East African Front Faces Decisive Battle Looms
War outlook tightens as Italian and Ethiopian forces brace for major engagement near Makale. Rome tightens home defenses while Italy continues oil imports from Standard Oil of New Jersey despite embargo threats. Hull warns arms makers to register or face legal action.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Haile Selassie
Makale
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
League of Nations
Standard Yo
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Walter G. Teagle
Standard
Manasolini
Paris
Ethiopia
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Hull
State Department
Rails Rally Boosts Stock Prices Across Leading Issues
The New York market opened with rails driving gains as stocks rose $1 to $3 a share. Prices hit new peaks for the recovery era amid broad uplift in key issues.
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New York
Girl, Three, Dies From Burns After Playing with Matches
Helen Sweet, age three, died in Willard after her clothes caught fire while she played with matches. Her mother, Mrs. Clarence Sweet, sustained burns on her hands trying to put out the blaze.
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Willard
Helen Sweet
Clarence Sweet
Man 86 Fatally Struck By Auto On Highway
East Liverpool reports Elihu Louk, 86, fatally injured when hit by a car while walking on a highway. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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East Liverpool
Elihu Louk
Steaks and Chops Rival Christmas Turkey This Year
Chicago, Dec 4. Steaks and chops emerge as rivals to turkey for Christmas dinners as beef pork and lamb deliver a plentiful and varied holiday meat supply. Improved prices are noted as cattle and hogs benefited from kinder weather and strong livestock shows.
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Chicago
McCulloch backs Borah as strong Republican candidate
Roscoe McCulloch former U S senator from Ohio says Borah may pursue a presidential nomination. He calls Borah a strong Republican candidate and notes Borah is a mystery on his plans. The Columbus report cites McCulloch's belief in Borah's potential.
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Columbus
William E. Borah
Idaho
Roscoe McCulloch
Ohio Horses Win in Livestock Show
Three Ohio Percheron mares won championships at the International livestock show. Jourdane owned by W. H. Butler of Columbus took the grand championship. Margy Radishnior owned by L. C. Hay of Loudonville was junior champion. Priscilla Degas owned by G. A. Dix & Sons of Delaware was reserve junior champion. The Twin, a four-gaited saddle horse exhibited by Charles M. Williams of Cincinnati, placed fourth. A Shorthorn yearling heifer from Maxwalton Farms of Mansfield took sixth in its class.
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Chicago
Ohio
Jourdane
W. H. Butler
Columbus
L. C. Hay
Loudonville
Priscilla Degas
G. A. Dix & Sons
Delaware
Charles M. Williams
Cincinnati
Maxwalton Farms
Mansfield
Dayton Man Suffering From Rabbit Fever
Dayton resident Delbert Mordley aged 24 of Valley Street was admitted to Miami Hospital with tularemia or rabbit fever the first local case this hunting season and he is expected to recover.
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Dayton
Delbert Mordley
Valley Street
Miami Hospital
Mordley
19 Year Old Boy's Steer Named Grand Champion
Tho E. Yoder of Wellman Iowa raised and exhibited the 1065 pound Aberdeen Angus steer known as Pat's Blue Ribbon at the 36th International Livestock Exposition. The grand champion sold for 750 cash plus slaughter sale value. if $38 a pound is met it could reach over 3000. 17-year-old Marie Krejie of Edwardsville Illinois won the top carcass steer prize. Henry Carr Lentz of Jeffersonville Indiana was named corn king with Johnson County White Dent ears.
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Chicago
Tho E. Yoder
Wellman
Iowa
Heer
Marie Krejie
Edwardsville
Yoder
Pat
Henry Carr Lentz
Jeffersonville
Ind
Johnson County
Unemployment Estimates Put U S Jobless at About Eleven Million
Washington reports semi official unemployment estimates show 10 915 000 people jobless in September with 5 000 000 formerly jobless finding work since March 1933. Nathan notes peak unemployment at 15 071 000 in March 1933 and cites breakdowns by manufacturing building railroads wholesale retail and services with road building showing excess unemployment of 94 000 due to government spending.
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Idie
Washington
Roosevelt
Committee On Economic Security
Robert R. Nathan
Sepember
Nathan
Democrats See Ohio Fight Threatening 1936 Chances
Ohio Democratic nomination battle for governor pits Governor Martin L Davey against former Lieutenant Governor Charles Sawyer. Administration sources fear a bitter race could hurt Roosevelt weight in Ohio at the 1936 election. Postmaster General Farley declined comment at today's press conference.
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Washington
Ohio
Roosevelt
Farley
Greene County Anglers Oppose Spring Fishing Ban
The Greene County Fish and Game Association reported a 16 vote majority against the proposed Ohio spring fishing ban in its main membership poll conducted in Xenia on December 4.
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Greene County
Xenia
Greene County Fish and Game Association
Ohio
Icy Blasts in Ohio Set New Season's Lows
Winter snap grips Ohio with record cold on December 4 as Lima reports two below zero and Toledo marks the coldest December 4 on record. A 27 year old driver Steve Sunsera dies in a Marion truck crash amid icy roads.
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Ohio
Lima
Elmer McClain
Bowling Green
Postmaster General Seeks Funds for Ocean Airmail Service
Postmaster General Farley announced he will ask Congress for funds to start a trans Atlantic airmail service. Experimental flights are planned for next summer with operation likely within a year. Postal officials noted Pan American Airways, currently operating the trans Pacific route, as the only American company showing interest.
