World Naval Race Opens as London Treaty Ends
London treaty expires as Britain, America, Japan, France, and Italy pursue larger fleets. Germany and Russia join the buildup while Article 19 is discarded, enabling fortified bases in the Pacific. Japan keeps 15,000 tons of subs under the excalator clause and London plans two new 35,000 ton battleships with 14 inch guns.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
America
France
Italy
Germany
Russia
Washington
Pacific
Anthony Eden
Britain
Hong Kong
Unlighted Skater Is Cause of Damage Suit
In Kankakee Illinois 12 year old Will Maass was struck when his vehicle like roller skates lacked lights after sunset. The defendant J O Workman said he will seek a new trial after a verdict ordering payment of 1781 dollars to William.
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Kankakee
Til
U.R
Will Maass
Thicles
Workman
William
Loyalists Confident Madrid War By New Year’s Eve Shelling
Rebels shell Madrid in a 15 minute New Year’s Eve bombardment. Civilians take cover as the city endures a brutal attack that fans a belief among loyalists that Franco’s siege is faltering and defenders grow stronger.
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Madrid
U.P
Spain
Pyrenees
Straits of Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Deadlock in Delaware blocks unemployment tax plan
Washington reports 40 states face a midnight deadline to join the new federal unemployment insurance program. Delaware stalls as Kentucky’s law passes, risking loss of 1937 unemployment tax benefits for workers in states not approving cooperating legislation. States without anti low mood legislation include Arkansas Florida Kansas Georgia Illinois Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota Washington Wyoming Hawaii Alaska.
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Washington
Delaware
Social Security
Social Security Board
Kentucky
Arkansas
Florida
Kansas
Georgia
Illinois
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Wyoming
Hawaii
Alaska
Boy Dies as Train Derails After Truck Collision
Nine year old Richard Fuls of Belvidere Illinois was killed when an Illinois Central train struck a truck, causing the engine and four cars to plunge into a ditch. Father Stanley Fuls sustained minor injuries as about 60 passengers were jolted. the train dragged about 1 500 feet before stopping.
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Perryville
Richard Fuls
Belvidere
Illinois Central
Stanley Fuls
War Declaration Lost in Paris Foreign Office Files
A check of Foreign Office files reveals that someone has stolen the German declaration of war delivered to France on August 3, 19. The incident comes as authorities probe the lapse and search for the missing historic document.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Senator Guffey Injured in Washington Traffic Crash
United States Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania was hurt when a mail truck struck the taxicab he rode in Washington on Thursday. The injury report described as painful. Guffey authored the national coal bill.
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United States
Joseph F. Guffey
Washington
Guffey
Author of Coal Bill Is Injured In Taxicab Collision
U. S. Sen. Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania was injured when a mail special delivery car hit a taxi carrying him. Doctors at Emergency Hospital reported chest and arm injuries, condition not critical.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph F. Guffey
U. S. Mail
Emergency
Speed Demon Starts on Unannounced Flight
Howard Hughes the oil and film magnate and holder of the world land plane record flew a surprise test mission Thursday in his rebuilt speed plane. He appeared at Union Air Terminal and refused to answer spectators questions about the potential 400 mile per hour capacity.
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Burbank
Cal
U.P
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Union Air Terminal
Fcc Receives AT&T Long Distance Rate Cut Schedules
The Federal Communications Commission announced it had received state tariff schedules from American Telephone and Telegraph Company showing rate reductions in long distance service totaling about 12 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New contact hints at ransom payment in Mattson case
A Seattle Times ad signed Ann suggests a ransom agreement for 10 year old Charles Mattson may be underway. Authorities note payment readiness since two days, with Mattson family awaiting calls at home as rumors swirl amid kidnap investigation.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Seattle Times
Mabel
Ann
William W. Mattson
Mattson
Puget Sound
George Weyerhaeuser
Charles
Tim
Mattsons
Mussolini Expands Aid to Spanish Rebels by Italy
Rome reports renewed Italian aid to Franco's forces with 3500 volunteers aboard the steamer Lombardia sailing from Gaeta. Italy seeks dominance in the Mediterranean as Britain and Italy near a peace accord to define interests and ensure regional stability.
