Soviet Gains Reported in Finnish War
British defenses along the North Sea coast down German raids as two Heinkel bombers are shot down and a trawler crew repels attackers. Sweden vows retaliation for any foreign aircraft crossing its frontier as Russian advances press Finland near Viipuri and Taipale.
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Great Britain
North Sea
Sweden
Royal Air Force
Norfolk
Kinnaird Head
St. Abb’'s
Firth of Forth
Coldingham
Berwick
British Isles
Pajala
Red Army
Finland
Seven Democrats Enter Ohio Governor Nomination Race
Seven Democrats in Ohio have entered the gubernatorial nomination race with more potential entrants seen. James R. Marker announced his candidacy at a Versailles hametown rally as a pro New Deal candidate, opposing Governor Bricker. Other entrants include Harold Mosier James Flynn William Kennedy Herbert Duffy Lawrence Baker and Frank Dye with speculation about Martin L. Davey and George White joining. White signaled a possible run if Davey does not enter, citing a two way race as too personal and bitter. Reverend Herbert S. Bigelow also entered the field proposing pension and initiative amendments in a modified form. Charles Sawyer exited his 1938 bid, hinting at Davey’s possible entry while Davey’s aides kept silent amid mounting speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
John W. Bricker
Marker
Harold G. Mosier
Cleveland
James Flynn
Sandusky
William J. Kennedy
Herbert S. Duffy
Columbus
Lawrence Baker
WPA
Frank Dye
Martin L. Davey
Washington
George White
Marietta
Davey
White
Herbert S. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Charles Sawyer
Former Bund Official Sentenced for Perjury
James Wheeler-Hill, former national figure of the German American act, was sentenced in New York to an indeterminate term in the City Penitentiary for perjury before a legislative committee and the commissioner of jurors. The judge ordered a four to six month term.
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New York
O.P
James Wheeler-Hill
City
Wheeler-Hill
Russian oil slip reaches Constanza for Germany
The first Russian oil tanker since the Soviet regime arrived at Constanza carrying 10,000 tons of lubricating oil for Germany. Reservoirs to hold the oil were cleaned under German supervision as more ships were expected.
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Constanza
Rumania
U.P
Germany
Air Battle Reported Off Norway Coast
A heavy air battle between planes of unidentified nationality was reported today off the north coast of Norway. The encounter involved multiple aircraft and occurred over icy waters near Bergen. No details on casualties or involved nations were provided in the brief dispatch.
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Bergen
Norway
U.P
Cambridge High School Principal Harry Pine Dies
Cambridge resident and longtime educator Harry L. Pine, principal of Cambridge High School for 30 years, died today of a heart attack. He led the school through decades of change and served the community with dedication.
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Cambridge
U.P
Harry L. Pine
Cambridge High School
Graft Charges Filed Against Detroit Police
Detroit prosecutors announced 19 indictments against police officials and others for conspiracy to permit lottery and gambling and related gratuities. Duncan C. McCrea and Harry Colburn were sought. McCrea, a Senate candidate, was missing as arrest orders were issued. Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson led the grand jury proceedings.
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Detroit
U.P
Duncan C. McCrea
Harry Colburn
McCrea
United States Senate
Police Department
Homer Ferguson
Chester P. O'Hara
Cincinnati Motorist Sentenced for Fatal Driving Under Suspension
John Santen, 40, was sentenced by Judge Alfred Mack to one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree manslaughter for striking and killing two pedestrians while driving with a suspended license. His license was revoked for life.
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Cincinnati
U.P
John Santen
Ohio
Alfred Mack
Mack
Santen
Army Transfers 7500 Troops Into Streamlined Divisions
The army ordered the transfer of 7,500 troops today to form five new streamlined divisions into cohesive, mobile fighting units. This move aims to enhance rapid response capability and unit cohesion across the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
World's Tallest Man Birthday Today
Alton readers mark the birthday of Robert Wadlow the world’s tallest man at nearly 9 feet tall and about 495 pounds. He is noted as still growing and a medical curiosity.
