Surplus Excise Tax Funds Released For Local Relief
State Welfare Director says attorney general opinion frees surplus excise tax funds for relief, potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars for counties not fully bonded. Athens County may receive one two thousand dollars. Cleveland area expected about 375000 to 390000.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Welfare Department
Athens County
O. Gibson
Herbert
Thomas J. Herbert
Sherwood
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Herbert S. Duffy
Christmas Season Starts In Athens With Decorations
Athens City Hall received seventeen hundred yards of rope laurel for distribution by John Bolin, secretary of the Athens Retail Merchants Association, to local merchants as a starter for Christmas decorations. The Sunday's Messenger will publish a special Christmas edition with gift stories and ads.
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Athens
John Bolin
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Trade Barrier Drive Launched by Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce Harry L Hopkins started a government drive to remove interstate trade barriers seen as a threat to the nation’s economy. An interdepartmental committee will study and unify actions to protect free flow of commerce between states with Paul T Truitt as chairman and hearings planned with the federal monopoly committee led by Joseph C O’Mahoney.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Paul T. Truitt
Commerce Department Industrial Economic Division
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyo
Federal Monopoly Committee
Hunter Injured When Shotgun Discharges In Tree
Homer Mitten of Holmes County climbed a tree while hunting in tall weeds. His dropped shotgun discharged on the ground, striking him in the face and shoulder. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and released.
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Millersburg
O.R
Homer Mitten
Holmes County
Mitten
Memorial Hospital
Laferty Hunters Held In Beating of Farmer
Laferty men Joe Merline and Sandy Mamu la were detained by Fairview authorities on charges of beating farmer Frank Gardner and his son after they were ordered off the property. Gardner died from injuries after a fall from a horse the day after the beating.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Joe Merline
Sandy Mamula
Laferty
Fairview
Frank Gardner
Cambridge Hospital
Fifth Winter Olympics Cancelled by German Committee
The fifth Winter Olympic Games scheduled for February in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany were canceled today by the German Olympic committee.
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Berlin
Garmischacenrchen
Germany
British Secret Agent Capt. Stevens Seized at Dutch Border
Nazi officials claim Capt. Richard Stevens confessed to murder and sabotage plots while posing as a British secret agent. London reports Stevens and a companion were captured at the Dutch border as they sought contact with German officers negotiating peace without Hitler’s knowledge.
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Richard Stevens
London
Stevens
Hitler
Mr. Best
Dutch Steamer Sliedrecht Sunk by German U-Boat
Five survivors from the Dutch steamer Sliedrecht describe a U-boat attack in the Atlantic that sank the 5133 ton vessel. They spent a week in an open boat with two overcoats for a sail before a trawler spotted them and brought them to a British port.
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London
U.P
Sliedrecht
Atlantic Ocean
Widow of Gallia County State Legislator Dies
Mrs. Augusta McCormick 92, widow of former Gallia County representative C. H. McCormick, farmer and merchant, died at her Gallipolis home. She belonged to the Halliday family. funeral services were expected to be held Sunday, with a noon indication.
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Gallipolis
Augusta McCormick
C. H. McCormick
Gallia County
Halliday
Mary Todd Lincoln Once Lived in Greene County Ohio
Xenia historian L. Clark reports old newspaper accounts indicating Mary Todd Lincoln wife of Abraham Lincoln resided in Greene County Ohio. The finding adds local context to the Lincoln era and the Ohio connection in Xenia records.
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Xenia
U.P
Mary Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Greene County
Ohio
L. Clark
Republicans Delay Fire on Farm Policies in 1940 Campaign
Republicans plan to limit criticism of New Deal farm policies to essentials and defer their substitute farm program until the 1940 presidential campaign. They will focus first on blocking renewal of the enacting law extending reciprocal trade treaties, with farm groups opposing several pacts and the administration defending the measure as a major Roosevelt achievement led by Cordell Hull.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Wend Funeral Set For Monday In Connett Church
Mrs. Nettie Wend 75 widow of William Wend died at home in Connett. She toured France as a Gold Star Mother. Survived by three daughters and five sons, a brother, and several grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Connett Church with burial in Connett Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Nettie Wend
William Wend
Connett
France
Wend
Mary Reeves
Toledo
Mildred
Lydia Wend
William Wend, Jr
Jackson, Mich
Stanley Wend
Carl
Harvey
Custer
Walter
Harvey Deshler
Columbus
Connett Church
Connett Cemetery
Death of Nazarene Church Head J G Morrison Reported
Logan officials confirm the death of Reverend J G Morrison leader of the Church of the Nazarene who presided over a local conference last year. He was a familiar figure in Logan.
