Split Looms In Democratic Side Of Ohio House
Columbus reports Democratic forebodings as the party plans to back Mansfield Democrat Frank Cave for speaker while J Freer Bittinger Ashland challenges. Key posts such as president pro tem and clerk are in play as factions lash at administration control before the January session.
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Democrat
Ohio
Columbus
90Th
Ohio General
J. Freer Bittinger
Ashland
89Th Assembly
Clarence Burk
Huron County
William Roberts
Belmont County
Bittinger
Burke
Roberts
Brunner
House
Pennsylvania
Dwight Matchette
Greenville
Highway Department
Senate
Thomas F. Bateman
Piketon
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
New York stocks show heaviness amid repeal issues, bonds irregular with rails steady, curb markets irregular with early rise fading, foreign exchanges irregular as sterling rallies. Chicago wheat firm on taxes and Nebraska crop progress, corn steady with light southern offerings and stock decrease. Cattle slow to lower, hogs moderately active and higher.
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Nebraska
O Neal Approves Farm Production Control Plan
President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation endorsed the domestic allotment plan as part of a broader program from the 14th annual convention. He said the agricultural marketing act should be amended to dispose of staple commodities for domestic use at a price that passes tariff benefits back to farmers.
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National Farm Bureau
Chicago
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
O’neal
O'Neal
Agricultural Marketing Act
Von Schleicher Takes Helm as Germany's Head
Berlin reports General Kurt von Schleicher assumes chancellorship with a cabinet aimed at restoring order amid crisis. He holds authority from President Hindenburg to run the Reich and dissolve parliament only if necessary. The farm policy chief backs an equalization plan for farm relief and broader measures including remonetizing silver and reforming farm credit and taxation.
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von Schleicher
Germany
von Hindenburg
Reichwehr
Reichstag
Six Kidnapped Strike Leaders Beaten in Vacaville Jail Raid
Six reputed leaders of a Vacaville fruit strike were kidnapped from Vacaville jail early today, driven away in seven cars, beaten and painted red, and ordered not to return. The group had been among 15 arrested after a clash near the public library during the daylong labor dispute that drew about 1,000 townspeople and a parade of 150 striking workers seeking $1.50 per day.
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Vacaville
Calif
Vacavalley
Ohio coal rates praised as preferential to state operators
Columbus reports that Ohio coal freight rates favor Ohio operators and are unjust to Pennsylvania and West Virginia producers. Examiner R N Trezise of the Interstate Commerce Commission heard protests from out of state mining companies and railroads against Ohio Utilities Commission rate settings for shipments to intermediate points.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Examiner R. N. Trezise
The
West Virginia
Ohio Utilities Commission
Child Taken When Pair Steals Auto
Nancy Jeanne Obendorfer aged five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Obendorfer, was in a car stolen by two men in Youngstown. Police were alerted as the vehicle, damaged, was found later in a field with Nancy safe at home. The child recalled a big man taking her car during the incident.
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Youngstown
Nancy Jeanne Obendorfer
Theodore Obendorfer
Nancy
Supreme Court Returns After Brief Vacation
The Supreme Court returned from a two week recess with important decisions in most of 33 cases on the docket and orders in 34 others under review. One controversy concerns Governor Sterling of Texas issuing orders to militia officers to restrict oil production in east Texas fields. Another challenge comes from motor vehicle contract carriers seeking state authority to regulate them.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sterling
Texas
Seven Die In Ohio Accidents
AP reports a deadly weekend in Ohio with at least seven killed and many injured in car crashes. Victims include Charles Hartman 63 of Springfield hit at Reesville. Myron Guy 21 of Youngstown after tire change near Oil City Pa. Sylvia Humberstone 67 of Toledo fatally struck. Ernest Beattie of Cleveland. Kenneth Barnett 32 of Alliance. Carl Harman 28 of Wellington. and a child, Joseph McCarthy 7, of Columbus fatally hit while a driver was cleared.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Reno Canelli
Maumee
Carl Harman
Wellington
H. F. Bussey
Pittsburgh
Ernest Beattie
Cleveland
Alliance-Canton Road
Kenneth Barnett
Alliance
Joseph McCarthy
Paul McCarthy
Chillicothe
Howard Stiene
Coumbus
Stiene
Officers Save Man Threatened by Crowd in Ohio
In London on December 5 a threatening crowd gathered at Roy Johnsons home near West Jefferson after he allegedly shot neighbor Mrs Albert Pfeil. Officers arrived before Johnson was harmed. Pfeil was wounded in the legs by a shotgun blast. Authorities say the shooting stemmed from a family feud.
