Poulson seeks continuance in Ohio graft probe
Francis W. Poulson, state Democratic chairman, asked for a delay before the Senate graft investigating committee. The request was granted, citing his mother's illness. Poulson said several legal questions remain unsettled in Ohio regarding the probe. Governor Davey prepared a counterprogram and planned a speech broadcast tonight to name committee members and push for a state government investigation.
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Columbus
Francis W. Poulson
Senate
Olson
Adelaide Poulson
Ohio
James W. Metzenbaum
Poulson
Davey
Kent
House of Representatives
Verner E. Metcalf
Washington
Court OKs Public Works power loan program
The Supreme Court ruled the Public Works Administration power loan and grant plan constitutional for municipal projects. The decision signals a go ahead for 52 power projects estimated at over 80 million dollars. Justice George Sutherland delivered the ruling with Justice Hugo Black concurring in the result.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
PWA
George Sutherland
Hugo L. Black
Ex Governor White Testifies in Parole Probe
Former Ohio governor George White testified for an hour and a half before a special grand jury investigating alleged parole and pardon buying. White paroled Roy Marino, Youngstown gangster, near the end of his term. Marino was slain last August after serving 14 months of a 20 year to life sentence for bank robbery.
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Columbus
U.P
George White
Ohio
White
Roy “Happy” Marino
Youngstown
Marino
White To Testify in Parole Investigation
Former Governor George White was to testify today before a special parole grand jury in Columbus. Governor Tgvey to testify later. both invited by the attorney general in an inquiry into pardon and parole buying. each to sign a waiver of immunity from future prosecution. Fever closes schools. Westerville reopens after one week delay due to four scarlet fever cases at Longfellow School.
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Columbus
George White
Special Parole
Tgvey
Sach
Westerville
Longfellow School
New Chinese Regime Plans War to Finish
A new Chinese government under Dr. H. H. Kung vowed to finish the war against Japan, released political prisoners, intensified guerrilla warfare, and started air bombing campaigns. It emptied reformatories largely filled with Communists while Chiang Kai-Shek ceded the prime minister title but retained military power as commander in chief and head of a new national military council with control over industry and agriculture.
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Shanghai
U.P
H. H. Kung
Executive Yuan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kung
Chiang
National Military Council
Ford seeks to overturn NLRB ruling on Wagner Act charge
The Ford Motor Company filed with the National Labor Relations Board to set aside and vacate its decision accusing the firm of Wagner Act violations and to open new hearings to determine the truth of the charges. The board took the petition under advisement as Ford’s filing coincided in Detroit and Washington. The NLRB will withhold filing for enforcement before the circuit court while the petition is considered.
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Washington
LLP
Ford Motor Company Today
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Detroit
Ford
Circuit Court of Appeals
Victims of Shooting Slightly Improved at Hospital
At Sheltering Arms Hospital Vernon Conkey aged 18 and Derwood Cradlebaugh aged 23 both of Mechanicsburg are slightly improved after Saturday afternoon accidental shooting at a local filling station. Both men remain in danger as surgeons operate on kidney and intestine injuries sustained in the incident.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vernon Conkey
Derwood Cradlebaugh
Mechanicsburg
Conkey
Cradlebaugh
Ice Thinning Ties Death to Water Outlet
Cleveland area youth P Ramon Yeager 14 died after ice near Olmstead Falls skating pond weakened by a water outlet. Yeager was a high school freshman and honors student who previously escaped injury at the 1936 All-American Soapbox Derby in Akron when he was hurled into the crowd.
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Cleveland
Olmstead Falls
P. Ramon Yeager
Akron
Plan Patrolman's Funeral in Columbus
Funeral services for State Highway Patrolman Charles G. Cannon 32 Columbus will be at Holy Cross Catholic Church on Tuesday. He died after his motorcycle struck a police dog and left the road near Cedarville on New Year's Day.
