War news quiets as weather and diplomacy take center stage
European diplomacy dominates reports with Chamberlain pledging aid to Belgium if Germany attacks, while Britain probes trade tensions with Japan and the U.S. The war front in Finland continues under heavy Red Army pressure, and foreign volunteers join Finnish air raids on Russian targets.
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United States
Japan
Red Army
Finland
Tokyo
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Mennerheim Line
Karelian
Lake
Ladoga
Kronstadt
Murmansk
CIO Leader Says UMWA Won't Endorse Any Presidential Candidate
Columbus report quotes John L. Lewis predicting Roosevelt would face ignominious defeat if drafted for a third term. He doubts Roosevelt seeks another run and says the convention should not endorse a candidate now, entrusting the international executive board to decide later.
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CIO
UMWA
Columbus
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
United States
International Executive Board
The
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Paul V. McNutt
Todd Lewis
California to Extradite Ohio Fugitive Slayer
Gov Culbert Olson signed extradition papers as Marion Webb the Akron Ohio track judge killer of 1924 must be sent to Ohio after petitions to stall removal. Webb previously walked away from a prison camp and will face trial under Ohio authorities.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
Marion Webb
Akron
Ohio
Culbert Olson
John Bricker
Webb
27 Year-Old Father In Lorain High Graduating Class
Lorain High School plans mid-year commencement as 27 year old Joseph Kozdron graduates with the class. He left school in 1927, returned to complete his education while married with a 16 month old daughter, and works full time.
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Lorain
U.P
Lorain High School
Joseph Kordron
Kozdron
Exmouth Sinks in North Sea with All Hands
The 1,475-ton British destroyer Exmouth was sunk by a mine or torpedo in the North Sea. All hands, at least 175 men, are presumed lost. Commanded by Capt. R. S. Benson, the ship was launched in 1934 and was the fifth destroyer to go down this war. The admiralty confirmed no survivors apart from a lone Swede aboard Foxen.
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London
Exmouth
North Sea
Iaren Wiere
Admiralty
R. S. Benson
Grenville
Foxen
Estig Bergstrom
Leka
Browder Enters Race for Congress in New York District
Earl Browder, former Communist Party general secretary, filed for a congressional seat in New York 14th District after posting a bail bond to appeal a passport fraud sentence. Campaign manager Milton Mann cites 6,000 disciplined Communist votes among about 20,000 district voters. Browder plans first campaign speech Thursday and filed petitions with 5,440 signatures, well above the required 2,?440.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
William I. Sirovich
Liberty
Browder
Milton Mann
Portsmouth Man Killed When Auto Hits Tree
Walter Gableman aged 50 manager of the Play House in Portsmouth died when his automobile skidded into a tree on the Scioto Trail near the Ross Pickaway County line. He had been driving home after a heart specialist visit in Columbus and had returned from a Florida honeymoon a week earlier.
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Portsmouth
A.P
Walter Gableman
Scioto Trail
Columbus
Gableman
Florida
Miner Levi Turvey Dies in Coal Mine Slate Fall
Levi Turvey age 25 of Lawrence Furnace was crushed to death in a slate fall at the Dutiels Corner coal mine yesterday.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Levi Turvey
Lawrence Furnace
Dutiels Corner
Roosevelt vetoes Jenkins bill to reimburse Ohio funds
President Roosevelt vetoed the Jenkins Bill to reimburse Ohio for October 1938 old age pension money paid from its treasury after the Social Security Board impounded monthly federal payments amid a dispute with Governor Davey. He warned that federal aid requires full compliance with federal law and non discrimination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jenkins
Ohio
Social Security Board
Martin L. Davey
Treasury
Veteran Racine newspaperman dies at 76
Emory Wolfe aged 76 a longtime Racine journalist died at his home after a heart attack following a pneumonia recovery He spent his life in Racine was associated with the Pomeroy Daily Tribune retired 35 years ago and later wrote as a correspondent Survived by wife Sally Aumiller two brothers G Clyde Wolfe Ra cine mayor and Oren Wolfe one sister Mrs W K Smart and a son Dell who died last year Funeral plans unavailable
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Pomeroy
Emory Wolfe
Racine
Mr. Wolfe
Sally Aumiller
G. Clyde Wolfe
Oren Wolfe
W. K. Smart
Dell
Dewey Pushes Economy and Budget Balancing in Campaign
Thomas E. Dewey toured Portland after blasting the Roosevelt administration for spending and warned Republicans that New Deal deficit policies threaten the public. He framed economy and budget balancing as key planks for his GOP presidential bid.
