Ruth Etting and Alderman Wed Amid Trial Distraction
The radio singer Ruth Etting and Alderman Myrl Ald Soleineah eloped to Las Vegas and married during the Snyder trial. Colonel Martin Snyder, the alleged target, faced the courtroom as witnesses included Snyder’s daughter Edith. Etting, 37, and Alderman, 30, tied the knot while Snyder’s legal saga unfolded.
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Ruth Etting
Myrl Ald Soleineah
Tien
Telah
Beacham
Martin Snyder
Alderman
Las Vegas
Nev
TWO KILLED IN SEABOARD MINE TRADE ACCIDENT
William C. Rose aged 31 of Seaboard Virginia and Coy Dye aged 34 of Richmond were killed when a heavy slate fall trapped them at the Carter Coal Seaboard mine about 7:30 p.m. They were drilling a slate block when the roof broke loose covering them. It took hours to recover the bodies. Rose survived by a wife and five children. Dye leaves a wife and one child.
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William C. Rose
Seaboard
Coy Dye
Richlands
Carter Coal Company
Rose
Dye
German Convicted in Panama Spy Case
A federal court jury in Cristobal Canal Zone found 26 year old German Hans Heinrich Schackow guilty of unlawfully obtaining information on U S defense. The verdict came after about two hours of deliberation in the zone’s first amnance trial amid charges he took fortification photographs in October with three other Germans. He faces sentencing likely on December 22.
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Cristobal
C. Z
Hans Heinrich Schackow
United States
Canal Zone
Amnance
Schackow
Jury convicts man in Loudoun county attack
In Leesburg Virginia a Loudoun county jury finds John Anderson a Purcellville resident guilty of criminal attack on a young married woman in her Hamilton area home. He is sentenced to die February 10 with jurors recommending death. Anderson admitted the act but claimed a different motive.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
John Anderson
Purcellville
Anderson
Hamilton
Commonwealth
Attorne
Charles F. Harrison
Kenneth Cromer
Britain vows support if Italy attacks French Tunisia
Prime Minister Chamberlain told Parliament Britain would fight to prevent a surrender of Tunisian territory. He reaffirmed Britain's “identity of interest” with France amid Franco Italian tensions and noted Italy's increased arms spending and aid to Franco in Spain.
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Britain
Germany
France
Italy
London
Chamberlain
Tunisia
House of Commons
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Mediterranean
Tunis
Rome
Bee
Bediere
Paris
Georges A
Chamber Deputies
F Af
Canary
Richard Austen Butler
Cisco Franco
Butler
Mussolini
Schacht
Mrs Lauer Pleads Not Guilty in Smuggling Indictment
Mrs Elma N Lauer wife of a state supreme court justice pleaded not guilty to a smuggling indictment naming her as a co defendant with Albert N Champerau and was released on $1000 bail for trial in January George Burns the comedian pleaded guilty and may testify for the prosecution.
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New York
Elma N. Lauer
State Supreme Court
Albert N. Chaperau
George Burns
Officials of drug firm held in Connecticut arrest
New York December 14 An attorney general investigator said F Donald Coster president of McKesson and Robbins Inc is a man of different identity. Coster and George E Eiletrich assistant treasurer were arrested in Fairfield Connecticut held on 5000 bail each for violating the securities act. Thompson the firm's treasurer said inventories were overestimated by about 18000000 and perhaps did not exist. Federal actions and payments to W W Smith and Co English agent for the firm were disclosed as part of the inquiry.
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New York
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Suece A
F. Donald Coster
Coster
George E. Eiletrich
Fairfield
Conn
Seae and Exchange Act
Ambrose V. McCall
Julian F. Thompson
McCall
Bennett
Wall Street
Thompson
W. W. Smith and Co
Federal District Court
Detroit
Edward J. Moinet
Carroll Evans
Wheeling
W. Va
U. S
West Virginia
North Dakota
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
Republic Steel Corpor
SEC
Vasetenah
John Marshall
Washington, D. C
Carmi A. Thompson
Cleveland
United Mate
F.S. Risley
Mrs FDR Enters Insurance Board to Protect Jimmy
First Lady Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will become a director of Roosevelt and Sargent a Boston insurance firm to protect her son James Roosevelt's interests while he works in Hollywood. He recently left his father’s secretary post to become vice president of Samuel Goldwyn Inc.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Immy
White House
Roosevelt and Sargent
Boston
James Roosevelt
John Sargent
Sargent
James
Jimmy
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc
Hollywood
Cal
Roosevelt
West
Mocessens
The
Caineeld
Sabotage Aim of Spies in U S Probe Told
Washington reports a House Un American Activities investigator warned of a potential sabotage machine within the United States. John C. Metcalfe said the spy threat includes German and Communist elements and could jeopardize wartime industrial and military efficiency. He urged action to eliminate subversive networks before war.
