Bill to Withhold County Sales Tax Revenue Amid State Debt
The Senate approved an administration plan to withhold counties sales tax revenues owed to the state for ward care and deferments may be arranged via annual installments. The measure now awaits concurrence in the House with minor Senate amendments. The same session saw a separate emergency bill allow postponement of foreclosed property sales to April 1 1939 and a House vote to cut farm truck license fees by 17 to 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
E House
House
Ren. Horace W. Baggott
Montgomery
Grover C. Maxwell
Defiance
Doomed Ship Captain Executed for Treason
Archachon France report identifies Pablo Juan Boo as sole survivor of the freighter Mar Cantico. He says the captain was shot in the Atlantic after crew suspected treason via suspected contact with Nationalists. Diplomatic circles note Nationalist agents reportedly knew the ship’s movements.
Meigs Co Wife Alleges Husband Is Bigamist
Mrs. Bertha Doerfer 19 filed for divorce in Meigs County Common Pleas Court claiming her husband Henry Doerfer is a bigamist. She says they wed Sept 19 1936 while he had a wife Edna McNeal Doerfer already married to him since 1927 in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Henry Doerfer
Bertha Doerfer
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Doerfer
Edna McNeal Doerfer
Gallipolis
Urges Early Action on Court Plan for Judicial Reform
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Roosevelt’s court enlargement proposal would restore balance and clear the way for urgent social and economic legislation. He dismissed amendments as too slow and warned against dictator fears, citing over 50,000 pending federal cases and delays in civil trials across many districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Cummings
Judicial Conference
Resume Coal Parley Today
New York U P negotiations between union miners and soft coal operators in the Appalachian district resume after a week’s recess. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, pressed for a $6 basic daily wage a 30 hour week and a guaranteed minimum of 200 working days a year. The two year contract covers 400000 miners in 23 coal producing districts and would replace the expired contract set to end April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Man Fined in Kiss Incident Suspended
Kansas City Missouri John Sechter 32 used a pocket comb to threaten Georgia Anthony after she left a drug store. He forced a kiss twice. Judge James H. Anderson fined him 500 dollars but suspended the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanbas City
A.P
John Sechter
Georgia Anthony
James H. Anderson
Borah Attacks Roosevelt Court Plan in Senate Hearing
Idaho Senator William E Borah challenged Attorney General Homer S Cummings plea for prompt action on the court expansion proposal He warned that the bill lacks a quorum standard and could nullify the Supreme Court If 15 justices void a ruling the issue would recur and require an amendment Borah pressed for a clearer framework during the Judiciary Committee session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
William E. Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Homer S. Cummings
Senate Judiciary Committee
Borah
Cummings
Supreme Court
Idaho Statesman
Acros
New York
New Kidnap Suspect Held in Mattson Case
Federal investigators hold a 40 year old ex convict named Murphy for questioning in the Charles Mattson kidnapping and murder. Seattle jailer Matt Starwich recalls a prior threat by Murphy to seize the Mattson boy for ransom and mentions Murphy boasted of faking ransom notes with a toy typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Mattson
Murphy
Seattle
Matt Starwich
Joe S. Murphy
Mattson
Starwich
Gallipolis Man Admits Auto Killed Youth
Enos Harrison, stationed at the airport gas station, told Sheriff Hatfield his car struck and fatally injured D. H. Cox 24 at Eureka a week earlier. Harrison said Cox staggered in front of the vehicle and he took Cox to a hospital but no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Enos Harrison
Airport
Hatfield
D. H. (Lewis) Cox
Eureka
Harrison
Cox
WPA to Run Vast Climate Study in Muskingum Area
