Relief Tax Plan To Be Considered In Special Session
Governor White to convene Ohio General Assembly in extraordinary session to enact relief legislation. Plan includes one percent tax on gross utility earnings and use of license tax funds by local governments to fund relief bonds and school needs. Authorities estimate up to 9 million dollars for counties and municipalities, with a nine member state relief commission to oversee spending.
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of Assembly
Columbus
George White
Ohio General Assembly
White
General Assembly
Special Taxation Committee
House
Senate
Bettman
State Tax Commission
State Director of Welfare
Boards of Education
County Commissioners
Pgsmy
One Word Englishman May Solve Fawcett Mystery
Englishman Rattin reports finding Colonel Henry P. Fawcett alive in Mato Grosso jungle after seven years missing. The captive, described as about 65 with white hair, spoke one word Englishman and asked to contact a British consul and a farmer named Paget before authorities.
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Col. Fawcett
Stephen Rattin
United Press
Stephen Ratttin
South American
H. P. Fawcett
Fawcett
Rattin
C. A. Powell
Powell
Sao Paulo
Brazil
U.P
Colonel Fawcett
Matto Grosso
Great Jungle
Machkiameque
Paget
Jack
Raleigh Rimmel
Arthur Abbott
Denies Forum Letter Says Husband Is Not Miner
Mrs Lena Mae Jones of Route 6 Athens reports she received threats after a Public Forum letter published March 10 was signed by Mrs Lenna B Jones. She states she did not write about mining and that her husband James V Jones never worked in a mine.
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Public Forum
Messenger
Jones
Lena Mae Jones
Route 6
Athens
Lenna B. Jones
Unrest Abroad Sparks Fear Across Asia
The report notes worry at home while detailing actions in Asia. In Japan a patriotic society assassinated officials it opposed. In Canton China, suspected Communists exploded four ordnance buildings causing substantial property damage and alarm.
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Asia
Japan
China
Canton
After the War to 1929 Market Collapse
The piece notes postwar prosperity and widespread gambling on prices. It argues the income tax policy discouraged selling, causing only buying and no selling, leading to the 1929 stock market crash.
Government spending scandal sparks blistering critique
A critic accuses the United States government of vastly increasing wartime outlays from 500 million to 5 billion annually and deploying 10 billion dollars and 3 million soldiers to Europe, alleging private finance bribed a republic's president’s son to accept 50 to 100 million.
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United States
Europe
Crime Burden Cited as Billions Fueled by Yearly Spending
A speaker warns that ongoing spending to crime amounts to billions annually, noting growing public concern over systemic funding that sustains criminal activity and impacts national budgets.
Prohibition Fueled Bootlegging and Crime Booms
Prohibition funded a vast bootlegging trade, financing crime to billions annually. While crime grew into a prosperous industry, other sectors suffered as government revenues from beer sales disappeared and millions were spent on enforcement efforts.
This Country Explores Limits of Vast Gambling and War Costs
A brief line notes the nation's inquiry into spending hundreds of billions on risk ventures and the mobilization of troops, hinting at deeper wartime debates. Page 4 continuation referenced.
County Home Board Named for Athens County Children’s Home
Athens County Commissioners reappointed John Finsterwald of Athens and Frank Lowther of Lodi Township to five year terms on the Athens County Children’s Home board. Finsterwald’s new term runs to March 1936 and Lowther’s to March 1937. Other trustees are A. L. Johnson Emmett Keenan and William Crossen. Also released is Oscar Porter after a jail stay and a $100 fine plus $15 costs. Porter will pay $94 of the fine in $5 monthly installments with $6 already credited for four days served.
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John Finsterwald
Athens
Frank Lowther
Lodi Township
Athens County Children's Home
Athens County Commissioners
Finsterwald
Lowther
A. L. Johnson
Emmett Keenan
William Crossen
Oscar Porter
Athens County
Pearl Miller
Porter
Mine Strike Spreads Across Districts In Pennsylvania
SHENANDOAH PA March 17 The insurgent strike of anthracite miners began in District No 1 and spread to District No 9 United Mine Workers of America with at least seven collieries in the Shamokin McAdoo area reported closed Operators and union leaders tally 3000 joiners while strike leaders claim nearly 18000 are involved to stop wage cuts and push for work equalization.
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Shenandoah
U.P
United Mine Workers of America
Shamokin
McAdoo
House Leaders Back Federal Salary Cut to Aid Tax Drive
Democratic leaders in the House moved to sponsor a general federal pay reduction with a 10 to 20 percent scale aimed at members of Congress. Rep. John N Sanlin will chair a subcommittee to draft the bill as an amendment to the legislative appropriation bill, signaling a strategic push to clear the sales tax.
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Washington
U.P
House
Byrns
Appropriations Committee
United Press Today
Congress
Burns
John N. Sanlin
Democrate
Louisiana
Farm Account Schools Begin in Athens County
Farm account schools led by Paul Fankhauser and T H Johnson start in Amesville and New Marshfield today. Farmers will learn keeping farm accounts at Amesville High School and New Marshfield High School Building to analyze income and compare with local top farms.
