Inferior Coal Saved From Sinking Schooner Being Hauled Out
An Athene Rotary Club luncheon hears from H J Ong mining engineer about poor coal quality from the Lemas mines in the Hocking District Ohio. He warns the district faces a tough uphill battle to regain market share, noting high wages and non union competition. He estimates employment may drop from 10 12 thousand to only three four thousand with many miners still unemployed.
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Theaker
Ong
Ohio
Mr. Ong
Hocking
Ingt
Mouse Begins Repeal Action
Washington December 7 1941 The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on amending the Volstead Act amid anti prohibition supporters forecasting a favorable report to legalize beer and light wines. Lawmakers expect a Christmas House vote with Senate members weighing repeal and multiple modification bills pending. The focus centers on Chairman Nier and a proposal legalizing 2.75 beer and naturally fermented grape juice.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Atten
Nier
Britain may use exchange limits on imports over debt payment
London reports Britain could restrict foreign exchange instead of tariffs if the United States demands the December 15 war debt payment of 95,550,000 dollars. The plan aims to safeguard the pound by rationing dollars available to pay U S merchants and hold American imports in check.
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London
Great Britain
Washington
United Press
United States
100 Year Old Gallia County Woman Dies at Home
Mrs. Sarah Miles McCormick aged 100, longtime Gallia County resident and widow of Rev. John W. McCormick congressman in 1864, dies at her Fairfield home after a long illness. She was born June 2, 1832 in Troy New York and lived in Columbus as a youth. Her daughter Sallie McCormick cared for her in later years.
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Gallipolis
Dee
Sarah Miles McCormick
Gailin County
Fairfield
Sallie" McCormick
Gallia County
Troy
SN. Y
Thomas
Rebecca Miles
Columbus
Miles
Front Street
Town
Cit
Deaf and Dumb State Institute
Fev. McCormick
Sallie MoCormick
Mrs. McCormick
Thomas McCormick
W'i McCormick
Payson
Utah
Prominent Vocalists to Help At Athens Bazaar
Two widely known vocalists will assist at the St. Paul's Catholic Church bazaar tonight at the K of P Hall in Athens. Fred Lee Tom, a longtime city resident, and Eddie Newcome, a radio singer visiting with his parents, will perform. The event benefits the Athens church.
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K. of P. Hall
Athens
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Fred Lee Tom
Eddie Newcome
Earnest Newcome
Farm Board Urges Broad Aid Plan for Agriculture
Washington December 7 The Federal Farm Board in its annual report to Congress proposed a wide program to raise farmers' returns from exportable products while avoiding a specific legislative form. The report outlines stabilization in wheat and cotton and notes most wheat stocks sold by September 4 leaving 3 million bushels cash wheat and 38.686 million bushels futures with the grain stabilization corporation. Public relief appropriations to the Red Cross reduced surplus stocks in both commodities.
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Washington
Federal” Farm Board
Congress
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Red Cross
Covington Man Wins Night Quiet. Court Blocks Culvert RIVETING
Dee Tyre J. W. Jenkins of Covington won a legal fight to quiet nighttime noise from Wheat Culvert Company. The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a lower court order restraining the firm from rivetting culverts at night near Jenkins’s residence.
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Covington
Dee. Tyre J. W. Jenkins
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jenkina
Santa Claus Post Office Raised to Third Class
The Post Office Department elevated the Santa Claus Indiana post office from fourth to third class due to the huge mail volume during the Christmas season. It normally handles little business outside peak periods.
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Washington
Dee
Santa Claua
Post Office Department
Santa Claus
Ind
Farmers Demand Mortgage Moratorium and Relief in Washington
Three hundred hunger marchers arrive for the Farmers National Relief Conference to urge Congress for mortgage moratoriums and relief measures. Andrew Oje of Montana says they will meet lawmakers directly, noting farm costs outweigh prices while city relief stations show hardship. they condemn the Farm Board.
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Baltimore
Andrew Oje
Geyser, Mont
Congress
Couple Missing Since Saturday In Multi-State Search
Huntington West Virginia December 7 authorities widened a search for Mr and Mrs Sam T Shawver of Huntington who disappeared after checking out of the Netherland Plaza Hotel Cincinnati last Saturday night Relatives seek an explanation while an audit of the local post office money order books yields no clue to the disappearance
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Sam T. Shawver
Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Shawver
Lawyer Promises to Prove Innocence in Quarry Murder
Lima report says Charlen W Long defense attorney for Loren F Truesdale 23 charged with murder in deaths of Earl Truesdale 20 and Thelma Woods 17 plans to show it was impossible for his client to commit the crime and contend the defendant was one mile from the deserted quarry where bodies were hidden Memorial Day 1931. Columbus item notes formation of an All Ohio Defense League to campaign against compulsory unemployment insurance.