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Logan
J. G. Morrison
Church of the Nazarene
Rev. Morrison
Man Surrenders Over Accidental Killings in Columbus
Edgar Renshaw, who told Houston police his name, asked to be returned to Columbus, Ohio, for trial after admitting he accidentally shot his best friend Charlie Brown, 39, a Columbus steelworker, with Brown's gun.
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Houston
Texas
Edgar Renshaw
Columbus
Ohio
Renshaw
Charlie Brown
Brown
Rival Illinois mine unions end seven year feud
The Illinois United Mine Workers and the Progressive Mine Workers of America announced a mutual accord to support each other on working conditions and district representation. State officials said the pact could foreshadow a national reconciliation between CIO and AFL factions.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois United Mine Workers’ Union
CIO
Progressive Mine Workers of America
AFL
UMW
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
PMA
American Federation of Labor
Illinois
Superior Coal Company
Gillespie
Ray Edmundson
David Reed
German U-boat Torpedoes British Cruiser in Firth of Forth
Berlin reports a German U-boat confirmed the torpedoing of a British Belfast cruiser in the Firth of Forth. The New York Times had cited a similar attack on a 10,000 ton Belfast of the Southampton class, with private advices said to arrive in New York.
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Berlin
High Command
Belfast
Firth of Forth
New York Times
New York
Tiffin Man Killed in Freak Hunting Accident
Karl G. Kleinfelder, 35, was struck in the heart by a bullet fired by a hunting companion while Thanksgiving Day rabbit hunting. Henry N. Kuhn, 17, fired the shot. Kleinfelder died minutes later. Justice Webb Tomb, acting coroner, ruled accidental death. The shot glanced off a tree and Kleinfelder was about 100 feet away.
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U.P
Karl G. Kleinfelder
Justice Webb Tomb
Henry N. Kuhn
Kleinfelder
German Planes Over Shetland Islands Create Alarm
German aircraft flew over the Shetland Islands this morning prompting an air raid warning that was lifted within thirty minutes. The event marks a brief aerial alert during wartime operations near the British Isles.
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Islands
London
Shetland Islands
Nine Dead in Thanksgiving Ohio Traffic Accidents
Ohio traffic deaths rise to nine over Thanksgiving Day. Head on collision near Zanesville claimed Carl Moyer 32 Willis M Barnett 22 and George C Fleming 34. Also killed were Roger Krull 7 and Donald Kilbane 18 months seriously hurt in Cleveland. Others drowned and died from indirect heart attack after witnessing a crash.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Zanesville
Carl Moyer
White Cottage
Willis M. Barnett
George C. Fleming
East Fultonham
Robert Hearing
Barnett
Fleming
Moyer
Donald Kilbane
Cleveland
Roger Krull
Krull
Ida O'Loughlin
Richard Telljohn
Ohio State University
Wahakoneta
Wapakoneta
George Davis
Eight Nazi Planes Shot Down as Front Action Intensifies
Paris dispatch reports eight German planes shot down yesterday, bringing two day total to 14. The Siroco destroyed two German submarines. Daladier called a military and diplomatic conference with Gen. Gamelin, Vice Admiral Darlan, Gen. Vuillemin, and Auguste Champtier De Ribes to discuss escalating aerial and naval tactics.
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Paris
U.P
Siroco
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gamelin
Francois Darlan
Joseph Vuillemin
Air Force
Auguste Champtier de Ribes
Foreign Office
Ohio to test speed control on Route 3 to cut crashes
The Ohio department of highways will launch a first of its kind speed control experiment next week on Route 3 from Columbus to Mt. Vernon about 40 miles. Signs will mark speed control zones with the 45 mph state limit and show safe speeds for normal conditions.
