Flat Rent Ceiling Increase Seen Amid Defeat Reports
Senator Hawkes predicts a flat 15 percent rent ceiling rise despite reports that the Senate Banking Committee rejected an across the board boost. Buck and Tobey note differing views as Congress delays action until April, with a 10 percent bill returning to Buck’s subcommittee.
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Hawkes
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
New Jersey
Buck
Rdel
Tobey
RNH
OPA
FBI Tackles Major Fur Theft Case in Cleveland
A 30 year old Cleveland man Anthony Alan Fusco was arrested by FBI agents on charges linked to what authorities call one of the largest fur thefts in history. He allegedly stole raw furs valued at 104000 dollars and laundered proceeds through eight bank accounts across Cleveland Columbus and Lancaster.
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Anthony Alan Fusco
Railway Express Agency
FBI
U. S
H. A. Horn
F. C. Richardson
Fusco
Rail Way Express Agency
James Morgan
Great Lakes
Richardson
New York City
Oswego
N. Y
Arizona
Columbus
Lancaster
Death claims third victim of explosion at Greenfield creamery
An explosion and fire at Producers Creamery and Cold Storage in Greenville killed three men. Ralph Fansnaugh, 34, plant manager, Howard Feirstein, 33, a boxer employed there, and Orrville Bertram, 53, died in the blast or from injuries. Robert Rammel, 29, survived with critical burns and reported detecting a strange odor before the explosion. Fire officials pursue cause with a deputy state fire marshal assisting.
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Producers Creamery and Cold Storage Company
Orrville Bertram
Ralph Fausnaguh
Howard Feierstein
Ernest R. Garvey
Fansnaugh
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Robert Rammel
Fort Recovery
Bandits Rob Wine Stores In Newark
Police hunt two youths after two back rooms were entered by gunpoint. Four victims including two women store clerks were forced to remove clothing as bandits stole part of a $410 haul from two Newark wine stores. Vernon Christman, brother of Police Chief Gail Christman, was robbed of $100, and a second store yielded about $275.
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Newark
Gail Christman
Christman
Margaret Ross
Bonnie Caplinger
Lusk
Vernon
Man Slaughter Charged in Canton Traffic Death
Maurice De Witt, 29, faced a second degree manslaughter charge in connection with the fatal traffic death of Mrs. Mary M. Childers, 46, in Canton.
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Canton
Maurice de Witt
Mary M., Childers
Alaska Power May Relieve Paper Shortage
Oscar L. Chapman urged Congress that developing Alaskan hydro electric power could ease the national newsprint shortage. He said Alaska could supply 20 to 25 percent of U S needs, but mills need more electric power. He cited surveys, funding, and large capital for a pulp operation, with estimated plant costs near 20 million dollars.
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Washington
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Senate
Alaska
Chapman
Jury Deadlock On Dog Killing Charges In Circleville
In Circleville Ohio a common pleas jury could not reach a verdict after six hours of deliberation on malicious destruction of property charges against Perry Stout a 53 year old farmer accused in the shooting of three hunting dogs valued at 625 dollars Prosecutor Kenneth Robbins said it was unclear if Stout would face a new trial.
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Circleville
Common Pleas
Perry Stout
Kenneth Robbins
Stout
Ohio Supreme Court selects secretary for Judge Stewart
Judge James Garfield Stewart of the Ohio Supreme Court announced May Stapleton of Cincinnati as his secretary for the duration of his term on the high tribunal.
