County CWA reshuffles as Nelson to Columbus post
Athens County administrator Nelson will be replaced by Theodore H. Smith, promoted to state investigator in Columbus. Smith has served as county relief director since last Sep and oversaw the most successful relief program in the state while Smith’s successor prepares to take over. CWA payroll cuts reduce county total to about 22,358 with new 15 and 34 week relief payments and a push to complete and report all work by Feb 15.
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Ord Nelson
Athens County
Theodore H. Smith
Coshocton
Ton County
Columbus
Ray Noble
Athens
Ohio University
CWA
Nelson
War period debates loom over Nazi threat and alliances
The report notes concerns about Nazi influence and potential alliances during the war period. It discusses foreign policy views from American and European leaders, including Hungary and Germany, and warns of efforts to counteract Nazi expansion and prevent wrecks to stability.
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Frank H. Dean
Germany
France
Roy
Federal deficit erased by devaluation scheme
Washington February 3. Federal government books show a paper gain from the gold devaluation bill. The dollar’s gold content was cut from 25.8 to 155-21 grains, lifting the treasury’s gold value from 1.21 billion to 7.02 billion dollars and creating a 2.81 billion profit. Morgenthau notes buoyant prices but must manage dollar strength in foreign exchange markets as capital flows into the U.S.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Doctors Take Aim at Ohio Industrial Commission
Doctors from the Ohio State Medical Association accuse the Industrial Commission of refusing a probe into physicians aiding employers to evade fund requirements. Former Gov. Cox leads a broader inquiry into workers compensation, with doctors citing graft and coercion affecting claimants tied to local power figures.
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Columbus
Ohio Industrial Commission
Workmen's Compensation Fund
Ohio State Medical Association
Industrial Commission
James M. Cox
J. Goodman
Commission
Goodman
Compensation
7 Millions Still Jobless
The American Federation of Labor cites national industrial unemployment at year start 10 826 000 with 6 800 000 lacking any temporary work. AFL estimates industrial employment rose about 800 000 from September to December.
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A. F
L. Pitts
Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
Anthracite Strike Near End Promoted by Counsel
Scranton Pennsylvania, February 3. E C Marianelli, counsel for the Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania, said he would recommend the union abandon the strike in the upper hard coal fields after three weeks. The move follows James Gorman being appointed umpire of the anthracite board of conciliation as sole judge in the labor troubles. Marianelli cited union anger over decisions involving John Boylan, United Mine Workers district president.
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Scranton
E. C. Marianelli
Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania
Marianelli
James Gorman
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
John Boylan
United Mine Workers District
Public Works approves $72,000 for Belpre water project
Washington reports the Public Works Administration has allotted a loan and grant totaling $72,000 to Belpre for a waterworks project. The aid combines a loan and grant to improve the town's water system.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Belpre
Bremer Seeks Word From Kidnappers in Missing Son Case
Edward G. Bremer, 3 1/2, missing 14 days, prompted a desperate appeal from his father Adolf Bremer a millionaire brewer and Roosevelt ally. He pledged immunity from authorities if the kidnappers respond by a noon Wednesday deadline.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Edward G. Bremer
Adolf Bremer
Roosevelt
United Press
Steel Leaders Back NRA Claim in Collective Bargaining
Executives from top steel firms meeting at the American Iron and Steel Institute said the industry cooperates with the President on national recovery and supports collective bargaining. They called the NRA assertion that company unions are employer chosen representatives a flagrant misrepresentation of facts.
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New York
U.P
American Iron and Steel Institute
NRA
Baby Born Unattended Dies After Fourth Day
A four day old baby girl born in a tourist camp near Rome Ohio died Friday en route to a hospital in Columbus. Parents Mr and Mrs Leon Millicen of Jersey City NJ were heading to Kansas City MO to visit the wife's parents when the infant passed. The baby was born Tuesday and a doctor was not summoned for eight hours.
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Colmbus
U.P
Rome
Leon Millicen
Jersey City
N. J
Kansas City
Milligen
New Jersey
Criminal Gets Lots Of Publicity Instead Of Punishment
A Chicago letter quotes a traveler who sees front pages in many cities showing Sankey and Dillinger. He notes criminals receive publicity more than punishment and mocks the media’s focus during a snowy rail trip from Washington to Chicago via Salt Lake to Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Sankey
Dillinger
Will
Allow Factor To Stay for Second Trial
John Factor known as Jake the Barber will be allowed to remain in the United States to attend a second trial of Touhy gangsters Roger Touhy Albert Kator and Gunrav Schaeffer on kidnaping charges. The first trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial was declared. The new trial date was set for February 12. The jury had deliberated over 25 hours with an 8 to 4 vote for conviction.
