FDR Seeks Authority To Use Finnish Debt Payment To Aid Them
President Roosevelt told Finland for relief funding tied to the Finnish debt payment due December 15. He aims to use the fund to aid the Finnish people while defending foreign policy and criticizing critics. Berle and Hull supported policy, with talks on inter-American relations and a possible joint denunciation of Soviet invasion of Finland.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Kyosti Kallio
Finland
Mr. Roosevelt
Baltic Republic
Russia
Congress
United States
Cordell Hull
Adolf Berle, Jr
Republican National Committee
Hearst
Hall
Middle West
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Re Berle
George “Washington University
State Department
Stalin Moves Toward Balkans While Finland Awaits Offensive
Soviet forces press in Finland as Moscow hints at a Rumania pact similar to Estonia Latvia Lithuania alliances. Italian aid to Finns and German threats loom while Swedish mobilization grows. Finnish gains claim eight tanks and several guns and a new Petsamo front battle nears Mannerheim Line. Churchill reports British convoy losses remain low amid U boat activity.
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Stalin
Balkans
Finland
Moscow
Romania
Italy
Communist International
Communist International Organization
Rumania
Russia
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
West
Geneva
League of Nations
Germany
Salm
Lake Ladoga
Karelia
Petsamo
Karelian
Mannerheim
London
Leningrad
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
House of Commons
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Guenther Prien
Scapa Flow
Prien
Royal Oak
Ohio seeks approval form for aged pension amendment
The Ohio Society to Aid the Aged asks Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert to approve the form of a proposed constitutional amendment. If approved, the plan creates a four member board from a fraternal organization, labor, agriculture and the public to administer pensions funded by liquor taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Ohio Society
Thomas J. Herbert
West Virginia Men Held in Bank Robbery in Ohio
Cambridge Ohio authorities say two Holidays Cove West Virginia men James Curtiss 29 and J E Fife 19 were held in the $3300 robbery of the First National Bank at Senecaville Ohio last Saturday. Federal agents state police and highway patrol aided in the capture.
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Cambridge
U.R
Guernsey
Holidays Cove
W. Va
First National Bank
Senecaville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West Virginia State Police
Ohio Highway
WPA Provides Free Lunch For 1 350 School Children
Approximately 1 350 Athens County students receive free lunches daily under a WPA project. Coolville joins the program as the 21st site with Miss Selah Weatherby directing meals costing three cents per child. Cooks include 55 WPA workers. menus feature vegetable soup bread and butter and chocolate pudding.
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Athens County
WPA
Coolville
Selah Weatherby
Buchtel Merchants
Happy Hollow
Eagle Lodge
Nelsonville
Elks Lodge
Weatherby
Chrystal Wahley
Dorothy Saulters
Amesville
Bailey Run
Buch‘tel
Chauncey
Deanville
East Millfield
Glouster
Greens Run
Hollister
Luhrig
Mineral
Morristown
McLeish
New Floodwood
Oakdale
the Plains
Poston, Stewart and
Nazi Raiders Mine Thames Estuary Threat to London
German planes swept the Thames estuary early today laying mines to cripple London shipping. RAF fighters and anti aircraft batteries repelled the raid. A two man German machine crashed near Sheringham on the Norfolk coast, its pilot dead and body recovered, wreckage washing ashore.
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London
U.P
Thames
Royal Air Force
Sheringham
Norfolk
Heinkel
Germans Urge Neutral Action Against Allied Seizures
Germany urges neutrals to take active steps against Allied contraband control. Berlin officials condemn paper protests over British and French seizures of German exports and question the Dutch stance on arming or convoying ships.
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Berlin
U.P
Holland
Diamond Ring Tasty as Puppy Food
Louisville news item reports Dr. and Mrs. Winston U. Rutledges’ four month old Cocker Spaniel Taffy swallowed a diamond ring after Mrs. Rutledges dropped it during a phone call. X ray confirmed the ring was inside the dog and the veterinarian said surgery would be unnecessary.
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Louisville
Ju.r
Taffy
Winston U. Rutledges
Censorship and Propaganda Challenge Newsmen
J H Furay vice president of United Press told the University of West Virginia Phi Beta Kappa chapter that censorship and propaganda are the twin enemies of foreign correspondents. He called propaganda the harder foe, noting it often appears plausible and wears a smiling countenance.
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Morgantown
W. Va
U.P
J. H. Furay
United Press
University of West Virginia
Phi Beta Kappa
Furay
Black Eagle Mediates Heavenly Dispute in New York
Col Hubert Fauntleroy Julian known as the Black Eagle of Harlem tries to settle a quarrel between Father Divine and a former angel who seeks to withdraw 6500 from a heavenly treasury. Julian plans to reimburse Mrs Virinda Brown alias Angel Rebecca Grace from his own funds to end her lawsuit against the influential figure feared by many followers.
