Allied blockade game plans target German trade
Britain and France opened a punitive blockade against German goods to neutral nations. They aim to undercut Germany by buying from neighbors at low prices and selling back cheaper, with France dispatching tankers for Romanian oil. Estimated British cost runs into hundreds of millions annually as markets in South America are eyed.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Black Sea
Britain
South America
Vandenberg Attacks Soviet Ties in 1940 GOP Platform
Senate candidate Arthur H. Vandenberg criticizes Roosevelt's recognition of Soviet Russia calling for a formal inquiry into the pledge in the Roosevelt Litvinov correspondence. He argues the 1933 recognition rests on broken promises and urges withdrawal to prevent soviet influence in America.
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Soviet Russia
New Deal
Vandenberg
Roosevelt-Litvinoff
Maxim Litvinoff
J. K. Taussig
House Appropriations Committee
Third International
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Jenkins Faces Ouster Fight at London Prison Farm
Ohio State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood suspended London Prison Farm superintendent T. C. Jenkins after a 90 day leave. Jenkins may face removal charges with the state civil service commission. Sherwood asked Jenkins to resign. Jenkins refused and received a 30 day suspension for disciplinary reasons.
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Columbus
Tu.p
Charles L. Sherwood
T. C. Jenkins
London
Jenkins
State Civil Service Commission
Sherwood
British King Tours Front Line Trenches in France
King George VI visited front line positions with the British Expeditionary Force in France today. He left Viscount Gort's headquarters to begin his first day touring positions facing Germany's Siegfried Line, with soldiers in the午 line.
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U.P
George VI
Germany
Siegfried Line
Viscount Gort
Americans aboard Kastelholm bound for Stockholm
Among those boarding the S. S. Kastelholm to Stockholm were members of the United States legation staff including Selma Suzan na Renala of Ashtabula, Ohio.
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Helsinki
United States
Legation
S. S. Kastelholm
Stockholm
Selma Suzanna Renala
Ashtabula
Corn King Who Raised Hybrid Declared Winner
At the 40th International Livestock Hay and Grain Exposition Chester E. Troyer of La Fontaine Indiana won the Grand Champion title with a hybrid steer. W C Blumenshine of Bloomington NL took the reserve championship with a similar hybrid. It marked the first hybrid to win over regular pollen types.
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Chester E. Troyer
la Fontaine
Ind
W. C. Blumenshine
Bloomington
Portsmouth Chief Blamed for Bank Night
Portsmouth police chief Harry Sheets faced charges of inefficiency filed by E A Kleffner with the civil service director. The complaint accuses Sheets of failing to stop bank nights at Portsmouth theaters while he had begun a campaign against slot machines and gambling devices.
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U.P
Harry Sheets
Sherrard M. Johnson
Civil Service Commission
E. A. Kleffner
Sheets
Mansfield plant hands out $155000 Christmas bonus
The 1725 employee at Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company will receive a Christmas bonus totaling 155000 dollars.
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Mansfield
U.P
Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company
Watson Says Jobs Surpass WPA Workers
Dr. Carl Watson Ohio WPA administrator says the state has a 156000 job quota but only 136000 workers on site due to local sponsors not meeting cost shares. Nine large counties drive the shortfall while rural areas need more workers and Cleveland is cited as funding efforts. Material costs depend on local sponsors under federal limits.
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Columbus
U.P
Carl Watson
Ohio
Watson
Dr. Watson
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Farm Bureau Hears Wallace on Defense Costs Threatening Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace told the American Farm Bureau Federation at its 20th annual convention that rising defense costs threaten farm benefit payments. He cautioned the defense burden could cripple the program, but expressed confidence farmers would not surrender the program.
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Chicago
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation Today
Federal Circuit Rejects Bergdoll Appeal
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals unananimously rejected Grover Bergdoll’s claim that he was illegally turned over to a military court. The court upheld Judge Alfred C. Coxe’s dismissal of the habeas corpus action aimed at blocking his transfer to the military court for desertion.
