Seven Deaths In Portmouth Auto Crash Prompts Safety Action
The Portsmouth area toll rose to seven after Saturday night’s crash on Route 52 near Raven Rock. Mrs Flossie Reiser died at home and Elmer Reiser died at Portsmouth General Hospital. Other victims included Dora Lisle and John Reiser. The Safety Council urged widening or banking the curve to prevent further tragedies.
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Flossie Reiser
Third Street
Portsmouth General Hospital
Lawrence Schneller
Scioto Street
John Reiser
Madison Street
Roms Aes
Gault
Reiser
Harry Thornton
Ceesar
Dora Lisle
Pines Reiser
Lawrence Ochler
Rhonntell
Ralph M. Arnold
Locust Grove
Juanita Creamer
Man
Miss Creamer
Mr. Arnold
Ruel
Raven Rock
Wi ’ B. Griffin
Cif H. Murfin
Citizens’ Safety Council
O. Carson Barklow
State Highway Department
Safety Council
Three Drivers Fined For Drunken Driving in Muni Court
Horace IE Small presided as three motorists were fined 100 dollars each for drunken driving. Their licenses were suspended for six months. One defendant was released on bond and another granted a continuance until December 17 to appear in court.
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Horace IE
Cave
Charges Filed By Teachers In Winchester School Strike
Four Winchester grade school teachers returned to duty after a strike over high school dramatics led to charges filed against longtime superintendent C. C. Williams. Attorney C H Wilson filed affidavits with the Winchester board accusing Williams of drunkenness and improper advances over two years. A board hearing was set for Thursday night after an open session drew 200 attendees and faced legal challenges.
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Winchester
C. C. Williams
Thu
C. H. Wilson
West Union
Winchester Board of Education
Williams
Winchester School Board
Cynthia Hanley
Helen Howland
Beulah Wade
Dorothy Kepperling Sininger
Thousands Die in Island Flood in Philippines Crisis
The Cagayan valley and surrounding areas in Luzon were submerged by the Cagayan river flood after northern Luzon’s heavy rain. Thousands died and many more were missing as villagers woke to rising waters sweeping homes and crops over 100 miles of river valley near Manila. Local troops worked to relay terse casualty reports as relief agencies mobilized.
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Ray P
Luzon
Manila
Luzon Island
Isabella
Turkish flood leaves Adana devastated and homeless
Swirling Seyhan river waters kill 300 in Adana and render about 50,090 people homeless. Cold terrorized residents as thousands, including women and children, wandered in distress. Cotton and orange areas of the basin were ruined and property losses reach about 2.5 million dollars.
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Ankara
Turkey
Seyhan River
Adana
Anatolia
Seyhan
Notable Flight Crashes Near Jackson Passengers Escape Injury
Miss Marjorie J. Gage 19 and pilot Robert Blair 35, both Hollywood linked, survived a forced landing nine miles northwest of Jackson on Route 1 as they attempted to resume a Hollywood to New York trip. The six-seat craft landed in a corn field, snapped a wheel, and sustained major wing and tail damage.
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Times
Jackson
Marjorie J. Gage
Hollywood
Robert Blair
New York City
Columbus
Blair
New Cas
Houseboat Hit Coal Barge Sinks on Ohio River
Police learned the scow Wahcuta struck a coal barge at Wheeling Steel Portsmouth works and sank in the Ohio River near Chillicothe street. Relatives believe owner Eugene Fuller 62 drowned. wreckage found and search continues as officials note deep water and hull unrecovered.
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Wahcuta
Ohio River
Portsmouth Works
Wheeling Steel Corp
Chillicothe Street
Eugene Fuller
Sheets
John Swearingen
Swearingen
Floyd Pyles
William Adkins
Fullerton
Fuller
Portsmouth
Japan detains Soviet freighter near Tsugaru straits
Japanese authorities halted the 2,500 ton Soviet freighter Tovarisch Krasin at Hakodate on a charge of entering the fortified zone near the western entrance to the Tsugaru straits. The vessel remained detained pending an official action.
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Tokyo
Tovarisch Krasin
Tsugaru Straits
Hakodate
Prince Edward Faces Crucial Test Over Mrs Simpson
The piece argues Edward VIII resists cabinet and conservative pressure in refusing to marry Mrs Simpson. It compares his leadership style to other heads of state and questions whether the Simpson affair marks a major power shift or a mere personal stand with long range Britain at stake.
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Simpson
Edward
England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Stalin
Russia
Ataturk
Turkey
Edward Shoul
Mrs. Simpson
Britain
Rome
Wally
Davy
Empire
Six Ohio Penitentiary inmates stage escape bid failed
Six Ohio Penitentiary inmates armed with dummy weapons and improvised tools stormed the idle house dormitory, overpowered two guards, and fled toward the outer wall before a nonparticipant inmate started a fire. They shouted to fellow inmate William Gardner to join. Gardner refused and alerted guards, who then recaptured the escapees. The men include Joseph Filkowski and Charles Menges among others serving life or long robbery terms.
