Plan to train 20 000 youths for air force service
Washington plans a broad government drive to train 20 000 youths aged 18 to 25 as civilian pilots each year. The Civil Aeronautics Authority and National Youth Administration allocate 100 000 to start after January 1, with tests at major universities and colleges nationwide.
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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 Case
Investigators say Emiko Yamada a 16 year old Vancouver born Japanese girl was burned alive in the furnace at her home. They detained her father G Yamada two brothers a cousin and two male boarders who profess bewilderment. Police cut the furnace apart to retrieve the body and planned to re assemble it at the station for study. Un struck matches were found beneath her body and her clothes were soaked in oil.
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Vancouver
B. C
U.P
Emiko Yamada
G. Yamada
Nazi Newsmen Slighted At Conference Party
German newspaper men accuse Peruvian Foreign Minister Carlos Concha of snubbing German and Italian correspondents by not inviting them to a Pan American Conference cocktail party in Lima Peru. The cablegram from Berlin noted the omission and alleged deliberate offense.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Berlin
Carlos Concha
Youth Tries Extortion to Fund Wedding
In Fulton County Jail a Delta man Paul Simmons aged 20 admitted leaving a threat note on Fred J. Longnecker’s Delta porch promising to kill him unless $25,000 was paid. Longnecker, a retired Oval Wood Display Co. official from Traverse City Michigan, was the target of the alleged extortion tied to a 21st birthday plan.
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1U.P
Marge
Fulton County
Fred J. Longnecker
The
Oval Wood Display Co
Traverse City
Mich
Paul Simmons
Delta
Harley Loveland
Longnecker
Former Middleport Man Dies on Coast
Corliss K. Wessa aged 39 of the Santa Barbara police force died December 20 when his motorcycle collided with an automobile. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wessa former Middleport residents and left a wife and two young children. He attended Middleport schools and was brother to Mrs. Eleanor Sauders and Edison Wessa.
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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 urged that schools be organized democratically for pupils to learn democracy. He told the Ohio Education Association elementary principals department that many schools still run autocratically. He defined a democratic person as easy to get along with and living by let live while leading in one area and following in others. The tenure bill and retirement fund changes were expected to be discussed by the assembly tonight.
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Columbus
WUP
F. H. McNutt
Ohio Education Department
Ohio Education Association
McNutt
Association
China moves industry west to Sichuan hub
China launches a massive transfer of industrial resources into Western China with government help and foreign loans. Szechuan Province becomes the center of this new industrial setup as tensions rise with Japan over aid for machinery purchases.
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Chungking
China
U.P
United States
Great Britain
Szechuan Province
Shanghai
Hu t urges Senate to oppose Roosevelt third term
Sen Rush D Hut of West Virginia announced he has secured pledges from many lawmakers to back a resolution to put the Senate on record against a third term for President Roosevelt. He noted unexpected enthusiasm from Democrats as he plans to introduce the measure early in the new session, likening it to the 1928 Coolidge-era action.
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U.P
Rush D. Hu't
W. Va
Senate
Roosevelt
Holt
Coolidge
English Explorer Reynold Bray Dies in Arctic Trek
From Repulse Bay an Eskimo reported the death by drowning last September of Reynold Bray 28 a British explorer. Bray and Patrick Baird a nephew of Lord Tweedsmuir governor general of Canada entered the Arctic Circle on a scientific expedition.
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Repulse Bay
Arctic Circle
Igloolik
Here
Reynold Bray
Bray
Patrick Baird
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Non-Partisans May Administer Relief In Counties
President Roosevelt weighs establishing non partisan county boards to insulate relief from politics. The move aims to answer WPA criticism and curb calls for a WPA investigation. Senators Glass Vandenberg Bailey Byrd and Smith back restoring state control. committee plans to release findings Jan 2 ahead of Congress session.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Carter Glass
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Josiah Bailey
N. C
Harry F. Byrd
Ellsworth D. Smith
Zona Gale Dies at 64 a Pulitzer Prize Writer
Chicago dispatch reports Zona Gale Breese 64 novelist playwright lecturer and essayist died last night of pneumonia. Born August 26 1874 in Portage Wisconsin she wrote Miss Lulu Bett which won the 1921 Pulitzer and was later dramatized.
