Hoover Pushes Action on Finance Plan for Home Loans
President Hoover urged rapid congressional action on his finance program, emphasizing three pillars: Reconstruction Finance Corporation reform, Farm Loan Bank legislation, and the Home Loan Bank system. He toured year end briefings with lawmakers, highlighting home building as a key revival lever and noting savings deposit protections for 52 million holders.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Luce
Massachusetts
Building and Loan Association
Kempton Case Was Accident Accidental death ruled in Kempton case
Coroner L F Jones in Jacksonville ruled the death of Ward Kempton 39 an accident after he was struck by a car driven by Reverend G B Courtney 45. The driver and a second victim Noon were injured. Prosecutor John Bolin said the investigation found Kempton had been drinking and courtney would not face charges. An Ohio University chemist reported positive alcohol in Kempton’s stomach content.
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L. F. Jones
Ward Kempton
Jacksonville
G. B. Courtney
Chauncey
John Bolin
Courtney
Kempton
D. R. Clippinger
Ohio University
Firestone Sees Record 1931 Profits and Dividend
Akron based Firestone Tire and Rubber reports 1931 earnings of 4,028,630 in net profit on sales of 113,797,280, a strong rise from 1930. President Harvey Firestone says the year sets a record for sales and profits and anticipates higher business volume next year driven by higher mileage.
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Great
Akron Tire Company
Akron
U.R
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Harvey
Firestone
Salvation Army Christmas Program Draws West Union Crowd
Over 300 people attended the Salvation Army Christmas program at the West Union briny headquarters. About 200 children received toys, candy, and a visit from Santa Claus. The event featured 42 items including songs plays and recitations by the Girl Guards and the Sun Side organizations.
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Wise Atiena
Salvation Army
Saltion Army
Briny
West Union
Sante Claus
Girl Guards
Sun
Traffic violators tagged in Athens city action yesterday
Vehicles from Athens were tagged for traffic regulation violations. Dwight Rutherford was fined $1 by Mayor Robert Wood. Out of town offenders received warnings.
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Viva
Athens
Dwight Rutherford
Robert
Wood
Material Interests Will Not Influence Merrell in Ohio's 1932 Road Work
Columbus dispatch reports Ohio State Highway Director O W Bierreil rejects material interest influence on the 1932 program. Merrell announces a 24 111 900 expenditure plan for 851 19 miles of paving and resurfacing, after data collection by C L Moyer over 15 years.
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Merrell
Qohio
Columbus
State Highway Department
O. W. Bierreil
Ohio
C. L
Birinion Of Death and Encyclical Appeals In 1930s News
Arthur Brisbane comments on Japan in Manchuria, the Catholic encyclical Lax Veritatis, and a Paris guillotine execution of George Gauchet. He notes debt projections, tax ideas, and anti foreign-bond sentiments while detailing a public execution in Paris at dawn.
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Arthur Brisbane
Pius
Ephesus
Nestortog
Constantinople
Mary
George Gauchet
Paris
Place de la Raquette
Abroza
Banker Proves Bootlegger Too Banker Proves Bootlegger Too
Horvatt, former Bank of Binghamton president, plans to plead guilty to one indictment tomorrow as he is arraigned. He fled after the bank’s collapse of 2,500,000 and is accused of aiding a bootlegging ring while leading the bank. The bank closed last December amid claims it operated as a forgery mill.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Andrew J. Horvatt
Bank of Binghamton
United Press
Horvatt
Binghamton
New York State
John Cahill
John J. Bennett
Sheriff Aided Gang in Bank Holdups in Indiana
Two bank raiders charged Sheriff Ira Barton with aiding a Blackford County robbery plot. Barton was jailed pending investigation after the Dunkirk and Hartford City bank heists. The confessed gang said they used tips and payoffs, including $3600 of a $12,000 loot, to time raids and evade officers, with one member killed and others awaiting trial.
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Portland
Ind
Indiana
Blackford County
Ira Barton
Barton
Frank Valentine
Chicago Heights
Torenz Capelli
Steger
Dunkirk
Reinhold Fleuker
Racine
Wis
Albert Frobatta
Quits Big Match as Partner Flips on Defeat
New York December 29 1931 bridge star Oswald Jacoby stormed out of the Waldorf Astoria after resigning as Sidney Lenz’s partner in the Culbertson Lenz epic. He cited Lenz’s public criticism of his bidding following a key defensive misplay and left with a flat declaration that Lenz must find a new partner. Jacoby and Letts had previously trailed Culbertson by 250 points.
