Edward's abdication and privacy clash spark public uproar
London reports gun salutes for King George VI's 41st birthday while Edward's former social circle faces scrutiny. The Archbishop of Canterbury condemns the former king's private life and circle, urging acknowledgment of his early public service and the moral expectations of the nation.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
London
Great Britain
George VI
Earl
Edward
Canterbury
Church of England
England
Spanish Ace Shot Down in Air War
A government communique says Major Ramon Franco, Spain’s top aviator and brother of the rebel commander, had his aircraft shot down. Franco, famed for crossing the Atlantic, remains a symbol of national strength as the government presses its Burgos campaign with air and ground actions. Five government bombers and eight pursuit planes raided insurgent airfields near Vitoria over the weekend, destroying landing fields.
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Madrid
U.P
Ramon Franco
Spain
Franco
Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Burgos
Vitoria
Hollywood Offers Film Roles to Former King and Mrs Simpson
Hollywood promoter Arthur Wenzel says he cabled offers to ex King Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson to star in a film titled Ned The Right to Love. The package includes a mansion and a $1,000,000 payoff for the pair.
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Arthur Wenzel
Edward VIII
Mrs. Simpson
Ned
Love
Holiday Mystery opens in The Messenger December 17
Don’t miss Holiday Mystery the thrilling Christmas serial starting Thursday December 17. A girl, a man’s shadow, and a tangle of love and weirdness promise one of the year’s best mystery serials.
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the Messenger
Count Proves New Voters for F. D. R. Count Proves New Voters for F. D. R.
The complete count of ballots cast on November 3 shows Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected over Alf Landon by 11,070,433 votes. Landon gained 917,907 more votes than Hoover in 1932 but still trailed Roosevelt by four million more votes than Hoover. The national popular vote increased by six million, while minor parties Socialist Communist Social Labor and Prohibition polled fewer than in 1932.
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NEW York
U.P
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Hoover
Social Labor
Prohibition
Sailors Union and ship owners near breakthrough in strike
In San Francisco the Sailors Union and deep sea operators moved toward resolving a 45 day Pacific Coast maritime strike. A surprise settlement released 230 vessels and began resuming western shipping as mediator Edward F. McGrady called the potential deal a bolster for peace talks with other unions. Warehouse workers aligned with ILA also reached a compromise, ending a warehouse strike and restoring stock worth six million dollars.
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SAN Francisco
U.P
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Edward F. McGrady
International Longshoremen’s Association
Defends Mine Fire Methods in Ohio Plan
Columbus report says the New Straitsville coal vein fire should burn out in 150 to 200 years, per Dr. Carl Watson WPA administrator. He rebutted James Berry’s claim the fire could last 1,000 years and explained WPA will isolate the blaze with three non inflammable barriers to protect unburned coal.
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WPA
Straitsville
Columbus
U.P
New Straitsville
Carl Watson
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Officer Shot in Gun Battle Improves in Columbus
Patrolman Otto Mansberger wounded in a canal Winchester confrontation with Howard Horn occurred Saturday night. Horn, 19, was shot and killed after drawing a gun and assaulting an elderly man. Mansberger was struck in the groin and leg but is improving today.
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Columbus
U.P
Otto Mansberger
Canal Winchester
Howard Horn
Horn
Mansberger
New Duke of Windsor Seeks Privacy Amid Wally Welfare Fears
In Enzesfeld Austria the former king Edward VIII the Duke of Windsor appeals for privacy after abdication. He questions how Wallis Simpson is faring receives messages from her and denies plans to meet this Christmas. Police and gendarmes bolster security as tourists and reporters flock to the Austrian retreat.
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Austria
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
Wallis Simpson
Lord Brownlow
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
French Riviera
Cannes
Enzesfeld Castle
United Press
Enzesfeld
Vienna Forest
Four Perish in Fire at Akron
Akron tragedy reports George Thomas aged 37 severely burned while his wife Mary nine months pregnant and their three children perished in a Sunday early morning fire. The couple escaped outside but could not rescue the children. Firemen found the family in the bathroom as flames overwhelmed the home. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Vernotzy said hot ashes in a pasteboard box started the blaze.
