Bricker to Fire 275 at Ohio Liquor Department
Governor Bricker announced the dismissal of 275 staffers in the Ohio Liquor Control Department, with savings of about 333 720 and a plan to reorganize the liquor enforcement division led by Alfred A. Humphrey. Separate economy moves cut highway department staff and vehicle purchases.
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Columbus
Republican Reorganization Steamroller
Ohio Liquor Control Department
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Alfred A. Humphrey
Jacob B. Taylor
State Highway Department
Robert S. Beightler
Beightler
Safety Coordination Bureau
Davey
Department
Toledo
New Industry Enrolls 100 in Training Course
More than 100 young men enrolled at the Raymond Hoy Furniture Co in Gallipolis after an invitation to learn furniture assembling and upholstering. The company expects to begin production before February 1 and will also hire women sewing machine operators.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Hoy Furniture Co
Hoy
Raymond Hoy
Dam Construction in Meigs County Halted
Army engineers halted concrete work on 12 Shade River and Leading Creek dams in Meigs County causing a temporary suspension of the WPA project. Work began Aug 21 and a small force was employed with WPA workers reassigned to the Meigs County blanket road job.
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U. S. Army
WPA
Shade River
Leading Creek
Meigs County
Policeman Slain in Cleveland Gun Battle
Patrolman James Goggin of the Cleveland police, serving 19 years, was killed during a gun fight with two robbers who had held up an East Side department store. One of the robbers was also killed in the confrontation.
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Cleveland
U.P
James Goggin
Ohioans Back Farm Measure
A group of 18 congressmen led by Senator Vic Donahey and Representative Martin Sweeney introduced a new farm bill. It would require the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the cost of production for agricultural goods entering interstate or foreign commerce with value over 10 million dollars. All interstate and foreign dealers would be licensed and must pay farmers their cost of production as a minimum.
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Washington
U.P
Vic Donahey
Martin L. Sweeney
Secretary of Agriculture
Five Convicts Capture From Alcatraz Escape Attempt
Five convicts including Arthur Barker of the Karpis Barker gang attempted to escape Alcatraz Rock. Guards opened fire wounding two. Barker was seriously wounded.
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San Francisco
Arthur Barker
Karpis-Barker
Alcatraz Rock
Barker
May Not Prosecute Man Who Slew Imbecile Son
New York report details a mother choosing her husband over prosecution after their 17 year old son, Jerome, with severe mental handicap, was killed by Louis Greenfield. Greenfield confessed to murder. prosecutors planned indictment but legal opinion found no action warranted. Jerome was described as physically developed but mentally a child.
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New York
W.P
Louis Greenfield
Greenfield Io
Anne Greenfield
Greenfield
Samuel J. Foley
Jerome
Roosevelt says private plants can handle air program expansion
President Roosevelt announced that the administration’s aircraft expansion plan, potentially up to 13,000 fighting planes, can largely be built in present private facilities. He indicated a minimum 3,000 planes, hopes for more, and noted a possible total force of nearly 13,000 with other programs.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Naval Airplane Factory
Philadelphia
Washington Naval Gun Factory
Watervleit
N. Y
Rock Island
Surplus Goods to Aid Hocking County Relief Clients
State Supervisor Albright of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation announced 27 percent tonnage for Hocking County. Director Everett Jacoby sent three trucks to Columbus to transport 5000 pounds of raisins prunes dried milk beans flour and 309 clothing items for direct relief distribution in relief areas.
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Logan
Hocking County
Albright
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Everett Jacoby
Columbus
Warden Guilty In Pen Deaths
Former Deputy Warden Frank A. Craven, 39, of Philadelphia County Prison, faces 18 months to three years for involuntary manslaughter tied to the heat deaths of four inmates. Craven was among officers tried on second degree murder and manslaughter charges over August deaths in the radiator lined Klondike cell block. five other guards await indictments.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Frank A. Craven
Philadelphia County
Craven
Klondike
Rabies Warning Issued For Nease Settlement Areas
Dog warden Jonah Cotterill in Pomeroy warns residents to keep dogs tied and watch for rabies signs. Health Officer W. S. Ellis imposes a 90 day quarantine on dogs in Sutton Lebanon Olive and Chester Townships. Cotterill says two mad dogs have been killed this week with one traveling at least 25 miles while biting other dogs before death.
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Pomeroy
Nease Settlement
Old Town
Jonah Cotterill
W. S. Ellis
Sutton
Lebanon
Olive
Chester
Cotterill
Van Wert County Wins Best Fair Recognition
Van Wert County Fair officials accepted the Cooper Trophy at the Ohio Fair Managers Association banquet, recognizing Van Wert as the best county fair in Ohio for 1938. Former Governor Myers Y. Cooper presented the award.
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van Wert
Columbus
Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio Fair Managers Association
Burgos Announces Capture of Tortosa in Mediterranean Sweep
Nationalist military headquarters announced troops occupied Tortosa advancing toward the Mediterranean coast south of Tarragona. The move signals a broad sweep in the targeted coastal region amid the campaign.
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Burgos
Spain
U.P
Tortosa
Mediterranean
Tarragona
Col Ruppert Dies at Fifth Avenue Home
New York financier and owner of the New York Yankees Col Jacob Ruppert has died at his Fifth Avenue apartment after a long illness. Born August 5 1867 he rose from a common laborer to head of the family brewery at 29 and built a baseball empire with the Yankees. The public learned of his grave condition when extreme unction was given on Tuesday.
