Roosevelt names Hopkins to replace Roper as Commerce Secretary
President Roosevelt named Harry L. Hopkins to succeed Daniel Roper as Commerce Secretary. Hopkins will be sworn in tomorrow in the White House study. Colonel F. C. Harrington will succeed Hopkins as Works Progress administrator, Aubrey Williams becomes national youth administrator, and Williams remains NYA executive director. Senate confirmation awaited. opposition rumored.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Daniel CG. Roper
Stephen Harry
Hopkins
White House
F. C. Harrington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Williams
NYA
Torran
Senate
Early
Harrington
Army
Hawkins
Cummings
Roper
Commerce
Youth Administration
Jaundice Outbreak Hits Frederick County Schools
Maryland officials report a jaundice outbreak among students at Adams Towns and other county schools, with 16 pupils at Adams Towns affected. Epidemiologist Dr. Halliday notes prior similar outbreaks and says the source remains unidentified after blood tests and checks of water, food, and milk supplies. More cases have appeared in Slearspring in past years.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Slearspring
Wawevey
Adamstowns
CU. Halliday
State Department
Weather outlook for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay area
Weather Company and Weather Bureau forecast rain tonight with likely continuation Saturday morning. Warmer tonight. Chesapeake Bay region expects rain, warmer conditions tonight, with moderate to fresh southwest winds.
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Weather CO
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chesapeake Bar
Snyder Faces Prison Term In Pianist Shooting Case
In Los Angeles on December 23 a jury found Martha Snyder guilty of wounding pianist Myrl Alderman during the October 14 incident at his Hollywood mansion. She was acquitted of attempted murder against Ruth Etting and Edith Snyder.
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Los Angeles
Martha
Ruth Etting
Munrder Miss Etting
Edith Snyder
Found in the Nick of Time at Pittsburgh Post Office
An excited young woman called the post office to recover a letter she mailed to a charity. She meant to send a $1 Christmas contribution but placed her entire month's salary inside. About 4,000,000 pieces of mail were processed in the last 24 hours. officials found the letter just as it was to be sent.
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Pittsburgh
Dee
Post Office
Fastal
Son in Greenbrier family shoots father in quarrel
State Police Sergeant N Sidebottom reports Seldon Wo McClinic a 44 year old Greenbrier County family member was shot and killed by his eldest son Parl Medintie 22 during a family quarrel last night. Family members said Parl shot his father in self defense.
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Lewisburg
W. Valee
N. Sidebottom
Todey Seldon Wo
McCliniic
Greenbrier County
Sidebottom
Parl Medintie
Pan Americas Confusion Over Accord Causes Edges of Agreement
Lima dated dispatch reports a fog of confusion at the Pan American conference as Dr. Carlos Concha claimed an agreement on continental solidarity and defense while Brazilian and Argentine delegates deny any accord. The scene followed Concha’s claim that 20 republics agreed, prompting celebration that quickly cooled.
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Lima
Carlos Concha
United States
Concha
Argentina
Afranio Mello Franco
Coucha
Local Turkey Supply Tightens Ahead of New Year
Washington county turkey raisers face shortages as the supply dwindles amid higher demand. Dealers report a 25 percent rise in Christmas sales and difficulty sourcing birds weighing 10 to 17 pounds, with 10 pound turkeys plentiful and 17 to 24 pound birds fair. Hens bring 30 cents per pound live, gobblers 28 cents, a slight rise from Thanksgiving prices. Poor spring and summer rains in Western Maryland hurt flocks, with a breeder losing 7 of 90 birds. Baltimore dealers see limited supply and compete with Western Maryland merchants to meet market needs.
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Washington County
Maryland
Baltimore
Library To Close For Holidays In Washington County
The Washington County Free Library will be closed all day Monday December 24 and Monday January 2 for holiday observances.
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Washington County
Christmas tree tale ends in deadly farm shooting
William Case, 81, shot and killed William Trousseau, 37, and seriously wounded Minnie Rousseau, 28, as the couple tried to leave with a tree from Case’s farm near Gratton. Case, jailed without charge, claimed self defense after firing upon the car at night as they returned from Cleveland with toys.
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Elyrea
O. Pee
William Case
William Trousseau
Rousseau
Minnie
Case
Gratton
Case Farm
Sherif Carl Figexan J
Take Out Or No Work, Steel Firm Tells Workers
Pittsburgh December 23 1939 The McKeesport Tin Plate plant plans wage cuts or layoffs after December 26 as new high speed mills expand. Harold Ruttenberg G I O steel workers organizer warned 1 to 15 percent reductions and warned the industry will replace up to 16 thousand workers by end of 1939. The McKeesport firm ranks high among tinplate producers in America.
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Pittsburgh
Bec
McKeesport Tin Plate Company
Harold Ruttenberg
G.I.O
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Trom
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation
Ruttenberg
Heaween
McKeesport Company
America
County Lifer Seeks Parole In First Degree Murder Case
Charles Jackson, serving life for first degree murder, seeks parole in a hearing next week before Parole Commissioner J. Cookman Boyd. Jackson had previously been denied at the initial hearing after Boyd took office two years ago. He has served about 17 years. officials note the review follows the prior decision.
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Charles Jackson
J. Cookman Boyd
Boyd
Jackson
Rayd
Finger Injury at Mover Organ Works
Hubert Reed of 400 Black North Jonathan Street, an employee of Mover Organ Works, was treated by the company doctor yesterday for a punctured left thumb.
