fire escape in front of six patients. He had lain nine weeks with a shattered leg and was to undergo operation within 24 hours as sand bags held his leg.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Subolsky
Cicero
Homeopathic Hospital
Subolseky
Subolsky
It's Tough On Birds But Clock's On Time
A brief item notes difficulties for birds and references a clock's punctual timing. The fragment mentions Sunnyvale and June, but the readable text provides no clear event, group, or outcome to detail.
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Sunnyvale
Time limit proposal for future legislative sessions
Columbus, June 20 A constitutional amendment to cap future regular sessions at three months moves through the sixth month of the current session as adjournment nears in July. Senator Paul P. Yoder leads the push citing inaction. The Senate Finance Committee also weighs a plan to consolidate the state prohibition department with the liquor control commission to save money. Governor White endorses consolidation in principle.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Paul P. Yoder
Montgomery County
Senate Finance Committee
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cuyahoga County
State Prohibition Department
State Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Control Commission
White
Girl shot by uncle in mistaken burglary case
Martha Haynes, 17, died after being shot by her uncle Robert Scott in Toledo Ohio. He fired believing she was a burglar when she climbed a ladder to a locked upstairs window at her grandfather Fred Scott's home after a party. Haynes had just graduated high school.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Martha Haynes
Fred Scott
Robert Scott
Tee Om
U. S. Holds Off On Currency Stabilization Policy
Washington reports no near term move to stabilize currencies as the U S government maintains a hands off stance awaiting clearer conditions. Treasury explains that stabilization will be considered only if necessary after other issues at the London economic conference are addressed.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Pittman's Money Plan dominates world economic talks
London reports that Senator Key Pittman's monetary resolution to rehabilitate silver dominated the world economic conference. Secretary Hull and Pittman indicated it has presidential approval, and the aim is to ensure the U S does not return to the gold standard until the silver work is secure.
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Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
London
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
State Department
Baruch
France
United States
Pittman
Nevada
New England
Associated Press
Key Pittman
Cordell Hull
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Miss Hutton
Prince
Alexis Mdivani
Kansas City Station
U. 8. Treasury
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