FBI Hovers as Ross Kidnap Murder Probed for Bodies
G-Men moved from headquarters with digging boxes in a search for Charles S Ross’s body after the kidnap and murder by Peter Anders. Hoover and Anders flew in by air to view witnesses in the Mattson case, while authorities question burial sites and possible additional victims.
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ST. Paul
Minn
U.P
Charles S. Ross
Ross
Peter Anders
Anders
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Chicago
Mattson
Charles
Washinton
Atwood Gray
Rockford
Gmen
G-Men
Florence Freihage
Sycamore
Ill
Suitor Shoots Young Mother in Akron Shocking Killing
Robert Snow, 27, was arrested after shooting Harriet Deger 27 and killing her in front of her sister’s Akron home. Deger clutched four year old Peggy Ann before dying on the frozen ground. Police say Snow confessed to the crime.
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Akron
U.P
Robert Snow
Harriet Deger
Erie Railroad Files Reorganizing Petition
The Erie Railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a petition for reorganization under federal bankruptcy acts. The move mirrors a Cleveland district court filing from Tuesday. The company faces about 10 million dollars in debts due January 1 to March 1 with roughly 2 million in treasury.
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Washington
Frie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S. District Court
Cleveland
Erie
Eighteen district gold medalists named for Prince of Peace finals
Eighteen district gold medal winners who will compete in the semi finals of the 13th annual Prince of Peace decla mation contest of the Ohio Council of Churches were announced in Columbus. The event is set for January 23 in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Prince of Peace
Ohio Council of Churches
President Roosevelts Business Group Conference Opens
President Roosevelt meets with 50 members of the administration's business advisory council to discuss his antimonopoly program and planned production. The debate includes the annual wage theory as a tool to boost employment and construction while opponents include CIO leader John L. Lewis.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
New Deal
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
The
CIO
Early Spring Seen For This District
Floyd McCollister of East Clayton killed a copper head snake in the woods near his home Tuesday. Weather prophets say this bodes early spring. Scott Bunion found a caterpillar Monday and noted an open winter as the woolly creature shed its black overcoat.
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Nelsonville
Floyd McCollister
East Clayton
Scott Bunion
Athens County Native Succumbs at Jackson
Dr. W. H. Monahan aged 87, a physician in Jackson for 63 years, was found dead in his bed. Born in Athens County he was an Ohio Medical College graduate in Cincinnati.
War Department approves funds for Tygart Dam construction
The War Department approved an allotment of 140000 dollars for continuation of construction on Tygart Dam two miles above Griffon Graf ton West Virginia.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Tygart Dam
Grafton
W. Va
Revival in Ozark Hills Tavern Draws Crowds
In Marquand Missouri Reverend Noel Bremmer an ordained Nazarene preacher teams with tavern keeper Murphy Myers for nightly revival at Murphy Myers tavern. The service runs 7 30 with patrons placing beer under the counter as Bremmer preaches to townsfolk who travel from surrounding hills. Myers plans to expand the tavern to accommodate the crowd.
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Marquand
U.P
Noel Bremmer
Dream
Ozark
Bremmer
Church of the Nazarene
Murphy Myers
Myers
Ozarks
Valencia Air Raid Kills 500 Children and Bombs Barcelona
London report via U P states rebel air raid on Valencia destroyed dental storage tanks and ignited flames seen for 50 miles. Six Nationalist planes also bombed Barcelona, killing about 40 civilians and injuring hundreds as sirens warned residents and ambulances ferried victims.
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London
U.P
Valencia
Esturia
Algiers
Barcelona
Unemployment at One in Ten Across United States
Secretary Frances Perkins reports that about 10 percent of workers are unemployed as the Senate unemployment and relief committee convenes aid hearings. During the first week of January some 1,162,000 people filed unemployment compensation claims as 21 states and the District of Columbia begin a new plan, with Wisconsin already paying benefits since August 1936. Social security officials estimate 11,500,000 people are covered by unemployment laws in 22 jurisdictions.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
United States
Senate
District of Columbia
Miss Perkins
Wisconsin
Dean Noe Enters 18th Day of Fasting in Memphis
Dean Israel H. Noe remains without food or water on the eighteenth day as authorities assess his critical condition. Doctors say the crisis could be two weeks away and note his reported weakness stems from influenza rather than the fast.