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Rome
WA P
Mediterranean
Lombardia
Gaeta
Formia
Francisco Franco
Mussolini
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Birth of Daughter Ends Deaf Mute Silence in Budapest
Anna Bekes, 36, from Klein-Pest, who has been deaf mute since birth, learned on Thursday that her unmarried daughter had a daughter. For the first time she spoke, declaring plainly, That's a a shame, with a slight stammer.
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Budapest-U.p
Anna Bekessy
Klein-Pest
Plane Exporter Denies Link to Soviet War Shipping
Robert Cuse of Vimealort Co Ltd denies any direct or indirect connection with Soviet Russia as he ships 2 777 000 dollars worth of airplanes and engines to Loyalist Spain. He condemns distorted coverage while President Roosevelt accuses him of unpatriotic evasion of neutrality laws prohibiting shipments to warring nations.
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Jersey TV
N. J
Robert Cuse
Tident
The
Vimealort Co., Ltd
Spain
Soviet
Russia
Cuse
Roosevelt
Jewelry Theft Case Ties Parents to Planed Robbery
Harold Shapiro 23 confessed to acting as finger man in a jewel gang robbery. His parents Mr and Mrs Benjamin Shapiro hired a lawyer after the robbery that yielded 345 dollars cash and 6000 dollars in jewelry. Suspects Robert Lewison 22 and Al Pavio 24 were arrested. Pavio allegedly disposed of the gems.
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Chicago
Harold Shapiro
Benjamin H. Shapiro
Harold
Robert Lewison
al Pavio
Pavio
Lewison
Shapiro
Air Force for Army Boosted and Reorganized
Rep J Mark Wilcox plans to make the Army Air Corps an independent War Department unit and push a $70 million frontier air bases program. The move aims to strengthen the air arm as a first line defense and expand to more than 1 550 planes, marking a major reorganization for Congress.
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Washington
A.P
Army Air Corps
Congress
J. Mark Wilcox
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Frontier
Army
Wilcox
Patrolman and Fugitive Suffer After Hasty Chase
New York report says Patrolman George Del Gaudio and 19 year old Pasquale Di Bernardi were hospitalized after a high speed pursuit. Di Bernardi allegedly fled by leaping a fence and tumbling 60 feet down a steep hill. Del Gaudio followed and also fell injured.
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New York
George del Gaudio
Pasquale di Bernardi
di Bernardi
del Gaudio
Lewis Attacks Rapacious Moguls of Industry on Radio
John L. Lewis denounces rapacious moguls of industry in a nationwide broadcast. He accuses United States Steel and General Motors of unlawfully interfering with union organizing and warns of strikes against firms that oppress workers. Frances Perkins seeks cooperative bargaining as Libby Owens Ford strike disrupts auto production.
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John L. Lewis
Washington
U.R
C.1.0
United States Steel Corporation
General Motors Corporation
Lewis
William Knudsen
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Frances Perkins
Libby- Owens-Ford Co
Toledo
C.I.0
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Vanishes of Elizabeth Butterfield Baffles Police
Miss Elizabeth Butterfield a 37 year old Minneapolis heiress disappeared during a Christmas shopping trip in Cos Cob Connecticut. She had been a guest at the Greenwich Connecticut estate of Mr and Mrs Whitney Eckert. Police in New York and Connecticut pursue clues.
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Elizabeth Butterfield
Minneapolis
Cos Cob, Conn
New York
Connecticut
Butterfield
Whitney Eckert
Greenwich
Conn
Minimum Wage Law Delayed in This State
Difficulties in notifying employers delay the mandatory wage order for hotels and restaurants. Ora B. Chapman, industrial relations director, said the directive remains in effect for over 45 000 women and minors, with the mandatory order expected by late January.
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Columbub
U.P
Ora B. Chapman
Chapman
Shipowners Resume Talks in Pacific Coast Maritime Strike
San Francisco based shipowners signaling a shift in tactics resumed negotiations to settle the Pacific Coast maritime strike now at its 64th day. Thomas G. Plant, chair of the coast committee, said employers would meet with Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association officials and then with the Masters, Mates and Pilots Association after unions had expressed willingness to meet.