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Washington
Farley
Congress
Pan-American Airways
Plane Crash Kills Two Army Fliers Near Washington
Two Army pilots from Mitchell Field Long Island died when their plane crashed into a hill near Bolling Field in the capital area. The War Department identified the dead as First Lieutenant Harry H. Geoffrey of St Paul Minnesota and Major George E. Rice of Thermopolis Wyoming.
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Washington
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Bolling Field
War Department
Harry H. Geoffrey
St Paul, Minn
George E. Rice
Thermopolis
Wyo
Prince of Wales Red Shorthorn Bull Wins at Exposition
At the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago a red Shorthorn bull owned by the Prince of Wales is a leading royal standout. The animal known as Baption Orator, valued at last year’s sale at 18000 dollars, is among His Royal Highness best Scotch Shorthorns from FE. P. Ranch near Highriver Alberta. A forthcoming report from manager W L Carlyle may announce the Orator as blue ribbon winner.
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Chicago
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Highriver
Alberta
Davey Dares Harter In Akron Liquor License Probe
Governor Davey offers to produce proof before the Ohio House that Rep George J Harter sought favors for Akron liquor licenses The House demanded substantiation of Harter alleged pressure in the state liquor department and license process.
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Columbus
Davey
Ohio
House of Representatives
George J. Harter
Akron
Harter
House
State Liquor Department
Scripps-Howard
Cash Register
Liquor Department
Opposition to AAA Grows Among Farmers
Western Republican headquarters report rising farmer opposition to the New Deal and the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Ohio’s Myers Cooper Ohio Republican state chairman Ed Schorr and New York’s James Wadsworth cite farmer concerns about regimentation and loss of farm autonomy amid the Chicago livestock show talks.
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Chicago
Republican Party Today
AAA
Ohio
New York
Myers Y. Cooper
D. Schorr
James W. Wadsworth
Harrison E. Spangler
G. O. P. Cooper
Schorr
Wadsworth
Spangler
Ohio sales tax receipts rise during Thanksgiving week
Ohio's Thanksgiving week sales tax receipts totaled $947,349 for the week ended November 30, with most stores closed Thursday. The 44 week average is $923,000 and total collections reach $40,626,122.47. To hit the estimated $47 million for 1935, about $1.25 million must be collected weekly in the Christmas period. Revenue funds schools and political subdivisions, with relief and old age pensions receiving shares in the first half of the year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Truck hits train in Marion. driver killed
A truck skidded on icy pavement into an Erie Railroad freight train in Marion killing Steve Sunsera aged 27. The crash occurred today on the icy road, the driver’s identity confirmed as Sunsera. police investigate cause and train crew uninjured.
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Marion
Erie Railroad
Steve Sunsera
Roosevelt hit for shifting viewpoint
John Hamilton former Kansas committeeman and RNC general counsel called President Roosevelt a demagogue and political opportunist who shifts with every breeze and stands for nothing. He spoke to hundreds of campaign workers for Congressman Chester Bolton II of Ohio at a meeting on December 4 in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Kansas
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Chester C. Bolton
Ohio
Bobbed hair policy at Ohio women's reformatory
Marysville reports new superintendent Mrs. Marguerite Reilly allowed bobbing of hair at the state reformatory for women. Inmates showed demerits for bobbing before her changes. She announced the policy, stating she likes bobbed hair and calls it more sanitary.
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Marysville
State Reformatory For Women
Marguerite Reilly
Cleveland
Reformatory
Barton Urges Industry to Boost Advertising for 1936
Bruce Barton, famed sales consultant, told the Congress of American Industry and the National Association of Manufacturers that industry must use advertising as its weapon in the political contest. He urged doubling effort with sales managers and advertisers to win public favor and shape the story of progress.
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Barton
New York
Bruce Barton
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Use Tax Urged On Purchases Out Of State
Ohio House Finance Committee backs two tax measures to curb out of state buying. A three percent use tax would apply to purchases outside Ohio except autos, with quarterly reporting. An auto inspection fee of 25 would fund out of state auto purchases. Revenue estimates: use tax at least 2 million annually. House budget proposals and vetoes shape a 92.74 million Senate bill.
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Ohio
Columbus
House Taxation Committee
Harry J. Hansen
Paulding
Patrick Butler
Cuyahoga
Darrell Greek
Greek
Taxation Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Highway Department
Davey
Senate
Japan Might Abolish Submarines At Naval Conference
Admiral Osami Nagano, chief Japanese delegate, said Japan would be willing to abolish submarines under certain conditions at the forthcoming international naval conference in London on December 4.
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London
Osami Nagano
Japan
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William Marvin Roman
Lewisburg
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Dorothy Evelyn Bradley Roman
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Oklahoma City
American Institute of Meat Packers
Institute
Santa Clase
East
Mississippi
M'Cullogh
Ohioan
Lieved Borah
International Labor Review
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Committee On
F Economic Security
Dec
Icy
William H. Alexander
Toledo
Washington D. H
Canton
Youngstown
Mercury
Warren
Portsmouth
Ironton
Ocean Airmail
Trans-Atlantic
W.L. Carlyle
Governor’s Office
Okeh
Women’s Reformatory
House Finance Committee
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