Ohio faces 1937 budget deficit of 19 million plus
Ohio state officials warn the 1937 budget could show a deficit of 19,088,919 unless new revenue sources appear. Schools face a 15,990,000 shortfall due to off premises food tax use and existing 6,100,000 deficit, with total relief costs possibly pushing the gap to 34,088,919.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carlton 8
Dargusch
State Tax Commission
School Foundation
Education Department
Martin L. Davey
Henry J. Berrodin
Division of Aid For
Roosevelt declares new era in Western Hemisphere progress
President Roosevelt in a farewell speech to South America said a new era of progress under Democratic processes has begun in the Western Hemisphere. He thanked President Gabriel Terra, accepted a Uruguay luncheon invitation, and looked forward to the inter American peace conference in Buenos Aires after sailing aboard the Indianapolis.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
U.P
Roosevelt
South America
Western Hemisphere
Gabriel Terra
Senora de Terra
Washington
U.S
Indianapolis
Buenos Aires
Ear grafting planned by surgeons in New York
Surgeons at Kings County Hospital carefully nurtured a human ear in a test tube from a deceased donor three weeks ago and will graft it onto a 27 year old man born without ears. The patient’s name and race were withheld while officials note he has perfect hearing despite lacking an outer ear.
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New York
U.P
Plastic Surgery
Kings County Hospital
Columbus Cigarette Tax Revenue Rises to 6 025 880
Frank Miller, head of the cigarette excise tax division, reports 11 month collections ending June 30 reached 6 025 880. Authorities note steady revenue from tobacco sales in the period.
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Columbus
Frank Miller
Cigaret
Navy
Man Jailed After Rifling Slot Machines At Cafe
Los Angeles police report a night watchman called in about noisy slot machines in a closed cafe. Officers arrested Mike Belcusine on charges of rifling the machines and marble games, noting he likely could have escaped but his urge to play with his pocketful of nickels got the better of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Night Watch
Mike Belcusine
Belcusine
Youngest Ohio House Leaders Named in 1937 38 Race
Columbus report notes two young Democrats chosen for top posts in the new Ohio House. Frank R. Uible, 42, Cleveland, is named speaker and Jacob E. Davis, 31, of Waverly, speaker pro tem, by the Democratic majority caucus. With 105 Democrats and 33 Republicans, the nomination is tantamount to election when the General Assembly convenes January 4. Uible defeated Al Kalb 72 to 32 amid claims of utility and privileged-group influence.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio House of Representatives
Frank R. Uible
Cleveland
Jacob E. Davis
Waverly
New House
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Uible
al Kalb
Ottawa County
Tetanus Death Of 14 Year Old From Knee Injury
Lewis Stanley 14 died after tetanus developed from a knee injury suffered in a fall while going to school. He lived Amesville Road Athens Route 2 Sheltering Arms Hospital afternoon. He attended Amesville High School. Survived by father Hobart Stanley and stepmother, brother Ellwood 16, grandparents William King and Mary Channey. Funeral at Richland Ave Apostolic Church Friday 1 30 p.m. Service at Jagers Funeral Home prior to the ceremony.
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Lewis Stanley
Amesville Road
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Amesville High School
Hobart Stanley
Ellwood
William King
Pomeroy
Mary Channey
Albany
G. H. Martin
Richland Ave. Apostolic Church
Jagers Funeral Home
Lifer Hides in Hole 39 Days at Iowa Prison
N H Evans a lifer at the State Penitentiary in Fort Madison Iowa hid in an 18 inch hole for 39 days. He lay in a damp dark crevice beneath a small prison building. Guards dragged him out after tips from inmates ending a long escape attempt that began around October 25.
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Fort Madison
U.R
N. H. Evans
State Penitentiary
Evans
Midwest
Labor Extends Fight To Second Factory
Pittsburgh based union leaders announce a campaign to extend the closed shop demand to Libbey Owens Ford, the second largest plate and window glass producer, as rejections at Pittsburgh Plate Glass trigger continued strikes.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Libbey- Owens-Ford Company
Glen W. McCabe
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Baker Sees Causes of War Scare in Europe
Cleveland dispatch reports on Newton D. Baker observing his 65th birthday and predicting a major European conflict once statesmen decide to fight or refrain. He cites economic strain from soil exhaustion as a prime cause of global unrest among the three nations named as most warlike.
