Yoder Predicts Job Insurance Passage Soon
Ohio Senator Paul Yoder predicts passage of unemployment insurance this month as the General Assembly moves to end the session. The House approved social security measures to share federal funds, including $1.2 million for mothers pensions and dependent children, $175,000 for aid to the blind, and $120,000 for aid to impaired children, with federal matching. The Senate approved hospital construction at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home in Xenia, funds for erosion surveys on Lake Erie, and a bond exchange bill introduced by Senator Herner.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Seneiey
Paul P. Yoder
Montgomery County
Senate
Yoder
House
Ohio
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
Action” Committee
Lake Erie
Senator Herner
Village Clubs to Be Formed in Van Wert County
Townsend clubs are to be organized in each village of Van Wert county. C. H. Hooker of Toledo told about 200 locals at the Community room of the Peoples Savings bank. He outlined visits to Scott Convoy Wren Wiltshire Ohio City Middle Point and Venedocia. Van Wert club members will meet again in two weeks.
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Toledo
Hoskins
Ottoville
Scott
Delphos
van Wert
Weather details and temperature readings
Local temperatures for the 24 hours ending noon today show a maximum around 36 and a minimum around 29. Tonight and Friday will be colder with approaching low temperatures and early sunset at 7 03 p m and sunrise at 6 20 a m. Year ago the high reached 38 and the low 29 on the Ist.
Tornado Hits Cordele and Concord Damaging City
Cordele Georgia was ripped by a tornado cutting a three block swath killing at least 19 people and injuring about 100 with property damage near 500000. Sheriff J H Pitts said several may have died outside Cordele while Concord North Carolina also reported a tornado causing about 100000 in damages with no serious injuries.
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Cordele
J. H. Pitts
Ohio State Coach Declines North Carolina Offer
Line coach Ernest R. Godfrey announced he would remain at Ohio State after rejecting repeated North Carolina proposals to take the head football job. Godfrey cited a closed-North Carolina case despite further talks offered by UNC.
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Ohio State
Columbus
Ernest R. Godfrey
University of North Carolina
Frey
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
R. A. Fetser
Fetzer
Godfrey
Ohio
Harold G. Olson
Wisconsin
Walter Meanwell
Olson
Madison
Floyd Stahl
Craig Ruby
Illinois
Doug Mills
Ruby
Mills
Vera Strets Faces Potential Death Penalty In Gebhardt Case
In New York on April 2 a jury weighs first degree murder charges against Vera Strets for killing Dr. Frits Gebhardt her German lover. Judge Cornelius F Collins denied defense motions as court convenes amid fatal-attack deliberations.
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New York
Vera Strets
Frits Gebhardt
Cornelius F. Collins
Ohio City Names Miss Ine for Peony Honor
Miss Inez Krugh of Ohio City Liberty High School is chosen by classmates to represent Ohio City as Queen Jubilee V. She is the third candidate selected as each county school nominates one. Queen Jubilee V will reign at the fifth annual Peony Festival in Van Wert likely in early June during bloom.
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Inez Krugh
Ohio City-Liberty
Ohio offers first CCC enrollments in six months
Columbus Ohio April 2 for the first time in six months Ohio youths were offered enrollment in CCC camps. Dayton H Frost Ohio FERA administrator said the new quota to be filled by April 15 was 6500 persons. About 50 camps expected statewide Van Wert county initial quota set at 30.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton H. Frost
Ohio Fera
van Wert
Better Guernseys Urged in Van Wert County
Floyd Barlow of Wooster urged Van Wert County Guernsey breeders to improve stock during a meeting of 55 members at the courthouse. Forrest Shaffer, president, announced the annual sale set for June 3 at the fairgrounds.
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van Wert County
Guernsey
Floyd
Barlow
Woooster
Mendal Awarded 250000 in Breach of Promise Suit
New York April 2 Miss Lillian Mendal won 250000 damages in a breach of promise suit against Frederic Adam Gimbel son of Isaac Gimbel. She sought 2000000 contending they were lovers for 14 years and he promised to marry after his father’s death but did not.