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Columbus
Mt. Vernon
Harry E. Neal
Ohio Department of Highways Traffic and Safety
Beightler
Ohio Department of Highways Safety
Ohio Department of Highways Engineers
Ohio
Chrysler Plant Battle Pickets End 50th Day Without Settlement
DETROIT UPI Chrysler workers returning to work after a 50 day labor dispute clashed with pickets at the Dodge main plant. Police reported fist fights as about 200 workers tried to pass 600 UAW pickets, 20 arrests, 57 workers entered.
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Detroit
U.P
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Conant Street
United Automobile Workers Union
CIU
Fall of Nanning Ends Major Chinese Arms Route
Japanese army announces the fall of Nanning the capital of Kwangsi Province after four days of bombardment. The occupation cuts off a vital source of Chinese arms and ammunition transported into the interior from French Indochina.
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Shanghai
U.P
Nanning
Kwangsi Province
Mrs Addie Case 79 Dies After Illness and Accident
Mrs Addie Case aged 79 died this morning at Logan after a two year illness that followed a broken hip from an earlier accident. She leaves one son Joseph, a sister Mrs W F Case, and a brother Alvin Stinchfield. Services Monday at 2 pm at the residence conducted by Rev Stanley W Wiant. Burial in Oak Grove.
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Logan
Addie Case
Joseph
W. F. Case
Alvin Stinchfield
Stanley W. Wiant
Oak Grove
Blond Says Kuhn Asked Her To Seek Divorce
Florence Camp testifies in Fritz Kuhn grand larceny case that Kuhn, leader of the German American Bund, asked her in 1938 to go to Reno to begin divorce proceedings and then be free to help his defense.
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Blond
Kuhn
New York
U.P
Fritz Kuhn
Florence Camp
Reno
Bund
Boy’s School Guard Die at Marysville Restaurant
Patrick Meehan 74 of London and former captain of guards at the Boys Industrial School Lancaster died of a heart attack in a Marysville restaurant yesterday.
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Marysville
U.R
Patrick Meehan
London
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Expect Garner Announcement In Next Week
The United Press reports high authority expects Vice President John Nance Garner to announce his candidacy for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination within the next week. An active Garner for President worker says no one has authority to speak for him but anticipates a formal declaration soon.
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Dallas
Tex
United Press
John Nance Garner
Garner
Congress
Grange Approves U S Farm Aid Policy Plan
The National Grange, representing about one million farmers, approved compensatory payments to farmers during emergencies and outlined a permanent program centered on expanding the American market, prudent land use, retaining useful emergency provisions, and fostering cooperative marketing.
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Peoria
U.P
National Grange
New Englander Prepares for FDR Christmas in Hull
In Hull Massachusetts Samuel James hosted the first ornamented Christmas tree, saying he wished to be ready if President Roosevelt proclaimed an earlier Christmas. The scene reflects wartime era civic spirit as residents anticipate government announcements.
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Hull
Mass
U.P
Samuel James
Roosevelt
Former Athens Pastor Dies in Columbus at 69
Rev. T. L. Lowe aged 69 longtime West Fourth Ave Church of Christ Columbus pastor died today from heart disease. He served 28 years in Columbus retired years ago and remained active in church matters. Lowe previously led churches in Union City Indiana Athens Ohio and Meigs County Ohio and ran as Prohibition party candidate for Ohio governor in 1924.
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Columbus
U.R
T. L. Lowe
West Fourth Ave
Church of Christ
Union City
Ind
Athens
Meigs County
Ohio
War at Sea Draws Neutrals Closer to Europe Crisis
United Press reports a rising sea warfare effect as a Dutch steamer is sunk by a U boat and the British steamer Mangalore hits a mine off the east coast. Germany warns neutrals and presses blockade measures while Romania shifts toward the Allies amid Balkan tension.
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Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Scandinavia
Black Sea
Sliedrecht
Atlantic Ocean
Reich
France
Belgium
Holland
London
Mangalore
East
British Isles
Balkans
Rumania
George Tatarescu
Soviet Russia
Poland
Balkan
Thames River
Admiralty
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Foreign Office
FD Denies Ambassadors Ordered Home for Christmas Leave
White House statement says Ambassadors Joseph P. Kennedy and to France Belgium Poland were not recalled. It confirms Kennedy requested Christmas leave and that leave was granted and no orders to return to the United States were issued.
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U. S
Warm Springs
London
Joseph P. Kennedy
White House
Roosevelt
Kennedy
France
Belgium
Poland
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Tiffin
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