Vital Business Legislation Opened in Third Congress Session
Congress opens the third session amid debates over tax revision and monopoly probing. Roosevelt aims to balance the economy with a trust busting inquiry, while business leaders hope for cooperation in recovery and jobs. Republicans criticize the message as defensive. Democrats see relieved tone on conciliation with business.
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Roosevelt
Senate Banking
Ferdinand Pecora
House
Senate
William B. Bankhead
Barkley
House Ways and Means Committee
Jackson
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Josiah W. Bailey
S. C
Charles N. McNary
Ore
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Sen. Royal. Copeland
N. Y
Thomas A. Jenkins
Pirate ship terror grips Los Angeles murder case
Horne and Spernak were held on technical murder charges after dumping Morgan overboard. Eyewitness Elsie Berdan, hired by Morgan to guard his wife, testified to Faulding's slaying and described a three hour struggle during which he tried to assault her.
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Horne
Spernak
Los Angeles
Morgan
Elsie Berdan
Faulding
George Spernak
Robert Horne
Aafije
Jack Morgan
Dwight Faulding
WPA Official Predicts Relief Rolls Near Two Million by February
Senate Unemployment Committee hears that relief rolls may reach 1,900,000 by February. WPA assistant administrator Carrington Gill forecasts the rise as Isador Lubin of the Labor Statistics Bureau notes December 1937 had far fewer workers than 1936.
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WPA
Washington
U.P
Senate
Isador Lubin
James F. Byrnes
Dd. S. C
Lubin
Approval of 61 PWA Power Projects Across 23 States
Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes announced a go ahead for 61 municipal power projects funded by the PWA after a Supreme Court ruling. The initiative promises a 100 million man hour boost to industry with a total construction cost of about 146.9 million dollars. Projects span 23 states including Ohio sites at Wapakoneta 186000 Columbus 1125200 and Sandusky 1515000.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Supreme Court
PWA
Ohio
Wapakoneta
Columbus
Sandusky
Baker leaves estate valued at thirty one thousand dollars
Probate records in Cleveland show the estate of Newton D. Baker world war secretary of war and corporation attorney amounts to 31000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Engagement of Susan Wilson to David Hare Announced
Susan na Wilson daughter of Secretary of Labor Perkins and Paul C Wilson has announced her engagement to David M Hare of New York. Wilson is a Bryn Mawr and New York school alumna.
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Susanna Wilson
Perkins
Paul C. Wilson
New York
Bryn Mawr
Wilson
David M. Hare
Spinster Sisters Hidden $10,900 Cache Found in Washington Rooms
Two nonagenarian sisters Roberta and Olivia Hale, long supported by charity, were found to have stashed a $10,900 cache in shabby Washington rooms. The money, largely in old large bills, included currency from after the Civil War, discovered after hospital trips for burns and a fractured thigh.
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Washington
U.P
Gallinger Hospital
Roberta
Olivia Hale
Ants
Virginia
Olivia
Southern Relief Society
McNary Sees Roosevelt Tip Toward Labor Act Change
Senate leaders react to Roosevelt's message as a possible push to amend the Wagner Act and boost union accountability. McNary and Copeland push for reforms while Thomas opposes immediate changes.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Roosevelt
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Royal S. Copeland
N. Y
Elbert D.thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Japanese Campaign Advances Toward Suchow Rail Hub
Japanese armies pushed through Shangtung Province toward Suchow an important railroad junction in northern Kiangsu. The army spokesman said 40 air raids hit Hankow and bombed the air drome as part of the swift operation.
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Shanghai
Shangtung
Suchow
Kiangsu
Hankow
Cagney and Warner Reconcile After Contract Suit
Hollywood report says James Cagney and Jack Warner remain friends after the California Supreme Court ruled against Cagney in his contract breach suit. Cagney had claimed Warner overworked him.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Jack Warner
Cagney
California Supreme Court
Warner
Costs of Major Parties Exceeded 1937 Receipts
The Democratic National Committee reported 1937 receipts of 1,294,748.47 and expenditures of 1,461,272.75. The Republican National Committee reported receipts of 628,046 and expenditures of 622,185 for the same period.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
House
Republican National Committee
Hudson Motor plans new low priced car production
Hudson Motor Car Company announced a major expansion to its workforce and a $11,000,000 investment in the next weeks to produce a new low priced automobile. President A. E. Barit spoke at a special meeting of dealers and publishers.
