Roosevelt seeks renomination in expected White House move
Washington report from United Press states Roosevelt will likely file formal consent in Ohio to enter his name for the Democratic national convention. Ohio voters vote May 12 with delegates pledged and a named preference. Tammany Hall potential clash in New York could shape the fight.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ohio
Hoover
William E. Borah
Idaho
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Massachusetts
Georgia
Louisiana
California
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Tammany Smith
Tammany
Smith
Manhattan
Joseph B. Ely
Ely
Great Air Liner Wins in Fight with Sleet Storm
A two hour battle with a brutal sleet storm over two states ends with Eastern Air Lines flight 34, from Miami to Newark, landing safely in Pensacola. Pilot Freddie Cann and co pilot Bob Minnick, plus four passengers, face zero visibility and dwindling fuel as radio failure isolates the crew. Cann recalls not knowing his exact position after losing radio guidance and relying on the lighthouse beam to guide a perilous finish.
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Pensacola
F Ia
Pensacola Gurt House
Freddie Cann
Eastern Air Lines
Jacksonville
Charleston
S. C
Florida
Cann
Bob Minnick
Atlanta
Minnick
RCA
Palm Beach
Georgia
Newark
Miami
Eastern Air Line
Florida Peninsula
Can
United States and Canada Win in Olympic Hockey Debuts
At Garmisch Partenkirchen the United States and Canada opened with wins as the second day of the 1936 Winter Games began. USA blanked Switzerland 3 0 behind a second period burst, Canada crushed Latvia 11 0, Czechoslovakia beat Belgium 5 0, while ski events started with 23 nations in the men’s and 16 in the women’s figures high above town.
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Garmisch -Partenkirchen
Germany
United States
America
Switzerland
Canada
Latvia
Garmisch
Labor to Fight Showing Film Against New Deal
The Toledo central labor union voted to oppose screening of The Amateur Fire Brigade, a anti New Deal cartoon. It approved mass picketing and a theatre boycott, arguing the film portrays the president as a nincompoop and is tied to Liberty League opposition.
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Toledo
Toledo Central Labor Union Today
Amateur Fire Brigade
Duval
Walter Guntrup
Liberty League
Count Alfonso Near Death in Cuban Blood Disease Crisis
Havana reports Count Alfonso of Covadonga, heir to the Spanish throne who abdicated for a Cuban commoner, near death from hemophilia. An abscess on his thigh bled heavily, doctors transfused blood at three drops per minute for eight hours, aided by Atks. Luis Menocal. The former king in Rome sent no word, while Alfonso’s mother Queen Victoria, estranged, was notified.
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Lawrence
Haas
United Press
Havana
Alfonso
Count
Covadonga
Atks
Luis Menocal
Spain
Rome
Victoria
Alphonso
Vedado
Count Covadonga
Edelmira Sampedro
Pollocks Win Big Prizes at All-American Turkey Show
The Pollock Turkey Ranch of southeast Middle Point earned three first prizes at the All-American Turkey Show in Grand Forks North Carolina. They entered five thirds with top finishes in the blue slate type first and second in the blue slate, first and third in the black type and first in the Bourbon breed. This marked their first All-American appearance after previously showing at the Ohio State Fair.
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Pollock Turkey Ranch
Middle Point
Grand Forks
N. C
Guernsey Club event draws 71 members and guests
In Van Wert Grange hall 71 people attended an oyster supper hosted by the Van Wert County Guernsey Breeders association and local dairy school pupils. Ohio State University dairy specialist Charles L. Blackman spoke, and officers will be elected next Tuesday due to the late hour.
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van Wert
Justice Dept declines bid to re enter Lindbergh case
Trenton N J Feb 7 the Justice Department refused to re enter the Lindbergh case and Hauptmanns fate nears with a 30 day reprieve expiring Feb 15 Governor Hoffman challenged a Republican faction over party leadership but warned hed fight if needed while Attorney General Cummings said the federal case is closed and no new evidence is expected Hauptmanns execution likely in late March political turmoil surrounds Hoffmans leadership as he accuses rivals and newspapers of triggering dissension
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Trenton
N. J
Department of Justice
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Republican State Committee
Homer
Cummings
Norman’ Schwarzkopf
Hoffman
Schwarzkopf
Thomas W. Trenchard
Republican Party
State Central Committee
State Committee
Everett Colby
Holds Schools Must Pay for City Water
Ohio boards of education must pay for water from municipal systems used for school purposes Attorney General John W Bricker says the Willard village school district ruling settles the issue nationwide The Willard decision by six Supreme Court justices declared the exemption law unconstitutional, creating a uniform standard across the state
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Columbus
Boards of Education
John W. Brick
State Bureau of Inspection of
Supreme Court
Willard Village
Willard
Knox May State His Position Soon
Frank Knox the Chicago publisher left for Pittsburgh after three talks in Cincinnati and talks with Ohio Republican leaders about entering the Ohio presidential primary on May 12. Sources close to Knox said he might announce within the week whether he seeks Ohio delegates to the national convention.
