Beery Rod warns Japan on naval pact bringing insecurity
The first public statement since naval talks warned that abandoning the accord could heighten insecurity and trigger costly arms competition. Ambassador-at-large Davis said the policy aims for equality but risks upsetting balance with Japan. He noted the pact’s potential to shape Pacific security and U.S. relations with Yugoslavia and other nations.
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Gates
H. Davis
United Passador
London
Roosevelt
United States
Former reform plea guilty in Leona Love murder case
A former reform school detainee in Michigan pleaded guilty to the murder of Leona Georgia Love. He received a life sentence after officers said he killed her four hours after abducting her. The plea was announced by Det. Phillip L. Hutson.
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Mich
Dev
Lege
Leona
Georgia Love
Michigan
Wong
Vera
Pris- Carson Sions
Deteem
Phillip L. Hutson
Shooting on bus shocks city amid sudden attack
A hazy report describes a shooting on a city bus causing fear and a quick police response. Witnesses recount a brief exchange and a man fleeing the scene as investigators cordon the area. No further details on victims or motives are provided.
Be Sure You're on Good Terms With The Sun
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills praising navigation and celestial knowledge. He recalls lunch with Sir Kingsford Smith and notes the Hawaiian Islands missed in a flight. Rogers extols Gatty and Lindbergh as top navigators and stresses astronomy over mechanical details.
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Will
Beverly Hills
Calif
Sir Kingsford- Smith
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Gatty
Lindbergh
Post
Will Rogers
Legion Plans Golden Gloves Ring Tourney
Members of the K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion organized committees for a Golden Gloves boxing tournament and a rifle team. A Christmas ball was approved in cooperation with the Legion Auxiliary, with plans to host state Legion officers after year’s start.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Legion
Floyd Hutchins
M. ©. Morrison
John Hunt
W. F. Burke
C. A. Parker
A. C. Smedley
R. M. Duffee
Ansel Davis
John DeMolet
The
Legion Auxiliary
Charles Woodworth
Blaine R. Goldsberry
William Walsh
Howard Wood
Post
R. H. White
Ernest McGraner
P. G. Burke
John Dowler
Jacob Maurer
Rafael Johnson
Roger Connor
Ohio Power Maintains NRA Unconstitutional
Coshocton Ohio December 6 1934 suit claims the National Industrial Recovery Act is unconstitutional filed by Ohio Power Company after a city council failed to block construction of a steam generating plant for the municipal waterworks. The company argues the plant could become the nucleus of a municipal light plant and would push to have the city substitute a water softening plant and sell current for the softener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton, CO
Ohio Power Company
Kidnappers Threaten Ambassador's Niece
Boston dispatch reports a threat to kidnap Eugenie H. Grew 11 daughter of Randolph C Grew and niece of U S ambassador Joseph C Grew. He received the message at midnight as heavily armed Justice men protected him at the Manchester summer estate.
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Boston
Eugenie H. Grew
Randolph Clark Grew
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Japan
Department of Justice
Manchester
Mr. Grew
Coal Dealer Refuses Wife Alimony in Columbus Divorce
John M Sweary, a local coal dealer, faces a divorce petition from his wife Mary F Sweary aged 74. She accuses him of moving from their duplex, taking garden plants and furniture, and refusing coal and food while claiming his side remains warm. The couple wed in 4922.
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Columbus
John M Sweary
Cmal
Mary F. Sweary
Russia Opposes France Pact Ties as Saar Plebiscite Near
Geneva dispatch reports Soviet Russia urges France to delay any new political accord while Eastern European security pact talks await. League sources say Berlin authorized sending an international police force to Saar during the plebiscite next month, with Germans likely to back sovereignty return.
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Associated Press
Geneva
France
Germany
Russia
League of Nations
Konstantin von Neurath
Krauer
Saar Basin
League
Saar
Navy Presses Hunt for Ulm Lost in Pacific
Honolulu December 6 Navy seaplanes searched 200000 square miles of the Pacific for Flight Lieutenant Charles T P Ulm, co pilot G Littlejohn and navigator J J Skilling missing since Tuesday after fuel ran out forcing their land plane to the sea. Ulm sent an SOS early Tuesday saying he would land in the ocean but was off course and unknown position.
