Bricker Proposes End to Stop Gap Relief Financing Plan
Governor elect John W. Bricker outlines a businesslike overhaul of Ohio relief funding. He calls for incorporating relief costs into regular budgets, ending earmarked taxes, and funding schools and old age pensions from the general fund to ensure steadier aid. He plans to start relief provisions in the temporary budget. More counties face delayed December relief payments due to incomplete November reports and missing 1939 budgets.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Ohio
General Revenue Fund
Frank G. Kleinhenz
Kleinhenz
Gallia
Italian Jews Ordered To Register Property
The cabinet approved a decree obliging Italian Jews to register all property. Jews with holdings above set limits must surrender the excess to a government agency, which will liquidate it and return proceeds as 4 percent government bonds.
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Rome
Jackson County WPA Projects Reopen After Labor Shutdown
Jackson County Works Progress Administration projects will restart Monday, restoring employment to about 1 600 workers after a two week shutdown caused by strikes. About 200 men were dismissed amid the labor disturbances.
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Jackson County
WPA
Jackson
Sons
Columbus publisher and companion injured in trolley collision
Edgar T. Wolfe 44 publisher of The Ohio State Journal and Blanche Martin 35 of Columbus were hospitalized after their car collided with a trolley bus.
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Columbus
Edgar T. Wolfe
The
Ohio State Journal
Blanche Martin
Prohibition Strategy Seen By Dry League In Columbus
At the 30th national convention in Columbus leaders of the Anti-Saloon League discussed new plans to broaden anti liquor efforts. Andrew Wilson of Washington urged closer organization under responsible leadership to shape enlightened public opinion and advance national prohibition despite the 21st Amendment.
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Columbus
AUP
Anti-Saloon League
League
United Press
Andrew Wilson
Washington, D. C
The
Abductors of Patrolman Receive Long Combined Sentences
Two men Coy Russell David I Cross and two women Marie Day and Naomi Hayes pleaded guilty to kidnapping State Highway Patrolman Parker W Powell on December 8 and were sentenced to five to 30 years on kidnapping and 10 to 25 years on armed robbery. Russell and Cross go to Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus while Day and Hayes go to Marysville Women's Reformatory. Powell was abducted after he questioned the group following a car crash.
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Lebanon
Parker W. Powell
Charles B. Dechant
Common Pleas
Coy Russell
Houston
Tex
David I. Cross
Hamilton
Marie Day
Steele
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Marysville Women's Reformatory
C. D. Dilatush
William Hufford
Powell
TVA Reports First Net Operating Loss For Year
A preliminary draft of the Tennessee Valley Authority annual report shows a net operating deficit of 310 171 dollars for the last fiscal year. TVA controller E L Kohler placed the figures in the record of a joint congressional committee. His figures cover June 16 1933 to June 30 1938 and total 748 664 dollars for that period.
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Washington
U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congressional
TVA
E. L. Kohler
Mansfield Tire distributes $54,000 Christmas bonus
The Mansfield Tire and Rubber Co. announced a Christmas bonus of $54,000 for more than 1,600 factory and salaried employees.
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Mansfield
Mansfield Tire and Rubber Co
Department Store Picketed in Toledo During Holiday Rush
Pickets marched through crowds at a Toledo department store today as more than 100 AFL union members struck. They protested a settlement with the CIO affiliated United Wholesale & Retail Employees Union, claiming the deal violated their contract.
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Toledo
U.P
Tiedtke
American Federation of Labor Unions
United Wholesale & Retail Employes’ Union
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
CIO
Man Dies in Weed-Burning Incident Near Convoy
Charles Gunsett, 60, of near Convoy, was burned to death late Thursday along a roadside ditch near his home while burning weeds. Sheriff's officials investigated the fatal accident.
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van Wert
Charles Gunsett
Peeping Tom Boys Spur Cambridge Police Action
A distraught man complains of a girl peeking into his window prompting a police response. Officers calm him as they investigate a string of similar incidents, raising concern over a rising nuisance.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.R
Says England Will Concede Land to Italy
Paris reports Andre Geraud, French foreign policy expert, charging Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain plans to offer British Somaliland to Mussolini to pressure France into yielding French Somaliland and Djibouti. Bonnet affirms France will honor alliances with Poland, Russia, and Romania despite the Franco German anti war declaration.
