Nazi Planes Hit British East Coast Shipping Amid Silence Breaker Speech
Nazi bombing raids along England and Scotland coastal shipping continued with aims to deter British maritime traffic. Berlin boasted of vessel and aircraft destruction, while British defenses reported several planes shot down and casualties on a lightship. In Finland, ten days of heavy fighting near Lake Ladoga saw stalled Russian assaults and mounting Finnish counter plans.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
England
Scotland
English
Berlin
London
Yarmouth
British Isles
Finland
Lake Ladoga
Red Army
Mannerheim Line
Karelian Isthmus
Red Air Fleet
Helsinki
Kronstadt Island Naval Base
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Farmer Cleared in Extortionist Slaying
PAULDING, U.P. Oscar Bell, 48, was exonerated by a Paulding County grand jury after ruling Steve Straka, 33, of Ney, extorted money and threatened Bell’s son. The panel indicted accomplice Sylvester Wisda, 21, on kidnapping charges.
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Paulding
U.P
Oscar Bell
Paulding County
Bell
Steve Straka
Ney. O
Sylvester Wisda
Straka
Funeral services set for Maud Dodds 73 in New England
Mrs Maud Dodds 73 wife of A A Dodds died Monday at her home near New England Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p m Interment will be in New England She was daughter of Ezra and Lucy Green born and raised in the district and spent her life there She leaves a husband and two daughters Grace and Marie both at home
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New England
Maud Dodds
A. A. Dodds
Light Snow Makes Ohio Roads Slippery This Week
Ohio state highway officials report light snowfall across the state has made roads slick, with north central counties especially affected. Snow plows are out and cindering operations are underway.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Finnish planes down 21 Soviet aircraft in new attacks repulsed
Finnish official communique reports 21 Soviet planes shot down yesterday by Finnish fighters and anti aircraft units. Ground forces repelled further Russian assaults.
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Helsinki
Bricker and Taft Unite In Pre Convention Push
Ohio leaders Gov. John W. Bricker and Sen. Robert A. Taft formed a joint pre convention partnership after a platform event in Washington. The two attacked the Roosevelt administration over withheld 1938 federal old age pension funds and debated strategy for wooing delegates if Taft stalls at the convention.
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Washington
W.A
Ohio
Roosevelt
John W. Bricker
Ohio Society
Robert A. Taft
Columbus
U. S. Supreme Court
Social Security Board
Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Paul V. McNutt
Taft
Roosevelt seeks funds for Gallia sesquicentennial
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate $10,000 for the expenses of a special commission to arrange observance next May of the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Gallipolis Ohio.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Gallipolis
Jury Deliberations in Arlington Cemetery Lot Fraud Trial
Federal court session opens with six questions posed to Judge Mac Swinford as the Arlington Cemetery lot fraud trial enters its fifth day of jury deliberations for the ten defendants.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Mac Swinford
Arlington Cemetery
Stone waived prelim in bigamy case in Canton
Donald Stone alias Dawn Stone, 24, of Canton, released on $1,000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Harry C. Hoffman on a bigamy charge in Youngstown United Press.
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Youngstown
U.P
Donald Stone
Dawn Stone
Canton
Harry C. Hoffman
Wallace Sees Dangers Ahead In Farm Aid Slash
Wallace warns that cutting farm aid and parity funds imperils agricultural well being. The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1941 agriculture budget about half of this year's, risking farm income and the administration’s plan. Roosevelt seeks hospital funding while cutting overall costs to avoid new taxes.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Henry A. Wallace
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Wallace
Man and wife die in cabin fire near West Union
Craven Grooms age 33 and his wife Gwendolyn age 38 were burned to death when a one room log cabin a mile and a half east of West Union burned early today. Grooms mother Mrs Charles Grooms reported to coroner E T Gibboney that money was kept in the cabin and there had been attempts to rob him. She said intruders were driven off with a shotgun. The bodies burned beyond recognition.
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West Union
U.P
Craven Grooms
Gwendolyn
Grooms
Charles Grooms
E. T. Gibboney
Ohio religious groups discuss merger plan at pastors convention
At the Ohio pastors convention discussion centered on uniting the Ohio Council of Churches with the Ohio Council of Religious Education under a proposed merger. The gathering highlighted potential shared programs and organizational goals for the two councils.
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Columbus
Ohio Council of Churches
Ohio Council of Religious Education
Ohio Pastors’ Convention
UMW Delegates Attack Garner Over Labor Law Threat
Delegates to the United Mine Workers Convention accuse Vice President Garner and Congress of threatening the federal wage hour law. They urge larger admin funds and oppose foreign loans, while supporting Finland against Russia and maintaining neutrality to avoid war. The convention postponed Lewis political policy vote to Wednesday.
