Ohio Republicans consider unpledged delegates at large
Ohio's Republican state committee moved to send 52 unpledged delegates to the national convention. The plan allows districts to pick delegates who may support various presidential hopefuls, avoiding a free for all and preserving party unity.
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Columbus
Dec
Ohio
Repblican State Committee
Herbert Hoover
Itill
Erman Ed D. Schorr
Thad
Almate
Borah
Landon
Booox
Khare
Promises To Break promises To Race Shaken Party Lines
Washington dispatch reports rising disarray in party lines as both major parties face splits and shifting tactics. Senators Capper and Borah spoke on party issues and social security, while Taft and Landon stirred discussions on liberal bids and the coming election’s significance.
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Romises
Idaho
Topeka
Landon
Kansas
Poals
Barrett Convicted of First Degree Murder in College Corner
George W. Barrett, a Kentucky mountaineer, was found guilty by a federal court jury of first degree murder for the Aug. 16 killing of Nelson B. Klein, a government agent, in College Corner Indiana. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging. Barrett claimed he mistook the agent for a Kentucky feudist during a gunfight as agents attempted to arrest the slaver for motor theft net violations.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
College Corner
Ind
Nelson B. Klein
Barrett
Donald CC. McGovern
County to get first aid units in Scioto county
The American Red Cross plans three emergency first aid stations in Scioto county to reduce automobile deaths near Portsmouth. Roy V. Benson and Elizabeth Pixley announced routes near Friendship and Haverhill, with Route 125 west of Friendship also served. The effort mirrors the Citizens' Safety council push to cut injuries and fatalities.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
American Red Cross
Roy V. Benson
Washington
Citizens’ Safety Council
Ohio
Haverhill
Benson
Elizabeth Pixley
The
Red Cross
Friendship
Two Injured Four Drivers Arrested In Auto Accidents
Two persons were injured and eight vehicles damaged in traffic incidents near Portsmouth. George Goodman suffered facial injuries after a collision at Eighth street and Broadway with a car driven by Clarence Bender of Wheelersburg. Doris Wolf was bruised in a wreck at Ninth and Washington, involving Everett Wolf and William Lands. Paul Morgan of Lucasville was arrested for reckless driving after a three-car crash on Route 233 that involved Allen Appelbaum of New York City and Walter Rapp of Lucasville. Magistrate FE L. ordered Morgan arrested after Morgan’s arraignment.
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Portsmouth
George Goodman
Fifth Street
Eighth Street
Broadway
Floyd Schaffer
Harlo Compton
Clarence Bender
Wheelersburg
A. R. Moore
Doris Wolf
Rhodes Avenue
New Boston
Ninth
Washington Streets
Everett Wolf
William Lands
Lucasville
Morgan
Allen Appelbaum
New York City
Walter Rapp
Appelbaum
FE. L
New Deal Faces Business Critics in Washington
Roosevelt confronts active resistance from major business and financial groups as new deals unfold. Utilities avoid securities act registration delaying measures, processing tax suits cut farm funding, and NRA revival prospects dim as industry balks. Officials note widening rift hurts unity, with courts likely to untangle deadlock and Congress to draft tighter neutrality rules.
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Washington, Dec. T
Roosevelt
Washington
New Deal
NRA
New York Conference of Business
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
New York
Coordination
Congress
Gandhi Ordered To Rest In Bombay Health Update
Mahatma Gandhi, 66, was examined by two doctors in Bombay on December 7 and found to have high blood pressure. They recommends absolute physical and mental rest as his headaches and vertigo persist. His frail health has been affected by years of fasting efforts.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
WPA to Hire 2,000 for Ohio Census Survey
The Works Progress Administration announces more than 2,000 workers will be employed to conduct a busi ness and manufacturing census across Ohio. Start date is about January 1, with completion by June 30. In Scioto county an assistant supervisor, secretary, clerk and 14 enumerators will staff the sixth district alongside other county crews. Northern and southern districts will be led by G. W. Schreech of Cleveland and R. C. Moran of Cincinnati, respectively, with hundreds of enumerators and support staff assigned across Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike, Scioto, Jackson, Lawrence, Vinton and Ironton.