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Lima
Charlen W Long
Loren F Truesdale
Earl Truesdale
Thelma Woods
Loren Truesdale
Columbus
Ohio Defense League
Mrs Paul Elliott Succumbs After Pneumonia Loss
Mrs Helen Elliott 24 died Tuesday afternoon at home near the Airline Church Al bans from pneumonia. Survived by husband Paul Elliott and three children ages five, three, and two weeks. Also survived by mother Mrs Anna Brown Cleveland and several brothers and sisters. No funeral services at home. body to be sent to Cleveland for burial tomorrow. Friends may call at the home tonight.
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Helen Elliott
Airline
Albans
Paul Elliott
Anna Brown
Cleveland
Buria
It Poured Today Pupils Grade Cards Add Damp Sitcom
Athens students faced a gloomy day as rain and new grade cards hit the classroom. The first six weeks’ report prompted excuses, but the revised cards show each pupil’s mark alongside its frequency in class. One student lamented that the whole class earned B grades.
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Athens
Admits Guilt in Bay Killer Case
Chicago's James Jiggy Verecha pleaded guilty to three indictments for a spree that included killing a holdup victim, wounding another, and attacking a girl. Judge James Prystalski deferred sentencing until after a mental health hearing scheduled for Monday.
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Chicago
James Jiggy Verecha
James Prystalski
Hoover Budget Aims to Extend Gasoline Tax and Cut Veterans Aid
President Hoover backs continuation of the gasoline levy and a general manufacturers excise tax. He also proposes strict limits on veterans benefits, suggesting single recipients earning up to 1500 dollars and married up to 3500 dollars should receive no government aid. The plan favors fiscal restraint and a fortified banking system.
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Washington
Dee
Hoover
Congress
Veterans Administration
Mitchell urges rapid change to national dry laws
Attorney General Mitchell urged Congress to change national prohibition laws as quickly as possible to avoid increased public disrespect for law. He proposed amending substantive law rather than leaving it on the books and sending it by refusing funds for enforcement. As a longtime prohibitionist, his recommendations carry weight within the Hoover era cabinet.
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Torney Generral
Mitchell
Congress
Long
Hoover
Arraignments and arraignment results in Athens County cases
Charles Ayres of Millfield faced arraignment on cutting with intent to kill and was ordered to post a 900 bond by Magistrate H Porter. Everett Ayres was named in the incident. John Brooks of Alexander Township pleaded guilty to arson and was bound over to Athens County Grand Jury under a $800 bond. Brooks allegedly burned a barn owned by Charles Manning. Eugene Burilie of Athene KR 1) No 2 pleaded not guilty to assaulting his wife Virginia Burnfie. case continued to December. Delbert Young pled not guilty to assault charged by Ray Liewsllyn and was bound over to the grand jury under a $300 bond. All involved at New Marshfield. Harry Williams of Athens was fined $19 plus costs after pleading guilty to intoxication.
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Charles Ayres
Millfield
H Porter
Ayres
Everett Ayres
John Brooks
Alexander Township
Athens County Grand
Porter
Brooks
Charles Manning
Eugene Burilie
Athene KR 1
Virginia Burnfie
Delbert Young
Ray Liewsllyn
New Marshfield
Harry Williams
Athens
Five Years of Darkness Ends for Four Gallipolis Women
Gallipolis diary notes Mrs. Meredith Donnally of 007 Third Avenue who has been blind for five years due to diabetes and cataract surgery. She anticipates improvement after left eye cataract removal while still unable to read and relying on colors and distant vision.
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Gallipolis
Apedal
Meredith Donnally
Third Avenue
Donnally
Columbus
Meteorologists forecast wintry mix this evening
A weather bulletin warns rain will turn to snow tonight with a sharp temperature drop. Yesterday's high reached 63, lows fell to the upper forties, and rainfall totaled about 0.26 inches.
