Hoover declines role as general manager of relief
White House said Roosevelt, via Norman Davis of the Red Cross, asked former President Hoover to take a chief coordinating post for European war relief. Hoover did not accept. Davis met him and Hoover chose not to pursue the position. Hoover recently led fundraising for Finnish relief in cooperation with the Red Cross.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Norman Davis
Red Cross
Hoover
Stephen Early
Germany
Poland
United States
Europe
Early
The
Davis
Finland
Bank Hold Up Confession Ties Ohio Gangs
A 27 year old Canton steel worker confessed involvement in the 1800 dollar Lower Salem Commercial Bank robbery. Sheriff Totten of Guernsey County linked the suspect to a wider gang that also robbed eastern Ohio banks and stores, with four men jailed over a Senacaville National Bank holdup and two more sought in the Lower Salem case. The confession also mentioned a July 29 Lower Salem incident and linked names including Mike Merkich J E Fife Lawrence Curry and William Morrison.
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Inbridge
Canton — Steel
Harry Totten
Guernsey County
Lower Salem
Francis Walsh
Ohio
Senacaville National Bank
Totten
Walsh
Senacaville
Mike Merkich
Weirn
J. E. Fife
Lawrence Cur
Holidays Cove
W. Va
Illiam Morrison
Noble County
Four Men Injured When Train Hits Auto in Fog
In Wheeling on December 13 a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train struck an automobile in heavy fog, seriously injuring four Wheeling Steel plant workers bound for Wenwood. One occupant escaped injury as the train dragged the car about 100 yards before tossing it aside.
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Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling Steel Company
T Wenwood
Fautomobie
Scandinavians Rally to Aid Finland Amid Threats
Premier John Nygaardsvoll of Norway leads efforts to form a Scandinavian bloc to secure material aid for Finland. Despite Nazi and Russian threats, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and others quietly assist the small nation. In Benwood related notes, Harry Drummond is hospitalized, with John Knox Lawrence Rosen and J. A. Callahan identified as locals. John Becky survives unscathed.
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John Nygaardsvoll
Norway
Finland
Prca U
Harry Drummond
John Knox
Lawrence Rosen
J. A. Callahan
Benwood
John Becky
Liquor Board Officer Resigns in Charleston
Charleston December 14 Chairman R E B Kelley of the Liquor Control Commission announced the resignation of A L Monteith director of the division of finance and stock control He was asked to be relieved of duties as soon as convenient to the commission so he may take up other employment He is the second division head to resign within a week prior director of merchandising division Dr J A Washington quit effective as of December
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Charleston
R. EB. Kelley
The
Liquor Control Commission
A. L. Monteith
Finance and Stock Control
Monteith
Kelly
Commission
Renick Man to Lead Commission on New Year
Irch Kelly announced G C Baxter of Renick will be named January 1 to succeed Washington as executive secretary. Monteith, with the commission since May 1935, rose from cashier to assistant director in August 1935 and director of the accounting division in March 1937, heading the largest division.
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Irch Kelly
G.C. Baxter
Renick
Washington
Commission
Monteith
Kelly
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