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Dean Noe
Memphis
Tenn
Science
Dean Israel H. Noe
Frustrated Kidnapper Attacks House Maid in Darien
A masked man attacked house maid Catherine O Connell at the home of Elmer F Huebsch after a failed attempt to kidnap the couple’s five month old daughter. O Connell was in serious condition under a physician’s care.
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Darien
Conn
U.P
Elmer F. Huebsch
New York
Catherine O'Connell
Fear Death List In College Fire May Rise to 44
At Sacred Heart College in St Hyacinthe Quebec the roll called left 44 missing students and teachers amid freezing weather as fire raged. Two bodies identified were Rev. Brother Jean Baptiste and Joseph Vincent. Coroner probes explosion reports while families search the morgue for loved ones.
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ST. Hyacinthe
Que
U.P
Sacred Heart College
Brother Jean Baptiste
Joseph Vincent
Paul Morin
David
Pawtucket
R. 1
Alexis
Woonsocket
Hugh Gendron
Richmond
Emile
Cromwell Backs Tax Overhaul with Sales Tax Plan
James H R Cromwell husband of Doris Duke urged elimination of estate and income taxes in favor of a manufacturers sales tax. He argued the current system is unfair as it taxes both luxuries and charities, claiming 75 percent of taxes fall on the poor and labeling the present scheme unscientific.
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Washington
U.P
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Robert L. Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
Cromwell
Chinese Chief to Join Japs Plans for National Cabinet
Chen Chung Fu, a noted North China leader, aims to consult the Japanese government on forming a Japanese-supported National cabinet to rule from Nanking. Observers doubt rapid success. Reports also say Japan offered new peace terms to Chinese ambassador Hsu Shih Ying as he returns home under Tokyo’s non recognition policy.
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Shanghai-Aup
Chen Chung- Fu
North China
Nanking
Chen
Japan
Hsu Shih-Ying
Toyko
Tail-less Airplane Tested at Cleveland
A tail-less airplane with the propeller on the rear was tested today at Cleveland Airport. The craft, described as using completely new principles of heavier-than-air flight, was brought from New Philadelphia, Ohio, where Tuscar Metals, Inc engineers designed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New Philadelphia
Tuscar Metals, Inc
Conservation Group Plans Big Program
The State Conservation Division will launch an extensive stream improvement program across Franklin Putnam Delaware Clark and Meigs Counties. Crews will build deflecting dams to create still water for fish propagation and plant trees along stream banks using regular state funds and local labor where possible.
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Columbus
L. A. Wooddell
Franklin
Putnam
Delaware
Clark
Meigs
Ohio Senate probes liquor law irregularities hearing in Cleveland
Five members of the Ohio Senate investigative committee were to hold a public hearing in Cleveland on alleged liquor law enforcement irregularities in Cuyahoga County. They reported securing evidence of raids not conducted on illegal liquor operations and falsified expense accounts by agents. The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear Arn Childers Gallia County farmer's appeal over a trap gun incident on his farm.
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Cleveland
L.P
Ohio Senate
Cuyahoga County
Gallia
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Arn Childers
Gallia County
Navy Bombers Complete Massive Flight to Pearl Harbor
Eighteen 14 ton two motor Flying Battleships landed at Pearl Harbor after a 2570 mile over water flight from San Diego. The 127 crewmen arrived in batches, the first arriving in 20 hours 12 minutes, the fastest mass flight yet though two hours short of the hoped time.
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Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Navy
San Diego
mid-Pacific Air Base
mid-Pacific
Coal Commission, Operators Attack Proposed Rate Hike
National Bituminous Coal Commission experts and coal mine operators prepare to challenge railroad plans for a 15 percent freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission. John Carson objects under the Guffey-Vinson Coal Act, while the National Coal Association calls for a blanket indictment of higher rates. Governors Earle and Holt clash over preferential anthracite pricing and regional rate fairness.