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Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
Portland
Roosevelt
Ohio House backs Dies Committee probe vote
Ohio members of the House voted 20 to 0 in support of continuing the Dies committee investigation into un American activities.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
House of Representatives
Dies
State welfare shifts relief work to Athens County office
Ray Noble leads a new reapplication program for Athens County relief cases from the Armory basement in Athens. Trustees plan to mail 200 letters to heads of families to reapply while other districts use temporary offices. The program also tests a nine county food stamp plan and emphasizes confidential reporting of relief expenditures to ensure target aid reaches those in real need.
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State Welfare Department
Athens County
Ray Noble
Athens
Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Noble
Ohio
Athens City
Athens Township
Welfare Department
Federal survey to probe Ohio unemployment relief
The Social Security Board will send technicians to Columbus to begin a factual survey of Ohio unemployment relief. The study follows concerns raised by Ohio CIO leaders to Paul V. McNutt about Ohio administration of the unemployment act. The survey will examine administrative procedures in paying benefits and Ohio officials pledged full cooperation with access to records.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Columbus
Ohio
Fred C. Croxton
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio Cio
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Agency
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Agency
Columbus seeks 15000 to fund minimum wage code for women and minors
George A. Strain, director of industrial relations, asked the board of control for 15000 to establish and enforce a minimum wage code for women and minors employed in beauty establishments in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
George A. Strain
Board of Control
Frigid Weather Grips U S Across Regions
A severe cold wave blanketed the South and East with heavy snow in the Far East and arctic air in the Midwest. Temperatures plunged to 16 below in Spirit Lake Iowa and -2 in Kansas City while Chicago faced sub zero nights. Citrus crops in Texas faced possible damage as freezing spread. Beatrice Couch crossed river ice to reach Hawesville Ky for teaching as ferry service halted.
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Texas Panhandle
Middle Georgia
Far East
Middle West
Pittsburgh
Spirit Lake
Casper
Wyo
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Hillsboro
Tex
Forth Worth
Florida
Pensacola
Key West
Beatrice Couch
Cannelton
Ind
Ohio River
Hawesville
Evansville
Henderson
McNutt Defends Indiana Record Against Lewis Attack
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt denied CIO Leader John L. Lewis claim he was a political adventurer who used troops against labor. McNutt, a 1940 Democratic presidential hopeful, said he was amazed by the attack and that his Indiana administration upheld labor rights. He cited martial law in Sullivan County mines and defended troop use as necessary.
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Washington
A.P
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
CIO
John L. Lewis
McNutt
Lewis
United Ne Workers Convention
Columngus
Sullivan County
Ind
AFL chief hints Wheeler may win 1940 nomination
President William Green of the AFL signaled possible AFL backing for Sen. Burton Wheeler of Montana as a 1940 Democratic presidential hopeful. Green invited Wheeler to a reception honoring the committee that presented Roosevelt a birthday cake, amid CIO support rumors and labor union tensions.
