Early Clashes Over Neutrality and Bonus Shaping Session
President Roosevelt aims to outline a short second session focused on appropriation bills with no tax legislation in sight. Sen Harrison signals a major neutrality battle led by Nye, while Borah fights for freedom of the seas. A $759 cash bonus plan remains under debate as Congress prepares to reconvene.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
White House
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Special
Clark
Missouri
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Noram
Robbers Escape Behind Barrage In Columbus Bank Heist
Five gunmen robbed the Union Banking Company in Columbus uncovering $3,000 to $20,000. Tracy Tidd fired on the robbers from a riot gun, bullets hit a second story window, and the getaway car with Pennsylvania plates fled as bank employees were locked behind a vault gate. Witnesses spoke of a woman driver, though Tidd saw no woman.
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Columbus
Union Banking Company
Tracy Tidd
Tidd
RE. P. Funkhouser
Sylvia Smith
Funkhouser
Pennsylvania
U. S. Spending Almost Doubles Total Income
The treasury reports midyear data showing a deficit of 1.785 billion as receipts trail expenditures. For every dollar collected since July 1, 1.95 were spent, with 1.10 for regular government outlays and 0.05 for relief. Debt rose to 20.543 billion, receipts totaled 1.865 billion, and expenditures 2.052 billion for the period, with large recoveries and relief expenses.
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Washington
Treasury
Probers Inspect Auto Scene in Thelma Todd Case
Investigators revisited the scene of Thelma Todd’s death as the grand jury probes the case. Roland West and Pasquale Di Cicco, linked to her past, are expected to testify while a mystery romance figure remains unidentified.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Clair Overholtzer
Grand Jury Criminal Complaints Committee
Comedienne
Miss Todd
Roland West
Pasquale
Pat) di Cicco
San Franciscan
West
di Cicco
Beau Brummel
New York
Mr. di Cicco
State WPA official receives travel gear for Christmas
Charleston reports State WPA Administrator F Witcher McCullough received a traveling bag and an overcoat as gifts. Attaches at state headquarters said an automobile was not among the gifts and denied reports of such.
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Charleston
W. Va
WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
Bluefield Pair Assigned New Roles at Weston Hospital
Emmett F. Mays of Bluefield will serve as financial secretary at Weston state hospital with Mies Alice F. Burnette of Point pleasant as assistant. They replace Leo Fleming of Morgantown and Eva Marteney of Buchannon who resigned effective January 1. Dr. J. E. Offner, Weston superintendent, announced Dr. W. V. Kelly, staff physician, also resigns effective the first of the year.
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Weston
W. Va
Emmett F. Mays
Bluefield
Mies
Alice F. Burnette
Point Pleasant
Weston State Hospital
Leo Fleming
Morgantown
Eva Marteney
Buchannon
J. E. Offner
W. V. Kelly
Dr John Condon Opens Theater Booking Ad
Dr John F Condon known as Jafsie in the Lindbergh case is advertised in Variety as available for theater bookings. The intermediary in ransom talks has made several public appearances.
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New York
John F. Condon
Science Progresses In Fight Against Infantile Paralysis
Rockefeller institute reports a nose wash protecting monkeys from infantile paralysis and ready for human trial. A vitamin C approach from oranges to tomatoes also prevented paralysis in monkeys but requires further study before trials in children. Protection appeared to be nose-specific with no systemic immunity observed.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute
Society of American Bacteriologists
Columbia University
Columbia
A. B. Sabin
P. K. Olitsky
H. R. Cox
Mussolini’s Navy Readies Action Amid Global Tension
Rome reports Mussolini’s fleet preparing for action as Britain, France, and Mediterranean powers heighten alerts. About 13,000 Italian naval specialists recalled. Little Entente staffs Romaniay Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia ready for possible moves. Ethiopian war widens as Italian planes clash over Daggah Bur and pilot beheaded. Britain’s Eden weighs sanctions. Laval faces pressure over policy.
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Mussolini
Rome
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Aden
Red Sea
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Italy
Europe
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Mus
Africa
Daggah Bur
Egypt
Britain
Laval
France
Chamber of Deputies
Samuel Hoare
Meningitis Quarantine Enforced by Armed Deputies in Ky Town
In Weeksbury Kentucky armed deputies sealed off the town as four meningitis cases emerged in five days with two deaths. Health officer Dr Marvin Ransdell ordered the quarantine at the Beaver Creek area home to Koopers Coal and Transportation. Miners and families in the second valley face restricted movement while officials aim to control the outbreak with state serum arriving from Frankfort.
