Ohio lawmakers push final tax plan amid broad opposition
A Ohio Representatives committee wrestles with a proposed 28 million dollar sales tax aimed at state and local government funding. Kroger Baking Co president Col C O Sherrill argues the plan taxes food and life essentials, hurting the poor and raising overall costs. Ohio Chamber of Commerce, merchants groups, and others oppose the measure, warning it shifts tax burden to small earners.
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Col
C. O. Sherrill
Cincin
Krogersad Baking Company
Ohio of Commerce
Chartagier
Washington D. H., C
Taxpayers Granted Time Extension for Tax Payment
County treasurer Gorham reports extension granted by Tax Commission allows payment of taxes without penalty until March 20. He notes last Saturday was the largest collection day in years with about 150 taxpayers paying on county real estate taxes.
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Gorham
Tax Commission
Earhart Appeal Spurs Post Office Air Mail Debate
Aviation advocate Hearst Earhart Putnam urged the Senate committee to fund a future air mail program despite opposition. She warned against killing aviation with strict rules before it has a chance to grow, as other flier witnesses pressed for limits on air mail operations.
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Ngton
A.R
Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Senate Committee
Putnam
Post Office Committee
Progress on New Clouster Bridge Amid Weather Delays
John Dowler, resident highway engineer, reports 12 men now erecting a three span bridge deck on the Clouster Mondaville Highway, Route 78. Concrete pours await better weather as crews potentially grow to 32. Celina contractor Buraley leads the project.
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Brough
John Dowler
Clouster-Mondaville
Route
Wier
Buraley
Celina
Deen Receives Update on Return From Florida
In Athens County officials report Deen will begin return travel to stay from Florida. A sheriff plans to return to action in Athens Saturday while Olston heads to Florida for recovery. Rees remains involved as the medical update unfolds.
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Deen
Char Stratton
Athens County
Florida
Meriff
Athens
Olston
New Work Relief Plan Sets $12 Weekly Wages
Washington reports Ohio City relief workers will earn twelve dollars per week under the new Federal relief plan replacing CWA on March 31. Hopkins says 1.5 to 2 million will shift from CWA to work relief. rural aid includes small plots, livestock, and potential local industries to keep farmers on the land.
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Hopkins
Washington
U.P
Ohio City
Harry L. Hopkins
CWA
Ohio
We Could Use That Sixty Year Plan
Will Rogers muses on a sixty year plan echoing Mussolini and Italy while noting possible U S actions. He cites code signing air mail remonetization of silver and a disarmament conference delegation as tasks for broad national reform.
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Hollywood
Calif
Russia
Mussolini
Italy
Louisiana
Huey Long
Forty Abandoned Mines Sealed In Past Week
Forty abandoned mines were sealed last week across eight Southeastern Ohio counties. The CWA payroll totaled 1 793.08 shared by 149 workers with Athens County receiving 6746.53, Vinton 411.10, Meigs 385.27, and Hocking 250.14. District No 3 covers Athens Perry Hocking Meigs Vinton Jackson Gallia and Lawrence counties and starts new work in Perry tomorrow with 22 men, aiming to 24 next week. Jackson County began with 12. Route: area focuses on mined resources in the Ohio River Valley.
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CWA
Athens
Athens County
Vinton County
Meigs
Hocking
Perry County
R. M. Edgar
Jackson County
Edgar
Ohio River Valley
Perry
Vinton
Jackson
Gallia
Lawrence
Miners to Receive Paid Vacation At Goodyear Mine
Cadiz Ohio March 20 Miners at the Goodyear Mine Somers are set to receive paid vacations for the first time in the industry. Workers with five years service will get one week off with pay while those with ten years will receive two weeks with pay, announced by superintendent Walter F Hazen.
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U.P
Walter F. Hazen
Goodyear
Somers
Hazen
Clothing Workers To Join National Union In Cleveland Vote
In Cleveland workers at Joseph and Feiss Co, the city’s second largest clothing maker, voted over three to one for union representation. Paul L. Feiss, company president, accepted the result and said negotiations would begin with union officials.
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Cleveland
U.P
Joseph & Feiss Company
Paul L. Feiss
Queen Mother Emma Dies at the Hague
The Queen Mother Emma of the Netherlands mother of Queen Wilhelmina and widow of King William III died at 7 45 a m in The Hague today of bronchitis She was 1
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The
Hague
the Hague
Holland
U.P
Wilhelmina
William III
Two Yankees Tell Secrets Of Spying
Two American spouses Robert and Marjorie Switz admitted detailing an espionage ring spanning Paris Britain France and the United States. They were questioned nine hours and held without food before Magistrate Ernest Benon. Police named five new suspects expanding a growing investigation.
