Athens County rally draws 400 as lawmakers stall relief actions
In Columbus, legislators delayed final action on supplemental appropriations and relief measures to Feb 28 amid wrangling over work relief and tax exemptions. The Senate passed a $600,000 hospital building program tied to a $1,335,000 WPA project, while the House approved $400,000 in hospital pay raises and stricter relief eligibility. The Ogrin liquor tax shift and Di Salle installment tax bill also advanced after postponements.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Davey
di Salle
Whittemore
RFC May Aid Small Business
President Roosevelt may authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to resume lending as a first step to aid small business. RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones said the agency formed the National Mortgage Association of Washington to invest in FHA insured first mortgages and would operate nationally pending similar entities. He added no new lending machinery for small business loans is planned.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Jones
National Mortgage Association of Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Washington Association
Senator Holt Says Businessmen Work for Government
Sen Rush D Holt of West Virginia told the Kiwanis Club in Atlantic City that American businessmen are largely serving the government with business being a sideline. He spoke Thursday about the role of business in national policy.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
America
Kiwanis Club
Nelsonville mine owner testifies on campaign contributions
Don F. Shafer of Columbus who operates a Nelsonville coal mine testified before Ohio Senate graft investigators that he paid 15 cents a ton on state coal sold to the state and gave $50 to William Goggin and $50 to Francis Poulson. He said the Poulson check was first a corporate check and that he faced pressure to contribute to campaign funds. He criticized other coal operators for waiting to testify.
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Columbus
WUP
Ohio Senate
Don F. Shafer
Nelsonville
Dan Bardin
Athens County
William J. Goggin
Francis Poulson
Poulson
Shafer
Corporation
Goggin
Ohio
Senate
Vic Donahey
Washington
Senate Committee
Athens State Hospital
Davey
Dan Rardin
Internal Strife Rumor Denied By Nazi Chief
Berlin dispatch reports Reich press chief Dr Otto Dietrich denied widespread rumors of internal unrest and Hitler’s health. He said Hitler is in good health, resting occasionally, and that there is no frontiers closure as he sits two kilometers from the border and friends cross to drink coffee.
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Berlin
U.P
Otto Dietrich
Reich
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Dietrich
Newspaperman Stricken At Ohio U Cage Game
Marietta veteran journalist Lewis N. Harness aged 58 died after a heart attack at a basketball game between Marietta College and Ohio University. Harness was former owner and editor of The Marietta Daily Journal and later associated with The Marietta Times.
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Marietta
U.P
Lewis N. Harness
Chamber of Commerce
Harness
Marietta College
Ohio University
Marietta Daily Journal
Marietta Times
Former Athens Hospital Director Appointed to New Post
State Welfare Director Margaret Allman announced a personnel shakeup effective March 1. Dr. R. E. Bushong, Lima State Hospital superintendent for five years, and Dr. Guy H. Williams, longtime head at Cleveland State Hospital, will trade positions.
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Columbus
Margaret Allman
Lima State Hospital
Cleveland State Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Guy H. Williams
Compensation Sought by Radium Poison Victims
In Ottawa Illinois seven of fourteen radium poisoning victims, all dying, were brought to a hearing with an Illinois Industrial Commission arbitrator. The women seek compensation for illness linked to Radium Watch Dial Co work, nine have died, and arbitrator Marvel will hold hearings at Catherine Donohue’s home.
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Ottawa
Ill
U.R
Illinois Industrial Commission
Catherine Donohue
Radium Watch Dial Company
Vankex Dalitsch
University of Illinois
George B. Marvel
Athens Grange Confers Fifth Degrees on Five
The Athens County Pomona Grange installation team conferred the Fifth Degree on five members at the Athens Grange Hall. About 65 members and three Meigs County Pomona Grange guests attended as James Earich Mildred Cox Rhoda McLeod and Prof A E Wagner received the degree. Each recipient gave a brief talk and refreshments followed by a social session.
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Athens County
Pomona Grange
Athens
James Earich
Mildred Cox
Rhoda McLeod
A. E. Wagner
Meigs County Pomona Grange
Davey Denies Desire For O. S. A. Presidency
Governor Martin L. Davey told reporters in Columbus that he has no desire to serve as president of Ohio State University and denied rumors circulating this week about the post.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Ohio State University
Woman beaten and robbed in Columbus report
Mrs Marian Smith of Wheeling, age 40, reported being beaten and robbed in Columbus around midnight Thursday, according to police. The incident remains under investigation with no arrests announced.
