Cash payments by Allies for U S arms reveal prior to embargo
Washington reports state department figures show Britain spent about 27 million of a 44.8 million order and France about 21 million of a 104.5 million order on arms before the embargo. Senate leaders were briefed as Roosevelt's program faced opposition while isolationists warn of imports and credits.
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Washington
State Department
Senate
Britain
France
Joseph C. Green
National Munitions Control Board
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Roosevelt
Green
Pittman
Europe
Great Britain
John A. Danaher
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Foreign Relations Committee
Swindler Rundt Charged in Auglaize County Fraud Case
In Auglaize County an audit named H. J. Rundt as a prolific swindler who has defrauded several Ohio counties. He faces a fraud charge and illegal receipt of 1682 dollars from the county treasury’s unclaimed money depository as state examiners H. T. Manner and Earl H. Dixon pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W.P
H. J. Rundt
Treasuries
Ohio
Auglaize
Rundt
Duglaize County
H. T. Manner
Earl H. Dixon
Two Prisoners Sentenced and Taken to Ohio Penitentiary
Edward Taylor aged 33 of New Marshfield and George White aged 43 with no home were sentenced Monday by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland to terms in the Ohio State Penitentiary for breaking and entering larceny and assault on a minor girl. They were transported to the penitentiary today by Sheriff Charles Bayless and Deputy B C Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Taylor
New Marshfield
George White
Ohio State Penitentiary
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Charles Bayless
B. C. Day
Prison fugitives captured in Eminence Ky escape
Fugitives from the La Grange State Prison Farm who kidnapped one guard and slugged another during a night escape were captured in Eminence Kentucky early today. Police recovered the escapees and returned them to custody.
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U.P
New la Grange
158 000 British Troops in France War Office Says
In the House of Commons War Secretary Leslie Hore Belisha announced that Britain sent 158000 troops to France in the first five weeks of the war. He noted no transport casualties, nightly convoys, and more than 25000 vehicles including tanks already deployed.
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London
Great Britain
France
House of Commons
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Channel
Hore-Belisha
England
Green Presses For Amending Of Labor Act
The AFL resolutions committee urged Congress to amend the National Labor Relations Act and create a five member NLRB. President Green warned such inaction could turn the issue into a political campaign item in 1940. The convention referred a study on supporting Patman tax and regulate chain stores.
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Cincinnati
The_ Resolutions committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress
AFL
National Labor Relations Act
NLRB
William Green
Executive Council
Conservation Board Leases 2224 Acres for Hunting Area
The State Conservation and Natural Resources Council authorized Commissioner Don Waters to negotiate with the Muskingum watershed conservation board to lease 2,224 acres at Charles Mill Reservoir for a fishing and hunting area. The plan also considered reservoirs at Dees Station in Greene County and other dam and lake projects in multiple counties.
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Portsmouth
State Conservation and Natural Resources Council
Don Waters
Muskingum Watershed Conservation Board
Charles Mill
Dees ‘Station
Greene County
Hocking River
Logan
Rock Mill
Fayette County
Perry County
Sterling Creek
Brown County
Mrs Herman James Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Mrs Herman G James of 48 E Union St wife of the Ohio University president was reported resting comfortably at Shelter ing Arms Hospital after an emergency appendectomy performed at 10 p m Tuesday night
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Herman G. James
E. Union St
Ohio University
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James
York Trustees Granted Bond Authority in Athens County
The State Board of Tax Appeals authorized York Township trustees to issue 1770 dollars in bonds against anticipated delinquent tax collections to cover unsecured debt incurred before January 1, 1939.
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Columbus
State Board of Tax Appeals
York Township
Athens County
Truck Driver Killed Near Cedarville Route 42
A Cincinnati man identified as Ray mond A. Gibson aged 43 died when his truck left Route 42 and plunged into a ditch near Cedarville. The fatality occurred today according to authorities and a chauffeur’s license identified the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Raymond A. Gibson
Cincinnati
Route
Cedarville
Nelsonville Man Reaches 77 Still Unshaved in Barbershops
Athens County resident James Standall of Nelsonville claims he has never had a barber shave him in a shop despite turning 77. The anecdote contrasts his long life with a prior tale told in a barbershop.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
James Standall
Standall
Bigelow Plan Perils Outlined At Rotary Talk
Nelsonville report on Ralph Cook's Rotary Club briefing outlining Bigelow amendments to Ohio Constitution. He warned the plan taxes small homeowners and small businesses, drags in old age subsidies costing hundreds of millions, and would force state budget cuts affecting schools roads welfare and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Bigelow
Ohio
Rotary Club
Ralph Cook
Cook
Chhildren
Stalin Purge Described By Ex-Spy Before Dies Committee
Walter G. Krivitsky testified that Stalin destroyed 35 000 Red Army officers in 1937 and sent millions to camps. He said he broke with the regime in 1937 over the purge, while Dies declared Stalin building a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Washington
U.P
Walter G. Krivitsky
Soviet Union
Central European Military Intelligence Service
Dies Committee
Josef Stalin
Krivitsky
Stalin
Hitler
Martin Dies
Tex
Lenin
Corn and Wheat Yields Decline in 1939 Output
The Agriculture Department estimates 1939 corn production at 2.532 billion bushels, down from 2.542 billion last year, with a 27.9 bushel per acre yield on 90.743 million acres. Wheat production is seen at 739.445 million bushels, down from 930.801 million, with a 13.4 bushel per acre yield.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Britain Stands by France Rejection of Hitler Proposal
The piece notes Britain backing France against Hitler's peace terms while Finland mobilizes, vows to resist Soviet pressure, and diplomats weigh Britain's Commons stance and Finland's readiness amid Baltic defenses and shifting leadership in Tallinn as Nazi and Soviet moves unfold in Europe.
