Economy Bloc Beats FDR In WPA Fight
Senate conservatives won a narrow 46 to 47 vote to cut WPA relief from 875 million to 725 million, signaling new congressional alignments against the New Deal. The chamber debated further amendments including barring relief funds for armaments and for political activity, while restoring limits on wage differentials.
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Washington
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
House
Bennett Champ Clars
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
Hatch
Congress
Henrik Shipstead
Laborne
Minnesota
Weather outlook with rain tonight and snow flurries
A weather summary notes rain tonight and Sunday with snow flurries in northern portions Sunday afternoon or night. Warmer tonight, cooler Sunday afternoon, much colder by Monday. Low pressure spans the upper lake region to Washington and the Mexican border, with highs off the Middle Atlantic coast and from the Pacific coast. Precipitation in the lake region, west gulf states, and from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains. Temperature rises of 10 to 20 degrees observed in the lake region and southwestward to the gulf, colder across North Dakota and Northern Montana.
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Upper Lake Region
Washington
Mexican
Minnesota
Colorado
Middle Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Lake Region
West Gulf States
Rocky Mountain Region
Gulf
North Dakota
Montana
France Warns Italy As Barcelona Falls
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet of France warned Italy to keep hands off France's colonial empire in a speech delivered as Barcelona's fall was reported, signaling tensions between Paris and Rome over imperial influence.
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Georges Bonnett
France
Italy
Barcelona
Crabb arraigned in Peoria over national bank law violations
Willis W. Crabb, ousted as president of Tazewell County National Bank in Delavan HL, is arraigned in Peoria Illinois on charges alleging violations of national banking laws. His son James W. Crabb, recently acquitted of manslaughter in his bride Betty Crabb’s death, had been convicted of perjury.
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Willis W. Crabb
Tazewell County National Bank
Delavan
Peoria
Ill
James W. Crabb
Betty
Crabb
Bids On Bridge Jobs Under Estimates
County Engineer Harry L. Dunham announced low bidders on three projects: Ohio Engineering Company Lorain on the Baltimore and Ohio access road, S. L. Rardin Sons Akron on 31st Street grading, and Lombardo Brothers Cleveland on Erie Avenue substructures and abutment. Erie and 21st Street bridge bids run about 20 percent under estimates. bids were opened yesterday with 25 bids on three contracts. Next major tenders for caissons and piers are planned after March 7 and March 15 respectively, with costs of 350000 and 253000 targeted.
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Harry L. Dunham
Ohio Engineering Company of
Lorain
Baltimore & Ohio
S. L. Rardin Sons, Inc
Akron
Lombardo Brothers Construction Company of
Cleveland
Erie Avenue
Erie
2St Street
Edward DeChant
21St Street
Balltimore and Ohio Railroad
John E. Davidson
John Dandrea
Ohio Engineering Company
S. L. Rardin and Sons, Inc
Spencer Ross
Detroit
Couse and Sanders
A. J. Baltes
Norwalk
Holmes Construction
Wooster
Hunkin Conkey
F. W. Smith Company
Galier Brothers
C. N. Moon Company
Christopher Construction
Lombardo Brothers
Herkner Construction
W. M
British Prime Minister Warns Hitler and Mussolini
London reports that Neville Chamberlain will warn Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that Britain seeks peace but will win any war if forced. He plans to inform Hitler in advance of the Nazi Reichstag speech that sweeping demands would be met with cold reception. In the past 48 hours five British cabinet ministers signaled a firmer policy.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Birmingham
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Europe
Hitler
Chamberlain
Power Line Tower to be Topped for Bridge Plan
Lorain faces a damage claim as Ohio Public Service officials say a power line tower sits in the proposed 21st street bridge route. The tower must be torn down and moved at an estimated cost of 1,000 to 1,500 dollars. O. P. S. engineers and County Engineer Harry L. Dunham will work Monday to adjust and report to the county commissioners.
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21St Street
Lorain
Ohio Public Service
E. J. Berger
P. S
Harry L. Dunham
Ohio WPA Rolls To Be Out About 10 000
About 10 000 Ohio WPA workers will be dropped from relief rolls in the next four weeks as they become eligible for unemployment compensation payments. The change was announced at state WPA headquarters today.
