Ohio House considers four administration tax shift bills
The Ohio House opened the session with four administration sponsored bills aimed at reallocating finances to the state. Proposals include increasing the states share of automobile license revenues from 23 to 50 percent, funding liquor department costs from liquor permit funds, reorganizing the tax commission, and earmarking liquor rotary funds for department expenses. A separate measure would allow refunds of some road assessments to affected landowners, while township clerks could face salary limits.
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Columbus
House of Four
Martin L. Davey
State Tax Commission
Rotary
State Liquor Department
92Nd General Assembly
Samuel A. Anderson
Licking
Michael V. di Salla
Lucas
Ohio
Floyd F. Mees
Pomeroy
John L. Richards
Carroll
Landon Urges Federal Action Against Child Labor
Gov Alf Landon urged Congress to use the interstate commerce clause to pass a law outlawing child labor. In a letter to Sen Henry Ashurst he said federal action would help regulate products of child labor even if a constitutional amendment is adopted.
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Topeka
Kans
U.R
Alf M. Landon
Congress
Landon
Henry F. Ashurst
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Treasury
Roosevelt
NRA
AAA
Supreme Court
New York
No Man’s Land
Legion repays state funds for Cleveland convention
The American Legion repaid the state $50,000 appropriated for its Cleveland convention last summer. It also repaid $40,400 to Cleveland merchants who had provided advances for entertaining Legion members during the event.
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Columbus
L.P
American Legion
Cleveland
Legion
Burglars Use Gas Masks in Osborn Lumber Loot
Burglars broke into the Osborn Lumber Co. office in Xenia Wednesday night and made off with 131 dollars after reading a sign warning the safe was equipped with tear gas. They wore gas masks but abandoned them in the office.
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Xenia
Ign
Osborn Lumber Co
Morgenthau Calls Conference On Treasury Legislation
Secretary Morgenthau convened congressional and fiscal officials in Washington for an urgent conference to discuss legislation to be introduced in the new Congress.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Congress
City Posts Wrecked Car At Hazardous Intersection
At a busy Kansas City crossroad a wrecked automobile sits beside a sign urging safe driving. On Wednesday someone stripped the car of about 150 dollars in parts.
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Kansas City
U.P
Roosevelt pledges WPA relief to all in need
President Roosevelt assures Rep. Sirovich that no one needing relief will be dropped from Works Progress Administration rolls. He states instructions exist to reinstate anyone eliminated and to prevent further reductions, aiming to ease constituent difficulties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William Sirovich
N. Y
Hopkins
Mrs Jimmy Walker Attends Poultry Show Purchases Prize Birds
Former Mayor James J Walker and his wife Betty Compton attended a poultry show. She bought a pen of buff Cochins four females and one male for 500 dollars and a pen of silver spangled Hamburgs and the Blue Azure hen that drew attention at the event for the Walker farm at Northport Long Island.
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NEW York
U.P
James J.walker
Betty Compton
Walker
Northport
L. I
Donahey Loses Fight To Retain Alexander
Senator A V Donahey of Ohio failed to stop the retirement of William Alexander of Columbus a United States Weather Bureau observer for 40 years. Secretary Wallace said department rules retire weather bureau chiefs on pension when eligible with no exceptions.
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Washington
U.P
A. V. Donahey
Ohio
William Alexander
Columbus
United States Weather Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Donahey
All Weather Bureau
Alexander
Fire damages Enterprise Aluminum Co building in Massillon
A Wednesday night blaze at the Enterprise Aluminum Co in Massillon caused an estimated $50,000 in damage. Firefighters fought the flames and limited damage to the plant area.
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Massillon
Enterprise Aluminum Co
WPA Workers Resume Fight On Mine Fire Near New Straitsville
Ninety WPA workers resume efforts to seal a 52 year old mine fire near New Straitsville. Barriers at Martin's Hollow and Hawnee centers make progress while delays tied to easements and VA Bureau of Mines inspections linger.
