Agreement Reached in Record 54 Day Chrysler Strike
Chrysler Corporation and the United Automobile Workers CIO ended a 54 day dispute with a one year contract containing a no strike clause and a wage rise around three cents per hour. The agreement avoids a union shop and preserves production control at Chrysler plants. About 60,000 workers were idle since October with substantial losses in sales and wages. 125 dismissed workers will be reinstated without seniority loss. Pickets were withdrawn and production to resume with most workers back by Friday and full return by Monday.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
CIO
United Press
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Dodge
Comtany
James F. Dewey
Federal
Labor Conciliatos
Chrysler
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Farm Bureau Aims at Ohio Legislators Over Tax Proposals
In Columbus a resolution attacking the 1939 Ohio Legislature for failing to pass the farm bureau program is prepared for submission at the federation annual convention. The bureau pressed restoring a 10 percent luxury tax and beer tax to 24 cents a barrel, noting the latter would yield about 1 million dollars extra revenue.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Resolutions Committee
Federation
Bureau
Court Rules Street Assessments Are Legal
Ohio Supreme Court upholds state law allowing municipalities to contract with the state highway director to reconstruct streets that extend state routes. The court dismissed an injunction by Francis Gallagher and Bexley residents against collecting assessments for East Main Street improvements.
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Columbus
U.P
State Supreme Court
Francis M. Gallagher
Bexley
East Main Street
Borah Opposes Tax to Finance Defense Spending
Senator William E Borah of Idaho rejects a proposed special tax to fund higher defense costs. He argues such a levy would burden the least able to pay and could undermine citizenship morale and national value as effectively as war.
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Washington
U.P
William E. Borah
Ida
Gallipolis Printer Chauncey Booton Dies After Heart Attack
Gallipolis local printer Chauncey Holcomb Booton aged 65 died this morning after a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Stella In gles Booton. Funeral services will be held Friday though arrangements are not yet completed.
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Gallipolis
Chauncey Holcomb Booton
Stella Ingels Booton
Roosevelt Heads Home From Warm Springs Thanksgiving
President Roosevelt departed the Little White House in Warm Springs Georgia after spending Thanksgiving there and headed back toward Washington.
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Warm Springs
U.P
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Woman Kills Self After Confrontation in NY Apartment
Adelaide Tate a 38 year old divorcee fell from a 17th floor New York City apartment after Oui Skipling an oil engineer sought to persuade her to leave. Skipling said she frequented the building as renter agent and she entered his apartment while he was away. He returned to find her dead. He reported lengthy calls and telegrams that racked up over 100 in charges.
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New York
U.P
Skipling
Adelaide Tate
Midwest
Light Company Strike Puts City in Darkness
In Asheville North Carolina an employee of the Carolina Power and Light Co pulled power house switches and went on strike throwing a city of 100000 into darkness for three hours. Strikers agreed to return to work after AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers leaders were assured talks on a closed shop would resume later today.
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Asheville
N. C
U.P
Carolina Power and Light Company
Blackness
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Churchman Injured in Crash That Killed One
Springfield Ohio report of Rev. John Reed of Akron in serious condition after Tuesday crash on U S Route 40 two miles east of Springfield. The victim is Rev. Adolphus Smith of Canton an elder in the Apostolic Gospel Church. Reed and Smith were connected to the same Akron Canton church.
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Springfield
John Reed
Akron
Adolphus Smith
Canton
Smith
Apostolic Gospel Church
Reed
Nelsonville Mother Dies Of Severe Stove Burns
Aretta Warren 21 died at Marietta Hospital from burns after her clothing ignited near a stove in Deanville last Saturday morning. She leaves a son, parents Mr. and Mrs. George Warren, and brothers and sisters Garrett Orville Charles Ray James Harold of Doanville and Mildred Frazee Mary Frazee of Chauncey. Funeral Friday at 2 at Doanville Church with Greenlawn burial.
