Bus Crash Kills 14 Children Near Rockville Md
A school bus collision near Rockville Maryland killed 14 children and injured several more. Driver Percy Line was detained for questioning and later charged with manslaughter as authorities identified the victims and noted the rear of the bus suffered the heaviest losses while eleven escaped serious injury.
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Rockville
Percy Line
Line
Here
Norris Downs, Jr
Williamsport
James Floria
Carl Brendie
Morris Downs, Jr
Mary Ellen Zimmerman
Pearl Emmerson
Bertha Castle
Virginia Myers
LeRoy Kindle
Claude Myers
Mary Louise Downs
Phoebe Kel Ir
Lois Winters
Eiva Harsh
Paul McElroy
Jane Staley
Williamsport High School
R. J. Grimes
Washington
Helen Breyer
Blanche Long
Marr Teach
Dwicht Fearnow
William Collier
Glenn Anderson
Durwood Hose
Wilmer
Ohio Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Cloudy and slightly colder with rain in the southeast and rain or snow in the northern portions tonight. Saturday remains cloudy with a gradual rise in temperatures in the extreme west.
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Ohio
Dust Blanket Thins And Spreads
Dust storms spread across the Middle West South and Southwest as thinning dust reduced the density in western Kansas Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. A north wind could rekindle dust in Kansas while gusty Dakota and Nebraska air may push it again. Garden City Kansas recorded the clearest sky since the storm began four days earlier as dust covered Texas Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama previously.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Southwest
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandies
Dakotas
Nebraska
Garden Ciy
Kan
Mexico
Gulf
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
HOLC to Establish Cashier's Office in Lorain County
Announcement by E. L. Moody states a HOLC cashier's office will be opened in Lorain County to handle 3000 HOLC accounts. Borrowers may then make payments directly to the new office once established.
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Holc
Lorain County
E. L. Moody
American Acquitted In Nazi Court
Berlin reports that Richard Reiderer a naturalized American held ten months in a Nazi prison on espionage charges was acquitted by the People's court.
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Berlin
Richard Reiderer
People’s Court
Truck Driver Hurt When Train Hits At Wellington
Elmer Briggs Akron truck driver was seriously injured when his Norwalk Truck Line vehicle was struck by an extra eastbound freight at Wellington Main street crossing. He was unconscious and taken to Falls Clinic after the crash. rain may have obstructed his windshield and the flasher signals reportedly worked. The train was delayed for some time.
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Wellington
Elmer Briggs
Akron
Main Street
Norwalk
Briggs
Falls
Frank Belfiore
Ashbolt Opposes Ohio Fishing License Bill in House Action
In Columbus on April 12 the Ohio House passed a fishing license bill by 73 to 35. It requires all fishermen to obtain a license, fixing resident fees at 50 cents and non resident at 3 dollars plus clerk surcharges. Rep. Grover Traxler and Rep. East sponsored the measure while Rep. William Ashbolt opposed it citing relief cases.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Grover Traxler
Wyandot County
Stark County
William Ashbolt
Lorain County
France demands League action on future treaty breaches
France cites a 328 page dossier from its army on German rearmament and seeks automatic penalties for future violations under a strengthened League of Nations covenant. Premier Flandin and Foreign Minister Laval present the memorandum to Mussolini and Ramsay MacDonald at Stresa and plan to take the issue to Geneva.
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United Press _ STRESA. Waly
France
Great Britain
Italy
League of Nations
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Tierre Laval
Isola Fella Castre
Flandin
Laval
Rbrenito Mussolini
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir John, Simon
Germany
Leacus Council
Geneva
Stresa
Proposals To Avert Akron Strike Made
Labor Secretary Frances Perkins reported progress after meetings with Goodyear, Goodrich, and Firestone executives on three plans to avert Akron rubber worker strikes. Plans include withdrawing appeals of NLRB rulings, allowing elections with later court review, and a temporary halt to strike actions pending federal court decisions. Talks continue with AFL leader William Green and rubber workers officials as hearings loom.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Rubber Company
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
Akron
Roosevelt
Perkins
Goodyear, Goodrich
Firestone
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Rubber Workers’ Union
Manacement
Fed
Selecting Jury For Damage Suit
Ridgeville high daal seniors studying law and government waited in common pleas court as attorneys sought a jury for a personal injury case. George Mashinske of La Grange sues J. C. Heath of Kansas for £5.19. delay ensued as only three of twelve jurors were available and deputies summoned more. The incident recalls a collision between the litigants near Penfield on August 17, 1933.
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Ridgeville High
Penfield
Dynamiting of Ridgeville Steel Tower Probed
A tower near Stoney Ridge Road four miles north of Route 20 in Ridgeville Township was dynamited in an alleged attempt to disrupt power for Greater Cleveland. Sheriff Clarence W. Dick and deputies investigated after 30 pounds of dynamite damaged the tower bases. Seven transmission lines were at risk, one line broken, no service disruption reported. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company posted a $5,000 reward. Eben G. Crawford affirmed no suspects and ongoing precautions.
