Viipuri Bombarded as Soviet Artillery Rains On City
Soviet forces Pound Viipuri with 8 inch Big Bertha guns and air strikes on Christmas Day. Fires, smoke, and heavy shelling drive residents into the streets as fronts shift along the Gulf of Finland. Leaders promise continued fierce fighting with no peace in sight as global war news flows from Europe.
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Viipuri
Viborg
Red Army
Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
Dutsvaru Mechl
Gulf Coast
Suomusalmi
Jolomantsi
Europe
Paris
Bricker names James A White to State Industrial Commission
Governor Bricker announced James A White a Columbus attorney will join the State Industrial Commission to represent industry replacing Democrat John W Beall of Lima as chairman White a Republican will trigger a commission reorganization and new chairman selection His appointment had the backing of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and other business groups giving Republicans control of the commission.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
James A. White
White
John W. Beall
Lima
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Commission
Freighter SOS Heard As Submarine Chase Reported Near Azores
New York dispatch says the American export liner Exminster reported an SOS from a freighter sinking in the mid Atlantic. A British tanker Dix, 37,590 tons, had said it was being chased by a submarine 300 miles south of the Azores.
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New York
U.P
Mackey Radio Today
Exminster
Mid- Atlantic
Dix
Azores
Seven Killed in Crash of Italian Airliner Near Mogador
A Rome to Rio de Janeiro air liner crashed during a forced landing near Mogador in French Morocco. Seven aboard the craft, four crew members and three newspaper correspondents, were killed. The flight was returning from South America on the new Rome to Rio route.
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Rome
U.P
Mogador
French Morocco
Rio de Janeiro
South America
Hollywood Stars Linked to Communism Report
Washington based investigators say eight months of inquiry found at least twenty prominent actors connected to communism. The House committee sources disclosed the findings today.
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Hollywood
Washington
U.P
Kenton Cobbler Dies From Motorcycle Crash Injuries
Don Trent aged 28 a Kenton cobbler died from injuries after being thrown from a motorcycle when he stopped to avoid a train. He sustained the injuries Sunday and died today.
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Kenton
U.P
Don Trent
Roosevelt drafts final message to Congress on neutrality and health plan
President Roosevelt begins final draft of his annual message to Congress detailing neutrality and budget concerns. He plans to note sending a personal representative to Vatican City for peace with Pope Pius XII and outline a conservative national health program with 100 percent federal hospital funding for underprivileged communities.
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Roosevelt
Vatican
Pope Pius
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Washington
Congress
Vatican City
Pius XII
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
United States
Western Hemisphere
Admiral Graf Spee
Columbus
Panama
Akron Boy 18 Confesses to Killing Father
James D. Hill Jr an 18 year old of Akron confessed Christmas Day that he killed his 44 year old father a cement contractor because he hated him The body was found on the bank of the old Ohio Canal and the son said he placed it there in the family car HeIdentified the body at a morgue and then aided the investigation before confessing after detectives learned he borrowed a pistol to shoot a dog
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Akron
U.P
James D. Hill, Jr
Ohio Canal
Three Negroes Die in Circleville Car Crash
A head on collision on U S Route 23 two miles south of Circleville killed three Black residents: Kathleen Hammond 34 from Columbus Arthur Peterson 43 and Bernard Kinney 131 both Circleville. Two others injured.
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Circleville
U.P
Kathleen Hammond
Columbus
Arthur Peterson
Bernard Kinney
Pope Pius XII Plans Spring Tour of Italian Cathedrals
Vatican officials disclose that Pope Pius XII intends to tour major Italian cathedrals next spring. The initiative signals a papal travel program during the upcoming season.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XII
Policy Racket War Blamed for Slaying
Police blamed a clash over the Bronx policy racket for the murder of Vincent Cangro a 44 year old former Dutch Schultz gangster found clubbed hacked and strangled. He had been working on a WPA project and was identified by fingerprints after his attackers ripped off all identification from his clothing.
