Supreme Court Justice Sutherland To Quit Davey Probe
Columbus top stories report Governor Davey’s plan for a nine member inquiry board dies in the House 68 to 13 after a revolt against funding. Senate advances its own $40,000 probe and a $20,000 parole inquiry while relief program talks heat up and new bills seek land for the Ohio State Fair and a ban on spousal public employment.
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Columbus
U.P
Avey
House
Board of Inquiry
House Finance Committee
Senate
Gus Kasch
Summit
Thomas A. Christy
Monroe
Don Thomas
Montgomery
Taxation Committee
Roosevelt Decries Reduced Revenue For Budget Imbalance
President Roosevelt told Congress that spending cuts failed to balance the budget amid a deep business recession. He forecast a 1938 deficit near 1.088 billion and a 1939 shortfall around 949 million, with debt rising toward 38.528 billion by mid-1939. He urged large defense and relief appropriations while proposing major economy cuts across highways, rivers and harbors, reclamation, and public buildings.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
District of Columbia
Treasury
Officer Sold Guns to Brady
Cincinnati police motorcycle squad member Elmer Joyce was suspended after federal agents reported Joyce sold firearms and ammunition to the Brady gang. Joyce admitted being the officer James Dalhover identified as selling guns and bullets to the gang, claiming he thought they were gun collectors.
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Cincinnati
Elmer Joyce
Cincinnati Police
Polce
Eugene T. Weatherly
Joyce
James Dalhover
Regulations govern Ohio employer wage and employment records
The State Unemployment Compensation Commission announced new regulations requiring detailed wage and employment records from all Ohio employers. The rules affect about 45,000 employers contributing to the unemployment compensation fund and extend to any employer employing one or more persons.
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Columbus
U.P
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Ohio
Commission
Cigaret Tax Receipts Rise in Ohio for 1937
The state tax commission announced that cigaret tax receipts increased by 79,409 from 1936 to 1937. The net tax yield reached 7,434,631 in 1937, up from 6,655,222 in 1936.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Fur buyer fined for unpermitted fur purchases
The state conservation division announced a $25 fine against Harry J. Stratton of Raymond Ohio for buying furs without a dealers permit.
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Columbus
State Conservation Division Today
Harry J. Stratton
Raymond, C
Girls Admit Cab Driver Slaying in $2.10 Robbery
Newark fight over a decentered robbery ends in murder charges for Ethel Stohl 20, and Genevieve Owens 17, who confessed to killing bus driver William Barhorst during a Dec 21 Belleville hold up that yielded 210 cents. The suspects, delinquent peers in reform schools, discuss future robberies as they reveal connections to Frank Strouse a Newark police officer.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Ethel Stohl
Genevieve Owens
William Barhorst
Belleville
Barhorst
Stohl
County Reform School
Abductors of 3 Year Old Face Kidnaping Charge
Two men confessing to the Christmas Eve abduction of three year old John Bryan Centerville banker's son will be formally charged with kidnaping. William Marcus 30 of Newcastle and Harry C Walters 50 of Muncie held the child and his nurse for about three hours before releasing them and attempting a $3800 ransom, officials said.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
John Bryan
Centerville
Don Stiver
William Marcum
Newcastle
Harry C. Walters
Muncie
Wallace Bases War on Capital
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace told Pittsburgh that the government will aid cooperation among capital labor and agriculture. He tempered New Deal attacks on big business and urged that some capitalists can aim higher than profit.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Harold Ickes
New Deal
Wallace
Wright Named Meigs County Relief Director
Edgar Wright of Minersville, a Republican, was appointed by the county commissioners Tuesday as relief director of Meigs County. The vacancy followed George R. Beards becoming sheriff, after serving in a supervisory unpaid role.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Wright
Minersville
Board of County Commissioners
Meigs County
George R. Beards
Roscoe O. Fowler
Beards
Shack Births Daughter After Rescue From Hospital
Ben Couch and his wife welcomed a five pound daughter named Irina in their two room Wichita shack after Couch rushed his wife from a hospital during labor. He resisted medical help and claimed to avoid anesthesia and doctors. The couple has a 13 year old daughter and Couch is unemployed.
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Wichita
Kans
U.P
Ben Couch
Irina
Couch
Conservative Justice George Sutherland Will Retire Jan 18
Associate Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland age 76 announced retirement effective January 18 under the Sumners Act. He leaves after 16 years noted for conservatism and may sit in lower federal tribunals. Willis Van DeVanter also retired under the same act.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Roosevelt
Sutherland
Congress
Willis van DeVanter
van DeVanter
Federal District Court
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Supreme Bench
Harding
Page
Meigs Grand Jury Indicts Former Clerk
The January Meigs County grand jury returned eight indictments against Charles M. Stivers a former clerk of the Meigs County Board of Elections accusing him of making false accounts of indebtedness and certifying false evidence. Each count covers specific false bills totaling amounts 38.50 43.50 36.85 52.75 47.50 and 36 with an eighth 47.50 presented but not paid. State investigator James E Welker has been in Pomeroy reviewing absent voters ballots and election board matters.
