Plan for Training Youths for U S Air Service
President Roosevelt unveiled a broad plan to train 20 000 youths aged 18 to 25 as pilots annually to boost civilian air strength for wartime service. The program uses 100000 dollars in NYA funds and tests begin at several universities with a future one year project costing about 9 800 000 dollars.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Youth Administration
Congress
CAA
United States
University of Alabama
Purdue University
University of Minnesota
University of Washington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Texas A. & M
Georgia School of Technology
War and Navy Department
Army Air Service
Hold Relatives In Girl's Death In Vancouver
Investigators say Emiko Yamada a 16 year old Vancouver born Japanese girl was burned alive in a furnace at her home. Police detained her father G Yamada two brothers a cousin and two male boarders. They removed the body by cutting the furnace with an acetylene torch and planned to re assemble the unit for study. Un struck matches lay beneath her body and her clothing was soaked in oil.
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Vancouver
B. C
U.P
Emiko Yamada
G. Yamada
Nazi Newsmen Slighted at Pan American Conference
German newspaper men complained in a cablegram to Berlin that foreign minister Dr. Carlos Concha snubbed German and Italian correspondents by not inviting them to a Pan American Conference cocktail party in Lima Peru.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Berlin
Carlos Concha
Youth Tries Extortion Over Wedding Funds
Paul Simmons, 20, of Delta, admits leaving a note on Fred J. Longnecker’s Delta porch threatening murder unless $25,000 is paid. The retired Oval Wood Display Co. official from Traverse City, Mich., is involved as the extortion target. Simmons is jailed in Fulton County.
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Wauseon
U.P
Marge
Fulton County
Fred J. Longnecker
Oval Wood Display Co
Traverse City
Mich
Paul Simmons
Delta
Harley Loveland
Longnecker
Former Middleport Man Dies on Coast
Corliss K. Wessa 39, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wessa, formerly of Middleport, died in Santa Barbara after his motorcycle collided with a car. He served on the Santa Barbara police force and left a wife and two children. his sister Hor tense was killed four months earlier in a motor vehicle crash.
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Middleport
Hortense
Corliss K. Wessa
Santa Barbara
Calif
Wessa
Edward Wessa
Eleanor Sauders
S. Second Ave
Edison Wessa
Pomeroy
Cites Schools' Responsibility To Democracy
Dr. F H McNutt of the Ohio Education Department told the elementary principals group that schools must be organized along democratic lines for pupils to learn democracy. He warned that autocratic school systems hinder democratic instruction and defined a democratic person as cooperative and principled. The assembly was expected to discuss tenure bill and retirement fund changes tonight.
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Columbus
WUP
F. H. McNutt
Ohio Education Department
Ohio Education Association
McNutt
Association
Western China to Host Mass Industrial Relocation
The Chinese government with US and British loan aid plans a vast transfer of industrial resources to Western China led by Szechuan Province. This marked expansion aims to exploit undeveloped western regions and fuels tensions with Japan over aid for machinery and agricultural development.
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Chungking
China
U.P
United States
Great Britain
Szechuan Province
Shanghai
Hu t Presses Third Term Vote Across Senate
Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia reports broad pledges from Democrats to back a resolution calling for the Senate to record opposition to a third term for President Roosevelt. The measure mirrors the 1928 Coolidge-era stance and will be introduced early in the new session.
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Washington
Rush D. Hu't
W. Va
Senate
Roosevelt
Holt
Coolidge
English Explorer Dead in Arctic Region
An Eskimo from Igloolik reports the death by drowning last September of Reynold Bray age 28 a British explorer. Bray and Patrick Baird a nephew of Lord Tweedsmuir governor general of Canada led a scientific expedition into the Arctic Circle near Repulse Bay on the southern edge of the Arctic Circle.
