Ohio House to Vote on Relief Measures and Hesse Bill
Ohio House leaders plan a final vote on the Hesse Bill lowering the local welfare levy approval from 65 to 55 percent and on two substitute relief bills creating a relief director with a $50,000 office, plus an appeals board. Also noted are a state building commission bond plan of $10 million to finance institutions and a governor backed rental scheme to repay bonds.
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Columbus
U.P
Relief Board of Appeals
House
Senate
Congress
Ohio
L. C. Washburn
Summit
Joint Legislative Committee
Michael V. di Salle
Toledo
Whittemore
Martin L. Davey
Relief Groups Clash Over County Relief Offices
Delaware county commissioners planned to resolve a dispute between the county relief administration and the board of elections. The election board had refused to permit its offices in the courthouse basement to be used for relief headquarters. The relief administration moved in, the offices were locked, and relief workers could not access records or equipment hindering relief grants for clients.
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Delaware
U.P
County Relief Administration
Board of Elections
Election Board
Central County Relief Administration
Florida Bar Robbed Of More Than $50,000
Miami police report three men robbed the Arena Bar on Biscayne Boulevard, breaking open strong boxes and escaping with cash estimated at more than 50 thousand dollars. Owner Henry Palmer could not estimate the total loss but said he could not retrieve it in four years.
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Miami, Fla
U.P
Arena
Miami
Henry Palmer
Biscayne Boulevard
Lumber Head Predicts Spring Building Boom In Ohio
Aaron S. Peer of Toledo was elected president of the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers as the three day convention opened in Columbus. He predicted a spring surge in home construction that will continue for several years.
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Columbus
Aaron S.peer
Toledo
Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers
Kelsey
Firestone Body Heads North for Akron Funeral
The body of Harvey Firestone was escorted by his three sons and sent by special car to Akron Ohio for funeral services today.
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Miami
Fla
UPI
Harvey Firestone
Akron
Farmer Hurt In Cow Encounter Near Children’s Home
Gallipolis reports Paul Sewell, 40, a farmer living near the Children’s Home, is in Holzer Hospital with a broken right leg after a melee with an unruly cow. Sewell fought back with a milking stool before being overwhelmed by the animal.
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Gallipolis
Paul Sewell
Holzer Hospital
Sewell
AFL Joins Campaign for Revision of Federal Taxes
The American Federation of Labor allied with business groups to press Congress for repeal or amendment of the capital gains and undistributed profits taxes. Meeting in Miami, the AFL executive council proposed a four point recovery plan including tax reform, targeted federal relief, opposition to wage cuts, and private industry job creation. The stance mirrors the Committee for Industrial Organization approach, differing mainly in tax focus.
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Miami
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Capitol Hill
Fla
Congress
Committee For Industrial Organization
Capone Raving Maniac As Term Ends At Alcatraz
Federal authorities report Al Capone has become a blustering maniac while serving the last year of his sentence on Alcatraz Island. The gangster has been confined in the prison hospital since last Saturday after a mental collapse, with the Justice Department stating the illness will not warrant special treatment.
