Ohio lawmakers approve relief and pension funding moves
Ohio legislators were urged to return and appropriate 1.5 million dollars for relief and 9 million for old age pensions. Senate leaders agreed to advance the relief loan to counties with 2 percent interest from utility taxes, while a Senate-backed grant covers the relief funds. The pension funds aim to cover the year with federal help, and the Pollock bill seeks half-year funding. key figures include Senator James Metzenhaul and House Speaker J Freer Bittinger.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senategleaders
House
Senate
State Control Board
Adjutant General
James Metzenhaul
Cuyahoga
Bernard Donovan
D. Lucas
Harold D. Nichols
D. Clermont
Vern Metcalfe
R. Washington
Paul R. Ginger
Franklin
J. Freer Bittinger
Frank Aible
D. Cuyahoga
William M. McCulloch
R. Miami
Bishop Kilpatrick
D. of Trumbull
Stanley G. McKie
R. Hamilton
Venezuela's Gen Vicente Gomez Dies After Four Decades Rule
Caracas Dec 18 Gen Vicente Gomez 78 longtime Venezuelan president and dictator died at 11 45 p m His death prompts provisional appointment of War Minister Eleazar Lopez Contreras as president The exiled Venezuelan community abroad contemplates repatriation amid rumors of his health for years
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Caracas
Venezuela
Vicente Gomez
Eleazar Lopez Conrerras
Gomez
America
Europe
Woman Offers Divorce to Free Second Wife for Baby
18 year old Ruby Munsell wife of John Collins alias Joseph Ashley Schwartz, under death sentence, offers to divorce him so Anna Downey, his prison wife lately wed at Sing Sing, may have a legal name for her expected baby. She entered detective HQ with a photo of the couple kissing and agreed to divorce if funds are found.
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Ruby Munsell
John Collins
Joseph Ashley Schwartz
Anna Downey
Miss Munsell
Collins
Schwartz
Detective
New Orleans
Miss Downey
Sing Sing
N. Y
Whitcraft to Hear Slayer Veres Murder Case
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft of Hocking county will join two other judges to hear evidence in the State of Ohio versus Joseph Veres, a 60 year old Hungarian-American farmer held in Jefferson county for the murder of neighbor Mrs. Sam Sechrist on November 1. Veres pleaded guilty to first degree murder and waived a jury trial. The three judges will decide if he goes to the electric chair or serves life in the Ohio Penitentiary. The remaining two judges will be chosen by Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt.
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Harley M. Whitcraft
Hocking County
Ohio
Carl V. Weygandt
Standard Oil of Ohio to pay quarterly dividend
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio will pay a regular quarterly dividend of 1.25 dollars a share on 5 percent preferred stock planned for distribution on December 15 to stockholders of record December 31.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Sunglow Names Sam Chevalier as New Plant Chief
Harold Zieg will leave Sunglow after three years to become assistant sales manager and vice president at Lunglow Industries Mansfield. Sam Chevalier, traveling manager, will supervise the Logan plant several days weekly. Henry Dague will head the Logan office and Joe Meyers becomes plant superintendent amid factory expansion adding 7200 feet of storage space to stabilize production.
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Harold Zieg
Logan
Mansfield
Sunglow Company
Sam Chevalier
Zieg
Lunglow Industries, Inc
Henry Dague
Joe Meyers
Chevalier
Wood Products Company
Sungion
Toper Aged 4 Placed in County Children's Home
In Urbana Ohio a four year old boy found intoxicated in a gutter on Main street ten days earlier was placed in the county children's home by Juvenile Judge M L Gaver. The mother Mrs Frances Sellers was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 100 dollars for contributing to the child's delinquency after admitting she allowed the child to sip a little beer.
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Urbana
W. L. Barger
M. L. Gaver
Frances Sellers
New attempts to end Ohio strike urged by official drive
Akron December 18 AP report says new efforts to end a three month strike of union pottery workers at the Ohio Insulator plant moved forward. County Prosecutor Herman Werner appealed to 25 Barberton businessmen to push a Christmas settlement. Ralph Lind of the regional labor board met with union and non union committees.
