Ohio legislators study four point plan for relief compromise
In Columbus the unofficial Democratic House committee reviewed a four point program for a 1938 relief package with a 50 50 state local funding split. Proposals include allowing local governments to levy intangible taxes and issue bonds against delinquent taxes, plus extending taxes through 1941 and drafting a distribution mechanism. Aide Speaker Aible said a balanced state local burden is essential and federal relief seems unlikely this year. A hearing covered a 5 million highway relief transfer and a vending machine licensing bill.
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Columbus
U.P
House Committee
Monahan
Aible
Beheading in Pen Fight at Eddyville Prison
In Eddyville Kentucky Clayton Sloan 23 serving three years for horse stealing was decapitated in a cell fight with Charles H Smith 41 inmate serving life for murder. Guards found Sloan with his head severed and Smith wounded from stab wounds after a night clash in their cells.
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Eddyville
Clayton Sloan
Sloan
Charles H. Smith
McPherson Named Acting Ohio State President
Dr William McPherson aged 74 will assume acting presidency of Ohio State University on July 1 upon President George W Rightmire’s retirement. The board named him after his prior 1924 acting tenure between Thompson and Rightmire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William McPherson
Ohio State University
George W. Rightmire
McPherson
Board of Trustees
William Oxley Thompson
Rightmire
Nation's Investments Off 50 Percent In Great Depression Era
The SEC told Congress that total assets of U S investment companies fell from 7 million at 1929 year end to 2 8 billion by 1932 and rose to about 3 7 billion by December 31 1937 in a study on investment trusts and investment companies with three more parts forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
SEC
Columbus Advertises Bids to Lease 1000 Downtown Parking Meters
The city of Columbus announced bids for leasing 1000 parking meters to be installed in downtown areas within 60 days. The action outlines the procurement process and project timeline for the meter installation.
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Columbus
City of Columbus
Stop Gap Bill Funds Released by Board
The Ohio State Board of Control approved 24 counties to borrow up to 90 percent of their allocations under the stop gap relief loan bill. Total borrowings amount to 1 302 565 with 197 435 held as a cushion. allocations include Cuyahoga 426 150 Hamilton 197 700 Franklin 84 450 and Montgomery 83 100 among others.
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Columbus
U.P
State Board of Control
Ohio
Tax Commission
Clark
Columbiana
Erie
Fayette
Licking
Marion
Montgomery
Ottawa
Paulding
Muskingum
Portage
Richland
Stark
Trumbull
Tuscara
Wood
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Franklin
Lucas
Summit
Lawrence
Mahoning
Scioto
Nine Die in Wawona Airliner Crash
The bodies of nine victims, killed March 1 when an airliner crashed on Buena Vista crest in the Sierra Nevada, were recovered and transported by pack horses to Wawona. From there they were sent to Fresno as authorities investigate the Transcontinental and Western Airways flight that veered off course in a storm.
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Wawona
Calif
U.R
Buena Vista Crest
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Forest Rangers
Fresno
Transcontinental
Western Airways
Bulkley Denies WPA Workers Are Coerced
Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio challenged critics to show evidence that WPA workers are coerced for votes in a radio speech. He acknowledged possible isolated political activity by minor officials at the line's end.
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Washington
U.P
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
WPA
Bulkley
Direct Relief Cases Fall Five Percent in May
Washington report shows direct relief cases in 105 urban areas totaling 829,689 in May, down five percent from April. Expenditures declined eight percent to 21,671,396 dollars with about 75 cities reporting decreases and 37 cities posting 10 percent or more cuts.
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Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
Senator Confirms James H. Smith for Middleport Postmaster
The Senate confirmed the nomination of James H. Smith to be postmaster of Middleport, Q. yesterday. Smith was selected after a confirmation vote that concluded late yesterday.
