Fourteen Die In Two Fires Hit Knoxville and Oregon
A severe cold wave grips the nation with bitter temperatures and storms. Fires in Knoxville Tennessee and Oregon New York area claim fourteen deaths from overheated stoves while five others die in the Niagara Falls region amid blizzards and icy highways.
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Chicago
U.P
Knoxville
Tenn
Oregon
Niagara Falls
Pacific Coast
Southland
Miles City
Mont
Battleford
Sask
State Hospital
Peoria
Ill
New York
Kenmore
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
C. A. Donnell
Great Lakes
Canada
Wyoming
Burt
Dalhover Sentenced to Death for Police Officer Murder
Indiana farm boy James Dalhover, once a noted member of the Al Brady Gang, is condemned to die in the electric chair for killing State Policeman Paul Minneman. The 31 year old was sent to the county jail at South Bend after a jury verdict. Brady was slain by officers in Maine.
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Hammond
Ind
U.P
James Dalhover
Indiana
al Brady
Paul Minneman
South Bend
Brady
Maine
Van Sweringen Estate Insolvent, Administrator Files Statement
In Cleveland probate court administrator C. M. Dye reported the estate of the late M. J. Van Sweringen is hopelessly insolvent and that he is unable to pass on the claims due to the extent of the trouble.
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Cleveland-Aup
M. J. van Sweringen
C. M. Dye
Five Million Damages Sought by Unionist
Ivan Francis Cox a deposed union official filed a suit in San Francisco seeking 5 1 0 million dollars plus 100 000 for slander claiming a felonious conspiracy by a long list of persons including movie stars and a federal labor official. He calls them all Communists and says his life was threatened. He proposes that 5 000 000 from any verdict be paid into the state general fund.
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San Francisco
Ivan Francis Cox
Green Ready For Finish Fight on CIO
William Green, president of the AFL, warned a last ditch battle against the CIO if rifts among labor leaders persist. He called the CIO peace terms unacceptable and said the AFL would not tolerate trickery that breaches unity, despite striving for internal harmony.
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Cio
Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
A. F. of
A. F. of L
Revival Of Work Plan To Give Jobs
Washington report says presidential advisors study reviving public works to reduce unemployment from the business recession. WPA administrator Harry Hopkins ordered 350,000 more on relief rolls to reach about 2,000,000, within a $1.5 billion budget for the year. Ohio may gain 20,000 to 25,000 WPA jobs among 550,000 added to relief rolls. Ohio had 88,666 employed on December 1.
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Washington
U.P
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Ohio
Tax receipts show Columbus sales tax rise to early December
Columbus receipts report sales tax collections reaching nearly 45.7 million dollars by December 1. State Treasurer Clarence H. Knisley notes that the 1936 period exceeded 51.4 million dollars for the same span.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Knisley
Industrialist Appeals for Cooperation
New York observes Colby M. Chester of General Foods urge cooperation among business labor and the Federal Government at a dinner closing the Congress of American Industry. He says business has volunteered and calls for a joint effort to restore the nation’s economic course.
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New York
Congress of American Industry
Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corporation
Chester
America
Man Is Slain and Wife Wounded in Farm Home
Mrs Hulda Pansa 37 crawled a snowbound road to report her husband killed in their Crippled by a robber's bullet the assailants demanded two thousand dollars and fled. John Jelliga 33 and Mike Nunjas 45 were arrested in Whiting Ind after Mrs Pansa identified them.
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Crete
Hulda Pansa
Pansa
John Jelliga
Mike Nunjas
Whiting
Ind
Ind. Police Said Mrs. Pansa
Edward Pansa
Test Foods To Learn Cause of Two Deaths
Mice and guinea pigs were used in Mercy Hospital food tests to determine what killed June Ann Confare 4 and Louise Edwards 10 after a Chauncey meal. Doris Confare 5 and Edwin Edwards 13 remained seriously ill.
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Columbus
U.P
Mercy Hospital
June Ann Confare
Earl Edwards
Chauncey
Louise Edwards
Doris Confare
Edwin Edwards
Christmas Cheer Rings Athens Home With Family and Fun
Elizabeth Anderson profiles Mrs. Pearley Gaskill and her Athens mansion where about 20 relatives from across the country converge for Christmas. The family decorates four trees, bakes candy, and follows a strict rule that no one may open gifts until Santa distributes them on Christmas morning.
