President's Message Is Awaited By Congress
The 74th Congress convenes with southern Democrats dominant as they pursue Roosevelt Recovery legislation. The opening session shows 322 Democrats, 102 Republicans, 3 former-favorites and 7 Progressives with key fights over banking relief and social programs. Congress readies to hear Roosevelt's annual message and budget plan and to install the new speaker.
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White House
Capitol Hill
Capitol building
House
senate
United States
John N. Garner
Joseph W. Burns
Tenn
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Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Charles L. McNary
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Mr. Roosevelt
Ohio Weather Outlook For Tonight And Friday
Generally fair and much colder tonight with snow flurries in the northeast. A cold wave grips western and northern areas tonight. Friday brings fair skies but colder conditions in the east and south portions.
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OHIO
30 Hour Week Bill Set for Senate Introduction
Washington plans a 30 hour work week as part of a package of major bills in the new 74th congress. Senator Hugo Black proposes the measure along with a demand for corporate disclosure of officers incomes over 25000. The administration shows little support but may use it as bargaining leverage on NRA related legislation.
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WASHINGTON
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Farmer-Labor
Rush D. Holt
D. W. Va
Hugo Y
Black
Ala
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
House
NIRA
NRA
U S Emergency Expenditures Reach Record Half-Year Total
Treasury figures show U S emergency outlays for the first six months of the fiscal year ending December 31 reached 3.545 billion dollars, a peak driven by wartime scale spending. Receipts rose to 1.845 billion, while current emergency outlays stood at 1.823 billion, nearly one billion more than the prior year.
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WASHINGTON
treasury
Political lineup of the 74th Congress at noon today
The Senate and House assignments list 69 Democrats and 25 Republicans with 1 Farmer-Labor and 1 Progressive in the Senate. In the House the tally shows 322 members with 102 Democrats 3 Republicans 7 Progressive 1 Farmer-Labor and 1 vacancy.
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TITH CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
Senate
Farmer-Labor
House
National Tube Donates $1000 to Elyria Chest
National Tube Co sent a check for one thousand dollars to Elyria's 1935 Community Chest. The Lorain office announced the contribution shortly before noon today.
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Elyria
National Tube Co
Lorain
Principal Issues Before Congress
Congress opens with a broad agenda. Proposals address unemployment relief methods, veterans certificates cash payments, a 39 hour work week, labor disputes readjustment, NRA revision, monetary readjustment, social security including old age pension and unemployment insurance, tax reform, and World Court matters. Also consider public versus private power, railroads, HOLC status, RFC continuation, bank law changes, anti crime laws, ocean mail and maritime, anti monopoly actions, and inflation measures.
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WASHINGTON
NRA
World Court
League of Nations
St. Lawrence Waterway
HOLC
RFC
New Lorain Bailiffs to Earn 1980 Salary
Lorain County's two new common pleas court bailiffs Paul C. Weillert and Fred W. Bauer will each receive 1980 annual salary. Judges Findley and Cook announced the figures, noting the new pay is about 110 less than that of the retiring bailiffs.
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Lorain County
common pleas court
Paul C. Weillert
Fred W. Bauer
Guy B. Findley
D. A. Cook
CENTRAY LABOR UNION TO ELECT OFFICERS
The Elyria Central Labor Union will hold its annual officers election at the VFW Hall on Broad Street. A lively contest is indicated as Joseph Wills serves as current president and leadership changes are anticipated tonight.
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CENTRAY
Elyria Central Labor Union
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Broad street
Joseph Wills
American girl freed from Waldmohr charge in Berlin
Miss Elsa Littell an American held at Waldmohr on a charge of insulting Reichsfuhrer Hitler was freed at 1 30 p m today in Berlin authorities said she had been released after interrogation and was to depart the city accompanying consular officials.
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BERLIN
Elsa Littell
Waldmohr
Hitler
New Deal Strength Shifts Power In House As Burns Becomes Leader
The post election House convenes with Democrats led by Rep. Joseph Burns and Georgia chosen as majority leader. Rules tighten to curb insurgents, boosting administration control. The caucus backed drastic rules 225 to 60, while signatures required for radical legislation rise to 218.
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WASHINGTON
new deal House of Representatives
Republican committee
New Deal
House
Joseph W. Burns
Tenn
William B. Bankhead
Roosevelt
Burns
William Connery
Mass
Frazzier-Lemke
Independent Offices
Democratic caucus
Controversy Over Ickes Aides Sparks Administration Tension
Washington reports confirm a bitter in house dispute within the Roosevelt administration involving Interior official Harold Ickes. The aides named are Louis R. Gravis and Ebert K. Burlew with hints of White House concerns and possible resignations. President Roosevelt denied making suggestions to Ickes as the matter risks a split in the administration.
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WASHINGTON
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Louis R. Gravis
interior department
Ebert K. Burlew
Ickes
White House
Gravis
PWA
Roosevelt
Heavy eel run yields winter food name
A vast Yukon River eel run brings tens of millions of eels to natives and Eskimos near Russian Mission. Eels are smoked or frozen to last the winter while white Alaskans disdain the fish but natives savor its meat. The six week run fed people and dogs with preserved supplies.
