Van Wert High School to Name New Football Coach
Van Wert High School will hire a new football coach for the fall season as the Cougars prepare to meet a tougher schedule with a new stadium in use. Superintendent Diener announced that G H Livingston may remain as basketball coach while relinquishing football duties to a new hire.
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van Wert
Cougars
Cage
Diener
Livingston
University of Michigan
Tully Convoy
Ay Inter Eer
Béard‘Wiget- Clio
Athletic
Ocenbligal
Tuttaen
Ole
Scarlet and Gray
Board of Education
Health Official To Supervise Tuberculin Test
County health commissioner Dr C R Keyser announced that senior high school pupils will take the tuberculin test on Wednesday May 6 under state health supervision. Teachers may also be tested and permission slips should be ready at that time.
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C. R. Keyser
Keyser
Department of Health
Fire destroys Strand theater in Defiance
An eight thousand dollar blaze gutted the Strand theater building in Defiance yesterday. Defective wiring in a sign shop on the second floor is blamed as flames spread through the second and third floors. water damaged the theater on the ground floor. Firemen fought the fire for three hours before control. Remodeling plans by Maller Brothers of Fort Wayne were set to begin in midsummer, hastened by the fire.
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Defiance
Maller Brothers
Fort Wayne
Women Consumers Warned On Unscrupulous Ads At League Meet
Delegates at the National League of Women Voters convention heard Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin of Washington DC argue that women must push for strong consumer legislation. She warned that misleading foods drugs and cosmetics threaten family income health and personal appearance and urged active league support for a robust food drug and cosmetic law.
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National League of Women Voters
Harris T. Baldwin
Washington,d. C
League
Legislative Department
Congress
Baldwin
Adam resigns WPA supervisor post to farm and sell insurance
L. W. Adam of near Middle Point resigns as supervisor of emergency schools under the WPA in Van Wert county after 18 months in charge of classes across the county with 3,000 attending. He also will represent the Ohio Farm Bureau as an insurance agent.
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L. W. Adam
Near
Middle Point
WPA
van Wert
Ohio Farms Bureau
Arrest Made in Downtown Parking Drive
Elvie Miller a Lima truck driver was arrested in Van Wert for double parking in a new drive opened this week by Mayor Morrison to ease downtown traffic. He pleaded guilty and paid a $1 fine after leaving his truck in an unlawful position for about half an hour. The program enforces parking longer than an hour and a half and red light violations.
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Elvie Miller
Lima
van Wert
John H. Morrison
Miller
Morrizon
Reds Open Home Season With Celina Sunday At Three
The Van Wert Reds host the Celina Eagles at the fairgrounds Sunday afternoon calling the game at 3 o clock. Celina features Beler McBloy Gray and Sollus while Van Wert relies on Fred Richards at second Glenn Davis at third and John Neiford in left field. Fugatsi to pitch for Van Wert with Montgomery catching.
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van Wert Reds
Celina Eagles
Fairground
Celina
Beler
McBloy
Gray
Sollus
van Wert
Reds
Fred Richards
Glenn Davis
John Neiford
Fugatsi
Montgomery
Putman to Pitch Opener at Wayne
Ohio City Liberty graduate Wayne Stanley Putman, who tried out with the Boston Red Sox this spring, may start on the mound for Fort Wayne in the opening game against the Dayton Colored Giants. Putman, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Putman, has drawn Hoosier city attention as a versatile pitcher and hitter after a five-doubles-in-five-abs practice session.
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Stanley Putman
Ohio City
Liberty
Boston Red Sox
Fort Wayne
T. Joe.a. G
Dayton Colored Giants
Putman
Walter Putman
Hoosier City
Inflationists win first major House victory on farm mortgage bill
Washington May 2 The Frasier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing measure wins a major procedural victory for inflationists. The bill faces a May 11 vote with possible delay to May 25 and is expected to lose by about 40 votes.
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Washington
House
Tournament postponed to Saturday May 9 due to wet courts
The next week tournament has been moved to Saturday May 9 because the courts are too wet. Schine's Van Wert theatre party stays at 4 pm today. Boys who competed in grade school eliminations receive show tickets. Wally Allen says tickets honored this afternoon. Officials and Times Marble Editor canceled the event after water stood on the ring site. The event will be held next Saturday with the Boys' Hobby Fair.
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Schine's
van Wert
Wally Allen
Times
Bold five rob Woodland-Oakland bank in Detroit
Five youths robbed the Woodland Oakland branch of Detroit Savings Bank taking about 46000 dollars in cash. A gun fired during the heist grazed marble trim while customer Sava Hershey was cut on the arm. The gang, armed and organized, fled in a car toward Mt. Clemens.
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Detroit
Woodland
Mt. Clemens
Indianapolis gang amid Mardi Gras crime ring busted
Police report the so called woe Dil gang linked to Mardi Gras crime in Indianapolis. Suspects include Sask Snighty ve Neath ley 38 and Harry Tibbetts, both in city prison with Alfred Brady 28 and Margaret Larson 23, a former high school student. Capt Leach cites gunfire and a shooting incident as officers close in.
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Indianapolis
Neathley
Harry Tibbetts
City
Alfred Brady
Margaret Larson
New Or- Indianapolis
Whitley
Tibbitts
Leach
Sitdoting Rivers
Brady
Van Wert Band Returns After Washington Trip
Van Wert High School band and tour members finish two busy days in Washington D C and head to Van Wert. They will arrive at 6 26 am Sunday at the Pennsylvania station. Additional funds were donated by former Van Wert citizens including Gordon Starkey Mary Howey Kimball Evans Ella L Smith Lawrence Richey Neam Donnelly Mary Cave Hattie May Beecher Dr James Montgomery Clark Longsworth Joe L Scott Dr Clayton McPeek J P Reed Ellen Reed and others.
