Roosevelt to propose Social Security Act changes early January
The White House said President Roosevelt will forward a special message to Congress in January proposing to extend and strengthen the Social Security Act. The advisory committee urged cost limits, broader coverage, and earlier old age benefits starting 1940 with enhanced payments for aged wives and widows, plus new provisions for orphans and disabled workers.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Advisory Committee On Social Security
Federal Reserve System
Tobacco Crop Control Beaten by Growers
Washington U P reports opponents of the administration crop control hailed the voting against marketing quotas for 1939 crops. Referenda results show barley and dark tobacco growers in 14 states failed to reach two-thirds, blocking the restricted program.
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Washington
U.P
Venerable Pipe Addict Is Burned To Death
Mrs. Nancy Eddy aged 80 died in hospital after her clothing ignited from a pipe during the night. Her son in law and daughter and Mrs James O Brien were burned while attempting rescue. O Brien heard screams and found her in flames. his hands were severely burned while tearing away the burning garments. Mrs O Brien suffered minor burns.
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Toledo
Nancy Eddy
James O'Brien
O'Brien
Methodist Leader Dies in Delaware at 88
Dr. Austin M. Courtenay, age 88, former superintendent of the Columbus district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his home in Delaware on Sunday.
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Delaware
U.P
Austin M. Courtenay
Columbus
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Suitor abducts 16 year old as parents slain in Texas
Wilma Kennedy, 16, was rescued near Austin after her Mexican suitor Frank Salazar, 24, confessed to murdering her parents and injuring her sisters Fay, 3, and Imogene, 10. Salazar had been a Kennedy farm helper removed months earlier for pursuing Wilma. He claimed to flee to New Mexico then returned, hid in a cottonseed storage shed, and abducted Wilma after tying her with a strong cord in the family garage. Officers traced the chase through San Angelo Eden Brady and Fredericksburg to a country house near Austin where Wilma and Salazar were found. The sisters remained alive but gravely injured.
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Austin
Tex
U.P
Wilma Kennedy
Frank Salazar
Kennedy
San Angelo
Wilma
Salazar
New Mexico
Paul Kennedy
Kennedy Farm
Probe of TVA May Continue
Washington, Congress faces an extended inquiry into the Tennessee Valley Authority. Chairman Vic Donahey said the joint committee will seek additional funds beyond the initial 50 000 dollars after a funding lapse. The panel will recess for an indefinite period, subject to the chairman's call.
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Washington
Vic Donahey
Joint Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Donahey
Pittsburgh Gambling Resort Held Up
Pittsburgh police sought the loot total after three heavily armed bandits raided a gambling resort early Sunday and escaped after stripping victims of their trousers. Police estimate losses ranged from 10000 to 30000 dollars as victims remained uncertain.
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Pittsburgh
Laborites press sterner line on Chamberlain policy
In London the Labour Party moved to table a blanket no confidence vote over Britain's foreign policy. Hugh Dalton led the proposal with Attlee Greenwood Alexander and Edwards backing. The effort seeks a firmer stance against Hitler and Mussolini, though victory is unlikely amid the Conservative majority.
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London
Labor Party
Neville Chamberlain
Hugh Dalton
Maj
Clement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
Albert Alexander
Sir Charles Edwards
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Mussolini
Acceptance of German Nazi Medals Attacked
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes denounced Americans who accept Nazi German medals. He named Henry Ford and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, saying any such recipient forswears their American birthright due to the medals defaced by suffering and degradation of innocent people.
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Cleveland
A.P
Secretary of
Harold L. Ickes
Henry Ford
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ickes
Chairman named for Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissioner Marion M. Caskie was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission today, succeeding Walter M. W. Splawn. The move shifts leadership at the agency with broad regulatory authority.
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Washington
U.P
Marion M. Caskie
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walter M. W. Splawn
Wally No Longer Best-Dressed Woman In Paris Poll
In Paris the annual dressmakers poll dethrones the Duchess of Windsor as top fashion figure, naming Antenor Patino’s wife Mme Antenor Patino as the world’s best dressed. The Duchess places second with Kent and Rothschild among the top ten. runners-up include Countess Barbara Haugwitz Von Reventlow and Lady Elsie De Wolfe Mendl.
