Miners Wrestle With New Wage Contract and Rules
Union leaders from the locking Pomeroy Jackson andville districts expect trouble shaping a new wage contract with operators. Sub division No 1 covers Perry Gallia Hocking Athens Muskingum Lawrence Jackson Vinton Scioto Pike Counties. About nine to ten thousand miners work there under an eight hour day and five day week with current pay rates and tonnage terms likely to change under the new agreement.
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Ville
Herman Theisen
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Theisen
Washington
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Athens, Muskin- Lawrence
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Pike Counties
Hocking
Wirt's Line Busy After 'Red' Charge
Gary Indiana school chief faces scrutiny as he accuses brain trusters of plotting a U S Soviet. He promises to reveal all if summoned to Washington. House rules Committee terms the charge a bank and Wall Street propaganda and weighs a formal inquiry.
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Ind
Wall Street
House Rules Committee
Joint Operator Miner Conference Studies $5 a Day Issue
The coal industry faces labor's demand for a 35 hour week and $5 daily wage as recovery officials convene a joint operator miner conference. Appalachian operators warn of contract rewrites if weekly pay and hours shift, while divisions over wage differentials and timing loom ahead of a possible weekend contract signings.
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Washington
U.P
Appalachian Fields
Hugh 8. Johnson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Farley Announces Temporary Air Mail Contracts
U. S. Postmaster General James A. Farley said temporary air mail contracts will be issued within three weeks. He barred carriers with fraud or collusion findings from bidding, effectively excluding major airlines. Successful bidders must start operations within 30 days of contract issuance.
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Washington
U.R— Ster
James A. Farley
Farley
Air Mail
Conartoas
Busi
Mier
Plan To Charge NRA Into Enforcing Agency
Gen Hugh Johnson outlined a procedure to shift the NRA from a code making body to a code enforcing agency. The plan aims to strengthen code enforcement and MRization recovery by applying codes to all industries. Separate boards will be created for trade practices and code authorities.
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Washington
U.P
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Indus
Big Cities See Relief In Deficiency Bill
Ohio lawmakers backed an Evans deficiency bond bill as emergency relief for larger cities. Officials had despaired of passing a refunding bill but hoped the sinking fund could fund operating expenses.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Dillinger Gangsters in Ohio Prison Await Appeals
Three Dillinger gangsters Harry Pierpont Russell Clark and Charles Makiey were moved to boiler plate isolation wards at the Ohio prison in Columbus while appeals are prepared by Jessie Levy from Indianapolis. Pierpont and Makiey face the death sentence Clark is sentenced to life.
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Columbus
Pthree Dillinger
Lima
Jesse L. Larber
Ohio
Jessie Levy
Indianapolis
Harry Pierpont
Russell Clark
Charlies Makiey
Pierpont
Makiey
Clark
One-Arm Driver Verdict Upholds Negligence Claim
Mansfield March 28 A Ohio court ruling by Judge C H Huston found Miss Ruth Stuff contributorily negligent for letting her escort Ralph Lomax drive with one arm around her. The court dismissed Stuff 25000 damage suit against Lomax after their car collided.
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Mansfield
Ohio
C. H. Huston
Ruth Stuff
Compromise Sought In Sugar Legislation
Washington March 28 U P Chairman Marvin Jones of the House Agriculture Committee introduced a compromise sugar production bill setting beet quota at 1 550 000 tons and cane quota at 260 000 tons Domestic quotas for insular possessions and Cuba would be decided by the agriculture secretary based on the average output of any three of the past eight years.
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Washington
U.P
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Insular
Cuba
Secretary of Agriculture
Cleveland Voters to Decide on 5.5 Million Deficiency Bonds
Cleveland residents will vote on a 5.5 million deficiency bond issue to finance city services for the remainder of the year. The election is expected within 40 to 50 days as authorities indicate.
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Cleveland
Woman burned to death by open grate fire in Columbus
Columbus report states 51 year old Mrs Irvin Simena died after catching fire at an open grate Tuesday night. The incident occurred in Columbus with local authorities handling the aftermath.
