Bricker Chooses Gallia Attorney as Executive Secretary
Governor-elect Bricker pledges honesty and economy in state government and names Harry M. Miller of Gallipolis, a former Gallia prosecuting attorney and current Gallipolis Board of Education president, as executive secretary with a $5 000 annual salary. Miller, a 35 year old attorney, holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio State Law, and is active in Rotary, the Methodist Church, and local banking.
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Bricker
Harry M. Miller
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morgan
Jones
Bus Driver and Dozens of Students Die in Train Collision
A Jordan High School bus carrying about 40 students was struck by a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train near Salt Lake City in a snow storm. At least 19 students were killed and many more injured, with several bodies found along the railroad right of way. The bus had started from Riverton and the driver also died.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
Jordan High School
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Riverton
Denver
Father seeks FBI help in Maryland kidnap case
The father of Mary Brown, 18, asked the FBI for aid in locating his daughter who was abducted near Washington. Mary’s sister Lucy provided clues after escaping. footprints and tire tracks were found at the abduction site as Maryland police and volunteers searched the area led by Gov. Harry Nice.
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Oxon Hill
Mary Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William E. Brown
Washington
Lucy Brown
Mary
Baltimore
Maryland
Brown
CCC
Harry Nice
Ohio WPA owner-drivers strike spreads across state
Akron reports a state-wide action called by Carl Hayman for Friday as about 3,000 WPA truck owners from all counties join protests against competitive bidding. John Rodrick warns promises to drivers were broken while Hayman cites roughly 6,000 trucks active on WPA projects in Ohio.
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AKRON
U.P
WPA
Carl Hayman
Akron Group
Hayman
Ohio
John Rodrick
Cleveland
Children Flee Nazi Campaign to England Emigration Opens
One hundred Jewish children left for England as part of a Wel come exile program. From Bentheim 100 more join the Hamburg area group. They will reach Harwich Friday and stay in a camp for three weeks to a month before being placed with British families. A committee led by Lord Samuel organized the move.
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Berlin
England
Bentheim
Hamburg
Harwich
Lord Samuel
Organize New Auto Workers Union Takes Shape in Detroit
DETROIT UP An effort to form a new union for automobile workers and lead it into the American Federation of Labor was under way today with the mailing of circulars to members of the United Automobile Workers Union, a Committee for Industrial Organization unit.
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Detroit
Automobile Workers
American Federation of Labor
United Automobile Workers Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Decree Bans Sale or Mortgage of Jewish Real Estate
Vienna reports a decree prohibiting sale or mortgage of Jewish owned real estate, a move observers say signals possible expropriation and nationalization of property. The measure is published today.
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Vienna
U.P
Birthday mix-up finds clerk’s true date
Lebanon report says village clerk Mrs Helen McGetchin learned from probate records that her birthday is Oct 19, not Aug 19, correcting a lifelong celebration. The discovery came during routine records review.
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Lebanon
U.P
Helen McGetchin
Studios and Stars Snub Actress Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl, a prominent Nazi film expert and associate of Hitler, left Hollywood after reports she faced snubs from studios and stars. Her manager denied she came to study the industry, saying she was in town only for scenery. A nightclub declined her party and Universal Studio barred her entry amid a hostile reception.
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Hollywood
U.a
Leni Reifenstahl
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Ernest Jaeger
Germany
Universal Studio
Greenland
Ford backs limited admission of Jewish refugees
Detroit report says Henry Ford urged admitting Jewish refugees from Germany to the United States as a real asset and pledged help for oppressed Jews to rebuild their lives after meeting with Rabbi Leo M. Franklin. He praised Jewish workers for their loyalty despite a past anti Semitic campaign by his newspapers. In Columbus, William C. Dixon was sworn in as a Cleveland State Supreme Court member for a short term ending December 31.
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Detroit
U.P
Henry Ford
Germany
United States
Rapvi Leo M. Franklin
Ford
Dearborn Independent
Columbus
William C. Dixon
Cleveland
State Supreme Court Today
Carl V. Weygandt
War schedules set for 10000 U.S. factories
Assistant War Secretary Louis Johnson said ten thousand American plants have been assigned definite war production schedules. He warned that about 250 plants lack funds to meet essential wartime tasks and urged Congress to provide educational orders to remove a critical bottleneck. He noted 7300 items of war equipment and stressed mobilization readiness.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
War Department
Congress
Johnson
United States
Cut Costs of Administration in State Relief Program
Columbus reports state relief grants will be withheld from counties not showing by December 10 that they reduce administration costs to 15 percent of total spending. Relief director William C. Dixon says the 12 percent limit was raised to cover distribution and certification costs. Counties can cut costs by using work relief for surplus commodity distribution instead of paid staff.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Ed D. Schorr
Gallian
William C. Dixon
Dixon
Baby Derby Contestant Declared Mentally Deficient
In Toronto, Mrs. Martin Kenny, winner of a $12,500 consolation prize in the city’s $500,000 baby race, was judged mentally deficient and ordered held for placement in a suitable institution. The Mental Hospitals Act trial stemmed from a complaint by the Ontario fire marshal’s office.
