Ohio relief bill nears completion in Senate and House
The Huml relief measure totaling 10.5 million dollars, aimed at 1938 aid from sales tax receipts, nears final passage. It requires local matching funds and includes a note-issuing option to aid cities, plus a reduced local levy approval threshold from 65 to 55 percent, a change facing House opposition.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Davey
Paul P. Yoder
House
Frank Vible
Graft Inquiry Details Hit By Ohio Senatorial Probe
In Columbus a state senate committee probed graft in Ohio government outlining testimony from a Columbus hardware dealer who said he paid a three percent commission for highway department business. The witness named William Goggin as the broker and refused to answer questions citing constitutional rights and committee jurisdiction.
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Columbus
Senate
Ohio
Highway Department
H. F. Steele
William J. Goggin
Ashtabula
Francis W. Poulson
Goggin
Steele
James Metzenbaum
Body of blonde woman found along Detroit road
Unidentified about 25 year old woman with blonde hair was found on the west side of Detroit. She appears to have been strangled with lace from her dress and struck on the head according to initial police notes.
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Detroit
U.P
Womrn
David Wilson Gowder
Jewell McDaniel
Atlanta
Powder Springs
Italy Plans Immediate Build of Battleships Scout Ships and Submarines
Italy announced it will immediately begin construction of two 35,000 ton battleships and 12 scout ships with considerable numbers of submarines. The disclosure signals a major naval expansion.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Ohioans fault relief policy as too liberal
Ohioans questioned in the Byrnes committee investigation on unemployment and relief say many on relief do not want to work. Springfield city manager W H Story notes relief reduced from 2600 families to 83, claiming decisive action to require work and cut relief.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt Nominates McLaughlin for Assistant Labor Secretary
President Roosevelt nominates Charles B. McLaughlin of Nebraska to be Assistant Secretary of Labor, taking over after Edward F. McGrady resigns. The nomination aims to fill the vacant labor post with a Nebraska appointee.
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F.D
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Charles B. McLaughlin
Nebraska
Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Ford Sees America on Prosperity's Threshold
Henry Ford predicts a new era of prosperity for the United States built on a strong link between agriculture and industry. He cites farm by products like wheat chaff and soy beans to make auto parts and envisions mass production of a cheap tractor. He demonstrates a soy based material as proof of chemurgic potential and calls for agriculture and industry to become mutually dependent partners.
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Dearborn
Henry Ford
America
United Press Today
Ford
Ohio River flood control plan seeks 20 million
The War Department recommended over 20 million dollars for Ohio River flood control and navigation for the next fiscal year. Funds would cover upper Ohio tributary reservoirs, river navigation work, and several advance projects including eight flood control schemes and repairs at Emsworth Locks and Kanawha River works.
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Washington
Ohio River
War Department
Congress
Department
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Johnstown
Emsworth
Woodland
W. Va
Kanawha River
Two Clash on Big Business Debate in New York
In New York Wendell L. Willkie, head of Commonwealth and Southern Corp, defended big business while Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson attacked monopolies. Willkie warned that recession worsens as officials push to hold business accountable. Jackson said major firms wage price maintenance using devices beyond current laws.
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NEW York—.P
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Robert H. Jackson
New Deal
Willkie
Jackson
Start Work on New Tax Law
House tax experts draft recommendations for a federal revenue law to ease burdens on about 200000 corporations. The Ways and Means Subcommittee kept income tax rates unchanged while seeking business relief without reducing government revenue. The panel, led by Chairman Fred M. Vinson, plans to report to the full committee by mid next week.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Fred M. Vinson
Full Ways and Means Committee
Fake Passport Clue Ties Buchalter to Rubens Case
Federal agents probing the Robinson Rubens passport mystery connect Louis Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro to fled public enemies Nos. 1 and 2. Investigators traced a Buchalter likeness to a passport via Albert Marinelli’s office, linking the Robins on a Moscow exit and signing patterns to Rubens and similar names. Aaron Sharfin, a Royal Egyptian Consulate aide, became the central figure after 19 hours of questioning with little new information.
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New York
New York City
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Jacob
Gurrah) Shapiro
Buchalter
Albert Marinelli
Donald L. Robinson
Moscow
Rubens
Soviet
Russia
Aaron Sharfin
Marinelli
Sharfin
Air Liner Forced Down in Fog at Newark Airport
An American Airlines flagship sleeper plane carrying five passengers and three crew members made a forced landing in a marsh south of Newark airport after missing the landing field amid heavy fog and rain. Pilot Asher Rouch exited the plane and walked through the mire to report the accident. no injuries were reported.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
American Airlines
Asher Rouch
Rouch
Election of Zanesville Mayor Upheld by Judge
Judge Clarence A. Ahl of Bucyrus upheld Tom V. Moorehead as Zanesville mayor. A petition by 104 city employees or relatives questioned the election alleging the Mary Ann ballots in November lacked sufficient instructions.
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Zanesville
Tom V. Moorehead
Clarence A. Ahl
Bucyrus
Moorehead
Mary Ann
Frank Takes Direction of GOP Policy Group
Dr. Glenn Frank, former University of Wisconsin president, became chairman of the Republican party’s new program committee and urged nonpartisan cooperation to ease a gravity cross-cutting all sections and groups.
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Frank
Washington
U.P
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Republican Party
State Sales Tax Shows Gain Over 1937 Period
State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley reports a Christmas week gain in sales tax. Collected $1,082,419 during the week ended Dec 25 1937, up from $1,046,100 in the same period the previous year.
