Industrial Leaders Back Census on Unemployment Proposal
At a Washington meeting the council for industrial progress urged a national unemployment census every five years to gauge jobless data. The report urged federal job inventories, while Secretary Perkins announced an apprentice program to relieve skilled labor shortages. Both sides pressed higher wages and a 30 hour week to boost demand and reduce unemployment.
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Washington
Council For Industrial Progress
George L. Berry
Committee On National Industrial Policy
Frances Perkins
Council Today
Council
Negro Dies for Murder Of Helen Clevenger
Martin Moore aged 22, an African American, died in North Carolina's lethal gas chamber at Central Prison Raleigh for the murder of Helen Clevenger at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville last July 16.
Man Sought in Double Killing Found Dead in Michigan
Canton police reported Sherman Long aged 60 who faced murder charges in the slayings of his wife and step-daughter was found shot to death in a Mt. Clemens Michigan rooming house.
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Canton
U.P
Sherman Long
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Ohio
Michigan
Aimee Blushes Denies Charges in Deposition
Sister Aimee Semple McPherson denied various accusations during a deposition in a 1.08 million dollar libel suit by Rheba Splivale. The evangelist testified she earned 180 dollars a week from her duties and rejected claims of drunkenness and nude photographs.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Aimee Semple McPherson
A. Bingham Rose
Rheba Crawford Splivale
Aimee
Rose
Ella Nordin
Ernest Eade
Angelus Temple
Catalina Island
State aid for municipalities cut to about 58 percent
Ohio municipalities must trim 1937 budgets to roughly 58 percent of last year’s state aid as school and poor relief needs rise. Carlton Dargusch, vice chairman of the State Tax Commission, urged rethinking tax fund distribution and warned against financing schools at the expense of other local services. He argued for equal guarantees across all functions.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Carlton
Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Ohio League of Municipalities
Municipal Finance Officers’ Association
Hunted Slayer Ends His Life in Michigan
The body of 57 year old Sherman Long, sought in Ohio for the slaying of his wife and stepdaughter, was found in a Mt. Clemens rooming house. Police say he died by his own hand last night. a revolver lay beside his bed and a note asked a Canton sister be notified.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
U.P
Canton
Sherman Long
Ohio
Long
Whonsetter
Four Die in Toledo Auto Accidents in One Night
Four persons were killed in two automobile accidents in Toledo on Thursday night. The incidents occurred within the same city area, prompting investigations by local authorities.
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Toledo
U.P
Free-for-All Push Aims to Speed Chest Fund Drive
Athens Community Chest campaign leaders plan a weekend surge to reach the $12,000 goal. Cash and pledges rose to $5,204.50 with $6,705.50 still needed. big gifts led with $886, Ohio University $396, Merchants Division $187, and General $140.50. Contributions can be mailed or delivered to the Chest office in Athens in 1937.
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Hotel Berry
Athens
BIG Gifts
Chest
Mercantile
Ohio University
General
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens Community Chest
Postpone Taxpayer's Suit To Block Fare
Judge Charles Leach of Franklin County Common Pleas Court continued until December 21 a taxpayer suit to stop State Auditor Joseph Tracy from paying $21 507 to legislators for trips they did not make to Columbus. The case seeks to halt railroad fare claims for July to December 22 when the Legislature did not meet.
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Columbus
Charles Leach
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Tracy
Springfield Votes Yes On 3 Mill School Levy
Springfield voters approved a three mill levy to fund the operation of the public schools for two years at a special election. The levy, defeated in November, had led to school closures until now restoring operation and teacher pay.
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Springfield
U.P
Women on WPA sewing project overcome by gas
Twenty five women employed on a WPA sewing project were overcome by gas in rooms above a local garage in Lansing. Nine women are in serious condition and being treated.
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Lansing
U.P
Edward Prepares for Exile in Final London Farewell
King Edward, his reign lasting 325 days, bade farewell to staff at Fort Belvedere and prepared for exile. A pilot stood by at Hendon as plans for flight to the Continent or Switzerland emerged, with future marriage to Wallis Simpson rumored and possible relocations to Argentina or Denmark.
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London
U.P
Edward
Fort Belvedere
Zurich
Switzerland
Alphine
Edward H. Fielden
Hendon
Windsor Great Park
Castle
William the Conqueror
Henry Will
William III
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore Society
Windsor
Argentina
Denmark
George V
Simpson
Friends urge Wally to flee to Italy to escape press
News from Cannes reports Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson may flee France for privacy in Italy. Friends urge her to leave, pointing to Italian privacy and Florence as a retreat, with a possible seclusion at sea aboard Reginald Fellowes' yacht near Monaco.
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Wally
Italy
Cannel
Wallis Warfield Simpson
France
Herman L. Rogers
Daisy Fellowes
Fellowes
Florence
Reginald Fellowes
Monaco
Mediterranean
Mrs. Simpson
Simpson
Ernest Simpson
London
Edward
England
Solons Oppose Extension of Tax Program
In Columbus the House of Representatives opposes extending the state tax laws that yield 66 million dollars annually and expire next March 31. The measures include retail sales cigaret use liquid fuel and admission taxes. Governor Davey asked the Legislature to reenact all five levies or their equivalent to remove financial uncertainty for schools and local governments. The House refused to suspend rules for immediate committee consideration of the bills.
