Schools Face $40,000 Loss If Action Lags
A legislative stalemate threatens a $40,000 debt service shortfall for schools next year if the Assembly does not act. The Gunsett bill and proposed tax plans aim to raise funds, including a 3.25 mill levy and income tax, to support elementary and high schools amid reduced millage limits and shifting allocations. The caucus outlines revenue measures and anticipated state aid to cover operating expenses.
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Gunsett
Hools
Joss
Assembly
Athens
Frame
Patrol Will Aid Public With Radio in Ohio
The highway patrol will play a key role in a unified radio system linking city police sheriff departments and other public agencies in Ohio. Director W Merrell notes the system extends beyond motor vehicles and will improve communications across agencies.
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Highway Patrol
Heriffs
Ohio
W. Merrell
Didin
Rabid Dog Escapes Confinement After Bite Incident
A dog found to have rabies escaped its confinement following a biting incident involving its owner. Authorities and the family named Merrit Taylor and others are described in the fragment, referencing Pasteur and rabies precautions.
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Mr. Merrit
Taylor
Jonhr Chin «x Na
Frank
Paul Roit
Are Reve ‘Ving Pasteur
Local Official Faces Grand Jury Action Over Law Compliance
An official connected with the sheriff's office and a commission member are reported to be under grand jury scrutiny for failing to comply with reporting requirements. The case involves agricultural and counting duties, with a deadline noted for April 19.
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G.p
Grand Jury
Youth in Gallia Jail Tries Suicide After Bond Refusal
Lloyd Perrin, 22, jailed in Gallia County for holding up a Gallipolis filling station, slashed his elbows and attempted hanging himself with a belt. He was found in his cell after visitors and a jail break scare, but his condition was listed as not serious.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd Perrin
Gallia County
Perrin
Drummond
Massillon
Lida Love
Miss Love
Hughes List Due Today Before Senate Liquor Probe
Columbus April 19 U P Col John A Hughes director of the liquor control department is to testify before the Special Senate liquor investigating committee today. He has said he will name legislators who asked favors of his department if asked. A subpoena was issued for Hughes last night by Sen Carl D Sheppard committee chairman.
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Columbus
U.P
John A. Hughes
Department of Liquor Control
Senate Liquor Investigating Committee
Hughes
Carl D. Sheppard
Akron
Federal Authorities Await Word of Jafsie in Lindbergh Case
Federal authorities waited for word from New York on whether Dr. John F. Condon would come to Boston to view a suspect photo. Marshal John J. Murphy said he had a photograph of a man who might have received the $50,000 ransom tossed over a Bronx cemetery wall.
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Boston
New York
John F
Jassie) Condon
Marshall John J. Murphy
Jassie
Bronx
Want Ad Scottie Promotes Lawn Care and Mowers
April showers will boost grass growth and keep it from getting too high and spoiling the lawn. The Classified Page offers shiny new mowers and services to revive dull old ones at reasonable prices. Find garden tools and seeds, and a packed page of Athens area wants and offers.
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Athens
News Freedom Fight Praised at Editors Convention
President Paul Bellamy of the American Society of Newspaper Editors praised those who fought to reiterate the constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press. In his Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks he said newspapers must truly serve the people and resist demagogues to keep freedom secure in public esteem.
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Washington
U.R
Paul Bellamy
American Society of Newspaper Editors Today
Bellamy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Injuries May Cause Death of Dr. Hanson
Gallipolis April 19 Dr T J Hanson 63 Gallia County coroner was fatally injured in a head on collision on Route 7 near Addison shortly after 9 am His skull was fractured and doctors at Holzer Hospital considered his death imminent The other car was driven by Ara Swisher and Alva Kail of Cheshire Kail had facial cuts Hanson had just returned from Florida last week
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Gallipolis
T. J. Hanson
Gallia County
Route 7
Addison
Holzer Hospital
Ara Swisher
Alva Kail
Cheshire
Kail
Doctor Hanson
Florida
A J Cotner Dies at 97 in McArthur
Andrew Jackson Cotner died at his son in law and daughter Perry Gorsuch home in McArthur aged 97. He would have turned 98 this year and had lived there for a quarter century after moving from Athens with his son Henry W. Cotner. He spent forty years in teaching and later worked in insurance. He is survived by his mother a son D A Cotner of Sylvania.
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D. A. Cotner
Sylvania
Fire in basement of Lloyd Herron home noted
A fire of undetermined origin was found in the basement of 97 Mill Street the afternoon of the report. Debris from stripped wallpaper appears to have fed the blaze. Herron residence owned by & Broks sustained no reported damage.
