County Commissioners Slash Budget to Meet 1938 Cap
Scioto county officials cut December appropriations to stay under a 341,000 budget, laying off about 26 employees as the county faces a 4,000 overrun and a 13,500 cash deficit. Citizens Association commends the move as a first major step toward trimming government costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sciato County
Henry H. Eccles
Citizens’ Association of
Scioto County
Citizens’ Association
Arthur D. Lynn
Association
Sesoto County
James T. Phillips
U S to Resume Pension Grants for Ohio
The Social Security Board announced resumption of federal grants to Ohio’s 112000 old age pensioners as of November, amounting to about 1.3 million dollars. Grants were suspended in September, with October not restored while Ohio used its general fund to cover about 23 dollars per person. The board said Ohio's division of aid for the aged has made corrections and meets requirements after a dispute with Governor Martin L. Davey over administration.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Ohio
Ohio Division of Aid For the
Martin L. Davey
Bankhead Roosevelt Plot Congress Path to Relief Budget
Bankhead and Roosevelt weigh a billion dollar relief budget as Congress faces a new path for relief measures. The report notes Southern and Springs, Georgia connections as discussions unfold with December timing and political maneuvering shaping the relief plan.
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Bankhead
Roosevelt
Congress
Rail coal rate boost extended nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted an indefinite extension to temporary freight rate increases on bituminous coal. Class 1 railroads expect the hikes, ranging from 3 to 15 cents per net ton by haul length, to raise about 19.37 million dollars in 1938 revenues. The extension follows opposition from the coal commission and coal associations amid concerns over traffic reductions. Commissioner Eastman opposed continuing the Pocahontas line increases affecting Chesapeake & Ohio Norfolk & Western and Virginian.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Bituminous Coal Commission
The
Consumers’ Counsel
National Coal Association
Joseph B. Eastman
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
New Ohio House Heads Meet to Pick Speaker
Republican house members elect met in Columbus to elect in caucus officers for the new general assembly. The gathering aims to select a speaker and set leadership for the incoming Ohio House amid transition from the current session.
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Ohio House
Columbus
Republican House
That Fatal December Date's Here
Wayne Paulson writes a humorous December reflection on family rituals around Father’s month. The piece notes December’s grip on routine, from slippers by the door to Father’s cherished papers and radio programs, ending with a wry nod to Christmas and the family budget.
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Popeye
Father
Abduction reported near Oxon Hill suburb
Police and residents searched Maryland after 18 year old Mary Brown was seized by two rough dressed men and placed in a small delivery truck near their Oxon Hill home. Her sister Lucy 15 escaped and alerted authorities as the search intensified.
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Associated Press
Washington
Maryland
Mary Brown
Lucy
Mary
Oxon Hill
Daladier to Call Assembly and Seek Approval
Paris dispatch reports Premier Edouard Daladier plans to convene parliament on December 8 to obtain approval for his decree laws. He has declared a three year state of economic mobilization and anticipates support from radicals and rightist groups despite Communist and Socialist opposition following yesterday’s general strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edouard Daladier
M. Daladier
Radical-Socialist
French Crisis Deepens as Daladier Hardens Policy
Walter Lippmann analyzes the French crisis spurring an abortive protest strike and a planned cabinet meeting to decide punitive actions against labor. Daladier proclaims victory for conservatives, imposes a three year economic mobilization, and faces scattered disorders with injuries to police and officials in Toulouse and Clermont-Ferrand.
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General Confederation of Labor
M. Daladier
France
Toulouse
Clermont Farrand
Rumania Orders Purge Of Fascist Terrorists
Bucharest reports King Carol governing firmly as Romania orders a purge to erase the Iron Guard after the deaths of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 13 followers. Police are told to shoot ruthlessly anyone involved, as calm returns following the attempted prison escape.
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Bucharest
Carol
Rumania
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
M. Codreanu
Evans Taken to State Prison for Embezzlement
Richard E. Evans, former clerk of courts, was taken to the Ohio penitentiary in Columbus to serve an indefinite sentence for embezzling 400 dollars from the clerk’s office. Sheriff Earl C. Brander and Deputy Charles Pfau escorted him. The sentence, set by Judge B. F. Kimble, ranges from one to ten years, with parole board determining exact terms after evaluation and possible pending indictments.
