Man Kills Tree Thief Fleeing After Christmas Cut
In Ohio, 84 year old Will Case shot and killed William Rousseau as he and his wife Mae tried to steal a Christmas tree from Case's nursery near Elyria. Mae Rousseau was seriously wounded. the couple planned to buy gifts with their last funds for their two daughters. Case claimed he acted to protect his trees and property.
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Grafton
William Rousseau
Rousseau
Mae
Elyria
Will Case
Columbia Township
Rousseaus
Cleveland
Case
Leland Martin
Boone and
Albion Roads
Martin
Hitchcock
Christian Peo
Geraldine
Rose
Finnegan
Senators oppose $1 billion WPA appropriation plan
Glass and Adams challenge John L. Lewis proposed $1,000,000,000 WPA funding for March through June. Glass calls it shocking and wasteful while Adams suggests $700,000,000 may suffice and urges budget director under Congress. They warn funds run out by Feb. 7 and favor state relief administration.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Alva B. Adams
Colo
John L. Lewis
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Adams
WPA
Lewis
Legislative Branch
Glass
Aubrey Williams
Coster Could Have Retired
Investigators say F. Donald Coster, a former magnate and ex convict, could have retired in 1928 with 3 million dollars from McKesson and Robbins. At 51, his early poverty and jail terms were hidden by respectability as prosecutors question motives for staying on to protect stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
F. Donald Coster
McKeeson and Robbins, Inc
Woman Mayor Warps On Gambling Machines
GALLIPOLIS Staff Special Mrs. Mayer Martt mayor of Crown City moves to outlaw slot machines and gambling devices. She allegedly issues a John Doe warrant for merchant Charles R. Simms and fines him 50 dollars for displaying a slot machine. Simms appeals to higher court but is denied.
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Gallipolis
Mayer. Martt
Crown City
Long Awaited Nationalist Offensive Opens in Catalonia
Burgos dispatch reports four rapid Nationalist thrusts opening against Loyalist forces in Catalonia. Officials say the offensive is advancing strongly as it continues through the afternoon.
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Burgos
Spain
Catalonia
Ohio Wheat Plantings 8 Per Cent Under 37
The crop service estimates Ohio winter wheat plantings for 1938 at 1,977,000 acres, an 18 percent drop from fall 1937. In Akron, doctors fight to save two of the Boy Triplets born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Young near Hudson. one baby has died.
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Ohio
Columbus
Today
Akron
U.P
Ralph Young
Hudson
Dayton hunter fined in Hardin County court
Alfred Scribner of Dayton was fined 306 in Hardin County on illegal possession of game charges. Cecil Morgan of Dayton pleaded not guilty and was jailed on 1900 bond, accused of driving Scribner while 11 hen pheasants 3 cock pheasants and 5 quail were cached in a field for sale in Dayton.
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Columbus
Alfred Scribner
Dayton
Hardin
State Conservation Division
Cecil Morgan
Morgan
Scribner
Death by heart attack ends hunting trip in Conneaut
David M. Wheeler 68 of East Conneaut died of a heart attack during a hunt in Conneaut Ohio yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conneaut
U.P
David M. Wheeler
East Conneaut
O Connor vows outside fight after reorganization defeat
Rep. O'Connor of New York says he will fight the government reorganization bill from outside the House. He plans law practice writing and radio work from his Washington offices. He dismisses administration plans to revive the program in four bills as still rotten fruit.
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Washington
U.P
O'Connor
N. Y
O’connor
Rescue 20 on Sinking Vessel Near New York
The freighter Schodack rescued 20 men and two women from the sinking Norwegian oil tanker Smaragd 550 miles east southeast of New York after a night vigil. Lifeboats from the Schodack carried all aboard to safety by mid-morning.
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New York
U.P
Schodack
Smaragd
Radio Marine
Chatham
Mass
New Contract Protects Older Workers in Cincinnati
A labor union contract signed by Associated Electric Contractors of Cincinnati and a unit of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers includes a clause to protect jobs of older workers. The pact, effective one year, requires every sixth worker in a shop or job to be at least 50 years old.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Associated Electric Contractors of
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Body Found in Doanville Shack Identified as WPA Worker
Local authorities report the discovery of a murdered WPA worker in a shack in Doanville. Investigators say the death appears violent and a full forensic examination is underway to determine motive and possible suspects.
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WPA
Doanville
Roosevelt Names Hopkins to Secretary of Commerce Post
President Roosevelt designates Harry L. Hopkins as secretary of commerce, with Hopkins to be sworn in at the White House. Col. Harrington is named to head the WPA on a designated basis, and Aubrey Williams continues as administrator of the National Youth Administration.
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United States
Great Britain
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Washington
State Department
Sumner Welles
Welles
Roosevelt
Austria
Harold L. Ickes
Key Pittman
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Medal of the
American Hebrew Magazine
U.P
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Col
F. C. Harrington
West Point
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Hopkins
White House
Harrington
WPA
Roper
Cummings
Harry Hopkins
New Deal
Commerce
Rabbit Fever Fatal in Wauseon Woman
Mrs William Grime 50 a farm wife died of tularemia in a hospital yesterday. She contracted the disease while cleaning a rabbit five weeks ago.
