Congressional Action In Ohio Flood Control Plan Urged by Holzer
Dr. C. E. Holzer, president of the Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress, urged immediate funding for Ohio River valley flood control. He asked Congress to allocate at least 75 million dollars from regular funds, prioritize major population centers, and expedite projects without relief-restricted spending.
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Ohio
Holzer
Gallipolis
Ohio River Valley
C. E. Holzer
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
William M. Whittington
House Flood Control Committee
Army
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Ashland
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Covington
Louisville
New Albany
Coraopolis
Follawsbee
W. Va
Wellsburg
Warwood
Bellaire
New Boston
Jeffersonville
Ind
Allin
Congress
Poulson Advised Not to Talk Before Graft Committee
Francis W. Poulson state Democratic chairman was told by attorney Charles Druggan not to answer questions about his personal affairs before the Senate graft investigating committee. Druggan said Poulson owed no duty to discuss the automobile accident. Testifying at the scene, Charles Morgan and Arthur Adams, former officers, said they took $4160 from Poulson’s car for safekeeping after the accident.
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Columbus
U.P
Francis W. Poulson
Charles Druggan
Senate
Druggan
Poulson
Charles Morgan
Arthur Adams
Senate Panel Votes to Probe Coal Commission
The Interstate Commerce Committee approved a resolution by Sen James J. Davis to investigate the Bituminous Coal Commission over alleged maladministration. The probe would examine civil service merit violations fund mishandling excessive salaries and overstaffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Sen- Interstate Commerce Committee
Bituminous Coal Commission
James J. Davis
Senate
The
Coal Commission
Civil Service
Attack plane crash kills two fliers in Texas
Two pilots died when an Army attack plane crashed at Grandview Texas. Lieut. Frank K. Thompson of Columbus Ohio and Corp. W T Matthews of Milan Texas were killed. Army officers investigated the cause.
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Grandview
Tex
U.S
Frank K. Thompson
Columbus, O
Corp
W. T. Matthews
Milan
Texas
Athens man among 53 paroled by state board
The State Board of Parole released 53 inmates from the London Prison Farm after hearing 100 cases, with 37 continued. The list includes Athens resident Leonard Keirns jailed for larceny, parole set for March 1, 1938.
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Athens
State Board
Columbus
State Board of Parole
London
Leonard Keirns
Barbara Stanwyck Sues Ex Husband Over Beloved Teeth Case
Hollywood drama unfolds as Barbara Stanwyck goes to court claiming Frank Fay favors his new teeth over his adopted son Dion. The actress, once a studio star with 50 race horses and ties to Robert Taylor, seeks legal resolution in a dramatic custody and affection dispute.
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Hollywood
Barbara Stanwyck
Frank Fay
Dion
Robert Taylor
Barbara
Fay
Canadian Blizzard Heads Toward Great Lakes Region
Forecaster C A Donnell warns a major blizzard moving from Saskatchewan toward the Great Lakes will hit the Middle West tonight or tomorrow. He notes historical 1888 storm losses in the Dakotas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota, and predicts intense cold and widespread snow across Northern Rockies Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys.
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Chicago
U.P
Saskatchewan
U. S
C. A. Donnell
Middle West
West
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Donnell
Alberta
Rockies
Mississippi
Missouri
Canadian
Great Lakes
Referendum Backers Plan Fight Into Fall Elections
Congressmen and peace groups pledge to continue pressuring for a war referendum. Four organizations condemn administration policy as dictatorial and vow reprisals against opposing lawmakers. The groups say the people will vote again this year to choose representatives who heed public will.
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Washington
U.P
Ludlow
National Council For Prevention of War
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
World Peaceways
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Compromise Rumor Takes Hold in Loyalist Spain
Reports reach Paris that Loyalists and Spanish Fascists may near a compromise to end the civil war. Quarters in close touch with the conflict say changes of importance are impending in Loyalist Spain.
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Paris
U.P
Spain
Coal Commission calls producers’ boards to meet
The National Bituminous Coal Commission summoned representatives of producers' district boards to convene in Washington January 15 for a conference to secure full industry cooperation.
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Washington
U.P
National Bituminous Coal Commission
New Relief Plan Excludes Single Men and Farmers
New relief measures go into effect with eligibility narrowed to those not in the three excluded groups. Fred C. Shafer notes single men, farm residents, and most single women are ineligible unless disabled or elderly. Officials prepare new forms requiring detailed family finances and official certification of dire need before relief orders are issued.
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Shafer
Martin L. Davey
Confesses 1935 Auto Theft To Ease Mind
Columbus AP reports Bill Christian, who turns 19 on Thursday, confessed to police that he stole a car in 1935. He said he wandered the U S South America and Canada since the theft “for a ride” and is the son of a former Huntington West Virginia police judge.
