Remainder of FD's Program Appears Lost
Congressional leaders abandoned hope for three of Roosevelt's special session bills and focused on enacting the farm bill amid opposition. In the House Bankhead aimed to restore a wheat quota vote while Senate leaders faced delays. Conferees must craft a new bill by next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
House
William B. Bankhead
Ala
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Agriculture Committee
Senate House
House Labor Committee
Mary Norton
N. J
American Federation of Labor Representatives
House Banking Committee
Henry B. Steagall
Harry B. Coffee
Neb
Richard M. Seberg
Tex
Kidnap Story Denied by Family in Fried Case
Arthur Fried of a wealthy White Plains contracting family has been missing since Saturday night. Police and family deny reports of kidnapping for $200,000 ransom, saying he likely left after a domestic quarrel and plans to return soon, as in a past incident.
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New York
U.P
Arthur Fried
White Plains
Fried
Oine
Morgan County Man Paroled From Ohio Pen
Ohio Penitentiary parole board grants release to 23 inmates including Nathan Wade of Morgan County for shooting with intent to kill. Wade’s parole set for April 1, 1938, with Morgan County residence conditions. three conditional releases approved and 96 cases continued.
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Columbus
O.P
Ohio Penitentiary
State Parole Board
Morgan
Nathan Wade
Morgan County
Wells Dies at 61 in Coshocton Post Office Role
Clyde L. Wells 61, assistant postmaster, died in Coshocton Monday after a brief illness from uremic poisoning. He served as a postal employee for 37 years.
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Coshocton
Clyde L. Wells
Christmas Gift Selector boosts gifts from Want Ads
Messenger Readers can solve gift problems by using the Christmas Gift Selector in the Want Ad section. Appropriate gifts for every family member are advertised, along with a free theatre ticket offer and a $20 gift order contest connected with the feature. Read the Want Ad section for details.
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Messenger
Police Use Gas To Deter Ford Factory Union Protest
In Kansas City Missouri police dispersed about 500 United Automobile Workers demonstrators at Ford Motor Companys assembly plant. Tear and nauseating gas forced the crowd back after they gathered from Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants to hold a pep meeting and show strength to Ford workers. Police seized a loud speaker and faced Ford on protection assurances from city officials.
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Kansas City
Ford
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
Fisher Body Company
Chevrolet
H. F. McElroy
Henry Ford
McElroy
Detroit
Aged McDonald Couple Die Six Hours Apart
Mr and Mrs Ant McDonald of Bishopville died within six hours Monday in a McConnelsville hospital after heart trouble. He was 73 and she 69. Bodies rest at Wallace Funeral Home Glouster until 2 30 Wednesday for rites at Bishopville Church of Christ conducted by Rev D P Morris. Interment Maplewood. Surviving daughters are Mrs Edwin Carpenter Palos Sylvia Viola Orient and Christine Columbus.
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Glouster
Ant McDonald
Bishopville
McConnelsville
McDonald
D. P. Morris
Maplewood
Edwin Carpenter
Palos
Sylvia Viola
Orient
Christine
Columbus
New Advertising Group Names Nichols On Board
Gilmore Hiett of The Marion Star is named president of a new association of ad managers from Ohio Select List newspapers. Other officers include R. S. Heller as vice president W E Beeler as secretary treasurer and G O Mayborn and P O Nichols among board members with D G Warner Hamilton McPeek Chet Linham Roy Reisiger and H C Barrick listed as directors.
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Columbus
U.P
Gilmore Hiett
Marion Star
Association of
The
Bellefontaine Examiner
Chet Linham
Portsmouth Times
Roy Reisinger
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
H. C. Barrick
Zanesville Times-Recorder
Jenkins Seeks Action on His Coal Proposal
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins Ohio Republican says he will push for immediate action on a resolution demanding the National Bituminous Coal Commission report to Congress on civil service violations in its setup. If no action occurs in a week he will move to the floor. The measure seeks employee counts pay totals civil service status and names of those earning over 3000 not under civil service.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress
Representative Jenkins
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jenkins
Commission
Skipper Frebault and Crew Face Christmas Mail Deluge
Postmaster F. P. Frebault and 30 Athens associates brace for a Christmas mail flood as postal funding cuts limit help. He urges residents to mail cards early while crews prepare to manage a heavy, ongoing load with no extra staff for days.
