Hopes For 350 Miles An Hour
Wiley Post piloted the Winnie Mae eastward from Burbank aiming to cross to Floyd Bennett Field in New York at speeds around 350 to 490 mph. He relied on a 33,000 foot altitude, a 50 mph tail wind, and an oxygen system, wearing a rubber suit and aluminum helmet. no radio was carried and no reports were expected until arrival or forced landing.
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Los Angeles
Wiley Post
Mars
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Post
Muroc Dry Lake
Mojave
Cal
Gas Pipeline From Texas To Detroit Plan
Washington reports plans for a natural gas pipeline from the Texas panhandle to Detroit and St Louis with a $60 million base cost. Officials described establishing the Texas Gas Conservation Corporation to oversee the project, with the route starting near Amarillo and total cost ranging up to $69 million for Detroit and St Louis or $45 million for Michigan City only.
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Washington
Texas Panhandle
Detroit
St. Louis
R. B. Anderson
Texas
Scott Gaines
Harold Loches
Edward H. Foley
Texas Gas Conservation Corporation
Amarillo
Tex
Michigan City
Council of War On Ohio Relief
A Washington council of war on March 15 debated future Ohio relief policies under Federal Relief Administration chief Hopkins. Attending were Marc Grossman, Cuyahoga County Relief Administrator, ex State Senator Marvin Harrison, Charles C. Stillman, field man for the state, and Aubrey Williams. A definite conclusion was expected late today or Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hopkins
Ohio
Marc Grossman
Cuyahoga County
Marvin Harrison
FERA
Grossman
Harrison
Charles C. Stillman
Aubrey Williams
Uth Hopkins
RFC To Act To Prevent Losses
Washington march 15 the reconstruction finance corporation plans to collect its millions in recovery loans from direct defaulters the agency will act to prevent threatened losses of collateral RFC chairman Jesse Jores said the bank like agency remains in the banking business and must enforce loan collections to protect assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Jesse J
Jores
Ohio Weather Report Predicts Warmer Tonight and Rain Saturday
Fair and much warmer tonight in Ohio. Saturday will be cloudy then rain, with possible activity in the west and extreme north in late afternoon. Warmer in the southeast, cooler in the extreme northwest by Saturday afternoon, followed by much colder conditions Saturday night and Sunday.
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Ohio
Temperance Leaders Speak At Rally Here Tomorrow
Dr Clarence True Wilson and Col Frank B Ebbert, prominent temperance figures, will speak at a city rally tomorrow at 8 p m at First Methodist Church. From Washington, they plan to outline repeal conditions and a temperance education program to support dry movements in the current campaign. Attendance is expected from local church groups and organizations including the W T U and P T A.
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Clarence True Wilson
Frank B Ebbert
First Methodist Church
Dr. Wilson
Board of Temperance, Prohibition
Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wets
Dry
Col. Ebbert
Wilson
Board of Temperance
Washington, D
Omo
Seek Higher Gas Rates At Marion
Marion Ohio residents face a proposed natural gas rate increase filed with the State Utility Commission by the Ohio Fuel Gas Company. The new schedule would raise charges from current tiers to a stepped rate starting with higher per hundred cubic foot charges and a monthly minimum of 1, with a five percent penalty, arguing current ordinance rates from 1925 do not cover service costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
State Utility Commission
Marion
Lorain
Confession Solves Murder Of Merchant
In Delaware on March 15, authorities announced Webb Scott, 27, a radio singer, confessed to the February 2 murder of W. A. Wilson, a clothing merchant, and related robberies. Det. Ray M. Slater reported prints from a sash weight matched those on the crime scene. Scott, a member of the Brown Betty quartet, was charged with first degree murder after his apprehension as a peeping Tom.
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Delaware
W. A. Wilson
Webb Scott
Radio Singer
Ray M. Slater
Cincinnati
Scott
Wilson
Youth Admits Staging Own Abduction
Wilmington March 15 Chester Hyde confessed to Police Chief Howard L Boyd that he staged his own abduction to regain the favor of an 18 year old Woodbridge girl after a quarrel Monday. He initially claimed two men and a woman forced him into an auto to Philadelphia on Monday night. Police will question him about a ransom letter said to be postmarked in Philadelphia.
