Seven Die as Ohio Floods Hit Muskingum Valley
Flooding across the Muskingum river valley in eastern and southeastern Ohio caused an estimated 5 million dollars in losses as crops and public works were ruined. Two more deaths raised the toll to seven, with remaining rising waters and rapid tributary falls. Red Cross aid arrived, health officials warned of contaminated water, and residents were urged to hold drinking supplies.
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Zanesville
Muskingum River Valley
Ohio
Muskingum River
John McKay
Byesville
N. R. Hedden
Cuyahoga Falls
Red Cross
Washington
Zanes No. 1
Sidelights On Ohio Floods
Eastern Ohio endured unseasonal storms that devastated crops and livestock in Massillon New Philadelphia and Newcomerstown while residents sought safety. Children fished and helped motorists as waters rose flooding streets and forcing rescues including a man moved by neighbors in a tub. Floods closed rails at Holmesville and left many homes ruined in Tuscarawas county.
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Coshocton
Aus
Ohio
Massillon
Tuscarawas
Robert Morgan
Public Square
Weather Ohio fair tonight and Saturday then rising northeast
Ohio weather outlook shows generally fair conditions tonight and into Saturday with temperatures gradually warming especially in the northeast region. No precipitation is expected as high pressure edges in from the west.
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Ohio
Hopkins Aims to End Dole With 3.5 Million Jobs Plan
Washington reports Harry Hopkins pledges to hit 3,506,009 at work by November 1 and phase out federal relief. He notes 550,000 on relief now and cites CCC 425,000 and works programs 35,000 under his oversight while acknowledging New York wage protests. Relief rolls fell from May to June, and states hold a $600 million relief reserve for next year’s unemployed.
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Washington
New Deal
Harry L. Hopkins
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hopkins
New York City
New York
Hugh&. Johnson
Works Progress
Strike Begins Over WPA Wages Defy Work or Starve Edict
In New York 15,000 skilled workers walk off WPA projects amid complaints the new relief wage scales pay far below private sector rates. President Green signals broader action in major cities. Hopkins denounces strikes on relief. Johnson warns of riots, while unions say 770 quit Astor housing projects as brief walkouts widen across the WPA program.
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New York
Pres
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Chicago
Kansas City
Cleveland
San Francisco
Seattle
A. F. of L
Washington
Works Progress
Harry Hopkins
Hugh
Johnson
New York Works Projects
Astor
West Side
Manhattan
Central Labor and Trades Council
WAPA
George Meany
State Labor Federation
WPA
Lorain Countians To Hear Federation Head
Lorain County Farm Bureau members plan to travel to Wooster tomorrow afternoon to hear Edward A. O Neill president of the American Farm Bureau Federation speak at the Wayne County Farm Bureau picnic. The event at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station grove is expected to draw many northeastern Ohio Farm Bureau members due to O Neill s national farm policy expertise.
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Lorain County
Hog Prices At Highest Level Since 1929
CHICAGO August 9 hog prices soar to the highest level since 1929 as meat packers fear a consumer strike. Decreased Chicago yard receipts, scarcity from AAA cuts, and drought push wholesale prices to 12.00 per hundred pounds while packers delay passing costs to shoppers amid reports of meatless protests in Detroit and Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Hamtramck
Chicago Stock Yards
Britain Nearing War, Plans Severe Ethiopian Crisis Measures
London dispatch reports Britain has nearly abandoned hope of a peaceful settlement in the Italian Ethiopian dispute and prepares to bolster frontier patrols in Somaliland and Kenya. It may deploy troops from India to the Sudan, with a conference set for August 16 and Premier Baldwin to attend League of Nations talks on September 4 if no accord is reached.
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London
Great Britain
Africa
Somaliland
Kenya
India
Sudan
Ethiopia
Britain
Stanley Baldwin
League of Nations Council
League
True Bill Voted in Zenge Murder Case in Chicago
The Cook County grand jury returned a true bill against Mandeville Zenge for the mutilation murder of Dr. Walter Bauer, a romantic rival. An indictment will be filed Monday as five witnesses testified, including cabbie William Leinert, a key figure in the state’s circumstantial case leading toward conviction.
