Prohibition repeal bid faces Senate action and House timing
The article outlines a push to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment with a Senate vote and House timing considerations. It notes opposition from Speaker Garner aligned with Democratic reform groups and the need for three fifths support, while Winter state legislatures and a quick path to repeal are discussed. It also mentions a separate committee move on farm allotment legislation under the Reconstruction Finance Act and a rule easing debate limits.
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House
Ton
U.R
Ittee
Court actions mark four liquor charges in Carthage case
In Carthage Township Charles Golden faced four liquor charges in Athens County Court after pleading not guilty. He posted bond under $100 as the case details include intoxication and transportation offenses linked to a November fight at Barnhart. the matter was set for grand jury review alongside related accusations involving Golden and his father.
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Carthage Township
Athens County
Eas Court
Charles Golden
Ether
Rhage
New Barnhart
Cen
Arts House
Barnun
F ‘Solden
Ording
Golden
Wart
St. Grand Jury
Grand Jury Session Opens in Athens County
Athens County grand jury session began today with M47 witnesses listed. Court observers expect several cases to be heard and completed by Wednesday.
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Athens County
Red Cross Flour Shortage Reported in Township
An executive report names Pearl French of the Red Cross and notes flour exhaustion affecting all applicants in the township, with the word on hand hens tomorrow indicating limited supply and distribution concerns.
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Y Hall
Red Cross
Hoover To Act On Bill Barring Arms Shipping
The State Department arms embargo resolution to strengthen the Kellogg Pact faces Hoover decision. War Secretary Hurley vs Stimson clash over the draft ends with Hurley winning. measure may be buried or sent to Congress in a weakened form. The plan would empower the president to halt munitions to any belligerent, with Bolivia and Paraguay cited in a near-war context.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
United Press
White House
State
War Departments
Stimson
Hurley
Ameica
China
Bolivia
Paraguay
Far East
Chicago Water Case Protested
Ohio Attorney General Gilbert Bettman led protests on behalf of Ohio and with Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin to Washington. They object to the Federal Power Commission license for 90 000 horsepower hydro electric development on the Illinois Waterway and War Department approval. The states argue the plan would divert over 10 000 cubic feet per second from Lake Michigan.
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Columbus
U.P
Gilbert Bettman
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Washington
Chicago
Federal Power Commission
Patrick J. Hurley
Illinois
War Department
Hurley
Lake Michigan
Successful Ex Convict Again Sought by Police
Cleveland January 9 Detectives sought Glenn Smeeman alias Harry Stanley a Cleveland businessman and former convict after a St Louis bail jumping charge dating to 1916. Relatives denied reports he planned voluntary surrender in Denver to seek a pardon and said he fled publicity with his wife and infant to friends.
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Cleveland
Jan
U.P
Glenn Smeeman
Harry Stanley
Colorado
St. Louis
Smeeman
Denver
R F C Heads Defend Relief Administration
Washington January 9 a Senate committee heard Reconstruction Finance Corporation officials defend the 2 billion emergency relief act. They reviewed the 300 million unemployment relief loan provision to states as officials testified before the manufactures sub committee led by Chairman Atlee Pomerene and including C A Miller and Gardner Cowles.
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Washington
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Board
Senate
Manufactures
Atlee Pomerene
C. A. Miller
Gardner Cowles
War veteran John W Mathias dies at age 39
John W Mathias, 39, postmaster and World War II veteran, died Sunday of peritonitis. He was wounded in World War II while carrying dispatches in the Argonne.
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Diezs New Philadelpia
John W. Mathias
Argonne
Democrats Move to Sidetrack Hoover Plan for Roosevelt
House Democrats moved to sidetrack President Hoover s Federal reorganization program and leave the job and credit to President Elect Roosevelt. A report by the House Expenditures Committee said Hoover failed to prove cost savings from regrouping 58 agencies. Budget Director Roop testified changes would be unwise on the eve of inauguration. Chair Cochran planned early action to kill the Hoover program via a committee resolution.
