School Lobby Aid May Speed Relief Money
Ohio lawmakers face a possible November special session as the strong school lobby backs funds for the foundation program. Rural legislators, prompted by urban need, shift toward need-based relief distribution with $17 million eyed for poor relief. Gov Davey plans November action to cover a $12 million foundation shortfall as boards incur interest on borrowed funds awaiting state distributions.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
House Taxation Relief Committee
State Auditor's Office
Martin L. Davey
School Foundation
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
Frost Touches Logan As River Rebounds In Hocking County
A light frost was reported in Logan today after a sharp temperature drop. The Hocking River, after reaching its highest flood stage this year Monday night, returned to within banks though backwaters linger in low fields. Crop damage occurred in river and creek bottoms, with wheat and corn stands affected by lingering water. No serious hail damage was reported in Hocking County.
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Logan
Hocking
Hocking County
Ohio Delegation Notified WPA Hospital Grant Approval
Washington reports May 25 that the President has approved Works Progress Administration projects. Athens County receives a hospital building grant of 42666 dollars as part of the distribution to Ohio. The delegation members were informed of the action and the specific funding line.
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Washington
Ohio
Works Progress Administration
Athens County
Career girl rises to stage manager in rapid rise
Miss Jacque line Paige a 20 year old Texas girl advances quickly from chorus girl to stage manager. She began in the chorus of a Lunt Fontanne show in New York and when Amphitryon 38 moved to London she was promoted to stage manager due to her evident aptitude.
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Jacqueline Paige
Miss Paige
Lunt-Fontanne
New York
Lunt
Fontanne
London
Nazi funeral honors paid to slain Sudeten Germans
The Czech deaths in a frontier shooting last Saturday sparked an international crisis as Adolf Hitler ordered funeral honors for two Sudeten Germans slain in Czechoslovakia. Reports from Dresden via Deutsches Nachrichtenburo note Czech military or police planes seen over German territory.
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Czechoslovakia
China
Spain
Berlin
Deutsches Nachtrichtenburo
DNB
Dresden
Adolf Hitler
Pope Proposes Processing Taxes to Fund Farm Benefits
Senator Pope of Idaho proposed funding an additional 212 million dollars for farm benefits by enacting processing taxes early in 1939. The extra funds were included in the relief and public works bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee after some senators argued the existing 500 million would not cover subsidies this year. Democratic Leader Barkley predicted Senate approval.
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Washington
Pope
Idaho
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Prisoner faces long term for slaying at London Prison Farm
Ernest Cessar pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the slaying of fellow prisoner Thomas D'Agostino at the London Prison Farm in London Ohio. He already served an 18 year sentence for robbery at Zanesville and now faces one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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London, O
Ernest Cessar
Ohio
Thomas D'Agostino
Toledo
London
Cessar
Zanesville
Inmate Murder Charges Set Over Alcatraz Escape
San Francisco May 25 AP two Alcatraz inmates charged with murder as prelude to possible execution in California lethal gas chamber for surviving Monday escape plot in which a guard and another convict died.
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San Francisco
California
Alcatraz Federal Prison
House Passes Wage Bill Faces Senate Fees To Compromise
The House approved a wage hour bill 314 to 97 after northern Democrats and Republicans formed a coalition. Southern Senators vowed to push for a compromise, with an independent board proposed in the Senate bill to set minimum wages and a 40 hour work week.
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House
Senate
Congress
Farmer-Laborites
Copeland pushes flood control plea with 89 Ohio projects
Senator Copeland urges $325 million for flood control and rivers and harbors work based on Army engineers’ recommendations. He lists 89 projects including a $2 million plan at Logan for a Clear Creek dam two miles north of Rockbridge. The dam would flood 1390 acres, store 42 000 acre feet, be 920 feet long and 85 feet high, about one mile from Route 33.
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Washington
Copeland
Ohio River
Army Engineers
Logan
Clear Creek
Rockbridge
Davey Expected A F L Support In Campaign
Gov Martin L Davey said he expected American Federation of Labor support in his bid for a third term opening his Cleveland campaign for Democratic renomination he touted three and a half years of office and declared I have been a lifetime friend of labor a woman interrupted with a sharp outburst before leaving the hall.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
American Federation of Labor
Labor chieftain urges backing Barkley in renomination bid
John L. Lewis as Labor's Non Partisan League chairman urged organized labor to back Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky in his renomination struggle against Gov. A B Chandler. The endorsement, announced at Lexington after a Pennsylvania ticket-selection failure, sought recognition of labor strength and assurances of no reprisals before committing to Pennsylvania nominees.