McCall Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping in Five Year Old Case
Franklin Pierce McCall pleaded guilty to kidnapping Jimmy Cash and not guilty to a murder charge in Miami court. Indicted by an 18 man grand jury, the 21 year old farm hand asked for defense counsel and faced a possible death sentence if convicted. He admitted kidnapping and death in statements to FBI chief J Edgar Hoover, including ransom notes and the $10,000 payoff.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
McCall
Stafford Caldwell
Florida
H. F. Atkinson
J. B. Cash, Sr
Princeton
A. McCall
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Student Dies in University Fraternity House Fire
Flames engulfed the Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity house at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor killing 28 year old Richard A. Polland a senior in architecture and forcing nine other residents to flee the blaze. Polland from Buffalo New York died of smoke and fire suffocation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
U.P
Alpha Rho Chi
University of Michigan
Richard A. Polland
Buffalo
N. Y
College of Architecture
Lutheran Leader Returns From European Tour
Dr Frederick J Knubel president of the United Lutheran Churches in America comes back to U S soil after attending the World Council of Churches gathering in Utrecht Netherlands and the world Lutheran convention in Upsala Sweden.
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U. S
Frederick J. Knubel
New York City
United@ Lutheran ‘Churches in
Hague Defends Policy Before Investigators
Newark report says Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City testified at a Federal Court hearing that anyone displeased with the government should be driven back rather than allowed to stay. Counsel for CIO and ACLU pressed Hague on civil rights issues and birthright questions as the case sought an injunction against Jersey City officials. He suggested a camp in Alaska for opponents, then said there should be a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Spaulding Frazer
C.I.0
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Hague
Frazer
Alaska
Urges Action Against Japs
Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged to act on Pittman resolution condemning civilian bombings in China and Spain. The measure reiterates Hull's complaint, notes arms embargo against Spain, and seeks inquiry into export aircraft sales to nations bombing civilians.
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Washington
U.P
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Pittman
Cordell Hull
United States
Spain
Japan
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Grashal Mother Sees Son Reunited After 50 Years
In Columbus Mrs. Eliza beth Grashel 90 greets her son John 70 who vanished from Columbus fifty years ago and was recently found in Skagway Alaska through an ongoing search and family reunion effort.
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Columbus
Elizabeth Grashel
John
Skagway
Alaska
Lewis' Black List Measure Faces Setback in House
The House rules committee tabled a floor vote on John L. Lewis's labor bill including a government black list. CIO supporters say it is endorsed by Labor Treasury and Interior Departments but opposed by the War Department. A test vote showed 12 to 11 against judiciary committee amendments.
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Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
New Deal
National Labor Relations Board
House
Rules Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor, Treasury
Interior Departments
War Department
CIO
Lewis
William B. Bankhead
Congress
House Judiciary and Rules Committees
United Press
Judiciary Committee
Britain Limits Retaliation Over Spanish Ship Bombings
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will not retaliate against the Spanish insurgents after 32 British vessels were bombed off the Spanish coast since mid April. He warned retaliation could draw Britain into the Spanish civil conflict and disrupt the policy of appeasement. Rebels seized Castellon De La Plana and advanced toward Valencia while Japanese losses rose on the Hankow front as floods affect operations.
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Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Castellon de la Plana
Rio Mijares
Valencia
Villareal
Vallencia
Ellis Ballard a Prominent Utility Expert Dies at 77
Ellis Ames Ballard of Athens and Philadelphia, a longtime attorney and utility expert, died in Philadelphia Monday at age 77. He retired in 1930 as general counsel for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. and was internationally known as a Kipling collector. Burial is planned private in St Thomas' Churchyard Whitemarsh.
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Ellis Ames Ballard
Athens
Philadelphia
Ezra Walker
Archibald Walker
Ballard
Ohio University
Nina Schwefel
Kipling
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co
Frederick L. Ballard
Farmer Wins Pollution Case Against Lancaster
City Solicitor William G. Pickering indicated an appeal from a common pleas verdict awarding Lewis C. Hoffman $500 in his pollution suit against the city. Hoffman had sued for $5,000 claiming refuse polluted the Hocking River lowering farm land value and endangering health. Thirteen similar cases are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
U.P
William G. Pickering
Common Pleas
Lewis C. Hoffman
Hoffman
Hocking River
Death by fall shocks UC ex-president Campbell
Dr. William W. Campbell, 76, former University of California president, died after leaping from a fourth floor apartment window in San Francisco today. Police investigated the personal crisis behind the fatal incident.
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SAN Francisco
U.P
William W. Campbell
University of California
Vinton County Relief Average is Smallest
Ohio relief expenditures per individual case in May ranged from the low of 5.63 in Vinton to 30.19 in Geauga. Statewide average was 18.56 with 4.2 persons supported per grant. Twelve counties had averages below 10 including Athens and Vinton.
