Wood Reconsiders His Decision To Resign as School Board Head
Washington reports President Roosevelt may sign an economic act to set minimum wages and maximum hours for broad industry. Congress advances wage hours reform with a plan to reach 40 cents per hour over five years, 44 hour weeks initial, plus overtime rules for seasonal work amid broader flood control debates and Senate sessions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Labor Department
Ohio Seeks 21 Million For Relief Plan Mortgage Future
Ohio lawmakers seek agreement on two relief programs that would mortgage the future for about 21.3 million dollars. The plans extend taxes and issue bonds to fund indigent care through 1938 and beyond, with local governments offered bond and note options and relief administration controls. Governor Davey’s stance calls for dollar-for-dollar local matching of state relief grants.
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Ohio House
Senate
House
Frank Uible
House Committee
State Relief Administration
Senate Caucus
Lawrence
Martin L. Davey
Postmasters May Get Life Jobs
Postmaster Howard W. McCracken and many other postmasters could hold life appointments under a civil service bill approved by Congress. The bill would let incumbents take a non-competitive exam at term end, subject to presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. McCracken's term runs until next June.
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Howard W. McCracken
Roosevelt
Congress
McCracken
Pewer
Nazis convict Corple as spies in France and Chile quake report
Conviction links Nazis headlined Corple as spy in France with Raynaldy who died in Chile. The text notes espionage findings, a guillotine beheading, and Prime Minister Georg Raynaldy’s career alongside Farquake Chile quake damage and aftershocks.
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Rodex
France
Gereuiun
Anna Achwitzer
Gene Raynaldy
Jon
Georg
Ploet
Zensee
Chile
Santiago
Alheen
Sntelli
McCall Placed On Trial Today
Franklin Pierce McCall 21 year old truck driver and minister's son stands trial in Miami for ransom kidnapping and a murder indictment. Federal agents recount his signed confession that he abducted five year old James Bailey Cash Jr and demanded ten thousand dollars as the boy died accidentally. Police and court security guarded the courtroom as witnesses testified and the judge considers the sentence.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Cash
H. F. Atkinson
McCall
Divorce Granted After Salient Allegations In Court
Mrs Eth el BK Hollenbaugh 24 testified in divorce court she kept a box score of abuse describing being struck on the face 30 times kicked 12 times choked 25 times pulled from bed twice and she was granted the divorce.
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Media
Ethel BK. Hollenbaugh
Labor vandalism delays Ringling circus train to Erie
A five hour delay in the Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey circus train leaving for Erie Pa followed vandalism that damaged 24 air brake hoses. The disruption capped a day of labor unrest as 7 teamsters and drivers walked out over a foreman’s discharge. John Ringling North said the show would open in Erie despite the delay. The circus had requested a wage cut due to low revenues.
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Tocdo—Ury
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Erie
John Ringling North
North Asker
Circus Emniques
Woman testifies she paid campaign to save state job
Miss Gertrude Kenney, a gasoline tax division employee, testified before Common Pleas Judge Henry L. Scarlett that C. O. Wilson asked her to contribute 364 to save her job. She recalled paying as part of a bid to keep her position after C. Elbert Black, former head of the division, was removed. Black contends he was fired for not backing Gov. Davey’s re election campaign. the commission says the post was eliminated for economy.
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Civil Service
Common Pleas
Henry L. Scarlett
Gertrude Kenney
Co. O. Wilson
C. Elbert Black
Wilson
Black
Kenney
Martin L. Davey
Tax Commission
Davey
Myrna Smith
Ross Found Guilty in Cleveland Murder Case
Herbert Ross of Cleveland was convicted by a nine woman three man jury of first degree murder in the September countryside killing of Roy Marino known as Happy. The jury recommended mercy and a life sentence to the Ohio state penitentiary.
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Commat Pleas
Herbert Ross
Cleveland
Gengland
Roy
Happy) Marina
Ohio State Penitentiary
Erskine Maiden, Jr
John Anthoulis
Steubenville
Ross
Youngstown
Sally Hart
Thomas Galati
Johnny O'Boyle
Marino
Here
Lewis Demands Won't Move House Floor Vote
Washington report says John L. Lewis presented to House Democratic leaders a second demand for action on the Walsh Healey bill and left empty handed. Speaker Bankhead declined to allow a floor vote, saying he would not permit it. Lewis condemned the rules committee as friendly to corporations, urging a roll call so labor can see who supports them. He met with CIO and labor leaders to press the demand, while noting November politics.