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Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Organized Labor
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
A B. Chandler
Lewis
Lexington
Pennsylvania
Ohio Supreme Court backs auditor in hospital cost case
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson in his bid to force counties to share the expense of maintaining insane residents in detention hospitals. It denied Cuyahoga County's bid to compel release of $257,270 in sales tax funds withheld to cover hospital costs. The amount was the county’s share of the January 1 distribution.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Joseph T. Ferguson
Cuyahoga County
Secret Journey Brings Secretary Ickes Young Bride
Secretary of Interior Ickes and his red haired bride, 39 years his junior, arrived in London for a whirlwind honeymoon after a secret Dublin wedding. Secrecy surrounded the ceremony, but duties likely force a swift return to Washington via Paris.
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London
Ickes
England
Dublin
Washington
Paris
Wil
End of Month Sales kick off in Logan shopping surge
Logan merchants prepared for a new End of Month Sales event designed to boost local trade. The program offers marked down quality merchandise with wide selection and low competitive prices as shoppers are urged to BUY IN LOGAN. Watch THURSDAY'S DAILY NEWS for sale bargains.
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Logan
Oust Miss Justus From OAP Position
L A Winchell removed Miss Josephine Justus as Fairfield County administrator of the pension system. Noble Coen of Lancaster named to succeed her June 1 in the 1800 a year post. Justus had been on indefinite leave since March 16 after a perjury charge tied to her father’s pension application. The charge was dropped but an information alleging misrepresentation followed.
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Columbus
Ohio grape growers push tariff in special session
In Columbus on May 25, Ohio grape growers from northern counties urged a 50 cent per gallon tariff on imported wines and out-of-state grapes to fund poor relief. Assembly members heard that cheap California wines have wrecked markets and harmed vine investments, while opponents warned of a retaliatory tax cycle.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
California
al Kalb
Ottawa
House Finance Committee
Isadore Topper
Morgan Charges TVA Directors Falsified Report
Arthur E. Morgan accused TVA directors H. A. Morgan and David E. Lillienthal of falsifying a report on negotiations for Commonwealth and Southern utilities. He outlined six charges including inaccurate reporting and mismanagement, asserting lack of candor and improper accounting in the power program.
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Washington
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
H. A. Morgan
David E. Lillienthal
TVA
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Morgan
Senate Committee
Inquiry Committee
Congress
Disabled Vets Charter Formed in Logan Post
Logan Post No. 10 of Disabled World War Veterans secured a charter at a preliminary meeting in American Legion rooms. About 15 Logan veterans attended with visitors from Pomeroy Athens and Portsmouth. W. K. Adams and A. L. Daniels led the post formation. Charter list remains open and no officers have been elected.
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Logan Post No
American Legion
Pomeroy
Athens
Portsmouth
W. K. Adams
Disabled Veterans’ Organization
A. L. Daniels
C. Wood Bowen
Scout Workers Meet Tuesday
Logan Boy and Girl Scouts sustaining membership campaign nears its $950 goal with about $90 more needed. Ed C. Paul, general chairman, says volunteers expect to complete solicitations in a few days and issue sustaining membership certificates via local Scouts. Community response described as generous and gratifying.
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Logan Boy
Chamber of Commerce
Ed C. Paul
Logan
Paul
Reserve Seats for Class Night Fete at Logan High School
Reserved seats for Class Night exercises at the Logan High School auditorium Friday will be available at the Risch Pharmacy after 6 P.M. today. Before seats are offered to the public 330 reservations will be distributed free to members of the Senior Class for the use of parents and friends.
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Logan High School
Risch Pharmacy
Judge Henderson Returns to Circleville for Court
Judge Phil A. Henderson returned to Circleville to handle court matters amid the illness of Pickaway County Common Pleas Judge Joseph W. Adkins. He also ruled yesterday in a contested divorce granting divorce to Mrs. James ODay on her cross petition.
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Phil A. Henderson
Circleville
Pickaway County
Liner Plunges Into Ravine Near Airport Tragedy
Nine men and a woman died when a United Air Lines twin engine plane crashed near Cleveland airport. Passengers included North Dakota Republican state party chairman John Brostuen returning from a Washington conference. Firemen battled hours of flames as investigators sought the cause.
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Newark
Chicago
Cleveland
John Brostuen
North Dakota
Alexander
N. D
Washington
Independence Village
Department of Commerce
Brostuen
L. Arthur Doty
Watertown
Mass
Harold
C. F. Lickel
New York
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