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Detroit
P—Hudson Motor Car Company
A. E. Barit
Senators clash with Governor in Columbus House debate
State senators named by Gov Davis denounce his speech as false and personal. H D Byrne calls for probated remarks, Tom Gallagher promises more tomorrow, Morris denounces the governor, Adams alleges attempted bribe offers, Metcalf questions spending scrutiny, Yoder dismisses comment, Hurley says the governor handles the truth carelessly.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
House of Representatives
H. D. Byrne
Portage
Kent State University
University Board of Trustees
Tom L. Gallagher
Cuyahoga
Democratic State Committee
Paul P. Yoder
William F. Hurley
Lorain
Fred L. Adams
Wood
William M. Boyd
Emerson Campbell
Belmont
John F. Connolly
Lucas
Maurice W. Lipscher
Mahoning
George M. Morris
Franklin
J. Ralph Seidner
Werner E. Metcalf
Washington
James Metzenbaum
Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Hatchet
Joseph T. Ferguson
Hatchet Gang
Adams
Bowling Green State University
Boyd
Byrne
Ford Official's Daughter Sought After Disappearance
In Ypsilanti Michigan the daughter of a Ford Motor Company official Gertrude Bennett age 17 disappeared Monday after visiting at the home of her college sweetheart Russell Hughes at Dixboro ten miles away. Agents joined police and other authorities in a large search as her father expressed grave concern for her safety.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Department of Justice
Gertrude Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Russell Hughes
Dixboro
Bennett
Marriage license issued amid search for Ford executive’s daughter
County Clerk Carl Walter announced he issued a marriage license Monday night to Russell Hughes and Gertrude Bennett daughter of Harry H Bennett Ford Motor Company executive, for whom a widespread search has been launched.
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Auburn
Ind
Carl Walter
Russell Hughes
Gertrude Bennett
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Hughes Missing After Visit With Gertrude
Hughes was last seen at his stepfather's home where he and Gertrude visited at 3 05 Monday afternoon. They left with Hughes taking an extra pair of shoes and a spare suit and said he would not return for the night. Capt Dan Leonard of the State Police said Gertrude had been calling and visiting Hughes for several months without her father's knowledge.
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Hughes
Gertrude
Bennett
Dan Leonard
State Police
Coal Operators Urge Price Cut in Ohio Valley Region
The Pomeroy Coal Operators Association met in Middleport and urged lower prices for mine-run and three-inch resultant coal to stimulate use of nut and slack coal. They argued current prices create confusion and violate the new coal code, while lump coal prices were deemed fair.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Carpenter Lewis Sando Killed In Christmas Tree Accident
Cleveland public square workers were removing a 75 foot Christmas tree when it toppled fatally injuring 47 year old Lewis C Sando and injuring two others. The incident occurred Monday and involved three laborers.
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Cleveland
Lewis C. Sando
Believe Relief Plan Due for Consideration
In Columbus the Senate Taxation and Relief Committee plans hearings on relief bills and may report a partial poor relief program this week. Six opponents to the utilities tax bill will be heard. Alexander Thomson of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce led the Inter-Organizational Conference against re-enacting the utilities excise tax, warning the wage earner’s burden would rise and industry cannot create jobs under new taxes.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate Taxation and Relief Committee
Bernard R. Donovan
Alexander Thomson
Hamilton
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Inter - Organization Conference
Thomson
Free Man in Gun Accident in Mechanicsburg Station
David Williamson age 33 was released from Athens County Jail after authorities concluded the Saturday shooting at a Mechanicsburg filling station was accidental. Vernon Conkey age 18 remained in Sheltering Arms Hospital with serious injuries, while Derwood Cradlebaugh age 23 was listed in grave condition. In a separate incident, Simon Verbitsky age 54 died when a piano fell during neighbors moving it in Cleveland.
