Inroads urged on old cut at per cent wages
Roosevelt and railroad leaders sought extensions to a 10 percent wage cut for 12 months as rail labor heads toward a possible strike. The move follows a broader push to curb costs amid competition and a push to return to profitability through reduced payrolls and improved freight rates. Kansas City Southern rail workers threaten statewide action against a revised schedule.
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Ngton
Roosevelt
Diet
Emg
Rosevelt
Ney
U.P
Investment Market Revival Sought by Board and NRA
Officials push to reopen an investment market to attract dollars into factories rails and mills. They aim to spur credit extension and employment by mobilizing investors and restoring the flow of capital to business activities.
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NRA
State’s ambitious program outlined in brief notice
Feby 8 entry notes a state initiative titled Otay Project detailing aims and scope. It mentions government involvement and expected milestones, with emphasis on regional impact and administrative steps to be taken.
Peden Ends Parleys With Indiana Staff
Ohio University football fans ease as Don Peden ends negotiations with Indiana University. Indiana Athletic Director Z G Clevenger confirms Peden not a candidate, following Peden letter outlining terms. No Ohio State contact suggests he is not a contender there.
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Peden
Indiana
Bobcat
Indiana University
Ohio State
Ment
Z. G. Clevenger
Clevenger
Fascist Leaders Regain Lead in Austria After Revolt
Vienna reports a four day revolt ends with Socialists crushed and Dollfuss dictating under Starhemberg. About 1000 Socialist dead. 2000 Socialists jailed. two leaders hanged. Nazis unreconciled await chance to seize power as government shows mercy.
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von Starhemberg
Vienna
U.P
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Ernst von Starhemberg
Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Ohioan Seeks Federal Vote For Insurance
Thomas J. Donnelly, secretary of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, urged Congress to pass the Wagner-Lewis Bill creating a unified federal unemployment insurance system. He noted broad Ohio support after a favorable state House vote and said the federal plan would impose about five percent payroll tax on most employers, with exemptions for small firms and certain classes.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
Thomas J. Donnelly
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Donnelly
House of Representatives
Columbus
Senate
House
Two Meigs Residents Die Late Thursday
Sylvia Ward aged 30 died at home in Syracuse leaving husband Earl Ward and parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lowry of Chauncey. Howard English aged 52 died at home in Upper Pomeroy leaving four children and a wife. Funeral services set for Sunday with burials at local cemeteries.
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Pomeroy
Sylvia Ward
Syracuse
Earl Ward
Thomas Lowry
Chauncey
Middleport Hill
Howard English
Upper Pomeroy
Gilbert
Dale
Portsmouth
Anna
Detroit
Mrs. Singers
Middleport
Rutland M. E
Miles Cemetery
Pomeroy Faces $10,000 Budget Cut Ordered by Examiner
State Examiner C. W. Booth told Pomeroy council that about $10,000 must be cut from 1934 appropriations to balance anticipated expenditures and receipts. Receipts are projected at $33,000. Bonds cannot be issued to cover certain obligations, and some outstanding bills, including water and light, cannot be paid with bonds.
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Pomeroy
C. W. Booth
Booth
Father Slaps Son to Death on Ice in River
Authorities prepared to dynamite Rock River ice to recover the body of Charles Backus Jr. found allegedly slain by his father Charles Backus Sr. A written confession, alleged to be by the father, and a forced family cover story of kidnapping are reported as investigators probe the death in Illinois.
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Rockford, Iil
Rock River
Charles Backus
Backus
Airhe
Employment In U S Gains Across Industrial Centers
New York report shows manufacturing and non manufacturing employment up 2,387,000 since March 1 1933 with weekly payrolls up 60.2 million. The cost of living index rose to 135 on Dec 1 1933 from 132.1 a year earlier. New York State payrolls up 29 percent, 18.6 percent higher overall.
