State liquor control plan sparks debate in Ohio
Ohio officials draft taxation oriented liquor control proposal proposing state monopoly on package sales and on drinks in hotels and clubs. Critics label plan a political machine and a return to temperance era saloons while Governor White backs social control.
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Associated Press
Columbus
P. McNaught
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
White
McNaught
Wets
Senio
Dargusch
Tax Commission
John W. Bricker
Hhe
Wrusth
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Utah
Annnally
Cash payroll made possible by transfers in county funds
In Gallipolis W R White reports that in plea court this Friday a transfer of 30 000 from the county road and bridge fund to the county general fund will enable cash payroll. Commissioners say a possible county scrip this year remains under consideration. projected road fund balance at year end is 18 000 with general funds exhausted and authority sought to pay current bills.
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W. R. White
Gallipolis
Mon Pleas Court
Heral Fond
Weather report fragment from Temperatures Observer
An aide notes today at 11 a m forecast for high and low temperatures with yesterday’s maximum. The text is garbled but indicates a routine daily weather observation with incomplete values.
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Lchirrman
Arads
Minimum wage chieftain Mrs. McGowan dies in Canton
Mrs Josephine McGowan 47 of Canton Ohio a leader in wage reform and Democratic politics died after an appendicitis operation Complications caused her death She was a delegate elect to the state constitutional convention and a friend of President Roosevelt and Alfred E Smith Surviving are her husband Frank McGowan her mother Mrs James W Sturgess a sister and a niece Funeral services are set for 10 am Monday at St Johns Canton with burial there
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Associated Press
Columbus
Josephine McGowan
Canton
Ohio
McCowan
Roosevelt
Alfred 8. Smith
New York
Democratic Party
Ohio Democracy
Atlee Pomerene
U. S
George White
Harry Moughlin
Eie Ces
McGowan
Frank McGowan
State Board of Real Estate Examiners
T. H. Roxbury
James W. Sturgess
Richard J. Vorwerk
Akron
R B Mellon 75 Dies In Pittsburgh Bank Leader
R B Mellon president of the Mellon National Bank and brother of Andrew Mellon died at age 75 in Pittsburgh after a month of ill health. He passed away at 5 19 a m at his home with wife Jennie King Mellon son Richard K Mellon and daughter Sarah Cordelia Scaife at his side. He helped build the Mellon business empire and led numerous enterprises.
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Pittsburgh
R. B. Mellon
Mellon National Bank
Andrew Mellon
Jennie King Mellon
Richard K. Mellon
Sarah Cordelia Scaife
Richard Beatty Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Mellon Bank
More Than A Score Enterprises
Women Get GWA Jobs in Youngstown Project
The first government civil works project to employ women begins in Youngstown today approved by Harry L. Hopkins. The effort funds a traffic counting operation linked to a campaign against automobile accidents. Police arrest 70 Communists in Bielefeld on high treason charges. alleged in Westphalia, large quantities of printed Piegal material seized.
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Youngstown
Prgram
Harry L. Hopkins
Bielefeld
Germany
Westphalia
City Plans CWA Works Boost and Pay Increases
Scioto county relief commission and the civil works administration tentatively approved six city projects submitted by New Boston and scioto county to employ about 208 workers for roughly 42 days. Unskilled laborers would earn 50 cents per hour and skilled workers 60 cents, with a 30 hour week boosting pay from 12 to 15 dollars. The plan covers road, street and school building improvements totaling about 47 200 dollars, including paving bricks and salvaged material.
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CWA
Scioto County Relief Commission
Civil Works Administration Commission
County
City
New Boston
City New Board
Artes Alent
Frank Isstry
Bahner Road
Sciotoville
Garfield Place
Robinson Avenue
Offnere
Young Streets
Ninth Street
Chillicothe
Offnere Street
Kinney's Lane
Scioto Trail
Waller Street
Eleventh Street
Kinney’s Lane
Sheehan
Wesley P. Ridenour
King Ridenour
Douglas Bowling
New Bos
Gunman kills Ohio gambler at Portage County store
In Ravenna Ohio Joseph Audino a 49 year old bootlegger and gambler known as Portage county's big shot was shot in his small store by a short swarthy man who delivered a telegram that proved to be five bullets hitting Audino in the torso and head as his wife Victoria and three customers watched in horror. The killer fled unidentified.
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Associated Press
Ravenna
Joseph Audino
Portage County
Audino
Victoria
Smith and Ickes Clash Over Civil Works Plan
Editorials in New Outlook and statements from Harold Ickes sparked a sharp exchange as Al Smith denounced the $400 million Civil Works Administration as a failure and bureaucratic, while Ickes rebutted that Smith nourishes a grudge and warned against misjudging the program. He asserted the administration has functioned efficiently and will endure the criticism.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Public Works Administration
Harold L. Ickes
Smith
New York
New Outlook
PWA
Interior
Civil Works Administration
Zeka
Liquor Import Quotas Set On Prewar Basis
The executive policy committee from four government departments set four month liquor import quotas using the 1910-14 average per country to avoid dumping foreign surplus. Officials from State Commerce Agriculture Treasury, with Secretary Wallace involved, plan effective repeal next Tuesday.
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Washington
Executive Commercial Policy Committee
State, Commerce and Agriculture Department
The
Treasury
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Clarke Built Fortune From Movie Stake To65 Million
Senate stock market committee records show Harley L. Clarke turned a small $1 million stake in movies into a $65 million paper fortune in five years. He started as a Chicago utilities operator with a projector maker background and grew through stock exchanges and investments amid corporate dealings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Stock Market Committee
Harley L. Clarke
Clarke
Chicago
Panies
Senate
Governors urged instant convention to curb mob rule
Post No 423 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sent telegrams to President Roosevelt and Gov. George White urging an immediate convention of state governors to take action to suppress mob rule.