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Robert
Marjorie Switz
Atlantic
United States
Switz
Vasvar
Ernest Benon
Surete Generale
Great Britain
France
Ohio's Woman Miner Refuses to Quit Work
Ida Mae Stull, Ohio's only woman coal miner, defies a mine-closure order near Cadiz. She wrote to Governor White seeking permission to stay, arguing she would rely on charity if forced out and that as part owner she does not fall under a state law banning women from coal shafts.
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U.P
Ida Mae Stull
Ohio
White
Pardons Urged for Two Lifers in Kentucky
In Frankfort on March 20, William Hightower and W B Jones serving life terms for involvement in the 1931 Harlan County labor troubles were urged for clemency. William Green AFL president and Joseph F Guffey Pittsburgh political figure wired Governor Ruby Laffoon requesting pardon for the two men.
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U.P
William Hightower
W. B. Jones
State Reformatory
Harlan County
Ruby Laffoon
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Laffoon
Highbower
Jones
Phi Beta Kappa Selection Made At University
Five students and one alumnus named to Ohio University Phi Beta Kappa. Recipients: Frank Cohen Brookline MA, Marie Edwards Oak Hill, James Hoffman Dayton, Carver Wilson Greenfield, Catherine Bweeney Youngstown. Thomas Wolfe Athens businessman and former Harvard adviser elected as member. Initiation planned before May. total candidates for the year reach 17.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Raymer McQuiston
Frank David Cohen
College of Arts
Brookline
Mass
Marie Alice Edwards
College of Education
Oak Hill
James Marion Hoffman
Dayton
Carver Dale Wilson
Greenfield
Catherine Frances Bweeney
Youngstown
College of Liberal Arts
Thomas M. Wolfe
Athens
Wolfe
Harvard School of Business Administration
Ohio University School of Commerce
Harvard Business Review
Portland Child Dies From Burns
Benjamin L. Johnson two infant son of Mr and Mrs R D Johnson of Portland died Monday from severe burns received days earlier. He is survived by his parents a brother and two sisters plus halfsisters Mrs George Shipley Detroit Raymond and Miss Georgia Johnson Parkersburg Ralph Johnson Three Rivers Calif and Clinton Johnson Portland along with other relatives.
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Benjamin L. Johnson
R. D. Johnson
Portland
Henry
Cleo
Freda Johnson
George Shipley
Detroit
Raymond
Georgia Johnson
Parkersburg
Ralph Johnson
Three Rivers
Calif
Clinton Johnson
Thieves Steal Trombone From Student Car On East Union
Elwood McCreary, a university student, reported his trombone and case were stolen from his car on East Union Street near the Men's Union Monday afternoon. Mrs. H T Wise of Franklin Avenue reported a sample case with toilet articles taken from her car on the same street.
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Elwood McCreary
East Union Street
Men's Union
H. T. Wise
Franklin Avenue
Spring To Arrive Sometime Tonight
Ohio expects spring to arrive tomorrow at 2 28 a m after a harsh winter. Central Ohio still has snow from recent cold waves. Temperatures rise tomorrow with rain possible in parts of the state.
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Ohio
Rail Unions Demand 10 Percent Pay Rise If Gov. Action Fails
Rail unions renew a push for a 10 percent wage increase for over a million railroad workers effective July 1 1934 and warn President Roosevelt may act to protect the public interest. A F Whitney describes wages as underpaid and rejects reductions or extensions while urging restoration to 1929 levels as a counter notice.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
State liquor sales begin as stores to open this week
Ohio enters liquor business with private wholesalers allowed to sell to hotels and clubs while state retail stores prepare to open this week. Col John A. Hughes says about ten stores will start daily after the first, and druggists may continue package liquor sales until a state store opens in their county.
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Columbus
State of
Ohio
John A. Hughes
Hughes
Insull Ship Forced to Shelter in Aegean Seas
Samuel Insull’s Mediterranean cruise faced rough seas and port refusals as his ship sought refuge among the Aegean Islands. Private reports said the vessel took shelter due to deteriorating weather with no word on Insull himself.
