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Newspaper
Wilmington News Journal
Location
Wilmington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1937
Page
1
June brings a feverish push for a new regional TVA plan with oath requirements for directors and a sweeping bond mandate to bar lawsuits. The draft would compel officials to endorse the law and block legal challenges, a provision seen as unprecedented and impractical.
Senator Copeland called for a broad senate labor investigation covering steel and other industries. He urged applying railway labor act principles to resolve disputes and noted maritime tensions as a serious factor while Murray and Bridges pressed for inquiry into steel strike and mail interference.
Adolf Hitler is expected to travel to Marienburg in East Prussia on June 19 to deliver a speech from the castle of Marienburg. The talk reportedly will focus on frontier issues as 600 Nazi leaders gather amid massing troops near the Polish border.
Salt Lake City June 9 Army officers began a dawn search for two airmen missing since their plane disappeared somewhere between Salt Lake City and Elko Nevada. The aircraft was flying at 14000 feet and could not determine its position. The ship was commanded by Major Clarence Hodge of Boston Massachusetts, commander of the 26th division air service Massachusetts National Guard.
Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland sailed today for a European vacation with his wife. He reiterated he has no intention of retiring and will return before the court reconvenes in September.
A large crowd gathers in Glendale for Jean Harlow's funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The bronze coffin, adorned with lilies and gardenias, is escorted from Los Angeles, with tributes from Warner Baxter Carole Lombard Clark Gable Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Pallbearers include Gable, Mannix, Stromberg, Conway, Van Dyke and Ray June.
Haile Selassie filed suit in French courts to establish his right to sell stock he holds in the Ethiopian government’s stake in the railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti. The action names Benito Mussolini and Italy, with attorney Paul Weill.
Ekater Mina Georgievna Djugashvili, 77, mother of Joseph Stalin, died at her home near Tiflis. The death occurred June 4 and was attributed to pneumonia and a heart attack, with a long illness noted.
London reports the British government accused Spanish insurgents of laying mines off Almeria that damaged H M S Hunter on May 13 with eight dead and 24 injured. A protest was sent to Generalissimo Franco via Sir Henry Chilton, citing the incident as a mine attack in the high seas.
Colonel R G Powell, division army engineer at Cincinnati, said the federal government might have to pay the total cost of 69 flood control reservoirs in the Mississippi and Ohio basins. Congress policy requires local interests to cover land and damage costs. Ohio River basin dams alone would cost about 94000000 dollars.
Rural counties shifted momentum as anti repeal supporters led in Georgia prohibition referendum tabulations. With returns from 1298 of about 1700 precincts the anti repeal side held 82 881 to 81 166 and Governor Rivers backed amendments received large majorities in late unofficial results.
Robert A Taft eldest son of the former president received the endorsement of the state and nation committee a sub group of the Hamilton county Republican executive committee in his bid for United States senate nomination in Cincinnati on June 9.
Atlantic City on June 9 the American Medical Association rejected the New York Medical Society proposal to use federal funds for the medical care of the poor.
James Lee Scribner, originator of the radio feature The Johnson Family, filed today for divorce from his wife Annabelle Scribner in Batavia. The action marks the latest in a string of marital disputes affecting the program creator and his broadcast career.
Diana Battye, 21, society girl known as England's most photographed, ends eight day disappearance with a sobbing collapse on a London doorstep. Oxford fiancé Michael Asquith found her and she could not explain what happened. She had been missing since June 1 from Viscountess Long's home amid coronation week, and was now under medical care. she was not in the dress last seen.
Treasury officials said states would join the federal government in a reciprocal tax program to channel millions in revenue now lost through exemptions into public treasuries. Roosevelt urged removing income tax exemptions for federal and state employees and securities. a constitutional amendment might be needed. Commerce figures show about 58 billion dollars of exempt securities. a 4 percent rate could yield about 2.32 billion dollars in taxable income.
Three men invaded the rectory of St. Peter Cathedral near city hall and police HQ in Cincinnati. They bound 23 year old secretary Loretta Nock and looted the pastor’s safe of about $10. One man locked the door while another ordered her to read a letter inside. The note claimed, This is a holdup, will do you no charm if you're quiet.
Ohio lawmakers debated the budget standoff as a special session nears. Budget talks involve Senator Horace Baggett and Governor Davey amid limited revenue and looming payrolls. A June 21 special session is anticipated to address a revised biennial plan.
In Castel Gandolfo on June 9 Pope Pius XII told Bavarian pilgrims that conditions in Nazi Germany are grave and menacing for Catholicism. He said the church will continue to ease the suffering and that only the way of God and the old faith can bring happiness.
Bibb county Sheriff James R. Hicks Jr. announces a crackdown on WPA workers who refuse private jobs. He vows to arrest anyone refusing employment to ease county labor shortages. The dispute followed a Georgia Crop Reporting Service statistic showing only 7 laborers per 100 farm jobs.
County Commissioners ordered an investigation after Ohio State University chemists found poisonous bacteria in sandwich fillings served to patients at the Franklin County Home hospital. Eighty patients fell ill after Sunday's meal.
Atlantic City reports the American Medical Association adopts a new birth control policy. Doctors outline a shift in biological thinking and emphasize legal rights, safety, and individualized use of contraceptives amid concerns over toxicity and cancer risk.
Jackson County relief programs are halted after a $10,857 misallocation from the state auditor's office. County Auditor Wendell Evans said the funds intended for Huron County were received in February and only now acknowledged, forcing an immediate discontinuation of relief efforts.
Maurice Duperrey of Paris was elected president of Rotary International. He will preside over the 29th annual convention to be held next year in San Francisco.
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey summons Republic and Youngstown Sheet & Tube leaders to a joint conference with SWOC heads as Monroe Michigan strikers mobilize CIO members to reopen the Republic Steel mill. A Michigan mayor appeals for civilian volunteers. Michigan and Ohio officials pledge neutrality. SWOC files formal Wagner Act charges against Inland Steel.
More than 300000 Consumers Power employees in the Saginaw valley were without electric service as of June 9 amid a strike. John L. Lewis announced a settlement in Washington, but strikers indicated service remained interrupted.
New York stocks show gains in ragged shipbuilding and specialty issues. Hogs steady to strong with top at 11.50, cattle up 15 cents, corn weak as contract stocks accumulate, Chicago wheat firm awaiting government report, narrow high grade bonds improve.
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