10 Month Plan Adopted by Chest Officials
Athens community chest approves a 10 month financing plan and awards funds for 1937. Salvation Army receives 3250 for Oct 1 1936 to Nov 1 1987 while Hospital Fund 1813.64 Child Health 601.27 Girl Scouts 600 Boy Scouts 600 YWCA 100 Social Service Exchange 100. Expenses total 846.19.
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Athens Community Chest
Salvation Army
Hospital Fund
Child Health and Protection Committee
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Ohio University Ywca
Social Service Exchange
YWCA
Army
L. W. Roberts
John W. Woolley
Charles A. Cornwell
Ronald Irwin
F. M. McCay
Athens County Council
Frank M. Murphey
Athens Council
Edna Wolfe
Dean Irman
Voigt
Rosemary Doran
Phyllis Breidenbach
H. C. Bobo
I. V. Shannon
Child Health and Proctection Committee
Expenses
Murder Suspect Held in California
Frank G. Williams a 58 year old department store clerk was arrested in San Francisco and awaits extradition to Indianapolis to face charges tied to the head and hands murder of Harry R. Miller a retired Cincinnati fire captain Williams admitted involvement in the kidnapping but denied slaying and dissection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Frank G. Williams
Indianapolis
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati
West Coast
Port de
William A. Kuhlan
Miller
Williams
No Sunday Funerals Declared in San Luis Valley
Ministers morticians musicians sextons and grave diggers in the San Luis Valley announced there will be no more funerals on Sundays in the Alamosa region. The decision aims to reduce Sunday disturbances and allow restful observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamosa
Colo
U.P
San Luis Valley
Search resumes for missing Western Air Express plane
Rescue parties will push dawn patrols in Utah as gusty winds lift fog and snow flurries fade. Overdue airliner focus centers on Pleasant Grove Alta with climbers and civil conservation corps leader John Hess guiding attempts to Lone Peak and the deep gorge sighting from Wednesday.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Utah
Wasatch Mountains
Pleasant Grove
Alta
John I. Hess
Civil Conservation Corps
Lone Peak
Edith Maxwell Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Farm Death
In Wise Virginia a 12 member jury found Edith Maxwell guilty of second degree murder in her father Trigg Maxwell’s death after a quarrel over a late date. The jury set a 20 year prison term two trials earlier had yielded different verdicts and sentencing. The defense claimed a heart attack while the state argued a fatal blow with a high heel or iron. Edith testified she acted in self defense as her intoxicated father threatened to kill her.
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Wise
U.P
Virginia
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Edith
Supreme Court of Appeals
Maxwell
Hope rises of averting Chinese civil war through deman d concessions
Shanghai dispatch reports General Chiang Ting-Wen says young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang will free Chiang Kai-shek if some demands are met. Hope grows that civil war can be averted following the Sian incident.
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Shanghai
U.P
Chiang Ting-Wen
Sian-Fu
Nanking
Chang Heueh-Liang
Chiang Kai- Shek
City Water Shut Off In Parts Of Downtown
Water service will be reduced for two hours on Friday morning affecting Court Street from State to Carpenter and Carpenter from Congress to State. City workers will switch supply from small to large mains to complete the transfer.
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Court St
State
Carpenter
Congress
Supreme Court To Review Liquor Sign Rule
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to review a Franklin County ruling that barred the state liquor board from enforcing a regulation prohibiting outside advertising signs on liquor permit premises. The case centers on whether the sign ban infringes upon permit holders’ rights to advertise.
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Columbus
L.P
State Supreme Court
Franklin County
State Liquor Board
Report on Excess Relief Funds Across Ohio Counties
State Relief Commission data show 30 counties ending the year with solid cash balances due to grants exceeding needs. Gallia County could operate two and a half years at current rates. Variances arise from the iron clad formula that fixes monthly allotments by past costs and population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Relief Commission
Gallia
Hocking
Vinton
Relief Commission
Actress Gail Patrick Elopes With Cafe Manager
Gail Patrick 22, a Hollywood film actress, confirmed she eloped with Robert Cobb, manager of the Brown Derby cafe, after development to Mexico on Wednesday night. The couple reportedly traveled together amid a swirl of exclusive film colony gossip.
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Hollywood-Aup
Gail Patrick
Mexico
Robert Cobb
Jackson Centralized School Reopens After Levy Vote
Fremont reports Jackson Centralized School closed December 4 due to funds shortage and reopened Wednesday after voters approved a two mill levy in a special election. A similar levy was misleated November, insufficient details available.
