Reichs Course In Spanish War Key To Europe's Peace
Paris reports hinge on Hitler decision over sending 60 000 German troops to Spain to aid Franco. Delbos awaits word as five German divisions may be ready. Officials warn both war risk and loss of influence if no help, while intervention could end non intervention pact. Britain backs Paris and London on tighter enforcement.
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Paris
Europe
Hitler
Spain
Foreign Office
Yvon Delbos
Francisco Franco
Delbos
Madrid-Valencia
Germany
Franco
Italy
Burgos
Britain
Mediterranean
France
Berlin
Moscow
Rome
Lisbon
London
Madrid troops to eat Mulligan stew for Christmas at front
Madrid reports that Spain's socialist soldiers will dine on Rancho a Christmas stew with meat rice and potatoes while in trenches near Madrid. The Red Cross and Madrid government will distribute candy, meat, fruit wine and cigarettes and give clothing to troops and books to foreign volunteers. Insurgent shells renew bombardment as Gran Via shoppers seek safety and several are wounded.
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Madrid
Spain
Boadilla del Monte
International Red Cross
International Brigade
Gran Via
Telephone
Laredo Bru Inaugurated Cuba President After Bitter Battle
Federico Laredo Bru, 61, was sworn in as Cuba’s president in a palace ceremony amid a power struggle with ex president Gomez. He pledged good relations with the United States and promised to improve sugar as well as cattle, tobacco and coffee sectors.
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Havana
Federico Laredo Bru
Cuba
Miguel Mariano Gomez
United States
Republic
Laredo Bru
Hisabinet
Gomez
Rafael Montalvo
Defense
Roosevelt
Eduardo Monteculieu
Treasury
Jefferson Caffery
Fulgencio Batista
Senate
House
Prisoners Freed in Fairmont Jail for Christmas Holiday
Fairmont West Virginia December 24 eight prisoners held on misdemeanor charges of drunk and disorderly conduct were released by Mayor Fred T. W. Silons so they could enjoy the Christmas holiday. The mayor wished all a Merry Christmas and urged temperance as the New Year resolution.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Fred T. W. Silons
Autos Kelsey Hayes strike settled in Detroit
The United Auto Workers accepted the company proposal and reached an agreement with Kelsey-Hayes Wheel and Brake in Detroit. Strikes remain active at General Motors plants in Kansas City and Atlanta, and at J I Case in Racine Wisconsin amid ongoing labor disruptions.
Two-Day Auto Strike Settlements Narrow Labor Turmoil
The United Automobile Workers accepted Kelsey-Hayes Wheel's settlement ending a weeks long strike. Detroit plants will restart Monday after Aluminum Company of America auto parts unit also settled. Only three strikes remain at GM in Atlanta and Kansas City and J I Case in Racine. Judge Davison proposed reemployment and arbitration on 79 discharges, rejected by two union officials. The union seeks an immediate GM general conference on bargaining. A rift between Longshore leader Harry Bridges and sailors chief Harry Lundberg was disclosed.
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United Automobile Workers
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Detriot
Aluminum Company of America
Auto Parts
General Motors Assembly
Atlanta
Kansas City
J. I. Case Company
Racine
Wis
C. M. Davison
Case Company
Isue
Davison
General Motor Corporation
Harry Bridges
Harry Lundberg
Sailors’ Union of the
Iowa families light lamps on electricity strike
Farson Iowa residents vow a consumer strike against Rural Development Company over rising rates. More than sixty families along 48 miles of private line in Wapello Davis and Jefferson counties join rural electric protective association demanding rate reductions after a five year contract. Company president E N Peak declined comment as Dr C A Henry notes failure to discuss changes. Minimum monthly charges shifted to 8 50 for 150 kilowatt hours.
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Farson
C. A. Henry
Wapello
Davis
Jefferson
Rural Electric Protective Association
E. N. Peak
Marshalltown
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Dr. Henry
Peak
Daily Telegraph Not Publishing Saturday Christmas Holiday
The Daily Telegraph will not appear Saturday morning as part of a long standing holiday. Employees of the Telegraph and Sunset News take a full Christmas holiday. The Sunset News will publish Saturday afternoon and the Telegraph resumes Sunday morning.
