Boy Wounded When Gun Catches on Gate
Gallia County near the Gallia line. William T. Lewis 11, son of Mr and Mrs David L Lewis of Peneil Jackson County was brought to Holzer Hospital with an apparent fatal wound from an accidental discharge of a .22 rifle. He was rabbit hunting when the trigger caught on a gate and the bullet struck above his right eye.
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Gallipolis
William T. Lewis
David L. Lewis
Peneil
Jackson County
Gallia
Holzer Hospital
France backs Britain pledge in foreign affairs debate
France's Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos declared unqualified support for Great Britain if attacked during a Chamber of Deputies debate on foreign affairs in Paris.
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Paris
U.P
France
Great Britain
Yvon Delbos
Chamber of Deputies
Duke of York Weighs A New Reign For Britain
The Duke of York 41, son of the late King George, prepared to assume the throne of Great Britain and Emperor of India if King Edward abdicates. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923. their children are Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose. If king, he would choose his throne name, likely Albert or George VI.
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Edward
Great Britain
London
Duke of York
George
India
House of Windsor
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Earl of
England
Scotland
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Albert Frederick Arthur George of Windsor
Inverness
Baron
Killarney
Albert
Albert I
George VI
Inter-American Peace Conference Opens in Buenos Aires
The Inter-American Conference for the maintenance of peace opened its first plenary session in Buenos Aires at 11 25 am with Argentine foreign minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas presiding. President Roosevelt's invitation and goodwill visit were praised by Lamas, the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Buenos Aires
U.2
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Roosevelt
Lamas
Rail deficit in 1935 becomes profit in 1936
Washington report shows American railroads earned a net income of 42.8 million dollars in the first nine months, reversing a 66.2 million dollar deficit for the same period in 1935 per the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt Leaves Brazil Coast En Route Home
President Roosevelt sails off Brazil on his return from a South American tour and expects to reach Charleston on December 14 or 15 before taking a train to Washington. He had scrapped the plan to land at Mobile and go through Warm Springs Georgia.
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U. S
Chester
U.P
Roosevelt
Brazil
South America
Hemisphere
Charleston S. C
Washington
Mobile
Ala
Warm Springs
War Dept approves $100,000 for Ohio River flood survey
The War Department authorized an allotment of 100000 dollars to continue the 308 Survey of the Ohio River. The project aims to prepare flood control plans for the Pittsburgh area.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Ohio Man Must Pay Damages for Injury Suit
William G. Frankenburger Jr aged 24 of Bartow Florida won a verdict for 13042 dollars against John Kenny of Tiltonville Ohio for an arm injury from an automobile collision in Pittsburgh three years ago.
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Pittsburgh
William G. Frankenburger, Jr
Bartow
Fla
John Kenny
Tiltonville
Ohio
Willoughby Employee to Share in $13 000 Bonus
Frank C. Smith president announces that a Willoughby Ohio Rubber Co. employee will share in a $13 000 bonus distribution on December 15. The announcement specifies the timing and the company source of the incentive.
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Willoughby
U.P
Ohio Rubber Co
Frank C. Smith
Queen Mother Weeps Over Abdication Fears
London reports Queen Mary weeping at Marlborough House as she fears her son may abdicate to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson. Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, and the king enter the room after a late-night meeting. The queen had urged marriage for a decade and laments the potential royal crisis.
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Helen of Troy
Wallis Simpson
Edward VIII
America
London
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
France
Duchess of Cornwall
London-Au
Mary
Marlborough House
Princess Royal
Countess of
New Effort To End Steel Strike Sparks Federal Mediation
Federal conciliators will push a fresh attempt to end the week-old stay-in strike at Midland steel plant Detroit paralyzing Chrysler Corp and other auto factories leaving 75,000 idle. In Ottawa Ontario thirteen hundred workers sat idle as Libby Owens Ford Plate Glass leaders and union officials traded telegrams seeking a settlement after an earlier failed conference. Homer Martin of the International Union said the strike has full backing from John L. Lewis committee for industrial organization.