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Columbus
AUP
House of Representatives
Davey
House
Counsel Calls Noted Coroner for Defense
WISE Virginia counsel for Edith Maxwell summoned DC coroner Dr. A Magruder Mac Donald to testify in her defense. The expert cites extensive autopsy experience as defense to claims Edith Maxwell killed her blacksmith father Trigg Maxwell.
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Wise
U.P
Edith Maxwell
Washington, D. C
A. Magruder MacDonald
District of Columbia
Trigg Maxwell
Edith
Local boy placed on probation after terror note threat
A 13 year old boy admitted to sending a milk bottle note threatening Co J Oehler Crestline family for $500 by a tree on a specified date. Marshal R L Mick arrested him. Judge W J Sehwenck placed the youth on probation.
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Bucyrus
U.P
Co. J. Oehler
Crestline
Oehler
R. L. Mick
W. J. Sehwenck
Tax liens filed against Al and Ralph Harris for 225000
Carter H. Harrison the collector of internal revenue filed tax liens totaling nearly 225000 against Al Harris and his brother Ralph Harris in Chicago.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Internal Revenue
Ralph
Sit Down Strikers Halt Work in Canton
A sitdown strike of 900 Hercules Motor Corporation workers halted operations in Canton. Union leaders said the stoppage, affecting about 1,600 workers, was in protest of managements refusal to recognize a union committee.
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Canton
U.P
Hercules Motor Corporation
United Auto Workers Union
One Killed and 36 Hurt in Shipyard Strike clash
In Chester Pennsylvania loyal Sun Ship Building workers attempted to break picket lines. A violent charge left one man dead and 36 injured as ambulances rushed victims. fire engines diverted the crowd and a man named Young died from a crushed skull.
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Chester
Sun Ship Building Company
Young
Attack by Lion Fatal to Dancer in Baltimore
Gladys Cote, a young dancer, died at University Hospital from injuries after a 300 pound lion clamped and clawed her during an act at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore. The incident occurred Tuesday when the animal attacked during the performance.
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Baltimore
Gladys Cote
University Hospital
Hippodrome Theater
Fess Critiques New Deal Economics On 75th Birthday
Former Senator Simeon D. Fess, 75, living in Yellow Springs, warned in a birthday interview that the nation lives in a fool's paradise, is on borrowed money, and cautioned the GOP it cannot outdeal the New Dealers. He said elections will hinge on Treasury voter contacts and predicted Democrats stay in power only as long as the Treasury holds.
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Fool's Paradise
Treasury
Xenia
U.P
Simeon D. Fess
Yellow Springs
Fess
Dr. Fess
Roosevelt
Republican
Gets Life Term for Slaying Aged Wife
Sandusky based story reports Joseph W. Perryman a 41 year old Bellevue businessman pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received a life imprisonment term for shooting his wife who was 12 years his senior. The killing occurred July 14 in a woods between Sandusky and Bellevue.
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Sandusky
Joseph W. Perryman
Bellevue
Mra. Perryman
Here
Solons Debate Job Insurance in Ohio Legislature
In Columbus the Ohio Senate resumes discussion of the Boyd-McIntyre unemployment insurance bill amid labor opposition. John Owen of United Mine Workers and Horace Keifer of the Ohio Federation of Labor push to drop the merit rating clause and let a future General Assembly decide.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
John Owen
United Mine Workers , District
Horace Keifer
Springfield
Ohio Federation of Labor
Owens
Organized Labor
General Assembly
Watchman Dies After Halting Train Accident
MARYSVILLE U P Haymond Orahood 69 crossing watchman died of a heart attack after flagging down a train at Milford Center to stop it from hitting a car driven by Frank McIntire at a crossing. Orahood rushed along the track, returned, then collapsed beside the rails. GENEVA AUP An international war already exists in Spain and could widen to a European conflict, Spain’s Foreign Minister Julio Alvarez de Valoy warned the League of Nations council.
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Marysville
U.P
Haymond Orahood
Milford Center
Frank McIntire
Irwin
Orahood
Geneva
Au.p
Spain
Julio Alvarez de Vayo
League of Nations’ Council
Duke of York Becomes King George VI in Abdication Crisis
Edward VIII abdicates after royal assent to his bill and Edward VI becomes king. The Duke of York is crowned George VI as Westminster follows the succession amid public reaction and London crowds. The queen consort is Elizabeth and a potential future queen consort is being prepared for a possible son.
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George VI
Duke of York
Baldwin
United Press London
Edward VII
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore Society
Empire
Piccadilly
Elizabeth
Farl
England
Scotland
Coronation plans loom as king’s accession depicted in park
In St James Park workers begin building coronation stands minutes after the new king’s reign. Edward VIII faces abdication and George VI’s coronation is set for May 12 pending no change. Parliament and dominions move to pass accession bills with royal marriage issue noted.
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Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Margaret Rose
David
St. James’ Park
Edward
George VI
The Athena Messenger Leads With Abdication News
The Athena Messenger reports the abdication of King Edward as the final and official word, with Columbus newspapers arriving earlier in the district bearing streamers like Pear King Will Abdicate. The Messenger emphasizes being first with local state and national news in southeastern Ohio.
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Athena Messenger
Ohio
Edward
Columbus
Messenger
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