Roosevelt pushes housing program and highway cuts in dual messages
Washington sources report President Roosevelt urging Congress to back amendments to the Federal Housing Act and to reduce federal highway expenditures by 100 million dollars annually. The plan aims to balance the 1939 budget as Morgenthau notes highway cuts and emergency spending totals. Senate opposition forms around farm bill debates led by Sen. Josh Lee offering an unlimited crop production substitute.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Josh Lee
Okla
CIO Appeals to Supreme Court Over Jailed Unionists
Jersey City workers and 13 CIO organizers jailed after distributing union literature. The CIO asks New Jersey Supreme Court to overturn Police Judge Anthony Botti who fined and jailed seven defendants for five days and held six without bail.
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Jersey City
N. J
Committee For Industrial Organization
New Jersey Supreme Court
William J. Carney
CIO
Anthony Botti
Frank Hague
Botti
World's Finest Beef Paraded Before Judge in Chicago Today
World's finest beef on the hoof, 24 Herefords Shorthorns and Aber deen Anguses, compete as semi finals of the 38th International Livestock Exposition. Judge Alexander Ritchie to select champions with sale to follow, pounds and prices noted. Illinois University wins grand champion wether with Illini Repeater lamb. other winners include Gainford Marshall Shorthorn Bull and Bandolier of Anoka 6th Aberdeen Angus Bull.
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Young Homer Graber
Mineral Point
Wis
Chicago
Graber
Royal Farm
Windsor
England
University of Ulinois
Wether
Illini
Gainford Marshall
Mathers Bros
Mason City
Illinois
Maxwelton Farms
Mansfield
Anoka
Edward Bros
Watford
Ontario
Daniel Wolfe
Nipawin
Sask
Berkshire
Pennsylvania
Ohio State
Hampshire
Sugar Grove Farm
Findlay Coroner Opens Inquest Into Fatal Shooting
Hancock County coroner Dr. H. C. Crosby planned an inquest into the death of Roy Wilson 27 a truck driver and the wounding of John Martie 25 of Cleveland a former CCC Camp enrollee. Wilson reportedly shot himself after wounding Martie in the shoulder following a street argument over Martie's alleged attention to Wilsons wife.
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Findlay
U.P
H. C. Crosby
Hancock County
Roy Wilson
John Martie
Cleveland
CCC
Wilson
Martic
Stay Denied in Hahn Execution Case
In Cincinnati Judge Charles S. Bell refused a verbal request for a stay of execution for Anna Marie Hahn 31 the convicted poison killer. Sidney Brandt for Mrs Hahn urged the stay but the judge said he lacked authority and suggested an appeal option. Bolsinger hinted at a sensational statement later and said the defense may try to shift responsibility for Wagner s death to another person.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Anna Marie Hahn
Charles S. Bell
Sidney Brandt
Hiram C. Bolsinger
Hahn
Bell
Brandt
Court of Appeals
Bolsinger
Wagners
Logan Man Seriously Injured in Ashland Car Crash
C. B. Donahue, managing trustee of the Rachelmacher estate, was seriously injured when his car overturned near Ashland Kentucky while he supervised an oil well drill. He suffered a crushed chest and severe facial lacerations and is in a local hospital. Mrs Donahue plans to visit Ashland soon.
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Logan
C. B. Donahue
Rachelmacher
Ashland
Donahue
Slump Defined Two Ways Take Choice
Columbus report notes a split view on the current economic slowdown. Republican House Floor Leader William M. McCulloch of Miami County contrasted the terms recession and depression, saying the label depends on politics and perspective.
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Columbus
U.P
House
William M. McCulloch
Miami County
Hoover
McCulloch
Father Admits He Severely Harmed Son With Saw
John J. Miller 32 confessed to police that he sawed off his seven month old son Charles Edward in Sandusky. A sanity test was planned as Miller, in a padded jail cell, refused food and gave no coherent reason. Authorities noted Miller suffered a nervous ailment and was under physician care. no charges filed yet.