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New York
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Alfred C. Coxe
Japan Promises Compensation for Property Damage in China
Admiral Nomura stated in talks with U S Ambassador Grew that Japan will compensate for American property damage in China where justified and will increase efforts to protect American interests in the future. The remark was made in Tokyo yesterday.
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W.P
Japan
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
Joseph Clark Grew
Gas liquifying plant blast injures three in Cleveland
An explosion at Cleveland's new asphalt plant injures three men from burning as gases released by a liquifying machine ignites. About six other workers escape unharmed. Fire crews extinguish flames. investigation into cause underway.
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Cleveland
U.P
Weston Seismograph Detects Strong Earthquake Southwest of Here
Weston College seismograph records a very strong quake about 2 200 miles southwest of Weston likely in Central America. The event is noted from the regional network and attributed to a distant seismic source.
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Weston, Mass
U.P
Weston College
Here
Central America
Rabbit Fever Worse Than Ever This Fall
The Ohio state health department reports tularemia or rabbit fever more prevalent this year. Conservation Commissioner Don Waters says no rabbits will be imported from outside the state unless disease-free stock is guaranteed. Health Director Dr. R. H. Markwith cites 25 officially reported cases with notes of underreporting and delayed reporting.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Don Waters
R. H. Markwith
Political Drive In Ohio Opens At Montpelier
In Montpelier Ohio a tri state Democratic assembly formed around Social Security Administrator Paul V McNutt a former Indiana governor and Philippines commissioner. McNutt plans to seek the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination but will not run if FDR seeks a third term. Democratic leaders in Ohio Indiana and Michigan were invited though the meeting is stated non partisan.
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U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Montpelier
Ohio
Indiana
Philippines
Roosevelt
McNutt
Indianapolis
Secretary of State
Michigan
Village Postmaster Fight Reopens Political Scrap
Washington reports revive a civil service vs political influence dispute over the Nankin Ohio postmastership. A civil service investigator found a letter indicating Owen Sharick was chosen for being a more active Democrat, leading to Sharick’s appointment being ruled invalid due to political considerations.
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Washington
U.P
Nankin
Ashland County
W. E. Ashbrook
Owen Sharick
Civil Service
Sharick
Factions Deadlock over Relief Funds in Ohio Cities
In Cleveland and across Ohio a relief funding dispute pits municipal leaders against Governor Bricker. City officials demand immediate restoration of full relief for 8,000 singles and 4,000 childless couples, while Bricker ]refuses to authorize new funds. City Manager Schoonmaker defends relief financing on credit as impossible to cut expenses.
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Ohio
Harold H. Burton
John W. Bricker
Columbus
Washington
Burton
C. B. Cowan
Association of Unemployed
George N. Schoonmaker
Toledo
Bricker
Schoonmaker
Freman
Ohio spends nearly two million on relief in November
Ohio Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced a preliminary November relief total of about 2 million dollars based on reports from 103 of 147 relief areas. The state paid roughly 1 million dollars, about half of the November bill, the first time the state covered half the costs. Local relief authorities spent less than in prior months, raising the state’s share proportionally. November costs fell by about 275 thousand from October’s 2,276,975 total. Highway Director Beightler said he will send engineers to Cleveland to discuss increasing winter projects with WPA officials.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Robert S. Beightler
Harry D. Metcalf
R. O. Nelson
Highway Department
WPA
Cleveland
Division
Toledo creditors urge Bricker for swift state relief aid
Creditors of Toledo with claims totaling 560000 for relief supplies met today to appoint a committee to call on Governor Bricker and press for rapid state relief assistance for the city.
