Bonus Bill Advances as House Sets Swift Vote
The $3.5 billion veterans’ bonus bill moves to immediate debate in the House with leaders predicting rapid passage before tomorrow night. The measure, backed by the American Legion and veteran groups, would pay certificates in full cash and uses bond funding to cover the cost. amendments are expected though likely rejected.
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United Press
Washington
Veterans United Front
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred M. Vinson
Mass
Wright Patman
Tex
Senate
United States
Hauptmann Appears Not Expected Before Pardons Court
Hauptmann fight for life before the New Jersey pardon court Saturday centers on an alibi and credibility challenges to key state witnesses. Hauptmann likely will not appear. he asked Gov. Hoffman for the privilege. His three lawyers will present witnesses and new documents to support innocence claims.
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Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Harold G. Hoffman
Bitter campaign grips push for 1936 Democratic nominating city
Washington dispatch reports the Democratic National Committee meeting to pick a convention site with Chicago and Philadelphia as leading choices. James A. Farley warns of a bitter dirty campaign to shake faith in the president and urges party leaders to resist the antiadministration undertone. In Columbus Ohio J Henry Myer declares his candidacy for governor as a Townsend plan proponent and former Auglaise County official with WPA ties.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Tenday
Chicago
Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Farley
Columbus, O
J. Henry Myer
Wapakoneta
Myer
Townsend
Auglaise
State Highway Department
Works Progress Administration
Jockey Saunders Appeal Fades as Slivinski Case Ends
Jury acquits Walter Schaeffer of murder in the Evelyn Slivinski death case. The not guilty verdict shifts focus to Willie Smoky Saunders, with prosecutors signaling charges against him as an accessory would be dropped.
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Louisville
Willie
Smoky” Saunders
Evelyn Slivinski
Nwealth
Smoky) Saunders
Walter Schaeffer
Saunders
Schaeffer
Agatha Mackinson
Slivinski
Raymond Marrilla
Philip H. Scholtz
University of Kentucky
River Road
Schultz
Legion Essay Contest Opens for Van Wert Pupils
Van Wert students may enter a state wide American Legion contest on Our American Heritage. Twelve winners will earn free trips to Washington DC during Easter vacation. George Sells announces cooperation with school officials for six upper grades. Local judging January 24, county judging January 31.
Friend of Riley Dies in Indiana at 86
John E. Davis 86, longtime friend and schoolmate of James Whitcomb Riley, died in Greenfield Indiana He was mentioned in Riley verses and a volume of verse was dedicated to him in tribute reflecting his literary closeness to the Hoosier poet.
State liquor store announces new weekly hours
The state liquor store changes daily hours effective today with opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and extending to 10 p.m. on Saturday. The notice ends without detailing Sunday hours.
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the State Liquor Store
Heating contract awarded for Mendon church project
The Finkhousen Sheet Metal Shop has won a contract to install new heating equipment for the Church of God in Mendon.
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Finkhousen Sheet Metal
Church of God At
Mendon
Relief Program Debate At Ohio General Assembly
In Columbus on January 9 the House considers the Marlow Kilpatrick relief bill for ten million dollars. The chamber passed two social security measures funding mothers pensions and aid for dependent children and crippled children rehabilitation. A McCluskey bill to repeal the twenty five dollar auto inspection fee was approved without opposition after Senate passage and an amendment.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
House Finance Committee
House
Senate
State General Revenue Fund
Ohio
McCluskey
Chamber
Embezzlement Charge Ends Macomb Treasurer’s Plans
Wilfréd B. Myll former Macomb county treasurer faces trial on charges of embezzling 34000 to trade in stocks. The county recovered the full amount plus 1800 in profits after an earlier dismissal. Judge Neil E. Reid ordered a prompt trial following a visit by Bishop Warren Lincoln Rogers. If acquitted Myll may continue divinity studies. if convicted he would likely resign.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Wilfréd B. Myn
Macomb
Gambier
Neil E. Reid
Myll
Reid
Warren Lincoln Rogers
Ohio Theological School
Four Lives Lost In Bus Truck Crash Near Huntington
On a foggy bridge near Huntington Indiana a collision between a passenger bus and an empty truck-trailer killed four bus passengers and injured fifteen. The bus owned by A B C Lines ran from Cincinnati to Detroit and the driver was Bryan Hall of Fort Wayne.
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Huntington
Ind
Here
Elizabeth Henderson
Welland
Ont
William J. Harvey
New York City
Henry P. Muethausen
Chicago
Cora Aline Bryant
Melvin Bryant
Monroe
Mich
Bryant
Sam Weiner
Toledo
Eleanor Meter
Fort Wayne
Lucien Harris
Newborn
Tenn
A. B.C. Lines
Cincinnati
Detroit
Bryan Hall
Charles Mill
Fremont
Fire department responds to midnight blaze at new Farm Equipment site
Fire crews were dispatched last midnight to the Farm Equipment construction site at Walnut Street and Central Avenue where a large tarpaulin over an entrance burned. There was no damage to the building.
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New Farm Foulpment Co
Walnut St
Central Ave
Roosevelt launches hard driving Jackson Day campaign
President Roosevelt headlines Jackson Day dinner in Washington urging a forceful, nationwide effort to push the New Deal. He argues for unity across parties, urges citizen committees to counter falsehoods, and confirms a convention city as the Democratic national committee meets.
