Bricker to Outline Ohio Reform Plan Tonight
Governor Bricker will address a joint session of the Ohio legislature at 8 p.m. outlining his administration’s program focused on economies and reforms. He aims to push ripper bills reorganizing Civil Service and Tax Commission and plans to react to school funding, pensions, and unemployment changes.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
House
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Bricker
Civil Service and Tax Commission
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Citizens Committee of the
Ohio Education Association
School Foundation
Heas
Tenant Strike Ends in West
West New Madrid Missouri sheriff ends a week long sitout by tenants and sharecroppers who camped in ditches to protest working conditions. Most return to former farms but about 250 establish a new camp on 40 acres in the Birds Point New Madrid spillway area after refusing to relocate.
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New Madrid
U.P
Missouri
Birds Point
A. S. Stanley
New Madrid County
Nazi Hungarian chiefs discuss future growth
Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Count Charles Csaky in Berlin in a friendly talks on the future of Nazi expansion in eastern Europe. Hungary's pivotal role in the region and its recent pledge to join the anti Communist bloc with Germany Italy and Japan were noted.
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Berlin
U.P
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Charles Csaky
Europe
Hungary
Budapest
Germany
Italy
Japan
Five Moldavian police officials shot after convic tion
Five Moldavian officials of the national police were shot on January 2 after their conviction for fabricating evidence making illegal arrests and extracting confessions by illegal methods.
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Moscow
U.P
National Police
The
Secret Police
Boys Admit Killing 71 Year Old Farmer for West Trip
Two runaways from the State Children's Home told police they shot J. W. S. Bricken to steal his car and funds for a trip west. Oliver Hammond, 16, and Cleo Ramsey, 15, described tying and looting the craftsman’s home before fleeing back to Carrollton.
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Carrollton
Oliver Hammond
Cleo Ramsey
Jim) Bricken
Leeton
Hammond
Bricken
Ramsey
Records burned by Ohio highway and welfare heads
Ohio officials alleged destruction of department records as the Davey administration ended. Highway Director Beightler cited orders to burn personnel records across divisions and suspended personnel chief J Matthew Carr, who denies ordering the burn. Tax commission fired deputies and staff amid a broad purge.
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Columbus
U.P
Republican Cabinet
Robert S. Beightler
Davey
Beightler
J. Matthew Carr
Carr
Tax Commission
Reed M. Winegardner
Joseph D. Cleary
John J. Munsell
Japanese Air Raid on Chungking Kills and Drowns Hundreds
Dispatches report seventy six Japanese planes bombed Chungking the wartime capital of China causing heavy damage and numerous casualties. About 150 refugees drowned when bombs capsized three river junks crowded with fleeing people, in addition to those buried in debris.
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Shanghai
U.P
Chungking
Amparo Mining Manager Webb Released Unharmed
Mexico City report says M L Webb American manager of Amparo Mining Co was kidnapped by bandits Wednesday but freed unharmed. Company announced he was released and checked by associates. No further details on captors or motives were provided.
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Mexico City
U.P
M. L. Webb
Amparo Mining Co
Delays Confession of Murder on Rest Day
Joseph Borys, 62, walked into a Chicago police station and confessed to killing a woman with an axe the previous day, claiming he waited 24 hours for Sunday rest. Police found the victim, Mrs. Francis Piotrowski, 49, dead on the bed with his axe blows.
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Chicago
U.P
Joseph Borys
Francis Piotrowski
Intruder Kills Girl and Wounds Mother in Milwaukee
A 16 year old Ruth Ella Scott was hacked to death with an axe and a butcher knife after a man entered through a ground floor window. Her mother Ida L. Scott, 57, was slashed and beaten and hospitalized. Police questioned three men after the widow identified a prior job applicant.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Ida L. Scott
Ruth Ella Scott
Pital
Coughlin Talk Triggers Wave of Telegram Protests
Washington reports a flood of telegrams to Congress from supporters of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin opposing any change to the neutrality law or the Spanish embargo. Western Union and Postal Telegraph offices in multiple cities say night letters pour in urging Congress to oppose involvement in another world war.
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Washington
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Spain
Congress
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Coughlin
Lloyd Named Ohio Insurance Superintendent
Former State Senator John A. Lloyd of Portsmouth and Columbus was named state superintendent of insurance by Governor Bricker. He succeeds Robert L. Bowen and will earn $5000 a year. J. Roth Crabbe of London was named deputy superintendent at a $4000 salary, and previously served as Bricker's assistant attorney general on banking matters.
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Columbus
John A. Lloyd
Portsmouth
John W. Bricker
Lloyd
Robert L. Bowen
Cleveland Heights
J. Roth Crabbe
London
C. C. Crabbe
Crabbe
Bricker
Wagner to push bill for 850 million health program plan
Senator Robert Wagner announced plans to introduce a Senate bill to implement the National Health Conference’s proposed 850 million dollar annual health program. The proposal aims to fund a broad nationwide health effort under federal oversight.
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Washington
U.P
Robert W. Wagner
N. Y
Senate
National Health Conference
Britain Sends New Note to Japan on China Policy
London reports a new stronger British note to Tokyo pressing against Japan's plan to form an economic bloc with Manchukuo and China. The Foreign Office seeks a firm stance aligned with U S policy and the open door principle under the nine power treaty, with France also preparing a note.
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London
Japan
China
Tokyo
Foreign Office
United States
Manchukuo
France
Retired Insurance Man Becomes Earl in Boston Area
Archibald Lionel Bethune Lindesay, a 66 year old retired insurance agent living in Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts, became the 13th Earl of Lindsay after his elder brother’s death who had sat in the House of Lords since 1917. He will go to Scotland to assume the earldom duties to safeguard his son as heir.
