Bricker Era Threatens Ohio Democratic Appointments
In Columbus the 93rd Ohio General Assembly opens amid severe financial strains and partisan clashes. Republicans, with 100 of 136 House seats and 27 of 35 Senate seats, push for ripper legislation to oust Democrats, confront school funding deficits, liquor revenue declines, and old age pension instability while planning civil service and tax reforms.
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Columbus
93Rd General Assembly
John W. Bricker
Senate
William McCulloch
Miami
House
J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
Paul P. Yoder
Frank Whittemore
Summit
Michael J. Feighan
Cuyahoga
Keith Lawrence
Cleveland
Job Insurance Commission
Bricker
Tax Commissions
Lawrence
New York
School Foundation
Old Age Pension Fund
General Revenue Fund
Five Escaped Convicts Roam Lima State Hospital Grounds
Five inmates of the Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane escaped after threatening the superintendent with a hatchet and razor. Named defendants include Willard Brucks of Cincinnati and Frank Haines of Columbus. They fled in a Ford coupe with Ohio license 621-YN after disarming guards and seizing the day supervisor.
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Lima
Lima State Hospital
Willard Brucks
Cincinnati
William Blatz
Cleveland
Frank Haines
Columbus
Marion Pierce
Indianapolis
Russell Nickels
West Virginia
Jerry Wilcox
Ohio
Wilcox
Haines
Paul Craig
Craig
Weirton Steel Hearing Heads to Final Phase
In Pittsburgh two independent unions in the Weirton Steel Company plans will defend themselves before the National Labor Relations Board Tuesday as the 17 month old hearing enters its final phase. The Employes Security League and the Employes Representative Plan will call witnesses to deny the Steel Workers Organizing Committee claim that the EPA and Security League are company dominated and financed.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Weirton Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Employes Security League
Employes Representative Plan
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
EPA
Security League
Funeral services for H. A. Lesley in Troy Tuesday
Funeral services will be held here Tuesday for H. A. Lesley aged 88 a longtime Troy civic and business leader. He was a Mason lodge member for more than 50 years.
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Troy
U.P
H. A. Lesley
The
Masotlic Lodge
Light Plane Cavalcade Heads South From College Park
The second annual Light Plane Cavalcade began in College Park Maryland heading south to Miami Florida with more than 500 tiny planes of varied types. The first group arrived at College Park after routes from eastern airports and the parade plans to unite in Orlando before the final leg into Miami. No casualties were reported on the first day though several aircraft strayed to side airports.
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College Park
U.P
New York
Miami
Fla
Florida
Orlando
Ousted Congressman Returns To New Congress
Rep. Arthur B. Jenks of New Hampshire rejoined the House as a member of the 76th Congress after a recount ousted him in the last session. He had predicted voters would resent the ouster and return him to office.
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Washington
Arthur B. Jenks
N. H
House
Congress
Jenks
Five New Year traffic fatalities reported in Ohio
Ohio recorded three New Year traffic deaths and two miscellaneous fatalities for a total of five. West Virginia reported no New Year fatalities.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
West Virginia
Nineteen Entombed Miners Rescued From Fire in Indiana Mine
Nineteen miners were rescued after 17 hours entombed by flames at Crown Hill Coal Mine No. 6 in Clinton Indiana. One miner Jesse Hayes died from smoke and gas. About 170 miners were below ground when the fire started from a short circuit. Rescuers used a cut route and improvised signaling to reach them through waist deep water.
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Clinton
Ind
Crown Hill
Jesse Hayes
Frank Stewart
Charge Father And Son With Feud Slaying In Butler
In Butler County Pennsylvania a New Year’s Eve feud at a Belvedere dance hall left one man dead and six wounded. Constable Thomas Callen and his son Clarence surrendered on murder charges for the shotgun slaying of Francis McKay of Tarentum, a gang leader who frequented Callen farms in Clinton Township. The incident began at a ramshackle inn where Callen’s brother rented the hall for the public dance.
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Butler
Thomas Callen
Clarence
Lee C. McCandless
Butler County
Francis McKay
Tarentum
Callen
Clinton Township
Belvedere
Income Taxes Hit New High
Treasury statistics show 1938 income tax collections on 1937 incomes totaling about 2.6 billion dollars, the highest since 1920. Individual, corporate, and partnership taxes rose from 2.585 billion in 1937, though full 1938 figures await final release.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate backs Daladier as budget approved in Paris
The French Senate gave Premier Edouard Daladier full support after a strong confidence vote. Parliament approved the 1939 budget of 66,388,600,000 francs ($1,746,000,000) before adjourning to January 10.