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Honolulu
Charles T. P. Ulm
Pacific
55 Mile Gale Strikes Alaska Causes 100000 Loss
A torrential storm battered Cordova and Seward with a five mile gale lasting hours. Precipitation reached 12.38 inches, and damages were estimated at $100,000.
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Alaska
Cordova
Seward
Donahey’s Son Weds Kenton Woman on Thanksgiving Day
Richard Sterling Donahey, son of U. S. Senator-elect Vic Donahey, married Martha Magann of Kenton on Thanksgiving Day at Sugar Loaf Hill in Granville. The ceremony, officiated by Rev. R. D. Wingert, followed their meeting at the Hardin County relief administration office where Miss Magann worked.
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Kenton
Richard Sterling Donahey
Vic Donahey
Martha Magann
Claude Do. Magann
Surgar Loaf Hill
Granville
R. D. Wingert
Donahey
Miss Magann
Hardin County Relief Administration
Kentucky Attorney Acquitted of Killing in Grayson
Thomas Yates long-time Kentucky attorney and Republican state central committeeman was acquitted of shooting Owen Fitzgerald after a court dispute. A jury cleared him of the fatal incident that followed a courtroom argument in Grayson.
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Kentucky
Grayson, Ky
Thomas
Yates
Republican State Central Committee
Lanieville
Owen Fitzgerald
Nin Bok
Porter
Scientists Unfold Island Death Mystery and Disappearances
Smithsonian scientists land on Charles Island off Ecuador to investigate a trio of deaths and a missing boy. Captain C Allan Hancock reports that Friedrich Ritter died of a paralytic stroke and two mummified bodies were found on Marchena Island. The victims are Alfred Rudolph Lorenz and Trygve Nuggrud. Nuggrud’s assistant remains missing.
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Philosopher
Lonely Isle
Friedrich Ritter
Berlin
Captain Hancock
Civilization
Waterness Marchena Island
Tuna Clippers
Hancock
Alfred Rudolph Lorenz
Charlies Island
Trygve Nuggrud
Chatham Island
Nuggrud
Davey Plans Roosevelt Talks Before Inauguration
Governor-elect Martin L. Davey prepared for a possible conference with President Roosevelt next week and talks with federal officials or a Florida vacation. He had a private Ohio cabinet meeting and said policy details would be disclosed after his January 14 inauguration. He noted respect for Governor George White and said he would not influence Assembly organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Roosevelt
Florida
Davey
George White
Ohio
White
Ninety-First General Assembly
Quarantined Baldwin Wallace Students Pass Time in Study
Six Baldwin Wallace College students quarantined after William Cook of Ashtabula fell ill with scarlet fever are reported by Dean Webb to be passing the time by studying telephoning listening to the radio and griping in the Phi Pi Phi fraternity house at Berea.
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Berea
Baldwin-Walace College
William Cook
Ashtabula
Phi Pi Phi
Dean Webb
Austria Extradites Captain Over Bride Disappearance
Austria grants the United States request to extradite Captain Ivan Poderjay sought in connection with the disappearance of his bride Agnes Turverson, a Detroit and New York attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
United States
Ivan Poderjay
Agnes Turverson
Detroit
New York
Nelsonville children aid Athens Eagles Toy Drive
Nelsonville school children join Athens Eagles Lodge effort to collect used toys for poor families. Toys gathered in Nelsonville will be brought to the Toy Shop on Fast Carpenter Street for repair and packing. An entertainment at the Nelsonville Majestic Theater on Saturday morning December 17 charges a toy as admission. Santa Claus will arrive by airplane at 10 20 to join the event. People with toys may call 404 for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Athens Eagles Lodge
J. Arnold
Eugene Shafer
Carpenter Street
Nelsonville Majestic Theater
Athena
Majestic Theater
Santa Claus
Ohio liquor stores mostly profitable with Columbus No 1 top
A statewide survey shows 120 of Ohio’s 121 state liquor stores profitable by Sept 29. Columbus store No 1 led with 48379.68 profit. Cleveland stores totaled 226572.70, Ohio cities like Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati featured prominently in early profitability.
