Senate highway probe may shift focus to fixes
In Columbus August 20 the Senate highway investigating committee debated the value of paid investigators and set Sept 1 hearings to require definite proof of improper department administration or accept other evidence. A clash over highway in Cuyahoga County exposed tensions as members pressed for accountability and new control methods.
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Columbus
U.R
Senate Highway Investigating Committee
Highway Department
Compee
John F. Farrell
W. A. Greenwind
Cleveland
Farrell
Cuyahoga County
Laurence H. Norton
Cleveand
David Lorbach
Cincinnati
Negroes Face Trial In First Degree Murder Case
Alliance Ohio area news notes Ernest Tinker and William Reese, both African American, indicted for first degree murder in the July 9 fatal shooting of farm hand George McPeek. Trials scheduled separately next month with Tinker set for September 28. John Johnson, alleged accomplice, was fatally wounded in the same gun battle.
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Alliance
U.R
George McPeek
Here
Ernest Tinker
William Reese
Toledo Banks Face Grand Jury Probe After Closures
Municipal Judge Ira Cole requested a grand jury investigation into four Toledo banks that closed their doors Monday. The move follows a conference with depositors regarding the bank closures.
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van Nge Tank
Lasses de Ohio
Mre Ae
U.R
Lucas Late Uty
Carl J. Christensen
Ira Cole
Toledo
Cole
Bridge firm awarded damages for land needed for toll bridge
A Brown County jury awarded the Maysville Bridge Company between 500 and 600 dollars for a quarter acre of land needed as an approach to Kentucky’s Toll Bridge linking Aberdeen, Ohio and Maysville, Kentucky. The company had asked 25,000 dollars. the Commonwealth had proposed 300 dollars, the land had previously been bought for 250 dollars. The state initiated condemnation proceedings.
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Georgetown
U.R
Brown County
Maysville
He Interprets the Gasoline Situation
Tulsa reports a suburban filling station sign claiming gasoline costs show Sad but true with Alfalfa Bill 5 cents Phillips Petroleum 4 cents Me 2 cents total 11 cents per gallon as the owner’s interpretation of tax and price.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Phillips Petroleum Company
Governors to consider tri state coal area reform plan
Governors of Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania were briefed on a plan proposed by mayors and officials from 49 tri state coal cities. The plan calls for a governing commission with impartial engineers to survey the region that supplies about a third of the nations coal and to include presidents of the three state universities as members.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tri-State
Roosevelt power label sparks 1982 political pot
Arthur Brisbane discusses Governor Roosevelt of New York and President Hoover amid talk of power trust labels. He argues Hoover as engineer would push for national control of power supply, while opposing full government control of coal fields. Mayors plan talks to end coal miner strikes and restore work. James Berry of Ohio briefs Governor White? session officials.
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Roosevelt
New York
Power Trust
Hoover
the &J. Lawrence
Senate
House
Guy W. Dankworth
Bellaire Chamber of Commerce
James Berry
Ohio
Governor White
Berry
White
Planes Forced Down by Rain in Pennsylvania
Heavy rain storms in the Allegheny Mountains caused a Chicago New York airliner to crash at Bettis Field McKeesport injuring six. Two pilots and four passengers were hospitalized. A second plane was forced to land at Everett Field due to the downpour with pilots Camille Vinet and Lowell Scroggins among those diverting.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny Mountains
Bettis Field
McKeesport
Everett
New York
A. D. Smith
Jackson
Calif
R.L Downes
Columbus
Forrest Webster
Milwaukee
Wis
Lillian Russel
Newark
N. J
R. T. Nelson
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh Aviation Industries
R. W. Donahue
Everett Field
Camille Vinet
Lowell Scroggins
Washington
Long invites cotton state leaders to discuss growing halt
Louisiana Governor Long calls a meeting in New Orleans with governors, lieutenant governors, and senators from cotton producing states to consider suspending cotton growing next year. He argues that none planted in 1982 could allow surplus to fetch good prices, a plan unlikely to pass.
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Governor Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
America
Farm Board
Long
Ewing
Those That Live In Florida Or California Read Cold Reports
Florida and California residents in winter seek New York or Chicago weather updates. The text notes this odd human tendency and hints at continued discussion on page 6.
