Storm District Wins Its Fight Against Disease
Stark tornado aftermath reported across several states with 433 deaths. WPA fast tracks debris removal and reconstruction funds while TVA plans a model city in Tupelo. Mississippi and Georgia each listed at 1,000,000. Gainesville Ga reports a business boom as shops reopen and rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm District
Tupelo
Arkansas
South Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
WPA
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Georgia
Gainesville
Miss
Tennessee ‘Valley Authority
Ee Tva
Noris
Tenn
Earl Draper
Norris
M. 3. Miller
Plane Crash Fatal to Two Ohioans
Elmer Treiber 28 and Frederick Gherer 19 died when their Aeronica monoplane crashed during a pleasure flight near Hamilton Ohio. A witness reported the craft appeared sound minutes before the plunge. Treiber owned the plane and operated the North Hamilton airport. Gherer died at Mercy Hospital Cincinnati after being taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Cincinnati
Treiber
North Hamilton
Sherer
John M. Stanley Services Saturday
Funeral services for John M. Stanley former shoe merchant in Van Wert are tentatively set for 11 o clock Saturday morning at the Denton and Donaldson funeral chapel in Columbus. He died Sunday in Miami Florida from injuries in an automobile crash. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead.
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John M. Stanley
van Wert
Denton and Donaldson
Columbus
Stanley
Miami
Fla
Mt. Gilead
Stocks Edge Higher at New York Opening on April 9
J. S. Case rose 3 points to 165 in a steady to firm Stock Exchange opening. Trading showed moderate activity in stocks and bonds with a steady tone. Cotton remained steady while grains eased and the dollar firmed.
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New York
J. S. Case
Stock Exchange
Dr Coulter to Lead Good Friday Union Service
Dr C M Coulter will address the Good Friday union service at First Methodist church from 1 30 to 3 00 PM. The choir led by J Alford Breese will perform selections including The March to Calvary and Tis Midnight and Olive's Brow. The Passion sermon The Way of the Cross will be given by Rev Charles M Coulter D D district superintendent of the Dayton district of the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alford Breese
Calvary
Maunder
Bradbury
Gethsemane
Otto Malling
Protheroe
Mt. Rubidoux
Harvey Gaul
Edwin Lemare
Handel
Charlies M. Coulter
Dayton
Methodist Church
Coulter
Ohio Conference
First Church
Athens
Ohio University
Wesley Foundation
King Avenue Methodist Church
Columbus
Youth Indicted for Murder in Ohio Girl's Death
An Ohio youth faces murder charges in connection with the death of a girl named Moorhead. The accused, identified as Smith, was with Moorhead when she was shot during a quarrel. Another account claims the shooting was accidental and involves a high school student.
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Ohio
Kell. Smith
Miss Moorhead
Robert Shieiee
High Schoosaan
Death notice of Mrs. George Torrey in Van Wert
Mrs. George Torrey 85 died Wednesday evening at her North Washington home after a three month illness. Born in Kent September 10, 1651, she lived mainly in Van Wert and belonged to St. Marks Lutheran church and the Eastern Star. Survived by husband, a daughter Mrs. Frank Reidenbach, a son Vaughn Torrey, three sisters Mrs. Brough Johnson Celina and Maud Ferguson, and brother Charles Ferguson of Ferndale Mich. Funeral at St. Marks Lutheran Saturday at 2 30 conducted by Dr. E E Snyder.
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George Torrey
North
Washington St
Kent
van Wert
Order of Eastern Star
Torrey
Frank Reidenbach
Vaughn Torrey
Brough Johnson
Celina
Maud Ferguson
Charles Ferguson
Ferndale
Midh
St. Marks Lutheran Church
E. E. Snyder
Band Mothers Name Committees for Gypsy Festival
The Band Mothers Association has named committees for the Gypsy Festival to be held next Tuesday night in the Lincoln auditorium. Proceeds go to fund travel for band members to Washington DC. General chairmen are Mrs. E. B. King Mrs. Dale Stuck and Mr. C. P. Bowdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Mothers’ Association
Lincoln Auditorium
Washington, D. C
E. B. King
Dale Stuck
C. P. Bowdle
Martin W. Feigert
Albert A. Feigert
W. H. Wherry
Easter holiday granted for state offices in Ohio
Governor Davey ordered an Easter vacation for all state offices in Columbus and elsewhere. The break will last from noon Friday until Monday morning with classes at John H. Karr Business College resumed Monday at 7 30.