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Chicago
Zona Gale Breese
Debutante Brenda Frazier Costs 75000 at Ritz Carlton Ball
Brenda Frazier, touted as the year’s richest debutante, debuted at the Ritz Carlton in a $75,000 party that drew about a thousand guests. The event featured four champagne bars and a parade of $3,000,000 in orchids and diamonds as Miss Frazier and her mother greeted attendees amid media attention and a large inheritance dispute.
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New York
U.P
Brenda Diana Duff Frazier
Ritz Carlton Hotel
Frederic Watriss
Miss Frazier
Clara Duff Frazier
Mussolini Builds War Readiness as France Looms
French papers report Mussolini accelerating Italy’s military program amid looming events. He is alleged to mobilize army and air reservists for duty and press navy war footing while boosting munitions production, with Oeuvre citing a Moslem uprising threat against Britain if Chamberlain backs France against Italy.
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Paris
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Oeuvre
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
France
Farley Reports $43 Million Deficit at Post Office
Postmaster General Farley disclosed a 1938 fiscal year deficit of $43,811,566.08 for the Post Office Department ended June 30. He attributed the shortfall to non postal items like airmail subsidies and free services to Congress, federal departments, and blind persons, noting non postal costs totaled $48,224,377.95 and postal operations were profitable by $4,412,?85.
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Washington
U.P
Farley
Post Office Department
Fire destroys multiple inns in subzero blaze in Minnesota
International Falls investigators say a massive early morning fire displaced over 100 people as two hotels two barrooms and two cafes burned in subzero conditions. Damages are estimated near 100000 dollars in what authorities call one of the city's worst fires.
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International Falls
Minn
Refinery Hit by Blaze in Port Arthur
An explosion at the Atlantic Petroleum Company refinery in Port Arthur set a polymerization unit on fire. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Atlantic Petroleum Company
Cold Weather Grips Ohio Amid Rising Temperatures Forecast
A three month old, Barbara Cohen, drowned after her mother fainted during a bath. Firemen failed to revive her. Ohio braces for a bitter cold wave Thursday night with blizzards forecast for the Plains States spreading east. Snow and high winds threaten Northeastern Ohio while water service faces disruption in Toledo and Sandusky. Temperatures around the state hover near or below freezing as polar air moves southeast from the Mackenzie Basin.
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U.P
Barbara Cohen
Lillian Cohen
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Chicago
Cuyahoga
Lake and Geauga
Highway Department
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Sandusky
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Lake Erie
Dayton
Lake Coun Ty
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
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Rockies
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Texas
Florida
Pacific Coast
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Missouri Valley
Wyoming
North Central
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Upper Michigan Peninsula
Manistique
Mich
mid-South
Kansas City
Minet
Devils Lake
N. Bd
Bemidji
Minn
Duluth
Rebels Claim Advance Along 60 Mile Front
Rebels report progress in Franco's end of war offensive along a 60 mile front. The northern wing of 300000 insurgents swept the Montsech range southeast of Tremp capturing Alps De Balaguer and Masana and prepared to attack Artesa De Segre, with aims to cut Catalonia and reach the coast. The operation seeks to split Catalonia and push toward Barcelona.
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Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Montsech
Tremp
Alps de Balaguer
Masana
Artesa de Segre
Catalonian
See No More Nazi Attacks See No More Nazi Attacks
Berlin reports continued silence as the United States State Department rebuked a Nazi protest over attacks on the Third Reich. Interior Secretary Ickes signals diplomatic calm, predicting Washington rather than Berlin would spark a further strain in American German relations should the balance shift.
