Federal Works Division to Shift Ontario Relief Programs
The Works Administration announced a federal shift of relief work to the new Works Division under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Pierce Atwater stated the aim to place work on federal standards, cut red tape, and centralize state administration for urban communities over 5,000. Funds will be granted for urban work programs with a 50 50 state and federal funding ratio likely to continue, with further liberalization expected under Roosevelt’s plan.
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U.R
Works Administration
Works Division
Federal Emergency
Addon
Pierce Atwater
Feder
FERA
Atwater
New Works
Felerei
Wardington
Roosevelt
Grols
Tariff Bill Recovers Foreign Trade Through Reciprocal Measures
Cordell Hull endorses a tariff bill as a non partisan path to restore foreign trade. He says the measure would allow tariff adjustments and agreements with other nations to meet changing economic conditions and aid recovery. The first witness, Hult, argues reciprocal trade is vital to growth. The record notes about 000 people impacted.
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Cordell Hull
8 and Means Committee
Hult
Performances to Benefit by Marionette Troupe
Large advance ticket sales mark a benefit event sponsored by the Council of Childhood. The Marionette Troupe will perform at 10:30 AM, with tickets valid for any performance. Ruth Cone heads the organizing committee and Miss Gary and Miss Kate Haile are among handlers for dramatics.
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Ty Council of Childhood
Mrronett
Gary
Kate Haile
Who
N Dramatics
Ruth Cone
White's Sale Tax Measure Faces Open Battle in Ohio
The Ohio House opened debate on a 3 percent sales tax proposed to raise funds. Opponents favored a substitute plan with an income tax and stepped taxes on utilities, licenses, mortgage recordings, and bank deposits. The package could yield about 25 to 29 million dollars in revenue according to sponsor Curtis.
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White
Ohio
Columbus
March
U.P
House of the Ohio
Curtis
Cleveland
Swedish Prince Loses Throne by Marriage
Prince Sigvard of Sweden, grandson of King Gustaf V, wed German actress Erica Patzek at Caxton Hall in London. Riksmarskalk heads to Stockholm to strip him of royal status and succession rights for marrying a commoner.
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Prince Sigvard
Sweden
Erica Patarck
London
U.P
Sigvard
Guntav V
Erika Patzek
Caxton Hall
Westminster Abbey
Riksmarskalk
Stockholm
Local Legion Favors Immediate Soldiers Bonus
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion in Athens voted unanimously in favor of immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus. The post will notify district congressional and Senate members. Committees were named to organize the Eighth District Conference in Athens on April 9 with G. D. Gorham as general chairman and others handling entertainment, program, housing, parade, decorating, and publicity.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Athens
Congress
Senate
G. D. Gorham
John Dowler
M. C. Morrison
Fred Josten
Arthur Edleman
Parade
C. C. Corneil
Howard Wood
Japan to Build More Warships in Response to Vinson Bill
Admiral Mineo Osumi, Japan minister of marine, said Japan must build additional warships due to the $750 million Vinson Navy Bill passed by the U S Senate. He indicated Japan would reject the 5-5-3 naval treaty ratio after next year.
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Tokio
Mineo Osumi
United States Senate
Japan
Miss Caro Line Tice Dies in Archers Fork Fire
Marietta March 8 Miss Caro Line Tice 43 an invalid was burned fatally Wednesday when fire destroyed her home at Archers Fork 20 miles southwest of here.
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Marietta
Caroline Tice
Archers Fork
Here
Trigger Man Faces Jury in Lima Court
In Alien County Common Pleas Court the state aims to send Harry Pierpont to the electric chair for the murder of Sheriff Jesse L Barber on Oct 12. Jury selection completed in a night session as Mrs Lucy Sarber widow of the slain sheriff and Deputy Wilbur Sharp testify. Sarber identified Pierpont as the trigger man firing at her husband during the jail raid.
