Congress Readies Tax Plan Amid Reorganization Debate
Washington February 28 Congress moves to ease business tax burdens while the Senate and House prepare to tackle government reorganization. House will pass an Interior Department appropriation and move the tax bill. Senate committees convene on unions civil liberties and anti trust matters as Byrnes and others push to modify Roosevelt’s reorganization proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Congress
Senate
White House
House
Interior Department
Bernard M. Baruch
Woodrow Wilson
Garner
House of Representatives
James F. Byrnes
5. C
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Roosevelt
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Public Works
Harry F. Byrd
Burton
Wheeler
Mont
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Boy Burned to Death in Ohio House Fire
Seven year old Richard Yant perished in a Stony Ridge residence fire today. The boy became trapped in his bedroom as rescuers, including family members, failed to free the door which jammed during the attempt.
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Stony Ridge, O
Richard Yant
Weather Update Ohio Cold to Tonight Then Warmer
The Ohio forecast stays fair with continued cold tonight. Tuesday will bring increasing clouds and warmer conditions. Last 24 hours show the eastern lake region low pressure moving off New England coast with light precipitation and high winds. High pressure sits over the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes while lower pressures linger from Southern Texas to the Pacific coast. Temperatures dip in the St Lawrence Valley and Ohio Valley with minor changes elsewhere. Northeast precipitation continues with rain in the southwest from Texas to California.
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Ohio
Lake Region
Norning
New England
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Texas
Pacific Coast
St. Lawrence Valley
Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
California
New Chimes Installed At St. Andrew's Church Memorial Gift
The Deagan Company of Chicago delivered new church chimes to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church as a memorial to Mrs. George Worthington. The chimes, to be electrically operated and linked with the organ, will be installed in the tower and dedicated on Palm Sunday, April 10, with workmen busy through the period until then.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
George ©. Worthington
Deagan Company of
Chicago
KB. B. Redhead
Fire destroys two Lorain fisheries buildings on Black River
A spectacular blaze on the Black River at Lorain's Ninth Street razed two frame fishery buildings owned by the Reger and Werner Fishery Company and Mrs. Horndorf and destroyed several thousand dollars worth of fishing nets and gear. Firemen fought the flames for hours, prevented spread to other structures, and a second outbreak the next day was quickly extinguished.
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Lorain
Ninth Street
Black River
Lorain Fire Department
Reger and Werner Fishery Company
Horndorf
Baruch declares America must choose between profits and state regime
Bernand M. Baruch, adviser to Roosevelt, testifying to the Senate unemployment and relief committee, says the nation must choose between the profits system and the hope of gain or the European idea of state regulation and fear of punishment. He warns that mixing both approaches will not activate recovery or employment. America must choose.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Roosevelt
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Baruch
America
Robber Slain In Theatre Holdup
In Los Angeles a gunfight during a gangster film drowned out a theater robbery. A robber seized about 4000 dollars in receipts and was shot by a special deputy while fleeing. The slain man was identified as Harold Williams, 42, with police seeking links to a prior barroom invasion and a kiss to owner Harold A. Thompson.
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Los Angeles
Harold Wiliams
Pershing Rallies and Takes Nourishment Amid Illness
In Tucson on February 28 General John J. Pershing, weakened by a heart ailment and impaired kidneys, displayed unexpected vitality as he rallied and began taking nourishment by mouth for the first time in four days. Dr. Roland Davison issued the morning bulletin noting a restless night but some improvement and resumed fluids.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Roland Davison
Talk Over Proposal For Purchase Of Lake Shore Lines
A new company named Employees' Transit Winds Inc of Lorain receives incorporation papers in Columbus with capital listed as Sanguo and directors Homer H Snyder Frank L Smith and H M McHenry. Officials note no plans announced until after a hearing. A Lake Shore Electric Railway workers meeting discussed a possible employee owned purchase costing about 340000 and planned two more meetings in Fremont and a Sandusky mass meeting for a cooperative company.
