Strikes Stop Work in Auto Industry Amid Demands
Thousands idle as United Auto Workers press General Motors for talks while Pacific coast mariners mull tentative peace pacts. In Flint 106 trolley drivers halt service for 13 days, and 635 Brooklyn bus drivers walk out over higher pay. Homer Martin seeks direct bargaining with GM amid the crisis.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Supee Ee
General Motors
Flat Glass Workers Union
United Action
John L. Lewis’ Committee For
Lynch Glass Corporation
Anderson
Ind
Flint
Mich
Trolley, Coach, Inc
Brooklyn
N. Y
Homer Martin
International Union
Automobile Workers
Martin
William S. Knudsen
Nazi Edicts Quietly Tone Down Christian Criticism
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler ordered Nazi authorities to stop attacking Christian symbols and institutions, yielding the first tangible result as the Breslau synod returns to Berlin with no rainclothes police present. Church leaders note a shift from earlier anti Christian rhetoric by figures like Julius Streicher.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Breslau
der Fuehrer
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Oldenburg
Fuehrer
William Zoellner
Franconia
Nurnberg
Schultz Staffel
Schultz
Pomerania
Ter
Christ
Hitler
Dahlem
Jesus Christ
Judenluemmel
Gethsemane
Miners Burned In Powder Blast At Gordon Mine
Van Buren West Virginia December 21 A flare up of loose blasting powder burned at least 13 men three seriously in Detroit Mining Co No 2 pit Gordon Boone county night shift miners gathered at the conveyor end A miner's cap knocked loose an electric light and a wire fell into a powder bag Several men were taken to Charleston hospitals Herbert Gore Omar Shepherd Paul Rice listed as seriously or critically burned Superintendent Huddy warned the blast could have been worse if it had occurred at the mine face
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Van
W. Va
Detroit Mining Company
Gordon
Boone County
J. T. Huddy
Charleston
Herbert Gore
Omar Shepherd
Paul Rice
Huddy
Shepherd
Rice
Harold Blair
H. B. Long
Fred Oett Adkins
Cliton Lovejoy
Glen Jarrell
Ray Justice
Emory Brown
C. C. Griffith
Hamilton
Peterson Key Man in Political Snarl After Norbeck Death
Pierre South Dakota December 21 Lieutenant Governor Robert Peterson emerged as the central figure in a tense political scramble following the sudden death of U S Senator Peter Norbeck R SD Funeral plans were made in Rapid City while the state capital buzzed over a possible successor. Peterson facing embezzlement charges in a Centerville bank closure hinted at resigning but did not commit. Speculation centered on Governor Berry possibly resigning to seek the senate seat with Berry’s moves shaping Peterson’s position.
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First National Bank of
Centerville
Norbeck
Tom Berry
Senate
Berry
Peterson
No Santa teaching sparks Michigan City parent protests
Parents protest after teachers tell students there is no Santa Claus sparking criticism as cruel and unkind. Superintendent M C Murray says Santa is not in school books and should be kept from lessons. Parent Mrs William Green compares belief to bogey man while School Board President Henry Miller jokes Santa will visit his house.
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Michigan City
Ind
M. C. Murray
Santa Calus
William Green
Santa Claus
Henry Miller
Santa
Einstein's Wife Dies Quietly at Home
Princeton New Jersey December 21 Professor Albert Einstein secluded himself after the funeral of his 58 year old wife Elsa who shielded him from fame The death certificate lists her cause as myocarditis She had been ill for a year and seriously ill six weeks The funeral was held at their small cottage and cremation occurred near Trenton
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Princeton
N. J
Albert Einstein
Frau
Elsa Einstein
Trenton
Frau Einstein
Judge rules skating child a vehicle in crash case
In Kankakee Illinois a judge ruled that a child roller skating on a highway is a vehicle not a pedestrian. James B Maas aged 12 was awarded 1781 damages after being run down by J O Workman’s car. The ruling rejected the driver’s argument that the boy used the right side and ignored warnings for pedestrians.
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Kankakee
Ill
W. H. Hunter
James B. Maas
J. O. Workman
Hunted
Maas
Climax Planned for Steel Campaign by Labor Drive
Pittsburgh reports a planned January 4 campaign to speed the steel union drive. Philip Murray of the Lewis group says larger flying squadrons with loudspeakers will rally organizers to major steel towns. The Amalgamated Association lists 128000 members in the industry.
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Pittsburgh
Se Gates
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
West
Murray
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
Weirton
W. Va
E. T. Weir
Weirton Steel Company
Aliquippa
Ice on Bluefield Streets Slows Holiday Traffic
Snow from the weekend largely melted under sun but sidewalks icy in protected areas. The Federal building vicinity posed major hazards with pedestrians forced to dodge ice and spill risks as police managed crosswalks. Firemen report luck amid ongoing storm cleanup and residential sidewalk violations linger.
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Old Sol
King Winter
Federal Building
High Street
Bluefield
Earthquake Toll Rises Near San Vicente El Salvador
Reports from San Vicente after a Saturday quake put official deaths at up to 250 with about 800 injured. Unconfirmed messages from Tegucigalpa suggested higher figures, while Honduran aviators claimed over 1,000 dead in the city alone and 15 nearby towns damaged. An emergency hospital was set up in the military barracks and relief trains ferried the wounded.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
San Vicente
Calderon
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Alonso Fiallos
City of Ruin
Tepetitan
Teban
San Cayetano
Apastepeque
Moscow Deliberates on Sinking of Soviet Ship
London report says Soviet Russia weighs demanding that Spanish Fascist ships be declared pirates to be sunk on sight after the motorship Konsomol was fired on near Gibraltar. Moscow calls the incident very serious as the crew remains missing and manganese was cargo bound for a Belgian port.
