Logan and Hocking County Hit by State Debt Bill
Logan and Hocking County face budget strain from a new state bill that requires counties to repay debts to the state. Hocking County owes 38 560 dollars to share in sales tax distributions, with funds partially allocated to Logan potentially withheld. Wards in state institutions drive most costs, including feeble-minded children, totaling about 500 dollars monthly.
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Hocking County
Logan
Yaw
Athens
Ashbolt Defends New Stamp Issue
Ohio legislator Rep. William E. Ashbolt defends portraits of U S Grant Philip Sheridan and William T Sherman on federal stamps while condemning a Lee Jackson Confederate generals issue He calls the Confederate effort doubtful in judgment and notes Georgia and South Carolina protests Meanwhile he praises the Northern generals as Ohioans the state is proudly connected to.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
William E. Ashbolt
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Georgia
South Carolina
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
Ashbolt
Merc Rises After Cold Winter Night
Last night brought one of the coldest periods of the winter in Logan with temperatures reported from 8 to 14 degrees above zero. By afternoon, sunshine melted much of the snow and temperatures climbed to the 40s and 50s, ending the cold spell.
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Logan
Main St
Ohio proposes dollar matching relief plan in legislature
A tentative draft for a new indefinite relief program in Ohio would require counties to match state grants dollar for dollar. Cities and counties could levy taxes on auto licenses and alcohol permits to fund relief. If a county cannot match, state relief would be reduced accordingly as Gov. Davey estimated annual need reaches 20 million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Counies
State Relief Commission
Martin L. Davey
Mystery death of Olive M Lawrence in Milton garage
Olive M Lawrence aged 22 of Milton Massachusetts was found dead in her father’s automobile in the family garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Police investigation showed the car switch had been turned off, leaving the circumstances puzzling authorities.
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Olive M. Lawrence
Milton
Mass
Puzzles Police
Miss Lawrence
Ohio WPA rolls shrink over 1500 in week
Columbus Ohio March 11 AP reduction of Ohio Works Progress Administration rolls by more than 1500 marks a step in recovery and retrenchment. Dr Carl Watson state administrator says total now 126861 32 percent below a year ago. Skilled worker demand and local cost sharing drive the cut while industry absorption worsens shortages and forces WPA to drop unskilled workers.
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Columbus
Ohio Works Progress Administration
Carl Watson
WPA
Watson
Alabama votes to legalize liquor nationwide wave reaches Alabama
Birmingham reports a flood of wet votes ending 22 years of prohibition as returns show more than 20 counties repealing dry status and making possession of liquor legal statewide. Alabama becomes the 43rd state to legalize liquor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Two Pro Wrestlers Hurt In Train Crash Near Portsmouth
Ernest Heffner and Ray Steele of Columbus were injured when their car was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train at a grade crossing near Portsmouth Ohio while en route from Huntington to Columbus. Heffner suffered scalp and leg injuries, Steele a bruised knee. both were hospitalized.
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Portsmouth
March
Ernest Heffner
Ray Steele
Columbus
Here
Heffner
Steele
Huntington
Baltimore & Ohio
Bandits rob messenger in Dayton cash he carried
Two unarmed bandits stopped Louis F Burris 21 messenger for Merchants National Bank in Dayton this morning and fled with 977 dollars in cash he had just collected from city and county treasurers offices.
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Dayton
Louis F. Burris
Merchants National Bank
Strike Called at Firestone Akron Plant Amid Idle Week
The United Rubber Workers of America voted to strike the closed Firestone Rubber Co plant in Akron Ohio where 11 000 workers have been idle in a week old dispute. L S Buckmaster president of the Firestone locals said the vote was 2665 to 93.
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Akron
United Rubber Workers OF America
Firestone Rubber CO
L. S. Buckmaster
Firestone
GM UAW talks end with minor details to iron out
Detroit AP bulletin reports GM and UAW representatives adjourned negotiations after a strike, saying several minor details remain to be settled. The march date is noted, with ongoing talks following the last labor action, and no final settlement yet announced.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Violence flares as clashes injure workers across cities
Outbreaks of industrial strife intensify with nearly twenty injuries after a police and picket clash at the California Packing Corp plant in Almeda California. In Chicago taxicabs are stoned and drivers beaten amid a crippled cab system, while a Lancaster Pennsylvania iron works strike ends with eggs hurled at workers. Detroit sees fear of violence as Chrysler strikers face injunctive actions. This Almeda riot marks a third disturbance in a week.
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California Packing Corp
Almeda
Calif
Chicago
Lancaster
Iron Works
Detroit
Chrysler Motor Corp
River towns plan to move river towns plan to move Cincinnati
After record floods Ohio communities debate rebuilding on higher ground. Augusta Kentucky rejects governor’s hillside suggestion while Portsmouth Ohio backs a rehabilitation committee and bond plan to buy flood damaged homes for new higher site housing. Leavenworth Indiana and Union Town Kentucky show strong moves to new sites.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
W. T. Asbury
Augusta
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Portsmouth
Citizens’ Rehabilitation Committee
Indiana
Leavenworth
Uniontown
Louisville
Anna Sage Seeks U S Reentry From Romania
From Timisoara in Romania Dona Anna Campanasi known as the Woman in Red asked a Chicago attorney to pursue legal steps for her return to the United States. At 45 she said she does not believe the U S Government will oppose her petition after banishment ten months ago.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Romania
United States
Timisoara
Anna Campanasi
Anna Sage
U. S
Boy Bitten by Dog at Logan Sight-Saving School
A pupil at the Logan sight-saving school in Athens County was bitten on the right leg above the knee when a dog, allegedly sicked by a playmate, attacked him this morning. First aid was given at Dr. H. M. Boocks office.