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Santa Claus
Pearley Gaskill
Mulberry St
Dwight
Athens
Alice
Ronald
Byron
Riley
Fostoria
John Hamer
Fout
Earl Corbin
David
A. V. Wadley
Paul
Evan Cameron
Santa
Gaskill
Paris police solve dancer murder case with German suspect
Paris authorities say Eugene Weidmann confessed to kidnapping and killing 21 year old American dancer Jean Dekoven for 600 francs and $500 in travelers checks. He also admitted four additional slayings and led police to the dancer's body buried in an abandoned villa after she vanished from a Paris hotel last July.
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Jean Dekoven
Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Weidmann
Miss Dekoven
Mastermind of Murder Factory Sought by French Police
Police across eastern France hunt the alleged mastermind of the Murder Factory of St. Cloud and his blonde accomplice who slipped away at Nantua near the Swiss border. They pursue Eugene Weidmann linked to the Dekoven killing and other victims, with Roger Million and Mlle Collette as associates. Million allegedly coordinated ransom calls after Miss Dekoven’s July 23 strangulation.
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Paris
U.P
France
St. Cloud
Nantua
Eugene George Weidmann
Jean Dekoven
Brooklyn
Roger Million
Mlle
Collette
Weidmann
Million
Miss Dekoven
Strike Sets UAW Target at Ford Assembly Plant
Six teen pickets were arrested after a strike call by United Automobile Workers at the Ford Assembly plant in Kansas City Missouri. A union official threatened a labor holiday involving about 35 000 to 40 000 CIO locals to try to force the plant closure. Ford said the Kansas City plant would continue operating.
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Kansas City
U.P
United Automobile
Ford Assembly
Committee For Industrial Organization
Harry H. Bennett
Ford
Detroit
Brother Avenges Brother With Courtroom Killing
In San Jose California Frank Delgado killed Bernardo Soliz who was acquitted of murder. Delgado waited for a jury to convict Soliz then shot him three times in the back as he tried to leave the courtroom. Soliz died days later while Delgado awaited another murder trial in jail.
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San Jose
Calif
U.P
Frank Delgado
Bernardo Soliz
Soliz
Delgado
Italy Reported Set To Quit League Saturday
Rome reports Italy will announce withdrawal from the League of Nations this Saturday. Premier Benito Mussolini is said to have decided that no further hope remains for an agreement with Great Britain and the country will pursue a vast program to strengthen its position in the Mediterranean for a possible Italo British war.
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Rome
Italy
League of Nations
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Lindbergh Attends Carnegie Institution Board Meeting
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrives in Washington to join the annual meeting of the Carnegie Institution of Washington board of trustees. He became a board member three years ago and, after returning from England, goes straight to the conference room without comment.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Board of Trustees
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Lindbergh
England
Japanese Press Boosts Victory Pulse Over Nanking
Tokyo officials and military spokesmen project rapid capture of Nanking with claims of breaches in the Great Wall and “final incident” progress. A naval spokesman cites intensified air attacks and celebratory champagne planes for officers. China faces a protracted, bitter siege as Chiang Kai-shek reportedly may resign.
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Nanking
Tokyo
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai
Death in Fire Claims 10 Month Old in Athens County
Leslie W. Pierce, 10 months old, died trapped in a two room frame house near Glen Eben after a Thursday afternoon fire sparked by an explosion. His mother, the infant's father, and a 4 year old girl escaped with injuries as Mrs. Pierce bravely tried to rescue the child. The blaze occurred at the parents' home beyond the Welch Eberle orchard. the husband was nearby repairing a truck when the fire started.
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Nelsonville
Leslie W. Pierce
Forest Pierce
Welch-Eberle
Glen Eben
Bias Charges Against NLRB Probe Advancing in Senate
Senator Edward R. Burke introduced a resolution urging the judiciary committee to investigate charges that the National Labor Relations Board shows bias toward the Committee for Industrial Organization and threatens press freedom. The move signals possible congressional scrutiny of the board's actions.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Judiciary Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Runaway Street Car Overturns in Cleveland Injures 12
A street car raced down Cedar Hill, ran a red signal, and overturned in Cleveland today, injuring 12 of its 20 passengers. None of the injured are believed to be in serious condition and they were taken to three area hospitals.
