Proposal for Bigger Navy Sparks House Senate Clash
Washington. Chairman David I Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee opposes a $1.3 billion increase without converting existing blueprints into $1 billion of fighting ships. Chairman Carl Vinson of the House panel says witnesses testified 77 new fighting ships and 30 auxiliaries would justify the expanded tonnage, noting all but one battleship begun from the two year old navy bill.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House Naval Affairs
Congress
David I. Walsh
Mass
Carl Vinson
House Committee
Associated Gas and Electric Seeks To Reorganize
Utica New York Associated Gas and Electric Co filed for reorganiza tion under federal bankruptcy laws as the top holding unit in a nine hundred thousand dollar utility concern serving communities in the United States and the Philippine Islands. The action came after the SEC barred the Associated Gas and Electric Corp a sub holding company from declaring dividends or paying interest on a seventy million dollar note.
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Utica
N. Y
U.P
Associated Gas and Electric Comy
United States
Philippine Islands
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington
Associated Gas and Corporation
Middleport Woman Is Seriously Burned
Mrs. J. K. Searles of Pearl Street received serious burns when her night clothing caught fire from an open grate. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rice of Dickinson were notified of her condition. She is married to Tad Searles, a taxi driver.
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Middleport
J. K. Searles
Pearl St
Richard Rice
Dickinson
Two Women Die As Car Hit By Train In Jacksonburg Area
In New Martinsville West Virginia two women Mary Toothman 68 and Clif ford Mansfield 30 both of Jacksonburg were killed and three other Jacksonburg residents were injured when the automobile they rode in was struck by a train.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
U.P
Mary Toothman
Clifford Mansfield
Jacksonburg
Ohio 1939 Sales Tax Up 16 Percent Over 1938
Ohio total net sales and use tax collections rose 16 percent in 1939 to 46.5 million dollars, from 40.1 million in 1938. The automo bile tax revenue jumped 47.7 percent to 6.33 million, with chain oil stations up 37.1 percent and independent stations up 17.6 percent.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Nazi Air War as Britain Battles German Intrusions
British and German planes clashed over the British Isles with RAF intercepts and anti aircraft fire. Reports of severe aerial battles in Denmark and Finland accompany mentions of possible damage to the Hindenburg Dam and a Russian general killed in the Suomussalmi area. The Blue Book will publish Britain’s diplomatic failures with Soviet Russia, and Japan warned France over aid to China as 23 Chinese aircraft were destroyed near Kweilin.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
British Isles
Firth of Forth
Humber
Thames
Royal Air Force
Newcastle
Denmark
Hindenburg
German Jutland
Sylt
Helsinki
Webb Miller
Finland
Suomussalmi
British Foreign Office
Poland
Far East
Japan
France
China
Indo-China
Kweilin
Sand Run Resident To Be Buried Sunday
Hector Bell Priest 88 of Sand Run died at his home this morning. He leaves a daughter Florence Priest of Sand Run and a brother William of Washington DC. His wife Anna preceded him. Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 PM at Stout's Funeral Home Nelsonville with burial in Paine Cemetery near New Straitsville. Friends may call.
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Nelsonville
Hector Bell Priest
Sand Run
Florence Priest
William
Washington, D. C
Anna
Stout
Paine Cemetery
New Straitsville
Welfare Director Says Funds Ready for January Relief
State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced in Columbus that Ohio will assume full administration of Athens County relief if local officials miss next Monday's food order deadline. Auditor C. O. Gibson put the county relief fund deficit at about $10,000 while Shafer contends funds are insufficient.
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Charles L. Sherwood
Columbus
State of
Ohio
Athens County
Sherwood
Athens
Fred C. Shafer
C. O. Gibson
Shafer
United Press
Dispatch
State Welfare
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Gibson
Joseph Ferguson
Ferguson
Pilot Survives Flaming Plane Crash Over Miami Crowd
A sky-writing plane caught fire and crashed into a vacant lot in downtown Miami. Pilot Art Davis escaped by parachute as large crowds watched from the streets during midday.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Art Davis
Otters Plan To Restore Southeast Ohio Forests
Logan Chamber of Commerce manager James D. Wells told a joint congressional forestry committee in Madison Wisconsin to back a four point program for Southeastern Ohio economic rehabilitation. Recommendations include funding for fire protection of forest lands and Wayne National Forest purchases, a major reforestation effort paid by federal funds, and expanded Clarke McNary extension and research support.
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Logan
James D. Wells
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Congressional Committee On Forestry
Madison
Wis
Ohio
Wells
Clarke McNary
Wayne ‘National Forest
Famer
Clarke-McNary
Fede Ul
Hull Defends Reciprocal Trade Program in Congress
Secretary of State Cordell Hull defended the reciprocal trade agreements program as essential to avoid economic chaos and war. He warned abandonment would repeat protectionist errors and urged extension of the act, while facing Republican opposition and objections from manufacturers and farmers.
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Hull
Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
German Liner Ussukuma Scuttled and Crew Imprisoned
The 7834 ton German liner Ussukuma out of Hamburg was scuttled after interception by a British warship in the South Atlantic. Her crew was taken aboard the British vessel and landed at Cape Town. Germans were sent to Pretoria for internment as Allied sources report Hitler ordered hundreds of ships to try returning home.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Ussukuma
South Atlantic
Hamburg
Pretoria
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Relief Problem Will Continue
State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood told a radio audience that relief costs will persist for the foreseeable future and urged state and local budgets to include relief spending. He backed decentralizing the federal work relief program to align with aid for the aged and dependent children, saying it would cut administration costs.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Hospital Patient Unaware of Wife's Death Before Discharge
Frank Mathias of Rockbridge was to be discharged from a Columbus hospital after cataract surgery. He had not been informed by Wednesday of his wife’s death the previous Sunday, which occurred on his 80th birthday. Funeral plans await his return home.