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Chicago
M—John
Jake the Barber
United States
Touhy
Roger Touhy
Albert Kator
Gunrav Schaeffer
Michael Feinberg
Recover Part Of Bank Loot In Camden Holdup
Camden detectives said part of the $130000 taken in the Pennagrove National Bank holdup was recovered. Approximately $35000 was found after questioning three men and a woman detained earlier. The suspects gave names including Charles Kent a salesman from Canton Ohio John Fairey a photographer from New York and Harry Greenburg an insurance agent from Philadelphia.
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Camden
N. J
Pennagrove
N. J. National Bank
Charles Kent
Canton
John Fairey
New York
Harry Greenburg
Philadelphia
7000 Women in Ohio Added to CWA Work
Ohio reports show more than 7000 unemployed women placed in CWA work across 71 of 88 counties. Of these, 5463 are on 590 CWA and CWS service projects and 1315 serve as teachers in emergency schools. Counties listed include Athens 131 and Gallia 177 among others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Gallia
Jackison
Meigs
Perry
Ohio State records 4700 registrants during Farmers Week
Columbus report shows 4700 men and women registered at Ohio State University during the annual Farmers Week program. The event highlighted agricultural programs and social activities on campus.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Bolin Rules Ouster Move Is Baseless
Athens County prosecuting attorney John W. Bolin ruled Saturday that ouster proceedings against Frank Biddle and L H Blackwood are baseless. He said the two offices are compatible and that fair board service does not void their positions as county commissioners. Bolin noted commissioners resigned as fair directors and that county agricultural associations are not public corporations.
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Frank Biddle
L. H. Blackwood
Athens County
John W. Bolin
Harry A. Mettler
Athens County Granges
Farm Bureau
Mettler
Athens County Fair Board
Bolin
Sankey’s Pal Jailed in Kidnap Cases in South Dakota
CHICAGO February 3 Gordon Alcorn former railroad fireman was taken to South Dakota to join his former engineer Verne Sankey in federal kidnapping charges. Both men confessed abducting Charles Boettcher I Denver financier. Alcorn admitted Boettcher case but denied links to other kidnappings.
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Sankey
Pal
Chicago
Gordon Alcorn
South Dakota
Verne Sankey
Charles Boettcher I
Denver
Alcorn
Boettcher
Haskell Bohn
St. Paul
Wiliam Hamm
Edward G. Bremer
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Man Convicted in Mae West Jewelry Theft Case
Edward Friedman, described as a Chicago gangster, was convicted of second degree robbery in the Mae West jewelry heist valued at $15,000. Mae West was at home with a special bodyguard when the verdict was announced amid rumors of new threats to the star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Angeles
Mise West
Miss West
Cuban unrest erupts as students and workers strike
In Havana on February today radical students and workers clashed with the Mendieta government using bombs and strikes, breaking a period of relative calm after recent turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Mendieta
New Trial Ordered After Filley Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
Esther Filley of Nelsonville, 33, indicted for manslaughter in the shooting of Margaret Green, 20, of Deanville, will face trial again in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The prior jury deliberated nearly 12 hours before Judge O F Rowland discharged them Friday night without a decision. Prosecutor John W Bolin said the case would be heard as soon as a new jury can be formed from the second list.
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Esther Filley
Nelsonville
Margaret Green
Deanville
Athens County
John W. Bolin
Common Pleas Court
Court orders surgery for boy denied by parents
In Eau Claire Wisconsin the court intervened to approve surgery for four year old Raymond Velie after doctors pleaded unsuccessfully with his parents Salvation Army workers to permit a bone infection removal. The court ordered the operation despite parental opposition.
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Raymond Velie
Eau Claire
Wis
Salvation Army
Insurgents To Fight Shut-Off Or CWA Funds
The Senate appropriations committee approved an administration plan to grant 950 million dollars for Federal emergency relief and continued Civil Works program operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Appropriations Committee
Murder by rejected suitor shocks rural Iowa classroom
In Harlan Iowa on February 3 a 23 year old Monroe Township Rural School teacher Miss Margaret Graves was shot by her suitor Herman Seick after years of keeping company. Twenty children aged up to 12 witnessed the attack as Seick shot Graves in her one room schoolhouse and then killed himself. Coroner Heren Bocken ruled murder and suicide.