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Youngstown
Roosevelt
George White
Patterson awaits verdict in Scottsboro case in Alabama
Morgan county jury deliberates for a third time in the Patterson case among seven Negro defendants charged with attacking a white woman. Judge Callahan warns of reasonable doubt and outlines possible outcomes including death or 10 years to life if guilty. Deliberations resume after a brief acquittal instruction confusion.
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Associated Press
Decatur
Ala
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Alabama
W. W. Callahan
Morgan County
Callahan
Samuel 8. Leibowitz
International Labor Defense
Patterson Pone
Storm Drowns Seventeen in Samsun Area
A severe Black Sea coast storm around Samsun caused seventeen deaths and about 150 missing. Destruction included 57 boats sunk and large parts of the city flooded with many houses leveled. Damages reached roughly 225000 dollars as waves battered the coast systemwide.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Samsun
Black Sea
Icebound Vessel Faces Abandonment Near North Pole
The icebreaker Cheliuskin with 51 crew under Prof Otto Schmidt and 17 passengers including five women and a child sails from Murmansk Aug 10 to relieve scientists on Davidoff. Landing provisions and fuel underway as heavy floe damage prompts readiness to abandon if needed.
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Cheliuskin
Murmansk
Otto Schmidt
Davidoff
Sean Oe Fatee
Chamber of Commerce Faces Closure as Manager Quits
Vaughn A. Talbott, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce manager, resigns effective immediately and warns the business center may close unless reorganization occurs. Esther Reeg, the secretary, also resigns as funds vanish. about 12 000 is impounded in building and loan accounts. Mark Selby, president, was unavailable for comment.
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Vaughn A. Talbott
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Talbott
Mark Selby
Esther Reeg
Chamber of Commerce
Reeg
Selly
Orgation
Selby
Insanity Plea Not Considered in Wynekoop Case
Chicago Dec 1 Dr Alice Wynekoop accused of murdering her daughter in law Rheta rejects any insanity defense. Attorney Frank Tyrrell says such a plea is far from her mind and a dignified woman would not taint her family. Wynekoop plans to stay jailed to recover health while bond is reconsidered. The state weighs what to do about her son Earle tied to a separate death mystery.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Alice
Wynekoop
Tyrrell
Earle
Coal For Poor To Be Bought By Federal Relief
The Federal Surplus Relief Corp plans to purchase ten million tons of coal for unemployed families. Harry L. Hopkins announced that three million tons will be bituminous coal and part of the remainder anthracite will be acquired, under efforts to aid needy workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corp
Harry L. Hopkins
Anthracite Institute
Strike Clash at Pier as Police Repel 500+ Longshoremen
In December 1 issue Enelot Ren notes police including tear gas squad repelled an assault by more than 500 striking longshoremen trying to break through lines around a vessel unloading at its pier by non union workers. The demonstration escalated with a push toward the unloading area but officers held the line.
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Enelot Ren Wene
Johnson would impose labor codes on telephone and aluminum
NRA administrator Hugh S. Johnson said if needed he would impose codes with labor provisions on the telephone and aluminum industries. He noted Aluminum Company of America resisted fair trade terms, and claimed CAO control of 80 percent of the market complicates voluntary code adoption. He indicated labor representation on code authorities may occur.
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Johnson
Associated Press
Washington
Hugh
NRA
A. T
Aluminum Company of America
Touhy Hoodlum Hangs Self in Ramsey Jail
Willie Sharkey, alleged Chicago gangster and member of the Touhy gang, hanged himself with his necktie in a Ramsey County jail cell. Sheriff Moeller said the death occurred around 5 to 6 a.m. during hourly rounds as Roger Touhy and two aides remained confined in other parts of the jail. The four Hamm kidnapping defendants had been acquitted in federal court.
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Paul
Willie Sharkey
Chicago
Ramsey County
Sharkey
Touhy
Roger Touby
Federal District Court
Wiliam Hamm Jr
Brewer
George H. Moeller
Roger Touhy
Eddie
McFadden
Guntay
Gus” Shafer
Hamm K
Cleveland Pilot Sets New UAL Flight Time Record
Bobb Dawson, United Air Lines pilot, previously held the fastest hours, but Sidney Nelson from United Air Lines beat him by flying Cleveland to New York in one hour 42 minutes, setting a new time record for the route.
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Cleveland
Bobb Dawson
United Air Lines
Sidney Nelson
Dawson
New York
Government used small portion of $50 million gold fund
Senator Borah demands monetization of silver as reports show the government used only a fraction of its 50 million gold buying fund during over a month of operations. Figures on the corporation’s outlay for domestic mine metal and gold bought abroad were not released.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Reconstruction Corporation
Government gold price hits new high of 34.01 an ounce
The government gold price rose to 34.01 per ounce in Washington on December 1, up eight cents from the previous day. The gain marks a 25 cent increase over the last three business days as the dollar and government bonds showed strength amid rising reconstruction corporation quotations.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Debate on Gold Policy and Monetary Reform Forecast
Officials and labor leaders weighed the impact of the gold price policy with critics arguing the dollar’s value and inflation money hinder business. Senator Borah urged silver bloc goals, Warburg favored a modernized gold standard, while some officials noted calmer foreign dollar fluctuations after the gold price move and a shift in attitude toward Roosevelt policy.
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American Federation of Labor
Senator Borah
Belt
James P. Warburg
Newark
Warburg
Borah
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Resumes Vacation as Critics Receive Jibe
President Roosevelt resumed his vacation at Warm Springs Georgia after a jab at monetary critics during a college night party. The brief social event featured a magician and light entertainment as the president relaxed from public duties.
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Associated Press
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
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