F.D. Prompted by Roosevelts Message on Bonus Bill
The piece reports that administration readers and soldiers bonus supporters urge President Roosevelt to address Congress on the bonus legislation. It notes a potential House defeat was avoided by Speaker Rainey and mentions mixed sentiment among members, including a New Lexington delegation and Republican observers, with voting patterns compared to 1932.
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Congress
Roosevelt
House
T Rainey
New Lexington
Jenkins
Postmaster General Walter Denounces Air Mail Spying Allegations
Article reports Walter, Postmaster General, confronting Senate charges of spying on air mail operations. He cites suspicions of letter openings at his New York office and mentions ongoing Hoover administration probe into alleged contracting wrongdoings. The inquiry references three letters from Washington received in New York and released before delivery.
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U.P
Walter
Senate
New York
Ae Mai
Com
Hoover Administration
Hiring of former federal agents overriden by unit
Congressmen shifted the hiring of former prohibition agents as the new unit is formed. The division under the Internal Revenue Bureau in Ohio began operations with several former agents notified of their status and to receive final pay.
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U. Pp
Revenue Bureau
Ohio
Sents
Rescue Teams Move to Save Marooned Crew in Arctic
Rescue teams press toward Cape Wellen to save marooned crew and 24 children amid harsh arctic winter conditions. The effort involves Dog from Cape Wellen and coastal authorities coordinating in severe weather.
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Cape Wellen
Marite mi
Snow blanketing the East halts shipping across region
A blizzard paralyzed transport from Maine to Virginia, with 33 deaths linked to the storm. Fifteen hundred vessels rescued. 34,000 shovelers mobilized in New York as Coast Guard units logged a 36 hour rescue effort. An execution in Massachusetts was postponed due to storm disruptions.
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New York
Metropolitan
Brookville
New England
New York State
Maine
Virginia Capes
Florida
Coast Guard
Fear of relief load rise if PWA funding fails
Columbus Feb 21 Officials warn Ohio relief burdens would surge if Congress withholds further PWA appropriations. State PWA engineer Boulay notes only 8.37 million allocated so far, about 1 percent of 3.3 billion, limiting work to roughly six weeks under CWA payrolls. Municipal utility project funding is blocked by federal officials citing high equipment costs and little labor impact.
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Columbus
Ohio
Congress
Public Works Administration
PWA
L. A. Boulay
CWA
Boulay
Middleport
Former Boxer Admits Death Of Young Girl
Boston report says Francis Vigneau 23 alias Francis E Bennett confessed to killing Victoria David a 9 year old schoolgirl after alleged attacks. Police guard him amid threats of lynching following hours of questioning. Victim found beaten in a Somerville area automobile parking space near Chinatown.
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Boston
U.P
Navy
Victoria David
Francis Vigneau
Francis E
Colorado
Somerville
Victoria
Chinatown
Canadian Liquor May Be Shipped to April 1
Washington dispatch reports that federal regulations easing imports of Canadian rye and Bourbon whiskey have been extended to April 1, delaying a potential liquor shortage for Ohio when state stores open next month.
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Washington
U.R
Joseph H. Choate
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Canada
Western Publisher Is Attacked by Kidnapper
CHICAGO Feb 21 Unsuccessful attempt to kidnap E P Adler prominent mid western newspaper publisher occurred as he left a hotel meeting of the Inland Press Association Adler broke away and returned with police who arrested a suspect and took him into custody.
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Chicago
E. P. Adler
Inland Press Association
Adler
Will Sings Praises of Two Daring Pilots Defying Weather
New York report praises Lt. Wackwits of the U S Army and pilot Maurice Mara for landing in Newark after an all night flight amid severe weather. The open cockpit flyer from Cleveland and the other plane were among the day’s few to land as heavy snow closed routes. A note of humor compares cold to the New York Stock Exchange dice games.