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Columbus
James Garfield Stewart
Ohio Supreme Court
May Stapleton
Cincinnati
High Tribunal
Liquor Bribes Studied By Investigating Group
Ohio Senate Liquor Investigation Committee heard testimony on two bribe offers to a Cleveland liquor agent. James T. Mahony offered 5 000 to open Gene's Cafe, padlocked for testimony. A weekly 1 000 slot machine scheme was discussed with Mahony, Regis Duddy, and a Father McKenney. Charles Lausche figure cited. Attorney General Jenkins announced 34 private club operators cited for not running bona fide clubs in Youngstown Warren and Steubenville areas.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Cleveland
Maynard J. Kimball
James T. Mahony
Gene
U.S
Mahony
Lake County
Regis Duddy
Father McKenney
Kimball
Charles Lausche
Frank J. Lausche
Mac & Jerry
State Liquor Control Board
Hugh S. Jenkins
Youngstown- Warren
Steubenville
Treasury and Post Office face substantial funding cuts
The House Appropriations Committee proposed fiscal year 1935 cuts of about 34 percent to the Treasury Department and about 1 percent to the Post Office. Treasury would receive 1,671,317,500, down 882,716,750 from the president's estimates, excluding uncontrollable debt and pension funds. Post Office would get 1,530,733,250, down 14,356,000 from estimates and 7,642,069 below the current year.
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Treasury Department
Postoffice Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Department
Treasury
Postofice
Bond Set At 12000 In Cincinnati Robbery Case
John J. Myers 23 of Bellefonte Pennsylvania was held on $12000 bond after being charged with armed robbery and shooting to kill. He was wounded February 10 in a gun battle with police during a holdup attempt at the Louis Goldstein gift shop in downtown Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
John J. Myers
Bellefonte
Louis Goldstein
Three Children Saved From Blazing Columbus Home
Columbus residents credit Elza McIntire a 30 year old war veteran with saving the lives of three children aged one three and five after a cook stove exploded in the Selfs two room home. He ran twice into the blaze to pull the youngsters to safety.
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Columbus
Elza McIintire
Gene Self
McIntire
Meat Buyer’s Daughter Dies of Leukemia
Four year old Carol Kacala, daughter of Cleveland cafeteria meat buyer Stephen Kacala, died of acute leukemia at University Hospital after being admitted February 13. Local doctors had given her little time to live.
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Columbus
Carol Kacala
Cleveland
Stephen Kacala
University Hospital
Train Kills Hiram Man at Garretsville Crossing
A freight train fatally struck 24 year old John Paul Graver of Hiram as he waited on the track for a second train to pass in Garretsville.
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Hiram
Garrettsville
John Paul Graver
3182 Acres of WVOW Land Slated for Sale in WV
Three thousand two hundred eighty two acres of former WVOW land in Point Pleasant are declared surplus and to be sold by the Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. Owners will be notified. bids open March 11 to June 9 with a priority plan favoring government entities, former owners, veterans, and others. A local office, Building 301, handles inquiries and sales in the area.
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WVOW
E. W. Ligon
West Virginia
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
Ciotti
Hotel Wage Hike Probed
Ohio representatives from labor industry and public groups studied improving the 10 year old minimum wage for hotel and restaurant workers at a meeting. They agreed to nominate members for a new hotel industry minimum wage board to replace the March 30 1937 order and to appoint an advisory board to aid in final rate setting.
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Columbus
Ohio
William J. Rogers
Jury Delays Inquiry of Sugar Black Market
Federal grand jury probing a gigantic sugar black market postponed until March 15 to allow time for 12 new indictments naming 15 more individuals. Fifty four persons had already been indicted.
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Chicago
New Deal Critique on Work, Security and Taxation
Sam Simmons argues cold weather energizes temperate zones but only through necessity. He contends the New Deal misled Americans into heavy labor and popularized social security as divine aid. He claims workers face higher payroll deductions and employers face excessive charges, with funds spent on unspecified projects and many workers never benefiting before age 65.
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Roosevelt
Teachers Return After Mass Resignation at Clearview
In Lorain Ohio 32 Clearview teachers who quit last Monday over discipline issues will return to work Monday after a school board meeting pledged full support. The board rejected the resignations they had tabled Tuesday night. The walkout followed boos from about 200 students at a strike settlement assembly after Principal Allen Mizer slapped a pupil amid a bean shooting inquiry.
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Clearview
Allen Mizer
Mizer
Truman Faces Greek Crisis
President Truman returns to Congress to outline U.S. roles in foreign affairs as Greece faces a communist pressure threat. He plans a 15 day Caribbean cruise but must choose among direct intervention, limited relief, or strict non intervention.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
America
Greece
United States
Phone Wire Strike Threat Looms Across Two Industries
AFL unions representing 50,000 Western Union workers warned they will strike if no deal on wages and demands is reached. They filed 30 day notices with the Labor Department as the National Federation of Telephone Workers fixed April 7 as walkout day for 200,000 traffic and equipment workers.