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New York
U.P
Bronx
Vincent Cangro
Dutch Schultz
Cangro
Ohio Quartz Products files bankruptcy petition in Columbus
The Ohio Quartz Products Corporation of Jackson Ohio filed for bankruptcy in federal district court listing debts of 243 036 dollars and assets mainly in real estate valued at 207 376 dollars.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Quartz Products Corporation
Jackson, O
Federal District Court
Hopkins urges higher consumption and investment for 1940
Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins says 1940 must see increased consumer spending and capital investment to sustain and accelerate industrial production. He notes 1939 outpaced 1938 but lagged 1937, with inventories rising and many workers still unemployed despite gains.
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Washington
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Captive Nazi Freighter Passes Through Panama Canal
The German freighter Dusseldorf, under a British prize crew, moved from the Pacific into the Caribbean Sea after crossing the Panama Canal. The ship flew a British ensign over its swastika stern as bluejackets patrolled the deck and canal authorities supervised the cautious passage.
Favors Miners In Ruling Upon Shutdown Pay
In Cleveland Judge Joy Seth Hurd ruled the spring shutdown of Appalachian soft coal mines was not a strike and that miners are eligible for unemployment compensation for the six weeks. The decision, if upheld, sets a precedent for claims after a collective bargaining contract expired March 31.
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Appalachian
Common Pleas
Joy Seth Hurd
Hurd
United States Coal Company of
Charles Ambrose
Bradley
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ambrose
State Board of Review
United Mine Workers of America
Holiday Clash Reported on Western Front
Unofficial informants say German forces violated an undeclared truce on Christmas Day by patrolling and engaging in combat near the Moselle River. German artillery and mines attacked a French wood at 4 am, with a one and a half hour fight on a 1 ½ mile front. several French soldiers were wounded. German patrols ranged widely east of the Moselle until dawn, then French artillery drove them off and the rest of the day was quiet. Maginot Line troops spent Christmas resting.
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Paris
WUP
Moselle
Maginot Line
WCTU Leader Urges Early New Year's Swear Off
Evanston Ill Ida B Wise Smith president of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union advised tipplers to swear off a few days before New Year s Eve. She said this would show what they have been missing on previous New Year s Eves.
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Evanston, Ill
U.P
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Public Hearings on Beauty Parlor Wages Resumed in Ohio
The department of industrial relations will resume public hearings on wages paid in beauty parlors in Ohio in the second week of January.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Department of Industrial Relations
Ramsey bride recalls husband vanished during Kansas City walk
Mrs Ruth Hopper Phillips Ramsey says George Hopper left for a short walk in Kansas City and did not return. His battered body was found later in Independence Missouri. Ramsey, en route to Olney Illinois, went to Evansville Indiana after his disappearance.
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George
Kansas City
Independence
Mo. Ramsey
Olney
Evansville
Ind
Controversial Issues Threaten Dem Harmony in Congress
Washington reports the Democratic front for Roosevelt’s neutrality bill faces strain as 1940 adjournment nears. Expiring laws include the Frazier-Lemke mortgage moratorium and Guffey coal act, with hearings on the NLRB and WPA investigations shaping the year ahead.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Congress
Central Statistical Board
Chandler Railroad Reorgan
Fremont Man Victim Of Carbon Monoxide
A coroner’s verdict is withheld in the death of Merle Reinbold 35 found dead in his parked car on a countryside road. Authorities say carbon monoxide caused the death and that he had been dead for several days according to Sheriff H L Myers.
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Fremont
U.P
Merle Reinbold
H. L. Myers
Reinbold
Murray Youth Held in Death in Ohio Incident
Elden L. Short, 20, of Murray City Ohio, was bound over to the Washington County grand jury under 500 dollar bond on a second degree manslaughter charge in the death of 11 year old John Steffens. Short was arrested in Athens County after state highway patrolmen said he drove the car that struck the boy and failed to stop.
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Marietta
U.P
Elden L. Short
Murray City
Washington County
John Steffens
Short
Athens County
One Dead Two Hurt In Christmas Motorcycle Crash
Marietta report says motorcyclist Dean Gutherlet aged 35 was killed and his passenger Dale Cassidy aged 30 was seriously injured when the bike veered off the road and struck a tree on Christmas Day.
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Marietta
U.P
Dean Gutherlet
Dale Cassidy
Funeral services for Thomas J. Haley in Dover
Thomas J. Haley 73 president of the Muskingum Conservancy District since October died Saturday night in a Cambridge hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Dover.