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Ohio
WPA
Columbus
Quake Death Toll May Reach Over Thirty Thousand
Santiago reports indicate more than 30,000 lives lost in the Tuesday night quake. Cauquenes, leveled with 2,000 dead and 2,000 injured, faces hunger and desperate conditions as survivors reach outside areas. Food and medical shortages, as well as risk of epidemics, loom amid thousands still trapped.
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Santiago
Chile
Cauquenes
United Press
Rodrigues Johnson
Concepcion
Armando Cosani
Insurgents Push On North Of Barcelona
Spanish Nationalist shock troops advanced 22 miles north of Barcelona in 24 hours on two main highways with tanks planes and Moroccan foreign legionnaires. They neared Gerona 54 miles from the frontier as Loyalists faced a growing crisis.
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United Press
Barcelona
Gerona
Foreign
Mataro
Calderas
Figueras
Barcelona - Granollers - Puigcerda
Solsana
Artes
Noted Botanist John H. Schaffner Dies in Columbus
Proff. John H. Schaffner, age 72, renowned for pioneering botanical work, died in Columbus yesterday. He affiliated with Ohio State University botany department since 1897.
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Columbus
John H. Schaffner
Ohio State University
Fugitive Captured Near Zanesville, Ohio
Tom Davis a 29 year old escapee from the London prison farm on December 23 was captured near Zanesville by Muskingum and Perry County officers last night. He was apprehended after a manhunt involving local authorities. Davis is from New Lexington and faced charges related to the escape.
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Zanesville, O
Tom Davis
New Lexington
London
Here
Muskingum
Perry County
Thirty Wellington residents ill from salad poison
Wellington Ohio report recalls thirty persons struck by ptomaine poisoning after eating salad made from decayed salmon in the Wellington school cafeteria during noon lunch. Superintendent A W Shields and several teachers and students were affected. Dr Ralph W Falls treated victims and many were sent home. Officials investigate decay source. recovery expected.
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Wellington, O
Ralph W. Falls
Wellington
A. W. Shields
Shields
Lois van Blargen
Roma Hobson
Anna Mae Davis
Katherine Darby
Mary Tudor
Elizabeth Pitts
Junior Farnsworth
Lois Breyley
Florence Williams
No Action Taken On Appointment of Sanitary Officer
Dr. M. E. Perry, former Lorain County coroner, was reelected president pro tem of the Elyria Board of Health for a second term at the annual organization meeting. Mayor Joseph Q. Petro remains ex-officio president. No action was taken on appointing a new sanitary officer to replace F. H. Williams, who retired January 1 after 25 years.
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M. E. Perry
Lorain County
Elyria Board of Health
Perry
C. M. Lee
Joseph Q. Petro
F. H. Williams
Relief bills disapproved in pre-audit of relief orders
Relief bills totaling 4267 were disapproved of 294900 for the first 11 months of last year by state examiners in a pre-audit. Three recovery findings were listed against Anton Goales Rocca Lagozzo and Oliver Pearsall for amounts 62.50 31.42 and 16.88. Goales Lagozzo earned 57.50 monthly Pearsall 55. The report notes the pre-audit stopped signing relief orders by non recipients.
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James L. Hengen
Anton Goales
Rocca Lagozzo
Oliver Peasall
Goales
Lagozzo
Pearsall
Elyria Woman Hurt In Traffic Accident
Mrs. Ray Knight, 31, of 611 Lodi street, treated at Elyria Memorial hospital at 1 a.m. for facial lacerations after a car driven by her husband collided with a stopped tractor and double trailer on Broad street near Cedar street. Passersby assisted the couple from the car. Other incidents include Fender damage to a car on Middle avenue and 10th street, a collision at Boston avenue and Clark street, and a drive-by incident at a filling station driveway on Second street.
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Ray Knight
Lodi Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Broad Street
Cedar Street
Clarence Daley
la Grange
Middle Avenue
10Th Street
Jace W. Storm
George Street
Leo K. Kline
Clark Street
D. F. Dee
Park Avenue
Boston Avenue
George A. Burns
Garvin Avenue
R. E. MacDonald
Second Street
Joseph C. Frederick
Lorain
Wage And Hour Act To Get Court Test
Washington, Jan 28. Wage and Hour administration attorneys prepared for a court battle defending the Fair Labor Standards Act. A first action was filed in Fayetteville North Carolina against Central Weaving and Spinning Corp claiming underpayment of the 24 1/2 cent minimum wage and falsification of records. The suit seeks a temporary and permanent injunction. the plant employs more than 150 workers.
