Education drive to stress safety in Scioto county
The Citizens' Safety council laid out a 1937 plan focusing on Education Enforcement and Engineering to cut traffic deaths in Scioto county. N B Griffin was reelected chairman Clif H Murfin secretary and Frank Rowe named vice chairman. A driving course for Portsmouth High School may be added to train youths in road safety.
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Citizens’ Safety Council
Scioto County
Iecommittee
N. B. Griffin
Selby Shoe Co
Clif H. Murfin
Portsmouth Automobile Club
Frank Rowe
Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corp
Murfin
Portsmouth Auto Club
High Hool
Hawaii
Chicago
Three Drivers Face Charges By Police
Portsmouth police report three drivers tied to traffic incidents in the last 24 hours. Phil Tabor 26 Sciotoville arrested in New Boston for speeding after a pursuit by Patrolman Albert Bailey. James Dawson 20 1551 Fifth Street charged with failing to observe a stop sign. Delbert Stewart 24 807 Harrison Avenue New Boston charged after a collision at Third and Jefferson streets involving a truck registered to C O Goserur.
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Portsmouth
Phil Tabor
Sciotoville
New Bos
Trai
Albert Bailey
Dhe
Tabor
Gallia Street
Masonville Avenue
New Bosn
Pa. Bailey
James Dawson
Portier Bai
Nes
Delbert Stewart
Har- Serville Avenue
New
Mick
Jefferson Streets
Stewart
Goserure
Ler Street
T. B. Ie —- Union
Coekaged
Arth
Chillicothe
Nation Honors Wrights Air Flight Of 1903
Dayton hosts a tribute to Orville Wright and the late Wilbur Wright marking the 1903 flight. Officials from civil and military aviation join city leaders to dedicate a new airport and inaugurate a transcontinental airline service. Wright wreath ceremony includes mayors of Dayton Springfield and Akron and a tour of Wright field.
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Dayton
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wrights
Orville Wright
Springfield
Akron
Wright
Wright Field
Edith Maxwell Found Guilty in Second Murder Trial
Wise Virginia December verdict convicts Edith Maxwell 22 in the death of her father Trigg Maxwell. Judge fixes bail at 15000 while defense plans appeal and case against her mother continues.
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Wise
Wise County
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Earl Maxwell
Virginia
State Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Fred B. Greear
Maxwell
M. J. Fulton
National Woman's Party
Fulton
Mary Kathryn
Pound
Ezra T. Carter
Ann Maxwell
Edith
Year in review 1936 twelve monthly news highlights
Associated Press writer Volta Torrey presents a twelve part year in review series, covering startling, gladsome, foreboding, and sad events from each month of 1936. Illustrations accompany notable world happenings as the first installment appears in The Times.
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Volta Torrey
Associated Press
Times Today
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang Opens Talks to End Civil War
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang to end China's civil war begins negotiations as his siege of Nanking ends with release of General Chiang Ting-wen to convey a message to Minister of War Ho Ying-chin. British adviser James Elder arrives from Sian with a letter to dispel doubts about Chiang Kai-shek's safety.
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Nanking
Chang Hsueh-liang
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Ting-wen
Ho Ying-chin
Sian
Foreign Office
T. T. Li
Chang
James Elder
Shensi
Marshal Chang
Lian
Central
H. H. Kung
T. V. Soong
Shanghai
Chiang
Gas Station Blast Kills One and Hurts Three in Columbus
Firemen guarded the wreckage of a gasoline station after a powerful explosion and fire in Columbus South Side. One man, Hubert Catchpole, 27, died. three others were injured. An adjoining brewery building and a 210-foot smokestack were damaged as debris flew into nearby windows.
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Columbus
Golco Oil Co
Hubert Catchpole
Teachers to Get Pay and Early Holiday Closure
City schools will close Friday afternoon for Christmas and New Year holidays. Teachers, janitors, and other staff will receive pay for three weeks, plus their regular two weeks, totaling $35,000. Pay checks will be delivered to school buildings Friday.
House committee chiefs ponder higher federal expenditures
Washington December 17. House appropriations leaders warned that the government may have to raise in place of cut ordinary expenses as agencies grow. Chairman Buchanan said treasury post office funding could top 2.5 billion for the coming year with added alcohol administration duties and social security tasks. He projected 500 million needed for old age pensions and noted hearings on independent offices fund.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Appropriations
Congress
Buchanan
Texas
Treasury-Post Office
Representative Taber
New
York
Alcohol Administration
Treasury
Department
Roosevelt
Plan meters at all dwellings in city water system
City officials move to meter all water customers with WPA funding for the 3 500 remaining meters and reimburse those who already installed meters. Frank E Sheehan notes most flat rate users stand to save on annual bills while meter customers pay minimal rates, with phased refunds over several years.
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Naa
Frank E. Sheehan
Connie
Council
Wisconsin University President Glenn Frank Defies Removal Move
Dr. Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, vowed to fight to keep his post as regents read charges at a stormy meeting. A public hearing was ordered, possibly next week, with students cheering Frank and threatening strikes if removal proceeds.
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Madison
Wis
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Harold M. Wilkie
Frank
Wilkie
Weather summary from observer Schirrman’s report
Today at 11 a.m. the temperature is 36 degrees with a low of 26. Yesterday’s high was 51. A year ago today the maximum was 38 and the minimum 33.