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PARIS
U.P
Andre Geraud
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
France
Djibouti
Addis Ababa
Geraud
Business Leader Labor Figure Urge Wagner Act Changes
Davis and Green urged amendments to the Wagner Act at the Chicago Economics Club dinner. Green of the AFL pressed checks and balances to protect due process while Davis called for pay as you go Social Security and railroad reorganizations.
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Chicago
George A. Davis
William Green
Green
American Federation of Labor
Davis
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Chicago Economics Club
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
AFI
Two Projects Before Parley
Lima Peru U P plans to submit two Pan American Conference proposals. A Mexican Argentine draft seeks continental solidarity against external armed aggression and foreign cultural penetration. An American plan aims to lower trade barriers and urge tariff reductions among the 21 republics.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
United States
Americas
Cordell Hull
Hull
Strikers Block Entrance to WPA Project in Cleveland
Hauling operations on a WPA project were disrupted when owner drivers picketed and seized a small bridge that serves as the project’s only entrance. About forty trucks were trapped on a narrow strip between the old Ohio Canal and the Cuyahoga River as roughly twenty five pickets blocked the bridge restricting crossing to one truck at a time.
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Cleveland
Ohio Canal
Cuyahoga River
Wallace Fights Substitutes for Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace blasted proposed substitutes for the farm program as disastrous and costly. He opposed a cost of production guarantee and dumping surpluses abroad while urging a processing tax to fund parity payments. He defended democratic planning and denied any dictatorship trend.
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Washington
U.P
Secretetary of Agriculture
Wallace
Ex Sheriff Grall Sentenced to Ohio Pen for Bribe
Former Lorain County sheriff William F. Grall, 63, faces a one to ten year term after being convicted of accepting a $30 bribe from a brothel operator. He remained jailed after failing to post a $7500 appeal bond. Grall testified in a prior bribery case involving slot machine operators and resigned when granted immunity.
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Elyria
AUP
William F. Grall
Lorain County
Ohio
Grall
Common Pleas
C. H. Huston
Richland County
Grand Jury
Paroles Granted to Inmates at Mansfield Reformatory
The State Parole Board granted paroles to 167 inmates at the Mansfield Boys' Reformatory. Among those paroled were Leroy Jacques of Gallia for man slaughter on March 1, 1939 and Fred Nelson of Athens for burglary on February 1, 1939 with Morgan B. E. Garrett listed for embezzlement in February 1939.
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Columbus
U.P
State Parole Board
Mansfield Boys’ Reformatory
Gallia — Leroy Jacques
Morgan BE. L. Garrett
Athens
Fred Nelson
End of McKesson & Robbins Scandal Figures
F Donald Coster, head of McKesson & Robbins, killed himself amid revelations of a huge asset shortage. The image shows his brother George Dietrich, assistant treasurer of the firm. A third brother is under arrest. all are linked to the Musica family and Italian immigrant roots.
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F. Donald Coster
McKesson & Robbins
George Dietrich
Musica
Arthur Musica
Eleanor Lockne
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Vernard
Antonio
Asunta Musica
Arthur
Bridgeport
Conn
Dietrich
George
Coster
Louise
Grace
Wall Street
Roper Resigns from Cabinet Second to Quit
Washington reports Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper will resign effective December 23, leaving two cabinet posts open. Attorney General Cummings resigns January 1, with vacancies noted across the Supreme Court, Treasury, Federal Reserve, and other offices. Hopkins named as leading successor candidate for Roper. potential Cummings successor candidates include Robert H. Jackson and Governor Frank Murphy.
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Roper
Cummings
Supreme Court
White House
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
General Accounting Office
Budget Bureau
Robert H. Jackson
Gov
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Father of 10 Dies As Residence Burns
Cincinnati report says Frank Hammer aged 48, secretary and business agent of the Truck Drivers' and Teamsters' Union, died in a fire that destroyed his home. His 14 year old son tried to save him but Hammer was overcome by smoke while attempting to recover valuables. his wife had died in a prior blaze.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Frank Hammer
Truck Drivers’ and Teamsters’ Union
Hammer
Ohio Plans Registration for 300000 Job Insurance Applicants
The State Unemployment Insurance Commission outlined quick registration plans for about 300000 jobless applicants after Jan 1. Fifteen scheduling stations and 60 branch offices will issue appointment cards for Dec 27 to 31 to stagger registrations and prevent overload. Applicants must have 20 weeks worked in the prior 52 and hold jobs covered by the act. mass layoff provisions and certain pre Oct 1 separations are exempt from separation notices. Locations announced include Athens and Nelsonville, with service across Meigs and Gallia counties.