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Charles Bernhard
F. P. Frebault
Athens
Skipper Frebault
Washington
The
Postal Service
Frebault
Northwest Territory 150th celebration defense of $100000
Worcester reports Oswald Kossuth Reames defends a $100000 federal appropriation for the Northwest Territory 150th anniversary celebration. He calls the Ohio Company expedition an educational pilgrimage and says $25,000 funds the caravan while the rest supports schools and monuments across the former territory.
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Worcester
Mass
U.P
Oswald Kossuth
Northwest Territory
Ohio Company
Ohio
Reames
Great Northwest Territory
Secrecy Surrounds Lindberghs Upon Arrival in U. S.
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh move discreetly at an Englewood estate after arriving aboard President Harding on Sunday. They are believed to stay with Mrs Dwight Morrow while plans remain uncertain. Speculation swirls about visits with Mrs Lindbergh Sr and possible Christmas trips or bringing their children to the United States.
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Englewood
N. J
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
President Harding
Charles A. Lindbergh Sr
Detroit
Lindberghs
England
Jon
Land
Government absolves A. W. Mellon of fraud
The Board of Tax Appeals upholds part of the government’s back tax claims against Andrew W. Mellon but says his donation of five old master paintings to the Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust was a valid completed gift despite a large deduction claim. Delaware game warden Loris Bennett loses badge after a fine for trapping on a game refuge.
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Washington
Board of Tax Appeals
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Delaware
Loris Bennett
Meigs Woman Ends Life in Rural Home
Mrs. Lucy S. Russell of near Cook's Gap in the Pomeroy Rutland Road used a revolver to kill herself while in poor health from a throat ailment. Coroner W. H. Ewing reported a self inflicted wound to the right head. she died instantly. Survived by husband Emerson Russell and two daughters Mrs. James Radford and Mrs. Letha Russell.
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Pomeroy
Lucy S. Russell
Cook's Gap
Pomeroy-Rutland Road
Emerson Russell
W. H. Ewing
Mrs. Dora Farley Howell Price Dies in Carpenter
Dora Farley Howell Price age 65 wife of Thomas G. Price of Carpenter died at home Monday. Survived by husband a daughter Alice Howell Latta Fort Laramie Wyoming two sons Ian F and Ralph M Howell Columbus four grandchildren and six step-children. Funeral services Thursday at 1 PM at Dyesville Methodist Episcopal Church with burial at Wells Cemetery Dowington.
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Pomeroy
Dora Farley Howell Price
Thomas G. Price
Carpenter
Alice Howell Latta
Fort Laramie
Wyo
Ian F
Ralph M. Howell
Columbus
Dyesville Methodist Episcopal Church
Wells Cemetery
Downington
Miraculous Escape From Treacherous Briar Hill Mine
Lawrence Lee aged 28 was lost for two days in abandoned Mine No 6 adjoining Briar Hill Mine Pinckneyville Illinois. He miraculously found a long forgotten escape shaft and climbed to the surface uninjured though thirsty and hungry. Edgar Newsom praised the escape as miraculous.
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Pinckneyville
Lawrence Lee
Briar Hill
Edgar Newsom
Old Briar Hill Company
Lee
Newsome
Legislature Studies Jobless Aid and Relief Vote Cuts
In Columbus committees weigh two key governor aid plans. Senate panel studies a plan to start maximum unemployment benefits of 15 dollars weekly on January 1 1938. House panels move to reduce local relief levy thresholds from 65 percent to 55 percent, with a bare majority push debated.
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Columbus
Senate Commerce and Industry Committee
William M. Boyd
Cleveland
Davey
U.P
House Finance Committee
Officials Study Editor's Case in Weirton Subpoena Dispute
Hartley W. Barclay editor of Mill and Factory defied a National Labor Relations Board subpoena to produce records for a story on anti union charges at Weirton Steel Co. The case was turned over to Washington officials after Barclay failed to appear and argued the subpoena violated free press protections.