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Hubert Reed
Black North Jonathan Street
The
Mover Organ Works
Resignation of Charles F Starliper as county constable
The Board of County Commissioners accepted the resignation of Charles F Starliper from Clearspring, stepping down from his role as county constable.
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Charles F. Starliper
Clearspring
Board of County Commissioners
Marine Receives 250000 Legacy in Surprise Inheritance
Portsmouth Ohio December 28 A United States Marine named Roland Gardner will hold a $250,000 legacy from his father Harold Gardner of Chicago who he had not seen in 15 years The Marine assigned to Portsmouth Naval Prison learns of the inheritance after his father dies in July He will receive the money outright at age twenty one and his enlistment expires May 5 with the obligation to address superiors as Yes sir and No sir until then The story notes the son is 21 and stationed locally and details the father’s oil and mining success.
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Portsmouth
WN. H
Roland Gardner
Gardner
United States
Portsmouth Naval
Harold Gardner
Chicago
20 Rescued From Sinking Freighter
Twenty people including two women were rescued from the disabled Norwegian freighter Smaragd, 400 miles east of New York, by the American freighter Schadack after a night waiting on rescue as weather eased. Captain Clifton Smith reported all hands including the Smaragd skipper were saved. The Smaragd, bound for Fort William Scotland, carried oil in cases when it sprang a leak calling for help. Schadack, carrying cargo between North Atlantic ports and France, responded to the distress.
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New York
Dee
Smaragd
Atlantic
Sehodack
Radin Marine Corporation
Ws48
Acm
Schadack
Clifton Smith
AML
Norfolk
Fort William
Scotland
Schodack
North Atlantic
France
Relations Between Germany And U.S. Seen At Critical Stage
Washington reports diplomacy at a turning point as the United States rejects German protests over Ickes and presses for oil seizure issues. Senator King asks the State Department to block Mexican Germany oil deals and protect American interests. Senate debate on German American relations anticipated next month.
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Germany
U. S
Washington
State Department
United States
Ickes
Hitler
Welles
Hans Thomsen
Japan
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
King
D-Utakh
Department
Senate
Congress
Snow Storm Heads East Across States
A Canadian storm spreads snow and cold from Ohio to New York with two inches in northern Ohio. Western Pennsylvania shows winter scenes while eastern West Virginia reports flurries. Temperatures fall and snow remains through the weekend. Highway travel slows west to Nebraska and air travel between New York and Chicago is suspended. Six traffic deaths attributed to weather conditions occur across Illinois Minnesota and New York.
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Chicago
Middle West
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Nebraska
Cleveland
Illinois
Minnesota
Manchoukuoans Stage Mutiny at Taekow Terminal
The Chinese press reports a unit of Manchoukuoan troops stationed at Taekow railway terminal in North Honan mutinied and killed 100 Japanese. The mutineers reportedly joined Chinese guerillas then seized three tanks and six cannon. Japanese advices from Nanking said forces fighting guerillas along the Yangtze river killed 50 Chinese in December.
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Shanghat
Japan
Manchoukuoan
Taekow
Honan
Nanking
Yangtze River
Hungary to Restrict Jewish Participation in Life
Hungary's government introduced sweeping anti Jewish measures in parliament aimed at limiting Jews in economic and political life. The plan targets franchise rights and professional participation, affecting about six to twelve percent of workers across professions. Foreign consulates expect visa applications from Hungary 600000 full Jews and 200000 fractional Jews amid nationwide alarm.
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Romapest
Huna
Europe
Hungary
Bela Imredi
Bouncing Bed Girl Quivers Despite Quarters Change
In Jonesville Virginia on December 23 nine year old Bertha Marie Sybert continues to rattle a bed with unexplained movements. Her father Robert Sybert and University of Tennessee professors Dr Axel Brett and Dr George Haslernd observe the nightly gyrations amid crowds. The bed bounces in response to Bertha’s mumble and even music fails to stop the phenomenon. The ghostly cause remains undetermined and a Bible under her head did not halt the quivering.
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Jonesville
Bertha Marie Sybert
Virginia Mountains
University of Tennessee
Robert Sybert
Bertha
Sybert
Syhert
Axel Brett
Tennessee
George Haslernd
Nazi Press Attacks Ickes Urging German-American Break
Berlin reports two Nazi newspapers condemn Harold Ickes, with terms like rupture and abrogation of relations. They publish a photo of Ickes and call for an apology from Sumner Welles while stressing anti Jewish treatment in the United States. Officials warn the incident may become serious.
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Berlin
Harold L. Ickes
United States
Interior
Sumner Welles
Ickes
Welles
Hitler
Voerkischer Beobachier
HL. Ickes
America
Germany
Judah
Henry
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
National Zeitung
Essen
Coster-Musica
Coster
White Christmas Predicted As Snow Falls Early
The article reports a snowy outlook with a near certainty of a white Christmas as snow begins in Keedysville and a government weather observer notes a map showing snow tonight and tomorrow. The northern United States is forecast to see snow for the next two days while the south may see rain. Temperatures dropped to 3 or 4 degrees early, rising to around 30 by late morning.
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I. A. Miller
Keedysville
United States
Mr. Miller
Mercury
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Snyder
Ruth E.ating
Brazil
Turkey
Stork
Robert J. Walsh
County Lifer
Denver
R. R. Richardson
Floyd Whipple
U. S. Marine
Manchoukuoans
Cleveland Zionist Society
Miller
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