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Alton, Ill
U.R
Robert Wadlow
Finns Call on Final Reserve in Defense Push
Helsinki reports Finnish men aged 45 and 46 were ordered to report for training and duty to join younger troops against the Russian army. The final reserve includes men up to 60. they will join sons among the 25 army classes now in defense forces. Exempted health cases from earlier calls face new examinations.
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Helsinki
Finland
U.P
Jones defeats Long in Louisiana gubernatorial runoff
Gov Earl K Long failed to win renomination by over 20000 votes as Sam Houston Jones captured the Democratic governor nomination. Jones also won the attorney general post by sweeping Eugene Stanley into office, ending Huey Long era power and signaling a legislature no longer rubber stamped.
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New Orleans
U.P
Earl K. Long
Kingfish Huey Long
Sam Houston Jones
Lake Charles
Long
Jones
Eugene Stanley
Huey
Louisiana
Not Washington's Birthday Says Rep Bloom in February Debate
Washington’s birthday is not Feb 22, claims Rep Sol Bloom. He argues Washington was born Feb 11, 1732 under the old calendar, which dropped 11 days in 1752, removing nine days from September and misaligning dates. Bloom cites records and historians to support the assertion.
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Washington
George 1 Washington
Sol Bloom
N. Y
Congress
Bloom
State Bribe Evidence Emerges in County Officials Trial
In Charleston Ohio and West Virginia the trial reveals money exchanges with county officials. John E. Greene, agent for Flat Run Lime Co., testified about bribe solicitations and payments tied to road maintenance machinery. Earlier witness James R. MacSwords said he paid $300 in two instances under parallel indictments.
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Athens County
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Harold J. Rose
John E. Greene
Flat Run Lime Co
Maccombs
Whitmore
James R. MacSwords
Southern Ohio Equipment Co
Zanesville
Maccombs and Whitmore
Greene
Dahl Released From Prison Camp in Spain
Harold Dahl an American aviator and seven other Americans were released today from a prison camp near Seville Spain Dahl a former airman fought with Republican armies and was condemned to death he was saved by Franco who later assured his wife of his fate.
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Madrid
U.P
Harold Dahl
Dahl
Franco
British Censor American Mail at Bermuda Incident
British marines seized 2600 pounds of American mail from a Pan American Airways Clipper at Bermuda on January 18. Pan American handed the matter to Secretary Cordell Hull, with Capt. Charles A. Lorber lodging a protest, marking the start of British censorship of U S air mail at Bermuda.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Bermuda
Pan American
U. S
Cordell Hull
Charles A. Lorber
Department of State
Auto Workers Awarded Compensation in Chrysler Dispute
About 27,000 workers in the 54 day Chrysler labor dispute receive nearly 3 million dollars in unemployment benefits. The Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission referee ruled that workers not directly involved in the quarrel could not be held responsible for actions directed by the union in three strike-bound plants.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Chrysler
New Turkish quakes kill 30 in Kayseri province
Earthquakes centered at Develi Kayseri Province kill 30 people and injure 22. Villages Soysalli and Siminogutch are destroyed while volcanic activity accompanies quakes in three summits of the Erciyes Mountains. The tremor’s center lies west of the December disaster region.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.P
Develi
Kayseri
Soysalli
Siminogutch
Ercias Mountains
Dutch Nazis Arrested in Amsterdam Training Stunt
Twenty four members of the Netherlands Nazi Party were arrested during the night in Amsterdam as they engaged in military training. Authorities said they will be prosecuted.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
U.P
Nazi Party
Lancaster birthplace of General William Tecumseh to be demolished
Ed Schleicher the owner announced the home where Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Lancaster will be torn down to make way for a new apartment building.
