Strike Leader Escapes Gunmen Attack at Chicago Stockyards
Herbert March a leader of the C S O strike at the Chicago stockyards escaped injury when gunmen fired on his car as he drove toward the picket lines on Ashland avenue. One bullet hit his door and March leaped to the pavement. Strikers approved the sale of 8000 animals at the international live stock show despite a railroad embargo on shipments. Peace talks between CIO leaders and the stockyards company were set to resume next Monday.
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John McGinnis
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Homer 8. Cummings
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Union Stock Yards Company
Ickes Keeps Open Mind Mayoral Run In Chicago
Secretary Ickes said at a press conference he has an open mind about running for mayor of Chicago as a Democrat. He noted friends urging him to run on a liberal ticket, emphasizing they want good clean government and concern over schools and a traffic problem.
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Ickes
Chicago
Hanging Em Over The Edge For Insomnia
Chicago physician Dr. Edmund Jacobs told a bedding convention that a shorter mattress may help sleep by letting feet hang over the edge when a bed is too long for comfort. The remark came at the National Association of Bedding Manufacturers convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
Edmund Jacobs
National Association of Bedding
Missing School Girl Returned To Home
Mary Brown an 18 year old pupil who vanished yesterday from a Washington business school said two men in a truck abducted her and took her to Washington then released her near her home in Oxon Hill Maryland tonight in a hysterical condition. Her sister Lucy escaped and officers found mud on papers and shoe marks. State police Prince Georges county and volunteers searched with 100 conservation corpsmen as federal agents were not yet authorized.
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Mary Brown
Brown
Mary
Washington
Sclaneen
Ares
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Edward McK. Johnson
Maryland
Prince Georges County
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Train Kills Davy Man on Mohegan Trestle
Dave Barlow, 76, of Davy, was struck by Norfolk and Western train No. 15 while crossing a trestle en route to Mohegan for his old age check. The death, the second recently on the Welch to Davy route, occurred near the third bridge east of Davy on the westbound track. Barlow, a longtime county resident and Mohegan mine retiree, left a widow and three daughters. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Roosevelt and Bankhead Meet in Warm Springs Talk
President Roosevelt and Speaker Bankhead conferred at Warm Springs about the congressional outlook and international situation. They teased a January 3 address on legislative plans, avoided specifics, and hinted discussions covered defense and other major bills.
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New York
Harry Pkins
William C. Bullitt
France
Bahamas
Morro Castle Hero Convicted for Bomb Assault
George W. Rogers 41, a Morro Castle radio operator hailed as a hero and Bayonne police suspendee, was convicted by Judge Thomas H. Brown on assault with intent to kill Lieutenant Vincent J. Doyle. The trial lacked a jury at the defense request. Rogers faced 5 to 20 years in Trenton prison.
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Morro Castle
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Common Pleas
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Rogers
Alexander Simpson
Vincent J. Doyle
Doyle
Trenton
New Jersey
Constantly Increasing Consumption Per Family Urged by Labor Official
Dr Isador Lubin, federal labor statistics commissioner, testifies to the monopoly committee on the drift of American output. He warns population growth will stop by 1960 and that only rising per family consumption can raise industrial output, noting 54 percent of families earn 1200 dollars a year or less.
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Isador Lubin
Federal Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Lubin
Commerce and Labor Departments
Federal Reserve
Dr. Lubin
Leon Henderson
Committee
O'Mahoney
Man 81 cuts off thumb to free from wreck
Pred Watts, 81, severed his left thumb with a hunting knife after his car crashed and caught fire. He used his teeth to free his hand, then walked five miles through snow to seek medical help. The incident occurred in Canton Pennsylvania on December 1.
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Rumors Swirl Over Roosevelt Cabinet Exit Prospects
Washington reports say Roosevelt’s cabinet, largely intact for six years, faces a second-term stretch with chatter of resignations. Ickes may seek Chicago mayor, leaving Hull Morgenthau and Wallace as the remaining uneased members amid anticipated cabinet shakeups and political risk.
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Ickes
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Wallace
White House
New Ohio Chiefs Plan Carrying Out GOP Policy
Governor elect John Bricker and the majority house members moved to implement the GOP platform. Bricker cut the executive secretary salary from 6000 to 5000 dollars and named a personal secretary at 5000 dollars, down from 6500.
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John W. Bricker
DuPont Tells Senate That Business Fears Government
Du Pont president told the Senate committee on profit sharing that business remains wary of government actions and reluctant to expand. He opposed incentive taxation due to risk of bureaucratic interference and argues for high wages based on efficiency. Other witnesses supported profit sharing and incentives.
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Lammot du Pont
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du Pont
Frank Gannett
Rochester
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A. L. Marsh
Detroit
Williford I. King
New York University
Deladier confronts France with December 8 session on strike penalties
Premier Deladier plans to convoke parliament to back his three year plan for economic mobilization as he orders thousands of workers discharged for the aborted general strike. Government says up to 70 000 workers fired, Socialist figures claim millions punished. sympathy walkouts and regional unrest follow.
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Raleigh WPA Worker Killed as Dump Truck Bed Tilts
In Beckley West Virginia Raleigh county WPA workers were riding a dump truck when the bed tilted tossing 15 men to the road. Enoch Webb about 50 of Sur veyor Raleigh county was killed and William Brown 50 of Lester was hospitalized with chest injuries. John NeSmith WPA director said the bed tilted after moving 10 feet. An investigation will begin immediately.
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Lester
John NeSmith
Webb
eeSmith
First Deer Hunting Fatality in Four Years in Romney
The first deer hunting death in four years occurred in Romney West Virginia as Lee Hoak age 20 from near Lee in Hampshire County was fatally wounded after falling from a stump and his gun discharged.
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Hampshire County
Freight Train Strikes Bus Killing Dozens in Salt Lake City
A speeding freight train crashed into a school bus at a snowbound crossing near Midvale, Utah, killing at least 22 students and the bus driver. Seventeen others were injured, with many bodies and wreckage scattered along the tracks as investigators sought cause amid conflicting testimony.
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Ealt Lake General
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Farrold Wilcox
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E. L. Rehmer
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Bus Tragedy One Of Worst in History
A Utah bus crash near Midvale killed more than twenty Jordan District children when a freight train struck a crowded bus taking students to Jordan High. Witnesses describe a chaotic scene as parents arrived at Salt Lake General Hospital, frenzied with grief and questions about their missing children.
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Rumania Awaits Fascist Action After Codreanu Death
In Bucharest authorities brace for possible revenge by the Iron Guard after Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 13 followers were killed during an escape attempt. King Carol II boosts confidence as Transylvania anniversary observances proceed and police vow to shoot attackers.
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Italian Demonstration Sparks Franco Italian Protest
Paris dispatch says Foreign Minister George Bonnet protested to Italy over Fascist demonstrations heard during a rally in Paris. Cries of Tunisia Tunisia were raised by Italian deputies, signaling friction as Count Ciano outlined Fascist interests and aspirations.
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Rafaele Guarinet
Health experts map three year stream pollution survey
A conference in Cincinnati gathered health experts from the east and midwest to plan a three year study of stream pollution. Abel Wollman of the National Resources Committee said ten states bear major blame for unsanitary rivers, urging corrections to end the nationwide problem. Representatives from New York Virginia Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia along with U S engineers discussed sewage waste disposal and flood control as part of a regional series of talks. An interstate pact draft was set to be sent to state legislatures.
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