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Lloyd Herron
Mill Street
Broks
Dinner Affairs and Capital Investigations Purely Social Events
Santa Monica column recalls a Wirt dinner showing high society forgetfulness about what was said. The writer argues dinners and Washington investigations are strictly social and should be covered only by society editors.
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Washington
County relief funds awaiting action on Athens total
County relief officials and Athens Nelsonville leaders planned to allocate about 40000 to pay bills for food and merchandise bought in January February and March. The county seeks 11767 from county and cities, with Athens and Nelsonville each contributing 2500 and the rest hoped from county gasoline funds. The relief director would meet officials to confirm an agreement, while merchants were urged to submit statements promptly.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Theodore H. Smith
Officiala
Moonshining Still Thriving Says Treasury Chief
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. said illicit liquor production remains a husky business despite repeal. He noted a drop in rum running and that about 700 workers now combat bootlegging, rising to 1,500 when the Justice Department unit merges with Treasury on May 10.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Department of Justice
Treasury Force
Eagles Will Initiate 150 at Murray City
Logan April 19. The Murray City Eagles Lodge initiatory is next Sunday with the Zanesville Degree team in charge. About 150 candidates, per district manager Charles Strum, will participate. Distinguished visitors include Conrad H Mann legal advisor Kansas City James A Fitzgerald Niles Ohio president and William P. Wetherald Zanesville state vice president.
Talents Combined In Gallia Co Jail
Gallia County reports three young men in jail one for stray hogs another for writing bad checks and a third for car theft. A striking inmate wore red spots leading to a joke about measles but a doctor diagnosed hives from eating pork.
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Gallipolis
Sid Doctor
First Athens State Store Opens as Whiskey Sells Legally
Floyd Butcher of Athens buys a fifth of Johnny Walker at the new state liquor store on West Washington Street, marking the first legal whiskey sale in Athens in 27 years. The store operates by state control, with Vic Pierce supervising, and requires a stamped order form and price of 4.20.
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Athens State
Floyd Butcher
West Washington Street
Athens
Clarence Fultz
West
Washington Street
Vic Pierce
Butcher
William Welsch
Johnny Walker
Renew Drive To Unfreeze Bank Deposits
The Roosevelt administration opens a new effort to release frozen deposits since last year’s banking crisis. Senator Carter Glass argues the government isn’t fully using its powers to aid closed banks, while House backing for the McLeod bill grows.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Virginia
Dust Storm Ravages four-state Farming Belt
Sioux City Iowa report describes the twelfth dust storm of the spring season tearing across eastern South Dakota western Minnesota northeastern Nebraska and northwestern Iowa. A 40 mile per hour gale lofted soil destroying newly sown grain leaving bare roots in winter crops and prompting urgent calls for rain.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Abolition of P U L Co O Proposed by Judge Clinger
Judge Wil em Clinger of Lima urged abolishing the state public utilities commission at a public hearing in Marion. He proposed transferring rate fixing power to municipal councils as part of utilities law considerations.
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P. UL. Co. O
Marion
State Public Utilities Commission
Wilem Clinger
Lima
Commission
Ohio Bar Association
Clinger
Austria moves toward fascist system with promul gation of constitution
Vienna reports that Austria will promulgate a new constitution today paving the way for a regency under Archduke Otto. The move signals a rapid shift toward fascist governance and raises the possibility of Otto becoming regent and later king.
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Vienna
U.P
Austria
Archduke Otto
Hapsburg House
Common Pleas ruling on relief worker's Workmen's Comp status affirmed
In Columbus on April 19 the district court affirmed a common pleas decision that a relief worker is an employee of the city and thus eligible for Workmen's Compensation benefits if injured.
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Columbus
The
Common Pleas Court
Mae District Court of
Soveaia
Dillinger Robs Bank in the South and Changes Hair Color
Federal agents traced John Dillinger to a Bank of Montgomery heist in Montgomery Louisiana and learned he dyed his hair red. He reportedly attended a family reunion in Mooresville Indiana after the April seven weekend while his ally Evelyn Frechette was arrested in Wisconsin. A Chicago tavern sighting and a hospital conspiracy case in Saint Paul were also noted.
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Dillinger
Bank
Chicago
Department of Justice
John Dillinger
Bank of
Evelyn Frechette
Mengminie
Wis
J. Paul
Insane Man Attacks Judge at Mansfield
Clinton Bricker, 53, recently committed to Lima State Hospital for Criminally Insane, attacked Probate Judge C. J. Anderson of Shelby in his Mansfield office. Bricker, angered by rejection of release from Toledo State Hospital, threw a rock and struck the judge with a chair before attendants overpowered him.