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Chicago
Cook County
Mandeville Zenge
Walter Bauer
Charles E. Dougherty
Zenge
William Leinert
Leinert
Lorain County Schools to Get $89,265 Share of Intangible Tax
Lorain County Schools will receive 89,265 as part of a statewide 5,221,336.17 distribution from the intangible tax. Distribution, based on average daily attendance, was announced by State Auditor Joseph T. Tracy and checks were sent to county auditors for district disbursement. Elyria schools will get about 2,100. other Lorain County districts, excluding Elyria Lorain and Oberlin, will receive over 28,500.
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Lorain County
Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
Elyria
Lorain
Oberlin
Rules Sales Tax Is Unconstitutional
Ohio judge rules sales tax law unconstitutional and the method of enforcement illegal entrapment. The decision frees restaurant proprietor James Russell from sales tax charges and questions the legality and reach of the sales tax statute and its delegation of collection authority to numerous vendors.
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Akron
Ohio
Virgil E. Rogers
James Russell
Winters Sampson
Akron District
State Tax Commission
Rogers
Brussels
Elyria Democrats to Hold Meeting at VFW Hall
Members of the Elyria Men's Democratic Club will meet tonight at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall at p m. Details about the meeting were not announced today.
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Elyria Men's Democratic Club
P. m
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Italy's Troops Are Ready in Eritrea and Somaliland
Addis Ababa reports a total of about 150000 Italian troops have concentrated in Eritrea and Somaliland. Ethiopian forces are barely mobilized with only skeleton units near the frontier. Reliable sources note Italy aims to avoid frontier incidents while maintaining a defensive posture.
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United Press
Addis Ababa
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Union Street Car Men Refuse Pay
More than 3000 Cleveland street car workers refused to take their wages after Brinks Express Co. trucks delivered payroll to car barns. The drivers were non union due to a strike, and union secretary W M Rea stated the men would not accept pay until the railway company changed delivery method.
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Cleveland
Brinks Express Co
Brinks
W. M. Rea
Four On Strike At U S Navy Yard
Philadelphia Aug 9 WPA workers at the Philadelphia Navy Yard reduced a protest strike over Security Wages to a four man walkout. Captain E R Gaylor said 3606 men reported for work, ten fewer than yesterday, with four actual strikers among those picketing entrances while Marines maintained order.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Roosevelt
E. R. Gaylor
Navy Yard
Youth Drowns After Bridge Dive Near Eyasville
CAMBRIDGE O Aug 3 John McKay 14 of near Eyasville five miles south of here drowned last night after diving from a bridge into swollen flood waters. His head struck an obstruction and the body was recovered two and a half hours later. He is the first flood victim in Guernsey County.
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Cambridge, O
Ang
John McKay
Eyasville
Here
Guernsey County
Infantile Paralysis Epidemic in Virginia Spreads
Daily reports show a dozen new infantile paralysis cases in nearby Virginia during ten days. Since July 29, 165 new cases have been reported to the U S Public Health Service from Virginia, prompting President Roosevelt to cancel the international Boy Scouts jamboree. Sixty five leases were reported for the past five days.
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Washington
Virginia
Roosevelt
U. S. Public Health Service
Repair work underway at Cascade Park after flood
Park officials and workers began repairing flood damage at Cascade Park as floodwaters receded. Fifteen extra workers joined the routine crew. roads, pools, and picnic areas will be evaluated, with hopes of reopening facilities by early next week and plans for new backstops and shuffleboard alleys as part of upgrades.
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Cascade Park
Ely Ford
West Branch Ford
Fifty Fishing Ships Missing in Typhoon Off Formosa
Tokyo August 9 eighty eight men are crewed on forty nine fishing vessels reported missing in a typhoon off Formosa. rescue ships sighted one sinking vessel with a crew of ten but could not reach it due to heavy seas.
