Roosevelt plan for wheat crop insurance urged by committee
A Roosevelt crop insurance panel urged immediate legislation to insure 1938 wheat, storing reserves in bountiful years and releasing them during failures. It proposes premiums, government storage, and a reserve fund, with eligibility in counties having 30 to 40 percent insured farmers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Crop Insurance Committee
Congress
Department of Agriculture
James P. Pope
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Kansas
Reverend tells tale of birds forming anthem on wires
Crooksville reports Rev. Paul Ertel, a Methodist minister, described five telephone lines outside his home arranged like a musical staff. He watched birds settle on the wires and align themselves to mimic the notes of the national anthem.
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Crooksville
Paul Ertel
Ertel
Davey To Take Oath With Simple Ceremony
Governor Martin L. Davey will take his oath of office for a second term in a private ceremony in the executive offices on Monday January 11. He will deliver the inaugural address at 2 PM at Columbus Auditorium. Civic luncheon plans were canceled due to crowd handling difficulties.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Columbus Auditorium
Pay Increases for Cincinnati Police and City Workers
The 4U.P. appropriation ordinance proposes 100 new police officers and the restoration of all pay cuts with raises for nearly all city employees.
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Cincinnati
U.P
No Paper Friday Christmas Message from The Messenger
The Messenger will not publish Friday in observance of Christmas. The staff extends best wishes for happiness this Christmas Day to readers and friends across the district.
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The
Messenger
Roosevelt marks hap piest White House Christmas ever
President Roosevelt, buoyed by economic gains, begins a Christmas program at the White House. He will light the tree in LaFayette Park and deliver a brief message, read Dickens, and have his grandchildren hang stockings. Adults await gifts after church at the Church of the Covenant.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
LaFayette Park
Saint Nick
Snowless Christmas Forecast Across Midwest and East
The Weather Bureau predicts a snow free Christmas Day with moderate temperatures across the North and Middle Atlantic States, Lower Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Expect considerable cloudiness and no precipitation.
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Washington
AUP
United States Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
State Treasurer Reports Columbus Sales Tax Totals
State Treasurer Harry Day announced weekly sales tax receipts for the week ended Dec 12 totaled 1 131 253 including assessments and pre payments. Year to date sales tax collections reached 53 309 793.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry 8
Edward Wood Dies Thursday
Edward Elihue Wood age 80 a longtime coal miner in the Hocking Valley died at 1 45 this morning at the home of his daughter Mrs John Stace 201 Grosvenor St He spent 60 years in Athens County and left seven sons and daughters two sisters and one brother including O C Wood Pittsburgh Ernest A Wood Athens Route 2 Frank E Wood Columbus Alma Crabtree Buchtel Helen Farrell Chauncey Beatrice Stace Athens Mahala Luman Ath ens and seven grandchildren one great grandchild Funeral services will be held at Sugar Creek M E Church Saturday at 2 30 conducted by Rev Gilbert Courtney with burial in Augustine Cemetery Friends may call at Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home Athens Friday afternoon and Saturday forenoon
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Edward Elihue Wood
Hocking Valley
John Stace
Grosvenor St
Wood
Athens County
Evelyn Smith
O. C. Wood
Pittsburgh
Ernest A. Wood
Athens
Frank E. Wood
Columbus
Gilbert Courtney
Augustine
Dowler-Ferguson Funeral Home
Pope Pleads for Peace From Sick Bed in Christmas Broadcast
From the Vatican the ailing Pope Pius XI delivered a 29 minute Christmas message appealing for peace and an end to the Spanish Civil War amid his battle with illness. He warned against Communism and its allied threats, urging Europe to adopt remedies for defense.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Spain
Europe
Rebel Capital Is Under Five Burgos Siege Opens Casualties Reported
Madrid reports the siege of Burgos, 130 miles from Madrid, has begun with an initial clash that killed over 200. Loyalist and Nationalist front lines paused for Christmas Eve observances as both sides held a “battle of insults” across frozen trenches, exchanging greetings via loudspeakers.
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Madrid
U.P
Burgos
Liquor Case reveals Bathing Use and Fine in Ohio Court
Henry Elliott of Goose Creek Hocking County pled guilty to possessing illegal liquor and manufacturing eight gallons used for drinking and bathing. Judge Henderson fined him 150 dollars plus costs for possession and 100 dollars plus costs for manufacturing, plus 10 days in jail, while Tempest Elliott faced an interferer charge with a bond set at 300 dollars.
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Logan
Henry Elliott
Goose Creek
Hocking County
Common Pleas Court
Tempest Elliott
Elliott
Ansny
Gerald W. Lanning
Lanning
Henderson
Elliotts
Six Are Killed In Texas Air Liner Crash
Braniff air liner crash in Dallas on Thursday killed six company employees after loss of speed due to one engine failure. A nearby worker Joe Mason rushed to the wreckage and was burned while attempting to free survivors as a fuel tank exploded and flames engulfed the site.
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Texas
Dallas
U.R
Braniff
Joe Mason
Mason
Bakeries Owner Reports Stolen Truck Incident
F X Rauch of Rauch Bakeries said a Rauch bread truck was stolen early today while the driver was delivering near the Hotel Berry. The vehicle was found later on Chestnut Street in Nelsonville with no items missing or damage.
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F. X. Rauch
Rauch Bakeries
Rauch
Berry
Chestnut St
Nelsonville
Five Thousand Dollar Christmas Bonus Declared by Parkersburg Coca Cola
Parkersburg Coca Cola Bottling Co announces Christmas bonuses totaling over $5,000 for its employees. Frank J. Reilley of Parkersburg is manager. Bonuses range from $200 to $500 for long-time staff. Athens branch has seven employees in a new building on East State Street.