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Churchill
U.P
Repulse Bay
Arctic Circle
Igloolik
Here
Reynold Bray
Bray
Patrick Baird
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Roosevelt weighs nonpartisan relief boards in every county
President Roosevelt considers creating non-partisan county relief boards to keep politics out of relief and respond to congressional criticism of the Works Progress Administration. Senators including Glass, Vandenberg, Bailey, Byrd, and Smith may push to abolish WPA and shift duties to states, with a committee report due Jan. 2.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Carter Glass
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Josiah Bailey
N. C
Harry F. Byrd
Ellsworth D. Smith
Zona Gale Dies at 64 Pneumonia Claims Pulitzer Writer
Chicago report says Zona Gale Breese 64 novelist playwright lecturer essayist and 1921 Pulitzer winner died last night of pneumonia. Born August 26 1874 in Portage Wisconsin she wrote Miss Lulu Bett under her maiden name and gained fame for small town Midwest portraits.
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Chicago
Zona Gale Breese
Breese
Lulu Bett
Portage
Wis
Society Glamour Girl Debuts At Ritz Carlton in $75,000 Party
Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, touted as the year's top debutante, debuted in a white duchess satin gown at a Ritz Carlton affair costing $75,000. About a thousand guests viewed the event with $3,000,000 in orchids and diamonds displayed on the grand staircase. Her mother, Mrs. Frederic Watriss, escorted her. Frazier inherits an $8,000,000 estate from her grandmother Clara Duff Frazier.
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New York
U.P
Brenda Diana Duff Frazier
Ritz Carlton Hotel
Frederic Watriss
Miss Frazier
Clara Duff Frazier
Mussolini Builds Up Italian War Readiness
French newspapers report Mussolini accelerating Italy's military program with call-ups of reservists and naval wartime footing. Oeuvre cites plans to boost defense production and munitions, while a Moslem uprising threat may be used to pressure Britain if Chamberlain aids France.
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Paris
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Oeuvre
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
France
Farley Says Postal Deficit At 43 Million In 1938
Postmaster General Farley reported a 1938 fiscal year deficit of 43,811,566.08 for the Post Office Department. He attributed the shortfall to non postal items like air mail subsidies and free services to Congress, government departments and the blind.
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Washington
Farley
Post Office Department
Fire devastates hotels in subzero blaze at International Falls
More than 1000 people crowded into the bitter cold as a massive fire swept through International Falls destroying two hotels two barrooms and two cafes. Losses were estimated near 100000.
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International Falls
Minn
Ulp
Refinery Fire Hits Atlantic Petroleum Plant
A furnace explosion at the Atlantic Petroleum Company refinery in Port Arthur Texas set fire to the polymerization unit last night. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Atlantic Petroleum Company
Ohio Braces For Bitter Cold Night After Warm Spell
A three month old Barbara Cohen drowned when the mother fainted during a bath and the infant slipped into the tub. The mother Mrs. Lillian Cohen was placed under care as fire crews worked to revive the child. Forecasters warned of a brutal Arctic cold sweeping Ohio Thursday night with rising temperatures brief, then a deep plunge and blizzards across the Plains states.
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U.P
Barbara Cohen
Lillian Cohen
Ohio
U. S. ‘Weather Bureau
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Plains
Chicago
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Lake and Geauga
Highway Department
Toledo
Sandusky
Maumee River
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Lake Erie
Dayton
Lake County
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Rocky Mountains
Mackenzie River Basin
Rockies
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Texas
Florida
Pacific Coast
Rebels Claim Advance Along 60 Mile Front
Insurgent forces in Franco's end of war offensive report progress along a 60 mile front. The drive targets Catalonia with a triangle shape from Tremp toward Artesa De Segre and the Loyalist capital Barcelona. Northern wing captures Alps De Balaguer and Masana as preparations for an eastward push intensify.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Montsech
Tremp
Alps de Balaguer
Masana
Artesa de Segre
Catalonian
Berlin Frigid Ties With U S After Ickes Protest
The State Department rebuked Nazi attacks on the Third Reich through Interior Secretary Ickes. Diplomatic quarters expect no further U S attacks, fearing relations would worsen only if Washington acts. Analysts predict a continued cold stance until ambassadors are swapped.
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Berlin
U.S
United States State Department
Third Reich
U. S
Ickes
United States
Washington
Tax Claims Filed Against Huey Long Allies
The Treasury seeks over $100 000 in income taxes from two aides of Huey Long. A hearing before the U S Board of Tax Appeals in New Orleans is set for January 30, with witnesses subpoenaed for Abraham L. Shushan and Seymour Weiss.
