Reed defends business interests amid Roosevelts maneuvers
Tennessee Senator Reed denounces threats of repudiation while on a honeymoon, saying the United States can best handle economic problems through honest business dealings. He spoke to United Press about investors, taxes, and speculation, insisting he has no interest in political confrontation.
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Ss. Bealle
United Press Tenn
Missouri
United States Senate
Nell Quinlan
United States
Reed
Inter
Odegard Professor Probes NRA and Economic Theory
Fragmentary text indicates Professor Odegard of Ohio State University discusses NRA related economic theory. The passage references emergency fore and governance concepts, with garbled phrases suggesting a critique of political and editorial rhetoric.
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Ohio State University
NRA
A. A. Right
Odegardt
Prive Charity Event at Home Tonight
Prive Charity t Home Tonight will hold their annual event at the clubrooms in RZ. Dancing starts at 9 oclock. The gathering is sponsored by committee member Richard an and announced to continue tonight.
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Prive Charity
Richard An
The
Commit
Will Rogers on gold fever and silver prospects in the West
In a Phoenix stage benefit, Will Rogers jokes about Democrats and Republicans while noting Jesse Jones and gold prices. He observes a nugget boom mindset and urges silver as money to spur western prosperity as the king comes with a pick and shovel.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Roscoe Turner
Roscoe
France
Jesse Jones
West
Will
Gallia Burley Tobacco Market Opens Late
Gallipolis Ohio opened the Burley tobacco market at 9 30 this morning with 175 000 pounds on the floor after a one day delay due to price uncertainty in the Burley belt. An additional 50 000 pounds arrived during the day and no farmer pulled his crop from the floor. markets at Huntington Maysville and Covington had opened earlier.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Burley
Burley Belt
W. T. Wells
Huntington
Maysville
Covington
Weirton Steel employees vote under DoJ watch
Justice agents were sent to Weirton Steel plants to observe a representative election for collective bargaining. The dispute with the NRA involves the National Labor Board supervision and the company alleged interference after it previously agreed to board supervision during a strike.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Justice
Weirton Steel Company
NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Labor Board
Strikes At Limoges China Plant Hit 600 Workers
In Sebring on December 15 workers at the Limoges China Company plant walked out in protest of a pay cut. About six hundred employees were affected by the strike.
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Sebring
Limoges China Company
U S Policy Seen Pushing Gold Bid Higher
In Cincinnati, Yale professor James Harvey Rodgers outlined Roosevelt monetary policy arguing a 50 percent devaluation would create a 4 billion to 8 billion dollar gold profit. He said profits would fund debts and a large public works program, enabling credit expansion and business growth.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Roosevelt
James Harvey Rodgers
Yale
Foreign Policy Association
Federal Reserve Bank
Death of War Debt Problem Now at Hand
Europe awaited the end of the war debt issue as a 19.5 billion dollar bill looms. Britain and Italy made token payments. France defaulted while most debtor nations eyed sustained non-payment. Observers doubt substantial resumption of payments.
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London
U.P
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Mornings Remain Dark After Shortest Day
In Columbus Ohio State University engineer Professor E F Coddington explained that despite the shortest day occurring on December 22 the afternoons are already getting longer while mornings rise later each day. Since December 8 sunset has been at 5 01 38 p m slowly slipping later while sunrise t shifts until January 5 when it rises at 7 59 22 a m.
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Columbus
U.P
E. F. Coddington
Ohio State University Engineering
Coddington
Highway Laborers to Receive 50 Cents An Hour
Day laborers with the state highway department will earn a base wage of 50 cents an hour for maintenance work, based on a 30 hour week. Charles E. McKee, chief maintenance engineer, said rates may be adjusted within ten days to align with the re employment program and rising commodity prices.
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Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Charles E. McKee
McKee
Director Takes Stand Against CWA Chiselers
POMEROY December 15 Welfare Director Henry Corradini denounces workers who hold other jobs while on CWA payroll as chiselers and vows payroll cuts after investigations. Seventeen hundred forty CWA workers fill Meigs County quota. no new placements without state relief commission approval.
