Norway Sweden Defy Soviet Warnings Amid Finland Aid
Sweden and Norway insist on neutrality while signaling increased unofficial aid to Finland. Denmark, Russia, and Britain react as Germany reports naval gains, and Chamberlain voices Belgium and Dutch support. Finnish fronts see bitter cold and Russian air raids. Japan delays parliament to February 1 as Yonai leads a cautious stance toward the United States.
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European Front
Sweden
Norway
Russia
Finland
Denmark
Moscow
Germany
Seahorse
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Belgium
Holland
Britain
Italy
Red v Army
Far East
Mitsumasa Yonai
Britain Rejects Security Zone Plan as Hitler Life Belt
Britain opposed the American proposed security zone ahead of a Panama note. London argued navies could not police the vast sea area and it could shelter German ships, increasing risks near allied and neutral shipping and provoking friction with the Americas.
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London
Great Britain
Panama
Daily Mail
Hitler
Britain
Planes Could Reach 500 MPH in Two Years
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics says 500 mile per hour sub stratosphere aircraft are two years away and speeds have jumped 100 mph in the last year. Dr. Vannevar Bush told a House subcommittee aviation research must expand to keep pace with Europe.
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Washington
U.P
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
United States
Vannevar Bush
House Appropriations
Subcommittee
Four Candidates Oppose Gov Long in Louisiana Primaries
In New Orleans four candidates challenge Gov K Long in the primaries as the state votes amid fraud charges and threats of violence. The contest centers on preserving the Huey Long era machine following federal prosecutions.
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Gov. Long
New Orleans
Louisiana
K. Long
Huey Long
Warrants Issued for KKK Horse-Whippers
J Henry Jeannes head of the State Constabulary announced warrants had been issued against 13 or 14 Ku Klux Klan members for horse-whipping an automobile mechanic who allegedly failed to give Christmas presents to his wife and child in Columbia South Carolina.
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Columbia, S. Co
U.P
J. Henry Jeannes
State Constabulary
Ku Klux Klan
Can't Stand Losing Joan Tries Death by Own Action
Hollywood report says Joan Bennett's first husband John Marion Fox, 38, attempted suicide by swallowing 50 sleeping tablets in his rooming house after learning his wife wed producer Walter Wanger last Friday. He was found by a fellow boarder with no note.
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Hollywood
U.P
Joan Bennett
John Marion Fox
Seattle
Walter Wanger
State pays half of December relief costs
The State Welfare Department announced that the state will pay 999,226 of December relief costs, 50 percent of the total 1,998,451. This marks the first time under the current relief law the state covers half the cost. County allocations include Athens 8,690 Hocking 1,964 Perry 1,237.
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Columbus
U.P
State Welfare Department
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Aged Meigs County Man Dies at Family Home
POMEROY Ohio Thomas P Stobart 71 died this morning at the Antiquity family home Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 AM at the Methodist Church Interment Plants Cemetery He is survived by widow Sarah and seven children John R Racine Kelly Warwood W Va Lizzie Beegle Parkersburg Cora Buck Arthur Antiquity Ben Racine Fay Beegle Columbus Two children preceded him in death
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Pomeroy
Thomas P. Stobart
Antiquity
Methodist Church
Plants Cemetery
Mr. Stobart
Sarah Stobart
John R
Racine
Kelly
Warwood
W. Va
Lizzie Beegle
Parkersburg
Cora Buck
Arthur Stobart
Ben
Fay Beegle
Columbus
Law ruling overturns window price display ban
A Common Pleas Judge declared unconstitutional the state provision that barred a bartender from posting his price list in the shop window, affecting Cincinnati bar operations.
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Alfred Mack
Pedestrian Killed in Cleveland Traffic Crash 1940
John Ogri zek, 58, became the first pedestrian fatality in a Cleveland traffic accident in 1940. He died today.
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Cleveland
John Ogrizek
Ohio in Winter Grasp Deepens Across Northeast
Ohio shivered under another blast of bitter cold and heavy snowfall. Cleveland faced a blanket of snow delaying travel while temps fell from 19 degrees at midnight to 13 by mid morning. Snow plows and salting crews were deployed in Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties as the storm spread.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Cleveland
State Highway Department
Cuyahoga
Geauga
Chinese Leader Offered Peace on Japanese Terms
Wang Ching Wei, heading a Japanese dominated central Chinese government, telegraphed Chiang Kai-Shek offering him peace on Japanese terms. The move signals potential reconciliatory diplomacy amid ongoing conflict in China and war with Japan.
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Shanghai
Wang Ching- Wei
Chiang Kai-Shek
Additions to School House Laboratories and Class Rooms
Athens High School opened its expanded spaces to 700 spectators at a PTA open house despite two main fuses burning out causing temporary darkness. Visitors viewed new home economics, foods labs, clothing, and demonstration rooms, plus a revamped science wing including a chemistry lecture room, physics lab, and a modern general science space with a dark room.
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Athens High School
Food Laboratory
Bricker and WPA Official Renew Fend
Governor John W. Bricker continued criticizing Col. F C Harrington head of WPA. He said the federal relief program is politicized and Ohio bears an unequal share, citing Cleveland as discriminated against and urging proper application of relief law with full cooperation from Ohio officials.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
Ohio
Bricker
Cleveland
Colonel Harrington
Washington
John Owens
CIO
Ohio seeks 4 percent cap on interest by amendment
A proposed constitutional amendment would restrict the legal interest rate in Ohio to four percent per year on loans notes bonds or other financial deals. The legislature could authorize up to five percent with passed laws. The measure was submitted to Secretary of State Earl Griffith for approval by a Cincinnati committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Earl Griffith
Cold Weather Hampers Atlanta Firefighters
Firemen fought a three alarm blaze downtown Atlanta as severed gas lines threatened to spread. Cold weather froze water sprayed on nearby buildings, hampering efforts to contain the fire.
