Farm Leaders Speeding To Washington
Farm leaders from across the nation rushed to Washington to meet administration officials after the Supreme Court voided the AAA. Secretary Wallace called 70 groups to discuss emergency measures and potential substitutes, with Friday and Saturday meetings to plan responses and possible equalization fee ideas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Henry A. Wallace
New Deal
Chester Gray
Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
National Grange
National Cooperative Council
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
National Association of Agricultural Editors
Gray
Senate
Charles L. McNary
McNary
Shakeup in U S Fleet Command Planned by Navy
Washington January 8 a up The Navy Secretary Claude A Swanson announced a broad shakeup in the high command of the U S Fleet effective between now and mid June The announcement signals major reassignments and leadership changes at top levels of the fleet command
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Fleet
Washington
U. S
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Rain forecast across Ohio with mixed precipitation
Ohio forecast calls for rain in the southern portion overnight with rain or snow in the north. Temperatures expected to remain steady with little change into Thursday morning.
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Ohio
Flames Destroy Farmers Elevator in Pemverville
A $75,000 fire leveled the Farmers Co operative Elevator at Pemverville Ohio today. The 100 foot tall structure collapsed after hours of fighting by volunteer firemen. About 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of wheat 8,000 of oats 1,200 of corn and 600 of rye were stored awaiting sale and shipment. The 140 stockholders were local farmers. Cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
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Pemberville, O
Jan
Farmers’ Co-operative
United Front Bonus Bill Moves Toward Floor Vote
The House Rules committee agreed to bring the Veterans United Front Bonus bill to the floor for three to four hours of debate and final action to rush approval possibly Friday. The bill would authorize immediate cash payment of the veterans bonus, with an anticipated $1 billion outlay and $500 million in uncashed certificates, under U S officials and veterans group advocacy.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Veterans United Front
Jan
House
Veterans’ United Front
Senate
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
William B. Bankhead
Ala
Doughton
American Legion
Disabled War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred M. Vinson
Ways and Means
United Front
Senate bill seeks repeal of salary disclosure provision
Washington January 8 a Senate bill proposes repealing the salary report provision of the 1934 income tax act. The clause required publication by the House Ways and Means Committee of salaries and other payments to about 20 000 individuals for personal services.
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Washington
Senate
House Ways and Means
Farmers Back Milk Legislation at Lorain County Meeting
Lorain County milk producers, members of the Farmers Union, gathered at Pittsfield Church to back proposed milk legislation for price stability and fair profits. State president CG S Hagans outlined the union's program, including rejecting mortgage pressures and opposing speculative farm trading. Hearings on the Creesy Bill were set for next week with calls for farmer dairymen to testify before lawmakers.
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Lorain County
Farmers’ Union
Pittsfield Church
CG. S. Hagans
Urbana
Texas
John Garner
Hagans
Harold Brandt
Frazier-Lemke
Congress
Ohio
Harold Metcalf
Oberlin
Smallest star yet known discovered at Mt Wilson
Mt Wilson Cal Jan 8 A report announces the discovery of the smallest star yet known a white dwarf about 4000 miles in diameter. Dr G P Kuiper notes its extraordinary density gravity of 3 400 000 times earths and an atmosphere only 12 feet thick weighing 620 tons per cubic inch. The star is composed of ultra dense gas and would crush a human if placed on its surface.
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MT. Wilson
Cal
G. P. Kuiper
Carnegie Observatory
Earth
Antares
Kuiper
Dr. Kuiper
Morgan Co Obtained Knowledge of Guarded War Info
Senate munitions inquiry reveals J P Morgan & Co suggested Britain might buy 55 percent of Winchester Repeating Arms in 1916 via a telegram to its London office. The note, to Kuhn, Loeb, and Co, hinted at interest by the British government and included price details of 16.5 million dollars. A June 1915 cable warned of confidential information for Morgan London.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan & Company
Senate
Morgan
London
Kuhn, Loeb, and Company
New York
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Kuhn, Loeb
United States
J. P. Morgan and Company
Morgan Bank Leaks Rift Spurs War Study
Senate investigators found that J P Morgan & Company and its officials often learned of sensitive government moves before U S entry into World War I. A June 2 1915 cable to London discussed using confidential sources to inform President Wilson’s German note and to pass information to authorities. Morgan partners denied government leaks while the munitions committee pressed for proof of an inside contact.
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Washington, Jan
Senate
J. P. Morgan & Company
America
Morgan Partners
London
Wilson
Lusitania
Germany
H. P. Nn
Priest Addresses Rotary Club in Elyria Meeting
Rev. James T. Daley of St. Mary's Church told Elyria Rotary Club that many modern civilization developments trace to biblical times. He cited examples of timeless problems and noted a new member, Dr. M. H. Forbes, joining as visitors from Elyria and Mansfield attended.
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James T. Daley
St. Mary's Church
Elyria
M. H. Forbes
Mansfield
Pipe Case To Be Heard Jan. 13th
The city seeks to uphold a $124,000 PWA pipe line project. Sixth District Court of Appeals will hear the case January 13 before Judges Harry W. Lloyd Irving Carpenter and Arthur W. Overmeyer. Carpenter and Overmeyer previously served as common pleas judges on loan. The appeal, filed by taxpayer T. R. Cookston after a Common Pleas ruling for the city by Judge Philip Wilkins of Mt. Vernon, contests the decision.
