Private Home Construction Creates Jobs
Government statisticians report idle carpenters bricklayers and other skilled workers are finding jobs in private home construction. Increased private construction draws economists attention and signals improvement in the heavy goods industry though some discouraging features remain. Statistician Isador Lubin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls building conditions very definitely on the mend.
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Washington
America
Isador Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ohio Law Act Lets Liquor Profits Fund Pensions
Ohio lawmakers moved quickly in a special session to divert 5 million dollars from state liquor profits to finance old age pensions for the remainder of the year. Governor Davey signaled support as the session included talks on funding a 20 million dollar state building program.
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Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Davey
Federal agents raid narcotic farm near Bryan
Federal agents raided a three acre narcotic weed farm near Bryan confiscating a $12000 crop described as the largest seen by officials. Six people aged 14 to 70 were arrested as investigators seek connections for distribution and plan charges of cultivating and possessing narcotics. Letters from agents and salesmen were found. no outside agency link detected. A similar farm was raided near Van Wert two weeks earlier.
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Bryan
Leroy Siders
Siders
van Wert
Woman Named First Assistant Sergeant at Arms
The Senate appointed Mrs. S. I. Gruner of Defiance as first assistant sergeant at arms to succeed her late husband. The elderly widow, who watched Senate proceedings faithfully during his term, will now maintain order in the chamber amid new duties after his death just before the adjournment.
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Columbus
Senate
S. I. Gruner
Four Ohioans Held in Counterfeit Cash Case
State police in Wellsville New York questioned four Ohioans after a bundle of counterfeit bills was tossed from a car. The suspects were Charles W. Sweeney 55 Middlefield Thomas Slattery 32 Fred Mascol 40 and his wife Marie 21 of Cleveland.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Harold L. Debrine
Charles W. Sweeney
Middlefield
Thomas Slattery
Fred Mascol
Marie
Cleveland
Budget Cuts Hit Ohio Charities Endangering 30 000 Children
A committee on child welfare told Governor Davey that drastic cuts to the Ohio division of charities would imperil care for about 30,000 dependent children. The group, representing 200 institutions, urged lawmakers to boost appropriations while noting forced salary waivers and politicized staffing.
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Ohio
Davey
Columbus
Committee On Child Welfare
Division of Charities
Charities
Margaret Allman
Eric Gibbard
St. Edmund’s
Glendale
Morgan Liner Dixie Refloated After Hurricane Grounding
The Morgan liner Dixie, a 8,100 ton luxury coastal vessel, was refloated early today after running aground on a French reef south of Miami during the Labor Day hurricane. Capt. E. W. Sundrirm reported via radio that the Dixie refloated at 1 A. M. on September 19.
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Miami
Fla
Dixie
French Reef
Florida Keys
E. W. Sundrirm
Associated Press
Warren Captures Third Band Crown
Warren Ohio boys won the National Band Championship for the third straight time at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in New Orleans. Des Moines women in red capes and white skirts won the ladies drill team title while Attleboro Mass captured the women’s drum and bugle corps trophy.
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Warren
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Des Moines
Iowa
Attleboro
Mass
Britain and Italy Parcels in the Mediterranean Tensions
British naval buildup in the Mediterranean fuels fears of an economic or naval response to Mussolini’s Italy over Ethiopia. Delegates at the League of Nations discuss a potential boycott seen as a possible act of war, while Britain faces a party split over upholding the covenant.
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Great Britain
Mediterranean
West Indies
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Labor Party
Tot of Three Amazes Court Officials in Gering
A blue eyed three year old, Mary Reichert, wowed district court officials and spectators in Gering Nebraska by swiftly answering impromptu questions on American government. Clinging to her father, she correctly replied that Byrnes is the speaker of the House and continued with other pronunciable terms.
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Gering
Nebr
Mary Reichert
George Irwin
Byrnes
Report Urges More Savings in Ohio Government
Revision of bank examination fees would raise the state commerce department income by 100000 dollars a year. The survey directed by Col C O Sherrill of Cincinnati aims to trim state operations and save 201973 dollars annually. The panel notes over 10000000 dollars in savings already outlined and hints at an old age pension law shift to align with federal social security.
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Columbus
Sherrill
State Department of Commerce
Davey
Col. C. O. Sherrill
Cincinnati
Washington
Earl J. Winter
Ohio
Flying Fort crash kills two in test flight near LA
A high line near Los Angeles municipal airport contributed to the fatal test flight of a secretly built all metal bomber. Pilot Thomas Van Stone, 32, and co pilot Dugald Blue, 26, died after a forced turn to reach a safe landing. The craft carried 1200 pounds of lead and four .30 caliber machine guns.
