Britain and France move to tighten naval ring around Italy
Britain and France announce rapid naval buildup in the Mediterranean as Geneva talks on oil sanctions against Italy near. France dispatches two squadrons totaling 92 warships while Britain’s 21st destroyer flotilla and home fleet vessels prepare a spring cruise near Gibraltar. Observers see it as a bid to pressure Mussolini and guard against decisive moves in Ethiopia.
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London
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
Council of the League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
Gibraltar
Mussolini
Paris
Red Cross
Ethiopia
Sweden
South
Flier Still Lost After Nine Days At March Field
The ninth day of the search for Lieut. John T. Helms opened with no new clues to his disappearance. Helms vanished on the night of December 30 while flying from San Francisco Bay to his field at March Field California.
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March Field
Calif
John T. Helms
Helms
San Francisco Bay
Dance of Death Claims Five-Year-Old in Hollywood
In Hollywood on January 8 a grass skirt worn by five-year-old Louise Greenbaum caught fire from a gas stove and burned. The injuries proved fatal, ending the child’s life.
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Hollywood
Calif
Louise Greenbaum
Supreme Court to Hear Guffey Coal Control Act Case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the validity of the Guffey Coal Control Act on March 11, as learned today.
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Washington
Jan
U.R
Supreme Court
Federal agency cites Texas Panhandle gas wastage problem
The Federal Trade Commission tells Congress that Texas Panhandle gas production shows the largest recent uncontrolled wastage in the nation. It attributes this to over-development and lack of marketing facilities, with about 2.13 trillion cubic feet wasted to the air out of 4.24 trillion total recovered by June 30, 1934.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Texas Panhandle
Congress
United States
GM reports record December sales and best year since 1929
General Motors announced total December sales of 185,698 units including Canadian and overseas shipments, the best December since July 1929. The company also noted that 1985 marked its best year since 1929, and December sales first surpassed 100,000 units in company history.
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New York
U.P
General Motors Corporation Today
Ground Snow Melt Soaks Panhandle Plains
The thawed snow on the Panhandle Plains brings moisture to winter wheat with little runoff. Amarillo and Dalhart report slushy streets and roads as temperatures rise from 22 to 40 degrees. Local street crews clear roads while ground absorbs meltwater.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Dalhart
Hauptmann asks to appear before pardon board
Governor Hoffman said Bruno Hauptmann asked to personally appear before the Court of Pardons on Saturday to answer questions. Hoffman noted the request is unusual, will discuss with Chancellor Campbell, and did not indicate plans to grant a reprieve.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Luther A. Campbell
Pardons Court
C. Lloyd Fisher
Honorable
Board of Pardons
Pact to curb crime eyed for Tulsa peace officers meet
Oklahoma City January 8. Governors of Colorado Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas Oklahoma New Mexico will attend a January 13 peace officers meeting in Tulsa. Daley says topics include eliminating state boundaries to pursue criminals across lines and fingerprinting of citizens. He cites Hoover as backing the pact.
Borger Post Office Contract Awarded to Kansas Firm
The treasury announced a $52,590 contract to Ludberg & Richter Co. Inc. of Liberal Kansas for building a Borger Texas post office. The project allows 250 calendar days for completion.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Ludberg& Richter Co., Inc
Liberal, Kansas
Borger
Tex
Hamlin Freed on $5,000 Bond in Bride Slaying Case
George S. Hamlin, 47, ex-fireman of Oakland California, freed on $5,000 bond after a year in Potter County jail awaiting trial for the hammer slaying of his wife Irene Hare in their Virginia Street honeymoon cottage. Bond set by Judge E C Nelson at $7,500. Hamlin to stand trial in Farwell next week.
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Farwell
George S. Hamlin
Irene Hare
Potter County
Oakland
Calif
Uranius
Mars
Venus
E. T. Miller
E. C. Nelson
Hamlin
Brooklyn Boy Lost in Painted Canyon
A frail 12 year old Alfred Altman son of a Brooklyn manufacturer strayed from his governess near Mecca California and was hunted by a deputy sheriff and search party at dawn after an all night search failed.
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Indio
Calif
U.P
Alfred Altman
Brooklyn
Mecca
Ben de Grevecour
Painted Canyon
Stalcup death penalty upheld in jail escape case
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Virgil Stalcup's death sentence for the murder of Dickens County Sheriff W B Arthur during a 1934 jailbreak. Stalcup and two others fled from jail, Arthur was shot, and Stalcup was captured in Houston. The appeal listed 15 complaints including jury service irregularities and prior indictments as admissible evidence. Venue had been moved from Dickens to Lubbock County.