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Lancaster
Wu.p
Gen
William Tecumseh
Ed Schleicher
Walter Maccombs denies death report and calls for publication
County Commissioner Walter Maccombs telephoned The Messenger to deny reports that he ended his life, saying the death by own action rumor started in Nelsonville and spread widely. The article also details testimony from Greene about lease talks with Whitmore and payments from the Flat Run Quarry in 1937.
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Walter Maccombs
Nelsonville
Rose
Greene
Whitmore
Flat Run
Athens County
Commissioners’ Office
Unemployment Checks To Be Mailed To Miners
About 4 000 to 5 000 coal miners in the division are to receive unemployment compensation totaling over 100 000 dollars. Checks from the central Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in Columbus were being mailed, after a disputed claim over a mine shutdown was resolved. Lineups at the Zanesville and Millfield offices confirmed the payment, with individual awards ranging from 30 to 45 dollars.
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William Morris
Glouster
Herman Theisen
Millfield
United Mine Workers of America
Morris
Theisen
Zanesville
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau Ce
ColUmbus
McSscaret
Washington
Unemployment Bureau
Poll in Senate Indicates Hull Trade Program Will Continue
A Senate poll by administration leaders shows support for extending Cordell Hulls reciprocal trade program for three years by a margin of eight votes. The Senate is split 49 to 41 against ratification, with six doubtful senators. The House debates and is expected to pass the bill after fending off ratification moves.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Cordell Hull
Senate Democrats
House
Nelsonville Canal Route Gets Approval
A public hearing on designating the Canal route through Nelsonville as Alternate U. S. 33 drew no objections. Ray Steen of the State Highway Department attended, and preliminary canal improvement work is under way.
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Nelsonville
U. S. 33
Ray Steen
Marietta
State Highway Department
16 year old bride Violet Delaney Long released on bond
Violet Delaney Long aged 16, described as a child bride and mother of a two year old, was released on a $5,000 bond pending grand jury action after killing her 27 year old husband in Wheeling West Virginia. She testified she did not know the gun was loaded when she pointed it at him on his return from an errand.
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Violet Delaney Long
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeler Withdraws From Ohio Primary
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana will not enter the Ohio presidential primary. The move follows reports that Charles Sawyer may run as a stalking horse for President Roosevelt, and Wheeler had already said he would not enter any primary where Roosevelt’s name appeared.
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Washington-Au
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Ohio
Charles Sawyer
Roosevelt
Friends
Wheeler
Opening Night of Athens County Class B Tournament Color and Spirit
Six hundred fans fill the University Gym as six townships compete in the Class B tournament. Hollister, led by coach Irving Olsen, wears orange satin and knee socks and defeats Waterloo in a spirited opener. A large cheer squad from Ames-Bern and Shade, joined by many parents and faculty, keeps the crowd lively through the night.
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Athens County
Ohio University
Ames-Bern
Shade
Hollister
Irving Olsen
Waterloo
Mae Maynard
J. Kay
Katherine Pughline
Ralph Maynard
Mark Rothery
J. T. Mitchell
Annetta Hodgson
Louise Hodgson
L. F. Miller
Germans Prepare Ship To Dash for Freedom
German shipwrights began repairs on the Steamer Altmark under guard of three Norwegian torpedo boats. The ship is being readied for a dash down the coast to Germany amid potential sea combat and a possible new diplomatic dispute involving Norway Great Britain and Germany.
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Oslo
Norway
U.P
Isuard
Germany
Great Britain
Paris
Scandinavian
Norwegian
Armco to Build Addition in Middletown
American Rolling Mill Company announced plans to immediately construct a $120,000 addition to its general offices in Middletown.
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Middletown
A.P
American Rolling Mill Company
Two Die in Explosion at Triumph Explosives Plant
An explosion at the Triumph Explosives plant in Liye near Elkton Maryland killed two men and injured 14 others. Emergency crews responded and investigation into the blast was underway.
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Elkton
Triumph Explosives
Liye
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