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Paul Fankhauser
Ohio State University
T. H. Johnson
Athens County
Amesville
John Mckhitrick
Amesville High School
R. R. Barker
Marshfield High School
Fankhauser
York Township
York Grange Hall
County Sheep Association to meet at extension office
Officals and directors of the Athens County Sheep and Wool Improvement Association plan a Friday meeting at 10 o clock in the county extension offices to map a program for raising and marketing sheep products. L A Kauffman of Ohio State University will assess last year’s program and propose improvements.
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Athens County Sheep and Woo! Improvement Association
L. A. Kauffman
Ohio State University
Will Finds Arguing On Wet-Dry Issues Most Futile
Beverly Hills letter from Will states that prohibition arguments rarely convert minds. He recalls poetical lines about wets and drys, notes no one is swayed by debate, and mentions John Hayes Hammond and the author of Scouting on Two Continents as visitors. He discusses South Africa in a brief closing remark.
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Will
Beverly Hills
Calif
John Hayes Hammond
South Africa
Three nurses attended Lindbergh baby report states
Three nurses attended the kidnapped Lindbergh baby contrary to earlier belief. Miss Annette Copin of Union City is named as the third nurse, questioned by police as investigators pursued several leads amid a flurry of clue collapses and new reports.
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Hopewell
N. J
U.P
Franklin Park
Annette Copin
Union City
Copin
Eetty
Lindbergh
Mises Martie Cummings
New York
Mra
Anne Morrow
Guysville Man Receives B and O Relief Prize
A relief prize program by the Ohio Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad awarded $85 in total to furloughed workers. Wallace Wiseman of Guysville and John Hydell, both B and O engineers, each received $25. Ed Schwaerzier got $15 and J. F. Starkey $10. Starkey is a track man.
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Chillicothe
Welfare Committee
Ohio Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wallace Wiseman
East Fourth Street
John Hydell
East Second Street
Ed Schwaerzier
West Water Street
J. F. Starkey
Guysville
Wiseman
Hydell
Starkey
Largest blast in world rocks Manistique quarry
The Inland Lime and Stone Company quarry near Manistique Michigan yielded the world’s largest blast, 441700 pounds of dynamite, creating a one mile long by 200 feet wide and 40 feet deep rock displacement. Set by radio from Annapolis Naval Observatory, the explosion rattled nearby buildings and drew footage from five newsreel cameramen despite a snow storm preventing army aerial photos.
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Manistique
Mich
Lime and Stone Company
Naval Observatory
Annapolis
du Pont
Hercules Powder
Seven Athens Residents Tagged for Parking Violations
Police reported a sharp rise in traffic violators in Athens as seven residents received parking violation tags yesterday. The list includes Floyd Barker F Richey Fred Weber Wade Burke M H McFarland R L Morton and W W Lee with a fine of one dollar.
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Athens
Floyd Barker
F. R. Richey
Fred Weber
Wade Burke
M. H. McFarland
R. L. Morton
W. W. Lee
May See Wet Delegation From Ohio At Republican Convention
Cleveland March 17 Maurice Maschke National Committeeman said Ohio will send a wet delegation by five to four reflecting public sentiment. Experts cited by Maschke project pro prohibition factions gaining support at the forthcoming convention. Maschke plans to retire as Republican National Committeeman after the June convention.
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Maurice Maschke
Washington
Ohio
Cleveland
Committee
Maschke
Buckeye
Resolutions Committee
Meschke
Conviction in Death Upheld
The Ohio State Supreme Court affirmed Blanche B. Halsey’s conviction for second degree murder in the 1941 death of her brother Fred Bonham in Bowling Green. An appeal from Wood County was rejected. Halsey, 67, is inmate at Marysville Reformatory.
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Columbus
Blanche B. Halsey
Bowling Green
State Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Wood County
Halsey
State Reformatory For Women
Marysville
O. Shoe
Fred Bonham
Woffmean
Bonham
Mines in Meigs County Await Eastern Report
Miners in Meigs County await a committee report from eastern Ohio after sending representatives to investigate conditions. The two Stalder-Hasex mines, No 16 at Syracuse and No 5 near Retland, employ about 500 workers. Local action depends on whether eastern mines are on strike or operating.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
Syracuse
Retland
Stalder-Hasex Company
C W Sands Succumbs Former Glouster Resident Dies
Clarence Milton Sands 62 died at home in Trimble Wednesday night after months of stomach illness. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm conducted by Rev G B Courtney. Survived by wife Alice and son Lawrence, two daughters T L Swan and J C Bradford, another son Karl E Sands of Des Moines, born Glouster 1870, allice Hillyer 1893, longtime Glouster council member, Church of Christ member.