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Paris
U.P
Duchess of Windsor
Mme. Antenor Patino
Mme. Patino
Simon Patino
Mme
Antenor Patino
Duchess of Kent
Baronne Eugene de Rothschild
Catherine Wolff
Philadelphia
Begum Aga Khan
Harrison Williams
Marquise de Paris
Gilbert Miller
Senora Martinez de Hoz
Jean Dupuy
Dorothy Spreckels
California
Barbara Haugwitz von Reventlow
Elsie de Wolfe Mendl
Mme, Georges Bonnet
FSA Declared Competing With Hosiery Trade
Acting Comptroller General R N Elliott charged the Farm Security Administration with lending money to cooperatives for silk hosiery mills thus competing with private industry and farmers. He disallowed 3 050 000 in loans to five cooperatives saying the moves stray from the Emergency Relief Act of 1938 and undermine relief goals.
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Washington
R. N. Elliott
Farm Security Administration
Elliott
FSA
Bodies of Father and Daughter Found After Ocean Drowning
In Miami Florida police reported the bodies of Charles S. Rye 50 a steel company executive and his six year old daughter Dorothy were recovered from Biscayne Bay. The boat they rented was found empty and beached on an island prompting a search.
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Miama
Fla
U.P
Charles S. Rye
Dorothy
Biscayne Bay
Woman 82 Falls to Death After Mistaking Window for Door
Mrs. Julia Strayer, 82, of Toledo Ohio, died after apparently mistaking a second floor window for a door and stepping through it, plunging about 20 feet.
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Toledo
Julia Strayer
Thirsty Searchers in Wine Cellars Still Dry
Workmen restoring the historic first post office building in Gallipolis unearthed a wine cellar beneath the floor. They found two mule shoes and sought vintage beverages once believed brought from France by first postmaster Francois D Hebercourt during a weekend exploration.
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Gallipolis
First
First Ave
Our House
Ethel Young
France
Francois D'Hebercourt
Gun Running Of Musiccas Is Revealed
Federal and state investigators intensified probes into F. Donald Coster and Philip Musica, ex convict head of McKesson and Robbins, tied to gun running to Spain and South America. Hearings resumed as offices pursued links to bootlegging, illicit drug trade, and hijacked alcohol shipments.
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New York
U.P
F. Donald Coster
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins
Coster-Musica
Brien McMahon
Washington
Musica Brothers
Corporation
Ambrose V. McCall
Spain
South America
Carol Jenkins Coster
Bridgeport
Conn
United States’ District Attorney's
John M. Kantor
MacKinley Kantor
McKesson
Europe Faces Severe Cold Wave Across Continent
A Siberian cold snap swept Europe from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean bringing sub zero temperatures. Moscow reported 20 below, Warsaw 10 below, Germany seven below, and near zero in parts of Northern Italy. Spanish troops along the Segre and Ebro rivers paused major offensives to endure the frost.
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London
U.P
Europe
Baltic
Mediterranean
English Channel
Moscow
Warsaw
Germany
Italy
Spain
Segre
Ebro
Pyrenees
Fate of Snyder May Be Determined Today
Hollywood reports Martin Snyder who shot Ruth Etting's new husband faced a possible freedom or up to 115 years in prison. Attorneys argued conflicting accounts as closing arguments wrapped up, with jurors expected to decide by night.
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Hollywood
Martin Snyder
Ruth Etting
Snyder
Miss Etting
Arson Hunt at Brooklyn Navy Yard After Warehouse Fire
Marines armed with rifles swept the Brooklyn Navy Yard closing grounds while probing arson as the cause of a warehouse blaze. The fire destroyed 250000 gallons of alcohol and paint and damaged no ships.
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Eastern Navy Yard
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U S and Argentina clash over Lima declaration wording
Secretary of State Cordell Hull pushes for a formal pledge by the 21 American republics to unite against aggression by any outside power. Argentina seeks a broader vow against any aggressor without naming outsiders, fearing harm to trade with non American nations.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Cordell Hull
United States
Solidarity
America
Argentina
Father of Six Slain by Son
A 19 year old, Steve Turocy, is charged with first degree murder for shooting his father Stephen Turocy 44 as the father prepared to strike another of his six children. Rose Turpey, the wife, initially claimed she urged the killing but later said she tried to shield her son.
