Prompt Passage of Wage Bill Faces Senate House Vote
Administration leaders urged rapid passage of wage hour and relief compromises as the 75th Congress nears adjournment. They forecast House action on the wage hour measure followed by possible relief bill approval while rail and flood control measures await decision and rail RFC loan talks continue.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Republican Policy Committee
Barkley
D-Ky
Rural Electrification Administration
Woodrum
D-Va
Roosevelt
Sen&re
Finance Committee
RFC
Railway
Management
Youth's Body Recovered From Muskingum River
The body of 13 year old Walter Drumheller, drowning victim, was found floating on the Muskingum river shortly after 1 pm half a mile above the Five Mile bridge. Drumheller, son of Mr and Mrs Marion O Drumheller of 158 North Third street, drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming below the Second Street trestle. Earlier, 12 year old William Owens of South Street drowned in the same area. Authorities and locals had conducted an intensive search since the tragedy, and the body was recovered by H G Alden of Weller Avenue.
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Walter Drumheller
Muskingum River
Drumheller
Marion O Drumheller
Third Street
Muskingum
Second Street
William Owens
South Street
Muskingum County
H. G. Alden
Weller Avenue
Seek Key to Relief Impasse
Columbus House leaders push a compromise on poor relief by taxing intangibles and using anticipatory revenues through 1941. Aimed at a 50 50 cost split between state and localities, the plan asks rural lawmakers to yield on future income to fund 1938 relief and authorize bonds against delinquent taxes.
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Columbus
Frank Uible
Cormdimittee
Luryngesne
Derense
Cleveland Police to go fully motorized under plan
Safety Director Eliot Nee plans a fully motorized Cleveland police department. City Council approved the purchase of 107 vehicles including 1% automobiles LZ ambulances and 27 motorcycles at a total cost of $127,000.
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Cleveland
Sincicipal Safety
Eliot Nee
Britain Fails to Pay War Debt Installment
Britain sent a note to the United States acknowledging the June war debt installment of 85,679,765.05 dollars and a total accrued debt of 1,080,157,132.06 dollars while offering to reopen discussions at a future date.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Clevelander Loses Railroad Control in Baltimore Shakeup
A Baltimore meeting of the Chesapeake Corpora tion ousted Robert R Young from control. Bailie and allies won three posts including the vacancy, with 1 308 819 shares backing their ticket against Young's 184 350 shares. Farle Bailie, New York investment banker, secured the regular vacancy. Dr Lucy Stone Hertzog condemned socialized medicine at a Philadelphia homeopathy gathering.
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Guaranty Trust Copany
New York
Chesapeake Corporation
van Sweringen Ral
Robert
R. Young
Cleveland
Young
Bailie
Farle Baille
Baille
Flays
Philadelphia
Lucy Stone Hertzog
Chardon
Ohio State F Homeopathic Society
American Institute of Homeopathy
Five Member School Board Again Urged
Agitation for a five member board of education revived after a chaotic board meeting ended without action on the superintendent question. Vernon E. Wood resigned the presidency as Harry Orr refused to chair. Orr hinted at legal advice and possible resignation, while Dr. Bateman avoided leadership, and Wood pledged support for C. T. Prose until a decision is reached. Wood is the sole member pushing Kenneth C. Ray as candidate.
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Vernon E. Wood
Wood
Harry Orr
Orr
W. C. Bateman
C. T. Prose
Bateman
Prose
Kenneth C. Ray
Athens County
Ray
P ”R
Lake
Cumberland Boy Bitten by Snake Near High Hall Farm
Six year old Jerry Bates of Cumberland was bitten on the left foot by a copperhead while playing in a field at his grandfather’s farm near High Hall Monday afternoon. He was treated at Bethesda hospital and remained in fair condition. The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Bates, was visiting with his brothers when the snake struck as Flo helped move cows to the barn. He was first taken to Cumberland for care before being moved to the hospital in town.
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White
High Hall
Jerry Bates
Cumberland
Bethesda Hospital
Dallas Bates
Flo
Bodies of Three Ride Victims Found in Pennsylvania
A stranger staggered into a roadside tea room and died as police found two more bodies in a nearby field. Autopsy showed two bullet wounds in the neck on the first body. Officers said immediate identification was impossible and believed the three victims were dumped from a car after shots were heard in AMAQUA Pennsylvania's anthracite town.
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Amaqua
Pennsylvania
Bodies Recovered After Mountain Crash Nine Victims Identified
A Fresno ground crew hauled nine air disaster victims from the Buena Vista Crest wreckage on a mule train. Hearses then transported the bodies to Fresno as the inquest ruled accidental death.
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Yosemite
Calif
TWA
Wawona
Fresho
H. O. Collier
Fresno
Buena Vista Crest
Forest
J. H. Wegner
Radio Scares Rats Turkeys Thrive Despite Roar
Dr. Harry Fuller, once head of Valparaiso university science dept, used radio to calm rats and boost turkey survival. He claimed rain stopped and turkeys thrived on music and drama after installing the radio, though 400 young birds were killed earlier.
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Valfaraina
Harry ¥. Fuller
Valparaiso University
Rate
Aerial inspection at Wright Field by Army Air Corps leaders
High officers of the army air corps and navigation board members from Washington arrive at Wright Field Experimental Laboratories tomorrow for an inspection. Demonstrations of an entirely automatic landing system and radio controlled long distance flight are to be shown to the visitors. Dr. Trumbull G Duvall receives honorary degree at DePauw university commencement in Greencastle Indiana.
