Deadlock on Sales Tax and Budget Delays Adjournment
In Columbus the fight over sales tax and revised appropriations bills stalls as Governor Davey threatens vetoes. Lawmakers clash over restoration of funds, with committee shuffles reflecting partisan tension and potential delays before a holiday recess.
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Columbus
Davey
House
Senate
House Democratic
Frank Vible
Cleveland
Julian W. Schweller
Putnam County
House Finance Committee
Hie
J. Freer Bittinger
Oven
Lloyds Plan Defeated in Ohio Tax Debate
Columbus dec 13 conferees rejected a move by Senator Lloyd of Portsmouth to include taxation provisions for school foundation funds. Lloyd warned the sales tax and relief plan would cut $10,000,000 from $48,000,000 slated for schools under the foundation scheme. Senator Handley of Cincinnati opposed it, saying it would disrupt the tax structure and delay adjournment.
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Columbus
Lloyd
Portsmouth
Trawler-Neifer Foundation
Handley
Cincinnati
Traffic Drive Causes Injuries In Portsmouth Surface Incident
Police report in Portsmouth describe injuries in a traffic incident along Second and Chilli where 45 year old Givnn of Gallia Boston sustained minor injuries after a car struck him during a right turn. Keefe and a 16 year old cyclist were also involved. all were taken for medical attention with minor injuries noted.
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Givnn
Gallia
Boston
Aon
Chilli
James Donaldson
Kinney’s Lane
Actress Sentenced for Drunken Driving in Angeles
Judge Burnell sentenced Dorothy, a blond 20 year old, to six months in the county jail for drunken driving in Angeles.
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Ctress
Angeles
Burnell
Dorothy
Dates fixed for welfare drive in Portsmouth 1936
The Portsmouth Welfare Association set January 6 to February 8 for its 1936 campaign with a likely early February solicitation. John F. Johnney named a headquarters committee led by Dr. O D Donaldson, assisted by Dr. O Keselring and Lawrence Wagner. Charles N. Barr of American City Bureau to begin campaign organization January 6.
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Portsmouth Wellfare Association
Association
John F. Johnney
O. D. Donaldson
O. Keselring
Lawrence Wagner
Charles N. Barr
American City Bureau
Portsmouth
Welfare Association
Bureau of Community Service
H. H. Higgins
Ohio Power Co
Husky Harry Finds Answering Fan Mail Delays His Knitting
Milwaukee dispatch notes Harry Haberman known as tatting bartender at a Wauwatosa tavern dealing with fan letters about his needlework. Requests arrive from towns coast to coast, with plans from a widow in Arizona and a New York club offer. He worries mail interruptions will delay his Christmas bedspread, a two year project now nearly one quarter done and valued at about 1500 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Harry Haberman
Harry
Wauwatosa
West Boylston
Mass
Frenso
Calif
Reading
McMinville
Ore
Cleveland
Miami
Arizona
New York
Postal Offices Swept By Fire In Washington
The $8,000,000 post office on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House suffered an interior fire that burned through early morning hours. Firemen battled smoke and flames, dozens were overcome, and many filing cabinets and office fixtures were destroyed. Officials checked for lost records. no damage estimate was released. The blaze started on the sixth floor in rooms storing general accounting files, thought to be old and not valuable.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Theapital
Striking Students Return to Troy Schools
Striking Milton Union students resumed classes in the district after a week long walkout over a transfer order. The state department of education condemned the Milton Union buildings and ordered closure. Parents petitioned the Miami school board to transfer the territory to Montgomery and Darke counties.
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Milton-Union
State Department of Education
Milton Union
Miami School Board
Montgomery
Darke
Temperature report from Schirrman observers
The report lists today at 11 am 35 degrees with a 32 degree low. Yesterday’s maximum reached 45 degrees. A year ago today the high was 42 and the low 32.
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Schirrman
Stadium and City Garage Projects Win Approval
Washington approved PWA funds for the municipal stadium and city garage despite cuts to Scioto county WPA allocations. The city plans a stadium cost of 99,113 with the government at 80,575 and city materials 11,000, while the garage totals 354,766 with government 24,884 and city materials 7,623. District WPA officials revised local plans, selecting projects that can be 75 percent complete by March 15 and allowing 75 percent absorption of local employables.
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Washington
Comptroller General
PWA
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Frank Sheehan
Columbus
Chillicothe
WPA
John P. Graham
District 11
Ohio
Zuercher
Japanese Troops Enter Kalgan Gate City Quietly
A small detachment of Japanese troops entered Kalgan in Chahar Province early today as the populace and Chinese soldiers looked on in silence. No shots were fired and no protests occurred.
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Kalgan
Chahar Province
China
Peace Offer Would Part In Ethiopia
A public notice style text discusses superstition Friday the 13th and a calendar survey predicting bad luck days in March and November. It recalls Louise Boyce’s 1924 wedding, a chain of personal misfortunes, and various legal issues tied to her husband Thomas L. Boyce. It also reports Ohio education official Edward N. Dietrich running out of gas in a snow storm and continuing to drive without lights.
