Roosevelt Flags Plan to Build Small Hospitals for Poor Areas
President Roosevelt said the federal government may fund single story wood hospitals in poor states. Each facility would cost about 150000, hold 100 beds and serve white and colored patients separately with administration, clinic, operating room and lab. The plan would supplement Wagner and Mairtisen measures.
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Italy Calls 300 000 More to Her Army
Rome, Dec. 22 AP says the class of 1921 was called for regular service adding about 300 000 men to the army. Men from the 1910 and 1917 classes previously rejected for disability must report for a second medical exam.
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Italy
Rome
Letter Withheld From Bride Widowed in Strange Fatality
Kansas City newspaper reports a deathbed note allegedly by George Ramsey to his mother accusing his wife Ruth Elizabeth Ramsey of giving him sleeping medicines and poison. Ramsey was found dead in a suburban coal yard after leaving his bride at Union Station for a walk. authorities pursue a murder theory while Mrs. Ramsey remains in custody for protection.
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George Ramsey
Olney
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Samuel Hamilton
Tex
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Purdome
New York Construction Payrolls Rise in November
State Department of Labor reports private construction jobs up 0.5 percent from October and payrolls up 6.3 percent. Highway building declines reduce employment by 10.9 percent and payrolls by 8.1 percent in the same period.
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New York State
State Department of Labor
Finland Presses Offensive Near Kemijarvi Railhead
Finnish forces reportedly launched an offensive at the Kemijarvi railhead as the Red Army made repeated attempts to reach it. Prime Minister Ryti urged foreign aid and weapons under the League covenant to aid Finland amid aggression.
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Russian Planes Drop Pamphlets Over Helsinki
Snowy skies shielded Finland as three Russian warplanes dropped pamphlets on Helsinki none of which caused bombs. Finnish forces on the Eastern and Karelian fronts claimed heavy Russian attacks were repelled. The raid followed yesterday’s large operations in which 350 Russian planes were involved and 35 were shot down over three days. An air raid warning sounded at 1 10 PM with an all clear 38 minutes later.
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Finland
Moscow Again Fails To Claim a Gain
Moscow reports describe advances as small skirmishes on three fronts. The war communiqué notes intense artillery on the Karelia Isthmus and air battles in which ten enemy planes were shot down, but again yields no Russian gains.
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Karelian
Deaths of Prominent Americans Include Russell Stewart Kliesrath Zeleny Taylor Hardies
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Lillian D Russell 78 of Westerville Dr Howard H Russell founder of the Anti Saloon League Alexander M Stewart 82 renowned architect Victor Kliesrath 58 Bendix Aviation Corp VP Charles Zeleny 61 zoology chief at Illinois Richard V Taylor 80 Mobile city commissioner former Interstate Commerce Commission Charles Hardies 61 former Montgomery County judge and district attorney.
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Amsterdam
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Berlin Bans Nora Wain Novel on Nazi Germany
Police in Berlin banned Nora Wain's book Reaching for the Stars, a U.S. author work about life in Nazi Germany. No reason was given for the prohibition. The action reflects wartime censorship and cultural control in occupied Europe.
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Nora Wain
Nazi Germany
Lehman Puts Conway on State Bench
State Justice appointments via Lehman reshuffle three vacancies at once as Conway remains on salary while Sears and Lewis join the Appellate Division alongside Irving Lehman. Crane retires. Hubbs resigns. terms begin January 1 with voters set to elect three judges in November 1940.
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Buffalo
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Syracuse
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Garden City
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Supreme Court
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New York
Retiring Judges Schedule Service Before Formal Retirement
The article notes that the retiring judges have taken part prior to formal retirement. Irving Lehman may serve until 1946, coinciding with Gov Lehman’s term ending December 31, 1942. Conway is 50 and serves as president of the Brooklyn Council, Boy Scouts of America.
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Brooklyn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Mayor Kress Testifies in Defense of Co-Defendant in 1953 Case
In a 1950s courtroom recount, the mayor denies acting as attorney for Dora Warren after a raid. He recalls a 1937 claim about a horse room and disputes Barvinchak’s midnight ride tale with Kress and claims observers saw men going to a disorderly house at 18 Wall Street.
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Ray
Barvinchak
Daniel J. McAvoy
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Dora Warren
Andrew J. Barvinchak
Kress
Ross Park
Binghamton
Wall Street
Mayor on the Stand in Corruption Inquiry
The testimony centers on Governor Kress and Mayor Mayer as attorneys question the mayor’s dealings with vice squad orders and alleged improper conversations. Witnesses including Clayton R. Lusk and Seymour Lowman defend Mayer’s character as the trial probes on earshot talks and officials’ influence.
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Warren
Vivian’ Martin
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Barvinchak
Kress
Richard” P. Byrne
Syracuse
Clayton R. Lusk
Cortland
Seymour Lowman
Elmira
Lusk
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Public Service Commission
Prohibition Official’s Remark Sparks Policy Recall
A fragment quotes Mr Lafwrain recalling his role as assistant secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition under Coolidge and Hoover. The report notes a Kress representative in the discussion and questions the republication of his remarks.
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Reputliga
Santa Claus Faces Quarantine Barrow Christmas Restrictions
Barrow Alaska on December 22 reports a measles quarantine closing every home in the northern village. The jolly visitor must use chimneys only as church and school programs are canceled leaving a population over 300 awaiting updates.
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