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PWA
Sixth District Court of Appeals
Harry W. Lioyd
Irving Carpenter
Arthur W. Overmeyer
Carpenter
Overmeyer
Common Pleas
Philip Wilkins
Mt. Vernon
T. R. Cookston
See Little Hope Of Hauptman Reprieve
In Trenton on January 8 state prison attendants said Hauptman faces execution on Friday January 17 at 5 p m unless a court grants a reprieve. Hauptman showed calm indifference as the warden announced the date and menacing procedure.
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Hauptman
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptman
O. Kimberling
Kimberling
Cad illac Judge to Speak at Elyria High Commencement
Cadillac judge E J Millington will deliver the midyear Elyria High School commencement address on January 23. The event caps two weeks of activities including Senior Distinction Day, senior exams, baccalaureate at First Congregational Church, and a senior party. Millington, former Cadillac educator and Commonwealth Educational Committee chair, has spoken at commencements for 20 years and is in demand.
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E. J. Millington
Cadillac
Michigan
Elyria High School
Elyrian
First Congregational Church
Will T. Foster
Church of Christ
Millington
Recorder's Court
Ohio
Congregational Church
Cadillac Board of Education
Commonwealth Educational Committee of Michigan
Testimony In Barath Case Completed
The court heard defense testimony that alcohol played a role in the shooting of Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, 76, at her home near North Ridge and West River roads on September 29. Barath, 57, claims intoxication limited his memory after he was confronted by Phillips. Witnesses said he appeared sober at a nearby party 40 minutes before the shooting. If intoxication is proven, manslaughter could be possible. otherwise verdicts range from first degree murder to second degree murder.
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Elizabeth Phillips
North Ridge
West River Roads
Frank Barath
Barath
Howard Butler
William Wickens
Albert Greulich
Lorain
David Trostle
Raymond Shabbing
Lester
Leroy
Mary Hambley
Mike Kohr
Son Of Wealthy Man Lost In Desert Near Painted Canyon
Alfred Altman a frail 12 year old boy son of a wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer went missing in the desert near Merea California after straying from his governess. A search party led by Deputy Sheriff Ben De Grevecour scoured the rugged terrain at dawn after an all night hunt, hoping to find him within a few miles of Painted Canyon where last seen.
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Indio
Cal
Alfred Altman
Brooklyn
Merea
Ben de Grevecour
Painted Canyon
Committee Reveals Large Incomes In 1934
The House Ways and Means Committee disclosed 1934 corporate pay scales with salaries from 50 000 to 100 000 annually for many officials. Notables include Br D Miller of Woolworths 337 479 Mae West 339 166 65 Edsel B Ford 90 036 96 P FE Martin 107 341 26 Mrs Franklin TD Roosevelt 16 000 William Randolph Hearst 500 000 C W Guttzelt 523 353 25 Charles M Schwab 250 000 Arthur Brisbane 265 000 Mayo brothers 59 000 each Crawford 249 999 96. The list spans industry media and medicine and notes continued on page 8.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
The
Treasury
BR. D. Miller
New York
F. W. Woolworth
Mae West
Ford Motor Co
Edsel B. Ford
Ford
P. FE. Martin
Franklin TD. Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
C. W. Guttzelt
Work Relief Program To Be Presented In Congress
Washington dispatch reports a new 1.5 billion dollar appropriation to establish the works progress administration on a permanent basis as part of the 1936 1937 work relief plan. Roosevelt aims to submit to Congress by March 15 proposing WPA funds to create about 2 750 000 jobs for 12 months after July 1 and to continue PWA loans with a 500 million revolving fund.
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AAA
NRA
Congress
Roosevelt
Wallace
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkin
WPA
Public Works Administration
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
Bond obligations of Lorain County rise this year
Lorain County will pay 259 403 in principal and interest on bonds this year per County Treasurer Walter J Wright. Principal and interest on tuberculosis County Home and sewer district bonds total 125 569 with some districts in default. Poor relief bonds account for 133 834 22 in principal and interest to be funded from utilities and liquor taxes. Interest on bonds excluding poor relief equals 78 300 while 46 245 is the interest total for that group. Poor relief bond principal is 120 450 with interest of 12 978.
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Lorain County
Walter J. Wright
Wright
Total Abstinence Stressed By W. C. T. U. Speaker
Members of the local W. C. T. U. were urged to drop the word temperance and adopt total abstinence as policy. Mrs. Helen Green, former Cleveland councilwoman and current executive secretary of the Cuyahoga County Dry League and radio director of the National W. C. T. U., spoke on defining abstinence as a total ban on all things harmful, contrasting it with a moderating interpretation.
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Helen Green
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Dry League
Avon Board Reelects Present Officers
Avon Village Board of Education reelects incumbents H. H. Plas as President and P. J. Forthofer as Vice President for another year. Eugene Hubbard named Clerk for a two year term. New members Gerhart and Adams replace Detzel and Wescher. Board notes two months payroll funding and state car tax revenue timing.
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Avon Village Board of Education
H. H. Plas
P. J. Forthofer
Jin
Eugene Hubbard
Carl Rink
Philip J. Gerhart
J. B. Adams
Gerhart
Adams
George R. Detzel
Frank Wescher
Detzel
Lescher
Beard
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American Federation of Labor
William Green
United States Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandis
Wills van Devanter
Charles Evans Hughes
James McReynolds
George Sutherland
Owen Roberts
Pierce Butler
Harlan Fiske Stone
Benjamin Cardozo
Stone
Brandeis
Cardozo
Acme
Metcalf
Reveal Morgan Co
Key Pittman
Nev
Great Britain
J. P. Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
H. P. Davison
Senate Foreign
Rotary Club
Calif
Bulletin
Avon Board
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