Expansion of TVA into Ohio Valley Sought
Senator Norris proposes expanding the Mississippi Valley Authority to include the Ohio Valley. He envisions a $200 million dam across the Ohio near the Tennessee River mouth to control floods, aid navigation, and generate power. The plan links Ohio and Tennessee Valley development with broader river system management and public benefit.
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Tennessee
Washington
TVA
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley Authority
Ohio
Tennessee River
Ohio River
Cumberland
Nashville
Cincinnati
Columbus
Chicago
Blizzard Ravages Atlantic Coast With Billions in Damage
A powerful blizzard swept the New England coast causing at least 16 deaths and millions in damages from Georgia to New York. In Atlanta damage reached about 2.0 million dollars. utilities failed and streetcar service halted. New York mobilized 45,000 workers and 1,300 snowplows to clear seven weeks of snow more than inches deep.
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New York
New England
Georgia
Atlanta
Spanish cabinet resigns after 16 days in office
Madrid December 30 15th government of the second Spanish Republic collapses after 16 days amid cabinet differences and preparations for elections. Premier Manuel Portela Valladares resigns after a cabinet session with President Alcala Zamora.
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Madrid
Nanuel Portela Vallandares
Alcala Zamora
Herbert S. Duffy Seeks Bricker’s Attorney General Post
Columbus dispatch reports Herbert S. Duffy announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. He previously ran as the Democratic nominee in 1932 and 1934, losing to John W. Bricker, who leads the Republican race for governor.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
John W. Bricker
Kipling Quietly Marks 70th Birthday at Burwash
Rudyard Kipling celebrated his 70th birthday in Burwash Sussex with his American-born wife and daughter and a few old friends. The noted writer, nicknamed the sage of Burwash, spent the day quietly at home with family in the age old village.
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Burwash
Sussex
England
Rudyard Kipling
the Downs
Pittmans War Remarks Stir Japanese Diplomats
Senator Pittman served notice to Japanese Ambassador Hiroji Saito and spokesman Eiji Amau that he will say plenty on the Senate floor about Japan actions in China.
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Anese
Hiroji Saito
Eiji Amau
Foreign Office
Tokio
Pittman
U. S. Senate
Japan
China
Court to Set Time to Hear Hauptmann Plea
In Trenton on December 30 1934 Albert B. Hermann said the Court of Pardons informally discussed Bruno Hauptmanns clemency plea but did not set a formal hearing date. Observers expect a hearing date to be set with possible commutation or reprieve. Defense lawyer Egbert Rosecrans noted broader considerations beyond strict evidence. Liscom C Case a juror in the Hauptmann trial died of a heart attack at his Lansdowne home.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Lindbergh
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Egbert Rosecrans
Pardons Court
Liscom C. Case
Hunterdon County
Hauptman
Lansdown
Flemington
Commander Hunter Liggett Dies at 78 in San Francisco
Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett aged 78 died today in Letterman Hospital at the Presidio San Francisco. A veteran Indian fighter and hero of the Maine he commanded the Army of Occupation in Germany during World War I.
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San Francisco
Hunter Liggett
Maine
Army of Occupation
Germany
Letterman
Presidio
Ohio Gov Bricker warns fund transfer could contempt
Attorney General Bricker told Governor Davey that moving funds to replace vetoed appropriations risks contempt of the Supreme Court. State Auditor Tracy says the legislature has 10 days to fix the budget, with departments limited to funds left after vetoes. Legislative leaders plan to reconvene to tackle the budget crisis and relief.
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Columbus
John W Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Supreme Court
Joseph T. Tracy
Martin L. Daver
Paul P. Yoder
House
J. Freer Bittinger
Assembly
Yoder
Senate
Tracy
State Board of Control
Waitress Recovering After Boss Fires on Holdup Crew
Cleveland police report Blanche Graham a waitress wounded in the right thigh after stepping into the line of fire as her employer Alex Toya shot at five holdup men. The robbers fled without loot.
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Cleveland
Blanche Graham
Alex Toya
Lindbergh Ship Nearing Liverpool Dock Arrival
The American Importer carrying the Lindberghs to England has arrived off Liverpool. Tentative arrangements were made for tugs to assist into dock at 5 AM Tuesday, midnight Monday EST.
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Lindbergh
Liverpool
Betty Gow refuses to return to Lindberghs
Glasgow she says Colonel and Mrs Lyndberg have asked her to work for them again, but she will not go. The nurse who tended to the Lindbergh baby case was seen on a Glasgow street car this morning en route to a dress shop.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Betty Gow
Associated Press Today
Charlies A. Lyndbergh
Lindbergh
Associated Press
WPA Agrees 10 Laborers Demand In Ohio
Carl Watson state WPA administrator announced settlement of labor grievances at Niles without disorder. WPA workers in Trumbull County objected to a 41 2 day week seven and a half hours replacing a five day six hour week. The five day week was restored, Watson said.
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Columbus
Carl Watson
WPA
Niles
Meat Consumption Drops Beneath 1934 Levels in 1935
Chicago December report shows meat prices at five to six year highs while meat production falls 25 percent from 1934. Preliminary government estimates place farmers' income from meat animals and wool near 1.8 billion, up about 20 percent. Per capita pork intake fell from 68 pounds in 1934 to about 47 in 1935 as beef consumption rose, signaling a shift in eating habits amid higher retail prices.
