Social Security Board to Probe CIO Charges in Job Insurance Bureau
The Social Security Board in Cleveland will investigate the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation after CIO leaders in Ohio submitted complaints. CIO President John Owens claims $14.25 million in benefits were lost in 1939 under H. C. Atkinson, while Atkinson defends the system and outlines a compromise rule based on the high quarter earnings.
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Social Security Board
CIO
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Federal
Paul V. McNutt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Robert C. Goodwin
John Owens
BUC
H. C. Atkinson
Owens
Atkinson
Paul McNutt
Taft Formula Refused Prize By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt declined to award Taft a prize for a five point budget balancing formula. Roosevelt, citing a study, said the plan would save about 8 million dollars but at the cost of essential governmental operations. Taft retorted that the president does not want to balance the budget and defended his proposed bureau eliminations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Finns Cut Supply Lines of Large Russian Force
Reports from the northern front said Finnish troops in the Salla area had surrounded a large body of Russian forces and cut their supply lines. Russian planes tried to drop supplies to the isolated Red Army units, but many parcels fell inside Finnish lines.
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Helsinki
Salla
Herbert Rules Against Payment to Architect
A.P. report: Ohio Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled a Erie County commissioners contract invalid for paying an architect who prepared plans specifications and cost estimates for an addition to the county children’s home. The project intended to use PWA funds but the grant lapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Thomas J. Herbert
Erie County Commissioners
PWA
State Offers Schmidt One Year Contract
Columbus Ohio State football coach Francis A Schmidt will receive a one year contract for next season as his current three year deal expires this spring. Athletic Director L W St John said Schmidt is certain to stay at Ohio State despite Stanford coaching speculation.
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Columbus
WWP
Francis A. Schmidt
Ohio State
L. W. St. John
St. John
Schmidt
Stanford
Pupils Back to School as Defiance Passes Tax Levy
Defiance public school pupils return to classes after vacation begun December 22 when funds ran out. Voters approved a two mill tax levy yesterday, restoring school operations and funding.
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Defiance
Funeral services for infant Roger Pierce in Coolville
Funeral services for Roger Pierce infant son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Pierce Coolville will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the home. The child died yesterday.
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Coolville
Roger Pierce
Oscar Pierce
Fight on Guam Returns to Capitol Hill
Washington U P says a renewed battle over Guam surfaced in Congress as Chairman Carl Vinson demanded naval improvements on the island be authorized by his Naval Affairs Committee before any appropriation. He warned of a point of order against a 4 million dollar Navy request for Guam in 1941, citing past disputes when Guam was removed from base authorization lists in 1939.
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Washington
U.P
Guam
Pacific Atoll
Congress
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Navy
Ex-Senator Beckham Dies in Kentucky Home
Louisville, Ky. ex senator John C. W. Beckham died at his Louisville home after months of illness. Beckham, governor of Kentucky at 30 and later a U.S. senator, was grandson of former Kentucky governor Charles A. Wickcliffe and nephew of Louisiana governor Robert Wickcliffe.
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Louisville
U.P
John Crepps Wickcliffe Beckham
Kentucky
United States
Charles A. Wickcliffe
Robert Wickcliffe
Louisiana
Bricker Praises New Ohio State President
Governor John W Bricker praised the new Ohio State President after returning from Florida and said he would decide within a day whether to call a special election in the 17th or 22nd congressional districts to fill vacancies caused by deaths.
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Columbus
U.R
John W. Bricker
Florida
Endicott Johnson workers reject unions in big vote
In Binghamton New York 17 000 employees of Endicott Johnson Shoe Corporation voted against union representation choosing AFL CIO or neither With AFL receiving 1612 CIO 4079 and 12693 voting for neither the result ranking as the second largest NLBR bargaining election shows the employer had provided benefits and housing for years while unions pressed to represent the workers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghampton
N. Y
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corporation
George F. Johnson
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
AFL
United Shoe Workers of America
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Union
Detroit Police Arrest Marysville Fugitives
Ohio official Charles L. Sherwood reports the return to Marysville of two escaped prisoners Velma Mahoney and Ruth Miller who, with Ruth Fox, had made the first Marysville reformatory escape in three years. They were arrested January 5 by Detroit police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio Women's Reformatory
Marysville
Velma Mahoney
Findlay
Ruth Miller
Cleveland
Ruth Fox
Akron
Detroit
Hold Up Victim Nickel To Call Police
A slight middle aged man robbed a Cleveland gasoline station with an empty gun taking $20 and then loaned the attendant a nickel to call police. He refused to give his name and said he did not care about jail, claiming he was tired of bouncing around.
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Cleveland
V.P
Fortune in Crystal Glass Exhibited by Steuben in New York
In a dim room in New York the Steuben Company unveiled a $17,900 display of 27 crystal glass pieces. Designed by 27 renowned artists, the exhibit aims to elevate glass to fine art alongside paint and marble, with works priced between $400 and $1,000.
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Fortune
New York
Steuben
Theft and Recovery of Plans for U S Bomber
FBI director J Edgar Hoover disclosed to a House subcommittee that bomber plans were stolen from a west coast plant and quickly recovered. He described a new anti espionage unit and a master file of individuals involved in subversive activities as part of a 1.475 million emergency protection fund.
