Deadlock Threatens Ohio Relief Bill Over Tax Plan
Ohio Senate and House remain at odds over the Hum Bill a utility excise tax for poor relief revenue. Senate demands acceptance of the reduced tax while House recesses to form a conference committee. Bills advancing include relief director creation and funds for relief data, plus tax enforcement changes expected to raise state revenues.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
Hume
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Welfare Department
Campbell-Taylor
State Highway Patrol
George M. Morris
Kent State University
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Miami University
H. D. Byrne
Portage
Bowling Green
Kent State
Wilberforce
Common Pleas
FDR Weighs Creation of Federal Cooperation Board
President Roosevelt is said to be studying the feasibility of a new federal agency to foster business government cooperation. No firm program is set, but officials name negotiator figures like Norris Richberg and Ernest Draper shaping the idea amid the economic recession.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Nald Richberg
E Nra
Washington Law
Ernest Draper
Car Skids Into Tree Killing Prospect Doctor
Dr. R. H. Fine, 68, of Prospect, died Wednesday when his car skidded into a tree. He practiced medicine for 40 years and served two terms in the Ohio Legislature.
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Marion
U.P
R. H. Finefrock
Prospect
Ohio
Big Circulation Upturn Boosts Messenger Ads
The Messenger reports growing circulation and features livestock for sale. Ed Brooks of Albany R D 2 touts selling 14 Delaine ewes for 40 dollars via Messenger Want Ads, urging readers to place ads by calling 0242 for quick buyer results.
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Delaine
Ed Brooks
Albany R. D
Albany
Creator of Mickey Mouse Cleared in Plagiarism Suit
Hollywood A P John P Wade actor and writer sued Walt Disney over Mickey's Polo Team claiming the plot mirrored The Trainers Nightmare. Judge Thomas C Gould ruled for Disney determining the plot drew from Aesop's Fables and there was nothing new under the sun.
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Hollywood
A.P
John P. Wade
Walt Disney
Mickey
Thomas C. Gould
Disney
Man Held on 2000 Dollar Bond for Insurance Fraud
Walter Mathewson 65 of Columbus is jailed on a 2000 dollar bond on fraud charges tied to selling insurance policies. He allegedly accepted notes for first premiums and planned to hold them until due while discounting the notes at a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
U.P
Walter Mathewson
Columbus
Charles H. Radcliff
Mathewson
Radcliff
Wreckage of Clip per Ship Found at Sea
The Samoa n Clipper went down in 1000 fathoms of water after a violent explosion. The Avocet, the only available boat on Tutuila Island, located the wreck 14 miles from the island. Captain Edwin C. Musick and six crew members were lost Tuesday on a Pan American flight from Pago Pago to Auckland New Zealand.
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Tutuila
Avocet
Pan American Airways
Here
Auckland
New Zealand
Edwin J. Musick
Honolulu
South Pacific
Musick
Oakland
Manila
Hongkong
New Auto Dealers Board Appoints Members in Columbus
Governor Davey announced the new state board to license and regulate automobile dealers and salesmen. William McGraw of Bellaire, a former representative, was named for three years and William Jones of Akron, a Republican, was named for two years.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
New State Board
William McGraw
Bellaire Democrat
House of Representatives
William Jones
Akron
Chicago discovers star 3000 times larger than the sun
The Astrophysical Journal from the University of Chicago reports a newly discovered star that is about 3000 times the sun’s size. This finding highlights a remarkable stellar object identified by Chicago researchers.
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Chicago
U.P
The
Astrophysical Journal of the
University of Chicago
Widow in Florida after husband’s yacht murder
Mrs Esta Swanson Lawrence widow of Arthur A Lawrence left Gallipolis for Florida after learning of his murder on a Miami yacht. She offered no motive for the crime and had been estranged from him. Her history includes three marriages and lengthy ties to Middleport and W Va.
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Gallipolis
Esta Swanson Lawrence
Ada Rosener
Florida
Arthur A. Lawrence
Miami
Alonzo Swanson
Gallia County
Lawrence
W. V. Clevinger
Mason County
W. Va
Otto Stanley
Middleport
Stanley
New York Central Railroad
United States
West Indian Islands
Haiti
Galveston
Texas
Candy salesman murders wife in cold blood then buries body
Everett Hughes a 52 year old candy salesman from Pueblo shot his wife after a money dispute and divorce argument. His son Ralph Hughes proved his alibi by noting letters signed by the victim. Hughes led deputies to the body beside a road and confessed to the killing.
