County Commissioners Set Up Appropriations for Year
County commissioners adopted an annual appropriation totaling about 1 221 783 with general operations in the general fund at 657 489.89. The board noted no salary increases, though costs rise due to higher bond retirement and other expenses. Auditor Kelser certified amounts for each fund and estimated real estate tax and other revenues, but warned receipts may fall short.
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Board of County
C. S. Kelser
Bonus Enactment Seen After Strong Senate Support
A United Press survey shows at least 64 Senate votes to override a Roosevelt veto on the soldiers bonus, signaling assured enactment of the compromise bill. The plan to pay via a bond or demand note has boosted support, reducing drama from past battles.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
America
House
Delayed Old Age Pension Checks In Lorain County
Pensioners flood old age pension administrator William France with calls over January checks not mailed by early January. France suspects state workers are overloaded but promises eventual delivery. Lorain County has 1,031 pension recipients with monthly disbursements totaling $15,105.
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William France
France
Lorain County
Weather Outlook East Tonight Through Thursday
Generally fair and cooler with north east snow flurries tonight. Thursday shows increasing cloudiness with slowly rising temperatures in the west portion. Rain or snow possible Thursday night.
Hauptmann To Fight To The Very Last
Bruno Richard Hauptmann faces execution after a last appeal to the U S Supreme Court. His lawyers vow to fight on while Governor Hoffman may grant a reprieve if the appeal fails. The case continues despite federal rulings affirming the Flemington trial’s fairness and denials of habeas corpus. Hauptmann’s fate hinges on further legal action and possible state or federal remedies.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
David A. Whilentz
Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Supreme Court
Hoffman
New Jersey Supreme Court
Flemington
Judee
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Brown's Cleveland Appointment in Doubt
James F. Brown former Elyria school business manager faced doubt over his Cleveland appointment as assistant director after charges that the post and its authority were illegal. Cleveland school board members planned a committee of the whole meeting to discuss the issue, with a City Law Department ruling likely. Brown did not report to work as planned, though he stated he expected to begin at 8:30 a.m. The Citizens' League of Cleveland alleged the job did not exist and the appointment was invalid. Brown has 15 years in Cleveland and three-plus in Elyria before leaving December 31.
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James F. Brown
Elytia School
Cleveland
Brown
Citizens’ League of Cleveland
City Law Department
Elyria
Pleads Guilty To Sending Threats To President
Austin Phelps Palmer a wealthy retired engineer pleaded guilty in federal court to sending letters threatening President Roosevelt. He faces sentencing January 24 on two counts carrying up to 10 years in prison and a $2000 fine.
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New York
Austin Phelps Palmer
Deral
Roosevelt
Italians Begin New Drive
Rome report says Gen. Rodolfo Graziani opened an offensive in the Dolo area of southern Ethiopia against Ras Desta Demtu and his Ethiopian forces. The War bulletin notes Ethiopian troops were driven back and are being pursued along the front with light losses for the Italians and intensified aviation activity on the Eritrean front.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Dolo
Ethiopia
Ras Desta Demtu
Haile Selassie
Badoglio
Galane Doria
Daua Palma
Grazian
Fire damages Thompson home. $500 estimated loss
A basement fire at 114 Riverdale Court caused about $500 in damage to Edward A Thompson's home. Fire contaminated the upper floors with smoke. responders from Hose Company No. 1 and Engine Company No. 2 used chemicals and a garden hose to extinguish the blaze.
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Edward A. Thompson
Riverdale Court
Thompson
Japan's Demands Flatly Refused at London Naval Talks
London January 15 Japan's chief delegate Admiral Osami Nagano restated demands for naval equality and was rebuffed by other powers. On returning to his hotel Nagano planned to send a note to Capt Anthony Eden presiding at the conference declaring Japan's withdrawal.
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London
Japan
Osami Nagano
Nagano
Anthony Eden
Warden Reports County Road Costs And Funding
County Surveyor J. W. Warden presented last year’s detailed costs for maintaining about 300 miles of improved roads plus bridges and culverts, and 50 miles of dirt roads. The report shows total expenditures of 194 594 83 dollars from auto and gasoline tax revenues, with a 90 085 dollar starting balance split between gas tax and road funds and notes on income and savings from past levies.
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J. W. Warden
Erie Avenue
Lorain
Dallas Avenue
Warden
Forecast Veto For Bonus Calling For Immediate Payment
Washington January 15 The White House signaled that President Roosevelt will veto any bonus bill demanding immediate payment but lawmakers pressed toward a compromise to pay veterans with demand notes amid a pell-mell rush to enact.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
County Relief Funds Allocated to Elyria and Lorain
County commissioners approved a second relief funds allocation totaling 30 000 for Elyria and Lorain to reach 45 000 combined. Elyria received 10 000 and Lorain 20 000 to cover accumulating relief bills, with prior grants of 5 000 and 10 000 respectively. The county relief fund for 1936 totals 140 000 for direct countywide relief.