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CWA
Pomeroy
Henry Corradini
Relief Office
Meigs County
State Relief Commission
Corradini
CWA Project Over the Top Wins Mayors’ Endorsement
The Civil Works Administration drive to provide jobs for four million unemployed is praised as the most important recovery step. The executive committee of the United States Conference of Mayors endorses it and urges continuation until beneficiaries find other work. The program is said to add to four million already re employed through recovery and public works programs.
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U. S. Conference of Mayors
Washington
U.P
Civil Works Administration
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
Roosevelt
Chicago Police Seek Escaped Convict Den
Chicago police hunted a hideout connected to Indiana’s escaped convicts as they investigated the slaying of veteran detective sergeant William T. Shanney. The killer was identified as John Hamilton of the John Dillinger gang, who helped shoot his way out of Michigan City State Prison two months earlier.
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Chicago
U.P
Indiana
William T. Shanney
John Hamilton
John Dillinger
Michigan City State Prison
Ohio Prosecutors Begin Coordinated Crime Campaign
Prosecutors from across Ohio met with Attorney General John Bricker in Columbus to discuss unified methods for handling crime. Bricker outlined plans for coordinated efforts and announced the first of a series of meetings to boost statewide prosecution.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Athens Post Office Extends Saturday Afternoons Through Christmas
Postmaster Harry W Mehlinstry announced the Athens office will stay open Saturday afternoons through Christmas. Affected dates include December 16 and the Saturdays following.
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Athens
Harry W Mehlinstry
Budget Body Set to Fix Athens County Tax Rates
The Budget Commission will meet early next week to smooth complications in new tax rates for Athens County. A change in auto license revenue distribution enacted by the Legislature affects real estate personal property and public utilities taxes, shifting funds among county, bond and interest, and road and bridge accounts. The shift lowers county taxes by about 23 533.77 and requires subdivision budget revisions. Auditor J Clyde Edmundson will convene the Commission comprising the auditor treasurer and prosecuting attorney.
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Athens County
Budget Commission
White
J. Clyde Edmundson
Ohio Will Have Cash Primer For Banks
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will pump 22.5 million dollars into Ohio state banks to bolster their structure. RFC Ohio superintendent Joseph L. Wadsworth announced that the agency will buy bank debentures from institutions needing help. Of 366 state banks, 267 have been examined and 88 applications approved for Washington.
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Columbus
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ohio
Joseph L. Wadsworth
RFC
Washington
Community Sanitation Project Under CWA Sweep
Columbus officials report the Civil Works Administration will launch a nationwide campaign of community sanitation. Major F.E. Braught Ohio CWA executive director urges support from Washington. In Ohio 45 SWA workers are employed on sanitation projects to date.
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Columbus
U.P
Civil Works Administration
Braught
Ohio Cwa
Washington
O. E F. Braught
Ohio
Athens Stores Open Nights Next Week
All stores in the Athens Retail Merchants Association will stay open at night next week. Weeknights close at 8 30 p m except Saturday when stores stay open longer if business warrants it.
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Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Man dies mixing fulminite at cartridge plant
Kings Mills report says Harry Snider age 30 suffocated Thursday while mixing fulminite at a local cartridge plant. The incident occurred in Kings Mills and authorities are investigating the unusual accident.
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Kings Mills
Harry Snider
Wrangling Continues Deer State Monopoly House Favors Stores
Ohio CWA payroll to rise to about 4.225 million dollars this week with 221000 workers on projects across the state. Major Braught cites 375 additional projects in 34 counties approved, totaling 2.787 million dollars and 14 851 men for 13 420 work days. Athens County project listed at 63 704 dollars for 450 men and 280 days.
