Lindys Recross Tropic Jungles EUROPE JOINS US Cold Snap Spreads
Icy winds and heavy cold swept Europe and North America. Temperatures fell to 40 below at White River Ontario and minus ranges across the US and Canada. Nine deaths occurred in floods and blizzards across the Northwest as authorities faced crippled rivers and severe winter hazards. Lindberghs push toward Trinidad continues from Port of Spain to Manaos with a hazardous jungle flight ahead.
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America
White River
Ont
Owls Head
N. Y
Montreal
Portland
Boston
Newark City
Thames River
England
Middle Coast
Middle West
Milukee
Chicago
Inanapolis
Bismarck
N. D
Helena
Milwane
Butlwaukee
Sperior
Pacca
Mesonte
Moden
Mercury
Detroit
Maria Olszewska
Opera
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Boa Vista
Amarillo
Pan-American Airways
Sierra Pacaraima
Venezuela
Brazil
Mount
Roraima
Lindberghs
Cannery to Open Providing Work for 432
A federal meat canning plant at 1301 West Sixth Avenue plans to open Friday at 6 am. It will employ 148 men and 284 women from county relief rolls, operate 24 hours in four six hour shifts, with slaughter at Pinkney Packing in Amarillo. Federal inspection starts Wednesday. cattle must meet age and weight standards for processing.
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Federal Meat Canning
West Sixth Avenue
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Pinkney Packing Company
Amarillo
North Plains
Austin
Legion Relief
CWA
Cannery
France to default on US debt payment December 15
France will likely not send a note explaining the December 15 default on the US debt, with cabinet members saying conditions are unchanged and a new debt arrangement is needed. The note reaffirms France’s commitment to debt principles but delays action until terms improve. Belgium also plans to default on its war debt, while Britain and others face substantial payments to the United States. The Reichstag meets in a brief session under Nazi influence as Hitler is away.
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Paris
France
United States
United Press
Washington
Diacuas
Britain
Great Britain
London
Belgium
Bruesels
Beaian
Tts
Touhy gang hauled before judge in kidnap case
Dec 12 Chicago reports Roger Touhy and three co defendants faced Judge Harry B Miller after a jailyard transfer as 50 armed guards escorted the group in their first courtroom appearance over a kidnap plot to extort $70 000 by freeing John Facr. The quartet dressed in fashion attracted attention.
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Chicago
Uhy
John Facr
Roger Touhy
Harry B. Miller
Weather Outlook West Texas and New Mexico Lightly warmer through Wednesday
West Texas will be generally fair tonight with slightly warmer temperatures and Panhandle areas turning partly to mostly cloudy on Wednesday. New Mexico expects fair conditions tonight into Wednesday with little temperature change. Extremes today rise to the mid 20s to near 50s in some areas.
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West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
North Tion
New Mexico
Amarillo
Vhcin
Gun Battle Ties Factor Kidnap Plot to Mexico Run
In San Antonio a two gun gangster wounded detectives H C Perrow and Alfred Hartman and fled toward Mexico with part of the John Factor kidnap ransom. Three suspects held, one woman among them, fingerprints sent to Washington for identification.
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San Antonio
Mexico
John
Jake the Barber
H. C. Perrow
Alfred Hartman
Phil Wright
Murray Humphrey
Chicago
Perrow
Hartman
Woma
Lee Jones
State Begins Rebuttal Case in Woolley Slaying Trial
In Dallas on December 12 the state opened rebuttal testimony two hours late in the Woolley murder trial. The defense by Currie McCutcheon sought to map a new procedure while the first witness testified Woolley showed little grief the morning Dorothy Woolley was killed.
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Dallas
Currie McCutcheon
Toy G Woolley
Dorothy
JH. Marshall
Woolley
McCutcheon
the Jaynes
Dorothy Woolley
Pier Workers Sing In Face of Death
Seven bridge pier workers faced death as smoke filled a diving caisson 102 feet below the Missouri River. The sandhogs sang to endure the fumes while rescuers battled a fire beneath a safety door. Rescued after about 90 minutes, all eight men surfaced unassisted. The group included J J Murphy foreman, Jack Wright, Elmer and Ben Bradley, John Lacey, Jack Smith, and Robert O'Dell, all of Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Ben Bradley
Ben
I. E. Hayes
J J. Murphy
Foreman
Jack Wright
Elmer
John Lacey
Jack Smith
Robert O'Dell
Don Poncho Critiques Automobiles Here and Now
Arthur Brisbane presents Don Poncho from Hearst Ranch who rails against modern life. The Spaniard explains from Mamalejo hilltop how cars waste money and breed laziness as he guides a dawn horseback survey of Lucia and distant peaks.
