Bricker Names Brown and Beightler to Ohio Posts
Governor elect Bricker announced John T. Brown Champaign County Master Farmer as state agriculture director and Lieut. Col. Robert S. Beightler of Columbus as highway director. Hal G. Sours of Akron named assistant highway director. All take office after the Jan 9 inauguration. salaries are $6500 annually. Beightler is a Columbus contractor with prior state highway service and military background.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
John T. Brown
Champaign County
Robert S. Beightler
Brown
Ohio
State Legislate
Ppien
State Senate
Cooper
Ohio State University
Farmers’ Institutes
Beightler
Highway Department
Hal G. Sours
Akron
Bricker
Cincinnati-Dayton
Davis
Col. Beightler
France
Army Re Staff
Naval Guard
73 Year Old Murderess Receives Life Term
Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith, 73, was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murdering James Eugene Bassett, a naval attaché who disappeared ten years ago. Her son, Decastro Earl Mayer, who faced similar charges, died by suicide in his cell on Sunday. She claimed she would reveal where Bassett’s body was hidden.
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Seattle
Wash
O.R
Mary Eleanor Smith
James Eugene Bassett
Decastro Earl Mayer
Cincinnati Physician To Visit Ex Kaiser In Doorn Retreat
Cincinnati heart specialist Dr. Wilhelm C. Huebener sails on the German liner Bremen en route to visit former Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn. His associates refused to comment but it is known he is among several physicians summoned for occasional convalescence duties for the German emperor.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Wilhelm CC. Huebener
Bremen
Kaiser Wilhelm
Doorn
Huebener
McIntyre Estate Valued at 72496 in Transfer Tax
The estate of late columnist O. O. McIntyre was valued at 72496 exclusive of 40000 of life insurance, per a transfer tax appraisal. Widow Maybelle Hope McIntyre is sole legatee. McIntyre’s contract with McNaught Syndicate shows 2500 weekly earnings.
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New York
AUP
O. O. McIntyre
Maybelle Hope McIntyre
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Ruth Etting to wed Myra Alderman in Las Vegas
Ruth Etting and her boyfriend Myra Alderman flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to marry. They arrived as Etting and Alderman announced plans to obtain a marriage license. Etting’s former husband Martin Snyder faced trial in Los Angeles for kidnapping and attempted murder.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Ruth Etting
Myra Alderman
Miss Etting
Alderman
Los Angeles
Martin
Moe
Snyder
Clark County
Drys See Hope In Latest Vote
National Anti-Saloon League officials at their biennial convention see new momentum from recent elections. Edward B. Dunford will open with a speech on the 21st Amendment and federal aid to enforce dry laws in adopting states.
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Columbus
U.P
Anti-Saloon League of America
Edward B. Dunford
Washington, D. C
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
U. S
Warden denies Means ransom rumor in Lindbergh case
Springfield Missouri U P report says Dr R M King warden of the federal hospital rejects belief that Gaston Means told his wife a Catholic chaplain at Leavenworth Prison knew where he hid the 104000 dollars from Evalyn Walsh McLean ransom for Charles A Lindbergh Jr. He was sentenced for the hoax but did not reveal uses of the money.
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Springfield
U.P
R. M. King
Federal Hospital
Gaston B. Means
Leavenworth
Evalyn Walsh MaeLean
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
St Louis Engineers End Strike at AFL Bid
Washington U P President John Possehl of the International Union of Operating Engineers ordered St Louis locals back to work after learning their strike was deemed impossible and beyond tolerance by AFL President William Green.
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Washington
U.P
John Possehl
International Union of Operating Engineers
St. Louis
William Green
American Federation of Labo
U S Delegates Seek Lower Tariff Walls At Pan American Talks
In Lima Peru United States delegates circulate a draft agreement urging all American republics to reduce tariff barriers. Secretary Hull calls trade liberalization a remedy for world distress while Argentine plans for continental solidarity loom over the discussions.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Cordell Hull
Inmate Attacks Multiple Patients at Michigan State Hospital
A 200 pound inmate with mental illness at the Michigan State Hospital went berserk in the serious ward today. He struck Leon Cantor, fracturing his skull, fatally struck Stanley Krasowski with a chair leg, and knocked attendant William Jorgenson unconscious before further violence. The assailant, Robert McNeary, 37, is described as over six feet tall.
