Laval Seeks Oil Sanction Clash as War Looms
Addis Ababa dispatch reports Premier Laval warns oil embargo could mean war with Italy while France grapples with sanctions. Talks of a Mediterranean conference surface as Britain and allies pledge aid if Italy attacks. Ethiopian troops suppress revolt rumors amid renewed front-line fighting in Gojjam.
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Associated Press
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Italy
Great Britain
London
France
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Greece
East Africa
Bien
Gojjam
Addis Ababa
Res Hail
Rome
Ethiopia
Ohio Teachers Seek Federal Aid Through NAC Proposal
Columbus reports teachers advance a proposal to the National Education Association to form a national committee on universal federal aid to education with one member from each state. State Education Director E L Bowsher criticizes some teachers for weakly promoting the school foundation program. Milton Campbell of the American Legion backs funding for schools and asserts education should drive flag salutes, not law.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nual
Ohio Education Association
National Educational Association
School Foundation
E. L. Bowsher
Milton Campbell
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Legion
Campbell
Firemen Overcome After South Bend Store Blaze
More than 40 of South Bend's 100 firemen were hospitalized after battling flames that destroyed the H. I. Green department store. Officers estimate the loss at 150000 to 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
H. 1. Green
New York New Year's Eve Prices Soar As Revelers Gather
New York venues charge cover fees from 4 to 29 dollars for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Non members face 29 dollars, members 15 dollars, with many hotels and clubs asking 7.50 to 12 dollars. Food and drink prices rise, some places offer breakfast, and alcohol service extends past 5 AM under a special state permit.
Davey Orders Board to Provide Coal for State Homes
Governor Davey told the State Board of Control to supply coal for state institutions after veto cuts left a funding shortfall. He warned the board of their individual and collective responsibility as the revised appropriation bill stalled in conference.
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Columbus
Davey
State Board of Control
Farmers Pay $186 For Raising Excess Hogs In Crawford County
Agriculture Adjustment Administration officials collected $186 yesterday from 14 Crawford County corn-hog contract signers who raised hogs in excess of contract allotments. County Agent Russell Miller turned the money over to charitable organizations. The Salvation Army received $101, the Children's Home $35, the Y M C A $30, and the Red Cross $20. The farmers kept the hogs.
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Bucyrus
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Crawford County
Russell Miller
Salvation Army
Children’s Home
Red Cross
Passengers Leave Stranded Ship in Ice Crast
One hundred passengers abandon the Soviet steamer Lozovski after it becomes stuck in ice on the Okhotsk Sea shore trek eight miles to Vladivostok area. The 2000 ton vessel was en route from Sakhalin Island when ice pressure threatened to crush hull.
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Vladivostok
Russia
Okhotsk Sea
Lozovski
Sakhatin Island
Uruguay Breaks Off Relations With Soviet Union
Montevideo reports Uruguay will expel Soviet Minister Alexander Minkin and his staff, citing precautionary steps against rumors of an armed revolt.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Alexander Minkin
Olson appoints Benson as U S Senator after Schall’s death
Governor Floyd B Olson announces Elmer A Benson state banking commissioner will become United States senator to replace Thomas D Schall who died from injuries after being struck by an automobile in Minnesota.
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ST. Paul
Floyd B. Olson
Elmer A. Benson
United States
Thomas D. Schall
Americans Hit in Japan Report
Tokyo reports quote a government spokesman saying consular reports accuse missionary schools under American and British influence of leading part in Chinese student agitation against Japan. The spokesman noted this is a shift from past passivity and did not name schools. He declined to discuss possible Tokyo actions.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
China
Yenching University
Peiping
Jafs ie Launched as Stage Trooper
New York December 27 Dr F Condon known as Jassie of the Lindbergh case is advertised as a vaudeville trouper Now available for personal appearances in vaudeville or motion pictures theaters The promoting notice cites his notoriety and says he has performed in Boston and Lynn Massachusetts Previously he acted as intermediary in ransom negotiations with the anonymous John
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New York
America
Variety
Boston
Lynn
Mass
Unprecedented Lack of Sunshine Affects Florists and Growers
Unprecedented lack of sunshine this fall has left vegetables pale and sickly and cut profits for growers. A. J. Fornoff reports a 33 percent revenue drop from winter greenhouse crops. Florist Louis Viereck notes flower prices up about 30 percent due to middew farming.
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Columbus
A. J. Fornoff
Louis Viereck
Pauly resigns as Middletown postmaster
The Postoffice Department received a telegram announcing Frank B. Pauly’s resignation as Middletown Ohio postmaster. Officials said the move was voluntary.
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Frank B. Pauly
Middletown
Washington
Postoffice Department
Pauly
Four Bodies Recovered After Ohio River Blizzard Tragedy
The Ohio River held four bodies after a Christmas Eve marriage and a blizzard accident. Willard Kennedy 22 and Goldie Porter 21 wed in Vandeburg and were among the four victims found near the Kentucky Ohio shore, including Corbett Porter 38 and Charles Porter 14 in a capsized eight foot boat.