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NEW York
U.P
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Fifth Avenue
Ruppert
Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Columbia Grammar School
Hopkins Says WPA Coerced In Penn Vote
Former WPA head Harry L Hopkins tells the Senate Commerce Committee that the rejection of a proposal to outlaw politics in relief was a great mistake. He admits some WPA officials acted politically while denying guilt and cites pressure from Pennsylvania leaders during the November election involving Gov. George H. Earle and Senator James J. Davis.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Hopkins
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Commerce
WPA
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle D
James J. Davis
States Fight Proposed Dam Across Ompompanoosul River
Gov. George D. Aiken heads to Boston with New England governors to oppose a federal dam at Union Village. The dispute centers on federal flood control plans and incidental power use without Vermont's consent.
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Montpelier
U.R
George D. Aiken
Boston
New England
Union Village
Gallia Man Named President of State Agriculture Board
Ernest J. Riggs of Gallipolis was named today president of the State Board of Agriculture as the advisory group met in Columbus with John T. Brown newly appointed state agriculture director.
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Columbus
Ernest J. Riggs
Gallipolis
State Board of Agriculture
John T. Brown
New State Agriculture
Parole Board Grants Release to 49 Ohio Prisoners
The State Parole Board approved paroles for 45 inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary and granted conditional releases to four additional prisoners.
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Columbus
U.P
State Parole Board
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus Real Estate Center Leader Named to State Board
John W. Galbreath of Columbus has been appointed to the State Agricultural Board by Gov. John W. Bricker. The Columbus real estate center executive joins the board to support state farm policy and agricultural development.
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Columbus Man
Columbus
U.P
John W. Galbreath
Columbus Real Estate Center
State Agricultural Board
John W. Bricker
Ex-Convict Confesses Hate Motive Behind Slaying Brother-in-Law
John Quinn, 55, a Wilmette shoemaker and ex-convict, told police in detention he killed Dr. Gordon E. Mordoff over a hate-filled grievance tied to Mordoff's 1936 paternity suit and his sister's death amid accusations of poisoning. He said he blamed Mordoff for her death and his own imprisonment.
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Wilmette
Ill
U.P
John Quinn
Gordon E. Mordoff
Quinn
Mordoff
Henry Brautigan
Plan To Erect Freedom Pavilion at World’s Fair
A committee of prominent educators and social leaders aimed to raise 250000 dollars to build a Freedom Pavilion at the World’s Fair. The exhibit would feature art culture and science of pre Nazi Germany and of German emigrants.
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NEW York
U.P
Germany
Reduced Relief Bill Sees Expected Substantial Cut
Washington raises hopes of a first Congress clash with the Roosevelt administration as Republicans and conservative Democrats push a reduced relief appropriation. The bill, about 725 million dollars, would cut the president’s 875 million request intended to keep roughly 3 million unemployed at work until July 1. Debate nears conclusion with amendments possible and a Senate referral expected tonight.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Rider Arrested After Automobile Hits Horse
Allen Nolan age 45 of Harris Gallia County is jailed on an intoxication charge after a horse he rode near Mercerville was killed when a car driven by Will Colwell 21 struck it. Deputy Dale Russell investigated noting Nolan jerked the horse across the road making the crash unavoidable.
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Gallipolis
Allen Nolan
Harris
Gallia County
Mercerville
Will Colwell
Dale Russell
Nolan
Colwell
Fed Board Sees Encouraging Economic Conditions
The Federal Reserve Board reports in its January bulletin that industrial production expands, more workers return to private employment, and payrolls rise, painting an improving economic picture.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Logan Chamber elects Blosser president at annual meeting
At the Logan Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Clarence Blosser, a restaurant owner, was elected president. Speakers urged promoting the Hocking cave region to boost Logan as a gateway to a major Middle West showplace. Ohio State’s Edward Sinclair Thomas and Jam es Maddox of the Columbus Chamber spoke on the park region and tourism potential. Representative Walter E. Brehm served as toastmaster.
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Logan
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Blosser
Hocking Cave
Middle West
Edward Sinclair Thomas
Natural History
Ohio State University
Park
James A. Maddox
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Hocking Valley
Walter E. Brehm
Thomas
Hocking County
Clear Creek
Sugar Grove
Ohio
Maddox
Rome talks end as Britain pledges support for France
Britain told Italy it will back France if trouble with Germany arises. The Rome talks between Chamberlain and Mussolini failed to yield concrete results, signaling a shift away from appeasement.
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Chamberlain
Britain
France
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Spain
Germany
Chamberslain
Rome
Pole
Adolf Hitler
London
Paris
Berlin
Recreation Field Work Starts at Middleport Site
WPA project on Middleport's stadium and recreation field began at the rear of Middleport High School. Clyde Jones, former Pomeroy project superintendent, leads. Thomas Benton, moved from Zanesville, assists. Work will focus on fence moves, relocation, grading, and seeding until warmer weather.
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Middleport
WPA
Middleport High School
Clyde Jones
Pomeroy Street
Pomeroy
Thomas Benton
Zanesville City Street
Board of Education
M. W. Essex
Cleveland Woman Is Fired From State Job
Elaine Sheffler of Cleveland loses her 5600 dollar a year post as head of the minimum wage division in the department of industrial relations. Director George A. Strain says she failed to report to work this week.
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Columbus
Elaine Sheffler
Cleveland
Department of Industrial Relations
George A. Strain
Congressman's Death Stuns Washington and Arkansas
U.S. Representative Ben Cravens of Arkansas died today in Washington from pneumonia. The Democratic lawmaker served in Congress and was a prominent figure in national politics. His passing leaves a vacancy to be filled through the usual succession processes.
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Washington
U.P
Ben Cravens
Ark
Pheul Nonia
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Weber
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Col. Ruppert
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Gallia
Agriculture Board
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