Miners Die After Blast Near Jackson
National guardsmen arrived in the Mahoning valley to prevent the reopening of four Youngstown steel mills amid a four week strike. 113 arrests were reported as authorities seized dynamite bombs and blunt weapons. long lines of spectators watched as troops dispersed potential trouble at Brier Hill and Republic Steel plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Guard
Charles Fagan
CIO
Akron
Mahoning River
Brier Hill
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Warren
Roy Hardman
Republic Steel
Four Youngs
Martin L. Davey
Four Jackson miners die in blast near Bloomfield Township
A carbide lantern caused a coal mine blast near Bloomfield Township 12 miles south of Jackson. Four miners died early today, including Theodore Rupert 25 and Edward Rupert 54. Kerr Harris 25 and George Jadd 54. Two companions were fatally burned, Daniel Rupert 21 and Thomas Godfrey 48. Cecil Are and Lamar Gray sowie Mrs Gray aided victims at Wellston. The mine, owned by Fred Rupert, had operated two years. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Bloomfeld Township
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Theodore Rupert
Winchester
Edward Rupert
Keystone
Georges
Vinton
Kerrarris
Daniel Rupert
Near Keystone
Thomas Godfrey
Theyore Rupert
Kerr Harris
George Jadd
Cecil Are
Lamar Gray
Amar Gray
Wellston
William Perkins
St Aid
Teodore Rupert
Max Russell
Clyde Mayhew Ambulance
Fredupert
William Ert
Theodore
Fred Rupert
Inchestern
Thur
Bloomfield Town
Elmer
Rupert
Sion
Thomas Metal
Oak Hill
Ethel
Ian
Fighters weigh same for title match at Comiskey Park
James J. J defends his 197 pound heavyweight crown against Joe the challenger at Comiskey Park in a 15 round bout. Official weigh in shows both combatants at 197 pounds as clear skies promise good weather for tonight’s fight card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. J
Joe
Rey
Comiskey Night
Fifteen Seek City Council Seats With Petitions Filed
Fifteen candidates filed petitions for city council nominations with the county election board. Petitions exceed 600 signatures each, surpassing the 415 required. The board will review sufficiency over ten days, with a sufficiency decision due in about two weeks. Primary is set for August 10 with six leading votes advancing.
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County Election Board
Employes
John M. Salladay
Frank Bickett
Charles Schirrmann
Joseph Sharp
Damarin Hill
Harold Clayton
Offnere Street
John Grimm
Highland Avenue
George L. Koerner
Fourth Street
Arthur B. Fields
Dover Street
Adam Holbrook
Eighth Street
Thomas Ashpaw
Third Street
Leslie Evans
Frank T. Meyer
Fifth Street
Clarence F. Pyles
18Th Street
Fred Baesman
Ninth Street
W. W. List
Kinney’s Lane
Russell Frizzell
Tentative Jury Seated At Trial In Lucasville Murder Case
A tentative jury is seated in common pleas court to try Rocky Howard of Lucasville on first degree murder for killing Fred Marsh of Jasper with a brick. Prosecution seeks death penalty. defense plans self defense. Judge Kimble presides. jurors include five women from Nauvoo New Boston Buena Vista Sciotoville and Persia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Rocky Howard
Lucasville
Howard
Fred Marsh
Jasper
Marsh
Sai Howard
Marvin A. Kelly
Chester P. Fitch
Emory F. Smith
B. F. Kim
Pine Street
New Boston
Ray Swearingen
Buena Vista
Nellie Maxey
Gallia Street
Belle Cleary
Seventh Street
Harriett Thurston
Sciotoville
John Roth
Carl H. Goddard
Linden Avenue
Persia
Per
Boiler Blast Kills Two on Baltimore & Ohio Train
An explosion of a locomotive boiler on a Baltimore & Ohio freight train near Osgood Indiana killed fireman Charles Dicker son 60 and brakeman Roy Carr 35 both of North Vernon Ind. Engineer George Gottberg 50 of Louisville was critically injured. Several hundred feet from the wreckage the bodies of the dead were found. Four derailed cars carried oil and gasoline but did not explode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
George Gottberg
Louisville
Milan
Charles Dickerson
Roy Carr
North Vernon
Tornado Kills Nine Near Athens and Floods Hit Findlay
A tornado or windstorm killed nine people in Athens county near Stewart and Chauncey with several injured and homes damaged. Lightning struck near Amesville and Sand Ridge while Findlay faced 3 inch rains flooding streets and river Blanchard reaching flood levels, prompting rescues and evacuations.
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Ohio
Stewart
Athens County
Athens
Chauncey
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Pike County Wind and Rain Storm Strikes Areas
A wind and rain storm swept through Pike County around 4 30 p m causing heavy damage. In Piketon a roof blew off a storehouse at Patterson Milling Co. On the Jones farm near Piketon a chimney and part of the roof were blown away and trees fell. Stockdale and Beaver reported damage including a 12 car garage at Stockdale High School that was lifted and moved into a field. A Beaver roof was torn in another area.
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Athens
Pike County
Piketon
Patterson Milling Co
Harley Miller
Jones Farm
Scioto River
Stockdale
Beaver
A. L. Burgess
Temperatures Reported For Today And Yesterday
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 am the high 80 and low 61. Yesterday reached a maximum of 91, with reference to the same date a year ago noting a maximum.
