Lindbergh completes 1870 mile Atlantic leg
Col Lindbergh flies a 1870 mile leg in the air route from East Africa toward the Atlantic. The seaplane tour includes a refueling, ground checks, and a planned landing near Bathurst. Mrs Lindbergh aids with radio messages as the couplerun a perilous aerial voyage across the coast.
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Brtil
U.R
Ves A. Lindbergh
East Africa
Helto
Mrs. Lindbergh
Fastern
South
Ohio Motion Picture Association Faces Theaters Drop
Fragmented OCR text shows confusion over the Ohio Motion Picture Association and Cantor tied to film theater counts. It suggests a decline in the number of movies or theaters, with dispute over roles and protection, mentioning Cantor as a code consultant and secretary.
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Dee
Eddie
Ohio Motion Pie- Association
United States
Cantor
Distinction in Mt legal drink era marked by posters
Fragmentary note recalls a 1920s era dispute over legal drink distinctions and posters tied to Benjamin and another contested figure. Little readable detail limits factual clarity but points to a historical public display related to Prohibition era debates.
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Benjamin Thers
Oddities Of Repeal Across Cities
New York reports the first drunken arrest since repeal as Herbert Chase 26 pretends to be Count Bosco after a sidewalk stumble. A midtown speakeasy licenses liquor but serves only untaxed drinks to avoid license loss. In Buffalo a 1000 gallon still is raided and Girsalo Colego 35 faces charges of illegal manufacture and nuisance. Times Square crowds gather to watch a Japanese chef prepare suyaki.
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New York
U.P
Herbert Chase
E. 6Th Street
Count Bosco
Romanoffs
Buffalo
Girsalo Cologero
Times Square
Seek To Stop Revenue Leak
The House Ways and Means Committee studied drastic recommendations to plug leaks in federal revenue as shown by the Senate stock market inquiry. The sub committee believes $235,000,000 to $270,000,000 can be added to the treasury through changes in the 1932 Revenue Act. Representatives Cullen and others say the proposals will form the basis for a new revenue bill with possible modifications.
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Washington
Dec
U.P
Hous Ways and Means
Senate Stock Market Inquiry
Ways and Means
Treasury
Cullen
New York
Mayer Loses First Legal Drink by Narrow Margin
Oscar Mayer, inventor of the skinless hot dog, narrowly misses the first legal drink since 1919. Mayer, 75, says he may demand a recount as Benjamin Decasseres of New York won by finishing in two and a half seconds while Mayer timed at four seconds.
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Chicago
U.P
Oscar Mayer
New York
Mayer
Benjamin Decasseres
250 Men Removed From CWA Project
Lima officials report more than 250 men were removed from a Works Progress Administration project on the Ottawa River. Protesters visited Allen County relief director Fred W. Zeits seeking explanation after the dismissals, Zeits said the workers were dropped for not appearing on welfare relief lists earlier.
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Lima
CWA
Ottawa River
Fred W. Zeits
Allen County
Zeits
Wealthy Los Angeles Physician Found Slain
The bullet punctured body of Dr. Dewey Wightman, 43, a prominent Los Angeles physician, was found early this morning in a bedroom of his palatial home. Police detained his widow despite her insistence that the doctor killed himself.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Dewey Wightman
Howe likely to testify on textbook costs before senate panel
Columbus Dec 6 W T H Howe of Cincinnati head of the American Book Company probably will be called before the special Senate Committee on the cost of school textbooks next week. Chairman D J Gunsett of Van Wert announced the plan.
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Columbus
W. T. H. Howe
Cincinnati
American Book Company
Senate
D. J. Gunsett
van Wert
Paul Noon Named State Librarian in Columbus
Paul A. Noon, 31, formerly of Columbus, is named state librarian succeeding acting librarian J Fr Clarke who held the post since the release of John Henry Newman.
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Columbus
Paul A. Noon
Noon
J. FR. Clarke
John Henry Newman
Mrs Bolivar Kemp Chosen to Succeed Late Husband in Louisiana
Mrs. Bolivar E Kemp was presented to Congress as the elected successor of her late husband in Louisiana's sixth district by the Huey P Long machine. She won yesterday with about 5,000 votes in a district that normally casts 40,000, despite no ballots in three parishes. The election featured violence including effigies of Senator Long burned in two towns and court-ordered voting delays in three parishes.