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Columbus
Irvin Simena
No April Fool Joke In Steel Wage Raise
Hollywood reflects on Will Rogers commentary as steel wage hikes of 10 percent on April 1 spark no fooling. Rogers mocks Wall Street bill fights and jokes about unemployment insurance seed money of a million dollars.
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Will Rogers
Signature in Ohio Kidnap Case Drives Toledo Trial
In Toledo Judge Lee N. Martin weighs whether Edith Smart of Galion signed the adoption papers used in a 15 year old kidnapping claim. The Coyles of Detroit face charges of taking Arthur Ferguson now 17, with bonds set at 5000 dollars. Ferguson says he has no ties to Mr. Smart but knows Mr. and Mrs. Coyle and prefers to stay with them.
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William Coyle
Detroit
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Mrs. Coyle
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Four Killed in Election Riots In Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on March 2 the Democratic machine won reelection for four more years. Four people died in poll violence while a wounded individual and bruised crowds marked a bitter political span. Dr A Rosa Hill challenged from a fusion ticket but failed to break the machine stronghold in industrial wards.
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Midwest
Shota
Bryce B. Smith
A. Rosa Hill
University of Missouri
citizens’Fusion
North Side
Roosevelt Veto Upheld by Three Ohioans
Three Ohio legislators, all Democrats, sustained President Roosevelt's veto on the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill amid veteran benefits and federal pay debates. Eleven Democrats and six Republicans opposed the veto override. absent were Harter, Marian, Underwood, and Polk.
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Washington
March
Hoover Sounds Out Republican Strength
Denver observers say Herbert Hoover's west tour doubles as a gauge of GOP strength. He has quietly conferred with old guard leaders including Charles G. Dawes General John J. Pershing General J. G. Harbord and Albert G. Simms as part of a broader political pulse check.
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Colo
U.2
Herbert Hoover
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Hoover
Charlies G. Dawes
John J. Pershing
J. G. Harbord
National Republican Club
Albert G. Simms
Senate Bill Targets Unearned Income for Revenue
A $330 million revenue measure to tax unearned incomes was reported to the Senate by Finance Chairman Pat Harrison. The bill adds $72 million to the expected revenue, includes a capital stock tax and excess profits tax, and Harrison says it will raise $95 million for the government.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Finance Committee
House
Harrison
Forgotten Man of NRA Gets Break At Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court heard Kroger Grocery & Baking Company cases on milk pricing. Judge Charles B. Zimmerman criticized NRA schedules saying the consumer has become the forgotten man amid the arguments in Columbus chambers.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Charles B. Zimmerman
NRA
Kroger Grocery & Baking Company
Zimmerman
Cleveland Worsted Mills Strike Moves to National Labor Board
The Cleveland Worsted Mills strike affecting 2,125 workers in Cleveland and Ravenna is to be presented today before the National Labor Board in Washington. Ralph A. Lina, secretary of the regional labor board, will file the case.
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Ravenna
N National Labor Board
Ralph A. Lina
Labor Ovaru
Pension Veto Faces Close Senate Vote
President Roosevelt's veto of the veterans pay restoration bill was overridden in the House and faces a doubtful Senate vote. Administration leaders push for enough support to sustain the veto as veterans lobbyists rally, amid a tense political battle and looming debate.
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Roosevelt
House
Crusaders Leader Calls Roosevelt Like Kerensky in Revelation
CHATTANOOGA Tenn March MAP George W Christians president of the Crusaders for Economic Liberty said to President Roosevelt at Warm Springs Ga on Dec 1 1998 that he was only the Kerensky of the American Revelation He warned moving to a Lenin dictatorship stage would make him the first man to do so Roosevelt cited his veto over a bill adding 224000000 to budgets and veterans compensation saying Congress did not finance the extra funds The President emphasized deeper principles over dollars urging continued cooperation to restore prosperity and relieve distress
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Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt heads Nourmahal on tropical cruise amid veto override fears
President Roosevelt boarded the yacht Nourmahal for a tropical cruise as allies expect popular support to sustain his veto against the independent offices bill if Congress overrides it. He remains confident that the Senate will back him.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Congress
Veterans Government Workers
Roosevelt
Nourmahal
Wirt Opposition Sparks House Debate Over Red Plot Claims
The House heard charges by Indiana school superintendent William Wirt tying President Roosevelt to Hitler era plots. Michigan Democrat Foulkes demanded committee testimony and amplified claims of a “breath trumpet revolution” guiding Wirt’s assertions, while Senator Johnson mocked the rhetoric as Nazi propaganda.