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Athens
U.P
Samuel Insull
Aegean Islands
Derangement Cited in Deaths of Newcomb Couple
Cleveland reports say attorney and physician Robert B. Newcomb aged 60 and his wife Faith Warner Newcomb died by their own actions and murder. Coroner A J Pearse blamed mental derangement from a nervous breakdown eight to nine weeks earlier. Funeral services set for tomorrow at Highland Park Cemetery Chapel followed by cremation.
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Cleveland
Robert B. Newcomb
Faith Warner Newcomb
Highland Park Cemetery Chapel
Newcomb
A. J. Pearse
Hemstead Becomes First Freighter From Toledo Winter Dock
Toledo March 2 The bark Hemstead bound for Detroit with a coal load left its winter dock in Toledo harbor becoming the first freighter to depart for the season.
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Toledo
Hemstead
Detroit
Trade survey trip to Europe by special advisor Hull aide
Richard Washburn Child former ambassador to Italy is shown leaving as he accompanies a mission to Europe to study reconvening the World Economic Conference. The visit aims to assess feasibility and implications for a broader economic forum.
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Europe
Hull
Richard Washburn Child
Italy
Athens City Council Eyes Beer and Wine Sale Hours Change
Mayor Len B McCune proposed limiting hours for high alcohol content beer and wine and urged a workhouse contract for chronic drinkers. Council asked the city solicitor to draft an ordinance for liquor sales from 6 am to 11 pm and to empower the mayor to send offenders to a workhouse. Cemetery Street in West Athens was renamed Shafer Street after residents petitioned for the change.
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Athens
McCune
8. B. Erskine
Columbus
Cemetery Street
West
Shafer Street
Take New Step In Muskingum Valley Project
Columbus March 20 An emergency measure authorizing the director of highways to relocate and reconstruct roads for the Muskingum valley flood control project advances in the House Highway Committee. The Bittinger bill expects to enable about 4 million dollars in road and abutment changes.
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Columbus
U.P
Muskingum Valley
House of Representatives Highway Committee
Bittinger
Highway Department
J. Freer Bittinger
Aakland
Letart Farmers Buy Thousands of Plants for Shortage
Letart Falls farmers of Letart Bottom ordered about a hundred thousand cabbage plants by truck to avert a potential shortage next summer. The prolonged cold spell damaged much of their crop yet each grower maintains hothouses to raise plants.
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Letart Falls
Letart Bottom
Lima school savings refunds ordered after trust failure
Common Pleas Judge W. T. Copeland ordered more than 27 000 dollars refunded to 6400 Lima school children who had funds in the defunct Lima First American Trust Company. The refunds cover school savings deposits once held by the failed institution.
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Lima
U.P
Lima First American Trust Company
Common Pleas
W. T. Copeland
Nationwide labor unrest tests Roosevelt’s recovery program
A broad wave of strikes and threatened walkouts grips major industries from autos in Detroit to clothing in Cleveland and docks in San Francisco. The President warns he may intervene if negotiations fail, as unions press wage restoration and managers resist AFL organizing drives.
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America
Roosevelt
Detroit
Federatieation of Labor
Allied Industries
Hugh 8. Johnson
New York
A. F. of
Doubts Death by Own Action Theory in Ohio Boy
An independent probe opened into the death of 11 year old John Summers in TIFFIN Ohio as Prosecutor Paul A Flynn questioned a death by own action theory. The body was found in a shed with a rope overhead, legs folded, collar and necktie in place, and superficial neck abrasions. A friend said Summers belonged to a "hanging club" that tested how long one could hang.
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Tiffin
John Summers
Paul A. Flynn
Flynn
Young Summers
Ex Governor Cooper Defends Budget Against Dr Watson
Former Governor Myers Y. Cooper counters Dr Carl Watson by arguing his administration spent less total money than the Democratic successor. He says Watson is new and unfamiliar with the facts in the March 2040 Cincinnati exchange.
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Cincinnati
Myers Y. Cooper
Carl Watson
Names Cashiers for State Liquor Stores
Columbus March 206(10 P) Colonel John A Mughes announces cashiers for state liquor stores. Read names include Clarence Fults Athens, Roy Rothbey Gallia, Joe Bright Hocking, James Walter Waddell Meigs, James A McCune Perry New Lexington and others.
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John A. Mughes
Athens
Clarence Fults
Gallia
Roy VD
Rothbey
Cheshire
Hocking
Joe Bright
Logan
Meigs
James Walter Waddell
Middleport
Perry James A. McCune
New Lexington
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