Davey Urges Cuts in State Relief and Local Burden
Gov. Martin L. Davey tells the 92nd General Assembly to curb relief spending and shift costs to local governments. He cites $27,000,000 in relief expenditures last year and argues raiding the General Fund must end to avoid new state taxes. The session sees home rule bills, township salary tweaks, and a $60 million old age pension measure approved.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
92Nd General Assembly
House
Senate
Loyalists Halt Rebel Advance Near Madrid Fronts
Bitter fighting raged at Majadhonda 18 miles northwest of Madrid as insurgent forces pressed a three story hospital complex in University City. Loyalist artillery shelled positions while insurgent air drops kept the encircled 80 Fascists and Legionnaires supplied for 55 days of siege despite constant bombardment.
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Madrid
U.P
Majadhonda
Clincio
University City
Greens Run Mother of Three Sought
Francis Bernard of Greens Run reports his wife a missing mother of three children. He fears she may have harmed herself after learning she would soon be pregnant again. The 26 year old woman stands 5 feet 2 inches, about 110 pounds, last seen Monday night wearing a blue dress dark coat with fur collar and a black hat. Her children are Francis Jr 5 Norma Jean 3 and Jennie 18 months.
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Glouster
Francis Bernard
Greens
Bernard
Chance Coey
Taylor Ridge
Francis Jr
Norma Jean
Jennie
Columbus Theater Fire Destroys Stage Equipment
A fire at the Palace Theater in Columbus caused extensive damage to scenery and stage machinery, believed started by defective electrical equipment. Eight engines and four ladder companies responded to the downtown blaze, valued at thousands of dollars.
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Columbus
Pabace
Attorney General-Elect Names Stephen M. Young as Special Counsel
Columbus reports Attorney General-Elect Herbert Duffy announced the appointment of former Congressman-at-Large Stephen M. Young of Cleveland as special counsel. Young brings legislative and legal experience to the new administration.
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Columbus
U.P
Herbert
Duffy
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
WPA Work Relief Rolls Dip in Ohio Reports
The Ohio WPA today reported employment on work relief projects with 191,982 workers on December 30 compared to 133,584 on December 23, reflecting a rise in active assignments across state programs.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Hearst Heads List Of Highest Earners In 1935 Salaries
Congress released names of Americans earning over 15000 in 1935. Hearst topped the list with 500000, followed by Mae West, Alfred P Sloan Jr, Marlene Dietrich, W R Sheehan, Bing Crosby, and Thomas J Watson among others. Additional notes compare earnings of Stan Laurel, Walter Winchell, Charlie Chaplin, and Shirley Temple.
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Washington
Congress
William Randolph Hearst
Hig Ten
Hearst
Mae West
Co. W. Guttzeit
Latrobe
Steel
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Marlene Diet- Fich
W. R. Sheehan
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Ration
William F. Sudson
General Motors
Bing Crosby
B. D. Miller
F. W. Woolworth Co
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machine Company
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Walter Winchell
New York Mirror
Charlie Chaplin
Shirley Temple
Battery Plant Strike Quiet as 1800 Walk Out
In Philadelphia Exide Battery plant 1,800 workers enter a third day of a sit down strike for higher pay. Officials tried to keep workers comfortable while relatives set up field kitchens outside. Gas was turned on to run cafeterias, and executives moved about observing workers who sang danced and played cards.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Exide Battery Plant
Pomeroy Attorney's Wife Dies After Stroke
Mrs. Florence V. Peoples, wife of E. W. Peoples attorney and former newsman, died at 11 AM after a stroke. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs. Helen Graham Mrs. Edith Ford and Mrs. Florence Davis of Columbus one son Robert F E Peoples Columbus mother Mrs Mary Mantore brother Frank Mantore and sister Mrs Cora Heston Columbus. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at residence with Rev BR Morris officiating Burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Florence V. Peoples
E. W. Peoples
Helen Graham
Edith Ford
Florence Davis
Columbus
Robert FE. Peoples
Mary Mantore
Frank Mantore
Cora Heston
BR. H. Morris
Beech Grove Cemetery
Congressmen Speed Arms Embargo Action
Congressional leaders faced a tense group of New York stevedores as they push emergency legislation through the House and Senate to halt a cargo of arms loading for Spain in New York Harbor.
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Washington
U.P
New York
House
Senate
Spain
New York Harbor
Democratic clubs to sponsor dance for inaugural week
Although no official inaugural ball is planned for Governor Davey’s second term in Columbus, young Democratic clubs will sponsor a dance on Monday to mark the occasion.
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Columbus
AUP
Davey
Gas Stations Shut Nationwide Strike Hits Akron Area
Seven hundred gas stations in Akron and Summit County closed as attendants walked out, halting traffic and creating a shortage. More than 1,500 workers lost jobs while emergency services struggled to meet demand. Labor conciliator Hugh D. Friel failed to avert the strike but aimed to resolve the wage dispute in a late meeting.
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Akron
U.P
Summit County
Hugh D. Friel
Department of Labor
Friel
Man Forgives Wife Who Believed Kidnaped
Newark police report Mrs. Onie Wheeler 18 returned home after a three day abduction hoax. Her husband Wesley Wheeler 24 says he forgives her after she admits she went to Columbus with Arthur Spence 32 and had a weekend, not forced. She drove to Columbus and saw her photo in a paper.
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Newark
U.P
Onie Wheeler
Wesley Wheeler
Arthur Spence
Columbus
Spence
4000 Licenses Issued to Export Arms Last Year
The National Munitions Board reported to Congress that more than 4,000 licenses were issued last year to ship munitions abroad. The board comprises five cabinet members.
