Senate Debates 1.425 Billion Relief Bill
Senate opens discussion on a 1.425 billion relief measure with Democratic push for quick passage before the weekend. Republicans led by Senator Vandenberg seek to shift control of expenditures to states, while Senator Robinson signals two day debate and potential additions on Passamaquoddy, tide-harnessing at Maine, and Florida ship canal projects. The Appropriations Committee assigns relief to the president and preserves about 200 million for Ickes PWA loans and grants, drawing funds from a revolving fund and a 50 million cash reserve. The bill also covers social security, rural electrification, TVA, and other federal functions, totaling over 2.3 billion.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Armthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Works Progress Administration
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Passamaquoddy, Mo
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ickes
Hopkins
United States
TVA
Insurgents Move to Block Capital Tax Revival in Senate
Insurgent leaders on the Senate Finance Committee claimed enough votes to block revival of the admin stration high penalty tax on undivided corporate profits and to push through the compromise version of the 803 million revenue measure. A June 6 adjournment hinged on committee action as it resumed secret sessions on Sen. Walter F. George's motion to report the compromise bill despite White House opposition. The motion aimed to speed action on substitutes and clear the way for a final showdown over adding 500 million in corporation taxes to raise the total to 1.197 billion.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. George
White House
Roosevelt
Cleveland OU Alumni Head Trustee Appointed
Governor Pavey named John O. McWilliams of Cleveland to the Ohio University board of trustees at Athens replacing John H. Preston of Athens. McWilliams serves as Cuyahoga County engineer, is OU alumnus class of 1913, president of the Cleveland OU Alumni Club, and Phi Delta Theta member. He is also brother of vaudeville star Eddie McWilliams.
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Columbus
Pavey
John O. McWilliams
Cleveland
Ohio University At Athens
John H. Preston
Athens
McWilliams
Cuyahoga County
Ohio University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Eddie McWilliams
Fiorenza Must Die for Killing Woman Writer
New York police court coverage reports John Fiorenza, 24, upholsterer's apprentice, guilty of first degree murder in the death of writer Nancy Evans Titterton. An outcome of the 19 hour jury deliberation led to a death sentence by electric chair, with Judge Charles C. Nott Jr. set to impose sentencing on Friday, June 5.
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New York
AUP
John Fiorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
Fiorenza
Stuart Campbell
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Theresa Coppani
Ignazio Coppani
Convict Lindsley kills guard captain and wife in home ambush
In Angola Louisiana a jail trusty Wilfred Lindsley age 23 fatally harmed Guard Captain Nelson Himel and his wife in their bathtub. He had been serving a life sentence for a prior deadly case and was found driving Himel’s car after leaving the prison grounds. A posse and bloodhounds hunted him in Tunica Hills through the night.
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Angola
U.P
Tunica Hills
Wilfred Lindsley
Louisiana
Bay
Baton Rouge
Louis Couvillon
Lindsley
America's Oldest Man Dies at 115 in Nebraska
Solomon Rickner, age 115, believed the nation's oldest citizen, died from injuries after a fall on his daughter's porch on May 17 in St. Paul Nebraska. He had previously been rejected for Civil War service because of his age.
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ST. Paul
Neb
Solomon Rickner
America
Rickner
Chaos Faces Industry Warned in House Report on Guffey Act
The House Ways and Means Committee urged action on a Guffey Coal Act substitute. It warned that without enacted price controls the soft coal industry would fall into chaotic conditions. the Rules Committee may move the bill next week. Five GOP members called the measure unwholesome and potentially monopolistic, while the majority argued immediate legislation is needed to prevent industry demoralization and wage pressures.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rules Committee
Supreme Court
Republican Committee
Former Glouster Man Succumbs in Toledo
Stephen Foraker aged 54 a former Glouster resident died at his Toledo home on Wednesday. The body will be brought to Glouster Friday for funeral services at 4 pm at the Glouster M E Church conducted by Rev F G Boroff. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. He is survived by wife Edith two sons Clifford and Belford a sister Bernice Shyrock and an adopted sister Blanche Hartline both of Canton and six grandchildren.
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Glouster
Stephen Foraker
Toledo
Henry Holderman
F. G. Boroff
Glouster M. FE
Maplewood
Mr. Foraker
Edith
Clifford
Belford
Bernice Shyrock
Blanche Hartline
Canton, Dl
Senate confirms seven Ohio postmasters including Whitwood
The Senate today approved seven Ohio postmasters led by Luther D Whitwood of McArthur, advancing federal appointments in postal service. The confirmation affects Ohio communities served by these new officers and reflects ongoing administrative staffing.
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Washington
ULP
Senate Today
Ohio
Luther D. Whitwood
McArthur
Journey to Dad Halted
Eleven year old William Ellard of Columbus was stopped in Athens while traveling toward New York to find his father. He told Juvenile Court officials that his parents are separated and that his father in New York sent a $25 monthly support check, which did not arrive last month.