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San Francisco
U.P
Scarface al Capone
Alcatraz Island
Chicago
Department of Justice
Washington
Capone
Department
Hunt Man Sought in Neighbor Slaying Near Belpre
Marietta reports Sheriff Arthur Mackey leads a search for Guy Warman in the killing of Andrew H. Adams a 57 year old farmer of Dunham Township Adams shot in a yard near Jasper Chutes after Adams crawled from under his car and allegedly threw a crank at Warman before dying Witnesses say Warman fired three shots from a pistol during the confrontation
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Marietta
Arthur Mackey
Guy Warman
Andrew H. Adams
Dunham Township
Adams
Jasper Chutes
Belpre
Chutes
Mackey
Warman
House Set to Send Farm Bill to Senate
The House prepared to approve the revised farm bill and send it to the Senate where action could finish by the weekend. Republicans divided over protections for livestock and fears the bill would regiment wheat and corn growers while a 186 to 99 test vote showed leadership faced little obstacle to final passage.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
County Home Matron Dies in Columbus Hospital
Chauncey Ohio Mrs Bert Daugherty 62 matron of the Athens County Home died Tuesday after a long illness in a Columbus hospital Friends may call at the Home before the funeral set for Friday at two oclock at the Alexander Presbyterian Church Rev Gilbert Courtney to officiate Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery She and her husband led the Home for 16 years She was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John A Matthews parents of 14 children She leaves a husband two daughters Mrs Gladys Pickering Chauncey and Miss Clarice Gibbs Chillicothe and several brothers and sisters from Delaware Vinton and Chauncey
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Chauncey
Bert Daugherty
Athens County
Columbus
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Gilbert Courtney
Daugherty
John A. Matthews
J. P. Matthews
Middleport
Gladys Pickering
Clarice Gibbs
Chillicothe
Lindsey
Elwood
Joseph
Henry
Delaware
Blaine
Vinton
Frank Ralph
Flora Wyatt
Attempt To Destroy Gallia Dance Hall Fails
Gallia County officers describe an arson attempt on Orin Dillon's New Villa dance hall and restaurant near Cheshire. A bundle of oil soaked sacks was lit under a front corner. Dillon awoke from smoke and with neighbors help the fire was put out.
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Gallipolis
Orin Dillon
Cheshire
Harold Wood
Dillon
Seek Joint Trial for Figuli and Boettcher in Detective Cline Killing
Columbus police seek a joint trial for Stephen Figuli aged 20 and Carl Boettcher aged 24 charged with killing detective Robert Cline after a bank hold up last Friday. The case involves alleged robbery and a fatal shooting in the city.
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Columbus
U.P
Stephen Figuli
Carl Boettcher
Robert Cline
Ten-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murder in Beaver County
Ten-year-old Joe Greenberg is charged with murder in the death of his foster cousin Dorothy Louise Lavender 18 a Beaver High School senior. The hearing on bail was to be held before Criminal Judge John McGrath after counsel waived preliminary proceedings.
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Princeton
W. Va
U.P
Joe Greenberg
Mercer County
Dorothy Louise Lavender
Beaver High School
Bluefield
John MceGrath
Roscoe H. Pendleton
Miss Lavender
Joe
Bluestone
Greenberg
W. W. McNeal
Deportation of Labor Leader Is Suggested
Joseph P. Ryan of the International Longshoremen's Association testifies to the Senate Commerce Committee about Harry Bridges. Senator Copeland says Bridges will not testify and advocates his deportation, calling him a Communist and a disturbing element in the merchant marine.
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Harry Bridges
U. S. Labor Department
Bridges
Washington
Ul.p
Joseph P. Ryan
A. F. of L
International Longshoremen’s Association
Senate Commerce Committee
CIO
Pacific
Royal S. Copeland
N. Y
Copeland
Sit Down In The Plant Shuts Goodyear Division
Akron Goodyear Rubber Co division halted by sit downs affecting 1400 workers after 53 were laid off. Union officials say the protest targets lack of WPA relief, not the company, framing the action as relief and job security driven.
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AKRON
U.P
Goodyear Rubber Co
Rules Wife's Duty Is To Stay With Her Husband
A Cleveland Common Pleas judge refused a divorce for Mrs Ethel Cooper ruling a wife has no right to move for her husband and should live where he chooses. He noted Sol Cooper had promised to move to Cleveland after their Savannah, Georgia marriage last August and he has not appeared. The judge urged Mrs Cooper to make her home with him in Savannah.
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Cleveland
U.P
Common Pleas
Samuel Silbert
Ethel Cooper
Cooper
Sol
Savannah
Silbert
Ellender to resume attack on anti-lynch bill in Senate
Senator Allen J. Ellender returns to the Senate floor to renew his filibuster against the anti-lynch bill. He says he has enough material to speak for two weeks and will continue his opposition on the measure.
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Washington
U.P
Allen J. Ellender D
Senate
Infant alive after being fed by eye dropper in incubator
A baby girl weighing one pound eleven ounces was kept alive in St Elizabeth Hospital Covington in a new incubator room. Hospital attaches said a tiny infant was fed by eye dropper while receiving care.