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Sandusky
U.P
John J. Miller
Charles Edward
William Souter
Miller
Erie County
Peter Catri
Progress Report in Greyhound Bus Strike Talks
Federal conciliator John L. Connor reported definite progress in efforts to end the Greyhound bus drivers strike in Cleveland. Company officials ordered strikers to return to work before noon Wednesday or be considered resigned, offering a contract with a wage rise of one-fourth cent per mile while the union sought 5.5 cents per mile with a 200 mile daily guarantee.
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Cleveland
U.P
John L. Connor
Greyhound
Biggest Lake Shipping Season To End Tonight
Cleveland—The Great Lakes shipping season will close tonight after seven months of heavy traffic. Officials expect total freight to exceed the 161,000,000 tons moved in 1929, marking the heaviest season on record.
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Cleveland
U.P
Great Lakes
Waterway
Lakes
Man narrowly escapes as train wrecks car in fog
In Turlock California a driver named A. Be Ntte misread a locomotive headlight reflection as a white line in thick fog and jumped free as his car was demolished on the tracks. The incident ends with the car wrecked and the driver unharmed.
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Man
Turlock
Calif
U.p—A
Be Ntte
Parole Board Frees 45 Inmates at London Prison Farm
The state parole board released 45 inmates from the London Prison Farm in Columbus. Officials say the move reflects parole policy and inmate progress, with releases affecting local communities and estimated impact on prison population.
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Aroles
Colmbus
U.P
Gard
London
Steel Magnate Urges Executives to Enter Politics
Cincinnati news: E. T. Weir of National Steel Corp tells business leaders at a Chamber luncheon that government intervention will be permanent and urges training of youth in political matters. He says business and government are almost synonymous and that private enterprise is disappearing in a collectivist trend. He criticizes Roosevelt for stoking class tensions while aiming for cooperation in policy.
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Cincinnati
E. T. Weir
National Steel Corporation Today
Weir
NRA
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
United States
Roosevelt
Labor Peace Talks Stall Amid Push to Dissolve CIO
Washington report says negotiations between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization reopen with a deadlock. George M. Harrison demands abandonment of the CIO, while CIO seeks recognition of industrial unions and autonomous CIO status within the federation.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
George M. Harrison
Federation
CIO
Lewis
A. F. of L
Executive Council
Harrison
Japs Seize American Tug Feiting Along with Italian Tugs
Japanese naval forces in Shanghai seized the American owned steam tug Feiting and towed it past the US cruiser Augusta and Italian warship Monte Cuccolo. The Feiting carried the American flag before it was hauled down and dumped into the Whangpoo River. Two tugs flying Italian flags were also seized. The Feiting was tied to William Hunt interests, a major American investment in China.
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Shanghai
U.P
Whangpoo River
United States
Augusta
William Hunt
China
Communism To Benefit By Brown Estate Fund
The estate of Rev. William Montgomery Brown, Galion unfrocked bishop, valued at about 525000, will fund promotion of Communism after bequests. Probate Judge Constance Keller heard the will with Cleveland attorney Eugene Parker for the Communist Party present. Brown was convicted of heresy for his writings.
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Bucyrus
William Montgomery Brown
Galion
Constance Keller
Eugene Parker
Cleveland
Communist Party
Bishop Brown
Federal judge to sentence defendants who changed pleas to guilty
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood will sentence individuals who altered not guilty pleas to guilty on federal indictments. Among those is Carl A. Smathers of Athens County facing a liquor charge.
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
Carl A. Smathers
Athens County
Stark County grand jury to convene in Canton
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy announced that a special Stark County grand jury will be called in Canton on Tuesday December 7 to probe alleged irregularities in parole grants.
