Finns Repel New Attacks By Russians
Russian offensives on the Karelian Isthmus and north of Lake Ladoga were repulsed as Finnish forces held the Rannerrheim line. Finnish reports said thousands of Russians fell, with action also on the Salla front and a raid damaging a Soviet battleship and cruiser near Kronstadt. American volunteers were noted among fighters, while Moscow and London dispatches detailed Allied and Vatican peace moves and growing tensions with the United States and Japan.
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Red Army
Finland
Helsinki
Karelian
Lake Ladoga
Rannerheim
Salla
Lake Marka
Copenhagen
Kronstadt
Leningrad
Moscow
Great Britain
France
Pope Pius
Roosvelt
Vatican
London
Winston Churchill
Russia
Germany
United States
Japan
Gibraltar
England
Frederick Whyte
Ministry of Information
Yokohama
Italy
Europe
Bucharest
Poland
Reich
Berlin
Last Civil War Veteran George Burk Dies in Logan
Logan Ohio aged 95, George Burk, Hocking County's sole surviving Civil War veteran, died at his home after a brief illness. He served as a scout with the 12th Ohio Cavalry, was born in Fairfield County, lived in Columbus before moving to Logan in 1916, and funeral plans were not yet announced. Columbus report notes Ohio State University cash farm income index fell to a December low.
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Logan
George Burk
Hocking County
12Th Ohio Cavalry
Fairfield County
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Department of Rural Economics
Waterless Bellair City Hit By Severe Cold
Bellaire Ohio area endured a water outage as near zero weather last week froze ice at the Ohio River intakes. Officials warned residents to conserve until repairs restored supply.
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Bellaire
U.P
Ohio River
Browder Sentenced To Four Years In Prison
Earl Browder general secretary of the Communist Party in the United States is sentenced to four years for falsifying a passport application and fined $2000. He spoke at Madison Square Garden to 18000 after his conviction, denouncing Justice Murphy and tying the case to antiwar aims.
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Earl Browder
New York
Communist Party
United States
Madison Square Garden
Nicolai Lenin
Soviet Union
Browder
Europe
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Murphy
Michigan
Police Probe School Blazes in Ypsilanti
In Ypsilanti Michigan police investigated four fires at Woodruff School since last Thursday. A 15 year old youth suspected of arson was questioned as the building reopened under precaution. Fire drills occurred twice as students exited. Police Chief Ralph Southard said evidence pointed to a crude arsonist.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
U.R
Woodruff
Ralph Southard
Winter Scenery Draws 75 to Old Man's Cave
Ranger S. A. Reich ley of Old Man's Cave reported 75 visitors last Sunday to enjoy winter scenery. The gorge was filled with ice formations and the cave drew crowds in 20 automobiles.
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Old Man’s Cave
LOGAN
S. A. Reichley
Squire Receives Auto Upon Retirement As Banking Superintendent
An employee of the state banking division presented a new automobile to Samuel H. Squire on his retirement as state banking superintendent in Columbus.
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Squire
Auto Columbus
U.P
State Banking Division
Samuel H. Squire
Former Dutch Premier Heads New Peace Move
The Hague report says Hendrik Colijn the 70 year old Dutch statesman is quietly planning a world peace effort after the war. He is believed to have support from Queen Wilhelmina King Leopold and other leaders. Colijn may chair a League of Nations central committee meeting February 7 to launch reconstruction talks. Mussolini is said to approve and Washington may know of the plan, with aims to include Roosevelt Pius and Van Zeeland among others in allied nations.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Hendrik Colijn
Holland
Colijn
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Belgium
League of Nations
Collin
Benito Mussolini
Coliji
Washington
Roosevelt
Pope Pius
Mussolini
Paul van Zeeland
Newsstand Robbery Fails as Owner Returns Gift
Cleveland report: Eleanor Greitzer, owner of a newsstand, confronts a robber with a gun and scolds him. She hands over 1.50 dollars from her till after he admits only wanting a couple bucks and then leaves.
