Roosevelt Holds Talks With Auto Makers On Installment Buying
President Roosevelt said his conferences with business leaders foster cooperation to ease the recession. A noon meeting focused on credit operations in the auto field, signaling possible tighter down payments and shorter payoff periods. Senate reports CCC fraud totals cited. Gov Murphy hints at brakes on installment buying. Labor Dept reports December job loss of 520,000, largest since 1920.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Mr. Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Killer Peter Anders Confesses in Ross Kidnap Murder Case
Federal agents capture Peter Anders in Los Angeles and he admits kidnapping and murdering Charles S. Ross, 72, of Chicago. Ross body found in northern Wisconsin with accomplice’s corpse. Anders had been linked to a Tacoma kidnapping but cleared then.
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Peter Anders
Los Angeles
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
Mattson
Tacoma
Anders
Ross
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Valentine
Santa Anita Race Track
Hoover
John
Oliva Borcia
Lake Geneva
Wis
Borcia
Cias
Charles Mattson
Tacoma Wash
William W. Mattson
Ohio Relief Program Awaits Governor Signature
Ohio lawmakers push a 1938 relief package and a tax measure to fund aid. Gov Davey’s signature is awaited on two bills creating a state relief director and tightening control of county spending, with emergency clauses pending final approval.
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Columbus
ARP
Ohio
Davey
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Ohio Senate Graft Committee Finds $4 Million Secret Surpluses
J Ralph Leidner chairman of the Ohio Senate Graft Investigating Committee said the panel learned that state departments seeking extra 1938 appropriations hold secret surpluses totaling 4 million dollars. Welfare Department is the exception.
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Columbus
U.P
J. Ralph Leidner
Ohio Senate
Welfare
Leidner
State relief funds signed and tax matching required
A third relief program installment totaling 6,887,000 from sales tax money will be distributed to counties from a planned 11,000,000 total, in amounts tied to tax duplicates. Counties must match each state dollar with 50 cents of their own money to obtain grants, with excise tax funds allowed for matching. The House also approved 160,570 for the State Highway Patrol to hire 80 more troopers and to acquire land and build at the State Fair grounds. The Lawrence-Ward bill for a 15 member commission to study a new tax system was approved by the House but defeated a key measure.
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State Highway Patrol
State Fair Grounds
Highway Patrol
House
Street Dept. Now A Beauty Shop
Magenta colored pavements raise the emotional level of people and make women look younger and more beautiful while encouraging men to spend more. An official of the San Francisco Exposition explains the effect. The piece also notes the Want-Ads deadline for The Big Sunday Messenger at 3 P M Saturday and offers to place ads by dialing 0242.
Coal Purchase Inquiry Faces State Coal Costs Gap
Ohio politics figure M Ray Allison was urged by Senator Verner Metcalf to audit state coal purchases for all institutions. Metcalf cited Cleveland buying coal at 78 cents a ton versus the state's 1 75 rate and asked why the city pays less for the same fuel.
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Columbus
M. Ray Allison
Senate
Democratic State Administration
Verner E. Metcalf
Washington
Allison
Cleveland
Metcalf
Graft Committee
Hart in slate fall at Dark Hollow Mine injures resident
Fred Meinhart of Monkey Run district was badly hurt when slate fell in the Dark Hollow Mine Thursday. X rays show injuries less serious than first feared.
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Hart
SLATE
Pomeroy
Fred Meinhart
Monkey Run
Dark Hollow
Kansas Prison Escape Fails
LANSING Kansas UP One convict was dead two wounded and five in solitary confinement today after a bold escape plot at the state prison. Led by Cecil Thornbrugh the 25 year old killer the eight plotters reached the yard before guards subdued them. They planned with wooden dummies knives and a climbing rope aided by a fog but the lights were restored and guards opened fire, thwarting the breakout.
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Lansing, Kans
Cecil Thornbrugh
Kirk Prather
Naval Bill Passage Planned for Today
Washington House leaders planned to pass the naval appropriations bill intact totaling 553 million dollars today. Opponents pressed for provisions for two new battleships and urged a naval disarmament conference. Supporters of an aerial construction program expected Boileau proposed amendments to be decisively rejected.
