Democrats Demand Increase In State Relief Appropriation
In Columbus the Legislature debates boosting the relief appropriation beyond 5 million dollars with 7 million proposed by Rep Feighan and demands for stricter city matching. Hearings continue as officials seek quicker passage and additional enabling bills to free urban funds for relief and reuse automobile license revenue for enforcement.
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Columbus
U.P
House Welfare Committee
Welfare
Finance Committee
House
Senate
Frank Whittemore
Summit
Survivors of Cavalier Disaster Rescued by Tanker Esso Baytown
Ten hours adrift in the Atlantic on life belts after the Cavalier wreck near Bermuda, five crew and five passengers were plucked from the sea by the tanker Esso Baytown. Captain Alderson and officers of Imperial Airways and Pan American Airways questioned four Cavalier leaders as authorities investigated the ice engine failure and rapid sinking.
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British Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Atlantic
Esso Baytown
New York
Bermuda
U.P
Port Washington
Long Island
North Atlantic
Donald Miller
Lincoln
Ned
J. Gordon Noakes
New York City
Esso
Baytown
Coast Guard
Miller
Noakes
Robert Spence
Gulf Stream
Olaf Anderson
Imperial Airways
Pan-American Airways
American Aviation
M. R. Alderson
Neil Richardson
Patrick Chapman
David Williams
Alderson
Raymond T. McElligott
Champlain
Americans urged to evacuate Barcelona as Nationalists close in
The U S consulate in Barcelona urged Americans to leave immediately as Nationalist forces neared the Loyalist capital. About 200 Americans, many Puerto Ricans and Filipinos, faced evacuation by sea with Omaha, Badger, and Jacob Jones ready. British Devonshire may assist. civilians warned no guarantee of ship evacuation.
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Hendaye
U.P
United States
Barcelona
Omaha
Badger
Jacob Jones
Mediterranean
W. C. Thurston
Henry E. Lackey
Devonshire
Jackson Plant Swept by Fire Blaze damages Ridgeway Baking Co
A fire at Ridgeway Baking Co in Jackson caused $12 000 to $15 000 in losses. Oscar Fisher 20, an employee, escaped with a broken rib and bruises after leaping from a second floor window. his brother Albert was unhurt. Firemen battled the blaze for four hours, an overheated oven suspected as the cause.
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Jackson
U.P
Ridgeway Baking Co
Oscar Fisher
Albert
Eldon Ridgeway
Akron Man Named Head of Ohio Building and Loan Board
Charles S. Merion of Akron appointed superintendent of building and loan associations of Ohio by State Commerce Director Charles H. Jones. Merion succeeds William H. Kroeger who resigned. The post pays five thousand dollars annually.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles H. Jones
Charles S. Merion
Akron
Building and Loan Associations of
Ohio
Merion
William H. Kroeger
Rescue Ships Close On Stricken Freighter Parkmaan
Two rescue ships moved toward the Dutch freighter Parkmaan after it sent an SOS in the mid Atlantic. The vessel was leaking badly at the water line as it heads toward the Azores about a thousand miles away.
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New York
U.P
S. S. Parkmaan
Azores
Atlantic
Six Die in Separate Plane Crashes Across Cities
In Provo Utah a private plane crashed killing three aboard after a passenger froze the controls. pilot Charles T. Corbell and wife Mrs Corbell along with Leonard Thatcher 28 were aboard. In McAlester Oklahoma two 18 year olds died when their plane faltered and dropped from 100 feet after takeoff. In Manila, Philippines Walter Parmon 32 died in a crash near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo, Utah
U.P
Provo
Charles T. Corbell
Corbell
Leonard Thatcher
Thatcher
Mcalester
Okla
James Steward
Vance Johnson
Farmer and Wife Die In Kerosene Explosion
Bryan U P reports double funeral services for Myron Brown 37 a farmer and his wife Helen 28 who were burned to death Saturday night Mrs Brown survived burns for three hours after pouring kerosene into the kitchen stove neighbors found her husband burned beyond recognition. The couple had no children.
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Bryan
U.P
Myron Brown
Farmer
Helen
Donahey Backs Large WPA Relief Spending
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio said he would vote for an $875 million WPA appropriation as proposed by President Roosevelt. He argued the nation can cut nonessential projects to provide food and shelter, stressing the first duty is to feed the people.
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Washington
W.P
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Sen. Donahey
Wolf shot near Bowling Green weighs 35 pounds
A gray timber wolf, first seen in years around Le Moyne, near Bowling Green, was shot by Joseph Dennis of Moline. Dennis said the wolf weighed 35 pounds.
