Wreckage of Nazi Freighter Lays Mystery on Florida Coast
Beachcombers in Daytona Beach report wreckage they believe stems from a German freighter blown up by explosion or storm. Debris includes a radio cabin wall with German plates, lifeboat gunwale, and swastika marked items. Oil drums washed ashore over a 200 mile coast. Air reconnaissance found oil slicks but no ship.
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Florida
Daytona Beach
Fla
Atlantic
Bahamas
Jupiter Inlet
Miami
Week's Toll of Vessels in Sea Warfare Increased to Eleven
London reports show 11 vessels sunk this week in high seas fighting including one British destroyer. The destroyer struck a German mine with 1 dead, 6 missing, and 15 injured. 70 survivors were landed. Other losses include the trawler Cresswell, the freighter Matra, and a Norwegian vessel with many dead and rescued crews. The article notes potential British seizures of neutral ships and reports German steamers Mecklen burg and Parana sunk by British warships.
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Hitler
Cresswell
Scotland
Matra
North Sea
England
Leith
Ponzano
Liverpool
Bay of Biscay
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Germany
Admiralty
Mecklen
Body of Escaped Inmate Found Near Albany Farm
The body of Charlies Boster, 26, of Proctorville, an escaped patient from Athens State Hospital, was found near the Poling farm on Route 3 Albany. Coroner says suicide likely occurred about three weeks ago. hospital superintendent identified the body by clothing marks.
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Charlies Boster
Proctorville
Athens State Hospital
Poling Farm
Albany
Dale Pugh
C. H. Creed
A. L. Pritchard
Evans
B. C. Day
C. H. Baker
Robert Doebel
Creed
Boster
State Hospital
Coe
Clues Emerge in Slaying of Race Track Operator O’Hare
Police find two letters linking the O’Hare killing to the Chicago underworld. One letter from a former bodyguard names the killers. the other claims Al Capone, still in command, vowed to kill O’Hare and cause his allies to score.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Edward J. O’hare
Scarface al Capone
O’hare
Russell Stoddard
Tia Juana
Sportsmen's Park Race Track
Stoddard
Anthony Prusinski
Alcatraz
Capone
Big Dago
O'Hare
Eddie
Underworld
Mother and Son Die in Household Gasoline Explosion
In Oberlin Mrs. Julia J Jones 28 and her three year old son John perished when a can of gasoline near a stove exploded in their living room. A baby daughter Catherine 18 months survived uninjured. The report notes the incident occurred yesterday and cites the U P service.
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Oberlin
U.P
Julia J Jones
John
Cathine
Chain Stores Defendants in Mandamus Case
The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments in a mandamus action to force the State Tax Department to collect about one million dollars in additional sales taxes from Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. and The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. The court took the case under advisement. Lawyers argued amounts owed: Kroger 500000 dollars and A and P 400000 dollars, based on three percent of gross sales minus taxes paid. Opposing counsel said the suit ignores exempted items and sales under nine cents.
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Columbus
U.P
State Tax Department
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
State Supreme Court
Francis Durbin
Lima
Matthew Bigger
Kroger
A. and P
Tail of Penguin I Amputated for Voyage
The North Star, Byrd commanded, sails for a 15 000 mile Antarctic expedition with 15 months of supplies. The snow cruiser Penguin I had 10 feet of its tail removed to fit on deck, enabling loading of spare tires. Byrd may meet at Philadelphia or Panama to join the journey ahead via Panama Canal to New Zealand and Chile.
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Boston
U.P
North Star
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Byrd
Philadelphia
Panama
Panama Canal
New Zealand
Valparaiso
Chile
A Good Argument But A Week Too Late
Massillon firemen faced a barn blaze as a 25 year old hook and ladder truck refused to start. Fire Chief Edward Hunsinger quipped about the old vehicle while noting voters had defeated a one mill tax levy last week to fund new equipment.
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Massillon
Edward Hunsinger
Taft Accuses Democrats Threatening U S Neutrality
Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio told a Pittsburgh audience that the Democratic Party could not be trusted with war and peace policy and attacked plans to register ships abroad as contravening the neutrality act He urged subsidies for American shippers to boost trade with South America and the Pacific and warned against Wilson era pitfalls.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Woodrow Wilson
South America
Pacific
West Virginia Bank Robbed in Charleston Heist
State Police joined the search for three men who robbed the First National Bank of South Charleston, taking 19000 dollars as four employees and eight customers were forced to lie on the floor. Witnesses described a possible additional guard at the door.
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Charleston
W. Va
First National Bank of
South Charleston
Taft To Take 3 000 Mile Western Jaunt
Sen. Robert A. Taft announces a 3,000 mile Western swing leaving late this week and returning to Cincinnati in December before another trip through New England.
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Taft
Cleveland
U.R
Robert A. Taft
West
Cincinnati
New England
Tires and coats stolen from May Ave garages
Five garages on May Avenue were burglarized overnight in Athens. Items reported missing include gloves, coats, clothing, a tire with wheel, a flashlight, a heater, gasoline, auto clock and mirror, a garden rake, and gas. Police Chief E S Finsterwald and Capt Charles Maple investigate.