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Richard E. Evans
Ohio Penitentiary
Earl C. Brander
Charles Pfau
Evans
Columbus
Common Pleas
B. F. Kimble
State Parole Board
Parole Board
Court orders Pike ballots guarded in contested race
Ohio supreme court directs the secretary of state to guard the impounded Pike county ballots and records in the Polk versus Smith contest for U S Representative. Only Polk and Smith and their attorneys may view the ballots as the court postpones appointing master commissioners until the candidates prepare their cases.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Pike County
U. S
James G. Polk
Emory F. Smith
Portsmouth
William J. Kennedy
Smith
Polk
Highland
Messers. Polk
Realtors Urge Taxes on Housing Projects in City
The Portsmouth real estate board urged federal housing taxes correct to fund local government for Metropolitan Housing Corp projects. In resolutions to the board of education county commissioners city council and O Y Cornell secretary the board attacked tax exemption on housing developments calling it unfair and discriminatory. It warned placing projects outside blighted areas could raise taxes to cover condemned property values and school costs while proposing sites be limited to slum or blighted areas.
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Metropolitan Housing Corp
Portsmouth Real Estate Board
Housing Corporation
Board of Education
County Commissioners
O. Y. Cornell
Flight Cost Beats Auto Trip In Midget Plane
New York December reports vaudeville flyer Johnny Jones claims his nonstop transcontinental flight from Los Angeles to Roosevelt Field cost far less than a cross country car trip. He lists gasoline and oil at 24.75 dollars, or under one cent per mile for the 2,785 mile journey, with a 30 hour 37 minute nonstop flight and a four hour rest stop noted in the record.
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New York
Johnny Jones
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Dozen Die As Freight Strikes School Bus Near Salt Lake City
A fast freight train plowed into a loaded school bus in a snowstorm near Salt Lake City killing 26 and injuring at least a dozen. The bus carried 40 to 60 students bound for Jordan High School as rescue teams evacuated bodies to mortuaries and identified victims. Authorities said the bus driver Farrel Silcox was among the injured and the caboose of the hour‑late freight struck the bus broadside, scattering bodies along the track for hundreds of feet. Emergency crews from surrounding towns rushed to aid victims and locate relatives.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Here
W. E. Speakman
The
Rio Grande & Western Railway
Sarah Bergstrom
Salt Lake General Hospital
Portsmouth
Jordan High School
R. G
Farrel Silcox
Bluffdale
Riverton
South Jordan
Crescent
Herriman
E. L. Rehmer
J. P. Ryan
New Air Route to Include Portsmouth and Cincinnati
The civil aeronautics authority approved 250000 to aid air navigation on a Washington Cincinnati route via Elkins Charleston Huntington Portsmouth. The plan includes emergency fields beacon lights radio beacons and weather teletype. Amercian Airlines may operate the service. Portsmouth Huntington delegations urged approval. city weighs airport land purchase near 500 acres.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Elkins
Charleston
Huntington
Gerald Culberson
Civic Forum Aviation Committee
Frank N. Kinskey
Arthur Bodmer
American Airlines, Inc
Air Express
New York
Chicago
Ohio truckers plan strike against WPA
Akron reports that organized owner-driver truck operators on WPA projects will join a statewide strike against competitive bidding for WPA work. Carl Hayman, newly elected secretary, announced the move after 65 representatives from across Ohio approved the action. The dispute arose about five weeks earlier over bidding conditions and contract terms imposed on truck services through WPA projects.
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Akron
WPA
Carl Hayman
Hayman
Ohio
Carl
Observer Schirrmans report on today’s 11 am agenda
An observer notes the 11 am briefing with fragmented data mentioning 38 people, a minimal temperature around 3, a maximum near 58, and several garbled terms. The readable items point to a brief, time-specific log rather than a full narrative.
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Schirrmans
Merumum Jd
Excelsior Springs Highway Lookup Highlights Local Route
A fragmented December report from Excelsior Springs outlines highway progress and related transportation notes with several incomplete phrases, referencing local roads, maintenance steps, and scheduled work. Authorities emphasize continued safety upgrades and community impact along key corridors.
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