Aid Finland With Planes and Guns
Britain and France favor supplying planes and firearms to Finland rather than dispatching troops. The aim is to aid Finland against the Soviet Union via air and armament support, routed through League of Nations channels and coordinated by Joseph Avenol as tensions rise over alliance actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Great Britain
France
Finland
Soviet Union
Teerman
Norway
Sweden
Pans
League of Nations
Russia
League
Joseph A C Avena
Fineland
Alles
London
United States
Avenol
Paria Press
Supreme War Council
Weather synopsis from Columbus Ohio and Great Lakes region
Colder air moves in from the northwest with a Great Lakes disturbance spreading slowly northwestward. High pressure from the plains to the Pacific is falling as precipitation increases across the Mississippi, Ohio, and lower Mississippi valleys. Warmer conditions in the morning gave way to cooler temperatures near the lakes and valleys.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Ty Aulanta
Bostoners
Buffalo
Chicagos
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Denver
Detroit
Paso
Kansas
Cliv
Ting Angeles
Miami Vice
Messr Paul
New Orleany
New York
Phoenix
Pittburgh
Portland
Venice
San Franciscn
Fides
Pacific
Survivors of Scuttled Columbus Reach U S Port
The US cruiser Tuscaloosa carried 579 survivors from the German liner Columbus toward Ellis Island for temporary internment after locating the burning ship off Ambrose Channel near New York. Naval officials say the crew list showed only 140 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Atlantic
Norfolk
Tuscaloosa
New York
Greman Losury
Ambrose Tightship
New York Harbor
Community Survey Offers Appliances and Goods For Votes
A community survey promotes prizes including a RCA Victor radio a Frigidaire refrigerator and ranges a GE washer and Jergens lotion. Participants return completed forms to the newspaper office by midnight each Wednesday with winners announced each Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCA Victor Radio
Congress
Dan Cahen Co
Ecoerd
First Trust & Savings Bank
Henneberg Furniture Co
Pollock & Quality Furniture Co
Roberts & Co
Sears Roebuch & Co
David M Weber, Inc
Zanesville
Ada Bailey
Baker Bread Co
New System
Frigidaire Electric
Frigidaire
Royal Sweeper Club
Zaneaville Publishing Company
French Claim 50 Nazi U-Boats Sunk
Paris reports official estimates place sunk German submarines by Allies at over 50 since the war began. The 131 ton destroyer Sirocco credited with latest sinkings as naval experts note destruction rates of four subs weekly. Front line troops repulsed four German raids yesterday between the Moselle and Vosges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
France
Sirocco
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Moselle
Vosgest Mountains
Old State Jobs Suits Move to Restore Dismissed Workers
Actions filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court and the State Supreme Court seek reinstatement for state employees, including William B. Francis of Belmont County and Esther Marton of Magsiflon, alleging illegal dismissals by department heads. Additional suits involve twelve Hamilton County employees in the highway department.
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Sulumblo
William B Francis
Belmont ‘County
Aid
Esther Marton
Magsiflon
Apple Creek Institution
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Hamilton County
Highway Department
State Supreme Court
Local motorist fined for forged license after crash
Richard Clark, 21, of 730 Lane Street, questioned after a four way collision at Sixth Street and Elberan Avenue. He admitted leaving his license at home then returned with a forged license dated January 19 1939. Police exposed the fraud and Clark pled guilty in municipal court to driving without a license and using an altered license, fined $50 and costs. Cars involved included a truck driven by William Crosten Chesterhill and autos of Edward Schmidt and Kenneth Dovenbarger.
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Richard Clark
Lane Street
Clark
Joe Watts
Sixth Street
Elberan Avenue
Watts
Jan Mary
William Crosten
Chesterhill
Autonna‘hiles
Edward Schmidt
Eitehd
Kenneth
Dovenbarger
Sharon Avenue
Radio Cowgirl Fires at Husband in Pittsburgh
A radio personality known as the Ginger and Tes team member fired at her husband in the county detective bureau. A whistling bullet struck a door, narrowly missing the husband’s ear, leading to a five minute struggle before she was taken into custody. She is jailed on felonious assault and firearms act charges with $10,000 bond.
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Pittsburgh
Seche
Martha Harrison
Hery Shalf
Detective Bureau
Harrison
Hal Iman
Finder of Wallet Returns Reward After Slip
Major Herbert W. Hardman, quartermaster at Lowry Field, tucked his wallet in his sock while dancing at a night club. The wallet containing $1,000 fell out. The major offered a $100 reward. The finder mailed the billfold but sent only $60.
