Bricker's Biennial Relief Plan Faces Hard Bargains
Labor and management negotiators push last minute efforts to avert a coal crisis in the Appalachian soft coal fields. John L. Lewis and John R. Steelman withhold signing. government proposes individual contracts to reopen mines. Roosevelt demands immediate plan. Union shop and jurisdiction remain deadlocked as operators reject key concession proposals.
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NEW York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
United Mine Workers Union
Federal Department of Labor
Roosevelt
Steelman
Lewis
Appalachian
R. L. Ireland
Uneion
Appalachian Conference
National Labor Relations Act
Russia seeks four power security pact with Britain France and Poland
Soviet Russia demands reciprocal defense guarantees from Britain France and Poland as a condition for joining a European anti aggression pact. Moscow seeks a four power mutual aid arrangement if attacked and pledges to fight for allies if they are drawn into war. The report notes Spain-France tensions and a Japanese advance in China.
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United Press
Russia
Great Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Moscow
Germany
Baltic States
Poland
Rumania
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Spain
Hupeh
Rome
Italy
Pope Pius
Vatican
Officers Reveal Gandee Crime Trail After Escape
After Everett Gandee fled Mansfield Reformatory, officers said he led a small crew in six months of break ins and thefts. Sheriff Bayless noted the group, pursued by sheriff’s deputies city police and railroad detectives, included Ernest Stone and William Brooks linked to two offenses. The first crime occurred November 12 when a B&O box car was robbed of a Zenith radio and vases. The vases were later found nearby.
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Everett Gandee
Mansfield Reformatory
Gandee
Charles Bayless
Ernest Stone
William Brooks
Bayless
Logan angler reports jack salmon in Hocking River
Robert C. Work, a Logan angler, told Game Protector Edward Eberst he caught a jack salmon in the Hocking River near Logan. Eberst said the species had not been stocked there to his knowledge, noting the fish likely arrived from the Ohio River during high water.
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Logan
Robert C. Work
Edward Eberst
Hocking River
Eberst
Ohio River
Pensioner check mailing schedule announced in Ohio
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced a new schedule for mailing checks to Ohio old age pensioners to be inaugurated this month, aiming to ensure regular receipt of warrants.
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Columbus
Flood Control Funds Targeted by Economy Bloc in House Fight
The House battled over a 305 million War Department civil works bill as the economy bloc led by Rep. Clifton Woodrum moved to strike 50 million dollars for flood control and river harbor projects. The plan aimed to fund flood control now and deduct later from relief funds, with final language restoring the 50 million for Muskingum Conservancy District and related projects across Ohio and neighboring states.
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Washington
TTP
Clifton A. Woodrum
War Department
House
Army Engineers
Mississippi Valley
Muskingum
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ironton
Portsmouth
Martins Ferry
Newark
Massilon
Delaware Reservoir
Scioto Basin
Muskingum Valley
Frazeyburg
Dillon
West Virginia
Muskingum Area
Wallace May Set Quota on Wheat Supply
Washington report forecasts a winter wheat crop of 543 928 000 bushels and total U S wheat supply of 1 018 920 000 bushels with Ohio at 35 682 000 bushels. It notes uncertainty over marketing quotas and outlines factors Wallace will consider including spring wheat and prior carryover. Winter wheat production from last year is listed at 686 637 000 bushels.
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Washington
W.P
Agriculture Department
U. S
Ohio
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Druggist Foils Robbery Attempt at Shaker Heights Store
Seven men tried to rob Jack Bassichis drug store in Shaker Heights. Two were killed and one paralyzed for life. others jailed. The shooter, druggist Bassichis, fired as two men entered wearing dark glasses and a purple handkerchief. Stephen Vanicka, 21, WPA worker, was wounded and collapsed outside. Police chased two more suspected accomplices.
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Cleveland
Jack Bassidhis
Shaker Heights
Stephen Vanicka
Bassichis
Vanicka
State Supreme Court Rules Candy Is Food
Ohio Supreme Court justices ruled candy is food and exempt from state sales tax. The decision means Ohio will lose about $500 000 annually in tax revenue.
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State Supreme Court
Columbus
U.R
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
New Methodist Church Formed Merges Three Denominations
Kansas City Missouri reports the creation of a unified Methodist Church with about 7 856 000 members. The Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Episcopal Church South and Methodist Protestant Church cease to exist as separate bodies after a two week conference and a simple ceremony.
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Kansas City
New Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Protestant Church
John Wesley
United States
Senate committeeendorses Wagner revision on boycotts
Senate Education and Labor Committee members favored an amendment to the Wagner Labor Relations Act that would ban boycotts by unions representing a minority of workers. Pacific coast lumber firms said such boycotts cost them thousands of dollars during hearings late yesterday.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Education and Labor Committee
State Unemployment Office dismisses 82 provisional staff
Administrator H. C. Atkinson of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation informed the Civil Service Commission that 82 provisional employees in the division offices were dismissed.
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Columbus
U.P
H. C. Atkinson
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Civil Service Commission
Rules on dressed meats set in Columbus
Columbus Ohio October field office of the U P reports state director John T Brown ruled all dressed meats and meat products including fish and poultry must be sold by weight for fair pricing and uniform standards across markets.