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Washington
House
Gerald J. Boileau
Delaware Youth Held After Grocery Robbery Gun Battle
Walter Lehman, 17, Geneva, is bound over to the Delaware County Grand Jury on a robbery charge from a Saturday crime in which his companion Edsel Watts, 19, was killed in a gun battle with officers. Lehman is held on $1,000 bond.
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Delaware
U.P
Walter Lehman
Geneva
Delaware County Grand Jury
Edsel Watts
Minimum prices set for truck mine coal by federal commission
The National Bituminous Coal Commission fixed truck mine minimums at 2.20 to 2.40 per ton, higher than rail delivered fuel of 2.10, with truck delivery prices applying to operators signed to the code of fair competition. Examining officials noted competition between truck and rail mines and kept domestic coal prices stable where possible.
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Washington
Ohio
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
State Inspector Clears No 6 Mine Reopen at Millfield
Nelsonville special report says Mine No 6 of Sunday Creek Coal Co. in Millfield will reopen Monday after Ohio Division of Mines Chief James Berry found conditions normal and safe. He dismissed safety rumors and noted gas issue was controlled during a temporary suspension. The mine, largest in the division, employs about 1200 workers and will operate while orders remain.
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Nelsonville
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Millfield
State Mining Department
James Berry
Ohio Division of Mines
Columbus
No. 6
Berry
Millfield No. 6
Missionaries Seek Conference Over Work in Japanese Territory
American missionaries report difficulties continuing their work in Japanese occupied areas and seek a conference with Paul V. McNutt to inform President Roosevelt, while McNutt meets Admiral Yarnell to report on Japan’s infiltration in the Philippines.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Harry F. Yarnell
Washington
McNutt
Would-Be a Tough Guy Captured by Victims
A self-styled tough from Gary Indiana was subdued by four victims after he robbed and abducted them in Toledo. Hevern Davis 21 was arrested after forcing Mr and Mrs Victor N Nischwitz and Mr and Mrs L F Dunt to drive him four miles. They dragged him from the car at a gas stop and beat him until police arrived.
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Toledo
V.P
Gary
Ind
Hevern Davis
Victor N. Nischwitz
L. F. Dunt
Nischwitz
Dunt
Davis
Plot to bomb Jap liner in Seattle harbor fails
Police report a two man plot to blow up the Japanese liner Hiyo Maru at the Seattle dock failed. One man, Ralph Forsythe, was found dead in the harbor after his partner, George Partridge, was arrested. A suitcase with dynamite and a time clock was recovered 220 feet from the liner.
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Seattle Harbor
Plotter
Seattle
Wash
U.P
Vancouver
B. C
Ralph Forsythe
University of British Columbia
Forsythe
George H. Partridge
George Partridge
Partridge
Oriental Agency
Japan
Great Northern Dock
Marshal Scrafford
Steel Magnate Sees Recovery Coming Early
Tom M. Girdler chairman Republic Steel Corp told the Lehigh Club his view that industry and government can work in harmony to show the worst of the decline is past and the path to improvement is ahead. He cited broad business support for cooperation with the government while noting the need for a clear government plan for business relations to aid long term planning.
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New York
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Lehigh Club
Girdler
Senate Passes Measure To Stop Cattle Rustling
The Ohio Senate approved a bill 26 to 0 requiring bills of lading for transportation of live stock poultry or grain. The measure moves to the House for approval.
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Senate
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
House of Representatives
Ohio Apple Purchases Started Soon by Federal Agency
The Surplus Commodities Administration will begin regular purchases of Ohio grown apples within a few days in response to a request from the Ohio Growers Association. Frank H. Beach of Ohio State University announced the plan and S. A. Plymale of Gallipolis will assist in the purchasing.