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London
Roy Johnson
West Jefferson
Here
Albert Pfeil
Johnson
Reverend George V. Brown Dies After Heart Attack
Hartford cleric Rev. Dr. George V. Brown aged 62, head of the India Department and phonetics lecturer at the Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford Seminary Foundation, suffered a heart attack and died. He was a Hiram College graduate from Hiram, Ohio.
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Hartford, Conn
George V. Brown
India
Kennedy School of Missions
Hartford Seminary Foundation
Hiram College
Hiram, O
Dresses Stolen in Portsmouth Shop Robbery
Portsmouth police report a $1,200 robbery at Murphy Vallance women’s shop over the weekend. Thieves entered the store and escaped with 78 dresses.
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Portmouth
Portsmouth
Murphy Vallance
Coxey Confers With Roosevelt At Warm Springs
Senator Cutting of New Mexico met with Franklin D. Roosevelt at Warm Springs to compare legislative views and plan talks in Washington. Governor Harry Woodring and Guy Helvering joined, Coxey urged his war debt payment in special currency. They discussed farm relief reforestation and Indian bureau affairs.
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Warm Springs
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Woodring
Kansas
Guy Helvering
J. S. Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
Coxey
Congress
United States
Cutting
Mr. Roosevelt
Urbana Man Named in Store Robbery
Columbus police report Frank Rogers 26 of Lancaster and John Lynch 32 of Urbana face burglary and grand larceny charges after Rogers confessed to robbing a hardware store and taking two shotguns a clock and several watches. Lynch is implicated.
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Columbus
Frank Rogers
Lancaster
John Lynch
Urbana
Rogers
Lynch
Congress Convenes as New Members Are Sworn In
Congress meets at noon with new members sworn in as the Senate signals readiness to transact. Names committee to notify the President. Economy committee continues work on national economy legislation. Speaker Garner to recognize a motion to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution to repeal the 18th amendment.
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Senate
Garner
Man Killed When Train Hits Car At Grade Crossing
Charles C. Hartman 68 of Springfield was killed instantly when his Dodge sedan was struck by a westbound B and O train at a State Route 72 crossing in Reesville Sunday at 3 40 PM. The skull fracture proved fatal. Hartman, a furnace repairman, was en route home after visiting his wife Mrs Alice Gregory of Springfield. He leaves a widow, two sons in Los Angeles, six brothers and three sisters. Funeral plans not yet set, likely in Phillipsburg. The train crew included Conductor T J Shea of Columbus and Engineer Star of Newark. The body was taken to Hannah Funeral Home after ambulance transfer. View of tracks reportedly clear, witnesses say Hartman slowed prior to impact.
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Charles C. Hartman
West State St
Springfield
Furnace
Reesville
Mr. Hartman
Littleton
Sabina
Hannah
Alice Gregory
John Yarger
South Mulberry Street
Hartman
Phillipsburg
Dayton
Gregory
Yarger
Littleton Ambulance
T. J. Shea
Columbus
Star
Newark
Los Angeles
Calif
Truesdale Stands Trial In Lima Quarry Murders
Loren Truesdale faced trial in Lima for the Memorial Day 1931 killings of his brother Earl Truesdale and Thelma Woods. Prosecutors said the two corpses were found in an abandoned quarry two weeks after the dance they attended. A series of broken confessions and later recantations colored the case as Truesdale denied guilt, claiming he was at a farm ten miles away when authorities say he confessed after being questioned.