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New York
U.P
Hubert Fauntleroy
Julian
Black Eagle
Harlem
Father Divine
Heavenly Treasury
Virinda Brown
Rebecca Grace
God
Baltimore
G-Men Aid Circleville Bank Robbery Probe
Circleville police and two G men pursue clues after four robbers held up the Circleville Savings and Banking Company removing about 11500. Investigators consider links to recent bank robberies in Galion Senecaville and Columbus and note the getaway car bore license plate FQ 95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
U.P
Circleville Savings & Banking Company
Galion
Senecaville
Columbus
Chicago Milk Trust Inquiry Begins Today
Justice Department accepts Supreme Court ruling in Chicago milk anti trust case as a go ahead for investigation of the milk industry in other cities and resumption of other pending anti trust suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Chicago
On the Ball Is What Lazy Men Are To Get
Wellsburg West Virginia sheriff obtained a ball and chain to shackle the first man sentenced to perform street work for failing to support his wife and family. Circuit Judge J J O Brien ordered the punishment to give non supporters a taste of street work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
U.P
Herbert Traubert
J. J. O'Brien
Dewey Opens 1940 Campaign With Domestic Policy Focus
New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey will deliver his first RF speech for the 1940 Republican nomination in Minneapolis at 10 tonight. He will address agriculture and government policy, stressing the domestic crisis and avoiding international issues. Dewey aims to clarify fundamental campaign questions facing voters.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Dewey
Taft Sees United Republicans On Westward Tour
U S Senator Robert A Taft returned home from a two week western swing in support of the Republican ticket saying Republicans were united and confident in Missouri Iowa Nebraska Colorado Oklahoma and Texas He noted open opposition to the new deal was higher in Democratic states and predicted the strong Republican trend of 1938 would continue despite wartime attention.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Furtheign
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
North
Sen. Taft
Extend Stamp Plan to Akron
The agriculture department will extend the surplus commodity food stamp plan to Akron Ohio as part of relief efforts. The move hinges on Akron relief authorities raising sufficient funds to support next year’s direct relief, with operation to begin in about six weeks if local finances are arranged.
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Washington -U.P
Agriculture Department
Akron
Ohio
Henry A. Wallace
Orient man dies after vehicle hit while roadside repair
Cecil Petty aged 23 of Orient died in a Columbus hospital from injuries suffered Sunday when struck by an automobile while he was working on his stalled car near Columbus. He had been hospitalized since the accident.
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Columbus
WUP
Cecil Petty
Orient
Here
Jacksonville Waterworks Dedication Set for Saturday
Jacksonville local, population 900, prepares for 2 PM dedication at Jacksonville Grove. Speakers include Thomas A. Jenkins and L. C. Gibson. E R Evans to present. The event celebrates a WPA funded project costing 71000 with 186 customers served and a 100000 gallon reservoir.
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Jacksonville
Jacksonville Grove
Thomas A. Jenkins
WPA
L. C. Gibson
Zanesville
E. R. Evans
Kearns
C. C. Cornell
Athens
C. G. Dew
Circleville Bank Robbery Ends With $11500 Heist
In Circleville Ohio robbers held up the Savings and Banking Company staff forcing employees into a back room. Executive vice president N E Reicheldfer was made to open the vault as cashier O E Barr and bookkeeper Lucile Weaver stood with Miss Katherine Mead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville, Ohio
Allies Destroy Nazi U Boats
London report says Allied destroy of German U boats continues at two to four weekly. Churchill told Parliament the Allies sunk five U boats this week and are beating Germany's production pace. If this rate began at war start 13 weeks ago the average is about three sinkings weekly.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Germany
Berlin
Portsmouth family invested $13,900 in Arlington Cemetery lots
Miss Anna Kanouse testified in a federal fraud trial that a Portsmouth family of seven invested their life savings of 13 900 in cemetery lots at Arlington Cemetery in 1935. The witness, a school teacher for 21 years, said the family received 69 12 lots.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Arlington Cemetery
Portsmouth
Anna Kanouse
No Relief Funds in Sight for Cleveland Crisis
Hungry crowds in Cleveland were told no relief funds were available. Social workers urged higher local credit and aid from friends. Mayor Burton attacked Governor Bricker over state-local funding and legislation to raise funds. Harrington rebutted Bricker on WPA job cuts and praised improving conditions. LaGuardia urged Bricker to fund Ohio relief. Bricker dismissed his relevancy.
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Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
Bricker
Washington
Work Projects
F. C. Harrington
Cuyahoga County
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Ohio Farms Sweep Honors at International Livestock Exposition
Entrants from two Ohio farms earned prizes at the 40th International Livestock Exposition. Max Walton Farms of Mansfield and C. B. Teegardin and Sons of Ashville led the award list with top honors.
