League proposes embargo on key Italian war materials
A League of Nations sub committee agreed to embargo selected raw materials to Italy to cripple its industry. List No. 1 includes manganes e ore chromium tin iron ferrol-manganese aluminum tungsten borubden radium aluminum and nickel. The list aims to deprive Italy of essential war materials and was approved for the penalty committee consideration.
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Geneva
Italy
League of Nations
League
Ethiopians Are Getting War Supplies
Rome Oct 17 The Italian Ministry urged the army in southern Ethiopia to push 250 miles toward Jijiga and Harar with speed to prevent Ethiopian defences from securing tanks rifles and other aid from Britain and Belgium. Ethiopian forces at Jijiga exceed 180000 and have received Whippet tanks and rifles. Yemenite boats and a British freighter carried war materiel to Berbera and camels carried loads to Jijiga. Italy increased forces by a full division and sent S S Pollenzo with 3050 tons of supplies while anti aircraft gas mounted on fast trucks departed Naples. Britain reportedly concentrated squadrons near Egypt.
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United Press
Rome
War Ministry
Ethiopia
Jijiga
Harar
Somaliland
Berbera
British Somaliland
Jijiza
Italy
S. S. Pollenzo
Naples
Britain
Egypt
Royal Household Plans Move From Addis Ababa
Ras Mulu Getta the war minister will leave Addis Ababa for the front this evening while the Empress is expected to depart next week to the north. A mule train and many royal servants await departure. Haile Selassie I’s departure from the capital was reported imminent with a likely southern return.
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Adbis
Addis Ababa
Ohio Weather Outlook Amid Clouds and Rain
Ohio forecast shows cloudy skies with possible rain tonight and Friday. Southeast areas may warm slightly while extreme northwest turns cooler tonight and Friday. Temperatures trend cooler on Friday across the state.
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Ohio
Missionary Reports Hundreds Mutilated By Dum Dum Bullets
American missionary Dr. Robert W. Beckman Wheaton reports Ethiopian forces facing chlorine gas and mustard gas as Italian air raids bombard villages from Jijiga to the Webhe Shibeli River. He estimates Ras Nasibu’s fighters hidden in valleys number over a thousand, while Ethiopians vow to drive Italians from Africa, though supplies remain scarce and scurvy concerns grow among troops.
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United Press
Harar
Ethiopia
Robert W. Beckman
Quilan
Sa5
KaHan Somaliand
Jijiga
British Somalijland
Webhe Shibeli
Hockman
Ras Nasibu
Dodolfo
Africa
Somaliland
Eritrea
Sybia
Nasibu
Itallian Motor Corps
Italy
Ogaden Front
Ogaden
Heckman
Britain’s Attitude Toward Italy Hardens in Ethiopia War
London January 17 The cabinet has decided to tell the country that thought of military penalties against Italy or the application of economic penalties will not lead to fighting. Great Britain’s attitude toward Italy’s war on Ethiopia has hardened. It is added that any peace agreement now must be less generous than those offered before Italy’s attack and must be accepted in advance by the League of Nations council and Ethiopia.
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United Press
Loxdon
Get
Italy
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Ita
League of Nations Council
British Subjects Slain by Italians on Ethiopian Frontier
A report from Zeila says Italians killed numerous British Somaliland subjects near the Ethiopian border. The Camel Corps, Colonial Army’s main force, suffered casualties while cattle herds were gassed and shot. British Vice Consul E C Lowe cites the affair.
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Disroute
French Somaliland
Camel Corps
Colonial
E. C. Lowe
Zeila
Ain
Britomalland Protectorate
Great Britain Demands Clear France Answer on Warfleet Ties
Britain presses France for a final yes or no on aiding the Royal Navy if Italy clashes with Britain. Laval to consult war ministers before replying. cabinet to decide soon. France’s dockyard access to the British Mediterranean fleet hinges on this emergency accord. political pressures from Mussolini era pledges loom large.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Italy
Pierra Laval
War
Navy
Air
Britain
Laval
Benito Mussolini
Airplanes Bomb Ethiopian Base Near Harar
Italian planes bombed an Ethiopian military base at Warroh, 75 miles southeast of Harar on the southern front. Warroh lies about 50 miles from the British Somaliland border.