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New York
Lillian Mendal
Supreme Court
Frederic Adam Gimbel
Isaac Gimbel
Miss Mendal
Gimbel
Kiwanians Hear Officials at Findlay District Meeting
Three Van Wert Kiwanis Club members joined 400 Kiwanians in Findlay for a district meeting. International president Harper Patton and district leaders Al Cox Norman Reed D Moore addressed the gathering. Local officers W G McKeddie Reynolds Nelson and James Zanor attended.
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van Wert Kiwanis Club
Findlay
Harper Patton
Madisonville
al Cox
Canton
Ohio
Norman Reed
Toledo
D. Moore
Marion
W. G. McKeddie
James Zanor
Augusta National Championship Delayed by Rain
Augusta Georgia April 2 rain halted the opening round of the Augusta national golf championship. The event will resume Friday with the first two rounds completed that day and the tournament set to finish Sunday as planned.
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Augusta
Qga
Meteor crater near Linton alarms residents
A meteor struck a farm half a mile from Linton near Indiana on Tuesday night. The explosion produced a blinding flash and a deep crater drawing curiosity from locals and authorities.
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Indiana
Linton
Ind
United States
Watt Killed in Auto Truck Collision Near Socialsville
Alvis Watt aged 35 of Socialsville died in a collision between his car and a milk truck yesterday. Watt's two dogs also died in the crash.
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Hamilton, O
Alvis Watt
Socialsville
Watt
Auto Dealers Meet At Raabe Showroom
Ford dealers from Van Wert and neighboring counties attended a meeting in the Raabe Auto Company showroom on Wednesday evening. Motion pictures were shown and a luncheon was served.
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Ford Dealers
van Wert
Raabe Auto Company
County soil conservation board listed with officers
The twelve members named as chairmen and vice chairmen from districts such as Harrison Pleasant Washington Wiltshire Liberty York Jennings and Delphos form the county board of directors for the soil conservation and domestic allotment program. They will meet soon to organize and begin immediate implementation of the new plan.
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Gale Palmer
Vic-Chaneira
A. ‘Reyser
Jackson
Milo Blackmore
Raymond Pangle
J. W. Adams
Harrison
R. R. Springer
Chaiiman
A. C. Young
Paul Lichtensteiger
Pleasant
C. R. Duniton
Otto Giessler
Washington
Ed Engel
Andréw Eichoist
Jos. Gerdeman
Delphos
Wiltshire
Otto Gehres
Theo C. Hofmann
Cloyd. Byer
Liberty
Henry Kline
Ethos. Moyer
Bert Custer _ York
D. L. Parker
P J. Morris
Auditor Checks Tax Collection Decline At March End
County Auditor Harry D. Bellis announced an inquiry into a about six thousand dollar drop in personal tax receipts compared with last year. The investigation continues in his office with a 10 percent penalty after March 31. Bellis noted about 100 loss returns filed by March 31 and cited figures for periods ending that date.
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Harry D. Bellis
Bellis
Summons Nine for Grand Jury Quiz in Van Wert
Prosecuting Attorney S. Beard has issued subpoenas for nine local residents to appear at 9 a.m. Monday April 6 as the grand jury begins its investigation of pending cases. The summoned are Wilbert Carothers A B Matthews J F Merrifield Margarette Pennell Ancel Strabtree A N Jones Grace Neely Robert Boyd and a Mr Neiford all of Van Wert.
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8. S. Beard
Wilbert Carothers
A. B. Matthews
J. F. Merrifield
Margarette Pennell
Ancel Srabtree
A. N. Jones
Grace Neely
Robert Boyd
Mr. Neiford
van Wert
Township Audit Completed in Van Wert County
State examiner J. R. Atterholt finished auditing township books in Van Wert County after several weeks on site. A separate county offices report was released days earlier.