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Austin
U.P
Court of Criminal Appeals
Virgil Stalcup
Lubbock
W. B. Arthur
Dickens County
Stalcup
Clarence Brown
W. J. Yarborough
Arthur
Houston
Criminal Appeals Court
Talesmen
Starcup
Potter
Wichita
C. G. Krueger
Dickens
Lubbock County
Senator Rescued From Ocean Near Miami Beach
Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts was saved from drowning after venturing beyond his depth while bathing at Pancoast Beach. Lifeguards Ralph Overton of Asheville and Norman Ball of St Louis pulled him from the surf after he went under a second time while recuperating from a cold.
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Miami Beach
Fila
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Pancoast Beach
Ralph Overton
Asheville
N. C
Norman Ball
St. Louis
Five Farm Aid Plans Studied by Congress
Congress studies five substitute AAA plans as Roosevelt aides seek farmer leadership counsel. Secretary Wallace and AAA chief Davis say no plan is fixed. a $300 million bill to fund crop reduction contracts is pushed by Rep. Hope of Kansas. Casement urged farmer groups’ access to Friday talks, rejected by Davis as excluded. An amendment by Rep. Marcantonio proposes a farmers and workers plan.
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Washington
Wallace
Chester Davis
AAA
Roosevelt
Wise Leaders of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
Kansas
Davis
Dan D. Casement
Casement
Farmers Independence Council of America
Partners Independence Council of America
American Liberty League
Big Processor
Marcantonio
New York
Farmers and Workers
Tiny White Dwarf Star Reported From Mount Wilson
Discovery of the smallest star yet known, only 4,000 miles in diameter, found by Dr. G. P. Kuiper. The white dwarf weighs 620 tons per cubic inch with gravity 3,400,000 times Earth's and an atmosphere 12 feet thick. Only four or five white dwarfs observed among millions of stars by Carnegie Observatory's 100-inch telescope.
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Mount Wilson
Calif
U.P
G. P. Kuiper
Carnegie Observatory
Television Success in Laboratory Reports FCC Findings
The FCC noted a notable rise in objectionable programs on radio stations and took action against 226 programs on 152 stations. It described television as highly developed in American labs and ready for broader use, with movies expected to reach homes over the airwaves after solving commercial issues.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Communication Commission
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
Britain ruled rifle plants in wartime talks with Britain
Senate munitions committee disclosed that during wartime the British government secretly operated American rifle factories. Winchester and Remington were named as the arms makers involved. J P Morgan and partner Thomas W Lamont testified as part of the long inquiry into British interference with US commerce ahead of the 1916 election.
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Washington, Jan
J. P. Morgan
British War Council
Senate Munitions Committee
Winchester
Remington
State Department
Financial House
Morgan
Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
Riot Flare At NanKing University In China
In Nanking China students at the university once under American control attacked a Chinese gendarme tearing down posters calling for resistance to foreign invasion. Steel helmeted gendarmes with clubs surrounded the campus and demanded the student body president surrender.
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Nanking
China
Jan
University of
Vera Cruz laborers oust opposition faction from posts
A group of Vera Cruz laborers ended a brief general strike by peacefully removing an opposition faction from municipal posts and stalling their own representatives.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Texas Oil Price Rise Takes Effect In Texas
Sun Oil boosts Texas crude by 10 to 15 cents a barrel with East Texas, Conroe, Gulf Coast grades up to 1.34, 1.22 and 1.15 dollars. Humble Oil Co meets the increases with Atlas and Panola Pipe Line among buyers. Magnolia Petroleum silent on action. Atlantic crude unchanged.
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Dallas
Texas
Sun Oil Company
Humble Oil Company
Texas Oil
Fast
Atlas Pipe Line Company
Panola Pipe Line Company
Panola
The
Sun
J. Edgar Pew
Philadelphia
East Texas
Gulf Coast
Duval
Washington
J. G. Pew
Humble
Houston
D. A. Little
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Atlantic Crude Oil
Roosevelt Opens Democratic Campaign with Retain Government Aim
President Roosevelt formally opened the Democratic presidential campaign urging unity beyond party lines and vowing not to retreat. He spoke at a Jackson Day event and on radio about pursuing justice for agriculture and the lasting impact of Supreme Court opinions on the AAA.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
AAA
Mr. Roosevelt
States to form anti crime pact at Tulsa conference
Charles W. Daley of the Oklahoma state crime bureau announced an interstate crime compact involving six southwestern states will be formed January 13 in Tulsa. Governors and peace officers from Missouri Kansas Arkansas New Mexico Colorado and Texas will attend except Texas Governor Alfred. J Edgar Hoover will also attend the meeting.
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Oklahoma City
Southwest
Tulsa
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Crime Bureau
Daley
Marland
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Alfred
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Schaeffer Trial Opens in Jefferson Circuit Court
Walter Schaeffer race track exercise boy stands trial in Louisville charged with murdering 24 year old Evelyn Slivinski. The case links to Willie Saunders, noted jockey in the 1935 Kentucky Derby, as part of the high profile proceedings.
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