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Cleveland
Cedar Hill
Ohio Caravan Ambushed by Indian Tribe
A Massachusetts to Ohio Northwest Expedition reports an ambush in Warren Massachusetts by a group identified as Harvard undergraduates in war paint. The incident involved a caravan defended by its members and funds totaling 25 000 dollars from federal sources.
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Warren
Mass
U.P
Ohio Company
Hamilton
Marietta
Northwest Territory
Harvard University
Boston
Chief Laughing Bull
Harvard Crimson
Massachusetts
Ohio
Chief Bull
Landon Announces He Will Not Seek 1940 Presidency
Former Kansas governor Alfred M. Landon, Republican standard bearer in 1936, says he will not be a candidate for president in 1940. He arrived for the National Press Club dinner and will confer at 4 30 p m with President Roosevelt at the White House, a plan Roosevelt revealed at his press conference.
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Washington
U.P
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
National Press Club
Roosevelt
White House
American Writer and Wife Missing in Russia
U S embassy officials sought the location of writer Donald L. Robinson and his wife in Moscow. Russian authorities gave limited cooperation and the writer's private papers were seized at the National Hotel.
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Russia
Moscow
U.P
United States
Donald L. Robinson
New York
National Hotel
Tragic scalding death of 20 month old in Columbus
Irma Jean Hammill aged 20 months fell into a pail of hot water while playing with her dog in Columbus. She was taken to a hospital and died five hours later from burns.
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Columbus
Irma Jean Hammill
Martin Calls Lumber Mill Workers Back
Gov. Charles H. Martin ordered 10 000 lumber mill workers to return to work in Portland after a CIO victory in a state supervised bargaining election. He pledged protection while CIO spokesmen hailed the result and NRLB critics urged continued union action.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Charles H. Martin
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
NRLB
American Federation of Labor
House To Get Bill Monday On Wages Hours Reform
The labor committee will present an amended wages and hours bill to the House Monday. The final amend ment, approved 9 to 6, creates a wager hour administrator and industrial committees patterned after NRA code authorities. It sets 40 hour maximums and 40 cent minimums and bans child labor.
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Washington
House
Labor Committee
Mary T. Norton
N. M
NRA
Fire destroys 30 cattle at Miller dairy farm
A fire at the H. P. Miller & Son dairy farm destroyed 30 head of cattle and burned a barn early today. Fire crews battled the blaze but the livestock and structure were lost.
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Sunbury
H. P. Miller & Son
Bipartisan rural bloc stalls relief loan bill in split House
In Columbus the new rural bloc faced a setback as the $1,000,000 December relief loan bill passed the House by 93 to 20 amid last minute opposition from rural members. Rep. Kenneth Petri denounced the measure as a stopgap, while bloc aims to curb extravagance and urban favoritism. The Senate plans to vote next week while committees study related relief measures and a separate utility tax re enactment.
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Columbus
U.P
Kenneth M. Petri
Crawford
Farm Group
Petri
League of Municipalities
League
House
Senate
House Finance Committee
Farm Vote Is Sought Today
Washington leaders push for a farm bill final vote tonight after two days of debate. Chairman Marvin Jones and Majority Leader Sam Rayburn forecast passage with major features intact and a party vote to restore production control, soil conservation, and marketing limits only in bumper years.
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Washington
House
Marvin Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Sam Rayburn
Jones
Wholesale Rates To Electrify 15000 Ohio Farms
Washington up The Ohio Power Co has agreed to wholesale electric rates to farm cooperatives opening the way for electrifying 15000 Ohio farms, the Rural Electrification Administration announced today.
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Washington
Ohio Power Co
Ohio
Rural Electrification Administration
Condemned Murderer Dies Before Hanging in Idaho
Douglas Van Vinck, condemned for killing his wife and two peace officers, died in Boise prison hospital after leaping from a catwalk 30 feet to concrete. He sought a reprieve via habeas writ but died unconscious, ending a 14 year pursuit of execution.
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Boise
Idaho
U.P
Douglas van Vinck
William Goss
Bella Clark
van Vlack
van Viack
Mildred Stook
Tacoma
Wash
Oregon
Fontaine Cooper
Henry Givens
Buhl
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Elizabeth Anderson
Messenger
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Athens County
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Pioneers
Redskins
Harvard
Beats
Comely
Jessie Sumner
Milford
Illinois
Miss Sumner
Martin
Ohio Farms
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