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James E. Welker
Secretary of State
Pomeroy
Election Board
Judge rules fall of unmentionables not warranting trespass
Cleveland Common Pleas Judge Frank J. Merrick dismissed Daisy Campbell's $5,000 personal damage suit against Rollin L. Bacher after she testified she dropped parts of her underwear and fled to an alcove, then fell into an open coal chute on Bacher's property.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Daisy Campbell
Rollin L. Bacher
Bacher
Merrick
State Employees Paid In Political Campaign Inquiry
Columbus report states the Senate Graft Investigating Committee found evidence that state employees were paid by the state for political work at Franklin County Democratic Headquarters during the prior November election. Two female typists in the Motor Vehicles Division testified they continued to receive state salaries while working in the campaign HQ before the election.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Franklin County
Ohio Anglers Gather for Game Law Hearing
Ohio sportsmen were invited by state conservation officials to attend a public hearing on fishing regulations for the year starting March 1. The conservation commission will use the meeting's findings to set bag limits size limits open seasons and related angling rules.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
The
Conservation Commission
Imi
Ex-convict admits killing in Louisville burglary
Wen dall Forrest Bowers, 19, admitted shooting and killing Mrs. Wil man Carpenter, 38, and attacking Mary Griffin, 22, during a Dec. 13 burglary in Philadelphia street home. He had been jailed on a vagrancy charge and was identified by fingerprints in Washington. He had been released from prison ten days earlier.
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Louisville
A.P
Wendall Forrest Bowers
Wilman
Carpenter
Philadelphia
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Bowers
Malley
Loyalists claim halt of rebel onslaught at Teruel
Loyalists at Hendaye report stopping the Nationalist drive on Teruel after days of heavy fighting on both flanks. Nationalist forces remain concentrated in the city with a small garrison that refused surrender on December 21.
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Hendaye
U.P
Teruel
Despondent man ends life after relief check denial
James Columbus aged 55 shot himself in Cleveland after failing to obtain his relief check yesterday, ending a troubled period marked by despair over that payment.
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Cleveland
U.P
James Columbus
Bennett pleads for daughter in missing person case
In Ypsilanti Michigan Harry H Bennett Ford executive says his 17 year old daughter Gertrude eloped with Russell Hughes a 21 year old college tap dancer and orchestra leader. He reports she is missing and fears for her safety as police search for the couple amid threats. Hughes works part time in a grocery in Ann Arbor.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
U.P
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Gertrude
Russell Hughes
Auburn
Ind
Bennett
Ford
Miss Bennett
Ann Arbor
New Tension Threatened by Jap Demands
Shanghai officials warned a new clash with foreign interests as Japan pressed for control of the International Settlement. Japanese authorities seized radio stations and installed censors to block news and messages. Chinese papers claimed over 650 foreigners including 152 Americans fought for China, many as air force pilots earning large bounties per plane downed.
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Shanghai
United States
China
Air Force
Lower Toll Rate Affects Three Ohio River Bridges
Charleston West Virginia announces a 20 percent toll cut for passenger cars on three Ohio River bridges. The Parkersburg Belpre Williams town Marietta and St. Marys spans see adjusted truck rates offset to compensate. Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson stated the changes aim to ease travel costs and maintain bridge usage.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio River
Burr H. Simpson
Parkersburg
Belpre
Williamstown-Marietta
St. Mary’s
Police Seek Farm Hand In 3 Deaths
Three people were found slain at the Baumeister farm in North Lima. Theodore Baumeister age 70, his son Henry 38, and Mrs Henry Baumeister 36 were killed and hidden under hay. A farm hand once employed by the family is being sought for questioning by police in three states. The younger Baumeister had visited a Columbiana bank Tuesday and a $1200 receipt was found in his pocket.
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Youngstown
North Lima
Theodore Baumeister
Henry Baumeister
Ralph Elser
Roosevelt Hints Legal Path for Business Cooperation
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper said he is ready to convene conferences between business and government leaders, urged by President Roosevelt to adjust production schedules and mass purchasing power. Roosevelt questions the legal aspects but wants action if allowed, while labor unions resist increased responsibility from the CIO and AFL-CIO.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Roosevelt
C.I.0
A.F. of L
Cardinals Purchase Enos Slaughter From Columbus
The St. Louis Cardinals announced the purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from the Columbus Red Birds of the American Association for an unnamed sum of money.
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Rer Bird
ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Enos Slaughter
Columbus
Red Birds
American Association
Self-Styled Chris Reported Holding Couple in Mountain Cave
Los Angeles sheriffs search San Gabriel Canyon to rescue a young couple said to live in a cave under a religious fanatic. Mark Silverman 38 allegedly forced his family to flee last September after declaring he was Jesus Christ while destroying possessions and moving them to the mountains. Becky 19 and Joe 23 reportedly remained in the cave with limited food and clothing, kept by Mark who preached sinfulness of modest dress.
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Los Angeles
Rebecca Silverman
Las
Mark Silverman
Joe
Becky Silverman
Mark
15 Year Old Jacksonville Trimble Player Charles Wenger Dies
Charles Wenger 15 of Taylor Ridge and a standout on the Jacksonville Trimble High School basketball team died Tuesday in a Columbus hospital. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs John Wenger sisters Mrs Monte Davis Worthington and Mrs Clyde Tanner Chauncey grandfather John Lester Millfield. Funeral 2 PM Friday Chauncey E Church with Rev Clarence Way. Interment Greenlawn. Friends may call at the Tanner home in Chauncey.
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Glouster
Charles Wenger
Taylor Ridge
Jacksonville - Trimble
Columbus
John Wenger
Monte Davis
Worthington
Clyde Tanner
Chauncey
John Lester
Millfield
Chauncey M. E
Clarence Way
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Capitol Hill
Brady
Wright
Meigs Grand Jury
Stivers
Elections Board
Ford Executive
Gertrude Bennett
Chris
Mountain Cave
J-T Cager
Columbus Hospital
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