The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-08-11
STATE CAF I'l'AL NEWS
{FrCm Department os State)
Earl. GRIFFITH, Secretary

| lake OF ray IurS IN 1887. Ohio re-
ranks first with Louisiana In the
ports total Of $500 900 wild ami
NAL furs Of eight species in the
fiscal year 100000 muskrats;
$4,000 common skunks; 100000
oppossulns. Ohio leads all states
and Alaska in the number of opos-
sums and skunks reported taken.
These figures were furnished by Ii
censed fur dealers
The West Virginia state courts
have held as unconstitutional that
states new hawkers and peddlers
law which assessed tax against all
peddlers who principal place Of
business was outside the state. Ohio
industries and truck farmers along
the Ohio river were vitaly affected
by the decision.
The Ohio Civil Service Associa-
/ tion, representing 80 other civil SER
vice groups, has gone on record as
opposing the Democratic State Com
mittee's referendum to repeal the
newly enacted civil service law. H.
F.. Hillebrandt, Columbus interna-
tional representative of the Ameri-
can Federation Of State, Counuty
and Municipal Employees, 4 AFL
Union, issued statement saying:
I'VE are not interested in the po-
litical angle involved, but we are
interested solely in good civil ser
vice. We feel that the new law,
which viii. become effective Septem-
Der s, is a decided Improvement
over the old law
According to federal statistics, in
1916 there were 17,075 milIionaires
in the United States. BY 1928 this
figure had grown to 43,184 but the
figure today is said to be 14,317.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration reports it spent the roc
ord sum of $695, ,104,483 in carrying
out farm-aid and crop control pro-
grams during the year which ended
June 30. Expenditure in the cur
rent fiscal year are expected to ex-
ceed this amount by considerable
margin, Congress having appropriat-
ed $783,000,O00 for this purpose.
The benefit payments made last
year included; Cotton adjustment
payments for the 1888 crops, $l21,
663, ,66I; soil soil conservation, SAT-.
200,239; sugar, $61,294,887 and
parity payments $22,826,045. Texas
led all states with payments of $685.
661 TOO.
Action continues to follow the or
ders issued by Secretary of State
Earl Griffith to dear the state cleo
tion machinery Of all charges of ir-
regularities or suspicious of fraud,
the latest being the removal of 206
more election officials in Cuyahoga
county July goth for irregularities
in counting the vote cast at the last
November election. This was in ad-
dition to the 156 election booth of
ficials removed several weeks age on
similar charges Under ruling of
the County Board Of Elections, none
of those discharged can again serve
as an election official The vote of
the Election Board authorizing the
demovals was unanimous.
Following bipartisan investiga-
ton of election practices in Pike
county, Secretary Of State Earl
Griffith on August 2 removed the
County Election Board and its
Clerk. James A. Walker. Chief
Eldtion Inspector in the Selretary OF
States Office, has beeh placed in
charge of all election matters in the
county until the new County Elec-
ton Board and Clerk is appointed.
The Ohio Division of Conserva-
tion reports 90 arrests for violations
of the state fish and game laws were
made during the NINTH of July. All
| were convicted and fines amounting
to $4,000 and costs. $4s4.50, were
assessed.