Toys Needed At Athens Salvation Army Shop For Christmas
In Athens the Salvation Army basement workshop led by Mrs. Arthur T. Clark and Mrs. Gordon Gray needs hundreds of new toys for needy children. Donations can go to 92 West Union Street or give coins to Salvation Army kettles. The Athens Elks offer a Christmas Charity Ball tomorrow night as part of holiday events, with full details in Sunday’s Messenger.
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Athens
Salvation Army
Arthur T. Clark
Gordon Gray
W. Union St
72 Year Old Man Kills 5 For Revenge
Duquesne police report a 72 year old former officer Martin Sullivan killed five people in a revenge spree after obtaining a leave of absence from the jail. He killed the parents of his estranged wife, then the Vukelja family, and finally a social worker after luring the constable who had him in custody. He claimed the attacks were for revenge and did not attack the 12 year old girl.
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Pittsburgh
Krandhthi
Martin Sullivan
Duquesne
Helen
Thomas G. Gallagher
Sullivan
Gallagher
Joseph Benda
Helen Benda
Michael, Sr
Vukelja
Laura Bacon
Shape of six point program for next Congress
Washington Roosevelt and party leaders outlined a six point tentative legislative program. It calls for economy in government, a neutrality measure, extending temporary New Deal agencies, tax revisions, government reorganization, and an NRA substitute. Rep. John Taber noted a possible $6.5 billion appropriation for ordinary expenditures next year, about $1 billion more than last year.
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Washington
AUP
Congress
NRA
White House
Roosevelt
John Taber
N. Y
Impeachment Considered for Cuban President Gomez
In Havana an all night session of congressional leaders weighed charges of maladministration against President Miguel Mariano Gomez. The effort to oust him grew from a feud with military strongman Fulgencio Batista who presses a higher tax for rural schools, a policy Gomez opposed.
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Havana
Miguel Mariano Gomez
United Press
Gomez
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Athens Police Hunt Assailant of O U Co Ed
An Ohio University freshman reports a gunpoint abduction in Athens near Rufus Putnam Training School after 7 pm Thursday. She escaped during a struggle, describing a young male assailant in a tan topcoat and hat, possibly a student, who fled before police could identify him. Two men detained were released. she could not identify them.
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Athens
Ohio University
Rufus Putnam
W. Union St
University Terrace
College St
Mill
Stewart St
Northwest Territory Memorial Site Plan Seeks Senate OK
A bill would authorize Governor Davey to turn over 25 square feet of land in Muskingum Park Marietta to the Federal Government as a site for a Northwest Territory memorial. The memorial honors Ohio's first settlement and ties to the 1937 1938 Northwest Territory celebration pending senate approval.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
Muskingum Park
Marietta
Ohio
Senate
Northwest Territory
Twenty One Million Seek U S Old Age Pension Entry
Washington reports that about 21 million of the roughly 26 million workers eligible for federal old age pensions have applied to the social security board for authorization to participate in the program.
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Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
Man Crushed Under Christmas Tree in Irondale Tragedy
In Irondale Alabama a 31 year old man Leon Adams died when a large pine tree he had cut down fell onto him at his home. Adams planned to use the top as a Christmas tree.
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Irondale
U.P
Leon Adams
Adams
Mine Explosion Kills 150 at Sansol Coal Mine
Cable advices to local mine agents report a blast at Andrew Yule and Co Paidih coal mine near Sansol 100 miles northwest of Calcutta India killing 150 natives and the manager in one incident.
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London
U.P
Andrew Yule
Paidih
Sansol
Calcutta
India
Pope Pius Reports Satisfactory General Condition
Vatican officials say Pope Pius spent a quiet night and his general condition remained satisfactory.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius
Vatican
WPA payroll in Ohio reports large November total
Wages totaling 8,869,002 dollars were paid to 160,860 persons employed on 3,139 Ohio WPA projects in November, state headquarters of the administration reported here today.
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Columbus
British Warns World To Let Spain Alone
In the House of Commons Capt. Anthony Eden urged Germany Italy and Russia to stay out of Spain during a foreign affairs debate. He called on all nations to refrain from interfering and let Spaniards resolve their own tragic difficulties.
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London
U.P
Anthony Eden
Germany
Italy
Russia
Spain
House of Commons
Eden
Observers See More Liberal GOP Policies
Observers say the Republican Party faces a shift toward liberal policies as the new congress begins. In Chicago the Republican National Committee rejected 74 to 2 the resignation of Chairman John D. M. Hamilton and set his salary at 15000 dollars, a move seen as symbolic rather than decisive. Hamilton's costly failed campaign left a million dollar deficit, and some progressive GOP elements were not aligned with Alf Landon.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
G.O.P
Chicago
Republican National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
Republican Party
Alf M. Landon
Motor Output Is Threatened by Industry Strikes
In Washington workers in automobile and glass unions pressed for peace as strikes loom over December car production. At the National Fibres Company in Detroit thirteen hundred of 28,700 workers returned after a tentative settlement from an eight hour meeting. Glass, body, and parts plants in Detroit Kansas City Atlanta Toledo Shreveport Ottawa Charleston and Canton disrupted supplies of wheels brakes pistons bodies and other components to car factories.
