Subcommittee Drawn To Craft Ohio Tax Plan
In Columbus on June 2, Rep. William M. Goodwin named a three member subcommittee to draft a tentative tax program. Members Richard Douglas Amy O Neil and James Roberts split on sales tax support, with opposition warned to resist a forced levy. The panel must report to the house by Tuesday amid doubts over administration plans and potential consent from Senate tax leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Wiliam M. Goodwin
House Taxation Committee
Richard Douglas
Cuyahoga County
Amy O'Neil
Summit County
James Roberts
Stark
Goodwin
House
Convicts Flee Posse in Fighting Near Jay
Sheriff reports a running battle 20 miles south of Jay as a group believed to be Kansas vets fled after a pursuit by a Crawford County posse led by Sheriff Carl Curtis. No injuries reported. officers pressed the search into remote areas near Siloam Springs.
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Okla
Carl Curtis
Delaware County
Kansas
Jay
Dee Watters
Sherff Curtis
Seon
Watters
Ely
As Ark
Curtis
Siloam Springs
Chetsy
Joie
Tadley Ape Mystery Puzzles Local Residents
Fragments from an unclear report hint at a strange incident involving Tadley and an ape like figure. Police and witnesses are unnamed, with details sparse and dates absent, leaving residents curious about the unusual event.
New Tax Plan Up for Action in Senate Committee
Washington June 2 A complete substitute for the house plan of taxation to finance the 3 390 000 000 public works section of the industrial recovery bill was laid before the senate finance committee by Chairman Harrison. The plan strengthens existing law against private bankers and partnerships and raises revenue from a one tenth of one percent capital stock tax and a half cent per gallon gasoline tax among other provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Merger Sought in Ohio Offices
A bill to reorganize state government to cut duplications and reduce state employes goes to the senate floor with a favorable report but most Judiciary Committee members reserve the right to oppose it on the floor. The plan modeled after Indiana would require a survey of all departments to eliminate overlapping functions and could transfer the state library to a state university for broader departmental use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Aepee
Earl Lewis
Belmont County
Gov White appoints OSU president to coal wage board
Gov George White named George W. Rightmire president of Ohio State University to the coal wage board of arbitration. Roosevelt will name a second member and the two will pick the third. The board will establish a new wage scale for miners in southern Ohio bituminous fields to supersede the expired pay rate agreement. Miners in the various fields are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George White
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Coal Wage Board of Arbitration
Roosevelt
Arbitration Board
Ohio
State Budget Near Ready After Sharp Legislative Battle
Columbus June 2 A balanced budget will be presented to the house Tuesday by the finance committee. The appropriation bill totaling about 40 million for the next two years was completed after defeating amendments to cut funds for Bowling Green state normal college and the state prohibition department. The proposal exceeds Bevis guidance by 1.5 million and includes increases in welfare food maintenance, board of control, and city enforcement department allocations.
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Prohibition Department
Associated Press
Columbus
House of Representatives
Bowling Green State Normal College
State Prohibition Department
Howard L. Bevis
Bevis
Board of Control
New Ohio Schools Bill Retains Equalization Aims
A new Ohio schools bill ready for House action would guarantee a state wide equalization of education costs with a $17 per elementary student and $29 per high school student state fund. Local three mill levies would add about $35 to grade and $60 to high school bills. the state would cover shortfalls. County wide authority and state supervision over county boards are removed. salaries for teachers drop from $800 to $600 though not mandatory. Savings projected at $500,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
County Boards of Education
Regular House
Boards of Education
Glass measure in final stage advances in Congress
Washington June 2 The government faces eight days before adjournment as conferences and committees finish work. The Glass bank bill to reorganize the federal employment system to aid states won House approval and goes back to the Senate for minor revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presse
Washington
House
Senate
Hawks On Flight Across Hawks On Flight Across
Fragmentary sports note describes a flight or travel by a team or group, mentioning locations and speeds. Readable pieces reference Hawks and a field or stadium, with scattered words suggesting an athletics context and travel progress.
Valley School Tax Leads to Muddle in County
Auditor H H Eccles seeks state examiner help over misrecorded Valley district growth since 1926. Morgan and Rush township portions joined Valley district were taxed at different rates than required, affecting seven years of levies and potentially creating back taxes for property owners.
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Eccles
Valley
Morgan
Rush
H. H. Eccles
State Tax Commission
Jefferson Township
Morgan Township
Rush Township
Valley Township
Jefferson Townships
Valley District
Morgan Townships
Valley School
U S Accepts Arms Control Step in Geneva
The United States, at the world arms parity, signaled willingness to accept part of a global supervision plan. Norman H. Davis stated Washington adopts the French proposal for automatic supervision while not committing to enforce penalties against violating nations.
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Geneva
United States
Washington
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
America
League of Nations
League
Tinkham Asks Davis Recall Over Duped Dealings
Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts charged Norman H. Davis, the United States delegate at Geneva, with duplicity and fraud and urged his recall. He cited two U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, finding Davis liable for violating fiduciary duty and taking secret profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Geneva
Associated Press
Washington
Tinkham
R.-Mass
House
Norman H. Davis
United States
Geneva
Treadway
Davis
Northern Coals Inc Gets State Approval
In Columbus the Sesortated Frees grants Northern Coals Inc approval for the qualification of 5,000 shares of common stock to be sold to prospects.