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Columbus
U.P
United Mine Workers Convention
John N. Garner
Congress
Roosevelt
UMW
John L. Lewis
Garner
Finland
Russia
Thomas Kennedy
UMWA
C. F. Davis
Fairmont
W. Va
Kennedy
Miners’ Union
United States
Lewis
Germany
Artificial Security Pushes Corn Prices Up
Washington officials report a government squeeze on corn has raised prices past profitable feeding levels for livestock. The Commodity Credit Corporation loans allegedly created an artificial scarcity, lifting prices while overall supply hits a record 2.066 billion bushels. Over the year corn prices rose about 20 percent as hog prices fell 30 percent. Beef and lamb prices held steady. Government corn under loan collateral totals near 500 million bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Unemployment Conference Considered by Farm Body
At the 28th annual Farm Week on the Ohio State University campus 2,617 people registered on opening day amid snow and cold. Dr Mordecai Ezekiel urged a nationwide conference of industry labor agriculture and government to tackle unemployment and farm price problems. Perry Green Murray Lincoln and R E Blackburn spoke as Farm Bureau leaders observed Farm Bureau Day.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Mordecai Ezekiel
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Perry L. Green
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Murray D. Lincoln
R. E. Blackburn
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt at 58 as nation holds birthday balls for infantile paralysis fund
President Roosevelt marks his 58th birthday amid a nationwide drive with six major birthday balls in Washington. The event aims to raise about 1.5 million dollars for the fight against infantile paralysis while a galaxy of stars attends and the President gives a brief radio thank you address.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ross McIntyre
Beckley Awaits Thaw To Renew Water Supply
Beckley city officials await warmer weather to replenish the water supply. Water from abandoned mines pumps through mains in the morning, but the afternoon run goes dry as frozen ground blocks seepage into the mines.
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Beckley
W. Va
U.P
Willkie Endorses Hull Trade Plan At Wooster College
Wendell Willkie, head of the Commonwealth and Southern, voices support for Cordell Hull's reciprocal trade treaty program in a Wooster College radio address. He contrasts the domestic Republican platform as too abrupt on tariff reductions, urging gradual move to open foreign markets.
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Wooster-U.p
Roosevelt Administration
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Wooster College
Willkie
Cordell Hull
Boy Scouts Rescue Army Fliers From Ocean
Honolulu officials cite two Boy Scouts Raymond Kane and Hyel Ching ages 16 and 14 for braving mountainous seas to rescue two Army fliers, Lieut. William Hindson and Private James Brenman, from a sinking plane off Lualualei Beach after spectators waited for a navy crash boat.
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Honolulu
T. H
Tu.r
Raymond Kane
Hyel Ching
Lualualei Beach
William Hindson
James P. Brenman
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Loss Totals Millions
A cold snap in Florida caused tens of millions in crop losses. Truck crops and unpicked citrus suffered major damage while growers salvaged fruit from trees. some may recover if temperatures rise gradually.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Caution Urged in Embargoes Against Japan
Three senators urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to go slow on proposed embargoes against Japan. The informal appeals came from Sen. Robert F. Wagner of New York, Sen. Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, and Sen. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
William E. Borah
Ida
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
West Virginian Fined For Crashing Light
Beryl Russell 24 of Huntington was fined 10 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle without regard for the safety of others after failing to stop at a traffic signal. Police arrested him Sunday at the junction of routes 33 and 7 in Pomeroy, charged by Justice of the Peace P. L. Peoples.
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Beryl Russell
Huntington
W. Va
Justice of the Peace P. L. Peoples
Pomeroy
Russell
Rubber Worker Fails In Death by Own Action Attempt
Akron police report Ellis Gregg aged 44 a rubber worker aimed a shotgun at his head and pulled the trigger blowing away a part of the ceiling but suffered no injuries.
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AKRON
A.P
Ellis Gregg
Sales tax filing deadline set for Jan 31 1940 in Ohio
The Ohio State Tax Division announced that Wednesday January 31 is the final due date for sales tax returns covering July 1 to December 31, 1939. The notice urges all businesses to file promptly to avoid penalties.
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Columbus
U.P
Relief director Shafer resigns over workload crisis
Fred C. Shafer asked Athens County Commissioners to accept his resignation as Director of Athens County Relief effective February 1 1940. The 58 year old cited health strain from running the demanding relief program amid a state investigation and rising caseloads.
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Fred C. Shafer
Athens County Commissioners
Shafer
Ira Whitmore
Board of
Athens County Relief
C. L. Jordan
State Welfare Department
Roosevelt
Oak St
Charles Gearhart Dies At Coolville Monday
Charles Gearhart aged 75 died Monday at the home of his son in Coolville. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM at Doom Brothers Funeral Home New Carlisle Ohio. He is survived by his wife Ida and several children including Mrs Fairchild Mrs Ruby Amtenhour Mrs Lonnie Clark Mrs Ethel Sutton of Dayton Ohio Mrs Edith Simmons of Cygnet Ohio and Walter of Atlanta Georgia.
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Coolville
Charles Gearshart
Ira Fairchild
Doom Brothers
New Carlisle
Gearhart
Ida Gearhart
Fairchild
Ruby Amtenhour
Lonnie Clark
Ethel Sutton
Dayton
Edith Simmons
Cygnet, O
Walter
Atlanta
Parolee Admits Role in Ohio Drug Store Robbery
Henry Smolinski 25 of Dayton pleaded guilty to armed robbery in the $20 Piqua drug store holdup. On parole from the Ohio Penitentiary for six weeks he faces a 10 to 25 year term. His companion Alex Burkhart, also of Dayton, received a similar sentence last week as police restrained the pair after the crime.
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Troy
U.P
Ohio
Henry Smolinski
Dayton
Smolinski
Alex Burkhart
Burkhart
Gibson Resigns Post As District WPA Head
Fred L. Roose of Akron will transfer to WPA District No 3 in Zanesville on Feb 1 as he succeeds L C Gibson who resigns to accept a Washington WPA administrative post.
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Gibson
Columbus
U.P
Fred L. Roose
Akron
Zanesville
Roose
L. C. Gibson
Washington
Boy Drowns After Ice Break In Crab Creek
Nine year old Nick Brooks slipped through thin ice on Crab Creek and drowned in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
U.P
Nick Brooks
Crab Creek
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