17th British Warship Hit Nazis Claim
Germany and Finland report new triumphs as a German U boat torpedoed a 30 600 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship killing three men and causing damage. The unidentified ship is the 17th claimed destroyed or damaged since the war began. Soviet, Finnish and western front updates follow with claims of revolts, large troop moves and Maginot Line fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Finland
Europe
Berlin
London
Arctic
Kemi
Red Army
Salla
Karelian
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Maginot Line
WPA awaiting Athens County job schedules delays
Athens County WPA officials have not yet provided job schedules or sponsors' contributions despite being advised months ago. Dr. Carl Watson the state's WPA director said $1,358,724.23 federal and $243,634 local funds funded the county program in the first 11 months, with 751 people eligible for employment awaiting schedules. The piece also notes food shipments, political talks, and relief funding discussions involving Bricker, Phillips, Mees, and Sherwood.
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Columbus
Athens County
Carl Watson
Ohio
WPA
Watson
Dr. Watson
Clint C. Brunner
FSCC
Bricker
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Floyd Mees
Meigs
House Taxation Committee
Phillips
Roosevelt
the Plains
John Owens
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Charles L. Sherwood
Tenative death toll in Turkish earthquake may reach hundred thousand
Officials report massive destruction across Erzincan and surrounding provinces after renewed quakes near Giresun Trebizond and Malatya. Casualty estimates reach up to 100000 with thousands homeless and medical aid scarce amid subzero conditions.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Erzincan
Giresun
Trebizond
Turhal
Malatya
Black Sea
Urdu
Tokat
Sivas
Dénasia
Samsun
Plumer
Police Identify Murdered Girl With Red Rose
Los Angeles officers identified the murdered girl as Jerry Burns a 23 year old B girl from California bars who enticed customers to drink more. She left with a customer claiming he had a big roll and her body was later found in a coal yard. Police note she had possibly one or two ex husbands. Burns hailed from San Bernardino California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Jerry Burns
California
Miss Burns
Curly” Burns
Larry Brewster
Burns
San Bernardino
Cal
Gallia Red Cross to Send Clothes to Europe
Mrs. C. W. Booth Gallia Red Cross executive secretary arranges shipment of a dozen dresses and 20 sweaters from Gallia County to New York Red Cross headquarters. The garments valued at 72 dollars were made by volunteers with 45 dollars spent on materials for delivery to Europe via Poland or Finland.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Red Cross
New York
Actress Seeks Divorce From Dodgers President
Bridgeport Connecticut Arline Judge film actress filed suit for divorce from Daniel R Topping Greenwich president of the Brooklyn Dodgers football team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
U.R
Arline Judge
Daniel R. Topping
Greenwich
Brooklyn Dodgers
Finland Relief Drive Seeks Local Contributions Through Messenger
The Messenger and newspapers nationwide urge aid for non combatants in Finland via the Finnish Relief Fund. Contributions to Chase National Bank will be forwarded to Finland with no administration costs, aiding shelter and provisions for refugees amid bombing. Send funds to The Messenger in Athens as the local depository.
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Messenger
Finland
Finnish Relief Fund
Lexington Ave
New York
Chase National Bank
York
United States
Herbert Hoover
Red Cross
Union St
Athens
Roosevelt invites leaders of all faiths to White House talks on world peace
President Roosevelt said he will welcome religious leaders from all faiths to discuss world peace at the White House. He stressed liaison with the Vatican and U S Jewish and Federal Council of Churches leaders, and invited other church groups to seek talks on peace initiatives.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Vatican
U. S
Federal Council of Churches
Myron C. Taylor
U.S. Steel
Suspect Sabotage in Fire at Brass Foundry
Fire at the Revere Brass Foundry destroyed patterns and casting designs for destroyers under construction. Investigators suspect saboteurs started the blaze, which halted work at the plant and diverted output to Bath Iron Works in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Mass
U.P
Revere, Brass Foundry
Bath
Danish Ship Hanne Sinks After Mine Off English Coast
Berlingske Tidende reports 15 people lost when Danish steam ship Hanne was mined off the east coast of England yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
U.P
Berlingske Tidende
Hanne
England
Girl Burned To Death In Home Fire Traced To Kerosene Spill
Buffalo reporter says James Celotto 53 started a living room fire with kerosene. A spill reached Mary Celotto 12 in a bedroom and flames killed her. Celotto and two other children escaped with injuries while his wife 40 and two youngsters fled unharmed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
James Cellotto
Mary Celotto
Mary
Celotto
Aldo
Telo
Jennie Celotto
Tampering With Track Blamed in Train Wreck
The Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau ruled that the City of San Francisco wreck on Aug. 12 was caused by malicious track tampering. Investigators found a rail freed by removing angle bars and spikes was pushed over by a jack or track bar, killing 24 and injuring 115.
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Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
Safety Bureau Today
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Youth starts serving life term for murder in Colwell
Ian Warner Blewett, 17, began life at hard labor in State Prison for killing Dorothy Carter, 14, his sweetheart. Blewett was senior class president at Colwell High School while Carter was freshman president. He shot and clubbed her to death December 11 on a country road after attending a movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Ian
A.P) Warner Blewett
Dorothy Carter
Colwell
Quality sleep matters more than hours, says expert
Weston A. Bousfield of the University of Connecticut told the AAAS that the quality of sleep, not the quantity, determines how a person feels. He noted six or seven hours of high quality sleep can beat eight or nine hours of low quality sleep, and longer sleep increases chances of high quality sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Weston A. Bousfield
University of Connecticut
American Association For the Advancement of Science Today
Sisson Goes to Panama To Return Bank Bandit
United States Marshal C. H. Sisson of Nelsonville and Columbus travels to Balboa in the Canal Zone to extradite William Curtis a 19 year old from Summerfield Ohio wanted for a July bank holdup of the Commercial Bank of Lower Salem. Curtis was arrested December 17 when he left a transport ship for Army service.