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Columbus
WPA
New Straitsville
Bureau of Mines
Martin‘s Hollow
Hawnee
Lost Run
Edward and Alfonso Meet in Vienna Over Exile Reflections
Edward VIII Duke of Windsor and Alfonso XIII former king of Spain shared a luncheon at a Vienna hotel. They discussed their lives after leaving the throne and reflected on memories since stepping down.
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Vienna
U.P
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Woman Named Ohio Taxation Committee Chairman
Ruth Lloyd of Scioto County becomes the first woman to head Ohio’s House Taxation Committee, selected by Speaker Frank R Aible. The 31 year old attorney, formerly Portsmouth lawyer, serves among 23 representatives, vows to run the committee as effectively as her male peers.
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General Assembly
Scioto County
Columbus
Ruth Lloyd
House
Ohio
Miss Lloyd
Frank R. Aible
Miss Lioyd
Portsmouth
Ohio State University Law College
Arms Shipments and Embargo Clash Shape New Deal Politics
President Roosevelt urged Congress to handle social and economic issues without constitutional amendment as Spanish arms embargo moves forward. A Spanish freighter carried munitions, with licenses to export remaining valid until embargo resolution takes effect. Labor unrest grows, shipping strikes deadlock the West Coast, and GM UAW tensions spread amid a court battle over New Deal reforms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Congress
New Deal
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
New York
Fear for safety of Dr Woodruff in St Louis search
Dr Harry W Woodruff Jr, a 28 year old eye specialist, left City hospital in St Louis to attend a lecture at another hospital and vanished. His family urged Department of Justice agents to help locate him as the search continues in Joliet Illinois area.
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Harry W. Woodruff, Jr
St. Louis
Joliet
Department of Justice
Woodruff
City Hospital
68 Year Old Slayer Receives Life Sentence
Marion Ohio. Charles W Warwick aged 68 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of his wife Laura following a quarrel over flower seeds. Judge H. B. Young jailed him for life. The incident occurred last September 16.
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Marion
Charles W. Warwick
Laura
Young
Warwick
CCC Foreman Identifies Kidnapped Boy Photo in Nevada
Alf Hardy a CCC foreman and former deputy sheriff identified a photo of Charlies Mattson of Tacoma Washington as the boy seen last Sunday in a stopped car near Mesquite Nevada. He said a woman claimed the youth was seriously ill and pushed him away before the car fled.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.P
Alf Hardy
CCC
Charlies Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Mesquite
Hardy
Sheriff's Office
Mattson
St. George
Utah
Here
Mattson Boy
Six Clay High students among bus crash casualties
In Toledo a bus truck collision on Jerusalem Road left thirteen riders to hospital. Six Clay High students suffered severe injuries including skull fractures and a brain concussion while the bus driver and a man from Buffalo, Anthony Fest, faced reckless driving charges after the rear-end collision with a stationary Clay school bus.
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Toledo
U.P
Clay High School
Anthony J. Fest
Buffalo
N. Y
Jerusalem Road
Clay
F. B. Brower
John Foster
Carolina Foster
Runaway Truck Kills One Injures Three in Steubenville
A runaway truck sped through Steubenville streets for three blocks before hitting a car, killing 28 year old driver Joseph Gudors of Louisville Kentucky and injuring three others. The vehicle then crashed into a barber shop at a railroad crossing, causing the floor to collapse and trapping occupants in the basement.
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Steubenville
U.P
Joseph Gudors
Louisville
Tony Amita
Frank Minnimi
Dushan Davis
Juliana Weds Bernhard in 15 Minute Dutch Ceremony
Crown Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard Zu Lippe-Biesterfeld wed in a 15 minute civil ceremony at the Hague followed by a religious confirmation at St James Church. The procession featured golden state coaches and uniformed escorts as Queen Wilhelmina and thousands of onlookers watched.
