Ohio House considers $43 million partial appropriation bill
A partial appropriations measure totaling 43,176,395.40 for six months, 34,090,263.58 from General Revenue, would trim state salaries and likely dismiss many workers. The bill, aimed at reducing costs, earmarks 17 million for old age pensions from liquor profits and bottle taxes, with salary cuts across highway, tax, and liquor agencies. It moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Swhettr
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
House of Representatives
General Revenue Fund
State Department
Board of Control
R. R. Banham
Clinton County
Senate
Highway Department
State Tax Commission
Liquor Department
State Division of Aid For
McNutt Forms 1940 Presidential Candidacy Bid
Indiana figures report Paul V. McNutt former governor and U S high commissioner to the Philippines announces candidacy for the 1940 presidential nomination. A Hoosier strategy group will back him as a middle of the road candidate with hopes of a national headquarters and delegate support across Colorado California New York Michigan Illinois Pennsylvania the South and Indiana.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
U. S
Philippine Islands
Frank McHale
McNutt
White House
Ing
McHale
United States
Colorado
California
New York
Michigan
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Bricker vows economy and honesty as Ohio's governor
John W. Bricker in his inaugural address pledges elimination of waste and adoption of business principles to close a nearly 20 million dollar deficit. He seeks common honesty in government, defends local self rule, and critiques federal spending and centralization of power.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
School Foundation Fund
State Senate
Bricker
Senate Committee
Washington
Wedding Eve Death Case Reveals Personal Struggle
Hayes Clark, 28, died in a quarry pit on his wedding eve in an act ruled as death by his own hand. Union County prosecutor William J. Porter disclosed Hayes’s statement to a courthouse crowd after his burial, noting the man described himself as “as much woman as man” and hinted at a lifelong secret.
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Clark
Hayes
William J. Porter
Union County
Here
Porter
Convict Slugs Officer and Flees Knox County Jail Escape
An armed fugitive John A. Manning, 36, slugged Sheriff Clyde Biggs and jail visitor Cyrus Carpenter, then fled as three inmates wrestled the sheriff. About 300 state patrolmen, county and city officers hunted Manning from Mt Vernon U P. He was to be arraigned on robbery charges with two loan companies. Five stitches treated the sheriff’s head wound after the escape during a Sunday service in the bullpen.
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MT. Vernon
U.P
Knox County
John A. Manning
Middletown
Clyde Biggs
Cyrus Carpenter
Biggs
Coughlin Attacks FDR On Foreign Policy In Radio Talk
Detroit U P reports Rev. Charles E. Coughlin attacked President Roosevelt’s foreign policy as violating the Monroe doctrine. He argued the state of the nation address echoed Woodrow Wilson and led the U S into World War.
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Detroit
U.P
Roosevelt
Charles E. Coughlin
Congress
Coughlin
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Different Setting for Republican Inaugural
In Ohio the contrast in inaugurations stands out. When Y. Cooper was sworn in January 14 1929 the temperature was below zero. Today John W Bricker took the oath as governor with a thermometer at 55 above zero.
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Columbus
Myrs Y. Cooper
Ohio
Republcan
John W. Bricker
Train Derailment Near Cutler Injures Two
Service resumed on the Pennsylvania Railroad right of way near Cutler Indiana after the Florida Arrow, a Miami Chicago flyer, derailed early Sunday injuring two persons. The incident disrupted travel briefly and prompted investigation by railroad authorities.
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Cutler
Ind
U.K
Pennsylvania Railroad
Glouster Man Hangs Self in Home
A Glouster man, John Shaner, 43, was found dead in his living room on Oak Street after hanging himself during the night. Coroner A L Pritchard ruled death by own action following an investigation. He is survived by his wife Jessie Shaner, his mother Mrs George Shaner, and three brothers George Fred and James. Funeral arrangements were set for Wednesday at two and burial in Glouster Cemetery.
