Congress Reopens as 74th Session Debates Unprecedented Roosevel
The 74th Congress reconvened amid partisan debate with President Roosevelt set to deliver the annual message. The House recessed for Roosevelt’s speech while Senate members convened briefly, amid charges over a political tone and calls to address neutralty and veteran benefits. House actions included seating Sen Elmer Benson, addressing a Townsend plan letter, and adopting resolutions on the Northwest Territorial Celebration and deaths of Huey Long and Thomas Schall.
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Washington
74Th Congress
Roosevelt
House
Bertrand Snell
Robert F. Rich
Willem Bankheads
Snell
Rich
Senate
Elmer Benson
P L Minn
Thomas D Schall
R Minn
Marion Zioncheck
D. Wash
Townsend
Burns
Robert T. Secrest
Ohio
Thomas A. Jenkins BR
Northwest Territorial Celebration Committee
Huey P Long
Fenty M. Kimball
Mich
Sen
Gazette
Washington DC
Congress
Garner
Radio Courses Offered by O. S. A. Radio Junior College
Winter quarter sessions at WOSU with Ohio State University cooperation will offer sociology child welfare family life Spanish and poultry husbandry. Registration is free and tests and outlines are provided. Enroll via Mrs E H Turner county emergency schools supervisor or write to WOSU Columbus. Session starts January 7.
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Radio Junior College
WOSU
Ohio State University
Emergency Schools Administration
E H Turner
Suyfervisor
Columbus
New Autos Sold in Fairfield County in 1938
A total of 1204 new automobiles were sold in Fairfield county in 1938, per Clerk of Courts Wm. C. Mertz. Of these, 1036 were passenger cars and 168 were commercial vehicles. In December, 112 cars were sold, including 93 passenger and 19 commercial.
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Fairfield County
Clerk of Courts
Wm. C. Mertz
Fairfield County awards 35000 Poor Relief bonds sale
Fairfield County Commissioners awarded the sale of 35000 Poor Relief bonds to the First Cleveland Corporation Cleveland Ohio on bid par and 77 premium interest rate 214% Six bids were received. The relief cost for December totaled 4643 08 dollars including machinery and equipment. WPA projects employ about 600 county residents with 30 hours weekly, while direct county relief totals 4643 08 dollars. The number of people on relief was not disclosed by Relief Director David Fahrer.
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Fairfield County
First Cleveland Corporation
Cleveland
Ohio
Exison Kindler
Pairfield County
Ivan A Miller
David Fahrer
Vffice
Fahrer
Commirinner
Execution plans in final stage for Hauptmann
In Trenton New Jersey on January 3 1936 plans moved to the final stage for Bruno Richard Hauptmann s execution. Governor Hoffman was expected to announce the clemency review date and the Court of Pardons action. About 20 witnesses including 18 newspaper men were designated with six press passes. State troopers will guard the prison the night of the execution and traffic will be blocked.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Pardons
Mark Kimberling
Hauptmann
Robert Eliott
Gol
Kimberling Wil
Frightened girl kills monkey in University lab escape
In Orono Maine Miss Mary McManus awoke to a hazy face and a crunching noise in her bedroom. She found a rifle and killed the monkey, later found to have escaped from the University of Maine laboratory.
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Orono
Mary McManus
University of Maine
Long Distance Deposit Carried 9417 Miles by Air
The Cleveland Trust Co claimed today an IPA record for long distance bank deposits by air mail upon receipt of a draft from a customer in the Philippines. The letter traveled 9417 statute miles by plane, mailed at Baguio Mountain Province by a businessman who had bank ties for 90 years, flew to San Francisco by the China Clipper and then to Cleveland aboard a United airliner.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Co
Philippines
Baguio Mountain Province
P. I
San Francisco
United
Change Law Sets $25 Fee For Autos From Out Of State
Columbus Ohio January 3 MPR Highway Director John Jaster Jr drafted amendments to Ohio new law imposing a $25 inspection fee on all cars from out of state Enforcement suspended after common pleas judge Dana Reynolds granted an injunction restraining the highway patrol and Bureau of Motor Vehicles from taking the fee Charles C Jones secretary of Ohio State Automobile Association argued the law targets interstate commerce beyond Ohio power Hearing tentatively set for January 10 Originally aimed to curb sales tax evasion to push Ohioans to buy locally but the statute also covered moving residents with vehicles
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Columbus
MPR
John Jaster, Jr
Ohio
Common Pleas
Dana Reynolds
Highway Patrol
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Charles C. Jones
Ohio State Automobile Association
Hearing on Account in Silbaugh Case Jan 11
Fairfield county common pleas court set January 11 for a hearing on an account rendered for John Miller guardian by John Silbaugh of Lancaster. Miller seeks judgment for 61652 and costs. Contempt action had been started to obtain a full account of guardianship transactions but papers reportedly turned over. In Toledo Yee Dee Hill died New Year’s Day after taking poison in a Detroit plot to be buried in a Chinese cemetery.