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New York
U.P
Washington
National Fibres Company
Detroit
Kansas City
Atlanta
Collective Bargaining Rights Sought at GM Plants
CIO announces United Automobile Workers will seek immediate collective bargaining rights in all General Motors plants. John L. Lewis hopes no strike will be required, leaving GM to decide.
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Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
Committee of Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Lewis
Fire destroys Club Lake side at Meyers Lake
Canton fire investigators reported a blaze at Meyers Lake destroying the Club Lake side. Estimated loss stood at about 75000 dollars with cause still undetermined.
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Canton
U.P
Lakeside
Meyers Lake
Vancouver Island May Adopt Edward Monarchy Debate
Residents on Vancouver Island debate secession from Canada and establishing a monarchy with Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson possibly invited to rule after their expected marriage. A real estate agent proposed a land for the king to reign. The island’s English climate and retired English residents are cited as factors.
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Victoria
B. C
V.P
Vancouver Island
Dominion of Canada
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
William H. Davies
England
Guard Slayers Charged With Murder In Ohio Prison Break
Two inmates Frank Sidar and Albert Brown beat guard Hobart Stewart to death with a pipe wrench during an escape attempt at Boys Industrial School in Lancaster Ohio. Sidar surrendered. Brown captured near Amanda after a five hour search. The guard died at age 44. Brown, Sidar and others were reforming after previous escape attempts. Prosecutor John Silbaugh filed first degree murder charges.
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Lancaster
U.P
John Silbaugh
Fairfield County
Hobart B. Stewart
Frank Sidar
Albert Brown
Cleveland
Brown
Amanda
Sidar
Stewart
Paul Balthaser
Valley States Prepare Pact
Sanitary engineers from Ohio Valley states gathered in Louisville to draft a treaty for a joint stream purification program. The meeting was called by Hudson Biery, Cincinnati, chairman of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Stream Pollution Committee, with engineers from eight states.
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Louisville
U.P
Sanitary Engineers
Ohio Valley
Hudson Biery
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Terms for Release of Kai-Shek Discussed
Shanghai report says James Elder, American adviser to Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang, arrived in Nanking and is conferring with leaders on terms for Chiang Kai-Shek’s release. Hope remains high that China’s strong man can be freed by the marshal who seized him in an attempt to force war against Japan.
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Shanghai
U.P
James Elder
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
U S Craft Sets Off Rebel Ship Fire Risk Near Gijon
The U S S Erie a 2000 ton navy gun boat arrived at Port of Gijon to check for Americans in danger and came under fire from a Spanish warship which fired two shots one shell landing near the ship and another in the hills about 500 yards away the Erie did not return fire and left the port amid uncertainty over the attacker s identity. This follows a prior incident when the U S S Kane was attacked by a plane in Spanish waters.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
U. S. S. Erie
Gijon
Erie
Department
Kane
Wally Is Not Welcome Guest in Cannes
Mayor Pierre Noveau faces a wave of protest letters over Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson's presence in Cannes. Taxpayers and English residents protest the guest's stay, while local papers refrain from publishing the letters. A rumor of a detained Englishman in Menton linked to threatening letters proved unfounded. police tied the arrest to a yacht theft inquiry.
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Cannes
U.P
Pierre Noveau
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Progress of Pin Watched in Hospital
In Gallipolis an open safety pin swallowed by 16 month old Eleanor Wells, daughter of Clyde Wells and wife of Five Points, was closely watched through X ray today at a local hospital. Doctors said an operation would be considered if the pin passes into the stomach. the baby showed no pain.
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Gallipolis
U.P
Eleanor Wells
Clyde Wells
Fire Destroys Rooming House on Upper West Side
A blaze in a four story brownstone rooming house on the Upper West Side killed five people including three women a baby and a man. The fire started when a lodger fell asleep with a cigarette in hand. The man leaped from the top floor to escape and was crushed.
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New York
U.P
Upper West Side
Christmas brings relief to Ohio coal miners with renewed work
In St Clairsville Ohio thirty eight thousand miners face a Christmas of regained regular employment and higher wages after years of lean times. Coal production and wages recovered from 1927 lows with some operators paying as much as five dollars daily.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Widow Watches Husband's Murderer Die on Gallows
In Fulton Missouri a state execution hangs George McKeever for the 1933 murder of Sheriff Ben Booth. McKeever, convicted of bank robbery and linked to a bank raid that killed Booth and Sheriff Wilson, is dying in an old barn as Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Wilson witness the grim act. The town recalls the Christmas pall over the day.
