Threat To Sink City Of Flint Revealed In Broadcast
New York U P Capt Joseph Gainard master of the American freighter City of Flint reported in a Bergen Norway broadcast that Germans threatening to sink the ship if the American crew caused trouble. The prize crew, weapons aboard, and the ship's neutrality were described as it moved toward Murmansk and awaited prize court decisions.
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City of
Flint
Wessel
Norway
New York
U.P
Joseph A. Gainard
Bergen
National Broadcasting Company
Deutschland
Norway Rejects Nazi Protest Over Flint Release
Norway rejected Germany’s protest regarding the City of Flint’s release to its American crew. Officials said Germany lost rights when a prize crew took the ship into Haugesund, and the vessel may depart with cargo to the United States or be auctioned locally. U.S. Minister Harriman and Capt Gainard said the ship is free to go, with discussions ongoing about cargo disposition.
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Bergen
Norway
City of Flint
Germany
Allgesund
J. Borden Harriman
U. S
Joseph A. Gainard
City of
Flint
United States
Gainard
Haugesund
Schwaben
United Press
United States Lines
England
Harriman
Oslo
Washington
Berlin
Deutscher Dienst
Roosevelt
Chautauqua, N. Y
Cordell Hull
Knowlton Rites To Be Tuesday at Five Points
Co. P. Knowlton aged 83 life long resident of Five Points near Albany will be buried at Town House at 2 o clock Tuesday afternoon. He died Sunday at the home of his son W M Knowlton in Orient. Survived by two sons W M Orient and Howard Cleveland a daughter Flora Johnson Albany three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Wife Priscilla Bailes Knowlton died ten years ago. Funeral cortege will come from Orient to Five Points Tuesday.
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Co. P. Knowlton
Five Points
Albany
Town House
Mr. Knowlton
W. M. Knowlton
Orient
W. M
Howard
Cleveland
Flora Johnson
Priscilla Bailes Knowlton
Mrs. Margaret Ross Dies at Carbon Hill
Mrs. Margaret Ross age 74 widow of G W Ross died at her daughter Zoa Blosser home in Carbon Hill after a brief illness. She also leaves daughter Miss Bea Ross a Logan High School teacher. A Carbon Hill resident for 50 years she moved to Logan four years ago then returned. Funeral service 2:30 Thursday from the Carbon Hill home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Margaret Ross
G. W. Ross
Zoa Blosser
Carbon Hill
Blosser
Bea Ross
Logan T ™ High School
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wife of Logan Council Member Dies Today
Gladys Walburn 42 wife of City Councilman Joe Walburn died Monday after weeks of illness. Survived by husband daughter Carol son Jose and her parents Mr and Mrs R F Spicer of New Straitsville. Body at Heinlein Bros Funeral Home until Tuesday noon then to her parents home for funeral and burial set for 2:00 Wednesday in New Straitsville.
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Logan
Gladys Walburn
Joe Walburn
Carol
Jose
R. F. Spicer
New Straitsville
Heinlein
VOTE TUESDAY The Duty to Participate in Local Issues
Citizens urged to study Ohio ballot questions ahead of tomorrow’s local and state election. Welfare and education leaders and both major parties press for high turnout in Athens County and surrounding areas to influence daily life and well being through informed voting.
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Athens County
Ohio
Believe Better Conditions May Avert More Leading
Washington expects improved economic conditions and political factors to persuade President Roosevelt to avoid controversial proposals in the next Congress. National income rises including farmers, and Roosevelt’s prestige is high after adjournment. A 1940 program may include a $1.3 billion naval expansion and defense spending around $2 billion annually.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Wintry Blasts Sweep South Eastern Coast
A United Press report says winter swept the Atlantic Seaboard from Maine to Florida with snow rain and gale winds. Upper New York had three inches of snow while northern New Hampshire and Vermont saw sleet and snow. The Weather Bureau issued northwest storm warnings from east of New Haven to Nantucket as snow and rain spread through western Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware with high winds in New York City.
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United Press
Atlantic ‘Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Deep South
New England
New York State
New Hampshire
Vermont
Weather Bureau
New Haven
Conn
Nantucket
Mass
Virginia
Kills Daughter Shoots Himself in Cleveland Home
David Jenkins, 69, a school watchman, shot his 40-year-old daughter Florence Covert and then killed himself in a Cleveland home. The bodies were found Sunday by the daughter's husband after returning from walking the dog. Authorities call it murder and suicide. a neighbor reported the daughter had pleaded for mercy a month earlier.
