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Van Wert Times

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1936

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Fire damages Schine's Strand cinema injures projector operator

Fire at Schine's Strand damages film reels and sound equipment with estimated loss between 1500 and 2000 dollars. About 100 people left the theater safely as Wally Allen, manager, says the venue will be closed a week for repairs. operator ard White from Lima sustained facial and hand burns. Firefighters contained the blaze with two water tanks and fireproof walls cited for limiting damage.

Schine’s Strand Howard White Lima Wally Allen Schine's Theatres Allen White

Arrest in Van Wert chicken theft ring

Four youths led by sheriff arrest in Van Wert for participation in a chicken theft ring. A. C. Sutton affidavit says NEW ARREST IN Zuro Dunno used alias R N Horn and sold 18 chickens to Ohio City buyer C E Krugh for 17.76 dollars. Dunno bound over to grand jury on 300 dollars bond. Juvenile charges issued for three others who confessed to 11 robberies across three counties. Charles Ditto implicated as ring member likely to face Probate Judge Lawhead.

Zuro Dunno van Wert R. ¥. Stevens A. C. Sutton Liberty Sutton Dunno R. N. Horn C. E. Krugh Ohio City Grand Celina Willard Hoverman Woodland Avenue Doyt Fouty Carl McCollum South Race Street Charles Ditto West Second St Stevens Charles E. Lawhead

Jefferson Day Banquet Set for May 6 in Van Wert

Democrats of Van Wert county announce their annual Jefferson day banquet for Wednesday May 6. Local candidates for May primary nominations are invited to attend and prominent speakers have been secured. The event will be held at the YWCA.

van Wert YWCA

Nazi Revisions Twist Christ Sermon Into Aryan Message

Berlin April 11 A Nazi era rewrite of Christ's Sermon on the Mount reframes beatitudes to suit an Aryan state. Reichsbishop Mueller alters lines on meekness mourning mercy and peacemakers to promote strength loyalty and obedience to the regime. The denunciation of resisting evil is softened to fit totalitarian norms.

Berlin Christ Matthew Reichsbishop Mueller

Boy survives street sweeper mishap in St Joseph

Alfred Zahl, 11, rode along a St. Joseph street when he fell and was brushed into a street sweeping machine. He was disgorged alive at the hospital with only minor bruises and his bicycle largely undamaged. He compared the experience to Jonah and the whale.

Joseph Mich Alfred Zahl Alfred Jonah St. Joseph

Imported Rabbits Are Tried in Ohio

The Ohio state conservation department reports replacing a single breeding farm with multiple management areas to boost rabbit stock. Over 700 imported rabbits have been distributed, and the animals will live in natural habitat while experts study climate effects in the first year.

Columbus State Conservation Department Ohio

Mexico Deports Former President Calles After Secret Capture

Mexico City reports former President Plutarco Elie Calles was secretly seized with aides Luis Morones Luis Leon and Melchor Ortega and deported by airplane. Calles, long a dominant figure, left Mexico after his dictatorship fell last June and returned last December to gauge Cardenas' regime.

Mexico City Plutarco Elie Calles Luis Morones Luis Leon Melchor Ortega Cailles Califorce Hawaii Lazaro Cardenas

Gov Davey Signs Eleven Bills in Ohio Actions

Governor Davey signed eleven bills, including social security measures and appropriations. Key items include 1.24 million for mother and child pensions, 98 thousand for Juvenile Research, 8 thousand for State Bureau of Revenue, 15 thousand for highway planning, 33.9 thousand for House and Genetics expenses, and 6.396 thousand for the industrial commission. Also a land transfer at the State Hospital in Dayton to Montgomery county for a highway.

Columbus Ernor Davey Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research Ohio Highwary Planning Survey Committee United Spanish War Veterans Industrial Commission State Hospital Dayton Montgomery County

Proposals Rise Over Security Tax Delays in 1930s Budget

The administration weighs delaying the social security payroll levy or spreading tax hikes over several years. The Ways and Means Committee finds it cannot assure President Roosevelt of $7.983 billion in first year revenue for budget aid. A lag in corporation dividend payments could reduce early tax intake, with recovery expected in year two.

Ways and Means Roosevelt

Work or Jail Ultimatum Tested in Xenia

Greene county relief bureau issued a second work or jail ultimatum to 70 employables on direct relief. They must report Monday for 40 cent an hour work assignments. 17 of 75 in the first group reported, 10 exempt due to other employment. Non compliance may lead to prosecution under the vagrancy ordinance.

Xenia Greene County Relief Bureau

Former Governor Forgets License In Columbus Ceremony

Former Governor George White of Marietta and Mrs Agnes Hofman Baldwin of Columbus received their license to wed in Columbus probate court. A large crowd watched as the couple nearly left with the papers, and they plan to marry next Wednesday morning in Columbus.

Columbus George White Marietta Agnes Hofman Baldwin

German Ambassador Leopold von Hoesch Dies in London

German ambassador to Great Britain Leopold von Hoesch died suddenly in London after a heart attack at breakfast. He had served since November 1932 and collapsed while reading his correspondence at the German embassy.

London Leopold von Hoesch Great Britain Hoesch

Turkey Moves to Reopen Lausanne Straits Pact

Ankara says Turkey asks signatories to amend the Straits convention to permit refortification of the Dardanelles. The government informed Britain and other powers of the consideration, seeking to scrap postwar treaty provisions unlike Germany.