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Lima
Loren Truesdale
Earl
Thelma Woods
Earl Truesdale
Miss Woods
Mansfield Reformatory
James May
Lloyd Zeigler
Bob White
Reformatory
May
Lonesome Quarry
Loren
Amnesia victim found in Columbus
Mrs Julia Gordon Bunk of Maybee Michigan is in St Francis Hospital Columbus for observation while her uncle Harry Sharlow of Wyandotte Michigan travels to take her home. She could identify herself only as Julia Gordon or some place in Michigan but supplied her uncle's name to police who asked she be held until he arrives.
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Columbus
Julia Gordon Bunk
Maybee
Mich
St. Francis Hospital
Harry Sharlow
Wyandotte
Julia Gordon
Michigan
Marathon Dance Blamed For Wrecked Marriage
Marion, December 5. A marathon dance was blamed for the end of the marriage of Mr and Mrs Benjamin C Houseworth after more than 20 years together. Mrs Houseworth obtained a position with the marathon and her associations there caused the rift. They have two children, the oldest 29.
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Marion
Benjamin C. Houseworth
Houseworth
Chillicothe Man Killed in Fall From Trestle
Ross Miller, 49, died after falling from a Norfolk and Western railroad trestle near Chillicothe. He left home Saturday night and was found yesterday by hikers.
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Chillicothe
Ross Miller
Norfolk and Western
Woman and child die as oil explodes in Fallsburg home
An elderly woman identified as Mrs Matilda Lee and a two year old child died after an oil fueled fire exploded in Fallsburg near Newark. Earl and Mrs Shoults were among those injured along with their two other children Gail seven and Wayne five. The victims were taken to a hospital in Newark for treatment.
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Newark
Fallsburg
Matilda Lee
Earl Shoults
Gail
Wayne
Lee
Miami Valley Hospital Fire Destroys Fever Machine
Fire at Miami Valley Hospital yesterday destroyed a fever machine, one of three in the United States. Similar devices heat paralysis treatment, used in only New York and Rochester, with the blaze confined to a single room.
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Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
United States
New York
Rochester
N.Y
Milk wagon driver shot by homeowner in Columbus
Arthur W. Paul, 30, milk wagon driver, was shot in the arm by R. J. Martin, 32, who said he mistook Paul for a thief. Martin claimed he believed Paul planned to steal milk from his doorstep yesterday.
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Columbus
Arthur W. Paul
R. J. Martin
Martin
Paul
Prohibition repeal defeated in narrow House vote
The House rejected Garner's constitutional amendment for repeal by 271 to 144 a two thirds majority was required. Several defeated incumbents opposed the measure and Speaker Garner said it dies in the present session and will go to the next Democratic Congress. Ohio Democrats Crosser Fiesinger Harlan Kniffin Lamneck Sweeney Underwood West and Republicans Bolton Foss Hollister White supported the repeal. The House adjourned after the vote awaiting the President's annual message.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Garner
House
New Democratic Congress
Congress Opens Final Session Amid Prohibition Debate
The 72nd Congress begins its final three months with a Capitol mass of security and a House ready to tackle repeal of the 18th Amendment. Republican support for repealing is expected to shore up Speaker Garner, while the Senate holds formalities and honors Senators Jones and Waterman. President Hoover works on his annual message detailing national problems and recommendations.
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Washington
Congress
Curtis
Senate
Garner
House
Capitol
Wesley Jones
Charles W. Waterman
Colorado
Hoover
Jamestown Farmer Otis Wolford Found Dead at Home
Xenia December 5. Otis T. Wolford 72 a well known Jamestown area farmer was found dead at his residence today. Death attributed to a blood clot on the heart.
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Xenia
Otis T. Wolford
Jamestown
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