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Columbus
Ohio
St Ollawa
Tate
Columbu
Gal Upolis
Romerey
Cleveland
Columburn
Capitol Custom
Cincinnati
Amone Citier
Soviet Executes 66 for Assassination of Kiroff
Moscow reports 66 persons including a woman were executed after a trial in Moscow and Leningrad for the assassination of Sergei Kiroff. The official notice mentions Zinaida Buligina among the Moscow executions and notes confiscation of all property. five others escaped for further questioning.
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Moscow
Sergei Kiroff
Red
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Kiroff
Kremlin
Zinaida Buligina
Leonid Nicolieff
Russia
Poland
Latvia
Finland
Senate weighs income tax as Ohio fights over tax plan
Ohio Senate Taxation Committee reported the House income tax bill for decision without recommendation. Seven of eight members favored some form of income tax, with 17 votes needed to enact. Senate debate followed warnings that failure could spark an initiated tax after a sales tax passage. Both chambers meet this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
White
House
Senate Taxation Committee
Wunwilling
Lere
Roi Calle
J. G. Lowery
Muskingum County
Beckwith Dies At Home In Athens City Schools Teacher
Verna Danford Beckwith 6 year teacher in Athens City Schools died at her home 110 North Congress after a ten day typhoid illness contracted while visiting Parkersburg where an outbreak was linked to buttermilk She was a Ohio University graduate 1929 and former Chi Omega president at her death she taught first grade at East Side School and previously led West Side School She is survived by her mother husband siblings and other relatives Funeral set for Friday at 2 pm at the family home.
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Verna Danford Beckwith
Athens
North
Congress Street
Bertha Danford
V G. Danford
William & Beckwith
Lock Haven
Parkersburg
Reet J Downs
First Christian Church
Weat Union Street
Beckwith
Trimble
Ohio University
Chi Omega Sorority
East Side School
West Side School
Chi Omega
Byron Danford
Wheeler Dew
Logan
Howard Knox
Marion
Susanne
Barbara
KERA Led County Repair Savings Across Athens Area
J D Garrett head of the Works Division and Fred Kittle county commissioner describe frugal rebuilding at the Courthouse using salvaged materials from old projects. FERA workers shape steel from the South Bridge for new use. Crews finish Gloucester painting and Oak Street grade progress. Nelsonville mattress output rises to 70 daily. Highland Avenue paving completed and crews repave Hanlin Avenue.
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J. D. Garrett
Athens County
Fred Kittle
Mae
FERA
Garret
Glouster
Oak Street
Happy Hollow
Nelsonville Mattress Factory
Highland Avenue
Athens
Hanlin Avenue
Larger Grant Given City for Water Plant
Athens City receives an outright federal grant of (amounting to 56 000) for the PWA waterworks project. Service director CW Groas explains the grant raises total expenditure from 40 000 bond issue and 16 000 grant to 56 000, with the government grant covering the proportional share of labor and materials as costs rise within original estimates.
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Athens City
PWA
CW. Groas
Bonda
NRA to Relaunch with Simpler Codes and Rights
Washington faces a major NRA reshape as recovery chief Richberg hints at scrapping complex fair practice rules. He urges permanent legislation of core principles and simpler code mechanisms, including collective bargaining and wage and hour safeguards. Roosevelt, en route to Washington, plans a permanent New Deal program plus a new large work relief package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Richberg
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
NRA
Richberg
Helvet
Roosevelt
Washington
Del
White House
Southland
Congress
Tobacco Growers Share Optimism At Mayville Market
Mayville tobacco market enters its third day as growers voice optimism for a strong season despite mixed quality. Total sales reached 43 408 pounds with prices from 4 to 0 cents. high basket led the day’s figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Dee, G
Mayaville
Woman Convicted of Manslaughter Charge
Mica Anne Mayer twenty four was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of George Dixon father of eleven. She is to be sentenced to one to two years. Dixon died in a collision between his light truck and Mayer’s sedan in a suburban village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mica Anne Mayer
Atnod
George Dixon
Ave
Dixon
Miss Mayer
Courthouse Clock Rings Nine Times By Itself
Court Street's courthouse clock rang nine times at 9 o clock without a bell pull. The mechanism, long out of order, unexpectedly operated and struck nine. An FERA worker washed the face, installed parts, lubricated gears, and reports it ran last night and again this morning.
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Court Street
Oder
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Lane, S. D
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Ecuador
By Wilbur C. Peterson
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Genteber
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