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Columbus
Stark County
Canton
Herbert 5S
Duffy
Mother seeks custody of out of wedlock daughter in Ohio
In Cincinnati Hamilton County Probate Court Judge William H. Lueders weighs Elizabeth Matthis custody appeal for her four year old daughter Shirley Jean Clements. Matthis says she was sterilized after birth under false pretenses and now married to the father can provide a home. Mrs Clements testifies she loves the child and questions Matthis mothering.
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Cincinnati
U.P
William H. Lueders
Hamilton County
Elizabeth Matthis
Shirley Jean Clements
Leo A. Clements
Matthis
Directors Will Appeal Court Bond Decision
NEW PHILADELPHIA UP A Common Pleas Court ruling blocking the Muskingum Conservancy District from issuing 1.5 million dollars in ten year general levy bonds will be appealed. The board said the bond would cost about 27 cents per thousand dollars of taxable valuation annually for ten years on all real property in the district.
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NEW Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Clarence A. Ahl
Bucyrus
Muskingum Conservancy District
District Board of Directors
Conservancy
Steel Production Sags For Its Eleventh Drop
New York Aup steel production fell for the eleventh straight week to 29.6 percent of capacity, a drop of 1.4 points from 31 percent last week. It marks the lowest rate since the week of December 3, 1935.
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NEW York-Aup
American Iron & Steel Institute
Abandon Mass Picketing at Ford Factory
The United Auto Workers affiliate in St. Louis halted mass picketing at Ford's local assembly plant to avoid police clashes. Three days of protests failed to close the plant or cut production, with Ford claiming 49 cars built Monday while unions say workers joined strike breakers.
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ST. Louis
United Automobile Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Henry Ford
Ford Assembly
Gallia housewife attempts suicide in despondent mood
Mrs Francis Clench aged 45 took a large dose of rat poison at the family home near Vinton Ohio on Monday. The overdose acted as an emetic and doctors say she would have died without it. The Clouch family, parents of 13 children, lives on the Whitt Jacobs farm and are destitute. The youngest child is two years old.
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Gallipolis
Francis Clench
Vinton
Clouchs
Whitt Jacobs Farm
Clouch
Robbery of Post Office Is Admitted in Plea
Leroy Brussart, 35, formerly of Columbus, admitted stealing $89.75 from the Laurelville Ohio post office and pleaded guilty to theft. He still pled not guilty to the assault on the assistant postmaster, a charge with a mandatory 25 year sentence. Judge Underwood set the case for hearing to begin tomorrow.
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Columbus
A.P
Leroy Brussart
Laurelville
Brussart
Underwood
Ohio lawmakers split over Davey relief plan in special session
In Columbus a split emerged over Governor Davey’s 50 50 relief plan and city aid proposals as the Ohio Legislature began a special session. House leaders chose Rep. Kilpatrick as floor leader after Davis resigned. Debates centered on a $7.5 million state match and a $12 million local share with varying admin proposals facing strong opposition.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
Big City
Ohio
Bishop Kilpatrick
Warren
House
Democratic
Kilpatrick
Jacob E. Davis
Pike County
Common Pleas
League of Municipalities
Senate
Horace W. Baggott
Montgomery
Paul P. Yoder
Frank R. Aible
Three Charged in Erie Ashtabula Marijuana Ring Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted three men and a woman on conspiracy charges tied to an alleged marijuana ring operating between Erie Pennsylvania and Ashtabula Ohio. The defendants face federal conspiracy counts and possible penalties upon conviction.
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Pittsburgh
Erie
Ashtabula, O
Weird Tale of Duel Over Wheat Sales
Frank Robideau confessed that George Kuntz lured him to a country road for a death duel over wheat loans. He claimed Kuntz brought his wife and child to witness and that the winner would kill the other’s family. Robideau admitted killing Kuntz and said Mrs Kuntz shot herself after Kuntz fell, while the child, six, attacked him and was struck down. Authorities remained unconvinced. Kuntz’s body and wife were found in their car at the Wheat Basin elevator.
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Billings
Mont
Frank Robideau
George Kuntz
Kuntz
George Phillips
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