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Hearst Ranch
San_ Simeon
Calif
Don Poncho
Pacific
Cambria
Mamalejo
New York
Mamelejo
Lucia
Kin's Job Hinged On His Vote Amid Nepotism Hearing
Representative George Butler testified before a state Nepotism committee that a relative by marriage told him his job depended on his vote on a bill to create a separate oil and gas regulatory body. Butler said the relative was employed by the railroad commission and was later dismissed. no reemployment occurred despite funds. The panel debated its legal reach as hearings continued without new witnesses.
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Austin
George Butler
Bryan
Legislative Committee
Butler
State Railroad Commission
Osata Matas
Railroad Commission
G. C. Cobb
Henderson Cobb
John Hornsby
Hornsby
Ben Cathey
Quitman
Cathey
Wall Caves In Burying Three Workers in Park
A ditch wall under construction for a retaining wall in Great Smoky Mountains National Park collapsed near Indian Gap Highway trapping nine road workers. Three are believed dead after a 15 foot fall. six were rescued. Park Supt. J R Fakin said there was no hope for the missing.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Indian Gap
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
J. R. Fakin
Park
Weather Expert Predicts 1934 Dry, Warm Year by 23-Year Cycle
Weather projections based on Charles G Abbot 23 year sun magnetic cycle suggest 1934 will be warm and dry for most of the United States except the West Coast. colder northwest and west coast with drier spring elsewhere. 1911 data support milder winter in many areas but below normal rainfall in the Ohio valley and Southwest. no official forecast issued by the Weather Bureau.
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F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Washington
Charles G. Abbot
United States
West Coast
Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Weather Bureau
Tem
Far West
Ohio Valley
Northwest
East Coast
Rocky Mountains
Southwest
Midwest
Rockies
Suthwest
Treasury shakeup looms as Hewes and Cummings near resignations
Washington dispatch reports imminent reorganization of the Treasury Department with the impending resignations of Assistant Secretary Thomas Hewes and Executive Assistant Walter J. Cummings. Domestic gold remains $34.91 an ounce for the tenth straight business day as the government denies dollar stabilization talks. In Kansas, Gov Landon halts swift trial plans for Jack Wisdom amid mob concerns after his Wichita murder confession involving a Wichita couple and Emory Large.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Thomas Hewes
Walter J. Cummings
Treasury
Hutchinson
Kan
U.P
Jack Wisdom
Wichita
Alfred M. Landon
State Reformatory
Wisdom
Landon
Reformatory
Kansas
Oklahoma
Harry Pritchard
Emory Large
Temperance groups urge anti dry amendment repeal pledge
The Anti Saloon League the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and United Forces accept a challenge to repeal the state dry amendment. They demand that all legislature candidates declare their attitude on repeal and pledge to vote against submitting it in any primary. They also call to drive beer sellers from counties end residential areas near churches and schools and seek bonds for beer sellers under law.
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Dallas
Committee On Co-Operation
Anti- Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Union
United Forces
Democratic Party
Maury Hughes
Friends of Temperance
Government threatens prosecutions over Blue Eagle price fixes
In Pittsburgh a compliance hearing saw nearly 100 cleaners and dyers summoned for NRA price fixing violations. Only one man remained calm as Gen. Hugh Johnson and William Davis pledged FTC action. Former Governor John Fisher resigned as Pittsburg NRA committee chair amid criticism. Some witnesses admitted violations amid hysteria while others called for jail. Prices quoted for cleaning fluids appeared in the text.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Pittsburgh
John 8. Fisher
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
Warsaw
Ind
William Davis
Federal Trade Commission
Two men held for hearing in Marie Ball kidnapping claim
In Belair Maryland two African American men were held for a magistrate hearing after 15 year old Marie Ball alleged she was kidnapped Sunday and released five hours later near her sister’s home. No charges had been filed yet. a conference with Miss Ball and officials was planned before the hearing.
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Belair
Marie Ball
Stanley Spencer
Miss Ball
Spencer
Meyer H. Getz
Mrs Davis Wonders How To Handle Abundant Possessions
A quoted remark shows Mrs Davis asking what to do with a large collection of items. The line captures a moment of practical concern and family decision making about clutter and tomorrow’s choices.
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