Nanking launches major drive against mutineers
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, alive or dead, is the prize in a clash between two Chinese armies. The Nanking government offers a final chance to Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang to release Chiang unharmed, while ordering a punitive expedition into Shensi. About 715,000 front-line troops are active, with loyals surrounding Lianfu, the Shensi capital, where Chang is believed to hold Chiang. government officials insist Chiang is safe and in good spirits.
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Shanghat
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Chang Mhsueh-Liang
China
Shensi
Sianfu
Chang
Lianfu
Chiang
T. T. Li
Foreign Office
Maxwell Case Proceeds As Edith Maxwell Trial Enters Closing
In Wise Virginia a jury of farmers and merchants heard six lawyers present closing arguments in the Edith Maxwell murder trial. The 22 year old school teacher faces charges of killing her blacksmith father Trigg Maxwell after a dispute over morals. Edith did not testify. The defense argues she did not impress in a prior trial, which the Virginia Court of Appeal had set aside. The prosecution claims Edith struck her father on the head, while her sister Mary Catherine testified his death came from a fall after a dispute over a late date.
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Wise
Pretty Edith Maxwell
Lonesome Pine
Edith
Virginia Court of Appeal
Trigg Maxwell
Mary Catherine Maxwell
Trigg
Blue Ridge Mountain
Two Die In Wreck Near Caddo Breckenridge
A December wreck near Caddo kills Samuel Parks of Tampa Florida and Joseph Pinito Pino of El Paso Texas. Mrs Charles A Kirby is seriously injured and her husband lightly hurt. The Kirbys were traveling to Augusta Georgia. The two victims were identified by papers found in their pockets.
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Mrs. Kirby
Augusta
Communications Commission Grants HF Broad Casting Station Authorizations
The Communications Commission authorized today the construction of several experimental high frequency broadcasting stations with authority to communicate as municipal police stations. Applications granted included Wichita Falls.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Wichita Falls
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
Fair in Amarillo and west of the 100th meridian with mild changes, temperatures near the 40s to 60s. New Mexico also sees fair skies Thursday with little temperature change. Hourly readings show mostly mid 60s in the day and 30s to 40s at night, yesterday’s highs around the 60s and lows near 30s.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Caveervee
Desperado Seized After Shootout In New York And Trenton
Harry Brunette charged with kidnapping State Trooper Turnbull arraigned in Trenton FBI office and jailed on 100 000 bail after a 45 minute pistol battle in New York where his bride was wounded Merle Vandenbush named Public Bat No 1 by J Edgar Hoover as Brunette and accomplice listed in bank robbery and kidnapping offenses continued on page 13 col 5
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Desperado
Pal
Trenton
N. J
Harry Brunette
William A. Turnbull
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mercer County
Brunette
New York
Merle Vanderbush
J. Edgar Hoover
G-Men
Merle Vandenbush
Department of Justice
New Jersey
Baroness Rothschild
Dward
Enzesfeld
Associated Press
Simple Colorful Inauguration Planned For Roosevelt
President Roosevelt approves a simple yet colorful inauguration for January 20 with a parade on Pennsylvania Avenue featuring army navy and marine corps units cadets from West Point and Annapolis and state governors. No civic groups or inaugural ball will take place.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Garner
Cary T. Grayson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Plaza
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
West Point
Annapolis
Publisher escapes car blaze between Canton and Wills Point
Col. Carl L. Estes, East Texas publisher, narrowly escaped injury when his car caught fire en route between Canton and Wills Point. He stopped by a water source and, with help from other motorists, extinguished the flames. He was uninjured, and a reason for the blaze could not be determined.
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Wills Point
U.P
Carl L. Estes
East Texas
Canton
Estes
Ohio gas blast in Columbus injures three. one missing
A massive explosion at the Golco Oil Company bulk gasoline line and filling station in downtown Columbus severely injures three employees and leaves a man, Herbert Ketchpool, missing amid blazing debris. Firefighters gain control as flames towered above the area, damaging nearby structures and shattering windows for blocks.
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Columbus
Ohio
Golco Oil Company
Herbert Ketchpool
Lewis Hoover
George Kronk
Charles Hill
Arthur Goldberg
Walter R. Herron
Fulton
Second
One Man Crime Wave Ends In Cowtown Fort Worth
December 16. A lone suspect terrorized more than 50 sidewalk spectators in Fort Worth’s western ward before kidnapping a Negro couple and locking them in a feed barn on the Monroe Veal Ranch near Iowa. Joe Winston and Lewis Baker, two Tarrant County ranchers, captured him near the Winston ranch six miles south of Alado in Parker County. He offered no resistance as officers took him to police headquarters.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Monroe Veal Ranch
Iowa
Joe Winston
Lewis Baker
Winston Ranch
Alado
Parker County
Rebel Planes Shot Down In Madrid Drive
Twenty Fascist planes bombed outskirts of Madrid killing 18 and wounding at least 50 before government aircraft shot down two and drove off the rest. The attack involved 27 pursuit planes and 60 bombs on Majadahonda and Cuatro Caminos district as Franco’s forces planned a new push on Madrid. Socialist militiamen fought to regain Boadilla while a strong trench line was described as the defense around the capital deepened.