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Cleveland
Steve Turocy
Stephen Turocy
Rose
Barberton Boy Drowns Saving Brother on Canal Ice
Richard Sheldon age 9 drowned in the Ohio Canal while attempting to rescue his eight year old brother Donald who fell through thin ice. Donald was pulled to safety by others. Richard's body was recovered after thirty minutes.
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Barberton
Richard Sheldon
Ohio Canal
Donald
Richard
Five Killed When Car Struck By Fast Train Near Port Clinton
A car carrying six people was hit by a westbound passenger train at Rocky Ridge near Port Clinton, Ohio. Five occupants died, including Arthur Below and his wife Mary, with Calvin Below dying later in hospital. Orlena Below and Alice May Floriana were among the injured. The group had attended a party nearby when the collision occurred on a crossing with five tracks.
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United Press
Rocky Ridge
Port Clinton
Ohio
Arthur Below
Mary
Calvin
Martin Madison
Alice May Floriana
Orlena Below
Arthur
Calvin Below
Belows
Alice May
Madison
Negro Slayer of Deputy Sought in Virginia
Halifax Va authorities pressed a search for a Black man who killed Deputy Sheriff Herbert Boelte 35 during a raid on William Bradshaw 55 in Halifax County. The deputy was shot dead late Sunday as he and another officer attempted to serve a search warrant.
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Halifax
U.P
Herbert Boelte
Boelte
William Bradshaw
Wreck May Disclose Flying Teacher's Fate
Civilian plane wreck found off Oahu 11 years after the San Francisco to Hawaii air race may reveal the fate of Mildred Doran a Michigan schoolteacher who accompanied six men and vanished. Navy salvors report the biplane lies 20 feet deep 40 yards offshore 35 miles northwest of Honolulu and doubt it was military. Ulm’s ship remains unfound with no trace of its crew.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Mildred Doran
Michigan
San Francisco
Hawaii
Navy
Oahu Island
Golden Eagle
Spirit of Dallas
France Won't Cede Any Territory to Italy Bonnet Declares
Foreign Minister George Bonnet told the Chamber of Deputies that France would never surrender any inch of territory to Italy. He said any move to force cession could trigger armed conflict and stressed Franco-British unity. The chamber applauded as it adopted the foreign office budget. France affirmed it would defend Corsica Tunisia Savoy and French Somaliland and aid Britain if attacked.
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Paris
U.P
George Bonnet
Chameber of Deputies
France
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Bonnet
Great Britain
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
Germany
Corsica
Tunisia
Savoia
M. Yvon Delbos
Chamber of Deputies
Four Are Held After Girl's Prison Break
Four persons were held by Columbus authorities on charges of aiding Marie Tucker a 16 year old girl escape from the Girls Industrial School near Delaware. Tucker and a 19 year old fugitive remained at large. Earl Reeb 34 believed uncle of the girl was held for investigation. Lucille Tucker 15 sister and Evelyn Reeb 17 cousin, held in detention. William Mize 19 whose car aided the escape plot was also held.
Cleveland Girl Missing in Ecuador Jungle Expedition
Parents of Bernice Goetz of Cleveland asked sponsor Harry Robinson in Quito to investigate her disappearance after she entered the Ecuador jungles three weeks ago. Goetz, explorer and author of papers on exploration, previously taught at the Cleveland Public Library and survived several jungle escapes.
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Cleveland
U.2
Bernice Goetz
Ecuador Jungles
Harry Robinson
Quito
Ecuador
Doctor's widow dies in Zanesville
Mrs. Mary Holston age 84 widow of Dr J G F Holston died here Sunday The late Dr Holston was personal physician to President U S Grant
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Zanesville
U.P
Mary Holston
J. G. F. Holton
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Robert Musica
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
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Fay
Imogene
TVA
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Young Italy Speaks
Milan
Tunis
U.S
Virginia
Cleveland Girl
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