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Alaska
Yukon River
great river
Russian Mission
New Members Add Color To 74th Congress
Washington previews the 74th Congress with a parade of colorful figures including Hiram Johnson George Norris George W. Norris final. The roster features Mrs Hat tie Caraway and Isabella Greenway among other notable lawmakers and spectacle-rich personalities from across the states.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Andrew Johnson
Congress
California
Hiram Johnson
P. L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Senate
Hattie Caraway
Edward Kenney
New Jersey
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Wall Street
Finly H. Gray
Indiana
Schall
Minnesota
Gore
Hamilton Fish
Dutchess County
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Huey Long
James Couzens
Michigan
Henry Ford
James Hamilton Lewis
Minois
George H. Tinkham
Massachusetts
W. Warren Barbour
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Isabella Greenway
Arizona
Thomas L. Blanton
capitol
William E. Borah
Idaho
Elmer Thomas
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Robert F. Wagner
New Floor Leader Bankhead Ill in Washington
The Democratic House majority must organize without its new floor leader Rep. William Bankhead of Alabama who is ill. His brother Sen. John Bankhead said Bankhead will likely stay in Navy hospital for another week for stomach ailment treatment.
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bie
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William Bankhead
Ala
Sen
John Bankhead
Navy hospital
Meteors Fall Near Ohto Ironton Ohio
Two meteors, each as large as a bushel basket, were seen near Ohto Ironton Ohio and described as fireballs with smoke trails. Neither meteor was recovered after the fall.
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Fox Furnace Co. to Resume Operations on Monday
The Fox Furnace Co. will resume operations on Monday January 7 following the holiday shutdown. Former employees are asked to report at the plant on Monday.
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Fox Furnace Co
Ohio Assembly Set to Convene with Party Caucuses
In Columbus Ohio Democratic and Republican members elect of the Senate and Democratic members elect of the House gather to hold organization caucuses for the 91st General Assembly. Leaders and candidates for patronage jobs are chosen, with Yoder Day ton likely Senate president pro tem and majority leader.
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COLUMBUS
Senate
Democratic
House
91st General Assembly
Paul P. Yoder Dayton
Senate Democrats
Dwight L. Matchette
Greenville
Louis J. Eberle
Athens
Frank FE. Whittemore
Akron
Rep
J. Freer Bittinger
Ashland
Arthur Hamilton
Lebanon
Thomas E. Bateman
Big Gain In Auto Sales In Lorain County 1934
Records show Lorain County surged in 1934 with 2182 new car and truck sales up from 1242 in 1933 about a 43 percent rise. Passenger cars totalled 1921 and trucks 261 for 1934, while December sales dipped from year prior. A total of 11971 bills of sale were filed with a recording fee of 25 cents.
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Lorain County
Hauptmann Trial Jury Names Revealed in Flemington
The jury in Bruno Hauptmann's trial is listed with 12 members plus alternates, including Charles Walton a machinist with three children and Rosie Pill a widow with two children. Other jurors include Verna Snyder housewife, Charles Snyder farmer, Ethel Stockton housewife, Ellmer Smith insurance agent, Robert Cravatt CCC worker, Philip Hockenbury laborer, George Voorhees farmer, Mary Brelsford housewife, Tiscom Chase carpenter, and Howard V. Briggs unemployed of Clinton. details show each member’s occupation and dependents.
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FLEMINGTON
N. J
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Charles Walton
Rosie Pill
Verna Snyder
Charles F. Snyder
Ethel Stockton
Ellmer Smith
Robert Cravatt
CCC
Philip Hockenbury
George Voorhees
Mary F. Brelsford
Tiscom C. Chase
Howard V. Briggs
Clinton
Ridgeville Fire Siren Disabled By Local Teens
Three Ridgeville youths, all 16, were jailed for questioning after the fire siren was shot at and silenced. Deputies traced a tip from a boy who had just received a new ride for Christmas, leading to a confession about shooting at the bell.
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Ridgeville
Clarence W. Dick
Paul Chapman
Chapman
Plan Municipal Park At New London
New London Ohio will build a 250000 FERA park with a race track tennis courts baseball diamonds and a swimming pool. J T Hogsett relief director says work starts immediately after Homer H Johnson deeded 25 acres of land three months ago on the old New London fairgrounds.
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NEW LONDON
FERA
J. T. Hogsett
Huron County
Hogsett
Homer H. Johnson
Cleveland attourney
plana
Trial opens in Hauptmann Lindbergh case in Flemington court
In Flemington New Jersey Attorney General Wilentz presents the state view of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder He declares Bruno Hauptmann the man who struck the fatal blow and stripped the sleeping garment from the child The courtroom fills with a cross section of Hunterdon County jurors and notable figures including Col Lindbergh Mrs Lindbergh and nurse Betty Gow as the dramatic opening unfolds
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Hunterdon county
Howard A. Biggs
Col. Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anna Schoeffler Hauptmann
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Betty Gow
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Wilentz
Lindbergh Manor
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