Veterans unite for immediate cash bonus plan
Leaders of the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans back a plan for immediate cash payment of adjusted service certificates. The proposal aims for 1 billion dollars now with options for interest and government obligations in place of certificates.
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Washington
Congress
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Patman
United States Life Insurance Reserve
Marriage Licenses Dip in June as First Half Surpasses
The June total for marriage licenses fell short of March and April. Across the year the months show January five, February thirteen, March eighteen, April eighteen, May thirteen, June seventeen, July nine, August fourteen, September fifteen, October sixteen, November fifteen, December twelve. Total licenses this year are 164 versus 198 in 1934.
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Ember
Dan Cupid
Publicity agent McMurray dies after stroke
George Ernest McMurray 69, longtime publicity man for William McKinley’s campaign and Sunday editor of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, died after a stroke. He had battled illness for months but kept working despite doctors urging rest. Former Canton, Ohio newspaperman, McMurray collapsed at the office.
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Pittsburgh
William McKinley
George Ernest McMurray
Canton, O
McMurray
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Food Market Closes in Youngstown Amid Labor Trouble
One of Youngstown's largest downtown markets, operated by former mayor George L. Oles, closed today due to labor trouble.
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Youngstown, CO
Youngstowns
Ge L. Oles
Students Confess Robberies After Shootout in Ohio
Two Ohio State University students confessed to a string of armed robberies after police shot at them as they fled in a stolen car. Authorities said the suspects, wounded in Columbus, faced crime charges as the investigation closed on the case.
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Columbus, O
Ohio State University
Loth
Perfect Model Ideals Spark New York Beauty Inquiry
In New York a panel of 82 000 beauty experts endorses a perfect girl profile with measurements including five feet five inches and 116 pounds. Brooklyn selects Alice Shaughnessy as a close match. she is five seven and 120 pounds. Meanwhile in Columbus detectives reveal James F McClanahan and his brother Bert confessed a New Year kidnapping and three robberies to fund college fees, netting about 40 dollars total. The youths describe their families and future plans as they recount the crimes and motives.
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New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alice Shaughnessy
Miss Shaughnessy
James F. McClanahan
Bert
Ray Archer
R. E. Cooke
James
College of Education
Hiram College
Columbus
Indiana
Liner Crash Dies Ten In Mediterranean Off Alexandria
The Airliner City of Khartoum wrecked on New Year's Eve off Alexandria Egypt. Ten bodies recovered from thirteen fathoms of water including an American engineer and two women. Two unidentified bodies found. tugs draw cranes to salvage wreckage and recover remaining victims.
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London
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
Khartoum
Imperial Airways
Missing Bluffton Woman Found in Detroit
Sheriff confirms Mrs Maxing Clark 20 of Bluffton has been located in Detroit. Her husband Ralph Clark 27 is in custody after a letter claimed he threatened her prompting the investigation. The search had been ongoing since Christmas Day.
Auto Mishaps Take 93 Lives on New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day 1936 saw at least 93 people killed in automobile accidents, down from 98 on Jan 1, 1935, as official nationwide safety campaigns began. Six states did not report, while others showed mixed results with some increases. The figures are unofficial and compiled from available reports.
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Chicago
Idaho
Kentucky
Nevada
North
South Dakota
Virginia
District of Columbia
New Year Liquor Sales Show Unexpected Gain
State Liquor Store No. 27 reports New Year sales outpacing last year by about 500 percent though not matching pre-Christmas figures. Manager Frank Judy announced new liquor price changes take effect January 6.
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Frank Judy
Judy
Fatal Auto Accidents Flood Made Blackest Headlines In'35
A 1935 record of fatal traffic crashes and a $100000 flood dominated Hocking county papers with front page stories. The year saw eleven auto deaths up from five in 1934 including Charles Strum Murray City and Ray Irwin, with several others at Death Dip near Logan and near various farms. The toll featured multiple months and named victims across Columbus Laurelville Haydenville and other towns.
