Death Toll Near 500 in Holiday Period
The three day Christmas holiday saw violent deaths rise toward 500 with 495 reported this morning. Traffic accidents accounted for more than 350 deaths, while 138 occurred in hunting, fires and homicides. Weather in the Plains states spurred many crashes and two prominent men survived aviation crashes.
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Plains States
District of Columbia
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming
Rebel Armies Push Forward Near Catalonian Centers
Spanish insurgent forces under Francisco Franco breach Loyalist defenses in two thrusts toward key Catalonian communications hubs. Rebels advance slowly yet steadily, nearing the primary objectives of the first phase of their offensive on the French Spanish frontier.
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Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Hundreds feared buried in Toyama landslide and Seoul tunnel collapse
More than 100 people were reported buried in a Toyama Prefecture landslide in northern Japan and a separate tunnel collapse occurred in Seoul, Korea. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities verified casualties and stabilized the sites.
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Tokyo
Toyama Prefecture
Japan
Seoul
Korea
Italy’s African Troops Moving Toward French Somaliland
Paris reports heavy Italian East Africa troop movements toward French Somaliland. Daladier asked Chamberlain and Bonnet to stop in Rome in mid January for talks to stress France will not concede territory or seek Hitler mediation.
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Paris
A.P
Edouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Chamberlain
Bertha's Bouncing Bed Hoax Denied by Expert
New York report says John Mul holland, a prestidigitator and author, dismissed Bertha Sybert of St. Charles Virginia as hoax and said a bed shake was caused by the girl’s voluntary muscle action. University of Tennessee professors observed the nine year old’s bed movement and concluded no supernatural influence.
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New York
U.P
John Mulholland
Bertha" Sybert
St. Charles
University of Tennessee
Virginia
Former Athens State Hospital Guard Dies
Dewitt Clinton Pemberton 65 former guard at Athens State Hospital and Ohio Penitentiary and later Athens supervisor died Monday at his home in suburban Bexley He was an influential utility lobbyist and longtime Republican figure in Ohio politics debuted as a hospital guard in 1898.
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Columbus. AU
Dewitt Clinton Pemberton
Ohio
Bexley
Athens State Hospital
Ohio Penitentiary
Athens
Blaze in tenement draws20 rescued from windows
A fire in a New York tenement trapped more than 20 people who leaned from windows pleading for aid. Firemen extended ladders and rescued the men women and children trapped by the flames.
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New York
Good Neighbor Policy Failure, Roosevelt Says
Elliott Roosevelt says Mexico expropriated oil properties and the United States faces a conflict between the Monroe Doctrine and the good neighbor policy. He warns of potential $17,000,000 in trade loss to Nazi Germany and urges U S action after Mexico’s move. He spoke over a Texas radio network calling for overtures of friendship and stronger measures.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Elliott Roosevelt
Mexico
United States
Texas
Nazi Germany
Roosevelt Directs Railroad Rehabilitation Effort
President Roosevelt took personal charge of railroad rehabilitation efforts in Washington. Former New York state senator John A Hastings promoted a postalizing transport plan with a $5 coach fare from New York to San Francisco, supported by a full page $2,250 ad in The New York Times.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John A. Hastings
New York
San Francisco
New York Times
Maryland Senator Calls For Balanced Budget
Maryland Senator Tydings joins the Senate economy bloc urging a balanced federal budget. He backs a pay as you go approach for relief and says balancing the budget should be a top first month issue for the new Congress.
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Washington
Tydings
Senate
Congress
New Deal
Veterans clash over prepayment of World War pensions
National Commander Edwin O Perrin of American Veterans Assoc accuses Veterans of Foreign Wars of pushing costly universal pension legislation for World War I veterans and dependents. He cites a projected $1 million annual cost by 1963 and opposes widows and orphans pensions, noting $7.57 billion spent on WWI veterans over 20 years and warnings of added tax burdens amid deficits.