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Washington
U. S. Army Air Corps
Federal Bureau of Investigation
General Intelligence Division
United States
Hoover
Army
Navy
Republicans to Meet February 16 in Washington
The Republican National Committee called to meet in Washington on February 16 to set the site and date of the presidential nominating convention. The Democratic Committee will meet February 5 for the same purpose. Roosevelt’s comments on third terms trigger GOP planning as they weigh June or later conventions.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
G.O.P
State Penitentiary Opens New Educational System
Columbus Ohio penitentiary launches a long range plan to develop its education by opening extension courses in agriculture. More than 80 prisoners enroll in correspondence courses in beekeeping corn culture dairy farming and other farming subjects with Ohio State University's agricultural school cooperating with prison authorities.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio State University
Agricultural School
Citizens Tax League To Investigate Expenditures In Ohio
The Citizens Tax League of Ohio announced plans to investigate 1940 tax expenditures in Cuyahoga County Cleveland 1939 state expenditures and Toledo public school spending. S. P. Bush re elected president said the group will continue studying the administration of the workmen s compensation law by the state industrial commission.
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Columbus
U.P
Citizens Tax League of Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Toledo
S. P. Bush
State Industrial Commission
Argentina Swelters as Thermometer Reaches High
Buenos Aires weather reports a searing heat wave with temperatures up to 101.84 at 3 30 pm and humidity at 23 percent. The city endures continued heat with little relief expected.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.P
Bricker Endorses Bevis for OSU Presidency
Ohio Governor Bricker approves Howard L. Bevis as president of Ohio State University. Bricker, who knew Bevis from years as state finance director, says Bevis will make a good president. He comments on the selection during a Columbus briefing.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Howard
Bevis
Fanning Dies in Cleveland At 75 Veteran Reporter and Officer
Lieut. Col. Fred M. Fanning aged 75 died yesterday in Cleveland from a heart attack. He was a veteran of two wars and a former newspaper man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cool. Fanning
Cleveland
U.P
Fred M. Fanning
House Poised To Pass Anti Lynch Bill Today
The House was expected to pass an anti lynching bill today. Southern foes of the controversial measure conceded defeat in the house and expect the Senate to attempt another filibuster if it reaches that chamber.
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House
Washington
Senate
Speed Trap at Northfield Faces $7500 Damage Suit
Akron man George E. Voll sues Northfield Village Mayor Daniel Steele and the police alleging illegal entry into his home to serve a contempt of court citation issued Nov 9. Voll describes the incident after being fined for speeding in October and paying court costs before stopping payment on the check.
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Akron
U.P
Daniel Steele
Northfield Village
Ohio
George E. Voll
Northfield
Glen Hotchkiss
Steele
Voll
Marshal Hotchkiss
Germany Plans To Pay Workers In Promises
Berlin report says Das Schwarze Korps considers paying part of German workers’ wages with promissory notes. The notes’ exact form is not announced. The piece condemns “personal over-consumption” as a serious offense on the home front.
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Berlin
U.P
Das Schwarze Korps
National Socialism
Finns Fortify Mid-Finland Front With Tree Barriers
Finnish engineers began constructing tank defenses by felling tall trees into wide belts along the Suomusalmi front as mopping squads search for Russian 44th Infantry Division remnants. Demolition ski patrols cut Lenin-Murmansk rail lines to hinder traffic while stressing a purely defensive war. Captured Russians describe friction with political commissars.
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United Press
Finland
Helsinki
U.P
Suomusalmi
Gulf of Bothnia
Leningrad-Murmansk
Russia
Sever
War in European Skies and Seas Heats Up Across Fronts
British raids hit Helgoland and Sylt as German air forces renewed strikes on shipping along Britain and Scotland. Oak Grove sunk with casualties while Rothesay Castle damaged off Scotland. German reports claim eight British coastal ships sunk. several vessels still afloat. Finnish fronts show limited fighting as Russians retreat in Suomusalmi. Danube oil routes frozen and Romanian oil transit stalls amid German-Russian rail dispute.
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North Sea
England
Scotland
Neville Chamberlain
Helgoland
Sylt
Denmark
Holland
Syit
British Isles
Oak Grove
Rothesay Castle
London
Ivan Kondrup
Feddy
Union Castle Dunbar Castle
Nazis Charge Britain Violating Neutrality
Nazi circles today charged Britain with violating neutral rights over the dropping of two bombs on the Danish island of Romo near the German base at Sylt.
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Byrlin
UVP
Britain
Romoe
Sylt
Cleveland Attorney Disbarred Over Client Funds Misuse
Thomas J. Long a Cleveland attorney of nearly 25 years was disbarred by Common Pleas Judge Alva R. Corlett for withholding money from clients.
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Cleveland
Thomas J. Long
Common Pleas
Alva R. Corlett
Struggle To Free Barge M. H. Stuart Off Cheboygan
Bois Blanc station guardsmen hacked through over a foot of ice to free the steam barge M. H. Stuart trapped about a mile and a half from Cheboygan harbor. Efforts continued as rescuers worked through the ice in a hazardous cold.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Bois Blanc
M. H. Stuart
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