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Scioto
Ohio
Works Progress Administration
Scioto County
Isis
Adams
Brown
Clermont
Highland
Pike
Jackson
Lawrence
Vinton
Ironton
Vinton County
Cincinnati
G. W. Schreech
Cleveland
R. C. Moran
Greenup Police Shoot Man In Courthouse Yard
Greenup Kentucky December 7 Patrolman William Nichols shot and wounded Clyde Jones 26 as Jones drew a knife and lunged at the officer. Jones was taken to Stephenson hospital Ashland. The officer surrendered but was not held in the self defense shooting. Jones had been intoxicated and witnesses said he threatened four or five men in a courthouse yard incident shortly before.
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Greenup
Clyde Jones
Oldtown
William Nichols
Jones
Stephenson Hospital
Ashland
Nichols
J. R. Sheppard
American Rolling Mills
Russell
John Milton Jones
Samuel Neece
H. H. Holbrook
Bank Robbery Suspect Surrenders After Sheriff Slaying
Sheriff Frank Riley announced that Frank Hopson, 22, of Claiborne County, surrendered and confessed as one of three bandits who robbed a bank in Tazewell Tennessee and fatally shot Union County Sheriff L. B. Hutchison during the escape.
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New Tazewell
Tenn
Frank Riley
Frank Hopson
Claiborne County
L. B. Hutchison
Union County
Early buying rush forecasts record business for holidays
Holiday shoppers surged into stores across the nation as merchants predict a record Christmastide. Industrial activity rose with smoking factories and looms audible. the AP index reached 86 percent of 1929-30 averages. Buyers spent more, bought bigger, and luxury goods demand climbed across regions.
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Associated Press
Ohio teachers to receive more regular pay in 1936
Columbus reports that the 1936 school foundation program will ensure more regular pay for Ohio teachers. The plan requires 75 percent of district funds for salaries, with 180 day baselines of 22.50 per pupil for kindergartens, 45 for elementary, and 67.50 for high schools. Rural pay trails urban averages, with rural teachers earning about 100 a month for eight or nine months.
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Columbus
Ohio
Education Association
United States
School Foundation
B. A. Stevens
Ohio Education Association
Stevens
Steel Plant Maintains Same Production This Week
Portsmouth works of Wheeling Steel Corp will operate as last week with 15 sheet mills a blast furnace six open hearth furnaces three pots in the galvanizing department and blooming and bar mills plus range boiler barrel and wire and rod units in operation.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corp
Scioto County Receives 10th State Sales Tax Disbursement
Scioto county local governments collected 12 165 in the 10th distribution by State Auditor Joseph Tracy. The county’s total receipts reach 83 128 in 10 installments with two more to come and an estimated annual share of 147 706. The distribution lists amounts for counties and townships including commissioners, Portsmouth, New Boston, South Webster, Barden, Bloom, Brush Creek, Clay, Green, Harrison, Jefferson, Madison, Morgan, Nile, Union, Vernon, and Washington.
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Scioto County
Joseph Tracy
Portsmouth
New Boston
South Webster
Barden
Bloom Township
Brush Creek
Clay
Green
Harrison
Jefferson
Madison
Morgan
Nile
Union
Vernon
Washington
Signature Vanished Sparks Charges in Ohio Canning Case
William Campbell said he will press charges against Maurice Carr, 28, arrested in Akron for writing checks with disappearing ink after a $375 payment to Campbell’s canning company showed a vanished signature. The incident occurred in Washington Courthouse on December 7.
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Washington
William Campbell
Maurice Carr
Akron
Jurors Again Fail to Agree in Burke Murder Trial
In Greenup circuit court Noah Burke 35 Maloneton fails to secure a verdict after two days of deliberation. Judge Harvey Parker plans a January retrial. Burke is charged with killing Edna Webb 32 of Flatwoods as her husband and children testified Burke shot her after he brought flowers. Burke denies involvement blaming a third party.