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Wilmington
Del
LPI
Howard L. Boyd
Chester Hyde
Woodbridge
Philadelphia
House To Vote On Bonus Plan
The House was assured of a vote on payment of the 32,000,000,000 soldiers bonus by currency inflation methods. The rules committee tentatively allowed the chamber to consider the inflation payment issue under a rule permitting a direct vote.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Foremen's Club to Hear Mansfield Engineer
The Elyria Foremen's Club prepares for its March meeting at the Y M C A next Thursday. William James Russell of Westinghouse Electric Mansfield plant will speak on the technique to meet rapidly changing conditions. The program includes entertainment by the Curbstone Quintet under Norwood Hearn and a 6:30 p.m. dinner with a large turnout expected.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
William James Russell
Westinghouse Electric Ager
Mansfield
Russell
Curbstone Quintet
Amherst
Norwood Hearn
Few Seek Outside Pension From Lorain County Home
Lorain County old age pension investigations show 56 residents were recommended for pensions, but only 12 chose to leave the home to live on outside pensions. One woman and 11 men preferred to stay, 44 stayed to receive in-home care. those leaving lose pensions except a small $1 monthly spending allotment. The office reports 972 cases reviewed, 701 now receiving $19,272 monthly, with 271 awaiting Columbus approval.
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Lorain County
William France
France
Columbus
Theft From Brookside School Reported in Sheffield Village
The theft from Brookside School in Sheffield village involved a few kitchen utensils a fire extinguisher and an alarm clock. School officials said several tools and other articles were stolen on February 25 which was reported to Sheriff Clarence W. Dick yesterday.
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Brookside
Sheffield Village
Clarence W. Dick
U S Launches Drive On Crime
The treasury sent 12 000 federal agents into a sweeping crime drive with arrests reported from coast to coast. Morgenthau watched results in Washington as raids hit criminal rings and a growing number of arrests came in hourly.
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Washington
Treasury
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Bitter Fight Over Eight Hour Day Bill In House
In Columbus on March 15 the Ohio House debated Rep W H Whetto's eight hour day and 48 hour week bill for state employes. Amendments to cover all state institutions failed 30 to 58. Rep Wm Boyd moved to reconsider, but the motion failed. Opponents argued increased costs and inequities among workers. Rep Forest Hall urged endorsement of the eight hour system.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
W. H. Whetto
Lawrence County
Whetto
Phillip
Athens
Wm. Boyd
Cuyahoga County
P. H., Rogers
Lorain
Ralph cC Lutz
Richland Counts
Committee On Penal Institutions
Appled
Forest Hall (R
Guernsey
Rep
Hall
Lorain Fights Higher Gas Rates In Renewed Battle
Lorain officials prepared to contest Ohio Fuel Gas Company plans to raise residential rates to 75 cents per thousand cubic feet. Wesley L Grills of Lorain led local pitchers in the Logan case, calling the move a bluff aimed at pressuring nearby cities to abandon lower rate ordinances.
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Lorain
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Orain
Ohio
Loran Gas Company
Ohio Ful
Wesley L Grills
Logan
Ohio Fuel
Utlities Commission
Nea
Germany to Double Military Service Strength, Flandin Says
Paris dispatch reports Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin told the Chamber of Deputies that Germany plans to raise its compulsory military service from one to two years within the coming year. He indicated the government’s measure will expand the army as part of increased defense readiness.
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Paris
Germany
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Chamber of Deputies
Still Hunting For Trace Of Ficer
MT. CLEMENT Mich March 15 Hopeful of finding some trace of missing Cadet Milton A Lamp two Army planes today were sent to investigate a report that a girl had seen an airplane Wing sticking from the water of Lake Erie near Monroe Mich last Monday.
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MT. Clement
Mich
Milton A. Lamp
Army
Lake Erie
Monroe
Howe Illness at White House Shocks Roosevelt Circle
Louis McHenry Howe, longtime secretary to President Roosevelt, is seriously ill at the White House. Under care of Dr. Ross T. McIntyre, he shows signs of improvement after a critical period. The illness is a recurrence of bronchial disorders with cardiac weakness. Howe, a prominent Democratic figure, resides in the White House area and works mainly from his second floor room.