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Dover
U.P
Thomas J. Haley
Muskingum Conservancy District
Cambridge
U S Line Seeks Permission to Sell Eight Vessels
United States Lines asked the Maritime Commission to approve selling eight ships to North Atlantic Transport Co of Norway after failing to register them under Panamanian registry. The vessels include the President Harding and seven others. If approved, ships would run between New York, Liverpool and London with Boston calls on return.
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U.P
United States Lines Today
Maritime Commission
North Atlantic Transport Co
U. S. Line
Commission
President Harding
New York
Liverpool
London
Boston
Auto Crash Crashes Residence Near Mt. Gilead
A stolen car driven by 18 year old Richard Roop of Mt. Vernon lost control and struck the Scott home two miles west of Mt. Gilead. Roop suffered a fractured right leg as authorities investigated the incident involving Fred Bolinger, a Frederick town funeral director.
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MT. Gilead
A.P
A. H. Scott
Scott
Radio Tandem Operate Plant Near Gallipolis
Gallia County residents hear Amos n Andy promote 1000 acres of fire clay land owned by Plybrico Co in Washington Township Lawrence County near the Gallia line. A small factory makes furnace lining clay and about 75 people work for Plybrico. It is said Miss Blue is not a stockholder.
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Gallia County
Amos ‘'N
Andy
Washington Township
Lawrence County
Gallia
Plybrico Co
Miss Blue
Palmer Match Co. official Thomas Palmer dies at 62
Funeral services are set for Thomas A Palmer 62 vice president and secretary of the Palmer Match Co who died yesterday in a Akron hospital.
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Akron
U.P
Thomas A Palmer
The
Palmer Match Co
Wallace Plan To Raise Vast Summer Farm Program
Washington U P describes Secretary Wallace's plan to siphon at least 300 million dollars annually from consumers to fund the farm program. The guide sheet outlines a certificate plan and a domestic allotment two price system, with uncertain future and mixed reactions from Treasury, Grange, Farm Bureau, and Roosevelt administration.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
AAA
J. B. Hutson
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Christmas Death Toll Surges Across Nation in Holiday Week
A New York-AP survey reports more than 500 people died violently during the Christmas weekend. California 45 deaths, Illinois 55, Pennsylvania 41, Texas 39, Michigan 36. Major incidents include a fatal shooting at St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota, a Rock Island freight train boiler explosion near Choctaw, Oklahoma, and multiple family and hotel fires and traffic crashes.
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Yale
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
Texas
Michigan
Collegeville
Minn
St. John’s Abbey
Walter Stellner
Stanislaus Saworski
Drought Ends as Snowstorm Sweeps Plains
A Western Kansas Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle snowstorm ends the worst drought, dumping 12 to 15 inches. Snow spread from Goodland Kansas to the Oklahoma Panhandles with expectations of continuing into the Midwest as a statewide forecast.
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Kansas City
U.P
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Rocky Mountains
Goodland
Texas Panhandles
Plains
Missouri
Mid-West
Weather Bureau
Ruby Keeler Divorce Hearing Scheduled Today
Ruby Keeler's divorce suit against Al Jolson, filed on cruelty charges, was set for today's hearing before Superior Judge Thomas C. Gould in Hollywood. Jolson did not oppose the action and faced a reportedly somber mood amid the Christmas reconciliation rumor.
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Hollywood
U.P
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Miss Keeler
Jolson
Thomas C. Gould
Australian Air Force Fighters Reach England
An Australian air force contingent first of the expeditionary force to join Canadians in support of the mother country has arrived at a south coast port, the announcement said today.
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London
A.P
Tragic Rifle Accident Claims Cincinnati Boy
Nine year old Howard Kleimeyer was fatally wounded in Cincinnati when his 17 year old brother Vernon accidentally discharged a rifle he had received as a Christmas gift.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Howard Kleimeyer
Vernon
Pope Pius Sends Aid to Finnish Catholics
An official Vatican release reports Pope Pius providing financial help to needy Finnish Catholics in a gesture of support from the Holy See.
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Pope Aids
Vatican City
WUP
Pius
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