Wren Tightens Lead In County Basketball Race
Wren boys grab first in county league by defeating York 32 23. Ohio City girls beat Willshire 33 9 to strengthen first place. Middle Point edges Delphos Jefferson 34 33. Tully Conroy sweeps Latty 44 22 boys and 36 16 girls. Wiltshire reserves 16 7 over Ohio City. Voltz nets winning basket for reserves.
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Willshire
Ohio City
Wren
York
Middle Point
Delphos Jefferson
Alumni
Hoaglin-Jackson
Convoy
Latty
Wiltshire
Delphos
Warriors
Liberty Township
Voltz
Canal Town
Tully Conroy
Ewy
LTP
Pet
Hoaglin
Ridge
Union See Teee
Yorkee Eeneene
Ohio
Promoter Offers Training to county amateur boxers
Phil Conn, local fight promoter and manager of the American Legion amateur boxing tournament, offers to donate time to boys seeking training for the January 22 event. Any county boy who is an amateur may enter. those wanting training should contact Conn at City Hall.
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Phil Conn
American Legion
Conn
J A Butters 86 Former railroad foreman dies in Van Wert
J A Butters 86 former Cincinnati Northern railroads foreman and engineer died at 1 40 am at his home 600 West Main Street Van Wert Ohio after months of declining health He was born December 12 1849 in Hillsboro He came to Van Wert 50 years ago Surviving are his widow a daughter Dora Walker six grandchildren eight great grandchildren three sisters and three brothers Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm at Lees Funeral Home West Main Street with burial in Woodland Cemetery
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J. A. Butters
Cincinnati Northern Railround
West Main Street
Mr. Butters
Hillsboro
van Wert
D. T. and I
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Prince of Peace Contest Sunday Uplifts County speakers
The district Prince of Peace declamation contest is set for Sunday night at 7 30 at the Defiance Methodist Church. Catherine Young from Van Wert county will represent her area with speakers from Allen Putnam Henry Defiance and Paulding counties. The Ohio Council of Churches backs the event. The district winner advances to a February Columbus final with college scholarships and cash prizes.
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Prince of Peace
Methodist
Defiance
Catherine Young
Presbyterian Church
van Wert
Allen
Putnam
Henry
Paulding
Ohio Council of Churches
Columbus
Woman Admits Kidnaping Hoax
Ruth Starbuck 33 of Colerain Ohio confessed to Justice agents that her tale of being kidnapped near her home Monday was false. She gave no reason for her actions after being found in Louisville dazed, hatless and moneyless. Initially she claimed two men and a woman forced her into a car and fed her doped candy.
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Louisville
Ruth Starbuck
Colerain
Department of Justice
Starbuck
Cummings Seeks Expanded Federal Power to Fight Crime
Attorney General Homer Cummings, in his annual report to Congress, urges legislation to extend federal authority to require registration of pistols and revolvers. He notes 40 convictions under federal anti kidnapping laws in 1935 and highlights crime law gains from 1934 measures while urging broader gun registration. The report also covers prison crowding, bank robbery declines, and judicial conference findings on speeding up Supreme Court work.
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Washington
Congress
Homer
Cummings
Charles A. Lindbergh
Joseph B. Keenan
Capitol Hill
Sanford Bates
Bates
Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Bureau
Judicial Conference
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Women Voters League Campaigns to End Spoils System
DAYTON O Jan 4 The Ohio League of Women Voters will circulate petitions in January to abolish the spoils system and pledge merit appointments. Signatures will go to the national league for the June party convention. Mrs W J Meranda Springfield chairs the drive aiming for 30000 signatures across Ohio.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio League of Women Voters
National League
W. J. Meranda
Springfield
Italians Open Bomb Attack Fronts Hit by Bombing
Addis Ababa dispatches report Italian forces raining bombs on northern and southern fronts. A Red Cross airplane arrives with the body of Swedish aide Gunnar Lundstrom from a Red Cross hospital in the Dolo sector.
