Housing bid for Pershing road project wins provisional approval
U S Housing Authority in Washington approved a bid by W J Paul and Adams Brothers Construction of Zanesville for general construction on the Pershing road housing project. The combined bid totals $81 366 with 500 workers expected and a 14 month completion window. Local board in Zanesville has final jurisdiction and may proceed before spring once tied to housing board order.
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U. S. Housing Authority
Washington
W. J. Paul and
Adams Brothers Construction Companies
Zanesville
Pershing Road
Davis Brothers, Inc
Detroit
Mich
Rhoton Company
Cleveland
Ross Engineeringe Company
Pittsburgh
H. A. Albyn Nursery
Newark
Auty
Tas
Persting Road
Fat Trust and Savings Bank
Ohio
Wotr
U S. Housing Authority
Submarine Spared After Recon Plane Intercepts
In the North Sea the Bremen was within torpedo range of a large liner but was forced to submerge when a German reconnaissance aircraft appeared. In London, the admiralty announced that the submarine did not attack because it was detected first.
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Bremen
North Sea
London
Admiralty
Bremen Sails Still Held By U S Customs Protest
German consular officials protested to the United States after customs officers in New York halted the Bremen on the eve of war by searching for arms. The Bremen’s crew reportedly returned to Germany from Murmansk on Oct. 5, leaving the ship under a skeleton crew.
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Bremen
United States
New York
Germany
Murmansk
British Tommies Turn Back Nazis
British troops repulsed an attack by three Nazi sections in a western front engagement near the Moselle valley south of Ruschdore. German losses were heavy. no British dead or prisoners reported. German patrols were driven back from French posts amid rain and fog near the Moselle.
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Paris
Saiid
Ruschdore
Moselle
Saarbruecken
Bitche
Rhine
Lorain Reformer Held On Burglary Charge
Lorain man Gerald Donovan, 28, indicted on breaking and entering a Lorain radio shop on November 22 after a one day grand jury session cleared police of abuse allegations. Donovan remained jailed as the indictment was handed up by the grand jury.
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Evra
U—W
Lorain
Lorainnessree
Counry
Willam G. Wickens
Commons
Plenty
D. A. Cook
Gerald Donovan
Donovan
Audit Bureau of Circula
Supreme Court
Ayers predicts two billion rise in US national income
Cleveland economist Col. Leonard P. Ayers told the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce that US national income could rise about two billion dollars next year despite war and election uncertainties. He projected 1940 totals near 69 billion, with modest variations in major sectors and possible inflation.
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Cleveland
INS
Leonard P. Ayers
Teteveland Trust Company
Ayers
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Vintus
Noble Countian Pleads Innocent in Bank Robbery Case
Willam A. Morrison, 54, fur buyer of Noble County, held to the Guernsey county grand jury on $3,000 bond after pleading innocent to bank robbery charges. Four suspects face charges in the Dec 2 Senecaville National Bank raid, with two awaiting arraignment and Curtis pleading innocent on $20,000 bond. Police found three pistols and $636 at Morrison’s farm near Summerfield. Curtis, leader figure from Summerfield, is among the alleged robbers.
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Willam A. Morrison
Noble County
Guernsey County
Morrison
Senecaville National Bank
Common Pleas
Charles Sheppard
Cambridge
Mike Merkich
Weirton
W Va
J. E Fife
Holliday
Gove
Lawrence Curtiss
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
Melton Boyd
Merkich
Curtiss
Fife
Summerfield
Rep. Carl E Mapes Dies in New Orleans
Grand Rapids reports Rep Carl E Mapes of Michigan died this morning in a New Orleans hotel while on a southward tour with fellow congressmen. Mapes, a J R Mich representative of the fifth district since 1912, was stricken during the trip. Howard C Lawrence, local Republican leader, relayed the news.
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Grand Rapids
New Orleans
Carl E Mapes
Mapes
Michigan
South
Howard C Lawrence
Republican State Central Committee
City approves budget revisions to hire six more firemen
Zanesville gains authority to retire old bonds outside the 10 mill limit under a state law provision. The budget commission, with Prosecutor Virgil E. Johnson, County Auditor Earl G. Dunn, and County Treasurer John A. Maier, approves an extra 28 000 dollars in general revenue for 1940 and adds six firefighters raising safety budget by about 8 000 dollars annually. The revised plan keeps 1940 tax rate at 17 40 per thousand after removing the Muskingum conservancy district assessment.