His Last Request as Wife Slayer Plays Trumpet in Court
Berlin scene as Max Gronaard a 61 year old musician confesses to murdering his wife and asks to play his trumpet one last time. He performs La Donna e mobile from Rigoletto in memory of his wife before sentencing. The judge grants the request to a hushed courtroom.
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Berlin
Max Gronaard
Gronnard
Cerdi
Doubly Certain Man Who Pelt Into Dendly
A miller named Matt Nicholson at Buckeye Cereal Company plant perished after a fall into a tank during fumigation. The incident occurred amid a struggle with fumes and a ladder collapse. In a separate report, Cleveland police pursued three gunmen linked to an East Liverpool bank hold up and a wounded official.
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Buckeye Cereal Company
Ger
Dreken
Cleveland
East Liverpool
Cleveland Heights
Budget Message Highlights in President Hoover Era
Highlights in the annual budget message show a projected 1955 national government cost of about 4.218 billion dollars with a minimum deficit of 3.148 billion by June. The President backs a 2.14 percent general excise tax on goods excluding food and apparel, continues the gasoline tax, and aims to end the public works program as a major economy move. A pay cut of 11 percent for federal employees earning over 1,000 annually is proposed, with savings across veterans affairs, highway work, and rivers and harbors programs.
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Veterans’ Administration
Truck Drivers Warned on Regulations and Safety
Deputy Sheriff warns for Farbeam drivers to letter weight and capacity on trucks and use proper lighting for night driving. He cautions against fast, heavily loaded trucks around curves and promises arrests for continued violations after prior warnings.
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Logan
Dev
Speater
Farbeam
Aime
Ferbeann
Mutineer hunted in murder of Captain Wanderwell
In Long Beach California on December 7 10R investigators pursued a supposed mutineer linked to the death of Polish world traveler Captain Walter Wanderwell aboard the schooner Carma. Four crew members identified a stranger at the porthole before a single shot killed Wanderwell in his cabin.
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Long Brach
Cal
Walter
Wanderwel
Ohio Debaters Open Year With Win Over Bowling Green
Ohio University affirmative team defeats Bowling Green College in the first engagement of the college year in Fine Arts Hall. The debate centered on compulsory arbitration of all labor disputes with a second debate slated for Thursday against Bluffton College.
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Bowling Green
Ohio University
Fine Arts Hall
Bowling Green College
Ohio
Blufflon College
Weaterville
Otterbein
Ohio Northern
Ada
Senate panel backs Soviet recognition to boost trade
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes nine to five in favor of diplomatic recognition of Soviet Russia. Seven members questioned their stance, with some undecided, citing hopes to revive dwindling Soviet American trade as President elect Roosevelt prepares to act after taking office.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Press
Roosevelt
Hoover urges Drastia Governmental Cuts in Budget Message
United Press staff writer reports President Hoover proposes budget balancing through a 24 percent general manufacturers excise tax, extending the federal gasoline tax, and government economy measures. Food and clothing would be exempt. no changes to income or corporate taxes. The plan targets a treasury surplus by June 3, 1944, and would affect the first year of Roosevelt's presidency if enacted.
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Hoover
Moorer
Franklin D. Toosevelt
Congres
Congress
Treasury
Ohio Senate Set To Open With Even Split In 1933
In Columbus on December 7 1932 Democratic Senator David M Dearmond of Hamilton and Republican Senator Karl R Lewis of St Clairsville were seated as floor leaders for the 1933 34 Ohio Senate. The body will be evenly divided 16 Democrats 16 Republicans marking a historic balance. With a Democratic majority in the forthcoming House the Speaker Clerk and sergeant at arms will be chosen by the caucus.
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Ohio Senate
Moose
Columbus
David M. Dearmond
Hamilton
Karl R. Lewis
St. Clairesville
Ohio State Senate
Catelasses
Senate
Tte
Cauccus
House
Roosevelt Returns As Governor Prepares Financing Message
On the transport ship Roosevelt in route to New York from Georgia President elect Roosevelt resumes governorship duties to tackle New York State financing crisis. He will deliver a message Friday outlining state lawmakers plan during the extraordinary session.
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Roosevelt
New York
Georgia
New York State
Lega
Book Review Meeting Tonight At Faculty Hall
The Book Review Group of the A. A. U. W. will meet tonight at 7 48 o clock at the Faculty Today to hear a review of The Godey s to Miss Apgar. Not members of the group but interested are invited.
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