Allies to send more aid to Finland says Chamberlain
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that further aid is en route to Finland. Britain and France have dispatched war materials including planes and are recruiting volunteers to fight with the Finns. He praised a Belgrade pact and affirmed a deep friendship with Finland, while denouncing German aerial attacks on British shipping.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons Today
Finland
England
Supreme War Council
Paris
Cerlain
Chamberlain
Romania
Jugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Belgrade
Europe
Rman
Russian Chute Patrols Still at Liberty
Stockholm dispatch reports Russian parachutists still at liberty operating in the Kemi River Valley in Mid Finland. Former Finns who fled after 1921 are believed among the group and ordered to mingle with Finns, gather military information and spread defeatist propaganda. Patrols have duties to blow up communications and harass isolated points.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.P
Rawiek Parses 2A
Kemi
Finland
Russia
Veteran Businessman Dies After Operation at Logan
Logan veteran businessman John Dillon Sanderson age 64 died at Cherrington Hospital after a major operation. He was 50 years a businessman and is survived by wife Lucy, son John Thomas Sanderson of Atlantic City, four brothers Paul Logan Edward Hillsboro Robert Washington D. H. and Herbert Nutley, two sisters Daisy Waugh Florida and Evelyn Braley Columbus. He was active in the Presbyterian Church and belonged to the Odd Fellows and Elks lodges. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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Logan
John Dillon Sanderson
Cherrington Hospital
John T. Sanderson
Lucy
John Thomas Sanderson
Atlantic City
N. J
Paul
Edward
Hillsboro
Robert
Washington D. H
Herbert
Nutley
Daisy Waugh
Florida
Evelyn Braley
Columbus
Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellow
Elks Lodges
Society Woman Jailed For Contempt of Court
Fremont report states Mrs Grace Slessman 56 Clyde society woman began a 20 day sentence in Sandusky county jail for contempt of court. She was found in contempt during Velma Baker Fink trial proceedings for the infant son slaying case last fall.
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Fremont
Grace Slessman
Clyde Society
Sandusky County
Velma Baker Fink
Lyde
Earle Named Minister to Bulgaria by President
Washington pre sident nominates Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania as minister to Bulgaria. The appointment was announced yesterday highlighting Earle's diplomatic posting potential.
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Earle
Washington
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Bulgaria
Ireland Stirred Over Hangings
Dublin mourned as martyrs after Peter Barnes and James Richards were hanged in Birmingham for the Coventry bombing that killed five Britons and wounded fifty. Mass meetings across Ireland denounced the executions and challenged Prime Minister De Valera's government with protests and prayers.
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Dublin
Eire
Peter Barnes
James Richards
Birmingham
Eny
Eamon de Valera
Cork
Coventry
Barnes and Richards
Salem Center Man To Be Buried On Friday
William Alonzo Hampton aged 82 of Salem Center died at home Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and three children Walter H Hampton Ida Kemp and Estella McKinney. Funeral Friday at 10 at Salem Center Church with Rev Bolton. Burial Old Pt Pleasant Cemetery near Pt Pleasant West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
William Alonzo Hampton
Salem Center
Walter H. Hampton
Carpenter
Ida Kemp
Columbia
Estella McKinney
Dexter
Rev
Bolton
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Magazine Publisher Captain Wilfred Fawcett Dies
Captain Wilfred Hamilton Fawcett 55 a former Minneapolis newsman and later a nationally prominent magazine publisher died in a Hollywood hospital yesterday. He rose from local reporting to national success in publishing.
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Hollywood
Cal
U.P
Wilfred Hamilton
Billy) Fawcett
Minneapolis
Federal narcotics sweep nets 13 suspects in Cincinnati
Federal agents terminated a three month Cincinnati narcotics probe by arresting thirteen men including a physician. All suspects identified as Negroes were taken into custody as the operation concluded.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Treasury reports $7.38 billion in circulation
The Treasury announced that money in circulation on January 31 totaled 7,375,813,451 dollars, down 222,329,612 from December 31, 1939. Per capita circulation stood at 55.99 dollars, a decline of 1.75 dollars from the prior month.
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Washington
U.P
The
Treasury
Two Confess Participation In Bombings
Police said two men confessed involvement in nine bombings of Michigan and Indiana power line towers and poles causing about 50000 dollars in damage. The confessions named John A. Marks of Michigan City and Frank Lang who said he and accomplices planned to bomb the Twin Branch Dam at Mishawaka with Parrish Freeman assisting. Freeman also signed a statement. Two others confessed in Flint to buying dynamite to blow a Midland gas main during a Consumers Power strike.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
Michigan
Indiana
John A. Marks
Michigan City
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Lang
St. Joseph
Mishawaka
Parrish E. Freeman
Freeman
Flint
Mich
Midland
Consumers Power Company
Extension of Trade Act gains House panel approval
The House Ways and Means Committee approved extending the reciprocal trade act for three years by a 14 to 10 vote along party lines. Democrats backed the bill to extend the trade agreements program, which expires in June, while Republicans opposed it. The committee also rejected a plan to bar future excise tax reductions, 14 to 11.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Election stakes seen in Midwest Big Four states
Analysts say Michigan Illinois Indiana and Ohio hold the key to a 1940 election shift. Democrats face losses from 1938 while Republicans defend 88 electoral votes, with New York and the Solid South as core supports.
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Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Washington
U.P
National Committee
Pennsylvania
New York State
New York
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
G.O.P
House of Representatives
Toledo Pastor Criticizes Coughlin Over Hitler Propaganda
The Rev. Walton E. Cole of Toledo denounces Father Charles E. Coughlin on a Detroit radio address. Cole says Coughlin and Social Justice editors portrayed Hitler as a bulwark against anti Christian chaos. He notes Hitler used propaganda to rally power, even before Stalin's actions became clear.
