Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Wagner Labor Act Case
The Supreme Court postponed the Wagner Labor Act constitutional test to February 8 to allow the full bench to review it. The delay reportedly came at the request of ill Justice Harlan F. Stone, a noted dissenter to conservative rulings. The case looms large for mass production industries facing potential strikes in steel and automobiles.
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Washington
U.R
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Stone
United Press
Cuban Leader Goes to Trial
President Miguel Mariano Gomez faces impeachment trial in the Senate after a swift House vote 111 to 46. Batista allies push for swift removal amid clashes over a nine cent sugar tax to fund army schools.
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Havana
U.P
Miguel Mariano Gomez
House of Representatives
Senate
Fulgencio Batista
Gomez
Cuba
House
Col. Batista
Engineers to Remove East Liverpool Island
EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio River island Montgomery Island near here will be removed from steamboat service by U S engineers. The site hosts a 10 gate roller dam built at 5000000 dollars. Capt W H Shannon dredger began removing 378000 cubic yards of sand and gravel today.
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East Liverpool
U.P
Ohio River
U. S
Montgomery Island
W. H. Shannon
Light Appointed Columbus General Of 37th Ohio Division
Brig. Gen. Gilson D. Light is named major general commanding the 37th Division Ohio National Guard. Announcement came from Governor Devey in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Gilson D. Light
Toledo
Divsion
Ohio National Guard
Devey
Five Amendments Inserted in Taxation Bill in Senate
The Columbus report notes five amendments added by the Senate Taxation Committee to the sales tax bill. Opponents mobilize as the measure faces a decisive Senate test. The allocation would give schools 60 percent and local governments 40 percent of revenue. Senator Metzenbaum vows to oppose the bill.
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Columbus
Senate Taxation Committee
House
Social Security Applications Reach 22 Million Mark
The Social Security Board announced 22,129,617 persons have applied for old age benefits under the act. New York leads with 3,433,431 applications as the program starts January 1.
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Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
New York State
Theater Tickets Given Drivers Obeying Rules
Wellsville police chief John H. Fultz announced two free theater tickets daily to motorists who observe the 20 mile per hour speed limit and follow ceerclons rules.
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Wellsville
U.P
John H. Fultz
One of Two Planes In Northwest
A ground party nears Cemetery Ridge 12 miles south of Kellogg Idaho seeking the Northwest Air Lines plane wreckage spotted Monday. Crew members Joe Livermore and Arthur Haid are expected to be found. The search also continues for the Western Air Express missing with seven aboard. Haid’s wife has not been informed.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
Cemetery Ridge
Kellogg
Ida
Northwest Air Lines
Joe Livermore
Arthur Heid
Byron Cooper
Washington National Guard
Utah
Western Air Express Transport
Livermore
Haid
Missoula
Mont
Spokane
Man Wounds Wife and Shoots Self in Estate Dispute
In Fayette County near Washington Court House Ohio, William Strope, 62, shot his wife Margaret Strope, 60, twice during an argument over an estate from her father. He then killed himself. Daughter Fern Strope, 21, witnessed the shooting and aided her mother to a neighbor for medical help.
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Columbus
U.P
Margaret Strope
William
Pope Looks Forward To Christmas Address
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius rested well and in satisfactory condition. He anticipates delivering the Christmas Eve message to Roman Catholics worldwide at 12 30 p m local time with his physician urging a brief remarks to avoid fatigue.
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Pope
Vatican City
U.R
Pius
Marion Man Indicted On Murder Charge
A first degree murder indictment was voted by a special grand jury against Charles M. Warwick, 68, a Clarion County farmer, in connection with the death of his wife Laura E. Warwick, 74, on September 16. Officials say she was beaten with a pitchwood handle after alleged nagging.
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Marion
Charles M. Warwick
Claridon Farmer
Laura E
Christmas Spirit Rally Ends in Merchant Request
Martins Ferry store owner H M Miller asked police to drop burglary inquiries after believing the thief was in need for clothes stolen from his shop. Miller described the burglar as needy and showed sympathy rather than anger.