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Cleveland
David Jenkins
Florence Covert
Stanley Covert
James Agnew
Head of Orphans Home To Superintend B. ILL.
Harold L. Hays the 41 year old superintendent of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia will become superintendent of the Lancaster Boys Industrial School about December 1. Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood said trustees granted Hays a release to take the new post succeeding A. R. Harsh who has retired after leading the school since 1928.
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Columbus
U.P
Harold L. Hays
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' Home
Xenia
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Charles L. Sherwood
Hays
A. R. Harsh
Warden Probes Break From Michigan Prison
Jackson Michigan officer says warden Harry H. Jackson investigates six long term convicts escape that ended with the shooting death of Inspector Fred Boucher as he tried to stop the escape in a getaway car.
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Michigan
Jackson
Mich
U.P
Harry H. Jackson
Southern Michigan Prison Today
Fred Boucher
Close Vote On Ham Eggs Plan In California
California voters decide tomorrow on a constitutional amendment named the retirement life payment act. It would grant unemployed citizens over 50 an equivalent of 30 dollars weekly for life, a plan Roosevelt derided as a shortcut to utopia. Betting odds favor a narrow defeat. last year it lost by about 300,000 votes. The proposal is backed by the California Life Retirement Payment Association led by Roy G. Owens and Will H. Kindig, claiming over a million members.
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San Francisco
California
Roosevelt
Utopia
California Life Retirement Payment Association
Roy G. Owens
Will H. Kindig
Bigelow
Ohio ‘State Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ohio
State Taxation Department
Twelve Injured as Express Derails Near Westfield
Twelve people were injured when the New England States Special Chicago to Boston express derailed three miles east of Westfield mass. The accident shook all 63 passengers severely as the train left the rails.
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Westfield
Mass
U.P
New England States
Chicago
Boston
Bigelow Pension Plan Issue Prompts Huge Ohio Vote
Ohio voters on Tuesday face a landmark off year election centered on the Bigelow $50 a month pension plan and its companion amendment to the state constitution. The measure seeks broad pensions funded by a land tax and income tax, with large turnout expected and debates over initiative thresholds and state reforms.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
Earl J. Griffith
Despondency Blamed for Nelsonville Man's Suicide
Clyde Warren age 23 died by shotgun suicide at his Nelsonville home 481 West Franklin Street after a period of ill health and unemployment. He was found by his siblings near the front porch Saturday night. Coroner A L Pritchard noted despondency as a probable cause. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Connett.
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Nelsonville
Clyde Warren
A. L. Pritchard
Warren
Jamies Warren
W. Franklin St
William
Kathryn
Louise
Bobby Joe
Frances Ritz
Buchtel
Elizabeth Hayden
Carbon Hill
Carolina Warren
Allied Convoys Planned to Protect US War Cargoes
Paris reports Britain and France will jointly guard Atlantic ships carrying American war cargoes amid German submarine threats. Winston Churchill Cesar Campinchi and Vice Admiral Francois Darian announced the plan to convoy first armament shipments from New York to Britain and France to prove control of sea lanes.
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Paris
U.P
Great Britain
France
Atlantic
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Cesar Campinchi
Francois Darian
New York
Britain
Beckenbach Accepts Traffic Post in Cincinnati
City Manager C O Sherrill announced Dallas traffic engineer C G Beck enbach has accepted the same traffic position in Cincinnati marking a leadership shift in the city’s traffic administration.
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Cincinnati-U.p
C. G. Beckenbach
Dallas, Tex
Cincinnati
C. O. Sherrill
Increased Farm Income Predicted for Next Year
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts higher farm income in 1940, possibly reaching 8.9 billion dollars, aided by war time demand and stronger export markets. Cash farm income this year is 8.3 billion, with gains expected to flow to small merchants and workers, though no boom in prices is anticipated. The outlook assumes war continues through 1940 and notes industrial production has risen recently.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Lost Six Days Boy Found Safe in Arizona Mountains
Bruce Crozier a seven year old wandered away from his parents camp 32 miles from home and survived six days in subfreezing temps. He used leaves to insulate himself and wore only a light play suit as searchers looked for him. He dodged harsh weather by day and hunkered down at night until rescue.
