Ohio House welfare panel backs 5 million relief bill
Ohio lawmakers heard a forecast that 25 to 27 million dollars will be needed for 1939 relief, with Director William Dixon deeming the emergency five million inadequate. Amendments to raise the appropriation were defeated, while WPA matching rules eyed for possible change.
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Dixon
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives Welfare Committee
Columbus—Llp
William C. Dixon
House Welfare Committee
Congress
William Boyd
Cuyahoga
Senate
Summit County
Martin L. Davey
Welfare Committee
Michael Feighan
House
Patrick F. Monahan
Monahan
Protests Over Court Martial of Capt Carter Reach Washington
James W. Beckman, public relations director and World War veteran from Cincinnati, travels to Washington to deliver letters demanding the War Department reopen the court martial of Capt Oberlin M Carter, 82, once of Gallipolis, Ohio, for alleged fraud related to Savannah harbor deepening work.
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Cincinnati
U.R
James W. Beckman
Washington
Roosevelt
Oberlin M. Carter
Gallipolis
O. Beckman
War Department
Carter
Savannah
Bowman Escape Sparks Ohio Penitentiary Inquiry
Four convicts are in solitary confinement after the escape of Howard Bowman age 28 from the Ohio Penitentiary. Warden James C. Woodard said no trace of Bowman, serving a life term for bank robbery, has been found. A guard faces possible suspension as investigators seek accountability.
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Columbus
Howard Bowman
Ohio Penitentiary
James C. Woodard
Woodard
Bowman
Garner’s Help Is Expected by Economy Bloc
The Senate opened consideration of the deficiency relief appropriation bill with Vice President Garner as the key strategist for conservative and New Deal Democrats. Economy bloc leaders expect him to coordinate behind the scenes to block hikes beyond the House and Senate panel’s 725 million dollars. They argue the House figure will fund the Works Progress Administration through June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
John Nance Garner
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Garner
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Buckwheat Cakes Poison Ninety Nineteen Ill in Pickerington
Nineteen residents in Pickerington were poisoned after eating buckwheat cakes. They became violently ill but are expected to recover, according to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickerington
U.P
Job Insurance Payments Start Next Month
Ohio unemployment officials said eligible unemployed workers will start receiving benefit warrants in February. The plan mails warrants on assigned pay days for up to 16 weeks, with a maximum of 15 dollars per week and one half of weekly wages. Partial employment cases may get ten to forty percent of the average weekly wage.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Toay
Sinclair Lewis Abandons Lead in Angela is Twenty-Two
Sinclair Lewis, famed novelist and playwright, gave up the starring role in Angela is Twenty-Two during a Davenport to Des Moines road show. He abdicated Monday night after criticism and began his stage career in Columbus, Ohio.
Mumps Epidemic Reported Across Cleveland
Cleveland health commissioner Harold Knapp reports an epidemic of mumps totaling about 700 cases spread across the city. The figure reflects a surge in cases citywide, prompting health officials to urged heightened preventive measures.
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Cleveland
U.P
Harold Knapp
Social Security Board Warns Against Broad Expansion
The Social Security Board told Congress that extravagant expansion proposals could threaten state and U.S. solvency. It supported social insurance yet urged caution, noted delays under early administration, and highlighted sickness related wage losses and high medical costs. It called for simplifying unemployment laws and closer links between unemployment, relief, and public works programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
United States
Congress
Cavalier passengers say no warning of impending disaster
Passengers of the lost British flying boat Cavalier reported no warning of the impending disaster and said life preservers arrived only after the plane hit the sea. Ten survivors drifted 300 miles from land for 10 hours before rescue by the tanker Esso Baytown.
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New York
Cavalier
Atlantic
Esso Baytown
Neil Richardson
Imperial Airways
Edna Watson
Bermuda
Montreal
Robert Spence
Spence
Parole Board Frees 82 From Mansfield and Marysville Reformatories
The State Parole Board granted releases today to 82 prisoners at Mansfield State Reformatory and 10 at the Marysville Reformatory for Women. Marysville paroles include Hocking Ellen Rife for grand larceny with an effective date of February 10.
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Columbus
U.P
State Parole Board
Mansfield State Reformatory
Marysville Reformatory
Marysville
Suspect Held in Cleveland Torso Murders Case
A new suspect is held in the Cleveland torso murders probe. Detective Peter Merylo calls him the best yet. The man, a 190 pound, six foot salesman of medical supplies, boasted of cutting up live bodies and claimed to be a doctor working on a cancer cure after suspension for illegal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Peter Merylo
Merylo
Agriculture Department Dismisses Over Fifty Employees
Columbus report states the State Department of Agriculture ended 50 plus positions, cutting $73,280 from payroll. Director John T. Brown cited consolidation of divisions and removal of overlapping duties as the reason, maintaining service levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Agriculture
John T. Brown
Brown
Fishermen Adrift on Ice in Lake Huron
Rescuers in a gasoline launch pushed through ice filled North Channel of Lake Huron in search of three fishermen adrift on a mile square floe. The men are Philip Goetz 60 Russell Goetz 30 and Willard Dyer 47 veteran fishermen. They were tending nets off Drummond Island when ice split.
