Borah Prods Against New Farm Program in Congress
The article reports Senator Borah voicing constitutional doubts about a proposed farm measure replacing the AAA. Senate Agriculture Committee leaders outline a plan to extend crop payment and erosion prevention programs, while critics warn the bill could grant broad power to regulate production and agriculture policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Spee
Poer
Kan
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture
State tax plan eyed to collect 225 million in delinquent taxes
The agency proposed to set up a state collection of delinquent taxes aiming at about 225 million dollars. Cincinnati leaders and county officials argued the method would shift the tax burden to counties. Dargusch noted large delinquencies in Cleveland and Toledo areas with Cuyahoga showing 85 million in back taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariton
Columbus
Tax Commission
Cincinnati
Dargusch
Cleveland
Toledo
Cuyahoga
Ohio liquor profits and costs reported for 1935
Director Miller announced that the Ohio liquor department yielded 13,031,477 to the State and Divisions in 1935, with operating costs of 6,171,954. The report notes comparisons with prior figures and mentions a merchant drive in Piqua to fund efforts to aid petries and attract new business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Miller
Piqua
Toothsome ty Look Toothsome ty Look
A garbled OCR style text fragment discusses a new book and cultural topics. It mentions Billy and a general sense of news coverage about civilization and change, ending with a reference to spice of life.
Dials Threaten News Medium in Rural Areas
H J Lien of Blackduck Minnesota told a telephone convention that rural communities welcome new gadgets and improvements except the modern dial telephone. He said the old open secret party line still holds its own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
H. J. Lien
Blackduck
Minn
Leopold To Be Questioned in Loeb Inquiry
State's Attorney William R. McCabe of Will County said he will question Nathan Leopold outside prison authorities as part of an inquiry into conditions at Stateville Prison following the stabbing death of Richard Loeb. Springfield officials condemned prison conditions as rotten and tied abuses to political patronage and incompetent staff. Loeb was cremated after private services. a police guard stood watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franks
McCaber
Leopold
Joseph Ragan
Loeb
Springfield
Leroy M. Green
House
A. L. Bowen
Frigid blast to plunge Ohio temperatures this Friday
The Weather Bureau warned of a rapid temperature drop across Ohio with the south facing the coldest conditions. Forecasters expected mercury to near or below zero as the cold wave continues, following January's severe weather that has caused many deaths and widespread suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Ohio
Northwest
Columbus
Weather Bureau
Union Workers Protest Suspension of Employee
Nearly 1,000 union workers sat idle at their machines in Akron to protest the suspension of a Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. employee. The sit down affected about 2,000 workers, with many protesters working extra shifts to block incoming staff. They called for action from U R W I U president H Dalrymple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
H. Dalrymple
United Rubber Workers’ International Union
Fur-Taking Season Ends January Thirty-First
Open season on all fur bearing animals ends at midnight January 31 except gray fox. Deputy game protector B F Swartz of Glouster warns hunters and trappers not to take animals or birds after February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Swartz
Glouster
Pair Is Convicted on Triangle Poison Death
Mineola New York Mrs Mary Frances Creighton and Everett Applegate were sentenced to die in the electric chair the week of March 9 for the poison murder of her husband Ada Creighton in a triangle plot. The verdict concludes the case that gripped local residents with its shocking details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pair
Mineola
N. Y
Mary Frances Creighton
Everett Applegate
Ada
Grange Leader Sees Court Ruling as Farm Challenge
Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, told Farmers Week at Ohio State University that the Supreme Court did not erase farmers rights but rejected the AAA approach. He urged a constructive, farmer led program including AAA contracts, conservation, cooperative expansion, and market protections. The farm issue, he said, is economic, not political.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Master
Supreme Court
Columbus
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Farmers’ Week
Ohio State University
Taber
Court of Public Opinion
The
Grange
AAA
Surplus Commodity Corporation
Snowstorm Delays Traffic Across the South
Snow covered much of the south from Texas to the Carolinas forcing traffic disruptions. Two score deaths were attributed to prior winter storms in the cotton belt. Snow ranged three to seven inches in North and South Carolina with temps in the high twenties. Florida and Gulf regions largely spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
South
Cotton Belt
Texas
Carolinas
Florida
South Georgia
Gulf Coastal
North
South Carolina
Former Reformatory Prisoner Captured in Cafe Heist
Russell Dee age 21 who served 15 months at Mansfield Reformatory for canary and cage theft was captured after a struggle with a private detective who pursued him and two youths from a cafe where they fled with packages.
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Cincinnati
Russell Dee
Mansfield Reformatory
Pilot Ted Kincannon Sacrificed to Save Passengers
Denton Texas pilot Ted Kincannon 38 airmail veteran died after his American Airlines plane crashed during a blinding snowstorm in a forced landing. He saved five passengers by warning them to buckle belts and shutting off gas cocks before impact.