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Washington
LLP
Huey Long
Treasury
Louisiana
Kingfish
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
New Orleans
Abraham L. Shushan
Seymour Weiss
Former Official Curtis Lattimer Dies in Columbus
Curtis C. Lattimer aged 52 longtime Franklin County surveyor for 18 years until 1937 died today in Columbus. The funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Columbus
Curtis C. Lattimer
Franklin County
AFL claims victory over CIO in labor struggles
Coshocton resident William Green, president of the AFL, says the AFL has won its fight with the CIO. He notes the AFL's record membership and criticizes CIO leader John L. Lewis for threatening a dictatorship and blacklisting candidates, predicting harm to the Democratic Party if repeated at the next convention.
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Coshocton
CIO
AFL
America
Green
John L. Lewis
Democratic Party
Estimates cut on Ohio unemployment eligibles
Columbus report shows unemployment insurance eligible Ohioans revised from 300000 to 175000 200000 after first day registrations. Carl Hopkins says low applications imply fewer jobless statewide. 300000 based on July 1 statistics. About 3000 denied as ineligible, many on relief or in agriculture not covered by the law.
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Columbus
U.P
Madison Voters Again Defeat School Levy Proposal
For the second time in two months, Madison School District voters rejected a proposed three mill operating levy.
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Madison
U S Delegates Satisfied With Pan American Parley Results
U S delegates to the Eighth Pan American Conference depart Lima content with a strong unity declaration against foreign interference. Defense officials plan a South American goodwill cruise next spring, and Cordell Hull notes need to push concrete gains while sustaining moral solidarity. Hull and aides left aboard the S S Santa Maria.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
United States
U. S
Cordell Hull
Hull
S. S. Santa Maria
Nazi moves ban Jews from Aryan houses in Berlin
Nazi officials began enforcing regulations barring Jews from living in the same buildings with Aryans and plan to segregate Jews to a less desirable area of Berlin. Notices to vacate are being issued to Jews in so called Aryan houses across the city.
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Berlin
A.P
Jackson area man killed by train near home
Ballard Hale, 25, of near Jackson was killed early today when struck by a train near his residence. The accident occurred close to his home, and no other persons were reported injured.
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Jackson
Ballard Hale
Governor Grants Pardon to Halt Deportation of Ohio Man
John Vasil of Cleveland, a Lakeside Yacht Club steward, received a full pardon from Governor Davey to block deportation to Czechoslovakia as an alien criminal. Vasil, twice convicted of robbery, had multiple prior pardons and restorations of citizenship. The governor cited 15 years of upright conduct since youth as the basis to avoid harsh federal action.
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Columbus
U.P
John Vasil
Cleveland
Lakeside Yacht Club
Davey
Czechoslovakia
Vasil
Donahey
White
Columbus Man Appointed State Director of Industrial Relations
George A. Strain secretary treasurer of the Columbus Building Trades Council and AF of L affiliate was named state director of industrial relations by Governor-elect Bricker. He will replace Ora B. Chapman in the 6500 dollar a year cabinet post. Strain, 18, born in Adrian Missouri, grew up in the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia and has 13 years as an officer in the Sheet Metal Workers International Union.
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Columbus
George A. Strain
Columbus Building Trades Council
American Federation of Labor
John W. Bricker
Strain
Ora B. Chapman
Dayton
Adrian
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
Sheet Metal Workers' International Union
Humorist's Brother Dies in Columbus
Dr. Ezekiel Gillilan aged 73, retired physician and brother of Strickland Gillian, died in a Columbus hospital after a brief illness from influenza. He earlier practiced medicine in Amesville and Columbus and had run a large fruit farm near Circleville since 1921.
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Circleville
U.P
Ezekeial Gillilan
Strickland
Gillian
Columbus
Lor. Gillilan
Amesville
Athens County
Quakland
Debut at White House for Eleanor Roosevelt
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt the daughter of Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was presented to society at the White House marking the first debut there in 28 years Hall Roosevelt of Dedham Massachusetts attended the event as a relative witness to the historic display.
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White House
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hall Roosevelt
Dedham
Mass
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