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Alice Booth
Columbia
George McKeever
Iowa
Desperado
Fulton
Ben Booth
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Booth
Owanna
Wesley
Fulton, Mo
Ben Wilson
Missouri
Northwest twin-motor airliner vanishes over far West
A Northwest Airlines twin-motored transport plane carrying two pilots and mail but no passengers disappeared during a flight from Missoula Montana to Spokane Washington. The search focused on the route over the far West as officials investigated the loss of the aircraft.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Northwest Airlines
Missoula
Mont
Spokane
Trotzky Granted Residence Request in Mexico
Mexico City officials say fiery ex Soviet co dictator Leon Trotzky may reside in Mexico if he obeys laws governing political refugees. The approval was wired as his Norway internment ends.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Mexico
Trotzky
Norway
Death of 15 Year Old After Seizure of 22 Dogs
In San Francisco humane officers removed 22 underfed dogs from a shack where 15 year old Fred Georges lived. He warned that he would die if his dogs were taken. Shortly after the seizure Georges died, authorities said.
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San Francisco
U.P
Fred Georges
Humane Society
Georgea
Ib Yen
Ohio Farmers to Receive Up to 15 Million Under Soil Program
Ohio Agricultural Conservation Commission Chairman Elmer Kruse announced a soil conservation plan that would pay farmers about nine dollars per acre for converting soil depleting crops to conserving crops. An estimated 165000 Ohio farmers are expected to participate in the 1937 program.
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Columbus
O.P
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Conservation Commission
Elmer Kruse
St. Marys
Ohio State Extension Department
F. W. Vernon
Athens County
Commission
Dam 26 Demolition Planned by War Department
Gallipolis report states Dam 26 on the Ohio River nine miles below Gallipolis will be blown out with dynamite as War Department funds of 332000 dollars support the removal. A second dam at Winfield West Virginia on the Kanawha River will also be removed as part of the same project to clear the river area for a seven million dollar roller dam planned for completion next year.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
War Department
Winfield
W. Va
Kanawha River
Farm Boy Sought as Bank Robbers Chief
Carthage Indiana crime report identifies Alfred Brady as the bandit leader in a Thursday bank robbery. A farmer’s son vowed to outshine Dillinger and federal agents and state police pursued the trio after the $210 heist.
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Carthage
Ind
U.P
Indiana
John Dillinger
G-men
Alfred Brady
Ohio sales tax fight ruffles school funding plans
The Ohio Senate Taxation Committee considers the administration’s 68 million dollar tax package after the House passage. Education officials say the plan yields about 22 million for schools, 4 million less than their stated minimum. The bills include a controversial 50 million dollar sales tax and several revenue measures.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Senate Taxation Committee
Ly Bowsher
House Taxation Committee
House
Freer Bittinger
Harold G. Mosier
Davey
Carl F. Wintzer
Auglaize
Rose
Summit
E. R. King
Vinton
Ohio
Grant P. Ward
Franklin
County Treasuries
Senate
Boards of Education
Tax Commission
Former Logan Man Killed In Palm Beach Crash
Peter H. Van Horn 43, president of the American Federation of Textiles, native of Logan Ohio, was killed when his car hit the Bath and Tennis Club wall on Ocean Boulevard Palm Beach. He lived at the Hotel Plaza in New York. his wife and son Peter Jr. remain in town as divorce proceedings are filed. He married Helen Genevieve Prosser of Columbus on Sept 20 1920. born in Logan to Jesse Van Horn, he attended Ohio State 1912 1914, and later worked at National City Bank in New York after wartime service as an air corps pilot.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
U.S
Peter H. van Horn
American Federation of Textiles Inc
Logan
Ohio
Bath and Tennis Club
Ocean Boulevard
Palm Beach
van Horn
Hotel Plaza
New York
Peter, Jr
Helen Genevieve Prosser
Columbus
Jesse van Horn
Ohio State University
National City Bank
Air Corps
Kidnapper Brings Life Term Start to Federal Prison
Harry Brunette 25, sought for kidnapping State Trooper William A. Turnbull, is en route to a federal prison to begin a life sentence. G men arrested Brunette, ending the pursuit?
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
Harry Brunette
Desperado
William A. Turnbull
Brunette
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Lake Club Burns
Edward
Industrial School
Sanitary Engineers of Ohio Valley Plan
Kai-Shek
United
Wally
Taxpayers
Far West
Agricultural Conservation Commission
Otto Janssen
Bill
Peter van Horn
Union
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