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Columbus
U.P
Marian Smith
Wheeling
Firestone Rites Held in Akron for Harvey Firestone Sr
Akron paid its last tribute to Harvey S. Firestone Sr., rubber manufacturer, who died in Miami Beach, Florida. Funeral services were held today in Akron.
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Firestone
Akron
Harvey S. Firestone
Miami Beach
Fla
AFL Predicts New High for Unemployment
The American Federation of Labor estimates 829000 workers lost jobs in industry and agriculture from Nov 15 to Dec 15 1937, totaling 9355000 unemployed in December. It forecasts higher January figures based on data from 20 cities showing a 2.4 percent rise and WPA data of 226000 added jobs between Nov 27 and Jan 1. The federation pegs total layoffs since September at about 1.7 million, calling the pace near the worst winter mood.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Kent State Supplemental Appropriations in Limbo
Columbus A P reports uncertainty as the legislature returns February 28 on supplemental appropriations for Kent State University. The Senate Finance Committee stripped university items from the House measure, reducing about 3 million to 1.141 million, with plans for a separate university bill and hints Kent State could be treated separately.
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Columbus
A.P
Kent State University
Senate Finance Committee
House
Kent State
Buckeye Lake Outflow Bill Seeks $50,000 Flood Project
In Columbus the outlook was favorable for a supplemental appropriation of 50,000 dollars to finance an eastern outlet for Buckeye Lake as a flood prevention measure.
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Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Republican Rally Urges Lincoln Guide for Honest Government
Athens County Republicans hear Congressman Jenkins urge the party to regain power to restore confidence and reduce unemployment. Mayor Gessaman and Rep. MacCulloch defend GOP aims against NRA burdens, calling for stable business and honest government.
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Athens County
Thomas A. Jenkins
Hotel Berry
Republican Party
Myron B. Gessaman
Columbus
William MacCullough
Ohio House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Davey
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Gessaman
NRA
Jenkins
Nonagenarian Phoebe Lane Dies Near Tuppers Plains
Mrs. Phoebe Lane nearly 98, widow of Dewitt Lane, died at her brother Charles Blizzard’s home near Tuppers Plains. She was the daughter of Meigs County pioneer Isaac Blizzard who came from New Jersey. Funeral plans pending. friends may visit White Funeral Home.
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Coolville
Phoebe Lane
Charles Blizzard
Tuppers Plains
Isaac Blizzard
Meigs County
Ohio
New Jersey
Lane
Dewitt Lane
Driver Fined for Not Dimming Car Lights
Logan report says Clay Kinkead of Columbus was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith on a charge of failing to dim his car lights. He pled guilty, was arraigned before Magistrate S B Whitehart, and fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Logan
Clay Kinkead
Columbus
Nellis Smith
S. B. Whitehart
Union Organizers Beaten In London At Plant Entrance
London sheriff warns of more trouble after two United Automobile Workers organizers are attacked while distributing literature at Armstrong Metal Products. Joe Ditzel of Toledo faces a concealed weapons charge and Nick Moskin of Detroit is barred from returning after a roadside detainment. Moskin’s third visit to London follows prior trespass charges as Arm strong moves local jobs to new site.
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London
U.P
Gorman F. Clark
United Automobile Workers
Joe Ditzel
Toledo
Squire O. C. Burris
Nick J. Moskin
Detroit
Clark
Moskun
Ditzel
Armstrong Metal Products Co
Plan
Armstrong
Michigan
Hearings Open on WPA Appropriations Request
A House subcommittee begins hearings on President Roosevelt’s request for 250 million dollars for the Works Progress Administration to hire up to one million workers. Administration leaders expect passage by next weekend amid Republican opposition and charges that the funds could become a political tool in an election year.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Doles
Dewey Short
John Taber
R. N.Y
Heiress Slain in Brawl Over Kittens in Cheap Rooming House
New York police arrested 45 year old William King an unemployed saxophonist after a prolonged drinking bout in a cheap rooming house ended in a brawl over two kittens and the death of Mrs Harriet Nielson a member of a wealthy California family She admitted striking the woman after she smashed a gin bottle over his face Mrs Nielson formerly belonged to an Olympic diving team.
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Harriet Nielson
California
New York
William King
Former Army Officer Criticizes Naval Expansion Policy
Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, retired Army officer, told the House Naval Affairs Committee that national defense is being treated as a political football during the third day of hearings on an 800 million dollar plan for a 20 percent Navy buildup. He urged limiting navy use to US defense and not for aiding other countries. Hagood's prior appearance led to suspension and retirement after remarks about WPA funds as stage money.
