Roosevelt Returns to Washington in Thunderous Welcome
President Roosevelt, host of a second term victory, arrived in Washington amid a crowd of tens of thousands at Union Station. He planned to attend the Pan American peace conference in Buenos Aires starting Dec 1, sailing with the U S American Legion. The celebration stretched along Pennsylvania Avenue as police held back cheering citizens while Roosevelt thanked onlookers.
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Washington
Franklin Delanooosevelt
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Corden Hull
New York
U. S. American Legion
White House
Navy
Homer 8. Cummings
Claude Swanson
Mr. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
James
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nine convicts escape Kilby Prison in nighttime breakout
Prison break at Kilby Prison near Montgomery ends with nine convicts fleeing after overpowering an engineer and plunging the facility into darkness. Guards locked heavy doors as power and telephones failed, sparking bedlam for over an hour before outside power and searchlights helped police recapture one escapee, Robert Weems, age 22.
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Montgomery
Ala
A.R
Kilby
Bedlam Reigns
Robert Weems
Social Security Plan Set to Start January 1
The Social Security Board announced the old age security plan will begin January 1 for 26 million workers. Employers deduct one percent of wages from eligible workers with matching contributions to the general treasury. by gradual increases both earners and employers reach three percent. Eligible workers include most nonagricultural and non domestic private sector employees. benefits start at 65 with a life pension based on prior earnings, and survivors may receive cash values if death occurs before 65.
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Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
Treasury
General Treasury
Hold Rites Saturday For Carthage Woman
Fensie Marie Robbins on Carthage dies at 48 at home. She leaves one son, father, and three brothers. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at the home in Coolville Wisconsin?
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Coolville
Fensie Marie Robbinson
Carthage
Federal Budget Forecast Sees Balance Next Fiscal Year
Washington reports Roosevelt aims for a balanced budget in the fiscal year starting July 1. A pay as you go plan and debt reduction are outlined, with a $1 billion relief bill and a new corporate profits tax expected to raise funds.
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Washington
U.p—Administration
Roosevelt
United Press
Treasury
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federt
Hound Escapes After Ear Grabbed By Fence
A hound owned by Harry Hughes of Logan was held by the ear on a barbed wire fence in Green Township for three days until Lawrence Evans discovered and released it. Dr. L. B. Radekin treats the dog, a prized possession of its owner.
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Logan
Harry Hughes
Logan City
Green Township
Lawrence Evans
L. B. Radekin
Firemen Called Out First Time Since June
Gallipolis report says the local fire department fought a blaze in a car owned by Cleo McCall on Brand Street Heights. About 800 spectators watched as a galvanised iron garage housed the car after a short circuit ignited the engine. Damage is estimated at 350 dollars with full insurance.
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Gallipolis
Cleo McCall
Brandstetter Heights
Walter Wise
McCall
Boy Dies After Fatal Pitchfork Accident
Coroner records Max Lee Carnes, 12, dead from eye and brain puncture by a pitchfork at a barn snow pile incident. Brother Richard, 14, says he thrust the fork into a snow pile and struck Max as he bent to make a snowball. death ruled accidental.
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Urbana
U.P
David H. Moore
Max Lee Carnes
Richard
Moore
Grace Heck
Max
Skunk Attacks Two Year Old in Front Yard
Mary Beck 2 is treated for bites and scratches after a skunk bit her legs and scratched her arms chest and face in a Kessler front yard. Her mother Mrs Ernest Beck carried her inside as two men beat the skunk to death. The child was reported improving.