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Columbus
Surplus Commodities Administration
Ohio Growers Association
Frank H. Beach
Ohio State University
S. A. Plymale
Gallipolis
Games Postponed in Marion County Contests
High school athletic events in Marion County were postponed as a precaution against scarlet fever spread. County Superintendent C. D. Mills announced the measure.
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Marion
Marion County
C. D. Mills
Dog Watches Grave of Young Mistress in Millersburg
Colonel the collie guards the grave of five year old Pauline Mary Straits in Millersburg. The dog, once her guardian and companion, was seen at the cemetery by caretaker Villars Horner and later by Pauline’s father William Straits.
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Millersburg
Pauline Mary Straits
Pauline
William Straits
Villars Horner
Glouster Men Held on Federal Court Charge
In Columbus U P report Howard Clark and Charles Dixon of Glouster were held to the federal grand jury on liquor law violations for operating a still near Glouster. They pleaded not guilty and waived examination. Bond set at $1,000 each.
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Columbus
U.P
U. S
Robert Newton
Howard Clark
Charles Dixon
Glouster
Ohio Milk Inspection Law Proposed By St Louis Official
M. R. Fisher chief of the milk control division of St Louis told the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association annual meeting in Columbus today that adoption of a uniform milk inspection law for Ohio should be pursued.
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Columbus
Ohio
M. R. Fisher
St. Louis
Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association
France faces world rearmament push from new cabinet
Premier Camille Chautemps cabinet declares policy to keep pace with global rearmament as France confronts Parliament. The radical socialist group signals readiness to match arms buildup with other nations.
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Parish
Camille Chautemps
France
Music Teacher Ned Albright Killed in Route 42 Crash
Ned Albright a 42 year old Ashland music teacher died in a head on collision between an automobile and a truck on Route 42 near Medina Thursday night.
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BEREA
U.P
Ned Albright
Ashland
Route 42
Medina
Transfer Man Dies Thursday in Pomeroy
Charles Keehne 58 a Spanish American War veteran and transfer business figure in Pomeroy died Thursday night at his W Main Street home after a long heart disease illness He served as president of the Pomeroy Board of Education and on the Meigs County Soldiers Relief Commission He leaves a widow and four daughters Mrs Sweeney Amsterdam Mrs Leitwiler Honolulu Mrs Ebersbach New Jersey and Margaret Athens Keehne co owned the Priode Transfer Co.
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Pomeroy
Charles Keehne
W. Main St
Keehne
Marion Leitwiler
Honolulu
Richard Ebersbach
New Jersey
Margaret
Athens
Meigs County
Priode Transfer Co
Filibuster Spurs Debate Over Senate Rules Changes
Two weeks of filibustering against the anti-lynching bill stirred a behind the scenes fight over drastic Senate rules changes. Vice President John Nance Garner, viewed as a top parliamentarian, called for clarification of the rules.
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Washington
Senate
John Nance Garner
Congress
Bodies of Partners and Victims Found Near Spooner
FBI chief says Peter Anders confessed to two more kidnappings and eyed a third. Bodies of Charles Ross and J Atwood Gray unearthed in a shallow dug-out 15 miles northwest of Spooner after Anders retrieved $50 000 ransom from Ross family.
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Hoover
Anders
Spooner
Wisconsin
Ross
Gray
Rockford
Emily
Minn
Crow Wing
St. Paul
Senator Lodge Opposes Housing Conference Report
Sen Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts said he would oppose the conference report on the new housing program to restore his amendment for prevailing wage payment. The amendment, stricken by conferees, would require housing project wages to match local prevailing rates.
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Washington
U.P
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
Senate
House
Dean Israel Noe removed as dean by bishop in Tennessee
The Rev Noe, who began a Jan 2 fast to prove immortality, is removed by Bishop James M Maxon of the Tennessee diocese while he remains on a sick bed. Maxon says he will not tolerate the dean's vagary but will offer reentry if Noe abandons the fast and seeks medical nourishment. Friends say Noe intends to continue the fast toward a supposed spiritual place of life or death.
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel H. Noe
James M. Maxon
Episcopal Diocese of
Tennessee
Maxon
Noe
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