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Paris
U.P
Senate
Edouard Daladier
Italy
Palm Beach sportsman Harry Rosenfeld dies at 70
Palm Beach Florida report says Harry Rosenfeld age 70 a noted sportsman world traveler and bon vivant died of a heart attack Sunday. He reputedly once broke the bank at Monte Carlo.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Harry Rosenfeld
Monte Carlo
Roller skate wedding at Glouster rink shocks locals
Miss Shirley Ann Legg and Donald R. Salsberry wed Saturday at the Glouster Rink with the wedding party in roller skates. The ceremony, set to Lohengrin and songs, featured an improvised altar and a reception at the Lamborn home. The couple will reside in Glouster where the bride is graduating from Gifuster High School.
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Glouster Rink
Esta Cunningham Messenger
Glouster
Shirley Ann Legg
John Bradley
Donald R. Salsberry
Logan
Howard E. Warner
Amesville Presbyterian Church
William
Delores
Gifuster High School
Fatal Accident Ends Plan for Reconciliation
Columbus dispatch reports John G. Glockner and Mollie Glockner, ages 41 and 51, died New Year’s Eve in a car crash near Chillicothe while en route to reconcile. Their son Tony Pancake, 12, survived with bruises, and Glockner and his wife are to be buried in Iron ton and Raceland Kentucky respectively.
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Columbus
A.P
John G
Glockner
Mollie
Chillicothe
Tony Pancake
Ironton
Raceland
Franco Troops Advancing on Three Fronts
Franco forces pushed on three fronts as Generalissimo Franco declared 1939 would be decisive. Castle Vaudeuxe fell near Castellon guarding Valencia port. insurgents moved east of Madrid and toward Valencia coast. Barcelona endured weekend air raids leaving at least 47 dead and 106 injured.
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Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Vaudeuxe
Castellon
Mediterranean
Valencia
Madrid
Barcelona
Spain
Three Autos Damaged in Richland Ave Crash
Three automobiles were damaged Sunday at 1 pm when Wilson K. Baker drove south on Richland with Mrs. Francis McDonald turning from Woodlawn into Woodlawn. McDonald struck Baker, pushing his car into Leonard Snowden's parked vehicle. Damages were about 100, 0, and 35 dollars respectively. McDonald had a minor facial cut.
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Richland Ave
Woodlawn Ave
Wilson K. Baker
Richland
Francis McDonald
Woodlawn
Baker
State Highway Patrol
Leonard Snowden
Glouster
Queen and Princess Suffering From Flu in Britain
Queen Elizabeth and her daughter Princess Elizabeth both ill with influenza at Sandringham. The queen has been bedbound since Saturday and the 12 year old princess since Sunday. Eight castle staff also affected as they recover.
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Sandringham
England
U.P
Elizabeth
Noted Art Glass Worker Succumbs at Columbus
Funeral arrangements are being made for Theodore Von Greichten, 75, Columbus Art Glass worker who arrived in the United States 58 years ago from Offenbach, Germany. One of his famed works includes the windows of the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City.
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Columbus
U.P
Theodore von Greichten
Offenbach
Germany
New York City
Sunnyland Florida Special Collision Nets Shaken Georgia Tech Players
Train collision near Macomb Missouri between the Sunnyland and the Florida Special involved homebound Georgia Tech football players aboard the Sunnyland. Passengers were shaken but no details on injuries or causes provided in the readable text.
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Macomb
U.P
St. Louis
San Francisco
Sunnyland
Georgia Tech
Murphy Named Attorney General in Roosevelt Cabinet Shakeup
Former Michigan governor Frank Murphy joined the Roosevelt administration as attorney general in a post-election cabinet reshuffle. The move follows Hopkins into commerce and signals New Deal consolidation while Murphy faced opposition over labor issues, including sit-down strikes and CIO activity.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Brown
White House
James A. Farley
Cordell Hall
WPA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Dies
Congress For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Chinese Oust Wang For Peace Activities
Wang Ching Wei, former Chinese premier, expelled from the Kuomintang and all posts for proposing peace with Japan. Beijing government orders arrest and extreme punishment for rebels believed to back Wang in a purge within the government.
