Bricker Administration Opens Debate on WPA Financing
The Bricker administration moves to launch early next week on riper or reorganization legislation to overhaul state civil service and tax commissions. The partial $43 million six month appropriation faces cuts, with 200 to 300 Tax Commission workers to be dropped and a push for a three person civil service panel. Beightler warns 1000 highway jobs may be cut as retrenchment hits state operations.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
Bricker
State Unemployment Insurance Commission
State Tax Commission
Frank Miller
House
Senate
Frank Whittemore
Summit
State Auditor's Office
Board of Control
State Highway Department
Robert Beightler
Appropriations Committee Pushes Purge From WPA Relief Rolls
The House Appropriations Committee urges purging malingerers from Works Progress Administration relief rolls and to grant $725 million instead of $875 million. The committee cites widespread admin issues and anticipates 200,000 WPA workers to be discharged by February and 700,000 by June under the reduced funding.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Minority Report
WPA
Court Nominee Is Questioned
Prof. Felix Frankfurter testifies before a Senate judiciary sub committee on his qualifications for the Supreme Court amid opposition citing anti Semitism and his Jewish background. Allen Zoll of the American Federation against Communism warns a Jewish appointment could heighten anti Semitic sentiment across America.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Senate
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Harvard
Allen Zoll
American Federation Against Communism
Ex-Champ's Father Applies for Relief
North Bergen New Jersey Louis Raimann said Joseph Braddock Sr. 76 father of James J Braddock former heavyweight boxing champion has applied for aid reporting himself destitute Braddock was once on relief before his rise to fame and later refunded the funds
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North Bergen
N. J
U.P
Louis Raimann
Boer
Joseph Braddock
James J. Braddock
James Braddock
Hoffman Demonstrates Weapons Used by Sit-Down Strikers
Rep. Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan entered the House with a suitcase full of weapons and a wooden orange crate to attack Attorney General Frank Murphy over his handling of sit-down strikes during his Michigan governorship. He displayed the arsenal to allege it was used by Michigan strikers.
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Washington
U.P
Clare E. Hoffman
Mich
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Hoffman
Sheriff probes illicit liquor ring in Hamilton
Sheriff Charles Walke of Butler County investigates a Cincinnati to Chicago illicit liquor operation after arresting two men and seizing a $3000 untaxed liquor cargo.
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Hamilton
U.P
Charles Walke
Butler County
Sharecroppers Plight Investigation Opens in Missouri
The Missouri Agricultural Conservation Committee began an inquiry into whether homeless sharecroppers along U S Highway 61 received proper treatment under the federal agricultural adjustment program. In Washington the Department of Agriculture warned landowners facing eviction for taking crop reduction benefits.
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Poplar Bluff
U.P
Missouri Agricultural Conservation Committee
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt urges $525 million emergency defense plan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize a $525,000,000 emergency defense program to bolster aviation forces, with $210,000,000 to be spent in 1940. He proposed a $20,000,000 civilian air training scheme for about 20,000 citizens and stressed readiness amid global threats without seeking war. He denied intent to enter a new European war but cited World War I lessons.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Ohio Education Deficit Grows as Wart Rants Mailed
Ohio education director announced mailing war rants totaling 5 974 000 to boards of education to cover notes issued last fall. The current deficit stands at 11 897 000 as of December 31 with projections near 22 000 000 by March 1.
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Columbus
U.p—E. N. Dietrich
Boards of Education
Navy planes grounded across southwest Texas by bad weather
Eighteen navy amphibian planes en route to Cuba and fleet maneuvers were grounded today across southwest Texas due to bad weather reducing flight operations and delaying schedules.
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Abilene
Tex
U.R
Cuba
Texas
Manslaughter Sentence for State Witness Ford
Charles Dryer alias Ford, state witness in the Conn murder trials, pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter and received a sentence of one to 20 years in Mansfield Reformatory. Bernard Masula, 22, Pittsburgh, was already serving life. Serino and Johnson were acquitted. The killing of Patrolman George A. Conn occurred near Freeport on Sept 27, 1937 after a traffic stop.