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Hocking
Hocking River
Rt. $1
Logan
Freda Blosser
Hugh Keller
Helen Nixon
Midway
McCarthy
Charles Strum
Murray City
Hocking County
Ray Irwin
Ward Township
Jacob Brooks
Columbus
Owen Frost
Route 75
Old Fair Ground
Miss Blosser
Keller
Emmett Imler
Lancaster
Haydenville
Castlearm
Gordon Williamson
Laurelville
Leo Graf
Athens
Harry E. Spannow
Chandler Behmer
Sams Creek
Frank Hamilton
Albert Vorhees
Gibbsonsville
James McMannis
Union Furnace
George Boling
Joan Coakley
Webb Summit
Tommy Touhy Captured In West Side Raid
Chicago police announce the arrest of Tommy Touhy, once the head of the Touhy gang linked to illegal liquor and a string of postal robberies. He was seized in a west side apartment at 3 30 in the morning, with a pistol found nearby but no resistance offered.
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Chicago
Tommy’ Touhy
Touhy
West Side
Thomas Kelly
Charlottesville
N. C
Tommy
Capone
Palmer Street
Samuel Ryder Dies Suddenl y in London Hotel
Samuel Ryder, 77, donor of the Ryder Golf Cup for U S and England professionals, died suddenly in a London hotel during Christmas holidays. He presented the trophy at St Albans in 1926 for American and British professional golfers.
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London
Samuel Ryder
United States
England
Ryder
St. Albans
Eng
First Baby Contest winner to be announced Monday
The son born to Mr and Mrs Grant Harden near Ilesboro in Washington township at 5 05 yesterday morning is a prime contender for Hocking county 1936 Baby. Logan merchants donate prizes while the final decision rests with county physicians and health officials.
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Grant Harden
Ilesboro
Washington Township
Hocking County
Logan
Harden
County Health Department
Logan Daily News
Allan A. Cole
Thelma Rutter
Logan Home Telephone Co
Blossers Restaurant
Stedem Shoe Co
Cincinnati Without Mayor After Deadlocked Ballots
Cincinnati faces an uncertain future with no mayor as Russell Wilson’s term ends. Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, aligned with Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, holds the decision in council deadlock after 15 ballots. James G. Stewart and other members receive votes as Bigelow nominates himself.
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Cincinnati
Herbert S. Bigelow
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Russell Wilson
Bigelow
Glass Workers Strike Widens Across Eight Plants
National President Glen W. Mc Cabe says 5000 to 6000 workers are on strike at eight independent factories from Pennsylvania to Arkansas. He notes no trouble, peaceable pickets, and little chance of a quick settlement as the one year contract expired midnight December 31.
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Columbus, CO
Glen W. McCabe
The
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
Effec
Arnold
Belle Vernon
Jeanette and Fairchance
Sisterville
W. Va
Okmulgee
Okla
Fort Smith, Ark
Mansfield airport grant approved in Ohio
Ohio Works Progress Administration officials learned that Comptroller McKarin in Washington approved a $139 000 grant for Mansfield airport project today.
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Columbus
Ohio Works Progress Administration
McCar
Washington
Mansfield
Watachau Sinks with 200 on Board
The steamer Watachau bound from Shuitung to Kongmoon with 200 passengers and crew foundered on December 22 near Canton. All aboard are believed drowned as floating wreckage confirmed the AP report received January 2.
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Canton
China
Watachau
Shuitung
Kongmoon
Ohio traffic fatality survey counts 2140 deaths in 1935
The Associated Press reports 2140 Ohio traffic deaths in 1935, average one fatality every 246 minutes. Despite 4 cent higher toll than 1934, nine most populous counties show a drop, led by Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties in reducing bus and motorist fatalities.
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W. C. Peterson
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Nati Safety Council
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Ethiopians Resist Italian Air Attacks On Red Cross Unit
Addis Ababa reports describe Ras Mulugheta facing stiff Italian resistance on the northern front while Ethiopian officials contest Italian claims and defend the bombing of a Swedish Red Cross ambulance unit. The episode fuels protests in Stockholm and raises questions over Red Cross protection in war zones.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Tassarepete
Be Ao Aeams
Ras Kassa
Red Cross
Daggah Bur
Rome
Sweden
Stefani
Tito Minniti
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Lolo
Stockholm
Prince Carl
Dessye
Red
Geneva
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Rogers
Waters
Feld
Roland E. Markell
Frank E. Gannett
Louis A. Wehle
Rochester
Buffalo
Tommy Touhy
Ang
Margaret Cummins
Ruth Laird Polie
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Ruth Laird
Coughlin
Wilson
Charterites
Wilsom
James G. Stewart
Ter
IL Duce
Selassie
Ras Mulugheta
Ras Seyoum
Tembien
Scire
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