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Columbus
Bill Christian
Christian
Huntington
W. Va
United States
South America
Canada
December Relief Load Increases 15 Percent
The Social Security Board reports December relief load rose 15 percent from November in 54 cities, with sharp gains in industrial areas. Detroit up 65 percent, Grand Rapids 53 percent, Toledo 69 percent, and South Bend 56 percent.
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Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
Senate Special Committee On
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
South Bend
Ind
Former Resident Dies In Accidental Shooting
Floyd Waugh a former Nelsonville meat cutter who moved to Huntington West Virginia to open his own store accidentally shot himself Monday morning and died a few minutes later. He had left Nelsonville over a year ago. His daughter Mrs Harold Gabriel and her husband left for Huntington after the incident. Mrs Waugh passed away last April. Burial is expected in Zanesville Ohio, where two other daughters live.
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Nelsonville
Floyd Waugh
Huntington
W. Va
Harold Gabriel
Gabriel
Ohio Wesleyan President Dr. E D Soper Resigns
Dr Edmund D Soper resigns as president of Ohio Wesleyan University effective August 31. Dr John E Brown board of trustees president says a committee will appoint a successor. Soper 61, in office since 1928, leaves to return to teaching and is a noted missions professor.
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Edmund D. Soper
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Board of
Soper
Ohio Wesleyan
Northwestern
Duke
U.P
John E. Brown
Columbus
Board of Trustees
Dr. Soper
Brown
White House
Representative National Industrial Leaders
Roosevelt
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corp
Ernest P. Weir
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
M. W. Clement
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewis Brown
Johns Manville Co
Colby Chester
General Foods Corp
National Association of Manufacturers
Solons Return To Relief Task In 1938 Budget Fight
In Columbus the Senate and House resume work after completing the 1938 poor relief program. The House will debate amendments re-enacting the utility excise tax for relief and directing beverage tax revenues to the same purpose. The Senate trim reduces the utility tax to 0.65 percent and lowers the beverage tax to 0.25 percent per bottle, yielding about 4.009 million dollars in 1938.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
House
Special Grand Jury Called at Mansfield Reform School
Common Pleas Judge C H Huston announced a special grand jury will be drawn in Mansfield to probe paroles at the state reformatory. Jurors will report Monday and sit at the reformatory, after discussions with Attorney General Herbert S Duffey.
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Mansfield
Common Pleas
C. H. Huston
Hitler Replies to Pope at New Year Reception
In Berlin a Vatican envoy warned Hitler that mankind seeks peace. Hitler pledged to cooperate with all nations in a reply described as honorable and confident during the New Year diplomatic corps reception.
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Berlin
U.P
Pius
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Ten Die In Luxury Liner Crash In Montana Blizzard
Northwest Airlines luxury liner crashed in Bridger Canyon Montana during a heavy blizzard killing ten people including pilots Fred West and Nick Mamer. The craft struck nose first in a level clearing and burst into flames as two wood choppers and rangers found the wreck.
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Rocky Canyon
Montana
Bozeman
Mont
U.24
Woodchoppers
Forest Rangers
Northwest Airlines
Bridger Canyon
A. L. Croonquist
Billings
Roosevelt
Dude Ranchers’ Association
James Roosevelt
Bridger Mountains
Flaming Arrow
Nick B. Mamer
Mamer
Seattle
Northwest
Art Walker
Sun God
Fred W. West
G. A. Anderson
Spokane
Douglas McKay
Winnipeg
Canada
Levin
Butte
I. E. Stevenson
W. EE. Borgenheimer
Bas
Utah
United Airlines
Rural Relief Demands Rise Despite Large Crops
Secretary Wallace told the Senate Unemployment Committee that rural relief appeals grew since July despite bumper crops. He noted Farm Security Administration drops from grant rolls as production rose and warned continued aid is needed in Montana through Nebraska due to major crop failures.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Unemployment Committee
Farm Security Administration
Wallace
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Great Plains
Soviet Purge to Continue, Finance Commissar Declares
Moscow reports that V. V. Chubar, finance commissar and Politburo member, said the purge of enemies of the Soviet state will continue until all are liquidated. The pronouncement underscores Stalin's close ally's stance on ongoing political repression.
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Moscow
U.P
V. V. Chubar
Chubar
All Important
Josef Stalin
Third Divorce Granted To Gallipolis Couple
Mrs. Minnie Mooney was granted a divorce from Myron Mooney by Judge W. R. White in Gallipolis. She won custody of their child. The couple had married three times and were divorced twice before.
