France and Germany Sign War Pact Pledge
Paris reports German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet signed a parchment pledge to meet at talks rather than wage war. The accord, lacking a time limit, recognizes the Rhine frontier and aims to settle disputes through negotiation with Corsica Tunis Savoy Nice noted in Italy tensions. Daladier and officials witnessed the ceremony in the Clock Salon as Chamberlain prepares Rome visit.
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Paris
Germany
France
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Georges Bonnet
Rhine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Edouard Daladier
Bonnet
Ribbentrop
Daladier
Corsica
Tunis
Savoy
Nice
Italy
National Defense Council
Cesar Campinchi
Premier Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Rome
National Council of the General Confederation
Confederation
Ford Seeks Broad Tax Cuts to Encourage Business
Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Co, testified before the Senate finance sub committee that a general tax reduction would best stimulate business. He warned incentive taxation with credits could create more problems than it solves and stressed tax cuts would boost plant expansion payrolls and profit sharing.
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Washington
U.P
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Co
Senate
Nce
Ford
French Navy To Sail Liner to United States
Naval technicians landed from three torpedo boats aboard the liner Paris at Le Havre and prepared to sail for Cherbourg to pick up passengers for New York. The Paris and the Normandie, among other French liners, have been tied up by a maritime strike.
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Paris
U.S
le Havre
Cherbourg
New York
Normandie
Lazzeri Granted Release From Chicago Cubs
Tony Lazzeri asked and received a release from the Chicago Cubs where he served as player coach. After 12 years with the New York Yankees he seeks active play and has reportedly drawn an offer from the Cleveland Indians.
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Chicago
U.P
Tony Lazzeri
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Lazzeri
Cleveland Indians
Tragic Decapitation After Locomotive Crash In Columbus
Edward F. Horstman age 50 a laundry truck driver was decapitated today when a Big Four Railroad locomotive struck his truck in Columbus.
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Columbus
Edward F. Horstman
Favor Military Training for CCC Workers
Washington officials say military training for Civilian Conservation Corps workers is favored. They cite rising European tensions and wider armed forces as reasons, while expecting Congressional opposition. John Thomas Taylor of the American Legion predicts near unanimous backing for the proposal.
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Washington
U.P
Army
War Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Europe
South America
CCC
Congress
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion
Hahn Protests Sent to Davey Over Execution
Columbus Ohio December protests reached Gov. Martin L. Davey as the state weighed clemency for Anna Marie Hahn who is slated for the electric chair Wednesday night. Daniel S. Earhart reported a thin trickle of messages and sent a factual clemency appeal to the executive mansion awaiting the governor’s return.
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Columbus
U.P
Daniel S. Earhart
Martin L. Davey
Anna Marie Hahn
Davey
Bricker to Take Oath by Chief Justice Weygandt Jan 9
Ohio Governor elect John W. Bricker will be sworn in by Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt in a group inauguration of state officials on January 9. The ceremony is planned for the Capitol steps in the afternoon with rain plans moving indoors to the rotunda.
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Columbus
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
John W. Bricker
Capitol
German plane makes forced sea landing near Philippines
A German goodwill monoplane on a Tokyo Manila return flight forced landed in the sea off the Philippine Islands. Fishermen rescued the crew as officials dispatched an amphibian plane to reach the scene and bring them to Manila.
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Manila
U.P
Tokyo
Philippine Islands
Berlin
Toledo Wife Ends Life Amid Fears of Motherhood
Coroner William Shapiro cites worry over motherhood as the motive for Dorothy Basilius 26 of Toledo shooting herself. Police reported the manner of death as self inflicted with the weapon found at the scene.
