Liquor and Highway Departments Open Probe By Senate Hatchet Men
Ohio Senate "Hatchet Men" will scrutinize the Liquor and Highway Departments first in a graft probe. Hearings planned before late next week follow moves to end the special session with a relief program. Insurgent leaders push for delays. five relief bills and a 12 million plan progress.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Keith Lawrence
Cleveland
Bernard R. Donovan
Lucas
House
Davey
League of Municipalities
Horace W. Baggott
Montgomery
E. Matthews Steele
Clinton
Steele
J. Ralph Seidner
Mahoning
Ohio
Christmas Weather Turns Colder In Columbus
The Columbus Weather Bureau forecasts snow and colder conditions tonight with a subfreezing low likely by Saturday. Christmas Day in Ohio looks cloudy and cold with no guarantee of a White Christmas. Chicago forecaster C A Donnell predicts snow across the Midwest and Northeast from the Rockies to New England, with rain possible in spots.
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Columbus
U.P
Columbus Weather Bureau
Ohio
Mercury
Chicago
C. A. Donnell
Rockies
Middle West
New England
Donnell
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Atlantic
71 Year Old Texan Fatally Injured by Pack of Dogs
In DeAndale, Texas, 71 year old L. G. Brown was attacked by a pack of four dogs on a Clay County road. He killed two with a pocket knife before being knocked down. He died after reaching a Wichita Falls hospital as doctors faced a blood transfusion. Authorities said the dogs were domestic dogs that had become savage after foraging. Pack behavior cited as more dangerous than wolves.
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Deandale
Tex
C. G. Brown
L. G. Brown
Clay County
Brown
Wichita Falls
Coke Fumes Overpower School Pupils Near Steuben
Twenty young pupils at the centralized Steuben County school near Willard were overcome by coke fumes from basement fires in the Church of the Master during a Christmas pageant rehearsal. Ninety pupils were present when the incident occurred as a new cement floor had been laid two weeks earlier and the fumes spread through the building.
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Willard
Steuben
Pope Attacks German Religious Persecution
At a Vatican reception with cardinals Pope Pius denounced Nazi policy toward the Roman Catholic Church. He said Germany exhibits real religious persecution despite attempts to hide it.
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Vatican City
Pius
Germany
Roosevelt Lights Capitol Christmas Tree and Family Traditions
President Roosevelt opened Christmas celebrations by lighting the Capitol Christmas tree and broadcast greetings. He and three little girls hung stockings in the White House, with Mrs. Roosevelt in Seattle and Hopkins family abroad. The day includes church, a White House procession, and a turkey from Arthurdale for Christmas dinner.
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Dent Roosevelt
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Hopkins
White House
Arthurdale
W. Va
Kidnapped Ohio Woman Found In St Louis
Mrs. Remola De Hart a 28 year old from Barberton Ohio was abducted by two men from her home and later found at a St Louis bus station police said she was assaulted and forced from a car near Pittsburgh Pa. She traveled to St Louis with a couple she met while fleeing and hopes to reunite with her two children for Christmas as her husband races to join her.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Remola de Hart
Barberton
Ohio
California
Pittsburgh
NBC Bans Mentioning of Mae West on Air
NBC forbids the use of Mae West in scripts from NBC stations citing audience backlash to a recent broadcast. Officials stress the measure targets the content not the performer and was issued to prevent further controversial reception.
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NBC
Mae West
NEW York
A.P
National Broadcasting Company Today
NBS
Miss West
End Long-Time Strike Opens 35 Laundries in Cincinnati
A 13 week laundry strike ended with a contract signing by employers and union leaders. Mediator backed the agreement with minor changes. Owners announced 35 plants will reopen Monday.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Spy Activities Curbed on West Coast Shakeup
U S customs and postal authorities joined the navy in a coastwide drive to curb espionage. The move followed seizure of three mysterious letters from the liner Tatsuta Maru before she sailed for the Far East.
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San Francisco
U.S
United States Customs and Postal
Navy Today
Far East
Akron Man Leaps to Death from Viaduct
Van Patterson, 61, a Good year Tire & Rubber Co. employee, jumped 100 feet to his death from a viaduct in Akron on Thursday.
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Akron
van Patterson
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Ford to Fight Board Ruling Over Labor Dispute
Henry Ford faces a National Labor Relations Board ruling accusing his company of savage anti union activity. Union leaders seek a conference to promote industrial peace while Ford intends to appeal in federal court. The board also ordered Ford to stop discouraging union membership and to reinstate workers with back pay. Dearborn police arrested 279 union members for demonstrations at the River Rouge plant.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Labor Board
Homer Martin
Harry Bennett
Ford Company
NRA
Hugh Johnson
Automobile Industry
Auto Workers’ Union
Ford Brotherhood of America
Fireproofing Christmas Trees Declared Simple and Inexpensive
Washington report says the Department of Agriculture announced a cheap method to fireproof Christmas trees. A solution of borax and boric acid in hot water is used to rinse fabrics, paper ornaments, and other inflammable materials, making them fire resistant without damage, odor, or color change.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Boy Saved as Ice Breaker Crumbles at Buckeye Lake
Newark report says James Braggs age 11 was rescued after a section of ice broke off Picnic Point on Buckeye Lake. His companion Edward Huber age 8 drowned. James was revived by Millersport volunteer fire department.
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Newark
James Braggs
Buckeye Lake
Edward Huber
Picnic Point
James
Millersport
More Earth Tremors Felt in Mexico City
Mexico City reports additional tremors Thursday afternoon and night after morning shocks. No damage reported from provinces. belief centers on the Pacific region.