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Gallipolis
Minnie Mooney
Myron Mooney
W. R. White
Morgenthau Sees watchdog role overzealous in hearings
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr told Congress that acting Comptroller General Richard N. Elliott has taken the term treasury watchdog too literally and has been snapping at the heels of administrative officers.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Congress
Richard N. Elliott
Treasury
Ohio Pension Costs Estimated at 33 Million for 1938
Ohio officials estimated the total cost of old age pensions for 1938 at 33,750,724 dollars. At end of 1937, 04 614 recipients received 2,416,977.35 dollars monthly, averaging 23.10 per pensioner. Pending applications total about 20,974 with roughly 12,000 likely to qualify.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry J. Berrodin
Division of Aid For
House
Borrodin
Berrodin
Canton Moves To Register Aliens Under New Law
Canton council delayed action until January 17 on a proposed ordinance requiring all aliens over 21 to register semi annually with the city, submit to fingerprinting and photos, and carry ID at all times. Proponents include the American Legion and Building Trades Council. opposition comes from the CIO and AFL central bodies.
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Canton
A.P
James Seccombe
American Legion
Building Trades Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Jersey City Mayor Vows Deep Stance Against CIO Leaders
Mayor Frank Hague declares at a mass meeting that CIO organizers who tried to distribute leaflets to workers will be arrested and deported. He brands several John L. Lewis lieutenants as Communists and radicals.
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CIO
Frank Hague
Jersey City
N. J
John L. Lewis
Hoffman Plans To Publish Lindbergh Case Records
Governor Hoffman said official records of the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation would be published to support claims of Hauptmann’s accomplices. He has a magazine contract to release the material after his term ends. The $25,000 reward will be distributed among about 100 people including bank tellers who identified ransom bills.
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Hoffman
Lindbergh Case Records
Trenton
N. J
U.P
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
John F
Jassie) Condon
Bronx, N. Y
Light Rate Reduction Proposed for Columbus Residents
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co offered a 64 percent cut to residential rates here. The plan uses a $1,030,000 expansion of the permanent plant permitted by a recent Supreme Court ruling and would take effect for five years if accepted. current ordinance expires in November 1939.
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Columbus
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Manent
Minister Embraced By Drunken Visitor
Robert McNeal of Deanville was intoxicated and walked to Sheriff Bayless residence. He embraced a Nelsonville minister visiting the sheriff before being escorted to jail. He pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars plus costs by Judge O F Rowland.
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Robert McNeal
Deanville
Charles Bayless
Nelsonville
McNeal
O. F. Rowland
Gas Station Robbery Nets 16 Million in Timely Heist
During a Monday council session in New Philadelphia an agenda item on policing expansion was overshadowed by a gasoline station robbery. Two bandits escaped with 16 million, prompting an active police hunt and investigations.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Japan Closes Canton Outlets
Japanese planes and warships began wide operations in South China as a prelude to severing Canton’s link to the sea. Bombs hit the Canton Hankow railroad near Canton damaging tracks and communications while other raids struck Kiangsi towns. In Tokyo leaders held a solemn imperial conference to finalize a long range China program.
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China
Canton
Canton- Hankow
Kiangsi
Japan
Tokio
Actor Sought Injunction Over Honeymoon Home
Hollywood report says Stan Laurel asked a superior court for an injunction to keep his first wife away from his apartment where he is honeymooning with his new bride. Virginia Ruth Laurel defended by saying she only protects Stan from a marrying complex. Queen Marie Near Death.
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Hollywood
Stan Laurel
Superior Court
Virginia Ruth Laurel
Stan
Filibuster Persists Into Fifth Day Over Anti-Lynching Bill
In Washington the anti-lynching bill filibuster enters its fifth day as opposition and supporters wait for a Senate showdown. Southern Democrats threaten turmoil within party ranks and Sen. Pat Harrison warns that passage could have grave political repercussions.
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Washington
Senate
Pat Harrison
Miss
Ohio Receives Large Slice Of Emergency Relief Fund
President Roosevelt’s report to Congress lists Ohio receiving 413 004 905 of emergency relief from 1935 to 1937 out of 8 422 684 etc. WPA total for Ohio stands 248 557 545 with 13 413 777 unexpended. Major allocations include Agriculture 2 032 955 Roads 14 832 000 FSA 15 812 861 CCC 13 792 198 FERA 56 524 416 and PWA 23 978 503 with 9 670 941 in other programs.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Ohio
Works Progress Administration
WPA
National Youth Administration
National Emergency Council
Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
CCC
FERA
Public Works Administration
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Investigation of Coal Commission
Referendum
Fred C. Shafer
Athens Coun
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck & Company
Wood
E. D. Soper
Solons
Pope
Works Progress
Aubrey Williams
Morgenthau
Marie
Vienna
Austria
Romania
Bucharest
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