Socialists Launch Counter Offensive Against Burgos
Madrid reports a major Socialist push toward Burgos with heavy use of tanks trench mortars and international volunteers aiding government forces. Spanish units recaptured the clinic hospital in the University City area and fought fierce battles around Madrid while Basques and Asturian miners contributed to the offensive.
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Madrid
Europe
War Ministry
Clinic Hospital
Burgos
Bilbao
League of Nations
Geneva
Madrid-Valencia
Francisco Franco
Spain
Soncilio
Vitoria
Bayonne
France
Clinic
Oviedo Rean
Socialist Defense Junta
University City
Vallescas
Villaverde
Avila
Oviedo
Foreign Legionnaires
Paseo Deisaac Peral
Asturian
Traffic improvements proposed by club to ease Bland Federal congestion
A Bluefield Automobile Club committee urged Bland and Federal streets from the post office to Princeton avenue become one way to add angled parking and space for pedestrians. They also proposed a trial traffic light at Raleigh Federal and a blinker light at Jones Bland. No action was taken due to absent officials.
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Raleigh
Federal
Bland
City Board of Directors
Bluefield Automobile Club
Bland Street
Federal Street
Post Office
Princeton Avenue
Federal Streets
Jones and
Bland Streets
W. A Light
Walter Perkins
Luther G. Scott
Herbert Markle
Lawrence Tierney
Pearle Brammer
Kump Receives Draft Unemployment Bill in West Virginia
Governor Kump returned to his office to review a draft unemployment compensation bill amid talk of a possible special session. The plan envisions a $3.8 million 1936 payroll tax with 90 percent ($3.5 million) allocated to West Virginia workers if enacted before December 31. Ohio plans a December 10 session. neighboring states consider conformity acts.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Elkins
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Federal
Social Security Board
New Bluefield Theater Planned on Commerce Street
A $50,000 theater contract was awarded to W. C. Croye for a Commerce street site, to be built in 120 working days for Sams brothers. Bernard McClaugherty, George Dunglinson Jr., and Roy D. Phillips head the stockholders, with Stillwell of Charlotte and Alex B. Mahood supervising the project. The Granada and Rialto will continue as higher priced venues while the new theater serves lower price pictures.
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Commerce Street
W. C. Croye
Bluefield
Bernard McClaugherty
New Theatre Corporation
Sams Brothers
Granada
Rialto
George Dunglinson, Jr
Roy D. Phillips
Commerce
Raleigh Street
Mr. Stillwell
Charlotte
N. C
Alex B. Mahood
Stillman
J. Bonner Sams
Rinefield
States Move to Expand Unemployment Insurance System
The social security board released a sample of state laws enacted to expand unemployment insurance. Connecticut yesterday became the seventeenth state to act, raising the estimated number of workers covered.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Connecticut
Judge schedules bond issue election for school building plan
Judge A C Buchanan of the Tazewell circuit court orders a special election in Clear Fork district set for Tuesday January 5 to approve $60 000 in school bonds as part of a 201 950 building program. Funds include 65 000 from the literary fund and 76 950 from a federal PWA grant. Projects include a gym at Burkes Garden school and upgrades at Graham High School West Graham Elementary and a training school for colored children at Bluefield, plus refunding 30 000 in Pocahontas town bonds for the high school.
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A. C. Buchanan
Tazewell
Clear Fork
Literary Fund
PWA
Burkes Garden School
Graham High School
West Graham
Bluefield
Pocahontas
At High School
Pilgrims Vote Approval of Alaska Farming Project
Palmer Alaska Dec 1 20th century Pilgrims Matanuska Valley federal colonists voted approval of the farming project 135 to 4 The meeting aimed to answer charges by U S Senator Elmer Thomas that the colony was a failure and the radishes tasted like icicles
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Palmer
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Matanuska Valley
U. S
Elmer Thomas
British Leaders Seek Solution For King-Wally Affair
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia sales tax returns rising with October and November retail activity up about 12 percent. H Isaiah Smith, head of the department, said quarterly revenue may hit about 2.225 million dollars, the largest since the tax began. October receipts reached roughly 686 thousand dollars, second only to December in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
H. Isaiah Smith
Smith
Arctic Sets Sail for Alaska as Inland Strike Protests Spread
The Arctic government-chartered ship departs Seattle for Alaska signaling a break in a month-long shipping tie up. Union leaders plan an inland march to gain broader support, while East Coast seamen prepare action against a United States liner. In Britain, debate grows over King Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson as censorship lifts and bishops critique the royal private life.
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San Francisco
Arctic
Alaska
Harry Bridges
The
Coast International Longshoremen’s Association
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seattle
Bridges
Truck Drivers Union
Los Angeles Harbor
New York
Joseph Curran
I.L.A
Joseph P. Ryan
United States
Manhattan
London
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Privy Council
Bradford
Moore
U S Diplomats Must Get OK Before Marrying Foreigners
Washington reports a new policy requiring American diplomats to obtain approval from the secretary of state before marrying a foreign national. The order, signed by President Roosevelt, applies to career officers and seeks to curb international marriages deemed inappropriate. Ruth Bryan Owen's high profile marriage to Captain Rohde is noted as an example.