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Rome
Warroh
Harar
British Somaliland
France to Enforce Sanctions Against Italy
Paris reports France will officially enforce its punitive measures against Italy starting today after notifying the League of Nations. The move follows Geneva sources indicating Paris will apply the embargo and related penalties as a formal policy action.
County Teachers Plan Permanent Association In Lorain County
About 2753 teachers and spouses gathered at First M. E. Church for Lorain County’s first together dinner as a move to form a permanent professional association. A six-official committee was named to draft a constitution. Delegates and alternates to the Ohio Education Association were elected. Highlights included retirement system remarks by W. E. Kershner, a proposed Blue Ribbon spelling contest, and well wishes to outgoing county superintendent R. P. Vaughn.
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Lorain County
M. E
A. W. Shields
Wellinston
H. C. Haskins
Markley
W. A. Jantz
Grafton
F. R. Powers
Amherst
A. McCombe
C. A. Gibbens
Representative Assembly
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
W. E. Kessler
Eaton
Josephine Wilcox
Ridgeville
Rigald Albert
Aincent
Philip Wallace
Henrietta
Gladys Tarr
Brownhelm
Gerade
Kenneth Flenderson
South Amherst
W. E. Kershner
Fesrgtarr
Ohio Teachers Retirement System
Kershner
Hie
Gerald M. Frank
Danger Of War In The Mediterranean
New York October 17 The danger of war in the Mediterranean between Britain and Italy seemed graver today since Italy began its invasion of Africa. Britain's stance toward France grew harsher as London urged Paris to choose between Britain and Italy, warning of possible Franco British cooperation ending if Paris hesitates.
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New York
Medranean
Italy
Mediterranean
Concentra Cabinet
Heer
Mussolini
Doamn
Britain
Africa
France
London
Laval
Alenate
Paris
United Press
Egyptian Infantry On The Move Toward Libyan Front
Egyptian infantry advances toward the frontier of Italian Libya as Italian tanks and airplanes mass near the border. Descriptions place Italian armored cars with poison gas bombs behind the Libyan coast. ten Egyptian air force planes were deployed to Mersa Matruh to reinforce a squadron sent days earlier.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Iian
Libya
Mersa Matruh
Civilians Victims Of Bombings Amid War Reports
ADDIS ABABA Oct 17 Italian bombing planes attacked Amba Alagi near the northern frontier in a horrible raid. An official Italian communique said civilians were the major victims and noted Amba Alasi was bombed Monday. The target was a military encampment of 60 tents on Amba Alasi's northern slope.
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Addis Ababa
Amba Alagi
Rome
Amba Alasi
War Developments At A Glance
Bs United Press reports ongoing hostilities on the Ethiopia Somaliland frontier with British nationals casualties noted. Italy moves troops toward Addis Ababa Djibouti railway plans aid arms flow halt. Bombardment near the northern front and reports of dum-dum bullets and chlorine gas casualties rise. London warns of war danger as alliances shift and Italian munitions travel.
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Bs United
Geneva League Ofations
Italy
Rome
Asmara
London
Paris
France
Alexandria
Libya
Addis Ababa
Djibouti
Harar
Akdum
Government revenues fall short of last year early in fiscal year
Washington treasury figures show revenues for the first three and a half months of the current fiscal year lagging behind the same period a year earlier despite Roosevelt's forecast of a large rise. In Columbus Ohio CC Stillman announces approval of 73 WPA projects totaling about 1.946 million dollars with most federal funds to be spent on wages across 16 districts.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Columbus
Ohio
CC. Stillman
A F of L Denounces Liberty League Actions
The American Federation of Labor denounced the Liberty League as unethical citing aggressive tactics and mass organizational momentum. It backed resolutions on enforcing codes for maximum hours and minimum wages to protect workers.