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Detroit
U.P
Midland Steel
Chrysler Corporation
Ottawa
AU P
Libby-Owens-Ford Plate Glass Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Homer Martin
International Union
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Rebels Retreat From Madrid After City Defense Strengthened
Loyalists aided by strong artillery repelled a major rebel assault on Madrid on the 28th day of the siege. Government troops reportedly welcomed new batteries and reinforced trenches during a day-long attack that included three air raids and hit Loyalist trenches and non-combatant casualties.
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Madrid
U.P
Deetrick Bond Raised in Wife's Death Murder Case
Youngstown metallurgist John W. Deetrick pleaded not guilty to a first degree murder charge in his wife death. Bond was raised from 25000 to 50000 as the case moves forward in court.
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Youngstown
U.R
John W. Deetrick
Wallis Simpson Heads to Cannes Villa Amid Royal Ties
Paris dispatch says Mrs. Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, rode in a black Buick with license CUL 548 toward a Cannes villa owned by the Rogers-Sir Charles Mendl circle. London confirms King Edward VIII gave or supplied the car. Reporters swarm Versailles near Paris as details unfold.
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Paris
Wallis Simpson
France
Villa of Friends
Cannes
Riviera
Rouen
United Press
London
Edward VIII
Ex-Wife Receives Help From Ex-Husband in Missouri
Jay Freener states he arranged jobs to keep his former wife Rachel and her husband James Phelps content. After divorcing in 1934 Freener bought a new marriage license, gave a $500 wedding gift, and aided their move between Fort Peck and Nevada. He then helped Phelps run a filling station and the ex-wife wait tables at his restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Springs
U.P
Jay Freener
Fleener
Rachel
James Phelps
Fort Peck
Mont
Nevada
Phelps
Girl Hit by Car On W Union Street Injured
Eight year old Nola Jean Bahr ran into traffic from behind a parked car on W Union Street. She struck the door handle of an east bound car driven by Herb Parker. She was treated by a doctor and moved to Sheltering Arms and University Hospital Columbus in fair condition after surgery. She attends Rufus Putnam School.
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W. Union St
Nola Jean Bahr
Bertie Bahr
Herb Parker
E. State St
Parker
Sheltering Arms Hospital
University Hospital
Columbus
Columbus Hospital
Rufus Putnam School
Russia and Japan Accelerate Buying of U.S. Planes
United Press reports Soviet Union and Japan are rapidly purchasing American aircraft amid fears of a German Russian Japanese war next spring. Russia buys about twice as many planes as Japan, with Soviet production running on a forced schedule. Over the last 30 days Soviet purchases totaled about 1 million dollars, while Japan spent roughly 600 thousand dollars and has further orders or inquiries in motion.
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Washington-Au
Russia
Japan
United Press
Police Seek Three Greenfield Girls Missing Since Wednesday
State and city police began a search for three Greenfield girls two McClain high school students who disappeared after packing clothing in paper boxes and a phonograph case then boarding a school bus for Greenfield. Parents have not heard from them.
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Greenfield
U.R
McClain High School
Rodehaver to Speak in Nelsonville Saturday
Rodehaver, to spend Saturday and Sunday in Nelsonville, will arrive in Columbus by plane at 6 05 Saturday morning. Rev. Lloyd Evans will arrange transport to Nelsonville for his 10 o'clock children’s meeting at the Christian Church.
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Nelsonville
Homer Rodehaver
Columbus
Lloyd Evans
Evans
Rodehaver
Christian Church
Misses Clean Up Bet Sues Telegraph Co
Hugh Leffel of Christiansburg filed a common pleas suit in Urbana seeking 287.50 from a telegraph firm. He alleged failure to promptly deliver a message about a horse race at Epsom Downs track in Texas, claiming a $50 bet would have won $13.50 on a $2 wager. He charged negligence by telegraph employees.