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Columbus
Charles G. Cannon
Cedarville
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Unemployed Begin Filing WV Compensation Claims
West Virginia's estimated 40,000 unemployed began filing claims for unemployment compensation in 27 branch offices across the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tu.p
West Virginia
Seven Ohio students die as train hits auto
Seven students from Edgerton and Hicksville, Ohio, were killed when their car crashed through lowered crossing gates into an eastbound Mohawk train near Butler Indiana. The group, five boys and two girls, were en route to a movie and were members of Edgerton High School basketball team.
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Indiana
Butler
Ind
Ohio
O. B. Shook
Hicksville
Edgerton
New York Central Railroad
Margery Roan
Gwendolyn
Hicksville High School
New York
Chicago
Toledo
U.S. jobless total tops eight million in 1937 PWA study
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report summarized by John D. Biggers shows 7,822,912 individuals filed for unemployment and that indirect PWA work favored heavy industry, especially steel, amid debates on relief and the continuation of public works programs.
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Washington
U.P
Bureau of Labor Statistics
John D. Biggers
Public Works Administration
Congress
PWA
Treasury
Ohio Unemployment Registry Tally From Census Release
National unemployment census shows 409 687 Ohioans registered in mid November with a double check indicating 72 percent completeness. Adjusted figures considering house to house verification suggest about 495 000 unemployed prior to voluntary registration. John D Biggers, census administrator, released the figures.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
John D. Biggers
TVA Inquiry Is Proposed
Senator George W Norris introduced a joint resolution calling for a wide ranging investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The inquiry would be conducted by the Federal Trade Commission with $200,000 set aside for the effort and referred to the agriculture committee following reports of strife within TVA leadership.
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Washington
U.P
George W. Norris
Neb
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris
TVA
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Agriculture Committee
Plan Autopsy in Eighth Poison Alcohol Death
Coroner S R Gerber was to perform an autopsy on Joseph Sharks the eighth victim of poison alcohol over the New Year holiday. Seven others died after drinking antifreeze they bought for 26 cents. Victims were found in a brickyard streets and homes in northeastern Cleveland.
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Cleveland
A.P
S. R. Gerber
Joseph Sharks
Purchase of Phone Company Authorized
The State Public Utilities Commission authorized the Ohio Associated Telephone Co to purchase for 2500 all property of the Lower Salem Farmers Telephone Co The purchase will be financed by 1200 preferred stock at six percent and 260 shares of common stock at five dollars per share.
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Columbus
U.P
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Lower Salem Farmers Telephone Co
New Deal Pushes New Antitrust Statutes in Congress
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings urged Congress to harmonize anti trust laws with modern needs in his annual report. Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson backed calls for stronger statutes and criticized court interpretations of the Sherman and Clayton Acts.
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Washington-Au P
Congress
Homer S. Cummings
Cummings
New Deal
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Antitrust Division
Justice Department
Roosevelt
U S Maintains Silver Price in World Market
The Treasury will keep unchanged the price it pays for silver in the world market despite a prior domestic cut on January 1. The world price has hovered around 44 to 45 cents per ounce, according to authoritative sources.
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Washington
U.P
United States Treasury
Shier Couple Divorced After 32 Years of Marriage
Columbus report says Peter J. Shier 68 and Elizabeth J. Shier 60, both residents near Amlin and Hilliards, were divorced in 1935 and now on their second honeymoon after a lengthy marriage.
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Columbus
U.P
Peter J. Shier
Amlin
Elizabeth J. Shier
Hilliards
Gold Nugget Found In Duck For New Year Dinner
In Gallipolis Ohio a duck prepared for New Year dinner by W A Ashelman at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics yielded a gold nugget worth a dollar and a half in its gizzard. A muriatic test confirmed the find. The duck flock feeds on Ohio River sand, suggesting the nugget washed from nearby mountains. Officials kept the news secret to avoid widespread prospecting among the 2200 patients.
