Roosevelt's War on Congress Looms as New Deal Moves
In Washington on January 2, Democratic leaders map New Deal strategy amid a Congress poised to debate public works social security and the budget. President Roosevelt will deliver the annual message outlining broad aims with legislative action expected to start Friday night. Party leaders organize for battles over the World Court bonus and rule changes to secure administration support.
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Senate Democrats
Robinson
Ars
Senate Recans
Monopoly debate shapes early 74th Congress in Idaho focus
Washington January 2: the Federal Trade Commission report on monopoly stirs early 74th Congress. Idaho Republicans and independents push to strengthen anti monopoly measures while noting the National Industrial Record Act may favor large buyers over small, prompting calls to amend the Clayton Act and FTC rules.
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Idaho
Congress
National Industrial Record Act
Mane Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Sproule, 76, Former Southern Pacific President, Dies
Francisco January 2 Sproule age 76 longtime railroad executive who retired as president of the Southern Pacific in 1928 after a 46 year career is dead at his home in San Francisco.
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Francisco
Sproule
Southern Pacific Ny
Fur Trade Advertisements Spur Laughs in Miles City
A fragment from a Miles City notice mocks a candidate from Onutana seeking a Seattle municipal skinner job and jokes about selling fur. It mentions a furrier’s wares with a pretend classified ad selling fox scarfs for five dollars and cites W. M. Baker of Teppers Plains, Ohio.
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Miles City
Onutana
Seattle
Wash
The
Appliet
By & Frank
W. M. Baker
Teppers Plains
Ohio
Budget Commission Studies Effects of State Sales Tax
Athens County Budget Commission reviews costs for government and 22 school districts as the new sales tax funds are apportioned. State school fund per pupil is fixed. local government fund relies on needs and other revenue sources, with real estate tax rates adjusted to deficits.
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County Budget Commission
State Tax Commission
Athens
Nelsonville
J. Clyde Edmundson
Budget Commission
Iso
Observance of New Year and Cold Kill Toll Rises
New Year observance and frigid weather killed more than 100 across the nation, with over 60 automobile deaths and at least 11 fires. A Waukesha Wisconsin family mourns a three month old suffocated in a parked car. Snow cripples the Northeast as Pennsylvania reports eight traffic deaths.
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Rockies
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Donahey Plans To Be An Awfully Quiet Senator
Senator elect Vic Donahey of Ohio arrives in Washington to take office and sworn in as successor to Simeon Fess. He says he will be an awfully quiet senator and plans to rest until Thursday when Congress convenes to tackle legislative issues. Donahey previously served as pallbearer for William Jennings Bryan in 1925.
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Vic Donahey
Ohio
Simeon D. Fess
William Jennings Bryan
Donahey
Governor's Pet Dog Safe After Ramble
Happy Hooligan an Irish terrier beloved by Governor White and his daughter Mary Louise White returned to the Executive Mansion after a three day ramble through streets and alleys. Found in a theater foyer, police escorted him back and gave a bath as officers cited possible nervous itching as the cause.
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Jan
Governor White
Mary Louise White
Executive Mansion
400 Truck Drivers Strike in Cleveland
Cleveland saw a total stop in produce deliveries except to chain groceries as 400 drivers from the Commission House Drivers' Union walked out. The strike began on January 2 and disrupted local distribution.
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Cleveland
Commission House Drivers’ Union
State Tax Officials Appointed in Columbus Shakeup
Ray Martin named general supervisor of the state retail sales tax by Treasurer Harry Day. A. L. Behymer becomes controller. Charles L. Sherwood, Thomas C. Cook, and Milton J. Scott named district supervisors. Walter Thomas of Cambridge named supervisor of transportation.
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Ray Martin
Harry & Day
A. L. Behymer
Cincinnati
Charles L. Sherwood
Fremont
Thomas C. Cook
Cleveland
Milton J. Scott
Chillicothe
Walter Thomas
Cambridge
Two Killed in Clash in Saar Territory
In the Saar Basin on New Year’s Day two people were killed and at least 100 injured as Nazis clashed with opponents. Guns pitchforks hammers and iron rods were used in outbreaks across the territory, with several injuries from bullet wounds.
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Saar Basin
Jan
Saar
Thief steals giant red beacon from water tower
Police hunt a skilled thief who scales walls to steal the massive red light beacon atop a 90 foot water tower in Dodge City Kansas. The roaming suspect is described as a cut above the average second story man and fled the scene.
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Kan
Rogers Predicts Real Chamber of Commerce Weather at Rose Bowl
Beverly Hills January 1 Will Rogers says the day will be ideal for the Rose Bowl game with Chamber of Commerce weather. He anticipates Arkansas players under Alabama and Pennsylvania players under Stanford will deliver a great contest as Huey Long’s importation aims to influence the outcome.
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Alabama
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Seven Ohioans Die in New Year Traffic Mishaps
Ohio marked a New Year with seven traffic fatalities across Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Dayton and Akron over the holiday. Attorney John A. Elden, 43, a former Ohio Legion commander and Republican governor candidate, died in Cleveland incidents. The AP tally shows at least 2,017 traffic deaths in 1955 statewide, a rise from 1934 figures.
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John A. Elden
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Four Killed by Gas in Elizabeth Kitchen
Four women died in a gas accident in a New Jersey home after a cooking appliance was disconnected. Mrs Carrie Harth, her daughter Miss Carrie Harth, and sisters Miss Angelina Rode and Mrs Tillie Kuhn were found unconscious near the stove where a gas plate with a loose hose caused the leak. The county physician labeled it an accidental death.
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Lad of Six Survives Icy Fall Into Big Miami River
Dayton report says Jack Gross, 6, slipped from a river levee into the Big Miami River but clung to ice until rescuers pulled him to safety. Fireman Eldwood Rees retrieved him, with the boy seemingly uninjured after the icy plunge.