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Toledo
WAP
Bricker
Kuhn Sentenced to Two and a Half to Five Years
Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund is sentenced to two and a half to five years in prison for stealing 1217 from the Bund treasury. Judge James G. Wallace suspends counts and runs terms concurrently for three charges of grand larceny and forgery tied to a $500 legal fee for Nassau County case representation.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Bundesfuehrer
General Sessions
James G. Wallace
Kuhn
The
James D. C. Murray
Nassau County
Murray
Winnie Ruth Judd still at large near Phoenix area
A suburban resident told the sheriff a feared murderess Winnie Ruth Judd appeared at her window, heightening fears two miles from the asylum she fled. Hospital attendants say she may have carried a razor during her escape.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Winnie Ruth Judd
Sheriff's Office
Winnie
Winnie Ruth
Indictments in Building Trade Probe
Federal government charges in a monopoly investigation naming 35 individuals and a coalition of manufacturers contractors associations and unions. One count alleges a 1936 conspiracy to restrict tile shipments to association members. A second count claims a conspiracy to grant association members a tile purchasing monopoly.
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Detroit
U.P
Community Chest Supporters andContributors in Athens
A list of business firms and individual donors supporting a local Community Chest drive in Athens. Highlights include a wide range of companies from dress shops to plumbing and electric firms and several professionals. The drive shows a goal of 12 975 dollars with 4 610 75 raised today and a remaining balance of 8 364 25.
Trautman To Lead Minor Leaguers For 3 Years
In Cincinnati the Columbus Baseball Club traded pitcher Al Fisher to St. Paul for outfielder Les Fleming. George M. Trautman of Columbus was re-elected president of the American Association for a three year term, with his contract extended through 1942. Trautman also chairs the Ohio Conservation and Natural Resources Commission and has led the league since 1936.
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Columbus Baseball Club
al Fisher
St. Paul
Les Fleming
George M. Trautman
Columbus
American Association
Trautman
Ohio Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
Justice Sentenced to Prison Term in Ohio Embezzlement Case
Preston L. Coon former Carlisle Township justice of the peace received a one to 10 year sentence to the Ohio Penitentiary for embezzling 6445 dollars in public funds. He pled guilty to the indictment and resigned the day after his arraignment.
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Elyria—Wup
Preston L. Coon
Carlisle Township
Ohio Penitentiary
Representative Iglesias Dies in Washington
Commissioner Santiago Iglesias aged 67, longtime Puerto Rico representative in Congress, died today at Garfield Hospital in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Santiago Iglesias
Puerto Rico
Garfield Hospital
Democratic War Veterans Federated Clubs Formed in Ohio
Articles of incorporation for the Democratic War Veterans Federated Clubs were filed to establish clubs in each county of Ohio.
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Columbus
U.P
Democratic War Veterans Federated Clubs
Ohio
Red Advance Into Finland Seen Slow Amid Wider Tensions
Western Europe fears rise as Sweden mobilizes reserves and Norway discusses Nordic responses. Moscow claims gains but progress in Finland stalls amid minefields and heavy snow. Evacuations shrink Helsinki population while refugees reach the Norwegian frontier and League deliberations loom.
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Finland
Russia
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Stockholm
Norway
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Oslo
League of Nations
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Salmijarvi
Helsinki
Gulf of Bothnia
Hoagland Island
Gulf of Finland
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Italy
Terljoki
Oberlin College Receives Aluminum Stock Dividend
Oberlin College will gain $500,000 this Christmas from a $6 a share dividend by Aluminum Corporation of America. Oberlin ranks as a major holder due to a bequest by Charles Martin Hall, Oberlin graduate and inventor of aluminum processing machinery.
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Oberlin
U.P
Aluminum Corporation of America
Oberlin College
Aluminum Corporation
Charles Martin Hall
Mrs. Roosevelt Denounces Soviet Bombing of Civilians
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt condemned Russia's bombing of civilians in Finland as a terrible thing and said she wished people could become more civilized. She called the invasion of Finland a very sad situation at a press conference in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet
Russia
Finland
London steamer Horsted torpedoed in North Sea
The London steamship Horsted of 1,670 tons was torpedoed in the North Sea with the loss of three crew members, official notice announced today.
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London
U.R
North Sea
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