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Logan Sight-Saving School
Chester Hart
Athens County
Clara Miller
Third St
H. M. Boocks
Rebel Troops Move Toward Capital City
Insurgent columns reported to have captured over 100 square miles in the Guadalajara sector and reached near the provincial capital 32 miles northeast of Madrid. A Red Lion battalion was wiped out and government troops retreated toward Guadalajara and Madrid. The freighter Mar Cantabrico carrying munitions for the government sank. French forces along the French coast were ordered to back up a warning to keep naval warfare out of French waters.
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Guadalajara
Madrid
Red Lion
Soria Said
Salamanca
Mar Cantabrico
America
France
Spain
House Pushes Coal Proposal
Washington dispatch reports House leaders expect speedy passage today of the revised Guffey-Vinson bill to stabilize the soft coal industry. Rep Casey may try to substitute his proposal for a federal coal trade commission, while the bill also includes price fixing and new marketing and fair trade provisions.
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Washington
House
Casey
D-Mass
Federal Coal Trade Commission
Supreme Court
State fishing license rule delayed to May 27
A new state law requiring all fishermen to buy a 50 cent license will not take effect until May 27. Until then the old law requiring only a reel license stays in force, said Harry H. Wright, Hocking County’s representative in the Ohio legislature.
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Harry H. Wright
Hocking County
Ohio
Cummings urges speedy passage of Roosevelt court plan
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings testifies before the Senate judiciary committee in Washington as public hearings open on President Roosevelt's proposal to remodel the Supreme Court. He argues for "new blood" on the court to curb its alleged usurpation of legislative authority and urges prompt Congressional enactment of the program.
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Homer S. Cummings
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cummings
Revolt Threatens Davey’s Ohio Program
In Columbus Ohio AP March 11 Gov Martin L Davey fights to salvage his legislative agenda as Lieut Gov Paul P Yoder leads a senate rebellion. Democrats who bolted the administration draft plans to regain support while the Senate defeats the bill to abolish the Superintendent of Charities post held by Mrs Luetta Magruder. The vote 14 yes 18 no with 13 Democrats and 5 Republicans opposing. Two Democrats did not vote.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Paul P. Yoder
Ohio Senate
Yoder
Senate
Davey
Magruder
Charities
Luetta Magruder
Don R. Thomas
Dayton
John F. Connolly
Toledo
Officers Save Farmer From Crazed Son
A 70 year old farmer in Washington Township relied on a dinner bell as his son Arden, 27, attacked him while suffering a neck infection and mania. WPA workers summoned deputies, who restrained Arden and jailed him. doctors found him sane and he was to be sent to a state hospital.
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Farmer
Washington Township
WPA
Ewing School
H. Be, Walters
Conkle
High Ridge
Old Ewing School
Clines
Walters
Arden
Tarzan
Joe Farbearn
Nellis Smith
Newton Spencer
Young Walters
Logan
State Hospital
Athens
Parochial Aid Bill Faces Opposition From Protestant Groups
Protestant church representatives attacked a proposed 3.5 million dollar parochial and private school aid bill in the Senate finance committee. They warned voters may be sought if law, arguing it undermines public schools, invites other groups, funds religious propaganda, and could be unconstitutional. Catholics urged aid as justice. Committee deferred action until Tuesday.
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Columbus, O
Senate
Cleveland Officer to Appeal Verdict
Deputy Police Inspector Edwin C. Burns planned an appeal from his conviction on all five counts of receiving bribes from bootleggers during prohibition. The verdict followed a jury verdict in the same courtroom where Captain Michael J. Harwood was found guilty earlier and where Captain Louis J. Cadek had also been convicted.
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Cleveland
Edwin C. Burns
Michael J. Harwood
Louis J. Cadek
Jackson Says U S Governed by Blind Fate
Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that a majority of Supreme Court justices oppose Roosevelt administration aims. He warned delays in decisions threaten programs and cited the Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security Board, and TVA as examples under legal cloud.
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Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jackson
Securities and Commission
Social Security Board
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Labor
Whetto Attacks County Run Pension Plans
Rep W H Whetto cites Lawrence county as example of why county boards should not run old age pensions He tells Senate Finance Committee that county commissioners lied to pensioners claiming control over their futures and that pension investigators are ignorant and politicized, calling officials rubber stamps
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Columbus, CO
W. H. Whetto
Lawrence
Senate Finance Committee
Whetto
Lawrence County
Committeeman’s Pay Check Held Up
Payment of a 500 monthly salary to Harry Silver, member of Gov. Martin L. Davey’s action committee, was temporarily halted on grounds it diverted funds from the state old age fund. State Auditor Joseph T. Son said he has been served.
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Columbus
Harry Silver
Martin L. Davey
Joseph T. Son
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