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Cleveland
Eleanor Geritzer
Senate Opens Debate Today On Arms Bill
The Senate began consideration of a 251.8 million dollar supplemental defense appropriation to fund the army navy coast guard and FBI for the current fiscal year. Republicans called for full debate while observers expected broader discussion of spending and Roosevelt tax proposals to finance the expansion.
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Washington
Tu.p
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lewis OKd CIO Soup Kitchen Appeal in Ohio
John L. Lewis said he approved John Owens request to ask President Roosevelt to send soup kitchens to feed the needy in Ohio. He added the CIO as a whole also approved. He would not discuss Ohio relief beyond this and noted possible convention floor discussion at the United Mine Workers sessions.
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Columbus
U.P
John L. Lewis
John Owens
Congress of Industrial Organizations For
Ohio
Roosevelt
CIO
United Mine Workers
Alabama Quadruplets To Receive $35,000
In Jasper Alabama four newborns Faith Hope Charity and Franklin Short were bound by a two year milk contract for 35000 dollars with a milk company. The babies were born last night in a two room farm cabin twenty miles northwest of Jasper to penniless parents.
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Jasper
Ala
Franklin
House Votes Today on Dies Probe Extension
The House will vote on a resolution to extend the Dies investigation of un American activities with expected broad approval. Rep. Frank E. Hook denounced committee chairman Martin Dies as an associate of a supposed "col laborator" linked to the Christian Front in a Congressional Record statement.
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Washington
U.P
House
Dies
Friends of the Committee
Martin Dies
Tex
Christian Front
Frank E. Hook
Mich
Survivors of Italian Liner Arrive in Genoa
Genoa Italy rescue liners Conte Biancamano and Colombo arrived with 511 survivors from the burning Italian passenger ship Orazio. A report blamed a defective piston for starting the fire aboard the liner off the French Mediterranean coast.
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Genoa
Italy
U.P
Conte Biancamano
Colombo
Orazio
French Mediterranean
British and Norwegian Vessels Sunk by Mines
The British steamer Baltanglia of 1523 tons and the Norwegian ship Pluto of 1598 tons hit mines and sank off England's northeast coast today. Crews were saved.
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London
U.R
Baltanglia
Pluto
England
Debt ceiling raised favored to fifty billion dollars
Secretary Morgenthau told a congressional subcommittee a balanced budget would be healthy but could be achieved by cutting public works, boosting taxes, and borrowing. He endorsed raising the debt limit from 45 to 50 billion dollars and saw no inflation danger up to that cap.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Academy of Political Science
Congress
Louis Ludlow
Ind
Ludlow
Clarence J. McLeod
Mich
Louis I. Brown Funeral Set for Wednesday in Athens
Funeral services for Louis I. Brown 53 coal dealer who died yesterday in Athens will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at his home 2 University Terrace conducted by Rev. Fred Lachs. Burial in W Union St Cemetery. Brown co owner of Brown Ward Co with offices in Athens Detroit and Flint. He served in the Army during World War I and leaves a wife Mildred Francis a brother Walter Brown a niece Isabel Francis and a late sister Ruth E. Brown.
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Louis I. ‘Brown
University Terrace
Fred FE. Lachs
Presbyterian Church
W. Union St
Brown
Gerrit Ward
Brown-Ward Co
Athens
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Jackson
L. V. Brown
Louis Brown
Europe
Cascadilla
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Cornell University
Delta Phi Fraternity
Marietta College
Canaan Coal Co
Canaanville
Ward
Mr. Brown
Mildred Francis
Walter Brown
Columbus
Isabel Francis
Ruth E. Brown
American Legion
Rotary Club
Symposiarch Club
Mrs Josie Cahill Dies At Sister's Home
Josie Cahill age 63 died last night at the residence of her sister Mrs Frank Chapman where she had lived two years. Survived by another sister Mrs Marlin Brown of Lancaster, five nephews and three nieces. Funeral services Wednesday at Finsterwald Funeral Home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Josie Cahill
Frank Chapman
Marlin Brown
Lancaster
Finsterwald
Beech Grove
Driver Escapes Serious Injury After Train Collision
Cincinnati report states 20 year old William Moore, a student, was hit by a switch engine, car carried 125 feet and crushed against a coal car. Moore escaped with scalp cuts after witnesses summoned life squad but he walked away.