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Parkersburg
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Athens
Middleport
Marietta
Frank J. Reilley
E. State St
Highway Bandits Rob Cambridge Motorist Near Holiday Drive
Cambridge police sought two men who flagged down BE W Parsons of Ravenna on a highway near Cambridge. A man with a red lantern hailed Parsons as he headed to Marietta for Christmas. Stopped to help, Parsons was robbed of 42 and a watch by two armed bandits.
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Cambridge
U.P
BE. W. Parsons
Ravenna
Here
Parsons
Marietta
Italy Orders Basements with Anti-Gas Shelters for All Homes
A.P report states a government decree mandating anti gas shelters in every new Italian home basement to be built, as published in the official Gazette.
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Rome
A.P
Italy
CIO Faces Open Conflict With AFL Factions
John L. Lewis leads the CIO in a strike threat driven push to organize steel and auto industries, with AFL leaders denying any connection. Frank Morrison and William Green clash over the CIO drives, while the Metal Trades Department resents cross union recruitment in mass production sectors. Ford and Kelsey-Hayes reportedly influenced a signing amid parts shortages.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
Lewis
Frank Morrison
C.so
C.L.O
Metal Trades Department
John P. Frey
C.I.0
Federation Executive Council
Morrison
Green
Steel and Motors
Ford Motor Co
Laredo Bru Becomes Cuba's New President After Impeachment
Vice-President Federico Laredo Bru, a 61 year old army colonel, was sworn in as Cuba's fourth president in Havana. He succeeds Miguel Mariano Gomez who was ousted after seven months amid clashes with lawmakers over funding for army run rural schools and a sugar tax dispute. The military junta led by Col. Fulgencio Batista supports Bru.
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Havana
U.P
Federico Laredo Bru
Cuba
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Bru
Miitary
Fulgencio Batista
Supreme Court
Gerardo Machado
Gomez
Funeral rites set for former Ohio senator Simeon D Fess
Funeral services for Simeon D Fess former Ohio senator and longtime Republican figure will be held at the Methodist Church in Yellow Springs on Saturday. The event reflects the late statesman role in national GOP councils and local community respect.
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Yellow Springs
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Methodist Church
Japs View Chinese Uprising as Grave
Lieut. Gen. Seiichi Kita in Shanghai says the Japanese army views with grave concern the Sian-Fu crisis where Chiang Kai-shek is held by Chang Haungliang. He warns of possible communist spread and growing anti-Japanese sentiment and calls for drastic action by the Chinese government.
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Shanghai
U.P
Seiichi Kita
Sian-Fu
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chang Haueh-Liang
Gen
Kita
Roosevelt Wins By Vast Margin In November Vote
Final House clerk figures show President Roosevelt with 27,476,673 votes in November, 10,797,000 more than Governor Alf Landon the Republican nominee.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
House
Bethlehem Christmas Reverberates Amid Palestine Tensions
In Bethlehem chaos shadows a holy tide as Jews and Arabs clash and British peacekeepers patrol. The town, normally filled with pilgrims, sees few visitors this Christmas as tension overrules the season of peace and goodwill.
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Palestine
Bethlehem
Christman
Union Head Urges Conference With General Motors Officials
UAWA leader Homer Martin says issues of wages bargaining seniority and speed up must be settled through talks with GM and sent a letter to Alfred Sloan Jr and William Knudsen. Strikes at Kelsey Hayes Wheel and Aluminum Company of America ended with celebrations as production resumes in Ford Chrysler and Pierce Arrow plants. John L Lewis touted the Kelsey Hayes victory and a 75 cent hourly wage as the highest in the industry.
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General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan
Top Photo
Corporation
Williams
Knudsen
Lower Photo
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Sloan
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Homer Martin
UAWA
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
William S. Knudsen
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Aluminum Corporation of America
Ford
Chrysler
Pierce-Arrow
General Motors Company
Aluminum Corporation
Kelsey-Hayes Company
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
Kelsey-Hayes
91st General Assembly Nearing End of Term
Ohio's 61st General Assembly nears dissolution as terms expire. The regular session ran Jan 7 to Jun 4 1935, with the House in session almost continuously and the Senate spending much of the period in technical recess.
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91St General Assembly
Columbus
U.P
61St
Ohio General Assembly
Assembly
House
Senate
Quarantine Closes CCC Camp Near Yellow Springs
At Camp Bryan near Yellow Springs 147 enrollees and 13 staff remain on site for Christmas due to a quarantine stemming from cerebral spinal meningitis contracted by Louis Drummond of Crown City Ohio. The outbreak forces local isolation and continued on site confinement.
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XENIA
Bryan
CCC
Yellow Springs
Santa
Louis Drummond
Crown City
Radio Crowns Train's Whistle Three Killed
Coroner Halford Whitacre of Wood County suspects a radio drowned out the train whistle. Three men riding in a fruit delivery truck were killed when struck by a New York Central passenger train at Cygnet in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Bowling Green
U.P
New York Central
Cygnet
Halford Whitacre
Wood County
Marine Planes Join Search for Express Plane
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson ordered four Marine planes from North Island San Diego to join the search for the Western Air Express passenger plane missing since December 1.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Fleet Marine Force
North Island
Marine Base
San Diego
Cal
Western Air Express
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Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
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Clinton Webb
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