Ohio Relief Crisis Amid Eviction Threats in 1939 Row
In Toledo landlords moved to evict tenants as 32 eviction orders and 61 three day notices loomed while relief payments had ceased since Sept. 15. Governor Bricker boasted of Ohio's prosperity as national pressure mounted over relief policy, with welfare caseload rising and WPA cuts pushing more into relief despite local and state funding.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Clarence A. Benedict
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
New York City
Bricker
George B. Chandler
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Washington
New Yor City
Roosevelt
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Cleveland
WPA
Ickies
Roosevelt Creates Naval District in Puerto Rico Area
President Roosevelt ordered a special naval district with headquarters at San Juan to cover Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The 10th naval district becomes operative January 1 with a commandant reporting to the Navy Department and the U S fleet commander, like Hawaii and Canal Zone districts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
10Th Naval District
Navy Department
U. S
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Mexico Deputies Fail to Ban Communist Party
Mexico City December 9 deputies ended an all night debate without approving dissolution of the Communist party. Defenders argued dissolution would violate democratic policy. The issue followed attacks by communists on President Lazaro Cardenas' condemnation of the Soviet invasion of Finland.
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Mexico
Communist Party
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Lazaro Cardenas
Finland
Deaths of Prominent Persons in America
Tacoma memorial lists Emmett Newton Parker of Washington and Horace Pelee a former athletic coach at the University with decades of public service. The brief notice notes Parker’s career at the state supreme court and his retirement in 1933.
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America
Emmett N. Parker
Tacoma
Wash
Emmett Newton Parker
Washington State
Preme Court
Newark, MN
de Dee
Horace Pelee
The
University
Woman Will Appeal New York Cigaret Bootlegging Fine
Ruth Anderson, 39, the first woman convicted in New York for importing untaxed cigarets from New Jersey, announced she will appeal. She was fined 25 and awaits trial on a charge of lacking state tax stamps on 160 packs she brought into the city last November 29.
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New York
New Jersey
Ruth Anderson
G O P Chiefs Map Attack On New Deal
The article outlines a planned GOP campaign against the New Deal with a forthcoming national program. A major address is slated for December 16 before the Pennsylvania Society in New York, signaling an intensified party effort.
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G.O.P. Chiefs
New Deal
Pennsylvania Society
New York
Taft warns New Deal spending risks national bankruptcy
U S Senator Robert A Taft campaigning for 1940 GOP nomination warned in New Jersey that New Deal spending could cause national bankruptcy and deficit growth. He predicted January tax and budget pressure, citing WPA cuts and a looming defense funded flood control canal and highway projects risk.
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Somerville
N. 7
U. S
Robert A. Taft
New England
Taft
New Jersey
United States
Congress
Roosevelt Directs Navy Patrol to Hunt Missing Scallop Boat
President Roosevelt ordered the Navy and Coast Guard to search for the scallop dragging vessel Madelin Flora missing 19 days off Rockland Maine. Nine men were aboard the boat, and the action followed several late telegrams prompting direct government orders.
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Roosevelt
Navy Patrol
Washington
INS
Navy
Coast Guard
Madelin Flora
Rocklaid
Maine
Priest Fends Off Buck In Pittsfield Chase
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on December 9 Rev Xavier Baranowski curate of Holy Family Church scared off a charging buck after firing four shots into the air. He had already shot a 150 pound doe but was not allowed a second deer under the law. The buck fled following the display of police-like alarming shots.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Xavier Baranowski
Holy Family Church
Empty 54 Foot Well Pontotoc Miss Dec 9
A faint cry is heard from a 54 foot well in Pontotoc Mississippi as Mrs El McKnight reports hearing a sound. The incident prompts rescue requests and local authorities to assist in locating the source of the call.