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Columbus
Ohio
Vinton
Geauga
O. P. van Scheik
State Auditor’s Office
van Schick
State Control Board
Washington
Muskingum
New York
van Scheik
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Slain in New Outbreak of Gang War in Tamaqua
Three men killed in what police call a gang war outbreak near Tamaqua Pennsylvania. Leonard Adducci of Philadelphia died after stumbling into a tea room and a third man was found dead in a nearby roadhouse. Police report Adducci was shot and propelled from an auto near the Tamaqua Hazleton Pike.
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Tamaqua
U.P
Leonard Adducci
Philadelphia
Adducci
Here
Tamaqua-Hazleton
Amy Faust
Two Trapped In Coal Mine Near Ashland Pa
Ashland Pennsylvania report says a 48 year old bootleg miner Peter Shinkowsky and his 17 year old son Peter Jr were entombed 300 feet underground after timbering collapsed in a crude mine on a company property in the anthracite district. They had been entombed for more than 24 hours before shouting they were alive.
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Ashland
Peter Shinkowsky
Peter
Shinkowsky
Four Drowned Men Found After Johnboat Capsizes
State police dragged the Kanawha River near Grantsville West Virginia for the bodies of four young men who drowned when a johnboat capsized Four others swam to shore after the incident occurring during heavy rain at the riverbank.
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Grantsville
W. Va
Kanawha
Paris 40 Decrees Boost French Army Officers and Troops
The cabinet issued decrees increasing both officers and enlisted men across the French fighting services in a coordinated expansion. The move aims to strengthen the army during ongoing operations and mobilization efforts.
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Paris
Roosevelt Signs War Department Civil Functions Bill
President Roosevelt signed the War Department civil functions bill totaling 220.99 million dollars to fund river and harbor navigation improvements and flood control by the army engineers. The measure adds 954 thousand over the proposal with 24.0 million reappropriated from unexpended funds and 24.049 million less than the current year. It carries 82.0 million for the flood control program and provides 31.0 million for work on the Mississippi and tributaries.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
War Department
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Revised Food Act Approved
Washington Bill creates a new pure food and drug act to protect consumers from injurious foods and drugs. It expands regulation to cosmetics and therapeutic devices and follows the revised Tugwell draft after House approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rexford G. Tugwell
Factories to Resume in Lancaster Shoes Plant Push
More than 1,200 workers will be employed next week in three Lancaster factories of the H. C. Godman Shoe Co. the company announced today.
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Lancaster
U.P
H. C. Godman Shoe Co
Fathers Day Cigar Tradition Opposed by Columbus Chamber
The Junior Chamber of Commerce in Columbus calls the practice of fathers passing out cigars at a birth cruel and barbaric. On Father's Day the chamber will give cigars to the first five Columbus fathers of babies born that day to spare fathers the cost and worry of cigars.
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Columbus
U.P
Chamber of Commerce
Congress rushes flood bill toward enactment as adjournment nears
Congress speeds a $27.5 million flood control measure shifting most dam and land costs in Ohio to the federal government while planning final adjournment. House and Senate conferees also advance a railroad loan liberalization bill and a federal labor standards act, with President Roosevelt awaiting signature.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
House
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hocking River
Rockbridge
Middleport
Pomeroy
Muskingum Conservancy District
Muskingum
Miami
Cincinnati
Scioto
Little Miami
Mahoning
White House
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
Millard E. Tydings
Works Progress Administration
Secretary of Labor
Reliefers Could Make Up Lost WPA Work Says White
Rep Dudley A White asks President Roosevelt and WPA chief Hopkins to allow workers to recoup wages for lost days due to illness. He notes current rules deny pay and relief work when workers fall ill, unless recertified.
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Washington
Dudley A. White
R. D
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
WPA
White
Provisions for Wheat Loans Announced by Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace announced CCC loans for wheat farmers. Eligibility is limited to growers whose wheat acreage does not exceed 105 percent of their soil-depleting acreage allotment under the soil conservation program.
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Washington
A.P
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wallace
Soil Conservation
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Ohio State
John R. Brooke
Fort Benning
D. C. Coleman
Dade County
James B. Cash, Jr
Britain
Chamberlain
Ellis Ballard
Vinton County
TVA Prober
Joint Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Francis Biddle
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