Local CWA Officials Outline Dismissal Rules and Public Complaints
County complaint committees reviewed actions under NRA regulations with CWA directors and officials. Dismissal criteria include health condition, failure to report for work, fraud, misrepresentation, intoxication, or conviction of a felony. public complaint procedures were explained and confidentiality promised.
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CWA
Speakiny
Int
Erd Nelson
Freie Lehen
Dies Committee
Payroll totals rise in Works Projects payroll report
The Works Administration reported an advance in the payroll figures this week for the Public Works and Civil Works programs. A total of 246,597 workers were paid across all projects, with disbursements reaching 3,998,980 dollars, up from 266,469 workers and 22,087 dollars in the prior period.
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MBUS
Civil
Works
Pew Works and Civil Works Projects
Auto Tags Shorter in 1935 Says Merre State Official
Merre state official announces a drastic change in 1935 automobile tags. License plates will use 909 as a reference, moving from higher numbers to shorter numerals on dark blue with a light border. The new scheme aims for plates not exceeding 12 characters per tag.
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Merre
Find Smoke It Fire Harmless Mates and a Girl
A report describes a harmless fire incident in an afternoon scene. Neighbors and a woman with a bucket assisted as smoke rose toward the eaves and the fire department responded under Fire Chief E R. No damage is noted and the event ends with brief firefighting actions.
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Co. A
uMmDia Ave
Hours of Work of Anthracite Fields Settled
Washington January 1 The talks between anthracite mine operators and union leaders on the proposed code closed with a near agreement on a mid range work week to satisfy both sides. William H. Davis will review the redrafted code Monday for NRA approval.
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Washington
Jan
U.P
Labor Vielon
NRA
William H. Davis
Davia
National
Bituminous Coal Labor Board
Party Shakeup Follows Order
Washington dispatch reports a Democratic National Committee shakeup likely after Roosevelt’s new deal for politicians. Robert Jackson resigns as secretary and New Hampshire committeeman, and Frank C. Walker steps down as committee treasurer. A capital bar survey shows many lawyers active in politics.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Robert Jackson
New Hampshire
Frank C. Walker
Tank Collapse Scalds Woman and Daughters in Meadow Brook
Mrs. Roy Kirkwood and her daughters Donabelle and Dorothy, all in their home at Meadow Brook near Warren, suffered steam scalds after a tank holding 2,500 gallons of water collapsed and fell 60 feet onto the frame house. The burns were caused by the water vaporizing on a stove.
Albany Grange Installs Officers for 1934
At the Albany Grange meeting on Saturday evening 33 Athens Grange members attended and installed Albany officers for 1934. Ralph Barker led the ceremony with help from other members. New officers include Master C. N. Jones Lecturer Mrs Elta Miller Steward Fred Elliott Assistant steward Ray Knowlton Chaplin Don Sanders Treasurer Mrs Jess Jones Gate keeper E E Lewis Pomona Mrs Eva Sanders Flora Mrs Kathryn Rickey Lady assistant steward Mrs Althea Scott Executive committee G J Tewksbury.
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Albany
Albany Grange
Athens Grange
Ralph Barker
C. N. Jones
Elta Miller
Fred Elliott
Ray Knowlton
Chaplin
Don Sanders
Jess Jones
E. E. Lewis
Pomona
Eva Sanders
Flora
Kathryn Rickey
Seward
Althea Scott
G. J. Tewksbury
Bell Rate Case Ordered Lower Prices For All Exchanges
The Public Utilities Commission ordered Ohio Bell Telephone to file a new rate schedule within nine days, signaling a six percent rate reduction across exchanges. Most towns in the area have their own companies and rates, leaving bell refunds in this case largely distant.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio Bell overcharge ruling may not cut current phone rates
Public Utilities Commission found Ohio Bell overcharged customers by 13 million dollars over eight years. Despite the ruling rate reductions seem unlikely due to potential appeals to courts and the commission’s 1933 excess income finding. Some areas in Southeastern Ohio are affected while many towns retain independent service.
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United Press
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio
Brother of President Harding Dies Today
Dr. George T. Harding LII brother of former President Warren G. Harding died at his Worthington Columbus suburb home. He suffered a heart attack on Jan. 9 and cerebral hemorrhage from the heart ailment ended his life. He would have been 56 on March 11 and ran the Columbus Rural Rest Home founded in 1915.
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Columbus
George T. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Worthington
Harding
Columbus Rural
Liquor Sale Permits Issued By State Board
The first permits to sell wine and spirituous liquor by the glass were sent out today by Col. John A. Hughes, state liquor control director. Hotels restaurants and clubs received the initial permits, effective Friday and Saturday. No bottled wine retail permits are ready yet.