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Jan
Jack Gross
Miami
Eldwood Rees
AAA Crop Payments In Ohio Pass Million
Ohio farmers in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program have received 1,263,853 in second installment payments. By counties, Dec. 3 totals show Athens 8,024 Gallia 2,745 Vinton 82,540 and other counties listed in the AAA release.
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Vinton
Hudson Boy Sentenced for Extortion in Athens Case
Harry Hudson, 22, of 31 Second Street Athens, was sentenced to the Ohio State Reformatory for Men at Mansfield by Judge C F Rowland after pleading guilty to writing extortion letters last May to W H Logan, Athens businessman, threatening his life. The judge stressed a firm penalty for the good of society, noting Hudson's background and prior good character.
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Athens County Common Pleas
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W. H. Logan
Hudson
Rowland
Common Pleas
Home Lighting Contest Winners Named in Athens
William Whyte won the Christmas Home Lighting Contest sponsored by the American Legion Post in Athens. Thirty-two homes entered. prizes went to Trautwein, Connett, Beasley, Good, Silas, Beasley, Hess, Clara and Amy Weiher, and Warren McClure. Judges included William Berry, John Taylor, and Ruth Peters.
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Lancaster Street
Athens
M. C. Morrison
K. T. Crosaen
American Legion
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Marietta Avenue
William Connett
East State Street
Carl Beasley
Utah Place
P. F. Good
Strathmore Boulevard
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Highland Avenue
F. J. Beasley
Grandview Heights
RK. C. Hess
Morrin Avenue
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Amy Weiher
Santa Claus
Willam J. Berry
General Electric Co
Columbus
John Taylor
Monongahela-West Penn Power Co
Parkersburg
Ruth Peters
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Roosevelt Jr Sees Car Crash Escape No Injury
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr son of the President was in a New Year morning automobile crash near Wayne. The other driver Edward Newman 24 of Radnor was cut and bruised. Roosevelt Jr was arraigned before Justice Howard C Harbison and released on his own recognizance for a hearing January 15.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Wayne
Edward Newman
Radnor
Justice of the Peace
Howard C. Harbison
Trial To Enrich Flemington During Hauptmann Court
A Flemington report notes the Hauptmann trial will last four to six weeks with about 700 visitors daily spending estimated at 10 dollars each. Total local impact could reach 294 thousand dollars if the trial extends to six weeks, affecting a community of 1700 residents.
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Jassie Ready for Ordeal of Kidnap Trial
Dr. John F Condon, 74, says testifying for New Jersey in Hauptmann’s Lindbergh kidnapping case will be a dreadful but worthwhile task. He declines to state guilt or innocence and hints he may reveal in court whether Hauptmann is the man he entrusted $10,000 ransom to.
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New York
John F Condon
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Jatsie
Hauptmann
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Condon
Death Toll of Game Is Three
In Bakersfield California Berton Golding age 28 and his fiancee Mise Nina McLean were killed when their car collided with a truck on the way to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. A spectator, Dr Jona C. Frye retired Presbyterian minister and Pacific Coast secretary of the board of pensions for the Presbyterian Church in the United States, collapsed and died in the stands during the Stanford Alabama game.
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Foreign Photographer Leaves St. Petersburg
A man who claimed to be Yoshio Matauda a Japanese naval officer was found photographing the waterfront in St. Petersburg Florida and left by train for New York after federal officers clarified his status. He had remained with an agent while questioned to verify entry legality.
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Yoshio Matauda
New York
B. Hopkins
Tampa
Hauptmann Trial Opens as Lindbergh Bystander Observes
In Flemington New Jersey January 2 1935 Bruno Richard Hauptmann faces capital murder trial. Jurors are questioned and sworn with 22 veniremen, four accepted. Colonel Lindbergh sits at the prosecution table as tense courtroom proceedings begin under Justice Trenchard.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Veniremen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mrs. Lindbergh
Anna Hauptmann
Bronx
Mannfried
Thomas W Trenchard
Lindbergh
Charlee A. Lindbergh
Famosa
Lindy
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Hauptmann
David T. Wilents
Jaunty
Dapper
Edward Reilly
Justice Trenchard
Snowplows Free Perilous Highway Snow Line
Snowplows cleared a four mile line of buses and cars from snowdrifts up to 12 feet high near Little Falls New York. One bus with 60 aboard was paralyzed since 11 p.m. A dozen miles north four men marooned in a wrecked air liner were rescued after three nights. Water overflow roared down the valley flooding the state route between Buffalo and Albany.
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N. Y
Watsr Hievard
Buffalo
Bonus Means S700,900.48 for Athens County Veterans
Ex service men in Athens County would receive 700 900 48 if Congress approves immediate payment of adjusted compensation certificates. M C Morrison reports about 400 000 would go to men in Athens City for debt relief home improvements clothing and medical needs. C J Vaniuit and E L Gaumer will speak at the season meeting at 7 30 tonight at their hall.
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Athens County
M. C. Morrison
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Athens City
Morrison
Fxx
C. J. Vaniuit
CCC
E L. Gaumer
Athens
First Night of 1935 Marked by Chill in Athena District
The first night of 1935 brought a bitter chill as the thermometer fell to 17 above zero in the Athena District. By midday the temperature rose to 4 above zero with bright sun, the highest reading yesterday. December records show three clear days, nine partly cloudy, and 1.4 inches of precipitation.
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Athena
C. N. France
Athens County
Latvian consul-general expelled from Russia
Moscow reports that George Rissenicke the Latvian consul-general to Leningrad has been expelled from Russia. The move was confirmed today and details were not immediately disclosed.
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George Rissenicke
Leningrad
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