Governor Bricker and Ickes Trade Barbs Over Relief Row
President Roosevelt accused Ohio of shirking relief duties as Governor Bricker fired a sharp reply that Washington favors politics over aid. Ickes answered that political attacks on Republicans are fair if the issue is humane relief. Herrington reported Ohio averages of 16 dollars versus Pennsylvania 27 dollars in October.
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F. C. Harrine
Pennsylvania
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Kennedy Supports Roosevelt Third Term Drive
Ambassador Kennedy urged Roosevelt’s reelection boosting the draft Roosevelt movement. He asserted only the president can handle current foreign and domestic turmoil and hinted at returning to lead the campaign, energizing advocates pressing for a Democratic third term.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Urs
Kennedy
New Deal
London
America
Norris
McNutty
NRA Rebel Defies Taxes and Challenges Authorities
Perkins, 61, jailed in 1934 for paying less than the 40 cent NRA wage, led a defiant stance against federal and state tax demands. He argues the NRA ruling was invalid and boasts his small business employs six to eight men while resisting social security and unemployment taxes.
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Perkins
NRA
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
W. J. Rothensies
Internal Revenue
Eames
Cornell
Suspect in German consul death at large in US
Police trace bloody fingerprints at Walter Engelberg murder scene in Brooklyn. Suspect, tall and heavy, may have fled to New Jersey or Florida after boarding a Florida-bound bus, with sightings across Jersey City or Atlantic City as investigators chase leads. Federal and local authorities pursue possible criminal motive as Berlin weighs response.
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Walter Engelberg
New York
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Florida
Jersey City
Atlantic City
N. J
Berlin
Germany
Local stores stay open late in Bluefield for holidays
Beginning Friday December 15 Bluefield stores will stay open until 9 p m to meet pre holiday shopping demands before the year end. The move aims to accommodate Christmas and New Year shopping periods for local customers.
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Bluefield
Preholiday Serg R. Chrisen
Hoover To Organize Finnish Relief Fund
Former U.S. president Herbert Hoover announces the creation of a nationwide Finnish relief fund to aid civilians in Finland, evacuations ongoing from northern towns, with American Red Cross cooperation and an office in New York. He urges American support while noting simultaneous needs for Poland and Americans at home.
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Finland
Los Angeles
Herbert Hoover
United States
Commission of Relief
America
American Red Cross
Colleagnes
Savetnig Relaien
Edgar Rickard
Graybar Building
New York
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Sweden
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War Briefs From The Associated Press
War brief items note a British merchantman sunk in an attack. The League ready to try Russia over Finland invasion, with French sympathy for Finland. Western front activity includes contact units and artillery. Hungary pushes into Croatian mountains as Balkans watch the Russia Finland war. Red Cross reports 95,000 sent to London for immediate aid, total payment at $121,466.93. A 1,194 ton vessel named Oued is mentioned near Cartagena, Spain.
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Russia
Finland
Budapest
Hungary
Balkans
Washington
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Spain
British Bombers Sink Submarines In Sea Warfare
The air ministry reported Royal Air Force planes sank one Nazi U boat and attacked another, with patches of oil seen. The Jersey torpedoed destroyer was sunk by an enemy submarine, and eighty four lives were lost in intensified sea warfare. An attempted sabotage on the Firth of Forth bridge near Edinburgh was disclosed by police, with reports of involvement by the Irish Republican Army.
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Royal Air Force
Authoritative Press Association
Jersey
Firth of Forth
Irish Republican Army
Lancaster Man Heads National Manufacturers Group
Henning Webb Prentis of Lancaster, Pennsylvania was named president of the National Association of Manufacturers. Walter J. Kohler of Kohler Wisconsin J. Howard Pew Ardmore Pennsylvania and Edgar Monsanto Queeny St Louis were elected national vice presidents. The meeting included Sen Burton Wheeler defending New Deal measures and Wendel L Willkie attacking government opposition to business.
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Henning Webb Prentis
Ome
Lancaster
National Association of Manufacturers
Armstrong Cork Co
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Wendel L. Willkie
Commonwealth 4 Southern Corp
Association
Elec
Walter J. Kohler
Trial of Russia Opens in Geneva League Showdowns
League of Nations opens the trial of Soviet Russia in Geneva over aggression against Finland. Finland and Latin American states act as prosecutors as the league contemplates sanctions, while Britain and Poland watch. The trial marks a major diplomatic display amid long budget committee discussions and Memel losses.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Finland
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Mtn
Great Britain
Ambassdor
Jakob Sarits
Pinns
Convicted in Mass Murder Ring Trial In Philadelphia
The state scored another victory in Philadelphia as two women face life or death in the electric chair for joining a mass murder for insurance ring. Susie Di Martino and Christina Cerrone are indicted for poisoning and drowning schemes linked to roughly 100 deaths across four eastern states.
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Philadelphia
Susie di Martino
Christina Cerrone
Jino
W. P. Devitt
Cerrone
Devitt
Merchant ships beat a retreat due to Russian blockade
Ships retreat as Russia declares a blockade of the Finnish coast effective at noon. Neutrals depart the loaded zone while ice and winter weather threaten navigation. The Gulf of Finland and approaches to Leningrad face seasonal closures expected by Christmas or New Year, with the Red fleet movements limited.
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Ing
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Colorado Slayer Dies in Gas Chamber at Colorado Penitentiary
Harry Leopold, 30, executed for the murder of a Denver tavern keeper, spoke of remorse and his mother before dying with a smile in the gas chamber. He called himself an ingrate and cited bad companions as the cause of his fate.
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Canon City
Colo
Harry Leopold
Colorado Penitentiary
Denver
Leopold
Leopold Emilene el Dartee
Hungary speeds fortifications in Carpathians frontier
In Budapest, Dec 8, Hungary races to fortify the Carpathian mountains along the frontier with Romania and the Russian-occupied Poland region as southeastern Europe watches Soviet Russia's Finland campaign. The move reflects anxiety that a Russian success could shift westward, with Bulgaria voicing sympathy for Finland and Hungary fearing a heavier eastern pressure.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Finland
Budapest
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Hungarian Ruthenia
Cazecho
Slovakia
Poland
Finns Halt Russian Tanks In Karelia Front
Finnish forces on the Karelian front report they halted a Russian advance and disabled about 100 red tanks after seven days of shelling while defending the isthmus. Suomussalmi withdrawal and Summa artillery operations are noted as weather and renewed Soviet troop arrivals challenge the defense.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Karelian
Suomussalmi
Summa
Alexander Meubloom
Viipuri
Russia
Mellbloom
Pinland
Russia Faces Neutrals Wrath Over Finland Blockade
Moscow observers fear complications with neutrals as Soviet Russia asserts a blockade against Finland while denying war. An army communique says troops in the Leningrad region advance in all directions, with reports of activity along the Taipaleenioki and Vuoski water systems.
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Finland
Witt Hancock
Moscow
Russia
Nish “People's
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