Padded Hotel Bills Admit During Probe in Canton
The Senate graft committee heard testimony that receipts for Canton hotel stays tied to a Liquor Department supervisor involved in 1936 electioneering were forged. Joseph Maiden Jr. confessed unknown receipt changes from the McKinley and Ritz Hotels while expenses exceeded 200 dollars. Governor Davey urged a joint legislative session to probe state departments, with a 7 15 broadcast.
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Columbus
UWP
Senate
Canton
Liquor Department
Joseph Maiden, Jr
Lorain
McKinley
Ritz
Maiden
James Metzenbaum
Cleveland
Antlers
Davey
Proram
Leader of Chinese Catholics is Slain
Loh Peh Hong a prominent Chinese Catholic leader and wealthy businessman was assassinated in Shanghai outside his palatial home in the French Concession while awaiting his limousine. Authorities cited suspicions he was killed for his pro Japanese stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Loh Peh- Hong
Loh
Burns Fatal Fire Claims Two in Lancaster County
A fire that destroyed a home near Sugar Grove on December 8 caused the deaths of Mrs. Maude McCormick aged 58 and her son Otis McCormick. The blaze is reported to have started near Lancaster, Ohio.
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Lancaster
Sugar Grove
Maude McCormick
Otis McCormick
Knudsen to Testify on Unemployment Relief
William S. Knudsen of General Motors will testify before the Senate special committee on unemployment and relief on January 6 at the request of Chairman Byrnes. GM announced 30,000 layoffs and a shift to a three day 24 hour work week for remaining workers. The committee received letters from leaders noting a sharp business labor split over machinery impacts on jobs and relief needs.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Today
Senate
James F. Byrnes
S. C
General Motors
30 626 Names added to WPA rolls this week
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration relief rolls rose by 30 626 in the week ending December 18, the largest weekly increase of the year, bringing total WPA workers to 1 588 315. Eleven states posted gains over 1 000 while five states fell.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Georgia
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Texas
Michigan
California
Alabama
Kentucky
Pennsyl
Ohio Social Security Benefits Reach 137000 in 1937
More than 137000 Ohioans received Social Security benefits in 1937. About 105000 aged persons received roughly 27920000 with half funded by federal and half by state. The federal board approved 3848585 for old age pension, aid to dependent children and blind programs for 1937 first quarter. Nearly 40000 dependent children received funds, indigent blind totals reached 789400, average 18.46 monthly. Hospitalization and treatment for 2500 crippled children cost 445000.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal Social Security Board
Washington
Treatment of Cancer and Paralysis Made Easier
Dr. W. M. Stanley of the Rockefeller Institute announced isolation of a chemical substance linking living and non living matter. The finding aims to advance cancer and virus disease research including influenza. He discussed the discovery before the American Association for the Advancement of Science which awarded him a $1,000 prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
W. M. Stanley
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research Today
Stanley
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Trucker Burns in Salem Fire After Crash
William Weihe of Akron, 40, was seriously burned when his tractor trailer overturned and caught fire near Salem on Wednesday night. Merchandise worth several thousand dollars was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
U.P
William Weihe
Akron
Burns cause death of Charles Bolinger at Richmond hospital
Charles Bolinger aged 43 died in a Richmond Indiana hospital from burns suffered when a stove he was firing at his farm home near Eaton exploded on Wednesday. He died today.
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Eaton
Charles Bolinger
Richmond
Ind
Here
Twin Births in Camden Hospital Night Spree
Mrs. Sarah Frazier and Mrs. Daisy Williams both summoned doctors in Camden. West Jersey Hospital received both calls just before 7 pm. Within an hour and five minutes Mrs. Frazier delivered twins, and fifteen minutes later Mrs. Williams delivered twins, a girl and a boy.
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Camden
N. J
Sarah Frazier
Daisy Williams
West Jersey Hospital
CIO Leader Urges Ohio Public Works Plan
Columbus report says John Owens of the Ohio Committee for Industrial Organization urged a 10 year 150 million state public works program financed by a state income tax to relieve unemployment. He called for the House approved 12 million relief bill to be enacted promptly but said it would be temporary until a permanent jobs plan is agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Owens
Ohio Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio
Dole
Owens
Senate
Paris Strike Ends After Government Pressure
Paris municipal workers called off a paralyzing strike that halted subways and buses and risked vital services. The Popular Front government threatened to use army engineers to break the walkout, prompting leaders to return to work in the early morning. Public backing appeared minimal and the outcome uncertain.
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Paris
O.P
Popular Front
Panay bombing findings backed by newsreel footage
New York UPI reports a naval board of inquiry into the Panay bombing was supported by film captured by Norman Ailey. A Universal Newsreel preview shows the American flag near the sternpost visible to the attacking Japanese planes, with diving planes in the same frame.
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New York
U. S. Naval Board of Inquiry
Norman Ailey
Universal Newsreel
Three Judges Rule Slayer Insane in Grafton Killing
In Elyria Ohio three common pleas judges ruled Alexander Manoff a 21-year-old hitch-hiker from West Homestead Pennsylvania insane in the lavish slaying of a Grafton girl and ordered commitment to the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane.
