Roosevelt Eyes Permanent U.S Public Works Setup
President Roosevelt outlined a four billion dollar plan to establish a permanent national agency to manage public works. Hopkins said funds and state shares would be coordinated with Congress oversight, and several states including Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Colorado eyed projects under construction and erosion prevention.
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Roosevelt
Case Democratic
Mem- Congress
OLT
Fechner
Nation Corps
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Raymond Mt 36 Provokes Jail Term Threat in Domestic Case
In a fragmentary report, Allen C. Roudebush of Norwood faces possible jail after accusations by his wife. The note references communication by telegraph or other contact and officialdom around the case. Schroers kiased appears as a misread name in the garbled text.
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Raymond Mt
Allen C. Roudebush
Norwood
Schroers
Indigent Care Plan Amid State Relief Administration Notes
Fragmentary report references Mrs Lucille personnel director Relief Administration and Stillman Ohio relief administrator. Mentions 62 of 883 visited staff have experience in social work. Chamberlain's report to governor notes CCR care of indigent persons and collaboration with Medical Association to address care.
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Social Chamberlain
Davey
CCR Impra
C. Stillman
Lief
Ohio
Medical Association
Court Orders Barbers to Charge Citizen
A court issue warns barbers against undercharging customers. The notice outlines a rule that charging less than a set rate is unlawful and cautions readers to seek legal counsel before acting. The item appears as a reprinted courier classified ad offering legal advice.
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Ion
F Court
Dinner for Republican Postmasters Would Be Interesting
Beverly Hills reporter notes a telegram from Will Rogers to Democratic postmasters in Los Angeles County. He suggests a Republican postmasters dinner and proposes tactics to thwart Democratic mail delivery. Rogers hints at political maneuvering and delaying Republican-leaning mail as leverage.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Los Angeles County
Will Rogers
Dust Control Funds Lifts West as Wheat Rises in Chicago
Federal dust control funding cheers drought areas from Western Kansas to Eastern New Mexico. Wheat prices climb toward a dollar a bushel in Chicago amid spring winds stirring silt clouds while relief payments and fuel aid for farmers are approved. Plans consider withdrawing 50 to 100 million acres for grazing and forestry use as agriculture surveys assess damages. San Francisco notes a $1.02 jump.
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Mid-Wear
Harry L. Hopkins
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandies
New Mexico
San Francisco
Indiana Man Freed Under $1,000 Bond
Aurora Indiana Raymond Hess, accused of driving his car into a ravine after pinning his wife against a bridge rail, was freed on a $1,000 bond after surrendering Friday night. He had eluded deputies since September and briefly held officers at bay with a gun found in the vehicle.
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Ind
Raymond Hess
Charlies Henke
Hess
Chinese forces claim 7000 Reds killed in four days
Reports from Nanking say Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces crushed Communist troops in Kewichow Province with 7000 killed over four days of heavy fighting. The campaign is described as the bloodiest since operations began, with Kai-Shek personally leading troops.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kewichow
Kewilyang
Kai-Shek
Blame U S Interests for Exclusion
Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese foreign office accusing United States commercial interests of agitating to bar Japanese goods in Latin America. It warns such moves would harm American cotton sales in Japan where Japan is a major market worth 100 million dollars yearly, the largest single item in U S raw cotton exports.
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Foreign Office
United States
Latin America
Japan
America
Rain and Cold Now Foreseen for Ohio Valley Week
Unsettled weather is indicated for the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region during April 15 20 with rain forecast Monday night or Tuesday and again Thursday. Warmer Monday, slightly colder Tuesday night, warmer Thursday and colder near week end.
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Columbus
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
G O P Claims Better Chance For President
Washington reports brief political pendants suggesting Republicans see improving odds to defeat Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Col Frank Knox and Senators Capper Borah discuss party reorganization while Hastings attacks the administration. Herbert Hoover arrives in Columbus for a personal visit amid talk of a 1936 comeback.
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Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Col. Knox
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senator Capper
Kansas
Hoover
Hastings
Herbert Hoover
Grover Cleveland
Columbus
H. P. Wolfe
Governor Appeals for Charity Funds in Ohio
Governor Davay urged the Good Citizens of Ohio to donate to buy supplies for the Executive Office including a rug after the Senate refused an appropriation. He blamed Republican members aided by one Democrat for the defeat and mocked the Senate for a 4000 carpet purchase last summer while denying funds for the governor’s office.