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Bowling Green
U.P
Lemoyne
Here
Joseph Denns
Moline
Dennis
Victim of Gang Shooting in Wheeling Leaves One Dead
One man is dead and another critically wounded after a gangland shooting in Wheeling. Tom Patsy Bonovitch, 55, a former bodyguard to William Big Bill Lias, was found shot six times and bludgeoned near a restaurant. Nick Miller, 32, a former Lias chauffeur, was hospitalized with wounds to the shoulder and chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Tom
Patsy) Bonovitch
William
Big Bill) Lias
Wheeling Numbers
Nick Miller
Lias
Bonovitch
Miller
Ohioans Promised Relief From Week End Cold Snap
The Weather Bureau in Columbus said Ohio's weekend cold wave eased after temperatures fell to 12 in Cleveland 13 in Columbus and 14 in Dayton and Cincinnati. Met John C. Fisher predicted quick moderation to normal winter weather and wind shifts pushed temperatures up. Col Lynn Black urged caution for travel to eastern states with heavy snowfall. northeast storms caused deaths from New England to New York and traffic accidents in western New York.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Dayton
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pes
Fort Wayne
Ind
Arctic
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Col
Lynn Black
New England
Upstate
New York
New York State
Oneida Lake
Brewery Chief Slashed Throat Delays Court Testimony
John C. Bruckmann general manager of Consumers Brewing Co Newark says his throat was cut by a bandit in Covington Kentucky preventing cross examination in a common pleas case. He sought to expunge an 89979 debt and recover an accounting. He reported the attack occurred Saturday at 730 pm after which he drove home dazed and a car wreck followed near Williamstown Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
U.P
John C. Bruckmann
Consumers Brewing Co
Newark
Common Pleas Court
Covington
Bruckmann
Bruckmann Co
Williamstown
Laborer Charged With Death of Aged Wife in Wellsville
Daniel Kindle age 58 a laborer was held on a manslaughter charge in Wellsville in connection with the death of his wife Louella 78 whose body was found at the couple's home Sunday night Coroner Arnold W Devon said she died of a blow on the head Kindle denied knowledge of the cause neighbors heard loud talk suggesting an argument at the Kindle residence.
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Wellsville
A.P
Daniel Kindle
Louella
AFL seeks return of United Textile Workers to fold
The American Federation of Labor opened a campaign to rejoin UTW within its ranks. AFL leaders met UTW head Francis J. Gordman and agreed on a five point plan to organize mill workers in an AFL affiliate. UTW left AFL to join CIO and Gordman faced removal from the TWOC board amid a feud.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
United Textile Workers Union
AFL
Francis J. Gordman
UTW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Gordman
Board of Textile Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
TWOC
Inter University Council Forms to Coordinate Ohio State Schools
Ohio's five state universities formed an inter university council to coordinate policies and programs. Dr. William McPherson of Ohio State announced the move in Columbus after meetings on January 7 and 17 with presidents and business managers from Ohio State Ohio Miami Kent and Bowling Green. The group approved objectives to avoid duplications and to address building needs and financing via bonds and pledged fees.
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Ohio
William McPherson
Ohio State
Columbus
Miami
Kent
Bowling Green State
A. H. Upham
Carlton S. Dargusch
J. L Morrill
McPherson
Upham
Herman G. James
Karl C. Leebrick
H. B. Williams
Bowling Green
George Parks
W. P. Roudebush
Carl E. Steele
B. F. Renkert
Ervin J. Kreischer
Radio Artists Vote In Favor of Strike
San Francisco members of the American Federation of Radio Artists voted to strike against sponsors if wages are not raised. Two hundred members unanimously approved the action Sunday night. The Detroit unit supported the national organization if a strike is called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
American Federation of Radio Artists
Relief Relief Slash Declared Fatal By New Dealer
The administration rushes to restore 150 million in relief funds after the House cut from 875 million. Senate leaders, backed by Sen Robert Wagner, seek a plan to avoid relief roll cuts until spring while warning economy risks harming the recovery.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Wagner
Twelfth Child Born to Middleport Couple
Mr and Mrs Homer Glaze of Hamilton Street welcome their twelfth child a son born Friday bringing the family to nine sons and three daughters. The father is a carpenter employed on the post office building.
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Middleport
Homer Glaze
Glazes
Hamilton St
Glaze
Five Held After Union Factions Clash in Logan
Five men were taken into custody after disturbances at a Progressive Mine Workers of America meeting in Logan West Virginia. Police estimated about 200 men invaded the event as charters were to be delivered to two new locals in Holden and Whitman. Hearings were planned before Mayor W. B. Johnson.
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Logan
W. Va
U.P
Progressive Mine Workers of America
W. B. Johnson
Logan County
Holden
Whitman
Three Children Die In Northampton Home Fire
A fire at a Northampton, Massachusetts home claimed the lives of Marilyn Snape four, Shirley three, and Edward one. Their parents, Mr and Mrs Charles Snape, escaped the blaze.
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Northampton
Mass
U.P
Marilyn Snape
Shirley
Edward
Charles Snape
Low Prices Blamed for Coal Plight
The National Bituminous Coal Commission told Congress that soft coal losses exceed 37 million dollars yearly due to low prices. It warned that ongoing declines threaten bankrupted mines, impoverished communities, reduced tax revenue, and greater public relief reliance, risking social and labor instability across the industry.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress
Commission
Ohio Job Fund Surpasses Hundred Million Mark
Columbus Ohio unemployment contributions due January 30 for the last quarter of 1938. Carl A Hopkins assistant director of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission announced the final quarter payments will boost the fund to more than 110 million dollars.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Carl A. Hopkins
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
UCC
Frost-Bitten Firemen Contain Major City Blaze
Frost-bitten firemen battled for over three hours to control a fire that destroyed two buildings and damaged three more in Fall River Massachusetts. The blaze disrupted the textile district and caused about 500000 dollars in damage.
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Fall River
Mass
UPR
Eight Die In Iowa Apartment Fire
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for eight victims four adults and four children who suffocated in a Saturday night apartment house fire in McGregor Iowa.
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Iowa
Mcgregor
U.P
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