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Elyria
Common Pleas
Alexander Manoff
West Homestead
Grafton
Lima State Hospital
Mrs Roosevelt Returns From Seattle Christmas Visit
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Washington by plane at 4 10 a m after spending Christmas with her daughter in Seattle Washington The First Lady traveled from Seattle to the capital by air to resume her congressional duties and public engagements.
Death Aboard Yacht Aaffe Shocks California Coast
In San Pedro a Coast Guard cutter tows the white yacht Aaffe to harbor after a gunshot killed Dwight Faulding, Santa Barbara hotel owner. The vessel, with eight aboard including a child, had drifted days at sea. FBI awaits arrival as Coast Guard reports confirm a foul play motive.
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San Pedro
Cal
U.P
Aaffe
Pacific
Coast Guard
Perseus
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dwight Faulding
Faulding
Santa Barbara
Gertrude Turner
Robert Tufor
Goleta
Jack Morgan
Los Angeles
Elsie Berdan
George Sternack
Robert Horn
Youth Bitten By Dog Sought In Sarasota
Police and volunteer searchers scoured Sarasota Florida for a boy whose name was not known after he was bitten by a rabid dog at a Williston tourist camp last Thursday. The dog died and tests showed rabies. The boy and his Illinois parents drove away unaware of the danger. Doctors warned hydrophobia if he is not found and treated promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Fla
U.P
Ilinois
Williston
Congressman Arthur Greenwoods Kidnapping in Washington Ind
Congressman Arthur H. Greenwood and his wife were abducted near their home in Washington Indiana on Wednesday night. A bandit hid in the back seat, emerged with a gun, robbed the couple and fled to the outskirts, but they were not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Arthur H. Greenwood
Bodies of Plane Crash Victims Still Missing
Coast Guardsmen renew search for two of three drownings after a plane sank in Lake Erie off South Bass Island. Nancy Howard, 42, of Lexington Kentucky, was recovered. Delbert Watkins, 30, of New Plymouth Ohio, and Albert Anderson, 45, of Sandusky remain missing.
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Sandusky
Coast Guardsmen
Lake Erie
South Bass Island
Nancy Howard
Lexington
Delbert Watkins
New Plymouth
Albert Anderson
Japan Offers Assurances To Great Britain
Japan provided assurances to Britain after the gunboat Ladybird was attacked on the Yangtze above Nanking on December 12, the same day as the Panay air attack. The note says Japan will study and implement measures to prevent attacks on the lives or property of British and other nationals and seeks full publication in Japanese papers.
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London
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Yangtze River
Nanking
Panay
Brooke New President of C. and O. Railroad
George D. Brooke long served as executive vice president of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Nickel Plate Railroads. He was elected president and board member of the C and O to succeed the late W J Harahan who died December 14. The ICC approved C and O acquisition of the Nickel Plate and Erie Railroads.
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Cleveland
U.P
George D. Brooke
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pete Marquette
Nickel Plate
C. & O. Railroad
W. J. Harahan
Brooke
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
Glouster Youth Dead in Hunting Accident
Richard Pettit aged 16 died in Columbus hospitals from a shotgun wound received in a hunting accident near Mechanicsburg. A companion Harold Burwell discharged the gun when he fell. Henry Cox, 17, of Glouster, was treated for a self inflicted hand wound and reported in fair condition.
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Columbus
U.P
Richard Pettit
Mechanicsburg
Harold Burwell
Henry Cox
Glouster
Kidnaper Marvin Wright Ends Life After Mother Alerts Sheriff
In Bonne Terre Missouri Marvin Wright 24 killed himself with a shotgun as Sheriff A A Bayles arrived at the Wright farmhouse following his mother’s arrest of concern over the Monday kidnapping of real estate dealer Kelly Robertson 46. Everett Cochran 16 implicated.
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Bonne Terre
U.P
Marvin Wright
A. A. Bayles
Wright
Marvin
Kelly Robertson
Ceslodge
Everett Cochran
Esther
Administration Bolters Rally Likely in 1940 Contention
Washington buzzes as Jackson widens attack on big business, courting liberal and progressive support for a potential 1940 White House bid. Rumors swirl that Roosevelt may back Jackson for New York governor next year and possibly president in 1940 on the New Deal ticket.
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Washington
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Senate
Robert H. Jackson
New Deal
Roosevelt
Congress
Jackson
Philadelphia
United States
Big Business
America
General Motors
New
NLRB Leaves Policy On Employee Voting In Union Elections
The National Labor Relations Board kept its policy allowing employees in a plant election to vote against representation by any labor group. CIO's Committee for Industrial Organization had asked for change ahead of Interlake Iron Corporation election in Chicago. A SWOC request sought to strike the or by neither option from the ballot.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Committee For Industrial Organization
Interlake Iron Corporation
Chicago
Ill
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
NLRB
SWOC
Eppley Resigns from Ohio Liquor Control Board
George Eppley chairman of the Ohio Liquor Control Board resigns effective immediately to take a position with a liquor concern.
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Eppley
Columbus
George Eppley
Ohio Liguor Control Board
Uguor
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Illinois
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New York City
Panay Films
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