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Schirrman
Farley Argues U S Can Stop Mail To Plants
Postmaster General Farley testified in a U S district court that the Post Office has authority to halt deliveries of mailed food to strike besieged steel plants in Ohio. He argued before Republic Steel Corp in a mandamus suit to force delivery to Niles and Warren plants, saying the packages were not tendered in good faith but to involve postal workers in the dispute with striking employees.
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Washington
Farley
United States District Court Today
Post Office Department
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Niles
Warren
Railway Agent Dies in Crash Near Manchester
Al gin E. Cole 60 a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway agent was killed when his coupe was struck head on by a Rein hardt Transfer Co truck from Portsmouth on Route 52 near Manchester. Chester Wisecup 21 is jailed on a manslaughter charge. witnesses say the driver was intoxicated and driving on the wrong side of the road. Cole died of a punctured lung. his body was found with two other beer truck drivers nearby. Funeral arrangements to follow at Blaine Nesbit.
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Manchester
Algin E. Cole
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Reinhardt Transfer Co
Portsmouth
Chester Wisecup
Grimes Morgan
E. T. Gibboney
Adams County
H. S. Satterfield
Cole
Wisecup
Mr. Cole
R. L. Wall
E. O. Hazlett
Huntington
Hazel Grayhill
Blaine Nesbit
Lindberghs Name Son Land Morrow In London Birth
On May 12 at the London Clinic Nursing Home in Devonshire Place the Lindberghs named their third son Land Morrow Lindbergh. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh welcomed the child, with ancestry noted from Evangeline Lodge Land and prior children Charles Jr. and Jon.
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London
Charles A. Lindh
Land Morrow Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Evangeline Lodge Land
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Lindberghs
Jon
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Registrar of Births and Deaths
Marylebone
London Clinic
Devonshire Place
Senate Adopts Its Own Ohio Budget Plan
Ohio Senate with no new taxes approves its biennial budget 22 to 8, adding funds for Kent State and Ohio State universities and 1 million for free textbooks. House finance committee adds about 250 thousand to Governor Davey’s plan as a special session looms before the July 1 deadline.
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Columbus
Senate
House of Representatives
Martin L. Davey
Davey
House Finance Committee
Kent State University
Ohio State University
Paul P. Yoder
House
Leet Lumber Co Shuts Down Yard Over CIO Talks
The H. Leet Lumber Co. halted operations at its Ninth and Washington yards, citing uncontrollable conditions. C. M. Hartley cites risk from CIO contract drive and AF of L ties, while Harry Doll of the CIO Committee for Industrial Organization pursues a bargaining agreement on wages hours and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Leet Lumber Co
Ninth
Washington Streets
C. M. Hartley
Harry Doll
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Lumber Yard Workers of America
CIO
Hartley
Building Trades Union
American Federation of Labor
Doll
A. F
Jury Sworn in Ironton Trial on Ballot Fraud
A jury of nine men and three women including a colored woman was sworn at 11:30 am in Ironton for a ballot fraud trial involving Lawrence County officials and a Republican commissioner candidate. Defendants include Pearl A. Pratt Elizabeth Griffith Wade Webb and William Dickens. Remaining two co defendants to be tried later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Lawrence
Election Board
Pearl A. Pratt
Elizabeth Griffith
Wade Webb
William Dickens
Ater
Dicken
Common Pleas Court
Testimony Begins in West Union Case
A jury of 10 men and two women hears second degree murder charges against Jack Green 51 of Churn Creek Adams county common pleas court. Evidence opened after jury visited the scene of the March 21 fatal shooting of Robey Forest Williams a neighbor of Green’s at the Green farm on Churn Creek. Mrs Florence Baldridge wife of Sheriff George Baldridge sat in the sheriff’s car during the shooting and narrowly escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Jack Green
Churn Creek
Adams’ County
Barrymore Barrie reconcile after kiss at station
John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie announced reconciliation at a railroad station. Barrie will dismiss her interlocutory decree of divorce.
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Los Angeles
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Troop From Manchester Headed to Youngstown Steel Zone
Co. E of the 147th infantry Ohio national guard from Manchester left at 9 am in five trucks for service in the steel strike zone at Youngstown. The unit, commanded by Captain Harry Yates with Lieutenants John McGuffin and John Grooms, includes 3 officers and 48 privates. Major A G Lockhart, also of Manchester and the 147th, had been stationed at New Lexington and was sent to Youngstown Monday.
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Manchester
Co. E
147Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Youngstown
Harry Yates
John McGuffin
John Grooms
A. G. Lockhart
New Lexington
Mediation Push Continues After Steel Strike Setbacks
Roosevelt's steel peace board plans another round of talks after failed talks with executives. Taft says four companies and John L. Lewis's Steelworkers' Organizing Committee will be recalled for discussions, following militia orders and plant closures in Youngstown.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Steel Peace Board
Charles P. Taft
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
CIO
Bethlehem Steel
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Girdler
Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Youngstown
Martin L. Davey
Taft
John L. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
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Rupert Boys
John Thomas Neval
Messrs
Harris
Exach
Kerr Butler
Rupert Brothers
Ospital
Louis
Indiana
Findlay
Fremont
Ezra Weakley
Sand Ridge
Amesville
Washington County
Red Cross
Marietta
Hubert Bartley
Reading
Cincinnati
Ohio City
Blanchard
Bluffton Manufacturing Co
U. S
Lindbergh
Land
Leet Lumber CO
James E. Musgrove
Green
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