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Payton
Army Air Corps
Navigation Board
Washington
Wright Field Experimental Laboratories
Greencastle
Ind
Trumbull G Duvall
Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr Hutchins Urges Individualism In 1938 Muskingum Commencement
Dr William H Hutchins president of Berea College told Muskingum College graduates that education should foster individualism, contrasting modern conformity with Pilgrim-era independence. More than 1206 attended as 101st commencement honored 1101 seniors with Cum Laude distinctions and two honorary doctorates.
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William H.hutchins
Berea College
Muskingum College
Berea
Fred B. Dickey
Zanesville
Dickey
Ohio State University
Robert Arrowsmith
Scio
Morey Ayers
Harmonsville
Nolan West
Baltimore
Dorothea Cores
Corshocton
Eleanor Doty
Port William
Charles R. Layton
Robert W. Gibson
Pittsburgh
Ralph W. Ogan
Robert W. Montgomery
McCall Pleads Guilty To Kidnap Charge
Franklin Pierce McCall, 71, pleaded guilty at arraignment to kidnaping James Bailey Cash Jr for ransom and innocent to a charge of killing the five year old Princeton lad. A grand jury returned an indictment within hours after the case was presented by State Attorney Worler. Witnesses include Cash Sr and federal agents. McCall allegedly abducted the boy May 28 for 10000 dollars. Judge Atkinson ordered immediate arraignment and promised appointed counsel with a trial date to be set.
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D. c. Coleman
Dade County
Fla
Franklin
Pierce McCall
James B. Cash, Jr
Elise
Miami
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
George A. Worler
Cash Senior
McCall
H. F. Atkinson
Purges Strikes UAW Officers In Internal Split
Washington report says Martin Purges eight UAW officers amid a minority faction dispute. Five suspended, four of five vice presidents named, including Frankenstein Wells Mortimer Hall. George Addes replaced by Desmond Garst as interim secretary treasurer. Trial set in Detroit before remaining board members.
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Washington
Homer
Martin
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
International Uaw
Detroit
Richard T. Frankenstein
Walter N. Wells
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hall
George Addes
Desmond Garst
Insurgent raids burn four ships near Valencia port
Spanish insurgents attacked Valencia harbor setting four sailing vessels afire and killing several. A second raid two hours later caused heavier damage and deaths in the port area. Nules bombardment killed eight and wounded twenty one. Castellon captured by insurgent columns as they pressed toward Sagunto Teruel highway defenses.
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Madrid
Valencia
Nules
Castellan de la Plana
iCow Dances Herself To Death in Track
In Kaysville Utah a farmer Otto Ludwig’s cow died after dancing in the truck bed. Ludwig said the animal moved and the vehicle swayed, crashing into a telephone pole. The cow sustained a broken back and died.
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iCow
Kaysville
Uta
Otto Ludwig
Ludwig
Combat Use of New-Type Stokers
In Cleveland 179 railroads and attorneys filed suit in federal court to restrain an interstate commerce commission order demanding automatic stokers on coal locomotives. The order requires 20 percent stokers by July 1 and 20 percent annually thereafter, stemming from a 1931 ICC complaint by railroad brotherhood officials.
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Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Michigan Senior Dies in Fraternity House Fire
University of Michigan senior Richard Polland, 28, of Buffalo, architecture student, died after a fire swept the Alpha Rho Chi fraternity house. Firemen found his bed near a window. he likely suffocated from smoke and burns.
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Eann
Arbur
Mich
University of Michigan
Alpha Rho Chi
Richard Polland
Buffalo
Polland
Chamberlain Seeks Safety Zones After Mediterranean Bombings
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will take no retaliatory action for the Mediterranean shipping bombings. He outlined two proposals to curb attacks, including harbor safety zones and a Spanish insurgent plan limiting British ships to ports within military zones. He urged patience amid the German Czechoslovak crisis and noted five ships sunk during Parliament’s recess.
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Mijares
Sagunto-Teruel
Barcelona
Valencia
Sagunto
London
Neville Chamberlain
Paris
Francisco Franco
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Chamberlain
Praha
Berlin
Allocate Relief Funds to Counties
The state control board at Columbus allocated most of a 1.5 million relief loan fund to 24 counties. Muskingum received 2350 dollars and Licking 8250 dollars as per county relief expenditures in the first five months. The tax commission may authorize borrowing up to 90 percent of these allotments, with 200000 unallocated for later needs.
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State Control Board
Columbus
Muskingum County
Licking County
State Tax Commission
Dikes blamed as Yellow River floods devastate northern China
Japanese authorities said 150000 Chinese civilians drowned as Yellow River floods spread through northern Henan. Chungmow and Lunghai railway areas were inundated with towns under several feet of water. Engineers and Chinese workers struggle to repair breaks while battling hostile fire and heavy rains.
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Shanghal
Yellow River
Honan
Chungmow
Chengchow
Japan
Lunghai Railway
China
Kaifeng
Lunghai
Shantung Peninsula
Shantung
Hankow
Guffey Calls For Unity In Pennsylvania Democrats
U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey urged party harmony after weeks of factional fighting. He convened campaign chiefs and won a decisive 81 to 4 vote to back the nominees, led by Gov. George H. Earle for the Senate and Charles Alvin Jones for governor, amid a split following the primary campaign.
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George H. Earle
U. S
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Democratic State Committee
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