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Cincinnati
Frank Knox
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Knox
Detroit man named Ernest Moore held for car theft in Greenville
A colored man named Ernest Moore of Detroit was arrested by Patrolman John O. Miller on North Washington street and held for Darke county officers. Chief W. E. Jackson said Moore stole a light coupe automobile this morning in Greenville.
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Ernest Moore
Detroit
John O. Miller
North Washington Street
Darke County
W. E. Jackson
Moore
Greenville
Prison Escape at Stateville Stirs Probers
Chicago February 7 authorities discount drunken boasts of John Floss recaptured convict that he had keys to every place in Stateville prison and paroles could be bought for 300 or 400 dollars Homer Talley a prison guard who drove Floss to Chicago admitted escape tales and set on one alleging Floss threatened to cut me up like Loeb Dist Atty Will R McCabe pledged a full investigation Floss said we just drove to Chicago to get a few drinks I didn t set out to escape but lost track of Talley after we got to Chicago
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Chicago
John Floss
Stateville
Homer Talley
Floss
Loeb
Talley
Richard Loeb
Will R. McCabe
Farm Bureau All Day Meeting Planned at St Marks
Members of the Farm Bureau and stockholders meet all day in the basement of St Marks Lutheran church on Tuesday February 11 starting at 10 am. Morning session will elect officers for the Co operative Association and the afternoon program will feature district entertainment and an Ohio Farm Bureau Association speaker. A basket dinner will be served at noon with each family bringing its own table service. Friends are invited.
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Farm Bureau and
Farm Bureau Co-Operative Association
St. Marks Lutheran Church
Co-operative Association
Farm Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau Association
Fire damages two story house on Jefferson Street
A two story frame house at 415 South Jefferson Street owned by Mrs. Lil lom Bryant and partly by the Leonard Mace family suffered heavy damage from a late yesterday fire. Firefighters reported the blaze progressed before alarms. A defective chimney started the fire on the interior. Estimated damage about 400 dollars.
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S. Jefferson St
Lillom Bryant
Branam
Death of W H Walters Rivals Local Farmer Leader
W H Walters 75 of Jennings Road died at 5 20 AM in Van Wert County Hospital after a ten day illness. A Ridge township farmer and lifelong First M E church member, he leaves a widow two sons Olen L Walters and David W Walters three daughters Mrs John Green Mrs William Ashcraft and Mrs Charles Fauble seven grandchildren three half brothers and a half sister. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 PM at the home with Woodland cemetery burial.
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W. H. Walters
Jennings Road
van Wert County
Walters
Ridge Township
M. E. Church
Olen L. Walters
Waynesfield
David W. Walters
John Green
Battle Creek
Mich
William Ashcraft
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Fauble
Ohio City
Frank H
Robert
Adam A. Palmer
George Poe
Woodland Cemetery
Service Postponed by Local Church
Services at St Peters Evangelical church were postponed this morning due to icy road conditions.
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St. Peters Evangelical Church
Blumenfeld Skip Testimony In Liggett Murder Trial
Isadore Blumenfeld did not take the stand in his own defense at the Walter Liggett murder trial. Defense counsel Thomas McMeekin cited Blumenfeld’s extreme superstition as the reason for declining to testify.
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Minneapolis
Isadore
Mid Dain
County League Play Disrupted By Icy Roads
County schools cancel and reschedule nearly half the loop games due to icy roads. Superintendents and C. L. Shaffer plan 14 remaining games before the county tournament set for February 26 to 29 at Lincoln gym. Tickets issued for 62 seats per school with a 7:30 pm start midweek and 8 pm finals.
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C. L. Shaffer
Union
Ohio City
Middle Point
York
Willshire
Ridge
Hoaglin-Jackson
Wren
Payne
Rockford
Convoy
Grover Hill
Monroe-Wiltshire
Taylor Gluth
Lincoln School
Pastor Declines Grand Jury on Bribery Charge
Rev. Harold N Geistweit of Ninth Street Baptist Cincinnati refuses to appear before a Columbus grand jury to explain bribery charges tied to a state senator and parochial school aid bill. Franklin County Prosecutor Donald Hoskins said Geistweit was asked to testify Monday and urged presenting evidence of bribery.
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Cincinnati
Harold N. Geistweit
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Columbus
Gelatwelt
Convention of Ohio
Akron
Donald Hoskins
Franklin County
Geistwent
Ohio Pastors
Hoskins
Rev. Geistweit
Fire at Chrysler auto plant in Detroit injures two
A blaze on the east side plant of the Chrysler Motor Car Company seriously burned two workers. Three alarms were sounded as crews fought the flames with the extent of damage not yet known.