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Bolivar E. Kemp
Congress
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Hold Youth in Yankee Girl's Poison Death
Police in Monte Carlo investigated a macabre scene in a hotel room where Marie Wilson a 20 year old American girl lay dead for 36 hours and Fred Wilson 17 her New York brother appeared incoherent. a note in the girl's clothes urged not to blame the boy. The boy later claimed the girl was his mother and his name was Elkington. he had been cranking a phonograph while the room received food and drink since Thanksgiving Day.
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Monte Carla
U.P
Marie Wilson
Fred Wilson
New York City
Wilson
Elkington
Harrison County Loses Re-Employment Office
COLUMBUS Dec. 6. Closing of the State Federal Re-Employment office at Cadiz was ordered by Ohio Re-Employment Director F. B. Mathewson due to Harrison County's failure to participate in the CWA program. He said Harrison is the only county in the state without a CWA program. County commissioners told Major E. O. Braught they could handle county needs themselves.
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Columbus
U.P
Cadiz
F. B. Mathewson
Ohio
Harrison County
Mathewson
E. O. Braught
Two Trainmen Die as Express Hits Freight
At Quantico Virginia today the engineer and fireman of a Seaboard Airline Florida New York express were killed when the train struck a derailed freight halted by a landslide. The freight, southbound, hit the slide and was thrown into the northbound passenger train in a fatal collision.
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Quantico
Florida-New York Express
White Asks Special Session for Speed In Framing Ohio Liquor Control Laws
President Roosevelt announces a nationwide temperance push as the Twenty-First Amendment takes effect. Federal control powers begin to regulate imports and enforcement while dry states celebrate orderly transitions. saloons are condemned and a swift framing of state laws is urged.
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White
Ohio
State Department
District of Columbia
Maryland
Mexican Delegation For Debt Stand-Off
United States delegates at the Pan American Conference faced Latin American efforts to raise debt and tariff issues. Mexico, Peru and Argentina pushed talks on monetary problems with Mexico proposing a debt moratorium. US investors hold 1.4 billion in Latin American bonds, only 20 percent of which pay full services.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
Three Men Arrested in Kentucky Cabin Slaying
In Casey County near Liberty Kentucky three men were arrested at Silverton for the slayings of a man identified as M and his son aged 54. One suspect reportedly confessed to the crime.
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Cincinnati
Liberty
Casey County
Silverton
Train Rider and Hitch-Hiker To Receive Government Aid
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration plans a transit once unseen aid program for wandering unemployed workers. A new Bureau of Transiency will route transients from Athens to service bureaus in Ohio cities for temporary care, feeding and clothing before employment placement.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Bureau of Transiency
Ohio Central
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Columbus
Akron
Dayton
Canton
Porteamouth
Athens
Citizens’ Conservation Corps
Government Sets New Gold Price at $34.01 An Ounce
In Washington on December 6 the government maintained the price for newly mined American gold at $34.01 per ounce, unchanged from the prior three days.
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Washington
Maine Ratifies Twenty First Amendment in Prohibition Era
Augusta Maine December 6 Maine becomes the thirty seventh state to ratify the Twenty first Amendment ending national Prohibition in the United States.
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Augusta
Maine
Bootleggers Monitor Legal Liquor Prices In Chicago
Chicago bootleggers watching the new legal liquor price schedule to gauge a potential “low mood” among rivals amid a flood of bootleg stock. Photos show 3,000,000 gallons stored and 7,000 outlets rushing to dispense legal liquor as crowds fill Palmer House bars and arrests for drunkenness remain low.
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Chicago
Country Needs Nearly Million Homes in 34
An NRA survey says the United States needs about 800000 housing units each year for several years. The plan outlines nearly 14000000 in two years and allocates 4250000 to workers, with 2000000 on homes, 1000000 on grade crossings, 500000 on schools, 500000 on recreation and sanitation, and 20000 on subsistence housing.