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New York
Oswald Jacoby
Waldorf-Astoria
Sidney Lenz
Jacoby
Mr. Lenz
Democrats Split Over Presidential Plans in Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 3, two events shaped the Newton D. Baker for President movement. Baker stated he would not serve as a delegate at the next Democratic convention, a surprising move for a long-time attendee. Meanwhile the Cuyahoga County Presidential Delegation pledged to Governor George White to vote early in balloting.
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Cleveland
U.P
Newton D. Baer
Baker
Cuyahoga County
George Whits
League of Nations Washed Up By Japs-Rogers
In Shanghai Fapera and the Japanese advance are described as marching on China, with a cocky note that Japan’s war pace matches a schedule and the League of Nations is mocked as being humbled. The piece frames Japan’s expansion as extensive and timely around Christmas.
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League of Nations
Japs — Rogers
Fapera
Chinchow
Oklahoma
Will
Nation Urged To Cooperate With League
Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, told 3,000 at a Winchester memorial dinner that only a return to Woodrow Wilson’s faith in humanity can save the world. He urged sympathy and cooperation with the League of Nations and the World Court, noting the United States will eventually join. He warned the world is full of sore spots that could flare into war, and Wilson’s covenant offers a substitute for war fitting the new era.
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Winchester
Ind
Woodrow Wilson
Newton D. Baker
Wichison
Wison
United States
League of Nations
World Court
Baker
League
Weson
America
Europe
Wilson
Sun Spots in Radio Activity Are Discussed
Washington D C December 29 Dr Harlan T Stetson director of Pettina Observatory Ohio Wesleyan University told fellow members of the American Astronomical Society that solar activity does not change with transmission distance in radio reception The prior work with Mrs G W Pictard showed an inverse relation between sunspot numbers and radio signal strength from Chicago to Boston A later study at Perkins Observatory Delaware O suggests similar results for Chicago to Delaware or to Boston Radio reception rose over 400 percent while sunspots fell over 50 percent in the two year observation period.
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Washington, D. C
W.phthe
Harlan T. Stetson
Pettina Observatory
Ohio Wesleyan University
Feflow
American Astronomical Society
G. W. Pictard
Chicago
Boston
Stetson
Perkins Observatory
Delaware
Bostom
Brooklyn Priest Earns Flying License in Christmas Flight
Father John J. Fagan of Brooklyn New York in a cockpit portrait secured his flying license. He began flying as a hobby and has logged 36 hours of flight time to date.
Seek To Rally Rural Solons To Wet Cause
Washington reports URRA campaigns to win rural members of Congress to a 3.2 percent beer plan through government distribution. The four point program includes selecting 3.2 percent beer, restricting to American products, and imposing a heavy tax to fund revenues, aiming to convert doubtful anti-prohibitionist lawmakers from farm districts.
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Washington
URRA
Congress
Senate
House
Representative Hall
Timois
Gandhi Leads New Activities in India Welfare League Talk
Gandhi told Indian and European members of the India Welfare League in Bombay that new ordinances to curb terrorism spark riots in Bengal and the Northwest Frontier Province. He called the measures inhuman and warned he would not cooperate with the government on its terms. He praised Sir Samuel Hoare as honest and frank, but said he could not promise further cooperation with the Indian Government under the latest ordinances.
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Bombay
Alma
Mahatma Gandhi
India Welfare League
Mahatma
Bengal
Northwest Frontier
Hoe
Gandhi
Samuel Hoare
India
Waitress Declines Suitor With $10,000 Offer
Mary Clowes of Perry County, now a New Lexington waitress, says she will not wait for W. G. Stanton, a Philadelphia beauty parlor proprietor, who offered $10,000 to marry her and her parents. She describes the Stanton offer as a mistake, noting she has written to others who made offers.
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New Lexington
Mary Clowes
Misco
Perry County
New Eagle
W. G. Stanton
Philadelphia
Stanton
Mary
Bho
Parry County
Not Enough on Hand To Provide Relief for Jobless, Workers Say
Washington observers report economists from 12 schools gathered to discuss global economic balance amid 1930s depressions. Speakers warn against reliance on quick fixes, urging a neutral advisory council and cautious national planning.
Two Held for Questioning in Killing of Girl
Cincinnati police questioned two men in the death of six year old Marian McLean. Charles Bischoff, who found the body in his cellar, and his brother-in-law James Devanney remain under examination as investigators pursue leads including a girl’s claim of a past assault and a witness who saw a man with a large bucket near the house on December 22. City chemist Otto P. Behner reported no blood on objects near the body.