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Jessie Shaner
Hollister
Shaner
Shaners
George Shaner
Nelsonville
Glouster
George
Fred
Columbus
James
Ray
Vinton County
Wallace Funeral Home
Glouster Cemetery
Davey Commutes Lippe Death Sentence to Life
Governor Martin L. Davey commuted the death sentence of Albert Lippe of Cleveland to life imprisonment for the murder of a Cleveland policeman during a December 1937 robbery attempt. Lippe was slated to die in the electric chair January 11. other youths involved include Carl Ferrito who was executed, Neal Pelatrone and Mario Gallina serving life terms. The pardon board unanimously recommended the commutation.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Albert Lippe
Cleveland
Lippe
Virgil Bayne
Gerald Bode
Carl Ferrito
Davey
Neal Pelatrone
Mario Gallina
Ohio
Benny Benny to Testify in Jewel Smuggling Case
New York radio comedian Jack Benny arrives to testify before a federal grand jury about alleged jewelry smuggling linked to a confessed smuggler. Benny bought about $1,200 worth of jewels for his wife Mary Livingstone, mirroring George Burns’s situation in the case.
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New York
U.P
Jack Benny
George Burns
Benny
Mary Livingstone
United States
Chamberlain Seeks to Test Axis Ties in Rome Talks
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will meet Premier Benito Mussolini in Rome to test the Berlin Rome axis. Britain and France may concede to Italy in exchange for Mussolini’s reduced cooperation with Hitler and could offer financial and economic aid.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
Berlin- Rome
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mussoli
Adolf Hitler
Great
Pedlow Reveals Trict as Bowling Green State President Candid
Dr E B Pedlow of Lima, chair of the university board of trustees, announced that Trict is a candidate for the presidency of Bowling Green State University. He disclosed the news today to officials.
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Trict
Bowling Green State University
E. B. Pedlow
Lima
University Board of Trustees
Expansion of U S Aircraft Production Is Advocated
The Nations Advisory Committee on Aeronautics urged Congress to expand aircraft production capacity for peace and safety. It called for adequate air arms and an early plan to train active and reserve personnel, following Lindberghs secret memos on German air strength. Civil Aeronautics Authority report notes civilian air power rise in 1938 with 22 983 pilots licensed and 10 000 planes certificated.
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Washington
Nations Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Charles A. Lindbergh
Congress
Roosevelt
Army
Lindbergh
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
U. S
Extend Search For Inmates Of State Hospital
Police extended a Midwest hunt for two of five State Hospital escapees from Lima Ohio who raided the National Guard Armory in Omaha Nebraska injuring Capt Earl Kelso his wife and Maj B B Miltenberger. Frank Haines and William Blatz fled with Willard Brucks captured earlier.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Midwest
State Hospital
Lima
National Guard
Frank Haines
Chicago
William Blatz
Willard Brucks
Cincinnati
Haines
Brucks
Blatz
Army
Earl Kelso
Maj
B. B. Miltenberger
Lincoln
Kelso
Miltenberger
Four dead nine wounded in clash at Gacheta political meeting
In Gacheta Colombia a fight between liberal and conservative factions at a political meeting left four dead and nine injured. Police reported the confrontation erupted during the assembled gathering and authorities began investigations.
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Bogota
Colombia
U.P
Librated
Gacheta
Kennedy urges reforms to curb costly campaign spending
Retiring Ohio secretary of state William J. Kennedy calls for state law changes to limit campaign spending after noting about 1 million dollars reported by candidates and party groups and estimating another million by nonfilers. He accuses misuse of absent voters ballots as unscrupulous.
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Columbus
U.P
William J. Kennedy
Ohio
Kennedy
State Central Party
Senators Protest Hopkins Nomination Before Commerce Committee
A Republican led protest was expected as the Senate Commerce Committee begins scrutiny of Harry L. Hopkins for Secretary of Commerce. Senators McNary Vandenberg Clark and others planned to press Hopkins on political views and relief agency leadership while hearings on Felix Frankfurter and Frank Murphy nominations also faced Judiciary sub committees.
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Harry Hopkins
Relief
WPA
Commerce
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Senate Commerce Committee
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Works Progress
Hopkins
Relief Agency
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Bennett Champ Clark
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
LaGuardia Proposes Greater Relief Sum
Washington reports Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia urges Congress to provide 915 million dollars for relief until July 1, opposing Roosevelt’s 875 million figure. David Lasser of the Workers' Alliance will tell Congress that relief should total 1.05 billion dollars.