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Chicago
William Whitfield Wood
Institute of American Meat Packers
Judge Blocks Guffey Tax Collection Action
Federal Judge Samuel H. West granted a temporary restraining order against tax collection provisions of the Guffey coal bill. The order shields Wheeling Township Coal Mining Company and two other corporate subsidiaries of Goodyear, Republic Steel, and Youngstown Sheet & Tube from specified taxes while litigation continues.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. West
Wheeling Township Coal Mining Company
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Youngtown Sheet & Tube Corporation
Child Killed in Cardington Shotgun Accident
Dorothy Partlow aged 4 died after a shotgun discharged while her brother Robert played with the weapon in Cardington. The incident occurred yesterday as family members described the tragic accident.
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Cardington
Dorothy Partlow
Robert
Ohio Prepares for Festive New Year Across State
Ohio braces for New Year with watch parties in hotels and clubs, church services, and dinners. Rates range from 5 to 20 dollars per couple plus tax, with statewide liquor rules relaxed and urban centers booking up. Cleveland leads with a 10 dollar top price including show and champagne. Columbus anticipates all-night celebrations.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Department
New Fea
Queen City
Cleveland
Weekend violence claims eighteen lives in Ohio
The Associated Press reports eight people died in Ohio traffic crashes on Saturday night and Sunday, two perished in fires, two were found slain, and six more lost their lives through other violent events. Victims include John Shutic in Avon Lake, Maude Thomas, Peter Wladyka, Vera Rennick, Angelo Camantas, Warren Vanfossman, Clarence Maze, Willard Paxton, and Clifford Heinze with his wife in a Cleveland fire. Police search for two suspects.
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Associated Press
Ohio
John Shutic
Lake Shore Electric Limited
Avon Lake
Maude Thomas
Peter Wladyka
Cleveland
Vera Rennick
Cincinnati
Angelo Camantas
Youngstown
Warren ©. Vanfossman
East Liverpool
Clarence J. Maze
Marion
Willard Paxton
Dayton
Clifford Heinze
Whitney Manor
Toledo
Michael Kozak
Discovery of first definite brain center near jaw area
In St Louis on December 30 14 a brain center affecting jaw work was described as the first definite locating of a specialized mental center. Researchers used an ultra fine electric wire system inserted into living gray matter through a brain window to confirm brain organization resembles a department store.
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St, Louis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Murder of Chicago State Representative shocks ward
In Chicago the political strongman Albert J. Prignano, a young ward boss, was shot at his doorway by three gunmen last night. The crime adds to the ward's history of political and gang violence as investigations begin.
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Chicago
Albert J. Prignano
Prignano
Aerial Bombardment of Volcano Seen as Effective
Hilo Hawaii reports that army aerial bombardment appeared to slow Mauna Loa lava flow. Government volcanologist Dr Thomas A Jagger described movement as virtually imperceptible after lava neared three miles of Hilo water supply.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Thomas A. Jagger
Miami Valley Firms Report 1935 Booms End Year
Miami Valley companies close 1935 with mixed results but record payrolls and production gains. Bank clearings rose while unemployment eased as firms in Middletown and surrounding areas finish year end filings.
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Middletown
Miami Valley
Marshal Kerr appoints deputy marshal in Cincinnati
U S Marshal R Kenneth Kerr announced the appointment of Mayor Edward Fitchen of Mingo Junction as deputy marshal. He fills the post left by Lubin Prevatt of Steubenville who was shot and killed by an unknown assailant last October.
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Cincinnati
U S
R. Kenneth Kerr
Edward Fitchen
Mingo Junction
Fitchen
Lubin S. Prevatt
Steubenville
Borah Consent Claimed On Ohio Primary Entry
A group from Idaho said they gained implied consent from Senator Borah to enter him in Ohio's Republican presidential primary after a two hour meeting in Washington.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Ohio
Mussolini Sets Fresh Plans for East Africa Campaign
Premier Mussolini told his cabinet the Franco British terms were inadequate for Italian security as Ethiopia concentrates forces in the north for a major counter offensive. At Addis Ababa authorities report heavy Ethiopian losses as Italian troops suffer 52 dead near Uar jeu and Ethiopians mobilize 400,000 troops for pivotal battles ahead.
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Duce
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Mussolini
East Africa
Italy
Ethiopia
Dessye
King of
Young Man Held in Extortion Plot in Buffalo
Roland E. Markell a 21 year old Rochester man was jailed in Buffalo on charges of attempting to extort 250000 from Frank J F Gannett publisher of the Gannett newspapers and Louis A Wehle president of Genesee Brewing Co Markell a messenger for a Rochester artists supply house was arrested Saturday night federal agents said he would be charged today with sending threatening letters through the mail
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Buffalo
N. Y
P.y
Roland E. Markell
Rochester
Frank J F. Gannett
Gannett
Louis A. Wehle
Genesee Brewing Company
Markell
Rochester Artists
28 Freight Cars Pile Up Near Youngstown
Crews worked to clear wreckage from 28 freight cars derailed on the Baltimore and Ohio main line and the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie line about 10 miles east of Youngstown. Officials investigated the cause as traffic stalled for several hours on both railroads.
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Youngstown
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Here
WPA Workers to Get Day and Half Paid Vacation
C C Darby Franklin County Works Progress Administration administrator said today all WPA workers will get a day and half with pay Tuesday and Wednesday. The holiday with pay follows an order from Harry L Hopkins federal administrator. Workers will be dismissed Tuesday noon and return Thursday morning.
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C. C. Darby
Franklin
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
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