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Urbana
U.P
Hugh Leffel
Christiansburg
Common Pleas Court
Epsom Downs
Texas
Leffel
Slingshot Strikers Target Glass in New York
The slingshot army of glaziers, marching through Manhattan and other boroughs, used rubber bands and bolts to fire at plate glass windows. Police and shopkeepers protested as 54 windows were shattered in the protest for higher wages.
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NEW York
U.P
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
British Merchant Ship Seized by Spanish Rebel Warship
A News Chronicle report states a British merchant ship was seized in the Mediterranean by a Spanish rebel warship amid ongoing regional conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
News Chronicle Today
Mediterranean Sea
Ohio Faces Crisis as Food Tax Lift Strains Education Funding
Ohio education officials warn a 16 million dollar deficit threatens 1.31 million students in 1937. The loss of food sales tax revenue totaling about 403 thousand dollars weekly could cripple the foundation program, with only a remote chance of relief from legislature or local special levies.
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School Foundation
Columbus
U.P
Department of Education
Ohio
Education Department
Sutton
Floyd Lundy Held on Open Charge in Wife's Alleged Affair Shooting
Lima Indiana reports 81 year old Floyd Lundy held on an open charge after shooting 30 year old Paul Kizer in the liver. Lundy said the shooting followed a confrontation over his wife Sylvia Lundy with Kizer, described as a supposed practical joke gone wrong. Kizer, who is deaf, was in serious condition. Lundy claimed he fired when Kizer advanced after a confrontation and a note prompted him to act.
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Lima
U.P
Floyd Lundy
Paul Kizer
Lundy
Sylvia Lundy
Kizer
Insull and Hostess Patch Up Differences in Settlement
After three days of conference and telephone exchanges between New York and Chicago, Samuel Insull and Mme Helene Coyimzogu have patched up their differences over the former magnate's shirt studs with a cash settlement.
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Chicago
U.P
New York
Samuel Insull
Mme
Helene Coyimzogu
18-Year-Old Girl Murders Stepfather in Watsonville
Marie Minghetti 18 told police she shot and killed her stepfather George Spencer 44 while he slept this morning. She said she did it because he was mean to the family and beat them.
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Watsonville
Cal
U.P
Marie Minghetti
George Spencer
WPA payroll across Ohio tops six hundred thousand
In Columbus the WPA reports October wages totaling 628,268 paid to 8,025 workers on 345 professional and service projects across the state.
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Columbus
U.P
Cleveland Detective Killing Convict to Die Tonight
James Brown Negro, convicted of killing a Cleveland railroad detective, is to be executed tonight in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair.
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Columbus
James Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
King Edward VIII Faces Historic Commons Clash Over Marriage
Prime Minister Baldwin told the Commons that a royal marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson would violate English law and force the King to abdicate. He warned any change would require dominion consent, signaling a possible early showdown and a bid to form a Churchill-led government if the King defies the throne.
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Stanley Baldwin
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Baldwin
London
Edward VIII
Commons
Mrs. Simpson
Mary
Duke of York
Josiah Wedgwood
Laborite
Rural Electrification Co Op Grants Large Mortgage
A 1 109 000 mortgage on rural electrification systems in Champaign, Miami and Shelby Counties was recorded for the United States Government. Pioneer Electric Cooperative transferred all assets of the three county coops to Pioneer as an operating company, the largest mortgage recorded to date.
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Urbana
U,p
Champaign
Miami
Shelby
Pioneer Electric Cooperative
United States
Forday
Morris L. Cooke
REA
Ansela
Rebel Gunboat Fires To Halt Russian Ship
The Spanish rebel gunboat Canovas Del Castillo halted a Russian steamer four miles from Gibraltar by firing across its bow. Rebel officers ordered the vessel to Ceuta, under escort.
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Gibraltar
Ceuta
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