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Denton
Tex
Ted Kincannon
Airmail
American Airlines
First Bones Applicant Dies After Bonus Claim
Fayetteville Tenn. Glattis H Sherwood 44 a World War veteran became Lincoln County s first to apply for a bonus payment under the new law. An hour later he died of a heart attack at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville, Tenn
Glattis H. Sherwood
Lincoln County
Pennsylvania brakeman dies in freight car accident at Goes Station
Ted Murray, 49, a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman, was killed when crushed between a freight car and the Dewine and Hanna elevator at Goes Station on Wednesday.
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Xenia
Ted Murray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dewine and
Hanna Milio
Goes Station
Wednesda
Loeb slain in prison by inmate Day at Illinois penitentiary
Richard Loeb, the notorious kidnap and slaying suspect, was killed in a prison razor attack by fellow inmate James Day at the Illinois state penitentiary. The incident ends Loeb's life sentence and deepens the case's grim notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Loeb
James Day
Ilinois State Penitentiary
Borah Plans Likely for Ohio Presidential Bid
Senator William Borah of Idaho indicated he would decide within a week whether to file in Ohio’s Republican presidential primary. Ohio Republicans oppose pre primary fights by sending an uninstructed or favorite son delegation to Cleveland. Former Governor Myers Y Cooper opposed Borah’s drive and urged cautious, bold action if a contest is necessary.
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Columbus
William Edgar Borah
Idaho
Ohio
Washington
Ohio Republicans
Cleveland
Myers Y. Cooper
Simeon D. Fess
Cooper
Climbers Plan Rescue For Lost Mt Rainier Body
Del mar Fadden a 23 year old thrill climber remains missing since January 13 after a solo ascent toward the crater. The body was spotted from an airplane at about 13 000 feet and a team of expert mountaineers prepared to attempt recovery today.
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Longmire
Mt. Rainer National Park
Wash
Delmar Fadden
Mt. Rainer
Fadden
Ohio Penitentiary Slaying In Cell During Quarrel Over Tobacco
At the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus a prisoner slashed cellmate Ray Allen Horton with an improvised knife during a dispute over tobacco. Horton, 27, a black inmate serving 10 to 25 years for robbery from Huron County, died from a severed jugular. Warden James C Woodard reported the incident occurred as Horton and Ray Allen, 28, also a black prisoner serving a robbery sentence from Cuyahoga County, faced breakfast.
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Columbus
Ohio
James C. Woodard
Horton
Huron County
Woodard
Ray Allen
Cuyahoga County
Merchants Lose Suit To Bar Picketing
The Fast Tuscarawas Merchants Association lost its suit to enjoin Canton Local retail clerks union from boycotting and picketing area merchants. The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the association's appeal from Stark County court rulings denying the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Tuscarawas Merchants Association
Canton
Unicon
Ohio Supreme Court
Stark County
Mile Parley Schedules Wage Talks Between UMW and Operators
Negotiations on a new wage and hour contract between the United Mine Workers and anthracite operators to replace the agreement expiring March 31 will begin February 24 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile Parley
Washington
United Mine Workers
Antheacite
New York
Landon attacks New Deal during Kansas Day rally
Gov Alf Landon assails Roosevelt policies as political obstacles to recovery at a Kansas Day gathering in Topeka. He faces broad GOP support and hints at a 1936 presidential bid while criticizing the administration’s remedies and urging recovery through Republican leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Republican State Central Committee
Cleveland
Kansas Day Club
Duce's Cabinet Approves New War Measures
Mussolini announces new wartime steps as Italy moves to requisition wool and reorganize defense. He says 50 000 workers will back East Africa operations and notes threats along the southern Ethiopian front amid shifts in Paris and London policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Wadara
Rome
Mussolini
Council of Ministers
East Africa
FERA to Cut Jobs and Budget in Ohio Liquidation Plan
Ohio FERA chief Dayton Frost announced liquidation steps as federal end dates approach. The agency will eliminate 24 directorships on Feb 1 and release 25 administrative staff, trimming monthly expenses by 16000 dollars while reorganizing eight eight counties into 28 districts with directors and case supervisors for efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Emergency Relief Administration
FERA
Dayton Frost
Ohio
Heart Attack Fatal for Former Athens Resident Albert Woodruff
Albert Woodruff 73 died of a heart attack while at work in Toledo. A Columbus resident for 25 years he formerly lived in Athens. Funeral set for West Union Chapel at 11 30 Friday with Rev Albert G Jenkins presiding.
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Athens
Albert Woodruff
Toledo
Merrill Woodruff
Palmer Hotel
Woodruff
Columbus
C. M. Pierce
Poplar Ave
Veterans May Apply For Bonus On Friday
Veterans may apply for the bonus payment Friday at the home of K. T. Crossen Poet No. 21 8 Court Street. FR. M Sherman adjutant announced today veterans must bring their discharge and other credentials to make application. The blanke will be available at 8 am Sherman said.