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Berlin
United States State Department
Third Reich
Ickes
United States
Washington
Tax Claims Filed Against Huey Long Associates
The Treasury seeks more than 100000 in income taxes from Abraham L. Shushan and Seymour Weiss, associates of the late Huey Long. A hearing before the U S Board of Tax Appeals in New Orleans is set for January 20.
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Washington
Huey Long
Treasury
Louisiana
Kingfish
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
New Orleans
Abraham L. Shushan
Seymour Weiss
Columbus Surveyor Curtis Lattimer Dies at 52
Curtis C. Lattimer aged 52 longtime Franklin County surveyor for 18 years until 1937 died today in Columbus. He served on local county duties and held a noted role in public works.
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Columbus
Curtis C. Lattimer
Franklin County
AFL Claims Victory Over CIO Highlighting Strengthened Ties
Coshocton resident William Green, president of the AFL, declared the AFL has won its fight against the CIO. He cited record AFL membership and criticized CIO leadership for threatening a dictatorship and backing a black list of candidates. green warned the Democratic Party about the CIO’s presidential slate.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
A. F. of L
Green
CIO
AFL
America
John L. Lewis
Democratic Party
Estimates cut on Ohio unemployment eligibles
Columbus report shows unemployment insurance eligibles reduced from 300 000 to a range of 175 000 to 200 000 after day one registrations. Carl Hopkins cites low applicant turnout as indicating fewer unemployed statewide than prior July 1 estimates. About 3 000 turned down for ineligibility due to relief status or agricultural work. Madison district voters rejected a proposed three mill operating levy for the second time in two months.
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Madison
U S Delegates Return From Parley Satisfied With Results
U S delegates from the Eighth Pan American Conference sail home content with a unity declaration against foreign political or military interference. The Navy plans a good will cruiser visit to South America next spring. Cordell Hull lauded the accord though stressing ongoing work to strengthen it and achieve concrete gains. Hull and aides departed aboard the S S Santa Maria.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Washington
U.S
Navy Department
South America
Cordell Hull
Hull
S. S. Santa Maria
Nazis Begin Evictions for Jews in Aryan Houses
Berlin reports Nazi officials issued notices to Jews living in Aryan houses ordering vacate actions. The move enforces segregation by removing Jews from shared buildings and aims to concentrate them in a less desirable city district.
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Berlin
A.P
Jackson man killed by train near home
Hale Jack son Ballard, 25, of near Jackson, was killed early today when struck by a train near his home.
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Jackson
Ballard Hale
Governor Grants Full Pardon to Halt Deportation
John Vasil of Cleveland, a lakeside yacht club steward, received a full pardon from Governor Davey to prevent his deportation to Czechoslovakia. Convicted twice of robbery, his sentence had been commuted in 1924 and citizenship restored in 1933. The governor cited past crimes as redeemed by 15 years of lawful conduct and expressed sympathy for hardship.
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Columbus
J.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. The 48 year old will replace Ora Bh Chapman in the $6 000 a year cabinet post. Strain, born in Adsinn Missouri, grew up in the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Kenia and has been an officer in the Sheet Metal Workers International Union.
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Columbus
U.P
George A. Strain
Columbus Building Trades Council
American Federation of Labor
John W. Bricker
Strain
Ora Bh. Chapman
Dayton
Adsinn
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Xnenia
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Union
Humorist’s Brother Dies in Columbus
Dr. Ezekiel Gillilan aged 73, retired physician and brother of poet Strickland Gillan, died today in a Columbus hospital after a brief illness from influenza. He practiced medicine in Amesville and Columbus and ran a fruit farm at Oakland east of Circleville since 1921.
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Cincleville-Au.p
Ezekeial Gillilan
Strickland Gillan
Columbus
Debut at White House for Eleanor Roosevelt's sister
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt of Dedham Mass was presented to society at the White House. It marks the first debut there in 28 years and highlights a notable social event in Washington.
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Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hall Roosevelt
Dedham
Mass
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