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Wallenburg
Colo
U.P
Everett Hughes
Hughes
Pueblo
Las Vegas
Widow and Young Girl Slain. Motive Sought in Belmont Case
In Belmont New York an elderly man who once threatened to wipe out the Waite family is sought after the double slaying of Mrs. Lenida Waite and Miss Jean Schuelain. The 59 year old widow and 19 year old neighbor were bound gagged and shot in separate bedrooms near Belmont Park Race Track. A purse lay empty but a watch disappeared from Mrs. Waite's dresser. another watch and $50 were later found. Police believe robbery was unlikely and that Miss Schuelain may have been killed after possibly confronting the slayer.
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Belmont
N. Y
U.P
Lenida Waite
Jean Schuelain
Waite
Belmont Park Race Track
Long Island
Mrs. Waite
Miss Schuelain
Red Riding Hood
Treasury and Postal Budget Cuts Approved
The House Appropriations Committee reported a 1.515 billion treasury and post office appropriation bill, cutting 60.8 million from current funds. It trims 7.9 million below 1939 estimates, keeps 725.9 million for treasury including a 115 million social security reserve reappropriation, and authorizes 3.0 million for payrolls 1.3 million for air mail and 1.674 million for maintenance.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury and Post Office
Roosevelt
Treasury
Social Security
More Witnesses Called On Conspiracy Charge
In Columbus U P Assistant District Attorney Ray M O Donnell called additional witnesses to prove four WPA officials a state employee and a Clarksburg automobile agency owner conspired to defraud the government of about 10 000 on the Mound City State Park project About 10 government witnesses remain to be examined None of the 35 defense witnesses has yet been called signaling the trial may run into next week.
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Columbus
U.P
Ray M. O'Donnell
WPA
Clarksburg
Mound City
Trian
Glass May Filibuster On Anti Lynching Bill
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia marked his 80th birthday as he prepared to join the Senate filibuster against the anti lynching bill. He is expected to repeat opposition claims that passage would threaten Democratic party unity.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Senate
Glass
Roosevelt
Benet
Northern Ireland Election Called Over Partition Issue
Lord Craigavon prime minister of Northern Ireland calls a general election to be fought on the partition issue with Eire the former Irish Free State as the dispute center.
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Belfast
U.P
Lord Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Eire
Irish Free State
Crowell resigns SS Board post to lead Central National Bank
Benedict Crowell resigns as regional director of the Social Security Board to become president of Central National Bank. Announcement made in Cleveland today.
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Cleveland
ULP
Benedict Crowell
Social Security Board
Central National Bank
Lloday
Columbia Gas and Electric Registers Under Holding Company Act
The SEC announced Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation has registered under the Utilities Holding Company Act. The large utility reports gross assets of 715 million dollars and annual revenue of 491.11 million dollars for the year ending June 30, 1937. The move comes as the act’s provisions face Supreme Court challenges from Electric Bond and Share Co.
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Washington
U.P
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Utilities Holding Company
SEC
Supreme Court
Electric Bond and Share Co
Columbia
Parole Board Chief Backed by Governor Davey
Governor Martin L. Davey criticized a special parole investigation grand jury report claiming Judge Harrison W. Jewell is temperamentally unfit. He declared Jewell one of the best men in the state for the parole board chairmanship and disputed the findings. The governor voiced strong support for Jewell and his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Special Parole
Harrison W. Jewell
State Parole Board
Jewell
Davey
Pastor Dies After Train Crash in Steubenville
Rev. Alfred E. Dittman aged 37 pastor of Grace Lutheran Church Steubenville was fatally injured when his car was struck by a train Wednesday. The accident occurred at a railroad crossing near the city.
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Steubenville
U.P
Alfred E. Dittman
Grace Lutheran Church
Tragic Madrid Subways Explosion Kills 700
A munitions blast at a Madrid subway station in the Ventas district during the civil war era caused an estimated 700 deaths. Two trains were overturned as the catastrophe unfolded, according to Loyalist Spain reports.
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London
Madrid
Spain
Ventas
Federal Action In Labor War Is Disclosed
A Labor Department official disclosed the government mediates the two year AFL CIO war. John R. Steelman said conciliation attempts target field disputes and groundwork for peace on a piece work basis from rank and file. Alexander Whitney urged reunion and outlined a plan to aid action.