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Madrid
Majadahonda
Cuatro Caminos
Boadilla
7000 In Toledo Sit Down Strike
Seven thousand Libbey Owens Ford Glass workers nationwide sit down at midnight. The action follows failed contract talks with the Federation of Flat Glass Workers and affects Toledo Charleston West Virginia and Shreveport plants. A parallel Pittsburgh Plate Glass strike paralyzes about ninety percent of the flat glass industry.
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Toledo
U.P
Libbey- Owens-Ford Glass Company
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Charleston
West Virginia
Shreveport
Louisiana
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Pittsburgh
United States
Fisher Sitdown Strike Started at Fisher Body Plant
A thousand workers joined a sitdown strike at the Fisher body division of the Chevrolet Motor Company plant in Kansas City Missouri. Local No. 93 UAW president Jack Swift ordered the passive resistance over the discharge of a worker due to union activity. Plant manager Charles W Metcalf declined to comment.
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Kansas City
U.P
Fisher Body
Chevrolet Motor Company
Jack Swift
United Automobile Workers Union
Charles W. Metcalf
United Press
Testimony Ends In McAllen Bus Line Hearing
Testimony concluded today in a Railroad Commission hearing on an application by Miller Pendleton of San Antonio to operate a bus line between McAllen and another city. The record shows detailed questions on routes schedules and safety compliance as the commission weighs approval.
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Mcallen
Railroad Commission
Miller Pendleton
San Antonio
Trades Day draws 5000 in Memphis for poultry show
Memphis hosts Trades Day with about five thousand visitors as Hall County Poultry Show closes its third day. Charles Williams and son win top honors for grand champion cock and cockerel, with Williams also earning best display of 10 birds. Judge R B Galloway presides. 203 birds from 30 exhibitors.
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Memphis
Hall County
Hall, Donley
Collingsworth
Childress
Charles Williams
Charles
Williams
Future Farmers of America
Rhode Island
Sam Cowan
E. M. Ewen
George Williams
R. B. Galloway
Amarillo
Riley W. Carlton
Estelline
Lakeview
United States Packs Peace Plan With Americas
President Roosevelt urged unity among 21 American republics at the Inter American Peace Conference. Delegates quickly approved a joint plan for consultation if peace is threatened, with all 21 republics co sponsoring. Hull’s resolution to ratify five treaties also gained swift support, awaiting legislative passage. Continued on Page 13.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
United States Executive
United States
Cordell Hull
Jail and Heavy Fines For Musical Students In Tower
Walter Harter and Jack Arundel, Michigan students, broke into the Carillon Building and rang a phone from the 200 foot tower. They climbed girders, damaged the clavier, and faced jail unless fines are paid. Each was fined 56.95 for disorderly conduct and 60 days in jail or a fine for the damage, plus 5 for police uniforms.
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Carillon Tower
Ann Arbor
Mich
Walter
Harter
Jack B. Arundel
University of Michigan
University
School of Music
Storm Halts Hunt In Rugged Utah Sector For Airliner Missing
A mountain blizzard halted the search for a Western Air Express airliner missing with seven aboard near Alpine Utah. Officials declared the crew and five passengers dead after discovering possible crash signs on a ridge. The last radio contact came at 3 27 AM Mountain Time.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Alpine
Hegs
Ocahlan
Las Vegas
Nev
Jimmy James
Samson
Los Angeles
William Bogen
John Wolfe
Chicago
W. Edwards
Minneapolis
Christopher
Dwight, IL
Edward Happy Again Plans Wally Reunion
Paris and Cannes dispatches report Edward Duke of Windsor rallying after his engagement to Wallis Warfield Simpson, with a bouquet for Mrs Simpson and a tax protest from a Cannes resident. In Enzesfeld Austria the duke played golf and discussed a possible return of Mrs Simpson from Cannes, amid chilly weather and mixed hospitality at the course.
