Heiress Cleared in Fatal Christmas Party Shooting
Louise Campbell 28, heir to steel fortune, was exonerated in a Trumbull County inquest over her mother Cordelia Campbell 55 who died at a Christmas Eve party. A verdict of accidental death followed her hunger strike after a day in jail and testimony described by Miss Campbell of her act with a pistol aimed at candles on the tree.
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Trumbull
Warren
Louise Campbell
Cordelia Campbell
J. C. Henshaw
Miss Campbell
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Campbell
Coroner’s Army
Louise
Cochran
Lucius Cochran
Aretta Branch
London
Mrs. Branch
Ludlow Plan Backers Rally For War Referendum
Twenty three signers of a petition urge the Ludlow war referendum resolution be sent to the House floor. They defend the measure and denounce alleged misrepresentation while noting it could not be ratified by state legislatures before 1939 or 1940.
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Washington
AUP
Ludlow
House
United States
Congress
Panay's Sistership Oahu Moves Toward Nanking
The U S gunboat Oahu, Panay's sister ship sunk by Japanese planes in the Yangtse, steamed up river toward Nanking through a war zone. A British salvage ship was expected to join and assist in reaching the Panay attack site to assess feasibility of raising the gunboat.
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Shanghai
Ohio Governor Davey to Call Special Legislative Session
Governor Martin L. Davey announced plans for a special session of the Ohio Legislature on January 3 to probe both legislative and administrative state departments. The address at 7 15 p m will last about 30 minutes from Columbus. He refused further comment saying nothing definite has been decided.
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Akron
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Columbus
Davey
President's Message To Congress Debated
Washington reporters expected President Roosevelt to outline a middle course on New Deal reforms and a national defense policy in a forthcoming address. The message would address anti monopoly actions, possible revival of the wages and hours bill, and adjustments to TVA regional planning while shaping policy after a sluggish economy.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
House
TVA
Robert H. Jackson
Capitol Hill
Homer S. Cummings
Senator Borah
Sen
Josiah Bailey
Fifty Million Sought for Aid to Small Farmers
Senate House conferees will be asked to earmark fifty million dollars to increase benefits for small farmers. Senator James P. Pope proposes a stepped up payment scale showing a cumulative rise to seventy five dollars for a sixty dollar base, aiming to avoid a ceiling on large producers.
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Idaho
Washington
Senate-House
James P. Pope
Ida
Pope
Congress
House
Senate
UMWA Moves Into New Washington Offices
United Mine Workers Union relocates to a newly acquired $275000 building in Washington. The Tower Building location is replaced after remodeling of the defunct University Club, with work by AFL craftsmen and despite CIO leadership in the Committee for Industrial Organization.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Tower
University Club
American Federation of Labor Craftsmen
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Building Trades
Alien U-Boats Reported Off Pacific Coast
Rumors of alien submarine activity off California circulated as a second squadron of nine destroyers arrived from San Diego for patrols. The Los Angeles Daily News cited a naval insider claiming Japanese subs could operate from a hidden California locale. Commander C J Wheeler denied the rumor for Admiral Hepburn.
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San Pedro
Calif
U.P
California
San Diego
Pacific
Los Angeles Daily News
Washington
C. J. Wheeler
Arthur J. Hepburn
Aged Albany Resident Dies at Home
Albert Francis Russell age 80 of Albany died Monday night after a weeklong pneumonia illness. Survived by wife two sons Kyle D Cincinnati and Quinn Coal Center Pa three brothers one sister and nine grandchildren. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Thursday at Albany M E Church with Rev T A Ballinger officiating burial Wells Cemetery Downington.
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Albert Francis Russell
Albany
Named to farm board in Ohio announcement
Governor Davey appointed Cliff Mitchell of Richland County as a member of the state board of agriculture for an open term beginning immediately and ending October 10 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Davey
Cliff Mitchell
Richland County
State Board of Agriculture
Five Month Old Baby Killed in Family Feud Over Furnace
In Somerville New Jersey authorities say Sophia Arcuri killed her best friend's five month old Christina Boloton during a dispute over keeping a furnace burning. Arcuri allegedly confessed and will be charged with murder. The two families shared a Greenbrook two family house and were close.
