German Liner Columbus Sunk by Crew After Surrender Refusal
The German liner Columbus, third largest in its fleet, sank after its master Wilhelm Baehne opened sea cocks and set the ship ablaze. The US cruiser Tuscaloosa rescued 579 crew and passengers, while a British destroyer lingered nearby off Cape Henry, Virginia. Discrepancies in counts could leave 51 unaccounted for.
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New York
United States
Tuscaloosa
Cape Henry
Wilhelm Baehne
Columbus
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Maine
White House
Washington
Atlantic
Norfolk
Germany
Mexico
Roosevelt Expected To Finish Work This Week On New Deal Budget
Roosevelt to finalize the 1941 economy budget with a projected deficit, as defense costs rise and a dual budget structure is considered. The plan aims to present details to Congress, with overall outlays around nine billion dollars and deficits long-running since 1931.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Stephen T. Early
Senate Finance Committee
Pat Harrison
White House
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Harrisons’ Radio Team Member Held After Shot Incident
Mrs. Martha Harrison apologized for poor marksmanship after aiming at her husband Tex Harrison at county detectives headquarters. She is held on ten thousand dollar bond for felonious assault and firearms act violation. The couple, known as Tex and Ginger, perform on radio and screen and ran a nearby dude ranch.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Martha
Ginger) Harrison
Tex Harrison
Texas
Harrison
Canton
Harrisons
Ohio corn production rises in 1939 crop report
The Agriculture Department projects Ohio corn output at 171,250,000 bushels in 1939, up from 156,992,000 a year earlier. U S production is estimated at 2,619,317,000 bushels, up from 2,542,238,000 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Nation
Joy to the World and Watts Hymns History
The article notes that Joy to the World was paraphrased by Isaac Watts from Psalm 98 in 1719. It mentions Watts composing many hymns while sick and in pain, with the original psalm tune later replaced by Handel's Messiah adaptation.
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Isaac Watts
Watts
Bricker Sees Less Acute Relief Problem Next Year
Governor Bricker expressed optimism that improving business conditions will ease Ohio relief needs in the coming year. After a Dayton conference he noted higher employment, robust Christmas buying, and more jobs through the state employment department, while stressing continued help for the needy and employable. He criticized federal program costs and cited Ohio’s share of national debt growth as higher than received aid.
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Cincinnati
Bricker
Ohio
Dayton
Washington
Jury Awards 12046 to Man in Cemetery Case
In Lisbon Ohio, Horace McCausland of Carrollton received 12046 dollars from a jury after six hours of deliberation. Attorneys for Columbiana County Memorial Park said they would appeal the judgment, claiming compensation for alleged cemetery lot investments.
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Lisbon
Columbiana County Memorial Park
Horace McCausland
Carrollton
McCausland
Cleveland Man Dies After 200 Foot Bridge Jump
Henry C. Woods a 34 year old man died today after leaping from the Detroit Superior bridge a fall estimated at about 200 feet police reported the incident remains under investigation and no motive is known.
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Cleveland
Henry C. Woods
Detroiti Superior Bridge
Community Chest Needs $1399 More To Reach Goal
The Community Chest has $13 of its $12 975 goal remaining with $1 399 27 still to be raised, announced by chairman E Paul Cotton. New contributors include the American Association of University Women and new employees Powers Barber Shop and the Athens County Buick Co.
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E. Paul Cotton
American Association of University Women
Powers Barber Shop
Athens County Buick Co
Surplus Food Distributed From Athens Center
The WPA project supervisor H L Nicholson explains Athens serves as a major state distributing center for federal commodities. Foods stored in the Athens warehouse go to six or seven districts and shipments are sent to Columbus when cheaper, meaning not all local needs are met locally. Athens has apples but must send trucks to Columbus for prunes.
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Relief ‘Office
Athens
H. L. Nicholson
WPA
Nicholson
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Graf Spee Crew Interned in Argentina During War
Argentina formally interned the 1,039 officers and men of the German battleship Graf Spee for the duration of the European war. President Ortiz signed the decree placing officers in Buenos Aires under parole and distributing the crew in provinces with no coast access. Germany will cover internment costs estimated at about $23,000 per month.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Argentina
Roberto M. Ortiz
Germany
Naval Arsenal
Estate of Katherine Palmer Leaves Large Wealth to Charity and Kin
Findlay Ohio reports Mrs Katherine Palmer who died here last week left an estate valued between 750000 and 1000000 dollars. Part of the estate will support an old women's home in the area. A 75000 dollar trust fund will be shared by relatives and Lewis Hosier, a long time family employee, who receives most of the widow's personal property.
