Soviets Launch Offensive Across Finnish Front
Report from Rome cites a 700,000 strong Soviet force moving from Karelia and Ladoga towards Helsinki. Finnish troops retreat in order as Moscow threatens to sever Finland, while ice may stall the Baltic fleet. Independent day honors contrast with ongoing fighting and captured Russians mount to 2,000 with 64 tanks destroyed.
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Rumania
Rome
Helesinki
Popolo di Ronta
Helsinki
Karelian
Lake Ladoga
Mannerheim
Kronstadt Bay
Finland
Kirkenes
Norway
Kuolajarvi
Sweden
Kudajarvi
Kandalaksha
White Sea
Kandalakshe
Kuotajargi
Rovaniemi
Petsamo
Gulf of Bothnia
Fighters For Freedom
Circleville Bank Robbery Sparks Budget Meeting Moves
Circleville reports robberies netting 11500 while city leaders plan a special meeting to revise the 1940 municipal budget. Dr E O Dennis, council president, says six extra firemen are needed to meet state code reducing weekly hours and increasing safety expenditures. The meeting also reviews a supreme court ruling on transferring 30000 annually from the sinking fund to the general fund and outlines budget processes with the county budget commission.
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Tom V. Moorehead
E. 0
Dennis
Zanesville
County Bidget Commission
Virgil &. Johnson
John A. Mayer
Earl G. Dunn
Supreme Court
WPA Chief Charges Bricker With Unfounded Attack
WPA Administrator Francis Harrington accuses Governor Bricker of making an unwarranted partisan attack on the WPA in Cleveland. Harrington cites Bricker’s November 1938 remarks on WPA rolls in Cuyahoga County and argues relief conditions and program needs justify current and projected staffing. He notes current rolls near 31,000 with a 37,000 quota and urges Bricker to verify basic facts before public criticisms.
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Washington
WPA
Francis C. Harrington
Bricker
Onlo
Cleveland
Harrington
WRA
Ohio
Iees
WDA
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahopa County
Bricker Also Clashes With LaGuardia
Ohio Governor Bricker faces a public clash with New York Mayor LaGuardia over funds for social programs and relief. Bricker denies making critical remarks and challenges LaGuardia to fund needs in Ohio. Both leaders remain at odds over expenditure priorities and interstate aid.
Williams to be sent for 30 day observation at Lima hospital
Homer Williams, 24, accused of shooting at Maxine Edwards, a Miami university co-ed from Navarre, was ordered committed to Lima state hospital for criminal insanity for 30 days. Williams pleaded innocent by reason of temporary insanity.
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Hamilton
Homer
Williams
Miami University
Maxine Edwards
Navarre, C
Lima State Hospital
Ball and Chain for Non-Supporters in Wellsburg
Wellsburg West Virginia reports the first man sentenced to street work for failure to support his wife and family. Sheriff Herbert Traubert obtained the punishment implements after Circuit Judge J D O'Brien ordered the measure saying non-supporters should taste street work shackled, a threat he had made recently.
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Wellsburg
W.va
Herbert Traubert
J. d. O'Brien
Churchill Reports Nazi Sub Losses Amid U-Boat Battle
London reports the First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill stating German U-boats are being destroyed at two to four per week. He said Allies sank five subs this week as Germany concentrates attacks on Britain and merchant shipping, with mining and air dropped mines targeting harbors. Britain has armed over 1,000 merchant ships for defense.
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Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commoans
Churchill
Saint
Germany
Berlin
South
Atlantic
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Britain
Joe E. Brown Hurt in Hollywood Car Crash
Hollywood film comic Joe E Brown was seriously injured today after his car collided at high speed with another vehicle. He was unconscious and taken to a California hospital in critical condition. The other driver, Charles E Weaver of Montrose, escaped with minor injuries after the end over end crash and embankment impact.
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Joe E. Brown
Hollywood
Foe E. Brown
California
Brown
Charles E. Weaver
Montrose
Two Held in Guernsey County Bank Robbery Case
Guernsey county authorities and federal agents arrested two men from Holidays Cove West Virginia connected to the $3300 First National Bank robbery in Sentonville last Saturday. Curtiss named leader. Fife implicated but not proven participant. Two other men unnamed, confession reported, multiple cars used in the heist.
