Newspaperman Slain Before Wife and Daughter
Minneapolis dispatch reports editor Walter Liggett, a sharp critic of Governor Floyd Olson, was shot five times in a dark car as he left his home with his wife and 10 year old daughter Marda. The motive appears tied to a promised exposé on Meyer Schuldberg and Schuldberg denies guilt, claiming a frameup.
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Today
Walter Liggett
Stormy Petrel
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Liggett
Marda
Iradore Blumenfeld
Kid Cann
Charles F. Urschel
Blumenfeld
al Marxen
Meyer Schuldberg
Marxen
Schuldberg
Young Olvany Tries Death by Own Action
Saranac Lake N Y December 10 AP George W Olvany Jr 22 son of a former leader of New Yorks Tammany Hall was found shot and critically wounded on the grounds of a noted hotel at 3 am A .45 caliber pistol lay at his side in the snow A bullet pierced his nose and temple Earlier Olvany gave a farewell party for friends saying he planned to return to New York for Christmas holidays He has been a convalescent at Saranac Lake since graduating from Brown University last June.
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N. Y
George W. Olvany, Jr
New York
Tammany Hall
Poe
Walter Duprey
Olvany
Brown University
Actress Carmelita Geraghty In Odd Home Accident
Hollywood police say screen actress Carmelita Geraghty was found in a pool of blood at her home and later claimed she fell from a Davenport and struck her head on a footstool. The injury was not believed serious.
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Carmelita Geraghty
Hollywood
Miss Geraghty
Claycraft Bricks to Reopen Shawnee Plant in Ohio
The Claycraft Brick Company announces reopening of its Shawnee Ohio plant this week under General Manager C Forrest Tefft. The facility, closed for nearly three years, will hire 40 to 50 workers initially with 100 at full capacity. Ohio brick production remains well below 1928 levels at roughly 10 to 15 percent. Local workers and Shawnee board of trade aided in rehabilitation. Claycraft operates two other Ohio plants at Taylor Station near Columbus.
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C. Forrest Tefft
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Tefft
Ohio
Shawnee Board of Trade
Claycraft Co
Taylor Station
Columbus
Seek Pardons for Imprisoned Shoemen Near McArthur
Friends of seven former H. C. Godman Shoe Co. workers sentenced to two years for an attack on a company truck near McArthur circulate a petition asking Governor Davey to grant pardons. Six of the men are from Lancaster where the petition originated.
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H. C. Godman Shoe Co
McArthur
Davey
Lancaster
Burley brings $86 per hundredweight at Gallipolis auction
A tobacco auction in Gallipolis saw the highest priced burley basket sell for 86 dollars per 100 pounds. The report notes Burley tobacco selling at the auction brought strong bids and set a local price record for the day.
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Gallipolis
Burley
Sanctions Committee Plans Embargo Postponement
Italy and Ethiopia fought intermittently as rumors emerged the League of Nations sanctions committee 18 may delay its Thursday oil embargo meeting. Britain pressed for the embargo while Rome warned it would prolong the East Africa war.
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Associated Press
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Ethiopia
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Mussolini
Geneva
Paris
League
Great Britain
Rome
East Africa
Paris Peace Talks Stall Amid British Laval Talks
Reports from Paris say peace efforts between Laval and Hoare face temporary stalemate due to British cabinet modifications to a settlement program. Britain reportedly accepted Laval Hoare proposals on Italy and Ethiopia exchanges with oil embargo delayed.
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Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
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Hoare
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Ethiopia
Hair Ton ic Bandits Held In Indianapolis Raid
Donald Joseph and Paul Pierce, linked to the murder of an Anderson police officer, were captured by Indiana state police after a gun battle in Indianapolis. Wounded, they were taken to a hospital in the state capitol with Sylvia Headley and two officers.
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Donald Joseph
Paul Pierce
Anderson
Ind
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State Police
Capitol Building
Charles R. Bird
Pierce
Joseph
Orville Quinette
Russell Chatham
Quinette
City Hospital
Chatham
Jury Finds Oliver Mills Guilty of Assault and Battery
A jury in common pleas court found Oliver Mills of South Bloomingville guilty of assault and battery in the attack on Ray Harper of the same village. Mills was indicted for cutting with intent to wound but the jury reduced that charge. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Harper was critically wounded. he could not attend trial due to tuberculosis.
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Oliver Mills
Bloomingville
Ray Harper
Mills
Harley M. Whitcraft
Harper
Columbus
South Bloomingville
Nathan Clark
B. F. Sherron
Lee Rutherford
Happy Chandler Inaugurated Governor Of Kentucky
Albert Benjamin Happy Chandler 37 was inaugurated noon today as Kentucky’s 46th governor in Frankfort. A large crowd gathered as Postmaster General Farley Governor McNutt and Senator Byrd joined retiring Governor Laffoon to welcome the new leader. Laffoon issued 52 Kentucky Colonels and one admiral as his final act, bringing the total colonels to about 7,000 nationwide.