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Covington
St Elizabeth Hospital
Governor recommends purchase for Northwest Territory celebration
In a special message to the General Assembly Governor Davey urged the Legislature to buy the John Stark Edwards home in Warren as part of the Northwest Territory celebration built in Warren.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Davey
Northwest Territory
John Stark Edwards
Warren
Deficiency Relief Featured In Roosevelt Plan For Unemployed
Detroit report notes Lon mie Jenkins may be freed after seven years on a life term amid new evidence to probe conviction for murder of his wife. Interview with key witness notes potential change of story. In Washington, Roosevelt plans a deficit relief request of 200 to 306.9 million dollars to aid unemployed, atop 1.322 billion 1938 work relief budget.
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Detroit
Mich
Lonmie Jenkins
Duncan C. McCrea
Asher L. Cornelius
Jackson
Jenkins
Cornelius
McCrea
Dent Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
White House
Treasury
Japs Reported Making Plans For Big Drive
Shanghai reports from foreign military experts say Japan plans the greatest offensive of the war to crush the Chinese government. Japanese forces on the Tientsin Nanking Railroad area pursue full offensive moves. A north south push near Lunghai and Peiping Hankow junctions is also reported.
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Shanghai
U.P
Japan
Tientsin- Nanking
Lunghai
Peiping - Hankow
South China
Hong Kong
Writ Hinders Graft Inquiry In Ohio State House
The Senate committee probing state graft delays its coal purchase inquiry after Glenn A. Horn obtained a habeas corpus writ to avoid contempt for refusal to answer without counsel. Coal dealer George Sicker testified he could not sell to the state directly and had to work through a Columbus broker.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Glenn A. Horn
George S&s
Coshocton
Sicker
Retired OU Professor Stabbed in Despondent Act
Chicago dispatch reports 68 year old Harry F. Scott, a retired Latin professor from Ohio University in Athens, was found in his room with a hunting knife after leaving a note about ill health. He faces stab wounds and police say he has a good chance to recover. A niece named Ann Marie Scott provided details.
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Chicago
A.P
Harry F. Scott
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
Ann Marie Scott
Harvard Law Student Drowns in Charles River
Frederick William Burgess, 22, a Harvard Law School student from Cincinnati, O, was found dead in the Charles River basin on Sunday. The medical examiner William J. Brickley announced the accidental drowning verdict today.
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Boston
Frederick William Burgess
Cincinnati
Harvard Law School
Charles River Basin
William J. Brickley
Negotiator Moses Signals Likely Steel Contract Renewal
U S Steel vice president Thomas L. Moses attended New York negotiation conferences with CIO leaders John L. Lewis and other chiefs. Observers believed the talks presaged an early renewal of the working contract affecting about 500000 steel workers. Moses helped bring CIO and Big Steel together for the initial one year agreement.
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Thomas L. Moses
U.S. Steel
New York
CIO
Moses
John L. Lewis
Big Steel
WPA Seals Mine Openings to Cut Seepage in Ohio Rivers
Columbus P WPA reduces mine seepage by 55 percent as 27 531 openings sealed in 1 425 abandoned mines. Dr Carl Watson WPA director reports progress in Meigs Mahoning Morgan Carroll counties and ongoing work in Athens Belmont Gallia Guernsey Hocking Jackson Lawrence Muskingum Noble Perry Vinton Washington Columbiana Coshoc ton Harrison Holmes Jefferson Stark Tuscarawas Scioto.
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Columbus
Ohio
WPA
Carl Watson
Watson
Meigs
Mahoning
Morgan
Carroll Counties
Athens
Belmont
Gallia
Guernsey
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Muskingum
Forest Group and Chamber Meet in Gallipolis Friday
Gallipolis hosts a combined annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and the Wayne Forest group on Friday night February 25. Delegations from Athens Marietta Jackson Ironton Oak Hill Portsmouth and other 14 county area communities plan to attend. A Marietta committee will present group objectives and program with officers to be elected in the evening. Farm and civic groups were invited.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Forest
Athens
Marietta
Jackson
Ironton
Oak Hill
Portsmouth
Bulkley Proposes United States Super Highway Bill
Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio introduces a bill to create a U.S. highway corporation to build a vast super highway system. The plan envisions bonds up to 8 billion dollars, 60-year maturities, 3 percent interest, toll funding, 300-foot rights of way, four to twelve lanes, neutral medians, and segregation of buses from trucks, with curves largely eliminated and no grade crossings.