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Nelsonville
Aretta Warren
Marietta Hospital
Deanville
George Warren
Garrett
Orville
Charles
Ray
James
Harold
Doanville
Mildred Frazee
Mary Frazee
Chauncey
Bund Leader's Theft Case in Hands of Jury
In New York twelve businessmen examine whether Fuehrer Fritz Kuhn stole 1217 dollars from the German American Bund. Kuhn admits using 717 for moving furniture of Florence Camp to New York and Cleveland, says Camp reimbursed and restored funds. State contends 500 dollars is missing and paid as legal fees to James D. C. Murray, who denies receiving it.
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New York
U.P
Fuehrer
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Kuhn
Golden Angel
Florence Camp
Los Angeles
Cleveland
James D. C. Murray
James G. Wallace
Sub Claiming New Victory
Berlin reports 32 year old U-boat commander Guenther Prien claims a second victory for the submarine Destruction sinking a 10,000 ton British cruiser and its 700 crew after earlier sinking the Royal Oak at Scapa Flow. The London Admiralty denies the cruiser sinking and denies the Repulse torpedo.
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Berlin
U.P
Fuehrer
Guenther Prien
Prien
Orkney-Sheland Islands
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
London
Admiralty
Airplane Crash Claims Purdue Student From Ohio
Columbus reports Emmet Hamer 22 of West Liberty died in a hospital after a crash near Middleburg Ohio. Mary Lincoln 17 of West Liberty remains in critical condition after the Sunday accident.
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Columbus
A.P
Emmet Hamer
West Liberty
Purdue University
Middleburg
Mary Lincoln
Letters urge Vandenberg for 1940 Republican nomination
Michigan sends letters to Ohio GOP leaders urging consideration of Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan for the Republican presidential nomination in 1940.
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Boost Vandenberg
Cleveland
U.P
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Ohio
FDR Budget Slash Forces Army to Cut 600,000 Plan
Roosevelt's 1941 defense budget, at 2.2 billion dollars, would not fund the 600,000 man protective force. Army strength would rise to about 500,000, with only an extra 40,000 regulars and no National Guard increase. The move segments emergency from normal outlays under a double entry system.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
National Guard
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Army
Naess Manet Muand
Tadawal
Avary
Luast
Muvueaiu Amarencial Bureau of Investigation
Public Service Company
Dies subcommittee hears charges of communism in schools
Maj Hampden Wilson of the Veterans Administration accused the American Student Union of spreading communism in the United States while Dr George W Hartmann of Columbia University described Communist influence in the American Federation of Teachers during hearings on alleged Red activities in schools and colleges.
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America
Dies
Maj
Hampden Wilson
Veterans’ Administration
American Student Union
U. S
George W. Hartmann
Columbia University
American Federation of Teachers
War scare blamed for lack of bids on Ohio highway projects
State Highway Director Robert Beightler said about 250 contractors did not bid on three highway jobs totaling nearly a half million dollars. He cited war fears and rising material and labor costs as causing hesitation for work in 1940. He noted letting estimates had risen 10 percent in three months and suggested fewer settings until conditions stabilize.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert S. Beightler
Beightler
Teacher Reports Loss In Cemetery Lot Fraud
Miss Sally Tinsley a South Charleston teacher testified in the Arlington Cemetery lot fraud trial that she lost 4100 dollars by buying cemetery lots. She said in 1935 she used 500 in cash and 3600 in Springfield building and loan certificates to purchase the lots from William N. Kramer, Arlington salesman.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Sally Tinsley
South Charleston
Arlington Cemetery
Federal District Court
Tinsley
Springfield
William N. Kramer
Arlington
Election Fraud Hearings Open in Pike County
Common Pleas Judge Fred H. Wolf prepared to hear Pike County election fraud trials after overruling motions to quash vote fraud informations against three Pike County officials and 12 other persons. Samuel C. Beekman will be tried on charges of accepting illegal votes in Mifflin Township.
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Wauseon
Ee — Common Pleas
Fred H. Wolf
Waverly
Pike
Pike County
Samuel C. Beekman
Mifflin Township
Russia Presses Finland Surrender or War in Naval Clash Report
Soviet forces reinforce in the Gulf of Finland press Finland for capitulation or bases amid intensified air and naval clashes. Moscow reports heavy Red fleet presence and warns of possible sustained attacks, as Finland seeks external support and cautious defense.