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Detroit
U.P
Walton E. Cole
Toledo
Charles E. Coughlin
Hitler-Goebbels-Streicher and Company
Cole
Social Justice
Hitler
Stalin
Chillicothe Couple Die From Ptomaine Poisoning
In Chillicothe, William E. Hedrick, 73, a Spanish-American War veteran, and his 76-year-old wife died within five hours from ptomaine poisoning. Dr. C. D. Leggett said tainted sausage eaten Sunday caused the deaths.
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Chillicothe
U.P
William E. Hedrick
C. D. Leggett
Bricker Won’t Call Special Session on Muskingum Conservancy
Governor Bricker in Columbus refused to summon a special session to authorize transferring Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District lands to the Federal Government. He proposed joint talks between district officials and federal authorities and left open including the conservancy issue in any later emergency or relief legislation.
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Columbus
Bricker
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy
Muskingum Conservancy
British Lightships Replaced by Floats in War Hazard
London reports that British lightships will be replaced by light floats after German air and sea attacks. Winston Churchill announced in the House of Commons that lightships were once seen as immune to bombing by civilized nations, prompting the change in coastal warning systems.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Unemployment Benefits Reach High Total in Ohio 1939
Ohio paid $23,662,121.45 in unemployment benefits in 1939. The fund balance as of December 31 stood at $132,486,623. Included in reserves was $5,148,325 from interest on contributions since 1937. Interest earned in 1939 totaled $2,837,726.
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Columbus
U.P
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
Senate Restores CAA Fund After Cut Vote
The Senate voted to restore a $1,000,000 cut from the Civil Aeronautics Authority's $28,000,000 appropriation. The panel had reduced maintenance spending from $12,000,000 to $11,000,000, but the final decision reversed the cut.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Senate Appropriations Committee
The Hundred Dollar Mystery at Miles of Dimes Dance
At the Knights of Pythias Hall in Gallipolis a Mile of Dimes dance raised funds for the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. A stranger paid with a genuine hundred dollar bill, later confirmed by banks as valid. no claimant has appeared. Mrs. Dexter entrusted the bill to Judge White for safekeeping as the mystery lingers.
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Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
Pythias Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Harry Dexter
Roosevelt To Salute Scouts Over the Air
President Roosevelt will radio in a nationwide salute to the Boy Scouts of America marking the 30th anniversary of the movement. The program begins at 10 30 p m with a brief address from the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Boy ‘Scouts of America
Youth, Victim's Wife Face Murder Charge
Bellefontaine UP Prosecutor J Ewing Smith said first degree murder charges may be filed against Donald Slater 18 and Mrs Minnie Jenkins 47 in the death of Fred Jenkins 56 a railroad telegrapher. Slater confessed to killing Jenkins and authorities plan to present the case to the Logan County Grand Jury next week.
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Fred Jenkins
Bellefontaine
Donald Slater
Miami University
Jenkins
Phil Kloss
Dayton
Slater
Merlin Jenkins
J. Ewing Smith
Minnie Jenkins
Smith
Miamisburg
Logan County Grand Jury
Albany Grange to Initiate 18 at Evening Event
Albany Grange will host Athens Grange on Saturday evening February 10. The first and second degrees will be conferred on a class of 18 candidates by Athens degree teams. Albany Grange members are asked to bring pies and sandwiches for the lunch.
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Albany Grange
Athens Grange
Athens
Mine blast in Belgium kills twenty six workers
A mine blast at Charbonnages de Monceau Fontaine in Marchiennes au Pont Belgium killed twenty six men and injured five others. The incident is reported by United Press.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.P
Marchiennes-au- Pont
Edna Best Divorces Marshall Then Marries Wolfe
British film star Edna Best obtained a divorce from Herbert Marshall, film star, and a few minutes later wed Wolfe, a Hollywood theatrical agent, in a rapid sequence reported from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
U.P
Edna Best
Herbert Marshall
Wolfe
Hollywood
More Canadian Troops Arrive in England
Canada sent its third contingent of active service force to England arriving at an undisclosed port and proceeding to Aldershot for training after a smooth crossing with only minor weather issues.
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England
London
U.P
Canada
Aldershot
State Board funds wage board for beauty industry
The State Board of Control approved a 15000 dollar appropriation to establish a minimum wage board to set wage scales for the beauty industry in Columbus.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
War News Signals Shift in European Alignment and Nordic Stance
Reports from U P and Berlin indicate Germany draws nearer Russia as armed shipments move up the Norwegian coast for the Finnish Arctic port of Petsamo. A Voelkischer Beobachter attack on France echoes German hopes to blunt British and French opposition while Finland says Russians suffer losses on Suomussalmi and Karelia fronts.
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Europe
Finland
Germany
Russia
Berlin
France
Nazi Party
Voelkischer Beobachter
Britain
Central
Taft Skips Illinois Primary Test in 1940 Race
Washington U P reports no popularity test in Illinois for Taft and Dewey. Dewey filed for the Illinois Republican Presidential Primary while Taft refuses to enter, citing the advisory nature of the primary and insufficient time to campaign away from the Senate.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Illinois
Dewey
Taft
Senate
Tax sales rise in Columbus area reports
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright announced that total sales tax collections through February 3 reached 3,103,816 dollars, up 10.8 percent from the same period in 1939. The release highlights improved tax receipts for the year to date.
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Columbus
U.P
Don H. Ebright
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Huntsville High School
Troy
Oral Slater
Covington
James Funkhouser
Huntsville
Lois Wagner
Chicago
Star
By Joe Alex Morris
United Press Foreign News
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
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Suomussalmi
Kuhmo
Karelian Isthmus
Mannerheim
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