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Unemployment Insurance Commission
Commission
Employment Service
Athens
State St
Court House
Nelsonville
Pomeroy City Building
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Notorious Musica Family Ties Found in Coster Death
Fairfield type story details F. Donald Coster of Mee Kesson & Robbins fatally shot himself as U S Marshal Bert Fitch sought to return him to New York for a bond hearing. He used the alias Philip Musica and had faced a massive $18 million asset shortfall at his firm.
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Fairfield
Conn
Donald Coster
Mee Kesson & Robbins, Inc
Coster
U. S
Bert Fitch
New York
Philip Musica
Musica
Costa
George Vernard
George Dietrich
Arthur and
George Musica
Who's Who
Heidelburg University
Elmira
N. Y
Attoreney
Brien McMahon
Washington
Justice Department
Ambrose W. McCall
Mt. Vernon
N, Y
Bishop Raps Publications and Government Pamphlets
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh urged a congressional committee to probe 70 government pamphlets he says incite class hatred and advocate collectivism. He claimed the Government Printing Office distributed the materials via multiple government bureaus and departments. Dr. James F. West of the Boy Scouts of America called Scouts crusaders fighting subversives with militant zeal.
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Washington
Adna Wright Leonard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pittsburgh
House Committee
Leonard
James F. West
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Finland Pays War Debt Alone Amid Global Installment Tap
Thirteen nations were due to pay on war debts to the United States totaling over 11.23 billion dollars in principal. Finland sent 292 thousand 955 dollars as a semiannual payment. The due installment was 160.22 million dollars with 1.89 billion dollars previously unpaid, bringing total arrears to 2.05 billion dollars.
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Washington
AUP
United States
Finland
Students Favor OSU Man for President
The Ohio State University student body urged appointing an OSU man as president after the retirement of Dr. George W. Rightmire. The Student Senate passed a resolution in special session, challenging the trustees plan to hire from outside the university.
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Columbus
4U.P
Ohio State University
George W. Rightmire
Board of Trustees
Plans For Emigration Discussed In London
In London the International Immigration Committee discussed Germany's emigration financing proposals. George Rublee and Earl Winterton reviewed two main parts: an international loan secured by refugees' German wealth to fund emigration and settlement, plus increased German exports to the United States Britain and others with part of payments supporting refugee settlement.
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London
Germany
George Rublee
International Immigration Committee
Earl Winterton
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
United States
Great Britain
President Roosevelt to Confer With Garner Saturday
President Roosevelt announced he will confer at length with Vice President Garner Saturday afternoon to review the administration’s program for the incoming Congress. Garner will attend a luncheon hosted by Roosevelt’s committee studying the plan to donate Hyde Park to the federal government as a permanent repository for Roosevelt’s papers.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Garner
Hyde Park
Shooting Case To Go To Jury In One Day
In Hollywood California Martin Snyder faces trial for shooting Myrl Alderman wife of Ruth Etting. Minor witnesses and final arguments were to be heard before the case goes to the jury. Alderman also sues Etting for alienation of affections in a $150000 claim.
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Hollywood
Martin Snyder
Myrl Alderman
Ruth Etting
Alderman Number Two
Miss Etting
Alderman
Betty Lou Ale Jen Dies From Burns Shown While Tending Coal Stove
Dayton report states Betty Lou Ale Jen aged a child died from burns suffered Thursday while watching a coal stove. She was left alone to mind her younger sister and brother. The incident occurred at the family home in Dayton.
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Dayton
Betty Lou Ale
Jen
Toledoan Named State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Toledo resident Cy W. Wale Lace of Toledo was chosen by Governor-elect John W. Bricke er as the new state registrar of motor vehicles.
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Toledoan
Cy W. Walelace
Toledo
John W. Brickeer
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Mikhail Gorim
Hafis Salich
Center
England
Italy
Wallace Flays
Pen
Ignation
Daniel C. Roper
Pointees
Bishop Raps Publications
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