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Pontotoc
Miss
el McKnight
Sweden Expands Mine Fields North of Stockholm
Sweden extended mine fields to waters off Oregrun eighty miles north of Stockholm making channel travel past the Aland Islands require Swedish pilots. Finland had already mined the Finnish side of the Alands. The move comes as Sweden watches Germany minelaying near its waters and hopes to renew trade talks in Berlin. Debate continues over a national government and the future of foreign minister Richard Sandler.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oregrun
Aland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
Alands
Germany
Berlin
Swedie
Finland
Richard J. Sandler
Silver Jim Edwards Surrenders After $10 Burglary
James Silver Jim Edwards 78, a famed safecracker with a 25 year, multi state record and claims of a million dollars in thefts, arrived in Washington to serve a $10 burglary sentence after surrendering in Fayette Missouri. He admitted breaking into a bank grocery and grain elevator totaling about $10. The FBI confirmed his identity.
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Washington
Kan
James
Jim” Edwards
Fayette
Silver Jim Edwards
Federal Bureau of Investigation
American Clergyman Indicted in Japan for Seditious Literature
Rev. Luther Tucker an American Episcopal missionary from Mount Kisco New York was indicted in Kyoto for violations of seditious literature regulations and military penal law. Details of charges not disclosed. He was released from jail without bond after detention since October 12. His wife Mrs. Tucker was detained at Kobe and later went to Shanghai. The foreign office said indictment was extremely likely though not confirmed.
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Kyoto
Japan
Domei
Luther Tucker
Foreign Office
Mount Kisco
Kobe
Tucker
Shanghai
Bronx President Abandons Marble Hill Annex Plan
New York December 9 Marble Hill remains legally part of Manhattan but geographically in the Bronx after Bronx Borough President James Lyons abandoned his annex campaign. Protests from Manhattan and Marble Hill caused him to remove a symbolic flag and concede the idea may not work.
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Bronx
Marble Hill
New York
Manhattan
Manhattan-Bronx
Harlem River
James Lyons
Television Unites Rotary Clubs in World Peace Plea
In Schenectady three Rotary clubs Albany Schenectady and Troy heard Walter Head national president of Rotary Montclair New Jersey urge world brotherhood via media He said radio and television make the world a neighborhood and Rotary radio and TV can help turn it into a world brotherhood.
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Schenectady
Walter Head
Montclair
N. J
Albany
Troy
Rotary
Dr George Washington Carver Honored Scientist
Dr George Washington Carver, noted Negro scientist, is reported visiting Tuskegee Alabama as a prominent figure in agricultural research. The brief item highlights his standing and regional attention.
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Tuskegee
Ala
George ‘Washington
Carver
Reich Plane Strafes French Defense Posts
Paris reports renewed German patrol attacks along the northern Western Front were repulsed. Fighting was heavy east of the Moselle River as a German plane strafed French defense posts along the Rhine twice without inflicting losses. The High Command notes revived activity along the Rhine southern front and an uptick in infantry and artillery actions.
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Paris
Moselle
Abbie
Rhine
Royal Air Force Sinks U Boat In Mine Campaign
British forces report sinking a U boat after a submarine suppression raid aided by Air Ministry aircraft and destroyers. The attack followed a new mine campaign amid long winter darkness with multiple submarines sunk and ships escorted for inspection. The Admiralty says Britain will outpace Germany in the submarine war.
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Air Ministry
Jersey
Royal Air Force
Admiralty
Britain
Classmate Is Proxy At Harvard Wedding In John Alden Mixup
Harvard law student Fred Suits wed Miss Barbara Bossinger after classmate John Daggett received court permission to act as proxy. Daggett, a Baton Rouge native, faced delays but was finally allowed to attend the bedside ceremony following a throat infection at the Cambridge hospital.
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Classmate
Harvard
John Alden Mixup
Cambridge
Mass
John Daggett
John Alden
Baton Rouge
Fred Suits
Barbara Bossinger
Little Rock
Ark
Bossinger
Suits
Daggett
Astronomer Finds Rare Giant Stars That Travel Fast
Pasadena reports Dr. Ralph Wilson locating rare Re-type giant stars. He notes their average absolute magnitude near minus .05, about 250 times the sun’s brightness, with fewer than 60 in a field of 400 million. These red, low density stars move swiftly through space at about 140 miles per second, with one reaching 200.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ralph Wilson
Mt. Wilson ‘Obervatory
Zoo Keeper Becomes Mother to Two Polar Bear Cubs
In St. Louis the zoo reports keeper Moody Lentz acts as nurse to two newborn polar bear cubs, a male and a female about two pounds each. He warms them, feeds with lactase and syrup via nipple bottles, and plans nightly home care after they were separated from their mother Shorty who weighed 800 pounds to prevent harm.
