Redistricting Bill Among 23 Introduced
In Columbus on January 11 the legislature introduced 23 bills with actions on pensions and state finances. Rep. Monahan would criminalize using pension data for political solicitation and require confidentiality. Rep. Hayden seeks to remove liens on pensions and curb transfer of pensioners property to the state. Governor Bricker delayed his first address but will speak tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Patrick F. Monahan
Cuyahoga
Etate
Pension l
John Hayden
R. Clermont
Hayden
John Bricker
House
Senate
Bricker
Fiest
General Assembly
Rep
J. H. McGregor
R. Cosheeton
McGregor
General Revenue Fund
Lady Huml. D
American Federation of Labor
Wilford B. Bixler
Summit
Weather Outlook for Ohio and Surrounding Regions
Cloudy tonight with rain moving in Thursday. Temperature variations remain minor. Disturbances centered over the northeast South Southern Texas and Alberta. High over the Plateau extending east over the Plains. Precipitation across lake region northeast Missouri valley northern Rockies and coast area reaching from New Mexico to Alabama. Ohio valley about 20 degrees cooler this morning. Temperature changes mostly unimportant west of the Mississippi.
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Texas
Alberta
Plateau
Plains States
Lake Region
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain Region
Coast
New Mexico
Alabama
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
New Million Gallon Well To Be Placed In Service
Service Director I D Faxon said a new million gallon water well at the Lake Erie pumping station will go into service in about two weeks. Begun last August, the $48 000 project includes a suction well and will add 1 500 000 gallons to the city supply while making 500 000 gallons accessible that could not be drawn from the old 1 000 000 gallon well built 18 years ago.
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I. D. Faxon
Lake Erie
Predict War Over Demands Of Italy
President Roosevelt prepared a special message to Congress on National Defense as Congress debated the diplomats' report predicting a general European war before summer. Kennedy and Bullitt warned of early hostilities over Italy's demands for French colonies, portraying France as unlikely to sustain further appeasement after the Munich Conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C Bullitt
Great Britain
France
House
Senate
Italy
Britain
Germany
Author Opposes Frankfurter at Senate Hearing
Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, author of The Red Network, urged a Senate judiciary subcommittee to reject Felix Frankfurter for the Supreme Court. She claimed he aided a revolutionary movement and cited his ties to the American Civil Liberties Union, calling the ACLU seditious and disqualifying.
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Washington
Elizabeth Dilling
Red Network
Senate Judiciary
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
United States
Dilling
Frankfurter
American Civil Liberties Union
Harvard Law School
New Deal Tax Expert Dies at 54 in Washington
Herman Oliphant, 54, Treasury general counsel and champion of New Deal corporate undistributed income taxes, died at Naval Hospital at 9:30 a.m. after weeks of heart illness. Survived by wife Julia Simms of Forest, Indiana, and three children Thalia Lyon, Charles Albert, and Malcolm William.
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Washington
Herman Oliphant
Treasury
Cal
Naval Hospital
Oliphant
Julia Simms
Forest, Ind
Thalia Levon
Charles Albert
Malcolm William
Czechs and Hungarians clash along Carpatho-Ukraine frontier
The Czechoslovak government reports a fourth skirmish with Hungary along the Carpatho-Ukraine frontier. Hungarian incursions allegedly crossed the border, with at least two Czechs wounded after two hours of fighting.
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Prague
Carpatho-Ukraine
Ruthenia
Boston Truck Strike Ends With Compromise Pay
Boston on January 11 truck drivers voted to accept a compromise pay proposal ending a seven day strike that shut city deliveries and disrupted transportation services. The accord averts further stoppages and resumes normal haulage in the metropolitan area.
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Boston
Impressions Of Europe Highlight Ohio Draft Horse Banquet
Major Norman Imrie of the Columbus Dispatch spoke at the Northern Ohio Draft Horse Association banquet in Lorain County, sharing impressions from a three month tour of nine European countries. He warned that Europe’s convulsions affect all, critiqued dictatorships, Versailles, and echoed Wilson’s ideal of law and popular consent. Other speakers included Dr. Carl W. Gay and Howard J. Brant with Samuel L. Haynes.
