Governor Not to Offer New Tax Program
Sources say Gov. Davey will not back a new tax plan without Legislature origin. House leaders expect a special committee to report by March 15 with possible half cent gasoline tax and higher admissions tax. The administration seeks a BOI relief bill to let counties levy taxes on occupations and services.
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AMBUS
U.P
Reso
Davey
General Assembly
House
Frank Uible
Rep. Y Huml
Cuyahoga
House Taxation
High School Strikers Return After Sit Down
Mogadore High School students ended a sit-down strike, working to make up for a lost day. Principal O. G. Somers said the board may ask voters to re-submit a $70,000 bond issue for a new school building, defeated this week, which sparked the strike.
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AKRON
U.P
Mogadore
O. G. Somers
Board of Education
Farnsworth Sentenced In Espionage Case
John 8 Farnsworth, former U S Navy officer, was sentenced by Judge James M Proctor to four to twelve years in prison for conspiring to pass American naval information to Japan. The judge called the espionage a persistent plot carried on by Farnsworth and foreign emissaries and warned the acts could have been treason if war existed.
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James M. Proctor
Japan
Deadlock in New York coal wage talks continues
United Mine Workers press for a 1200 dollar annual minimum wage for 400000 Appalachian members as talks with operators stall over a 30 hour week and 200 days minimum. John L. Lewis and Philip Murray led the miners’ committee at a policy meeting with 125 members.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Appala
Erators’ Scale Committee
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
UMW
Aircraft Plant To Reopen After Sit-Down Strike
Santa Monica California officials prepared to reopen the Douglas Aircraft plant as 400 sit down strikers awaited arraignment for forcible entry and detainer. Homer Martin arrived to lead the UAW strike while police and deputies surrounded the plant amid threats of arson and violence. The sit-down ended peacefully after Dr Town Nylander urged evacuation and NLRB action would address union discrimination claims in March.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Towne Nylander
National Labor Relations Board
Nylander
Douglas Corporation
Wagner
Heartbalm Seeker Is Charged With Bigamy
Peggy Garcia, a Virginia born woman linked to violinist David Rubinoff, faces a bigamy action after a suit she pursued over a claimed $500,000 romance was dismissed. A frail woman alleged she married Garcia's husband years before Garcia knew of him, leading to Garcia’s arrest as a defendant.
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New York
Peggy Garcia
David Rubinoff
Rubinoff
Miss Garcia
State relief warrants mailed for January and February 1937
Two thirds of the state relief warrants for January and February 1937 will be placed in the mails today, according to M. Ray Allison, state finance director.
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Columbus—Au
M. Ray Allison
John Adam Orth Quietly Turns 101 at Home
Kenton man John Adam Orth observed his 101st birthday anniversary at his home today saying he was feeling fine.
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Kenton
Kenton-U.p
John Adam Orth
County Cage Fans Grow Tense In Tourney Night
Fans packed the second night of the Class B County High School Basketball Tournament with rising stakes and quiet intensity. Amesville supporters traded bets on a hard fought Albany clash as veterans kept score in the smoke filled corridor while coach McVey and the Plainsmen eyed a decisive meeting with Ames Bern.
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County Cage
Ruth Taylor
Amesville
Albany
Mose
Antle
J-T
Vivian Bingman
Plains
B. P. McVey
Albany Red Men
Ames Bern
McVey
Murderess Is Granted Stay of Execution
Gov. Henry Horner commuted the death sentence of Mildred Bolton to 199 years in prison hours before her scheduled execution. The Chicago case involved the murder of her husband Joseph, with Bolton known as Marble Mildred for her calm demeanor.
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Marble Mildred’ Bolton
Chicago
U.P
Mildred
Bolton
Henry Horner
Joseph
Convict State Policeman For Courthouse Killing
Six public officials face trial in connection with the beating death of an elderly father linked to Yale history professor. Stacey Gunderman, a state policeman, was convicted of second degree murder for his role in the Uniontown courthouse killing of Frank G Monaghan, a hotel proprietor, last September. He faces 10 to 20 years.
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Somerset
U.P
Yale
Stacey Gunderman
Frank G. Monaghan
Uniontown
Portsmouth Sit-Down Strike Ends After Settlement
Sixty Vulcan Corporation employees end a two day sit down strike after City Manager Frank Sheehan reaches a settlement. Workers had remained in the plant with cots heaters and food for a month and depart after the Brotherhood of Shoe Workers votes to return to work.
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Portsmouth -Au
Vulcan Corporation
Frank Sheehan
Brotherhood of Shoe Workers
Auto License Tags Go on Sale Monday
Ohio 1937 license plates will go on sale in all counties Monday. State registrar Frank West announced the plates may be used on and after March 10 with mandatory use beginning April 1.
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Columbubay
Ohio
Frank West
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Roosevelt to broadcast fireside talk March 9
The Senate quickly passed a House-approved bill for voluntary retirement on full pay for Supreme Court justices at age 79. President Roosevelt announced a nation-wide fireside radio address on March 9 about the State of the Nation, likely tied to his judiciary reform plans as Senate hearings begin.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt signals push for housing and coal industry regulation
President Roosevelt announced plans to seek two major laws this session: low cost housing and regulation of the soft coal industry. He stated the need to act on coal without detailing proposals.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Debate On Supreme Court Retirement Plan And Court Enlargement
The White House backs a bill for voluntary Supreme Court retirement at full pay for justices at age 70, as Senate debate opens. A Borah constitutional amendment proposal opposes court invalidation of state laws under due process. Roosevelt links labor reform to court reorganization and withholds his labor message for a month.
