Senate Confirms Davey Nomination To State Industrial Board
Columbus report states Governor Davey wins Senate approval 20 to 0 for Clarence H. Kissley to replace Thomas Gregory on the state industrial commission. Debate centers on Charles Leasure appointment to unemployment compensation commission as Republicans threaten adjournment over quorum.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Goveror
Martin L. Davey
Clarence H. Kiisley
Thomas M. Gregory
State Industrial Commission
Senate
Kinsley
Charles Leasure
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Gregory
Davey
J. Freer Bittinger
House
Ford Pickens
Division of Aid For
Mr. Kinsley
Senate Today
Local man dies in fatal truck accident near Findlay
Loch 25 a truck driver for Stone Co. of McDer aped injury in a Thursday crash one mile south of Findlay. Dr Roy E Offen president of Green State University died at Findlay Hospital. His wife injured and expected to recover. Crosby said he re
Peake Named as Division Head in State Highway
Arthur H. Peake of 1933 Baird Avenue is named engineer of state highway division 9 and will start duties January 9 with the Chillicothe district office remaining. He succeeds John Reppell after Joseph N. Doyle’s resignation and was endorsed by six county Republican committees including Scioto and Ross.
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Arthur H. Peake
Baird Avenue
Peake
Chillicothe
John Reppell
Joseph N. Doyle
Scioto
Ross
Pike
Brown
Adams
Highland
Jackson
Lawrence
WPA
Ross County
Baldwin Wallace College
Case School of Applied Science
Arthur Harwood
State Highway Department
Scioto County
Mr. Beightler
Middletown
Frank Raschig
Cincinnati
Lima
O. C. Kohli
New Philadelphia
E. R. McCullough
Newark
Edgar Mill
Mt. Vernon
Kentucky Girl 12 Attacks Grandmother With Hammer
Williamsburg Kentucky December 30 Acting County Judge Joe Feather said authorities are puzzled by a 12 year old girl’s tale that she knocked her grandmother unconscious with a hammer after the grandmother criticized her father The grandmother Mrs He is in critical condition in a hospital in Corbin Kentucky The girl’s mother is dead and she has been left in the custody of relatives
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Williamsburg
Joe Feather
J Feather
Walter Ray Smith
Corbin
Tragedy Strikes Local School as Car Hits Freight Train
A student from a nearby school was killed last night when his automobile struck and collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad freight tram. The accident occurred near the rail line, and authorities were investigating the crash and identifying the victim.
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J. Morgan Ruffner
Observer Schirrmans Report On Teady Time Events
Observer Schirrmans report details timing and events with scattered figures from today and past year. The text references Manomum and vesterdas with numeric values, outlining a sequence of measurements and dates.
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Schirrmans
Manomum
Franco gains in Catalonia drive amid sea clash at Gibraltar
Spanish insurgents push toward Artesa triangle key to Catalonia as Franco forces seize Balaguer bridgehead and press north toward Artesa de Segre. Loyalists retreat along the coast while insurgent warships and shore batteries foil a government destroyer attempt from Gibraltar.
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Spain
Artesa
Catalonia
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Balaguer
Franco
Jose Luis Diez
Gibraltar
Jupiter
Jose Luis
Little Maginot
Segre River
Mediterranean
Cervera
Artesa de Segre
Norfolk & Western to Build 10 Locomotives and 35 Cars
The Norfolk & Western Railway will start an immediate construction and repair program costing about 6.5 million dollars at Shaffers Crossing Bluefield and Lambert's Point. Ten new locomotives will be built with the first ready by May 1 and then monthly. The plan also covers heavy repairs and rebuilds of coal cars at Roanoke and other shops.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Shaffers Crossing
Bluefield
Lambert
Lambert's Point
Man admits killing five in Georgia robbery case
A Georgia suspect confessed to fatally shooting five people during a robbery. Authorities say the killings targeted a single family, with four victims from one household confirmed. The suspect faces murder charges and awaits further legal proceedings.
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Georgia
Celeted
Confenes
Goebbels Beaten in Berlin Attack Reported by Greenwich Time
The Greenwich Time reports Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels was severely beaten with a horse whip by an actress’s boyfriend in Berlin. The piece notes Goebbels was said to be hospitalized with grippe symptoms and questions the source’s reliability.
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Greenwich
Conn
The
Greenwich Time
Wythe Williams
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Goebbels
Grippe
Little Joseph
Leesburg Citizen Doubles First Quintuplets Prize to 20000
Leesburg Ohio newspaper expands 1939 baby prize offers including 20000 for first quintuplets and 10000 for first quadruplets 1000 for first triplets 10 for first twins and special rules tied to parents political affiliations with penalties for non Republicans and extremists.
