Romania’s Iron Guard leader Codreanu slain in mass execution
In Bucharest today Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 13 Iron Guard followers were killed on a road from Rumnik-Sarat prison to Bucharest after a supposed escape attempt. The incident solidifies King Carol’s grip as guards were cleared of blame.
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Hitler
Outlawed
Iron Guard
Codreanu
Carol
Bucharest
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Rumnik-Sarat
Carol Supreme
Romania
Rumnnk-Sarat
Cavites
Ion Duca
Eedion
Rispania
Guardist
Durin
University of Cluj
Flory Stefanescue Goanga
Studente
Tron Guard
Abe
Dorothy Sebastian Avoids Jail After Pledge in California
Beverly Hills reports actress Dorothy Sebastian, recently convicted of drunken driving, avoided jail. Justice Cecil Holland imposed a 30 day sentence but suspended it and placed her on one year probation with conditions including not driving for 30 days and paying a $75 fine.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dorothy Sebastian
Justice Court Today
Cecil Holland
Acress
Fascist Rally Spurs Tunisia Clash Amid Paris Tensions
Deputies shouted a challenge to French control in Tunisia during Italy’s rally led by Achille Starace. Count Ciano praised British PM Chamberlain while Andre Francois-Poncet observed from the diplomatic box as France and Italy clash over the protectorate’s status and rights.
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Achille Starace
Chamber of Deputies
France
Italy
Andre Francois-Poncet
Count Ciano
Amberlain
Francois—Poncet
Tunisia
Africa
Count
Utility Holding Firms Comply With SEC Rules
New York Nov 30 major utility holding companies met the December 1 deadline to file voluntary holding company plans under the 1935 act. Several large firms announced filings including American Gas and Electric with 488 million dollars and Commonwealth and Southern Corp. with 1.194 billion dollars.
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New York
Hea
Williamss
Securities and Change Commission
Eridiary
American War and Light Co
American Gas and Electric Company
Washington
Commonwealth and Southern Corp
New Legislature Faces Rush of Work As Senate Leader Reacts
The new legislature opens with a tense start as Senate leadership expresses frustration over incoming priorities. An interim committee and budget group promise a solid beginning for lawmakers this term.
Birth of a new Legislature in Charleston West Virginia
The 1937 legislature dies at midnight and a new body elected November 8 takes office January 11. Contenders for senate president include James Paull and John Pelter with rumors of Charles Loggins. Discussions touch Hodges, Kay Thomas, and various Democrats and Republicans as the 1939 session looms.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
James Paull
Wellsburg
John Pelter
Stallings Repo
Charles E. Hodges
Morgantown
Hodges
Kay Thomas
House
Kanawha County
Logan County
Paull
Capitol
Pelter
TVA Fraud Inquiry Findings Deny Broad Dishonesty
Washington reports that Stuart B. Tulless, chief investigator of the General Accounting Office, told lawmakers there has been no dishonesty worth investigating in TVA expenditures. He noted some issues with possible criminal intent but stood by his negative findings on widespread TVA fraud.
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Statehouse
Holt
Senate
Noilion
Charles Lively
John Hall
House
J. William Cummins
Wheeling
A. L. Helmick
Tucker County
Washington
General Accounting Office
TVA
Stuart B. Tulless
Accounting Office
Senate-House
William A. Owen
Francis A Natchett
Investige
Lee Thomason
Tex
Tulloss
Wolverton
N. J
Department of Justice
Tennessee
American Agricultural Corporation
Thomason
Mosley Reveals Marriage and Birth of Son
Sir Oswald Mosley said he married Diana Guinness about two years ago and a son was born last Saturday. He did not disclose where or when the ceremony took place.
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London
Oswald Mosley
Diana Guinness
Transcontinental tiny plane makes nonstop flight
Johnny Jones, 25, from Van Nuys California, completed the first nonstop transcontinental flight in a lightest airplane. He left Los Angeles at 9 31 a m yesterday and landed at Roosevelt field New York at 4 18 p m EST today after 30 hours 47 minutes. He averaged 91 miles per hour and carried 146 gallons of fuel on his 800 pound one seater Aeronca.