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Akron
U.P
George Thomas
Mary
Thomas
Frank Vernotzy
To Confiscate Cars of Game Law Violators
The Ohio Conservation Division will confiscate automobiles of any persons shooting pheasants out of season from their cars to curb violations of game laws in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Division
Cutler Man Killed in Traffic Mishap
Rollo Johnson a 53 year old Cutler man was killed instantly when another car struck his broken down vehicle on U S Route 50 south near Little Hocking. The driver Earl Dean Souchannon 21 and passenger Claude Randolph 28 from Long Bottom sustained only minor injuries. Johnsons son Carroll 21 rode back to Little Hocking for help after the rear axle failed. State Police from Marietta and county officers investigated the crash.
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Rollo Johnson
Son
Little Hocking
Earl Dean Souchannon
Claude Randolph
Johnson
Carroll
Hocking
Buchannon
Parkersburg
State Highway Patrol
Marietta
Washington County
Athens Mayor McCune Heads Benefit Ball
Mayor Len B. McCune accepts the chairmanship of Athens President's Ball to be held January 30 for the benefit of infantile paralysis victims. Last year drew a large attendance, and organizers hope for an even bigger turnout as infantile paralysis cases rise in Athens County this year.
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Len B. McCune
Athens
Athens County
Miss Joanna Bickham Held on Striking Charge
Miss Joanna Bickham, a first grade teacher at Iron City in Bellefontaine suburb, was held to the grand jury today under a $300 bond on a charge of unlawfully striking a pupil.
Foreign Craft Blamed For U Boat Sinking Off Malaga
Three survivors of the Loyalist submarine C-3 sunk off Malaga report a plot by those aiding the enemy. Captain Agustin Garcia Vinas says Mediterranean patrols are constant and enemy observers await our coast defense. He and another crew member escaped while the rest were trapped inside. The report frames the sinking as the result of enemy spies and sympathizers.
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Malaga
Spain
U.P
Agustin Garcia Vinas
Mediterranean
Vinas
Mild Weather Boosts Traffic Toll Across Ohio
Weekend traffic deaths rose across multiple cities as mild winter weather spurred heavy travel. In Columbus a 92 year old man and a 67 year old cemetery superintendent died after separate crashes tied to a heart attack and a hit skip driver. Cincinnati saw three fatalities while Akron Lorain and other areas reported more.
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Columbus
Columbus-Au
Cincinnati
Akron
Lorain
Sheffield Lake
Lancaster
Massillon
Ernest Schnurr
John Dorman
Dorman
Schurr
Albert Jetter
Protestant Orphans Home
Schnurr
Andrew Seiller
John A. Schmidt
Green Lawn Cemetery
Schmidt
Anton Sidowicz
T. C. Stevenson
Saginaw, Mich
Athens Business Men Meet to Decide Christmas Hours
Athens merchants association members will gather Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to decide which nights to keep open during the Christmas season. Signed EB F. Sells.
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Athens Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
EB. F. Sells
Adelphi Man Held On Unregistered Still Charge
David Potter of Adelphi entered a not guilty plea to federal charges of possessing an unregistered still in Columbus before U S Commissioner J W Horner. Hearing set for December 19. Authorities say a fugitive charge from July 1985 on a similar matter may be filed.
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Columbus
U.P
David
Potter
Adelphi
U. S. Commission
J. W. Horner
Former Texas Ranger Captures Four More
Elyria report states Matt Gardner a 52 year old gasoline station owner on Route 20 west of town, a former Texas Ranger, killed one burglar and captured 19 others in four years. His latest feat ended with four Cleveland youths attempting to rob his station early Sunday. two were shot by Gardner.
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Elyria
Matt Gardner
Route 20
Here
Cleveland
Gardner
Quarantine Underway at Yellow Springs Camp After Meningitis Case
About 150 officers and men at a Yellow Springs CCC camp entered a two day working quarantine after a 17 year old private was hospitalized with spinal meningitis.