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Ohio
Willard Kennedy
Long Lick
Goldie Porter
Lewis County
Kentucky
Kennedy
Loyal dog guards master's car in freezing night
A small female Spitz stood guard over a Georgian plated car for more than 12 hours in subzero weather near an East Side Cleveland theater. Police hunted the owner after officers checked the dog’s collar. the theater manager coaxed the animal inside for food before it was moved to a parking lot shanty.
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Cleveland
Georgia
Julius Lamm
Spitz
Roosevelt Silent on Lindbergh Flight
President Roosevelt refused to comment at his press conference on the departure of Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and their son Jon from the United States. The Lindberghs are reported to plan a residence in England largely due to ongoing kidnapping threats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
Lindberghs
England
Legislators to Study Permanent 1936 Relief Plan
Columbus reports a conference of Senate and House leaders will study a draft permanent state relief program for 1936. Senator James Metzenbaum said county fund allocations will be added later and the bill will be introduced at a skeleton session Monday with a Senate passage expected Thursday night. Only four counties have formally applied for loans from the $1,500,000 relief fund though 19 were deemed urgently in need.
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Columbus
Senate
House
James Metzenbaum
Cuyahgua
Actress Thelma Todd Death Inquiry Shock Claim
A sensational unverified report claims a man in Thelma Todd death inquiry beat the actress days before she died of monoxide poisoning on December 16. Captain Jess Winn notes the report names a central figure, describing a violent cafe argument and a waiter intervention.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Grand Jury
Jess Winn
District Attorney’s Office
Winn
Miss Todd
16 Year Old in Wise County Faces New Shooting Charge
In Wise, Virginia, 16 year old Falin faces a January 6 hearing on charges of shooting at his mother. He was previously cleared of murder after claiming self defense in the death of his father who was killed in the prior incident.
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Wise
Hangeman Falin
Record Cold Wave Claims 200 Lives Across Nation
A severe cold wave caused about 200 deaths across at least 28 states with 86 from traffic crashes and 55 from exposure. Fires, carbon monoxide, drownings, and other causes added to the toll as temperatures tumbled below zero in many regions and forecasts warned of more freezing weather.
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Chicago
Great North Central Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Far South
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
New England
North Atlantic States
Ohio River
C. W. Roberts
Bismarck
N. C
Lexington
Bluegrass
Henry Ford
Milton Raymond
New York Central
Adrian
Mich
Detroit
Senators Meet to Declare Recess in Ohio Senate
In Columbus on December 27 the Ohio Senate held a brief five minute recess as only two members, Senator Paul Yoder and Senator Harold Nichols, attended a skeleton session. Yoder announced the recess and Nichols moved to extend it to December 30, with no objections recorded.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Paul Yoder
Montgomery
Pro-Tem
Harold D. Nichols
Clermont
Yoder
Senate
Nichols
Father of Notorious Bank Robber Succumbs in Louisiana
Authorities list accidental asphyxiation as the cause of death for a young auburn haired woman and J. H. Hamilton 55 father of Raymond Hamilton the bank robber executed at Huntsville Texas. Bodies were found scantily clad in a tightly closed room heated by a gas fire at a Vivian tourist camp.
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Shreveport
J. H. Hamilton
Raymond Hamilton
Huntsville
Tex
Vivian
Army Planes to Bomb Mauna Loa Lava Flow
The U S Army orders twelve bombing planes to blast molten lava from Mauna Loa to protect Hilo Hawaii water supply. If air strikes fail, 59 engineers will use dynamite to divert the flow.
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Hawaiian
Hilo
Hawaii
United States Army
Mauna Loa
Third Engineers
Ohio Faces White Christmas With Bitter Cold and Ice
Temperatures rose slightly in Ohio but forecasters warned of continuing cold as the Ohio River and tributaries froze. Official lows reached five below in Cincinnati and six below in Hamilton, with higher readings elsewhere. The death toll from the cold wave reached 20, including exposure, traffic accidents, fires, and suffocation as ice and snow covered the state.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Licking River
Kentucky
Hamilton
Cold Spring, Jr
Cleveland
Columbus
Youngstown
Toledo
Columbus Weather Bureau
Potatoes Sent as Christmas Gifts by Congressman
Chicago December 27 4 For Christmas presents this year Congressman Ralph FE Church from Chicago's lake shore district gave potatoes wrapped in dainty packages and attached to rings each supporting a spud like a diamond. He said the gift carries a message about the potato amendment and taxes.
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Chicago
Ralph FE. Church
Lake Shore
PWA Worker Held for Slaying on Christmas
Bernard Duffy, 35, a PWA worker in New York, arrested and booked on a homicide charge for Loretta Hunt's slaying. Hunt's mutilated body was found in a deserted building Christmas morning. Detectives quoted Duffy as admitting he picked up Hunt Tuesday night.
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New York
Bernard Duffy
PWA
Loretta Hunt
Duffy
Joseph Pickett
Eugene Mahoney
Hunt
Storms Kill Four Teens in Spain as Winds Weaken
A violent wind and rain storm across northern and central Spain claimed four teen lives and caused extensive property damage. Authorities report casualties and widespread destruction as rescue and cleanup efforts continue.
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Madrid
Spain
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Auto
Buckeye
Pittsburgh
Grees
Huntington
W. Va
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H.C. Yeiser
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Yeiser
Sam P. Suit
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