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Columbus
U.P
United States
C. H. Sisson
Nelsonville
Balboa
Canal Zone
William Curtis
Summerfield
Commercial Bank of
Lower Salem
Borah Urges Deep Cuts in National Defense Spending
Senator William E Borah of Idaho demanded drastic reductions in defense expenditures arguing budget balance cannot be achieved without deep cuts. He warned reductions would be small in relief and farm funding and noted departments seek more funds while a reorganization plan adds staff in Washington and a $20 million agency cut was possible by $120,000.
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Washington
U.P
William E. Borah
Ida
Borah
Congress
River Pilots Protest New Type River Dams
Protest by river pilots and masters associations condemns the four planned Ohio River dams as death traps due to swift currents. United States Engineers favor the roller type dam and may push its erection nationwide. The dispute could reach the National Congress which authorized the dam appropriations.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka
United States
National Congress
Crash victim dies in Circleville collision
Wigginton 22 of Columbus died in a head on auto crash near Circleville on Christmas night. The fourth victim of a press dispatches censorship era was reported from Moscow via U.P. dispatches.
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Circleville
U.R
Wigginton
Columbus
Moscow
U.P
Relief funds eyed as Athens County weighs 25 thousand
State and county officials met at the courthouse to reconcile welfare and relief accounts with 25 542 30 dollars in funds and credit listed. WPA director Dr Carl Watson offered work for about 1650 county men for the first half of 1940 while surplus distributor Clint Brunner announced a broadened federal food program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
State Welfare Department
Charles L. Sherwood
Columbus
Gibson
Welfare Department
Edward Knaub
Ralph Gust
Fred Shafer
Shafer
Carl Watson
WPA
Nelsonville
Athens
Clint Brunner
Ohio
Edward Kanub
Ath County
Roosevelts Office Delays Miners Telegram Request
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt has not seen a telegram from Athens County Ohio miners asking for army soup kitchens. Welfare auditors review the relief fund balance of 8014.72 as of November 30 and investigate October balances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Athens County
Army
Works Progress
F.C. Harrington
Hoover announces third $100000 Finland relief gift
Former President Herbert Hoover, head of the Finnish relief fund, cables a third donation of 100000 to Finland. In Chicago, he says funds pour into national headquarters with no goal set, to move money quickly and curb civilian suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Finland
Hoover
Chicago
Young Roosevelt and wife injured in Virginia crash
Franklin Roosevelt Jr and his wife Ethel Du Pont were slightly hurt in a motor accident near Winchester Virginia while returning from the White House Christmas visit to Charlottesville. Roosevelt, a UVA law student, was in the car with his wife.
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Winchester
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Here
Mrs. A. J. Stormont Dies in Gallipolis at 81
Mrs. A. J. Stormont aged 81 died at her Gallipolis home after a long illness. She is survived by her husband Floyd and a daughter Rowena. Funeral services will be held Saturday at the family home.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
Floyd
Rowena
Long Feud Ends as Dionne Quints Rejoin Family
The Dionne quints will live with Papa and Mama Dionne and their extended family after the resignation of Dr Allan Roy Dafoe from the guardians. An agreement provides a grand mansion, a nearby school, and parental control of religious and scholastic education under Ontario government supervision. Dafoe remains as family physician.
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Papa Dionne
Dafoe
Dionne
Herp Asters
Ontario
Dr. Dafoe
Quins
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Yarmouth
Board of Guardians
Dionne House
County relief debt figures disputed by officials
The county calculates relief obligations at 39,624.49 while welfare auditors claim a top figure near 47,000. After accounting for December and January state aid and utilities tax excess, officials project a working balance of 25,542.30 to cover months ahead, with Shafer challenging the total.
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Shafer
Schools Get Added Funds
The Ohio state board of control released another $2,000,000 to the school foundation fund to cover local district deficits, after a prior $1,060,000 plus about $880,000 for teacher retirement payments in 1938. Finance Director Robert R. Baughan said the current administration has added over $10,000,000 more for schools than in 1938.
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Columbus
A.P
State Board of Control
School Foundation
Robert R. Baughan
Ohio farmers report better-than-average 1939 crops
The Ohio Cooperative Crop Service reports 1939 yields above average for most crops, with corn leading at a record 50 bushels per acre versus 44 in 1938. The gains span nearly all crops, with only a few minor exceptions showing weaker results.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Service
Girl Crash Victim Is Returned to Her Home
Betty Patterson eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Patterson was returned to her Chesterhill home from a Marietta hospital where she was treated for a broken arm and leg after being struck by an automobile driven by W E Miller of Chandlersville The child was on a bicycle Miller was taking his daughters home for Christmas from Ohio University students
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Chesterhill
Betty Patterson
John Patterson
Marietta Hospital
W. E. Miller
Chandlersville
Miller
Ohio University
Girl Dies in Crash Near Norwalk
Sixteen year old Edith Master of Cleveland was killed and two girl companions were injured when the automobile they rode in skidded off a road and crashed into a tree six miles east of Norwalk yesterday.
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Norwalk
U.P
Edith Master
Cleveland
Here
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