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Columbus
Davay
Ohio
Federal Judge Rules Kerr-Smith Act Unconstitutional
In Louisville on Saturday Judge Charles I Dawson struck down the Kerr-Smith Act regulating tobacco production, ruling it unconstitutional.
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Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
AFL Continues Battle Over Rubber Plant Elections
William Green, president of the AFL, said the federation would enforce Labor Relations Board rubber decisions. Officials, amid negotiations with Secretary Perkins, submitted a counter proposal to remove Akron strike threats. The dispute centers on Goodrich and Firestone not allowing board elections in their plants. Green insisted the AFL would not recede from enforcing NLRB orders after talks with Coleman Cloherty in Akron.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor Department
Perkins
Akron, O
Goodrich
Firestone
Labor Board
Ihs
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Green
Coleman Cloherty
Akron
New Plan Allows Relief Clients to Buy Coal Direct
Columbus Ohio federal relief director C C Stillman announced a new plan effective Saturday allowing county relief directors to authorize purchases of coal by relief clients from any local NRA dealer. Previously coal was bought through state relief headquarters.
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Columbus
C. C. Stillman
Ohio
NRA
Sweeney Pushes Referendum to Remove Sales Tax
Representative Martin L. Sweeney of Cleveland circulates petitions in Ohio aiming for a referendum to remove the sales tax from food and clothing. He argues the loss of $40,000,000 yearly would be offset by higher income and utility taxes and would cost the average man less.
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Washington
Martin L. Sweeney
Cleveland
Ohio
Sweeney
Twins in fashion New York
The association of baby carriage dealers reports steady decline in ordinary carriages but a surge in twin perambulators. Paul Kiepper, president, suggests this may indicate the influence of the new deal on production. New carriages are described as streamlined.
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NEW Yorkthe Association of Baby Carriage Dealers
Paul Kiepper
Refrigeration Show Set to Open in Athens Armory
The Messenger reports a three day Refrigeration Show at the Athens Armory starting Wednesday with open hours 2 30 to 10 each day. Seven Athens dealers Summers Son DPD Zen ner Company Athens Ice & Storage Company Wheaton Hardware Company Ohio Fuel Gas Southern Ohio Electric and Southern Ohio Norge Sales showcase modern refrigerators and frozen dishes with experts, free admission, and prizes including a top prize refrigerator choice of smoke.
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Athens Armory
Athens
Woh
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Zenner Company
Athens Lee & Storage Company
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Southern Ohio Norge Sales Company
Athena
Four youths killed by fast freight near Pataskala
Four youths died when a Pennsylvania freight train struck their car as it stalled on the tracks near Pataskala Ohio. Jonathan Mills 19 Harold Amapaugh 19 Mabel Lucille Link 14 and Wilma Gladys Link 16 were returning from a late date. Jack McConaughey the crossing watchman reported the car was on the tracks despite his warning.
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Pataskala
Here
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Harold Amapaugh
Near Pataskala
Mabel Lucille Link
Wagram
Wilma Gladys Link
Jack McConaughey
Main Street
McConaughey
George L Link
Etna High School
Mills
Otto Mills
Pataskala High School
Amapaugh
Emmett Amapaugh
Examiner Printer Manahan in Athens County Jail
J Ennis Manahan, 28, Belle Center, printer for The Ohio Examiner, was arrested Friday night by Athens County officers and jailed with publisher Grover W. Fleming and editor William Snyder. Affidavits accuse them of printing obscene literature. the trio to be arraigned before Athens magistrates. The case ties to efforts to halt publication of The Examiner amid university controversy and prior confiscations in the county.
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J. Ennis Manahban
Belle Center
Ohio Examiner
Grover W. Fleming
William Snyder
Athens County
Manahan
Harold J. Rose
Rolland Ruth
William Dishong
Nelsonville
Manahania
Fleming E
Shelby
Snyder
Fleming
Grand Jury
Robert C. Moore
Ohio University
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Harley N Thompson
Athens
Thompson
Marion Talley’s Secret Marriage To Coach Revealed
Marion Talley a Kansas City soprano married her coach Adolph Eckstrom in a secret ceremony March 25. She travels between New York and Hollywood with a honeymoon planned for a June 1 movie debut. Meanwhile federal relief reports show 7.5 million pounds of meat handled since Oct 23 with 128 thousand pounds condemned.
