Norton Urges Fed Aid Plan for Ohio Schools
At the Ohio Education convention in Nelsonville, Dr. John K. Norton of Columbia University proposed a state funded reform plan. The plan would guarantee 3 mills within the 10 mill tax limit plus state aid for each pupil, with funding tied to local levy access and operating costs. Nelsonville was nominated as a member of the Education Support of the American.
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UMBUS
U.R
Ohio Education Non Convention
John K. Norton
Columbia University
Norton
Aid
Nelsonville
Nomia
Ohio
Thomas W. McGaw
Forces but on Strike at Philadelphia Grocery Union Demands
Philadelphia December 28. About a hundred grocery and meat workers walk out in a strike. Strikers demand higher wages and union recognition. Clerks seek a new wage from 15 dollars weekly for apprentices to 40 for skilled workers. Meat cutters seek 37 dollars per week, with moves from 10 to 37 described.
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Elphia
U.P
Tere
Federal finds counties new direction in Athens restructuring
Walsh, head of the segment bureau in Athens, was made director of Hocking and Vinton counties. The employment service, established before the CWA, will become a service to industry and employment agencies. The bureau's headquarters will place applicants into classified categories based on experience and suitability.
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Walsh
Athens
Hocking
Vinton
Mment
CWA
Bank Robber Pursuit Ends With Capture Near Mayfield
Local report states a bank robbery at First State Bank in Mayfield led to a stalemate search for three bandits. They fled with cash before escaping into nearby terrain. authorities freed by noon after tying off the danger. Names associated with the incident include Andrew Peyton and Lee Humphrey in a tense pursuit.
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Texas
First State Bank
Bradsaw
Vice Press
Andrew Peyton
Booklee Humphrey
Beaten by Thieves Near Lake Erie Shore
Charles Davis, 45, of Oday, was beaten by thieves near the Lake Erie shore while guarding a machinery yard. Police report the assailants struck him and fled with valuables. Davis sustained injuries but is not described as seriously harmed.
Federal Control Of Meat Prices Proposed To Shield Consumers
Speaker Rainey called for strict government control of meat packing plants to prevent passing processing taxes to consumers. He proposed government agents in all plants and minimum price controls to ensure fair prices for producers and shared tax burdens, urging emergency and future legislation. He accused Chicago packers of monopoly and defiance of the recovery program.
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Rainey
Chicago
Washington
U.P
Sumer
Inder Rainey
Chicago Packers
Labor Section For Hard Coal Code Difficult
Washington reports new series of conferences on the anthracite coal code beginning in New York. Practical agreement has been reached on all parts except the labor provisions. Labor topics include working time, a shorter work week, and policy differences between United Mine Workers and the United Antrhacite Miners of Pennsylvania.
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Washington
New York
NRA
United Mine Workers
United Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania
Warning To Gougers In Home Owners Loans
Columbus December 2 U R The home owners loan corporation will not countenance unfair exactions by mortgagees in return for their acceptance of the corporation s bonds for home owners mortgages State Manager Henry G Brunner announced today. Brunner s declaration followed caustic charges of unjustifiable demands on the part of mortgage holders. Chairman John H Fahey of the corporation board made the charges Fahey declared that the bonds are worth their face value since they bear a guaranteed interest rate and full payment of principal when due.
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Columbus
U.R
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Henry G. Brunner
Brunner
John H. Fahey
Corporation Board
Fahey
Roosevelt Will Speak On Wilson's Birthday
President Roosevelt will address the first national dinner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation observing Wilson's 77th birthday. About 800 guests attend including Mrs Wilson and top government officials.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Will Take Copeland To Lima for Trial
Secrecy surrounded plans of Ohio authorities to bring Harry Copeland to Lima from Indiana Prison at Michigan City for murder trial. Copeland, arrested in Chicago while a Dillinger gang fugitive, is accused of helping raid the county jail, kill Sheriff Jess L. Sarber, and free Dillinger.
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Lima
U.P
Ohio
Harry Copeland
John Dillinger
Indiana
Michigan City
Copeland
Chicago
Jess L. Sarber
Dillinger
Opera News That’s Fit To Print From Will’s Offering
Santa Monica column notes the Chicago Opera House reopening after two years with a remodel that hides the stage but reveals dress prices and improves attendance. It also mentions New York opening its season with an American opera, critiquing American music in opera culture.