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Washington
U.P
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Congress
Roosevelt
David Lasser
Workers’ ‘Alliance
Texan Advocates Dam on Ohio Near Ironton
Chairman Joseph J. Mansfield of Texas urges building a power dam on the Ohio River near Ironton Ohio in a speech inserted in the Congressional Record. He sits on the House Rivers and Harbors Committee and favors dam construction for energy and navigation benefits.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph J. Mansfield
Tex
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congressional Record
Ohio River
Ironton
Athens County Act Lauded by Ohio University Band at Inaugural Show
Athens County staked its claim as the best act in the Ohio Grand Old Party inaugural program. The Ohio University cadet band led the parade from Union Depot to Deshler-Wallick with co-ed drum majors Ruth Lewis and Gertrude Kissner in white, while Gallipolis High School Band accompanied a large delegation from river towns. The Athens County contingent traveled by special train carrying 542 passengers, with green and white banners and signs praising Athens County, Ohio University, and Hocking Valley Coal.
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Athens County
Ohio University Band
W. F. Smiley
Columbus
Ohio
Hamilton County
Ohio University
Union Depot
Deshler-Wallick
Court St
Northwest Territory
Ruth Lewis
Gertrude Kissner
Athens
Gallipolis
Eloise Clark
Pomeroy
Middleport
High St
Neil
Hocking County
Nelsonville
Union Station
Bert Barnes
Harry Risley
Jack McGee
Hocking Valley
Bricker
State House
State
Eight Ohioans Are Week End Mishap Victims
At least eight people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend. Ethel Carder 40 Lima and her children Robert 20 and Dorothy 13 months perished when their car struck a bridge and swerved into a truck. Columbus motorcycle patrolman Campbell Jenkins 36 died from injuries after being thrown from his vehicle. Eula Robinson 22 Franklin was killed stepping from a bus. Joseph Simpson 50 Massillon died when struck by two cars. Rev Roy Snider 55 Cincinnati pastor killed when a trainHit his car. William Cordle Lucasville farmer died from injuries after a bridge crash four miles north of Portsmouth.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ethel Carder
Lima
Robert
Dorothy
Campbell K. Jenkins
Westerville Road
Eula Robinson
Franklin, O
Joseph Simpson
Massillon
Roy I. Snider
Elmwood Methodist Church
Cincinnati
William R. Cordle
Lucasville
Portsmouth
Hull Warns Aggressors To Stay Out of America
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned aggressor nations the Western Hemisphere stands united to defend its territorial integrity and institutions. Speaking after returning from the Pan American Conference in Lima, Peru, he signaled follow up to Roosevelt’s warning with economic and diplomatic moves.
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New York
Cordell Hull
Hull
Lima
Peru
Roosevelt
Shakeup Threatened In Nationalist Army
Generalissimo Francisco Franco may remove Gen. Gonzalo Queipo De Llano from command of the southern insurgent forces for failing to halt a Loyalist offensive. Reports say Franco has withdrawn troops from the Catalonian drive to reinforce the Nationalist southwest.
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Hendaye
Hungary to Reinforce Frontier Troops on Czech Clashes
Budapest authorities intend to strengthen border forces after recent clashes with Czechs amid ongoing tensions. An authoritative source reported the decision to bolster frontier patrols.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
William A. Julian Suffers Minor Injuries in Car Accident
Treasurer William A. Julian was recovering from minor injuries after a weekend automobile accident. He sustained non life threatening injuries and remained hospitalized for observation.
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Washington
William A. Julian
United States
Bricker Inaugurated Governor Of Ohio In 1st Republican Hand
John William Bricker was sworn in as Ohio 54th governor on a sunny inauguration day at the Statehouse. He pledged honesty and common decency while a 19 gun salute rang out as crowds packed the yard and streets.
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Columbus
U.P
John William Bricker
Ohio
State House
Bricker
Carl V. Weygandt
State Supreme Court
United States
National Guard
Mooney Receives Pardon and Welcome Parade in San Francisco
Thom as J. Mooney ends return from 22 year wait to pardon by Gov. Olson in Sacramento. San Francisco crowds greet him with a two day parade along Market Street where the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing claimed 10 lives.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Culbert L. Olson
Sacramento
Market Street
Al Capone Nears End Of Federal Sentence
Al Capone entered the final period of his prison term at Terminal Island California. A guard described him as screwy as a bed bug from advanced paresis and he was not expected to receive visitors.
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San Pedro
Cal
al Caspone
Terminal Island
Arms Exports Double From 1937 to 1938
The National Munitions Control Board reported to Congress that 1938 arms exports were double those in 1937, signaling a sharp increase in munitions shipments. The finding highlights growing parallel demand and policy considerations for defense trade.
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Washington
National Munitions Control Board
Congress
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Paul M. Herbert
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