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Washington
Louis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
White House
Howe
Ross T. McIntyre
Italy Extends Olive Branch To Jugoslavia
Belgrade March 15 Premier Benito Mussolini proclaimed Italy has no territorial ambitions against Yugoslavia. The Italian offer followed a cordial presentation of credentials by new Italian minister Count Guido De Campoalto to Prince Paul. The declaration stressed Italy’s intent to cooperate in political and economic spheres and uphold Yugoslavia’s territorial integrity.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Benito Mudolini
Tai
Jucoslavia
Italy
France
Olise
Iia
Ian
Guido de Campoalto
Paul
Count Campoalto
Antioch College Freshman Missing Son of NYC couple
Antioch College officials report a freshman, son of Dr. and Mrs. David Stanley Likels of New York City, has been missing since Tuesday. The disappearance was announced today by college authorities in Yellow Springs Ohio.
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Yellow Springs
Wadsworth Likels
Antioch College
David Stanley Likels
New York City
Ohio Accepts Compromise Relief Plan Aimed at Hopkins Talks
In Columbus on March 15 Governor Martin L. Davey denied any compromise in the relief dispute, stressing his adherence to core principles. Senate leaders Paul Yoder and W. A. Walls proposed a compromise to reestablish the Ohio relief commission, limit overhead, and fund a loan from state highway funds to bridge impending relief shortages, with support from Republican leaders though awaiting Gov Hopkins and Governor Davey approval.
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Columbus. O
Martin L. Davey
Columbus
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio
Paul Yoder
Senate
W. A. Walls
Daies-Hopkins
Wallis
Hopkins
Ohio Assembly
Ohio Relief Commssion
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Davey
Mystery Plane Flight Postponed In Oakland
In Oakland on March 15 a proposed trans pacific flight in a mystery Douglass cabin plane was postponed due to weather. Major Chester Snow and his U S Army Air Corps crew, ready on the runway with gas and emergency gear, returned to the airport for the night and planned to set a new take off time in the morning to test a robot pilot and a directional compass guided by a single radio station.
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Oakland
Cal
Chester Snow
Snow
U. S. Army Air Corps
Bishop Announces Appointments In Youngstown District
Bishop Joseph Schrembs announces March 22 appointments in the Youngstown district. Rev Achille Ferrer moves to St. Ann's Youngstown as pastor. Rev America Cramphain becomes administrator of St Peter's Lorain. Rev Humbert Crescentini shifts to St Anthony's Youngstown as pastor. Rev Francis A Cacciacarro advances to St Peters Lorain as assistant.
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Francis A. Cacciacarro
St. Ann's
St. Anthony's Youngstown
St. Peters, Lorain
Kennett Flood Breaks Levee Swells Flooded Acres
Flood waters from the St Francis river broke two miles north of Kennett inundating thousands of acres of evacuated farmland. Two new breaks widened to about 960 yards, allowing heavy flow into western Kennett areas. Evacuation of about 3,000 families completed before the breaks. Army engineers prepare repairs and National Guard tallies warn of expanding breach and rising flood risk.
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Kenneth
St. Francis River
Here
Kennett
Missouri National Guard
Army Engineers Corps
National Guard
Emergency Shelters In Five States Under Flood Stress
Widening flood waters drive 10 000 to emergency shelters across five states and threaten thousands of homes. Red Cross aids 3 000 in Missouri while boatmen shuttle frightened residents from flooded rooftops. Rain and snowmelt relief moderates crest, but many roads and railways remain impassable.
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Missouri
Illinois
Arkanas
Red Cross
Poplar Bluff
Central Press Association
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Poplar Bluffs
Kennett
St. Francis River
St. Francis
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cairo
Jackson, Miss
Jackson
East
Yellowstone Park Wonders Described by Park Ranger
Worth Fauver, a former fire ranger at Yellowstone National Park, spoke to Junior Hi-Y-Cith members at the YMCA last night. He described the park’s natural wonders and life there, sharing experiences from his years of service and work on conservation.
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Yellowstone National Park
Worth Fauver
Nic An
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Council of War On Ohio Relief
Bulletin
C. T. Wilson
Foremen’s
U.S
Mystery Plane
United Press
Ark
Yellowstone Park
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