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U.p
House
Hoover
Roosevelt
House Expenditures Committee
Cochran
Price of Grain Rises as Record Drops Hint Positive Hope
Price signals on the Chicago Board of Trade spark cautious optimism for farmers. Wheat gains five to six cents from low levels as futures activity climbs. 92,000,000 bushels traded last week, boosting millers demand and indicating renewed buying. Large operators return, and December flour output remains above 1931.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
England
Hoover Plans Special Budget Plea Tuesday
President Hoover will ask Congress to balance the budget this session to ensure success of upcoming bond issues. He will avoid taking sides in intra party debate on methods, but stress equalized revenues and expenses before refinancing. The administration faces 3 billion in bonds due this year and about 500 million to borrow by June plus 2.5 billion more due next year.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
United Press
Congress
Treasury
Desperate Killer Zwick Wounded in Toledo Shootout
Robert Zwick of Cincinnati, described as the Midwest's most elusive killer, was shot multiple times by Toledo rookie Patrolman Jay Maguire during an encounter with the new vice squad. Maguire was wounded in the hip, while Zwick faced transport to Cincinnati to face two first degree murder indictments. Detective Joseph Schaefer, pursuing Zwick for five years, arrived to arrange removal and prosecution.
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U.P
Robert Zwick
Cincinnati
Middle West
County
Jay Maguire
Zwick
St. Vincent's Hospital
Joseph Schaefer
Ohio weekend traffic deaths rise with six fatalities
Columbus reports that most accidental deaths in the state over the weekend were due to traffic accidents. At least six people died in such incidents across Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Milady’s Headgear Embraces Trench Helmet Style
Models at the Annual Spring Millinery Exhibition in Los Angeles showcase hats shaped like trench helmets with one-sided tilts. Buyers from New York and Chicago favorched by browns blacks and splashes of lettuce green Bermuda blue Riviera gray hyacinth and brick rust. Adornments include daggers buckles rings and feathers to finish the look.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Milady
New York
Chicago
Metropolitan Centers
White Begins Second Term In Simple Ohio Inauguration
Governor George White of Marietta is sworn in for a second term in a modest ceremony before a joint session of the Ohio Legislature. Five other statewide officers also take oaths in separate rites, including Sawyer, Myers, Bricker, Tracy and Day, with a 17-gun salute marking the occasion.
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White
Columbus
U.P
George White
Marietta
Ohio
State Senate
House of Representatives
Friends Value Coolidge Estate Near 250000
Northampton Massachusetts January 9 1924 Calvin Coolidge estimated to have left an estate around 250000 based on 30 years in public life White House salary writing earnings and investments. The Beeches valued about 40000 and he owned extensive property in Plymouth Vermont where he is buried near generations of his family. If a will exists only immediate family aware.
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Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Jonathan Edwards
White House
Coolidge
Plymouth
Southern Ohio Men On Finance Group
Speaker Frank Cave announced chairmen of House standing committees and member assignments after the joint session for Governor White’s inauguration. Clarence H. Burk of Huron County was named chairman of the Finance Committee. Other committee members include Jones of Meigs and King of Vinton.
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Southern Ohio Men On Finance Group
Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
Frank Cave
White
Clarence H. Burk
Huron County
Jones
Meigs and
King of Vinton
Roosevelt Backed Glass Banking Bill by President-Elect
Senator Glass says President-Elect Roosevelt supports the Glass Banking Bill and wants it passed. Glass, Democratic Virginia, disclosed in the Senate that Roosevelt aligning with the measure signals executive approval.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Senator Glass
Virginia
Senate
Glass
Atkinson Elected OSU Board Chair in Ohio Shuffle
Columbus news reports H. S. Atkinson of Columbus elected chairman of the Ohio State University board of trustees to replace Egbert H. Mack who resigned. Newton D. Baker was named to fill Mack's vacancy on the board in the January action.