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Washington
United States
House Comae
John C. Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Geo E. Sullivan
Our Republic
Gloria Baker Engaged to Henry J. Topping Jr
Palm Beach Florida December 14 Mrs Margaret Emerson announced the engagement of her daughter Gloria Baker to Henry J Topping Jr and said the wedding would be held Monday afternoon Topping a divorced man from Bridgeport Conn is a house guest at the Emerson estate Emerson notes Gloria is heiress to part of the Bromo Seltzer fortune built by Isaac Emerson and has been called Americas No 1 glamor girl
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Palm Beach
Fla
Margaret Emerson
Gloria Baker
Henry J. Topping, Jr
Topping
Bridgeport
Baltimore
Isaac Emerson
America
Newark Santa Letters Include Missing Beer Gift Request
In Newark on December 14, a child named Marie wrote to Santa confessing she sometimes slips. Her letter also asked for a bottle of beer for Pap, reflecting a simple Christmas wish amid the mailbox entries at the post office.
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Newark
N. J
Santa
Marie
Monopoly Bottle Makers Face Price-Fixing Evidence
Washington December 14 AP reports the monopoly committee heard that Thatcher Glass Company sets the price for about 70 percent of milk bottles, with Owens-Illinois and Hazel Atlas as top industry players confirming patent controls. Levis defended patents to stabilize the industry amid overproduction while committee aides highlighted licensing refusals and use of Hartford Empire patents.
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Owens-Illinois
Hazel- Atlas
Washington
Thatcher Glass Company, Inc
William E. Levis
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Walter H. McClure
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Levis
Levis’ Company
Borah
Idaho
Lewis
Hartford Empire
Mountain farmer acquitted in Raleigh murder case
Posey Hendricks, a mountain farmer from Beckley, West Virginia, was found not guilty by a Raleigh jury after a 25 mile journey to the county seat for his murder trial. He testified Berkley Hendricks threatened to kill the family with an axe, and quarreled with Posey’s brother over someone peering into a neighbor’s window.
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Posey Hendricks
George
Mildred Wagner
Stores Extend Hours to Aid Christmas Shoppers
Bluefield retailers will stay open tonight and until 9 PM for the holiday rush. With Christmas trade outpacing last year, merchants expect continued gains through December 24. All stores will close Monday December 26. A vote is under way whether to close on January.
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Bluefield
Broader Monroe Doctrine Proposed at Pan American Conference
Lima reports that Foreign Minister Luis Lopez De Mesa of Colombia urged a widened Monroe Doctrine to cover all free America. Mexico and Argentina backed a debt-collection resolution, but passage was doubtful as a 1943 conference postponement looms amid European pressures and Latin American cooperation.
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Hull
Alf. M. Landon
Lima
Peru
Mr. Landon
United States
Luis Lopez de Mesa
Columbia
Committee For Organization of Peace
Free America
Mexico
Argentina
Lopez de Mesa
Americas
Janes Monroe
Europe
Al Capone Ordered to Pay Government Bill
The government billed Al Capone $57,692.20 including a $59,000 fine and $7,692.29 in court costs from his income tax evasion case. The sum was prepared for a reply to Warden J A Johnson of Alcatraz regarding Capone’s release plans, with a one year Cook County sentence remaining for a misdemeanor count. Federal law requires payment before release unless Capone posts a surety oath or serves 30 days in lieu of payment.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Federal District Court
Chris Gunther
J. A. Johnson
Alcatraz Island
Fidelity Investment under SEC fraud charges stirred legal showdown
The SEC accuses Fidelity Investment association of fraud and debit, claiming it sold about 600 million dollars in securities. Filed in Detroit federal court, the case seeks an injunction against interstate commerce and mail usage as proceedings proceed.
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Washington
Prospect Today
The
Securities Commission
Fidelity Investment Association
SEC
Norfolk and Western to supply 1500 55-ton cars
New York December 14 Norfolk and Western Railway awarded a contract for 1500 condenser cars of 55 ton capacity. Bethlehem Steel Co. and Virginia Bridge Co. Roanoke Va. split the order 750 cars each.
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New York
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bethlehem Steel Co
Pa Hg Pa
Virginia Bridge Co
Roanoke
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St. Joseph, Mich
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Carmin
Les Peace
Investment Loan Association
Howard Sutherland
U. Sfi
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Goveror
Brookes, Jr
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Republic Steel Corpo
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