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New York
Johnny Jones
van Nuys
Calif
Aeronca
Roosevelt Field
Jones
Bendix
New Jersey
California
Los Angeles
el Paso
Convict Glasser on Opy Charge
German born Erich Glasser, 28, a former U S Army Air Corps private, was convicted today of conspiracy to steal American military secrets with a clemency recommendation. A federal court jury also convicted two other German spies last night.
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New York
Erich Glaser
U. S. Army Air Corps
Aang
U. S
Wave of Jewish Crisis Reports Follows Ghetto Measures
Berlin reports a wave of Jewish crisis after Nazi ghetto rules. Rabbis conduct funerals as authorities order Jews restricted from leaving home or entering certain districts by a new police directive valid before January 1, and requiring special identification cards with male names and Sarah for females.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Fraenkische Tageszeitung
Julius Streicher
Franconia
America
Sarah
Pathe
Ford disclaims sympathy for Nazism in decorous statement
Detroit reports Henry Ford says accepting a decoration from the German government does not reflect sympathy for Nazism. He argues German people are not in harmony with their rulers anti-Jewish policies, cites top leaders as the cause. Ford says the United States could shelter victims of oppression and views quota admissions as assets.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Motor Magnate
Ford
Leo M. Pranklin
Temple Beth el
Dearborn
United States
Treasury Announces Financing Operations
The Treasury unveiled December 15 financing totaling 1.6416 billion dollars with 700 million to fund spending and 941.61375 million to repay maturing 1 percent notes. Secretary Morgenthau said the issue is the largest in two and a half years and would bring this fiscal year's borrowing to 1.5 billion dollars, with about 601 million more needed by June 30.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Acoe
Lewis Oudred Profit Sharing Criticizes System
Washington November 30 John L. Lewis chairman of the CIO called profit sharing a snare and delusion. He said workers want weekly pay and resent paternalistic generosity while noting unemployment remains high and production rises without reemploying workers. He urged sharing profits with employees only when earnings permit fair wage adjustments. The other witness, F J Moss, cited tax losses on profits between 1931 and 1936 totaling nine billion dollars, arguing capital was confiscated while business faced criticism.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Senate
Lewis
F. J. Moss
American Sash and Door Company
Kansas City
Paris Strikes Raged in France After Daladier Strike
Labor disorder flared in eight cities as Daladier used military force and a three year economic mobilization to crush a nationwide general strike. In Toulouse inspectors and the mayor were injured. fights, window smashing, and arrests occurred in Lille Lyon Marseille and other cities as workers faced military orders and guards fired over crowds.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Toulouse
Daladier
Marseille
France
Deladier
Republican Strategy Meet Reveals Party Differences
In Washington on November 30 the Republican national committee praised rising 1940 hopes while deferring policy and ticket decisions to newly elected governors, senators, and representatives. Deep rifts appeared over how to respond to the New Deal liberal tide, with hints of a purge of conservative Republicans from newcomers like Kenneth Simpson.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
House
National Committee
Time Committee
Kenneth Simpson
New York
Conserva
Rail rate boost extended for bituminous coal shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended indefinitley the temporary coal freight rate increases on bituminous coal, citing railroad expenses and taxes. The 3 to 15 cent per net ton rise would raise rail revenue by about 19.37 million dollars, though opposed by the coal industry and consumers. Commissioner Eastman dissented on Pocahontas lines, arguing the higher revenues are unnecessary and harmful to overall railroad welfare.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Consumers’ Counsel
National Coal Association
Joseph B. Eastman
Ahantas
Ahantas Lines Are Adverse To Pooling and Will Have None of It.” Eastman
Summerlee Child 2 is killed by father's shotgun accident
Oak Hill West Virginia November 30 two year old Frances Costy of Summerlee was killed by a shotgun fired accidentally by her father while she was playing State Police said the incident occurred before emergency crews could reach the child
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Oak Hill
W. Va
Frances Costy
Summerlee
Childers
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