Republicans Arm To Die Or Revolt At Reorganization Push
A drumbeat for party reorganization echoed as Independents Senators Borah and Ger urged rebuilding the Republican Party to win back control from the current leadership. They warned that without reform the party would die. critics blasted NRA price fixing and AAA cuts while calling for stronger anti big business funding and county by county organization.
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Ing
Borah
Idaho
Ger
North Dakota
Hbe
Press
NRA
AAA
Nve
Industry s During the Season
Industry reports show planned trade and spending tied to new mills and expansion along the Ohio River. Announcements include a $12 million start within six months and a $6 million mill project, with studies for a $150 million improvement and navy steel concrete needs valued around $100 million.
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Navy
Tygarts
Grafton
W. Va
Fire alarm delay blamed in inquiry of hotel disaster
In Lansing investigators probe the Kerns Hotel fire after the fire marshal cites a delayed alarm as a key factor. A coroner jury will review the events as testimony notes drinking and singing in the corridors. Officials questioned the night clerk and staff as two more charred bodies were found among 30 unknown dead.
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Lansing
Mich
Kerns Hotel
Dan McCullough
Ingham County
Isaac D. Jones
Kerns
Cleo Evans
William Blank
Ganes
Will Rogers on Disarmament Conferences Abroad
Hollywood columnist Will Rogers argues disarmament conferences fail to prevent conflict. He recalls 1930 London participation, comments on Norman Davis hired by Roosevelt, and notes conferences end with mutual mistrust and no lasting peace.
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Hollywood
Calif
London
Roosevelt
Davis
Norman Davis
Honery
Will Rogers
Jersey Drafts Official Plan In Lindy Case
The New Jersey state, guided by Supreme Court Justice Trenchard, will draft its theory on how the Lindbergh baby died using Dr. Mitchell’s autopsy report. The defense sees this as a major pretrial victory ahead of Hauptmann’s January trial.
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Trenton
N. 4
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Flemington
N. J
New Jersey
Charlies H. Mitchell
Marietta College President to resign in June
Dr Edward Smith Parsons, president of Marietta College, announced his resignation effective at commencement in June. He said the college needs a younger man at its head. A committee of trustees and faculty members was named to recommend a successor.
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Marietta
Edward Smith Parsons
Marietta College
Parsons
Abductors Free Police Chief After 14 Hours
Arkansas City Kansas December 14 A nationwide search for Art Calkins Herington chief of police ended with his release four hours after capture by two gunmen He was abducted yesterday while questioning a man about revolver ammunition and found unharmed four miles east of Kildare Oklahoma
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Arkansas City
Kan
Art Calkins
Herington
Calkins
Kildare Okla
First Lady Visited Store as Early Christmas Shopper
Washington December 14 The first shopper at downtown department store doors opening at nine was Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt She visited the toy department chatted with Santa and bought a doll likely for one of her granddaughters She has three daughters Sara and Ruth
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Istie
Sara
Ruth
Dolls Dollars Big Items on Needed Lists
Logan Eagles aid hundreds in Athens County by collecting dolls for the Eagles Toy Shop and dollars for Salvation Army kettles on Athens streets. The “Share a Christmas” drive lists several charity events, including three Majestic Theater shows in Nelsonville for youngsters. Shows start at 9, 10, and 11 o clock, with toys added to countywide distribution.
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Eagles
Salvation Army
Athens
Athens County
Army
The
Eagles Lodge
Logan
Nelsonville
Majestic Theater
Eagles Toy Shop
Five injured in crash. Kennedy ordered to pay $300
Mary Augustine wins in Athens County Common Pleas Court against Richard Kennedy for injuries from a car crash on U S Route near Sugar Creek in October 1933. The suit also awards $2,200 to Katie Chiki and $800 to another injured daughter, with total verdict against Kennedy now $3,300.
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Mary Augustine
Athens County
Ohioan Takes Life After Warning Hint
Cincinnati report says James Smith 65, a watchman, declared I don’t care if I die within the next few minutes before shooting himself at the plant. Henry Wilkins fixed as porter and heard a shot. Smith died with pistol in hand. In Columbus, William H. Thompson 65, longtime secretary of the Ohio Gas and Oil Men’s Association, died of heart disease.
