Nazi anti Jewish drive halts Anglo German talks
Negotiations between Britain and Germany led by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain were postponed indefinitely amid a fierce Nazi anti Jewish campaign and attacks on British leaders including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. The Der Angriff article and mass protests added to mounting pressure as Germany imposed extensive new anti Jewish laws and a 400 million mark fine.
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London
H+U.P
Great Britain
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Chamberlain
Hitler
Britain
der Angriff
Churchill
Eden
Duff Cooper
Ernst von Rath
Paris
United States
France
Hyde Park
News Chronicle
Berlin
U.P
Reich Private Bankers Organization
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
New Deal Democrats Map 1940 Third Term Plans
Washington officials and New Deal figures including Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Gov. Frank Murphy discuss potential third term efforts as 1940 approaches. The meeting signals ongoing reorganization among progressives as electoral results sharpen debates over Roosevelt's possible nomination and party strategy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
la Guardia
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Bulkley
Robert J. Bulkley
New Deal
LaGuerdia
James A. Farley
New York State
Democratic Committee
President Roosevelt greets labor conference delegates
President Roosevelt sent a letter to 41 state governors at the fifth national conference on labor legislation praising their past efforts to raise wage standards. He noted their work serves wage earners, employers, and the public, though he could not attend in person.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Second Body Sought in Iowa Slaying
LE MARS Iowa police search the Knox rock garden for additional bodies after uncovering Mrs L A Trow 80 buried in a crude coffin. Mrs Sumner Knox 50 in protective custody admits cashing nine0 monthly checks to a widow and bringing another woman into her home. Deputy sheriff Frank Scholer says neighbors report a missing Knox husband likely in Washington state.
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LE Mars
Sumner Knox
L. A. Trow
Scholer
Knox Rock Garden
A. C. Starry
Distillery Rebuilds After $2 Million Kentucky Blaze
Glenmore distilleries officials said Saturday night’s fire destroyed six buildings and 32 000 barrels of whiskey valued at 40 per barrel. The loss is about 2 million while total plant value is estimated at 20 million with 225 000 barrels in warehouses spared. Cause not determined. operations to resume promptly.
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Owensboro
U.P
Glenmore Distilleries
Raymond Deateale
Louisville
Four Face Trial in Revenge Attack Case
Dr. Kent W. Berry and three men stood trial on charges they attempted to emasculate Irving Baker a 37 year old former Coast Guard officer and auto dealer who allegedly seduced Berry's young wife after a party last summer in Olympia Washington.
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Olympia
Wash
U.P
Kent W. Berry
Irving Baker
Baker
Coast Guard
Berry
Betty Berry
Hoover and Leaders Denounce German Jew Persecution
Former President Herbert Hoover Sinclair Lewis Bishop William T Manning and AF of L President William Green condemned renewed persecution of Jews in Germany. Hoover said blame lies with the political authorities in power, not the German people.
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NEW York
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Sinclair Lewis
William T. Manning
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Germany
Hoover
Police Veteran O'Neill Dies at 68 in Columbus
Thomas Francis O'Neill age 68 longtime police veteran who helped break up the Tim Hoogan Gang of mailbox robbers and who served 40 days as police chief died at his Columbus home today.
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Columbus
V.P
Thomas Francis O'Neill
Tim Hoogan
OEA Proposes Three Ways to Pay School Deficit
The Ohio Education Association backs three plans to clear the $17.5 million school foundation deficit. Proposals include a state bond authority, continued district borrowing with a revenue program, and continued borrowing with a dedicated tax. The first option is deemed most efficient but may violate the state constitution if debt limits exceed $750,000.
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Columbus
Ohio Education Association
Archbishop Curley Attacks Hitler in Holy Comforter Address
The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley of Baltimore condemned Adolf Hitler as a madman with delusions of divinity in a Holy Comforter Church sermon. He labeled Goebbels cripple-minded and urged Hitler to file diplomatic representations with the State Department through Secretary Hull to respond to Nazi attacks on racial and religious groups.
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Washington
Michael J. Curley
Baltimore
Adolf Hitler
State Department
Holy Comforter
Curley
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
God
Hull
Wind Storm Wreaks Damage Across Bucyrus
A freak wind storm in Bucyrus causes heavy property damage on the north side. Bucyrus Livestock Commission barns lose roofing, killing several cattle. Ralph Carpenter’s barn roof is torn off. Poles and wires fall along the Pennsylvania Railroad. a house shifts six feet from its foundation. Ohio Power substation near New Washington is damaged.
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Bucyrus
Bucyrus Livestock Commission Company
Ralph Carpenter
Ohio Power Co
New Washington, D
Burns and Smoke Fatal to Two in Home Fires
In Columbus Galloway Ohio Jacqueline Kid age ten died in hospital from burns after a family home burned. Her clothing caught fire while others in the family were unharmed. George E. Anderson age forty eight suffocated when a pipe started a fire in his home, he was believed asleep. Embers set fire to his chair.
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Columbus
Jaccqueline Kid
Galloway
George E. Anderson
Bishop Urges Fight on Nazis in Vienna Letter
Cardinal Innitzer, archbishop of Vienna, calls on Austrian Catholics to resist anti church moves. He denounces rumors of a new church tax and notes a Nazi campaign to sway families over religious instruction, already met with failure.