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Lima
March
Harry Pierpont
Alien County Common Pleas Court
Dillinger
Jesse L. Barber
Lucy Sarber
Wilbur Sharp
Sarber
Dislinger
Pierpont
Jordan Named Clerk of Elections Board in AthensCounty
Charles Jordan a Democrat is appointed clerk of the Athens County Board of Elections by Secretary of State George S Myers. Jordan will serve two years and also handles local automobile tag sales succeeding David Johnson. The board meets Saturday to choose a chairman of the opposite party, with Harry Kelly Sr a Republican expected to be selected.
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Charles Jordan
Athens
Athens County
Nelsonville
Columbus Legal Pick Seen as White Court Successor
Columbus reports attorney Robert N. Wilkin of New Philadelphia is Governor White's leading choice to replace Judge Florence E. Allen on the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Robert N. Wilkin
Philadelphia
White
Florence E. Allen
Ohio Supreme Court
Five Day Week Adopted by Standard Oil Office Employees
Chicago March 8 a five day week for office employees of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana will take effect April 1 in 14 states.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
New Athens CWA wage panel to set retroactive rates
A three member committee from organized labor business and local relief was ordered by state via telegram to replace the current CWA wage scale in Athens County. The new scale, retroactive to March 2 if deemed just, will base pay on actual trade rates rather than the depressed schedule. The old Complaint and Adjustment Committee will handle grievances but not set wages.
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Organized Labor
Athens County
CWA
Theodore H. Smith
E. O. Braught
Debate over Dillinger jailor removal splits Lake County
Lake County officials debated filing legal papers to remove Sheriff Lillian Holley over John Dillinger's escape from her jail. Reports spread of sightings of Dillinger across the country while Chicago police and federal agents joined the hunt with warrants for Dillinger and Herbert Youngblood on stolen car charges.
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Lillian Holley
Crown Point
Ind
March
Lake County
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Chicago
Melvin Purvis
Department of Justice
Herbert Youngbrood
Indiana
Illinois
Haydenville Plant Reopens as 200 Men Called Back to Work
National Fireproofing Company resumes operations at its Number One Haydenville plant with 200 workers recalled to manufacture conduits. Number Two plant had been intermittently operating. the revival signals several weeks of work ahead for the plant workforce.
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Haydenville
Logan
National Fireproofing Company
Burley tobacco auctions show upward market trend in Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky on March burley tobacco auctions moved higher with a strong market tone reported today as buyers showed robust demand and prices edged up.
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Lexington
Burley
Twenty CWA workers dismissed in Athens County
Twenty Athena County CWA employees were dismissed by the Complaint and Adjustment Committee at their weekly session Wednesday night. Twenty-two cases were considered, with reasons ranging from pension to holding other jobs or being township school board members. The four-member committee includes Theodore H. Smith and others, who meet weekly to address alleged injustices in CWA employment. Citizens may report irregularities in writing, with names kept confidential.
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Athena County Cwa
Misa Thelma Lehew
Athena County
CWA
Congressional Leaders Promise Rifle Match Return at Camp Perry
Congressional leaders assured that the National Rifle Matches will resume at Camp Perry in Ohio once federal funds are more plentiful. The event, once an annual fixture, faces revival pending budget availability and official authorization.
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Washington
March
Camp Perry
Secret Service Jitters Over Gold Theft
Secret Service faces jitters after a thief stole 75 in gold coins and scrap-iron bricks from a Treasury corridor showcase. The incident occurred near the Secret Service chief William H. Morgan's office, provoking anger from Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and concerns about guarding government gold.
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Washington
U.P
U. S
Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Por
Treasury
William H. Morgan
NRA Reorganization Aims to Speed Employment Increase
Washington March 8. Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson outlines 12 NRA revision reforms to boost employment in the coming weeks. Goals include price stabilization to protect wages, uniform wage scales, shorter hours with higher pay, protection against monopolies, universal compliance, safe code financing, elimination of conflicts, and stronger labor and consumer representation on code authorities.