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David Williamson
Athens County
Vernon Conkey
Derwood Cradlehaugh
Mechanicsburg
Charles Bayless
Williamson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cradlebaugh
Conkey
Cleveland
Simon Verbitsky
Ford official seeks help to find missing daughter
Harry Bennett, personnel director of Ford Motor Co., appealed to federal officers to locate his 17-year-old daughter Gertrude who vanished Monday night from the family home in Ypsilanti Michigan. Police say her college sweetheart Russell Hughes is also missing from his home. An Indiana court official announced late today that Miss Bennett and Russell were married Monday night.
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Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Co
Gertrude
Ypsilanti
Mich
Russell Hughes
Indiana
Bennett
Russell
State Accused Of Partiality By Steel Head
Thomas E. Farrell of Sheet Metal Manufacturing Co. testified before the Senate Graft Committee that his Youngstown firm was excluded from state purchase bids after he refused to contribute to the Democratic fund. State official Glen A. Horn cited a 450 ton license tag steel order after bids, with Farrell’s company only getting 150 tons while higher bidders took the rest.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas E. Farrell
Sheet Metal Manufacturing Co
Youngstown
Senate
Democratic Campaign Fund
State Highway Department
Farrell
Glen A. Horn
Redfern Missing Flier Declared Legally Dead
Detroit judge rules Paul Redfern legally dead after his 1927 solo flight from Georgia to Rio de Janeiro remains unsolved. Circuit Judge Robert Toms granted the wife’s petition for a formal death declaration based on the long unexplained disappearance.
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Detroit
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Rio de Janeiro
Robert Toms
Physician commits suicide near Zanesville
Dr. R. E. Wells aged 52 a Nashport physician died by self inflicted gunfire on Monday authorities reported Wells was found with a pistol blast in the Nashport area near Zanesville Ohio no motive was given and police continued inquiries into the death an inquest may be scheduled by county officials
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Zanesville
R. E. Wells
Nashport
Here
Peons Seize Fine Hotel in Agua Caliente Sit Down Strike
In Agua Caliente Baja California 400 former hotel workers and their families occupy a seized luxury hotel worth 10 million dollars. They demand new jobs or military removal, marching under Crom Labor Union flags and appealing to Gov. Sanchez Taboada and President Cardenas.
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Agua Caliente
Baha Calif
Mexico
Crom Labor Union
Crom
Mexicali
Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada
Cardenas
Mexico City
Eleven Ohio lawmakers face lobbying probe claims
In Columbus a House committee advances Gov Davey proposal for a nine member inquiry to probe state government and alleged lobby ties. Davey accuses 11 senators of lobbying for favors and attacks a regional press group and CIO in a sweeping political confrontation.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio House of Representatives
Republican
Democratic
Martin L. Davey
Senate
Hatchet Gang
Davey
House Finance Committee
House of Representatives
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Akron Beacons Journal
Ohio Scripps- Howard
Committee For Industrial Organization
White Considers Entering Ohio Senate Race
Columbus reports former Governor George White is weighing a bid to challenge Senator Robert Bulkley for the United States Senate. He told reporters he is considering it and will likely issue a formal statement later this month.
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Columbus
George White
United States
Robert Bulkley
Bulkley Says FDR Approves WPA Projects
Senator Robert Bulkley announces President Roosevelt approved Works Progress Administration projects for Ohio totaling 195 721 dollars. Included is a 2 343 dollar supplemental allotment for construction of a water plant in Rio Grande Gallia County.
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Washington-Hup
Robert J. Bulkley
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Rio Grande
Gallia County
Clinton D. Boyd Declares Ohio Supreme Court Bid
Clinton D. Boyd of Middletown, former Butler County common pleas judge, announces candidacy for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court subject to the Republican primary in August.
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Clinton D. Boyd
Middletown
Common Pleas
Butler County
Ohio Supreme Court
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