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Lo- Tain Street Railway Company
Columbus
United Press
Transit Wines, Inc
Lorain
Sanguo
Homer H. Snyder
Frank L. Smith
H. M. McHenry
Snyder
Lorain Street Raihway
Lake Shore Electric Railway Company
Beach Park
Lake Road
Lake Shore Lines
Herbert W. Casey
Cooperative Purchase
Fremont
Sandusky
Wosey
Labor Union To Sponsor Meeting On Wage Negotiations
The Elyria Central Labor Union will sponsor the fourth in a series of educational meetings titled Wage Negotiations and Collectiv e Bargaining. The event opens to the public at 7 00 p m Thursday at the Elyria Y M C A. A review of the peace plan and a talk on the purchasing value of labor products will also be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Central Labor Union
Elyria Y. M. C
Six U S Flying Fortresses Return to Langley Base
Six U S Army Flying Fortresses returned to Langley Field Virginia after a 12 000 mile flight from Buenos Aires Argentina completing the final leg from France Field Panama in 10 hours 26 minutes The formation circled the field and landed at 6 05 P M yesterday Commander Robert C Olds led the Good Will flight amid official congratulations from the War Department and senior officers
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Langley Wield
Cal
Robert C. Olds
Army
Bueenos Aires
War Department
France Field
Panama
C. C
Buenos Aires
Dr Frank lists ten drifts harming national policy
Dr Glenn Frank told the Republican special committee on program that ten drifts undermine national policy with centralization of power at the presidency as the chief danger. He urged a government based on fundamental principles adaptable to changing circumstances, not rule by a single chief executive.
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Chicago
Glenn Frank
Roosevelt
Hund
Frank
Commission
21 Prominent Men Face Trial In Russia Purge
Moscow reports that twenty one prominent Soviet men will face the military collegium of the Supreme Court in a high profile purge trial. Prosecution aims to prove a vast conspiracy stretching to the early days of the Soviet Union. Charges include murder conspiracy to murder Lenin and Stalin treason espionage and terrorism with possible death sentences.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Lenin
Stalin
Union
Former Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank Board Dies
George DeCamp former chairman of the Board of Directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1926 to 1933 died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Newark Ohio. He had left the post four years earlier and joined Locking County Trust Co in Newark, where he has served as president since.
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Cleveland
George DeCamp
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Newark
DeCamp
Locking County Trust Co
Hospital Officers All Reelected
Elyria Memorial Hospital officers were reelected for one year at a trustees meeting. Plans were made for the Easter Seal Sale to run April 1 through April 17 to benefit Gates Hospital for Crippled Children. James A. Hewitt chairs the sale campaign with James B. Seward as treasurer.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank W. Hoover
Gates Hospital For Crippled Children
James A. Hewitt
James B. Seward
J. B. Smythe
R.B. Lersch
J. B. Seward
R. L. Thayer
R. F. Vandemark
Alf Altfeld
Harbage Seeks To Stop Mileage Claims In Ohio
Arnett Harbage, a West Jefferson farmer, sues State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson to halt mileage payments to Ohio General Assembly members. The suit targets $21,000 in claimed reimbursements for July to December 1936 when the legislature was in recess and seeks recovery of $5,500 already paid to senators. Ferguson argues the court cannot compel recovery and suggests suit against individual lawmakers.
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Columbus
Arnett Harbage
West Jefferson Farmer
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio General Assembly
John R. King
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Harhage
House
Senate
Ferguson
Senatorag
Favorable Report On Jackson Nomination to Solicitor General
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably the nomination of Robert H. Jackson to be solicitor general. The vote was 10 to 2 with Senator William H. King of Utah and Senator Warren Austin of Vermont voting against the report.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committees
Robert H. Jackson
Wiliam H. King
Utah
Warren Austin
Ohio Governor seeks radio address amid graft session
In Columbus Ohio Gov Martin L Davey asked permission to deliver a radio report at 745 PM on the graft investigation before the House as the nine week Senate inquiry may end with adjournment. Key lawmakers discuss extending the session, with impeachment talk subdued and leaders split on extending time to probe state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Uki
Martin L. Davey
House of Representatives
House
Ohio
State House
Senate
United Press
Verner EH. Metcalf
Washington County
William McCulloch
Miami County
McCulloch
Martin J. Davey
Hep
MccCulloch
Senate Committee
Gav Davey
Frank Aible
Loyalists Halt Surprise Drive Of Insurgents
At HENDAYE on the Franco Spanish frontier a rebel surprise river crossing north of Zaragoza was repelled by a swift Loyalist relief with American made trucks and pursuit planes. Two rebel battalions crossed the Gallego before being stopped as government lines endured heavy shelling.
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Hendaye
Gallego River
Zaragoza
Aragon
Sebastian Pozas
Teruel
Cleveland Lawyers To Talk Here Wednesday
Lorain County Bar members will hear two Cleveland attorneys discuss the proposed Ohio constitutional amendment allowing judicial appointment instead of election at a dinner meeting at The Graystone Hotel Wednesday evening. J. Hostettler and Marvin Harrison will discuss the measure.
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Lorain County
Cleveland
Ohio
Grayatone Hotel
J. ©. Hostettler
Marvin Harrison
Plans For Religious Census In Elyria
Preliminary plans for a religious census in Elyria were discussed by the Elyria Ministerial Association. A committee including Rev Will J Foster Dr A E Kemp and Dr E J Bond was formed to develop the census. Each pastor will select a congregant to assist and report to Dr Kemp. The census aims to visit every home in Elyria with several hundred church members needed. start date not yet fixed.