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Washington
Waagehour Administration
Fayettesville N. C
Central Weaving and Spinning Corporation
Elmer F. Andrews
George A. McNulty
Izaac Meekings
U.S. District Court
Eastern District of
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Old Age Pension Checks Mailed Today in Ohio
In Columbus on January 28, the first January checks for Ohio old age pension recipients were mailed. A total of 5146 checks were issued, with 223 going to Franklin County pen. The remainder will be mailed Monday per State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
Joseph T. Ferguson
Psychiatrist Dr Charles Butterfield Dies in Columbus
Dr Charles Butterfield aged 73, psychiatrist, died here yesterday from a heart ailment. He will be buried at Memorial Burial Park in Dayton. A native of Barnesville, he formerly served as medical director of Orchard Springs Sanitarium at Dayton and led the State Bureau of Mental Classification and Segregation.
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Columbus, O
Charles Butterfield
Memorial
Dayton
Butterfield
Orchard Springs
Barnesville
State Bureau of Mental Classification
Secregation
Burns Fatal To Tot In Findlay Birthday Tragedy
Lois May Vandersoll died from burns suffered on her third birthday after tripping and spilling boiling water while chasing a birthday toy. She will be buried in Findlay, Ohio, on Sunday.
New Industry Climaxes Long Negotiations
Announcement yesterday that Manufacturers and Fabricators of Cleveland will occupy three buildings at the former Columbia Steel plant in spring ends a year of talks with American Rolling Mills Company and the Elyria Chamber of Commerce. The move follows prior failed negotiations due to plant suitability and financing needs. A crew will ready the three buildings under a long term lease. the firm makes annealing furnaces and related steel equipment.
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Manufacturers and Fabricators, Inc
Cleveland
Columbia Steel Company
American Rolling Mills Company
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Harry W. Luethi
Famous Chant May Be Outlawed
Tennessee officials debate a bill to ban the famous tobacco auction chant. If approved, auctioneers must speak distinctly so buyers can understand the sale cry during auctions in Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Nightgown Fire Claims Elderly Woman In Cleveland
Mrs Barbara Power aged 78 died when her nightgown caught fire in a two room flat in Cleveland Ohio. She apparently drew too near a coal stove and was burned to death today.
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Cleveland, O
Barbara Power
Needle ice clog hits Elyria water intake priority
Elyria faced a possible water shortage as needle ice clogged the 24 inch intake at the Lake Erie pumping station, slowing pumps to about one third of normal. Officials expect relief by noon or sooner, with a reserve of 3 million gallons and plans to add a clear water well and larger intake to prevent future outages.
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Elyria
Lake Erie
Albert J. Miller
Miller
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meeting Here
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association held its annual meeting at First M. E. Church with about 150 attending the morning session. Officers reported on the past year including secretary treasurer E C Cotton and committee heads. Principal speaker Marvin J Briggs of Indiana Farm Bureau was to address the afternoon session along with director elections and the president’s address.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Farm Bureau
M. E
Marvin J. Briggs
Indiana Farm Bureau
E. C. Cotton
Frank Herrmann
Cooperative Youth Educational Committee
Henry Leimbach
Leon Lehman
H. G. Portman
Credit Union
Floyd Buswell
Grange Greetings
Pomona Grange
John Barber
Frances Eckert
C. S. Hummel
R. E. Campbeell
Nellie Lehman
Henry Schriver
F. J. Hicks
Methodist Church
Bert Nesbitt
Pred Kleps
Campbell
Briggs
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Dp. N. M
Supreme Court
White House
Garner-Harrison-Byrnes Banc
Nurge
Thomas G. Corcoran
Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
fAcme
Texas
Aeme
Molly O'Deniel Gibover
Galveston
Tex
Acme
Ernest J. Pugmire
Salvation Army
Southern Territory
Central States Territory
Chicago
William A. McIntyre
Pugmires
Evangeline Booth
England
William G. Doern
Mercy Hospital
Milwaukee
Wis
N.C
Central Weaving Wind Spinning Corporation
Max Lefkowitz
New York
Jacob Neider
Lefkowitz
McNulty
George A
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