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Washington
AFL
Labor Department
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Red Cross Plans Free Blood Bank System
The American Red Cross envisions a nationwide donor system offering free transfusions, as stated by Dr. Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The plan mirrors the wartime Army and Navy blood program already in place for service members.
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Red Cross
Cleveland
American Red Cross
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Jury Finds Son Guilty Of Stabbing Father
A jury in Troy Ohio found Don Reid 26 a bottling company employee guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing his father John Reid 51 of Piqua last November after six and a half hours of deliberation last night.
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Shirley Margaret
Troy, O
Bottling Company
John
Piqua
Lodijensky, Former Restaurateur, Dies at 71 in Great Neck
Theodore A. Lodijensky 71, once a restaurateur who appeared in several motion pictures with Will Rogers, died last night in Great Neck New York.
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Great Neck
N. Y
Theodore A. Lodijensky
Will Rogers
Lewis Declares Limiting Strike Right Hypocrisy
The Supreme Court ruling on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers eases pressure on coal fields. Miners likely stay at work until July 1 as soft coal pits reopen. government aims to push wage talks to avert another shutdown. Vinson's decision narrows Lewis's challenge and reinforces government power in coal operations.
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Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Serta
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
High Court
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District of Columbia
Congress
Passenger Fare Hike Considered by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered public hearings on Eastern Railroads petition for higher passenger fares. A March 31 Washington hearing will decide on boosting basic coach rates from 2.2 to 2.5 cents per mile and parlor or sleeping car rates from 3.3 to 3.5 cents per mile.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroads
Frank L Weil Elected to Hebrew Union College Board
Frank L Weil of New York City was elected to the board of governors of Hebrew Union College, according to school officials announced yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Frank L. Weil
New York City
Hebrew Union College
Miners Split Over Supreme Court Ruling
Pittsburgh area miners and union members reacted to the Supreme Court decision upholding fines against John L. Lewis and the AFL UMW. Some praised Lewis, others urged acceptance, while Western coal regions warned of possible walkouts if contracts aren’t renegotiated by March 31.
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U.S. Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Afl-United Mine Workers
Thomas Evans
UMW
Montour No. 10
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Allegheny County
Supreme Court
Evans
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Pittsburgh Uniontown
Navy
John P. Busarello
Lewis
Gossett
Pennsylvania
Leonard Statkewicz
Loomis
Glen Alden Coal Co
Luzerne County
West Virginia
Johnnie W. Mask
Moses Prunty
Marshall Visits French Tomb
Secretary of State Marshall laid flowers at the tomb of France’s unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe then left Paris for Berlin en route to the Moscow meeting of the council of foreign ministers. He noted his early visit as aide to Gen. Pershing in World War I.
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Marshall
France
Berlin
Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Army Air Transport Command
United States
Henri Bonney
U. S
John J. Pershing
Lewis Defends Unions Against Strike Restrictions
John L. Lewis denounces limits on the strike weapon as a basic liberty and attacks labor restrictions before the Senate Labor Committee. He cites Taft and opposes compulsory arbitration, union rights for supervisors, and a five-cent coal royalty for health funds as essential to preserving free enterprise.
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UMW
William Howard Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
80Th Congress
Federal Mediation Board
Free America
Newspaper worker dies in Cleveland
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports William Grob a 58 year old proofreader on the paper’s staff died yesterday from pneumonia. He was noted as the ninth oldest employee in service by the paper.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealers
William Grob
Herbert Okays Highway Measure First Bill Signed
Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert signed the first completed bill of the 97th General Assembly, a 9 050 000 dollar appropriation to start the highway department spring maintenance and improvement program. The measure, drawn by Rep. Harold V. Martz, passed unanimously.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
97Th General Assembly
Herbert
Highway Department
Harold V. Martz
R-War‘ren
House Finance Committee
House Education Committee
Senate
Agriculture Department
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