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Troy
V.R
Mary Beck
Mary
Kessler
Here
Ernest Beck
Charles Leeman
William Curtis
Steel Workers To Get Raise In Nationwide Negotiations
Wage talks between steel unions and management proceed toward a final phase after delays since 1934. Carnegie-Illinois Steel, United States Steel flagship, hopes for a successful deal led by Benjamin F. Fairless. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp already set to raise wages for about 20,000 workers with an imminent announcement. American Steel & Wire Co with plants in Pittsburgh Cleveland Worcester and Chicago issued a similar statement signaling a forthcoming increase.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
American Steel & Wire Company
Cleveland
Worcester
Mass
Chicago
No Democrats Elected In Champaign County
Urbana Ohio voters swung Republican in Tuesday's election while Champaign County produced no Democratic victories. Only one Democrat, a probate judge seeking re election on the non Partisan ballot, will keep office after January 1.
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Urbana
U.P
Ohio
Champaign County
Woman Bears Still Born Quintuplets Prematurely
A 22 year old wife of a North Carolina farmer delivered five stillborn babies at four and a half months premature. Dr E C Hambien of Duke University Hospital said the delivery occurred in Durham and the mother’s name was withheld.
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Durham
N. C
U.P
North Carolina
E. C. Hambien
Duke University Hospital
Columbus to Host Lutheran Conference Meeting
Columbus will host the American Lutheran Conference for the third biennial meeting. Delegates will gather next Wednesday for a three day session marking the second time in two weeks the city hosts the convention.
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Columbus
U.P
American Lutheran Conference
J H Firestone Dies at 91 in Spencer Ohio
J H Firestone, 91, longtime Ohio banker and cousin of Harvey S Firestone of Akron rubber, died in Spencer on Thursday. He was born in New Pittsburgh and was among the state's oldest bankers.
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J. H. Firestone
Spencer
U.P
Ohio
New Pittsburgh
Harvey & Firestone
Akron
Athens County Receives Sales Tax Share Noted
State Auditor Joseph T. Tracy distributed October local government funds totaling 1,884,725.46 to Ohio counties from state sales tax revenue. Athens County received 4,583 dollars with other allocations including Gallia 1,195 Hocking 1,760 Meigs 1,582 Morgan 7,621 and Vinton 395.
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Columbus
U.P
Joseph T. Tracy
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Five Die as Home Burns in Cambridge Fire
A mother Myrtle Fife Wiley 27 and her two children Betty 5 Vernon 1 along with Mary Fife 31 and George W Sayre 65 died when a small frame house burned while they slept. Fire investigators suspect an open grate and a cold kitchen stove as possible causes as the blaze destroyed the home before help arrived.
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Cambridge
U.P
Myrtle Fife Wiley
Betty
Vernon
Mary Fife
George W. Sayre
Woman 104 Votes Roosevelt Hearings from FDR
Mrs Catherine Hallan Stairs who turned 104 on October 18 celebrated by declaring support for President Roosevelt and received an official reply from the President.
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FDR Urbana
Catherine Hallan
Stairs
Roosevelt
Nationalist Forces Close on Madrid as Loyalist Defenses Falter
Nationalist troops push from Getafe toward Madrid as the city lies nearly encircled. Loyalist artillery and nine airplanes fail to halt the advance, while Moorish troops employ improvised tactics to disable loyalist tanks.
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United Press
Getafe
Madrid
U.1
Puerto del Sol
Africa
Foreign
Foreign Trade Threatened by Marine Strike
Washington reports a federal intervention in a widening maritime strike that risks choking U S foreign commerce. President Roosevelt convenes a cabinet meeting as San Francisco ports join the coastwide action, with Edward F McGrady preparing a Washington trip to present settlement details.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Edward F. McGrady
Willys-Overland Nets $5 Million Car Order
Willys-Overland Motors Inc announces two $5,000,000 contracts for Willys automobiles to dealers in three Pacific states and in Ohio and Indiana. Deliveries are set for the first quarter of 1937.
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Toledo
U.P
Willys
Pacific States
Ohio
Indiana
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Harpo Marx’s Bride Revealed in Roosevelt Letter
The note mentions Arthur Harpo Marx informing President Roosevelt he had married since September. The bride is Susan Fleming a former Follies girl from New York City educated in Forest Hills Long Island.