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Herbert W. Hardman
Lowry Field
Sabotage Invades Soviet Industry
London based report cites Moscow radio admitting Trotskyite elements inside the Communist party sparking sabotage of key Soviet factories. It notes purges and strict enrollment controls as party officials say Trotskyists spread through to undermine the Red Army and Soviet unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
USIS
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
London Dah Express
Moscow
Red Army
Soviet Union
Snow Flurries Amid Warm Spell Break Christmas Hopes
Snow flurries and a warm spell disrupted Christmas hopes in Zanesville as temperatures fell to the thirties. Shoppers retrieved heavy clothing after a near 60 degree spell, while Cleveland logged its warmest December 19 on record. Forecasters predict further temperature drops tonight.
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Zanesville
Mercury
Ohio
Cleveland
False Alarms Rise Sharply Cited by Fire Chief
Fire Chief Charlea Hatcheld reports city firemen answered 62 false alarm calls this year, up from 34 last year, with each call costing about 10 in gasoline and risking crews, motorists, and pedestrians. Alarms have risen steadily over four years, described as the worst false alarm year yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlea Hatcheld
Hatcheld
Kiwanis Santa Claus Party Delights Day Nursery Children
Kiwanis club hosts its annual Christmas party at the YWCA for about 120 children from the Day Nursery. Laurence Bollinger leads as master of ceremonies after a turkey dinner. The program features music recitations and a Santa gift draw with children performing and singing led by Helen Doubt and others.
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Children of Day
Sou
Saint Nicholas
Kiwanis Club
Y.w.ca
Laurence Bollinger
Elut
Teddy Roberts
Tamara Whitfield
Dino Ann Shields
Nancy Davis
Dolores Dovenbarger
Ruth Roberts
Polly Ann Doven
Nazi Freighter ArauCa Loiters in Port Everglades Harbor
Captain Frederick Stengler of the 4354 ton Arauca said the ship might stay in Fort Lauderdale indefinitely after being chased into Port Everglades by the British cruiser Orion. Eyewitnesses reported the freighter attempted to beach as the Orion fired a warning shot two and a half miles from shore.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Port Everglades
Frederick Stengler
Atlantic
Orion
Here
Stengler
Craier
Bahaman Waters
Finns Sink Big Red Battleship
Helsinki reports the sinking of the 26 000 ton Russian battleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutia after Finnish coastal batteries opened fire as it tried to pass. Survivors reached shore in five boats and were detained. Russians pressed fronts at Salla Kemi and Karelia with heavy, amphibious tanks. Finns countered with reinforcements and air strikes while maintaining Mannerheim line defenses. Russian air raids against Helsinki and other cities continued with heavier four motor bombers.
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Helsinki
INS
Oktyabrskaia Revolutia
Buit
Bjoerkoe
Salmajaervi
Finland
Karelian
Kemmaergi
Lake Ladoga
Mannerheim
Salla
Abo
Vi«lgorg
Borgs
Hangoe
Sion
Baltic
Langsdorff Ends Life Over Graf Spee Loss
Captain Hans Langsdorff, commander of the Graf Spee, shot himself after the battleship was scuttled off Montevideo. The German embassy confirmed his death at the naval arsenal and noted he sacrificed his life for the fatherland. The crew remained interned in Argentina as authorities investigated.
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Admiral Graf Spee
River Plate
Uruguay
Langdorff
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Hans Langsdorff
Langsdorff
Naval
Salor
Argentina
Adolf Hitler
Langadorff
Montevideo Harbor
Columbus
Norfolk
Virginia
Canton Ransom Note Is Termed Phony
Detective Capt Elmer Clark called a $2,000 ransom note phony as police hunted for 18 year old Canton high school student Annie Hutchinson who vanished December 1. His team received a tip on her whereabouts and continued the search while noting the latest letter contained the penciled ransom note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Elmer Clark
Annie Hutchinson
Annié Marshall
Clark
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Harry A. Badt
Navy Department
Tled
Car G
Lapaat
Helmuth Mertz
Department
Navy
Community Survey
Gost
Billy Roberts
Jean Bowers
Dorothy Alexander
Mary Ann Pierce
Dean Huffman
Dorothy Sites
Mary
Ort
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