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Foulkes
Doctor Wirt
Samuel Dickstein
New York
Wirt
Hiram Johnson
California
Baron Mucchaveen
Athens County Receives 10799 For April Under New Works Division
Athens County has been allotted 10799 for April to support the new Works Division replacing the CWA. The amount is about one eighth of prior CWA monthly funding. The CWA ends at midnight Saturday and the Works Division begins Monday.
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Columbus
Galli
Hocking
Civic Clubs
Work Divisions
Gallia
Meigs
Perry
Man Killed in Hocking County Road Crash
Elijah Reynolds aged 42 a miner was fatally injured when struck by a car driven by Woodrow Nutter on the New Straitville Murray City road He died at Cherrington Hospital of chest injuries and a compound fracture of the left leg He lived at Coalgate Ward Township and was a former Lowan resident Nutter from Gore faced the incident as Sheriff Sol Ellinger investigated the crash.
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Reynolds
John Martin 78 Dies at The Plains Home
John H. Martin age 78 longtime The Plains resident died at his home after a brief illness. Funeral at his home Friday 2 pm with burial in Union Street Cemetery Athens. He operated stores at Salina and Beaumont and was active in early Athens County affairs. He leaves a widow a sister Mia Isabella Coe a half brother Curtis Martin and a deceased son Frederick.
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Salina
Beaumont
Athens County
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Isabella Coe
Chauncey
Curtis Martin
Columbus
Frederick
Bond Set for Martin Insull in Embezzlement Case
In Chicago on March 28 attorneys prepared to post 85000 bond as Martin Insull, former Insull empire official, was returned from Detroit after a technical immigration hearing. He faces embezzlement charges and related theft allegations tied to the Insull holding companies.
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U.R
Martin Insull
Insull Empire of Lglity
Insull
Detroit
Man Named Jones Allegedly Turns Out Neal Bowman
In Coolville on March 2 a Troy Town ship farm tenant applicant named Jones lurked among over thirty responses to an ad by Clayton Barrows. Barrows and family, after comparing the man to Neal Bowman in stories and photos, concluded the real Bowman was not the one hired.
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Clayton Barrows
Up River
Troy Township
Jones
Barrows
Neal Bowman
Bowmans
Columbus
State backs Muskingum project with 2 million in aid
Ohio Senate approves emergency measures enabling a 2 million dollar state appropriation to support the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District flood control plan. Debates focus on whether Governor White will sign the funding with highway work tied to road relocations for the dome project.
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Highway Department
Two Gallipolis Residents Die
Two Gallipolis men die within hours of each other. Harry Swanson 3 a marble cutter at Ben Gardner Monument shop dies after brief illness at Brandstetter Heights home. Services likely Friday. he leaves a wife four sons a daughter and a brother Charles. Miles Richard Oskey 48 a moulder dies at First Avenue home from double pneumonia after working in stove foundries. once at Ohio Penitentiary parolee for life for 1910 murder. he leaves a wife and brother Marty.
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Harry Swanson
Ben Gardner
Brandstetter Heights
Swanson
Charles
Miles Richard Oskey
First Avenue
Ironton
Mr. Oskey
Ohio Penitentiary
William Potter
Aloon
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Governor urges sales tax to fund local government in 1935
Governor George White urged passage of a 3 percent sales tax and other revenue measures to save local governments and schools from chaos in 1935. He noted 18 states use sales taxes, warned of 10 mill property tax limits, and warned that without replacement revenues many cities cannot function. The speech followed House defeat of the income tax and ahead of votes on the Gunsett school bill and other finance plans.
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U.P
Special
Joint Taxation Committee
George White
General Assembly
House of Representatives
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Martin Enters Race For Athane County Commissioner
William T. Martin of Alexander Township filed a petition to run in the Republican primary for Athane County Commissioner on August 1.
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William T. Martin
Alexander Township
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