Russia Acts To Balk Gains of Japs in China
Soviet Russia consolidates control in Northwest China preparing to resist Japanese penetration. Reporters cite 1000 Soviet planes flown into China with more promised, while Japan conducts raids on Nan King Canton Hankow regions killing civilians and targeting the Canton Hankow Railway.
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Russia
China
Shanghai
U.P
Arthur Menken
Paraunt News Reel
Eric May
Fox Movietone
Anking
Shansi
Sensi
United Press
Sian-Fu
Lanchow
Kansu
Moscow
Nanking
Canton
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Communist Party
Red Army
Generalissimo Chiang
All-China
New City
Northwest Territories
Changsha
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
Yangtse
South China
Ego blamed as schoolgirl confesses to crime she did not commit
Philadelphia report says Mary K. O Connor, a teen athlete, is held on homicide charges after Nancy Glenn age five dies. Judge Harry S McDevitt cites ego and desire for notoriety as possible motive in the alleged confession. Police and a psychiatrist probe past for a provoke twist in her nature.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Mary K. O'Connor
Nancy Glenn
Common Pleas
Harry S. McDevitt
O'Connor
McDevitt
Robert S. O'Connor
Glenn
Miss O'Connor
Moyamensing
President Roosevelt to dine on White House Thanksgiving turkey
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt will eat his Thanksgiving Day turkey in the White House for the first time as president. He will dine on a 16 pound government turkey from the Arthurdale West Virginia project.
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Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
White House
Arthurdale
W. Va
Ford Strike in St Louis Area Quiet After Thanksgiving
Ford Motor Company's St Louis area assembly plant resumed full, then slightly eased, production after a strike called by the U A W A affiliate Committee for Industrial Organization. Plant manager Milton N. Johnson rejected discrimination charges and said outsiders were trying to run the plant. Union officials in Detroit and Kansas City signaled readiness to expand action if needed as Kansas City reopened the plant following talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
UAWA
Committee For Industrial Organization
Milton N. Johnson
Frankensteen
Kansas City
Ford
Harry H. Bennett
Harry F. McElroy
French Air Force Chief Seized in Fascist Plot
Paris authorities uncovered a plan by the Hooded Men to overthrow the government and set up a fascist dictatorship with the monarchy restored. Investigators reached the French air force high command, long regarded as among the world’s strongest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIS
U.P
Les Cagoulards
Ex WPA Painter Faces Electric Chair for Child’s Slaying
In New York, Simon Elmore a 51 year old former WPA house painter was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week of December 26 for the murder of four year old Joan Kuleba. County Judge Thomas S Cosgrove issued the order late Wednesday.
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New York
Simon Elmore
WPA
Sing Sing
Joan Kuleba
Thomas S. Cosgrove
Farmers Oppose Wage Hour Bill Across Nation
Frank E. Gannett announced a poll of 59,600 agricultural leaders showing 95 percent oppose the wage hour bill in its present form. He echoed President William Green of the American Federation of Labor who also protested the measure. The poll covered every state and county.
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Washington
U.P
Frank E. Gannett
National Committee To
William B. Bankhead
Gannett
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Iowa Bank Robbers Steal Under $1000 in Cincinnati
Two armed bandits robbed the Iowa Trust and Savings branch in Cincinnati Iowa of between $800 and $1000 just before closing. The bank manager slammed a vault door, stopping a possible extra 2500 from being taken.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Iowa Trust and Savings Branch Bank
Ships Aid Sinking Freighter Near Tortuga
The British freighter Nollington Court reported a hull breach and water pouring into holds as it sighted Tortuga. The steamer Chagres and two Coast Guard cutters sped to assist.
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Miami
Fla
Nollington Court
Island of
Tortuga
Chagres
Coast Guard
Thanksgiving Spirit Fades as Wall Street Ends Lower
Wall Street closed weaker with the Dow averages at two and a half year lows, industrials down 37 percent from a year ago, rails 47 percent lower, utilities 39 percent. Trading was light with 990000 shares, as prices opened lower and drifted to new lows in the final hour.
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New York
U.P
Wall Street
Rails
U S Delegate Refuses London Visit to Ease Far Eastern Talks
The Nine Power Far Eastern conference adjourned indefinitely after Japan China peace talks stalled. U S delegate Norman H. Davis refused Prime Minister Chamberlain's London invitation to continue private talks, while Britain France and the United States denied any secret commitments.
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U. S
London
Brussels
U.P
Far Eastern Conference
Japan
China
Norman H. Davis
United States
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Camille Chautemps
Yvon Delbos
France
Davis
V. K. Wellington Koo
Precautions Taken Against Landslide in Los Angeles
Police fire and railroad crews organized for a possible disaster as hundreds of pound boulders tumbled from Elysian Park moving hill. Geologists doubted a 2,000,000 ton avalanche would occur but authorities prepared. Fire and police departments and Southern Pacific Railroad crews were trained on response procedures.
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LOS Angeles
U.P
Elysian Park
Southern Pacific Railroad
Floods in Portland Parish drown fifty in Jamaica
Fifty people are reported dead after floods in Portland Parish near the island’s eastern tip washed away a mountain village. Rescue teams search for missing residents as heavy rains inundate the area.