The WPA will place 500 weather observers across 24 Ohio counties in the Muskingum flood conservancy district to gather data for a seven month climate survey. Readings every 30 minutes from 7 am to 7 pm will be reported nightly from 800 square miles, with maps and analysis at New Philadelphia. Funding totals reach $363,400 with a $245,400 WPA grant and $118,000 from the conservancy district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Muskingum Flood Conservancy
Columbus
U.P
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ohio
Carl Watson
Conservancy District
Climatic Survey
New Philadelphia
Congress
Ashland
Belmont
Columbiana
Coshocton
Fairfield
Gallia
Guernsey
Harrison
Holmes
Knox
Licking
Medina
Morrow
Morgan
Monroe
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Richland
Stark
Summit
Tuscarawas
Washington
Wayne Counties
Roosevelt fireside chat urges action to save Constitution from courts
President Roosevelt urged Congress to act on judiciary reorganization to save the Constitution from the court and the court from itself. He proposed expanding the Supreme Court to 15 justices and appointing younger members to ensure legislation is enforced and constitutional guarantees protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Meat Prices Expected Rise After Pay Increase
Chicago reports a $14 million pay hike for workers at Armour, Wilson, Cudahy and Swift and Company. Industry leaders predict higher consumer meat prices as wages rise and droughts limit feed. Workers will average $25 weekly on a 44 hour schedule, marking the second raise since November 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Citizen
R. H. Cabell
Armour and Company
Cabell
Chicago Producers Commission Association
D. L. Swanson
Armour, Wilson, Cudahy and Swift and Company
Murderer Escapes With $600 Payroll
In Cleveland Frank Mahnick, 40, a case operator, was killed during an attempted payroll robbery at Otis Steel Co. The robber, aided by a confederate, took about $600 intended for cashing employee salary checks and fled in a small coupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Frank Mahnick
Otis Steel Co
British freighter Lalla destroyed at Charleston docks
The British freighter Lalla, six months old and cost 1 500 000 dollars, was destroyed at Charleston docks within an hour by a general alarm fire believed caused by a spark from its funnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
Charleston
Three WPA Workers Die in Crane Yard Accident
In Philadelphia at the Navy Yard three WPA workers were killed when crushed beneath a traveling crane’s boom. The crane operator was in hysteria and could not give officials an account of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Reds Call Recruits To Oppose Fascist Tanks
Loyalist government calls 100000 recruits to defend Madrid as insurgent tanks roll from the northeast toward Guadalajara. In Washington, Capt. H A Stuart says U S oil supplies will last about 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
U.P
Guadalajara
Washington
H. A Stuart
Naval Petroleum Reserves
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Miner Aldren Easterling and Dulcie Adame Engaged in Millfield
Aldren Easterling aged 24 from Murray City a miner and son of Mr and Mrs Noble Easterling is linked with Dulcie Adame 18 of Millfield daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Adama in a noted social pairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldren Easterling
Murray City
Miner
Noble Easterling
Dulcie Adame
Millfield
Dan Adama
Work Speeded On Relief Tax
In Columbus as committees advance the Zablotny County Tax Bill and the companion Nichols Bill. The Zablotny measure would grant county commissioners power to tax autos and to levy beer and liquor taxes up to half the state rate. The Nichols Bill aims to allow municipalities to impose existing state levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
AUP
Senate Taxation Committee
Seeks Halt in Production of Limburger Cheese
Green County cheese producers who say they make 75 percent of the nation's limburger will vote Thursday on a proposal to halt production for six days. They argue supply must be reduced to maintain prices and that public taste for limburger is not equal to the current supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Wis
Ll.p
Green County
Release frees 56 taxi strikers after Chicago violence
Fifty six strikers arrested on disorderly conduct charges after Chicago taxi drivers strike violence were released under hand today.
