Ambassadors Confer With FD on Italy and Germany
In Olympia Washington Dr W Berry 50 society physician convicted of kidnapping and assault for abducting and torturing Irving F Baker, former Coast Guard officer, faces life imprisonment after pleading for leniency. Roosevelt hosts talks with ambassadors Wilson and Phillips on religious persecutions in Europe at Warm Springs Georgia.
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Olympia
Wash
U.P
Mt W. Berry
Berry
Irving F. Baker
Coast Guard
Washington
Baker
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
White House
Hugh Wilson
William Phillips
Wilson
United States
Phillips
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Roads Blocked In Bandit Hunt In Michigan
State police blocked southwest Michigan highways in a search for two Kansas outlaws who kidnapped two farmers near Vicksburg, stole two autos, and shot at officers. Fifty squad cars guarded roads around Kalamazoo County as hospitals were guarded for possible injuries. Unaccounted for are Henry Metty and Claud Mennis.
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Paw Paw
Mich
U.P
Michigan
Kansas
Kalamazoo County
Henry Metty
Claud Mennis
Vicksburg
United Palestine Appeal Seeks $10 Million for German Jewish Settlement
The United Palestine Appeal urged a nationwide emergency drive to raise 10 million dollars to resettle 100000 German Jews in Palestine. The campaign follows reports from London that Britain might back the Palestine settlement plan.
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Washington
U.P
United Palestine Appeal
Palestine
London
Great Britain
Polish Czech clash in Javorina district leaves soldiers dead
In the Javorina district of Slovakia Polish and Czech forces clashed. At least three Polish soldiers were killed and several were wounded, according to an official announcement.
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Warsaw
U.P
Javorina
Slovakia
Poland
Pope Pius XI Resumes Work As Encyclical Hinted
Pope Pius XI, 81, recovered from a near death episode and walked unaided to preside over an audience for 400 Hungarian pilgrims. He was expected to issue an encyclical addressing world problems, condemning armed conflicts and Communism and urging leaders to pursue peace.
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Rome
U.P
Pius XI
Vatican
Two Children Die Under Ice
Akron reports the tragedy of four year old Ronnie Goslin who vanished on Wingfoot Lake after sled riding and was found beside a hole in the ice. Firemen recovered his body. Twelve year old Tommy Davis drowned on a pond near Meander Dam while skating with Harry OConnell. Tommy’s body was recovered an hour and a half later.
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Akron
U.P
Ronnie Goslin
Wingfoot Lake
Verne Goslin
Tommy Davis
Meander Dam
Niles
Harry O'Connell
Harry
Tommy
Cambridge Theater Bans Sunday Movies Tests Ordinance
Cambridge police arrested Cort Theater manager Dan Gilhula and three employees when the Sunday opening violated a new ordinance banning Sunday films. The ban, approved by about 1 000 voters in the November 8 election, faces a legal test.
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Cambridge
U.P
Prospect
Dan Gilhula
Cort Theater
Government Experts To Make U S Neutrality Law A Strong Tool
New York report says officials plan amendments to the neutrality act to empower the President to name aggressors and impose embargoes while extending exemptions to Canada. The plan aims to give the United States a sharper diplomatic weapon and aligns with Roosevelt defense policy ahead of the Lima Pan American Conference.
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New York
Roosevelt
State Department
United States
Canada
The
Americas
Lima
Cordell Hull
Mr. Roosevelt
Ithe
Hugh Wilson
Germany
Lower
Peru
Wilson
Georgia
Compromise Sought to Avert General French Strike
Paris reports a proposed compromise by Socialist Republican Union in Parliament to delay the general strike while Premier Daladier agrees to reconvene Parliament on Dec 6 to debate finance and labor reforms. Daladier ordered railways and Paris transit requisitioned as nationwide labor unrest spreads.
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PARIS
U.P
Socialist and Republican
Edouard Daladier
General Labor Federation
Daladier
Labor Federation
Coughlin Plans Renewed Attacks on Jews
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin announced plans to extend his Jewish Communist controversy with renewed attacks on atheistic Jews. He attacked radio stations WMCA WJJD and WIND for blocking his talk claiming Jewish ownership. He said he would repeat the subject next Sunday and broadcast a transcription of the prior sermon prompting liberal and Jewish protests.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
WMCA
New York
Coughlin
WJJD
Chicago
WIND
Gary
Ind
Russia
Germany
Cleveland Seeks Safest City Status Amid Decline in Fatalities
Cleveland marked its 16th straight day without a traffic fatality. Through today 122 deaths this year compare with 220 at the same point last year as Mayor Burton urges citizens to join the "Committee of a Million" in pursuing safer streets.
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Cleveland
U.P
Harold H. Burton
America
Citizens Guard Against Further Brush Fires
Several hundred men remained to guard against a resurgence of brush fires that denuded over 50 000 acres in Southern California since last Wednesday. Fire chiefs reported the conflagrations largely under control with only occasional spot blazes to watch.
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Los Angeles
California
Boy Killed While Coasting Near Massillon
A 15 year old boy named William Kozik died after being struck by an automobile while coasting in Massillon on Sunday night. Investigations indicate pedestrian and vehicle factors are under review by local authorities.
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Massillon
U.P
William Kozik
Government's Books Show More Red Ink Than Ever
Treasury figures show the government ran a much larger monthly deficit this year than last. Since July 1 the net deficit reached 1.318 billion dollars, up from 678 million, with Morgenthau planning to borrow possibly 500 million next month to cover costs.