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Addis Ababa
Red Cross
Gunnar Lundstrom
Dolo
Storm erupts over Roosevelt address in Congress
Washington reports a political storm after President Roosevelt spoke to the House. Republicans call it cheap politics while Democrats applaud the address as a bold challenge to opponents of popular government. Various leaders praise or critique the speech, with mixed partisan reaction.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Burns
House
Bertrand H. Snell
Hiram W. Johnson
California
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Maury Maverick
Tex
Liberty League
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Republican Party
Roosevelt Wins Rough Three to One Majority In Congress
Roosevelt entered the second session of the 74th Congress with a Democratic majority about three to one in both chambers. In the Senate a Republican seat was filled by Allen Benson after Thomas D. Schall’s death, Huey P. Long died and was not replaced. Senate composition 68 Democrats 24 Republicans one Progressive two Farmer-Laborites. In the House Republicans gained Charles F. Risk's seat in Rhode Island's first district, replacing a deceased Democrat. House tally 234 Democrats 106 Republicans 10 Farmer-Laborites.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Allen Benson
Huey P. Long
House
Charles F. Risk
Rhode Island
Fifty U S Athletes Sail for Olympics
Fifty American winter Olympic team members sail for Europe aboard the S S Manhattan from New York. The group includes seven speed skaters, 14 hockey players, 13 bobsledders and 16 skiers, with exhibitions planned in England France and Switzerland before the Games in Garmisch Partenkirchen from February 6 to 16.
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New York
Europe
S. S. Manhattan
England
France
Switzerland
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Oslo
Norway
Germany
United States
Whittington 62 Dies After Illness in Van Wert County
B F Whittington 62 dies Friday at Van Wert County Hospital after carbuncle illness. He had recently returned home from Columbus where he did interior work for his sister. Survived by widow Mabel Files three sons Harold Walker Bert and three daughters Doris Beeler Noah Hammond Joan. siblings William Claud Flo. Body at Vore mortuary. funeral Sunday at 2:30 p m Church of Christ.
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B. F. Whittington
van Wert County Hospital
Columbus
George Street
Mr. Whittington
Xenia
St. James
van Wert
Waterloo
Ind
Whittington
Mabel Files
Harold
New York
Walker
California
Bert Whittington
Doris Beeler
Chillicothe
Noah Hammond
Joan Whittington
William Whittington
Claud Clark
Flo Handel
Newark
Vore
East Main Street
Church of Christ
Seek to Change WPA Paying Plan
Audit of WPA payrolls and issuance of pay checks for 175 000 workers in Ohio would move from Columbus to 16 district offices if the Treasury department approves the decentralization plan under consideration. The bulletin from WPA headquarters confirmed the possible shift.
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Columbus
Works Progress Administration
WPA
United States Treasury Department
Treasury Department
Jaster Seeks Amendments to Ohio Auto Fee Law
Highway Director John Jaster Jr drafts changes to the $25 car inspection fee for out of state vehicles. An injunction blocks enforcement while challenges argue the tax oversteps interstate commerce powers. The plan exempts newcomers, addressing sales tax evasion concerns as the legislature debates next week.
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Columbus
John Jaster, Jr
Ohio
Common Pleas
Dana Reynolds
Highway Patrol
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Charles G. Jones
Ohio State Automobile Association
Lan
Corn Hog Meetings Change Voting Requirement
County agricultural agent W R Phares announced a rule change for the corn hog plan. Voters must attend their own township meetings next week due to the election of township officers, reversing prior guidance that allowed attendance at the nearest meeting regardless of township.
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W. R. Phares
Cars Sold and Bills Filed In Van Wert County
Ray L. Imler, clerk of courts, reported 51 new cars sold in Van Wert County in December 1935 and 386 bills of sale filed that month, covering both old and new vehicles.
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van Wert County
Ray L. Imler
Roosevelt Tackles New Deal Foes In Two Part Address
President Roosevelt’s address to Congress frames a sharp choice for foes to support or abandon the New Deal. He warns about autocracy abroad and pressure from business interests at home while urging neutrality abroad and restraint on new taxes. He outlines international tensions, defense aims, and a push to protect congressional prerogatives under the law.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Europe
Italy
Germany
Japan
Great Britain
France
League of Nation
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Americas
Ge & Eer Sli
Repeal Fails to Empty Federal Penitentiaries
Federal Prisons Director Sanford Bates reports that repeal of national prohibition did not ease overcrowding. Liquor law violation commitments rose to 4,516 in the last fiscal year from 2,208 in 1934, while federal prison population climbed 25 percent from 12,201 to 15,417 since June 1934. He cites increased severity of liquor cases by courts and shifts in parolees as factors.
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Washington
Sanford Bates
Bates
Congress
Homer S. Cummings
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Indiana
Women Voters’ League
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Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
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Grace Thomasson
Nelle Muench
Isaac Kelley
St.Louis
Anna Ware
Chicago
B.F. Whittington
St. James Hotel
Jaster
Congress of the
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New Deal
Rosevelt
National Manufacturers Association
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Bankers Association
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