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Akron
Ohio
Herman Werner
Barberton
Ralph Lind
Regional Labor Board
Governor Hoffman Maintains Hauptmann Guilty Stance
New Jersey Governor Harold Hoffman says Hauptmann is guilty as convicted and that the Lindbergh case is not fully solved. He notes not closing the books but rejects any element of doubt in Hauptmann’s guilt. A New York paper reports six of eight pardons court members oppose clemency based on current evidence.
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New York
The
New York Evening Journal
New Jersey
Court of Pardons
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Phone Numbers Changed at Daily News Offices
Notice states phone numbers for newsroom and editorial lines now 700, while advertising, business offices, and general information use number 6. The 6 line also handles late afternoon and night calls to any department.
Roosevelt hints at 500 million public works plan
Informer sources indicate the Roosevelt relief program next year may hinge on a public works investment of about 500 million dollars to be proposed when Congress convenes. Officials expect the existing 4.88 billion fund to cover most needs until 1937 with redistributed unspent balances.
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Thomas J. Hamilton, JR
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Resources Board
Chauffeur Thelma Todd Feared Gangland Threats
Firefighters blamed a kerosene explosion for a deadly blaze in East Liverpool that killed two women and a nine day old baby. Verna Mullen and her grandmother Elizabeth Roush died, Patricia Mullen died later from burns, and Carl Norris was injured trying to help. James Mullen worked nearby during the incident.
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East Liverpool, CO
Verna Mullen
Elizabeth Roush
Mullens
Patricia
Carl Norris
James Mullen
Midland
Knights of Columbus urge U.S. remonstrance over Mexican religious persecution
In New York on December 18 the Knights of Columbus released a second letter to President Roosevelt urging the United States to protest Mexico's religious persecution. Signed by Martin H. Carmody and William J. McGinley, the message responds to the president's earlier reply to the order.
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New York
United States
Roosevelt
Knights of Columbus
Martin H. Carmody
Supreme Knight
William J. McGinley
Supreme Secretary
Kenyon College to Build Larger Airport With Cummins Funding
Kenyon College announced plans to commence construction of a new airport three times the size of the current field. The project will be financed through funds provided by New York attorney Wilbur S. Cummings.
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Gambier
Glamorous Screen Star Thelma Todd Dies in Mysterious Cirumstances
Police press case on Thelma Todd death as chauffeur Peters reports she feared gangland threats and urged top speed to her seaside apartment. He said he drove 65 to 70 miles an hour to Santa Monica area hours before she died in her town car.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Thelma Todd
Comedienne
Los Angeles
Ernest O. Peters
Hollywood
Miss Todd
Peters
Oceanside Highway
Shelby Salesbook Co Awards 5 Percent Bonus to Staff
Shelby Ohio December employees receive a five percent bonus on annual wages as a Christmas gift to be distributed this week. The profit sharing plan began last year with a four percent bonus.
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Shelby, CO
Shelby Salesbook Co
Mercy killer probe widens to include family history
Marie Sevigny a 26 year old practical nurse faces murder charges for allegedly killing Mrs L Valmore Normandin 47 to end her suffering. Investigators plan psychiatric exam by Dr John E Donley to explore Sevigny family history and hospital records while no indictment or extended death probe is planned.
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Woonsocket
R. L
Marie Sevigny
Miss Sevigny
John E. Donley
Donley
Attorney General's Office
New Hampshire State Hospital
Concord
Mrs. Normandin
Mussolini Defies Sanctions Address in Rome
Premier Mussolini attacked sanctions and Europe as crooked in a Pontinia speech amid Italy’s Italo Ethiopian conflict. The Italian delegation then announced it would not attend today's League of Nations council in Geneva, signaling a tense diplomatic stance.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Il Duce
Pontinia
Paris
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
League
Rome
Townsendite Wins Decision in Michigan Special Election
Verner W. Main, Bat tle Creek attorney and Townsend plan supporter, wins Michigan's third district seat in a special election. Main defeats Democrat Howard W. Cavanagh by about two to one, with Farmer-Labor candidate E. G. Kiefer scoring 397 votes.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Verner W. Main
Michigan
Main
F. E. Townsend
Mississippi
Howard W. Cavanagh
E. G. Kiefer
Farmer
Pension Contributions Payroll Tax Explained For Employers
A government proposal requires employers to pay a tax to fund old age pensions starting January 11. The article outlines how the system works and the impact on employers, noting a few exceptions.
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