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Toledo
U.P
William Shapiro
Dorothy Basilius
Chinese forces Rally near Changsha Halt Japanese Drive
A Japanese military spokesman admitted that Chinese armies near Changsha have rallied and are holding up the Japanese advance on the important commercial city south of Hankow, signaling renewed resistance in the campaign.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hankow
FDRs Plan For Defense Faces Battle
A South American coalition led by Argentina moves to challenge Roosevelt's hemispheric defense plan at the eighth Pan American Conference in Lima. Hull and Landon head the U S delegation as negotiations loom over methods to defend the Americas possibly via economic loans to curb Nazi subsidies.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Argentina
Roosevelt
United States
Cordell Hull
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Hull
Americas
Europe
Far East
South America
Germany
Taft Promises Spending Curb On Arms Program
Senator-elect Robert A. Taft of Ohio pledged to oppose any administration effort to use the armament expansion plan to promote excess federal spending. He said a large defense program should be supported if reasonable, and urged a capped annual public works budget plus state administered relief systems.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Coshocton Taxpayers Strike Against Levies
Coshocton County taxpayers formed the Tri-Valley Defense League at a Monday meeting with 200 attendees and voted a tax strike against Muskingum Conservancy District assessments due in December. They pledged to oppose payments until federal tax relief is provided.
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Coshocton
U.P
Coshocton County
Muskingum Conservancy District
Tri-Valley Defense League
Town Marshal Dies After Chasing Bandit Near Clyde
Fremont dispatch reports Marshal Neal D. Fowler of Clyde was killed while pursuing a bandit after a gas station robbery. The suspect, Robert Browm, 19, of Chicago, confessed. Browm was arrested in Bellevue after the shooting in a roadside chase.
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Fremont
U.P
Neal D. “Lee” Fowler
Clyde
H. L. Myers
Sandusky County
Robert Browm
Chicago
Fowler
Bellevue
Browm
Gallipolis Fire Destroys Homes for Sixth Day
A sixth fire in six days in Gallipolis damaged homes of Ted Moore Raymond Trout and Alice Erwin on State Street with about 5000 dollars in losses. Firemen saved household goods and report the incident.
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Gallipolis
Ted Moore
Raymond Trout
Alice Erwin
State St
Injunction Against Coal Board Denied by DC Court
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling denying coal operators an injunction to prevent the National Bituminous Coal Commission from disclosing cost data and sales statistics. The operators claimed confidentiality and threatened irreparable harm to their business if published.
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Washington
U.P
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
National Bituminous Coal Commission
The
Coal Commission
Supreme Court Denies Mooney Lawyers Habeas Motion
The Supreme Court on Monday denied attorneys for Thomas J. Mooney permission to file suit for an original writ of habeas corpus to release Mooney from his life sentence in San Quentin California.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
San Quentin
Cal
Roosevelt Renews No Retreat Vow as He Maps Policy
President Roosevelt arrives from vacation and pledges no retreat from liberal New Deal policies. He speaks at Chapel Hill and insists on democratic methods and timely action to meet changing social and economic needs.
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Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
Warm Springs
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Detroit
Tex
John N. Garner
Garner
America
Mishap Victim Will Be Buried on Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Caster Webb wife of the late Wesley A. Webb will be held at Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church at 1 30 PM Wednesday after her death from an automobile accident near Enterprise. Short services will be at her Reynoldsburg home at 10 AM Wednesday. She leaves a daughter Mrs J Howard Coe and granddaughter Mrs Carl Schisler both of Reynoldsburg and three sisters Mrs Victoria Gillogly Albany Mrs Charles Webb of Athens and Mrs M R Merritt of Columbus. Mrs Merritt fatally injured in the same crash remains in serious condition at Cherrington Hospital Logan with her son injured but improving.
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Elizabeth Caster Webb
Wesley A. Webb
Logan
Enterprise
Hebpardsville Presbyterian Church
Reynoldsburg
Webb
J. Howard Coe
Carl Schisler
Victoria Gillogly
Albany
Charles Webb
Athens
M. R. Merritt
Columbus
Merritt
Cherrington Hospital
Roosevelt criticized for church support by pastor
The Rev. Howard Stone Anderson testified before a House committee on un American activities criticizing James Roosevelt for not contributing to any church. He cited Roosevelt's income tax returns and said such actions hurt benevolent organizations' support.
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Washington
U.P
Howard Stone Anderson
First Congregational Church
House
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Anderson
Motive Sought in Death by Jump of Kent Woman
Akron police investigate the death by suicide of Nicolina Di Grigorio 22 of Kent who jumped from the North Hill Viaduct. Authorities seek to determine motive and circumstances.