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Ionia
Mich
U.P
Michigan State Hospital
Robert McNeary
Leon Cantor
McNeary
Cantor
Stanley Krasowski
William Jorgenson
Husband fatally shoots self after wife’s death
Shortly before funeral services for his wife 55 year old millworker Harry Hadsell killed himself at his Martins Ferry home. The tragedy occurred as mourners prepared to say goodbye to his spouse.
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Martins Ferry
U.P
Harry Hadsell
Doihara Reported Offering Peace Talks With Chinese Leaders
Chinese sources say Gen Kenji Doihara asked Chinese leaders to settle the war in China. He allegedly proposed withdrawal of Japanese troops in exchange for recognition of Manchukuo and Inner Mongolia, rights to cotton coal iron and salt, and adherence to the anti-Communist pact.
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Shanghai
U.P
Japan
Kenji Doihara
China
Doihara
Bat
Kuomintang
National Government Party
Canton
Manchukuo
Inner Mongolia
Italy
Germany
CIO Fights Withdrawal of Textiles CIO Fights Withdrawal
CIO leaders challenged President Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers over pulling the union from the CIO and summoning a convention for its 450 000 members. Sidney Hillman said Gorman acts are personal and TWOC will keep operating until bargaining gains are secured. Gorman said a Providence court decision voided the TWOC-UTW contract and announced an AFL charter for his local, intensifying the rift within the CIO.
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Washington
WUP
Congress of Industrial Organization
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers Today
CIO
Gorman
American Federation of Labor
Sidney Hillman
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
TWOC
Providence
R. L
Twoc-Utw
AFL
UTW
Hillman
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Union
Gable Seeks Divorce From Rhea Gable
Hollywood reports Clark Gable asked for a divorce from his second wife Rhea Gable in a move that followed years of estrangement. The actor, 11 years younger than Lombard, was believed to pursue Carole Lombard next, with marriage rumored for February.
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Hollywood
U.P
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Gable
Rhea Gable
Texas
Mrs Gepford Drowns After Bathtub Slip
Mrs Madeline Gepford aged 75 resident of the Otterbein home near Lebanon slipped in a bathtub today and drowned before aid could reach her.
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Lebanon
U.P
Madeline Gepford
Otterbein
Here
Catholics Fear Limitation of Activities in Germany
Vatican authorities fear Germany will pass laws restricting Catholic Church work. Proposed measures include bans on religious propaganda, dissolution of bodies deemed immoral, pre‑delivery inspection of Pope communications, state control of church finances, and bans on German contributions to church efforts.
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Germany
Vatican City
Vatican
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
FHA Mortgage Limit Is Near
The FHA prepared to insure an additional 1 billion dollars of building mortgages to raise the total to 3 billion dollars, the legal limit under the National Housing Act. Administrator Stewart McDonald informed President Roosevelt that the current 2 billion ceiling would soon be reached, and the President announced the increase to 3 billion. McDonald urged action, noting housing facilities remain grossly inadequate despite progress in residential construction, especially single family homes under 6000 dollars.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
FHA
Stewart McDonald
Roosevelt
McDonald
United States
Convict German Spy In U S Canal Zone
Hans Heinrich Schackow, a German, was found guilty today in federal court for espionage in the Canal Zone. The verdict was delivered in Cristobal C Z with federal jurisdiction over the case.
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U. S. Canal Zone
Cristobal
C. Z
U.P
Hans Heinrich Schackow
Sees Women As Barrier to Dictatorship
Ohio State University board chair Harry P. Caton spoke at the 66th Ohio State Grange convention in Akron. He argued American women have equal rights and would not tolerate dictatorial rule, while noting education prevents dictatorship and linking Communism to hunger and poverty. He called for broad employment and fair income distribution as the nation’s top issue.