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Greenup
Noah Burke
Maloneton
Harvey Parker
Burke
Edna Webb
Flatwoods
Parker
Webb
Slayerts Hunt Two Escapees In Ohio Shootings
Ohio state patrols and city police in central Ohio halted roads to trap two fugitives linked to the shooting of Indianapolis detectives. One suspect reportedly wounded. Indiana police identified them as Paul Pierce and Donald Joseph, escapees from Michigan City Prison. A tip from a Harrod filling station attendant led to the pursuit after two men bought gas and fled in a coupe.
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Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
Indiana
Paul Pierce
Donald Joseph
Michigan City
Ind
Clifford Keller
Harrod
Allen County
WPA Jobs and Local Projects Expand County Workforce
WPA employment reached 2,842 with 65 women and 25 nonrelief clients. Sewing circles for colored women began at Washington school basement, with 16 employed, and a Lucasville circle to start in Valley township hall. Renovation of city schools resumed, 15 WPA painters and carpenters assigned. Brick fence work at Municipal Stadium halted for funds. $3,000 more requested. Other projects include a newly planned dairy barn, Big Run road improvements, and cemetery tombstone resetting at Gerlach. Mary Stockham and Nell Tolliver joined WPA roles.
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WPA
J. Cc. Zuercher
Washington School
Luncasville
Valley Township
Mary Louise Gray
Municipal Stadium
Zuerecher
Zuercher
Wesley Radenour
Big Run Road
Arthur Peake
Luetcher
Big Run
Rocky Fork
Gerlach Cemetery
Green Township
Mary Stockham
Nell Tolliver
County Relief Office
Miss Tolliver
Chillicothe
Miss Stockham
Planes Bomb Dessre as Siege Sparks Toll Rise
Dispatches report heavy toll from ongoing bombardment of Dessre with planes striking tents and headquarters during the siege. In Rome Ilduce defies sanctions and vows action. Britain seeks peace via Mussolini. Laval and Hoare begin talks in Paris. Italian air raids hit Dessye for a second day, emperor unharmed as Red Cross protests.
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Associated Press
Rome
Ilduce
Italy
London
Great Britain
Mussolini
Paris
Laval
Samuel Hoare
Addis Ababa
Dessye
Emperor
Red Cross
Weather Outlook Collected for Dec 9 14 Columbus
Normal weather expected across Ohio valley with precipitation likely northern regions Tuesday and end of week. Great Lakes area to see frequent precipitation with near normal temperatures early week and colder trend toward week end. Temperature generally near or above normal then turns colder later in period.
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Columbus
Ohio Valley
The
Great Lakes
Lucasville Woman Shot in Accidental Domestic Incident
Margaret Moulton, 51, of Lucasville, is hospitalized at Mercy with shotgun wounds believed accidental. Her husband, John Moulton, was unloading a wall gun when it discharged, wounding her in the right side while she stood in an adjoining room. About six shots entered. Dr. Gilbert Micklethwaite attended.
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Margaret Moulton
Lucasville
Mercy Hospital
Bombing of Dessye City and Camp Reports Haile Selassie Safe
Eighteen Italian airplanes bombed Dessye and nearby encampments. Haile Selassie reportedly HQed in the Dessye consulate, not the Borumieda camp. Italian aviators claimed a direct hit on the consulate, a large red tent misled by the emperor’s usual lodging. Tents burned, Ethiopian troops fired back, heavy bomb loads of 1,000 pounds each. Italian officers say Ethiopian losses may total thousands, while morale among Ethiopians is expected to suffer despite the emperor’s apparent escape.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Borumieda
Addis Ababa
Norwegian nurse describes merciless Italian air attack
Miss Petra Hoevig of Norway, injured while fleeing Dessye during Italian bombardment, spoke from Addis Ababa hospital. She said planes returned to drop bombs on the American Seventh Day Adventist hospital, with machine gun fire and more than 30 bombs hitting the yard and two wards destroyed. she broke her leg escaping to the trenches.
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Addis Ababa
Petra Hoevig
Dessye
Hoevig
Musso Attacks League and Vows Italy’s Resolve
Premier Mussolini lashed at the League of Nations penal code and warned sanctions will not bend Italy. He declared unity in parliament against embargoes that he said would harm peace efforts, as blackshirt deputies cheered and galleries filled with supporters.
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Rome
Mussolini
League of Nations
Italy
Ilduce
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