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London
Russia
Konsomol
International
Gibraltar
Moscow
High And Mighty Satirized By Grid Iron Club Dinner
Washington observers recount a satirical dinner by the Grid Iron Club attended by President Roosevelt and other dignitaries. Skits lampoon past and future politics with Roman spectacle and a mock 1968 security home scene.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Organization of Washington
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landoz
London
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
Supreme Court
Gridiron
Correspondents urged to mail news letters for Sunday Telegraph
All correspondents who furnish news letters for insertion in the Sunday Telegraph are requested to mail them so as to reach the Daily Telegraph office by Thursday evening. There will be no issue of the Daily Telegraph on Saturday morning but Sunday's paper will be issued. The Sunset News will not appear Friday afternoon, but will be issued Saturday afternoon. The fact that Christmas comes on Friday and there is only one intervening day between two holidays makes the call for news letters on Thursday necessary.
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Sunday Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Court Upholds Armg Embargo 1a in Neutrality Ruling
The Supreme Court, by 7 to 1, sustains the Chaco arms embargo and broad presidential power in foreign affairs. The decision removes questions about constitutionality of the neutrality act, with embargo powers set to expire May 1. State Dept officials welcome the ruling and will consider new neutrality legislation for Congress.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chaco
State Department
Bolivia
Paraguay
Pope Pius XI Will Broadcast Christmas Eve Message
Vatican City December 21 Pope Pius XI plans a Christmas Eve radio broadcast at 1230 p m Rome time carried from his study near his bed despite doctors orders for rest He will be seated in an armchair to deliver the address while church officials guard against alarming health reports and possible succession speculation.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Father Soccorsi
Vatican Radio
Rome
Vatican
Earhart Ends Salt Lake Rescue Hunt After False Clue
Amelia Earhart Putnam and Paul Mantz abandon the Salt Lake City missing plane search after a hunch proves unfounded. Officials shift focus to the Milford Delta corridor as Northwest Airlines pilots Livermore and Haid are confirmed dead in Idaho wreckage.
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Salt Lake City
America
Northwest Airlines
North Idaho Wilds
Byron Cooper
Joe Livermore
Arthur A. Haid
Cooper
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Great Salt Lake
Mrs. Putnam
Paul Mantz
Allatr Barrie
Western Air
Barrie
Salt Lake
Milford
Delta
O. K
Here
Cemetery Ridge
Calder
Idaho
St. Jose National Forest
Wallace
FDR Moves Resettlement Agency Into Agriculture Department
Washington December 21 The president announced a major consolidation by merging the Resettlement Administration into the Agriculture Department effective January 1 Secretary Wallace described the shift as a presidential order and noted Tugwell and Alexander discussed it with Roosevelt The Resettlement Administration created April 30 1935 had bought vast tracts of poor land aided drought stricken families and pursued farm debt adjustments and resettlement housing programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Resettlement Administration
Agriculture Department
Wallace
White House
Rexford G. Tugwell
W. W. Alexander
Tugwell
Bids Opened for BSTC Dormitory Project in Charleston
Bids will be opened today in Charleston for the BSTC men’s dormitory at Bluefield State Teachers College. The project is estimated at 89,091 dollars and plans were prepared by Bluefield architect Alex Mahood.
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Charleston
Bluefield State Teachers College
Alex Mahood
Bluefield
Revolt in Kansu province widens as Lanchow falls to mutineers
Reports confirm Yu Hsueh Liang has raised the flag of revolt at Lanchow, sparking massacres and looting as Kansu secedes. Nanking factions press toward the rebel capital Lianfu while alarms grow for American missionaries and other civilians amid a broader northwest uprising.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yu Hsueh Liang
Chang Hsueh Liang
Kansu
Lanchow
Chang
Lianfu
Chiang
Shenji
Fifty-First Army
Shanghai
Ninghsia
Yellow River
Shensi
Marshal Chang
Far Northwest
T. V. Soong
Gubans Move to Impeach President Gomez
In Havana on December 21 the House of Representatives in an extraordinary session referred impeachment charges against President Miguel Mariano Gomez to a committee and adjourned to consider the case. The main accusation alleges coercion of Congress over the nine cent sugar tax law. The indictment was signed by 177 representatives. 108 votes were needed to impeach. Gomez had vetoed the revenue bill expected to fund rural schools, sending a 2000 word message to the Senate just before a secret session began.
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Havana
House of Representatives
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Congress
House
Senate
Christmas gifts feud ends in double murder suicide
In Clarksburg West Virginia on December 21 Ane McNear 45 of Terra Alta killed her estranged husband Pearl McNear 35 and then shot herself. Coroner Leroy Goff said the dispute over Christmas gifts for their children led to the deaths. Deputy K N Sa said McNear visited the apartment to mend differences and threatened the family before firing. Two children Lucy 11 and Betty Mae 9 were living with their mother.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Leroy Goff
Ane McNear
Terra Alta
Pearl McNear
Sappington
Sybolt
McNear
Lucille
Betty Mae
Vai Thesie Aan
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Louis P. Lockner
Michigan
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Winter
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Flier
High
Capital
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Club
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Ickesovitch
Hopkinsky
Morgenthausky
Stalin
Owen Bier
Wid Bopkindy
Eve Ani
le Gre
Richard Wagner
al Smith
Raskob
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hearst
Knox
Pope
Mountain
Amelia Earhart
Coopers
Livermore and
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St. Paul
FDR
BSTC
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Sianfu
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