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Harlan
U.P
Otf
Margaret Graves
Monroe Township
Herman Seick
Heran Bocken
Mise Graves
Selick
Miss Javes
Seick
Muteld
Miss Graves
Graves
State Spends $300000 on Choice Liquor
The state of Ohio announces a $300,000 liquor purchase to stock state stores opening March 16. The first order includes Haig & Haig, John Dewar Scotch, Three Star Hennessy, Duff Gordon Sherry, White Label Port, Black & White Scotch, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Dr Kuiper Geneva Gin, White’s Red Heart Jamaica Rum, Johnny Walker Scotch and Cinzano Vermouth in multiple case quantities. Col. John A. Hughes signs as liquor control director with Matt Hinkel as purchasing adviser.
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Columbus
Ohbto
John A. Hughes
Matt Hinke
Haig & Haig
John Dewar Scotch
Somerset Importers, Inc
Chicago
Three Star Hennessy
Bushmill
Dr. Kuiper
Family in Death Plot Named by Coroner Jury
In Wilkesboro North Carolina a coroner's jury recommended charging War wick W Tilley and his entire family with conspiracy to murder Leota Childress an one year old girl who lived with them. The four relatives named are Tilley his wife Luther Clyde and Luther's wife in addition to Luther who is already charged in a separate seven year old murder case involving Andrew Eldridge and Winfield Stanley.
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Wilkesboro
N.C
Warwick W. Tilley
Leota Childress
Tilley
Luther
Clyde
Winfield Stanley
Andrew Eldridge
Youngstown Steel Output Rises in Week
Youngstown's steel production is set to advance five points to 44 percent next week with two district open-hearth plants at 106 percent. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co operations Monday will jump about eight points to 43 percent while Carnegie Steel holds at 4 percent.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Carnegie Steel
Governor hints at doubling Ohio Highway Patrol size
Governor George White said he might expand his legislative call to include a proposal to increase Ohio's Highway Patrol membership. He indicated he may suggest raising the force to about double its present size.
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Columbus
U.P
George White
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Citations Promised in Airmail Inquiry Hearings
The Senate air mail investigating committee plans additional citations in its probe. Col L H Brittin of Northwest Airways is to be called to answer charges of destroying subpoenaed correspondence. Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce William P McCracken Jr was arrested on a Senate warrant for refusing to allow examination of letters linked to mail contract talks.
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William P. MacCracken
Herbert Hoover
Senate
MacCracken
Washington
D.p
Senate Airmail
Ite
Hoover Administration
United Press
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
U. S. Shipping Board
Willem P. McCracken, Jr
John N. Garner
Airmall Committee
Walter F. Brown
Brittin
Princeton Pays Honor To Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University marked the tenth anniversary of Woodrow Wilson death with a public ceremony in Nassau Hall. Wilson served as university president from 1902 to 1910.
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Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
N. J
Nassau Hall
Princeton University
No Hero-Makers!: Mansfield Inmates Bar Interview Access
Mansfield Feb 3 Press interviews with Mans field Reformatory inmates were barred by Supt T C Jenkins who says newspapers create heroes of prisoners and he opposes Pad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
U,pp
Mansfield Reformatory
T. C. Jenkins
Corning Youth Killed by Car After Bootleg Inquiry
Corning Ohio youth Elwood R. Porter, a resident of Corning, was killed when he stepped into the path of a Dennison driver K L Miller after bootleg whiskey from Schoenbrunn CCC camp allegedly caused intoxication in five campers. The incident prompted an investigation led by Captain Martin Nyburg, Sheriff Abe Laird and Police Chief Emery Gintz.
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New Philadelphia
Schoenbrunn CCC
Martin Nyburg
Abe Laird
Emery Gintz
Elwood R. Porter
Corning
Ohio
K. L. Miller
Dennison
Beasley Purchases Berry Hotel At Sheriff Sale
Fred R. Beasley became owner of the Berry Hotel on Saturday by buying the building and all furniture at a sheriff's sale at the Courthouse. He paid 880,000 for the hotel and 3,000 for the furnishings. Beasley was the sole bidder and plans no change in management or operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Beasley
Berry
Berry Hotel Company
Beasley
Warmer Weather in Store for Ohioans
Weather forecast for the Ohio Valley calls for mostly fair conditions with rain or snow in the north and rain in the south. Temperatures will be moderately cold Monday then rise Tuesday, turn colder Thursday, and gradually warm again toward week’s end.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
South
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