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Vienna
U.P
Theodore Cardinal _Innitzer
Cardinal Innitzer
Zanesville Mail Carrier Charged With Thefts
Charles L Stanton a 47 year old city letter carrier was held to a federal grand jury on charges of stealing WPA pay checks worth 1500 dollars from the mails. He was arrested when attempting to cash one of the checks and is held on a 5000 dollar bond.
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Zanesville
U.P
Charles L Stanton
U. S
W. L. Weber
Stanton
Citizens Tax Group Formed In Ohio Movement
Columbus Ohio announces the formation of the Citizens Tax League of Ohio Inc with Stuart A Baxter of Toledo named executive director. The nonpartisan group grew from the Ohio Senate graft probe and aims to awaken civic duty, cut public costs, and secure honest government at the lowest possible expense.
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Columbus
U.P
Stuart A. Baxter
Toledo
Citizens Tax League of Ohio, Inc
Ohio Senate
Ohio Citizens ‘Tax Vigilance Committee
Ohio
Tragic Death of 3-Year-Old in Degraff Truck Accident
Robert Eugene Strong, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Strong of Maplewood, died from a skull fracture today after being struck by a delivery truck in Degraff. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Bellefontaine
Robert Eugene
John Strong
Maplewood
Degraff
Man Declared Dead 14 Years Ago Is Located in Los Angeles
Davis R. MacDonald, once wealthy Pittsburgh broker and wartime aviator, was found alive in California posing as John Edgar Davis. He admitted attempting suicide after wealth reversals and described a roaming period ending with a California job as a wholesale drug salesman. His ex-wife, who believed him dead, remarried.
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Los Angeles
Davis R. MacDonald
Pittsburgh
John Edgar Davis
MacDonald
New Orleans
California
Palmdale
Clara M. Brown
Japs Refuse Yangtse Opening to Foreign Vessels
Japan informs the United States Great Britain and France it will not reopen the Yangtse River to foreign commerce for now citing ongoing military operations and river mines. It notes only Japanese forces can safely navigate beyond Kiangyin and restoration will take time amid guerilla activity and mined passages.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Yangtse
China
Kiangyin
Shanghai
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Landon Aids Joint Move in Foreign Policy
President Roosevelt names Alfred M. Landon to the American delegation for the eighth international conference of American states in Lima Peru on December 9. The lineup signals a united front in foreign policy with Landon placed just below Secretary Hull and includes labor delegates.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
Lima
Peru
North
South America
Hemisphere
London
Hull
Organized Labor
Ohio Wheat Growers Seek All Risk Crop Insurance
Washington AP report says 25 179 Ohio wheat growers have applied for all risk crop insurance on 1939 harvests. By early payments totaling 7 594 farmers, premiums in wheat have been paid for a national reserve to cover losses from weather insects and fire. Estimated Ohio premiums as of Nov 4 were 103 060 bushels.
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Washington
A.P
Ohio
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
King George and Queen Elizabeth to Visit Canada and US
Buckingham Palace announced that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will arrive in Quebec for a state visit to Canada and the United States on May 15. The royal tour will include meetings with Canadian and American officials and public engagements across multiple cities.
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London
U.P
George
Elizabeth
Quebec
Canada
United States
Buckingham Palace
Road Building To Go on New Head Premises
Ivan A. Ault of Ashland was named state highway director after the resignation of John J. Jaster Jr. and 10 assistants amid political tensions with Gov. Martin L. Davey. Jaster allegedly resigned in protest over mass dismissals tied to a patronage dispute involving Sawyer, Davey, and Bricker.
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Columbus
U.P
Ivan A. Ault
Ashland
John J. Jaster, Jr
Martin L. Davey
Ault
B. H. Frasch
Newark
Paroled Reform School Inmate Admits Attack
In Conneaut Ohio William Redmond 16 paroled reform school inmate confessed to attacking an eight year old girl and leaving her for dead under leaves stones and cement blocks. He was held in Jefferson County jail after being arrested at his home and the victim identified him three hours after the assault.
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Conneaut
A.P
William Redmond
Jefferson
Redmond
Stephen Stofko
Miner Goes on Trial for Murder of Wife
Jonesville Va. R B Alexander a young southwest Virginia coal miner went on trial today for the murder of his wife Myrtle a four times married woman. The case was postponed until today after a jury last Sept 23 failed to agree on a verdict.
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Jonesville
U.P
R. B. Alexander
Southwest Virginia
Myrtle
Rep Jenkins Reports No Funds For Reelection Bid
Columbus Ohio Representative Thomas Jenkins of Ironton reports no receipts or expenditures for his reelection campaign in Ohio's 10th district totaling 998.83 dollars. The filing shows a minimal campaign account with no income.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas Jenkins
Ironton
Congress
Jar of Applesauce Ends Hold-Up in Cincinnati
Two men, Francis Weigel and Patrick Pettit, were held in connection with the holdup of theater owner Joseph Shakespeare and his wife after police found the brown bag they seized contained only a jar of applesauce instead of theater receipts.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Shakespeare
Francis Weigel
Patrick Pettit
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