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Veterans’ Organizations
Washington
Edwin O. Perrin
American Veterans Associaon
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
Perrin
VFW
VFPW
Pan American delegates sign continental solidarity pact in Lima
Delegates at the eighth Pan American Conference in Lima approve 111 resolutions and projects including the Declaration of Lima pledging continental solidarity against aggression. Argentina declines to name foreign countries as aggressors. U S delegates expect strengthened solidarity in the future.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Berlin
United States
Nacht Ausgabe
Argentina
Engineer Killed as Freight Derails in Ohio Rock Slide
An eastbound Baltimore & Ohio freight train derailed in a rock slide near Vinton County between Hope and Moonville. Engineer Charles Landrum 54 of Chillicothe was killed. fireman George Burke 52 was injured. The crash destroyed two engines and 12 cars. rest of crew unhurt. Landrum left a wife Goldie. no children reported. Wreck crews and detours were dispatched from Chillicothe, Parkersburg, and Grafton to route trains via C&O.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Vinton County
Hope
Moonville
Zaleski
Charles “Red” Landrum
Second St
Chillicothe
George Burke
Landrum
Burke
William Diehl
Earl Brandenberg
Henry Dullmeyere
Pipe Lewis
Cleveland area man free on bond after fatal tree dispute
William Case, 84, described by neighbors as a kindly man who gave nickels to children, shot and killed William Rousseau, a jobless father, after a Christmas tree was taken from the Case farm near Cleveland. Case was released today under bond. Rousseau's wife, also shot, survives.
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William Case
William Rousseau
Cleveland
Case
Jackson County Man Gets Commerce Post
Charles H. Jones of Jackson County, a Republican leader, was named state director of commerce by Governor elect John W. Bricker. Bricker said he would appoint heads of health welfare industrial relations and liquor control within a few days.
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Columbus
Charles H. Jones
Jackson County
John W. Bricker
Jones
Bricker
Biteless Lion Grabs Hand At Ocean Park Amusement Pier
Sylvester Kirby a 35 year old Ocean Park amusements worker put his right fist into a lion's mouth to prove his courage but the lion clamped its jaws and severed his hand and arm. Kirby boasted he was not afraid of a bite from the lion.
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Ocean Park
Cal
U.P
Sylvester Kirby
Kirby
Hitler Weighs Response to U S Rebuke Over Ickes Speech
Berlin reports Hitler and Dieckhoff conferred at Berghof on Christmas Eve about the U S rebuke to Germany over Interior Secretary Ickes speech. Sumner Welles delivered the rebuke last Wednesday while the German public remained uninformed about the issue.
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Berlin
U.P
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
United States Department
Harold L. Ickes
Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff
United States
Hitler
Bavaria
Sumner Welles
Actting
Holdup Victim Resists Bandits in Lorain
John Windt aged 49 of Youngstown was critically injured after resisting two masked bandits who held up him and his Uncle George Schenker 55 of Lorain returning from Schenker Theater Windt grappled with the unarmed robber and was shot twice as the assailants fled to escape capture.
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Lorain
John Windt
Youngstown
Windt
George Schenker
Schenker
Steel Head Optimistic Over 1939 Outlook
Youngstown district steel mills expected to average about 60 percent capacity in the first half of 1939, according to Frank Purnell president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. The outlook is described as unusually bright for the new year.
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Youngstown
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Eight-Pound Daughter Born to Marshall Fields Heir
New York report states Marshall Fields III announced an eight-pound daughter born yesterday. Field, 45, heir to about $300000 and has four other children.
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New York
Marshall Fields
Field
D C Cornwell Dies in California Civil War Veteran
David C. Cornwell a Athens born Civil War veteran and longtime jeweler died at his North Hollywood California home Monday at 11 a m His daughter in Verona New Jersey and his nurse were with him Burial is planned for Athens but details are incomplete Cornwell jewelry store founded 1869 retired 1904 now run by nephew Charles A Cornwell The family last visited Athens every two years continued on page 5
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D. C
David C. Cornwell
Athens
North Hollywood
Calif
B. M. Covert
Cornwell
Senator Burke Predicts Labor Law Amendments
Senator Burke of Nebraska forecast that the new Congress will amend the National Labor Relations Act and curb the board’s powers to foster industrial peace and economic recovery. He, a critic of the administration, told NBC radio that changes are opposed only by the labor board a national labor organization allegedly profiting from board favoritism and Secretary Perkins.
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Washington
U.P
Burke
Neb
Congress
National Labor Relations Act
Labor Board
National Broadcasting Company
National Labor Relations Board
Perkins
Japanese Bombers Hit Chinese Positions Near Shanghai
A Japanese communique said over 50 aircraft attacked Chinese army positions around Cung king near Shanghai yesterday, causing severe damage to defensive sites and troops.