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Manchester - BY - the Sea
Mass
U.P
Archibald Lionel Bethune Lindesay
Earl of Lindsay
House of Lords
Kilconquhar Castle
Scotland
Pickets Halt Work at Newcomerstown Plant
In Newcomerstown the Heller Brothers tool plant faced a picket line that blocked about 800 employees from work. Drop forgers and blacksmiths, members of a local AFL union, voted to strike to gain recognition as the bargaining agency for the company’s workers.
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Newcomerstown
U.P
Heller Brothers
American Federation of Labor Union
Heller
Ayres Sees 80 Billion National Income Within Reach
Col Leonard P Ayres vice president and statistician of the Cleveland Trust Co says an 80 billion dollar national income for the year is attainable to mirror 1929 business receipts. He notes population growth and Roosevelt's plan, urges business leaders to take risks and cites government profit policy as a barrier.
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Cleveland
WUP
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Co
Ayres
Roosevelt
Father Fails to Rescue Son in Home Fire
In Lorain Ohio John Pruchnicki 47 WPA worker was in fair condition after a house fire. He woke his wife Alice who carried infant Albert outside as Pruchnicki pulled out Jakie 6 and Walter 4. He tried to reenter to save Jackie but neighbors restrained him. Fire officials say Jackie probably suffocated. Jakie and Walter were treated for burns.
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Lorain
U.P
John Pruchnicki
WPA
Pruchnicki
Alice
Albert
Jakie
Walter
Jackie
Cost of Relief Still Mounting
President Roosevelt reported to Congress that the federal government spent 9 632 271 227 dollars on relief and work relief from April 8, 1935, to December 31, 1938. The annual report shows appropriations totaling 10 349 125 793 dollars with an unexpended balance of 716 854 565 dollars.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Break at Rock May Not Be Solved Says Warden
San Francisco report says five convicts sawed out of their cells in an abortive break at Alcatraz. James A Johnston, warden, said investigation failed to reveal how the escape was accomplished and that James V Bennett will set up headquarters on the island to intensify the inquiry.
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San Francisco
U.P
James A. Johnston
Alcatraz Island
James V. Bennett
Federal
Senate committee approves Frankfurter and Murphy nominations
The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nominations of Felix Frankfurter for associate justice of the Supreme Court and Frank Murphy for attorney general. Both picks had unanimous support in subcommittees and now await Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Senate
Rebels Take 5 Cities in Day's Drive Toward Barcelona
Nationalists claim rapid gains across Catalonia after capturing Cervera and Tarragona and advancing toward Igualada. They report 85 towns seized, with 5000 prisoners and deserters. Barcelona braces as defenses strengthen and troops move to the center.
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Hendaye
Igualada
Barcelona
Cervera
Tarragona
Cape Cros
Ministry of Defense
Valentin Gonzalez
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Bund leaders threatened with syndicalism charges after handbill seizure
Five German American Bund leaders including West Coast Director Herman Schwinn faced potential criminal syndicalism charges after police seized 10 000 anti Semitic handbills. Authorities warned reprinting would be illegal. The items were to be distributed before daybreak Sunday and were seized at a band costume ball. The Dodgers urged Christian Vigilants to arise.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Bund
West Coast
Herman Schwinn
Dodgers
Monopoly Committee Studies Patent Office Monopoly
The National Monopoly Committee resumed public hearings with testimony on patents and monopolistic practices. Beginning today the committee will study current patent office practices under the commerce department.
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Washington
U.P
National Monopoly Committee
Patent Office
Commerce Department
Tiffin Man Dies From Bed Fire Burns
Carl Stiger 53 a restaurant worker died in Seneca County Hospital from burns suffered when a cigarette set his bed on fire. He was admitted after the blaze at his home. Police said the fire started from a lighted cigarette.
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Tiffin
U.P
Carl Stiger
Seneca County Hospital
Ohio River flood protection plan eyed for 1940
Army engineers seek a 35.0 million in Ohio River Basin flood control for 1940 including 9.0 million for Cincinnati district dams and reservoirs and 830 thousand for Ohio harbors on Lake Erie. Local cost sharing is waived for dam projects, with allocations based on urgent needs and completed plans.
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Ohio River
Washington
U.P
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Army Engineers
Ohio
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Congress
War Department
Kentucky
Licking
Scioto
Little Miami
Great Miami
Ohio Valley
Muskingum Conservancy District
Bluestone Reservoir
West Virginia
Huntington
W. Va
Ironton
Toledo
Port Clinton
Sandusky
Huron
Lorain
Fairport
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Pension Date Advance Urged By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged Congress to accelerate social security old age insurance, transmitting the Social Security Board report. It proposes starting pensions in 1940 instead of 1942 and broadening coverage to about 16 million more people.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Security Board
Board Probes Fire At Chanute Field Army School
A board of inquiry examined the ruins of more than 1 million dollars in equipment and three buildings destroyed by a Sunday night fire sweeping through a section of Chanute Field at Rantoul Illinois home of a U S Army air corps technical school.
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Rantoul
Ill
U.P
Chanute Field
U. S. Army Air Corps
Warehouse Fire Loss Estimated at $100,000 to $150,000
Cincinnati fire officials estimated today that a general alarm blaze destroyed two merchandise warehouses on Sunday. The fire spread through a connecting archway and its cause was not yet determined.
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Cincinnati
U.P
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