House to Open Hot Fight on Relief Plans
In Columbus on June 18 a weary House finance committee weighed drastic relief measures as it seeks to adjust provisions for an anticipated addition of 2 million dollars to an original 6.5 million appropriation. The House was set to begin debate on the new measure amid the finance committee’s discussions.
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House
House Finance
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Governor Davey seeks quicker deficiency judgment limits
Columbus June 18 Governor Martin L Davey urged the Ohio General Assembly to pass legislation shortening the time for which deficiency judgments may run. The appeal emphasizes faster recovery in property cases and aims to streamline legal remedies for creditors and borrowers.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio General Assembly
Welfare funding and relief standards clash in state legislature
Chairman Julian W Schweller signaled no firm date for readiness while proposing an extra 2 million from end year general revenue. Lawmakers weighing welfare funding urged raising the maximum family allowance from 12 to 14 dollars monthly amid calls the current limit is starvation level. Representative Cuayahoga pushed a bill to set state relief standards covering housing food clothing medical recreation and transportation with cash allotments and allowances for strike or underqualified workers. Debate also raged over exempting home purchases from sales tax and an 800000 deficit and sundry claims bill.
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Yvel
Levan Dr. Cuyahoga
Martin L. Davey
Clark Gable Seeks Ruling On Contract Dispute
In Los Angeles on June 18, 1936, Clark Gable filed in Superior Court to interpret a property settlements agreement with his estranged wife Maria F. Gable. They separated in November 1935 and the contract dated September 28, 1935 sets terms effective December 13, 1934, according to the complaint.
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Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Maria F. Gable
Gable
Case Closed in East Orange Murder Probe
East Orange authorities closed the E A McFarlan Moore case after a ballistics report the prosecutor said shows the inventor was shot by bullets from the gun used by Jean Philip Gebhardt in his own death.
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East Orange
N. J
E. A. McFarlan Moore
Jean Philip Gebhardt
Activities In Congress Senate Considers Unopposed Bills
Senate approves and schedules consideration of unopposed bills while House activity is not detailed. No votes or outcomes provided. The fragment notes ongoing congressional business with no further context.
Grasshoppers Ravage Crops Across Midwestern States
Grasshoppers swarm grain fields from Iowa to Colorado as heat worsens drought across the nation. Reports place damage in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming with widespread forage shortages and livestock moves. Southeast losses rise to about 150 million dollars, while Alaska endures record heat and dry conditions. Local crops face severe stress in North Central Georgia, central Tennessee, northern Alabama, and the Carolinas.
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Dawson
Yukon Territory
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Indiana
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Alabama
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Iowa
Nebraska
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
Carolinas
Eden Hit for Sanctions View
London June 18. Prime Minister Baldwin declared that collective security has failed and called for a peace alliance of Great Britain Germany and France. Opposition shouted Shame resign as Eden announced Britain would seek lifting of League of Nations sanctions on Italy over Ethiopia.
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Curity
Great Britain
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France
House of Commons
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League of Nations
Italy
Eden
Ethiopia
Pensions demand drops as Ohio aid for aged grows
Columbus June 18 Henry J Berrodin head of the State Aid for the Aged Division says new pension applications fell about 50 percent from the peak and expects a saturation point around 110 000 retirees by year end The division currently pays about 90 000 pensions Rejections average 28 percent of applications The first year distributed 14 million in pension checks and now about 1 350 000 monthly is paid out.
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Columbus
Henry J. Berrodin
State Aid For the
Berrodin
Writer Maxim Gorky Dies in Moscow at 68
Moscow report states renowned Russian novelist Maxim Gorky, aged 68, died today. The prominent writer, whose works shaped modern Russian literature, passed away in the capital.
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Moscow
Maxim Gorky
G O P Nominations Swell War Chest
Chicago report shows Governor Alf M Landon and Colonel Frank Knox boosting Republican campaign funds. Treasurer Charles B Goodspeed noted dollar certificates sold at about 700 daily before the ticket was named, rising to 1500 last Saturday and 2500 on Monday.
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Chicago
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Charles B. Goodspeed
Cleveland
Chickago
Goodspeed
Auto Coasts To Stop Driver Found Dead In Columbus
An automobile coasted to a stop against a residence porch in Columbus early today. Police found the driver, 39 year old Butch H Keller, an automobile salesman and World War veteran, dead behind the wheel. Coroner Edward E Smith opened an investigation to determine if Keller was slain or died accidentally.
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Columbus
Butch H. Keller
Edward E. Smith
Keller
TWO MISSING EIGHT DIE IN STORMS HEAT
A severe storm from Lake Erie battered Ohio with 105 degree heat and 48 mile per hour winds. Coast Guards hunted for a 60 year old man and 14 year old boy reported missing near Cleveland after eight drownings in rivers and lakes as boats were stranded off Cleveland.
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Cleveland
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Toledo
Ashtabula
Leslie Bennetham
Henry Bender
Norman Malacek
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Henry
Norman
Landon ticket predicted to sweep US in 1936 race
Washington reports John D. M. Hamilton, national Landon campaign head, forecasts a landslide for his ticket and a ROosevelt renomination by acclamation by Democrats at Philadelphia. Rep Cannon says Roosevelt could be named without a ballot. Farley and Wallace clash on postmaster fundraising claims. southern Democrats oppose scrapping the two thirds rule.