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Cadiz
U.P
Charles Dryer
Ford
George A. Conn
Mansfield Reformatory
Pittsburgh
Bartelay W. Moore
Bernard Masula
Conn
Ohio
Peter Serino
Booker Johnson
Freeport
Image of Christ Found On Canvas in Church
Hundreds visited the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Chester West Virginia to view a striking image of Christ crowned with thorns that appeared on the canvas background of a manger scene. The pastor Rev. Father William J. Auser said he cannot explain it but believes there is a divine reason.
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Liverpool
U.P
Sacred Heart Catholic
Chester
W. Va
Christ
William J. Auser
Urge Abandonment of Revenue Ear Marking in Ohio Schools
A citizens committee named by the Ohio Education Association urged Governor Bricker and the General Assembly to drop ear marking of tax revenues for public schools. It proposed $49.8 million annual general fund support, tax enforcement boosts, and a 3 to 5 percent tax stamp refund to spur coupon collection. It also urged investing inactive state funds in district notes and allocating $3 million yearly to redeem deficit notes.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
General Assembly
Citizens’ Committee
Ohio Education Association
General Fund
School Foundation
State Tax Commission
Mussolini Fails To Get Satisfaction In Talks With Chamberlain
Premier Mussolini pushed Mediterranean and Spanish Civil War issues in talks with Neville Chamberlain but failed to secure the assurances he sought. Berlin said Hitler hailed Munich conference results as paving a just peace and a second formal conference followed. Chamberlain spoke of a policy of friendship with all and enmity with none, while Mussolini praised peace based on justice. Chamberlain toasted the King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia as Britain recognized Ethiopia’s conquest.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Berlin
Munich
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
France
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Former State Official Named Wage Hour Regional Director
William J. Kennedy, recently Ohio secretary of state, was chosen as regional director for wage-hour law in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky, according to Wage Hour Administration officials in Washington.
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Washington
William J. Kennedy
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Death of Horace J. Maynard at 91 in Columbus
Horace J. Maynard 91 retired grocer and coal operator died Wednesday night at his Columbus home. He was a native of Republic Ohio.
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Columbus
WUP
Horace J. Maynard
Republic, O
Doctor Atterberry questioned after double tragedy in Canon City
In Canon City Colorado Dr Raymond Atterberry was questioned by police ten days after his wife Mrs Nona Atterberry was found dead at the foot of the cellar stairs. Boarder William Hoffman was also questioned as authorities investigate the deaths.
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Nona Atterberry
Canon City
Colo
Raymond Atterberry
William Hoffman
Atterberry
Industrialists Back Hopkins For Cabinet
A coalition of leading industrialists endorsed Harry L. Hopkins for secretary of commerce as the Senate Commerce Committee reviews his cabinet qualifications. Hopkins defended his record, supported collective bargaining, opposed sit-down strikes, and said he would promote industry labor relations while admitting past political speeches during his WPA tenure.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Senate Commerce Committee
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
WPA
Visitors at Old Man's Cave set record 1938 total
Logan staff reports 1938 visitors to Old Man's Cave reached 134,678, up about 25,000 from 1937. Rock House and Ash Cave drew close to 98,000 and 85,000 respectively, Cantwell Cliffs near 45,000, with total Hocking district surpassing all prior records by roughly 75,000.
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Logan
Old Man's Cave
Rock House
Ash Cave
Cantwell Cliffs
Hocking
Wilberforce Head Charges Gillespie Aiding Publicity
Wilberforce University president Dr. D. O. Walker accuses Rep. Chester K. Gillespie of seeking undeserved publicity at the expense of the institution. Gillespie, a Cleveland Democrat, tells the House Finance Committee Walker should retire and claims the university is politicized and losing students.
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Xenia
A.P
D. O. Walker
Wilberforce University
Chester K. Gillespie
Ohio House of Representatives
Cleveland
Seek Modification of WPA Truck Hiring Plan
The executive board of the Ohio Owner- Operators Association with several Ohio Democratic representatives met WPA officials seeking a policy change in Ohio that currently requires competitive bids for truck hiring. They argue single truck owners are underbid, undermining WPA aims to hire needy individuals.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio Owner- Operators Association
WPA
Ohio
Chinese Soldiers Cut Japanese Rail Route
Chinese soldiers operating in a zone held by Japan since the war have cut the important Tientsin Peiping Railroad, severing Japanese army rail communications with Manchukuo and Japan, a disclosure said today.