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Chicago
U.P
Ohio
Max Walton Farms
Mansfield
C. B. Teegardin and Sons
Ashville
Community Chest Supporters and Contributors List
A long list of supporters and contributors to the Community Chest includes local businesses and individuals such as Ohio Fuel Gas Co Dowler & Ferguson Dr A K Buell Athens Rotary Club Oscar Fulton Ohio Food Market The Fair Store Hotel Athens Stratton Motor Sales Ford Hack Auto Supply Silves Shop Lamborn Studio College Ian Civille Clover Farm Store Hill Top Garage Stack's Cash Market The University Dress Shop Athens Shoe Shine Hat Cleaning C V Strawn Plumbing and others. Individuals giving $25 or more include Dr J R Sprague Mrs W R Phillips Raymond M Slutz M D Hughes Mrs E C Berry Mrs W B Lawrence Mrs H G Stalder Dr and Mrs T R Biddle Mrs Delia Poston A E Whaley O F Rowland Mr and Mrs Thomas M Wolfe John J Woolley Harper Pendry Mr and Mrs B F Stout R L Miller. Drive goal $12 795.00, total today 5 303 03, balance 7 491 97. Employes of these firms have contributed an average of $1 or more per employe. A B Realty Co Athens Credit Bureau Mansfield s Garage The Carpenter Hardware Co Columbus Soutn O Elec Co Steppes Beauty Parlor Bank of Athens The Zenner Company E F Sells Furniture Company The Texaco Company Harry Burns Grocery T R Biddle Navy Recruiting Office J J Sisler Co Kerr Hardware Standard Oil Co.
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the Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Dowler & Ferguson
Dr. A. K. Buell
Marietta Laundry
Athens Rotary Club
Oscar Fulton
Ins
Ohio Food Market
the Fair Store
Athens Stratton Motor Sales
Ford Hack Auto Supply
Silves Shop
Lamborn Studio College
Ian Civille
Clover Farm Store
Hill Top Garage
Stack’s Cash Market
the University Dress Shop
Athens Shoe Shine & Hat Clean
J. R. Sprague
W. R. Phillips
Raymond M. Slutz
M. D. Hughes
E. C. Berry
W. B. Lawrence
H. G. Stalder
T. R. Biddle
Delia Poston
A. E. Whaley
O. F. Rowland
Thomas M. Wolfe
John J. Woolley Harper
Pendry
B. F. Stout
R. L. Miller
A & B. Realty Co
Athens Credit Bureau
Mansfield’s Garage
the Carpenter Hardware Co
Columbus & Sout
N O. Elec, Co
Steppe’s
Bank of Athens
Athens
The
Zenner Company
E. F. Sells Furniture Company
Lamborn Studio
Texaco Company
Harry Burn
Hill Top
Stack’s
T. R. Biddle Navy Recruiting Office
J. J. Sisler Co
Kerr Hardware
Standard Oil Co
German Yacht Crew Arrested Off North Carolina Coast
Coast Guard detained a 43 foot yacht Lekala crewed by German sailors who had been aboard a stranded Standard Oil tanker in the United States. Officials say they planned to contact a German vessel at sea or sail home, possibly to a submarine, and tried to reach Germany despite the Atlantic blockade.
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Washington
U.P
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Standard Oil Company
United States
Germany
Murder Trial Set for Two BIS Inmates
Two inmates at the Boys' Industrial School will face first degree murder charges in January over the beating death of Axel Stromstead, a tailor at the school, May 31. Aliensists at Lima State Hospital found Robert E. Lee 18 sane. Hart 18 from Middletown pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
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Lancaster
Boys’ Industrial School
Axel Stromstead
Lima State Hospital
Robert E. Lee
Norwood
Mass
Lee
William S. Hart
Middletown
Police Have No Clue In Ruth Judd Case
Phoenix authorities admitted they were completely without clues in Winnie Ruth Judd’s search. The 34 year old, labeled the tiger woman, fled a state asylum Sunday night with frail health and tuberculosis. If not captured or surrendering, she could not survive another day in the open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Winnie Ruth Judd
Dutch anti aircraft guns fire on two foreign planes
Dutch anti aircraft guns opened fire today on two foreign airplanes of unknown nationality over the Hague Netherlands. The incident remains without confirmed identities or outcomes and details are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Netherlands
U.K
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Gas Company
Ohio judge dismisses a $42 million damage suit against Columbia Gas and Electric Co. for diluted gas, ruling a class action cannot proceed. The court says each of 700,000 customers must file individual suits to seek damages.
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Columbus
W.P
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
Ohio
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
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New Berlin
Ill
Dorothy Rippert
Bertha
Minn
By Joe Alex Morris
United Press Foreign News
West Virginia
Thames River
Dog
Tenance
Circleville Police
Chicago Milk Trust
Taft
GOP
Jacksonville Waterworks
J. J. Morgan
James Morris
Board of Public Affairs
B. B. Buckley
Lindsey Morrison
Frank Davis
Acme Telephoto
Community Chest Supporters
C. V. Strawn Plumbing
Ruth Judd
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