Peek Loses Majority of Code Powers
President Roosevelt arranged further talks with Farm Relief Administrator Peek after nearly all AAA codes were transferred to the NRA. The move shifts code negotiations away from the AAA while Peek’s future role remains uncertain amid broader farm program policy disputes.
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Peek
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
Perk
White House
Dis Ullern
Rot
George Peek
Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Wallace and
Tugwell
Beck
Suspension of Brewer's License in Cleveland Fracas
The Ohio liquor commission moved to suspend Forest City Brewery of Cleveland license on charges that brewery officials failed to pay regular fines and misled customers about bottle stamp tax being unnecessary due to an agreement with the state tax board. The action follows alleged trewery and tax discrepancies cited in the commission's brief.
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Colummus
Ohloter Commission
Ad‘bament
Fragmentary Nativity Tale Among Shepherds and Child
Readable fragments describe shepherds visiting Mary and Joseph with the infant in a manger. The brief text references the newborn child and the events surrounding his early discovery.
RFC Director Owes Chase National to Extent of 820000
Harvey Dc Couch a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was shown to owe Chase National Bank 820,000 in a 1928 syndicate to buy two Southern Railway systems. Charles McCain testified Couch joined with Couch and Dillon Read in managing the railroad purchase syndicate. The loan, originated by National Park Bank and later merged into Chase, stands at 1,289,060 with 22 sub participants involved.
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Washington
Harvey Dc
Couch
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Chase, National Bank
Southern
Charles McCain
Chase Bank
Couch and Dillon, Read and Company
National Park Bank of New York
National Park Bank
Chase National
McCuin
McCain
R. Fig
Albert Wipain
Shermar Corporatio
J.P. Morgan and Company
Public Works Pay Schedule debate ties labor rules to League influence
Federal funds for Ohio projects promise wage scales from unskilled rates to $120 for skilled labor with optional use of unionized labor. The conference considers League of Nations influence and observer invites as Latin American delegates seek closer U.S. cooperation and debt monetization.
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Columabus
Pudic
Ohio
Socentsan
Montevideo
Uruguay
LA Rous
Pan Amity
Gation
League of Nations
Baulay
United States
servier-American High Commission
Washington
League
Cordell Hull
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Icaga
Ohio welfare building project seeks federal approval
The first project in Ohio's 84 million welfare building program for feeble minded care at Apple Creek was sent to Washington for federal approval. The request asks 391000 dollars in grants to fund land purchase, construction, and equipment with repayment from patient funds. Additional plans include cottages at Hawthornden and wings at Athena and Tayton hospitals.
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Columbus
Ohio
Apple Creek
Ofb
A Boulay
Bio Advisory Board of Public Works
Washington
John Y. Schooley
State Welfare
Hawthornden
Cleveland State Hospital
Tayton State Hospital
Athena
Wine Becomes Beer Under New Liquor Tax Plan In Columbus
The proposed liquor control bill would classify alcohol above 32 percent as wine for taxation and licensing. Under the bill any brew with more than 35 percent alcohol content would be renamed wine, affecting labeling and regulations.
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Columbus. O
Columbus
Mosler
Senate Com Assembly
Ohio
Senate
House
Joan T. Marshall
Dent
Cleveland
Pearing
Buckeye
Eye Tuition
Les Cis
Reso Alice
Anid
Marshall
John Mquor
Washington
F. W. Walz
Pioneer Association of Independent Voters
Indiana
Thomas W. Latham
Monroeville
Pioneer Association
George W. Gorder
House Judiciary Committees
Gener Assembly
Harold G Mosler
Dem
Keith Lawrence
George J.harter
Akron
Myers
Ing
Messure
Legislatora
Harter
Embargo On Beef Cattle Shipments Declared
Gov Langer in North Dakota uses state law to embargo beef cattle shipments when agricultural prices reach an “unconscionable” level. Wheat embargo lifted. cattle allowed to move within the state to packing plants in Fargo and other points, with finished meat shipments possibly leaving the state.
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Tismarcx
Willam Ho Langer
Gov Langer
Farea
North Dakota
Three Killed In Texas Rum Battle Report
In Texas a clash between six federal officers and sixteen liquor runners at Park Street left three dead. Patrolman Dornel Metan, and two Mexican smugglers, Highva Perez and Pran tiaco Gonzalo, died in the confrontation. Details on other injured or exact affiliations remain unclear.