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Cincinnati
U.P
William Moore
Life Squad
Moore
Gardener William Glenn Dies in Cabin Fire Near Delaware
William Billy Glenn aged 74 a Delaware area gardener perished when his cabin burned late yesterday five miles northeast of Delaware fire officials said.
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Delaware
U.P
William “Billy” Glenn
Ex Swiss President Giuseppe Motta Dies in Bern
Giuseppe Motta aged 68 and five times Swiss president died in Bern Switzerland. Dr Jerewski returns to politics today amid refugee crisis in Poland. The former Swiss head of state served five terms as president and twice as vice president.
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Paris
U.P
Bricker Enters 1940 Race for Governor Nomination
Governor Bricker signs candidacy papers for a second term and is not expected to face opposition in the Republican primary. Attorney General Herbert and State Treasurer Ebright plan renomination petitions. Mrs. Julia Cussins urges James Marker to run as a harmony candidate.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
Julia Cussins
Democratic State Central Committee
James R. Marker
Greenville
Harmony
Mrs. Lloyd Awarded Divorce Restores Maiden Name
In Gallipolis the common pleas court granted Mrs. James L. Lloyd a divorce and restored her to the name Anna May Womeldorff.
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Gallipolis
James L. Lloyd
Common Pleas Court
Anna May Womeldorff
Start Work on Minimum Coal Price Report
Examiners of the Bituminous Coal Division of the Interior Department began a report to establish minimum at the mine costs for bituminous coal nationwide. Examiners Thurlow G. Lewis Charles O. Fowler and Louis Jaffee will present the work in two weeks after final hearings concluded last Saturday. Howard A. Gray director will head exceptions to prices and Secretary Ickes will rule on appeals.
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Washington
U.P
Interior Department
Thurlow G. Lewis
Charles O. Fowler
Louis Jaffee
Denver
Howard A. Gray
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Heavy Snow Report Reaches Southern States From Gulf
A disturbance moves into the South Atlantic States from the Gulf of Mexico bringing moderate to heavy snowfall from Arkansas and northern Louisiana to Alabama and Georgia. Notable depths include seven inches at Vicksburg and five inches at Atlanta as high pressure remains over the Rockies and Plains with generally fair weather and low temperatures.
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Chicago
U.S
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Plains States
Columbus to Install 5-Cent Parking Meters
Columbus to install about 1000 five cent parking meters on city streets within 30 days at a total cost of 23950 dollars. City council approved the project last night to place the meters and charge five cents per hour.
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Columbus
U.P
League of Sportsmen Sidesteps Quail Issue
M W Loudenback of Sidney becomes president of the League of Ohio Sportsmen succeeding Ralph W Sanborn of Columbus. The group sidestepped whether to move quail from the song bird list to game bird, choosing a special committee instead. The meeting featured Governor Bricker, L J Taber and George M Trautman. They urged anti pollution, suggested more hunting areas, and proposed the state buy legally trapped raccoons at favorable prices to aid restocking over imports.
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Columbus
U.P
M. W. Loudenback
Sidney
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Ralph W. Sanborn
State Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
Bricker
L. J. Taber
National Grange
George M. Trautman
Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
Lier
Trautman
Ohio
Taber
League
Labor Leader Attacks McNutt in Columbus Speech
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers denounces Paul V. McNutt as a political adventurer who used troops against labor. He links McNutt to 1933 Sullivan County mine clashes and warns labor must shape destiny in 1940 amid attacks on the Wagner Act. Delegates cheer as CIO unity notes loom.
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Columbus
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America Today
Paul V. McNutt
Lewis
McNutt
Indiana
United States
Sen. A. B
Happy” Chandler
Kentucky
Harlan County
UMW
Sullivan County
Ind
James Thomas
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
CIO
Labor Organization
America
John Dunn
Franklin County Cio Industrial Council
Ohio
John Owens
Labor
Owens
United Mine Workers
John N. Garner
House
Thomas Kennedy
Coultry
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Niagara
Cupid
Niagara Falls
American Falls
New Peace Move
Bandit
Louis I. Brown
Paderewski
League of Sportsmen
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