House Veterans Issue Splits Democrats on Economy Act
In Washington on March 9 the House Democratic caucus fractured over the Economy Act savings for veterans. Despite warnings of a presidential veto, a bloc victory backed by ex soldiers restrained pay cuts for government workers and preserved pensions for Spanish American War veterans, signaling a heated fight over veterans benefits and government costs.
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Igishington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Liquor Commission Names Cashiers for State Stores
The commission announced successful applicants for liquor store cashiers across counties. Names include Clarence Fults and R Vance of Athens, Campbell of Guysville, Roy Rothgeb of Cheshire, Gallipotts and Yonny A Kent, James Midgeport, Robert Pomeroy, Mateus Hignus, James Guy, and Hayden Jr. on.
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Clarence Fults
R Vance
Athens
Campbell
Guysville
Roy Rothgeb
Cheshire
Gallipotts
Yonn A. Kent
James . Midge
Robert
Pomeroy Mateus
Hignus
James i
Guy
Hayden, Jr
Time Resident of Zaleski Succumbs
William G. 87 years old of Zaleski died at home after burial was made in Oak Cemetery He was born in Germany and came to this country as a child His family moved to Chillicothe and he worked as a tinsmith before moving to Zaleski He is survived by a daughter and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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William G
Oak Cemetery
Germany
Henninger
Voyune
New
Chillicothe — Canal
Apprent & Tinner
Chillicothe
Zaleski
Bilire & Ohio
Quilts on Display Extended to Saturday Night
The Messenger's Quilt Exhibition period has been extended to Saturday night. Locals from nearby towns may view the unusual exhibit after 5 PM through a side door entrance to the Quilt Display Room, beside the Athens Post Office.
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Messenger Building
Athens Post Office
U S Debt Less Than Britain's Says Farley
New York March 9 U P James A Farley Postmaster General said at the New York Drug Trade Dinner that the U S government remains within constitutional bounds and the national debt including recovery costs is lower than England's He defended the Roosevelt recovery program noting the public mood as war like and argued government spending will pay off with farm and home mortgage advances eventually returning nearly all the funds.
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New York
U.P
United States
Ett
England
James A. Farley
Seamen Injured In Nautilus Submarine Explosion
Seven sailors were injured, four seriously, when explosions rocked the Nautilus engine room during a full power run about 150 miles off the California coast. The submarine returned to port under its own power.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Zara Agha Seeks Fourthteenth Wife in Hollywood Visit
Beverly Hills telegram reports Will Rogers warning readers that Zara Agha, a 160 year old Turk, is on the loose in search of a new wife as Zara heads toward Hollywood while the army continues to face pay and food shortages.
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Zara Agha
Zara
Hollywood
Assembly Deadlock Ends Week in Ohio Legislature
Ohio lawmakers adjourned for the week amid a tax policy stalemate over the governor’s tax commission. The House Taxation Committee backed a 5 million dollar aid plan for parochial schools for 1934 35 while new bills target tax delinquencies and a 2 cent rise in the gasoline tax. Senator James E Ford proposed a 100 dollar fine on county treasurers who fail to publish delinquent tax lists.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Governors Special Tax Commission
House Taxation Committee
James E. Ford
Chillicothe
Dillinger Jail Plot Revealed
Indianapolis report states Attorney General Philip Lutz Jr. received evidence claiming Dillinger's Crown Point Jail escape was aided by inside guards. Edward Barce turned over findings alleging Ernest Blunk lured guard Matt Brown into a cell before Dillinger fled.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Lutz
Barce
Ernest Blunk
Dillinger
Matt Brown
Logan Gets 94000 As PWA Allotment
Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes allotted 4,418,137 for 117 non Federal projects in 25 states. The Logan Ohio waterworks grant of 94,000 is part of the distribution shared with Zanesville Columbus Springfield and Dayton.
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Washington
U.P
Public Works
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
Logan
Ohio
Zanesville
Columbus
Springfield
Dayton
CWA Cuts Hit Athens County Workers as Relief Totals Shrink
Civil Works in Athens County plan another 218 job cuts tomorrow, bringing total CWA reductions to about 1,200 this month. County administrator Theodore H. Smith says the 1,210 current workers will be pruned largely from affidavits filed to confirm need. Townships dependent on industry and agriculture face review while state guidance forbids favoritism. New relief shipments include oranges grapefruit and breakfast foods with beef pork lard and butter arriving soon. Township trustees aid distribution as Dover Township Trustee Harvey Courtney helps deliver food to those unable to reach stores.
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Athens County
Theodore H. Smith
Smith
State Department
CWA
Harvey Courtney
Dover
Proposed Ohio Canal Faces Railroad Opposition
Representatives of seven railroads met War Department engineers in Dayton to voice opposition to a Lake Erie to Ohio River canal. They argued the project would be costly to construct and would yield canal transportation rates as high as current railroad rates.
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Dayton
U.P
Lake Erie
Ohio River
War Department
Puerto Rican Deal Not Defined by First Lady
In San Juan March 9 UPR Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt refused to define her husband s Puerto Rican economic plan saying a new deal is meaningful only when it reflects the people s ideas not the leader s views and stressing that public opinion matters most.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Police Await New Dillinger Bank Holdup
Chicago police believed outlaw John Dillinger planned another machine gun bank holdup. He was sighted twice on the city’s south side including a gasoline station where attendant E H Deacon did not recognize him. Dillinger showed two revolvers and warned not to identify him.