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Washington
D. C
van Wert
Capital
Pennsylvania
Dona Bmi
the Times
Splendid Spirite
Bureau of Engraving and
White House
National Broadcasting Company
Arlington
Mount Vernon
Congressional Library
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Gordon Starkey
Greensburg
Carlsbad
Calif
Joe L. Scott
Bakersfield
Clayton ‘McPeek
Columbus, C
J. P. Reed
Dallas
Tex
Ellen Reed
Utah leads in child beneficiaries of social security
Salt Lake City report shows Utah has more children than elderly recipients under the social security program. Miss Helen Barry of the federal bureau of public assistance in Washington, D C, disclosed the finding.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Helen Barry
Federal Bureau of Public Assistance
Washington, D. C
Brevity Favored in 62nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
Louisville May 2 Five thousand fans watched 17 horses and two fillies race for the Derby title as Brevity headed a six horse field. Brevity, Bold Venture, The Fighter, Granville Owl and others vie for the prize in a historic classic crowd and radio plans for 5 15 p m broadcast. Brevity, bred in 36 years, is seen by backers as a future star likely to win and set pace for the season.
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Louisville
Downs
Bold Venture
Paper the Fighter
Granville Owl
B. FR. Bradley
J. B. Widener
Charchill Downs
Fear Attack in Ethiopia Drives Refuge for Foreigners
Foreigners in Addis Ababa fled to the fortified British compound after an attack on May 2. The defense includes five machine guns and a small force of 280 infantry under British command as looting erupts around the Halle Selassie area.
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Ababa
Halle Selassie
Rphal
Daodseymp Reon
Ae Mikwe Tate
Seay
McCleary Girl, 7, Suffers Arm Fracture
Marjorie Ann McCleary seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs street suffered fracture of two tones of her right lower arm in a fall from her tricycle Friday evening. This is the second time within two months that Marjorie Ann fractured the same arm.
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Marjorie Ann McCleary
Tom DeWitt Enters Speed Boat Races
Huntington Indiana May 2 entries for three classes of outboard motor races at the Municipal Light and Power quarry east of the city were announced by J O Young president the Hoosier Outboard Motor association will supervise the races In Class A 39 miles per hour entrants include Charles Kinsel Elmer Sidiett Ray Young Fort Wayne Tom DeWitt Van Wert Ohio Art Warner Muncie McAfee Muncie Wearly Muncie and Veneta Indianapolis.
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Huntington
Ind
Municipal Light and Power Company
J. O. Young
Hoosier Outboard Motor Association
Charles Kinsel
Elmer Sidiett
Ray Young
Fort Wayne
Tom DeWitt
van Wert
Art Warner
Muncie
McAfee
Wearly
Veneeta
Indianapolis
Eagle Scouts Earned by Three in Van Wert Group
Distinction held by only three other Van Wert Boy Scouts now 13 shared with Ervin Morrison and Ralph Smith who became Eagle Scouts last Sunday at a special court of honor in the Marsh Foundation school auditorium. Ervin is 16 and a sophomore at Van Wert High School. Ralph has been in scouting only two years. He will be graduated from Van Wert High School this June.
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A. A. Smith
van Wert
Ervin Morrison
Ralph Smith
Marsh Foundation
Ervin
van Wert High School
Ralph
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Fiscal Restraint and Sanity
The 24th annual U S Chamber of Commerce meeting shows reduced anti New Deal rancor and calls for lower spending and a balanced budget. Harper Sibley is re elected president as leaders press to curb government interference and restore sanity in government while surveying re employment options in industry.
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Washington
Iday
Ceal
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Harper Sibley
Supreme Court
Mushrooms Pop Up As Warm Weather Returns
Warm rains and rising temperatures bring mushroom hunting to Mercer county with several residents reporting finds in yards and streams. H A Lee reports nine mushrooms in his yard, while John Pleiman near St Henry finds six large mushrooms. Two Lama men catch their limit of twenty catfish, including a twenty inch marble cat.
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H. A. Lee
Main
Shannon Streets
Mercer County
Celina
John Pleiman
St. Henry
Ohio City's Fourth Annual Carnival Dates Set
Ohio City lists its fourth annual carnival from July 27 to August 1 under sponsorship by the local fire department and the American Legion.
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Ohio City
The
Firemen
American Legion
Silent Capture of Gang Leader Karpis in New Orleans
Alvin Karpis, labeled public enemy No. 2, was quietly seized in New Orleans with eight FBI agents led by J Edgar Hoover. He was flown by special plane to St Paul, his vehicle found abandoned outside a Canal Street hideout, while a separate related mail robbery case looms in Garrettsville.
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New Orleans
Alvin Karpis
St. Paul
Wo. 2
J. Edgar Hoqver
Desperado
Canal Street
John Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson
Charles A
Pretty Boy
Karpis
Karpevics
Federal
Enn Hee
Karpls
Hunter
Garreteville
Hoover
TWA Dalahe
Shushan
Caren
Maer
Democratic candidates discuss plans for May primaries
Candidates for the May 12 Democratic primaries met with the central committee at party headquarters. Arthur C. Prericks reports candidates talked tactics and outlined plans aimed at securing a large vote.
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Democratic Central Committee
Arthur C. Prericks
Madatelke
Weather Outlook For Sunday Turns Cooler
Generally fair skies and cooler conditions expected Sunday. Local temperatures show a mild today with a high near typical values and a cooler overnight low. Tomorrow's outlook remains clear with light winds and no precipitation anticipated.
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London
Edward VIII
Cornwall
Renee Lebian
Wayne
First Bank
Churchill Downs
Ethiopia
McCleary Girl
Ervin Ralph Gmith
Mon
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