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Steubenville
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Hartley W. Barclay
New York
Mill and Factory
NLRB
Weirton Steel Co
Barclay
Driver Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter Charge
Craven Nihiser of Haydenville pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Mary Krannitz after a Sunday morning accident. He was placed under a $1,500 bond. He also pleaded not guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence with a $500 bond.
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Logan
Craven Nihiser
Haydenville
Mary Krannitz
S. B. Whitehart
Nihiser
Phil Henderson
Chauncey Food Poison Victims Improve After Outbreak
Edwin Edwards age 13 and his cousin Doris Confare age 5 from Chauncey showed continued improvement after a rare food poisoning from home canned beans. Edwin’s sister Louise age 10 died Friday. doctors used a special serum at Mercy Hospital.
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Chauncey
INS
Mercy Hospital
Edwin Edwards
Doris Confare
Columbus
Edwards
Edwin
Louise
Ceiling Collapse Hurts Fifteen Children in Oklahoma City School
In Westwood School a ceiling collapsed in a 4 A classroom injuring 15 pupils ages 9 to 11. Three were hospitalized with Doris Aikman nine years old among the critically injured after sand fell on her desk and the plaster wire reinforced ceiling gave way during dismissal time.
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Oklahoma City
Dori June Aikman
Westwood
Doris
Ila Chipman
Manufacturers Appeal For Convincing Action
The Congress of American Industry opened in New York under the National Association of Manufacturers with leaders urging federal action to change attitudes toward business. They call for repeal or modification of laws slowing the economy and reduced federal spending while industry offers full cooperation to aid recovery. Capital and labor should also cooperate and “play the game.”
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New York
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
William B. Warner
Father Coughlin Plans 1938 Return to Radio
The Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin plans a 1938 return to radio after discipline over his attacks on President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court pick. Addresses will air from WJR Detroit and be carried over 27 stations after January 1, with Leo J. Fitzpatrick confirming the plan.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles FE. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Leo J. Fitzpatrick
WJR
Father Coughlin
Ohio Governor Forecasts Delayed Unemployment Payments
Governor Martin L. Davey announces that Ohio cannot begin unemployment insurance payments on January 1 as planned. He outlines an emergency plan to mobilize state employees for jobless registration and benefit eligibility checks, with possible start dates by mid-year depending on federal rulings and legislative actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Social Security Board
Davey
Highway Department
Liquor Department
Industrial Commission
Tax Commission and Utilities Commission
Department of Justice
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Japs Batter Nanking as Siege Tightens
The main Japanese army pounds Chinese lines as they threaten to enter Nanking. Fifteen Cantonese pilots join the city’s depleted air force while Chinese officers anticipate heavy air and artillery onslaughts. Bombs strike Pukow Rail Station amid fires and refugee chaos with many casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
Pukow
Supreme Court Allows Alcoa Antitrust Prosecution
The Supreme Court upheld the government's antitrust case against the Aluminum Company of America in New York Federal Court. It also approved state taxation of income of federal contractors in three related rulings, each decided 5 to 4, with Chief Justice Hughes delivering the majority.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Aluminum Company of America
New York
Inccome
Charles Evans Hughes
FD Escapes Operation Washington
Examination of X ray pictures disclosed today that it will not be necessary to scrape President Roosevelt's jaw bone in treatment of infection from a diseased tooth extracted during the operation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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Charles, Jr
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Kenton
Ernest Holycross
Massachusetts
Caravan
Hamilton
Marietta, O
Russell A. Wood
Cambridge
A. W. Mellon
Meigs
Gilad
John Ingram
House Taxation Committee
Lady Huml
Cuyahoga County
Huml
John T. Derighter
Cuyahoga
Louis N. Laderman
Lucas
Frank J, Richter
June Rogers
San Francisco
Security Board
Nanking Lines
Alcoa
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