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Mexico
Mexico City
U.P
Pacific
Wahl Reappointed Columbus-Ohio Public Works Director
Governor Davey reappointed Karl G. Wahl of Defiance as director of public works for a one-year term.
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Wahl
Columbus
Davey
Karl G. Wahl
Defiance
Merchant Outsmarts Bandits But Triumph Is Short Lived
CHICAGO United Press two robbers entered a shoe store on a Christmas night. Sam Regeli hid $120 in a shoe box and left only $20 in the till. After a brief moment another customer returned with a pistol demanding the concealed money.
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Chicago
U.P
Sam Regeli
Sam
Panay Attack Spurred US Gunboat Oahu Mission to China
Shanghai dispatch says the US gunboat Oahu will depart Monday with two American consular attaches to the Yangtse and Nan king, under Admiral Yarnell, to protect American interests after the Panay incident. Tokyo notes Japan’s government, with Emperor Hirohito’s approval, issued its reply to the US protest, reiterating regret and promising indemnity after sinking the Panay.
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Shanghai
U.P
United States
Oahu
Panay
Harry F. Yarnell
Yangtse
Nanking
Tokyo
Hirohito
China
Japan
Japanese at Wuhu Loot Mission Goods After Panay Incident
American Consul General Gauss protested to Japan over December 13 at Wuhu when Japanese soldiers looted a mission school and damaged an American flag on a small mission boat. Reports from Tsingtao and Tsunanfu described Chinese panic and a Japanese army vow of drastic punitive action against vandals in Shantung, including Tokyo’s claim of large mill losses at Tsingtao.
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Clarence E. Gauss
Wuhu
Nanking
Panay
Tsingtao
Yellow River
Tsunanfu
Domei
Tientsin
Shantung Province
J. C. Brown Formerly of Meigs Dies in Basin
J C Brown age 71 of Basin Wye former Meigs County resident died at home Thursday morning from a heart ailment News from his daughter Mrs Beulah McCallum He came to Wyoming in 1922 and returned to Athens for a family reunion in October Funeral services and burial will be at Basin.
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J. C. Brown
Basin, Wye
Meigs County
Beulah McCallum
State St
Brown
FE. F. Brown
E. State St
Wyoming
Athens
Basin
Bandits Hold Up East Cleveland Finance Branch
Two men robbed the Personal Finance Co. branch in East Cleveland shortly before noon, taking $1,000 from the cash drawers and safe. They fled in a car with Pennsylvania license plates.
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Cleveland
Personal Finance Co
East
Pennsylvania
Hitch-Hiker Killed By Truck In Detroit Inquiry
An unidentified hitch-hiker died after stepping into the path of a truck driven by Fred Stoughton, 42, of Detroit. Police investigate the fatal accident and gather details for the inquest.
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Marion
Fred Stoughton
Detroit
Gas price cut announced by Standard Oil
The Standard Oil Co. announced today a reduction of a half cent per gallon in the price of gasoline in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
The
Kenton Sets Jan 18 Special Election For 3-Mill Levy
City council calls a special election for January 18 to decide a 3-mill levy covering general operation and relief expenses for Kenton U P.
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Kenton
U.P
Messenger Publishes No Edition on Christmas Day
The Messenger will publish no edition Sunday December 26 to allow Athens employees and all district carriers and correspondents to enjoy Christmas Saturday December 25. The paper extends best wishes for a merry Christmas to readers and staff.
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the Messenger
Athens
The
Messenger
Four Christmas pardons granted by Governor Davey
Inez Palmer of Vinton County among four individuals pardoned. Palmer, sentenced to life for first degree murder in 1927, was recommended by Judge W. J. Jones and Marysville Reformatory superintendent Marguerite Reilly. Judge Jones cited Palmer as a repentant youth and noted she had paid her debt.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Inez Palmer
Vinton County
Common Pleas
W. J. Jones
Marguaerite Reilly
Marysville Reformatory
Jones
Hoodlums Loot Christmas Fund at Tamany Club
The Paul E. Santangelo Association in New York received $3,000 for 1,000 Christmas baskets when five gunmen burst in during counting. Club secretary Morris J. Solomon urged generosity as the thieves fled, their leader shouting We need a Christmas, too.
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New York
Paul E. Santangelo Association
Tammany Hall Club
Alfred E. Smith
Morris J. Solomon
Thirty Pounds of Pennies for Gasoline Payment
A Gulf Oil Co. distributor in New Marshfield received a load of gasoline as payment from R Hy sell. His customer Mr. Hysell is noted for offering unconventional payments, this time thirty pounds of pennies, with no reportable details on how the coins were gathered.
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R. Hysell
Elmer Tom
Gulf Oil Co
Mr. Hysell
New Marshfield
Mr. Tom
Hughes Says Identity Established Hours Before Bombing
The Panay attack is described as deliberate, with survivors gunned as they were rescued. Commander Hughes’s report confirms that the Panay was identified before the strike and that Japanese planes then targeted the ship, sinking it while flags and markings were visible. Hull will brief Tokyo based on the new findings, while Borah cautions against war psychology.
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J. J. Hughes
Navy Department
Hughes
Cordell Hull
Japan
Hull
Tokyo
William E. Borah
R. Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
China
Faithful of Far East Mark Nativity Despite All Strife
In Bethlehem crowds gathered at the Church of the Nativity for Midnight Mass despite Jewish Arab strife. Far East faithful filled the ancient church as pilgrims from many lands stayed away, praying for peace in the birthplace of Christ.
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Far East
Bethlehem
Christ
Church of the Nativity
Prince of Peace
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Liquor and Highway Departments
Roosevelt
Presi
Mary
Joseph
Luke
United Automobile Workers Union
Commitee For Industrial Organization
Yankee Mission
Meigs
West
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