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Lorain County
First Methodist Church
Ohio
Norman Imrie
Columbus Dispatch
Europe
Russia
Italy
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Major Imrie
Woodrow Wilson
Carl W. Gay
Ohio State University
Howard J. Brant
Wabash
Indiana
Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America
Samuel L. Haynes
Columbus
President Emeritus of Heidelberg College Dies
Dr. Charles Ervine Miller, 71, former president emeritus of Heidelberg College, dies of a heart attack in Rocky River. He led the college 35 years and taught theology, served nine years as pastor of Dayton Reformed Church, and edited the Christian World. Funeral services will be held in TIffin Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
Charles Ervine Miler
Heidelberg College
The
Reformed Church
Miller
Rocky River
Dayton Reformed Church
Christian World
Seeks Early Action On Sewer Project
Service Director I D Faxon and City Engineer J M Powell travel to Akron with Engineer Dan Rothe to press for early approval of a half million dollar WPA sanitary sewer project. Plans focus on Lake avenue northern section and Caldwell Morgan Brace Parmely Warden and Sheriff streets, plus Prospect district east of Abbe road and 16th street along West River street.
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Elsria
I. D. Faxon
Akron
J. M. Powell
Dan Rothe
WPA
Faxon
Lake Avenue
Caldwell, Morgan, Brace, Parmely, Warden
Sheriff Streets
Prospect Street
Abbe Road
16Th Street
West River Street
Jack Benny Faces Smuggling Indictment In New York
New York January 11 Jack Benny arrives at the U S Marshal office and prepares for a federal court trial January 24 on charges of smuggling jewelry valued at about 2131 from Europe. Benny claims innocence while fellow comedian George Burns pleaded guilty and Albert N Chaperau faces multiple counts including passport fraud. Benny and Chaperau are also linked to Mrs Mary Livingstone.
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New York
Jack Benny
United States
Hollywood
Europe
George Burns
Benny
Edgar J. Lauer
New York Supreme Court
Albert N. Chaperau
Atlantic
Chanerau
Mary Livingston
Walter N. Thayer, III
Federal
Chaperau
Paris
Lauer
Burns
Chamberlain In Rome For Conference
Neville Chamberlain arrived in Rome for another Munich Conference to gauge Mussolini's Mediterranean aims and press toward appeasement. Lord Halifax and the British party were greeted by Mussolini and Ciano as crowds cheered. sources denied Hitler backing pressuring concessions.
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Rome
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
Europe
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Avon farm hand jailed for grand larceny after hiding two hundred
Alfred Kropog, 27, of Avon, admitted theft from employer Steve Stumphauser after stealing a book that held 360 dollars. He claimed 160, police recovered 200 more from the book later. Sentenced by Judge D A Cook to an indeterminate term of one to seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Kropeg
Avon
Mansfield Reformatory
Steve Stumphauser
Stumphauser
Kropog
Detroit
Kropag
D. A. Cook
William Wickens
Son Indicted In Fatal Shooting Of His Father
CHILLICOTHE O Jan 11 Robert Bready 29 was indicted on a manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of his father Rev Russell H Bready 62 a Bainbridge Methodist minister The Ross County grand jury reviewed evidence after the Dec 2 shooting He signed a confession admitting he killed his father while intoxicated He will be arraigned before Judge Wilbur M McKenzie Thursday Robert told authorities he had made a career of drinking.
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Chillicothe, O
Robert Bready
Russell H. Bready
Bainbridge
Ross County
Wilbur M. McKenzie
Robert
Hopkins Defends Beliefs And WPA Record Before Senate
Harry L. Hopkins testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on his nomination as Secretary of Commerce. He disputed past charges about party registration and policy quotes, defended the WPA as an open book, and said he could align business and government with no major conflicts in approach.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R. Mich
Socialist Party
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
White House
Works Progress Administration
Hopkins
Mrs. Rousseau Recalls Christmas Tree Shooting Case
Mrs Mae Rousseau, 22, in Elyria Memorial Hospital after shotgun blasts near Will Case farm in Columbia Township killed her husband and wounded her. She gave a five page statement to Sheriff Finegan and Chief Deputy Cordy aiding manslaughter case against Case.