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Washington
U.p.—Treasury
Treasury
Morgenthau
AFL Members Return to Work in Chicago Stockyards
AFL affiliated Livestock Handlers union reports 350 members back on the job amid a CIO strike that had kept 250 workers outside. Police reduced a strong guard presence as CIO leaders urged contract negotiations at the main entrance to the stockyards.
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AFL
Chicago
U.P
American Federation of Labor Handlers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Press
CIO
van A. Bittner
Packing House Workers’ Organizing Committee
Smith Contests Polk’s Election To Congress
Emory F. Smith, defeated Republican candidate, files suit in the Ohio Supreme Court challenging James G. Polk’s re-election in the Sixth district. The petition cites counting errors and alleged fraudulent voting in Pike County and seeks to restrain certification and impound Pike and Scioto County ballots.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Emory F. Smith
James G. Polk
Smith
Pike County
Secretary of State
Polk
Pike
Scioto
Arson Probe on Kane Furniture Warehouse Fire
The arson squad investigated a major blaze at the Kane Furniture five story warehouse in Cleveland. Damage was estimated between 150000 and 250000 dollars with wall remnants all that remained. Fire spread rapidly with all floors ablaze within four minutes of alarm.
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Cleveland
Kane Furniture Co
Joseph Sweeny
Triple slayer Irwin sentenced to life in prison
Robert Irwin, 31, confessed to killing Ronnie Gedeon, 20, an artist's model, her mother, and Frank Byrnes, a lodger, at the Gedeon home on Easter morning 1937. A former Rockland State Hospital inmate, he received a life term in New York.
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New York
U.P
Robert Irwin
Irwin
Rockland State Hospital
Ronnie Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
Gedeon
Governor Davey Hints Special Session In December
Governor Martin L. Davey may call a special session of the lame duck legislature on December 15 to pass emergency finance measures for public schools facing a 17.5 million dollar deficit in the foundation fund. He also aims to secure Senate confirmation of several appointments before leaving office in January.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Lame Duck
Senate
Miner Admits Killing Wife With Empty Gun
Cadiz U P reports 42 year old Robert Bone, unemployed miner, confessed to killing his 40 year old wife Elizabeth with a shotgun he believed to be unloaded. He said he drank before returning home Sunday, triggering a quarrel and an accidental discharge that killed her.
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Cadiz
U.P
Robert Bone
Elizabeth
Bone
Orien
Japanese Army Aims to Boost Arms Output for Dual Wars
Tokyo dispatch reports War Minister Lieut. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki told munitions makers that Japan must have sufficient munitions on hand to fight two wars simultaneously against Russia and China. He called for an immediate increase in output at a wartime conference.
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Tokyo
A.P
Japan
Russia
China
War Office
Seishiro Itagaki
General Fireproofing to Recall Workers After 1939 Contract
The General Fireproofing Co. will recall additional men to work as a result of a 1939 contract to supply government departments with steel files and desks.
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Youngstown
U.P
General Fireproofing Co
Sub Freezing Temperatures Hit East Amid Cold Wave
Sub freezing temperatures covered the eastern half of the United States from Maine to Florida while Western and Midwestern regions faced zero to single digit readings. Snow from a weekend storm lingered on roads as thousands endured disruption and rescues continued in New England and New York City.
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United States
Rockies
Seaboard
Maine
Florida Peninsula
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
East
Southeast
Middle West
New York Metropolitan Area
Canada
New York City
Rocky Mountain States
Florida
Miami
Middlewestern
North Central
Minnesota
Dakotas
Coast Guard
Virginia Capes
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Illinois
Package Liquor Sales Sought by Druggists
Cincinnati druggists plan a petition to amend Ohio liquor law to allow package liquor sales. Led by Charles Ehler, the effort follows a last April proposal by wholesale druggists. The Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association prepared petitions for signatures statewide.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles Ehler
Ehler
Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association
Akron family poisoned after Thanksgiving chicken
City chemists examined scraps eaten by five members of an Akron family after they fell ill from food poisoning. Investigators focused on chicken leftovers from the Thanksgiving meal as the potential source.
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Akron
Elder Bell Post veteran M M Messer dies at 96
M M Messer, 96, last member of the Bell Harmon Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, died today leaving a historic link to Civil War era veterans and local G A R history.
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Wakken
M. ©. Messer
Bell Harmon Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Defense of Western Hemisphere Plans Outlined by FDR Group
Washington policy report details an unofficial defense committee draft to harden the Western Hemisphere against attack. Proposals include boosting the Army Air Corps to about 9,000 first line planes, expanding mobilization, fortifying the Panama Canal area, modernizing mobile forces, and securing unlimited war material stocks.
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FDR Group
Western Hemisphere
Washington
Roosevelt
National Defense Committee
Congress
Secretary of War
Woodring
Army Air Corps
Panama Canal
Bricker Inaugural Ceremony To Be Simple State Event
Governor elect John W. Bricker and four Republican offic ials elect will be sworn in at a public Columbus ceremony January 9. There will be no inaugural ball and the inauguration will cost the state nothing. A meeting will address patronage and jobs for the new administration.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Dies Seeks Prosecution of Unregistered Foreign Agents
Washington D C April hearings on un American activities resume as Chairman Martin Dies demands prosecution of Communist Fascist and Nazi groups for failing to register under the new foreign agents law which took effect in October. Fewer than 500 foreign principals have registered despite warnings to over 2 500 agents.
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Washington
Martin Dies
D. Tex
House
State Department
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Homer S. Cummings
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Army of the United States
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