Fourteen Die In Nova Scotia Coal Mine Disaster
A Nova Scotia coal mine collapse kills fourteen miners and leaves many others injured as a riding rake plunges down a steep incline. Rescue teams bring out bodies while authorities fear more deaths beneath wreckage at the Sydney colliery of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company.
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Ydney
Nova Scotia
Canan Press
Neds
Nova Ytia Steel and Coal Company
Fts
Ors
Sydney
Va Scotia
Long
Ne Enliery
Nicess Calliery
Washington Reporter Paul Anderson Found Dead
Paul Y. Jerson a 45 year old Washington correspondent for St Louis news and magazines died today from an apparent suicide using sleeping tablets. O Neal said Anderson was found in a car in a garage with a hose connected to the exhaust. Anderson, a Pulitzer prize winner, was noted for reporting on Washington politics and race riots and was the son of Charles Michelson, Democratic committee press director.
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Ashington
Paul Y. Jerson
Washington
St. Touis
Nderson
Navy
Sam A. O'Neal
Washington Stacjes
Neal
Ollie Pickls
O'Neal
Congressional Coure
Can Jon
East St
Anderson
Charles Michelson
Paby
Democratic Onal Committee
Wayne Township Grower Seeks Patent for Frost‑Resistant Peach
Herbert Roll, a Wayne Township farmer, developed a new peach variety a cross between Champion and Lemon Free. The fruit withstands 27 degree frosts, withstanding frost while other trees failed. The state agricultural department will test the fruit at Wooster before patenting. no name will be given until after patent approval.
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Wayne Township
Muskingum County
Herbert Roll
State Agricultural Department
Wooster
Koll
Roll
Hungry killer ends hunger strike as Warren slayings loom
Warren area sheriff reports Nick Babich 54 accused of murdering wife and neighbor with a hatchet and knife. He broke a hunger strike after confessing and breakfasting. Inquest to proceed led by coroner Dr J C Renshaw as prosecutors consider first degree murder charges. Babich previously served time for attacking his wife and battery-station burglary. His 1-year-old son Andy testified he saw the mother being struck in their basement.
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Warren
Nick Bableh
Paul Reagen
WPA
J. C. Renshaw
Babich
Roy Hardman
Dan Gross
Gross
Hardman
Ohio
State
Babichs
Andy
Texans Boom Garner For Presidency Rally in Detroit Texas
Boyhood friends of John Nance Garner gather in northeast Texas to launch a Garner for President movement. Thousands from all ages are called to meet near Detroit to form the first Garner for President dish. Locals recall Garner as a frontier lawyer and famed shortstop from Red River County.
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Garner
Clarksville
Texas
John Nance Garner
Red River County
Detroit
Edsel Ford opposes incentive taxation in senate clash
Edsel Ford told the Senate profit sharing committee that cutting federal taxes would be a strong incentive for business but warned incentive taxation could cause difficult consequences. Senator Vandenberg pressed on the risks, and Ford replied that the policy might create more problems than it would solve.
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Washlygiun
Edsel Ford
Senate Profit-Sharing Committee
Henry Ford
Vandenberg
Ford
Japanese Air Raids Hit Chinese Troops Near Lake Tung Ting
Japanese army spokesman says intensive air raids against Chinese troop concentrations south of Lake Tung Ting in Hunan shattered Chiang Kai Shek's attempt at a counter offensive. Nanking confirms a squadron of Chinese planes bombed Japanese positions in Nanking on December 3 and 4. The extent of damage remains unknown.
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Lake Tungting
Hunan
Germany and France Sign No War Pact
Paris reports Germany and France signed a no war pact pledging negotiation over disputes. Foreign ministers Jo achim von Ribbentrop and Georges Bonnet signed in Paris on December 6 1938, with texts in French and German. The accord asserts pacific relations and mutual consultation while noting no territorial changes are at stake.
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Paris
France
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
von Ribbentrop
Bonnet
French Republic
Roosevelt Holds to Liberal Program
President Roosevelt pledged to continue a liberal domestic program and global leadership to defend democracies. He returned to Washington from Warm Springs Georgia to meet with congressional leaders and diplomats to chart new policies for Congress and U.S. envoys abroad. He reaffirmed belief in liberal government saying only unthinking liberals see only tragedy in liberal progress and stressed America as the world’s leading democracy guiding others to survive.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Georgia
White House
Congress
Fromm
Warm Springs
Chapel Will
America
Move District NYA Offices to Zanesville From Athens
The National Youth Administration district offices will be moved to Zanesville from Athens around December 15, announced by local supervisor George O Dewey. The move follows district reorganization adding Holmes Coshocton Harrison Tuscarawas Jefferson and Carroll counties while dropping Scioto and Pike. A staff of 12 will be part of the Chicago transfer system under owner P K Wrigley.
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National Youth Administration
Zanesville
Athens
George O. Dewey
Dewey
Holmes
Coshocton
Harrison
Tuscarawas
Jefferson
Carroll
Scioto
Pike Lazzeri
Chicago
Tony Lazzeri
Cubs
P. K- Wrigley
Youthful Robber Kills Fremont Marshal
A 19 year old Chicago youth named Robert Brown confessed to fatally shooting Fremont marshal Neal D Fowler during a 25 cent robbery at a Clyde filling station. Fowler pursued the thief at 40 mph and was killed by shotgun fire after Brown admitted stealing a car in Perrysburg and fleeing toward Bellevue. Brown, held for first degree murder, said he was en route to Cleveland and had hopped a ride from Chicago.