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Yellow Springs
CCC
Bomb misread as gift watch shocks New York
A caller warned of a ticking package left on Howard S. McGrath’s doorstep. Police soaked it in water for two hours before opening it to reveal a wrist watch from a timid suitor to McGrath’s daughter.
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New York
Howard
McGrath
Plane dump sheds bones of unknown woman near Bidwell's Creek
Police believe a low flying plane over Bidwell's Creek dropped a burlap bag containing a burned female skeleton. Hunters found the bag near the creek on Sunday five miles from Cape May Court House. The deceased is about 30 with a white gold wedding ring. Authorities checked local planes for a match to a flight observed by Samuel Crandol from Goshen.
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Cape May Court House
Au.p
Bidwell's Creek
Samuel Crandol
Goshen
N .J
Crandol
Electors Cast Ballots Today For Roosevelt Garner
U P dispatch says presidential electors met in 48 states to re elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner. Maine and Vermont cast Republican votes for Landon Knox. Efforts began to end the electoral college with Sen George Norris proposing direct popular vote for President and Vice President.
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Washington
U.P
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Maine
Vermont
George W. Norris
Ind
Scotland Yard Men Recalled Over Mrs Simpson Threats
Mrs. Wallis Simpson loses two Scotland Yard guards who are recalled by British authorities. Five French Surete General operatives take their place in Cannet France as threats against Mrs Simpson continue amid ongoing intimidation.
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Scotland Yard
Mra. Simpson
Death of Lady Gilbert widow of Gilbert and Sullivan actor
London report states Lady Gilbert aged 89 widow of Sir William Gilbert of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas died today.
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London
U.P
Gilbert
W. 8. Gilbert
What’s Ahead in New Deal Plans and Roosevelt Socialism
Washington, there is no need to beat around the diction ary for words to describe the last election. In our own peaceful way we had a revolution, a Democratic revolution. We set up a government vaguely comparable to centralized states in Germany and Italy. Roosevelt is a single centered national authority at the head of a republic. Congress is his agent and the judiciary remains the practical check.
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Washington
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Supreme Court splits on Duke Power loan case and KVOS ruling
The Supreme Court sent the Duke Power Co. test of the PWA power loan policy back to lower courts for retrial, avoiding a constitutional ruling for now. In a separate decision, the court declined to rule on piracy claims against KVOS on technical grounds, ending the AP injunction. The Duke case may delay a broad ruling on PWA power loans this year. Ohio Bell rate case also receives consideration over revised valuations and refunds totaling over $11 million.
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Washington
New Deal
PWA
Supreme Court
Duke Power Co
High Tribunal
Charles Evans Hughes
Associated Press
KVOS
Circuit Court of Appeals
Associated Press News
Duke Power
PWA Power
Duke
Harold L. Ickes
Greenwood County
8. C
Saluda River
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Son of President Dies in Indianapolis
Russell B. Harrison son and great grandson of presidents died in Indianapolis after a long retirement. The age listed. An attorney, newspaper man and war veteran, he died in his apartment from a recurring heart ailment. Burial planned with military honors.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Russell B. Harrison
Harrison
War Lords of China Clash Over Authority
Persistent but unconfirmed reports in Chinese military circles say Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek escaped from captors at Sian-Fu and fled to Nanking. Peiping sources claim a Chang Hsueh-Liang subordinate staged a counter revolt at Sian-Fu and released Chiang. The Chinese deny Chiang was detained.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sian- Fu
Shensi Province
Nanking
Peiping
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Sian-Fu
Chiang
Chiang Kaishek
Wheat climbs on Germany grain purchase reports
Chicago December wheat rose 3 cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade amid reports Germany intends to buy one million tons of foreign wheat. Major Alexander De Seversky, the Russian war ace, flew from New York to Chicago in under six hours at an average speed of 208 miles per hour.
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U.R
Chicago Board of Trade
Germany
Alexander de- Seversky
New York
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