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Fremont
U.P
Jackson
Here
Wea
Steppe Home Damaged By Fire At College Street
Fire damaged a room at Claude Steppe residence 30 N College St Wednesday afternoon. About 50 dollars in damage. Fire chief E R Laughlin said a cigarette left by a student upstairs likely started the blaze. Firemen confined flames to the front room and put it out with water buckets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Steppe
N. College St
E. R. Laughlin
Legislature To Hear Charges Against Frank
Madison, Wis. The dispute between Glen Frank and Gov. LaFollette over Frank’s presidency at the University of Wisconsin escalates to a special hearing. A date is not set but expected before January 13 when the Legislature convenes to probe educational policy. Protests over his dismissal may be eased by holiday timing. Regent Harold M. Wilkie presented charges alleging mismanagement of $7,000,000, limited campus attention, and loss of confidence among assistants. Frank dismissed the claims as misstatements of facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.rp
Glen Frank
Philip F. LaFollette
Frank
University of Wsconsin
la Follette
Harold M. Wilkie
Athens County Teachers Hear State Official
Dr. G. H. Reavis, state high school supervisor, spoke to Athens County Teachers Association and county boards of education at the Christian Church. He demonstrated memory teaching with a 20-word blackboard and urged using all senses to make learning unconscious and memorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Reavis
Athens County Teachers Association
Supreme Court Refuses Plea in Bay's Death
William F. Dickerhoof lost his appeal for damages in the State Supreme Court after suing Stark County school bus driver William Bair over the death of his 7 year old son George Ray Dickerhoof. The suit claimed driver negligence in starting the bus with children not yet at safety. The child was struck by a rear wheel as he alighted at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
William F. Dickerhoof
William Bair
Stark County
George Ray Dickerhoof
State Supreme Court
Bair
Ohio school officials push to secure 26 million from sales tax
In Columbus, about 100 Ohio school delegates representing a large share of the state's population voted to adjourn and march to the State House to urge lawmakers to allocate 26 million dollars from next year’s anticipated sales tax revenues for education. The push comes as the House passed four of five admin tax bills and prepared to consider a 50 million dollar sales tax bill, with fights over revenue distribution between schools and municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
E. L. Bowsher
Ohio
State House
U.R
House of Representatives
Bowsher
Ohio Unemployment Insurance Bill Cleared For Davey Signature
Ohio's unemployment insurance bill awaits Gov. Martin L. Davey's signature after House approval of Senate amendments by 92 to 19. The $65,000,000 program targets employers with eight or more workers and covers most workers excluding home servants and certain groups. payrolls taxed with benefits capped at 15 dollars weekly for 16 weeks, not available before January 1, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
House
Senate
Carry Strike To Washington Rises In Glass Plants
A sit down strike of 7 000 Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co workers enters its second day with union officials meeting in Washington with John L Lewis. The International union and United Automobile Workers join in a joint council to aid in labor disputes. Plants in Toledo Charleston West Virginia Ottawa Illinois and Shreveport Louisiana report workers idle except for keeping fires and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo-Hu
Libbey- Owens-Ford Glass Co
Washington
John L. Lewis
Caital
International Union
United Automobile Workers of America
Glass Union
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Libbey-Owens-Ford Planta
Toledo
Charleston
W. Va
Ottawa
Iil
Shreveport
Public Debt Tops 34 Billion For First Time Since June
Washington December 17 The national debt surpassed the 34 billion dollar threshold on December 15 for the first time since June when bonus financing raised the level. Public debt stood at 34 229 064 171 91 and compares with 30 555 791 967 69 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Former Frost Residents Die in Toledo Gas Fumes
Joshua H Rowell and Jennie Johnson, childhood sweethearts and Frost natives, were found asphyxiated in the basement of their Toledo home after using a flueless gas heater. The couple, married in Belpre during Thanksgiving week, leave multiple children and surviving relatives in Belpre Frost and Toledo.
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Joshua H. Rowell
Athens County
Frost
Toledo
Joshua Rowell
Jennie Johnson
George Brooks
Belpre
Rowell
Laura Rowland
Leo Christie
Laura Baker
Columbus
Carl
David Brooks
Myrtle Wilcox
D. W. Johnson
William Johnson
Lacy Martin
Stroutsville
Jessie Baker
Theodore
Everett
No Increased Taxes Says Harrison After White House Talk
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi and Representative Robert Doughton met with President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss tax policy. Harrison said there will be no tax increases and that the fiscal outlook favors a balanced budget by 1938, noting efforts to trim nuisance taxes with high administrative costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Washington
U.P
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Harrison
White House
Robert Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Safety Traffic Course To Be Offered In Ohio
In Columbus a new safety traffic course will be added to all public high schools by February following successful pilot programs. The program targets driving problems and student safety with a standardized curriculum across districts.