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Elyria
Elyria Ministerial Association
Will J. Foster
Church of Christ
A. E. Kemp
Second Congregational Church
E. J. Bond
M. E
Arrest Two Spy Suspects In New York Ring
Federal agents arrested two soldiers and Johanna Hofmann a 26 year old hairdresser on the North German Lloyd liner Europa in New York as part of a major probe into a spy ring accused of passing U S army information to a foreign power. Investigators say a grand jury will probe Hofmann Glager a 28 year old private stationed at Mitchel Field and Rumai a former sergeant as possible additional members. Hofmann described as central. she carried a payoff offer of 1000 for many of the navy s new aircraft carriers and held a code and its key. Rumrich and Glaser had no apparent prior connection.
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New York
Lloyd Liver Europa
U.S. Army
G-Men
Johanna Hofmann
Miss Hofmann
Erich Glager
Priamg
Mitchel Field
Guenther Gustave Rumai
Europa
Navy
Enterprise
Yorktown
Rumrich
Glaser
Miss Hoffman
Three Injured In Auto Accidents In Elyria area
Three people were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for minor injuries after traffic incidents over the weekend. Jean Dedington of Indian Falls Road and Eva Bohn of West River Street were hurt when the vehicles they rode in collided at West Avenue and Third Street. Bohn's car, driven by Harry Bonney of Florida Avenue Lotain, crashed after a handoff from Charles Harmon of Pearl Road. Bonney’s vehicle struck a street sign while Bohn was a passenger. Earl Dickenson, 22, of Osbourne Avenue Lorain, suffered a right hand injury when his car ran off Route 20 near a curve west of Elyria. A separate collision on Lake Avenue near the city limits damaged W Crist’s left fenders. the other driver's name was not provided.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Jean Dedington
Indian Ffollow Road
Eva Bohn
West River Street
West Avenue
Third Street
Miss Redington
Charles Harmon
Pearl Road
Harry Bonney
Florida Avenue
Lotain
Miss Bohn
Bonney
Earl Dickenson
Osborne Avenue
Lorain
Russell Ingler
W. Crist
Griswold Road
Lake Avenue
Crist
Firebug Fires Basements in Cedar-Central Housing Project
Fire wardens in Cleveland seek FBI aid to catch a fire bug who set blazes in basements of six Cedar Central U S Housing buildings. Battalion Chief Charles Schmitt said crews moved between fires as tenants warned of new blazes. Nine washing machines three baby buggies and a mangle damaged. The firebug also burned celluloid mail box windows in a lobby. Total damage estimated at 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cedar-Central
U.S
Charles Schmitt
Schmitt
Supreme Court voids federal injunction on picketing
The Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling upholding the National Labor Relations Board’s power to withdraw recognition of alleged company unions and voided a federal injunction against picketing by the Butchers’ Union at E. G. Skinner in Milwaukee. The decision applied the Norris LaGuardia Act and covered related labor cases involving Greyhound lines and other actions. The court also tackled income tax powers over quasi state employees, municipal bankruptcy act questions, and other NL R B related matters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Stanley Reed
Labor Board
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Harlan F. Stone
Butchers
E. G. Skinner
Milwaukee
Bank Conservators
High Court
Kansas City
New York Rapid Transit
New York
New Mexico
Western Livestock
Attorney General asks transcript of graft probe
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy in Columbus on February 28 requested J. Ralph Seidner, chairman of the Senate Graft Investigating Committee, supply a full transcript of the committee testimony. He said the transcript is to determine if there is a basis for action by his office and that no recommendations will be made until hearings finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
J. Ralph Seidner
Senate
Duffy
Seidner
Graft Probe Panel Member Rushed to Hospital
State Senator Bernard Donovan of Toledo, a Democratic member of the Senate Graft Investigating committee, was transported from his Columbus home to a hospital by ambulance for a rest. Dr Edwin Stedem, his physician, said the 63 year old might recover with rest.
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Columbus
Bernard Donovan
Toledo
Senate
Edwin Stedem
Sen. Donovan
Germany Abolishes Age Limit For Military Service
BERLIN February 28 The Supreme Command decreed abolishing the age limit for military service of retired regular and reserve officers. Retired officers may be called again as long as they meet medical requirements, regardless of age. The policy covers officers from the Imperial Army and Reichswehr who retired before Nazis seized control and those who retired later.
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Berlin
Germany
Supreme Command of
Imperial Army
Reichewehe
Fuehrer
Adett
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Labor Union
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Russia
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