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Kingston
Jamaica
U.P
Portland Parish
Mountain Village
Pastor Plans Appeal From Life Sentence
The Rev Colonel Ellsworth Newton announced from his jail cell that he will appeal the murder verdict for killing Maybelle Kelly, his devout parishioner. Defense counsel stated plans to file a motion for a new trial within 10 days after the jury recommended life imprisonment, though the state sought the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Ellsworth Newton
Maybelle Kelly
Martin S. Turner
A. Clay Williams
Newton
Merrill Johnston
Copeland and McNary Clash Over Farm Bill Representation
Senator Royal S. Copeland accuses crop control supporters of lacking national agricultural representation and interrupts Sen. James P. Pope in defending the bill. Senate minority leader Charles L. McNary questions the bill’s base, noting support mainly from the National Farm Bureau Federation.
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Washington
U.P
Royal S. Copeland
N. Y
Senate
Copeland
James P. Pope
D. Ida
Charlies L. McNary
National Farm Bureau Federation
FDR Takes Hand in Governments Fight Against Trade Slump
The House Agriculture Committee led by Marvin Jones introduces a compulsory crop control bill based on soil conservation to rival the Senate plan. Debates loom as both measures target five major crops with production limits and penalties pending a two thirds referendum of affected farmers.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Marvin Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Sam Rayburn
Chamber
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
House Committee
Brazilian Dictator Bolsters Grip With Interventor System
In Rio de Janeiro President Getulio Vargas extends his corporate dictatorship by abolishing all state and municipal legislatures and the federal congress. He named governors as federal interventors in each state, consolidating power after promulgating a new constitution on November 10.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Federal Congress
Homesick Student Gets Mother's Pies
John Weston a 20 year old homesick student in New York had three pumpkin pies baked by his mother on Wednesday placed in chemical heaters aboard a Northwest Airlines flight at 8 45 a m. The pies arrived in New York at 4 45 p m and the air express transfer in Chicago cost 7 92.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Weston
New York
Northwest Airlines
Air Express
Chicago
Judge Urges Harlan County Death Probes
Judge James M. Gilbert urged the Harlan Circuit Court Grand Jury to investigate several recent murders in Harlan County and indict suspects if possible. He cited the deaths of Bennett Musick, Wash Irvin, and Rethbert Sizemore, urging jurors to pursue justice and not let killers go unpunished.
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Harlan, Ky
James M. Gilbert
Harlan Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Harlan County
Gilbert
Bennett Musick
Evarts
Wash Irvin
Pine Mountain
Rethbert Sizemore
Harlan-Pineville
Abolish Coal Rate Hike Move Opens in Harrisburg
Harrisburg Pa. U P reports the National Bituminous Coal Commission will seek to abolish the ICC ordered railroad freight rate increases on bituminous coal. Denis J Driscoll PUC chairman said informally the commission plans to petition the ICC to withdraw authorization for a 3 to 11 cents per ton increase in interstate coal hauling rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
U.P
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denis J. Driscoll
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
United Press
ICC
Federal Probe of Gangs Seen for Twin Cities
Gov Benson asked the U S Attorney General to seek a federal probe into gang activity and racketeering alleged in Twin Cities labor circles. The request follows charges that imported gangsters may be linked to the labor leader Patrick J. Corcoran’s assassination last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Veterans Admin weighs hospitals for disabled veterans in Ohio
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines disclosed that the Veterans Administration is considering establishing hospital facilities for disabled World War I veterans in northeastern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Ohio
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hines
Thanksgiving Feasts Planned by Athens Institutions
Athens observes a city wide Thanksgiving with meals and activities at Salvation Army kitchens for 200 children and elderly, 1670 state hospital patients enjoying matinees and a noon roast, Children's Home feast for 53, County Home elderly receiving a candy treat and chicken dinner, and a special jail meal for 25 prisoners prepared by Mrs. Charles Bayless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Salvation Army
Athens State Hospital
Children's Home
Hobson Study Circle
Charles Bayless
Tax Revision and Truce With Utilities Near
Washington report says prospects for immediate tax repeal or revision and a truce with the utilities brightened as Roosevelt leads efforts to end the business slump. Talks with Floyd L. Carlisle and Joseph P. Kennedy signal possible expansion plans by Consolidated Edison and Niagara Hudson, while Congress weighs nuisance taxes and a wage hour bill.
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Washington
Iu.r
Roosevelt
Floyd L. Carlisle
Carlisle
Consolidated Edison Co
Niagara Hudeson Co
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S. Maritime Commission
New Deal
Capitol
Congress
House Ways and Means Sabe
Mary Norton
N. J
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Purc
Union Chief Brands Governor as American Fuehrer
AKRON U Sher man H Dalg rymple, president of the United Rubber Workers Union, charged Wednesday that Governor Davey is using falsehoods to set himself up as an American Fuehrer. The attack follows a feud between the governor and the Committee for Industrial Organization, to which the U R W is affiliated.
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Akron
Sherman H. Dalgrymple
United Rubber Workers Union
Davey
Fuehrer
Committee For Industrial Organization
The
Telegraph Employees Return After Strike in St Louis
Union workers at the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company resumed duties after approving a settlement with the American Radio Telegraphists Union and the CIO affiliate. The agreement satisfied the workers' demands and ends the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
U.P
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
American Radio and Telegraphists’ Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Actress Helene Costello hospitalized with serious lung infection
Helene Costello former star of silent pictures is in a hospital today with a serious lung infection. She is Dolores Costello sister and Maurice Costello daughter, noted early cinema idol.
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Hollywood
Helene Costello
Dolores Costello
Maurice Costello
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Iowa
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