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Guernsey
Fife
Mt. Ephraim
Noble County
Totten
Griff
West ‘Grain Authority
Fritz Kuhn Goes Up the River
Fritz Kuhn was sent to Sing Sing to begin a 2 to 4 year term for embezzling funds from his German American Bund. Prosecutors hinted at perjury by fellow leaders, while authorities pledged ongoing action. In East Liverpool, Ohio, funeral services were held for John Me Shane, 71, probation officer killed in a car crash, suspending city hall and courthouse activity.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Sing Sing
Kuhn
James .C. Walalee
Wheeler-Tiill
Willy Luedike
Teague
East Liverpool
CINSI
City Hall
Lisbon
John Me
Shane
Columbiana County
Major Bowes Named Honorary Mayor of Zanesville
Major Edward Bowes was appointed honorary mayor of Zanesville and will assume the city’s top posts in a ceremonial capacity. He will lead an amateur program praised nationwide, with a telegram of appreciation from Dr E Dennis, city council president.
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Major Bowes
Zanesville
Edward Bowes
E. Dennis
Muskingum
New York
Fire at Planes Over The Hague
Dutch anti aircraft guns opened fire on two foreign aircraft over The Hague. The planes disappeared into clouds after the encounter and their nationalities are not known.
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Hague
Netherlands
Local Contest Awards And Submissions In Zanesville
Community survey contest announces prizes including Frigidaire appliances and Club Aluminum products. Entries must be in the newspaper office by Wednesday midnight starting December 13, with winners announced each Saturday starting December 16.
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Reca Aas
Baker Bread
System Bakery
Frigidaire Electrie
Frigidaire
Congress
Zanesville Publishing Company
Dedicate New Gym at Dresden Opens Tonight
The Jefferson high school gymnasium at Dresden will be formally dedicated tonight with a 700 seat capacity, electric scoreboard, and a 40 by 70 foot court. The event features Jefferson and Frazersburg high school game, school bands, and honored officials. With possible crowd twice the seating, the dedication marks the capers first season under coach Paul Samuel.
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Jefferson High School
Dresden
Iefferson
Frazersburg
Jefferson Capers
Paul Samuell
Zanesville
Weber Hearing Set Here on Jan. 16
The Ohio civil service commission announced a hearing will be held in Zanesville on June 16 to review Clarence Weber’s appeal after his dismissal as local sub-division manager of the division of aid for the aged. Weber, of 822 Hughes Street, was ousted months ago following a 30 day suspension for political activity and inefficiency amid job cuts under Gov. Bricker’s administration. Gertrude Jones chairs the commission. In Columbus, Cecil F. Petty, 27, Orient, died from injuries after an automobile struck him while he warned motorists of a wreck ahead.
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Ohio Civil Service Commission
Columbus
Zanesville
Clarence Weber
Weber
Hughes Street
John W. Bricker
Muskingum County
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Common Pleas
Gertrude Jones
Fatat
Cecil F. Petty
Orient
Roosevelt Hopes for Happier Finland Era in Message
President Roosevelt in a Finnish independence anniversary message expresses hope that tragic days from the invasion will yield to a happier era and lauds the Finnish people and government. He asks Congress to apply Finland’s war debt payments to aid Finns and notes bipartisan debate over severing relations with Russia.
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Washington
Ins
Finland
Kyosti Rallio
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
Germany
Russia
Hunger May Drive Killer to Surrender
Phoenix authorities hunted Winnie Ruth Judd the so called trunk murderess who escaped from the Arizona state hospital for the second time in six weeks. They believed she was hiding near Phoenix among citrus groves and feared she could not subsist on fruit alone. A farm hand reported a weary woman matching her description, renewing efforts to capture the suspect.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Jurid
Arizona State Hospital
Agnes Ann Lerai
Hedvyig Samuelson
Los Angeles
Sheri
Sheringham
Norfolk
Stleet
Thames
Family Faces Double Tragedy In Hospital Bedside Scene
Mrs Iana MT and Mr Eldred Davis were with their ailing son in a hospital when their three year old daughter Peggy Sue arrived dead. The child strangled while drinking hot chocolate at relatives’ home where she had been left while the parents cared for the other child.
Schoolboy Patrol Members To Get Red Caps Saturday
325 Zanesville Schoolboy safety patrol members receive new red gabardine caps with blue insignia Saturday. Edgar M. Bland, chairman of the Central Pacent Teachers Association, announces the presentation by Sergeant Ray Warner. Patrol reports at Hancock Junior High at 8 45 AM. uniforms now complete with caps, rifles, Sam Browne belts and badges already issued. About 20 members to assist at the Kiddies party on Christmas Day at Grotto Hall.
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Zanesville Schoolboy Safety Patrol
Edgar M. Bland
Central Pacent Terchers’ Association
Zanesville Lodge
B. P
Zanesville
Bland
Grotto Hall
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