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Fremont
Marshall Neal
D. Fowler
Clyde
Chicago
Robert Brown
Harry Andrews
Lde
L. Morris
Bellevue
Fowler
James Billings
Billings
Hellevue
Andrews
Brown
Perrysburg
H. L. Myers
Sandusky County
HH. L. Heizer
Cleveland
Derrysburg
Big German plane sinks at Manila in Manila harbor
The Condor monoplane stalled during approach near Manila end of a Tokyo to Berlin goodwill flight. A crew of five and one passenger escaped injury. Heinz Junge, head of the Facke Wulff plant and aboard, was brought to Manila by a commercial amphibian plane. He cited fuel line trouble as the cause. The craft had flown Tokyo to Manila in about 10 hours and 53 minutes.
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Tokyo
High Church Officials Honor Mgr Leininger at 50th Priest Anniversary
Church dignitaries and lay leaders from across the state joined St. Nicholas Catholic as Mgr A L Leininger was celebrated for fifty years as a priest. The mass featured Rev George A Grassell as preacher with relatives assisting. A testimonial banquet followed with more than 200 guests and honors to several Monsignors and clergy from Columbus Cincinnati and Lisle Indiana.
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St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Mgr. A. L. Leininger
Mer. Leininger
St. Nicholas
George A. Grassell
Lattar
Michael A Meehler
Newark
Anthony V. Mechler
Canton
Bernard A. Weigand
Youngstown
J. A. Weigand
J. J. Murphy
J. A. Ryan
E. A. Burkley
Columbus
Maurice Ripplinger
Cincinnati
Procopius Neuzil
St. Procopius Abbey
Lisle
Printers vote to keep five day work week in union
In Indianapolis 50,000 AFL International Typographical Union printers in the United States and Canada voted 21,303 to 16,345 to maintain five eight hour days. The group also approved ending renewal of current pay scales and adopting a new scale based on Lime after January 1 1941 by 35,494 to 10,556.
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Indianapolis
United States
Canada
International Typographical Union
AFL
Woodruff Randolph
Pierce
Hanus
Question Motives Of Baber Ouster
Julius Freiberg counsel for Dr E A Baber says the ouster as superintendent of Longview state hospital was the last lash of a dying administration. He plans to go to Columbus to pursue the case. He accuses Welfare Director Margaret Allman of acting at the urging of Myrna Smith Gov Daveys secretary who supplied charges.
Blonde Killer Loses Clemency Appeal in Ohio Death Row
Governor Martin L. Davey refused to intervene in the scheduled execution of Anna Marie Hahn, the first woman to face the electric chair in Ohio. Hahn, convicted of murdering Cincinnati gardener Jacob Wagner, faced the death penalty after appeals and stays, with the governor stating no grounds for clemency. Her son Oscar, 12, visited from her death row cell as officials prepared for the electrocution set for tomorrow night.
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Columbus
New Haven
Conn
Hahn
Ohio
Davey
Daniel S. Earhart
Earhart
I Prosecution
Oscar
Dacob Wagner
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Charlotte Harvey Sent to Prison
Charlotte Harvey, 34, of South Second Street, began a three year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to illegal possession of narcotics. Colubus Judge Mell G. Underwood presided. Harvey was arrested August 22 with David Wash and J A Drechler. Drechler was released. Wash denied charges. Wash later committed suicide in his cell. Harvey previously served a two year federal term for a similar offense.
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Charlotte Harvey
South Second Street
Mell G. Underwood
Columbus
Harvey
Milt Stotts
Ivan Penn
A. D. Stevenson
Federal Narcotics Department
David Wash
J. A. Drechler
Drechler
U. S
William Weber
Wash
Strike Ends as Fisher Body Plant Reopens in Flint
Production resumed at Fisher Body Co Plant No 1 in Flint after a wage dispute strike closed the plant last Friday. About 6,400 Fisher workers were affected, with Buick and Pontiac operations also impacted, totaling over 25,000 affected across General Motors units. Local 581 union ratified a conditional settlement, warning of another strike if the wage issue remains unresolved by Friday.
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Flint
Mich
Fisher Body Co
General Motors Corp
Fisher
Buick
Pontiat
Pontiac Motor Co
Pontiac
Pontiac Motor Co. O
Fisher Body No. 1
United Auto Workers of America
CIO
Son Weeps at Bier Of Father He Slew
CHILLICOTHE. Robert Bready, 29, sobbed at his father Pastor Russell H. Bready’s bier then returned to his cell to await grand jury action next month. He faces first degree murder charges in the pastor’s fatal shooting amid a tense funeral scene at Bainbridge. Deputy Lowery escorted him to view the body. he was barred from the public funeral.
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Chillicothe
Robert Bready
Russell H. Bready
Bready
Spain
Bainbridge
Don Lowery
Las
Joseph Vincent
Plans for Auditorium Hearing At Lash High
Service Director A. S. Herzer announced a public hearing on the proposed municipal auditorium to be held next Monday night likely in Lash High School Auditorium. Taxpayers will have opportunity to express views as public funds back the project following a recent council session debate over floor design.
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ADH Cpassist Creer Tb Gans
Ville
Municipal Auditorium
Lash High School
A. 5
Herzer
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