Campaign aide indictments loom in Ohio governor cases
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey faces indictments of aides reported as soliciting or receiving campaign contributions from civil service workers. The attorney general pressed for speedy trials. several aides named include Jay Allison the finance director and E Dye Urbana assistant state purchasing agent. Franklin County Pleas Court may hold a summer session to move cases toward juries, though unlikely, with arraignments set.
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Les O. Wilson
Allison
Cleveland
Dye
Bit
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Stipuwil
Pavey
Clyce
Attorney General
Rate hike ruling delays rail charges
Interstate commission weighs Pullman demands for higher fares amid rail rate debates. Officials approved a modest increase after considering an initial request for a ten percent rise, saying steeper charges would risk unreasonable rates. Some lines seek two-cent mile increases, with petitions pending rehearing and further action.
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Ompany
Commission
Cleveland Seeks Relief Funds Amid Food Distribution Plan
Cleveland moves to aid 66,000 destitute with general food orders starting this week. Council approves $337,000 in notes for relief, extends rent and utility moratorium to July, and considers a $35,000,000 lottery to fund relief through events at the municipal stadium or auditorium. Proposals by Councilmen Taylor and Novak envision ticket sales for $1. mayor calls it a measure to entertain, not a binding lottery.
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Cleveland
Raymond J. Taylor
John M. Novak
Ohio
Harold H. Burton
Council
Circus Ends Summer Run in Anton Pennsylvania
The Brothers Barnum and Ringling troupe halted its nine month tour as heavy rains delayed transport to Sarasota Florida. Officials and about 1,600 employees faced layoffs with wages reduced by 25 percent before the season ends. John Ringling North announced plans to resume next season.
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John Ringling North
Free Speech at Issue in Dispute in Kentucky Plant
CATLETTSBURG KY Free speech and a free press are central in a labor board case against American Rolling Mill in Ashland plant. Hearings paused as sides seek out-of-court settlement over records. Charges focus on union activity and anti union propaganda. Examiner dismissed some charges alleging supervisors campaigned for anti union candidates.
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American Rolling Mill Company
Donald R. Richberg
Board
Ashland, Rs
Victor
Ashland
NRA
Richberg
George Bokat
Faces Life Term For Killing Wife Wann FON James
Landis, a 24 year old rookie fireman, was convicted of second degree murder in the beating death of his young wife. He pleaded not guilty and answered nothing when asked to speak before Justice Jesep Adkins, receiving a life imprisonment sentence.
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Landis
Jesep Adkins
North Dakota Vote Spark in Roosevelt Liberal Call
In North Dakota Senator Nye faces Gov Langer in a GOP primary while Indiana prepares a state convention to pick a senatorial candidate amid debate over Democrat Frederick Van Nuys and the national liberal-conservative split. Nye has backing from two New Deal supporters, with Roosevelt silent on direct aid.
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Roosevelt
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Gerald P. Nye
William Langer
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
Nye-Langer
Nye
Bone
D-Wash
Norris
Ind-Net
Senator Norris
Battile
van Nuys
Attempts death by own action after wounding three
Napoleon A Mike Juresak, 45, of Adrian, Michigan, was near death in a Defiance hospital after shooting three people and himself with a shotgun. He sought his ex-wife at a farm near New Bavaria, wounded her in the leg, chased her to a neighbor’s house where he shot another, then shot himself in the head. Sheriff Bowerman said all others probably would recover.
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Mike Juresak
Adrian
Mich
Defiance
George Bowerman
Bowerman
Juresak
Charles Tomecheck
New Bavaria
Bob Dirr
Dirr
Mre Dur
Turesak
Tomecheck
Sherif Bowerman
Stanford and Kenyon Tie for Air Title
Stanford University and Kenyon College tie for first place at the National Intercollegiate Flying Club 1938 meet as both schools finish with 14 points. The result follows Kenyon's 1937 victory at Hicksville and marks a continued strong showing in intercollegiate aerial competitions.
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Stanford University
Kenyon College
National Intercollegiate Flying Club
Kenyon
Hicksville
SIA
Intite
Killer Executed in Indiana Prison
Robert Shaw a 27 year old British subject died in the Indiana state prison electric chair early today for the murder of deputy sheriff A EaGrange during a holdup.
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Ind
Robert Shaw
Indiana
Electric Chair
EaGrange
Duchess Warns Parliament Gibraltar Is Threatened
City officials in Oklahoma City returned more than 100 parking meters to the Dual Parking Meter Co. as Service Director A. S. Herzer explained the move to wait for the newer D-2 models. Opponents see it as a delay timing against the August primary and a city stake in a committee race.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
A. S. Herzer
The
Herzer
Socom
Oklahoma
Memorial Home of Colored Poet Seeks Recognition
A Knoxville Journal photographer Howard Jones photographed Ed McNew in a confrontation at the traffic court in Knoxville Tennessee. McNew, charged with felonious assault, allegedly fired four shots at Davis but all missed. Davis, a Knoxville News-Sentinel photographer, captured the scene.
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Knoxville Journal
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Harold Davis
Calls On Chamberlain To Explain Guns Threatening Gibraltar
Duchess of Atholl cites more than 20 guns in hills around Algeciras and 15 inch pieces near Alcala de Las Gazules. She will ask Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons what he intends to do. The note lists naval type guns near Punta Carnero and Ceuta, with bombs on merchant ships and renewed Franco agitation.
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Petro Banoglio
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Waly Mirror
Memorial house becomes a state museum after 32 years
Dayton honors poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar by dedicating his West Side frame house as a state museum. More than 1,500 people attended as the long-held home is preserved, while weather notes and other items appear in a broad, multi-item wire from the period.