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Cincinnati
James Smith
Henry Wilkins
Porter
Smith
Wilkins
Wilkine
Columbus
Ohio Gas and Oil Men's Association
William H. Thompson
Onie University
National Crime Putsch Voted At Conference
Washington December 14 delegates from the National Crime Conference voted to set up a perpetual national crime organization to coordinate peace officer efforts and to establish a national scientific and educational centre as a Peace Officer West Point. Attorney General Homer Cummings warned of a long term program requiring steady service for years. The Justice Department plans to train about 20 men in methods used to crack notorious criminals.
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West Point
Cummings
Justice Department
Weat Point
John Dillinger
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Baby Face’ Nelson
Wilbur Underhill
Rescue Ship Crown Crew Members Reported Lost
In the mid Atlantic seas two lifeboat crewmen from the Regian Steamer Jane Jadot were lost when their lifeboat capsized while attempting to rescue the Usworth crew. Two Usworth crewmen were saved from the water as the lifeboat overturned in heavy seas. Previously five Usworth crewmen had been saved.
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New York
Usworth
Jane Jadot
Mackaye Radio
Jean Jadot
Bank Robbery Nets $11,000 at Woodville
Three robbers escaped with more than $11,000 after holding up two Woodville State Savings Bank employees near Toledo. Two men waited behind a rear partition before assistant cashier F. W. Keil arrived and were forced to open the vault.
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Toledo
Woodville State Savings Bank
Here
F. W. Keil
Keil
Solution of Kidnapping Revealed After Raid
Philadelphia police say a raid on an uptown house yielded the kidnapping solution of William Weiss a local night life figure. Weiss may have been drowned by his abductors and the Delaware River was to be dragged today. Four men and a woman were arraigned.
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Philadelphia
William Weiss
Weiss
Delaware
Infant of Slain Missionaries Saved From Bandits in China
The three month old infant of murdered American missionaries J C Stam and wife was found alive and taken toward mission headquarters in Wuhu. Chinese bandits who raided Saintzeh killed the parents. government troops pursued. A Canadian missionary aided the baby’s rescue as officials urged arrest of the culprits.
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Tsingteh
Helen Priscilla Stam
J. C. Stam
Wuhu
George Birch
Canada
China Inland Mission
Sainteh
Stama
Stam
Paterson
N. J
China
EB. A. Kofield
Rend
Ore
Stams
Tunki
Washington
Peiping
Clarence Gauss
Legation
Nanking
Anhwei
Siam
Foreign Office
Farmers Vote On Cotton Bill In Sixteen States
Farmers in sixteen cotton growing states voted on the Bankhead Act today after county meetings led by AAA reps. If the act is extended for next year a two-thirds majority must favor it, enabling Secretary Wallace to set a national cotton harvest limit, with 1944-35 cap at 16 million bales.
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Atlanta
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A Wallace
Robbers Loot Fairfield County Courthouse Cash
Robbers invaded the Fairfield County Courthouse in Lancaster at noon yesterday and escaped with 88 dollars from the recorder’s office. The door was jimmied and the cash drawer broken into upon the recorder FR Mark’s return from lunch.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Recorder
Mark
Mother of Athenian Is Fatally Burned
Mrs Florence Welliay 72 of Dayton, mother of Roberta Smith, died in Dayton after flames from an open grate ignited her clothing Tuesday. Her son Vernia, age 2, doused the fire but she died Wednesday from burns. Funeral services were set for Dayton. Brooks rites at 4 p.m. for John Brooks of Raymond Drive, who died Thursday, at his home.
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Florence Welliay
Dayton
Roberta Smith
Grosvenor Street
Athen
Vernia
Christmas Toy Drives and Charity Events Across Athens County
Local groups from East Carpenter to Murray City seek toys clothes and food for Christmas baskets. Donations can be dropped at specific shops or arrangements made by phone. Red Cross and multiple charities coordinate to avoid duplications as Athens County communities prepare holiday assistance.
Youth Missing Since Dec Found in Jail
Attorney KR G Diefenderfer of Sheridan Wyoming found his son Raymond Jr 18 in the Portsmouth county jail after the youth with amnesia appeared seeking help locating his parents He had vanished from Ann Arbor Michigan on December 1 and did not recall his name or residence The son recognized his father on arrival and the family reunion followed after a nationwide search.