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Los Angeles
Municipal
Don Smith
Thomas van Stone
van Stone
Dugald Blue
East Africa War Fears Spark Tokyo Stock Boom
A conviction that war was imminent in East Africa spurred a surge on Japanese stock exchanges, boosting prices and trading activity as investors reacted to geopolitical tensions.
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Tokyo
East Africa
Lloyd George Sees War In Fortnight
In Geneva an Italian source says Mussolini may reject the League compromise. In Bradford Lloyd George warns a week or fortnight of war is possible, calling it an aggression on par with Germany’s Belgium attack. He criticizes peace makers for delays and urges action.
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Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations
Mussolini
League
Bradford
Eng
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Council For Action For Peace and Reconstruction
Germany
Belgium
Sam
Italy
Convicted Axe Slayer Seeks Appeal After Maine Murder Verdict
Mrs. Mary E. Morrill, found guilty of murdering her husband Herbert L. Morrill, faces a life sentence after a 11-1 jury verdict in Portland Maine. Her attorney Harry E. Nixon plans an appeal based on trial rulings despite the defendant showing little emotion as her son James testified about helping bury his father in the Fal mouth shack. The boy quoted his mother saying she was glad she had done it and that they would have peace.
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Portland
Mary E. Morrill
Superior Court
Harry E. Nixon
Morrill
Maine
James
Herbert L. Morrill
Falmouth
PUCO Refuses Immediate Rural Electric Rate Probe
The Ohio State Utilities Commission on Wednesday declined an immediate investigation into rural electric rates. Chairman E J Hopple cited limited personnel and funds, with Henry Ballard of the Ohio Farm Bureau pressing the case. The hearing featured Union Gas and Electric defending a two percent minimum charge near Mason Ohio as the four year contract expired. Judge John W Peck, representing the company, said growth could end the minimum charge, and the commission adjourned the hearing for a week or ten days.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio
E. J. Hopple
Henry Ballard
Ohio Farm Bureau
Union Gas and Electric Company of
Cincinnati
Mason, O
Farm Bureau
John W. Peck
Eccles Heads Banking Plan Amid New Reform
Hyde Park New York Sept 19 AP Marriner Eccles chosen by President Roosevelt to direct the new banking reform law will be first chairman of the reorganized Federal Reserve System when it takes effect next February with expanded powers. Six other board members to be named later. Eccles advocates national viewpoint monetary control and heavy government spending in bad times with tax in good years to curb debt and income excess.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Marriner
Eccles
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Man Injured After 24 Hours Exposed Along Allegheny River
Joseph Novak, 45, of Massillon, Ohio, lay in a Pittsburgh hospital in serious condition after 24 hours unobserved on the river bank. He was drenched by storms and crawled along the bank before telling police he slipped and fell, injuring his hip and leaving him unable to walk.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Novak
Massillon
Allegheny River
Novak
Ohio legislature eyed for new tax levies in special sessions
Governor Davey told a joint session that the general assembly must prepare to levy millions in new taxes as part of a threefold $34,000,000 financing program. He said a tax levy program would be the main issue in another special session planned for October or November.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Davey
House
Senate
Question at Ohio assembly ends with roar
Governor Davey faced a sharp moment as Rep. Hugh Fuller asked if the governor would submit to a question. The chamber shouted no and dissolved the session. Fuller sought to press whether the governor would implore passage of the president's rural electrification bill, which had been introduced but not acted upon.
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Columbus
Davey
Ohio General Assembly
Hugh R. Fuller
Trumbull
Fuller
Governor Outlines Special Session Budget Plans
The governor proposes moving eight million eight hundred thousand dollars in the biennial budget to align with prior vetoes. He aims to finance a twenty million dollar state building program using federal funds and to create an organization to distribute state money to counties for poor relief administration. He also plans to raise five million dollars for further needs.
Maniac Beats Third Victim in Chicago Neighborhood
Police issued a shoot to kill order as they hunted a lunatic who attacked Helen James 21 in her home with a lead-weighted whip. She was hospitalized, the third attack in the same west side area this month, as her husband Orlando was restrained before the assault.
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Chicago
Willard Malone
Helen James
Tax Collections Difficult Across Ohio Counties
A survey shows many Ohio counties struggle to collect taxes already assessed. A preliminary cross section analysis of real estate tax collections reveals a decline in the income of five of ten counties responding to the questionnaire.
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Columbus
Ohio
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