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Glouster
Trimble
Clarence Milton Sands
G. B. Courtney
Sands
T. L. Swan
Athens
J. C. Bradford
Cincinnati
Olive Sands
Columbus
Alice
Lawrence
Karl E
Des Moines
Iowa
Mr. Sands
James II
Rachel Moody Sands
Allice Hillyer
Murray City
Church of Christ
St Patrick’s Day Reflections and Saint Patrick
A light column recounts St Patrick’s Day customs and legends. It covers Patrick’s birth in Scotland, early captivity in Ireland, missionary work, and death in 463, noting legends of snakes and relics like a bell in Dublin’s Museum of Arts and Sciences.
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France
Celestine
Ireland
St. Patrick
Museum of Arts and Sciences
Dublin
Apache Await Court Justice Over Seymour Murder Trial
Native hawked by tribal headsmen wait outside a court room in Arizona as Goiney Seymour faces charges for the murder of Henrietta Sehmer ler a Columbia University co ed. The article notes a swift tribal verdict could have been reached in a day.
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Globe, Arit
Goiney Seymour
Seymour Ta
Henrietta Sehmerler
Columbia University
Seymour
Doctor Treats Anemia at Cincinnati General Hospital
Dr. A. Bachmeyer, superintendent of Cincinnati General Hospital, reports months of pernicious anemia experiments yielding starting results. He says most satisfactory outcomes occurred in difficult cases and a full report will be released to professionals and the public. The work was in Internal Medicine with a new method distinct from current practices.
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Cincinnati
A. ©. Bachmeyer
General Hospital
Bachmeyer
Department of Internal Medicine
Marietta Student Recovers Fur Coat After Robbery
Howard Cline of Matamoras a Marietta College student recovered his fur coat in Columbus Monday afternoon. The coat was taken by two motorists during a Newell's Run Road robbery on January 28. William Corbett of Parkersburg confessed his role and is held at Washington County jail. he has not named his accomplice.
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Marietta
Howard Cline
Matamoras
Marietta College
Columbus
Newell's Run
William Corbett
Parkersburg
Cline
Washington County
Thorn
Pomona Grange schedule for Albany High School meeting
Pomona Grange will hold an all day meeting Saturday at Albany High School. Mrs Everett Russ Pomona lecturer says morning session covers business and the afternoon features a literary program. Social committees from Lodi and Trimble Township Granges organize the afternoon events with Harry Jacoby Pomona president leading the morning discussion.
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Pomona Grange
Albany High School
Mra
Everett Russ
Pomona
Lodi
Trimble Township
Harry Jacoby
University of Chicago President Warns on School Budget Cuts
Dayton March 17 The education system could be crippled if school budget cuts continue warned Dr Robert Maynard Hutchins president of the University of Chicago He told the Dayton Teachers Club that crippled public schools this year would lead to universities being slashed to the bone next year.
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Dayton
U.P
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Dayton Teachers Club
Cripple Hixon Sues Guardian for Accounting
Paul Hixon filed a suit demanding former banker Mas 8. Daugherty be ordered to account for funds and pay any money due. Daugherty had been named Hixon’s guardian in 1930 after Hixon, disabled by a railroad accident, received a large cash settlement.
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Guardian
Washington C. H
U.P
Paul Hixon
Daugherty
Hixon
Miners Gather at Lathrop Mine Amid Strike Clash
About 1,000 to 1,200 miners and officers clashed at Lathrop Mine in Athens County. Tear gas bombs were used as workers tried to cross a bridge into town to halt operations. The Black Diamond Mine near Columbuca began attempts to restart under district wide strike conditions.
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Athens County
Lathrop
Black Diamond
Black Diamond Coal Company
Columbuca
Ameavilla
A. Tm
Bhi Wayne Wingett
Hiead
Miners confront town with guards at two exits
Sheriff Wingett and deputies with Bolin and Barrows coordinate National Guard to block miners at northeast and southeast town entrances. Gas bombs from Columbia disperse crowd as 800 miners divert to southeast. Mine official Matheny refuses operation this week and will brief Col. Shetler for next steps. Prosecutor Bolin heads to Nelsonville then Columbus to meet officials.
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Wingett
John Bolin
Peter Barrows
National Guard
Oba
Tering Lathrop
Columbia
Matheny
Col
John 8
Shetler
George Rasp
Charles Bayless
Bolin
Athens
Nelsonville
John A. Blount
Columbus
White
Adjt
Frank Hender
Kentucky Assembly Near End of 60 Day Session Deadlock
Frankfort March reports state lawmakers facing a 85 deadlock on redistricting and revenue to balance the budget. The session ends with two of eleven congressional seats to be eliminated by a federal redivision act. Retail merchants press for a one percent sales tax to fund state finances, while Governor Ruby L. reportedly supports the plan as the principal revenue source.
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Frankfort
Kentucky General Assembly
Kentucky
Ruby
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Henry G. Brunner
Lena Jones
Arthur Brisbane
King Features, Inc
Children’s Home
New Marshfield
Officers of Improvement Associa
Tion
C. W. Sands
St. Patrick’s
By Jane Warner
St. Pat
Rick
Patrick
Scotland
Dumbartown
Succarth
Albany
Lathrop Mine
Black Dia
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