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K. T. Crossen
Court St
M Sherman
Sherman
Restricted Sale of Natural Gas Is Condemned
The government claimed a victory over a conspiracy to stifle competition in the Middle West gas distribution. Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation, Columbia Oil and Gasoline Corporation and eight individuals were ordered to stop exerting dominion over Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company in a consent decree signed by Judge John P. Nields in Wilmington Delaware. Panhandle Eastern, organized in 1929 as a Mokan subsidiary, transported gas from Texas and Kansas toward Indianapolis with plans to reach Detroit Dayton and Cincinnati. The government charged Columbia Gas wrested control from Mokan and influenced Panhandle Eastern to neglect opportunities to sell gas to prospective customers.
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Washington
Middle West
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Columbia Oil and Gasoline Corporation
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
John P. Nields
Wilmington
Del
Panhandle Fastern
Missouri- Kansas Pipe Line Company
Mokan
Texas
Kansas
Indianapolis
Ind
Detroit
Mich
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Columbia Gas
Panhandle Eastern
Special Vote Is Protested In Ohio
Rep Hummel protests calling a special election to replace Congressmen Mel Underwood. He urges nominees at the regular May primary and a successor in the 1936 election to avoid extra costs. Gov Davey plans a special election. cost estimated at about 25000 dollars for the 11th District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
FE. R. Hummel R
Fairfield
Mel G. Underwood
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Underwood
Roosevelt
Ohio
Secretary of State
11Th
Attorney General Opens Fight for Governorship
Cincinnati report says John W. Bricker the attorney general will open his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor in Hamilton County tonight. He will address a joint meeting of the Hamilton County Republican and the Young Republican Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Hamilton County
Young Republican
Theater managers ordered to appear over Bank Night lottery
Prosecutor Perry Vraev ordered twenty seven theater managers to report to the police prosecutor's office Monday. They will be informed that Bank Night is a lottery and violates state and city laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Perry Vraev
Cobb’s Texas Friends Keep Old Tradition- Still Seeking Trouble
Irvin S. Cobb writes on Texans and their pioneer spirit. The piece recalls Oregon trail homesteaders and Forty-niners, noting Texans faced wilderness and conflict. It portrays a heritage of risk taking and boldness as the Texas frontier mindset persists today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Texas
Houston
Tex
Oregon Trail
California
Hoover
Irvin
Anti-Security Act Cry At UMW Convention
Washington dispatch reports Miss Josephine Roche assailing the social security program at the United Mine Workers convention calling liberty a travesty without economic security for the masses. The miners debated district officer elections while John L. Lewis announced new anthracite wage talks set to begin February 24 in New York, with the current contract expiring March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Madame Rolande
John L. Lewis
New York
Knox Urges Business to Fight New Deal at McKinley Day
Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and possible GOP nominee, tells 200 Northern Ohio Republicans that business must act as a public trust and reveal hidden taxes. He accuses the New Deal of hiding socialist aims and calls for a broad plan to expose tax burdens to workers to justify higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank Knox
Chicago
Ohio
Tippecanoe Club
Knox
Woman Dies After Fire From Coal Stove Cause
St Louis report says Mia Miretta Bechmitt aged 28 leaned from her window to view a false alarm when her dress caught fire from a coal stove. The burn proved fatal.
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ST. Louis
Mia
Iretta Bechmitt
Engineers begin surveys for Tuscarawas River movement project
Three United States Army engineers were assigned to conduct preliminary surveys today for the movement of the Macsailion District along the Tuscarawas River. The effort aims to advance a $1,850,000 regional project with federal involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Philadelphia
United States Army
Tuscarawas River
Macsailion District
Roosevelt seeks 2.25 billion for veteran bonus payments
President Roosevelt asks Congress for 2,249,178,375 to cover cash bonus costs and 12,178,375 for admin expenses. Byrns will refer the letter to the Appropriations Committee and tax questions may wait until a White House decision. Treasury borrowing is eyed if taxes are not enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Byrns
Appropriations Committee
Doughton
D. N.C
Waves and Means
Congress
White House
Milk Prices To Rise One Cent Per Quart
More than 1,500 northern Ohio milk producers serving the Cleveland area will receive 2.23 dollars per hundred pounds for class 1 milk in February, up from 2.00 dollars in January. The retail price of milk will be increased by one cent per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Northern
Ohio
Cleveland Leads in City Safety Figures
Cleveland posted the best safety record in 1938 among Ohio's eight major cities with 28.5 fatalities per 100 000, while Columbus had the worst showing at 39.6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus
Lake City
Marion man Charles Cram dies at 45 after heart ailment
Charles Cram, a Marion newspaperman aged 45 and former magazine publisher, formerly a physician, died Thursday night from a heart ailment. He had a varied career in journalism and publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Charles Cram
Dividing LP Days Settles Prizewear Schedule
Elena Goforth and Margaret Wilson, Denver University co eds, won first prize in a music contest. Judges assign the prize bracelet to Kiena on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, and to Margaret on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Denver
Elena Goforth
Margaret Wilson
Denver University
Kiena
Margaret
God
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