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Juliana
Holland
Prince Bernhard Zu Lippe-Biesterfeld
Wilhelmina
Golden
The
Hague
Netherlands
Bernhard Zu Lippe
Prince Henry of
Mecklenburg
Dutch East Indies
Blue
Hussars
Grandmother Mayor Repeats Hold On Daytona Beach
Irene Armstrong, described as a militant grandmother mayor, retains office in Daytona Beach after a battle over control of City Hall. Governor Fred P. Cone revoked an order aimed at ousting her and the city administration, following changes at the state level.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Irene Armstrong
Winter Wonderland
Fred P. Cone
Dave Shultz
Capital City Troy Laundry Damaged By Early Fire
Columbus fire crews battled a general alarm blaze at the Capital City Troy Laundry causing damage estimated above 10000 dollars. No injuries were reported. Fire officials investigated the cause.
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Columbus
U.P
Troy
Illinois Ruling Aimed at Machine Age
In Urbana Illinois an arbitration board ordered the Illinois Utility Operators Association to shorten hours and raise wages to absorb workers displaced by automation. If enforced the plan would cut a 48 hour week to 40, boost pay to 44 hours, and move workers to other plants if needed.
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Urbana
Ill
U.P
Illinois Utility Operators Association
Illinois
Electrical Workers Union
War-Time Admiral Dies in Philadelphia
Admiral Albert Gleaves dies at age 79 in Philadelphia. He earned fame for convoying 1,000,000 American soldiers to France during wartime without any loss of life. Burial arrangements were announced by the Navy department in Washington.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Navy Department
Washington
Albert Gleaves
Secretary of Navy
France
Doanville Dance Hall Becomes Village Community House
The Doanville Dance Hall on Monday Creek, famed in the 1920s, is repurposed as a community house under church governance. The hall, built by Paddy Lyons around 1920, faced hard times, was razed recently, and the property gifted to Trustees of Deanville Community House, now under Presbyterian oversight in Nelsonville.
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Doanville
Nelsonville
Monday Creek
Deanville
Paddy Lyons
Doanville Way
County Dance Licensing Authority
General Motors Plans More Plant Closures Amid Shortage
General Motors announced it would close three more large plants within two days due to shortages of materials. Gov. Frank Murphy led mediation efforts as federal mediators tried to arrange direct talks between GM and the United Automobile Workers after a disruption that left about 54,000 workers idle.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Frank Murphy
Lansing
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Homer Marstin
United Auomobile Workers
Murphy
Chevrolet
GM plants to close amid UAW strike showdown
The United Auto Workers fight with General Motors spreads to Michigan plants in Flint Saginaw and Bay City as closures halt production risking national supply. Union seeks recognition of collective bargaining rights and protection against member discrimination while 51 803 workers remain idle and lose wages totaling about 340 000 daily.
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Flint
Mich
Saginaw
Cheverolet
Bay City
Arnold Lenz
Chevrolet
Fisher
Lenz
Knudsen
Murphy
General Motors
Rock Bottom
United Press
United Automobile Workers’ of America
Akron Gas Station Strike Narrows to Six Open
On the third day of Akron's fuel shortage only six of about 700 stations remained open. Labor conciliator Hugh D. Friel planned talks with station attendants representatives and gasoline truck drivers and distributers to settle the strike.
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Akron
U.P
Hugh D. Friel
U. S
School Head Defends 11 Year Presidency
Madison Wisconsin Glenn Frank defended his 11 year record as president of the University of Wisconsin before a regents court. He hinted the panel may have already decided to dismiss him. He was accused of neglecting educational matters for window dressing and of mismanaging university finances and asked for more time to prepare his answer.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin Today
Frank
Insurgent Forces Press Madrid to Las Rosas Front
Franco faction forces combat through severe snow to push along the 11 mile line between Madrid and Las Rosas amid ongoing Front reports. The advance underscores the main insurgent army's sustained pressure in the Franco-Spanish frontier theater.
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Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Las Rosas
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