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Cleveland
U.P
Newton D. Baker
Europe
Baker
Man jailed on mayhem charge after nose bite incident
Ambridge Pennsylvania officers accuse 35 year old George Ray of biting the nose of his estranged wife during a failed embrace. He is jailed on a mayhem charge.
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Ambridge
U.P
George Ray
Key Witness Absence Drops Two Athens County Liquor Indictments
An enforcement division officer from Ohio State Liquor Board failed to testify in Athens County Common Pleas Court causing dismissal of two indictments against Wes McManus and George Ossman for illegal liquor sales. The officer’s vehicle accident prevented his appearance after delays in tracing evidence from suspects to courtroom.
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Ohio State Liquor Board of Control
Athens
H. J. Rose
Rose
Columbus
Zanesville
Verdict Pending in Athens Gambling Case
Judge O F Rowland remained to rule on the John Abraham case as Athens County Common Pleas Court recessed for lunch. Abraham testified he sub let the room for a dollar a week to George Cameron to use for lunch. he claimed no gambling occurred. He admitted buying and fixing the table used for gambling and covering it, saying it was for his home. The judge indicated a verdict of guilty of allowing a gambling game to operate was the likely outcome, to be announced later this afternoon.
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O. F. Rowland
John Abraham
Athens
H. J. Rose
Abraham
Rowland
Grand Champion Steer Sells for $3 A Pound at Show
International Amphitheater Chicago reports the grand championship steer from an Oklahoma college sold on the auction block for three dollars per pound.
Frat House Fire Forces OSU Sigma Alpha Epsilon Members Out
Twenty members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Ohio State University fled the house in pajamas as a fire forced evacuation early today. Two members were assisted down ladders by firefighters.
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Columbus
U.P
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Ohio State University
Mayors Demand Continuation of Relief Work Amid WPA Cuts
Chicago Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Newark Cleveland Louisville Baltimore St Paul Milwaukee mayors unite under the United States Conference of Mayors to press Washington for continued unemployment aid as WPA lists face drastic cuts by January 1. LaGuardia leads the drive after 425,000 jobs ordered removed during Hopkins southern tour. NYC alone sees 6,055 dismissals with 1,925 more planned across federal art projects.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
WPA
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Newark
Cleveland
Louisville
Baltimore
St. Paul
Milwaukee
LaGuardia
United States Conference of Mayors
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Richberg Sees Need for New NRA Program
Former NRA administrator Donald Richberg urged a broad substitute plan to modernize anti trust laws and extend federal control over interstate business. He warned piecemeal bills will cause disorganization and pressed for clear definitions of unfair practices including poor labor conditions and wages and hours.
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Washington
U.P
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Richberg
Hugh Johnson
Blue Eagle
William E. Borah, Jr
Idaho
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Little
Guffey
Iman-Robinson
Strike Parley Reopens As Midland Steel Strike Drags On
Detroit reports negotiations to resume between Midland Steel workers and management as the 7 day strike cripples Chrysler operations. UAW leader Homer Martin says CIO backing backs 2,000 strikers and pickets will surround Midland’s main plant in Cleveland. He cites 72,000 auto workers idle nationwide.
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Detroit
U.P
Midland Steel Company
Chrysler Corporation
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Midland
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin
Cleveland
Sheriffs Press Progressive Law Changes at Ohio Meeting
Opha Moore executive secretary of the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association urged passage of a broad legislative package at the sixth annual convention in Columbus. The program calls for higher salaries more deputies a qualifications standard for sheriffs a state justice department model and a uniform for deputies.
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Columbus
Opha Moore
Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association
Moore
State Department of Justice
North Dakota
Labor Request Denied By State WPA Chief
Dr Carl Watson Ohio WPA administrator denied Akron Federation of Labor a union seat on the WPA staff in Akron. A delegation claimed union men faced hiring discrimination for WPA projects. Fremont notes Burns 17 Frank Mull Gibsonburg died after a hot water heater exploded Nov 21.