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Atlanta
Mrs Clara Humphrey Dies After Heart Attack
Mrs Clara Belle Humphrey, 71, died at home Monday evening after heart trouble. A Johns Hopkins trained nurse, she worked in Baltimore and New York hospitals before returning to Ohio. Survived by husband G L Humphrey and sister Deette Pocock of Baltimore. Services Wednesday at 2 pm at home with burial at School Lot Cemetery.
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Clara Belle Humphrey
Humphrey
McConnellsville
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Shepard Mental Hospital
New York
Ohio
Athens County
Stace Sayers
Chauncey
Boston Harbor Drowning Tragedy Claims Three Youths
Boston police recovered a boy’s body and searched for three others still missing after ice on the harbor broke apart. Thirteen boys were stranded on drifting ice cakes. nine were saved while the three victims, on one cake, leaped into the cold water and disappeared.
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Boston
U.P
Boston Harbor
Taft Bricker Backed By East Liverpool Republicans
Eighteen district Republican leaders endorsed a national convention delegation pledging support for U S Senator Robert A Taft and Governor John W Bricker as first and second presidential choices.
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East Liverpool
ULP
U. S
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Miracle quadruplets born in Alabama cabin in near freezing weather
In Jasper Alabama a 36 year old mother gave birth to quadruplets in a two room cabin 18 miles from town. Dr H J Sankey delivered four girls with a boy unnamed, all fed by teaspoon and warmed by mother and fire, then moved to Walker County Hospital. The babies named Faith Hope Charity with safety pins for identification. mother and babies reported in good condition.
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Jasper
Ala
Red Clay Hills
Walker County
H. J. Sankey
Clyde Short
Alabama
Nauvoo
Marguerite Rowland
Wagner Plans New Industrial Relations Bill
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York said he would introduce new legislation in the Senate to improve federal conciliation services and stabilize labor relations to reduce strikes. The plan follows debates over the National Labor Relations Board and gains support from figures like William M. Leiserson, a former chair of the mediation board.
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Washington
U.P
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Senate
Wagner
National Labor Relations Board
Conciliation Service
Labor Department
William M. Leiserson
Labor Board
National Mediation Board
Mrs. Emma Welch Dies At Middleport Home
Mrs. Emma Welch aged 78 died at her Middleport home after an eight week illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 30 AM at Rawlings Coates Funeral Home. She was widow of C E Welch, daughter of the late Captain and Mrs Jacob Hunker, and was survived by a brother a niece and a grandnephew.
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Middleport
Emma Welch
Rawlings Coates
Welch
C. E. Welch
Jacob Hunker
F. G. Hunker
Frances Hunker Klein
Frederick Klein
Roosevelt reports relief spending by state totals up to 1939
President Roosevelt told Congress that of 12 930 201 033 dollars appropriated for relief since April 8 1935, 11 776 501 570 had been spent by year start. Federal relief outlay through 1939 includes Indiana 294 188 756 and Ohio 737 865 053 with West Virginia 160 971 535.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Swallows Poison After Writing Note to Friend
Columbus jewelry maker and Indian Springs Golf Course manager George C. Minister, 45, swallowed poison in a hotel room after writing a disposition letter. His body was found several hours later. A native of Vinton County, he was a business associate of a local firm.
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Columbus
U.P
George C
Indian Springs
Vinton County
Gilliland Resigns from Portsmouth High to Join Central College
W D Gilliland resigned from Portsmouth High School to become assistant to the president at Central College in Chicago.
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Portsmouth
W. D. Gilliland
Portsmouth High School
Central College
Chicago
Fire kills 300 in Shizuoka tea town blaze
A gale driven fire in Shizuoka's tea town raged 18 hours, leaving 50,000 homeless and 300 dead. The blaze was finally brought under control.
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Tokyo
U.P
Shizuoka
Figures Show Job Increase In December 1939
Columbus reports 20 981 job seekers in December the lowest for 1939 while unemployment benefits rise 11 percent to 1 341 880 plus 8 176 983 paid to over 41 000 claimants readjusted. The Bureau notes 12 848 placements last month with 97 85 percent in private industry and a 10 percent rise from the prior month.
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Columbus
U.P
State Bureau of
H. C. Atkinson
Bureau
Mine Operators To Halt On-Shift Blasting In Illinois
CHICAGO UP Officials of three coal mining companies prepared for negotiations with the United Mine Workers of America on the disputed practice of on shift shooting of coal veins in Southern Illinois mines. The companies agreed to halt on shift blasting to avert a threatened walkout of 6 000 UMWA workers in 12 mines across five counties.
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Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
Ilinois
UMWA
Parole Board Frees 96 Inmates in State Prisons
The pardon and parole commission granted paroles today to 89 prisoners in the state reformatory at Mansfield and to seven inmates of the Women's Reformatory at Marysville.
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Columbus
U.P
State Pardon and Parole Commission
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Women’s Reformatory
Marysville
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FBI
Christian Front
Michael Will
Macklin Boettger
Francis Malone
John Wiebrock
John Graf
United Press
Pope Pius
Vatican
KKK
Joan
Meigs Co
Man
John T. Prout
New York National Guard
Virginia Reed
Parson
W. L. Humphrey
Enid
Okla
Taft
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