Kellogg Dies At 80 World Diplomat Who Helped Pact
Frank Billings Kellogg, veteran statesman and co sponsor of the Kellogg Briand pact, died at his St Paul home on the eve of his 81st birthday from pneumonia complicated by cerebral thrombosis. He rose from a Minnesota farm to international prominence as secretary of state and ambassador to Great Britain, later serving on the World Court.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
Frank Billings Kellogg
Kellogg
Aristide Briand
France
U. S
Great Britain
Calvin Coolidge
World Court
Geneva
Minnesota
Mediterranean
Orient
Christmas Spirit Too Strong for Patient in Holzer Hospital
Chauncey Runion, 37, wounded in a left breast, left Holzer Hospital Tuesday in street clothes hoping to reach his sister Nelle Runion at home. He walked four blocks before being overtaken at First and Sycamore Streets and returned to the hospital claiming Christmas proximity and a wish to be with relatives.
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Gallipolis
Chauncey Runion
Holzer Hoswal
Nelle Runion
Sycamore Sts
Runion
Youthful Christmas Outlook Turns Dreary at Holzer
Gallipolis Roscoe Barnett an 18 year old high school student from Pt Pleasant has been hospitalized since August 29 with a fractured back vertebrae and paralysis to the waist. Surgeons offer scant hope for recovery though Barnett remains cheerful, and hospital staff refrain from discussing Christmas.
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Gallipolis
Roscoe Barnett
Carl Barnett
Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Barnett
Young Barnett
Fight Fatal to Carl VanDyke After Backwoods Attack
Carl VanDyke aged 37 of near Broadwell died from injuries after a Friday night fight at the home of Major Stover in Big Run Washington County. Authorities from Washington and Athens counties investigated the case with hospital reports confirming the fatal injuries.
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Washington-Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Carl VanDyke
Broadwell
Washington County
VanDyke
Guysville
van- Dyke
Charles Bayless
Charles Evans
Harold J. Rose
Major Stover
Big Run
Cutler
Stover
Athens County
van Dyke
Arthur D. Mackey
William Summers
Athens
Ohio farm income in 1937 tops three hundred million
The Federal-State crop reporting service estimated Ohio crop and livestock income for 1937 at 343,670,000 dollars, including government payments. Ohio’s total farm income reached 315,154,000 dollars, ranking sixth among states for both 1937 and the previous year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal-State
Baby Derby Will Upheld by Canadian Court
Ottawa report notes the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the will of late Charles Millar valid. Millar, an eccentric lawyer, left the major share of a $500 000 estate to the winner of a "Baby Derby," a race he funded for infants.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Charles Millar
Twenty Feared Dead in Casercoli Castle Collapse
In Forli Italy twenty people were feared killed as a medieval Casercoli castle collapsed during the night burying many beneath rubble. Rescue teams searched the ruins for survivors amid fears the toll could rise.
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Forli
Italy
Casercoli
Farm bloc opposition defeats relief votes in Ohio House
The Ohio House, facing Senate plans to halt all bills for a graft investigation, approved 12 million dollars for 1938 relief and two measures enabling counties to use delinquent tax proceeds and to levy a one to three percent utility tax for poor aid. Two anti relief votes were defeated amid strong farm bloc opposition.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
House
Stategy
Will Reward Safe Driving
New York report states 38 member companies of the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters unveiled a Safe Driver Reward Plan. It guarantees policy holders a 15 percent reward of their annual premium if no claims are filed in the 12 months after the plan becomes effective, likely February 1 in most states.
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New York
U.P
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Gangsters Tied to Minneapolis Labor Groups Charged
A Hennepin County Grand Jury reported gangsters have penetrated Minneapolis labor organizations amid investigations into labor racketeering and vice conditions in the city.
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Minneapolis
Minn
U.pa
Hennepin County
War Referendum Fight Led by Former Officer
Representative Louis Ludlow announces 29 prominent Americans named as directors for the war referendum effort headed by Maj. Gen. William C. Rivers. Rivers says a public vote on declaring war could occur in 48 hours. The plan would require a majority electorate vote to declare war outside U.S. territory.
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Washington
Louis Ludlow
Ind
William C. Rivers
U. S. Army
Ludlow
Congress
House
Rivers
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Labor Groups Again Fail To Arrive at Settlement
Washington reports show the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization failing to reach unity after a final 20 minute session. Leaders blame each other for the deadlock as Roosevelt voices disappointment and officials warn of further raids and boycotts.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Roosevelt
A. F. of L. Peace Committee
A. F. of L
Road Work to Await Spring on Route 31 Improvements
Severe winter weather has suspended excavations at Rockbridge and Enterprise improvements on Route 31 in Hocking County until spring. Concrete bridges and culverts will continue, with a large pump removing Buck Run flood water to keep progress on the Rockbridge abutment. River flooding caused difficulties at the Enterprise Hocking River bridge project.
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LOGAN
Rockbridge
Enterprise
Route 31
Hocking County
Buck Run
Selection of Township Trustee Announced in Ward Township
Logan County announces the appointment of Charles Foster of Murray City as Ward Township trustee to fill the term of the late John Lovett ending December 31 1937. Magi strate William Briley also appointed Charles Foster to serve as justice of the peace to fill the unexpired term of Edmund Davenport.