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Chungking
China
U.P
Wang Ching-Wei
Kuomintang Party
Japan
Wang
Britain Rewards Those Who Averted Conflict
London honors list awards Britons who aided during the September war crisis in the New Year’s honors. The skimpiest in years lists four new peers all barons with no women among high honors.
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London
George VI
$45 Pension Urged For Jobless Over 60
Washington report says Rep Louis Ludlow urged a monthly $45 pension for unemployed persons over 60 without need testing. He blasted existing old age pensions as inadequate noting Mississippi averages about $4.75 and other states run to low levels.
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Washington
UPI
Louis Ludlow
Ind
Ludlow
Mississippi
Landon Sees Pan American Conference Boosting Regional Ties
Former Gov Alf Landon, a Pan-American Conference delegate, said Lima Peru inspired new confidence and friendship among Western Hemisphere nations. He noted the gathering drew attention to problems facing American states.
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Topeka
Kans
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Lima
Peru
Landon
Americas
Stove Coals Ignite Dress Claim Life Of Woman
MT. STERLING funeral services were held today for Mrs. Jane Goodler a 76 year old woman who died from burns after her dress caught fire when a coal fell from a stove at her home.
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MT. Sterling
U.P
Jane Goodler
Ohio Churches Map Program For New Year
The rural and convention program committees of the Ohio Council of Churches will meet in Columbus to outline key council work for 1939. They will finalize plans for the 20th annual Ohio Pastor's convention January 30 to February 2 led by Rev. Clarence H. La Rue. Reports and proposals include expanded rural programs, youth conferences with Ohio State University, short courses for rural pastors at Camp Ohio, and regional talks on the consumer cooperative movement.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Council of Churches
Clarence H. la Rue
Canton
W. H. Thompson
Italy Scoffs at French Threat
Fascist circles in Rome discounted Andre Fran cois Poncet's claim France would fight to defend her colonies. They said the ambassador's remarks echoed defiant phrases from Daladier and Bonnet, and asserted Italy would press what it regards as just claims despite the warning.
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Rome
Andre Francois Poncet
France
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Italy
Thieves Steal $50,000 in Antiques from Louis XIV Firm
Five thieves abducted a Louis XIV Antique Company employee and stole jewels and other articles valued at $50,000 in a New York heist. Police today pursued the suspects, described as art object enthusiasts with refined tastes.
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New York
U.P
Louis XIV Antique Company
Nationalists Advance Toward Sea After Taking Juncosa
Spanish Nationalists report capture of Juncosa on the southern front and continued push eastward toward the sea as headquarters announced from Burgos.
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Burgos
Spain
U.P
Juncosa
Harmony Is Objective of New Dealers
The 76th Congress opens with Democrats seeking party unity to counter GOP gains. Leaders plan to reelect Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leader Rayburn. Barkley Lewis and Minton named in the Senate. A report on relief funds and campaigns looms as Congress convenes with foreign policy and domestic jobs on the agenda.
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Washington .I.f
Congress
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Senate Democrats
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Sen
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Senate
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
GOP
Martin
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
John Nance Garner
Senate Committee
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Jobless Compensation Payments Are Lower
The Social Security Board reports a 21 percent drop in unemployment compensation paid by states in November compared with October. Twenty of 29 states paying benefits show reductions from 2.1 percent in Maryland to almost 36 percent in Michigan.
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Washington
Social Security Board Today
Maryland
Michigan
Vandenburg Won't Oppose Murphy for Attorney General
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan said he does not expect to oppose the confirmation of Frank Murphy as attorney general. He criticized Murphy's political views but endorsed the President's wide latitude in selecting cabinet members and praised Murphy's personal qualities.
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Washington
U.P
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Vandenberg
Holiday Death Toll Nears 300 With Seven in Family Dying
News recounts New Year holiday fatalities as the toll climbs toward 300 across the US. The piece notes 242 violent deaths so far from car, rail, air crashes, fires, and other incidents, with seven family members among the victims in Greenville and multiple incidents in Illinois New York California Alabama and Maine.
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New York
U.P
Illinois
California
Alabama
Greenville
Roanoke
Runford
Falls View
Fort Madison
Henry Steil
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