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SAN Francisco
U.P
Thomas G. Plant
Economists See No Boom Likely In 1937 Outlook
Chicago dispatch reports Col Leonard Ayres and F Leslie Hayford conclude a 1937 boom is unlikely. They cite unstable administration labor and world conditions, noting managed economics and belief in government control may delay recovery amid bonuses wage gains and dividends.
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Col
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland
F. Leslie Hauyford
General Motors
Hayfomt
United States
Ayres
Woman Jail Inmate Tries To End Life In Athens County
Mrs Georgia Wilson 28 of Columbia Ave a prisoner at the Athens County Jail attempted suicide by gas in front of an unlit stove She was revived by a physician and reported recovering She was jailed on disorderly conduct after a $50 fine was unpaid and later jailed relatives said she disturbed her home during her husband illness Maude Breeze found her unconscious Deputy Sheriff Joyce turned off the gas and a note cited love for a man was found Georgia Wilson was in jail when the incident occurred and Sheriff Stratton commented on the case
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Georgia Wilson
Columbia Ave
Athens County
E. 8. Finsterwald
Len B. McCune
Maude Breeze
Wilson
Frank Joyce
Charles Stratton
Roosevelt Shifts Resettlement Admin to Agriculture
President Roosevelt moved the Resettlement Administration into the Department of Agriculture as part of a broader plan to consolidate emergency agencies. The change promotes M. L. Wilson to undersecretary of Agriculture, replacing Rexford Tugwell who becomes executive vice president of American Molasses Co.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Resettlement Administration
Department of Agriculture
M. L. Wilson
Montana
Agriculture
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Columbia University
Tugwell
American Molasses Co
Special Prayer for Pontiff Held at Saint John Basilica
In Vatican City a special prayer for Pope Pius XII was offered at Saint John Lateran Basilica on Thursday night. The 79-year-old pontiff, bed-ridden, arranged for a private mass in his chamber while officials provide limited details about his condition.
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Vatican City
U.R A
Pius
Basilica of
Saint John
Vatican
Shoe Workers End Three Week Shelby Strike
Six hundred employees of the Shelby Shoe Co return to work after a three week strike. The settlement sets minimum daily wages at 2.64 for women and 3.08 for men, a five to ten percent increase over the previous scale.
Knudsen Rejects Nationwide GM Union Talks
Detroit William S. Knudsen executive vice president of General Motors refuses a United Automobile Workers request for nationwide bargaining. He insists negotiations occur with plant managers. Meanwhile 27,000 GM workers are on strike across nine plants as sit downs continue.
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Detroit
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Knudsen
Homer Martin
UAWA
General Motors
Martin
G. M
Flint
Mich
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Teachers at Winchester Fail To File Charges
Four Winchester teachers who accused Superintendent C. O. Williams walked out of the school and did not file any complaint with the state education department after a conference with State Director B. L. Bowsher. The teachers are Cynthia Hanely Helen Howland Beneulah Wade and Dorothy Kepperling Sininger.
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Columbus
U.P
B. L. Bowsher
Winchester
C. O. Williams
State Department
Cynthia Haneley
Helen Howland
Benelah Wade
Dorothy Kepperling Sininger
Bowsher
Light Snow Predicted For Friday And Saturday
A cold wave from the Northeast brings normal sub-freezing temps to the Middle West for New Year celebrations. No widespread precipitation is expected, but light snows are forecast for Friday night or Saturday across the region.
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Chicago
Middlewest
East
Ohio State Fair Dates Set for Columbus
State Director of Agriculture Earl H. Hanefeld announced the annual Ohio State Fair will be held in Columbus on August 30 and 31 and September 1, 2, and 3.
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Columbus
U.P
Earl H. Hanefeld
Weather outlook for Ohio Friday into Saturday
Increasing cloudinessFriday may bring rain or snow to southeast Ohio. Colder conditions persist Saturday with continued cold air.
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Ohio
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