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New York
California
Cleveland
Newark
Wackwits
U. S. Army
Maurice Mara
United
Union Aims to Enlist All Captive Mines in Drive
United Mine Workers of America sharpened plans for a nationwide drive to extend membership to all captive coal mines. Optimism followed contracts with H. C. Frick Coke Company and United States Steel unit, acknowledging UMWA leaders as elected reps for workers at four Frick mines. National Mining Company and Sharon Coal and Limestone Company also signed similar pacts covering several mines.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Ths
H. C. Frick Coke Company
United States Steel
Frick Company
Frick
National Mining Company
Sharon Coal and Limestone Company
Three Treated for Injuries After Gallipolis Accident
Gallipolis February 21 Three men received minor injuries in an automobile accident Tuesday night at Holzer Hospital Howard Johnson 21 Cheshire and Lee Abbott 33 Addison were treated for head and arm injuries both employed by Trowine Brothers Inc A piece of steel was removed from the eye of F P Feola Gallipolis Ferry W Va an employee of the Dean Construction Company at Dam 26
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Holzer Hospital
Howard Johnson
Cheshire
Lee Abbott
Addison
Trowine Brothers, Inc
F. P. Feola
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Dean Construction Company
Dam
Man Fails at Death by Own Action in Gas Attempt
Cleveland date line reports Robert Kunsten attempted death by inhaling illuminating gas. He locked himself in a room, opened gas jets, and an explosion followed after he stepped on a match. He survived and is hospitalized with burns.
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Cleveland
R.robert Kunsten
Kunsten
Post Office To Observe Washington's Birthday
Athens Post Office will close windows and cancel carrier and rural deliveries tomorrow in observance of Washington's Birthday. Outgoing mail will still be dispatched on the regular weekly schedule, per Postmaster Harry McKinstry's announcement.
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Post Office
Washington
Athens
Harry McKinstry
CWA Schedules Rural Ohio Reductions for Friday
Ohio CWA cuts totaling 15,500 workers will take effect Friday February 23 in rural counties including Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs and Perry with Athens County losing 1 560 workers and no state wide industrial county reductions yet.
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Ohio
Columbus
Athens County
Gallia County
Hocking County
Meigs County
Perry County
Washington
Drys Debate Dixon's Plan
In Columbus on February 21 Edward T. Dixon head of the Ohio Control Board proposes that dry organizations cover liquor order form costs and print temperance messages on the reverse side. S&S P. McNaught of the anti saloon league will study its feasibility while Viola D Romans of the WCTU says she will not compromise.
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Columbus
U.S
Ohio Control Board
Edward T. Dixon
Liquor Board
S&s P
Open Season on Quail Suggested for State
Ohio Conservation Council and the Ohio League of Sportsmen met in Columbus to discuss quail status. They weighed removing quail from the songbird list to help propagation funding and avoid potential extinction, amid debate over covey disruption and hunting license funds.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Council
Ohio League of Sportsmen
Ohio
Lie Detector May Be Used in Haggard Trial
Columbus prosecutors may employ a lie detector in questioning suspected killer Eunice Haggard. Prosecutor Donald J. Hoskins said the device would be demonstrated at a crime school March 19 and 20, noting previous use in the case with no success.
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Columbus
U.P
Donald J. Hoskins
Eunice Haggard
Hoskins
Haggard
Jenkins Likely Run for Ohio Governor Faces Brown Uncertainty
Reports from Columbus indicate Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins has not abandoned a gubernatorial bid. Brown is fading after a primary loss and lack of funding, while Cleveland figures Daniel Morgan and John Biden lead as top rivals with Jenkins seen as strong in the south.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Columbus Point
Daniel Morgan
Cleveland
John Biden
State Bar Association
The
American Legion
Nelson Boarka
Akron
Postage Issue Halts Tax Bill Debate In Congress
Washington February 21 House Republicans challenge a $254 million tax revision bill with a two cent postage proposal. The plan would restore the two cent rate on first class mail by July 1, 1935, threatening passage unless amended. Majority leaders expect defeat of the motion, citing Roosevelt's budget urging continuation of the three cent rate.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Predict Coal Prices Will Rise on Monday
Columbus Feb 21 predicted retail coal price increases in Ohio when the NRA code for the Retail Coal Industry takes effect Feb 26. Paul Timmerman Lima president of the conference said that cut throat competition will be eliminated.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
NRA
Paul Timmerman
Lima
Railroad wage talks set to open March 15
Washington February 21 The railroad wage question will be taken up in discussions beginning March 15 the White House was notified today.
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Washington
White House
Southeast Ohio Young People Convention Opens In Athens
About 390 youths from Gallipolis Coolville Chillicothe Goshen Run Lancaster Logan Haydenville New Lexington Newark Corning Guouster Chauncey The Plains and nearby areas gather in Athens for the Church of God convention. The event uses the First Methodist Episcopal Church due to space limits with an all day program starting at 9 30 a m featuring Gallipolis leaders and Rev W D Oldham of Lima as guest speaker.