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Detroit
U.P
Lake Huron
Philip Goetz
Russell
Willard Dyer
Drummond Island
Grant Approved for Ohio Pension System in 1939
The Federal Social Security Board approved a $4,038,951 grant to the Ohio Old Age Pension Assistance System for the third quarter of the 1939 fiscal year.
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Washington
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Rebels Press on Barcelona as Loyalist Defenses Crumble
Reports from the Franco rebel offensive say forces broke the Llobregat defense line and encircled Manresa, advancing toward Barcelona. Allied evacuations accelerated as bombardment hit the Loyalist capital and control shifted along the coast toward Martorell and the river’s eastern bank.
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Perpignan
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
United States
Mediterranean
River Llobregat
Gerona
Figueras
Burgos
Lerida
Llobregat
Manresa
Juan Yague
Gava
Yague
Llob
Martorell
Local W C T U Objects to Hopkins Confirmation
The Gallipolis chapter wired Senators Donahey and Taft protesting the vote to confirm Harry L. Hopkins as secretary of commerce. They condemn WPA spending on liquor while families suffer and urge efforts to thwart his confirmation.
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Gallipolis
Donahey
Taft
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Logan Postmaster C W Bowen Resigns
C Wood Bowen former Logan postmaster resigns effective Feb 15 after four years in office. He plans to enter the practice of law and previously served as Logan prosecuting attorney before his appointment.
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Logan
C. Wood Bowen
Bowen
UAW Fight Taken Before CIO Leaders
A faction of the UAW ousted by President Homer Martin went to Washington to seek CIO recognition. The group targeted John L. Lewis and other CIO leaders as the split within the United Auto Workers moves to the national labor umbrella.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers Union
Congress of Industrial Organizations
UAW
Homer Martin
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
May Ask Impeachment Of Madame Perkins
Rep J Parnell Thomas may introduce a House resolution asking the impeachment of Secretary of Labor Perkins. He spoke after Rep Mary Norton read a letter from Miss Perkins defending her role in the Harry Bridges deportation case.
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Washington
U.P
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
House
Labor Perkins
Thomas
Mary T. Norton
Miss Perkins
Harry Bridges
Ex-Newspaperman in Charge of Aeronautics
Governor Bricker names Francis G. Lauffer of Columbus as temporary head of the State Bureau of Aeronautics. Lauffer, a former newspaperman and publicity agent for the Republican state headquarters, will earn 3000 dollars annually while the bureau's status is determined.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Francis G. Lauffer
Republican State Headquarters
State Bureau of Aeronautics
Lauffer
Taft Urges Frontal GOP Attack to Preserve Gains
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio called for a direct Republican challenge to the New Deal to consolidate November gains. He split Republicans into pro and anti New Deal camps, urged remaining staunchly opposed to the programs, while noting Roosevelt's early social aims but criticizing the path to planned economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New Deal
Taft
Robert J. Bulkley
Roosevelt
Hopkins May Be Peacemaker in New Cabinet
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, confirmed after a split Senate vote of 58 to 27, seen as a potential peacemaker with business. He aims to improve ties between the New Deal administration, public utilities, and industrial interests amid party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secreary of
Harry L. Hopskins
Senate Democrats
Hopkins
English Author Granted Right To Speak In US
English author and lecturer John Strachey won a circuit court ruling allowing him to lecture in the United States. The decision held the American consulate in London lacked power to cancel his visa after he left for the U S. The Ellis Island board later excluded him, citing the canceled visa.
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New York
U.P
John Strachey
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
London
United States
Strachey
Mid- Atlantic
London Daily Worker
Ellis Island
Columbus Man Fined By Logan Magistrate
A Columbus man charged with stealing 12 tons of coal from H. F. Blosser and A. J. McGuire was arraigned before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart. He pled guilty and was fined $50 plus costs for the alleged October 19 theft valued at $24. McGuire was arrested in Logan after the incident.
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Logan
H. F. Blosser
A. J. McGuire
Columbus
S. B. Whitehart
McGuire
Robber Shot to Death in Cleveland Shooting
Keith F. Hughes a 28 year old steel worker was shot to death early today while fleeing after breaking into two slot machines at a Newburgh Heights inn. Local police labeled the incident a fatal shooting during a robbery.
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Cleveland
U.P
Keith F. Hughes
Newburgh Heights
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