Social Security Card Leads to Arrest in Cleveland Burglary
Cleveland police said burglars thinning their pants pockets to change outfits left a Social Security card behind. Robert Coleman, 21, was jailed after officers found his card in a discarded pair at Mrs. Sarah Givelber's drug store burglary scene.
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Cleveland
A.P
Robert Coleman
Sarah Givelber
Ohio Pension Checks Mailed For December
The state auditor's office rushed to mail December pension checks to 112,000 elderly recipients by Christmas. Deputy State Auditor George Harris and staff processed the payments after Finance Director M Ray Allison certified funds, totaling 2,571,522 dollars and 53 cents, with half from federal sources.
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Columbus
U.P
George Harris
M. Ray Allison
Joseph T. Ferguson
Bank Messengers Robbed in Paris Heist
Bandits robbed Credit Lyonnais Bank messengers in a busy Paris district, firing into the crowd and seizing 1 100 000 francs. One messenger was wounded as the assailants fled.
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Paris
U.B
Credit Lyonnais
Tragic Bakery Truck Fatality In Canton
Six year old Joseph Crum, son of Mr and Mrs Anthony B Crum, was killed yesterday when struck by a bakery truck in front of his Canton home.
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Canton
U.P
Joseph
Anthony B. Crum
Ex-Husband of Singer Guilty
Martin Snyder known as The Gimp found guilty of attempted murder in the case involving Ruth Etting. He shot Myrl Alderman, Etting’s new partner, during a high profile Hollywood scandal ending with a Christmas greeting to attendees.
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Hollywood
U.P
Col Moe
the Gimp
Miss Etting
Roosevelt panel drafts plan for railroad rehabilitation
A informal committee of rail executives and labor leaders in Washington completed a report urging a broad rehabilitation program for the $26 billion railroad industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Out-of-State Buying Blamed For Shutdowns
W J Walker president of Burn Ohio Coal Inc says state coal from outside Ohio caused mine closings in the Hocking Valley. He pledges a Burn Ohio Coal bill for January to revive Ohio mining and keep miners employed. He cites millions in coal orders sent out of state annually.
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ST. Clairsville
Hocking Valley
W. J. Walker
Burn Ohio Coal, Inc
Ohio
Walker
Irish Police Hunt Arms Cache of Terrorists
Police patrols halted vehicles from Belfast as detectives hunt for IRA members fleeing after the government disclosed a large terror plot. Officers seek a secret depot believed to house arms and explosives assembled in the city.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
U.K
Irish Republican Army
Strain Named Bricker Industrial Relations Director Choice
Columbus metal trades worker and former Columbus Building Trades Council secretary George Strain is reported as Governor-elect John W. Bricker's pick for state industrial relations director. Strain led AFL affiliate activities supporting Bricker during the 1938 campaign.
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Columbus
U.P
George Strain
Columbus Metal Trades
Columbus Building Trades Council
John W. Bricker
Strain
American Federation of Labor
Bricker
Fort Wayne Man Held in $11,000 Angola Bank Robbery
Lawrence Charles Hale, 34, of Fort Wayne Indiana, pleaded not guilty in Buffalo to the $11,000 Angola Bank robbery. He was held on $50,000 bail.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Lawrence Charles Hale
Fort Wayne
Ind
Angola, Ind
Brother and Nuclear Secrets Case Involving Aviation Plant Worker
An air craft worker testified that his brother tried to sell defense plans to Japan. Wee Dee Drummond 31 admitted he handed over designs and photos from the Northrop plant after being approached by Karl Allen Drummond 21. The case details theft of blueprints for a navy dive bomber and a naval intelligence probe followed.
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Los Angeles
United States
Japan
Navy
Wee Dee Drummond
Karl Allen Drummond
Karl
Vivian
Stuckey
W. D. Drummond
Wichita
Kans
Wee Dee
North American Aviation Corp
Northrop Aircraft
Naval Intelligence Department
Northrop
Man Dies After Accidental Rifle Discharge
Carl Beard 28 was fatally shot at his father David Beard’s home by an accidental rifle discharge. He died at Holzer Hospital after the incident occurred while family members were at Centenary Church Christmas celebration. Funeral services planned for Saturday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Carl Beard
Holzer Hospital
David Beard
Beard
Hold Pair for Looting Christmas Packages
Cincinnati police arrested brothers Walter Smith 21 and Henry Smith 15 for questioning in a loot of more than 500 Christmas parcel post packages at a downtown postal station. A fingerprint on a milk bottle traced to Walter, a paroled convict, linking him to the earlier burglary.
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Cincinnati
Walter Smith
Henry Smith
Press Hunt for Slayer of Pennsylvania Girl
The mutilated body of Margaret Martin is brought home for burial as state police and other agencies piece together the description of the killer. Troopers and National Guardsmen continue a wide search for the sex maniac or white slave ring suspect believed responsible.
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Kingston
U.P
Margaret Martin
Way Cleared for Clark Gable Divorce and Settlement
Hollywood report says Clark Gable and Rhea Gable reached a property settlement in court ending their three year separation. Gable reportedly paid Rhea about 286000 dollars during the period and the divorce is expected to precede a potential marriage to Carole Lombard.
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Hollywood
Au.p
Clark Gables
Carole Lombard
Gable
Rhea
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Gillette
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