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Roosevelt
Frederick A. Storm
United Press
Washington
Atlanta
Chicago
Congress
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
Liberty Teague
United States
Democratic War Chest
Democratic Nations
Alfred FE. Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Capital
Jackson
Jefferson
Union Service at Presbyterian Church Tonight
The fourth union service of this week's Week of Prayer is at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Sharp of First United Brethren delivering a speech on daily bread and forgiveness. Beethoven’s The Heavens Are Telling will be sung by the choir, with soprano solo by Mrs. C. B. Fergus. organ by Mrs. F. W. Dannecker. The community is invited to participate in this united prayer effort. At service close, the First Methodist quarterly conference meets in Scott Chapel. Rev. Dr. Clarence Crauser presides. Presbyterian choir and Church School Council also meet.
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First Presbyterian Church
Paul Sharp
First United Brethren Church
James S. Hall
Beethoven
Fergus
F. W. Dannecker
United Enterprise of Prayer
America
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
First Methodist Church
Scott Chapel
Presbyterian Church
Clarence 8. Crauser
Defiance
Presbyterian Choir
Church School Council
Start Work on New Rest Room in Van Wert County
WPA crews began two projects in Van Wert County with a double shift to build a 46 by 30 foot women’s rest room and record room at the east side of the courthouse. The $8,828 project includes $2,230 county funds for materials and aims for three months completion. A fire proof vault will house county documents. Thirty men also started a road improvement project in Ridge Township.
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WPA
van Wert
Court House
Ridge Township
Richard Longwell Named to Sinking Fund Board
Mayor John H. Morrison appoints Richard K. Longwell to the sinking fund trustees board for three years to fill the unexpired term of Gordon A. Balyeat who resigned.
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John H. Morrison
Richard K. Longwell
Board of
Sinking Fund Trustees
Gordon A. Balyeat
Ethiopians Win Battle Near Karale on Southern Front
An official communique reports Ethiopian forces under Fititary Taffari captured the Italian post of Karale after a bloody battle. Guns ammunition and a portable wireless set were taken in the engagement on the southern front.
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Hara
Ethiopia
Fititary Taffari
Karale
Democrats Hear Call to Action at Jackson Day Dinner
Carl Smith, secretary of the Ohio Board of Paroles, urged a full Democratic ticket as Governor Martin L. Davey praised Roosevelt’s national address. Davey predicted Roosevelt’s election and a Democratic sweep, noting three more years of state leadership ahead as about 1000 attended in Columbus.
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Carl Smith
Ohio Board of Paroles
Marsh
Smith
Martin L. Davey
Roosevelt
Mr. Smith
Herbert Hoover
William E. Borah
Hoover
William G. Hoffer
Wiltshire
Columbus
Davey
Franklin County
Jackson
Harding
Coolidge
Mrs. Mary Putman Dies at 74 in Lima
Mrs Mary D Putman 74 widow of Solomon Putman died at her home 119 North Harrison street Wednesday at 5 pm after a year long illness She is survived by daughter Mrs Peter Shingledecker Lima and six sons Isaac West Main Street Peter Naaman Lima Arthur Marion Sherman Driftwood Pa and Edgar Toledo Her husband a son and a daughter preceded her in death Funeral services Sunday at 1 30 pm at First United Brethren church with burial in Woodland cemetery
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Mary D. Putman
Solomon Putman
North Harrison Street
Putman
Peter Shingledecker
Lima
Isaac Putman
West Mainst
Peter and
Naaman Putman
Arthur Putman
Marion
Ind
Sherman Putman
Driftwood
Edgar Putman
Toledo
First United Brethren Church
Woodland Cemeter
Eight Days of Moderate Weather Noted
The article reports eight consecutive days of steady moderate weather with temperatures hovering around the freezing point. Noon reading reached 34 degrees, with daily highs and lows staying within a 10 degree band between 29 and 39 above, contrasting with Christmas Day four below and recent near zero temperatures.
Probers Center Studies Big Loan in 1915 War Aid
Senate investigators report that J F Morgan & Co handled 94 percent of wartime Allied purchases totaling 1.863 trillion in value. The 500 million loan to the Allies prompted questions over banker sales of five year bonds and policy shifts under Wilson and Bryan. House committee members probe diary notes from Col Edward M House about embargo reversals and gasoline export limits to pressure Britain.
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Washington
J. F. Morgan & Co
Senate
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Champ Mo
Morgan Company
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Lansing
House
Edward M. House
Wilses
Imn
State Department
Great Britain
Estate Department
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Stephen Raushenbush
Van Wert County clerks and trustees meet January 18
The Van Wert County clerks and trustees will hold a quarterly meeting on Wednesday January 18 at 2 p.m. The session is scheduled to discuss county records and governance matters.
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van, Wert
Raft class meets Friday evening at Lincoln building
The free class invites adults to learn home article making. Meeting is Friday at 7 o'clock in the Lincoln building for those interested in self education.
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Ucation
Raft
Lincoln Building
Bachelors Get Protection From Leap Year Hazards
Arlington Ontario police extend protection to bachelors during leap year. Chief Lee Smith says men offered marriage may seek police protection if faced with coercion or threats, with enforcement under law.
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Arlington
Ont
Lee Smith
Weather notice on noon temperatures and daily extremes
Noon readings show local temperatures with no specific figures. Maximum and minimum temperatures for the last 24 hours are not provided.
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Ohio House
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Richard Longwell
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Big Laan
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