Scandinavia Backs Finland as Europe Braces for Clash
Scandinavian nations pledge final support to Finland as Paasikivi returns to Moscow for negotiations on Soviet territorial claims and Red bases. Molotov signals Moscow will aid Germany only if Allied threats arise. Turkey seeks neutral balance while Berlin probes Ankara’s stance and Balkan ties hint at a Mussolini led peace push. Germany needs eastern routes to sustain the war.
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Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Scandinavia
Dardanelles
Finland
J. K. Paasikivi
Moscow
Red Navy
Viacheslav Molotov
Russia
Black Sea
Philiate
Elias Erkko
Chamberlain Sees Molotov Speech As Soviet Disappointment
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Moscow’s Molotov speech shows no new shifts and aligns with Britain’s aims for peace. He noted Soviet nonparticipation for Germany’s aid causes Berlin disappointment and reported naval anti submarine progress and RAF photo flights amid stormy weather.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Sovietussia
Adolf Hitler
House of Commons
Viacheslav Molotov
Europe
Molotov
Moscow
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Lord Nuffield
Henry Ford
Air Ministry
A Brookfield man sentenced for first degree murder
At 6 p.m. yesterday in Brookfield Judge Harry Libbey sentenced Carl Bivens to a lesser punishment after he pleaded guilty to the first degree murder of Carl Ivens, a 39 year old Brookfield flying instructor. Bivens’s widow Etta spoke of sparing his life but wanted him secluded from harming others.
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Macon
Harry Libby
Carl Ivens
Brookfield
Vincent Moody
Frankfort, Ind
Japs Reply to Grew Speech Sparks Tokyo Debate
The Japanese Institute of the Pacific led by Gen Nobuyuke Abe and former Premier Kenkichi Yoshizawa said America must face ongoing hostilities in China and that peace time privileges do not apply. Abe and Yoshizawa echoed the view in remarks stressing gov ernment efforts to improve ties with the United States.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japanese Institute of the Pacific
Nobuyuke Abe
America
China
Joseph Clark Grew
United States
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Abe
Foreign Office
Special Session of Ohio Solons May Be Needed
Governor John W. Bricker said a special session of the general assembly will be called probably in January if the constitutional amendment establishing a state board of education is approved by voters next Tuesday. The amendment creates the state board and tasks the legislature with shaping its organization and authority. If approved, it becomes effective January 1.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
State Board of Education
John W. Bricker
Treasury to Raise Half Billion in New Money by 1940
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced plans to raise 500 million dollars in new money by January 1, 1940. He said if market conditions stay favorable, up to 1.37 billion dollars in obligations due March 15 may be refunded in advance.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Voice of Dead Wife Testifies Against Husband in Trial
In New Philadelphia a phonograph recording of a dying wife’s voice was played in court as she testified against Frank Truman a Negro blacksmith of Dennison who is charged with beating her to death Prosecutor Ralph Finley presented the recording during testimony
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New Philadelphia
U.P
Frank Truman
Dennison
House Vote on Embargo Repeal Scheduled Today
The House will vote today on repealing the arms embargo in a key step before Saturday adjournment. Speakers for both sides plan sharp moves as administration leaders seek a final action and conferees prepare for Senate talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Administration House
Hacin Watingean
Vases Munets Ems OY
Senate
Congress
William B. Bankhead
Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Republican Party
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Luther A. Johnson
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Ohio Thanksgiving Held November Twenty Third
Governor Bricker issued a proclamation designating Thursday November 23 as Thanksgiving Day in Ohio in line with the national proclamation by President Roosevelt.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Knight Convicted in Cambridge Street Shooting Case
Richard Knight a 19 year old from East Cambridge was found guilty today of assault and battery in connection with the shotgun killing of Ida Arthurs age 19 of Byesville on a Cambridge street a month earlier.
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Cambridge
Richard Knight
East Cambridge
Ida Arthurs
Byesville
Allies and Germany Await Definite War Action
New York U P president Hugh Baillie said the European war is fought on home fronts as armies stand in position awaiting orders to strike. He noted two months of daily apprehension, long blackouts, rationing, and disrupted daily life across Germany Britain and France. He added the Soviet question unsettles Europe, with no side eager to be first to a major offensive. Molotov’s remarks did not commit the Soviets to war with Germany.
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New York
Hugh Baillie
The
United Press
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
Molotov
Supreme Council
Hitler
British Vessel Reported Safe Coulmore Is Safe After SOS
The British freighter Coulmore, reported safe by Camperdown Radio, sent an SOS in the U S neutrality zone. Coast Guard and Navy craft searched 24 hours with no wreckage found. the crew later advised they were safe at 2 30 a m.
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Washington
Magician Vanishes With 15 Dollars at Halloween Show
Bellville village merchants sponsored a Halloween event for 200 children at the high school auditorium. They paid a man who claimed to be a magician $15 for entertainment, but he vanished with the money.
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Mansfield
U.P
Bellville
Claude Gillingwater Dies at 70 in Suicide
Hollywood veteran Claude Gillingwater aged 70 killed himself last night choosing death over aging and illness. The actor who began with Mary Pickford and was known for lovable grouch roles died by his own hand.