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Somerville
N. J
U.P
Sophia Arcuri
Arcuri
Christina Boloton
Louis
Mary Boloton
Frank
Greenbrook
Nelsonville Fuel Bill Seen Rising for Utilities
The Guffey Coal Act will raise the fuel costs for the Nelsonville electric light and water-works plants by about $350 a month. Five coal bids were opened by the Board of Control, but an award was deferred until after the new administration takes office to resolve disputed price dates.
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Nelsonville
Municipal Electric Light and Water-Works
Board of Control
Ford Motor Company to Contest NLRB Ruling in Court Battle
Ford Motor Company has hired Frederick Wood of New York to fight a National Labor Relations Board decision finding illegal anti union activity and the discharge of 29 workers for union membership. The company will oppose enforcement actions in U S Circuit Court after the board seeks the order.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford Motor Company
Supreme Court
NRA
National Labor Relations Board
Frederick Wood
New York
Schechter Brothers
Brooklyn
Ford Company
Labor Board
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Prosecutor to Fight Insanity Plea in Manoff Murder Trial
Elyria Ohio dispatch reports Prosecutor Howard R. Butler will oppose any insanity defense for Alexander Manoff a 21 year old hitchhiker from West Homestead Pa charged with the murder of Louise Hornbeck a 19 year old doctor's assistant. Manoff was arrested at Navarre Ohio on October 21 three days after Hornbeck's body was found in a yard near her Grafton home.
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Elyria
U.P
Howard R. Butler
Alexander Manoff
West Homestead
Louise Hornbeck
Manoff
Navarre
Christmas ornaments bite sparks no ill effects
In Columbus Ohio two young brothers aged 4 and 2 bit glass ornaments on their Christmas tree. The incident caused no ill effects and no injuries were reported. Robert Ringler and his brother Jackson were involved.
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Columbus
Robert Ringler
Jackson
Ohio Bell officials earned over quarter million in 1936
Seventeen executives of the Ohio Bell Telephone Co received salaries totaling more than 250000 dollars in 1936, according to figures released today by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Federal Communications Commission
Maumee Man Killed by Auto Near Home
Michael Holland 78 of Maumee was killed Monday when struck by a motor vehicle near his residence in Toledo area. Police investigated and identified the driver, with details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Michael Holland
Maumee
Northwest Territory Caravan Reaches Easton Welcomed by Mayor
The ox cart caravan en route from Ipswich Massachusetts to Ohio in a Northwest Territory re creation was welcomed by Easton Mayor Joseph Morris and local leaders. Pierce York, 26, New York City, a caravan member, was hospitalized with pneumonia contracted during the trek.
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Easton
U.P
Ipswich
Mass
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Joseph Morris
Pierce York
New York City
Easton Hospital
New England
Spoon Removal Lets Girl Say She Feels Fine
Bernice Gurevitz, 17, said she was feeling fine after surgery to remove a six inch spoon from her stomach. She had swallowed it at a Christmas party while eating ice cream in Chicago.
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Chicago
Bernice Gurevitz
Young Father Seeks Experimental Cure for Rare Bone Disease
Akron story follows Thomas Lloyd, 35, an electrician, begging doctors to experiment on his body to find a cure for a rare bone disease. He says he is too young to die as three sons play near the Christmas tree. Doctors give him at most three years to live.
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Akron
Thomas Lloyd
Lloyd
Locomotive Plunged Into Skykomish River After Slide Near Monroe
A Great Northern mail train struck an earth slide three miles north of Monroe Washington. The locomotive and one car were hurled into the Skykomish River. The fireman is reported missing.
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Monroe, Wash
Great Northern Mail
Noted Composer Maurice Ravel Dies in Paris
Maurice Ravel, 62, renowned composer and international figure, died today in Paris. The influential French musician was among the era’s leading composers.
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Paris
U.P
Maurice Ravel
Ravel
Hospital Wedding Holds Amid Stitches and Stage Star
Flora Campbell, recovering from appendectomy, acted as maid of honor in a hospital wedding for her sister Beth Campbell of Washington who wed Joseph Hudson Short Jr. in Lutheran Hospital Cleveland. The ceremony took place Monday night with guests present and a slice of wedding cake afterward. Campbell, a leading actress in Many Mansions, had pact with her sister since girlhood to serve as bridesmaid at each other’s weddings.