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Arthur
Harpo” Marx
Roosevelt
Harpo
Susan Fleming
Follies
New York City
Forest Hills
Long Island
Lame Duck Session Urged as Relief Funds Run Short
In Columbus the outgoing legislature faces a needed lame duck session to provide more funds. Estimated relief needs for 1936 range from 2 to 4 million dollars, with a school fund deficit at least 6 million unless new money is allocated. The food tax repeal removes 1.4 million in school revenue through December, risking a 1997 debt carryover and a 12 million annual loss.
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Legio
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Nations Sign Pact on Submarine Warfare Protocol
A protocol on humane submarine warfare was signed at the Foreign Office by delegates from the United States Great Britain the Dominions India Japan France and Italy. It requires the submarine commander to move crew passengers and ship papers to safety and prevents relegating them to lifeboats unless land is near or a rescue craft is close.
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London
U.P
Foreign Office
United States
Great Britain
Dominions
India
Japan
France
Italy
Chrysler Announces Third Bonus Distribution This Year
Detroit report says K T Keller of Chrysler Corporation announced a third extra compensation distribution totaling 44 million dollars to be paid during the week of December 14. The year’s total distributions reach 8.3 million dollars with participating employees receiving 105 to 155 dollars above their wages.
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Detroit
U.P
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation Today
Keller
Republican Leaders See Conflicting New Deal Elements Shaping GOP Return
Republican leaders argue internal clashes within the New Deal Democratic Party will tilt power back to a liberalized GOP. They note Gov. Alf Landon’s strong showing despite Roosevelt’s margin, while third party candidates and unions split votes. Coughlin’s 6,000,000 base aides Union Party hopes, but the GOP remains a significant force with over 15,000,000 supporters.
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GOP
Washington
New Deal
Democratic Party
G.O.P
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Landal
Charles B. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Union Party
Father Coughlin
Lemke
Republican Party
Britain and France Plead For Madrid Peace Accord
London reports Britain and France urged Madrid to strike a direct peace pact to spare Madrid’s civilians as 200000 people have died in sixteen weeks of civil war. Eden reportedly contacted Paris to press Delbos and Blum to persuade Largo Caballero’s government to seek terms with Gen Franco.
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London
Great Britain
France
Madrid
Anthony Eden
Paris
Eden
Yvon Delbos
Leon Blum
Francisco Largo Caballero
Francisco Franco
Four Die in Explosion At Painesville Plant
Four workers were killed at the Mond Alkali Co plant in Fairport near Painesville when an explosion ripped through a coal storage tank. The men were repairing a roof tank and fell engulfed in burning debris. Fire marshals and plant engineers investigated the blast.
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Painesville
U.P
Miamond Alkali Co
Fairport
Pr Shields Dies at Home Near Letart Falls
Funeral services for P. R. Shields age 73 who died this morning at his home near Letart Falls will be at the Letart Falls M E Church Sunday at 3 p m He leaves a wife and three sons Paul Pomeroy Claude and Elide Letart Falls
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Pomeroy
P. R. Shields
Letart Falls
M. E
Mr. Shields
Paul
Claude
Elide
Dale Young Gren Scored Birdie Then Accidentally Feeds Pheasant
Dale Young Gren scored a birdie with a football on the high school field. His punt broke a pheasant's neck, causing a local sports accident noted in the item.
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Doland
D—U
Dale Younggren
TIOSEER CAR BUILDER DIES
Gros Pointe Farms Michigan Henry B Joy a 27 year old Detroit capitalist and pioneer motor car builder died at his home after several months illness.
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Tioseer
Prof J P West Dies After Illness At Otters Tein College
Prof J P West aged 67 longtime treasurer of Otters tein College dies after months of illness. West served 19 years in that post and was associated with the college in Westerville. His death was reported today.
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Westerville
J. P. West
Otterstein College
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