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Findlay
U.P
Katherine Palmer
Lewis Hosier
Fire halts operation as blaze nears operating room
A surgeon was performing an operation at General Hospital when firefighters extinguished a nearby blaze only about 20 feet from the operating room during the night.
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Cincinnati
U.P
General Hospital
Langsdorff Ends Life After Graf Spee Scuttling
Buenos Aires reports Capt Hans Langsdorff, famed Graf Spee commander, shot himself after guiding the ship to destruction off Uruguay. He left a letter saying he would share the Graf Spee’s fate, prioritizing crew safety and Hitler’s orders before the explosion.
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Hans Langsdorff
Buenos Aires
Langsdorff
Hitler
Graf Spee
Adolf Hitler
Uruguayan
Edmund Freiherr von Thermann
Atlantic
Jutland
Berlin
Expect Balmy Weather To Usher in Winter
The nation sees unusually mild weather as winter nears its start. Forecaster G E Dunn in Chicago predicts mild Yule conditions in parts of the Midwest within a day or two and says spring like temperatures will persist until near the new year with little chance of a white Christmas.
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U. S
G. E. Dunn
Chicago
Federal Census Bureau Names District Heads for 1940 Census
The Federal Census Bureau announced five district supervisors for the 1940 census tabulation. The Tenth District includes Ironton with Mrs. Agnes K. King and Vinton with Owen W. Kennedy named as assistant supervisor.
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Federal Census Bureau
Washington
U.P
Tenth District
Ironton
Agnes K. King
Owen W. Kennedy
Vinton
Athens County relief office faces closure without state funds
Athens County relief chief warns the office may close if state finances are not secured. About 6,000 people rely on food orders, with last distributions in mid December. State aid covers part of matching funds, but $19,000 remains uncertain as counties struggle after a failed relief levy.
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Athens County
Fred C. Shafer
Athens County Relief Office
Shafer
Clyde Gibson
Welfare Officials Meet Shafer Over Athens Crisis
State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood and three aides surveyed Athens relief needs yesterday. Relief Director F. C. Shafer said little about specifics but offered only a faint glimmer of hope for resolving the county crisis. Shafer expects to wind down and spend weeks auditing his office.
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Charles L. Sherwood
Athens
F. C. Shafer
Shafer
Ex Publisher James Hannan Found Dead in Ohio
CHILLICOTHE Ohio authorities report James Hannan 46 formerly publisher of The Chillicothe Scioto Gazette died from a self inflicted bullet wound. He was found in his car on a seldom used farm lane eight miles south of Circleville. He recently worked as a timekeeper on an Ohio State University construction project. He was a Muscatine Iowa native and had married the daughter of The Scioto Gazette’s former publisher.
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Chillicothe
U.P
James Hannan
Columbus
Chillicothe Scioto-Gazette
Circleville
Hannan
Ohio State University
Muscatine
Iowa
G. W. C. Perry
Scioto Gazette
Author of The Last Will dies at Illinois home
Williston Fish 81 author of The Last Will died at his Western Springs residence. A railway executive by trade, he gained fame for the 1898 Harper's Weekly piece that bequeathed love kindness and nature to future generations and became widely reprinted in American prose.
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Western Springs
Ill
Williston Fish
Fish
Harper's Weekly
Nations seek penalties for belligerents around Western shores
The Americas move to impose penalties on violators of a safety zone around the Americas as Washington, Brazil, and Argentina consider denying aid to belligerent warships. British papers question enforcement and the conflict widens with Soviet Finns, battles on the Karelian Isthmus, and German U boat losses.
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Americas
Europe
Columbus
Cape May
N. J
Orion
Arauca
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Graf Spee
Uruguay
America
Washington
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Western Hemisphere
Evening News
The
Manchester Guardian
North Sea
Red Army
Soviet Russia
Josef V. Stalin
Karelian
Justice Dept. arrests Ohio bank robbery suspect
Federal agents captured William Curtis, 19, of Summerfield Ohio, a fugitive linked to the July 29 Lower Salem Commercial Bank robbery. Curtis allegedly participated with his brother Lawrence and Francis R. Walsh in the $1,900 heist after disembarking from the U S Army transport Chateau Thierry at Balboa Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington
Justice Department
William Curtis
Summerfield
Lower Salem
Balboa
C. Z
Curtis
Lawrence
Francis R. Walsh
Hunt for missing girl continues in Canton
Canton police pursue Annie Hutchinson an 18 year old McKinley High School junior missing since December 1. A high school boy also reported missing as searches continue.
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Hunt
Canton
U.R
Annie Hutchinson
McKinley High School
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Illinois
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