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Britain
France
Hitler
Finland
Europe
Saar Valley
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Russia
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Helsingfors
Tallinn
Konstantin Paets
Yueri Uluots
Moscow
Baltisch
Baltic Countries
Poland
Berlin
Rumania
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Roosevelt
United States
Italy
North Sea
Saar
CIO Aims for Ten Million Members by 1945
San Francisco based CIO pledges a sweeping organizing drive with a target of 10,000,000 dues paying members by 1945. President John L. Lewis vows to grow the CIO to dominate U.S. labor, signaling little enthusiasm for peace with the AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
AFL
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Oberlin Professor Defends Hitler Statement Controversy
Oberlin College professor emeritus Karl F. Geiser criticized a faculty statement denouncing Borah Coughlin the Bund and Communists for proposing to surrender to Adolf Hitler. Geiser, who last year received the Order of the German Eagle first class from Hitler, called the statement misdirected.
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Oberlin
Karl F. Geiser
Oberlin College
Borah
Coughlin
The
Bund
Adolf Hitler
Geiser
Hitler
Hoover Says Sell Only Defense Arms to Nations
Former President Herbert Hoover proposed that the United States sell no bombing airplanes, ammunition, poison gas, or submarines, but provide pursuit and observation aircraft, anti air craft guns and civilian defense ammunition. He framed the idea as an alternative to the arms embargo and argued it would avoid making bomber aircraft a product of American manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
United States
FDR Warns Against Economic Nationalism at Meeting
In New York President Roosevelt warned foreign trade leaders that economic nationalism is the most prolific breeder of wars. Secretary Cordell Hull told delegates the United States and its southern neighbors can stay out of the European war.
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New York
U.P
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
United States
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Repossession Case
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to review a dispute over a finance company’s right to repossess a vehicle when a buyer falls into arrears on payments. The case centers on the legality and procedures of repossession in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Wealthy Georgia lifer surrenders to Texas officers
Richard Gallogly, 30, scion of a wealthy Georgia family, surrenders in Dallas to fight extradition for murder. He had escaped Georgia authorities to Texas with his wife and a guard, claiming health issues and aiming to contest the life sentence. Georgia seeks extradition. another famed escapee, Robert Burns, earlier evaded capture in New Jersey.
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Richard Gallogly
Georgia
Dallas
Texas
Gallogly
Tex
U.P
Robert E. Burns
New Jersey
A. Harry Moge
Burns
Atlanta
Vera Hunt
State College
Smoot Schmid
State Prison
Petitions Fall Short in Civil Service Referendum
In Columbus only Montgomery County remains counted as petitions fall about 10 000 short of the 144 173 required to place the civil service referendum on the November ballot. The Democratic State Committee sponsors face a ten day window to gather missing signatures while reports suggest a delay could push action to 1940 campaign year. The measure opposed by the Republican state administration would oversee civil service reorganization.
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Sen
Bennett C
Clark
Tobey
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Senate
Europe
Edouard Daladier
Hitler
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
California
Hiram W. Johnson
Pacific Coast
Australia
Bermuda
Nova Scotia
Columbus
URP
Montgomery County
Civil Service
Democratic State Committee
Republican State Administration
Thank Stars for Honest Folk WPA Family Recovers Lost Money
Mrs. William Cunningham of Frog Hollow lost 21 dollars on Thursday from her WPA pay. On Monday night Mrs. Dick Powell returned the folded bills after finding them on W Washington Street. Powell had seen the newspaper notice and acted promptly after reading The Messenger.
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Nelsonville
William Cunningham
Frog Hollow
Dick Powell
W. Washington St
Veterans Plan Forget-Me-Not Drive Meeting
The Conrath-Bean Chapter 37 Disabled American Veterans will meet Thursday night October 12 at 7 30 in the Armory club rooms Commander Ernest McGranor announced plans for the annual Forget-Me-Not drive a flower sale held on November 11 with proceeds for rehabilitation and hospital work for disabled veterans
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Armory Club
Ernest McGranor
Relief Office to Close for Columbus Day
Athens County relief office will be closed Thursday October 12 in observance of Columbus Day, delaying routine services and assistance.
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Athens County
Crosley Recuperating From Riding Accident
Cincinnati based Crosley Corp and Cincinnati Reds president Powel Crosley Jr. is recovering from back injuries after a fall from a horse on his Indiana farm. He was brought to a Cincinnati hospital after the World Series game. X rays showed vertebral injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Powel Crosley, Jr
Crosley Corporation
Cincinnati Reds
Indiana
Outstanding Horse Team Killed in Track Wreck
Michigan championship horse pulling team died in a truck accident on U S Route 23 near Delaware Ohio. Owner A J Rivard of Linwood Michigan was injured as the truck left the road and struck a pole en route to Lancaster for the Fairfield County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
U.P
Michigan
A. J. Rivard
Linwood
Mich
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Wood County Commissioner Holliday Dies After Courthouse Shooting
Parkersburg West Virginia reports the death of 69 year old Wood County commissioner W O Holliday. He was shot by 55 year old courthouse janitor Sam Creel in the county courtroom on Monday and died today.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
W. O. Holliday
Wood County
Sam Creel
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Robert Taft
Auglaize Co
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York
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Culbert L. Olson
Sheridan Downey
Downey
Francis E. Townsend
Bigelow Pension Plan
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Robert E. Stripling
Chicago
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Fense
Ellis Arnall
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