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Mansfield
LPH
Clinton Bricker
Lima State Hospital
C. J. Anderson
Shelby
Later
Bricker
Anderson
Toledo State Hospital
To Use Dynamite In Drive on Crows
Logan April 19 A roost near Gibsonville where crows gather nightly will soon be dynamited. Deputy Game Protector Edward Eberst suggests crow traps to rid Hocking County of the pest. Harold Febue and F Garrett with the game protector raided a Laurel Township roost, killing 47 crows. An organized movement aims to lessen the crow menace.
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Logan
Gibsonville
Edward Eberst
Hocking County
Harold Febue
F. Garrett
Laurel Township
All But Two Legislators Will Be Present Today For Levy Vote
Ohio House leaders used a technical device to force a final vote on the sales tax bill. Officials announced last night that present members faced arrest to deter absences. An amendment was offered to cut the proposed levy from 3 percent to 2 percent.
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Columbus, CO
U.P
Ohio House
Militia Ready for Alabama Mine Strike Tensions
In Birmingham Alabama on April 19 authorities kept seven militia companies under arms as 21 000 miners walk out for an NRA wage rise. South industrialists campaign to widen wage differentials. First blood was drawn when a Black miner was wounded and another killed resisting police at Red Diamond Coal Co near Leeds.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
NRA
South
Washington
Red Diamond Coal Co
Leeds
Dexter Death Revealed In Coroner Report
POMEROY April 19. Death of Mrs. George Perry, Dexter, found to be a suicide by the acting coroner Henry Ewing. Cause listed as poor health. She leaves a husband and a months old son. Coroner withheld further details.
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Pomeroy
George Perry
Ross Holliday
Dexter
Henry Ewing
Play Days Open Tomorrow at Amesville
First of a series of play days for Athens County grade schools will be held Friday in Amesville under Miss Florence Stein physical education director and Miss Louise Linscott principal. Activities include folk games relay races rhythmic exercises plus a first aid bandaging and patient transport demonstration.
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Athens County
Florence Stein
Amesville
Stein
Louise Linscott
Rabies Tests Prompt Treatment for Girl Scratched by Dog
A positive rabies test result came from Columbus labs on a dog owned by Clyde Spurlock of Gallia Route 2. County Nurse Margaret Jones notified Spurlock that his daughter, scratched by the dog, must receive treatment to prevent rabies development.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Clyde Spurlock
Gallia Rt. 2
Margaret Jones
Spurlock
First Sterilization Ordered Under Oklahoma Eugenics Law
Norman April 19 state board ordered the first sterilization under Oklahoma’s new eugenics law. About 3,000 inmates in mental and penal institutions may undergo the operation. Columbus also reported liquor stores to open April 20 in several cities including New Lexington Bowling Green Isbellus Lowa You Werk and Piqua.
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Norman
Okla
State Board of Affairs
Oklahoma
Columbus
State Liquor Control Board Today
New Lexington
Bowling Green
Isbelus
Lowa You Werk
Piqua
Call of the House Used Once Since 1904 in Ohio
Rep. K. R. A. Pollock recalls a continuous call of the house in 1903 and notes no such parliamentary maneuver has been used since 1904. Members reportedly had to obtain paroles to leave the chamber for meals, with two lawmakers having meals sent to their desks from a nearby hotel and charged to the House.
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Columbus
Obie
KR. A. Pollock
Canton
House
Pollock
Capitol
Democrats Fail To Back Sales Tax In Late Caucus
Democrats caucused late yesterday and agreed to the plan but did not vote to approve the sales tax bill. Lucas County Toledo delegation had caucused earlier and voted 4 to 1 against the tax signaling probable defeat as the same group backed it when defeated last week.
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Aremterday
Manatee
Lucas County
Toledo
Ohio House Uses Technical Arrests to Propel Tax Vote
Legislators were ordered to report for a final sales tax vote as a call of the house kept the session through the night. Absentees would be arrested if needed. The move aimed to delay the Boyd Act challenge and push the 2 percent tax amendment first, with expected $15 million cuts to the schools financing bill. Governor White urged reenactment of nuisance sales taxes for relief bonds. Two absentees, S K Mardin and G J Harter, miss due to illness.
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House
Lawrence
White
Ohio House of Representatives
K. Mardin R
Athens
G. J. Harter
Akron
Letter Threatens Life of Governor White
A letter threatening to kill Governor White unless he pardons Charles Makby and Harry Pierpont, Dillinger gang members, was received April 10 and sent to the Department of Justice in Washington after being turned over to postal authorities.
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Columbus
White
Charles Makby
Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Department of Justice
Washington
Nursing Service for Indigent Considered in Hocking County
Logan April 19 a staff special reports that nursing service for indigent persons may be arranged soon under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. County commissioners and health officials will consider the program which would pay nurses for calls and hourly rates for longer stays.
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Logan
Hocking County
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