St Patrick Day Speech Sparks House Banter On WPA Jobs
The speaker notes over a million face loss of WPA roles by June as he jokes about McCulloch and McGregor wearing green. He remarks McGregor's Scotch roots and claims a McGinnis link while expressing resolve to continue fighting a bill to remove married couples from state payrolls.
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Piqua
J. Harry McGregor
West Lafayette
Cleveland
Pat
McCulloch
McGregor
MacGregor
McGinnis
St Patrick’s Day in New York City Parade and reflections
A March 17 entry from New York Day by Day describes St. Patrick’s Day in Manhattan with Fifth Avenue flags for the United States and Ireland. The writer notes gaiety, a green necktie, a sale of handicraft by the blind, and admiration for charitable work by wealthy women and the handicapped. He also mentions letters from Texas and Arkansas and a father’s Irish potato planting observations.
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St. Patrick's Day
Fifth Avenue
United States
Ireland
Chas. Driscoll
Texarkana
Arkansas
Texas
St. Patrick’s Day
Heaven is for music and cards says Frank the barber
In a column reflection from 1939 the Times Square barber Frank D Agostino imagines heaven as a place for good music by Artie Shaw Dorsey and Whiteman days and a weekly baseball game He prefers male choirs over opera and hopes to meet Gary Cooper while avoiding endless work after death Notes also touch on potato planting timing in Kansas and critique New York artists horse drawing compared with a bronze statue.
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Times Square
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Tommy Dorsey
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Whiteman
Gary Cooper
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McNaught Syndicate
Relief Rolls To Be Cut as WPA Prepares Reductions
Washington reports pressure in Congress to trim Roosevelt relief by 150 million dollars while WPA plans to cut 1.2 million jobs by June. Harrington orders 400000 layoffs this weekend and schedules 600000 in May and 200000 in June, targeting a total 1.2 million fewer on relief rolls. Ohio leads states with 245130 on relief as of March 11.
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Workers’ Alliance
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Appropriations Committee
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Ohio
Mary C Blackburn dies at nearly 100 in Perry County
Mary C Blackburn aged 99 died in New Lexington Ohio on March 17. She would have turned 100 on May 15 and was Perry County's oldest resident. Burial is planned for Saturday. The report also notes global tea production at about 900 million pounds with roughly half shipped to the British Isles.
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New Lexington
Mary C. Blackburn
Perry County
British Isles
Begin Work On Relief Bill For Ohio
A joint House and Senate committee in Columbus opens public hearings to draft a permanent poor relief bill. State Welfare Director Charles Sherwood and State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson are among likely testifiers as lawmakers debate funding, administration, and potential 50-50 matching for a biennial program.
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House
Senate
Charles Sherwood
Joseph T. Ferguson
League of Ohio Municipalities
Ohio Welfare Conference
Lawrence Kane
Hamilton
Sherwood
Conference Committee
Retired Delaware Police Chief Dies
Delaware report states James W. Spaulding aged 81 and retired police chief, died last night in O state. Spaulding served as a longtime law enforcement leader in Delaware.
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Delaware
Delaware, O
James W. Spaulding
Civil War Vet Joseph McConsha Dies at 92 in Zanesville
Joseph McConsha aged 92, Civil War veteran and Athens County native, died yesterday in Zanesville Ohio. He will be buried here on Saturday with services to follow.
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Zanesville,. O
Joseph McConsha
Athens County
Ohio House Hears St. Patrick's Day Speech
The Ohio House of Representatives heard the customary St. Patrick's Day address from Rep. Patrick F. Dunn of Tuscarawas. Dunn delivered the annual remarks as part of the legislative session.
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Ohio House
Columbus
House of Representatives
St. Patrick’s Day
Patrick F. Dunn
Tuscarawas
Pat
Chateau-Thierry Name Tied to Frankish Castle Legend
Chateau-Thierry near Paris with about 8 000 residents traces its name to a castle allegedly built by Charles Martel in 720 for Thierry IV a Frankish king as recorded in World War era histories.
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Chateau-Thierry
Paris
Charles Martel
Thierry IV
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