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New York
U.S
United Press
United States
Labor Department
Washington
New York State
Balloons Reach Metropolis in Stratosphere Study
The first of 40 sounding balloons released in St. Louis for stratosphere weather research was found in Metropolis Illinois over 100 miles away, authorities report.
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ST. Louis
Metropolis
Hit Skip Victim Killed in Columbus
In Columbus on February 16 Frank Ci Huling 51 manager of the Seneca Hotel was struck and killed by an unidentified motorist.
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Columbus
Frank Ci Huling
Seneca
Will Rogers Urges F D R to Bar Foreign Envoys
Beverly Hills note from Will Rogers mocks public diplomacy anent Mussolini Hitler and the Austrian border. He advises President Roosevelt to shut the door to foreign ambassadors and send a blunt message about domestic resolve.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mussolini
Hitler
England
France
Japan
Russia
Franklin D
Will Rogers
Kimberly Man Shot After Yard Fight in Nelsonville
Albert Brown 28 Kimberly in fair condition after a fight with Carl Lauderbach 35 Kimberly. Lauderbach intoxicated at his home was arrested on a charge to be filed pending developments. Brown reportedly shot in the back near a yard altercation and hospitalized after X rays.
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Nelsonville
Albert Brown
Kimberly
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Carl Lauderbach
George Bateman
Jaiis
Brown
Lauderbach
Bateman
Age Brown
J. M
W. H. Hyde
Miles Brooks
School relief funds approved for Athens County teachers
Ohio Legislature authorized borrowing of about 190000 to pay salaries and maintenance for Athens County school staff up to Jan 1 with 5 percent notes. Local districts must itemize debts and obtain state approval while statewide borrowing totals around 2600000. Notes will be repaid from a 5000000 general revenue appropriation, with more notes planned in May.
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Athens County
Ohio
Kenneth C. Ray
General Revenue
Governor Refuses To Oust Edward Hopple
Columbus February 16 Governor George White refused to remove Edward G Hopple from the chairmanship of the Public Utilities Commission after municipalities urged his dismissal over alleged pro utility leanings. He said it is clearly his duty to refuse removal on the evidence presented.
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Columbus
George White
Edward G. Hopple
Public Utilities Commission
Hopple
The
Utilities Commission
Hard Coal Boom Reported From East
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on February 16 officials say the anthracite coal industry nears peak prosperity unseen since 1928. About 100000 miners are employed with payrolls totaling ten million dollars in the next six weeks and market demand promises steady mine operation for at least that period.
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Wilkes-Barre
U.P
Veteran Miners’ Remarkable 165-Year Age duo in Chauncey Mine
Chauncey Mine No 25 hosts two elder miners Asa Blanchard age 88 and Jack Burge age 77 both leaders and load turners with more than 60 years in mining. Blanchard has not missed a day since the new contract began.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Mine No. 25
Manhattan Coal Company
Asa Blanchard
Jack Burge
Floodwood
Blanchard
Burge
Mr. Blanchard
Brown To Tell Of Mail Policy Under Hoover
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee prepared to summon former Postmaster General Walter F Brown for examination on Hoover era air mail policies. He agreed to waive immunity and said anything he states may be used in court. Brown deplored cancellation of commercial air mail contracts and will appear Monday morning.
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Brown
Hoover
Senate
Washington
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee
Walter F. Brown
Hoover Administration
Immediate Release of PWA Funds Urged
W A Stinchcomb chairman of the Ohio Public Works Administration Advisory Board urged immediate release of millions for Ohio projects. He cited that only 35 percent of approved projects have reached the contract letting stage under the government program.
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PWA
Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
W. A. Stinchcomb
Ohio Public Works Administration
Stinchcomb
Ex Cleveland Mayor Kohler Leaves Estate Near Half Million
The late Fred Kohler left an estate valued at almost 500000 dollars excluding real estate. Kohler served as Cleveland police chief from 1903 to 1913, county commissioner until 1920, mayor from 1921 to 1923, and sheriff from 1924 to 1926. His police pension was 62.50 a month.