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United States
DT Percert
Louise Boyce
Thomas L. Boyce
Columbus
Ohio
Edward N. Dietrich
Mr. Dietrich
Plan For Peace In Africa Meets Opposition In League
The Franco British peace plan for Italy and Ethiopia would grant Italy control over two thirds of Ethiopia including Tigre and the Somaliland frontier. Emperor Haile Selassie urged a special League assembly as Britain and France face opposition. Rebels threaten over the plan as Dessye reports Italian posts attacked and seven soldiers killed.
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Ethiopia
Rome
Tigre
Somaliland
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
League Assembly
League
Mussolini
East Africa
House of Commons
Geneva
Dessye
Addis Ababa
Deaba
Makale
Samuel Hoare
Pierre Laval
France
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
League Council
Committee of 18
Pope Pius
Poland
Austria
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
London
Landon Informed On Ohio Primary Details
Secretary of State Myers sent Ohio primary requirements to Governor Alfred Landon of Kansas. The information, requested through Harry M. Daugherty, notes Landon can file as a candidate himself or via a friend. Ohio Republicans recently pledged a favorite son or uninstructed delegation to the national convention.
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Columbus
Myers
Alfred Landon
Kansas
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Landon
Ohio Resi
Dent
Daugherty
Southeastern Conference approves subsidies for athletic ability
The Southeastern Conference voted 11 to 2 to amend its by laws to allow financial assistance to athletes. The move is read as official sanction of subsidizing athletic ability in determining student aid, loans, scholarships, and remunerative job appointments.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Conference
Portsmouth 30th In Traffic Fatalities In 55 U.S. Cities
Portsmouth ranks 30th for the first ten months of 1935 in traffic deaths among 55 cities in tabulations by the National Safety Council. Through Nov 1 four fatalities yielded a death rate of 11.0 per 100 000. 1934 had six deaths. Central Falls R I and Burlington Vt led with no deaths to Nov 1. Portsmouth is the only Onbio city in the NSC campaign. officials push safety principles to reduce deaths and aim for the lead.
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U. S
Citizens’ Safety Council
United States
National Safety Council
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R. L
Burlington
Everett
Mass
Muskegon Heights
Mich
Oshkosh
Wis
Newport News
Japan broadens naval plan to include five powers
London dispatch reports Japan's delegation at an international naval conference shifts demand from three to five powers, seeking upper tonnage limits. France and Italy oppose the broadened scope, but discussions continue with hopes for a compromise to replace the Washington and London treaties expiring in 1956.
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Japan
France
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Ironton Boy Dies Of Burns In Abandoned Store Fire
David Ullrich, 9, died of burns after an explosion sparked by a gasoline fire in an abandoned store at Sixth and Mill. His brother Kent, 14, and playmate Thomas Cloran, 13, were listed in serious condition at a hospital. Carpenter Carl Hoertel, 24, found them unconscious, entering through a basement grate as smoke poured from the boarded building.
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David Ulrich
Harrys Ullrich
Kent Ulrich
Thomas Cloran
Sixth and
Mill Streets
Ullrich
Marting Hospital
Carl Hoertel
Hoertel
U S. Puts Liggett Murder Probe Back to Minnesota
Attorney General Cummings refused to take over the Walter Liggett murder inquiry, telling Governor Olson the federal government will not assume the investigation. He offered federal lab facilities and records but said enforcement remains with the states and local communities.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Cummings
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Justice Department
Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
Roosevelt to seek extension of neutrality law
President Roosevelt announced plans to propose a continuation of the temporary neutrality law when Congress reconvenes, noting the current act expires next February. He indicated a full proposal would take a couple of weeks to finalize and discussed navy reserve expansion to about 150,000 across all classes, a goal to be realized over many years. He said current reserves number roughly 22,000 to 25,000 and did not discuss the London naval limitations conference.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Navy
Drivers License Bill Signed By Governor in Ohio
Columbus reports Governor Davey signed the drivers license bill, taking effect October 1, with officials forecasting a 15 percent drop in traffic fatalities. The measure follows the motorist financial responsibility law and has already suspended driving privileges for 321 people. After Oct 1, motorists must obtain a permit under 40 cents, with disqualifications for habitual drunkards and others unable to understand highway signs.
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Columbus
Handleyv-Kane
Davey
Automobile Association
PWA WPA Workers Battle in Cincinnati
Two African American men faced arraignment on a cutting-to-kill charge amid a clash between PWA and WPA workers. The confrontation arose as PWA workers ignored WPA orders to slow vehicles near road repairs, leaving a score or more injured from the melee.
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Cincinnati
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
PWA
WPA
Two Men Die In Gasoline Spark Explosion Near Conneaut
In Conneaut Ohio a pump house on U.S. Steel property exploded when a spark ignited gasoline. Electricians Raymond Meinke aged 45 and Del Webb aged 49 were killed while repairing electrical equipment. Meinke’s body was found in wrecked roof debris and Webb’s beneath the collapsed floor.
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U. S. Steel Corp
Here
Raymond Meinke
del Webb
Meinke
Webb
Santa and the Iron Queen shows at The Times
The Times presents Sigrid Arne’s annual Christmas story Santa and the Iron Queen. A delightful tale of St. Nick, fairies, and Christmas for young readers. Parents can read it aloud to younger children, with the first installment featured.
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