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Logan
Columbus
Frank Mathias
Rockbridge
Blast Sinks Unknown Ship Off British Coast
An explosive blast sank an unidentified vessel off the East Coast of Britain. A coastal lifeboat responded to the scene as crowds gathered on clifftops to witness the event.
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British Coast
London
U.P
House Studies Appropriation For Defense
The House opened the first appropriation bill of the session at 267 million dollars for national defense and trimmed the bill by about 4.8 million. President Roosevelt urged restraint to keep within an 8.424 billion 1941 spending plan and avoid increasing the 45 billion national debt limit. A joint 24-member committee was sent to rules to study the budget after Senate approval.
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Washington
A.P
House
Appropriations
Roosevelt
Congress
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate
River Still Favorable For Middleport Skaters
River remains suitable for ice skating on the Ohio River at Middleport. A flood light near the Haptonstall home provides ample illumination as snow is cleared from a new pavilion, making ice skating the region’s major sport.
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Middleport
William Haptonstall
Nazi Raiders Repulsed In Bombing Attempt
London reports German planes tried to strike the Newcastle area and key targets along the Firth of Forth and rivers Humber and Thames but were repulsed by Allied air defenses.
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London
Newcastle
Firth of Forth
Humber
Thames
Air Ministry
Southerners Plan Filibuster Against Anti Lynching Bill
Southern Senators vow a lengthy filibuster as the anti lynching bill advances from the House after a 251 to 132 vote. Critics warn of extended talks through Christmas while the measure seeks Senate consideration. it imposes penalties on officers failing to shield prisoners from mob violence. Judge Charles B. Zimmerman of the Ohio Supreme Court announces re election bid for a six year term starting January 1 1941.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Columbus
Charles B. Zimmerman
Ohio
Supreme Court Today
Zimmerman
Springfield
Three Bodies Found After Mine Explosion At Pond Creek Bentley
Rescue teams faced dangerous conditions as 60 men worked to reach entombed miners. Three bodies recovered overnight while crews fought toxic air and potential gas pockets in the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal No. 1 Bentley mine near Bartley, 20 miles south of Welch.
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Bartley
W. Va
Pond Creek Pocahontas
State Mining Department
W. C. Sturgill
Ager
Coal Company
No. 4
Pond Creek
Opie Casteel
Welch
Youth Admits Attempted Gas Station Holdup
Arthur Trader an 18 year old Meigs County youth confessed to police that he attempted to rob the L D Davis service station near Pomeroy using a stocking cap and a toy pistol. He was arrested after officers traced his car toward Long Bottom and found the toy pistol and cap.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Trader
Meigs County
CCC
L. D. Davis
Davis
Tuppers Plains
Coolville
Long Bottom
Gue
Ere
Guardians Oppose Quints World Fair Exhibition
Judge J A Valin head of the Dionne quintuplets guardians says he is emphatically opposed to exhibiting the quints at the New York World's Fair next summer. Parents Dionne reportedly favor the idea while Dr Allan Roy Dafoe declines to state a position.
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North Bay
Ont
U.P
J. A. Valin
Dionne Quintuplets’ Board of Guardians
Papa
Mama Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Ohio Roads Hazardous After Snowfall
The State Highway Department reports Ohio roads hazardous after a three inch snowfall. Snow in many areas turned to rain and then froze, creating slick conditions statewide.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Bandit killed as nitroglycerin explodes after bank robbery
Forrest Miller 25 a Reesville WPA worker ex convict died in a car crash and nitroglycerin explosion after a Port William Banking Co robbery. He fled with $324 but $4.41 remained. Police say he triggered the blast when escape looked hopeless. Miller had two prior prison terms for bank burglary and robbery. The chase ended one and a half miles from Clinton County village of 300.
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Wilmington
U.P
Forrest Miller
Reesville
WPA
Miller
Port William Banking Co
Port William
Clinton County
H. H. Hiatt
Hiatt
Ler
Sabina
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio
Group Seeks Pension Hike From Bricker
A committee of the State Federation of Labor and the Fraternal Order of Eagles asked Governor Bricker to consider a special session to amend Ohio old age pension laws to a $40 maximum monthly payment, up from $30. They also urged creation of a bi bipartisan council to administer the pension laws.
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Columbus
U.P
State Federation of Labor
Order of Eagles
Bricker
Brickner
Roy Gardner Ends His Life In San Francisco Hotel
Roy Gardner once called the last of the train robbers died by suicide in a San Francisco hotel. He planned the act with care, leaving four bags packed with 50-cent tips, a Do Not Disturb sign, and a poison gas warning on the door before he sealed himself in and ingested cyanide.
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San Francisco
U.P
Roy Gardner
Jesse James
State Health Officials Check Hocking Schools
Ohio Department of Health experts Morrison and Smucker visited Hocking County to consult with Dr. Lacock on school health concerns. They conduct a survey of school buildings to determine if carbon monoxide could develop in classrooms under certain conditions.
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Logan
B. Morrison
P. L. Smucker
Occupational Disease Laboratory
Ohio Department of Health
Hocking County
W. B. Lacock
Morrison
Mr. Smucker
Ida Wolf Dies at 78 in Racine Home
Funeral services for Ida Wolf age 78 who died at her Racine home last night are not yet arranged. She had no close relatives.
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Racine
Ida Wolf
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