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AKRON
U.P
Nicolina Di'Grigorio
Kent
North Hill
21000 End Strike At Fisher Factory
Flint Michigan reports that 21000 workers returned to Fisher Body Plant No 1 after UAW and General Motors reached an agreement. Union leader Henry Wilson said workers reserved right to strike again if negotiations fail. Homer Martin of UAW and GM officials scheduled talks in Detroit to settle wage basis for two departments.
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Flint, Mich
U.P
Fisher Body
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Concern
Detroit
Henry Wilson
Homer Martin
UAW
General Motors
Wilson
Martin
Minister Dies in Filial Shooting in Bainbridge
The body of Dr. Russell H. Bready age 62 a Methodist Episcopal minister killed by his son was taken to Pioneer his former home for burial beside his wife Mrs. Bready who died last July The son Robert 29 awaits grand jury action in January after confessing to shooting his father during a walk to sober him.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Russell H. Bready
Bainbridge
Pioneer
Bready
Robert
Ross County
Lancaster News-Review suspends daily publication
The Lancaster News-Review, a morning daily in Lancaster UK, suspended publication today after transitioning to daily format last March 22 following a period as a weekly and semi weekly paper.
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Lancaster
Lancaster News-Review
The
News-Review
Registration of Ohio Job Insurance Applicants After Christmas
Ohio plans registration for unemployment insurance applicants starting after Christmas. About 300000 jobless residents will register at statewide points with appointments in January for interviews. Applicants must be jobless, registered with the State Employment Service, willing to work, and meet wage requirements.
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Ohio
Columbus
State
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Supreme Court Tightens Review of NLRB Orders
The court signaled a push for stricter procedures in quasi judicial agencies and invalidated parts of an NLRB order that required Consolidated Edison to abrogate contracts with AFL affiliates. AFL President William Green praised the ruling as sweeping, predicting reversals in similar cases.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
American Federation of Labor
AFL
William Green
Berlin Jews Returning To Ghetto Segregation
Berlin reports six hundred thousand Jews stepping toward ghettos as Nazi Germany launches a segregation campaign. Officials forecast widening restrictions until conditions resemble late 18th century measures.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Jurist's Wife Faces Federal Court Charge
Justice Edgar J. Lauer said his wife, a very sick woman, would probably surrender to federal court where she faces a conspiracy to smuggle Parisian wearing apparel valued at 1833 dollars into the United States. George Burns Jack Pearl and Wallace Ford testified before the grand jury.
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New York
U.P
Edgar J. Lauer
State Supreme Court
George Burns
Burns and Allen
Jack Pearl
Wallace Ford
Un Termeyer Sees Ain't Becoming Standard Language
Columbus speech by Louis Un termeyer, poet and anthologist, argues the word ain't will be common in American usage within fifty years. He predicts broad acceptance of dialect in everyday speech.
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Columbus
Louis Untermeyer
Regent Paul Leaves London Amid Guarded Return
Prince Paul of Jugoslavia departs London for home with a strong escort after Scotland Yard denied any plot to assassinate him. No plot was confirmed by police despite repeated denials.
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London
U.P
Prince Paul
Scotland Yard
Franco Orders New Bombings on Loyalist Spain Front
Gen Francisco Franco intensified air attacks after Europe refused bellicose rights. Hundreds of planes bombed 200 military objectives across loyalist Spain between the Pyrenees and Almeria, with Italian and German aircraft aiding. Civilian toll and damage rose along the eastern coast.
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Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Europe
Spain
Franco
Pyrenees
Almeria
Will Seek More Money For Dependent Children
Judge Henry J. Robison of the Ohio Public Assistance division heads to Washington to ask for about 1,000,000 more dollars annually from the federal government for dependent children care. He notes federal, state, and county contributions each cover about one third of costs.
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Columbus
Henry J. Robison
State Division of Public Assistance
Washington
American Public Welfare Conference
Ohio
Robinson
Wickliffe Club Asks Clemency for Anna Hahn
The Wickliffe Women's Federal Democratic Club sent a telegram to Gov. Martin L. Davey requesting clemency for Anna Marie Hahn who was scheduled to die in the electric chair.
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Anna Youngstown
Wickliffe
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