Redfern Alive in Jungle Allegations Stir Old Mystery
Panama report recounts Alfred Harred claiming Paul Redfern, missing aviator, alive in the South American jungle after a 1927 Stinson flight. Harred and Williams deny, detail a crashed Fokker marked plane and Redfern sightings near Paramaribo.
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Panama
Paul Redfern
Alfred Harred
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Redfern
Fokker
Fokker Company
Wright
Stinson
Raleigh
N. C
Rochester
N. Y
Glynn Isle
Brunswick
Brunswick,Ga
Rio de Janeiro
Rubber strike situation tense in Akron plants
Akron Ohio Feb 21 A tense rubber strike situation arose as six common pleas judges prepared to rule on Good year Tire and Rubber Co petition for an injunction to stop mass picketing. Company officials refused talks with the union and mediation requests were denied while 3000 pickets remained on duty. Two national guard observers were sent from Columbus.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Summit County Common Pleas Bench
National Guard
Columbus
Van Wert Trio Auditions for Major Bowes Show in NYC
Report from Radio City shows Richard Perry and his sister Louise Week Harrison Jp and Mrs Glenn Angevine traveling from Van Wert to audition for Major Bowes. They performed three numbers and hoped six weeks would bring a national NBC broadcast chance on Listen to the Mocking Bird. Auditions required. many applicants, few succeed.
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Bowes Radio City Nbc
Mike
Major
WLWL
Richard Perry
Mrs
Louise Week
United States
NBC
van Wert
Radio Guide
Major Bowes
Radio Statin
the Télegram
New York
Dairymen Told to Cut Protein in Cattle Feed
Van Wert county dairy farmers were advised by Ohio State University dairy specialist C. L. Blackman that protein can be reduced by about four percent without lowering production. He urged dairymen with good alfalfa to feed one pound of protein supplement for every eight pounds of grain. The session at the courthouse drew 61 people and a local contest with Heard Dairyman journal was planned.
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van Wert County
C. L. Blackman
Ohio State University
Court House
Blackman
Heard Dairyman Journal
Post Office to Be Closed Tomorrow
The post office will be closed tomorrow in observance of Washington's birthday. There will be no mail delivery but the lobby will be open for box patrons and mail dispatch. Downtown box mail collection will occur in the morning and afternoon.
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Washington
State Auditor Tracy seeks renomination with 10000 signatures
Columbus Ohio Feb 21 State Auditor Joseph T Tracy Republican of Columbus filed petitions with Secretary of State George Myers for renomination and re election. His petitions carried more than 10000 signatures representing all 88 counties.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
George 8. Myers
Stocks Open Firm as Large Blocks Lead Trade
New York stocks opened firm with active trading dominated by blocks of 1,000 to 10,000 shares. Bonds remained steady and cotton held, while rubber futures firmed and the dollar rose.
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New York
Epidemics Trail Severe Cold Across Localities
Severe winter weather triggers strict quarantines nationwide as spinal meningitis prompts federal action. Influenza pneumonia and mumps close universities and schools in Mississippi Texas and Ohio. Read as: 234 meningitis cases in the week to Feb 15 with 1,243 since Jan 1. New York 20 cases. Oklahoma 17. Tennessee 16. Virginia 15. Kentucky 13. Iowa 12. Ohio 11. Missouri South Carolina and California 10 each.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Public Health Service
Mississippi
Texas
Ohio
Big Stone Gap
Appalachia
Oxford
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Coshocton
New York State
New York City
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Iowa
Missouri
South Carolina
California
Jap Professor Minobe Shot After Emperors Theory Sparks Vote
A pistol attack wounded Minobe a professor at Imperial University who argued the emperor is the highest but not divine. Assailants doubted a card of introduction they carried. Police questioned them as election results remained uncertain with vote counting in major prefectures.
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Minobe
Imperial University
Seiyukaity
Minselto Party
Toady
Townsend repudiates third party move on large mortgage release
A $20,000,000 mortgage filed in 1914 by the Ohio State Telephone Company for properties in 40 counties was released today. The loan held with Bankers' Trust Company of New York covered long distance lines now part of the Bell System.
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County Recorder
Ohio State Telephone Company
Bankers’ Trust Company of
New York
Bell System
Bruno Meuppmann seeks cross examination in Condon case
Bruno Richard Meuppmann begged from his death house cell today for a chance to cross examine Dr. John K. Condon. Gov. Harold G Hoffman and prison officials heard Hauptmann statements as Attorney Lloyd Shay prepared to read testimony. Fisher questioned Condon claiming a news reel shows Condon said Hauptmann had accomplices in the Lindbergh kidnapping.
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Trenton
Bruno Richard Meuptmann
John K. Condon
Condon
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Mark Oee
Lloyd Shay Setae
John Condon
Jewspaper
Jassie
Fisher
Repair Armory Fund Allocations Highlight WPA Spending
WPA funds allocated for state armory repairs include nine thousand five hundred twenty two dollars for the St. Marys recreation building.
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St. Marys
Liquor Enforcement Chief Plans District Offices in Ohio
Liquor Enforcement Chief Al Humphrey announced a revision of operations creating 11 districts across Ohio with formal district offices in Toledo Lima Dayton Cincinnati Columbus Sandusky Portsmouth Cleveland Zanesville Canton and Youngstown. The move replaces makeshift hotel room offices to give citizens a central headquarters for filing complaints and oversight.