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Will Case Farm
Columbia Township
Carl R. Finegan
C. J. Cordy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mae Rousseau
Rousseau
Lorain County High Schools Win Six Year Charters
Lorain County schools announce six year high school charters for La Grange South Amherst Avon Lake and others Clearview Eaton and Ridgeville join the six year plan. Charter system aims to bridge elementary and high school work with home economics and industrial arts courses and earlier high school contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
State Department of Education
C. A. Gibbons
LaGrange
South Amherst
Avon Lake
Clearview
Eaton
Ridgeville
Gibbons
Battle FDR On Relief Issues
Washington January 11 The House appropriations subcommittee led by Rep Clifton Woodrum moved to trim President Roosevelts request for 875 million dollars to 716 million for WPA relief through July 1 and to block civil service for 33 900 WPA workers while pushing a 725 million funding bill. If approved by the full committee, the measure goes to the floor by Thursday for a Friday vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Ito
Works Progress Administration
Congress
Clifton A. Woodrum
House
Share Croppers Fight Evictions in Missouri Front
Homeless and landless share croppers camp along U S highways 60 and 61 in southeast Missouri to protest evictions. The Southern Tenant Farmers Union sponsors the mass demonstration, which grew from yesterday to today with an estimated 500 families, both black and white, along the Sikeston Charleston New Madrid and Arkansas boundary area.
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Likeston
U. S
Missouri
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Sikeston
Charleston
New Madrid
Arkansas Line
Costly Blaze Destroys Wellsville Church and Buildings
A blaze in Wellsville on January 11 destroyed the brick First Baptist church, a vacant three story frame building, and damaged a store and home. Police tied the fire to a whisky still explosion, with $14,000 in losses. Firemen fought four hours. whisky-making gear found in the vacant Cheffalo property. Authorities deferred arrests pending state fire marshal inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
First Baptist Church
Peter Cheffalo
James Pugin
Dominic Compretta
Bexley Will Not Levy Real Estate Taxes for 1939
Bexley, a Columbus suburb, ended 1938 with a $152,982 surplus in its general fund and will not levy real estate taxes for operations. The council was informed the street fund surplus and expected revenue from classified taxes plus $16,570 from other sources should cover the 1939 operating budget of $424,338.
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Columbus, CO
Bexley
Columbus
Favorable Senate Report on Pope Nomination
The Senate agriculture committee today favorably reported the nomination of former Senator James P. Pope of Idaho to be a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee Today
James P. Pope
Tennessee Valley Authority
Thousand Men To Lose Jobs In Economy Drive
Columbus January 11 State Highway Director Beightler announced 1000 highway department employees would be laid off within a week as a retrenchment move not to be countered by Republicans. The layoff will save about 150000 dollars while material orders worth 900000 remain under review for necessity. Governor Bricker also announced curtailing unauthorized use of state automobiles and a plan to identify all state owned cars and their usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Beightler
Bricker
Highway Department
Harry D. Metcalf
State Finance Director
Davey
U S Foreign Policy Seen as Key Issue in 1939 Debate
Oberlin College Professor J D Lewis warned that questions about reorganizing American foreign policy will dominate 1939 debate. He cited defense scope including continental, territories, and nearby Philippines, and weighed Pan American strategy against aligning with democracies amid rising fascism and the Munich settlement.
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Oberlin
J. D. Lewis
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Mr. Lewis
United States
Philippine Republic
Asia
England
France
Former Mansfield Mayor Receives State Post
Governor Bricker announced Harry Hawley, former mayor of Mansfield, as assistant supervisor of stores in the state liquor control department. He will earn 4500 dollars a year, replacing A. B. Cook of Chardon. Bricker plans cabinet reviews to cut surplus positions and trim expenses and aims for regular meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Harry Hawley
Mansfield
State Liquor Control Department
A. B. Cook
Chardon
Hawley
Cook
Bricker
Health official urges mass vaccination to avert smallpox outbreak
Newark Ohio January 11 Health Commissioner J F Miller calls for general vaccination in Licking County to prevent epidemic. In neighboring Muskingum County 41 smallpox cases reported and schools in Washington and Newton townships closed for several days.
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Newark
J. F. Miller
Licking County
Muskingum County
Washington
Newton
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