Jail Jury Contempt Sparks Drunk Juror Incident
In Hollywood California a woman Mary Plettner 63 is jailed for contempt after getting drunk while serving on a murder trial jury. Defense Helen Wills Love 31 stands accused of second degree murder for killing her husband. Plettner’s intoxication occurred during deliberations as an alternate juror was seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mary Plettner
Helen Wills Love
Record Fund Is Asked for Air Defenses
Washington reports lawmakers push the largest national air defense program as part of a broad defense bill. Senate leaders seek a 526 million navy appropriation and House panels aim to add more for aerial defense while Army Air Corps funding is debated. Rep Dow W Harter urged provisions to reach 2320 active planes by 1941 per Rogers Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
House
Army Air Corps
Dow W. Harter
D. O
Harter
Minimum Wage Bill To Be Enforced Soon
After a 14 month struggle the state moves toward a mandatory order to enforce a minimum wage for about 35 000 women and children in the hotel and restaurant industries. A final hearing gathered employer and worker views before Ora B Chapman issues the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ora B. Chapman
Department of Industrial Relations
Schmeling Offers Braddock Shot In Germany Fight
New York report says Max Schmeling guarantees James J. Braddock $250 000 in a neutral European bank to defend his heavyweight title this summer in Berlin. A separate item notes Columbus officials plan a first degree murder indictment next Monday against Charles Morgan 38 an Ohio Penitentiary convict who killed his cellmate Ralph J. Barlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Schmeling
James J. Braddock
Berlin
Columbus
Charlies Morgan
Ohio
Ralph J. Barlett
Columbus unit proposes merger of power firms into Columbus and Southern Electric
The Columbus Railway Power and Light Co announces a merger with Southern Ohio Electric Co and Adams County Power and Light Co to form Columbus and Southern Electric Co. Shareholders meet April 17 to vote. The new firm would serve 20 counties from three Generating stations in Walnut Franklin Pickaway and Floodwood Athens counties. No staff or stock changes planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Railway, Power and Light Co
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus & Southern Electric Co
Vale
Central
Southern
Walnut
Franklin County
Pickaway
Pickaway County
Floodwood
Athens County
Rail-Lignt Co
Etek
Athens
Delaware
Fayette
Gallia
Highland
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Pike, Ross, Scioto
Inton
Nelsonville
Middleport
Oak Hill
Gallipolis
Hillsboro
Circleville
Chillicothe
Adams County Power & Light Co
Adams
Brown Counties
Seaman
CIO plans first step toward permanency with rival unions
The Committee for Industrial Organization moves to establish local unions challenging the American Federation of Labor. CIO leaders say they may grant membership to locals in Maryland and Ohio as tensions rise with the AFL. Talks of broader organizing in southern New England mills shipyards and oil fields accompany bids to set up a mass production rival union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
CIO
New England
Federation
William Green
John JL. Lewis
Maryland
Ohio
White House
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Pittsburgh
UN Jon
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Frey
Murphy Hurries North To Act In Strike
Governor Murphy flew from Florida to Detroit to aid in settling sit down strikes affecting over 75 000 workers at Chrysler Hudson Briggs plants. Chrysler warned of plant closures in Evansville Helena and Los Angeles if no agreement is reached. Talks set with United Automobile Workers Union as sit downers demand concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Frank Murphy
Florida
Chrysler Corporation
Hudson Motor Car Company
Briggs Body
Chrysler
Plymouth
Evansville
Ind
Helena
Ark
Los Angeles
Calif
United Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler and Hudson
Deetroit
Chester Wife Attempts Death by Self Inflicted Wound
Mrs. Carl Christy 25 of Chester is reported recovering after slashing her throat with a butcher knife in an apparent suicide attempt. She is the mother of a small child and was said to be despondent over her husband Deputy Sheriff Hank Young’s illness. The knife dullness likely saved her life as her husband has pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Carl Christy
Chester
Juriea
Christy
Hank Young
Yong
Young
Ohio Liquor Act Declared Unconstitutional in Cincinnati
Municipal Judge William Handley ruled the Ohio Liquor Control Act unconstitutional in Leonard Wilson case, dismissing charges for operating a liquor store without a state license. The ruling asserts the state's liquor monopoly violates the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Wiliam CC. Handley
Leonard Wilson
Ohio
Handley Reid
Leonard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis
CLO
George L. Berry
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
A. F. of L
W. Schoenberg
United Cement Workers
Green
H. A. Bradley
David Williams
National Council of Aluminum Workers
David Sigman
Wisconsin
A. F. of
Davey
Meigs Co
Fd’s
Assails Cumming
Watson
Willi
FPA
Matron
Schmeling
Braddock
Germany
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!