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House
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Barkley
Kentucly
Washington
John L. Lewis
Bankhead
CIO
House Oc
Democratic House
Lewis
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Sidney Hillman
Textile Workers’ Organizing Committee
Lee Fressman
General Unsel
Gardner Jackson
Labor
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Finland Pays Full Debt. Other Nations Show Interest in Settlement
Debts to the United States rose by more than 100 million as June installments fell due. Of thirteen debtor nations only Finland paid in full while Britain and others signaled willingness to discuss settlements. Interest of about 104.9 million went unpaid, pushing total debt near 13 billion.
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United States
Finland
Great Britain
Chinese and Jap Soldiers Flee Flood Front
Floodwaters on the Lunghai front forced Chinese and Japanese troops to abandon positions as 150,000 civilians were said to have drowned and 300,000 made homeless. Japanese air raids continued on several fronts in China while cholera raged in India. In Spain refugees fled east along highways as insurgents advanced, with Valencia and Castellon bombed and a French freighter damaged. News also noted a Sudeten German minority meeting in Czechoslovakia as Hodza conferred with the party.
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Associated Press
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Father and Son Rescued From Mine
In Ashland, Pennsylvania a father, Peter Shin skowsky, 48, and his son, Peter Jr., 17, were rescued from a makeshift coal mine after being trapped since Monday. Both appeared in good condition, wrapped in blankets and taken to a hospital. The elder’s daughter Mary stood nearby as the two men were released and walked about 25 feet to waiting cars. The cave failed when a makeshift lifting device loosened timbers and caused the slope to crumble.
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Peter Shinskowsky
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Peter
Shinskowsky
Mary
Eigell
Perry County Treasurer Brings Test Suit in Pension Real Estate Claim
Perry County treasurer W. Norris filed a test case in common pleas court to decide if the division of aid for aged has a prior claim on real estate of old age pension clients. The move followed an attorney general ruling on the division’s tax claim. In Alabama, Henry B. Steagall won renomination in the 3rd district, defeating J. Hubert Palmer with 15,425 votes to 71,325.
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C. W Norris
Perry
Common Pleas Court
Aid For
Birmingham
Ala
Henry B. Steagall
Norris
Winemigc
Steagall
J. Hubert
Beppe ' Palmer
Alabamalerty
Pen District
Three Muskingum Schools Seek Levies and Grants
Plans to improve three Muskingum county schools include a $54,000 PWA grant proposal for Dresden High School to add an auditorium gymnasium, plus a bond issue potential of $45,000 if approved. South Zanesville may seek a levy to install a new sanitary system, and Perry Township aims to equip a new centralized school.
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Prescott Gray
Jefferson
Dresden
PWA
L. A. Boulay
Columbus
South Zanesville
Perry Township
E. W. Austin
Public Works Administration
W. 4. Shaw
G. F. Littick
C. R. Cochran
Woman Accused of Kidnapping Daughter in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh detectives brought Mrs Louis Kerras and her 10 year old daughter Mary back to the city from Hollidaysburg after a New York bound bus stop. An 18 year old from a previous marriage accompanied them. Corporal J Davids said the trio were taken to Duncansville then Pittsburgh. The husband, who filed kidnaping charges, says he has had custody of their three children.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Kerras
Mary
New York
Hollidaysburg
J. Davids
Duncansville
Kerras
John J. Lyons
Patterson links fascism and communism in medical alumni talk
Grove Patterson editor of the Toledo Blade told Western Reserve University School of Medicine alumni that fascism and communism are virtually identical in practice. He quoted a professor saying Moscow gets much colder than Berlin to explain the difference.
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Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Patterson
Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Moscow
Berlin
Physicians Warned Of Indigent Need
The American Medical Association warned delegates that government action may force the public to obtain medical care for the indigent unless doctors help solve the problem. Dr Warren F Draper cited a survey of 2 8 million people while others warned interdepartmental plans could risk direct administrative action and coordination. One third of people remain ill housed ill cared for and sick.
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SAN Rrancisco
American Medical Association
Pblic
Warren F. Draper
Association
House of Delegates
Dr Praper
Meeting Held To Approve Payroll In Vernon Wood Row
Vernon E Wood resigned as president of the city board of education and said he will consider returning to office temporarily to restore harmony. A special meeting approved the payroll and signed checks after a dispute over leadership. Wood may not resign until the superintendent appointment issue is settled, with Kenneth C Ray being pursued and C T Prose redeployed if needed.
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City Board of Education
Harmony
Harry Orr
Wood
Orr
Iegal
Woodas
W. C. Bateman
Kenneth C. Ray
C. T. Prose
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