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Atlantic City
Xni
Ohio Senate Maps Tax Program Amid Political Concerns
In Columbus on October 17, Democratic floor leader Paul P. Yoder said the Senate must map a taxation program to prevent state government collapse and that political considerations must not interfere. Republican floor leader Frank C. Yeader echoed the stance, stressing the necessity of a nonpartisan tax plan.
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Ohio Senate
Columbus
Senate
Paul P. Yoder
Yeader
Frank C
Prospects of Higher Federal Taxes in Next Congress
Treasury reports government revenues lag behind estimates and hints at potential tax increases. Bonds worth 3.995 billion and 950 million dollars are being exchanged for lower interest securities in redemption moves announced Oct 17, showing a shift toward more favorable debt costs.
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Washington
Oct
Treasury
Qct
Libertas Jeans
Bellanca Hangar Damaged By Fire
Fire at Bellanca field damaged the Air Service hangar in Newcastle Delaware. Most stored airplanes were believed saved though extent of damage was not determined. Local authorities investigated the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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Bellanca
Newcastle
Dei
Air Service, Inc
Bellanca Field
Fire rips Tacoma hotel. guests feared trapped
Fire swept the downtown Tacoma hotel injuring seven firefighters. Management believed all 120 guests escaped, though smoke hindering crews raised fears of stairway entrapments during the blaze.
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Tacoma
Wash
Busines
Toledo Football Coach Resigns
James Nicholson head football coach at the University of Toledo announced his resignation to be effective at the close of the present season.
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Toledo
Toledo. O
James Nicholson
University of Toledo
Home Guard Marches On Vienna Amid Urgent Cabinet Meeting
Vienna reports an urgent cabinet session as rumors spread that the lower Austrian Heimwehr is marching toward Vienna. Machine guns were installed at the radio station building to reinforce security, signaling a tense political moment.
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Vienna
Heinwehr
Home Guard
Six Men Hurt In Peculiar Fort Hayes Plane Crash
Six soldiers, including Lieutenant Theodore Graff and civilian mechanic Glen Searberry, were injured when an army two seat plane struck a wire and toppled into a marching battalion of Fort Hayes troops near Shadeville six miles south of Columbus during maneuvers. The aircraft from Port Columbus, under Lt. Col. W. B. Wright, destroyed the plane and rescued the injured.
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Columbus
Fort Hayes
Shadeville
Here
Theodore Graff
Port Columbus
Glen Searberry
H. Reid
Fred C. Coleman
Raymond Deresfeld
R. W. Brown
U_S
Satadesiie
W. B. Wright
Earthquake Kills 112 in Tajikistan District
A dispatch from Stalinabad reports 112 dead and 407 injured in a Tajikistan quake in the Tovil Dora district, the second quake in a week. Airplanes from Stalinabad airlift food and clothing as a government commission plans village housing for affected mountain families.
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Moscow
Tovil-Dora
Tadjikstan
Stalinabad
Underhill Acts To Fill 3 Vacancies
Service Director Fred Underhill plans to fill two police vacancies and one fire vacancy following resignations. Patrolmen FE L Oldag and C E Barnhart quit after alleged misconduct, while Lieut W A Carr retires Oct 20 with pension eligibility. Civil service will list eligible candidates after exams.
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Fred 4. Underhill
Police Department
Fire Department
FE. L. Oldag
C. E. Barnhart
W. A. Carr
Underhill
Civil Service Commission
M. F. Fer
Fanlhaver
Mary KR. Eshman
Oldag
Five Killed In Crash At Crossing In Indiana Farm Accident
In Pert Indiana five people died when a car on a private farm crossing was struck by a speeding Wabash passenger train. The victims include Guy Haughington, 24, driver. Florence Haughington. Elizabeth Haughington. Marion. and Alice, 18 months. The family’s vehicle failed to see the tram as it approached on an incline.
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Pert
Ind
Guy Haughington
Florence Haughington
Elizabeth
Marion
Alice
Ferry tragedy floods river with many dead
In Catro on October 1 bodies were found in the Dear Naghammam river after a ferry crowded with natives capsized while heading to a fair. More than 59 people, including men women and children, drowned. several later swam ashore.
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Catro
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