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John H. Karr Business College
Columbus
Davey
Ohio Senate hears debate on unemployment insurance plans
The Ohio Senate's research committee opened hearings on unemployment compensation. H Herman Rauch of Wisconsin outlined three models, noting Wisconsin uses an individual reserve plan while New York combines approaches. He urged a compromise to motivate employers while ensuring employee benefits, as hearings continue with witnesses from Cincinnati and Antioch College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Senate
H. Herman Rauch
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
New York
Murray
Rauch
Thomas J. Donnelly
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Stanley Mathewson
Cincinnati Employment Service
W. M. Leiserson
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
I. M. Rubin
Cincinnati
Radio Engineer Killed by Shock
New York April 9 The electrocuted NBC television laboratory engineer Harry E Lawrence died instantly from a charged condenser. Officials said the accident does not indicate danger in television equipment and will not hamper experiments toward practical television. The voltage was estimated between 2000 and 5000. The charge ripped off his shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry £. Lawrence
Television Experimental Laboratory
National Broadcasting Company
Lawrence
Hearst Loses in Fight on Probe
Washington April 9 Senate lobby committee won the right to examine telegrams of publisher William Randolph Hearst in District of Columbia supreme court yesterday. Hearst attorneys vowed to press the case to the United States supreme court if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
William Randolph Hearst
District of Columbia Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Italian Forces Mass for Major Drive on Dessye
Reports from Asmara and Lake Ashangi detail five Italian divisions and a special flying column converging on Dessye with the third army corps from Socota. The operation aims to crush Haile Selassie forces, using a grand scale maneuver across caravan routes, with over 100000 troops and laborers improving supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian Eritrea
Lake Ashangi
Third Army
Socota
Cial
Lake Tana
Marechal Pietro Badoglito
Italy
Ethiopia
Sabanda
Korem
Aschangi
Dessye
Aschangi-Dessye
Imperial Road
Addis Ababa
Third
Magdala
Guerrilas
Knox Gains Strong Delegates in Early Republican Vote
In St Paul Minnesota today 18 delegates were allocated among Landon Knox Borah and two undecided with Knox leading in several districts. In New Hampshire Frank Knox secured eight of eleven delegates to the Cleveland convention signaling broad support from Manchester and Chicago publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Paul
Minnesota
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago
William E. Borah
Idaho
Concord
N. H
Manchester
Today
New Hampshire
Telestam
Former deputy shoots at school bus in California outburst
Merle L. Smith, ex Inyo county deputy sheriff, fired at a school bus with 43 children in Paso Robles. He threatened the driver and was overpowered, then confined to a psychopathic ward at a San Luis Obispo hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso Robles
Cal
Merle L. Smith
Inyo County
San Luis Obispo
Festival Queen Contest Sees Eight Candidates Named
Miss Keen BOY, Miss Erlene Emans of Van Wert High School join eight total contenders for the Festival Queen Jubilee. Some schools Hoaglin Jackson Wren and Tully Convoy yet to pick candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keen Boy
Erlene Emans
van Wert High School
Hoaglin-Jackson
Wren
Tully-Convoy
Airliner Wreck Probe Seeks Clues At Public Hearing
Federal investigators plan a public hearing in Uniontown to determine the cause of the crash that killed 11 aboard the Starliner. Officials summon TWA, Commerce, Weather Bureau, and other witnesses to examine radio beacon operation and pilot actions as survivors recover from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNI
Department of Commerce
TWA
Uniontown
Senate Air Safety Committee
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Investige
Nellie Granger
Ellenstein
Challinor
Miss Granger
Ferguson
Haa
Newark
Pittsburgh
John Walker
Kansas City
McKeesport