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J. R. Atterholt
van Wert
Amateur Great Turns Pro for Augusta Golf Promotion
W Lawson Little of San Francisco, long regarded as amateur golf's top player for two years, has turned professional to join Bobby Jones in a golf promotion role with a sporting goods company in Augusta Georgia on April 2.
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Augusta
W. Lawson Little
San Francisco
Bobby Jones
Two Teens Held in Auto Theft Case
Two youths were arrested around 2 30 this morning and held for Fostoria officers after confessing to stealing a car in Fostoria last midnight and driving there. Named are Joseph Krall twenty of Dunkirk Indiana and Jack Kegg nineteen of Wabash Indiana. Arresting officers were F Roy Shaffer and Patrolman Oliver H Perry.
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Fostoria
Joseph Krall
Dunkirk
Ind
Jack Kegg
Wabash
F. Roy Shaffer
Merchantile Protective Agency
Oliver H Perry
Two Lives Lost as Big Plane Crashes
A crash in a snowstorm near Pavilion New York killed two men. Federal investigators said the American Airlines plane on the Newark Buffalo route was afire before impact. The dead include pilot Sanford L Underwood of Snyder and passenger William Garrett of Albany.
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Sanford L
Underwood
Snyder
Buffalo
William Garrett
Albany
State Auditor Distributes Nuisance Tax Funds
Columbus April 2 State Auditor Joseph T Tracy distributed 1776182 in tax funds to Ohio counties from nuisance taxes collected in March. Local government funds total 1256144 and poor relief 519083 with allocations for Van Wert Allen Auglaize and others.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
van Wert
Allen
Auglaize
Lytle Resigns From City Civil Service Commission
M. J. Lytle resigns today from the city civil service commission. Mayor John H. Moryteen says no appointment has been made to fill the vacancy.
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M. J. Lytle
City Civil Service Commission
John H. Moryteen
Borah Effort Tested Today in New York Primary
Albany April 2 Borah for president forces fought for a nation ally foothold in New York as voters chose delegates to the Republican national convention. The 17 Borah candidates crowded the field amid a dull Democratic primary. Upstate sentiment named Governor Alf M Landon as a possible alternative in neutral Republican circles.
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Albany
Borah
New York
U. S
William E. ‘Borah
Idaho
Young Republicans Meet in Van Wert New Quarters
The Young People’s Republican club of Van Wert county opens new quarters on South Washington street with a Friday 8 o’clock meeting. President C Dan Pennell says Lima attorney Eugene Lippincott will speak, plus music and a short play. First time voters in May primaries are urged to attend. Public welcome.
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Young People’s Republican Club
van Wert County
Washington St
C. Dan Fennell
Eugene Lippincott
Lima
Pennell Isaid
Contest Tomorrow at Middle Point School
A large crowd is expected for an amateur contest at Middle Point School tomorrow night at 8. The event, sponsored by the Middle Point Band Mothers association, features strong local talent and numbers by guest artists.
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Middle Point School
Middle Point Band Mothers’ Association
Hauptmann Rests in Old Cell as Grand Jury Ponders Charge
Trenton April 2. Hauptmann faces possible reprieve as Mercer county grand jury widens inquiry into Lindbergh baby case. Gov Hoffman and witnesses test the scope, while disbarred attorney Paul Wendel’s alleged confession and arrest swirl amid delays and competing investigations.
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Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Mercer County Grand Jury
Harold G. Hoffman
Tate Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Paul Wen
Grand Jury
Allyne Freeman
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Paul H. Wendel
Chen I
Carroll T. Jones
T He
New Lisbon
New York City
F. X. Geoghan
Brooklyn
Hoffman
Wendel
Kimberling
State Prison
Thomas W. Trenchard
Geoghan
William F. McGuinness
Mercer County
Wenju
Parker
N. d
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N. C
Concord
Sos
Vera
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Ine
County
Anna Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Young Republicans
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Hopewell
Benefit
Wilentz
Detene
Iis Son
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