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St. Louis
Moody Lentz
St. Louis Zoo
Lentz
Shorty
Finland vows to fight to the end against Soviet threat
Premier Risto Ryti denounces the emigre Kuusinen government and pledges Finland will resist Soviet pressure with naval, air and ground forces. He accuses Moscow of aiming to seize Leningrad and imposes wartime censorship on mail telegraph and radio to protect defense and public security.
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Kirov
Risto Ryti
Russia
Otto Kuusinen
Finland
Moscow
Ryt
Leningrad
Kyosti Kallio
Edward Neukannin
Bomb Raid on Hango Reported as Failure
Copenhagen reports Ekstrabladet stated two Soviet bombing planes attacked Hango Finland between 11 A M and noon. All bombs dropped into the water. Hango is a fortified point on the southwest coast of Finland.
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Copenhagen
Ekstrabladet
Hango
Finland
James Roosevelt Elevated to Goldwyn Studio President
James Roosevelt eldest son of the President was elected president of the Samuel Goldwyn Studios holding company. He will keep his vice presidential duties at the Goldwyn producing unit and plans to choose an American theme story for a forthcoming film. He intends to stay at the studio through January 1941 and denied plans to start his own company.
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Hollywood
James Roosevelt
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Studios
Roosevelt
Goldwyn Studio Company
Goldwyn
Father Was Wrong Richardson Takes Top Job in Fleet
Navy selects Admiral James C. Richardson to be next Commander in Chief of the fleet, effective January 6. The officer once doubted by his father due to Texas origins rose from Paris Texas to graduate fifth in his 1902 Annapolis class and reach the Navy's highest afloat post at age 61.
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Richardson
Fleet
Washington
James C. Richardson
Navy
Naval Academy
Paris
Tex
Annapolis
Father of 4 Given Life for Killing Wife
Jerry Lyons, 41, of Wosedbury New Jersey, was sentenced to life for murdering his wife, a mother of four. Lyons showed no remorse as his daughter testified for the prosecution, recalling her mother crying and pleading while Lyons attempted to strike with a weapon.
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Wosedbury
N. J
Jerry Lyons
Lachars
Lyons
Arizona in Fear as Double Maniacs Elude Capture
Two of the state’s most dangerous inmates are at large in Phoenix loosed after escaping the State Hospital for the Insane. Bruno Hanks a 25 year old rapist described as living skeleton and Winnie Ruth Judd who killed two women and cut up bodies have prompted a panic. Sheriff Lon Jordan mobilized his force as residents lock doors and keep children indoors amid staff shortages and funding criticism of Governor Jones.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
R. T. Jones
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital
Bruno Hanks
Lon Jordan
Hanks
Judd
California
Louis Saxe
Jones
Hank
WPA
Widow Reveals WPA Laborer Hidden $47000 Fortune
In Miami, probate details show Charles H. Barnes once penniless in a hospital ward left a $47 000 fortune in a safety deposit box. His widow Anna and daughter Anastasia LaPlante learned of the wealth from Melbourne L. Martin, attorney, after ignoring an earlier bank rent notice.
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Miami
Fla
Charles H. Barnes
WPA
Anna
Anastasia LaPlante
Melbourne L. Martin
Orange County Asks Lehman to Hear Inquiry Objections
The Orange County Board of Supervisors asks Governor Lehman to meet with a five member committee to hear objections to an 11 month probe into alleged vice and corruption in Newburgh and the county. The board cites a projected 132000 two year cost and seeks a time and place for the hearing. Robert H. Clark seconded the resolution stating costs should be borne by the State.