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Tokyo
Taihoku
Nippon Dempo Agency
Dickinson Flags Administration Attack at Illinois Rally
Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa told a Republican rally in La Salle Illinois that Roosevelt’s “callous betrayal” of trust would be the sole issue of the 1956 campaign. He, keynote speaker at the 1932 GOP convention, warned voters the New Deal aimed to covertly undermine the constitution and seek dictatorship.
Mt Vernon minister recommended for local pastorate
The pulpit committee of the Church of Christ in Mt Vernon invited Rev William J Foster to preach at the local church Sunday though not a pastorate applicant. Foster, pastor of the Mt Vernon church, was recommended as someone who knows the church needs. He is praised as a strong preacher with a fine presence and friendly spirit. The local church, about a thousand members, hopes for a large turnout and an autumn season of united activity. Acting pastor Rev Edgar W Alen will return to Curtis Publishing Company in September.
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Church of Christ
William J. Foster
Church of Christ At
Mt. Vernon
Foster
State Convention of Churches of Christ
United Church
Edgar W. Alen
Curtis Publishing Company
Relief Bonds Plan floated by Ohio lawmakers
A proposal to form a public corporation to issue 20.2 million dollars in poor relief bonds was approved for bill form. Senator Emerson D. Campbell chaired, with Governor urged to call a special session. Revenue would come from an added one mill tax on intangibles plus reallocating a cent excise on utilities.
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Columbus
WPI
General Assembly
Joint Legislative Committee On Taxation
Emerson D. Campbell
Belmont
Clarence Lawland
Ohio Highway Patrol Cuts Dismiss 12 Investigators
COLUMBUS O Aug 3 Colonel Lynn Black superintendent of the Ohio highway patrol discharged 12 special investigators and signaled potential further reductions. He said the moves are to trim the force to 170 under a new patrol law. The current staff includes 120 patrolmen 25 radio operators and 25 stenographers. Names of those discharged were not released and their salaries total 19152 yearly.
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Columbus
Lynn Black
Ohio Highway Patrol
Social Security Nears Enactment With Major Changes
Washington Aug 9 The long range social security program nears enactment in a conference report sent to the Senate for a vote after the House approval. Key changes include independent social security board and removal of the Clark amendment. Major features are old age pensions unemployment insurance and public health improvements. The conference also funds a $5 million appropriation to aid states for the blind.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Department of Labor
Bennett
Clark
1350 Projects Scheduled For Ohio
A Washington notice to C C Stillman WPA administrator in Ohio lists Comptroller General MecCarl action in signing warrants releasing 9 761 449 dollars for 1350 Ohio projects. Stillman awaits word to issue orders to 16 district directors so about 30 000 men can begin work within 24 hours. Tools and machinery are ready.
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Columbus
Works Progress Administration
Ohio Governor seeks 20 million for state institution buildings
Governor Davey told the joint taxation committee he requested 20 million dollars in federal public works funds for improvements and new buildings at state institutions. The plan envisions 45 percent as a grant and 55 percent as a loan, with repayment via a statewide tax. No bonds would be issued. The governor asked the subcommittee to review local taxing authority for possible local financing options.
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Columbus
Davey
Joint Legislative Taxation Committee
Emerson Campbell
Belmont County
House Approves 40 Hour Week For Postal Employees
The House today accepted Senate changes in a bill to provide a forty hour week for postal employees and sent the measure to the White House for action.
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House
Washington
Senate
White House
Galli-Curci to Undergo Immediate Goiter Operation
Amelita Galli Curci will have an immediate goiter operation at Henrotin Hospital as announced by her physician Dr Arnold Kegel. The Italian born opera star, 45, was taken to hospital and the operation expected to occur tomorrow. She is living with her second husband Homer Samuels of Minneapolis, her accompanist.
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Chicago
Amelita Galli-Curci
Henrotin ‘Hospital
Arnold Kegel
Kashmir
India
America
Kegel
Galli-Curci
Homer ‘Samuels
Minneapolis
Break Deadlock On Guffey Coal Bill
The House Ways and Means committee broke its deadlock on the Guffey Coal bill as the administration won enough Democratic votes to push favorable committee action. The split had blocked progress toward adjournment later this month.
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Guffey
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
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