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Dillinger
Outlaw
Chicago
John Dillinger
South Side
E. H Deacon
Deacon
Indiana
Geauga County
John Hews
Moret
Order Militia Sent To Halt Alabama Mine Strike
In Birmingham area Walker County troopers and airplanes were dispatched after a tense night of talks as mine strike disorders threatened. Hull and Townley settlements were occupied. over 8,000 miners idle. The stoppage centers on alleged violations of the Bituminous Coal Code bargaining provisions.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Guard Infantry
Walker County
Hull
Townley
Dover Men Fined in Police Court for Home Brew
Dover on March 9. Carl Mauer and Pete Contini were fined eight dollars each for possessing home brew in police court.
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Dover
Carl Mauer
Pete Contini
Hours Wages Dispute Heads Toward Ruling Today
Washington march 9 united press indicates the hours and wages clash between industry and the NRA moves toward a showdown. Big business may face a choice between the Connery 30 hour week bill and flexible changes from Hugh Johnson. Some executives favor higher wages without reducing hours.
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NRA
Connery
Hugh 8. Johnson
United Presse
Induatrailista
Gerald Swope
General Electric Company
Business Advisory Council
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
United Press
Congress
New Civil Works Projects Urged In Ohio
Columbus reports a shift as the CWA winds down and the FE R A takes over March 31. New works division will assume larger projects for communities over 5 000 population while costly material projects face reduced odds. Adjutant General Frank D Henderson leads the relief commission.
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New Works Division
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
CWA
Frank D. Henderson
Relief Commission
State Relief Commission
Blood Plot Suspect Targeting Kamakura Publisher
Police probe an attempted murder in Kamakura involving Sanji Muto a multimillionaire industrialist and newspaper publisher. Investigators focus on a possible connected strike by a coterie linked to a broader Blood Prother scheme.
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Kamakura
Japan
Sanji Muto
Millonaire
Forgotten man in Ohio relief plan sparks urban rural split
Columbus dispatch surveys Ohio towns under 5 000 population left out of CWA replacement plan. Some 715327 residents in small towns are omitted, while 1 656698 rural dwellers would receive AA A aid. Officials urge combined relief for industrial centers and small cities to avoid hardship.
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National Administration
Ohio
Works Division
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
CWA
Pierce Atwater
FERA
Two Army Air Mail Crash Deaths Mark Fatal Weather Era
A blinding snowstorm in northern Ohio and a Daytona Beach crash claim the seventh and eighth Army fliers to die in air mail operations since February 18. One officer died near Burton, Ohio, the other near Daytona Beach, Fla. Both pilots were carrying mail. a companion perished instantly in Florida. Weather caused most deaths, with 12 civil aviation fatalities in the period.
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Ohio
Daytona Beach
Eighth Army
Burton
Fla
Army air mail plane crash near Daytona Beach kills lieutenant
An army air mail plane crashed three miles from Daytona Beach injuring private Marshal and wounding others while pilot Lieutenant Reed escaped unharmed. The aircraft was en route to Miami with mail. bloodied mail pouches were recovered and to be sent on the next train.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Sell
W. M. Reed
Miami
Reed
Keystone
R. D. Graves
Graves
Slayer Identifies Pierpont as Trigger Man in Lima Jail Raid
In Lima March 0 reported by U.P. Harry Pierpont was pointed out again as the Trigger Man in the jail raid that killed Sheriff Jesse L Barber. Arthur Miller, jailed for murder, testified Pierpont fired at Barber and forced Deputy Wilbur Sharp and Lucy Sarber into a cell. The bandit later opened Dillinger's cell and urged him to escape.
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Lima
U.P
Harry Pierpont
Jesse L. Barber
Pierpont
Arthur Miller
John Dillinger
Ernest Botkin Miller
Sarber
Wilbur Sharp
Lucy Sarber
Dillinger
Johnny
Miller
Sharp
Airplane dive restores sight speech and hearing
In St Louis a sharp airplane dive restored the faculties of a young mother who had been blind deaf and speechless for six days. The incident occurred as doctors and observers noted the remarkable revival following the dive. Her condition improved rapidly with regained vision hearing and speech.
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ST. Louis
UPA
Rock falls in Bradley Mine kill Rudy Swartz
In Steuernville on March 9 a 2 ton rock collapsed in the Bradley Mine, killing Rudy Swartz of Dillonvale. The accident occurred on Thursday and left Swartz dead at the scene.
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Steurenville
Bradley Mine
Rudy Swartz
Dillonvale
French Explorers Claim Lost Queen of Sheba City
Paris reports two French aerial explorers Captain Coriignon-Molignier and M Aldreaux say they found the lost capital of the Queen of Sheba in Africa after flying over the ancient site near Djibouti. They note that about 20 towers and temples remain standing in the city once visited by the biblical queen.
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Paris
U.P
Djibouti
Africa
Sheba
Coriignon - Molignier
M. Aldreaux
Solomon
Jerusalem
Ohio Air Mail Pilot Killed In Snow Crash Near Burton
Lieut. Weinecke, 33, an air mail ace, died in a crash in a cornfield near Burton during a blizzard while en route Newark to Cleveland. The wreck halted mail flights in Northern Ohio as authorities reported the loss after a four hour search amid heavy snow.
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Cleveland
Army
Weinecke
Newark
Hess
Chardon
Ohio
Doughty Cops Corner Ex-Convict Rep Shoemaker
Washington police, after a six hour pursuit of Representative Francis H Shoemaker, arrest the Minnesota farmer laborer on a charge of assaulting a taxicab driver. Shoemaker is Congress' only ex convict and must appear in police court today.
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Washington
Francis H
Shoemaker
Minnesota
Congress
Leading Nazis Arrested in Upper Austria Over Easter Uprising Pleas
Linz Austria March 9 authorities say more than a dozen prominent Nazis were arrested in Upper Austria in connection with the alleged discovery of pleas for a Nazi uprising before Easter.
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Linz
Austria
Upper Austria
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