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Columbus
Bordeaux
France
George Edmund Haynes
New York
Schnudt
Reims
Council of Churches
Dun
Amalli
England
Germany
Outlaw Easton Brothers Linked to Police Slaying
Indiana state trooper Ray Dixon died after being shot near La Porte. Oreille G Easton and his brother Clarence, both fugitives, were trapped on a farm near De Selm. Clarence was killed by officers. Easton blamed his brother for the killing as they faced robberies, holdups, auto thefts, abductions, and shootings since leaving Valley City, North Dakota, on June 3. A grand jury indictment against Easton for Dixon's slaying was expected.
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Indiana
Ray Dixon
LaPorte
Ind
Oreille G. Easton
Clarence
de Selm
Dixon
la Porte
Easton
Norman Sallwasser
la Porte County
Ambers Armstrong Fight Postponed to August 10
The light weight title bout between Lou Ambers and Henry Armstrong, holder of featherweight and welterweight titles, was postponed from July 26 to August 10. It will now be at Palo Grounds instead of Madison Square Garden. Ambers' manager Al Wells requested the change after Ambers bruised his hand in a Los Angeles fight with Jimmy Vaughan. Eddie Mead did not object.
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Lou Ambers
Henry Armstrong
Palo Grounds
Madison Square Garden Bowl
al Wells
Ambers
Los Angeles
Jimmy Vaughan
Armstrong
Eddie Mead
Soviet Flier Reports 4300 Mile Moscow to Far East Flight
Vladimir Kokinaki telegraphed to Stalin and Soviet leaders via Tass that he completed a nonstop 4300 mile flight from Moscow to Spassk near Vladivostok in 24 hours. He departed Moscow at 6:36 a.m. yesterday with navigator Bryadinsky.
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Vladimir Kokinaki
Joseph Stalin
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To Bury Boy Near Grandmother Signal Hero Fund Totals 81
The Signal's Hero Fund closed at 81.75 dollars to cover a lot vault and move Walter Drumheller's body to a private family grave near his grandmother in Woodlawn cemetery. Donations from W. Harper and local workers funded the burial and headstone. He died after rescuing a companion from the Muskingum river.
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W. W. Harper
Convers Avenue
Bailey's-on-Main
Souvenir Hunter Mystery Near Fort Stevens
An Oregon National Guard report notes five 90 pound shrapnel shells used in training did not explode. Four were recovered and the fifth, marked by a stake, remains missing as of the incident near Fort Stevens Oregon.
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Edgar Thompson
Oregon National Guard Coast Artillery
Success of Highway Blockade Cited
INDIANAPOLIS The trap snared two outlaws in a cornfield near Kankakee, showing the interstate blockade system works, Indiana Police Supt. Donald F. Stiver said. Four states Indiana Minnesota Michigan and Ohio set up roadblocks after gunmen shot State Police officer Ray Dixon near Laporte Sunday. Dixon died yesterday. Blockades were coordinated by radio on all main highways leaving Indiana.
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Kankakee
Indiana
Donald F. Stiver
Stiver
Minnois
Michigan
Ohio
Ray Dixon
Laporte
Dixon
Five Rescued After Lake Erie Pleasure Boat Strike
The IC coast guard cutter Frederick Lee rescued five Toledo men missing since a Saturday night voyage aboard the Lillith II after their craft struck East Sister Island in Lake Erie. Rescued were Archie Sneil owner, Dr. Phil Muller, Harry Hatch Jr, Howard Wilson, and J. Brad. Rev Edward Knight, who piloted a searching plane, located the stranded group yesterday.
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IC Coast Guard
Frederick Lee
Ifive Toledosns
McCormick Heir Search Expands From Sandia Peak
In Albuquerque searchers probe tan gled brush below North Sandia peak for Medill McCormick missing after a climbing expedition. They shift to lower country to reach help for companion Richard Whitmer, while climbers and CCC enrollees scour canyons toward the Rio Grande valley.
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North Sandia Peak
Medill McCormick
Chicago
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Shield
CCC
Rio Grande Valley
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Grotto Convention Parade Dazzles Cleveland Crowd
Thousands of men and women parade downtown for the 49th annual Grotto convention. Uniformed Veiled Prophets and mounted police join the colorful display as Grand Monarch Otto I. Hildebrandt of Rockford UI presides. The supreme council contest committee will award honors for best outfits tomorrow.
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Blue Lodge
Otto I. Hildebrandt
Rockford
Supreme Council
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Killer Williams Sings at Ohio Electric Chair
Thomas B Williams 20 born in Ohio faced execution for the murder of R J Mirvis in Steubenville. He sang This is a mean old world to live in as the chair delivered 503 volts. He prayed quoted scripture, blamed a coerced confession, and spoke for about 25 minutes before death.
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Thomas B. Williams
Ohio Penitentiary
Steubenville
Williams
Vonce
R. J. Mirvis
J. C. Woodard
Reuben Mirvis
Harold Wellington
Jefferson County
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Mirvis
Rob
Crme
Wellington
George W. Keil
Woodard
Willams
This Waitch Dog Is Real McCoy Real Watch Dog
A wire haired terrier named Spot proved a genuine watchdog by swallowing a wristwatch. An acterniary surgeon may operate to recover the watch from the dog's stomach.
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Bua Falls
Senate Probe Urged For WPA Speech
Senator King urged a Senate investigation after Aubrey Williams deputy WPA administrator accused Roosevelt aides of keeping “friends” of the unemployed in control. Williams claimed the administration showed what the government should do for distress and appealed to a delegation from the Workers Alliance to back their approach.
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King
Utah
Aubrey Willams
WPA
William
Workers Alliance
Roosevelt
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