Ohio relief crisis looms as lawmakers seek permanent plan
In Columbus on March 12 AP reports Gov. Martin L. Davey warns the greatest relief crisis. Special committees in both houses plan permanent relief programs next week with tentative dollar-for-dollar local matching. Davey urges counties to levy new taxes and seeks $2,000,000 state aid to cover relief until April 15. A Hocking County debt of $38,560 for state wards’ care is affirmed. auditor may withhold sales tax allocations until payment, lump sum or ten-year installments.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Hocking
House of Representatives
Senate
Judge Devaney backs Roosevelt court reform plan
Judge John P. Devaney urged enactment of President Roosevelt's court bill as the most conservative remedy to permit progressive legislation. testifying before the Senate judiciary committee in Washington, he cited the National Lawyers Guild's rise and the ABA's opposition to reorganization. He noted public support for reform amid debates on the court's future.
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Washington
John P. Devaney
National Lawyers Guild
Roosevelt
Devaney
Minnesota Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Cummings
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Senator Norris Presses Court Reform Across Remedies
In Washington March 12 AP Senator Norris of Indiana Nebraska urged Congress to pursue legislative remedies and constitutional amendments to ease the current court crisis. He warned that failure to limit court power could push the pendulum too far against progressive aims and supported Roosevelt's court plan along with seven other methods. He argued the judiciary has not kept pace with human progress and judges often block civil advancement.
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Washington
Norris
Ind-Neb
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Allman Fires Charity Chief in Ohio Shakeup
Mrs. Margaret Allman, director of welfare, dismissed Mrs. Luetta Magruder as superintendent of the state Division of Charities. Gov. Davey had urged resignation and the senate had killed a bill to abolish the post. Magruder, from Oberlin, held the $4,000 yearly job for two years. removal takes effect March 15.
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Columbus
Margaret Allman
Luetta Magruder
State Division of Charities
Magruder
Martin L. Davey
Senate
Warning on Match period old license plates danger
Columbus Ohio March 12 AP State motor vehicle registrar Frank West warns motorists to destroy discarded 1936 license plates during the period before April 1. He says finders could use them on robber cars or to disguise stolen machines, and urges destruction for personal protection.
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Columbus
Frank West
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Village safes rifled of 300 in Wood County
Sheriff’s deputies report six Weston business safes robbed of 300 dollars during the night. A Custar hardware store was entered but loot undetermined. More than 25 safe robberies have occurred in Wood County this winter.
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Bowling Green
Sheriff's Office
Weston
Custar
Wood County
FDR Begins Two Week Rest at Warm Springs Georgia
President Franklin D. Roosevelt started a two weeks vacation at his Warm Springs home in West Central Georgia. He sought rest and recreation during the excursion, continuing a pattern of using the Georgia sanctuary for recuperation.
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Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Georgia
Cleveland relief offices may shut Monday over funding
Cleveland officials and business leaders met as County Relief Director Clarke L. Mack warned that relief offices could close Monday if funds or new credit are not secured. Merchants have declared they will not extend further credit, forcing a funding decision between underwriting county relief expenditures or closure.
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Cleveland
Clarke L. Mack
Cuyahoga County
Amelia Earhart Earns Blind Pilot Rating Before Flight
Amelia Earhart received an official A rating as a blind flyer after a 60 minute test hop over San Francisco Bay. Inspector A R Bedinger of the Department of Commerce said the test validated her ability to fly by instruments alone in the crowded cockpit of her Flying Laboratory before her world girdling flight.
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Oakland
Calif
Amelia Earhart
San Francisco Bay
A. R. Bedinger
Department of Commerce
Bedinger
Charles Francis, 80, Struck and Killed by Car
Charles Francis, 80, was struck and killed by an automobile in Akron Ohio last night. The accident was reported by AP and occurred on March 12. local authorities investigated the scene and noted the victim’s age and the fatal nature of the incident.
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Akron
Charles Francis
Mild Winter Lifts Ohio Traffic Deaths Record
In Ohio a open winter trade fair to counter police efforts to curb fatalities follows reports that traffic deaths in the first 70 days of 1987 totaled 51 in Cuyahoga County, up from 32 last year. The National Safety Council cites mild winter weather as a factor boosting car usage and crash risk nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cuyahoga Co
National Safety Council
House Passes Coal Proposal
The House approved without a record vote a bill to regulate the $11 billion soft coal industry. The measure allows government price fixing and mirrors the Guffey Control Bill. labor provisions were dropped. It now goes to the Senate after debate on McReynolds Neutrality.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
Senate
McReynolds
Foreign Relations Committee
D-Tenn
Bomb damages Kohler Dry Cleaning plant in Youngstown
A nitroglycerine bomb damaged part of Kohler Dry Cleaning Co. on an early morning in Youngstown Ohio. Authorities estimate the damage at about 10000 dollars as a corner of a wooden building was torn out and windows and a skylight shattered in the nearby brick structure.
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Youngstown, O
Kohler Dry Cleaning Co
Youngstown
Inmate Harman Hatfield Escapes Ohio School
Harman Hatfield, 16, walked away from the State Boys Industrial School in Lancaster on Thursday. He had been committed from Seaman in Adams County. Officials believe the youth is hiding near Lancaster.