John A. Collings
Columbus
Pittsburgh-Newark
Mother seeks custody of Freddie Bartholomew
Mrs Lillian Mae Bartholomew hires a New York lawyer to pursue custody of her 12 year old movie star son Freddie Bartholomew who stars in Little Lord Fauntleroy and earns 1500 dollars weekly. Aunt Miss Myllicent Mary Bartholomew holds Freddie in Hollywood after a 1934 separation. California court had given temporary custody last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lillian Mae Bartholomew
Freddie Bartholomew
Gloria Vanderbilt
Bartholmew
Labor
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
California
Miss Batholomew
Freddie
David Copperfield
Ohio Utilities Commission Delays C N Service Cut
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission announced the Cincinnati Northern railroad service between Van Wert and the Michigan state line will not be cut before May 10, with steps to remove trains after April 15. The commission also authorized Railway Express Service to begin line operations from Van Wert to West Unity once CN service is abandoned, with start timing to align with the CN shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Sion
Ohio
Michigan State
Soantad Uilositee
Ohio Public Utilities
Railway Express Sorvice
Worker files suit to block Ohio minimum wage law
Kathryn J. Dakin of Lebanon files in federal district court seeking to enjoin C B Chapman and Elaine Sheffler from enforcing Ohio's wage law. She alleges the act is unconstitutional under the fifth and fourteenth amendments and that it deprived her liberty of contract. A hearing is set for May 4 before Federal Judge Robert P Nevin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Federal District Court
C. B.chapman
Industrial Relations
Ohio
Elaine Sheffler
Kathryn J. Dakin
Lebanon
Dakin
T. A. Edmondson
Chapman
Quick Dry Cleaners
Robert P Nevin
Lima Locomotive Wins Oil-Burning Engine Order
Lima Locomotive Works to hire hundreds after receiving order for five oil burning locomotives from the Louisiana and Arkansas railroad. The date is April 9 in Lima Ohio.
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Lima Locomotive
Lima, O
Locomotive
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
District Hospital Records Good in Lima Tuberculosis Center
The State Bureau of Inspection of Public Offices approved the Lima five county district tuberculosis hospital's financial administration. State Examiner S. C. Hunt reported no findings for recovery and found all records in good order. The institution is funded by Allen, Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby and Van Wert counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Bureau of Inspection of Public Offices
Lima
State Examiner
C. Hunt
Allen, Auglaize
Mercer
Shelby
van Wert
Easter Mailing Advice for Timely Cards
Officials urged sending Easter greeting cards by Friday to ensure delivery before Easter. City carriers work only four hours Saturday morning, and may not reach every house as their regular shift is five and a half hours.
Wibright Sentenced to Ohio Prison in Sodomy Conviction
Sheriff R B Stevens departed for Columbus with 68 year old John Scott Wibright of Van Wert after Wibright pleaded guilty before Judge Sumner E Walters to a sodomy charge and received a term not more than 20 years in the Ohio penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Stevens
Columbus
John Scott Wibright
van Wert
Ohio
Wibright
Sumner E. Walters
Weather drift with occasional rain into Friday
Occasional rain predicted tonight and Friday with little change in temperature. Local temperatures record a 24 hour period ending noon with nocturnal low around ten and morning high near six. year-ago figures unclear due to garbled data.
France and Britain clash on Ethiopian and Rhineland issues
Paris warned Britain that France will press Parliament and the League to act over Italian gas use in Ethiopia and Rhineland defiance by Germany. Britain urged a League inquiry and a quick peace framework, while Italy pressed its own plan as Mussolini prepared for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Geneva
France
Atsl
Great
Britain
Pierre Etienne French Plandin
Anthony Eden
Grea
Italy
Rhineland
Vitain
Prande
Germany
Versailles
den. Metta
Aloisi
League Council
Ethiopia
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