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Joseph Filkowski
Cuyahoga County
Death Row
William Gardner
Gardner
Yar
A. F. Ptak
Pope Pius XI Confined To Bed By Cold Spell
Vatican officials said Pope Pius XI, recovering from leg paralysis, remained in bed due to a sudden cold weather wave. His planned return to full duties was delayed though his condition showed improvement, and he missed the Immaculate Conception mass observance.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Vatican
Temperature Report For Today And Yesterday
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 a m the high 31 and low 20 degrees. Yesterday's high 45 and shows a comparison to last year with a high 56 and low 41.
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Schirrman
New Army Bomber Wreck Injures One in Dayton Test
A new Army bomber crashed during a test flight in Dayton Ohio injuring one crew member. The incident damaged four propellers the rose and forward machine gun turret and parts of the motor cowling. a previous test flight last year killed two men and involved Mr Koogler who was cut by glass in yesterday’s crash report.
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Koogler
Dayton
Bandit Admits One Shot In Fatal Ironton Case
Common Pleas Judge Dan C. Jones ordered a special grand jury session to consider first degree murder against Harold Carrington and Fred Parsley for the death of Peter Heighton, a Trenton coal dealer. Carrington was captured in Haverhill, Parsley surrendered in Lawrence county after a grocery holdup. Parsley admitted firing a shot and owning two 38 caliber guns. a bullet killed Heighton and the weapons were dropped in a pond near Haverhill.
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Common Pleas
Dan C. Jones
Lawrence County
Grand Jury
Harold Carrington
Fred Parsley
Roy Henry
Peter Heighton
Trenton
Carrington
Haverhill
Scioto
Parsley
Christmas vacation set for Portsmouth schools
Portsmouth schools close for Christmas vacation on December 18 and reopen January 4. Teachers and employees receive three weeks pay on December 18. P. H. S. supervisor Fred Multer will oversee remodeling of the auditorium stage during the break. Mary Rader and Edna Anglin added to substitute list. Board approves bills totaling 6,263 dollars.
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Portsmouth
Fred Multer
Mary Rader
Clover Herald
Edna Anglin
National League votes to tame the ball for next season
The National League approved using a less lively ball next year to curb high scoring. The Baltimore amendment lets clubs recommend players to minor leagues while St Louis clubs failed to gain a night exhibition game. Cincinnati Reds send pitcher Leroy Herrmann to the Missions on the Pacific Coast as part payment for Eddie the star infielder.
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New York
National League
Baltimore
St. Louis
Cardinals
Browns
Cincinnati Reds
Leroy Herrmann
Pacific Coast
Eddie
J P Morgan Asked To Testify In Bail Probe
Senate investigators push for J P Morgan to testify again about relinquishing control of the Van Sweringen rail empire. George A Ball of Indiana testified he bought controlling stocks of a large rail network at auction in 1935. Chairman Wheeler of Montana commented on the proceedings as the opening session concluded.
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Washington
J. P. “Morgan
Capitol
Senate
Morgan
van Sweringen
George A. Ball
M , Ind
Wheeler (D
Montana
Uhrichsville Banker Cited on 55 Charges
New Philadelphia reports a grand jury indictment accusing Charles E. Wheland, 45, former president of the Union Bank of Uhrichsville, with 55 counts including 44 false entries and nine embezzlement charges.
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Uhrichsville
New Philadelphia
Charles E. Wheland
Union Bank of
Baldwin Called To King's Castle For Final Reply
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin rushed to Fort Belvedere after being summoned to meet King George VI amid the Edward Windsor Wallis Simpson crisis. Observers expect a decision on abdication or remarriage, with details likely shared with Parliament but not immediately public.
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Baldwin
King’s Castle
Frank H. King
Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Fort Belvedere
Edward Will
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Naval Lodge
England
Empire
House of Commons
Edward
Duke of Kent
Duke of York
Mrs. Simpson
Mr. Baldwin
King
No. 10 Downing Street
Walter T. Monckton
Ign
Mr. Monckton
Clement R. Attlee
Commons
Attlee
Wallis
Warfield Simpson
Pime
Cannes
Norwegian Ship Bombed in Spain Amid Madrid Battle
The 1,196 ton Norwegian steamer Gulsnæs was bombed entering Seville harbor injuring one seaman while the ship carried ore to Seville. Oslo reports a vigorous inquiry as Madrid fronts advance with renewed fascist bombing of El Escorial area near University City Arguelles and Casa del Campo.
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Oslo
Gulsnes
Seville
Oporto
Foreign Office
Madrid
Carabanchel
el Escorial
Arguelles
Casa del Campo
Cee
Ager Vis
Jury Seated to Begin Trial of Heber Hicks
A 12 member jury was seated in the murder trial of Heber Ly Hicks for the head and hands slaying of Captain R Miller, a retired Cincinnati firefighter. The case centers on the June 11 intrusion at Miller’s New Trenton home and his body later found in a Kentucky lake.
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Brookville
Ind
Heber Ly
Jimmie
Hicks
R. Miller
Cinccinnati
New Trenton
Miller
Captain Miller
Carrollton
Van Sweringen Autopsy Finds No Connection To Death
Cleveland doctors report that the autopsy on railroad magnate Van Sweringen found no connection between his death and a private car incident. The doctors said there was no speed or accident involvement linking the railroad figure to the fatal event.
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Cleveland
van Sweringen
Qop
van i
Var Sweringen
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