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Athens
New York
William Ellard
Columbus
Athens County Infirmary
Pickett
Henry A. Piel
Piel
Charlies A. Poole
McCrea
Black Legion
Homer&. Cummings
Washington
Harold H. Reincke
Department of Justice
Reincke
Chicago
Ohio No. 1 Will Be Abandoned
Jackson ville Ohio Mine No 1 east of Jacksonville since 1916 to be abandoned after operating Friday. Machinery and equipment will be removed. Owned by Hocking Valley Mining Company on land long owned by the late Lorain Coe. 265 employees must seek work elsewhere. Abandonment follows efforts of C H Bryson of Columbus and the late A A Campbell Jacksonville hotel proprietor.
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Hocking Valley
Jacksonville
Hocking Valley Mining Company
Lorain Coe
C. H. Bryson
Columbus
A. A. Campbell
Ohio No. 1
Coe
Ohio U Gets 13500 For Teacher Training
Ohio Senate approved a $13,500 appropriation for teacher training at Ohio University and approved leasing two acres of Athens State Hospital land to The Stedman Co for a livestock market. Senator Verner F.E. Metcalf introduced both measures.
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Ohio Senate
Ohio University
Athens State Hospital
Stedman Co
Verner FE. Metcalf
Turner's Flight to East Is Abandoned
Wichita Kansas based report that Col Roscoe Turner a speed pilot abandoned his attempt to set a record flight from Burbank California to Providence Rhode Island. Turner's effort aimed to push aviation records and recover from weather and mechanical issues encountered during the journey.
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Turner
Wichita
Kan
U.P
Roscoe Turner
Burbank
Calif
Providence, R. I
Dan A. Rardin Retains Athens County Democratic Chief Post
Dan A. Rardin remains the Athens County Democratic chief for two more years as C. L. Jordan is reappointed as chairman of the Central Committee. The unanimous Central and Executive Committee votes solidified leadership at a Hotel Berry dinner, with a pledge of aggressive future tactics and no dissent.
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Dan A. Rardin
Athens County
C. L. Jordan
Hotel Berry
Wal
Central Committee
Jordan
John Darling
Glouster
Merwin Mansfield
Rardin
C. F. Handley
Independents Enter Contest in Statewide Campaign
A slate of independent candidates for all state offices and two at large congressional seats will enter the coming campaign. The effort is sponsored by National Union for Social Justice and Townsend Old Age Revolving Pension. Raymond J. Jeffreys of Cleveland leads as governor candidate after narrowly missing nomination for congressman at large. Jeffreys says supporters have ample funds to wage an aggressive statewide race.
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Clevelandau
National Union For Social Justice
Townsend Old Age
Raymond J. Jeffreys
Cleveland
Grant Hospital Nursing School to graduate 20 tonight
A class of 20 will graduate tonight from Grant Hospital Nursing School in Columbus. Names include Bonnie Gene McDaniel of Athena, Phyllis E. Roheon of Nelsonville, and Eleanor Woodard of Nelsonville.
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Columbus
U.P
Grant Hospital Nursing School
Bonnie Gene McDaniel
Athena
Phyllis EB. Roheon
Nelsonville
Eleanor Woodard
Five Detroit Policemen Added to List of Michigan Suspects
Detroit police added five officers to the list of suspected Black Legion affiliates and ordered to report to Police Commissioner Heinrich A. Pickett for questioning. Senate introduced a resolution for a Congressional investigation into the Black Legion and un American activities of secret orders.
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Detroit
Michigan
AUP
Black Legion
Heinrich A. Pickett
Washington
un-American Activities
Senate
Elmer Benson
Minn
Duce Aims at Roman Peace With Britain
Premier Mussolini moved to end Anglo Italian friction and push for a generation of Roman Peace. Under Grandi he pressed for reconciliation with Britain, following his Rome interview stating amity as the guiding aim of policy after Italy’s Ethiopia conquest.
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London
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Dino Grandi
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Grandi
Foreign Office
Mussolini
Rome
London Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Britain
Six Die When Auto Is Struck by Train in Calumet City
A speeding passenger train struck an automobile at a Calumet City crossing killing four women, a boy, and a small child on their way to decorate graves in a cemetery. Bodies were strewn along the right of way for 1900 feet before the engineer stopped the train.
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Calumet City
Milo
Ing
Republican Committee Spends 24721 in Ohio to Defeat Borah
Columbus records show the Republican National Committee spent 24,721 in Ohio to defeat delegates pledged to Senator William Borah for the Republican presidential nomination. The disclosure comes from the secretary of state’s office.