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Hollywood
U.P
Claude Gillingwater
Mary Pickford
Granny Elizabeth Giragosian Begins Cutting Third Set
Elizabeth “Granny” Giragosian 107 of Racine Wisconsin discards false teeth and starts removing and displaying her first two teeth of a third set.
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Elizabeth Giragosian
Racine, Wis
Swiss court sentences Costly Virginia Capt Rota in spy case
The Geneva federal court sentenced Costly Virginia Captain Rota, a former dancer described as a pretty divorcee, to five years in prison for espionage after she admitted serving as a spy “just for the fun of it.”
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Virginia
Rota
Geneva
German Guns Bombard First French Town
German artillery shelled Forbach the first time since the war began. Four and six inch guns blasted the town near Saarbruecken. A nearby hill north east of Saarlouis was also shelled. Reports mention many German youths in the ranks and French prisoner exchanges.
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Paris
Forbach
Saarbruecken
Saarlouis
Saarlautern
Western Front
More Men Sought From Fifth Corps Area
The War Department authorized Maj. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis to recruit 3390 men from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana by December 31. The quota includes 1328 for the air corps and 918 for Hawaii and the Canal Zone. Eligible are unmarried men aged 18 to 35 with no dependents.
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Columbus
U.P
War Department
Daniel van Voorhis
Fifth Corps
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Air Corps
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Attempt To Sell Pension Voucher Arrest
Dayton detectives arrested Byron Parks 39 of Columbus after learning he tried to sell a $60 government pension voucher for $10. He had $1,500 in vouchers on him. Checks were addressed to Bellaire residents. Parks formerly lived in Bellaire.
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Dayton
U.R
Byron Parks
Columbus
Bellaire
Parks
Nations clash over Panama declaration and neutral belt
Washington reports European belligerents reject the Panama Decla ration as dangerous to neutrality while Britain and Germany ignore the proscriptions off American shores. Former Gov. Alf Landon criticizes the policy as unenforceable, signaling rifts with President Roosevelt and potential Senate debate.
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Washington
Panama
Coulamore
Despatch
Emmy Friedrich
Caribbean
Landon
Record Voting Is Expected in Ohio Election
Columbus Ohio July 3 1936 statistician George M Neffner of the secretary of state's office forecast more than two and a half million votes in the off year election surpassing prior records He predicted the Bigelow amendment on initiative requirements would be decisively defeated and said the $50 a month old age pension amendment would draw a larger vote than any past Ohio ballot He noted the civil service reorganization law referendum would attract attention but be overlooked by many voters and mentioned the education board amendment was submitted by a near unanimous legislature.
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Columbus
U.P
George M.neffner
Secretary of State’s
Nexr
Neffner
Ohio
Board of Education
Sees Peril of Ship Sabotage
WASHINGTON U R William Co McCuistion a former Communist Party leader told the Dies Committee that strikes and sabotage aboard American ships would break out immediately if war with the Soviet Union occurred He testified from a jail cell where he awaits questioning by New Orleans police about the slaying of a union official last September He warned that one man can sink a ship.
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Washington
U.R
William Co. McCuistion
Dies Committee
United States
Soviet Russia
McCuistion
District of Columbia
New Orleans
Charge Teachers Hit Bigelow Plan in Class
Canton public school teachers are accused of teaching propaganda against the Bigelow pension amendment. The Bigelow Plan Club of Stark County filed the charges with School Superintendent Jesse Mason, who said he would investigate.
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Canton
U.P
Canton Public
Jesse Mason
Bigelow Plan Club
Stark County
Mason
Winter Visited Cleveland Leaving Snow and Slush
The article notes winter's arrival in Cleveland overnight with sleet then snow. Snow began about 4 15 a m and peaked between 5 50 and 7 a m leaving a mix of slush on roads.
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Winter
Cleveland
U.P
Greater
Wheat Farmers Triple Insurance on 1940 Crop
Ohio wheat growers increased crop insurance participation for 1940 with 28 632 policies, up from 10 285 last year. Total insured acreage covers about 284 965 acres, with payments totaling 99 961 bushels in losses to 1 847 farmers and a guaranteed production of 3 874 897 bushels. Ohio ranks third nationally in insured contracts behind Kansas and Nebraska. The plan covers 50 or 75 percent of the farm's average yield and protects against winterkill flood hail and other hazards but not neglect.
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Columbus
AUP
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Administration Committee
Kansas
Nebraska
Italy Greece reaffirm 1920 non aggression treaty
Athens reports Italy and Greece completed talks reaffirming their 1920 non aggression pact. Officials say exchange of notes stresses friendly relations as a factor for peace in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Italy
Greece
Athens
Mediterranean
Bricker Backs Taft For 1940 National Convention
Governor John W. Bricker agreed to run as a delegate at large to the 1940 Republican national convention and pledged to Taft s favorite son candidacy after a brief meeting with U S Senator Robert A Taft at the Ohio state capitol.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Bricker
Taft
Bricker Won’t Order Early Special Election
Columbus Governor John W. Bricker said he does not plan to call an early special election to fill the 22nd district seat after the death of Congressman Chester C. Bolton.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Chester C. Bolton
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