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Washington
ALP
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Carson
National Coal Association
The
Coal Commission
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Homer A. Holt
Lc.c
Earle
U S Seeks To Aid Prisoners In Moscow Case
Secretary of State Cordell Hull ordered the American charge in Moscow to obtain permission to interview Ruth Marie Rubens of Philadelphia believed connected to an espionage plot. Hull said she and her husband, traveling on fraudulent passports as Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson, are Americans entitled to counsel and protection. The disappearance of the couple was clarified when the Soviet Foreign Office confirmed the man is a spy and the woman an accessory.
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Washington
U.S
Cordell Hull
Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
Philadelphia
Hull
Rubens
Donald L. Robinson
Robinson
Robinsons
Ex-Show Girl Marries 79-Pound Midget Bride
Lois De Fee, 19, once a New York nightclub bouncer, married Bill Curtis, 79 pounds, tall at six feet four and a half inches, in Miami Beach. The couple wed on a Tuesday, joining a unique match between a six foot four former show girl and a three and a half foot dwarf.
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Miami Beach
Fla
U.P
Lois de Fee
New York
Bill Curtis
Miss de Fee
Rockefeller Center expansion plans unveiled in New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr proposed completing Rockefeller Center with three new buildings as proof of faith in America's business future. He also urged private industry expansion to curb unemployment. PROBE YOUNGSTOWN SLAYING Patsy Mucci, 63, was questioned by police over the fatal stabbing of his 62-year-old wife in their home.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller Center
Youngstown
U.P
Patsy Mucci
Nazi Attitude Spurs French To End Crisis
Paris report says a German forceful action warning influenced France to quickly end the cabinet crisis. Ambassador Andre Francois Ponecet warned the government of Germany's foreign plans, while sources note Mussolini hinted March could be pivotal. Camille Chautemps formed a cabinet with Radical Socialist Party members.
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Paris
U.P
Germany
France
United Press
Andre Francois- Ponecet
Oceuvre
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Camille Chautemps
Radical Socialist Party
John Notestone Facing Shooting To Kill Charge
Logan report: John Notestone of South Perry is charged with malicious shooting to kill by Prosecutor Hubert Lappen. He allegedly wounded his brother George during a quarrel last Monday. George Notestone remains in critical condition at Cherrington Hospital.
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Logan
John Notestone
South Perry
Hubert Lappen
Notestone
George
George Notestone
Cherrington Hospital
Brooke Elected President of Pere Marquette Railway
George D. Brooke, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, was elected president and a director of the Pere Marquette Railway Company by the road's directors.
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Cleveland
U.P
George D. Brooke
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Pere Marquette Railway Company
Road
Ohio approves reduced utility excise tax for relief
A Columbus report details a joint committee agreement on the Hum Bill, cutting the utility excise tax from 1 percent to .65 percent and beer tax from 0.5 to 0.25 cent per six ounce bottle. The plan, effective for two years from Feb 1 1938, allocates about 4.3 million annually for poor relief with estimated revenues from utility tax, amusement admissions, and beer tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Senate
House
State Building Commission
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
General Revenue Fund
Barkley Faces Filibuster Fate on Lynching Bill
Senate filibuster strategy hangs on Majority Leader Alben Barkley and his stance on obstruction rules. The White House remains noncommittal as pressure increases from both sides and Barkley’s actions are seen as carrying out administration aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ULP
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
White House
Fire destroys county garage and records in Portage County
A night fire wrecked the Portage County highway garage injuring watchman W. O. Chase age 60. Damages pegged at 150000 with county Works Progress Administration and Child Welfare records lost. Sixteen county vehicles and various road tools destroyed.
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Ravenna
AUP
Portage County
W. O. Chase
Works Progress Administration
Green Blames Lewis for Collapse of Peace Parley
A P article reports William Green president of the American Federation of Labor blames John L. Lewis CIO chair for the collapse of peace talks. Green suggests replacing the lead negotiator and notes David Dubinsky of the Ladies' Garment Workers Union may carry the ball. Max Zaritsky of the United Hatters agrees with Dubinsky. The AFL CIO executive council meets in Miami Monday to decide on renewed talks.
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Washington
A.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
CIO
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L.cio
David Dubinsky
Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Green
United Press
Lewis
Dubinsky
Garment Workers Union
Max Zaritsky
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers
Streen
Executive Council
Miami
Fla
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