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Washington-Aup
National Munitions Board
Congress
Lewis prepares response to Sloan ultimatum at General Motors
CIO and United Automobile Workers plan a targeted challenge at GM after government relief officials say strikers may qualify for aid. President Roosevelt monitors labor moves as Congress debates labor rights bills and a constitutional change to empower federal regulation. A nationwide GM strike by 211,000 workers appears likely if Lewis wins recognition.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Congress
NRA
Lewis
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Sloan
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Face Sketch Aids Hunt For Tacoma Kidnapper
Virginia Chatfield, 15, sketched the kidnapper seen by a witness during the Dec 27 abduction of Charles Mattson in Tacoma Washington. The crude pencil drawing is considered an important clue by federal agents tracking the suspect.
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Charles Mattson
G-men
Tacoma
Wash
Virginia Chatfield
Peace Parley Arranged In Motor Industry
Federal conciliators union leaders and General Motors executives planned a meeting to end labor disputes that shut 14 plants and left about 52 000 workers idle. Ford Chrysler and glass makers faced cuts as safety glass shortages spread through industry.
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Detroit
General Motors
Fisher Body Company
Flint
Mich
Cram
Automotive Reporting
Ford Motor Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Libbey- Owens-Ford
Chrysler
Mattson Family Describes Kidnapped Son Fear of Ill Health
Mrs. William Mattson collapses with worry as their 10 year old son Charlie remains missing after a nine day kidnapping in Tacoma. The family awaits payment of 28000 dollars from a bearded ransom note while fearing exposure to cold and illness. Police say the kidnapper is a maniac and has contacted the father by unknown means with no delivery arranged.
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Tacoma
William W. Mattson
Charlies
Dr. Mattson
Mattson
Germans to Be Treated as Criminals Executed in France
Basque government radio announces that since Germany has not declared war, armed German soldiers captured with Spanish insurgents will not be treated as prisoners but as common criminals and will be executed by garotte. The statement marks a brutal shift in wartime conduct near Biarritz France.
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Biarritz
France
Germany
Miracle Man Brother Andre Dies in Montreal
Montreal reports the death of Brother Andre, 91, founder of St. Joseph's Oratory. Thousands mourn as religious authorities order special prayers and plan to set up a mausoleum near St. Joseph's Basilica atop Mount Royal, established 37 years ago.
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Montreal
U.P
Brother Andre
St. Joseph's Oratory
St. Laurent Hospital
Dazed Robbery Victim Killed by Automobile
In Columbus Jess Lewis aged 59 was beaten by two robbers who took $21. Within three hours he wandered into the path of a car and was struck and killed while dazed from the beating.
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Columbus
U.P
Jess Lewis
Loyalists Protest Aid of Italy and Germany
The Spanish Loyalist government protested to the League of Nations over Germany seizing Loyalist merchant ships and Italy sending volunteers to aid the Nationalists. In Geneva today the note demanded action on these foreign interventions.
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Italy
Germany
Geneva
League of Nations
Youth Dies From Injuries In Motorcycle Crash
Marion reports 21 year old Harry Waiters died Tuesday from injuries after his motorcycle skid. Police described the crash as a single vehicle incident with Waiters succumbing to his injuries at the scene.
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Marion
U.R
Harry Waiters
Cooperation of Courts Is Urged in Interpretations of Constitutional Powers
President Roosevelt urged Congress to empower courts through a liberal interpretation of the Constitution, arguing no amendment is needed to legalize NRA yet calling for federal and state laws to curb social and economic ills. He said NRA overreached and stressed adaption of legal forms to modern needs while criticizing overproduction and unemployment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Spain
United States Supreme Court
United States
County Government Changes Recommended in Ohio
Four bills proposed to Ohio General Assembly aim to consolidate welfare into county departments and create optional county government plans. They would abolish coroners, replace them with medical examiners, and allow centralized purchasing with merit systems across finance public works welfare and law enforcement. The bills envision elected or appointed prosecutors and executive-appointed department heads under a three to nine member board.
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General Assembly
County Home Rule Association
Ohio League of Women Voters
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Sioners
Commissionera
Roosevelt Wins Big in Electoral Vote Count Stand
In a joint session the electoral tally showed Roosevelt with 523 votes to 0 for his opponent across 46 states. Democrats jeered the GOP remnants. Next week January 12 the President will seek congressional approval for a broad government re organization plan and department consolidation. Byrd pushes for inquiry into federal structure as a House panel readies its separate report.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
G.O.P
Congress
White House
Congressional
Harry F. Byrd
Senate
House
Higher Taxes Are Predicted by Finance Official
Chicago report quotes Carl H. Chatterers of the Municipal Finance Officers Association predicting higher taxes as prosperity rises. He says business prosperity will drive demand for local services and taxes to sustain them. Legislatures face revenue decisions to avert cuts in municipal services in 1937.
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Chicago
U.P
Carl H. Chateters
Municipal Finance Officers’ Association
Chatters
Cummings Proposes Laws to Close Trial Loopholes
Attorney General Homer Cummings urged Congress to enact statutes to remove technicalities from criminal trials. He argued the measures would speed criminal case disposition without harming defendants’ substantial rights.
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Washington-Ay
Congress
Homer
Cummings
Newark Strikers To Receive New Contract At Florence Wehbe Stove
Florence Wehbe Stove Co in Newark plans to reopen with a new contract for its 2,000 employees after a two week shutdown following a walkout by 300 molders demanding the foreman’s dismissal. Plant manager Eckler announced work would resume next Monday. Spokesmen said the strikers accepted the terms.
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Newark
U.P
Florence Wehbe Stove Co
B. Eckler
Will Hare
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