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Charles Bischoff
Marian McLean
Cincinnati
Cheminta
Marian
Jamen Devanney
Bischoff
Allenants
Ruseelt Crump
Bischoff Tenement
Otto P. Behner
Suspension Of State Dry Officer In Ohio
Columbus December 25 U P E G Mathews state prohibition commissioner announced the suspension of C Borton of Kidney from his post as prohibition officer effective December 18. Barton said he was surprised and unaware of the removal. Mathews cited Barton’s policies as not in line with the department. Barton had met with Gov. While last night and had succeeded George A Bayham of Columbus who was dropped from the force after Clarence Searn of Chillicothe’s death. Searn’s succession followed Beaumont’s report of unaligned associates with the department.
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Columbus
U.P
Barton
Mathews
Baerton
George A. Baynham
Clarence Searn
Chillicothe
Beyham
Weather Righ Miami and New Orleans Scores
Miami reports 72 degrees while Jack shows a 5 reading. New Orleans Toch bow lists Battleford 4 White River 8 General, details unclear due to OCR.
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Miami
New Orleans
Union Leaders In Conference In Cleveland
Union chiefs met in Cleveland to fix a conference date and draft a program responding to wage concerns. Chicago discussions were expected to shape the plan, with a one to one and two percent wage reduction proposed and a longer work week debated. D B Robertson presided at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers headquarters.
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Cleveland
U.R
Chicago
Anne Lind
Unian
Brotherhood of Locomotive Piramen
D. B. Robertson
Railrowl Labor Union
Asnatiation
Toledo hosts Seventh Annual Congress of National Student Federation
Condemning military training at American universities and colleges, Richard Cadwallader from Lancing State University opened the International Relations Group session at the Toledo meeting. At University of Toledo delegates and about 800 students debated whether training fuels pacifism or warlike attitudes as the congress unfolded this week.
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Toledo
Souther Sprak
Goliece Troup
Dee
National Student Federation of Americaa
University of Toledo
Richard Cadwallader
Lanteing State University
Lewisx Leake
San Diego
Cat) State College
Cadwallader
Bank Inquiry Opens Into Toledo Banks Sweep Expected
Toledo officials prepare for a new grand jury inquiry into closed Toledo banks following a secret indictments report in the Security Home Trust Company case. The final report goes to Common Pleas Judge Charles H. Lemmon Thursday as Judge Roy R. Stuert plans to impanel a second grand jury within days for broader bank investigations.
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Toledo
Mec
Security-Home Trust Company
Common Pleas
Charles H. Lemmon
Roy R. Stuert
Impanel
Ex-Solon Dies. Irvine Dungan Was 87 in Jackson County
Irvine Dungan, longtime Ohio politician who shepherded a bill to rename the state college to Ohio State University, died at his Jackson County home. A Democrat elected to the state Senate in 1877 and to Congress, he later served on the Department of the Interior legal staff in Washington. He was 87 and a Civil War veteran.
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Jackson County
Ohis
Senate
Jackson
U.P
Irvine Dungan
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College
Ohio State University
Dungan
State Senate
Congress
Department of the Ier |Iterior
Washington
Cvi
Wounded During Raid In Cleveland Police Action
In Cleveland on December 2 patrolman William Cabak and Senky Geter, 35, were wounded in the knee during police raids on four alleged policy game houses. The raids yielded four arrests, but charges were rebuffed due to insufficient evidence.
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Cleveland
William Cabaiek
Senky Geter
Senate hears witnesses on relief and unemployment crisis
Washington witnesses describe a growing relief crisis as the Senate committee weighs two relief bills and federal aid choices. Testimony cites New York Chicago and Philadelphia as central, with estimates of unemployed up to 22 million and relief needs ranging from 360 to 70,000,000 dollars this year.
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Lapdig
Ie Preskiong da Mietalion
Eaeh
Oretorila
Alcovera
Finlera Agyropebtiany
Feayster Dia
Folletis
Hepublican
Windenaim
Clarence Hic Pickett
Hoover Glidl
Charmign
Tne Claymont
Ulinel
Pennaylyside
New York City
Chicago
Plane Missing Lieut Bobbitt Searched For
Maryland State Police investigated a report of a plane possibly belonging to Lieut Z 4 Bobbitt missing since Christmas Eve. B O Winkler of New Albany Indiana said he saw wreckage yesterday on the road between Keyser West Virginia and Redhouse Maryland, near where the craft was expected to be.
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Washington
U.P
Maryland
Bobbitt
Maryland-West, Virginia
B. O. Winkler
New Albany
Idi
Keyser
Redhouse
Senor Hig ‘Xapone
Selfridge Field
Mich
Te Springs
W. Va
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Elmer B. ‘Bryan
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Sam
White
Newton Baker
Cornelia
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Pennsylvania
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New England Power Company
Boxton
United States Chamber of Commerce
R. A. Tugwell
Columbia University
Solon
LVEE
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U.S. Bevinl
Albany
William Hobson
Social Welfare Council
Altowangaa
David A. Goldsmith
Jewish Charities
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