Ankara Turkey Dardanelles Great Britain Germany

Truck Load Limits End Monday On State Highways

Columbus Ohio April 11 State Highway Department says weight limits on trucks on state highways imposed earlier due to weather will be removed Monday.

Columbus State Highway Department

Odorless cabbage could hit market by 1938 in Ithaca

Cornell University researchers led by Prof. C. H. Myers report an odorless cabbage final form within about two years, after six years of work. More than 1,000 odorless heads have been grown in labs to protect seed purity, with an estimated 15 060 seeds to be produced from the crop. Thousands of plants are used to produce seed stock.

Ithaca Cornell University C.H. Myers Cornell

Mrs Merl Stevens' Mother Dies After Stroke

Abbie Counselman 76 of Toledo died at 9 15 Friday night at the Stevens home after a stroke on Wednesday in critical condition. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Stevens and Mrs Myrtle Secord of Toledo a sister Mrs Alice Heeren of Whittier California three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 pm at United Brethren church with burial in McClure. Mrs Counselman belonged to Monroe Street M E Church in Toledo.

Abbie Counselman Toledo Merl Stevens West Lincoln Highway Stevens Counselman Myrtle Secord Alice Heeren Whittier Calif

Treffenger Sees Large Easter Sunrise Service Broadcast

C H Treffenger former local florist writes from Pacific Beach Calif praising a Mount Helix Sunrise service broadcast on NBC at 5 25 PT 8 25 ET predicting attendance over 25 000 people The note underscores a major public Easter event with substantial turnout expected.

C. H. Treffenger the Times Pacific Beach Calif Mount Helix NBC

Stock Buyer Killed in Train Crash Near West Mansfield

Isaac Brown, 80, a well known stock buyer of West Mansfield, was killed when his automobile was struck by a Toledo & Ohio Central passenger train between West Mansfield and Ridgeway. He was alone in the car at the time of the collision.

West Mansfield, O Isaac Brown West Mansfield Toledo & Ohio Central Ridgeway Brown

G.O.P forms brains department with Saxon recruits

The article notes the Republican Party building a brain trust led by Saxon, recruiting Yale and other university professors in economics, public finance and sociology to study the New Deal. It mentions Dr Olin Glenn Soon as a leading figure and details Saxon’s Yale connections and efforts to assemble a research division for the campaign.

Washington New Deal Brain Trust Generalissimo Olin Glenn Soon A. E. Harvard Yale New Deal Brain Trust Saxon Chicago Yale University Yale Law Republican National Committee

Missionary priest Mazzuchelli eyed for sainthood in U S

Dominican Sisters at St. Clara Academy in Sinsinawa Wis begin steps to seek sainthood for Father Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli who died in 1864. Italian born missionary revered for Northwest work and as designer of Iowa and Wisconsin courthouses and Dubuque cathedral.

Detroit Rome Wisconsin Michigan St. Clara Academy Sinsinawa Wis Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli Mazzuchelli Northwest Territory Northwest Iowa Dubuque Father Mazzuchelli

Jail Breaker Thumbs Ride Meets Sheriff

On April 11 Harry Waxler, 22, pried his jail cell lock in Henry county and escaped. He walked four miles toward Napoleon and hailed a car, whose occupants were Sheriff George Bower man and Deputy Don Johnson. Waxler returned to jail last night to answer robbery charges.

Napoleon Harry Waxler Henry Oa George Bowerman Don Johnson Waxler

Coach Huffman to Leave Ridge This Spring

Coach Huffman will depart Ridge this spring with plans undecided. He reportedly may take a coaching position at Deshler in Henry County. The item mentions tournament championships and two basketball trophies from a recent basketball tournament.

Huffman Ridge Deshler Henry County

Canada to settle Eskimo status in Supreme Court ruling

Ottawa reports the Supreme Court will hear a case to determine if the Eskimo are Indians or a distinct race. The ruling will impact who bears welfare responsibilities as the Confederation Act has no mention of Eskimos. The Quebec and Dominion governments have长期 argued over funding.

Ottawa Ont Supreme Court of Canada Dominion of Quebec Indiana Quebec Hudson Strait Dominion Canada

Grandson of Hanna Enters Guilty Plea

Marcus Hanna III, grandson of senator Hanna, pleaded guilty yesterday in Cleveland to forging a $9200 check. He sits in jail two weeks and awaits probation report after Judge Frederick Walther referred the case to the probation department. He allegedly forged his uncle Dan Hanna's signature on a check cashed at a hotel.

Cleveland Marcus ‘A. Hanna III U. S Hanna Common Pleas Frederick P. Walther Probation Department Dan R. Hanna la Jone

Boy Scouts Stop at YMCA on Way to Kentucky

A group of Ann Arbor Michigan Boy Scouts stayed overnight at the YMCA as they travel to Kentucky for a week’s vacation led by former Scout Executive Wallace Watt of Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor Mich YMCA Kentucky Wallace Watt

New York Writer Nancy Titterton Strangled in Beskman Place

Police probe in New York follows a strangling of Nancy Evans Titterton with a fingerprint found in the bathroom and clothing analyzed for ties to the crime. Her husband Lewis H. Titterton, a radio executive, and twelve others were questioned overnight. a 16 year old delivery boy who visited the apartment is to be questioned today.

New York Nancy Evans Titterton Mrnterton Ithen Freed Alco Lewis H Titterton Dayton Frank O’rourke Beskman Place

New Dirigible Safely Mooring at Home Port

A new dirigible completed its maiden voyage and safely moored at the home port. The trip concluded without incident and the craft was secured for inspection and further tests.

Germany South America Priedee

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