Koerner Aims To Attract Industry On City Council
Portsmouth new councilman Koerner vows no buck passing and aims to attract industry through city inducements. He argues for open sessions, thorough investigation of propositions, and government for the people while urging industrial growth via favorable water rates, low costs, and rail and river access.
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Per
Koerrer
Portsmouth
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Getry
Koerce
Portsuth
Don Marquis Dies at 58 A Pioneer in Newspapers and Playwrights
Don Marquis, famed playwright and poet creator of Old Soak Archy the Cockroach and Mehitabel the Alley Cat, died at his Forest Hills home at 58 after years-long illness. A former Washington Times and New York Sun columnist, Marquis also wrote The Lanterne column for the New York Tribune before retiring in 1922 to focus on plays and books.
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Cockroach
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Franklin P. Adams
O. O. McIntyre
Walt Mason
Bert Leston Taylor
Chicago Tribune
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Atlanta
New York Sun
Irvin S. Cobb
the Sun
Wallace Beery
The
Sun
Marquis
New York Tribune
House Relief Plan Favored By House Committee
Columbus December 29 The Senate taxation and relief committee heard opposition from utility interests to a 1 percent utility excise tax after local government and labor officials approved a $12 000 000 house relief program. The plan would reenact the tax to raise about 2 500 900 annually and aims to fund relief as of January 1 despite looming deficits and rising unemployment in cities like Cleveland Cincinnati Barberton and Montgomery County officials urged quick Senate approval.
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House
Senate
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati
Barberton
John Owens
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio
Ohio County Commissioners Association
Anton Hochevar
Belmont County
Asociation
S. G. Carr
Montgomery County
Martin L. Davey
Biggers Reports Interim Unemployment Figures For Roosevelt
John D. Biggers, unemployment census director, furnished President Roosevelt with preliminary estimates of last month's voluntary registration. He declined to reveal the figures but said the first official numbers will be announced Sunday.
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Washington
John D. Biggers
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
Omece
Legislators
Ams ‘Echner
CCC
Copia
Graft inquiry details liquor post inspector ran agency
Ohio senate committee hearings reveal Noble county man Willard Archer, a liquor department inspector since Jan 2 1936, also ran a commissioned liquor agency and drew over 12500 in salary expenses and commissions. Metzenbaum cites clear law violations and questions departmental leaders about approval. Archer claims no knowledge of proper rulings and denies improper activity. He says a personal friend Clarence Graham helped obtain the agency.
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Columbus
James Metzenbaum
Cleveland
Willard V. Archer
Belle Valley
Noble County
Metzenbaum
Senator Metzenbaum
Mr. Archer
Alfred Humphrey
J. W. Miller
Department
Weather Improves War Resumes in Spain Front
Madrid reports improved weather allowing a resumption of military activity along the Teruel front. Government forces repair flood and snow damage, strengthen positions from Huesca to Teruel, and shell targets near Funesca as insurgent defenses waver.
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Aragon
Huesca
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Tervel
Stockton Deaths From Carbon Monoxide Tragedy
The bodies of Tamakishi Shino 50 Morata 53 and another man 35 were found in a sealed room at a Stockton residence after a reunion. Police report the deaths resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning and the room’s windows were tightly closed.
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Calif
Tamakishi Shino
Omedo
Morata
McCowen Heads Buckeye Group In Ohio Education Assoc
E. O. McCowen, Scioto county schools superintendent, elected president of the Ohio Education Association at Columbus. The county beat city factions in a hot race, with 465 votes cast and a 25 vote margin. W. J. Hilty of Fayette county schools chosen vice president. L. W. Reese of Washington D. H. schools named another officer.
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E. O. McCowen
Scioto
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
McCowen
W. J. Hilty
Fayette County
L. W. Reese
Washington D. H
Books Opened for Tax Collection Due Sept. 20
County tax collector P. L. Wohler began general and classified tax collection today. He mailed statements to more than 1,750 owners of tangible and intangible property, adding a penalty against delinquent taxes.
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Paris Strikers Shut Down City In Mass Public Service Walkout
About 129 000 workers joined a general strike in Paris protesting wage cuts. Police evicted strikers from six electric plants and two gas works while mobile guards protected facilities in Puteaux. Premier Chautemps ordered an emergency cabinet session and vowed to maintain essential services.
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People's Front
Camille Cheutemps
National Congress
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Leon Blum
Edouard Daladier
Interior
Marx Dormoy
Puteaux
Congress
Dishwasher Stabs Killings Drive Oakland Frenzy
Bonifacio Aranda a 28 year old Filipino dishwasher killed three countrymen and wounded 10 others in a shooting and stabbing spree in Oakland after his wife left him. He shot his estranged wife in a cafe and fled into a barber shop as police moved to control the scene.
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Calif
Bonifacio Aranda
Mary
Aranda
Wife Divorced at 14 in Wartburg Tennessee
Alma Ruffner Honeycutt, described as an 11 year old child wife, received a final divorce today in Wartburg Tennessee ending a marriage that began when she was 14.
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Wartburg, Tenn
Alma Ruffner Honeycutt
Monthly Census Urged By Representative Fletcher
Washington dispatch reports Representative Fletcher of Ohio urged a monthly count of the unemployed to address the ongoing business recession and improve the census’ effectiveness.
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Fletcher
Ohio
Unem
Chinese Blow Up Telegraphs as Tsingtao Shuts Down
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese forces blowing up telegraph, cable and radio terminals in Tsingtao as they threaten to abandon the port. The action cuts communications, heightening tension among residents including 159 Americans still in the city. Meanwhile Japan asserts authority to extend military law into Shanghai and foreign concessions.
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Shantung
Tsingtao
Japan
Nippon
Temperatures and conditions from observer Schirrmans
Today at 11 a m temperatures reach 43 with a low near 36 and yesterday’s high 47. A year earlier on this date the high was 59 and the low 41.
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Schirrmans
New Deal Faces Critics in New Session
Washington reports say President Roosevelt backs a licensing bill for interstate corporations. Senator Norris urges renewed lobbying investigations to curb anti administration propaganda. Interior Secretary Ickes plans a radio address on government business relations.
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Congress
Norris
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Senate
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Roosevelt Plans 18 Warships Amid Global Arms Race
President Roosevelt announced plans to build two new battleships and 16 smaller ships, signaling growing concern over international conditions. He told House Appropriations Chairman Taylor that facts require the United States to recognize the world arms race and may seek further naval armament.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
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Colorado
House
New Era Arrives as Constitution Takes Effect
Dublin reports a 21 gun salute marking the end of the Irish Free State and the start of a new era as a new constitution takes effect. The city notes the historic change as Eire becomes the national designation.
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Dublin
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