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Martins Ferry
U.P
H. M. Miller
Investigaldods
Glass Company Gives Strikers Food Cards Amid Tie-Up
Pittsburgh Plate Glass distributed over 50 000 food exchange cards to 7 000 striking workers in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and Oklahoma. Foremen visited homes to hand out cards worth 1 50 to 15 and a 5 card for married workers plus one for each child up to ten. Negotiations for settlement collapsed leaving no return date.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pittsburgh Plate
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Howard T. Colvin
Tarentum
Creighton
Duplate
Ford City
Clarksburg
W. V
Mt. Vernon
Henryetta
Okla
RA Becomes Permanent Farm Relief Agency in Wallace Plan
Washington plans to transfer the Resettlement Administration to the Department of Agriculture with President Roosevelt signing an executive order to take effect January 1, 1937. Secretary Henry A. Wallace aims to expand settlement programs, aid tenant farmers, and extend drought relief while seed and feed loans stay, and suburban housing projects may be dropped or moved to WPA.
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Washington-Au
Resettlement Administration
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
WPA
Increase FDRs Foreign Affairs Power Revision Drafted
Washington officials began revising the neutral law to broaden presidential discretion in foreign affairs. They consider using the Arms Embargo Act decision to justify talks with several governments on settling European war debts, expanding diplomacy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Judge Revokes Artist's Driving Rights for Life
Herman Tannenbaum a 42 year old commercial artist was barred from driving for life by Judge Ralph Surgrue as part of a sentence after his manslaughter conviction in the September 1935 death of William McCoy.
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Tiffin
U.P
Herman Tannenbaum
Ralph Surgrue
Tannebaum
William McCoy
Retired Farmer and Wife Found Asphyxiated in Village Home
Loraine Grant 78 and his wife Ida 75 were found asphyxiated in their three room Ashley village home eight miles southeast of here. They had not been seen since Friday.
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Delaware-U.p
Loraine Grant
Ida
Ashley
Here
Fox Hunt Scheduled by Shadeville M E Church
The Ladies Aid Society of Shadeville M E Church plans an annual fox hunt next Tuesday providing a community event with proceeds for church work. The notice lists the event as a church social activity with details on timing and location in Columbus AU.
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FOX Hunt
Columbus
AU P
The
Ladies Aid Society of the
Shadeville
M. E. Reburch
CIO Sets Narrow Focus for Steel Dispute Strike
CIO officials announce a strategy to curb minor conflicts with large steel firms and push for broad labor tests. They aim to present demands to the American Iron and Steel Institute after a CIO convention while pursuing strong collective bargaining where support exists. Frances Perkins calls for higher living standards and new labor laws including shorter hours and child labor abolition.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
CIO Union In Steel
American Iron and Steel Institute
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Mrs Stocklin Dies of Heart Attack at 63
Anna Hecker Stocklin, 63, wife of City Councilman E. F. Stocklin, died at her home 97 University Terrace after three years of declining health. Funeral at the residence Thursday 2:30 PM, with interment in W Union St Cemetery. Rev. W. G. Seaman presiding, assisted by Rev. C. M. Coulter. Survived by husband, daughter Edith Stocklin, two sisters, and other relatives.
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Anna Hecker Stocklin
E. F. Stocklin
University Terrace
W. Union St
W. G. Seaman
M. E
Stocklin
Edith Stocklin
Athens
Jesse Rummell
Pomeroy
Charles Callahan
Byesville
August Hecker
Federal Board Approves Ohio Unemployment Tax Law
The Social Security Board approved Ohio's unemployment compensation law ensuring 90 percent of the 1936 federal unemployment tax will be returned to Ohio. Adopted last week by a special legislative session, the law covers all employers with eight or more workers.
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Washington
AUP
Social Security Board
Ohio
Ship Building Growth Tops Prewar Peak Since 1921
London A.P. reports in Jane's Fighting Ships that 1937 naval construction surpasses any year since 1921, as the Washington treaty ends December 31 and nations prepare to race for naval supremacy.
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London
Dargusch Receives Car From Tax Division Colleagues
Carlton Dargusch, slated to resign as vice chairman of the state tax commission, was presented a new automobile Monday by a fellow employee of the Tax Division.
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Dargusch
Columbus
U.P
Carlton
State Tax Commission
Tax Division
WPA Worker Claude Preston Found Dead in Gallipolis
Claude Preston age 36 a WPA worker was found dead in his home on Grape Street Gallia County early today. He appeared to have suffocated after returning home Monday midnight reportedly intoxicated with moonshine. His wife told police she offered a coat for him to sleep on and that he lay face down in the garment when found. Preston had been working on repairs at the Gallia County Courthouse and Monday was WPA payday. He leaves a wife and several young children.