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Ohio
Columbus
Congress to consider substitute NRA proposals
Rep. Martin Dies of Texas plans a resolution in Congress proposing a broad study of options for a substitute National Recovery Administration. The move signals a push to reexamine New Deal programs during the session.
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Washington
Rep
Martin Dies
Tex
Congress
Deny Major Changes To Be Made in Cabinet
White House sources said it is highly improbable that the new administration will undertake a major shake-up in the cabinet or other government agencies at the start of its term.
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Washington
White House
Mentor mayor James Remington dies at 66 after heart attack
Mentor mayor James Remington, who led the city for 41 years, died at a Cleveland hospital after suffering a heart attack. The longtime local official passed away today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentor
U.P
James Remington Locker
Cleveland
Chemist Dies From Hydrogen Sulphide After Tank Knockover
Cincinnati report says 40 year old Fred Thamann a research chemist at General Hospital Kittering Research Laboratory was killed by hydrogen sulphide fumes from a tank toppled in an accident.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Fred Thamann
Kittering
General Hospital
Berg
Madrid Counts Dead in Worst Aerial Attack
A dense fog hindered rescuers amid wreckage from two bombed tenement houses where about 30 people were believed trapped. The Tetuan and De Las Victorian Suburb were hit by 250 pound bombs in a coordinated air raid that killed an estimated 50 and injured around 300, leaving whole blocks ruined and rescue squads working through the night.
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Madrid
U.P
Tetuan
de Las
Workers Back Cuban Leader Demonstration in Havana
Thousands of cane field workers and farmers marched in Havana to back Col. Fulgencio Batista. They gathered in Central Park then before the National Capitol to support Batista’s nine cent a dag sugar tax bill aimed at funding rural schools run by army sergeants, while civil forces loyal to President Gomez fear rising fascism.
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Havana
U.P
Fulgencio Batista
Congress
Central Park
National Capitol
Batista
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Explosion Claims Life at Columbus Gas Station
A blast at a downtown Columbus filling station killed 27 year old Hubert Catchpole, a station employee, and injured three others. Fire crews investigated the cause as the explosion shattered nearby homes and roared through the rear room where he was trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Hubert Catchpole
Infant suffocated as father sleeps on bed
Four month old Edward Smith died in Columbus when his father John Smith rolled onto the child and the infant suffocated. Authorities investigated the incident as a fatal accident in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Edward Smith
John
Labor Boss Won’t Rule Out Constitutional Change
William Green of the AFL says labor would back amending the Constitution if the Social Security or Wagner Labor Relations Act is struck down. He pledged personal effort to push the movement in Congress. Carnegie-Illinois Steel challenges the Wagner Act as NLRB hearings open on alleged employee representation unfairness led by CIO’s John T. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Supreme Court
Congress
U.P
Carenegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
John T. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor federation outlines drive on housing and reforms
Green said labor would act after the Supreme Court rules on legislation and listed top goals for Congress. The program includes a new housing act, Child Labor Amendment drive, Social Security revisions, Federal Corporation Licensing Bill, a 30 hour work week, a joint economic committee, and civil service reforms.
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Treasury
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wye
Edward to Play Santa for Enzesfeld Children
Edward Duke of Windsor will wear the traditional red suit and white beard to play Santa for Enzesfeld children. He awaits letters from Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson while security searches for a mystery woman who tried to enter the castle grounds with a letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enzesfeld
Austria
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Secret Service
Castle Ground
Dr Kennedy Denounces Sterilization of Insane
In New York Dr Foster Kennedy blasts laws mandating sterilization of dementia praecox and manic depressive insanity. He warns such measures would eliminate brilliance and leave the world populated largely by rabbits.
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New York
U.P
Foster Kennedy
Uncle Sam or Karl Marx topic opens Johnson lecture
Dr Andrew Johnson evangelist argues for peace with principle and honor in Athens final appearance at Wesleyan Methodist Church Pratt Street. He frames the talk around Constitution or Communism and positions himself against pacifism, endorsing war as self defense and final resort. A report on his Wednesday evolution lecture is on Page 7.
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Sam
Karl Marx
Andrew Johnson
Athens
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Pratt St
Johnson
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