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Portsmouth
KR. G. Diefenderfer
Sheridan
Wyo
Raymond, Jr
Charles Clowe
Police Record Bureau
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wall of Water Rushing Upon Western Town
Torrential rain in the Sierra Madre Mountains near Los Angeles prompts Montrose residents to evacuate as a wall of water rushes from Pickens Canyon. Flood control officials warn of danger after heavy rainfall and recall the deadly 1934 New Year storm in Montrose-La Crescenta area.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Sierra Madre Mountains
Montrose
Montrose-La Cresenta
California
J. R. Mimi
Pickens Canyon
Montrose Pickens Canyon
Hitch-Hiker Seeks Old Age Pension in State
George Hall a 77 year old hitch hiker traveled from Ohio to New Jersey seeking a state pension. Officials said he appears over the 65 year minimum and he returned to Ohio after the trip costing 3.50 dollars. In another note a volcano alert from Honduras reports Mount Epacuca awakening.
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Marion
George Hall
Hall
New Jersey
Ohio
Woman Sentenced to 30 Days in Workhouse
Mrs Esther Weilder aged 35 of Portsmouth was sentenced by Police Judge Clayton W. Rose to 30 days in the workhouse for stealing articles from a downtown counter.
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Columbus
Der
Esther Weilder
Portsmouth
Clayton W. Rose
Athens Housing Need At 900000 Expected In Repairs
The Better Housing Program canvass in Athens aims at expenditures over 900000 for repairs and modernization. FERA canvassers surveyed 2,182 tenants and 1,488 owners, with 13 interviewers. An additional 90000 is planned for Athens State Hospital wing construction.
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FERA
Athens
Athens State Hospital
Only Finland Will Pay Debt
Envoys from European debtor nations informed the State Department they would default on war debt payments totaling 650 million dollars due the next day. France, Italy, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary cited specific shortfalls, while Great Britain and Belgium had already declared default. Finland alone announced intent to pay.
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Washington
State Department
France
Italy
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Great Haritain
Belgium
Finland
Union Labor Debates PWA Wage Scale for Berea Post Office
The Public Works Labor Review Board heard arguments on whether the PWA wage rate or the Cleveland area union rate should apply to a Berea Ohio post office project. Berea solicitor Paul H. Mitchell and the contractor favored the PWA scale of $1.20 for skilled workers and 90 cents for unskilled, while union spokesmen urged the higher local rate.
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Washington
PWA
Ohio
Cleveland
Berea
Public Works Labor’ Review Board
Paul H. Mitchell
Stores to stay open nightly for holiday season
Eleven Athena Retail Merchants Association stores will remain open until 8 30 pm starting Monday December 17 with extended hours on December 22 and 24. Beason and company announce longer hours to aid shoppers during the Christmas period. Mrs Jennie W Coppock left one thousand dollars to the Hamilton County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals following her death in a recent automobile accident.
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Athena Retail Merchants Association
A. Willed
Cincinnati
Bobby
Jennie W. Coppock
Hamilton County Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Confession Ties Fish to Grace Budd Abduction
New York December 14 1936 police linked Albert Fish to the Grace Budd kidnapping and murder after his confession. Investigators found a skull buried near a ramshackle East Irvington house and bones by a road. Fish admitted the killings and described weapons used, while police noted gold fillings in the skull match the victim’s dental records.
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Grace Rudd
Albert H. Fish
Fish
Wan
East Irvington
New York
Life Is Just One Big Yawn for This Woman
Round Grove, Ti December 14 149 Mrs Harold McKee age 35 greeted dawn with a yawn. She had yawning continuously since pm Sunday except brief respites from opiate influence. Early today she neared 110th hour of protracted yawning and doctors seek to halt it. Dr H N Petit Berphyeteian offered no clear cause beyond extreme nervous strain from caring for a ill husband and a 9-year-old son who is diabetic.
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Round Grove
Harold McKee
H. N. Petit
Atkinson Named to Ohio Board of Agriculture
Columbus, Dec. 14. H. A. Atkinson of Columbus is appointed by Gov. White as a five year member of the Ohio Board of Agriculture effective immediately. Atkinson also serves on the board of trustees of Ohio State University.
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Atkinson
Agriculture Board
Columbus
George White
Ohio Board of Agriculture
Atkinton
Ohio State University
Ohio Counties Sales Tax Yield Reported for 1955
The Ohio Tax Commission estimates the 3 percent sales tax yield for counties in 1955. City shares not yet determined and municipal distributions fall to county budget commissions. A partial list names Athena County with schools 213,882 and local government 44,101. Gallia County 101,910 for schools and 4,610 for local government. Meigs County 12 for schools and local government.
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Ohio Tax Commission
Ohio
Athena County
Gallia County
Meigs County
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