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Opera
Will’s Offering
Chicago Opera House
Ohio Civil Works approves 322 new projects
The Ohio Civil Works Administration announced 322 new projects including one in Meigs County. The total estimated cost is 1,224,904 dollars and the plan would create 9,349 work days for 6,556 unemployed men and women. Executive Director E. O. Braught urged counties to avoid late submissions, noting quotas may rise when Congress convenes.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Civil Works Administration
Meigs County
E. O. Braught
Congress
Washington
Man Killed by Fast Train at Stewart Crossing
Fred Mankin, 60, of Bethany Ridge, was killed instantly at 10 this morning after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train while walking along the tracks at Stewart. Coroner L. F. Jones was summoned to investigate.
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Fred Mankin
Bethany Ridge
Baltimore & Ohio
Stewart
L. F. Jones
Farmers Removed From CWA Work Lists
In Ross County Ohio two farm owners were removed as CWA workers at a meeting of the Ross County Grievance committee. The panel also dismissed complaints against two workers and accepted complaints against two others for investigation. Complaints about two additional individuals were tabled for further review. The committee schedules another session Friday at 8 30 p m.
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Chillicothe
Dec
CWA
Ross County
Former Ross Sheriff in Critical Condition
CHILLICOTHE, Dec. 28. Alfred D. Immell, former Ross County Sheriff and former Ohio General Assembly member, was reported in critical condition at a hospital here. He is suffering from a heart ailment.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Alfred D. Immell
Ross County
Ohio General Assembly
Navy seeks $516 million plan for world’s finest fleet
The Navy asks Congress to authorize a five year program to build and replace ships, aiming for a treaty strength fleet with 102 new vessels by 1939 and a manpower rise to 100000 sailors and 20000 Marines. Two resolutions will be introduced after the 1934 session opens.
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Congress
Washington
Thy
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Swanson
Warmer Night Forecast Promise In Ohio Weather
The United States Weather Bureau forecast a moderation of the extreme cold in Ohio with a cloudy night and warmer conditions. Snow was predicted for the western portion on Friday while most areas saw thermometer readings rise five to ten degrees from Wednesday. Traffic accidents were minimal given hazardous highways. two cold-related deaths reported so far this week.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Civilization Does Not Prevent War in World
In Cambridge Massachusetts a paper at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting challenges the idea that civilization curbs war. Professors Pitirim A Sorokin and N N Golovin of Harvard Sociology trace war patterns from ancient Greece and Rome to eight European nations through 1925, arguing civilization does not eliminate armed conflict.
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Cambridge
Mass
Pitirim A. Sorokin
N. N. Golovin
Harvard Department of Sociology
Greece
Rome
B. C
Near New Record As Women Stunt Flier Duo Near Endurance Mark
Frances Harre and Helen Richey nearing a new world endurance record for women at Miami as their eighth day aloft approaches. They must fly two more hours to officially set the record after surpassing the old mark earlier today. A mishap occurred when a refueling plane ripped a six inch hole in Outdoor Girl but Richey patched it quickly with patching and dope.
Belgium Backs Limited German Rearmament
Belgian foreign minister Paul Hymans and French foreign minister Joseph Paul-Boncour discussed disarmament amid signs of a looming crisis. Hymans reportedly supported the British concept that Germany may pursue a strictly limited rearmament program as a matter of national pride, potentially including more troops and sample armaments.
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Paris
Belgium
France
Paul Hymans
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Germany
Hymans
Paul Boncour
Icebergs Enwrap Byrd Ship In Bitter Antartic Night
On December 28 Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s flagship pressed toward Antarctica as dense fog and a NW gale reduced visibility to under three miles. Icebergs surrounded the vessel and engines slowed by fuel oil leakage hinder its progress. New bergs continually met its course.
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Jacob Ruppert
Antarctica
Mackey Radio
U.P
Richard EF. Byrd
Roosevelt Aims New Deal Proposals For 1934
President Roosevelt is expected to advance key 1934 proposals in place without a full annual program. He may seek immediate funds for Civil Works and CCC projects, push federal stock market regulation, and solicit measures to expand credit and raise commodity prices. Beef cattle inclusion in the AAA may also be proposed to aid western ranching.
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CWA
CCC
Roosevelt
Congress
New Cold Wave Sweeps Toward States Amid Subzero Chill
A fresh Arctic cold snap moved southeast from Canada driving subzero readings across the U S. Temperatures rose slightly from the Appalachians to the Rockies as 142 deaths were blamed on the storm and many more were injured. The Pacific Northwest and New England reported the most severe impacts with deaths and flooding noted. Duluth reported 47 degrees below zero before a climb toward warmer readings.
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Duluth
New York
U.P
Arctic
United States
Canada
Appalachian
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Northwest
New England
Banks of U S Pour Millions Into Big Pool
Washington December 28. Banks nationwide send half percent assessments into a huge federal insurance pool that will back deposits up to 2500. The plan combines $200 million from bank assessments with $150 million from the federal government and $151 million from 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, totaling about $500 million and expandable by borrowing or further assessments.