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Greater Cleveland
Clarence W. Dick
Stoney Ridge Road
Route 20
Ridgeville Township
Cleveland
Holy Week Noonday Services Announced for Elyria
For the twelfth consecutive season Holy Week Noonday services will be held at St. John's Church Broad street and West avenue under Grace and St. John's Lutheran Churches. Services run 12:00 to 12:30 with special music each day. Speakers include Rev. J. E. Baumgartner Cleveland Rev. N. Borchardt deaf mute missionary for Ohio Rev. E. Abendroth Short Haven Rev. C. Scheuerman Fair view Village and Rev. H. C. Muhly Detroit formerly Grace Church pastor. Arrangements by Rev. Armin Schroeder Rev. F. J. Schumm and others.
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St. John's Church
Broad Street
West Avenue
Grace
St. John’s
Approve Sale Of Seals In Elyria Public Schools
The Elyria board of education approved selling crippled children seals in the public schools. Campaigns open tonight city wide, with team captains meeting at Elyria Memorial Hospital dining room. Mrs. Herbert Cooke heads the school drive. E. F. Allen will speak at Elyria High School. Girls at Elyria High sell seals, new downtown sale spot added at Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Also planned to fund the warm water orthopedic pool at Gates Hospital.
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Elyria Public
Elyria Board of Education
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Herbert Cooke
Elyria Council of
Gates Hospital
Elyria
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Payroll survey traces Elyria industry employment in 1934
The survey shows 32 Elyria plants employed about 4 755 workers in 1934, up 7.5 percent from 1931 levels in 49 plants, with 1929 peak figures used for comparison. It notes local payrolls would reach 6 932 if operations reached capacity and that three-fifths of Elyria’s population rely on industrial payrolls. The Gulf States survey adds how workers spend money, highlighting 34.8 percent on food and 9.8 percent in banks, with automobile-related spending at 5 percent of expenditures.
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Elyria
Bureau of Census
Gulf States
Stee! Co
Ohio Governor Davey Signs Three Bills
Governor Davey signed three bills including a safety glass requirement for autos sold in Ohio after 1935 and a prohibition on dentist advertising. The measure, sponsored by Rep. William Hudlett, empowers the State Dental Board to suspend or revoke licenses for price advertising or guarantees and bans free examination offers. The Schweller act appropriates 76000 dollars of sales revenues for administrative costs, with annual administration exceeding one million dollars.
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Columbus. O
Davey
Ohio
William Hudlett
Cleveland
State Dental Board
Senators Seek Accounting Of FERA Funds Survey Of Relief Expenditures
Senate leaders press for a survey of emergency relief spending and an accounting of about 300 million dollars in FERA funds since 1982. The move, led by Sen. James Couzens, seeks state-by-state distribution details, pre allotment procedures, required cooperation, and any state loans or agreements involved.
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FERA
Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Republicans
James Couzens
R. Mich
Couzens
Appropriations Committee
Students At Oberlin Strike Against War Protest
Hundreds of Oberlin College students joined a nation wide strike opposing war with classes dismissed for the hour. A parade from Warner Hall to Finney Chapel opened the program led by the college band. President Ernest Hatch Wilkins urged study of war measures and writing to legislators to influence peace efforts.
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Oberlin, CO
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Gerald Nye
Northern Pacific
Supreme Court
Warner Hall
Finney Chapel
Speaks
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Jean Fitch
Brussels
Lloyd Beck
James Nelson
Ernest Yarrow
James A. Richards
Ohio Colleges Back Peace Strikes Across State
Ohio colleges and universities staged orderly antiwar strikes led by student bodies and presidents. Large turnout at Cleveland Western Reserve University with 2600 students adopting antiwar resolutions. Ohio State University saw partial demonstrations after a class-dismissal order, later rescinded. Toledo led by President Nash with 100 percent strike. Akron drawn about 1000 students. Oberlin and Antioch among others held protests. Buckeye and Muskingum distributed surveys. Cincinnati and Xavier reportedly did not join. An orderly 15 minute meeting near Marietta College ended with warnings against absences and communism.
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United Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
United States
Ohio State University
Geo. W. Rightmire
Philip Nash
University of Toledo
University of Akron
Oberlin College
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Bonebrake
Dayton
Bowlins Green State College
Muskingum College
New Concord
University of Cincinnati
Navier University
Marietta Collece
Atudent Council
Robert Creecan
Edward S. Parsons
Fifty Nine Criminal Cases Nolled in Court Docket
Fifty nine more criminal cases were nolled in common pleas court yesterday in a continued elimination of dead cases from the docket. The court acted at the request of Prosecutor Howard Butler after sheriff and enforcement officers reviewed all cases to decide which should be dropped and which kept in force. Of the total, thirty four were secret indictments.
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Common Pleas Court
Howard Butler
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Ashbolt
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Ridgeville Two
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Acme
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Medicine
H. C. Urey
Columbia University
W. E. Murray
G. H. Whipple
University of Rochester
Urey
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