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New York
Marion Talley
Kansas City
New York City
Hollywood
Adolph Eckstrom
West Coast
Columbus
C. C. Bultman
Roosevelt Hosts Press At Fiftyth Grid Iron Dinner
The Grid Iron Club held its 50th anniversary in Washington with caustic satire on the New Deal and European diplomacy. President Roosevelt attended, joining a skit and addressing reporters in a rare personal moment. The show mocked Long and Townsend among others, with a Pied Piper sequence and a cartoon souvenir marking the jubilee.
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Washington
Hamlin
Clifford K. Berryman
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Washington Star
Club
Reward Increases Weight Loss Pact At Norristown Gym
William Penn Lodge athletic instructor received a $30,000 gymnasium as a reward for slimming a woman from 400 to 240 pounds. Judge J Burnett Holland upheld the verbal promise alleged by Lodge as made by the late wealthy widow Eliza Jarman Tetlow.
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Norristown
William Penn Lodge
J. Burnett Holland
Lodge
Eliza Jarman Tetlow
Police Baffled In Search for Young Mother
Farmington Connecticut police and state officers searched for Mrs. Andrew Gordon a 25 year old blond Junior Leaguer who disappeared Wednesday night. Footprints found earlier proved useless as leads, while a posse with broadhounds an airplane and a motorboat scoured the area. The missing woman's baby born January 30 remained in delicate health at the Gordon home as the husband Andrew Gordon an employee of the Hartford Electric Light Company aided the search.
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Farmington Conn
Andrew Gordon
Edward J. Hickey
Gordon
Martford Fleectric Light Company
McCarran Fights Over Works Bill Wage Provisions
Senator McCarran Nevada criticized the government works program plan saying it should follow the old Civil Works Administration and flush out the funds. He pushed to make relief workers receive the same private industry wage rates, a stance challenged by administration leaders. The compromise set private industry wage levels for workers on permanent public buildings funded by relief money.
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Washington
McCarran
Civil Works Administration
Senate
Textile Mills Close In New England With 3810 Jobs Lost
Three New England textile mills announced Saturday they would close, affecting 3810 workers. Officials cited the processing tax, wage differences between regions, and Japanese competition as drivers of the shutdowns amid appeals to the President for relief.
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Boston
New England
Washington
North South
Freight Rate Study Sought by National Coal Association
The National Coal Association urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen the emergency coal rate case and examine individual coal rates nationwide, arguing the commission has been inconsistent in allowing emergency charges.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ite
National Coal Association
Fraternity House At Kenyon To Close
Knox County Prosecutor William L. Howell announced the Pass Upsilon Fraternity House at Kenyon College will be turned over to the college and officials said they planned to close the house after an investigation of an alleged drinking party four weeks ago.
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Mount Vernon
Knox County
William L. Howell
Pass Upsilon
Kenyon College
Gambier
Hitler and Western Leaders Agree on Peace Steps
At Stresa Italy France and Britain wrap up a 18 hour session with a consensus on steps to keep Europe at peace. They reportedly backed an eastern non aggression pact and plans for a Danubian conference in Rome plus a Western air pact and limited rear mament moves.
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Italy
France
England
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Reich
League of Nations
Paris
Benito Mussolini
Pierre-Ftienne Flandin
Ramsay Macdonald
Va Lively
Rome
Austria
Geneva
Germany
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Britain
Bus Operator Faces Reckless Driving Charge in Ohio
Walter Casseley a Columbus driver on a Columbus to Pomeroy route pleaded not guilty to reckless driving before Mayor Kenneth Fitzgerald. He was held to the grand jury under a 100 bond after a Logan area arrest on Route 31 two miles south of Logan by State Highway Patrolman J A Bower.
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Walter Casseley
Columbus
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Casamey
Logan
J. A. Bower
Former Buchtel Man Is Dead in Dayton
James Collins, 34, a former Buchtel resident, died Saturday in Dayton after living there 12 years. He leaves two sisters. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at St Patrick's Church in Buchtel.
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Nelsonville
James Collins
Dayton
Buchtel
S T Patrick's Church
Vandal Breaks Window Shatters Baby Bed in Cleveland
In Cleveland a brick shattered a window while a one year old slept in the bed uncovering glass. Mrs. Wilcox said her husband a non union blacksmith had been approached about joining the union. Gasoline prices in Ohio rise a quarter of a cent per gallon from Standard Oil Company of Ohio effective Sunday.
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Cleveland
Carl Wilens
Wilcox
Ohio
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Waltonians name leader at annual Izaak Walton convention
Judge George W. Wood of Waterloo Iowa was elected president of the Izaak Walton League of America at the league's annual convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
George W. Wood
Waterloo
Iowa
Izaak Walton League of America
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