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Leesburg, O
Leesburg
Citizen
Three Bandits Rob 35,000 From Youngstown Express Office
On December 30 three armed bandits held up 20 employees at the railway express office on the edge of Youngstown's business district and escaped with about 35,000 dollars, reportedly consigned by a local bank to the Federal Reserve in Cleveland. The holdup, well planned, split the trio across the building as they ordered workers to the warehouse and restrained guards with a shotgun. H. T. Harris, overseeing money bags, was surprised before he could draw a weapon.
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Youngstown
Railway Express
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
H. T. Harris
Suspect Held in Kentucky Bank Robbery Case
A suspect is held in connection with a Kentucky bank robbery. The fragment notes Christmas spent with parents at a rural location and mentions a 94,700 figure, but details are unclear from the available text.
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Kentucky
Plot to kill Nazi leaders leads to secret trials
In Berlin on December 30 authorities disclosed that over 120 men accused of plotting the assassination of top Nazi figures will be tried early next year in the largest treason case since 1933. Led by Franz Niraisch, the group drew lots to pick assassins. 21 prisoners will face secret trial January 4, with about 100 others to be tried for related offenses.
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Adolf Hitler
Franz Niraisch
Hitler
Niraisch
Moabit
Rider in cycle crash critically injured in Portsmouth
Richard Uhl 20 of 1655 11th street suffered a skull fracture and remains unconscious after a motorcycle crash with a car at Second and Gay streets. Driver Richard Underwood 27 of Lucasville was arrested for reckless driving. Two car occupants received minor cuts and questioned.
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Albert Uhl
11Th Street
Second
Gay Streets
Portsmouth General Hospital
Uel Underwood
Lucasville
Glendale School
Valley Township
Underwood
Second Street
Gay Street
Mr. Uhl
Uhl
Police arrest 17 on traffic charges in Portsmouth
Police stopped 17 motorists in the last 24 hours in Portsmouth for traffic violations. One driver was fined and one accident was investigated. Eleven motorists faced illegal parking charges and posted bonds with the desk sergeant. Fred Prediger, 21, of 1511 Third Street, was charged with reckless driving after allegedly crossing a double line at the Scioto Trail intersection.
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Portsmouth
Fred Prediger
Third Street
Karl Gims
John Swearingen
Prediger
Eh Lane
Scioto Trail
Riggs
Sixth Street
Cateott
Garner Barkley fight over WPA fate seen in relief debate
Vice President Garner pushes for local nonpartisan county boards to police relief fund use while Senator Barkley favors WPA appointment of certifying agents. Senator Byrnes plans relief bill provisions and a relief committee meeting with possible probes into political coercion. Congress readies for session with lawmakers arriving by train auto or air.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Barkley
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
WPA
Senator Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Ickes Reports Full Success In PWA Jobs
Secretary Ickes told President Roosevelt that the Public Works Administration completed its share of the large spending and lending program with 100 percent success. The White House received the report as speculation swirled about further administration actions.
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PWA
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
White House
Columbus Grocer Slain After Dying Words Clue
In Columbus a grocer named Steinhoff was shot at his East Side store last night. Police relied on the dying words of Carlton Carlton, who said a colored man shot him, to identify the killer amid ongoing detective work.
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Dec
Carlton Carlton
Steinhoff
East Side
Executives See More Jobs in 1939 Forecast by Leaders
Nine industries foresee up to a quarter million jobs in 1939 with a 20 percent rise in auto production. Alvin McCauley and other industry leaders cite expected gains in steel, glass, rubber, cotton, wool and allied sectors, plus improved grocer and banking outlooks in early 1939.
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New York
Alvin McCauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Detroit
Effinger Surrenders to Face Trial in Michigan
Virgil Effinger Lima electrical contractor and alleged head of the hooded Black Legion surrendered to Sheriff William V. Daley. Michigan authorities were notified and likely will forward him to Detroit to answer criminal charges.
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Detroit
Seon Lima
Virgil Effinger
Lima
Black Legion
William V. Daley
M. B. Jenkins
Michigan
Effinger
Five Die in Bitter Wind Fire in Suburban Cottage
A mother and four children were killed in a fire during subzero cold in a suburban cottage last night. Husband Lyle Robson and one more child escaped. Fire started in the residence as a bitter wind swept through the area, authorities said.
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Lyle Robson
Tax Rates Set For 31 Scioto Subdivisions
Scioto county budget commission approves tax rates for 31 subdivisions for 1939. rates to be submitted to the state tax commission for confirmation. estimated resources set at 201,307 with a potential 80,000 sales tax offset. overall county budget total 416,700 with allocations for general fund and specific services under retrenchment plan.
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Scioto Subdivisions
Scioto County
County Budget Commission
State Tax Commission
Marvin A. Kelly
Percy L. Wohler
Henry H. Eccles
Wohler
James T. Phillips
Boxer shoots wife two others and himself in cafe case
In Greenfield Ohio an amateur boxer identified as William Cross 29 wounded his estranged wife and two other women before he turned the gun on himself. He was subdued and taken to Greenfield hospital under guard.
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Greenfield, O
Wendell Crishman
William Cross
Greenfield Hospital
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