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May Ave
Athens
Homer Baird
Walter Smith
W. D. Robinson
Clyde Hines
Fred Sanders
E. S. Finsterwald
Charles Maple
Borah Challenges GOP Leadership Over Independence
Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho attacks party leaders as he defends independents. He says independent voters are the real salvation of decent politics and the remedy for evils of the party system, challenging the GOP stance after prior refusals to back Republican nominees.
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John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Borah
Hamilton
Athens City Council authorizes relief interview with state officials
Relief funding plans for Athens next year were approved in an adjourned council meeting. Safety Director Bart Davidson and Councilman Oscar Fulton will travel to Columbus to interview state officials. City officials will consult the state welfare department next week to secure funds for city relief clients and determine expenditure methods.
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Service Safety
Bart Davidson
Oscar Fulton
Athens
Columbus
State Welfare Department
More Sandusky Bay Bridge Bonds Retired
The State Bridge Commission announced the Nov 1 retirement of 24000 Sandusky Bay bridge bonds bringing total retirements to 607000. Remaining original issue total is 1318000. The Pomeroy Mason bridge may fund retirement as Route 33 improves.
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Columbus
State Bridge Commission
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Pomeroy-Mason
Milk price increase set for Cleveland distributors
An agreement to raise milk price by one cent per quart in the Cleveland area takes effect Thursday after a meeting of distributors.
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Cleveland
Fire at Cumminsville Mattress Factory Causes Damage
A Cumminsville mattress factory fire burned through the night with damage estimated at 4000 dollars. Four firefighters were overcome by smoke but none are reported seriously injured.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Cumminsville
Ohio crops beat prior estimates in late season reports
The Ohio cooperative crop reporting service said late field crops exceeded expectations and apples, pears, and grapes likely produced more than October projections. November 1 estimates show corn at 49 bushels per acre versus 44 previously.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Ohio
Federal-State Service
Mt Vernon Plant to Reopen After Year of Suspension
B B Williams president of the Cooper Bessemer Corporation announced the Mt Vernon plant will reopen after a year of suspended operations citing a bright outlook for the future.
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MT. Vernon
U.P
B. B. Williams
Cooper, Bessemer Corporation
Relief Funds Cut Off In Cleveland Welfare Crisis
In Cleveland relief payments to over 60 000 people were halted as officials cited only 100 000 dollars in reserve and urged emergency funding. Mayor Harold H. Burton Welfare Director Fred W. Ramsey and council welfare committee discussed the stoppage as Governor Bricker was expected to visit and consider an extraordinary legislative session.
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Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
Fred W. Ramsey
John W. Bricker
Job Insurance Payments Off Ohio Unemployment
Unemployment compensation paid to Ohioans in October was 1,229,457.18 dollars, the lowest since benefits began last January. The figure, 23 percent below September, reflects a continuing decline from a peak near 3,000,000 in June as employment rises, says BUC administrator H. C. Atkinson.
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Columbus
U.P
H. C. Atkinson
BUC
Cox Predicts Victory for New Deal in 1940
James M. Cox, former Democratic presidential nominee, forecast a 1940 victory for the Democrats if a New Deal backed candidate is chosen. He spoke after a luncheon with President Roosevelt, his 1920 running mate, in Washington.
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Cox
New Deal
Washington
U.P
James M. Cox
Dayton
Broker Battles Girl's Parents in Love Suit
New York broker George Lowther II sues for the release of his 20 year old fiancée Eileen Herrick. The case before Supreme Court Justice Isadore Wasservogel seeks habeas corpus to compel her parents to present her in court and answer if she loves Lowther and wishes to marry. Herrick, once city park commissioner Walter Herrick’s daughter, has been described as ill from the strained separation.
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New York
L.P
George Lowther
Eileen Herrick
Lowther
Walter Herrick
Supreme Court
Isadore Wasservogel
Herrick
Eileen
Nazis Renew Air Attacks On England
United Press reports Britain lost a destroyer and other vessels as German air and sea operations intensified. Nazi claims threaten to treat armed merchant ships as pirate warships while Britain and its allies consider the potential of a large scale offensive by air and sea.
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England
Sawyer Triumphs in 1938 Petition Case
Columbus residents Thomas Mce Clinchey and W L Merrit lost a suit to collect 8800 from 1938 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charles Sawyer and his secretary Marvin W McIntyre. They alleged a contract to circulate petitions for Governor Davey recall. Judge Edward H Turner directed a verdict for Sawyer and McIntyre.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas Mce Clinchey
W. L. Merrit
Charles Sawyer
Marvin W. McIintyre
Martin L. Davey
Common Pleas
Edward H. Turner
Sawyer
MccIntyre
Guns Fail Prisoner Attempting to Escape
Bedford Ky R W Bailey 22 of Zanesville Ohio held on burglary charge attempted to shoot Sheriff Carroll Miles during an escape bid last night. He fired each of two revolvers six times but neither cartridge exploded. Bailey was overpowered.
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Bedford
R. W. Bailey
Zanesville
Carroll Miles
Bailey
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