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Florida
California
New York
Chicago
Relief Measures Planned for Needy and Unemployed
Two emergency measures to aid the needy and unemployed were prepared for council action at a special meeting. One measure would submit a one mill tax levy for poor relief to voters in November. The second authorizes immediate sale of $75,000 bonds to improve parks and playgrounds.
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Youngstown
U.P
Law Department
Governor White Skips Ohio Labor Day Rally
Governor George White will not speak at the Ohio Democratic rally in Columbus on Labor Day due to a prior engagement. He will instead address Indiana Democrats in Muncie, Ind., on that day.
Many Relief Schemes Fail to Create Jobs in Beverly Hills
An editorial laments daily relief schemes from McKelvie and Long that promise help but offer no job creation. The writer argues neither plan aids corn raisers or city workers and mocks past proposals to give surplus wheat to the unemployed while urging self-help to salvage prosperity.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mr. McKelvie
Gov. Long
Long
Petitions Circulated in Youngstown on Recall of Special Judges
More than 100 petitions circulated in Youngstown seeking recall of special judges assigned to probe the prosecutor’s office and the relations of utilities to public officials. The announcement came from Owen James, president of the Taxpayers League.
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Youngstown
U.R
Supreme Court
Owen James
The
Taxpayers League
Society Girl Pauline Phillips Vanishes in Mexico
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Pauline Phillips a 24 year old Oklahoma City society girl in Agua Caliente Mex twenty miles south of San Diego California. She vanished while touring the Mexican resort with friends.
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Pauline Phillips
Agua Caliente
Mex
San Diego
Calif
Lower Interest on Veterans Loans Weighed by Legion
National Commander Edward T. O Neil urged cutting the bonus loan interest rate for World War veterans at the American Legion convention in Detroit. He argued the government profits at four and a half percent while funding costs are lower and veterans in need must pawn certificates. Congress recently raised the loan limit to eighty percent of face value of adjusted service certificates, with over a billion dollars borrowed under it.
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Washington
U.P
Edward T. O'Neil
Detroit
O'Neil
Ee Ee
Congress
City council bars dismantling of Cleveland Southwestern line
Blocked by Bucyrus city council action, C. G. Mayer the receiver for the Cleveland Southwestern Railway Company cannot dismantle local equipment. The council favors transferring the line to interests to resume operations and plans to seek Wooster and Mansfield support to restart service, with a possible public sale flagged.
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Bucyrus
U.R
C. G. Mayer
Cleveland Southwestern Railway Company
Cleveland
Wooster
Mansfield
Ship barnacle solution eyed to save costs
May Be Great Saving CLEVELAND Aug 20 Barcles can smell and ship owners may save 000 a year according to Dr. J Paul Visscher head of biology Western Reserve University Chemicals mixed with paints on ship hulls could remove barnacles and their nuisance Science must find the correct mixture of chemicals Visscher said here.
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Cleveland
U.R
J. Paul Visscher
Department of Biology
Western Reserve University
Visscher
Poincare Celebrates 71st Birthday at Home
Raymond Poincare former French president and 1926 franc savior marked his 71st birthday at his country home near Sampigny France. The event highlights his ongoing public presence after World War I.
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Sampigny
France
U.P
Raymond Poincare
Storm Rages Off Zenranado Coast Wrecks Boats
A fierce storm off Zenranado wrecked numerous boats and left over 50 people feared dead as ships were reported missing and crews battled dangerous seas near Seoul.
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Korea
Seoul
Zenranado
Ferry operator presses for damages after bridge opening
Saul Stone of Point Pleasant West Virginia resumes Kanawha River ferry service on a cut rate basis after the State Bridge Commission offered $25,000 to stop. He demands $800 for a damaged propeller and interest on the $25,000 plus $10 a day for each day tied up as negotiations resume.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
U.P
C. C. Stone
Kanawha River
Stone
State Bridge Commission
Commission
Patman calls for southern western lawmakers to meet before Sept
Representative Wright Patman urged lawmakers from two southern and western states to assemble in Washington by Sept 14 and urge President Hoover to call a special session. If Hoover refuses Patman suggests a rump session to discuss issues before Congress convenes.