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Columbus
U.P
The
Liquor Control Board
John A. Hughes
State Liquor Control
Hughes
St Louis Banker Held for Ransom in Abduction Case
ST PAUL Minn Jan 15 Kidnappers hold Edward G Bremer a 38 year old banker and scion of a brewing family for 200000 ransom under threat of death Bremer was abducted yesterday morning during what authorities call a bold plot involving a wealthy city figure and brewing interests
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ST. Paul, Minn
Edward G. Bremer
Bremer
Short Termer Hevia Retires as Cuba Installs Mendieta
Carlos Hevia ended a 2 1/2 day term as Cuba president and was succeeded by Col. Carlos Mendieta, the sixth Cuban president in five months. Hevia, Annapolis Class of 1920 graduate, had served as Secretary of Agriculture before leading the republic.
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Carlos Hevia
Cuba
Col
Carlos Mendieta
Hevia
Annapolis Naval Academy
Rival Unions Use Bombs To Create Terror
In Springfield Illinois today the Progressive Miners of America and United Mine Workers of America waged guerrilla warfare with bombings at Tony Fontana home belonging to the UMWA. Fontana's wife was panicked by the blast but the injury was not serious. A second bombing hit Kincaid Illinois near Progressive Miners headquarters shattering windows. no injuries reported.
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Springfield
Progressive Miners of America
United Mine Workers of America
Tony Fontana
Fontana
Kincaid, Ill
Bowman Seen In Cincinnati In Green Car
Neal Bowman escaped madman from Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane was seen in Cincinnati last night. A witness said Bowman, identified by sight, was at Pearl and Pike Streets in a green Ford coupe. Posse searches failed to find him. This marks the third report of Bowman's presence near Cincinnati in days. Earlier the week he was said to have committed robberies at Dry Ridge Kentucky 30 miles south.
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Cincinnati
Neal Bowman
Lima State Hospital
Bowman
Pearl and
Pike Streets
City
Dry Ridge
Here
Dental Clinic Held in Mechanicsburg Today
A dental clinic will be held at Mechanicsburg School this afternoon led by Dr. C. M. Bowman and Dr. R. J. Studer. Sponsored by the Athens County Child Health and Protection Committee, the effort has dentists donating time weekly. Last week Chauncey hosted a clinic with Drs. Wichterman and Hixon focusing on extractions for children from low income families.
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Mechanicsburg School
C. M. Bowman
R. J. Studer
Athens County Child Health and Protection Committee
Chauncey
R. F. Wichterman
P. E. Hixon
Highway project letting set for Friday across ten counties
Ten county highway contracts announced total 22 711 miles of road with an estimated 621111.39 dollars. Counties included Adams Clinton Erie Fairfield Highland Hocking Lorain Lucas Muskingum Wood. Perry and Tuscarawas listed for January 20 setting.
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Columbus
U.P
Adams
Clinton
Erie
Fairfield
Highland
Hocking
Lorain
Lucas
Muskingum
Wood
Perry
Tuscarawas
Rightmire’s Brother Dies at 58 in West Virginia
Robert Rightmire brother of Ohio State University president George W. Rightmire died at his Fairmont West Virginia home Wednesday aged 58. He was reported by officials in Columbus.
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Krightmire
Columbus
Robert Rightmire
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Fairmont
W. Va
Ohio lawmakers wary of new sales and income taxes
Columbus January 18. The special joint taxation commission report sparks anticipated showdowns in the General Assembly. Sen Earl R Lewis from Belmont warns against refunding municipal debt to extend maturities. Industrial and retirement fund leaders oppose postponing payments, citing credit and contract concerns. Debate over delinquent tax collection also looms.
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Columbus
Jan
U.P
Special Joint Taxation Commission
General Assembly
Earl R. Lewis
Special Commission
State Senate
Ohio
Lewis
Belmont County
Thomas M. Gregory
Ohio Industrial Commission
Joonl
Gregory
Industrial Commission
W. E. Kershner
State Teachers’ Retirement Fund
James A. Jones
Ravenna
Solons Falter On Gold Issue
Washington January 14 Congress faltered on Roosevelt monetary plans and action on the gold reserve bill was unlikely before late next week. Senate demanded a full background exposition on the new money policy and Senator Fletcher of the Banking and Currency Committee did not expect to report the measure soon. In the House, a committee dispute over jurisdiction stalled progress after the bill was reported as revaluation moved by the Coinage Committee.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Fietcher
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
House
House Banking and Currency Committee
Rainey
Coinage Committee
Mount Union Student Dies by His Own Action Verdict
Edwin Diehl Jr., 24 year old Mount Union College student and Canton judge's son, was found shot in a locked sedan at Silver Park Alliance Ohio and ruled a death by own action by Stark County Coroner T C Mc Quate. He was last seen alive early yesterday morning.
Child in coma after piano stool fall in Dover
Five year old Marjorie Ann Seikel remained unconscious for 26 days after a fall from a piano stool. Doctors reported she has emerged from coma and shows some improvement but cannot yet talk.