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Tientsin
U.2
Tientsin-Peiping
Manchukuo
Japan
Slain Pastor's Son Sentenced in Ohio Case
In Chillicothe Ohio Robert G Bready 29 pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his father Dr Russell H Bready 62 a Methodist minister on December 2 in Bainbridge He confessed after the elder Bready was found shot while walking with his son. Robert said he had a lifelong drinking problem.
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Albert Chaperau
New York
Chillicothe, O
U.P
Robert G. Bready
Ohio Penitentiary
Russell H. Bready
Bainbridge
Here
Robert
Blinding Lights Blamed For Fatal Bicycle Collision
Coroner J. D. Bradish states Harold Baker 21 died three miles north of Norwalk when struck by a car whose undimmed headlights blinded the rider. Two bicycle companions were hurled into a ditch but escaped serious injury.
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Norwalk
U.P
J. D. Bradish
Harold Baker
Here
Baker
Monoplane Crashclaims Harold Knowlton at Miami Race
Harold Knowlton of Westfield New York died from injuries after a small monoplane returning from the Miami air races crashed in fog. The accident occurred near Atlanta where he was being treated.
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Atlanta
U.P
Harold Knowlton
Westfield
N. Y
Miami
Roads Oppose Long Distance Rate Cut Plan
Rail way management experts opposed a proposal to postalize passenger fares arguing that traffic gains would not offset low long distance rates. Private rail opposition cited that a single rate for all distances would favor some communities and burden short haul passengers.
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Washington
U.P
Cigaret Truck Hijacked and Driver Kidnapped Near Columbus
Federal agents probed the hijacking of a cigarette truck and the kidnapping of driver Robert Perry of Covington Kentucky. Three men stopped him on Route 104 near Circleville at 6 15 p m Wednesday blindfolded him and transported him for three hours before releasing him near Port Columbus. The truck was found around midnight on Route 104 south of the Franklin County line. investigators noted the cargo was partially missing suggesting the hijackers used a small truck.
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Columbus
Circleville
Robert Perry
Covington
Cleveland
Perry
Port Columbus
Franklin County
Webb
H. W. Wilson
Bricker Ousts Leasure From Canal Lands Post
Gov. John W. Bricker backed by GOP senators dismissed Charles S. Leasure of Zanesville, named canal lands agent, hours after Wahl appointment. Leasure’s reappointment to the unemployment insurance panel failed. finance committee cut Wahl’s office funds to 4,000 dollars for six months, and Leasure’s job was left vacant.
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John W. Bricker
Charles S. Leasure
Zanesville
Carl G. Wahl
Defiance Leasure
State
Martin L. Davey
Wahl
Davey
E. E. Booton
Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
Leasure
Finance Committee
Public Works
Pardons likely for man serving life for Newark killing
William Leroy Caldwell who has spent 11 years of a life sentence for murdering a Newark grocer may receive a pardon recommendation from Ohio state parole board judge H W Jewell says Caldwell proved innocent and was working on a Fremont area farm when the crime occurred. Frank E Slabaugh the Licking County common pleas judge who prosecuted the case says Caldwell never had a chance.
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Columbus
U.P
William Leroy Caldwell
Newark
John W. Bricker
H. W. Jewell
State Parole Board
Caldwell
Jewell
Fremont
Davey
Frank E. Slabaugh
Common Pleas
Licking County
Women Seek Reinstatement After WPA Cut
Thirty nine women cut from the WPA payroll met county commissioners to request reinstatement. Harvey French found twenty ineligible for aid for dependent children. County officials contacted WPA, told reinstatement is required for those not eligible for ADFC funds.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Harvey French
Arthur Beegle
Columbus
Aid For Dependent Children
U S Firm Sells China 200 Fighting Planes
Securities and Exchange Commission records show Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of Newcastle Delaware has contracted to sell the Chinese government 200 fighting planes for 8 320 000 dollars. The aircraft are a fighter bomber type with five machine guns and seven bombs each and cost 39 000 dollars per ship not including armaments.
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Washington
W.P
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
Newcastle
Del
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Duce
Jack Benny
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Wilberforce Head
GOP
HUP
U. S
China
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