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Shanghai
Cungking
Solons Called By Davey for Session Friday
Columbus reports Governor Davey issues proclamation calling lame duck House for a special session at 10:00 a m Friday December 30. The session aims to reenact cigarette and liquid fuel taxes for school funds and other purposes, with confirmations before he leaves office on key appointments to unemployment insurance and industrial commissions.
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Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
Davey
Lame Duck
Senate
Fire Destroys Shack in Gallia County Fatal Fire
Farl Mitch, 60, lived alone in a Story’s Run shack in Gallia County near the Meigs line and was burned to death Saturday night when his home burned. He had no known relatives and had lived in Middleport and on a shantyboat along the Ohio River. Sheriff Hatfield and Sheriff Beards investigated as neighbors watched a Christmas Eve crowd gather.
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Gallipolis
Farl Mitch
Story's Run
Gallia County
Meigs County
Lamp Bay
West Columbia
Ohio River
Hatfield
Beards
Mitch
Middleport
Leading Creek
Burglars Open Safe at Cleveland Dairyman Office
Thomas Kysilka, local dairy owner, found his office safe broken open this morning. He had bought the safe a month ago and could not open it due to a faulty combination. Inside were only old milk bills.
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Cleveland
U.P
Thomas Kysilka
Heavy Snow Grips Plains States Amid Arctic Blast
A Canadian blizzard swept east across the North Central states driving temperatures to sub zero levels. Snow plumes piled up to 10 feet on highways while wind gusts reached 40 mph across the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Wisconsin. Officials warned of continued cold through the week with widespread travel disruptions and grounded flights at Columbus Airport.
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Arctic
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Ohio River Valley
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nome
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Mayo
Yukon Territory
United States
Minot
Devil's Lake
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Edmonton
Battleford
Canada
Winnipeg
Regina
Lloyd
Ohio
Atlantic States
Florida
Miami
Houghton
Mich
Texas
Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Cuyahoga
Summit
Stark
Portage
State Highway Department
Columbus
Romanian Train Wreck Kills 93, Injures 143 on Christmas Day
An assistant station master's blunder caused a passenger train collision near Reni, Bessarabia, on Christmas Day, killing 93 people and injuring 143.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Reni
Bessarabia
Hobart Williams Dies After Christmas Crash
Hobart Williams age 43 of Toledo died from injuries suffered in a Christmas Day automobile accident in Findlay. His wife was killed instantly in the same crash.
Newsmen Nab Fugitives During Nebraska Field Hunt
A radio announcer and two newspaper reporters accompanied about 50 officers in a field search for four escaped Douglas County prisoners. Foster May spoke with a captured inmate on air, while Sedlacek and Jones located two fugitives near Gretna. Brown and Erwin were found near a haystack. the fourth inmate, Romano, remained at large.
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Nebraska
Foster May
WOW
Omaha
George Sedlacek
Ernie Jones
Omaha World Herald
Marion Brown
Phil Erwin
Fred Roberts
Paul Romano
Douglas County
May
Jim Roberts
Rob
Roberts
Sedlacek
Jones
Yomagno
Erwin
Gretna
Guards Take Guarded Stance At Tulsa Refinery
The National Labor Relations Board arranged a peace conference at the Mid-Continent Petroleum refinery strike in Tulsa Oklahoma. About 450 National Guardsmen occupy semi permanent quarters amid fears of violence if removed. J C Denton Mid-Continent vice president stated little could be accomplished.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Mid
Father and three sons killed when train hits car
A passenger train in a snowstorm struck a car near West Manchester Upper Pa, killing farmer Oca Stivers aged 50 and his sons Noah 28 Oscar 15 and Cletus 12. Stivers leaves a wife and six other children.
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West Manchester
Pennsylvania
Here
Oca Stivers
Noah
Oscar
Cletus
Stivers
John B Barbee 71 Former New Lexington Mayor Dies
Funeral services planned in New Lexington for John B Barbee 71 longtime mayor who served seven terms and died Sunday The obituary notes his decades of public service and impact on the city.
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New Lexington
John B. Barbee
Inmate dies of head injuries in prison fight
Fred Smith, 55, of Franklin County, died today from head injuries suffered in a fight with another inmate at the county jail.
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Columbus
Fred Smith
Franklin County
Cartoonist Emil Flohm Dies at 69 in Los Angeles
Funeral services were to be held today for Emil Flohm 69 whose Full Dinner Pial political cartoons helped elect President McKinley in Los Angeles U P dispatches.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Emil Flohm
McKinley
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