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WPA
Columbusau.p
Carl Watson
Ohio
Akron Federation of Labor
Akron
Watson
Fremont
Frank Mull
Gibsonburg
FTC cites 21 auto firms for false six percent plan ads
The Federal Trade Commission charged 21 automobile manufacturers and finance companies with misleading statements about six percent time payment plans. The agency says the real cost to buyers was about 12 percent since the rate applied to the full principal from account opening to closure. Respondents have 20 days to contest a cease and desist order.
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Washington
U P
The
Federal Trade Commission Today
Inn Owner Shot by Two Late Customers
Akron report describes Raymond Ezock, 44, owner of a local inn, fatally shot by two men after one whispered "up" to a patron. Ezock died minutes later. Authorities note his wife died three years earlier and he delayed calling an undertaker.
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AKRON
U.P
Raymond Ezock
Ezock
Steve Bareck
Decision demanded on Wally by Friday night
London reports the House of Commons debates King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson as Baldwin threatens an ultimatum by 7 p.m. Friday. Churchill seeks assurance no abdication steps occur before a formal parliament statement. The king travels to Fort Belvedere amid royal and public pressure.
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Wally
London
Edward
Wallis Simpson
House of Commons
Baldwin
Commons
Lee Winston Churchill
Churchill
Maj
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
Fort Belvedere
Simpson
Duke of Cornwall
Duchess of Cornwall
Mrs. Simpson
England
Belvedere
Marlborough House
Duke of York
Duchess of York
Princess Elizabeth
Townsend Indicted Over Refusal to Testify Before Congress
Dr Francis E Townsend and two aides were indicted by a DC grand jury for contempt of the U S House after they refused to testify to a House committee investigating their Old Age Revolving Pensions group. The defendants are Dr Clinton Wunder and John B Kiefer, directors for New York and Chicago regions.
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Washington
U P
Francis KE. Townsend
District of Columbia Grand Jury
U. S
House of Representatives
House I
Townsend
Clinton Wunder
John B. Kiefer
New York
Chicago
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
British speed firer capt Mollison found safe near farm
CAPE TOWN South Africa Captain James A Mollison and his co pilot were located safe at a farm 14 miles from Bredasdorp after an almost 24 hour search following their disappearance.
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Cape Town
South Africa
U.P
James A. Mollison
Bredasdorp
Milk shortage threatens Hawaiian babies amid shipping strike
In San Francisco the looming canned milk cutoff endangers hundreds of Hawaiian infants. Edward McGrady and Col. Otto Obison plan relief talks to move food to Honolulu while unions and shipowners clash. Honolulu grocers limit milk sales. Alaska-bound shipments proceed with union labor.
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San Francisco
U.P
Hawaiian Islands
Edward F. McGrady
Seattle
Col
Otto Obison
Alaskan Railroad
Honolulu
Obison
Alaska
San Francisco Central Labor Council
Shell
That Woman Blamed Over King Edward Scandal
Readers across classes assign blame to Mrs. Simpson for the royal affair. Observers note public sympathy for the king, while deriding the meddling woman and saying he was pushed into an embarrassing situation.
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London
U.P
United Press
King Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Daily Mirror
King in battle with ministers over Mrs Simpson
The article notes widespread public rejection of a royal marriage to Mrs Simpson. It describes a dramatic Buckingham Palace conference where Baldwin pressed the king to yield, while the king defied interference in his private life. Parliament voices suggest abdication as most likely outcome.
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Mrs. Simpson
England
Great Britain
Henry VIII
Charles I
James I
Henry
Charles
James
Baldwin
Regency
Buckingham Palace
Simpson
Van Sweringen Estate Valuation Revealed in Probate Filing
In Cleveland the estate of the late O P Van Sweringen was valued at 700000 dollars in a probate court estimate filed by attorney John D Fackler. Properties of the Van Sweringen brothers before 1929 were appraised at more than 120000000.
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Cleveland
U.P
O. P. van Sweringen
John D. Fackler
van Sweringen
British Not Ready To Discuss War Debts With U S
London report says Neville Chamberlain the British chancellor indicated the government was not inclined to reopen the war debt issue with the United States at this time.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberelain
United States
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Lifer
Hole
Iowa
New Deal
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Tipton
Ind
Federal Board
Trade Commission
Stanley Baldwin
Dr. Townsend
Pension Plan
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Ned Cross
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