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Toronto
Ont
U.P
Martin Kenny
Richard Evans to Begin Term for County Embezzlement
Portsmouth report states Richard E. Evans a former clerk of courts was to be moved to Ohio Penitentiary to start a one to ten year sentence for embezzling county funds.
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Portsmouth
Richard E. Evans
Ohio
Italy Prepared to Aid Germany, Ciano Reveals
In the Czech crisis Italy mobilized 300000 troops plus regular forces and could join Germany in a general war. Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano told the chamber that Italy’s armed forces grew from 250000 to 550000 in a short time and that the navy and aviation were ready.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Galeazzo Ciano
Chamber of Deputies
Ciano
Aircraft Plant Worker Indicted for Espionage
Karl Drummond a 21 year old Inglewood California plant employee was indicted on charges of trying to sell sealed American air force secrets to Japan. He admitted taking 150 photographs and 15 blueprints and offering the information for two thousand dollars but authorities turned down the deal as a potential trap.
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Los Angeles
4U.P
America
Karl Drummond
Inglewood
Cal
Fact-finding Hunt Begins
Washington held the joint legislative-executive inquiry into America's economic structure as Chairman O'Mahoney pledged an objective study. He stressed the panel will seek only economic facts and avoid personal or partisan influence, calling the effort a factual study with a report and recommendations.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
Wyo
America
Whittemore Act Upheld by Court on Delinquent Taxes
The Ohio Supreme Court sustained the Whittemore Act allowing refunding of penalties interest and other charges on delinquent taxes when taxpayers arrange installment payments. The court ruled the law valid but held refunds of penalties already paid unconstitutional.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
NLRB Member Warns Against Altering Wagner Act
NLRB member Edwin S. Smith told the Massachusetts Conference of Social Work that federal courts would likely not accept changes to the Wagner Act. He warned that broad review of the board’s findings could cause a serious miscarriage of its purposes.
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Boston
U.P
Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Smith
Massachusetts Conference of Social Work
Anna Hahn’s Son Appeals For Clemency
Oscar Hahn, 13, visited Anna Marie Hahn at Ohio Penitentiary as her execution looms. Governor Davey said no stay and may either refuse to override the court or commute to life before Wednesday. The boy urged clemency, calling his mother’s alleged crimes unfounded and stressing his own character.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Ohio Penitentiary
Oscar
Davey
Hahn
Hiram Bolsinger, Jr
Cincinnati
Wilson Weyand Dies After Long Illness at 71
Wilson Weyand age 71 died at his home this morning after a long illness. He leaves a widow, two sons Austin and Lewis of Carpenter, a daughter Mrs. Ethel Gardner Waynesburg Jr, two brothers Norman and Elva of Washington State, and two sisters Mrs. Emma Crossen and Mrs. Mary Kenney of Athens. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Carpenter
Wilson Weyand
Weyand
Austin
Lewis
Ethel Gardner
Waynesburg
Norman
Elva
Washington State
Emma Crossen
Mary Kenney
Athens
Poll Shows Congress Likely to Amend Wagner Act
United Press poll of new Congress members shows strong sentiment to amend the Wagner Act along with support for higher old age pensions and a bigger national defense budget. Responses from many House members and scattered Senate replies point to a broad trend, though specifics of amendments remain undecided.
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Washington
United Press Today
Congress
House
Senate
New House
United Press
Roosevelt
Federal board restores Ohio old age pension grants
The Federal Social Security Board voted to resume federal grants for Ohio old age pensions after withholding aid since October for administration reforms. The move followed negotiations with Governor-elect Bricker and changes in the state division, with about 112,000 recipients affected.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Columbus
Wray Bevens
Social Security Board
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Davey
Henry J. Berrodin
State Division
General Revenue Fund
Norman Beck
M. Ray Allison
Beck
Federal
Robert C. Goodwin
Cleveland
Goodwin
Farmer Dies in Chair For Murder of Wife
Fred Mose ley, 47 year old World War veteran, was executed in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of his wife Philia at their farm near Centerbury last March 31. Moseley, born in Boyd County Kentucky, was the first man sentenced to the chair from Knox County. He was wounded and gassed in World War II and later married at Circleville.
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Columbus
AUP
Fred Moseley
Ohio Penitentiary
Philia
Centerbury
Mosley
Boyd County
Kentucky
Knox County
Cirecleville
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Wilmington
McCulloch
Harmony
House Finance Committee
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Fiona Clay
Charles Snead
Pacific
FBI
New Auto Workers’ Union
Hitler
U. S
NLRB
Anna Hahn
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