Venereal Disease Clinic Opens January 12 at City Hospital
A venereal disease clinic will open at the City hospital on January 12 to diagnose and treat indigent patients. Sponsored by the Department of Public Assistance in cooperation with the State Health Department, it offers treatment to those unable to pay. Private physicians may refer nonpaying cases, with Dr E A Lipscomb urging cooperation. the clinic will operate Thursdays 1 to 4 pm.
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State Health Department
DPA
E. A. Lipscomb
Lipscomb
Taylor Count
Dept. of Public Assistance
Plan to PARE Continued From Page One
Senate appropriations member notes no precedent for using regular next year funds for unfinished WPA projects. House panel leans toward a few weeks of funds to pause, awaiting a new relief policy. Critics warn against boosting federal borrowing beyond the 20 billion cap, with Roosevelt's 1939-40 budget guiding debate. Senator Byrd vows to oppose any raise.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
WPA
Taber
House Committee
Congress
New Yorker
New Deal
Treasury
Roosevelt
Byrd
Roosevelt Budget Warns of High Debt Without Tax Hikes
President Roosevelt warned Congress that debt could reach about 44.46 billion by June 30, 1940 unless moderate tax increases fund expanded armaments and farm subsidies approved last year. Byrd argued the treasury figure omits roughly 8 billion borrowed by over twenty government corporations, signaling a larger debt picture. The House WPA financing subcommittee and both chambers were out of session.
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Roosevelt
Byrd
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Thore
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Holt Attacks Relief Waste in Deficit Fight
Senator Rush D Holt criticizes extravagance and waste in federal spending. He opposes Roosevelt's ten billion dollar relief proposal and accuses congress members of using relief funds for campaigns. Holt calls for spending cuts without harming aid to the needy and warns against deficits.
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Weston
Jan
Rush D. Holt
Roosevelt
Holt
Congress
Federal Treasury
History's Worst Scandal in WPA Politics Speech
The speaker denounces WPA misuses as a political tool, urging removal of politicians from relief and warning that corruption will be halted. He cites Harry Hopkins and calls for vigilance to prevent future abuses while stressing public opinion can drive reform. Murray Briggs, 77, retired lawyer, dies after long illness in Charleston.
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WPA
Senate
Harry, Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Charleston
Murray Briggs
Grand Jury Delays Indictment of Aged Man in Slaying
Lorain county grand jury adjourned without action on the manslaughter charge against 84 year old farmer William Case linked to a Christmas slaying. Prosecutor says jurors delayed until the slain man’s wife, Mrs Rousseau, recovers in hospital after shotgun wounds. The Rousseaus were shot during Case’s defense of his evergreen grove two nights before Christmas.
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Elyria
Lorain County
William Case
Howard Butler
William Rousseau
Rousseaus
Case
DPA Adopts Month to Month Relief Aid Plan
The Public Assistance advisory board proposed month to month relief allocations for six strained counties Marshall Lewis Greenbrier Fayette Pendleton and Brooke. Chairman John T. Morgan said no lump sums and no immediate emergency. funds will be allocated after showing efficiency in administration need and county resources are exhausted. The board also began reviewing 100 applicants’ exam papers for higher certification.
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Charleston
Public Assistance Department
John T. Morgan
A. W. Garnett
Morgan
Marshall
Lewis
Greenbrier
Fayette
Pendleton
Brooke
Morgan Sda
2500 Cleveland WPA Workers Out of Jobs
Cleveland's WPA program cut more than 2500 jobs today as funds expired. Frank E. Bubna said many recipients were mothers and widows with dependents, created by insufficient federal relief funds. About 530 workers over 65 were also affected, with officials noting the laid off are least able to shift for themselves.
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Cleveland
WPA
Frank E. Bubna
Bubna
Seven year old to receive rare blood transfusion
In Pittsburgh on January 7 a seven year old girl named Dorene Yates, suffering from a rare blood disease, awaited a transfusion that could save her life. Volunteers with type 1 blood offered to help at Children's Hospital where she has been hospitalized since October. The procedure is needed before an operation for hemolytic anemia can be attempted. Dorene's mother, Frances Yates, is a widow who once had a similar operation. Dorene spent Christmas at home with her mother and siblings between weeks in the hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Dorene Yates
Children's Hospital
Dorene
Frances Yates
Bank Robbery Suspect Freed By U S Attorney
William Feeney also known as Willie Kelly was freed on bank robbery charges tied to the Clintonville Pa hold up of Oct 14. U S Commissioner Ross H Disar said Cleveland and Pittsburgh offices dropped the charges and Feeney was released on own recognizance after repeated postponements of his preliminary hearing.
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Youngstown
William Feeney
Willie Kelly
Clintonville
U. S
Ross H. Disar
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Feeney
Diser
Frankfurter praises Cardozo as guide for new policies
In a Harvard Law Review article written before his nomination, Frankfurter salutes the late Justice Cardozo. He credits Cardozo with recognizing that new policies require testing by experience and that the legislature is not a modern Minerva. The Law Review issue, devoted entirely to Cardozo, will appear January 12.
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
Justice Cardozo
Frankfurter
Minerva
Harvard Law Review
Law Review
Cardozo
Cardozo Seen as Adequate to Fill Holmes’s Historic Place
Frankfurter praised Cardozo for his mind and jurisprudence, noting no man matched Holmes in revealing the map of his mind on the bench. He added Cardozo would defend constitutional religious liberty with majesty, yet reject immunity from compulsory military science in state universities.
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Cardozo
Holmes
Frankfurter
Quizzed murder case rests on drowning verdict
Coroner J. M. Foster ruled Hayes died by drowning after an autopsy showed he was alive yet unconscious when he fell into a tee fed pit filled with water. Investigators found few clues and suspected at least two assailants, with a later report claiming an attempted body theft from a nearby mortuary.
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J. M. Foster
Hayes
Foster
Homer Roosa
Faulkner
Card of Thanks for Mary Grace Stokes
The Stokes Family thanks many friends for kindness during the illness and after the death of their mother Mary Grace Stokes. Grateful for support from the choirs of Warren M. E. Church and First Baptist Church, G. T. Bartlett, flower givers, and car donors. May God bless you all.
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Mary Grace Stokes
Warren M. E. Church
First Baptist Church
G.T. Bartlett
Stokes
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