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Dee T
Park Street
Dornel Metan
Highva Perez
Prantiaco Gonzalo
Peres and
Gonegalay
Jaurcy
Mom
Tolerant to Roosevelt's Views On Lynchings
Governor James Rolph Jr of California says he respects President Roosevelt and does not seek controversy over lynching. He defended his past stance on two confessed rapists and noted Roosevelt’s church group condemnation.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
James Rolph Jr
San Jose
Washington
Rolph
United Press
Roosevelt Han Antd
Terror Plot Revealed by Police Targets Bose Hilla Residents
District attorney reports a nine case inquiry into alleged terror plots affecting wealthy Bose Hilla residents. An opera singer and film actor linked to the probe notes no threats to many prominent figures, while investigators point to a secret society with insider access to confidential telephone numbers.
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Bose Hilla
Itr
Nels Eddy
Blayney Mathews
Sait
Prreon
Cvls Mathers
Girl Suffers Hair Injury In Factory Accident
A 14 year old girl, Dee Ma Stone, was pulled into a machine during work duties. She sustained head injuries and was removed from danger as workers halted the machine and there was a brief investigation. Candy Company workers assisted at the scene.
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Boyar By & Candy Companys
Unnamed Workers Join Labor Groups At Airport
Sixteen men eager for work joined civil service groups at the airport. They were told they had been hired, then worked three days before a theatre discovered the scheme. Civil workers administrator Hoehler said payment would be impossible.
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Cincinnai
Tanken
Pere
KO Hoehler
Hechler
Salt Creek schools reopen after official pressure
More than 200 Salt Creek township students return to class as county authorities reopen Chandlersville schools amid legal action threats. Prosecutor Charles Leawsure advised action to operate the schools under authority of the county board, with county health chief Dr Beatrice Hagen denouncing the move as unwarranted.
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Salt Creek Township
Chandlersville
Charles 8. Leawsure
F. D. Ring
Beatrice T. Hagen
Salt Creek Boards
Axe
Salt Creek
Lensure
County Board of Education
Hagen
Chandlersvifle
iGun Used to Shoot Self May Be Weapon In Woman's Murder
Cleveland police await ballistic tests in the Ruth Gilmore Steese murder case. A former convict who owned the gun allegedly used to shoot Steese admitted self harm last July and given false kidnap story. Investigators seek to confirm if both bullets came from his gun.
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Cleveland
Ruth Gilmore Steese
Starse
Benny Zeck
Pittsburgh
Zeck
Steese
David Lo Cowles
Faces Murder Charge In Lynching Probe
In St Joseph Missouri G cyunn Zook a truck driver and amateur wrestler was to be arraigned on first degree murder charges in the lynching and burning of Lloyd Warner a black man last week The warrant issued by assistant Attorney General William Sawyer names Zook a former policeman and he denies involvement while witnesses identify him as the man who threw gasoline on the body Scores of witnesses have been questioned with over 100 yet to appear
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Natal
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Itis
Btierne
Paris
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
Rome
London
Britain
Lindbergh
Berlin
League Council
League
Lindberghs
Bathurst
Mussalini
West Africa
Binky
W. F. Stecbrook
Pan American
United States
M Say
Japan
Russia
Gerrigat
United Press
Onlmony
Italy
Mussolin
Newark
Greenland
Irerland
Europe
Africa
Mussolini
Ideshere
Pan American Airways
Germany
Lindberg
Rio de Jathet
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Andes
Versailles
Enac
Miami
Flin
Ls Cninery
Ger
Nis
Tindbergh
St Joseph
Cyunn Zook
Lloyd Warner
Zook
William O. Sawyer
Zouk
Walinesses
Near Collanse After Fire Plot Indictment
Cleveland financier Henry A Beckerman faces indictment on a fire plot charge in New York. The case ties to a plan to raise funds by selling securities to cover recovery efforts as the treasury eyes a large public debt issue. A grand jury returned the charge amid market turmoil and looming extradition questions.
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Cleveland
G. Dee
New York
Henry A Beckerman
New Securities
I. P. Washington
Beckerman
Mers Eee Grand Jury
Ec S “Jman
H. H Felsmen
Ae Ae
Xa Felwnan
Erand Treasury
Cheese Fatigue Prompts Ohio Governor to Hire Father
A boy in Cleveland writes Governor White complaining about eating cheese amid a Cleveland program to move 30 000 pounds of cheese to hungry state residents. The governor orders Adjutant General Henderson to secure a CWA job for the boy’s father while urging moderation in cheese consumption.