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Northern Coals, Inc
Columbus
Woman Declines Marriage Over Missing License Dollar
In Pittsburgh a woman waited at the marriage license bureau after the groom left to fetch another dollar. She informed clerk Edgar Howe she would not marry a man unable to pay the $2 license fee and left, telling him to relay her change of mind when he returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pittsburgh
Edgar Howe
Howe
Kidnapping Mystery Baffles Cincinnati Police
Police in Cincinnati investigate the disappearance of five weeks old Pansy Sneed after a woman posing as a nurse took the infant. Reports say a similar audacious ruse occurred with a boy in Hamilton and another nurselike visitor left money and a false note from "Dr. MacEverett" claiming the baby was in danger and being taken to a non existent Springdale nursery.
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Cincinnati
Pansy Sneed
John Sneed
Hamilton
Sneed
Ohio River
Pansy
Policeman Struck by Object and Tire Incident
Patrolman Charles Moore was struck in the eye by a flying object while testing a house window. He later kicked an automobile tire in the police garage, causing the tire to blow out and knock him over.
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The
Associated Press
Baltimore
Charles Moore
Parole Granted for Former Municipal Court Clerk
Marguerite A Clark Tidd, once a municipal court clerk from Maryeville reformatory for women, is released on parole effective Thursday after a May 2 grant by the state board of parole and pardon following her October 3, 1961 conviction for embezzlement at the Cre ana court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite A Clark Tidd
Maryeville Reformatory For Women
Mre
Tidd
State Board of Parole and
Perdon
Em Nansen
Ana
Supreme Court
Investigators Selected For County Relief Work
Ten special investigators were tentatively chosen by the county advisory relief committee to serve in township duties. They will be offered $4 a day and must furnish their own transportation, with the chief post to be filled later from among them on a merit basis. Names and townships of the selected investigators include Rodney Harwood Washington Township and Charles Anderson Rush and Union townships.
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County Advisory Relief Committee
Leonard Henninger
Relef
Athens County
Commission
Henninger
Powellsville
State Relief Department
Athens
Rodney Harwood
Coles Park
Washington Township
Charles Anderson
Galena Pike
Rush
Union Townships
Name Davis
Esta Davis
Otway
Barden
Morgan
Oscar Burton
Bloom
Arthur G
Jack) Nolder
Buena Vista
Mechanic
Nile
Brush Creek
Carl Seth
Long Run
Clay Township
O. Franklin
Lucasville
Valley
Jefferson
Isaac
Ike) Ferguson
Wheelersburg
Porter Township
Earl Jones
Green Township
Green
Vernon
David M. Bennett
Minford
Farmer
Madison
Harrison
Limit Put on Veteran Cuts Stirs Senate Action
Washington June 2 The senate resumed work on the independent offices bill as Senator Byrnes announced support for the Cutting amendment which caps service connected veteran disability compensation cuts at 25 percent. He said Roosevelt orders would keep funding steady and reduce controversy, expediting a quick vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Veterans’ Administration
Band Boosters Hold Tag Day for Chicago Trip
Portsmouth High School band boosters organize a Saturday tag day to raise funds for the trip to Chicago where the state champions will compete in the national high school band contest. The group aims to finance the journey to the World’s Fair with proceeds.
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Portsmouth
Chicago
National debt nears high point as May total rises
The national public debt grew in May to 21 835 385 981 dollars from 21 441 200 176 dollars at April end. May 31 total was 19 036 916 646 a year earlier with a deficit for the 11 months of the 1981 fiscal year at 1 684 232 719. Income taxes dropped to 599 604 898 for 11 months versus 805 078 040 last year.
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Washington
Installment Tax Plan Advances In Senate
Senate taxation committee unanimously recommends passage of a bill by Senator John A. Lloyd to allow installment payments of real estate taxes and special assessments. Taxpayers would receive a three percent discount for full payment before January 20, with semi annual installments and no penalties or interest through August 10. Delinquent payments under the nine payment plan would incur one percent monthly interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lloyd
Senate Taxation Committee
Machado Says He Will Complete Seven Year Term
Havana Cuba June 2 President Gerardo Machado declares in his first interview in months that his regime intends to finish the seven year term he was elected to. He says his petition is strong despite Cuban and foreign groups claiming to oust him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
United States
Bankers Profited From Market Crash, Senate Told
Senate banking committee heard how J P Morgan partners financed the chaotic late 1929 crash with 1,146,609 shares bought over three weeks and sold for a net gain of more than 1,000,000 dollars beyond cost. George Whitney testified profits were shared among partners as losses loomed and questioned the firm’s tax status and influence.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan and Co
George Whitney
Morgan
Ferdinand Pecora
Richard
New York Stock Exchange
Couzens
R. Mich
Whitney
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Douglas
Mrs. O'Neil
Roberts
Rank Cave
Frank Ward
Monroe County
Ward
Senate Taxtion Committee
John W. Bricker
Aoice
Uty
Sehirrenas
Tadley
Arkansas Beauty
Lois Kemmerer
Magnolia
Ark
University of Arkansas
Rightmire
Bill
Angeles
Breckire ST
Geernserfiy
U.S
United Press
Mrs. Tidd
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Baton Rouge
High Point
LLOYD
Morgan Partner
Vecora
BE. W. Murland
Oklahoma
Robert EK. Olds
State Department
Frank W. Stearns
President Coolidge
Keyes
King Albert
Belgium
Leonard Keyes
Morgan House
John, W. Kephart
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Kephart
Pecora
J. B. Morgan
Costigan
D.-Cole
Department of Justice
Bureau of Internal Revenue
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