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Washington
Dec
Foreign Service
State Department
Roosevelt
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
George Rohde
Hyde Park
Bohde
FDR Urges Americas United Against Aggression at Parley
The Paris talks included French hopes to settle war debts to the United States. Delbos discussed the $4.06 billion debt with Bullitt, aiming for settlement but offering no specifics. Some lawmakers fear debt relief could unlock new loan funding for future conflicts. Finland sent a government communication to Washington.
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FDR
Americas
Washington
United States
State Department
Yvon Delbos
William C. Bullitt
Paris
School teacher held in robbery in Huntington
W L Hatfield a 34 year old junior high school teacher was charged with robbery and released on bond. Magistrate C M Phipps set a preliminary hearing for Monday. Detective Lt Leslie Swann said Hatfield aided two other men in the Gilbert home break in and theft of 40 dollars. Swann added Hatfield denied involvement claiming he had been drinking and did not know of the plan.
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Huntington
W. Va
W. W. Hatfield
C. M. Phipps
Hatfield
Leslie Swann
Morris Gilbert
Gilbert
Swann
Shirley Frazier
Gilbert Home
Better Business Reported by Bank in Fifth District
Richmond, December 1. The Federal Reserve bank reported October and November gains in the Fifth district with department store sales 17 percent higher than a year earlier. Building permits total $6,064,906, up from $5,129,948, and employment in private trade and related industries improved. Demand deposits rose to $469,162,000 while time deposits dipped. Commercial failures in October fell 29 percent, though liabilities rose 43 percent versus 1935. Weather favored late crops, boosting November forecasts.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Fifth District
Railways announce largest 1929-scale equipment orders
New York Dec 1 railways surged into the equipment market with total expenditures over 25 million dollars. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe led with 20.304 million, including a record 155000 tons of rails, as buyers ranged from Wabash Missouri Pacific St Louis San Francisco Milwaukee to Erie and Pacific Fruit Express. Major steel mills and car makers supplied rails locomotives and cars.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Wabash Railway
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Milwakee Road
Pacific Fruit Express
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Erie Railroad
Steel Companies
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Colorado Fuel and Iron and
Inland Steel
American Car and Foundry Co
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pullman Standard Car Mfg. Co
General American Transportation Co
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Cold Wave Grips Eastern States Thwarting Barge Traffic
A severe cold wave hit the eastern states driving temperatures to 28 below in Pulaski New York and freezing canals. Snow fell in parts of Colorado Kansas Oklahoma and New Mexico while Miami Florida stayed comparatively warm. About 100 barges were immobilized by sludge ice in the Erie Canal and a tug sank under ice pressure. nine crewmen escaped.
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New York
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Pulaski
N. Y
Germans Act 10 Protect Wealth and Youth in Reich Laws
Berlin reports the Nazi government enacted sweeping laws to keep wealth inside the Reich and to mold future generations. Harsh penalties target foreign hoarding. every German youth is absorbed into the Hitler Youth. authorities plan rapid mineral exploitation and centralized tax and welfare controls. Cardinal circles fear state control of religious education as Hitler Youth gains monopoly on youth training.
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Berlin
Reich
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Baldur von Schirach
German Reich
Hitler
Saved by Half Dollar in Shooting Near Post Office
West Salem Illinois December 1 a stray bullet struck a fifty cent piece held by post master C N Ginther shielding him from fatal injury. The coin absorbed the impact and prevented death or serious harm.
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West Salem, Ill
C. N. Ginther
Roosevelt Sees Americas Standing Shoulder To Shoulder
Buenos Aires hosts the Inter-American Peace Congress as Franklin D. Roosevelt declares the two continents stand united against aggression. He outlines three aims: strengthen democratic unity, expand freedom in living and education, and promote freer trade. The crowd cheers as Justo and Roosevelt pledge mutual defense and consultation against war mad nations.
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Buenos Aires
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Americas
Argentina
Congressional
Mr. Roosevelt
inter-American Peace Congress
Plaza del Congreso
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Hemisphere
Congressional Palace
Congress Building
Plaza
Agustin J. Justo
Justo
James Roosevelt
Europe
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cordell Hull
League of Nations
Fea
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REDS
Associated Press
House of Commons
Antony Eden
Great Britain
Committee For Non
Eden
James C. Oldfield
Traffic Mercures
CLUB
Angle Parking
Tri-City Traction Company
Denny Shuff
Traction Company
Muriel B. Kerfoot
Border States
Hip
Bishop
Mrs. Simpson
Yorkshire Post
A. W. F. Blunt
George
Post
Simpson
Yorkshire Observer
Nottingham Journal
Victoria
Nisi
Ernest Simpson
Delbos
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Mont
America
Pny
Finland
Better Business
BANK
Fifth Federal District
D. Harold Oliver
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