Donahey Asked To Run Again By F D R
Washington report says Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio was asked by President Roosevelt to consider running again in 1940. Donahey met with the President for about 20 minutes and said no decision was made on retirement or the third term issue. He noted the Ohio situation was discussed and indicated he prefers staying in Washington only until the current session ends. He has been ill recently but plans to return home soon and supports the neutrality act while opposing the arms embargo repeal.
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Washington
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Sen. Donahey
Congress
Inspector Takes Vacation Half a Day at a Time
Building inspector Hari Dickason plans a two week vacation by not working Saturday mornings. He says he will still be vacationing at year end and will have one day left in 1940. He adopts Saturday mornings to align with local building trades who do not work Saturdays and to avoid needing a substitute.
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Hari Dickason
Dickason
Dickasen
Nomination Rejected for Nevada U S District Attorney
The Senate rejected President Roosevelt's nomination of William S. Boyle for Nevada U S District Attorney amid bipartisan opposition. Senator Pat McCarran called him obnoxious while Senator Key Pittman urged support. Archibald McLeish was confirmed as Librarian of Congress by 63 to 8, and Paul A. is noted as also confirmed.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
William S. Boyle
U. S
Nevada
Boyle
Pat McCarran
Nev
Key Pittman
Archibald McLeish
Connecticut
Congress
Paul A
Funeral Director Edward Thompson Ends Life in Oxford
Edward T. Thompson, 65, a funeral director for 42 years in Mt. Orab and Oxford, died by self-inflicted carbon monoxide in his hearse. His daughter found him. coroner Dr. Edward Cook issued a death by own action verdict. He left a wife and two sons, E Clair Thompson and another son in Mt. Orab.
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Oxford
Edward T. Thompson
Edgar Salen
Edward Cook
Butler County
Thompson
Mt. Orab
E. Clair Thompson
Mt. Orab O
Massive Marijuana Patch Disrupted at Antioch College
Federal agents led by George Gray and A D Stevenson demolished a 10 to 20 acre marijuana patch at Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio. The site held an estimated 100000 plants with a value of 10 to 15 million dollars. Antioch students aided in the destruction while water, kerosene, and equipment were used in the operation.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
George Gray
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Cincinnati
A. D. Stevenson
Columbus Narcotics Bureau
W. B. Alexander
Stevenson
Indicted Cincinnati Man Surrenders
Cincinnati man Martin J. Gould, among 53 indicted in a federal grand jury cemetery lot fraud probe, surrendered today. The article notes appointments of Walker to the Federal Communications Commission and John M. Carmody of New York to head the new Federal Works Agency.
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Cincinnati
Martin J. Gould
Comptroller Likely For State School Foundation Program
The Ohio state board of control will decide whether to appoint a comptroller to govern the 48 million dollar school foundation program. Acting Finance Director Herbert Defenbacher said the board deferred action for a week and may consult Governor Buicker before any appointment.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
Herbert Defenbacher
Buicker
E. N. Dietrich
David Sutton
Defenbacher
Sutton
Dietrich
Indicted pair surrender to U S Marshal in Cleveland
Postal inspectors report John E Bernstein and Harry Schoenberg surrendered to the U S Marshal at Cleveland on bond under $1500. Bernstein was acquitted in a similar charges trial. Morton Gilbert and several associates were convicted. James H Cleveland said 20 defendants have been accounted for.
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John E. Bernstein
Harry Schoenberg
U. S
Cleveland
Bernstein
Morton Gilbert
James H. Cleveland
Bricker Demanded Resignation Prompted Sutton Exit
Sutton claims Governor Bricker pressed for his resignation. Dietrich axed the post when Sutton refused. Defenbacher announced nearly 1,000,000 released as the second quarterly payment to the public school teachers retirement fund, with 787,112 to the teachers division and 177,590 to the school employees division. He denies the pension fund is being broken down and cites funding delays. The Pantheon in Paris is a 367 by 276 foot Greek cross, 299 feet high. Births in Japan exceed deaths by about one million annually.
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Sutton
Bricker
Dietrich
Defenbacher
Pantheon
Paris
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