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Detroit
East Side
Chrysler Motor Car Company
United Mine Workers Approve Extra Working Day
In Washington on February 7, the United Mine Workers voted to permit members to work one additional day beyond weekly contracts in areas facing actual coal shortages. The measure limits the extra hours to regions threatened by fuel famine.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Union Leader Rejects Salary Rise Amid Widening Rift
John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers turned down a salary raise voted at the convention as he sought to heal divisions within the union. In Columbus Ohio Governor Davey vetoed over 3 million dollars from a 90.2 million 1936 appropriation, citing serious statewide concerns though he withheld specific line items pending final action by midnight Saturday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Columbus O
Davey
Beet Growers in Session Here
Van Wert county farmers in the Central Sugar and Central Soya districts met at the Elks club for discussions on Sugar Beets, Soy Beans, Fertilizers and Feeds. Speakers included J. W. Calland and R. O. McMillen from Central Sugar Co and H. W. McMillen from the staff.
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van Wert
Central Sugar Company
Central Soya Company
B. O. Chilcote
Elks’ Club
Peoples' Bank
J. W. Calland
Central Sugar Co
Decatur
Ind
R. O. McMillen
H. W. McMillen
Davey Hanged in Effigy at Columbus
An effigy of Governor Martin L. Davey was found near Ohio State University campus in Columbus on February 7. The display included a black sweater, gray trousers, a battered hat, a jug as the head, and a dress form as the body with a sign denouncing him. Police suspect students hung the figure but offered no information about the perpetrators.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio State
Davey
Studnts
Dickinson Attacks Roosevelt At Buckeye Banquet
Senator Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa labeled Franklin D. Roosevelt an autocrat, listing four traits intolerance, resentfulness, impatience, and vindictiveness. He urged Republicans to unite against Roosevelt's call for a new social order at the Lincoln memorial banquet in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lester J. Dickinson
Iowa
Dickinson
Buckeye Republican Club
Lincoln Memorial
Roosevelt
Writer's Slaying Confessed in Albuquerque
Carl Taylor, a 33 year old magazine writer, was killed in what authorities call a robbery. Modesto Trujillo, 16, Taylor's houseboy, is in jail and has confessed to the crime, with motives now stated as robbery rather than cult vengeance.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carl Taylor
Saic Today
Cult
Modesto Trujillo
Taylor
Detectives Seek Rail Plotters in Big Four Switch Incident
Railroad detectives hunt two suspects after men tried to derail a Big Four train by placing steel tie plates in a switch. Investigators link coal theft to the act and crackdown on yard pilferers leads to two arrests Charles Goldsberry and Okey Blankenship. They were fined 25 and 10 dollars and given 25 days in jail.
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Urbana
Charles Goldsberry
Okey Blankenship
Pekin Ends General Strike In Compromise Settlement
Public opinion pushed Pekin to end a two day general strike linked to the distillery dispute. The American Distilling Company agrees to keep the plant closed during arbitration while workers seek union recognition and grievance arbitration. Police actions and tear gas earlier sparked the walkout, now quieted as normal business resumes.
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Pekin Labor Assembly
American Distilling Company
Harry Donahue
Ajl
National
Van Wert Trio to Seek Major Bowes Amateur Hour Spot
Three local youths known as the Van Wert Song Birds depart for New York to audition for Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Richard Perry, his sister Louise Weck, and Mrs. Glenn Angevine will perform with Mrs. Angevine at the piano. If accepted, they hope to appear on Sunday Feb 16 with public voting by postcards, ballots, or telegrams.
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van Wert
New York
Edward Bowes
Richard Perry
Louise Weck
Glenn Angevine
Angevine
Major Bowes
Perry
Vallery's Horses Sold for $4,000
Seventeen harness horses owned by Oscar Vallery and Robert Craig sold for 4000 at a dispersal in Urbana Ohio. The top bid was for Robert the Great a three year old pacer bought by Dr. H M Parshall for R M Boowers and Orville Zerkle of Urbana.
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Urbana, O
Oscar Vallery
Robert Craig
Urbana
Robert the Great
H. M. Parshall
R. M. Boowers
Greenville
Orville Zerkle
Weather outlook and temperatures reported
Fair night gives way to Saturday snow. Local noon readings show the day’s highest and the prior 24 hour low not specified.
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Eugene Talmadge
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Upton Sinclair
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EPIC
L. Raymond Holmes
William H
Murray
Oklahoma
Broken Bow
Missouri
Philadelphia
Bay State
Great Air Liner
Olympic
U.S
Garmison
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Ater
Turkey
Guernsey
Court House
Justice Dept
STIRS
Probers
Jennings Rd
Geistweit
Lewis Refuses
TRIMS
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Pekin
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Vallery
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