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Ohio
Borah
Columbus
O.R
Republican National Committee
William £. Borah
Ranks of Boys in Blue Dwindling in Athens County
Athens County Civil War veterans total 11, with four presidents among them, as of 1861 to 1865 and 194? figures. The group plans to march in Memorial Day events, riding to cemeteries after the parade. Veterans listed include Captain J B Allen, William Skinner, William Southerton, and J L Pickering, with service records from 30th OVI, 141st OVI, and 1st WV Artillery among others.
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Athens County
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Athens
Capt
J. B Allen
William Skinner
William Southerton
Anda J L. Pickering
Skinner
GAR
Captain Allen
Carnifex Ferry
W. Va
Allen
J L Pickering
David Cornwell
141St Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Mr. Cornwell
California
North Hollywood
Ohio
West Virginia Artillery
Ebert Jones
OVI
Nelsonville
Jacob Stahl
Regi
Ment
Glouster
J. L. Pickering
J. B. Allen
Christman
A. J. Learned
Millfield
Hiram Tinkham
OVI the
Black Legion Threats Reported By Ohio Farmer
William M. Smith of Waynesville Ohio says he was slugged and tied after refusing to join a Black Legion night riders group at a Wapakoneta meeting. He alleges authorities were warned he would die within 24 hours if he spoke about what he saw.
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Black Legion
William M. Smith
Waynesville
Farmer
Wapakoneta
Smith
U.S
Ohio House Passes Stopgap Relief Bill as Emergency
Columbus U P The stopgap poor relief bill was reconsidered and passed as an emergency measure by 95 to 7 after an 18 hour Call to bring in absentee members. The act authorizes counties short of relief funds to borrow from a 3 million dollar rotary fund and heads to the Senate for minor amendments.
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Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
Rotary
Senate
House
Federal
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Townsend Cited by House for Contempt in Pension Probe
Washington report says the House cited Dr Francia E. Townsend and two aides for contempt after a week of bickering in response to their defiance of the House old age pensions investigating committee. The action authorized a Federal Court prosecution of Townsend and his lieutenants.
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Washington
U.P
House
Francia E. Townsend
Townsend
Old Age Pensions Investigating Committee
False Imprisonment Charged by Woman
Miss Sylvia Daugherty of Columbus filed a $100000 claim in common pleas court against State Treasurer Harry Day and his chief assistant Ray Martin, alleging false imprisonment connected to a shortage probe in the treasurer’s office. Cortner, indicted for embezzlement, pleaded guilty and went to Ohio Penitentiary. The indictment against Daugherty for receiving and concealing stolen property was later dismissed. She said she spent 25 days in jail due to inability to furnish bond.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry 8. Day
Ray Martin
Common Pleas Court
Sylvia Daugherty
W. Merle Cortner
Cortner
Ohio
Miss Daugherty
Coronation of King Edward VIII set for May 12 1937
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced in the House of Commons that King Edward VIII will be crowned on May 12 1937 in London. The historic session confirmed the date amid parliamentary remarks on the forthcoming ceremony and national significance.
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London
Edward VIII
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Black Legion Said To Have Threatened Governor's Daughter
Columbus report to Ohio relief inquiry details alleged Black Legion activity in Allen County. Investigators say 89 percent of relief workers were legion members in early June 1935 and a former relief director cites widespread legion ties. Claims include threats to kidnap Governor Davey’s daughter Evangeline, involvement in a Hardin County strike, burning a Lima venue, and armed members among officials.
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Black Legion
Columbus
Allen County
Ohio Joint Legislative Relief Investigating Committee
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Com
Rep. Phillips
Lima
C. J. Skill
C. L. Becker
H. J. Schwartz
Cleveland
Allen County Relief Administration
The
Legion
Davey
Evangeline
Alexander Smith
Hardin County
Twin Oaks
State Division of Film Censorship
Waynesfield
Senate Defeats Move To Probe Black Legion
In Columbus Ohio the Senate defeated a resolution to probe the Black Legion by a 14 vote margin. The measure followed an incident where four men allegedly confronted Miss Mary Hirlehy a state employee who had carried stenographic notes of testimony about the Legion from a July hearing at the State House steps. Senators debated continuing investigations while one speaker urged action citing the attempted seizure of state records from the witness.
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Columbus
Black Legion
Ohio Senate
State House
Mary Hirlehy
State Industrial Commission
Legislative Committee
Lima
Robert A. Pollock
Stark County
Legion
John Davis
Cleveland
Strike Tie Up Freight as 3000 Union Members Walk Out
Three thousand members of the Warehouse Store and Terminal Handlers Checkers and Clerks Union were ordered out on strike. Union officials said the action would tie up about 25 million dollars worth of daily freight. A police detail was ordered to watch over Chicago terminals among 700 freight depots.
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Chicago
1U.P
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