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Gallipolis
Claude Preston
Grape St
Preston
WPA
Gallia County
Mrs Chiang Flies To Rescue of Husband
Shanghai dispatch reports Mrs Chiang Kai Shek the wealthiest and most influential woman in China flew to Sian Fu to rescue her husband the Chinese leader Chiang Kai Shek who was seized by Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang in a bid to press war against Japan.
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Shanghai
U.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Sian-Fu
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Japan
Chiang
Meiling Soong
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
Soong
German Army Near Madrid Reported in Siege Period
News dispatches say German soldiers in swastika uniforms appeared on the Madrid front as three insurgent armies unite against the capital. Citizens focus on Valencia Christmas lottery with a 15 000 000 peseta first prize amid six weeks of siege gunfire.
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Madrid
Valencia
Bustles Out of Date Not in African Wilds
Explorer Rex Hardings reported from remote Africa that Hottentot women wore Victorian era bustles and high neck gowns while other tribes wore no clothes, suggesting mission fashions influenced old styles a generation ago.
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London
U.P
Rex Hardings
Africa
Civilization
Hardinge
University of Wisconsin Regents prepare to hear Frank case
A Madison debate over political control of the University of Wisconsin escalates as regents set a January 5 hearing for President Glenn Frank on mismanagement charges. Gov LaFollette faces pressure while legislators plan to revisit governing-board appointment powers amid possible Tugwell intrigue.
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Madison
Wis
U.K
University of Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
Philip F. LaFollette
Ratoin
Frank Custer
Frank
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Tugwell
D R Richards Dies Monday at 70 in Rio Grande
David R. Richards age 70 died at his Rio Grande home from coronary thrombosis. A former Athens Gazette organizer and editor, he served as Athens County recorder, later worked for Congressman Switzer in Washington, and then in the Treasury Department until 1935. He married Jessa McDaniel in New York City. Funeral plans await Mrs. Richards’s arrival.
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Gallipolis
David R. Richards
Rio Grande
Athens Gazette
Athens
Ohio
Recorder
Athens County
Richards
Washington, D. C
R. M. Switzer
Treasury Department
Washington
Jessa McDaniel
Gallia County
New York City
Four Presidential Candidates Lampooned by Gridiron Club Roast
Washington notes recount the Gridiron Club dinner where Roosevelt Landon Norman Thomas and Browder were lampooned in sketches lasting past midnight. The event featured roasts of prominent figures with stage parodies including a mock autopsy of the GOP and other satirical bits.
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Capital
Gridiron Club
Washington
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Norman Thomas
Earl C. Browder
Landon
GM labor conflict looms over Flint talks
Labor Secretary Frances Perkins seeks to avert steel and auto strikes while the United Automobile Workers press for recognition at General Motors. In Flint, Fisher Body and related GM plants, UAW demands cover speed up elimination, seniority rights, and wages. GM officials hint at future talks as union strength builds nationwide.
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Auto Workers’ Union
Washington
Frances Perkins
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America Today
Fisher Body
Flint
General Motors Corporation
General Motora
UAWA
General Motors
RE. J. Parker
Fisher
Nandie
G. M
Parker
Wyndham Mortimer
Lival
Cereain
John JL. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
UAWU
General Moetures Corporation
Hank
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
Mich
Bulck
Chevrolet
Torso Murderer To Die In Electric Chair
Hebes L Hicks convicted in the torso murder of Harry R Miller, a Cincinnati fire captain. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair on April 10, 1937, by Judge Roscoe O Byarne. Additional suspects Poholsky Kuhlman and Williams were said to have confessed participation and were arrested in Warren Portland Oregon and San Francisco respectively.
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Brookville
Ind
Hebes L. Hicks
Harry R. Mileler
Cincinnati
Roscoe O'Byrne
Miller
John Joseph Poholsky
William Kuhlman
Frank Gore Williams
Poholsky
Warren
Kuhlman
Portland
Ore
Williams
San Francisco
Ten Miners Rescued From Ice-Jammed Shaft in Pennsylvania
Ten workers at the Alden Coal Company mine in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania were rescued from a cage suspended in a 1,200 foot vertical shaft. The cage, jammed against the shaft walls by ice, was brought to the surface one by one using a block and tackle system.
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Wilkes-Barre
U.P
Alden Coal Co
Colebery
Justice Denton Fined for Hunting Without License
Justice of the Peace Charles Denton of Jackson Township was fined 25 dollars and costs by Justice C B Sharp in Urbana after pleading guilty to a hunting without license charge.
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Justice Urbana
Justice of the Peace
Charles Denton
Jackson Township
C. B. Sharp
Urbana
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