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Columbus
U.P
John T. Brown
Women Democrats Open Great Lakes Conference in Columbus
Democratic women from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Indiana and Ohio gather in Columbus for a two day regional meeting. Frances Perkins guest of honor at opening session and to speak later. Postmaster General James A Farley national Democratic chairman to headline a banquet. Mrs Thomas F McAllister urges women to be a decisive factor in keeping the party liberal.
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Columbus
U.P
Great Lakes
Frances Perkins
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Miss Perkins
James A. Farley
Thomas F. McAllister
Democratic National Committee
Ohio Senate Committee To Study Building Bill
The Senate Banking Committee in Columbus plans hearings on a building bill creating an institutional building authority with power to launch a 10 million dollar welfare hospital program. The authority would have three members and issue bonds redeemable over 25 years funded by fees from pay patients in state hospitals. Penal institutions would be excluded.
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Columbus
Senate Banking Committee
Building Authority
Ohio House Approves Real Estate Tax Vote Reduction
The Ohio House approved an emergency measure cutting real estate tax vote thresholds as part of Gov Bricker relief plans. The Senate backed a related measure diverting local automobile tag tax funds to aid relief, enabling counties and cities to redirect funds for traffic enforcement and relief programs.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Bricker
J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
Cleveland
State Court Reverses Beer Election Decision
Ohio Supreme Court ruling overturned a Hamden beer vote. In the 1938 election Hamden voters backed beer sale by 222 to 218 before a challenge found four more illegal ballots. The court reversed a prior common pleas decision, allowing beer sales in Vinton County village.
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Columbus
U.P
Hamden
Vinton County
Ohio Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Gallipolis to halt air show river regatta plans
Gallipolis will abandon this year’s air show and river regatta at the Gallipolis Airport. The event once drew up to 40 000 attendees, but promoter Dr. C E Holzer says expenses always exceeded income. Funds will be redirected to the city’s sesqui centennial in 1940.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Derringer Ordered to Pay Damages in Hotel Brawl
Supreme Court jury awards Robert E. Condon $8,000 for injuries from a hotel brawl three years ago with Paul Derringer, the Cincinnati Reds pitcher.
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Derringer
NEW York —O.R
Supreme Court
Robert E. Condon
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Arraign Six as Members of Poison Death Syndicate
Philadelphia authorities arraigned six of twenty four suspected murder ring members in three courts as investigators link the syndicate to branches along the northeastern seaboard. The group allegedly killed husbands for insurance profits and included cousins Herman and Paul Petrillo.
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Poison Death Syndicate
Philadelphia
Seaboard
Herman
Paul Petrillo
Paul
South Philadelphia
Brooklyn
N. Y
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Connecticut
Plans for 1940 discussed with Limbach in Columbus
Former Ohio governor Martin L. Davey and Arthur Limbach met in Davey’s Columbus hotel room to discuss 1940 plans. Davey recalled a 1920 talk with Champ Clark about presidential nominations and noted his next moves depend on the Democratic outlook.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Arthur L. Limbach
Democratic State Executive Committee
Davey
Champ Clark
Congress
Unemployment Fund Earns High Interest in 1939 Q1
Ohio's unemployment compensation fund balance of 11,126,871 held by the Social Security Board in Washington earned 636,004 in interest during the first quarter of 1939. The state also withdrew 5,800,000 to pay unemployment benefits in the same period.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Social Security Board
Washington
Don Ebright
Protest Cuts In Salary Paid To Professors
In Columbus, presidents of five state universities and trustees urged Governor Bricker to oppose a three percent salary reduction approved by the House Finance Committee. Officials contend the cut frees 500000 annually for poor relief and express concern that some instructors are underpaid. Leaders named include Acting President William McPherson and VP J L Morrill of Ohio State, and presidents Arthur Upham, Karl C Leebrick, Herman G James, and F J Prout of nearby universities.
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Columbus
Bricker
House Finance Committee
William McPherson
J. L. Morrill
Ohio State
Arthur Upham
Miami
Karl C. Leebrick
Kent State
Herman G. James
Ohio
F. J. Prout
Bowling Green State
Senate Eyes Early Stage for Record Farm Appropriation
Senate leaders push for an early vote on a $1.218 billion agricultural appropriation bill including $338 million for farm subsidies. The measure, up about $400 million from the House figure, moved forward despite President Roosevelt’s protest over new taxes to fund farm spending.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
Explosion Hits Chicago Grain Elevator Killing Fears
An explosion ripped through a three cell grain elevator in Chicago's South Side industrial district. Five men were hospitalized in serious condition while eight others remained unaccounted for as firefighters fought the blaze beneath burning debris.
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Chicago
WAP
South Side
Canton man killed in collision with train
Lindsay W. Bain 43 credit manager at The Canton Repository was killed when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train.
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Canton
U.P
Lindsay W. Bain
The
Canton Repository
Pennsylvania
Perkins Surprised at Mine Strike Ruling
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said Ohio's denial of unemployment benefits to coal miners over a strike was a lockout in her view. She spoke after a 20 minute visit with Governor Bricker in Columbus where she was to address Democratic women of the Great Lakes States.
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Columbus
U.P
Frances Perkins
Ohio
Miss Perkins
John W. Bricker
Great Lakes
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Murray
David J. McDonald
United Mine Workers Committee
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Ohio Senate Committee
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