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Columbus
U.P
Clarence H. Kinsley
Explosion kills Gouge children in Hampton home
In Elizabethton Tennessee an explosion at Harmon Gouge's Hampton home killed his three children and critically injured his wife. Sheriff Moreland said four suspects including Tollett's sister were detained for questioning. Gouge, free on ten thousand dollars bond, rushed to his wife’s bedside.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Harmon Gouge
Arnold Tollett
Gouge
Hampton
J. M. Moreland
Tollett
Johnson City
Liberty
Moreland
Roosevelt Budget Victory Predicted Despite House Resistance
Washington reports sporadic House and Senate opposition to Roosevelt's budget plan. Administration leaders expect approval of $539 million in reductions, with the sharpest clash over $200 million cuts in highways reclamation irrigation rivers harbors flood control and public buildings. Congress objects while government plans higher naval spending.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Green Seeks Quick Action To Halt Slump
Washington U P President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged Congress to act promptly and effectively to curb the recession. He called for shorter industrial hours, maintained wage standards, extended public works, permanent public works administration, expanded low rent housing and slum clearance, private home building tax relief, broader social security, unemployment compensation, longer benefit periods, and renewed work relief programs.
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Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor Today
Congress
Green
Roosevelt Shifts Top Diplomatic Posts in Washington
President Roosevelt announced a major revision of diplomatic postings naming Joseph P. Kennedy as ambassador to Great Britain and Joseph E. Davies as ambassador to Belgium. The moves reallocate redrawn posts with Kennedy as head of the British leg and Davies moving from Soviet Russia to Belgium.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
Joseph E. Davies
Soviet
Russia
Belgium
New Ohio Auto License Sale Opens March First
Ohio state registrar Frank West announced the annual motor vehicle license sale will begin around March 1. 1938 plates may be used starting March 10 and must be on all cars by April 1.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank West
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles Today
Vice President Garner Breaks Bedtime For White House Dinner
Vice President John Nance Garner and Mrs. Garner attended a White House dinner in their honor, restoring the Vice President’s Dinner custom after a reciprocal agreement with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The couple, known for home cooking and avoiding dining out, stayed up late and broke their usual dinner rules.
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Washington
John Nance Garner
Mrs. Garner
White House
Garner
Roosevelt
Convict Details Alleged Pardon Purchase in Ohio Case
Emmett Callahan, jailed for a Cincinnati robbery, testified before the special parole grand jury in Columbus about a $3000 pardon purchase. Attorney General Duffy leads the probe while Governor Davey faces questions on the Kenyon Painter pardon and related matters of imminent danger of death.
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Columbus
U.P
Emmett Callahan
Ohio
Cincinnati
Callahan
Herbert S. Duffy
Martin L. Davey
Crew of Death Yacht Cleared
Los Angeles report says Robert Horne and George Spernack, young deckhands on the yacht Aaffe, were exonerated by a federal grand jury who found they acted in self defense in disposing of mutineer Jack Morgan. Morgan shot skipper Dwight Faulding and advanced toward piracy. The pair planned to return to sea under safer conditions.
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Los Angeles
Robert Horne
George Spernack
Aaffe
Jack Morgan
Federal
Morgan
Dwight Faulding
South Seas
Horne
Spernack
S E Counties Lose Out on Sales Tax Share
Ohio auditor resumes withholding monthly sales tax funds from counties for local operations. Allocations listed include Gallia at 1 044 dollars while Athens Hocking Jackson Meigs Perry and Vinton counties received nothing amid ongoing Supreme Court suit by Montgomery County commissioners over the procedure.
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Columbus
AUP
Ohio Supreme Court
Montgomery County
Gallia
Athens
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
Rebels Abandon Teruel Return Bid for Now
Report from the Franco Spanish frontier says Nationalist forces have abandoned hopes of retaking Teruel with existing troops and are preparing for a prolonged campaign aimed at a decisive Loyalist defeat amid heavy fighting on both sides.
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Hendaye
Spain
Teruel
Cook Explodes Leaves Film Star with Headache
Fay Wray suffered a headache as her kitchen emptied after a violent scene with cook Mrs. Raymond Duval. Duval, 57, 175 pounds, fought police on a private-property alcohol charge after quitting the job amid a burst of temperament.
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Hollywood
Fay Wray
Raymond Duval
Disappearance of 7-P-4 Bomber Sparks Massive Naval Search
Off San Diego a 7-P-4 bombing plane with seven crew vanished 200 miles from shore during secret maneuvers. Navy mounted a huge hunt with 150 ships and 200 planes as cadet Scott Hawkins reportedly fell overboard, while carriers Lexington and Saratoga rushed in to coordinate recovery efforts.
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San Diego
Cal
U.P
Navy
Scott P. Hawkins
Jefferson City
Coast Guard
Lexington
Saratoga
San Pedro
North Island
San Clements Island
San Diego Bay
California
Bremerton, Wash
Navy Yard
Point Loma
Alva Benhard
Ernest J. King
Filibuster on Lynch Bill Ties Up Senate
The anti lynching bill filibuster threatens to delay Senate business indefinitely. Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina led most of Thursday’s debate and plans to continue, with Senator Tom Connally of Texas noting Reynolds will discuss several nations including Peru and Turkey.
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Senate
Washington
Au.r
Robert Reynolds
Tom Connally
Tex
Connally
Peru
Turkey
Poetry Day designated in Columbus AU October frame
The Senate approved a joint resolution 24 to 2 to designate the third Friday in October as Poetry Day in Columbus AU. The measure aims to honor poets and literary culture within the community.
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Columbus-Au.r
Senate
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