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County Budget Commission
Zanesville
Budget Commission
Virgil E. Johnson
Earl G. Dunn
Conty
John A. Maier
E. Q. Dennis
Iece Tty
State Assembly
Dunn
General Muskingum Conservancy
Ouster Bid For 10 Campbell Precinct Officials
Secretary of State Earl Griffith urged removal of ten Campbell precinct workers after a November voting probe found ballots tampered with. He also sought future disqualification for three election role candidates. Recipients include Republican judges Binko Siembieda Ceola Pruchwiewicz Zastny and Democratic judges Sankowicz Mico Wittway plus clerks Rush Nazurski. others named for future disqualification.
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Columbus
Earl Griffith
Mahoning County
Samuel Sankowicz
Rocco Mico
Zack Wittway
Francis Rush
Walter Nazurski
Wendel Muller
Louie Zinja
Pete Keisch
Campbell
James Walker
Leonard J. Stern
Secretary of State's Office
Ickes and Johnson Debate Agrees on One Point
Newark dispatch summarizes a heated exchange between Interior Secretary Harold Ickes and Senator Robert Johnson. Both men attack Dewey and Bricker while agreeing the day’s real issue is neutrality and national crisis. Ickes criticizes wartime policy amid calls to address starvation in Ohio. Turn to Page Eight.
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Newark
N. J
Minneapolis
Sperch
Defrom
Harold L. Ickes
Gon
tHligh
Johnson
Ment
Dewey
United States
Bricker
Ickes
Cleveland
Iber
Ohio
John Bricker
Thomas
League Expects Action After 24 Hour Mediation Deadline
The 24 hour deadline for a Soviet reply to the League of Nations mediation offer over the Finnish Russian war expired without a reply. The committee drafted a report condemning Russia as aggressor and considered expulsion from the league with Argentina signaling a motion. French sources warned of closing the Paris Soviet embassy and breaking with Russia if expelled. Weather updates note 24 hour conditions across several U.S. cities and a trough extending from Minnesota to Texas with varying temperatures.
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League of Nation
Soviet Union
Nation League Committee
Finland
League Assembly
Russia
Argentina
League
Britain
France
League of Nations
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Invason
Daladier
Communist Party
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New York
Minnesota
Texas
Great Plains
Atlantic States
Hfornia
Washington
New England
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Samuel F. Grant resigns as public safety director amid retirement
Samuel F. Grant resigns as public safety director with retirement accepted by Mayor Tom V. Moorehead, effective January 1. He may run for county sheriff as rumors circulated. William P. Wiles reportedly will resign to join the council successor, with Beryl G. Barnes likely named to the vacancy. Grant, a former council member, led cemetery investigations and pushed traffic reform including downtown parking meters and new fire trucks.
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Samuel F. Grant
Tom V. Moorehead
Grant
Wiliam P. Wiles
Beryl G. Barnes
Barnes
Moorehead
Gtant
A. ‘S. Hetzer
Big Legs
Brighton Boulevard
Community Survey Weekly Ads and Prizes Roundup
Community survey asks for service feedback as ad sections list weekly prizes and sales. Lively local businesses including Zanesville theaters stores and services promote Frigidaire appliances Jergens lotion and other consumer items with answer forms available at the publishing company and participating outlets. Winners announced each Saturday beginning December 16 with entry deadline December 13.
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R.C.A
Congress
Zanesville
Henneberg Furniture Co
Watts, Jeweler, Reese, Inc
Montgomery Ward & Co
Pollock's
Rose Furniture Co
Ohio Power Co
Quality Furniture Co
Simon Linser Distributing Co
David M. Weber, Inc
Nobil
Bailey’s On Main
Sears Roebuck & Co
Roberts & Co
Bohn & Kern
Mutual Federal Savings & Loan
Dr. E. Harden
Eckerd’s. Pioneer Electric, Inc
Weller Theater
Barron Furniture Co
Taylor Shoe
City Loan Co
Gorsuch Pharmacy
New System Bakery
Zanesville Publishing Company
Bare Dissension in U.S. Labor Board
A House committee surfaced internal dissension within the National Labor Relations Board. Testimony cited confidential memoranda between William M. Leiserson and chairman J. Warren Madden and member Edwin 3. Smith. Leiserson called delays in case handling "inexcusable" and condemned board review attorneys as "amateur detectives" and some regional instructions as "stupid nonsense."
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WASHINGTON +P
National Labor Relations Board
House
William M. Leiserson
J. Warren Madden
Edwin 3. Smith
Leiserson
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