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Washington
Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John R. Steelman
Alexander F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Chiang Orders Fight to Finish at Soochow Front
Chiang Kai-Shek directed a last ditch defense in Central China after touring the front by air. He ordered defense at all costs as a major battle looms at Soochow where up to 1,000,000 Chinese troops may clash with 500,000 Japanese along the rail junction of the Tientsin-Nanking line and the Sunchai westward rail route.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Soochow
China
Chiang
Tientsin-Nanking
Sunchai
Haichow
Ohio Liquor Control Act Upheld in Court Suit
A three judge federal court upheld the constitutionality of the Ohio liquor control act in dismissing a suit filed by Walding Kinnan and Marvin Co a Toledo drug firm. The action charged the act created a liquor monopoly and was brought against the state department of liquor control on September 29 1936.
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Columbus
Umm
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Co
Toledo
State Department of Liquor Control
False Arrest Award Upheld In High Court
Ohio Supreme Court refused to review a $1,750 verdict favoring Howard E. Kaneff against Henry B. Lyons in a case of malicious prosecution and false arrest. Lyons accused Kaneff of stealing a cow after cattle wandered onto Kaneff’s land. the missing cow was later found in Lyons' barn and charges were dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Washington
Howard E. Kaneff
Henry B. Lyons
Lyons
Kaneff
Justice Court
Fan Ousted From Game Sentenced for Assault on Superintendent
Russell Boyd age 20 of Sparta was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 200 dollars for assault and battery on Frank Cochran Sparta schools superintendent. The jail term and all but 10 dollars of the fine were suspended by Squire J P Bennett. Cochran was knocked unconscious after ejecting Boyd from a basketball game.
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Mt, Gilead
Russell Boyd
Sparta
Frank Cochran
Squire J. P. Bennett
Cochran
Boyd
Civil War Vet Dies in Tremont City
Lewis Miller aged 90, Tremont City Ohio’s oldest resident and last Civil War veteran, will be buried Friday.
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Springfield
Lewis Miller
Tremont City
Man Murders Daughter Then Ends Own Life in Pennsylvania
In Scottdale Pennsylvania Nelson Meese 47 killed his daughter Nellie East Huntington Township high school student born of his relationship with Nellie’s mother Mrs Pearl Hollis and then died by suicide Coroner H A McMurray reported the revelation came after letters found in Nellie’s purse showed Meese believed Nellie was his own daughter and his time to live was limited
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Scottdale
H. A. McMurray
Westmoreland County
Nelson Meese
Nellie
East Huntington Township
East Huntington
Pearl Hollis
WPA
Meese
Poison Gas Blocks Path Of Victims In Harwick Mine Blast
Rescue crews reached the last two of ten miners killed in the Harwick Coal and Coke Co mine explosion 300 feet underground. Methane and carbon monoxide gas hampered efforts as eight bodies were brought up earlier and one missing worker walked out later.
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Harwick
U.P
Harwick Coal and Coke Company
Diggins
Matthew H. Anderson
Thomas Keffer
Pittsburgh
Joseph Koprivnicar
Frank Harpster
Joseph Prelesnik
Acmetonia
John Kruscek
Springdale
Joseph Lerch
Doss Nicholas
Harewick
Anderson
Harwich
Taft Urges Return of State Relief Programs
Charles P. Taft chairman of the Committee for Community Mobilization for Human Needs urged in Washington that work relief and direct relief be returned to the states. He said the federal government should appropriate funds to states for a general relief program, including work relief, with matching requirements and state discretion on local apportionment.
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Washington
U.P
Charles P. Taft
Committee For
Taft
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Ten Millions Set Aside For Housing Projects
Nathan Straus of the United States Housing Authority said $10,095,000 was allocated for large scale slum clearance and low rent housing in eight cities. The largest share went to Dayton Ohio with $3,000,000, followed by Charlestown West Virginia at $1,200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
Dayston
Charleston
W. Va
Fire Fatality in Dayton Shack
A deadly blaze on the outskirts of Dayton burned a one room shack. one man died and two others were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Fasts To Prove Only Spiritual Food Needed
Dean Israel H. Noe of St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis began his twelfth day of fasting to prove that man can live by spiritual food alone and attain immortality. He has not eaten solid food since November 1936 and stopped drinking water in February 1937. For the last 12 days he has lived on orange juice and, recently, bread and wine of Holy Communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Dean Isreal H. Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Dean Noe
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Federal Board
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George
Treasury and Postal
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Parole Board
Ohio Liquor Control Act
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
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