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Cleveland
U.P
Fred Kohler
Kohler
CWA and CWS in Athens County face releases by quota
Athens County administrator Theodore H. Smith announced new state quota figures for CWA and CWS workers in the county. About 2,020 total quota with a portion released tomorrow. local payroll shows few workers on CWA and CWS projects. Smith credited merchants for support and said a purchasing office will be established to speed bill payments, with two weeks to full operation.
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CWA
CWS
Athens County
Theodore H. Smith
Ohio
Columbus
Gallia County
Hocking County
Jackson County
Meigs County
Smith
Twe
Arraign Three In Jail Break
Lima report says Charles Makiley the Dillinger gang member awaiting arraignment after jail break case. Harry Pierpont and Russell Clark refused to plead claiming improper indictment. Judge Everett entered not guilty pleas for Pierpont and Clark and set March 6 trial. Pierpont identified by Mrs. Larber as shooter in sheriff’s murder during Dillinger transfer.
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Charles Makiley
Dillinger
Jesse L. Larber
Snarting
Harry Pierpont
Russell Clark
Makiey
Larber
Everett
Pierpont
Pax payers to Fight Project in Muskingum District
Coshocton County representatives protested the Muskingum watershed conservancy district plan at a 16-judge session over a $22 590 000 federal works administration contract. Delegates oppose tax hikes to fund two dams in Coshocton to resist the project. W H Haskins of the Coshocton coal operatos association warned farmers would fight any higher levy. Work on the watershed awaits court approval of the contract.
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New
Philadelphia
U.P
Muskingum
Save Schools With Income Tax
BUCURUS Feb 16 A plea to save Ohio Schools was made here by Louis J Taber Master of the National Grange at the Seventh Annual Crawford County Institute He urged an income tax for Ohio noting politicians took a 16 per cent cut while schools were cut 40 per cent.
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Bucurus
Ohio
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Crawford County Institute
Taber
Two High School Pupils Die In Auto Accident Near North Royalton
Returning from a coasting party two high school pupils were fatally hurt when a car swerved to avoid a dog and crushed them. Edward Akins 15 and Henry Kolansky 15 were the victims with Akins dying instantly and Kolansky dying early Friday.
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North Royalton
U.P
Edward Akins
Marshal Clayton Akins
Henry Kolansky
Akins
Lloyd Bill Passed Allocates Districts to Borrow for Expenses
Columbus February 16 United Press staff writer Legislators move toward a high geared session to complete the emergency relief program and adjourn to March 6 The House advances 1934 emergency measures including bond refunding tax receivership and old age pension The Lloyd Bill authorizes district borrowing for current expenses pending further aid from the educational equalization fund The Gunesett and Pond bills receive Senate and House action and await the governor's signature
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Columbus
House
Ooeral Taxation Commission
George White
Senate
Gunesett
Lloyd
Educational Equalization Fund
Gunnett
Weekly CWA Demobilization Plan To End By May 1
Civil Works Administration officials plan a demobilization schedule to end CWA activities by May 1. About 150000 workers on federal projects were dropped last week, leaving roughly 3710000 on benefits. Weekly reductions will continue until the final dismissal, with hopes many will find public works farming or industrial jobs afterward.
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Washington
U.P
Civil Works
Hopkins
Tt Wan
CWA
Carnival Man Sought In Mystery Murder
Toledo police expected the arrest of a West Toledo carnival concessionaire to help solve the murder of Ethel Norris whose body was found stuffed in a culvert under the Dixie Highway 15 miles north of Toledo. Six women identified a man at the Safety Building as the driver who ferried them across the Michigan line, paid each ten dollars, assaulted them, and forced repayment.
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Toledo
U.P
Weat
Ethel Norris
Dixie Highway
Michigan State Line
Army planes ready for air mail route shift
Seven army planes to be used between New York and Chicago when the government takes over air mail service Monday were stationed at Cleveland airport after their first real flight from the East.
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New York
Chicago
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