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Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Wheeler
Montana
Green
Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
Cioafl
Organized Labor
Labor
Taber Opposes ICC Regulation of Waterways
Louis J. Taber of Columbus told the Ohio Valley Improvement Association that the Grange opposes waterway regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. He argued transport should not be regulated by federal agencies and called for stream purification and flood control measures. Ellis S. Tisdale of the U S Public Health Service discussed Ohio River pollution surveys.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Louis J. Taber
Columbus
National Grange
Taber
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Grange
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
ICC
Ellis S. Tisdale
U. S. Public Health Service
Ohio River
Dies Group To Ask for Funds
The Dies Committee investigating unAmerican activities will ask the House within a week for funds to continue its inquiry. Acting Chairman Jove Starnes said the panel won a one year extension and members expect a request around $100 000, possibly less.
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Washington
Dies
House
Jove Starnes
Ala
Starnes
Madden Defends Labor Act Against Repeal Threats
Chairman J Warren Madden of the National Labor Relations Board warned at a United Christian Council for Democracy conference that enemies of the act threaten public order. He said the NLRA has fulfilled its purpose and produced social advantages amid ongoing agitation for repeal.
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Cleveland
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
United Christian Council For Democracy
Madden
Cumberland College president emeritus Dr Wood dies at 76
Williamsburg Kentucky Dr Edwin Ellsworth Wood aging 76 longtime Cumberland College president emeritus and author poet died yesterday in this city His death marks the end of a noted academic and literary career with numerous published works and community contributions.
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Williamsburg
U.P
Edwin Ellsworth Wood
Cumberland College
Treasury balance noted for United Mine Workers Union
Auditors report a treasury of 2,526,750 dollars for the CIO United Mine Workers Union as of December 1, 1939, not counting about 800,000 dollars raised by assessments. The union enters its second day of a golden jubilee convention amid heavy 1939 expenditures from the six week coal stoppage. A critic argues the Democratic Party is in default to the American people after seven years in power.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
Treasury
Itoas
Democratic Party
Reblican Party
Preventm
Lewis
Union
Trend Toward Republican Side Seen in Six States
John Lewis told the united mine workers convention that Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York are trending toward the Republican column in 1940. He said the GOP could be prevented from winning only by a labor accord with a Democratic program. He urged passage of the Neely Bill for federal inspection of coal mines and noted union finances in a December 1939 treasury report.
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Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
German Planes Sighted Over Shetland Islands
London reports three German planes sighted over the Shetland Islands this morning. British fighters pursued them as an air raid warning lasted 31 minutes. This marked renewed aerial activity near Shetland and Orkney air and naval bases.
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London
U.P
Shetland Islands
Shetland
Orkney Island
Navy unveils secret underwater listening device
The navy announced a new covert hydroacoustic sensor capable of detecting submarines and surface ships up to ten miles away. The disclosure highlights advances in maritime surveillance and anti submarine capability.
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Washington
WU P
Navy
White House Contrasts Leaders Over Roosevelt Third Term
White House Secretary Stephen T. Early contrasted John L. Lewis’s warning of “ignominious defeat” if Roosevelt seeks a third term with a visit by William Green of the AFL. Green, with AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers representatives, presented a large birthday cake for the President and support for the infantile paralysis drive.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Stephen T. Early
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
William Green
AFL
Early
CIO
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Green
White Attacks Cohen Salary In Power Planning Trust
Rep Dudley White charges that Benjamin Cohen draws as general counsel of the National Power Planning Commission a $9000 yearly salary from a agency not specifically authorized by Congress. He says hearings on the Interior Department 1941 appropriation may begin soon and plans a point of order to reduce the 68 thousand dollar budget. The claim asserts 63 160 goes to salaries and 3 620 to travel.
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Washington
U.P
Dudley A. White
Benjamin V. Cohen
New Deal Brain Trust
Corcoran and
Cohen
Congress
National Power Planning Commission
White
Interior Department
Ben Cohen
Four Killed in Bombing Plane Crash Near March Field
An Army bomber crashed seven miles from March Field in Riverside California due to a mountain storm and severe icing. Four of the six crewmen died in the wreck while two others escaped by parachute.
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Riverside
Calif
March Field
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