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Gallipolis
W. A. Ashelman
Ohio Hospital
G. G. Kincon
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Spanish Reach Final Stage in Teruel Conflict
Spanish Nationalists press toward Teruel aiming to recapture the city and crush Loyalist forces amid a snowbound battlefield. Italian troops and Moors arrive from Morocco to reinforce the Nationalists, with International Brigade veterans bolstering Loyalist defense.
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Teruel
Hendaye
United Press
Gibraltar
Morocco
Africa
International Brigade
Youthful Black Legion Gang Arrested in Toledo Region
In Toledo region a gang calling itself the Young Black Legion faced juvenile court for a preliminary hearing. The 15-year-old leader and 14 other youths, aged 10 to 16, were implicated in robberies burglaries and an auto theft with a cave headquarters cited by Sheriff James O'Reilly as thrill seeking crime.
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Black Legion
Toledo
U.P
Young Black Legion
Helen Caldwell
Caldwell
Oledo
James O'Reilly
Holiday Death Toll in Nation Fixed at 359
United Press reports at least 359 violent deaths during the New Year holiday week end the tally is 50 percent below the Christmas weekend. Illinois led with 56 deaths including 23 traffic fatalities Cook County Chicago recorded 38. New York City area 25 deaths New York state 31 Pennsylvania 39 Ohio 23 West Virginia 3 total deaths include traffic and miscellaneous causes.
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United Press
Illinois
Cook County
Chicago
New York City
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
State Investigator Returns to Pomeroy
James E. Welker, investigator in the secretary of state’s office, returned to Pomeroy Sunday evening amid ongoing matters linked to Meigs County Election Board irregularities. His arrival coincides with the grand jury investigation of the embezzlement case involving Charles Stivers, former election board clerk. A two day grand jury session is planned with witnesses summoned for today and Tuesday.
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Pomeroy
James E. Welker
Secretary of State
Meigs County
Escape Pair Sought After New Year Breakout at State Hospital
Lima authorities hunted Ed ward Kaltenbaugh and Mary Koehler after the pair escaped the Lima State Hospital on New Year’s Eve by forcing a basement window padock. Kaltenbaugh was indicted nine years ago for a Canton murder. Koehler was moved here from Dayton State Hospital three years ago.
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Lima
U.P
Lima State Hospital
Edward Kaltenbaugh
Mary Koehler
Kaltenbaugh
Canton
Dayton State Hospital
Fear of motherhood blamed for woman’s self destruction
URBANA Illinois Coroner Richard M Brand said Edith Jackson 28 believed fear of approaching motherhood for the fifth time led her to saturate her clothing with coal oil and set fire to it She died in a hospital after her husband Harris Jackson woke to her screams and beat out the flames with rugs while saving their four children
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Urbana
U.P
Richard M. Brand
Edith Jackson
Harris Jackson
Thief Entered Avondale WU B Church During Sermon
Rev. D S Mills preached at Avondale WU B Church when a thief entered the parish and stole about 40 dollars from the passageway drawing a quick police response.
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Columbus
D. S. Mills
Meigs County
Avondale
WU. B
Roosevelt Urges Congress to Act on Wages Hours and Economy
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass wages hours legislation and aimed for better economic balance. He warned a balanced budget for 1939 is unlikely and outlined tax changes, farm program needs, and a stronger national defense amid global tensions. He emphasized a New Deal approach, urged cooperation from business, and promised a special message on government reform.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
House
Senate
Executive
Treasury
Supreme Court
White House
75th Congress Opens As Roosevelt Reads State Address
Washington notes the 75th Congress assembling at noon to hear President Roosevelt. Leaders Bankhead Barkley Rayburn Garner attend pre session talks as lawmakers face recession unemployment and a larger federal deficit. The day includes formal sessions and a 1:30 pm message in the House chamber.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William B. Bankhead
Ala
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Garner
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