Memory shifts at high altitudes revealed by Harvard team
Dr. R A McFarland reported from Atlantic City that high altitude study with the International High Altitude Expedition of Harvard in Chile found loss of immediate memory and vivid long term recall. Miners at 17,500 feet showed clubbed fingers attributed to oxygen shortage and slow blood flow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
R. A. McFarland
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harvard
Chile
McFarland
Hitler silent on Spanish neutrality in Berlin dispatch
Berlin reports that Germany plans to avoid war with loyalist Spain while subtly aiding Franco's side. Torpedo boat convoys will escort ships to San Sebastian and Berlin will not deploy regular troops, with the Palos affair seen as secondary. A 6,000 ton cruiser was ordered to Bilbao amid seizure of the Palos by Loyalist forces.
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Berlin
Germany
Bay of Biscay
Europe
Spain
der Puehrer
Third Reich
Palos
Bilbao
Biscayne
San Sebastian
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden Villa
U.P
Bodies Found in Wreckage of Huge Airliner Near Saugus
Dec 28 193? A large United Air Lines Boeing twin motor plane crashed on Oak Mountain near Saugus. Ground searchers found 12 bodies nine passengers and three crew members amid twisted fuselage. Pilot Edwin W Blom and Co Pilot Robert McLean among the dead. Rescue work hampered by inaccessible canyon location.
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Burbank
Calif
Saugus
Here
Boeing
San Francisco
Oak Mountain
United Air Line
Edwin W. Blom
San Pernando
United
Robert McLean
Blom
Newhall
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office
United Air Lines
United Airlines
Frank Nance
Los Angeles
Kidnapping of Boy Puzzles Washington Police
Olmeda Alfaro the 15 year old son of Ecuadorian ambassador was abducted Christmas night then robbed and held captive for five hours three men forced him into a car and drove him around the city until about 3 a m they released him in the southeast area after taking his money and a tie clasp authorities call it a local matter and leave it to police
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olmeda Alfaro
C. E. Alfaro
R. Walton Moore
Young Alfaro
Army and Navy Club
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington Police
Two Negroes Held After Storekeeper Burned Alive
In Dalton Georgia two Black men Frank Simpson and Zora Dillard were jailed in Rome for safekeeping to prevent mob violence after they bound crippled grocer Walter Schneider and drenched his store in kerosene before it burned. Schneider survived with serious burns as neighbors rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
U.P
Rome
Walter Schneider
Frank Simpson
Zora Dillard
Schneider
Sit-down halt halts operation at metal division union drive
Louis F. Spisak president of Local No. 45 a Tnsted Automobile Workers announced today a sit-down in the metal division had halted all operation affecting about 7 000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis F. Spisak
Tnsted Automobile Workers
$20 000 Ransom Demanded By Abductor In Kidnapping
In Tacoma a masked armed man abducted 10 year old Charles Mattson from his home and left a ransom note demanding $28 000. Police and federal agents searched land and Puget Sound for the suspect described as swarthy middle aged with a black beard. The note specified payment in mixed denominations and urged old wrinkled bills. The search widened as authorities warned of possible shootouts during car stops. Continued on page 9.
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Tacoma
Wash
Justice Department
Charles Mattson
Seattle
Ernest Seal
George Weyerhaeuser
Mattson Boy
M Tacoma Federal
Puget Sound
Harold Bird
Department of Justice
C. C. Spears
Portland
Mattson
Britain and Japan Retain Additional Naval Tonnage
The London naval treaty escalator clause allows Britain and Japan to keep extra tonnage. The decision, long anticipated, was filed with the State Department as the treaty nears its expiry Thursday night. Acting Secretary Walton Moore welcomed the formal step showing adherence to the pact.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
Great Britain
Japan
R. Walton Moore
Roosevelt May Enter Cabinet Feud Over CCC Control
President Roosevelt may intervene in a three cornered cabinet struggle over Civilian Conservation Corps jurisdiction as Interior Agriculture and Labor seek control. Fechner plans to cut 50 000 forest workers and push CCC into a regular department with a 300 million dollar annual cost.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Interior, Agriculture, and Labor Departments
New Deal Agency
CCC
Robert Fechner
Emergency Conservation
Fechner
United Press
Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Charges Dropped in Dallas Death Case
Dallas December 28 Judge Williams dismissed indictments against Bennie Binion and H E Buddy Malone on motion by District Attorney Hurt due to insufficient evidence. Habeas corpus testimony indicated the men acted in self defense after Freiden was fatally shot while seated in his car. police linked the shooting to a dispute over the operation of the policy racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Noland G. Williams
Bob Hurt
Bennie Binion
H. E
Buddy) Malone
Ben W. Frediden
Hurt
Enid Realtor C W Dempsey Remains Seriously Ill
Enid Oklahoma December 28 after eight days of continuous hiccoughing C W Dempsey a 79 year old local realtor remains in serious condition without improvement.
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Enid
Okla
C. W. Dempsey
Santa's Pack Spurs Biggest Amarillo Christmas Boom Since 1928
Amarillo merchants enjoy a holiday surge with December sales well above 1928 levels and up to 40 percent over 1935 in many lines. Larger staffs, rising wages, and strong crop conditions fuel trade across grocery, clothing, gift, and department stores, while new construction and low business failures signal a robust Panhandle economy. Continued on Page 9, Col. 8.