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Dover
U.P
Marjorie Ann Seikel
Marjorie
Athens Council Rejects Federal Water Softener Aid
The Athens City Council voted 6 to 1 to reject a federal loan and grant of 50 000 for a city water softening system approved by the Public Works Administration. Councilman Hal Rowland voted yes, Bert Russell led the rejection, citing cost and unpopularity in polls. Anna Stauffer and J E Bailey expressed concerns over consumer opposition and municipal readiness. (Continued on Page &)
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Rowland
City of
Athens
Public Works Administration
Hal H. Rowland
Bert Russell
Anna F. Stauffer
Lancaster
J. EB. Bailey
Republican Elected to Congress Rumor Sparks Call for Law
A Beverly Hills reader suspects a Vermont Republican was elected to Congress and urges quick action to prevent such a scenario again. The letter stresses that the rumor, if true, would prompt calls for a law curbing it. The writer signs as WILL.
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Congress
Vermont
Short Rule of Cuba's Young Chief Is Over
Havana January 1 Col. Carlos Mendieta prepares to assume the provisional presidency succeeding Carlos Hevia who was ousted after 212 days Mendieta 42 dubbed Cuba s most popular politician to restore industrial life and win American recognition Back of him Col Fulgencio Batista army chief of staff seen as power figure and contact with President Roosevelt s representative in Cuba Jefferson Caffery
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Cuba
Los Mendieta
Carlos Hevia
Mendieta
Col
Fulgencio Batheta
Aworthy
Army
Jefferson Catfery
Roosevelt
State charges money motive in Wynekoop murder case
The state in Chicago charged Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop with murdering Rheta Wynekoop on an operating table using drugs and a revolver. Insurance agents testified that Wynekoop procured life insurance on her daughter-in-law days before the killing to raise funds.
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Criminal Court
Chicago
Rheta Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Dr. Wynekoop
Scrutiny for Banks Proposed by Cuyahoga Bar Association
The Cuyahoga Bar Association will present sweeping Ohio Senate Banking Committee recommendations next week. Proposals call for external scrutiny of every state bank, require three fourths board approval for director loans, and bar loans to salaried officers or employees.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Senate Banking Committee
Cuyahoga Bar Association
Bar Association
Four Die in L addonia Fire After Explosion
Postmaster Stewart Garner his wife and their two children were burned to death when a fire after an explosion engulfed their 10 room frame house in Laddonia Missouri. The family was trapped in their bedrooms.
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Laddonia
Stewart J. Garner
Gold Pours In At Athens Banks On Extended Gold Offer
Several thousand dollars in gold certificates and coins were turned in at three Athens banks in compliance with a government order. The deadline for surrender of gold was extended indefinitely by Secretary Morgen Thau. Banks had not yet received formal notice but expected it tomorrow.
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Athens
Grid
Henry Morgenthau
Washington
Merritt Petitions Court Over School Board Judgment
A mandamus petition was filed with the Court of Appeals of Athens County by Will Merritt’s attorneys against the Jacksonville Trimble High School Committee. It seeks an order to pay Merritt $733.96 from a Common Pleas Court judgment for back salary.
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Court of Appeals
Athens County
Will
Merritt
Jacksonville-Trimble
Pearl Christman
Common Pleas Court
High School Committee
School
Ohio Eyes New Tax Plan to Boost Revenue
Columbus reports a Tax Commission official urges new revenue sources to raise 51 million dollars annually. Carlton Dargusch proposes reducing tax delinquencies and backing a 3 percent sales tax, a 2.5 percent income tax, or a combination during the special joint taxation commission meeting.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Carlton S. Dargusch
The
Tax Commission
Obie tax projections on pensions and district funding
The article outlines proposed tax requirements including an old age pension of 4,000,000 for 194 if enacted and ShHOO OH for 1995. It cites a weak school district needing 800,000 for 1995 and 4,500,000 for 10M, and notes a replacement total of 00,000 if cosmetics and ad missions taxes are removed. It estimates revenue loss from t-mill tax limits at 857,500,000 to 8400 term.
Darguech urges steps to curb tax delinquencies and fund local government
The state official cites lost revenues from lower property valuations and tax delinquencies after the millage cut last November. He proposes two legislative actions to restore operating funds and recommends several measures to improve tax collection including receivership for delinquent properties, back taxes collection from office holders, a state tax collection agency, faster foreclosure timelines, and potential removal of county treasurers who neglect tax enforcement.
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Vetera
Darguech
Secretary of State
Common Pleas
Federal Beef Stored Here for Relief Work
Four tons of government beef arrived in Athens and is stored in refrigerated rooms at Athens State Hospital. Relief director Belford Nelson says distribution plans will be announced soon with grocery proprietors nationwide to supply relief families promptly after the distribution plan is made.
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Athens
Athens State Hospital
Belford Nelson
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