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Washington
U.P
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Congress
United States Highway Corporation
Meigs County Whiskey Given Back by Court
Twenty two cases of whiskey stored in the Meigs County Jail basement were returned to Kentucky owners after a court ruled there was insufficient evidence to destroy the whiskey. The case began with Charles Rindfuss arrest for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor who claimed delivery was to a Maryland buyer.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Kentucky
Charles Rindfuss
Rindfuss
Maryland
Ohio
West Virginia
Pasture Expert Speaks At Grange Hall Friday
D. R. Dodd from Ohio State University will discuss pasture improvement methods that have proven successful. The Athens County meeting, second in a three part series by the County Agricultural Extension Service, aims to help land owners and farmers raise farm returns in future years.
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Athens Grange Hall
D. R. Dodd
Ohio State University
Athens County
County Agricultureal Extension Service
Spangler In Critical Condition After Suspected Self Inflicted Wound
Arthur C. Spangler 55, secretary of a building and loan firm, was in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. Authorities believe he attempted death by own action.
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Zanesville
Arthur C. Spangler
Spangler
Secretary of State probes Meigs County election irregularities
Secretary of State William Kennedy visited Pomeroy to investigate alleged election irregularities in Meigs County. He met with County Prosecutor Manning Webster and others, and promised a public decision in a few days. The probe centers on absentee ballots and alleged improper influence on voters.
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Meigs County
Secretary of State
Pomeroy
Secretary of
William J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Manning D. Webster
Charles Stivers
Ohio State University
Profile of a President Johnson on Roosevelt Run
Gen Hugh 8 Johnson, former NRA administrator, claims in Ladies Home Journal that Roosevelt will run again if he can get away with it. He calls the President a flash in the pan performer and a congenital prima donna in a provocative profile.
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Philadelphia
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Ladies’ Home Journal
Roosevelt
Johnson
Midwest Mayors Press for Extra Relief Funds
A coalition of mid western mayors labor groups and New Dealers seek 400 million to 1 billion dollars in new relief funding through June 30. They argue current care spending caps leave 1 to 3 million people without aid and urge rapid action after a White House visit.
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White House
Roosevelt
WPA
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Treasury
Civilian Conservation Corps
Saxophone Player Charged in Heiress Murder
William King a 45 year old saxophonist was charged with homicide in the death of Harriet Brown Nielson 37 heiress and former Pacific Coast diving champion whose nude body was found in a room with broken gin bottles. King said he slapped her after she struck him with an empty bottle but denied striking with the bottle.
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New York
U.P
William King
Harriet Brown Nielson
King
Bowers Sentenced to Death in Widow Carpenter Murder
In Norristown Pennsylvania a Montgomery County court sentenced Wendell Forrest Bowers a 20 year old reformatory inmate to die in the electric chair for the murder of Mrs Wilma Valerie Carpenter a 38 year old widow from Camp Hill.
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Norristown
Montgomery
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Wilma Valerie Carpenter
Camp Hill
Eight Die In Seaplane Crash At Marignan Basin
Eight persons were killed when four trans-Mediterranean seaplanes failed to take off after a long run down Marignan Basin and crashed into a breakwater at Marseilles Union. The accident occurred as crews prepared for a test or service flight, with witnesses reporting a heavy impact and wreckage scattered along the breakwater.
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Marseilles
U.P
Marignan
Fear Epidemic Mansfield Up with 11 New Cases
Richland county reports eleven additional smallpox cases today as the feared outbreak in Mansfield and surrounding areas threatens to reach serious proportions.
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Mansfield
Richland County
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