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Russia
Finland
Red Navy
Gulf of Fineland
Uns
Moscow
Izvestia
Gulf of Finland
Italy
Red Army
Leningrad
Roosevelt and GOP weigh later conventions for 1940 race
Democratic President Roosevelt reportedly discussed delaying both parties conventions to mid or late 1940 to gain campaign economy and avoid a lengthy campaign in a crisis year. Republican officials favored a later GOP gathering after the Democratic nominating event. The Warm Springs source framed the move as practical rather than political, aiming for a short campaign and avoiding third term questions.
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Washington
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Franklyn W. Whatman
Republican Party
G.O.P
Nab Two Hunters for Breaking Game Laws
Portsmouth deputy game protector announced arrests of two men for illegal hunting. Richard Kleinke, 25, pleaded guilty to possessing more than the legal limit after 19 road rabbits were found at his home. Mark Rapp, 30, from near Waverly, pleaded guilty to possessing five muskrat pelts and was fined $50 plus costs.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Richard Kleinke
Everett Ridge
Mark Rapp
Waverly
Two Dead in Love Triangle
In Los Angeles county two people, Beverly Wager and Keith Helmick, were stabbed by William Leach after he learned of their romance. Leach then killed himself by gas fumes after driving to a beach 60 miles away.
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Los Angeles
U.P
William Leach
Beverly Wager
Keith Helmick
Helmick
Miss Wager
Leach
Mother of Eight Dies in Lorain Rabbit Fever Case
Mrs. Mary Bonkowski, 59, mother of eight, died yesterday in Lorain County as the second rabies like tularemia victim of the season. Authorities tie her illness to a scratch while cleaning a rabbit, marking another tularemia fatality this season.
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Lorain
U.P
Mary Bonkowski
Lorain County
Relief Offices Guarded as Food Orders Are Stopped
In Cleveland police guarded two relief offices as crowds pressed for food orders. Officials reported 375000 pounds of butter and other staples from surplus commodities for distribution to thousands affected by the relief crisis. Mayor Burton convened an emergency session and sought state and federal aid plus factory hiring to ease shortages.
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Cleveland
Buckeye and
Willson
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Harold H. Burton
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Chamber of Commerce
Bishop Hobson Condemns U S Munitions Shipments to Japan
Cincinnati message from Bishop Henry W. Hobson denounces U S sale of war materials to Japan as the blackest page in American history. He appeals to Southern Ohio Episcopal churches to urge Congress and Secretary Hull to prohibit shipments of munitions and related materials.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Japan
United States
Ohio
Three Hocking Youths Arrested in Columbus
Columbus detectives detained Alfred Conkright 25 Carl Conkright 20 and Lyman Cole 23 on suspicion of attempting to sell stolen oil well equipment and copper wire to a Columbus second hand dealer. The trio from Hocking County was turned over to Sheriff Joe Farbearn of Logan.
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Columbus
U.P
Joe Farbearn
Logan
Hocking County
Alfred Conkright
Carl
Lyman Cole
Powder blast kills man at Columbus fireworks plant
Joseph Caccavello aged 58 died when flash powder exploded at his small fireworks plant in Columbus. The blast trembled houses about two miles away.
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Columbus
U.P
Joseph Caccavello
Ohio doctors study voluntary low income medical aid plan
The Ohio State Medical Association considers a voluntary prepaid medical service funded by contributions to aid low income residents. Dr. Parke G. Smith says the plan would expand preventive care without state or federal control, preserving patient physician relations and avoiding compulsory sickness insurance.
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Medical Association
Columbus
IAP
Ohio State Medical Association
Parke G. Smith
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sreac
Smith
Academies of Medicine
Law Violators Nabbed All Convicted In Ohio Hunting Cases
The Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources reports 294 arrests for hunting law violations and 294 convictions. Fines total $4,791 and costs $1,506.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
H. H. Grave
Ohio City Living Costs Among Nation's Highest
Cleveland ranks fifth and Cincinnati sixth among 32 large American cities in the cost of living, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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Ohio City
Washington
U.P
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Bureau of Labor Statisitics
State liquor board suspends winery for Sunday sale and slots
The state liquor board imposed a 15 day suspension on a champagne and wine manufacturer for Sunday sale and exhibition of slot machines.
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Columbus
U.P
State Liquor Board
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