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Columbus
al Humphrey
Toledo
Lima
Dayton
Cincinnati
Sandusky
Portsmouth
Cleveland
Zanesville
Canton
Youngstown
Humphrey
Bridge misplay nets seven spades for two partners
In a St Marys game, two partnerships held two suits each, with South and North controlling all spades and clubs while the other two players held all red cards. West reached seven hearts but could not overcome the seven spade contract. South and North secured seven spades.
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St. Marys
South
Navy enlistment from district includes 14 youths
Harry Edward Wees, age 17, of 402 North Washington Street, is among 14 young men who have enlisted in the Navy from this district. Chief Petty Officer C A Sanderson, Lima, announced the group. The new sailors will report to Great Lakes Naval Training Station for 12 weeks of preliminary training before assignment to U S fleet vessels on the Pacific coast.
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Harry Edward Wees
North
Washington St
C. A. Sanderson
Lima
Great Lakes
U. S
Pacific
Two Arrested by Police in City Incident
Two men were arrested by police yesterday afternoon. Lewis James of E Sycamore Street, colored, was to appear before Mayor John H. Morrison at 6 p.m. to answer an assault and battery charge against Edgar Nelson, colored, of N Race Street. Zara Dunne, the other man, was taken to Bellefontaine to answer a charge of non support of two children.
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Lewis James
E. Sycamore St
John H. Morrison
Edgar Nelson
N. Race
Zara Dunne
Burt Sr
Bellefontaine
Two of Quadruplets Die in Shack Births
In Charleston D C two of Sallie Glover s quadruplets died at City Hospital after birth in an unheated country shack. Attending Dr Wythe Rhett sent the surviving babes wrapped in heated rags by car to the hospital, while the mother, wife of farmhand Sam Glover, has now borne 19 children, including two sets of twins.
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Charleston
D. C
Sallie Glover
City Hospital
Sam Glover
Wreck Blocks Main Line. 48 Cars Jackknifed in Ohio
Woodville Ohio February 21 traffic on the main Pennsylvania railroad line was restored 17 hours after a wreck left 48 of 81 freight cars piled on the right of way. The train crew of five escaped injury and one rider Albert Jackson aged 28 was hurt. The freight train was traveling from Canton to Toledo when a broken steel tire on a drive wheel caused derailment.
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Woodville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Albert Jackson
Canton
Toledo
Venedocia Phone Rate Increase Is Authorized
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission allowed Jennings Telephone Company to raise rates at Venedocia starting March 1. The typical customer will pay about 25 cents more per month, according to estimates.
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Venedocia
Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Jennings Telephone Company
Col Joseph McMullen Found Guilty On Gratuity Charge
Washington February 21 A military court martial found Col Joseph I McMullen army legal aide guilty of dishonorable conduct for accepting two railroad tickets as gratuities from Joseph Silverman Jr a surplus army goods dealer while contracts with the army were under negotiation He was sentenced to rank reduction reprimand and a 3600 fine The court acquitted him on bribery and other charges Prominent politicians testified for him He faces retirement age and a monthly fine reduction over two years The panel concluded he acted dishonorably and to the military services discredit
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Washington
Col
Joseph I. McMullen
Army
McMullen
Joseph Silverman, Jr
Silverman
Upton Birnie
Walter Reed Hospital
Secretary of War
Darling Scores Policy on Game Conservation
Jay N Ding Darling a famed cartoonist and wildlife critic launched a campaign for better conservation methods at the League of Ohio Sportsmen convention in Columbus. He as president of the American Wildlife Institute said the government over the past two years destroyed ten times as many wildlife and fish areas as it created. He warned of numerous destructive projects and faulted current conservation calls.
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Columbus
Jay N
Ding) Darling
Maod
Darling
American Wildlife Institute
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Past Grand Matron O E S Dies in Lima
Lima Ohio February 21 Mrs Sophronia Rector Bolin 83 past grand worthy matron of the Eastern Star in Ohio in 1906 1907 died at home of a daughter Mrs Walter Ebersbach Funeral planned for Saturday in Lima with burial in Circleville
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Lima
Sophronia Rector Bolin
Eastern Star Order
Ohio
Walter Ebersbach
Circleville
The
Eastern Star
Roosevelt to Speak at Jefferson Day Dinner in New York
President Roosevelt will deliver the principal address at the Jefferson Day dinner in New York on April 18. Thomas J. McMahon head of the National Democratic Club and Cornelius F. Collins, dinner committee chairman, reported on leaving the White House yesterday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Thomas J. McMahon
National Democratic Club
Cornelius F. Collins
White House
House to Vote Late Today on Farm Program
The House cleared the way for a late day vote on the administration farm relief bill as reports said tax proposals to raise 500 million dollars would be introduced next week. Wisconsin Progressives pressed an amendment to curb use of crop lands for surpluses and dairy. House Agriculture Chair Marvin Jones favored a House bill over the Senate version, opposing new rivers and harbors features.
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Mack Johnson
United Press
Washington
House
Congress
Soil House
Senate
Wiscon
Wisconsin
Gerald J. Bileau
Marvin Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Clifford R. Hope
Kass
Secretary of ‘Agriculture
John W. McCormack
Mass
August H. Andresen
Agriculture Committee
Phares Back on Job After Illness Assistant Here
Lawrence Brubaker of Ashland county has been named assistant county agent at large by Ohio State University extension service. He is in Van Wert county for several weeks to assist W. R. Phares who returned to the office after several weeks of illness. Brubaker will handle field duties likely until April 1.
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L. C. Voight
Harred
United Press
Paramaribo
Redfern
Williams
Deni
Lawrence Brubaker
Ashland County
Extension Service Department
Ohio State University
van Wert
W. R. Phares
Phares
Brubaker
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