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Akron
America
Harry P. Caton
Ohio State University
Ohio State Grange
Caton
Held Officials of Drug Firm Surrender in Probe
Bridgeport Conn officials of McKesson & Robbins Inc President F Donald Coster and Assistant Treasurer George E Dietrich surrendered to federal authorities in a probe of an alleged 18 million dollar shortage. Warrants charged them with violation of the 1934 Securities Act for filing false information with the SEC. Hearing was at the Coster home for convenience and Coster had been ill since federal scrutiny began.
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Bridgeport
Conn
U.P
F. Donald Coster
George E. Dietrich
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Garrett W. Cotter
U. S
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Canton Lawyer Julius Whiting Jr Dies at 83
Julius Whiting Jr am 83 longtime Canton lawyer and Republican figure, and close friend of President William McKinley, died at his home yesterday.
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Canton
Julius Whiting, Jr
William McKinley
Moseley Charges New Deal Aids Reds in Capital
Retired Major General George Van Horn Moseley accuses the Roosevelt administration of weakness and says the New Deal gives aid and comfort to Communists. He urges Americans to “lick the Communists” before worrying about Europe and Asia. He spoke at the New York Board of Trade on his retirement after 43 years in the army.
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NEW York
U.P
George van Horn Moseley
Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Munists
Woodring
Moseley
Europe
Asia
Third Army
Atlanta
Japan
China
British German ties strained over embassy boycott during Chamberlain speech
In London a heavy police guard protected the German Embassy as Nazi leaders and German envoys boycotted a banquet where Prime Minister Chamberlain spoke. Churchill and French alignments surfaced amid talk of renewed anti totalitarian cooperation and shifts in Mediterranean policy including Tunis.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberslain
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Herbert von Dircksen
Gottfried Aschman
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Earl Baldwin
Foreign Press Association
Hitler
Munich
Czechoslovakia
House of Commons
Commons
Britain
Rome
Tunis
Embezzlement by Township Clerk Shows Widespread Fraud
A township clerk treasurer Ralph Purdy of Superior Township Williams County embezzled about 35000 dollars over nearly five years by forged warrants while earning 20.53 a month. He cashed 332 forged warrants totaling 34000 at two Toledo gambling venues and received Dec 10 at Ohio Penitentiary after a 3 to 63 year sentence.
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Columbus
U.P
Joseon T. Ferguson
H. H. Rastings
Ralph Purdy
Montpelier
Ohio Penitentiary
Purdy
Superior Township
Williams County
Hastings
Toledo
Governor commutes death sentence for Akron slayer
Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio commuted the death sentence of George Wells aged 21 from Akron to life imprisonment in a murder case. He cited equal justice since three other youths convicted of the same crime received life terms.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
George Wells
Akron
Wells
Davey
Equal Justice
Maritime Commission Plans Three Trans Pacific Liners
The U S Maritime Commission proposed for next year a 100 million dollar shipbuilding program including the construction of three passenger liners for trans Pacific service. The commission aims to build 50 new ships annually for ten years to modernize a merchant fleet largely made up of slow vessels. This year it placed contracts for 50 modern cargo and passenger carriers.
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Washington
U. S. Maritime Commission
Commission
Secretary Ickes convenes coal mine safety conference
Secretary Ickes announced a conference of mining representatives in Washington on December 16 and 17 to promote safety in the coal mining industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Interior Ickes
Four Federal Agricultural Research Labs Planned Locations
Secretary Wallace announced four federally funded agricultural research labs to be built at Peoria Illinois New Orleans Louisiana the Philadelphia area and the San Francisco Bay area. Each lab costs one million dollars under the 1938 farm act. The labs aim to develop new industrial and commercial uses for surplus agricultural products.
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Washington
U.P
Wallace
Peoria
Ill
New Oreleans
Philadelphia Area
San Francisco Bay Area
Congress
Voters Approve Three Mill Tax Levy for Painesville Schools
Voters in Painesville Township yesterday approve a three mill tax levy to fund keeping Painesville Township schools open. The measure passed 363 to 125.
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Painesville
Painesville Township
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