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Columbus
Leonard Baker
Cleveland
White
CWA
Interrat
Ohio
Mr. White
Adjt
Frank D Henderson
Leonard
Huey Long machine ditched bids new election
In New Orleans a Huey P. Long faction agreed to call a new election to replace the late Rep Bolivar E. Kemp. Governor Allen said a new vote could not be held until spring under state law. Pro-Long officials celebrated three election commissioners’ conviction for certifying false returns.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Bolivar E. Kemp
K. Alien
Long Machine
Long
Kemp
Allen
Citizens’ Committees
Kemp +dow
Con Atessma
Disorder Threatens German Day Celebration at Madison Square Garden
About 20 000 attended a German Day event at Madison Square Garden where German Ambassador Hans Luther spoke. Disorder erupted as Dr Luther spoke with Greg Hornfeld shouting from the audience. Police evacuated 7 Fittera members and 14 others including Dr Robert Rosenbaum, president of the Federation of German Jewish Societies.
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Fittera
Madison Square Garden
Hans Luther
Luther
Smantika-Bedecked
Greg Hornfeld
Robert Rosenbaum
The
Federation of German Jewish Societies
Milk Fund to Resume Service for Undernourished Kiddies
The Zanesville Milk Fund will restart milk and graham wafers for local schoolchildren on January 2 after a board decision. Treasurer Paul Perry reported only about a third of needed funds are in the treasury for the remaining school year, with 1,000 available now and 3,000 more required. About 600 kids will be fed in the first two weeks, a number that rose last year to 750 daily.
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Zanesville Milk Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Plany
George B. Archer
Zane Grey Boat Duy
Archer
Boat Club
Wan
Bryce O. Browning
Tom Cawthra
Scott Power
Heavy Guard For Four Touhy Gangsters
Four Touhy gang members Roger Touhy Edward McFadden Gustave Schaeffer and Albert J Kator arrived in Chicago under heavy police guard from St Paul Minn and were rushed to the county jail to await trial on kidnapping charges involving John Jake the Barber Willam Hammer a wealthy brewer was abducted earlier The gunmen were guarded by about twenty deputies and officers during the train trip and will stand trial next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Diserate
St. Paul
Marietta Judge Advocates Whip as Punishment for Welfare Worker
Municipal Judge Ernest Erb proposed corporal punishment for a man who worked on a public charity project and then spent relief money on alcohol. George Metcalf, father of eight on a CWA project, was fined 100 dollars plus costs for a tritoxtic offense but the judge suspended the fine if Metcalf quit drinking and tries to support his family. The judge remarked that a riding whip would be fitting, but the law prohibits it.
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Marietta. O
Ernest Erphere
George Metcalf
Erb
Metcalf
Erb Call Motcaly
National Real Estate Inventory Proposal and NRA Report
Washington December 7 1940 an NRA report urges creation of a national real estate inventory to enable swift use of funds for construction of low rent housing and related properties to aid urban renewal. The study predicts room for 800000 residences annually for years and potential reemployment of about 400000 workers in construction. The commission also notes economic room for contraction work and broader public housing initiatives.
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Washington
Tires
NRA
Move For Settlement Bus Drivers Strike Canton
The federal government intervened in the bus drivers strike as officials prepared to confer at City Hall. Keightly of the US Department of Labor was assigned to oversee actions amid drivers rejection of a temporary truce. Oscar Wynkoop of Bus Drivers Union No 489 outlined grievances including starvation wages, uniform costs, and dues collection concerns.
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Canton
Fifth Co
Keightly
US Department of Labor
Onefort
Washington
James Seccomte
Oscar Wynkoop
Bus Drivers Union No 489
Deise¢Ra
New York Post Sold. Purchaser Not Named
December 7 report says the New York Post, founded 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, has been sold by Curibe Marion Newspapers Inc. The buyer remains a mystery with formal announcement delayed. Possible bidders include J David Stern Curtis Bok Vincent Astor Harry Sinclair. Mrs Bok dismisses rumors as ridiculous while Stern seen as likely buyer among candidates.
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New York
Bening Pot
Alexander Hamil
Curibe Mar’ Newspaper, Inc
A& O
J. David Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden, N
J. Courter
Weather update hints warmer conditions tonight
The report notes partly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures tonight and warmer in the southern portion. Friday brings rain chances in the south and a minor shift in the north.
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Clista Millspaugh
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Sherwood
Larned
Kan
Sherley Drew
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Texas
U.S
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Ravenna
House of Representatives
Charles H. Jones
Jackson
Jones
Horace
Keifer
Clark County
Ves
Collanse
Huey Long
Touhy
Wrehington
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Tetyy
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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Fort Evil
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