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Columbus
Reprisals Near In Mine War Tremors
In Taylorville Illinois on January 4 bombs damaged property and wounded none as fear of reprisals grows in Christian County coal mine feud. Militia patrolled streets while United Mine Workers members returned to four Peabody mines amid ongoing conflict between established union diggers and the Progressive Miners faction. Three died recently and a Taylorville restaurant was bombed. Police Chief Albert Mattozzo, a Progressive sympathizer, is jailed from last week’s clash.
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Christian County
Progressive Miners
Sheriff's Office
United Mine Workers Union
Peabody Coal Company
Albert Mattozzo
Kincaid
Mell Underwood's Mother Dies in Paralytic Stroke
NEW LEXINGTON Jan. 9. Mrs. Sarah Underwood 76 mother of Congressman Mell G. Underwood of the lithonie District died Sunday from a paralytic stroke. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in New Lexington.
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Sarah Underwood
Mell G. Underwood
Lithonie District
Billion Dollar Veterans Bureau Cost Sparks Economy Debate
Washington observers press for sharp cuts in the Veterans Bureau which spends about 1 billion dollars annually. Activists argue 400 million could be saved without cutting benefits to injured veterans, while critics question equity between injured and noninjured service members.
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Washington
Jan
Veterans Bureau
Congress
Flames Burn Hoover Papers Before Moving Day
Tons of President Hoover's correspondence are being consigned to the flames as the White House staff prepares for moving day. Hoover plans to take about 20 tons of personal documents, with almost as many to be destroyed. Confidential aides supervise the burning to prevent loss.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
White House
States urged to act on relief problem by Baker
New ton D. Baker urged state legislatures to promptly address relief needs in Survey Magazine. He noted relief expenditures have doubled since 1920 and projected 1933 costs could reach 16 times four years earlier, stressing urgent funding during the winter peak.
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Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Survey Magazine
United States
Bricker Resigns PUC to Become Attorney General
John W Bricker Republican of Columbus quits the Public Utilities Commission shortly before being sworn in as attorney general. Governor George White will receive the resignation and appoint Judge Charles F Schaber Bucyrus as Brickers successor. A Senate Rules Committee inquiry into Schabers alleged utility ties will begin Tuesday.
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Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
George 8. Myers
Fast
Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Republican
Public Utilities Commission
George White
Bricker
White
Senate
Charles F. Schaber
Bucyrus
Aerial Bombardment Of Jehol Planned By Japan
Chinese reinforcements rushed into Jehol as Japanese military leaders at Tientsin prepared an aerial bombardment of Chinese concentrations along the Jehol border. The attack could come within days and raise the prospect of a southward Japanese move from Shanhaikwan toward Peiping.
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Peiping
U.P
Jehol
Tientsin
Shanhaikwan
Dublin Political Riot Shocks City in Election Clash
In Dublin a violent campaign clash during the general election led to a riot. Thirty people were hospitalized and many more jailed after mobs fought on the streets as police and civic guards intervened with batons. Stoning, clubs, and gunfire were reported.
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Dublin
High School Youth Dies While Boxing in Cleveland Suburb
Coroner A J Pease investigated the death of Charles Black a high school student who collapsed and died while boxing with another youth in the basement of a house in Newburgh Heights a Cleveland suburb.
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Cleveland
A. J. Pease
Charles Black
Newburgh Heights
Emergency relief legislation urged in inaugural address
Ohio Governor George White, in his inaugural and legislative message to the 90th General Assembly, called for a balanced budget with no new taxes for ordinary state operations. He urged extended emergency relief, new relief measures totaling 12 million dollars, school relief, bond-curtailment, a highway patrol to enforce motor laws, and study of unemployment insurance with possible special session. He warned against ill advised measures and detailed banking and building loan regulations.
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Columbus
Jan
George White
Ninetieth General Assembly
Ohio House
Senate
Rainey Opposes $100 Million Federal Highway Bill
House Majority Leader Rainey announced his opposition to passage of a $100,000,000 Federal aid highway bill. He released a sharp circular to 14 state governors who sought support, asking for ideas on funding and warning of a sizable federal deficit.
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Washington
Rainey
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