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Orange County
Lehman
Goshen
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Newburgh
Robert H. Clark
Minisink
Right to Personal Canvass of Votes Won by Russell
Albany December 9 The Appellate Division upholds Justice Pierce H. Russell’s right to personally canvass voters in Troy to resolve the disputed mayoralty race. An order restraining hearings was denied. Republicans expect the canvass to swing the result for John J. Ahern, who trailed Frank Hogan by 297 in citywide tally but gained 11 votes in a tainted district due to a stuck machine. GOP leaders cite a standard district vote around 315.
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Albany
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Troy
John J. Ahern
Frank Hogan
Ahern
Stuck
He Refuses to Talk She Wins Divorce
Omaha court grants divorce to Maren C Weatgnard after she proves separation and records show husband declined to testify. Proceedings highlight lack of communication as grounds.
Peace groups urge resuming ties with Germany and Russia
The Kennedy era document urges keeping Lau rence A. Steinhardt as ambassador to Russia and restoring full diplomatic relations with Germany. It cites urging sustained representation in Berlin and compares to Grew in Japan. Signatories include the National Council for the Prevention of War and other peace groups. Senator Vandenberg also calls for breaking with Russia.
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Roosevelt
State Department
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Russia
Germany
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
National Council For the Prevention of
American Friends Service Committee
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Keep America
Hull
Paid For Cargoes Pass Under U S View In Blockade
Washington sources said the United States would accept less than full abandonment of the British blockade on German origin goods. Britain should allow safe passage for German orders paid for by Americans and permit exports of German products Americans cannot obtain elsewhere. The State Department urged that Americans rely on these purchases for legitimate trade and needs.
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Washington
United States
Britain
State Department
Osa Johnson Plans Solo Africa Expedition
Osa Johnson widow of explorer Martin Johnson announces a solo return to East Africa to finish his project filming vanishing species and tribal life on the Kenya Ethiopia frontier. She will depart in March to reach the region during the rainy season.
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Osa Johnson
Explorer
Africa
New York
Kidogo M’kubwa
East Africa
Martin Johnson
Martin
Kenya-- Ethiopia
Dock Worker Slain as Gunmen Flee in Hell's Kitchen
A 32-year-old longshoreman named David was shot dead outside a Hell's Kitchen tavern. Police say two or three men fled the scene after the shooting and officers describe the assailants as gangsters engaging in a possible mob-related attack.
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New York
David
Hell's Kitchen
Withewes
Divorce Granted to Je Lady Barbera in California
Divorce is granted to Je Lady Barbera of California in a court decision. The announcement notes the dissolution of marriage and records the parties involved.
Court Order in vanishing heiress case pits lovers against parents
In New York a drama surrounds Eileen Herrick a 20 year old heiress and her suitor George Lowther 3d as court battles test habeas corpus and parental authority. Judges have ruled on the right to marry but the fight continues with witnesses and threats of contempt.
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New York
Manhattan
Romeo
Juliet
Park Avenue
Eileeng Herrick
George Lowther
Eileen
Long Island
Lowther
Hiss
Eli Johnson
Suffolk County
L. Barron Hill
Walter P. Herrick
Johnson
Nellie O'Connor
Miss Herrick
NLRB Orders Ford To Rehire Strikers Of 1938
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Ford Motor Company must reinstate strikers from a 1938 CIO walkout at the Long Beach California plant and bargain with the United Auto Workers Union on request. Those who return will receive back pay from five days after reemployment filing. New hires to fill downsized posts will be dismissed to make room for reinstated workers, others placed on a preferential rehiring list.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Long Beach
Calif
CILO
United Auto Workers’ Union
Doard
Engelberg Slayer Hunted in Broadway Haunts
New York detectives hunted a blonde light heavyweight boxer tied to the slaying of Dr. Walter Engelberg secretary of the German consulate. The unnamed suspect, about 23, was linked by bloody fingerprints and known to frequent Broadway boxing venues.
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New York
Broadway
Walter Engelberg
New $2,250,000 Fund For University Research
Chicago December 9 A new 2,250,000 fund for biological research at the University of Chicago was announced today. The grant supports advanced bioscience work and expansion of facilities and programs at the university.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
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