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Washington
Wright Patman
Tex
President Hoover
Congress
Four-year-old sustains possible skull fracture in park accident
Bert Miller, 4, of Cuyahoga Falls was hospitalized with a possible skull fracture after an amusement park accident when cables of an aerial swing broke. Five others suffered minor injuries when they were thrown to the ground.
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Bert Miller
Cuyahoga Falls
Overcrowding Plagues Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sandusky Ohio August 20 Overcrowding at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home worsens as demand surges. Officials report 64 beds in cottages designed for 50 do not ease congestion. Plans include possible outside living for self supporting veterans or temporarily excluding some pensioners, but approvals from state and federal governments are required. Most residents are World War veterans.
July Reports Show Gains In Retail Food Prices
Washington Aug. 20 Observers cheered by a Labor Department report showing a small rise in retail food prices in July while wholesale prices stayed steady for the first time in three years. The retail index stood at 118 with 1913=100, up from 118.3 in June. Wholesale index remained at 70 percent of the 1936 level.
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Washington
U.P
Aarlment of Labor
Patio
Charges Made In Road Probe In Belmont County
Columbus reports a senate probe into highway work reveals overpayment of 48 18 for excavation and concrete on State Highway 7. Wilbur Greenlaw, a state division engineer, recalls contractor pressure to bill for extra earth and improper payments to the railroad, totaling disputed costs.
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Columbus
Belmont County
Senate
Wilbur RK. Greenlun
Smt Division
Cuyaho Tractors
Greenlaw
Columbine
Killer Underhill Captured After Oklahoma Escape
Wilbur Underhill, 29, once among the southwest s most feared killers, was captured after being wounded in a Wichita, Kansas altercation. He shot and killed a Wichita police officer during questioning and had escaped from Oklahoma Penitentiary at McAlester where he served a life sentence for two murders. He is suspected in four additional killings.
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Southwest
Wilbur Underhill
Wichita
Kas
Underhill
Oklahoma
McAlester
Prisoner Freed After Ten Years In Ohio Penitentiary
Wal ter Brockman of Cincinnati was released on a gubernatorial commutation after ten years in the Ohio Penitentiary for a second degree murder charge. He maintained his innocence throughout his imprisonment.
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Columbus
Walter Brockman
Cincinnati
Ohio
White
Brockman
Rebels Repressed as Gibara Seized by Federal Forces
Federal troops regained control of Gibara, a key eastern seaport, after 46 hours of intense fighting. Officials report heavy casualties on both sides, with up to 600 slain in the battle described as the worst in the two weeks of civil war.
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Gibara
Gibsoa
Bret Alt
Indian Snake Dances Start
FLAGSTAFFY Ariz Aug 2040 A prayer to pagan gods with rattlesnakes as messengers was offered at Mishongnovi as the Snake Clan of the Hopi staged the first phase of their annual snake dance Excited cries and the rattle of bull roars filled the high mesa land as a beam of sunlight pierced the underground pit signaling the start of the ritual The dance combines rain prayer and thanksgiving and centers on reaching certain gods in a ceremony held once each year
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Flagstafy
Ariz
Pagan Goda
Mishongnovi
Ihs
Arizona
Plaia
Pilot Frank Hawks Aims to Break Records at Fort Worth Stop
Seeks more records at Roosevelt Field Aug 2040. Captain Frank Hawks left at 8 46 a m Monday bound for Fort Worth Texas with a planned stop at Evansville Indiana He will meet his mother Mrs Ida Mae Hawks of Hollywood California and escort the passenger plane as she travels He plans to break records at each scheduled stop of her flight.
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Roosevelt Field
L. 1
Frank Hawks
Fort Worth
Tex
Evansville
Ind
Hawks
Ida Mae Hawks
Hollywood
Calif
University Sees Fall Enrollment Rise Beyond Thousand
A report by University official B L Stradley shows fall enrollment rising over a thousand. New students show admissions totaling 1607.
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University Iminer B. L. Stradley
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Discovery
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James Fletcher Kerfoot
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Minn
Palestine
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