Two-Year-Old Drowned in Ohio River Flood
Marietta Ohio reports the first flood fatality as two year old Charles Goddard drowned in Ohio River flood waters during last week’s excessive rains. The report from UP notes also the death of Jake Kilrain, 79, famed boxer of the hare knuckle era, in Quincy Massachusetts.
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Ohio
Marietta
Charles Goddard
Quincy
Mass
Jake Kilrain
Telegraph firms seek 15 percent rate hike
Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies joint statement call for a 15 per cent rate increase, arguing higher operating costs and declining revenues threaten their financial resources and credit. The raise would be the first since the World War period, aside from wartime periods.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Alleged Communist Plot Nippel in Tokyo
Tokyo police disclosed the arrest of 370 "proletarians" in five days of raids. They alleged left wing leaders received instruction from the American Communist Party to campaign for relief of soldiers families, with Moscow as the origin. The charge said the leaders spread anti war thought to incite revolution and establish Communism.
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Tokyo
Communist Party
Moscow
Akron Restaurant Owner Slain. Four Suspects Indicted
Four Akron youths face possible death penalty after a Summit County grand jury indicted them for first degree murder in the shooting of 45 year old William Pantages during a holdup at his East Akron restaurant. His wife and son witnessed the shooting as he reached for a revolver last Thursday night.
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Akron
Summit County
William Pantages
Wright Banking Co. co founder dies at 72 in Bellevue D
D. J. A. Wright longtime professor and Wright Banking Co. co founder dies at his Bellevue home after a long illness. In Cincinnati Mrs. Minnie Thompson 58 dies in a leap from the hospital third floor Tuesday.
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Bellevue, D
J. A. Wright
The
Wright Banking Co
Cincinnati
Minnie Thompson
Post Mortem Ordered in Ted Healy Death
Hollywood A P reports a full post mortem opened on Ted Healy 41 vaudeville and film comedian. Authorities seek cause after signs of a severe blow. Healy’s wife gave birth last Friday and Healy reportedly celebrated Sunday as investigations begin.
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Hollywood
A.P
Ted Healy
Healy
Canton
Columbus
Wyland Lamont
Jap General Is Removed From Post Amid Yangtze Attacks
Shanghai reports Col. Shin goro Hashimoto has been removed from command after attacks on U S and British ships. Foreign observers blamed him for the Panay sinking. Japanese bombing resumed with a raid on Landow airport destroying six bombers and two pursuit planes and shooting down six pursuit planes.
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Shanghai
U.P
Shingoro Hashimoto
Yangtse
United States
Hashimoto
Landow
Five youths named in first degree murder warrants
In Cleveland Oklahoma warrants were issued for five youths accused in the deaths of patrolman Virgil Bayne and Gerald Bode. The killings prompted investigations and a city response as law enforcement pursued suspects.
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Cleveland
Virgil Bayne
Gerald Bode
GOP view of session highlights and looming policy clash
The article cites House Republican leader Snell highlighting Roosevelt fishing trip Garner hunting trip and a potato eating contest as odd notes from the special session. It also outlines administration plans for tax relief wage hours and government reorganization debates shaping the new year.
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House Bankhead
Garner
Senate
Barkley
House
Rayburn
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Snell
New York
Florida
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Maine
Farm Blast Fatal Fire Claims Five In Pennsylvania
In Saltlick Township Connelsville area a farm home exploded from a kitchen oil fire. Five people died including three Crow children Wilmer 15 Jean 12 and Annabel 11 and their uncle William Yothers 70 and his sister Annie 68. Father and Melvin 19 were seriously burned and hospitalized. The mother escaped.
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Connellsville
Saltlick Township
Crow
Wilmer
Jean
Annabel
William Yothers
Annie
Melvin
Connellsville State Hospital
Pension Plan Founder Resting in Hospital
Dr Francis E Townsend founder of the Townsend Pension Plan was reported resting at Evanston Hospital after a fall in Boston on December 11 caused a broken rib. He entered hospital after pleurisy developed but his condition was not serious. Bellevue Ohio George E Van dewater 67 longtime engineer with the city waterworks department died today of a heart ailment.
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Chicago
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Plan
Evanston Hospital
Boston
Bellevue, O
George E. Vandewater
City Waterworks Department
Loyalists Take Teruel After Grim Four-Hour Battle
In Teruel on the northeastern Spanish front, loyalist forces hit back against nationalist standers for four hours ending at 10 p.m. with the city captured. Hundreds died in freezing conditions as snow flooded the streets and torches lit celebrations through the night.
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ISH Frontier
U.P
Teruel
Spain
Pioneer Caravan Enters New Jersey for 1787 Reenactment
The oxen-drawn wagon caravan travels from Ipswich Massachusetts toward Marietta Ohio. It enters New Jersey en route to an overnight stop at Hamburg nine miles beyond the New York border, intending to cover about 13 miles today as part of a reenactment of the 1787 expedition.
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Warwick
N, YY
U.R
Marietta
Ipswitch
Mass
New Jersey
Hamburg
N. J
New York State
Snow White Premiere Impresses Hollywood With Grand Start
Walt Disney debuts Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to a star studded Cathay Circle premiere. Critics praise the blend of humor, whimsy, and fairy tale spirit while noting the film’s painted realism and unprecedented production scale. Disney plans two more feature projects following the record setting debut.
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Walt Disney
Hollywood
Walt Dissey
Cathay Circle Theater
Disney
Snow White
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