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Albert Benjamin
Happy” Chandler
Commonwealth of Kentucky
James Farley
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
Laffoon
WPA Reassigns Worker Placements In Ohio Districts
Columbus Ohio Dec 10 AP The Works Progress Administration inaugurates a new plan assigning workers through assignment offices in 16 districts The U S employment service will still register relief workers for referral to private employment and provide non relief labor for WPA Maurice L Klynn director of the division of labor management announced the change
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Ohio Works Progress Administration
WPA
United States Employment Service
Maurice L. Klynn
Division of Laboranagement
U. S. Service
Judge Dorsey Voids Sedit tion Law Frees Angelo Herndon
Judge Hugh M. Dorsey rules Georgia 1866 anti sedition statute unconstitutional freeing Angelo Herndon a Cincinnati Negro in bail. Herndon jailed since 1932 for urging worker organization in Atlanta. state has 20 days to appeal to Georgia supreme court. Case drew international liberal support and fundraising.
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Hugh M. Dorsey
Georgia
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
Dorsey
Herndon
Georgia Supreme Court
Hauptmann faces new bid to save him from chair
In Trenton on December 10 AP reports Bruno Hauptmann and his lawyers pursue fresh avenues after a U S Supreme Court denial. They push two paths for mercy or a new trial citing alleged new evidence about rail 16 of the ladder used in the Lindbergh kidnapping. Hauptmann remains in the death house as his wife plans a prison visit.
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N. J
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Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
Bronx
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
C. Lloyd Fisher
Justice Trenchard
Supreme Court
Washington
Truck Drivers Beaten in Cincinnati Labor Conflict
Inter state truck drivers reported attacks blamed on labor tensions. Guardians Transit Lines official Kinsey and Anchor Motor Freight agent Hart met Cincinnati FBI officials to seek protection for cargoes. Kinsey said his drivers voted against joining the union a year ago. eight Lansing drivers were ordered back after violence and gunfire targeted out-of-town drivers.
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Federal Department of Justice
R. W. Kinsey
Guardian Transit Lines, Inc
J. P. Hart
Cleveland
Anchor Motor Freight Co
Norwood
Bureau of Investigation
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Kinsey
Lansing
Mich
Roosevelt Returns to White House for Budget Meeting
President Roosevelt returned to the White House and arranged for an afternoon budget discussion for the next fiscal year before 11 o'clock. The meeting set to follow will focus on fiscal planning and the administration's spending proposals.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Commander speaks at Pomeroy meet
Barton A. Holl district commander of the American Legion delivered an address at a banquet for ex service men in Pomeroy last night. Russell James accompanied Holl to Pomeroy. The district executive is scheduled to speak at Middleport Wednesday night and at Laurelville Thursday.
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Logan
American Legion
Pomeroy
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Holl
Middleport
Laurelville
Supreme Court Considering AAA Constitutionality
Arguments on the constitutionality of the AAA continued before the Supreme Court with observers predicting a divided opinion. Justices Brandeis and Stone pressed Reed and Pepper while Hughes and Roberts remained silent amid debate on delegation of power under the New Deal crop control program. A ruling was anticipated in January, with potential to invalidate the AAA and its taxes.
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AAA
Supreme Court
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Roberts
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Hoosac Mills Corporation
Stanley
Reed
Brandeis
Stone
Nelson to Resign City Treasurer Post Rumor Emerges
Rumor says City Treasurer E L Nelson may resign to the council meeting tonight. Councilman Mark Ricketts is named as the likely successor in the report.
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E. L Nelson
Mark Ricketts
Funeral planned for George P. Steele former Union Trust executive
Funeral services set for George P. Steele 69 retired banker and former executive vice president of Union Trust Co who died after a heart attack yesterday at his home in Painesville Ohio He passed away in Cleveland D
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Dee
George. P. Steele
The
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Painesville
Ohio considers funding 19 hard-hit counties as Kane bill nears
Ohio lawmakers reconvened to push a 1.5 million dollar general fund transfer to distressed counties unpaid by Carey relief bonds. The plan relies on future shares of the utility excise tax to reimburse counties. Senate may finalize the measure after house approval.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio
House
Ohio Ward tax bill faces constitutional exemption limit
The Ward personal income tax bill passed the house and awaits senate action. State tax commissioners warned that Ohio's constitution caps exemptions at $3,000 for heads of families, potentially nullifying larger exemptions under the bill despite its federal-style allowance.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
State Tax Commission
Milk Problem Before Grange Convention
Ohio grange members opened their annual convention with focus on milk producers problems. Governor Davey praised a pending milk control bill as raising prices for about ten thousand farmers and boosting agricultural prosperity. He urged lawmakers to pass cooperation on the measure and criticized the legislature, federal relief authorities, and county voters for the relief crisis.
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Lima
Ohio Grange
Davey
Five More Guests Named for Logan Theatre Event
Five Logal Daily News subscribers will be guests at the Logan Theatre show by presenting a copy of the paper for a free ticket. Guests are not a mix holidays.
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Logal Daily News
Chakeres Logan Theatre
Oene Ng
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