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Fairfield County Common Pleas Court
John Miller
John Silbaugh
Lancaster
Miller
Common Pleas Court
G G. Raver
Liulbaugh
Toledo
Yee Dee Hill
Detroit
Lye
Yee Dee Hull
Mayor Moyer announces multiple city appointments
Mayor Charles E Moyer announced numerous appointments. Adolph Raah and W E Rowles return as State Director and Service Director on five year terms. Fred G Holland joins Board of Health for five years. C F Von Stein Carl G Powers and Mrs Mary Vorys join Public Library Board for four years. Russell Rising named to Park Commission for three years. Geoff Miller becomes trustee of the Sinking Fund and Board for Tax Commissioners for four years. Clarence E Myers added to Park Commission to finish Hutchinson’s term.
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Charles E Moyer
Satety
Adolph Raah
W. E Rowles
Fred G. Holland
Board of Health
C F
von Stein
Carl G. Powers
Mary Vorys
Public Library Board
Rusee
City Park Commission
Geoff Miller
Sinking Fund and
Board For Tax Commissioners
Edward Muthoff
Clarence E. Myers
Park Commission
Chas. H. Hutchinson
Burns Suffered Month Ago Fatal To Cox Girl
Margaret Jean Cox seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Cox of Rushcreek Two near North Berne died this morning at City Hospital from burns suffered when her dress caught fire the night of December 3 She is survived by three sisters Mary Ellen Martha Belle and Anna Mae two brothers Stanley Leroy and Emi Allen both at home the paternal grandmother Mrs Martha E Cox of Bremen and the maternal grandmother Mrs Mary Kainzler of Lancaster Funeral will be from Halteman Funeral Home Monday at 1030 am Further announcements of interment will be made by J V Halterman
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Margaret Jean Cox
Stanley Cox
Rushcreek
North Berne
City Hospital
Little Girls
Mary Ellen
Martha Belle
Anna Mae
Stanley Leroy
Emi Allen
Martha E Cox
Bremen
Mary Kainzler
Lancaster
Halteman
J. V. Halterman
Sales Tax Reports Due Says Manager
The Tax Commission of Ohio announced that the mulling of report forms to all vendors is completed for 1935 and four reports will be due in 1936 one every three months. Returns for latter part of 1935 must be filed by January 31 1936. Sales Tax Examiner Joseph E Fisher will visit multiple towns during January to aid filings. The district office in the Lancaster National Bank Building remains open daily.
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the Tax Commission of
Ohio
Robi
H Huenefeld
Instrict
Tax Commission
Commission
Ald
Joseph E Fisher
Middleport
Pickerington
Rushville
Baltimore
Bactl
Thurston
Pleasantville
Carroll
Lithopolis
Amanda
Sul Far Grove
Bremen
Lancaster
Court House
Lancaster National Bank
Jury Disagrees In Suit For $25 000
Naomi Souders of Lancaster sues Effie Campbell of Portsmouth Ohio for 25000 dollars in the death of John W Souders killed last September when struck by a car at Fultz Tourist Camp east of Lancaster. The jury deliberated about two hours after 6 pm and failed to reach a verdict. Attorneys Cunningham Nester and J Cunningham represented the plaintiff. Portsmouth lawyers defended Mrs Campbell.
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Naomi Souders
Lancaster
Effie Campbel
John W. Souders
Fultz
Fairfield County Common Pleas Court
Cunningham, Nester & J .Cunningham
Portsmouth
Campbell
Ohio
Unpaid WPA workers raid relief stores in Newport
About 200 WPA workers enraged by unpaid wages raided a federal relief warehouse in Newport Kentucky today seizing 10 cent bags of flour and other items before police dispersed them. WPA officials said the men on the filtration project were not paid though others on different projects received their checks. A separate note reports Albert Emley of Lancaster fractured his right hip after slipping on ice at home yesterday and being treated in the city hospital.