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B. I
Lancaster
Harman Hatfield
State Boys Industrial School
Seaman
Adams County
Akron Rubber Strike Push Plans to Settle
United Rubber workers settle into a siege at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co as a nine day dispute prompts a strategy board including L S Buckmaster Alan Haywood and three strikers. Summit County unions endorse the strike while Firestone agrees to recognition only for the local unit.
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United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
L.S. Buckmaster
Firestone
Rubber Workers’ International
Alan Haywood
Committee For Industrial Organization
Summit County
Laos
Buckmaster
Police Chief Warns Parents To Guard Children
Police Chief Lew Reynolds urged parents to warn small children against accepting rides from strangers. A six year old girl reported an unidentified man asked her to enter his car and later inquired about school dismissal time. Reynolds cited nationwide child crimes and called for public cooperation to reduce danger locally.
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Lew Reynolds
Reynolds
Bremer announces $40,000 wage increase for Cooper Tire workers
Findlay Ohio report states R P Bremer president of the Cooper Corporation makers of automobile tires and tubes announced today a $40,000 wage increase for 300 employees. He declined comment on the amount of increase per employee.
Envoy to Protest Nazi Press Attacks in Berlin
March 12 AP report says the United States will seek a quick German response to anti American attacks in the German press. Ambassador William E. Dodd is ordered to protest to Foreign Minister Von Neurath, with the time of audience to be advanced. The envoy will cite German press attacks that extend to Mayor La Guardia and the U S state department.
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Josef Goebbels
Hull
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
United States
Germany
William E. Dodd
von Neurath
State Department
Canton Woman Is Gun Victim
In Canton Ohio a midnight shotgun blast through a kitchen window killed Mrs. Rose Cable, 47, wife of contractor Deuber S. Cable. Police held a 36 year old male relative on an open charge after a four hour visit with Mrs. Cable and her mother, Pauline Belter, 70. The husband, notified at Cleveland where his firm is working on a $15 million Republic Steel project, was told of the fatal shooting as prints from a snow outside the window matched the relative's shoes.
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Canton
Rose Cable
The
Cable Construction Co
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Canderbaugh
Delayed Vouchers Spark Tax Office Tug of War
Deputy State Auditor Norman E. Beck questioned the finance director on delays in tax commission expense vouchers while Gov. Martin L. Davey’s office denied state funds were being lost. Tax Commissioner James Dunn Jr. protested that withholding expenses for tax inspectors hindered their work.
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Columbus
Norman E. Beck
Tax Commission
Martin L. Davey
Davey
James Dunn, Jr
Sandusky Bank Assets Sold in Court-Approved Deal
The State Banking Department accepted an offer to bulk purchase all assets of the Sandusky Commercial Banking and Trust Company, now in liquidation, for 800000. The sale, to the Commercial Liquidation Corporation led by Sandusky citizens, will fund an additional 30 percent dividend for depositors after court approval. In Jefferson Ohio, March 12 AP Paul D. Koeppe named defendant in a 5000 suit alleging he beat a seven year old pupil with a rubber hose.
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State Banking Department
Commercial Banking and Trust Company of
Sandusky
Commercial Liquidation Corporation
Samuel H. Squire
Squire
Jefferson
Paul D. Koeppe
Andover
Townsend Sentenced to 30 Days for Contempt
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, pension movement leader, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 100 dollars by U. S. District Judge Peyton Gordon for contempt of Congress. Townsend vowed to appeal as his bond remained 1,000 dollars. He defended his plan and said the idea cannot be jailed.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
House of Representatives
U. S
Peyton Gordon
Ment
House Committee
Rescue squads fear trapped men perished in blast
Frantic relief teams report a cluster of bodies after a blast. Gas is blamed for the disaster as rescue squads search for trapped workers.
West Virginia mine blast toll rises to sixteen dead
AP reports indicate 16 killed in a Hutchinson Coal Mine explosion near Logan, with 40 to 45 men underground. Rescuers recovered Floyd Fields, 30, and Joe Frye, a motorman, as crews battled debris and feared more deaths. Officials say only two escaped the trapped section as hope waned.
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Logan
Joe Fry
Troy McCoy
J. B. Hansford
R. W. Waldron
E. I. Carlyle
C. H. Padden
Joe Frye
Wisconsin U nominates Clarence A. Dykstra for presidency
Clarence A. Dykstra, 54, Cincinnati city manager and former professor, was chosen by a regents executive committee for the University of Wisconsin presidency. A committee member said the post would be offered within days and that the board of regents would act next week, though the deal had not been closed.
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Wis
Clarence A. Dykstra
Cincinnati
Regents
University of Wisconsin
Dykstra
Board of Regents
COP HEART VICTIM YOUNGSTOWN D MAR 12
Louis Venerose a 57 year old city iceman for 34 years who helped bring Hand leaders to trial in Koning Valley was found dead this morning. A heart attack is believed to have caused his death and he celebrated his birthday recently.
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Youngstown, D
Louis Venerose
Poriceman
Koning Valley
Civil War Vet Dead at 66 in Marion County
Elijah George Emptage aged 66, Marion County's oldest Civil War veteran, died yesterday. He served in the Union Army, with his passing marking the end of a long life tied to state history.
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Marion
Elijah George Emptage
Marion County
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