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Ateada
Death sentence given in Scottsboro retrial
Clarence Norris, second Negro defendant retried in the Scottsboro assault case, was convicted by a Morgan County jury in Decatur Alabama. The jury fixed the death penalty, the same as for Haywood Patterson, first retried and reconvicted.
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Decatur
Ala
Clarence Norris
Scottsworo
Morgan County
Haywood Patterson
County School Chiefs To Direct New Courses
Ohio county superintendents were named chairmen and directors of emergency education programs in their counties. State education chief B O Skinner sent letters instructing them to lead any work relief in education projects initiated locally.
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Columbus
Ohio
B. O. Skinner
Akron bank offers new plan aiding farmers and deposits
An Akron savings and loan company introduces a plan to assist local farmers with deposits and crop loans. The initiative aims to provide Akron residents early access to funds and supports agricultural financing amid ongoing concerns.
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Akron
Akron Heringe and Loan Company
Handling Liquor Is Problem for People More Than for State
Beverly Hills letter argues the noble experiment shifts trouble from state to people. The writer predicts state liquor laws will cause scandals and tax battles, noting the first week will be the hardest for individuals to navigate.
Esther Filley Held on $1,500 Bond in Manslaughter Charge
In Nelsonville a preliminary hearing led to Esther Filley being bound over to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge for the fatal shooting of Margaret Green at Deanville. The hearing drew crowded spectators and was conducted before Mayor J. W. Hickman with one witness for the state and none for the defense.
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Nelsonville
Esther Filley
Margaret Green
Deanville
J. W. Hickman
Misa Filley
Miss Filley
Edwin JD. Ricketts
Logan
John W. Bolin
L. F. Jones
Bia
Public Works Chief Reviews Cleveland Projects
Public Works Administrator Harold Ickes sought to revive the faltering Cleveland program after learning three of four municipal projects may collapse due to officials' dysfunction. He ordered his legal division to ask Mayor Harry Davis if additional federal aid is needed. Only about 200 men were employed on the four projects funded with 10,020,000 in loans and grants nine weeks earlier.
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Washington
Harold J
Ickes
Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Student Paper Demands Ohio State Coach Sam Willaman Quit
An Ohio State Lantern editorial on the first page urges the removal of head football coach Sam Willaman. The piece titled Give Us a New Football Coach states the editorials belief that Willaman is not qualified to continue as Ohio State's football coach.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Lantern
Ohio State University
Sam Willaman
Sam Willaman Ia
Ohio State
Chillicothe Man Is Accidentally Killed
Chillicothe detective report states 22 year old Allett Baucus was killed at home when a gun her brother James Baucus was cleaning discharged. The brother, 21, is in a state of nervous collapse and under physician care. Coroner Bh Oliver ruled the death accidental.
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Chillicothe
U.R
Allett Baucus
Jamen
Oliver
Exceets Four Million To Be at Werk Secon
LY A ORRE Paeseee Gea, Resse 4 O33) rea tae Beet by the 45. under the Ciyu Youuks Auchorily.
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Werk Secon
Governor Endorses Liquor Control Reforms In Ohio
Ohio Governor White backs advisory commission liquor control recommendations urging local option provisions and a state monopoly on hard liquor sales in dispensaries. He calls for swift enactment to curb bootlegging and promote temperance while allowing glass sales in licensed venues. The Anti-Saloon League plans continued pressure beyond Christmas as lawmakers debate enforcement and taxation.
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Advisory Commission On Liquor Control
Baker Warns on Swift Changes in Public Opinion
Former secretary of war Newton D. Baker told the Economic Club of Chicago that public opinion is becoming a more explosive and dangerous force. He warned about the growing swiftness and unanimity with which opinions can be mobilized worldwide.
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Chicago
Newton D. Baker
Economic Club of Chicago
Baker
Cinema Exhibitors Plan For Revolutionary Code
More than 500 Ohio motion picture exhibitors met in Columbus to discuss a new federal code for the industry. The plan aims to standardize operations nationwide under NRA guidelines and overhaul exhibition practices amid wartime regulatory efforts.
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Columbus
Dee. G
U.A
Ohio
NRA
Mmn
Baxenblett
Washington
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