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Elyria
Lorain
Ohio House and Senate Clash Over Relief Bill
In Columbus, January 15, the House and Senate clashed over poor relief legislation. Speaker J Freer Bittinger called Senate relief proposals utterly ridiculous and warned he may end the special session unless a reasonable bill is agreed. He cited the measure’s $30 million plus annual cost and its stop-gap nature ending June 30. He urged a year-long relief plan or an appropriation tied to the Laderman Bill, while criticizing the Marlow Kilpatrick $10.5 million plan allocating funds by population and expenditures.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. Freer Bittinger
House
Senate
Bittinger
Emergency Board
Marlow-Kilpatrick
Alvin Karpis Escapes Trap in Missouri Garage
Alvin Karpis America's public enemy No. 1 and a companion fled a garage trap set by federal agents and highway patrols since December 30 in ATRORO Missouri. The escape followed a breakfast lull as officers briefly relaxed vigilance. the trail was pursued within minutes.
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Atroro
Alvin Karpis
America
Karpis
Harry
Oliver Seburn
Pauls Church Growth Reported At Annual Meeting
St Pauls Evangelical Church reports steady growth after a successful year at the annual congregational meeting Monday. Read reports praised ongoing pastoral work and plans to continue 1935 methods. New church council members elected include C W Menz and A J Pitman with Karl Lehmann and Karl Klein, to be installed next Sunday.
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St Paul's Evangelical Church
Harl Pallas
William and Wilson Fox
John Stevenson
Russell Schrader
Russel Dunford
O Schrader
A. C Vietzen
Karl J. Lehman
Church Council
C. W. Mens
Evangelical Women’s Union
Margaret Anthony
Evangelical League
Evelyn Lyndon
Gladys Anderson
Ernst Trion
A. C. Woekenfuss
C. W. Menz
A. J. Pitman
Karl J. Lehmann
Karl Klein
Kentucky To Repeal Sales Tax Today
Kentucky to formally repeal the three percent retail sales tax with the repealer bill slated for final Senate reading and delivery to Governor A. B. Chandler for signing. The move marks the end of a key tax on consumer purchases in the state.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Senate
A. B. Chandler
Kipling Fights For Recovery From Illness at Hospital
Rudyard Kipling, 70, battled a desperate illness at Middlesex Hospital after a perforated gastric ulcer. Surgeons Dr A E Webb Johnson and assistant Pearce Gould attended him. a morning bulletin reported slight improvement while peritonitis set in and his condition remained grave. His wife stayed by his side as he slept and exerted every effort to recover.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Middlesex Hospital
Poet
A. E Webb- Johnson
Kipling
Webb-Johnson
Pearce Gould
Engineer Named On School Job
E D Lemmerman was named resident PWA engineer inspector for the Jefferson Junior High School addition. The appointment allows the project to move from planning to actual construction with sheds being built and corner markings laid out. Lemmerman also serves as the PWA inspector for the city water main project, representing the agency on both ventures.
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Jefferson Junior High School
E. D. Lemmerman
PWA
W. Q O. McClellan
Columbus
Lemmerman
City
Air Liner Crashes in Arkansas Swamp Killing 17
Seventeen dead in worst U S air disaster as a American Airlines twin engined Douglas crashes in a dense swamp near Goodwin Arkansas. Coroner declares accident after search finds mangled wreckage with 14 passengers and 3 crew aboard. Investigators seek cause while bodies are taken to Memphis for identification.
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Arkansas
Goodwin
Ark
Memphis
Plane motor not running smoothly on fatal Memphis flight
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 15 A Memphis attorney John T Shea a passenger on the Nashville Memphis air liner The Southerner said one motor was not operating smoothly at takeoff He described the exhaust as spitting fire and recalled the death causing crash After the crash Shea and another passenger left the plane while four passengers boarded earlier in Memphis
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Lake Littlejohn
Department of Commerce
Little Rock
Memphis
Mississippi River
John T. Shea
Jerry Mitchell
Tenn
Shea
Nashville
Nephew of Governor Lehman Killed In Plane Crash
ALBANY Jan. 15 Charles Altschul Jr. nephew of Governor Herbert H. Lehman and Mrs. Lehman was killed in an Arkansas airplane crash. He had been studying in California for the past year and was returning home to New York when the accident occurred. Authorities notified Governor Lehman and Mrs. Lehman of the loss.
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Albany
Charles Altschul, Jr
Arkansas
Herbert H. Lehman
Altecheal
Altachul
Lehman
California
New York
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Ras Nasibu
Anna Hauptmann
Bulletin
T. Paul’s Church
Central Middlesex Hospital
England
Glenn Freeland
Rock Island
Marshall
W. R. Dyess
WPA
Jerry Marshall
Perla Gasparini
Fort Worth
American Airlines
Trans- Continental Line
R. H. McNair
J. S. Germillion
Knoxville
F.C. Hart
New York City
Los Angeles
Charles Altschul
Glendale
Galif
J. C
Cahn
Samuel Horowitz
Boston
Benjamin Horowitz
Seba Horowitz
Sam Schwartz
Atlantic City
Newark
W. S. Hardwicke
St. Louis
San Antonio
A. D. Chernus
Beardstown
N. Porter
Philadelphia
New Mexico
HW. W. Plato
Laredo
Tex
CG. R. Smith
Iate
Mississippi
Freeland
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