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Edward
Wally
Cannes
Pierre Nouveau
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Simpson
Enzesfeld
Canterbury
Art Factory in Paris Discovers Fake Renoir and Corot Masterpieces
In a sixth floor garret, police found Jean Hector Trottin producing genuine appearing Renoirs and Corots sold by his landlord who seized 77 alleged originals to keep them from American tourists. Experts noted Trottin studied Renoir closely and some works rivaled the master's style.
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Paris
Jean Hector Trottin
Trottin
Renoir
Police Captain Convicted of Bribery in Prohibition Era Case
Cleveland report states Michael J. Harwood, suspended police captain, was found guilty by a seven woman five man jury of accepting bribes from bootleggers during prohibition. He faces possible sentences of one to ten years on each of five counts.
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Cleveland
Criminal Courts
Michael J. Harwood
Coleman man found shot to death in yard
Coy Lynch age 39 was found shot to death today in his front yard at Concho Peak Southern Coleman County a shotgun lay near the body authorities investigated the scene as a possible homicide continuing coverage expected.
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Coleman
Coy Lynch
Concho Peak
Coleman County
Roaring turkeys rob Yoakum man at Cuero park
Two men posing as turkey dealers robbed Aaron St. Clair of Yoakum near Cuero at a tourist park, taking 475 dollars in the incident.
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Aaron St. Clair
Cuero
Minimum wage law before Supreme Court in Washington case
Washington December report: The Supreme Court prepared to hear arguments challenging a 1913 state law requiring wages sufficient to cover a woman's necessary cost of living and health. The case comes from West Coast Hotel Company appealing a Washington Supreme Court ruling that upheld the statute. The Court had earlier signaled possible reversal of a New York similar law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
West Coast Hotel Company
Washington Supreme Court
High Tribunal
New York
Dies Eyes Broad Probe Into Use of Anti-Trust Laws
Representative Dies of Texas proposed a sweeping House inquiry into the use of anti-trust powers to address wage and condition problems. He would create a seven member committee to study monopolies and trusts and consider limiting corporation size and restricting core activities.Continued on page 13.
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Washington
Rep
Dies
D-Tex
House Rules Committee
House
Man admits love for girl in jail suicide case
In Lansing, Daryl Minnis, once a frequent escort of 25-year-old Hope Morgan, says her feelings were mutual after her death by hanging in the county jail. Morgan had shot her friend Elizabeth Giltner on December 8 as Giltner prepared to marry, leaving Morgan the sole unwed member of their circle.
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Lansing
Mich
Hope Morgan
Daryl Minnis
Miss Morgan
Elizabeth Giltner
Miss Giltner
Britain won’t recognize Italian Ethiopia annexation
London December 16 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Great Britain does not intend to recognize Italy's annexation of Ethiopia. He stated the issue during parliamentary proceedings.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Frank Refuses to Quit Wisconsin University Post
Famed liberal University of Wisconsin president Dr. Glenn Frank told 15 regents he would not resign amid pressure from Gov. La Follette’s camp. He defended finances, promised a formal reply, and urged honest judgment of the university’s 1936 status, asserting the institution had advanced since 1925.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
U.P
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Frank
Phil la Follette
Harold M. Wilkie
Wilkie
America
Local Page Note on Missing Stewardess Gladys Witt
Miss Gladys Witt a transport plane stewardess reported missing with others aboard a grounded ship in Utah formerly lived in Gasville and Dallas. She came here about four years ago as Mrs Brooks Powell wife of a mortician. Born and reared in Grayson County.
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Aville
Tex
Gladys Witt
Utah
Dallas
Brooks Powell
Witt
GE Gives Bonuses After Union Victory
General Electric in Schenectady distributed 550000 in bonuses to about 10600 employees shortly after workers elected a union linked to John L Lewis to represent them in bargaining. The payout averaged 52 dollars per worker, about a week and a half of pay, covering six months earnings in certain brackets.
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Schenectady
U.P
General Electric Company
John L. Lewis C. SO
President's Son Cured Of Disease In Boston
Dr George Loring Yobey reported Franklin D Roosevelt Jr has recovered from a streptococcus throat infection while at Massachusetts General Hospital for a sinus condition. The Harvard senior is well enough to return home for Christmas.
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Boston
George Loring Yobey
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
Tobey
Harvard
Georgia mayor to seek reelection in January
Washington Georgia Mayor Luke D. Daver, elected two years ago on a four‑word platform I need the money, announced today his candidacy for reelection in January.
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Washington, Ga
Luke D. Daver
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Grayson
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Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
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R. Walton Moore
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Defense Junta
Francisco Franco
Fisher
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Jay H. Payne
John S. Hess
Isto
Vilelage
Hess
Mrs. Simpson
Lou Vier
Nouveau
Texas
General Electric
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