Walker Forecast as Budget Director in Roosevelt Era
Wealthy New Yorker Frank C. Walker, first director of the abolished national emergency council, is tipped to become budget director. Observers say the Bureau of the Budget would gain sweeping powers over spending policies amid Roosevelt era interpretations. A trial of John Stevenson alias John Steuben in Youngstown centers the campaign to repeal the Ohio criminal syndicalism law, linked to steel strike injuries.
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Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Bureau of the Budget
Roosevelt
Iran
John Stevenson
John Steuben
Youngstown
Steel Workers Organizing ‘Committee
American League Against War and Fascism
Stevenson
Convicts escape jail in Cleveland bank robbery chase
Three inmates led a dramatic breakout from a fourth floor cell block at Cuyahoga county jail provoking a major manhunt led by federal state and local authorities. They seized vehicles rammed a judge s car injured a civilian and fled through Cleveland downtown before one accomplice was captured in a yard and the others remained at large.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Bird Brothers
Charles
Frank
James Widmer
Bird
Widmer
Missouri
Charles . Bird
Emil Harpier
Charles Bird
Central Police Station
Louis Petrasch
Bertha Tober
Judge Petrash
Slapik
Ohio Single-House Plan Endorsed by State Leader
Columbus reports that Teague announced today the Ohio Single-House Legislature plan has been endorsed by the majority of members. The proposal calls for a one-house legislature with not more than 100 members.
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Columbus
Ohio
Teague
Mgta
Co ed Barbara Martin Found Dead in Madison Dorm
Barbara Martin an 18 year old University of Wisconsin student from Birmingham Michigan was found dead in her dormitory room after last being seen at a campus dance with friends Madison police pursue the mystery awaiting further details from investigators.
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Barbara Martin
University of Wisconsin
Birmingham
Mich
Madison Police
Miss Martin
One Week To Buy Ohio Drivers Licenses
Ohio motorists have seven days to obtain the 1937 38 driver's license or face arrest. Licenses cost 40 cents and are issued by 1700 deputy registrars statewide. Penalties include a $500 fine or 30 days in jail for driving without a license and one to ten years for falsifying information on the application.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Frank West
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
West
AFL SNUBS PERKINS AT HISTORIC CONVENTION
Washington dispatch reports that on September 23 the American Federation of Labor for the first time failed to invite Secretary Perkins to its annual convention. The omission marks a historic break in AFL relations with the cabinet official.
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AFL
Perkins
Washington
American Federation of Labor
City Street Improvement Project To Begin Sept 29
Hocking County WPA Engineer Ed Collins announced a city wide consolidated street improvement project will start Wednesday Sept 29. Initial work focuses on draining and resurfacing alleys within Main Market Hunter Mulberry streets as preparations for paving Wood and Church Streets proceed.
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Hocking County
WPA
Ed Collins
Consolidated
Main, Market, Hunter and Mulberry Sts
Church Sts
Wood St
Church
Third
Church St
Wood
Gallagher Ave
Hunter
O. d . Mulberry St
Spring St
W. Second St
High
Collins
Nurse Bertha Madlener's Car Hit by Stray Bullet
Hocking County health nurse Bertha Madlener was driving on Route 31 near Enterprise when a stray bullet struck her car as two speeding vehicles approached from the north. Police Chief Lew Reynolds and Patrolman Jack Evans chased the cars from the western city limit but did not close in.
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Bertha Madlener
Hocking County
Enterprise
Miss Madlener
Lew Reynolds
Jack Evans
Route
Legionnaires ready to name national chief
Delegates at the American Legion convention in New York chose a national commander and chaplain as debates turned to a peace program. Daniel Doherty of Boston led over four rivals for commander, while Ray Kelly of Detroit vied in a late bid. Mrs. Malcolm Douglas of Seattle won the auxiliary presidency after her opponent withdrew.