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Cleveland
U.P
Flora Campbell
Lutheran Hospital
Miss Campbell
Beth
Washington
Joseph Hudson Short, Jr
Campbell
New York
Open Hearing In Graft Probe
The Ohio Senate will hold the first hearing of its probe into alleged graft in state departments tonight. Willard V. Archer of Belle Valley Noble County will testify as the sole witness. Investigator James Metzenbaum did not explain why Archer was called.
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Columbus
O.P
Ohio Senate
Willard V. Archer
Belle Valley
Nobie County
James Metzenbaum
Archer
Noble County
Discovery of Leukemia Cause and Treatment Unveiled
Dr. M. W. Emmel of the University of Florida reported to the AAAS a discovery in animals identifying the cause and a treatment for leukemia, the so called blood cancer. The finding could offer a new approach to cancer therapy as leukemia similarly progresses and proves fatal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
American Association For the Advancement of Science
M. W. Emmel
University of Florida
Kidnapers of Child in Flight in Indiana
Indiana state police tracked a cold trail and scant clues in the search for two kidnapers who abducted 3 year old John Bryan Jr from Centerville at Christmas Eve. The boy and nurse Norma Schroy were later released after banker John Bryan organized a fighting mad posse and refused a $3800 ransom.
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Indiana
John Bryan, Jr
Centerville
Ind
Norma Schroy
John Bryan
CIO to Seek Amendment in Ohio 1938 Ballot
The Committee for Industrial Organization in Ohio plans a state constitutional amendment at the 1938 election to curb court powers on injunctions in industrial disputes. Edward Lamb of Toledo, CIO attorney, received approval of the amendment statement. Sponsors must file petitions with 300000 signatures by Aug 10 to place the proposal on the November ballot.
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Columbus
U.S
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio
Edward Lamb
Toledo
CIO
Herbert S. Duffy
William J. Kennedy
Chamber of Commerce backs FMC program oppose government shipping
The Merchant Marine Committee of the U S Chamber endorses the Federal Maritime Commission shipping plan but urges the government to avoid operating vessels in competition with private lines citing costly postwar government ships.
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Washington
U.P
Merchant Marine Committee
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Federal Maritime Commission
Chinese grenadiers bomb Japanese launch in Soochow Creek
Chinese troops launched a daring attack on a Japanese army launch in Soochow Creek, marking a second strike within 24 hours. The action underscores ongoing hostilities in Shanghai area during the daily fighting.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
GM Sheds 30 000 Jobs Amid Recession Pullback
General Motors announces a nationwide layoff of about 30 000 workers effective Jan 1 with no wage cuts and a 24 hour week. About 20 000 layoffs occur in Michigan as part of its readjustment to weaker demand and lower purchasing power. Knudsen hopes the cut is temporary and that spring brings improved employment.
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Detroit
U.P
General Motors Corporation
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
United States
Michigan
General Motors
Poston Funeral Rites For Vir ginia Poston
Miss Virginia Fluhart Poston 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs L Dow Poston Columbus will be laid to rest Thursday at 2 pm at 235 S Parkview Ave Death followed three months heart disease Born in Athens she was a junior at Ohio State University She joined Kappa Kappa Gamma and engaged in campus affairs Previously she attended Columbus School for Girls and University High School
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Virginia Fluhart Poston
L. Dow Poston
Columbus
S. Parkview Ave
Poston
Athens
Ohio State University
Boston
Kappa Kappa Gamma
University
Columbus School For Girls
University High School
Sleep Ex Pearl Diver Dies After 30 Years in Coffin
Ig nate Iglasius, 80, once a pearl diver, lived in a home made coffin for three decades to become accustomed to it and died in a hospital bed in Sydney Australia after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
U.P
Ignate Iglasius
Wisconsin Rapids Couple in Ghost Driven Baby Kill Story
In Vesper Wisconsin Nead 19 and his 15 year old wife Luella admit a Christmas morning killing of their six week old son. Nead claims a dead father's ghost ordered the act and his wife accepts the explanation. Nead to plead guilty at Stevens Point circuit court on December 30.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
U.P
Henry Nead
Vesper
Here
Neah
Luella
Nead
Henry Becker
Stevens Point
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Nanking
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Oscar E. Rhoads
William H. Strous
UMWA
Pacific Coast
Nelsonville Electric
C. H. Bartlett
Messenger
NRS
Ford
Auto
Chamber of Commerce Against Trade Control
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