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Winslow
Ariz
U.P
Bruce Crozier
Arizona
Bruce
R. E. Crozier
Father of Six Charged With Girl's Murder
Hazard Kentucky reports Cruzzie Collins a 30 year old father of six was charged with the murder of Clara Roberts a 20 year old minister's daughter shot in a movie theater Saturday night Collins a projection machine operator denied the shooting but said Roberts had been his girlfriend Sheriff Justus Begley notes the couple had a two year acquaintance Rev Dan Roberts the girl's father says she had begun to break off the relationship after learning Collins was married two months ago and was keeping company with him for about two years
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Hazard
U.P
Cruzzie Collins
Clara Roberts
Collins
Miss Roberts
Kentucky Political Air Quiet as Polls Open
Louisville report says Kentucky’s subdued campaign ends as about a million voters prepare to cast ballots for state county and municipal officials. Keen Johnson, elevated from Lieutenant Governor to Governor, seeks reelection as the Democratic candidate after Chandler resigned to join the U.S. Senate.
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Kentucky
Louisville
U.P
Keen Johnson
A. B
Happy” Chandler
United States
Slain Bride's Husband To Be Tried Nov 16
Walter Hibberd, 20, pleaded not guilty to murder as funeral services were held for his wife Caroline Hibberd in Springfield Massachusetts. He confessed to Brattleboro Vermont police that he killed her with a hunting knife and decapitated her after an odd urge to kill. The judge ordered a mental examination and Hibberd is held without bail for a November hearing. Caroline Hibberd's body was sent to Lyman Maine for funeral services.
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Caroline Havey Hibberd
Springfield
Mass
Walter Robinson Hibberd
Brattleboro, Vt
U.P
Walter Hibberd
William J. Granfield
Brattleboro
Caroline
Pomeroy Woman Catherine Seyfried Dies at 69
Catherine Seyfried 69 of Pomeroy died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. Fred Nicholas home in Middleport after months of illness. Widow of William Seyfried she leaves three sons Christy Roy and William Jr all of Pomeroy two brothers Jake Reiber Clinton Ind and John Reiber Huntington Ore a sister Vena Reiber Chicago ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at 3 PM at the Harrisonville Road residence with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. She was a Federated Church member.
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Pomeroy
Catherine Seyfried
Fred Nicholas
Middleport
William Seyfried
Seyfried
Christy
Roy
William, Jr
Jake Reiber
Clinton, Ind
John Reiber
Huntington
Ore
Red Celebration Delays Russian Finnish Negotiations
A three day Red revolution anniversary celebration in Moscow halted talks with the Finnish mission over Russia territorial demands. Finns will likely remain but may not meet Soviet officials again before Thursday. Finnish cabinet met at Helsingfors and drafted new instructions expected today.
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Moscow
Russia
Helsingfors
Snowmobile Delayed as Motors Are Installed
Mechanics at General Electric in Erie report difficulty installing two new motors delaying the snowmobile. In Columbus Admiral Byrd’s federation of mammoth snow cruisers announces a run-off election later this month to choose new officers for the Glass Workers union affiliates.
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Erie
U.P
General Electric Co
Columbus
Richard E. Byrd
Federation of Mammoth Snow Cruiser
Jonior Industrial Organizations
Row Morning
Ohio Hospitals Aided By Donations of PWA
The Public Works Administration since 1933 provided financial assistance for 39 Ohio hospital buildings costing 4,579,717 dollars, adding 1,648 beds to Ohio's hospitals, the agency reported.
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Ohio Hospitals
PWA
Washington
U.P
Public Works Administration
Ohio
Kenton Candy Plant Fire Causes Major Loss
A fire at the Runkle Cakes and Candy Co. plant in Kenton caused more than 250000 dollars in damage. The cause was listed as unknown and insurance partly covers the loss. The blaze occurred early Sunday at the Kenton facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
U.P
Runkle Cakes & Candy Co
Funeral rites for Mrs Herman Carl set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs Herman Carl will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o clock at the residence on Union Ave.
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Herman Carl
Union Ave
Steamer El Capitan Replies To Distress Call
The El Capitan rushed to aid the steamer Vamar in a storm after its lumber cargo shifted. The rescue ship reached within eight miles of the Vamar, which reported a position about 100 nautical miles southeast of the Chesapeake Bay entrance.
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NEW York
U.P
el Capitan
Vamar
Chesapeake Bay
Parimutuel Betting Opposed by LaGuardia
NEW YORK. Mayor F. H. La Guardia joined church leaders in denouncing the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize parimutuel betting on horse races. The opposition crystallized as voters prepared for tomorrow's state election.
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NEW York
U.P
F. H. LaGuardia
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Murmansk
Jozef Sadowski
Warsaw
State Department
Stefania Sadowski
Logan Council
Orphans Home
B.ill
Crack Express
By Richard A. Blackburn
Acme Telephoto
Boy
Glass Worker
Kenton Candy Plant
LaGuardia
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