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Santa
Amarillo
Panhandle
Youth Shot In Chest Critical at St Anthony’s Hospital
Charles Edward Spiller 17 of 705 North Pierce Street lay in St Anthony’s Hospital after two .22 caliber bullets lodged near his heart. An ambulance rushed him from Griggs to the hospital at 2 45 yesterday afternoon. He has been an invalid for 11 years and remained cheerful while relatives and friends visited. Esther McDowell, daughter of Police Chief W R McDowell, alerted the family by discovering the wound when he called her to raise a window.
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Charles Edward Spiller
Guy Spiller
North Pierce Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Billy
Griggs
Esther McDowell
W. R. McDowell
New Peace Effort Starts in Strike
Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady opened a new bid to resume Pacific Coast maritime strike peace talks. He met with T. G. Plant, head of the offshore shippers, to revive negotiations with masters, mates and pilots after talks failed over union hiring preferences and employers control of licensed personnel.
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San Francisco
Edward F. McGrady
Pacific Coast
McGrady
T. G. Plant
Spain Orders Planes In U S
State Department officials disclosed export licenses for shipment to the Spanish government totaling 2 777 000 dollars in airplanes and airplane engines. The licenses were issued to Robert Cuse, president of Vidalert Company Ltd of Jersey City, a broker in marine equipment and aircraft. This marked the first批准 shipment of war materials to be used in the Spanish revolution under the neutrality act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Robert Cuse
Vidalert Company, Ltd
Jersey City
N. J
Two Killed Four Hurt In Gasoline Explosion Near Joaquin
A gasoline explosion near Joaquin, 18 miles east of Center, killed Mrs. Dewey Bates, 34, and her infant daughter, and seriously burned four others. Betty Jo Plunkett, 5, and Mrs. Levon Guy, 26, not expected to live. Deve Bates and Leyon Guy suffered severe burns while trying to rescue their wives. Dick Plunket, father of the critically burned child, also burned on hands and arms.
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Center
Dewey Bates
Joaquin
Here
Betty Jo Plunkett
Levon Guy
Deve
Bates
Leyon Guy
Dick Plunket
Weather forecast for Amarile a and Vicinity Tuesday
Cloudy with possible rain and cooler temperatures across Amarile a West Texas and New Mexico regions. Partly cloudy in some areas with snow potential in northwest New Mexico. temperatures show little change with yesterday’s highs around 64 and lows near 33.
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Amarilea
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhtandie
New Merico
Amarillo
Pope Pius Says Better He Is Dead Than in Present Condition
Pope Pius, gravely ill, told a prelate it is better that he die than remain pope in this condition after a slight hemorrhage in his paralyzed left leg. Doctors warn the paralysis and heart action deterioration pose greater danger than the hemorrhage. Cardinal Fu so...
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Pope Pius
Pius
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi
Congregation For the Propagation of the Faith
Three Men Injured in Car Bus Collision Near Electra
A highway crash one mile west of Electra injures three men while the bus crew remains unharmed. D. D. Dallas suffers head injuries. G. J. Dallas Sr. has a broken nose and possible internal injuries. G. J. Dallas Jr. has cuts and bruises. Marvin Reed drove the bus. a parked out of gas car caused the mishap and could not be moved due to a deep ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electra
D. D. Dallas
Clayton
N. M
G. J. Dallas
G. J. Dallas, Jr
Borger
Marvin Reed
Bridges Habeas Writ Postponed After Inquest Date
Agreement reached to postpone the hearing on a Writ of habeas corpus for Harry Bridges until Wednesday. Bridges was released from jail after his car struck and killed bicycle rider Joe Miranda, with the writ returnable after inquest evidence is heard tomorrow morning.
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Long Beach
Calif
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Aaron Sapiro
Joe Miranda
Dropped Rifle Fatalities Shock Lubbock Area
A .22 rifle dropped by children in a Lubbock backyard killed 12 year old Ernest Edgett and injured another man, H R Redwine, who was shot when a pistol dropped at a Shallowater service station. Edgett died of a severed heart artery. Redwine’s injuries were serious but not life threatening.
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Lubbock
Ernest
W. H. Edgett
H. R. Redwine
Shallowater
Redwine
Edgett
Lubbock Woman Injured in Oklahoma Auto Crash
Mrs. L. Young of Lubbock Texas is in critical condition in a Lawton Oklahoma hospital after a mid day automobile accident near Lawton. She sustained multiple injuries and was reported in serious condition tonight.
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Lubbock
Lawton
Okla
L. Young
Tex
Couple Found Dead in Dallas Home
In Dallas on December 28 W Beott Lynch aged 55 and Mrs Gean Duncan 36 died of bullet wounds at Lynch sister Mrs Rosa Barber's home. Irene Fuller niece of Lynch reported hearing two shots and finding Lynch with a pistol beside him and Mrs Duncan on the bed. Both died from head wounds with Duncan surviving several hours. Authorities say the two had been friends for many years.
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Dallas
W. Beott Lynch
Gean Duncan
Lynch
Rosa Barber
Irene Fuller
John Daniel
Vivid account of wrecked airliner in Santa Susanna mountains
Belman Morin reports from Saugus California on a dramatic recovery of debris from a United Airlines liner that crashed on Oak Peak after a failed attempt to reach an emergency field. The piece describes the wreck site in rugged terrain, the pilot named Soapy Blom, and the rough path of the search party.
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Edwin Blom
Oak Peak
Santa Susanna
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