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Schirrman
Labor Leader Urges Union Role in World Peace
Rev. Dr. Nelson Cruikshank of New York, secretary of the Labor and Religion Foundation, told a labor Chautauqua audience that labor can be a great instrument in preserving world peace. He said the working class must win wage increases, shorter hours, and stronger unions before addressing international peace and brotherhood. He warned that war costs are borne by workers and urged action beyond domestic labor struggles.
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Nelson Cruikshank
New York
Labor and Religion Foundation
Labor Chautauqua
Philip Murray
Wheedaenaot
Anate
Murray
Dr. Cruikshank
New Record Set in Selby Shoe Sales
A record weekly sales total was reached as Selby Shoe Co received orders for 137000 pairs. Factory records show no larger week. a notice says the plant will be overworked 1 2 days weekly. Upcoming payrolls total 40000 locally and 12000 at the Ironton branch.
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Selby Shoe Co
Ironton
Gas Station Attendant Slugged and Nailed in Robbery
Harlen Pitts a 20 year old filling station attendant in Land O Lakes Wisconsin was slugged and nailed to a bench by two gunmen who escaped with 160 dollars His mother found him slumped kneeling with his left hand spiked by a nail and his right hand in a vice He was taken to Eagle River hospital for treatment to prevent lockjaw after the assault November 17th robbery at the Raseline pump location
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Land O' Lakes
Wis
Harlen Pitts
Eagle River
Broken Tree Hints at Plane Crash in Wasatch Search
A snow drenched Utah search swirled around a missing Los Angeles to Salt Lake City air liner carrying seven passengers. Forester J I Hess said a broken tree and canyon indentations may be airplane tracks as about 500 searchers combed the Wasatch western slope.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountains
Los Angeles
Western Air Express
J. I. Hess
Forest Service
John F. Wolfe
Chicago
Henry W. Edwards
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Carl Christopher
Dwight
Gladys Witt
S. J. Saman
Pay or Go to Jail Assertion Sparks Judge’s Ruling
Common Pleas Judge N B Gilliland sentences Roy Yerian a plumber to 15 days in county jail for contempt of court and parole violation and warns that without an indictment he would send him to the penitentiary. Yerian must pay his wife half of his income for family support. Emerson Motes of McDermott is found guilty of non support and faces sentencing after a $500 bond is posted.
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Common Pleas
N. B. Gilliland
Roy Yerin
Yerian
Ohio
Clerk of Courts
Gilliland
Verian
Emerson Motes
McDermott
Joseph W. Bagby
Georgetown
Motes
Wheat That Resists Drouth Developed by Alberta
University of Alberta announces a new drouth resistant wheat strain named canus. Developed by Dr. O. S. Aamodt, it endures severe heat, shows strong milling and cereal qualities, and carries the field crop department endorsement.
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Edmonton
Alta
University of Alberta
K. N. Neatby
University
O. S. Aamodt
United States
Denunciation of Duke Stirs Ire in London Parliament
Militant members of the house of commons attack the BBC over the Archbishop of Canterbury's Sunday radio denial of former King Edward VIII and his friends. MPs plan to investigate BBC arrangements for broadcasts about the new Duke of Windsor's abdication and Edward's farewell message.
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London
House of Commons
British Broadcasting Co
Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VIII
Church of England
BBC
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward
House speeds job insurance to Governor
Ohio House approved the Senate amended unemployment insurance bill by 92 to 19 and completed action on four of five tax bills in a $66 million plan. The chamber also reenacted cigaret and use taxes and extended the cigaret tax for two years. A 3 percent sales tax renewal looms as the dominant issue.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
House
W. H. Whetro
Lawrence County
Grant P. Ward
Franklin County
Lady Huml
Cuyahoga County
Assembly
Fish Loses Skirmish Over Hamilton Chairman Bid
Representative Hamilton Fish of New York failed to gain a proxy transfer at the Republican national committee meeting. The committee adopted a motion prohibiting proxy transfers as 58 members answered roll call. They planned to vote on Hamilton’s resignation offer as a path to revitalize leadership.
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Chicago
Hamilton Fish
New York
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Hamilton
Fish
EthiopianChief Ras Imeru Captured in Addis Ababa
Italian dispatches from Addis Ababa report Ras Imeru former governor of Gojjam and a cousin of Emperor Haile Selassie has been captured in Rome.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
Ras Imeru
Gojjam
Haile Selassie
Whittemore Act Reenacted But Fails As Emergency
Columbus December 17 The house of representatives reenacted the Whittemore act providing for payment of delinquent taxes in annual installments but failed to make it an emergency measure.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
West Virginia Assembly Passes Insurance Bill
Charleston December 17 The state senate approved the unemployment cation bill by 28 to 1 with Senator L O Curtis the sole dissenter. The House earlier pushed the measure through 91 to 1.
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West Virginia Assembly
Associated Press
Charleston
State Senate
L. O. Curtis
House of Delegates
Duke of Windsor Receives 6000 Letters on Throne Deal
The Duke of Windsor, amid recurring headaches, received 6000 letters from admirers praising his decision to abdicate the British throne for Wallis Warfield Simpson. The Vienna dispatch notes the outpouring follows his controversial romantic gesture.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
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