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Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Ginell admits part in killing Matthews near Four Corners
Rockville report says Lawrence Ginell 20 confessed that he and two others robbed and killed Elwood Matthews 68 on a lonely road near Four Corners Maryland on November 21. He described beating Matthews with pistol butts, tossing him into Northwest Branch with a 50 pound rock tied to his neck, and dividing $39 found on him.
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Rockville
James H. Pugh
Lawrence R. Gingell
Elwood Matthews
Montgomery County
Pugh
Gingell
William B. Reed
War Joseph Kirby
Matthews
Four Corners
Reed
Kirby
Charleston
W. Va
W. Earle Dollman
Philadelphia
Sutton
Col
P. D. Shingleton
West Virginia State Police
Dollman
Scranton
Kensington
Committee seeks constitutional amendment on hours and wages
Washington reports a secret committee named by George L. Berry to pursue a constitutional amendment regulating hours and wages. Officials say Supreme Court rulings on the commerce clause hinder coordinated labor relations, prompting the effort after extensive investigation.
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Washington
George L. Berry
Berry
Supreme Court
Congress
Irene Fenwick Barrymore Dies at 43 in Beverly Hills
Irene Fenwick Barrymore died at her Beverly Hills home after months of illness and a pneumonia triggered pulmonary condition. Actress Irene Frizzel, born in Chicago, had a stage career before marrying Lionel Barrymore on July 14 1923 in Riverside California. They were noted as a devoted couple with no children.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Irene Fenwick Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Chicago
Peggy
Paris
Ore
Riverside
Barrymore
Barrymores
Man Killed When Struck By Auto Near City Limits
A man identified as John Parks was struck and killed by a car on Princeton road just outside the city limits. The vehicle was said to be driven by Robert Bailey of Cumberland road, with Bailey’s brother Walter present. Corporal Walter Hampton said several others were with Parks at the time, though identities were not yet established. A receipt in Parks’s pocket at Bluefield sanitarium bore the name John Parks.
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Johns
Princeton Road
Robert Bailey
Cumberland Road
Bailey
Walter
Walter Hampton
Parks
Bluefield Sanitarium
John Parks
Bluefield
Santa Claus
Greater
Elizabeth Shelton
C. G. Gunn
Westminster Church
Ben H. Williams
Community Christmas Tree Association
Ramsey Auditorium
Asheville Fireworks Shop Explosion Fatalities Reported
In Asheville North Carolina a downtown fireworks store exploded killing at least three people. Firemen found three bodies amid wreckage as flames fed the blaze and crews fought the inferno with all city apparatus. Officials warned eight to ten more may be missing or dead.
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Asheville
N. C
Pope Pius XI appeals for world peace in Christmas broadcast
Vatican City December 24 Pope Pius XI broadcast from his bed a 29 minute Christmas message urging quick action against atheistic communism taking root in Spain. The 79 year old pontiff condemned the forces threatening Europe while doctors warned the broadcast could risk a blood clot. He pleaded for peace and urged conversion for the Church and Spain.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Spain
Europe
Holy Father
Christmas Observances Mark Hope Amid War Fear Across World
Christendom recalls the nativity as peace is urged by Pope Pius XI and President Roosevelt. War threats shadow Christmas in Europe with Spain, Germany, Britain and China watching for truces and political moves as Bluefield towns give gifts to 1,661 children and extend aid to the needy.
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Spain
Europe
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
Goering
Pere Noel
America
Santa Claus
Rhine
Great Britain
George VI
China
Japan
Roosevelt Lights Tree in Capital on Christmas Eve
President Roosevelt lit a Lafayette Square tree then broadcast a Dickens Christmas Carol pledge. He urged Americans to keep Christmas in their hearts all year and shared the family reading with Ruth Roosevelt and other grandchildren amid holiday observances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tovaca
Lafayette Square
Scrooge
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
Pilgrims in Palestine pay homage to birth of Christ
Bethlehem Palestine December 25 worshippers from many lands filled the Church of the Nativity and St Catherine's Church for Christmas. Officials, camel drivers, water carriers and British soldiers joined nuns and locals in a midnight mass led by the Latin patriarch. The Christ Child image was placed in a manger for Epiphany as dawn broke over Bethlehem.
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Palestine
Christ
Bethlehem
Atve
St. Catherine’s
Jerusalem
Enghch
Jesus
Hlehem
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