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Washington
U.P
Johnson Hagood
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Hagood
United States
WPA Fund
NLRB Cites W Va Plant Over Unfair Labor Practices
The National Labor Relations Board cited United States Stamping Co. in Moundsville West Virginia for unfair labor practices and ordered reinstate about 240 workers who struck on October 12 1936. The board also directed bargaining with the Enamel Workers Union AFL and to cease interference with employee organization. It said hires since October 12 1936 may be discharged to make room for strikers.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board Today
United States Stamping Co
Moundsville
W. Va
NLRB
Enamel Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Senate Farm Bill Approval Delayed By Amendment
Washington D C. A parliamentary tangle over the McNary Boileau amendment postpones early Senate approval of the farm bill. Sen William Gibbs McAdoo of California requests a three day study to assess potential harm to California farmers and threatens opposition if rushed.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Roosevelt
William Gibbs McAdoo
Calif
California
Three Escaped Convicts Nabbed by State Police
Three of five long term convicts who escaped from the Indiana State Penitentiary were captured by State Police early today on a state highway near Wheatland Indiana. August Cummings 37 Frank Paviench 24 and George Christian 26 were apprehended after obtaining a ride from farmer William A Davis during a routine blockade inspection.
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Michigan City
Ind
U.P
Indiana State Penitentiary
August Cummings
Frank Paviench
George Christian
Wheatland
William A. Davis
Davis
Methodist Leader Dr. Charles N. Church Dies at 74
Funeral services set for Saturday in Akron for Dr. Charles N. Church 74 a retired pastor and member of the Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church who died Thursday.
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Methodist
Akron
Charlies N. Church
Northeast Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Farmer dies by own action on Lima farm amid tenant change
Jacob Binkley, 87, reportedly chose death by his own hand after leaving his Lima farm of 20 years to a new tenant. Neighbors note family strain and unresolved housing issues surrounding the farm transition.
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Lima
U.P
Jacob Binkley
Romania forms new non political cabinet under king
In Bucharest King Carol named a new government at 1 a m after the previous anti Jewish cabinet resigned. The cabinet is non political and includes seven former prime ministers and leaders from Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, aiming to unite varied affiliations.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Octavian Goga
Israel
Carol
Miron Cristea
Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church
Justice Butler's Son Dies After Train Accident
Kelvin Butler 31 son of Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler died from injuries after falling from a speeding Pennsylvania Railroad limited train near Devil's Curve Pennsylvnia. He was hurt yesterday when he fell through a Pullman lavatory window at 50 miles an hour.
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Greensburg
U.P
Kelvin Butler
United States Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
Butler
St. Paul
Minn
Pennsylvania Railroad Limited
Penn
Roosevelt Seeks War Budget Increase in 1939 Request
President Roosevelt asked Congress to add 16.88 million dollars to the war department portion of the 1939 budget, boosting an initial request around 500 million dollars. The move was disclosed today in Washington.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
War Department
Final Action On Legality Is Awaited
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals stayed minimum coal prices set Dec 16 by the National Bituminous Coal Commission for 209 railroads and two mining firms. The court halted application pending final review, ruling only that relief be considered while legality is determined. Cleveland and others seek similar stays pending court action and hearings.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Charles Hosford
Commission
Coal Commission
Coal Agency
Cleveland
District Court
Circuit Court
Harold N. Stephens
Justin Miller
John Edgerton
New York
Coal Come
Theft Suspect Eludes Posse in Ohio Counties
Eugene Wendle, an alleged copper thief, evaded a multi county posse from Meigs Hocking and Perry while deputies pursued him near Roush's Lake Forest Run area. His brother William Wendle was captured nearby and wounded shoulder injury described as not serious.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Hocking
Perry
Eugene Wendle
William E. Wendle
Hank Young
Wendle
Forest Run
Roush’s Lake
William Wendle
New Lexington
Congressional Probe of Labor Board Abandoned in Senate Vote
Washington steady as Senate Judiciary Subcommittee unanimously rejects Sen. Burke inquiry into the National Labor Relations Board ending the congressional probe.
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Congressional Probe of Labor Board
Washington
Congressional Investigation
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Judiciary
Edward R. Burke
Keep Missus in Kitchen Campaign Threatened
Columbus report on Rep. Patrick J. Dunn promoting a bill to bar couples from government payrolls. He argues the move would curb private sector competition, fight unemployment, and defend against communism while criticizing other candidates for governor.
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Columbus
Patrick J. Dunn
Ireland
Luscarawas
House
Dunn
General Assembly
America
Ecole Gen
Keepig
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