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U.S
Washington
Federal Reserve
Government seeks full repayment of Harriman Bank claims
The Federal Government filed an equity suit in New York Supreme Court to force 20 member banks of the New York Clearing House Association and its committee to honor guarantees and pay the Harriman National Bank and Trust Company deposits totaling about 9.375 million dollars for 11 000 depositors. The suit follows a nine month campaign to secure payments made during the 1932 1933 crisis when cooperation with the currency controller kept Harriman from closing.
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New York
U.P
Sult
New York Clearing House Association
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Supreme Court
Harriman Bank
Clearing House Committee
Harriman
Gas Explosion Wrecks Home in Cleveland
A gas explosion destroyed a Cleveland house today injuring two people. Mrs Barbara Lakatos, 44, and her daughter Ann, 19, were hospitalized. Four other children in bed escaped as walls collapsed and the roof caved in. Fire followed the blast.
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Cleveland
Barbara Lakatos
Ann
Fire damages Athens home on Fern Street
Athens firemen responded to Florence Haddoxs residence at 11 this morning after a heat ing stove flue pipe ignited a downstairs wall. The quick response prevented major damage to the frame house owned by Wescott Roach.
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Athens
Florence Haddox
Fern Street
Wescott Roach
Ohio City Gets 500000 For Some Project
The Subsistence Homesteads Corporation allocated 500000 to Mahoning Homestead Gardens Inc of Youngstown for about 16 small homes in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. The loan tests decentralizing overcrowded cities by housing part time industrial workers and families near the Mahoning River area.
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Washington
Subsistence Homesteads Corporation
Mahoning Homestead
Mahoning
Trumbull
Ohio
Youngstown
Freighter EC Pope and the Whale back after icy Lake Erie race
DETROIT December 28 The Freighter EC Pope and the Whale back from dramatic Lake Erie races with weather. The Pope docked after breaking ice. Captain William McDouglas said a later start would have left it lee-bound. The Cort sank minutes after docking while undergoing repairs.
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Detroit
EC Pope
Henry Cort
Lake Erie
William McDouglas
Cort
Policeman Appeals Separation Ruling in Ohio Case
Milt Stott of Zanesville police filed a brief in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking to overturn a Muskingum Court of Appeals decision. The dispute centers on a separation agreement paying his wife Mary Stotts Potter $760 plus $40 monthly, with the Common Pleas Court ruling it illegal as a divorce-evading pact, while the Appeals Court deemed it a mere separation agreement.
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Columbus
Milt Stott
Zanesville
Mary Stotts Potter
Supreme Court
Stotts
Muskingum Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
Appeals Court
Muskingum Valley Conservancy District Funds Decision Expected
Public works officials expect a decision within a week on the Muskingum Valley Conservancy Districts bid for federal funds to support extensive Ohio flood control developments. The district recently surveyed the Muskingum drainage area for the Mississippi Valley Committee, and PWA action hinges on that report.
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Washington
Muskingum Valley
Budget Commission Meets in Athens County Office
The Athens County Budget Commission met this morning in the office of county auditor J Clyde Edmunson and planned to resume this afternoon. Members are county auditor, Treasurer G D Gorham, and Prosecuting Attorney John W Bole.
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Athens County Budget Commission
J. Clyde Edmundson
G. D. Gorham
John W. Bole
War on adulterated liquor intensifies in Ohio
Ohio moves to label all liquor with exact age and ingredient details under a new liquor control law. State officials plan affidavits against Columbus druggists for adulterated liquor, while enforcement expands to include federal border inspections and interstate shipments.
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Columbus
U.P
Liquor Control Commission
Forl BE
Hanefeld
Ohio
Colonel Hughes
State Liquor Control Department
A. Postle
Cincinnati
Fort H. Hanefeld
Maid Slain by 81-Year-Old Suspect in Sebring
In Sebring 81 year old Casper Powers was held in connection with the fatal shooting of 22 year old Frances Gerino in the home of Powers’ son. Police say Powers killed the maid when he mistook her for his son as she entered the room. The son had been trying to put his father to bed after drinking.
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Sebring
U.P
Casper Powers
Frances Gerino
Harry
Powers
Newly Poor Sufferers Show Highest Sickness Rate
Philadelphia report notes that Americans who were in reasonably comfortable circumstances in 1929 but fell to poverty by 1932 had the highest sickness rate this year. Vital statistics expert G St J Perrott said their illness rate is 55 percent higher than better off neighbors who kept income. Walter K Shepard warned recovery may end individualism.
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Philadelphia
U.P
G. St. J. Perrott
Vital Statistics
American Statistical Association
Walter K. Shepard
Ohio State University
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Byrd
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