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Coolville
Chillicothe
Goshen Run
Lancaster, Logan, Haydenville
New Lexington
Newark
Corning, Giouster, Chauncey, the Plaine
Athens
First Methodist Episcopal Church
College Street
Gallipolis
W. D. Oldham
Church of God In
Lima
Needy in Athens County to share federal food relief
More than 2 000 needy families in Athens County will receive beef and butter from the federal government. About 2000 pounds of beef and four to five thousand pounds of butter will be distributed. Arrangements with grocers statewide will handle the foods for the relief office under C. A. Porter. The beef comes in varied package sizes and each family gets at most one package. butter is distributed in one to six pound bundles based on dependents. Smith oversees the effort aiming for systematic relief food distribution.
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Athens County
Theodore H Smith
C. A. Porter
Foods Distribution
Smith
CWA
Athens youths confess to stealing three cars
Police say a trio of Athens youths confessed to taking three cars reported missing in recent days. Officers found them in a car belonging to C. B. Poston at 90 Mill Street near the Post Office around 4:30 Tuesday after a 1:30 theft. The trio also took cars belonging to Stanley Griffin and FP Nichols last week and Monday. All three vehicles were recovered and the boys are held to probate court.
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E. 8
Finsterwald
Bradfield
Poston
Mill Street
Stanley Griffin
FP. O. Nichols
May Avenue
Aji
Dairymen of County Fined For Bottle Violations
Athens County dairy men were fined after pleading guilty to using milk bottles registered by others. Magistrate Carl P. Porter imposed $10 fines and costs plus 5 cents per bottle. those named include Carl Gwinn Cecil Gwinn Edward Banks Hanning D M Sawyer The Bennett Company M E Duckler and others with varying bottles charged by Frank Walker and H J Swaim of the state dairy division.
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Athens County
Carl P. Porter
Frank Walker
H. J. Swaim
Dairy Division
State Department of Agriculture
Carl Gwinn
Costes
H. 8 .Hanning
Cecil Gwinn
Edward Banks
D. M. Sawyer
The
Bennett Company
M. E. Duckler
Carey Removed From Leadership of Dodgers
Max Carey has been notified of his removal as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers by club owner Judge Steve McKeever. No successor named yet, but Dodgers coach Casey Stengel has been summoned to New York and is en route from Glendale, with the job described as his if he wants it.
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New York
U.P
Max Carey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Steve McKeever
Robert Quinn
Quinn
Charlies D
Casey” Stengel
Dodgers
Glendale
Calif
Ohio farmers sign up 90 percent for hog reduction program
Columbus February 21 D B Myers state agent in charge of farm adjustment announced that approximately 90 percent of Ohio farmers had signed up under the federal hog reduction program.
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Columbus
Myers
Ohio
Washington's Birthday Not A Legal Holiday For CWA Workers
T H Smith administrator announces Washington's Birthday will not be a legal holiday for CWA workers. Work will proceed on all projects as planned according to the statement.
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Washington
CWA
T. H. Smith
Woman Leaps To Death From Bank Building
An unidentified woman leapt seven floors to her death from the Provident Bank Building in Cincinnati on February 21. Police investigated the fatal incident and named the victim not yet identified.
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Cincinnati
Provident Bank Bulidire
Advisory Council backs banking aid to lift recovery drive
Federal Advisory Council members report large improvement in business and rising bank deposits as they urge modifying the Securities Act of 1933 to reopen capital markets and boost funding for recovery. They propose direct long term loans via intermediate credit banks to small firms and note plans to open credit to spur employment.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Advisory Council
Federal Reserve
Eugene R. Black
Advisory Council
Black
Federal Reserve Bank
Ama
Veteran Salesman of Gallipolis Is Stricken
Bert Sayre a longtime salesman for the Henking Bovie Company died in White Cross Hospital Columbus after a heart ailment. He had worked for a wholesale grocery firm until illness prevented him. He left a wife and two daughters and was a native of Letart Falls.
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Gallipolis
Bert Sayre
Henking Bovie Company
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Bayre
Letart Falls
Expect Developments At Coal Code Meeting
Washington Feb 21 Definite developments in the Anthrasite Coal Code Conference were predicted by recovery administration authorities. All parties agreed there will be no change in wage scales in the contract between operators and United Mine Workers of America. Wages are uniformly high and have stayed steady through the industry downturn.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
United Mine Workers of America
Teenage bride recalls two marriages in dreamlike divorce suit
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Feb 21 Helen Kubinski 17 recounts two marriages to John Kubinski in two months as “something that happened in a dream” in a divorce suit filed today. Adds both ceremonies were recalled oddly during testimony.
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ST. Clairsville
Helen Kubinski
John Kubinski
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