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House
Ohio
Athens County
C. G. Kane
CWA
Congress May Pick Up Extra Funds For Relief Work
Columbus December 15 Congressman Robert T Secrist Democrat Caldwell predicts Congress will approve President Roosevelt s request for additional funds for the Civil Works Administration The CWA is deemed to be doing more real good this winter than other Federal relief projects and will continue its work this season The State Relief Commission reports progress in plans to distribute eggs and beef to the needy A total of 970000 dozen eggs and 12000 head of cattle will be purchased from Ohio farmers Expenditures come from a 144860 fund authorized by the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation About 200000 families in Ohio will share in the distribution.
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CWA
Columbus
Robert T. Secrist
Caldwell
Congress
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
Sechat
State Relief Commission
Ohio
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Gallipolis Man Killed After Stopping For Gas
Leslie Elkins 21 of Thievner was fatally struck by a hit and run motorist after stopping his Gallipolis produce truck to siphon gas for a stranded motorist near Twin Cities Airport. He died at the local hospital. In a separate crash Jerome Johnson 35 suffered a probable skull fracture when his car collided with L N Summers’s vehicle at Third Avenue and Cedar Street.
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Gallipolis
Leslie Elkins
Thievner
Jerome Johnson
L. N. Summers
Third Avenue
Cedar Street
Kentucky tobacco auctions to continue despite disruptions
Lexington reports auctions cooled with a steady to weaker market. A total of 1,267,006 pounds sold for 155,046.30 dollars, averaging 12.30 per hundredweight. Auctioneers noted only a few rejections as farm protesters lingered without further interruptions.
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Lexington
U.P
Kentucky
Special Assessments Seen As Exit For Ohio Cities
Ohio cities in poverty may use special assessments for waters sewers street lighting and other services to escape the tax impasse state tax commissioner Carlton B Darguech says the law permits direct assessments for services now funded from general funds as the public will not authorize special levies for municipal operation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carlton 8
Darguech
Darguach
Insull Ordered to Leave Greece by January 31
Americas magnate Samuel Insull, aged 74, was told in Athens by Interior Minister John Rallis to depart Greece by January 31 or face possible arrest and extradition to the United States. His request for a one month grace was granted, but he must leave when his permit expires.
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Samuel Insull
Insull
Peninsula
United States
Athens
Greece
John Rallis
Inaull
Ohio Farmer Urges Support for Wallace Plan
Howard Jefferson of the Ohio Farm Bureau Livestock Marketing Department urged farmers to back Secretary Wallace's plan to raise live stock prices by partially limiting production. He noted Ohio prices lag behind western terminal markets and interior Iowa prices, despite closer access to markets. He urged selling off inferior stock to raise overall quality and premium pricing.
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Columbus
U.P
Howard Jefferson
Ohio Farm Bureau Livestock Marketing Department
Ohio
Wallace
Jefferson
Iowa
Dynamite Cap Mistaken for Whistle Harms Three Sisters
In Cleveland a dynamite cap exploded in a family home injuring Mildred Kaiser and burning her two sisters. The cap, found weeks earlier in Garfield Park, was given to the children by their mother thinking it a whistle after being picked up by the father.
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Cleveland
U.P
Mildred Kaiser
Fred Kaiser
Garfield Park
Lindberghs Leave On Homeward Hop
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh departed Puerto Rico at 8 50 a m on another homeward bound flight. In Dover Ohio federal conciliators met with Reeves Manufacturing and Greer Steel Co representatives to push a settlement of ongoing strikes.
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Lindberghs
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dover
Reeves Manufacturing Company
Greer Steel Co
Ohio House votes for liquor by the glass amid monopoly battle
Ohio lawmakers push a state liquor monopoly while approving sale by the glass for hotels and clubs with referendum options. The Senate may delay 90 days post enactment and require local referenda, as governor White protests the druggist monopoly plan and plans a radio appeal.
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Senate
George White
State Senate
Home Owners Loan Offices Hit 200 Loans Daily in Ohio
State Manager Henry G. Strunner announced that HO Lons offices in Ohio are processing about 200 loan applications per day, totaling roughly $600,000 daily. This reflects strong demand as the Home Owners' Loan Corporation expands its reach.
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Columbus
U.P
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Ohio
Henry G. Strunner
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