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White House
Senate
House
Supreme Court
William E. Borah
Ida
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
United Press
Committee For Industrial Organization
The
American Federation of Labor
Consumers’ Groups
Behrens Couple Deliberate Name For Their Baby
In Peoria or nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Behrens decide not to name their daughter after a grandparent. The baby has twelve great grandparents in the family.
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Peka
Kan
U.P
Perry Behrens
Papa Reconciled to Quins Guardianship
Oliva Dionne father of the quintuplets says Ontario government guardianship is a good thing. The quins have earned 543000 so far from contracts signed by guardians and face at least 200000 more in the next two years. Welfare Minister David Croll announced the guardianship in the Ontario Legislature.
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Callander
U.P
Oliva Dionne
Ontario
David Croll
Steel Company Opens Parley With Workers
Pittsburg U P Ernest T Weir said National Steel Corporation has begun negotiations with employee representatives for a wage increase. He voiced opposition to a 40 hour week for steel, called labor relations satisfactory, and rejected a Falk Foundation reading advocating a national vertical union. He noted a move toward a better division between capital and labor.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Ralph Watkins
Falk Foundation
John L. Lewis
Convict Faces Life Sentence in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Merle Vandenbush known as Public Rat No 1 faced a life term in a federal prison for violation of the Lindbergh Kidnapping Law. G Men said they would seek his transfer to New Jersey where he is indicted for the November kidnapping of State Trooper William A Turnbull. Harry Brunette already serves life for his role. Police had captured Vandenbush and two others after seizing more than 17600 from the Northern Westchester Bank of Katonah within about a half hour.
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White Plains
N. Y.U.R
Merle Vandenbush
Wisconsin
G-Men
New Jersey
William A. Turnbull
Harry Brunette
London
Vandenbush
Westchester
Katonah
N. Y
Loyalists Lose 1000 in Surprise Madrid Battle
Nationalists struck Segovia Bridge front near Madrid wiping out an entire Loyalist battalion. Militiamen and International Brigade members suffered about 1000 killed or wounded in the surprise attack near Case de Campo Madrid suburb.
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Case de Campo
Madrid
U.P
Segovia
International Brigade
Peace Efforts Collapse as Fansteel President Balks At Negotiating
Sit-down strikers at Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation surrendered after 60 deputies used tear and knockout gas from a gas gun tower mounted on a company truck to blast through two occupied buildings. In Janesville Wisconsin, 200 UAW workers struck GM plants at Chevrolet and Fisher Body, with 2,700 GM employees sent home as plants closed.
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CIO
Waukegan
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Janesville
Wis
U.P
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
Fansteel Company
Tear gas attack on Fansteel strikers ends in clash
Sheriff L A Doolittle leads 150 deputies in a Feb 19 assault on the Fansteel plant at North Chicago against sit-down strikers who withstand two-hour tear gas siege. The clash leaves damaged windows and minimal plant harm while gas masks and improvised countermeasures surface amid ongoing peace efforts by Gov. Henry Horner.
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L. A. Doolittle
Henry Horner
Robert J. Aitchison
CIO
Doolittle
Chicago
Roscoe Freed on Bond in Ohio Mail Robbery Case
Joe Roscoe, arrested in Miami Florida and indicted in the Garrettaville Ohio mail robbery two years ago, is released on a $40,000 bond awaiting federal court hearings in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland
U.P
Joe Roscoe
Mami
Fla
Garrettaville, O
Liberty
Ohio hunters spared bells and klaxons in license bill
In Columbus the League of Ohio Sportsmen and Gov Davidy backed a 50 cent universal fishing license law effective May 27. The measure requires licensees to carry a license and may mandate a bell or klaxon on gear. amendments for larger signs were rejected by the Senate.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Senate
Frank Grubbs
Good Hope
Fayette County
Grubbs
House
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Davey
Lcense
Bureau of Wits and Measures
Columbus AFL Loses Charter After Dispute
The 30-year charter of the Columbus Federation of Labor was revoked by AFL President William Green on the recommendation of investigator Francis J. Dillon. The action followed a dispute with George De Nucci over De Nucci's ties to John L. Lewis and the CIO. De Nucci was re elected in 1936. the federation voted 39 to 7 to adopt a resolution backing the General Motors strike.
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Columbusaap
Columbus Federation of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Francis J. Dillon
National Federation
Columbus Building Trades Council
George de Nucci
Columbus Federation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
de Nucci
General Motors
George A. Strain
Building Trades Group
CIO
Hudson Strike Considered Amid Auto Union Talks
Detroit UAW discussed a possible strike call as it awaits a wage conference reply from Murray Corporation of America the third largest auto body builder. Clarence L Avery Murray president was notified by UAW director Richard Frankensteen that the union seeks a wage and discrimination conference. The union also planned to start discussions with Chrysler on Wednesday to seek recognition as sole bargaining agent for Chrysler employees.
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Detroit
U.S
Hudson Motor Car Company
United Automobile Workers
Murray Corporation of America
Clarence L. Avery
Murray Corporation
Ford
Chrysler
Richard Frankensteen
UAW
Chrysler Corporation
Actor Edward Irwin Dies After Collapse Before Play
London report says Edward Irwin 69, a longtime actor, collapsed in his Arts Theatre Club dressing room on Thursday and died shortly before the opening of the production First Night in which he would have played an aging man who collapses and dies.
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London
A.P
Edward Irwin
Arts Theater Club
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