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Newport
WPA
Albert Emley
Lancaster
Both Sons Named Robert Abraham Asks For Divorce
In Detroit on January 3, Abraham Seaway asked the circuit court for a divorce from his wife Dorothy after she named their youngest son Robert. Judge Toms noted Robert is a good name, and Seaway replied he already has another son named Robert and that is enough. The court took the case under advisement.
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Robert
Abraham
Detroit
Abraham Saway
Circuit Court
Ert
Toms
Dorothy
Robv
Bremen glass firm incorporates for expansion in 1936
Houston-Wells Glass Co of Bremen, located on Mulberry Street, has incorporated for £25,000 with 250 shares no par. Incorporators include Charles M Houston, Pearl L Wells, Ross S Brown, and Charles E Turner. The firm makes automobile signal lenses and other glassware and plans to expand Bremen operations from ten to twelve workers to about fifty with increased schedule in 1936.
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Houston-Wells Glass CO
Bremen
Mulberry St
Charles M. Houston
Wyandotte St
Lancaster
Pearl L. Wells
Washington Ave
Ross S Brown
Charles E Turner
Broad St
Columbus
Ohio
Houston
Stricter Neutrality Laws Advance in Congress
Washington January 3 The Senate Munitions Committee led by Senator Nye and Senator Bennett Clark proposed a cash and carry neutrality law to replace the expired safeguards. A parallel plan supported by Key Pittman and Sam McReynolds would enforce equal embargoes on all belligerents, with the State Department winning discretionary power for essential war materials to preserve U S neutrality.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Senate Munitions Committee
Sens
Gerald P Nge
Bennett
Clark
D. Mo
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sam D McReynolds
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Pitman and McReynolds
Cordell Hull
Hull
Roosevelt
State Department
Uderstood
Holt ready to cut loose in new Senate session
Washington January 2 1946 Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia said he may deliver fiery speeches this session to rebuke older colleagues. He plans to campaign to repeal the Potato Control law and aims to oust Walter Thurmond the IRS collector. Holt claimed Thurmond lobbied against miners’ legislation in the state legislature.
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Washington
Rush D Holt
D. W
Senate
Henry D Batheld
Thurmond
Whch
Walter Thurmond
Collector ‘of
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Mom Work
D. Holts
Fairfield County Receives Relief Fund Distribution
State Auditor Joseph T Tracy sent December tax proceeds totaling 521,724 to county auditors for poor relief efforts. Distributions included Fairfield 1930, Perry 2416, Pickaway 1458, Ress 2703, among others. The fund aims to prevent use of American ships or money for nations at war and to cut financial support for war materials.
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Columbus
Joseph T Tracy
Fairfield
Perry
First 1936 Prisoner In Lancaster Jail
The first prisoner lodged in the Lancaster city prison for 1936 was Chas Slim Faulkner of Lancaster on a charge of intoxication.
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Lancaster City
Chas Slim" Faulkner
Lancaster
Lindbergh Family Heads South After Hidden Departure
The Lindberghs left the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool by private elevator and sped away in a black limousine with a mysterious escort, heading south after a secretive checkout. Col and Mrs Lindbergh and their infant son Jon travel with a youthful companion, delaying public sighting.
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Cardiff
Wales
C. Aubrey Morgan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Liverpool
Lindbergh
Adelphi
Col
Jon
Lindberghs
C. Aubresy-Moreau
Col Lindbergh
Finally Bury Man Pronounced Dead
In Etang du Nord Magdalen Islands a ten year old fisherman previously deemed dead by doctors 12 days earlier was buried today after relatives pressed for burial. Conflicting doctor opinions delayed the funeral despite plans for the service and a local priest conducting a ritual. A new examination led to burial being staged under court authority with officials confirming the death.
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Etang DU Nord
Magdalen Islands
Didier Fo
Mgr
Neys
Edwad Gallen E
Cleveland man fakes death after quarrel with wife
After a heated argument with his wife, a Cleveland man allegedly staged a gunshot death. Mrs Lynch called police when she heard a shot and saw blood on the bathroom floor. Investigators found a pistol tied to his ankle, but concluded intoxication affected the incident.
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Cleveland
Das Vite
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Ann
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Elisabeth Morrow Morgan
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