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Washington
U.R
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
U.P
Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
Guilty Verdict in Hitler Trial Declared at Mass Meeting
Adolf Hitler and Nazi leaders were judged guilty of crimes against civilization in a Madison Square Garden event. The mass meeting drew 25 000 attendees sponsored by the American Jewish Congress the AFL and 50 other groups. Speakers included Alfred E. Smith and Fiorello LaGuardia among others.
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New York
March
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Madison Square Garden
American Jewish Congress
American Federation of Labor
Alfred E. Smith
F. H. LaGuardia
Matthew Woll
William Green
Higher Liquor Prices Upheld By Ohio Chief
Columbus report says Col. John A. Hughes director of the Liquor Control Board defended Ohio liquor prices. He noted higher state taxes and store costs justify prices over Pennsylvania and Michigan. The board extended liquor permits for drug stores and wholesale distributors due to possible delays in store openings beyond March 15, likely until April 2.
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Columbus, March
Ohio
Col
John A. Hughes
Liquor Control Board
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Princess' Brother Works as Ohio Beautician in Cincinnati
Prince Vassill Youssoupeff, brother of Princess Trina Youssoupeff who won 126800 in a London libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer over Rasputin, runs a Cincinnati beauty parlor. His wife holds a princess title, though not Romanoff. Vassill is Nicholass nephew, linking to the former Russian czar through their mothers.
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Cincinnati
March
Trina Youssoupeff
London
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Company
Rasputin
Prince Vassill
Romanoff
Wall Street Like Farmers, Says Will Rogers
Santa Monica notes Will Rogers urges lawmakers to treat Wall Street like farmers. He jokes about gambling limits and suggests a method to curb betting while offering a payoff for restraint. Rogers riffs on Dillinger and bankrobbing headlines as social satire.
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Wall Street
Will
F.dr
Fletcher
Rayburn
Editor Jailed Over Letter Signer Identity Revealed
FRANKFORT Ky March Vance Armentrout acting editor of The Louisville Courier Journal was released from county jail on a writ of habeas corpus after the House Lobby Investigating Committee ordered his confinement for contempt over refusing to name a legislator who authored a letter published by the paper. The letter titled A Peelam in Politicos criticized delays in making public the Griffenhagen audit report.
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Frankfort
March
U.P
Vance Armentrout
Louisville Courier-Journal
House Lobby
S. Boone Hamilton
Armentrout
General Assembly
Griffenhagen
First Lady Continues Air Tour of the Indies
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt continues a flying tour of the American West Indies. She planned to travel from St Thomas to St Croix then to San Juan Puerto Rico for a nearly week stay to study social and economic conditions.
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ST. Thomas
Virgin Islands
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American West Indies
Virgin Island
St. Croix
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Names in Court Case Test of Insulting a Police Officer
In Columbus on March 8 the Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear a case from Cleveland Heights about whether an irate motorist can be charged for calling a police officer a name. James P. Christie received a $25 fine after a parking ticket encounter and a subsequent arrest. The appellate court had reversed the municipal court, and the village of Cleveland Heights moved for Supreme Court review.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Cleveland Heights
James P. Christie
Christie
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Sets Plan to Reform NRA and Boost Wages
President Roosevelt presses industry to raise hourly wages by 10 percent and cut the workweek by 10 percent under NRA reorganization led by Hugh S. Johnson. He warns of a “worst epidemic of strikes” and urges adherence to labor rights while committees form to discuss reemployment and code changes. House Democrats to meet Roosevelt on federal pay restoration and vets’ benefits.
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Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
House
Study Proposed Free Textbook System At Athens High
Athens City School Board authorized an investigation into installing a free textbook system. Superintendent H. C. Pendry will report cost estimates at the next meeting and assess whether savings for parents justify sacrifices elsewhere.
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City School Board
Athens
Athens High School
H. C. Pendry
Pendry
Must Live To Be 103 To Get 83 000 Fortune
Sandusky report says Charles Bretz, 72, holds $3,000 from a sister who died in his absence. The will specifies payment at 10 a month, so he must live to age 103 to receive the full amount.
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Sandusky
Charles Bretz
Brett
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