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London
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Philadelphia
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Alf M. Landon
New York
James A. Farley
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Ind
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Wallace
Sheriff Accused of Overlooking Beatings in Cotton Strike
In Arkansas the Southern Tenant Farmers Union accuses Sheriff Howard Carlin of Crtittenden County of ignoring flogging of Willie Sue Blagden and Rev. Claude Williams after a beating near Earle during a cotton strike. Other beatings reported, AG hints federal probe possibility, governor and sheriff reject union claims as propaganda.
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Southern Tenant Farmers Union Today
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Memphis
Claude Williams
Williams
Cummings
Washington
H. L. Mitchell
Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
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Frank Weems
Roy Moorelock
Carlin
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State Hospital Inmate Holds Four At Bay With Gun
A Lima State Hospital inmate, Ray Hall of Cincinnati, 36, armed with a revolver, held four attendants at bay in a dormitory until another inmate overpowered him. Two pistol misfires occurred as Hall threatened staff. 50 cartridges were found among his belongings. Hall’s wife Mary, 46, was arrested after a diary indicated past violence. The gun was taken and Hall placed in solitary confinement.
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Lima
Ray Hall
Cincinnati
Lima State Hospital
Hall
Ralph Marshall
Mary
J. D. Hostettler
L. H. Gofarth
D. C. Waters
John Robinson
Fred Fortney
Fortney
R. E Bushong
Sheriff Marshall
Charles Stewart
Scientists of Dozen Nations Await Eclipse to Reveal Sun Secrets
Scientists from about a dozen nations prepare for a solar eclipse that will cast a 50 mile shadow from the Mediterranean toward Alaska. Weather risks cloud cover over most of the path as observers in Russia Japan and Turkey set up encampments to study the sun during a minute of total darkness.
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Sia
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Turkey
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Two Escaped Inmates Sought From London Prison Farm
Authorities hunted two London Prison Farm escapees still at large after three fled yesterday during a guard volley. At large were William Hartley 36 sentenced from Highland County to one to five years for burglary in 1932 and William Harris 36 of Montgomery County to serve one to seven years for larceny in 1934.
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London
William Hartley
Highland County
William Harris
Montgomery County
Bricker rules meals in institutions taxable sales
Ohio Attorney General John W Bricker advised the State Tax Commission that meals served to hospital patients students visitors and others in college or university dormitories are taxable. Non taxable are meals for sisters deaconesses and nurses when no charge is paid and meals at college dormitories for student waitresses and waiters without charge. Laboratory equipment and casual sales by Ladies Aid societies are non taxable but thrift stores run by charitable groups selling regularly to customers are taxable.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Tax Commission
Bricker
Ladies Aid Societies
Auto Crash Kills Elmore Man Near Oberlin
An automobile crash near Oberlin last night killed Franklyn Meunzer of Elmore. The fatality occurred late June 18, with investigators examining the scene and conditions surrounding the accident.
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Oberlin
Franklyn Meunzer
Elmore
Here
Striking workers fire at plant in four hour siege
June 18 report from Kent describes an outburst at the Deck er and Black Electric Company plant as 100 to 150 armed strikers fired rifle shots for nearly four hours. Five men wounded, one serious, including John Pudlosky and Al Gray among union members. Pickets and riot warrants linked to union leader Crayford. Tear gas and moving vans involved at gates.
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Kent
Decker and Black Electric Company
Wassilak
St. Clair West
E. L. Burr
Ons Company
Wiliam Dick
Harry Root
Last Minute News Flashes Batavia Farmhand Dies in Cincinnati
Clifford Jones 40 of Laurel died in a Cincinnati hospital from a skull fracture suffered in a June 6 quarrel with Orville Shaffer 31 of Point Pleasant. Sheriff C G Auxier of Clermont County reported the incident. Labor and farm economics notes report a $200 million rise in farm product receipts for January to May, 1936 vs 1935, with total receipts $1.90 billion.
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Clifford Jones
Laurel
Cincinnati
C.G. Auxier
Clermont County
Orville Shaffer
Point Pleasant
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Woman Beaten in Cult Reprisals in Detroit
Detroit authorities pledged protection to informants aiding the roundup of about forty suspected Black Legion members as they probed the beating of Dorothy Guthrie 33. Police say her husband William H. Guthrie printed Black Legion literature at home. Another informant, James Stewart of Ecorse, sought police protection after a morning house visit by three strangers.
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Black Legion
Dorothy Guthrie
William H. Guthrie
James Stewart
Ecorse
Child Killed by Car In Coldwater Accident
In Lima on June 18 a two year old named Margaret Kanney was struck and killed when she stumbled into the path of a reversing car driven by Lawrence Brown in a Coldwater driveway. The accident occurred as Brown backed the vehicle out and the girl fell beneath the wheels.
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Margaret Kanney
Coldwater
Lawrence Brown
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