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New York
American Legion
France
Malcolm ‘Douglas
Seattle
Washington
American Legion Auxiliary
A. H. Hoffman
Des Moines
Iowa
Daniel Doherty
Boston
Harry Colmery
Topeka
Kas
Ray Kelly
Corporation Counsel
Detroit
Chaplain
Berence
Martins Ferry
Gorman Named to Ohio Supreme Court Vacancy
Common Pleas Judge Robert N. Gorman of Cincinnati was named by Gov. Martin L. Davey to fill the Ohio Supreme Court vacancy. The appointment follows the death of Judge Thomas A. Jones after J. D. Barnes declined the seat. The post pays $12,000 yearly and a successor for Judge Jones will be elected in November 1938.
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Columbus, O
Common Pleas
Robert N. Gorman
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Coshocton
Akron
Gorman
Common Pleas Court
Thomas A. Jones
J. D. Barnes
Sidney
Barnes
Second District Appellate Court
Supreme Court
Jones
Roosevelt Western Trip En Route to Seattle
President Roosevelt travels by private car aboard the Roosevelt train en route to Seattle for a cross country tour. The itinerary includes limited stops with planned rear platform appearances at Cheyenne and Wendover and a Casper stop, linking with Democratic opponents on court reorganization proposals.
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Roosevelt
Seattle
Midwest
Cheyenne
O'Mahoney
Supreme Court
Denhardt's Lawyer Threatened as Slaying Case Moves
Bowling Green attorney Rodes K. Myers, present with Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt when he was shot in Shelbyville, reported three threatening letters. Authorities push ahead with the examining trial for brothers Jack Roy and E S Garr amid stated self defense pleas and bond denials.
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Bowling Green
Henry H. Denhardt
Kentucky
Rodes K. Myers
Denhardt
Petrel
Shelbyville
Jack
Roy
E. S. Garr
Roy Garr
Shelby County
H. F. Walters
Governor Davey Plans OSU Football Games This Fall
Governor Martin L. Davey said he intends to attend some Ohio State University football games this fall after restoring friendly terms with university officials. He had avoided games in the prior two seasons due to a dispute over appropriations.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Martin L. Davey
Would You Think This Man Could Be A Killer
A London dentist Tim Kennedy appears respectable but hides a ruthless plan to murder his wife after an accident leaves his life unsettled. The story unfolds as 48 chapters and 30 illustrations of Dead Reckoning begin on page 1-B in the Logan Daily News.
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Logan Daily News
Ogg & Beasley, Logan
Hocking’ Valley
Tim Kennedy
London
City Lawyers Push to Question 14 Witnesses in Gas Rate Hearing
City attorneys press to cross examine 14 Ohio Fuel Gas Co witnesses as Columbus rate ordinance hearing risks delay. Wittmer testified on leasehold valuations and rock pressure, while Logan and 11 other cities await a state gate rate to set local pricing.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell
Brest
Vines
Commission
Wittmers
George Wittmer, Jr
Pittsburgh
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Hocking County
Logan
Ohio Fuel
Chamber of Commerce
Bombs Rain on Chinese Cities Nanking and Canton
Japanese air force attacked Nanking and Canton amid U.S. protests. Thirty planes hit Nanking, destroying buildings and causing more deaths. Canton endured even greater devastation. residents received a half hour warning before the bombardment.
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Nanking
Canton
United States
Cantin
WPA Official to Hear Job Queries in Hocking County
Beginning Friday October 1 a representative of the district WPA office at Athens will come to the Hocking County WPA office on the first and third Fridays of each month to deal with local problems. The district official will meet residents and discuss employment issues and project needs.
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WPA
Athens
Hocking County
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Hjalmar Schacht
Walter Funk
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Dr. Schacht
Theodore Slipik
Alcatraz
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Logan Trading Area
Daily News Office
Legionnaires
High Court
Wendover
Wyo
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Schwartz
Si Os
Fifth Avenue
Commonwealth
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