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Weeksbury
Marvin Ransdell
Floyd County
Beaver Creek
Joe Johnson
Manuel Nobel
Ed Bowen
Caleb Fork
Koopers Coal and Transportation
Frankfort
Wise county youth Falin jailed again on new charges
Falin 16, previously exonerated December 9 of patricide, is jailed on drunkenness and attempted murder charges after a confrontation with his mother in Wise County Virginia. Authorities say he fired at his mother while driving her from their home. he faces trial January 6 at Appalachia while on parole supervision.
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Haugeman Falin
Wise County
Dan Bostic
W. 8
Beverly
Big Stone Gap
Margaret Falin
Young Falin
KE. P. Boyden
Appalachia
L. N. Falin
Wild Cat Galley
Falin
J. T. Hamilton
Witness estimates speed of big bus before river plunge
Richmond on December 26 report details inquest into the Atlantic Greyhound crash that killed 12 passengers and two others. Witness Captain Ben Alexander said the bus was moving at a good speed before it struck a guard gate and plunged into the Appomattox River. Driver L G Alford and Captain J B Belch are named victims with Belch dying of internal injuries. Inquest labeled a formality with 14 total victims.
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Richmond
Atlantic Greyhound
Appomattox
Ben Alexander
Stanley
J. M. Bailey
L. G. Alford
Victi
J. B. Belch
Commonwealth
John P. Goodman
New York Holds Chief Racketeers
A New York special grand jury branded twelve to fifteen major criminals as the masterminds behind a citywide racketeering network. It said many industries are victimized and that leaders operate through lieutenants and henchmen, with focus on loan shark activity and trade associations protecting business interests.
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New
Trade and Protective Associations
Smokeless Coal Output Seen Rising in 1935
The Pocahontas district leads a national smokeless coal increase as eleven months of 1935 data show 40,741,705 net tons produced. Total area output is down 118,200 tons from last year, though Pocahontas rises by 306,875 tons, hinting at a stronger year-end result if other districts match December 1934.
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Pocahontas
Tug River
Winding Gulf
New River
Nation counts 114 deaths from bitter cold
The nation reported 114 deaths linked to a severe cold snap east of the Rockies. Fatalities by cause included 51 motor vehicle and other accidents, 37 exposure, 15 fires, five drownings, and three carbon monoxide deaths. Ohio led with 22 deaths, followed by Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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Neb
New Found Gap
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Covington
Washington, D. C
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N. Y
Huntaville
Ala
Norfolk, Va., 9; Atlanta and Louisville, 12; Ponca City
Okla
Boston
Ny York
Pensacola, Fla
Blizzard Explosion Hits Morrison Mine In West Virginia
Mine officials prepared for a state inquiry after a gas pocket likely caused a blast at the Morrison mine injuring two workers. N. P. Rhinehart ordered a hearing for December 30 as inspectors blamed a gas pocket for endangering 282 miners. Charles Berry, 44, severely hurt, said the blast occurred right above him and that his carbide lamp flame touched gas. John Laines of Wyatt Coal Sales, owners of Morrison Coal, said shafts were undamaged.
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W. Va
Morrison Mine
Mine Department
N. P. Rhinehart
Charles Berry
John Laines
Wyatt Coal Sales Company
Charleston
Morrison Coal Company
First woman lab technician dies in disease research
Washington records the death of Anna Pabst 39 the first woman laboratory technician to die in line of duty while conducting meningitis research. She was exposed during handling of a meningitis culture and died after Christmas Eve while shopping.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
Anna Pabst
Policeman Kills Fugitive in Wheeling Grocery
In Wheeling West Virginia December 26 a patrolman Fatelius Strauss shot and killed Charlies Green 25 after Green tried to flee from a grocery store and ignored commands to surrender. The officer reported the shooting occurred at the store as Green attempted to escape.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charlies Green
Fidelius Strauss
Green
Strauss
Governor Hoffmans stance on Hauptmann reprieve
In Trenton, Governor Harold G. Hoffman said he sees no current reason to grant a reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He denied plans for a 30 day stay if the pardons court refused clemency and noted any reprieve action requires exhaustion of appeals and a new execution date.
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Hoffman
Richard Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Ress
William Conkin
John Favorite
Favorito
Romaine Johnson
Johnson
Near Tragedy As WV Christmas Tree Trip Ends Safe
In Elkina West Virginia 14 year old Arnetha Tennington faced danger during a mountain trip for a family tree. A buzzard dive forced her to seek shelter and search parties fought through snow and wind. John Karper found her blue with cold and built a fire before hiking four miles for help. She remains in serious condition at home near Harman. The tree remains on the mountainside.
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Elkina
W. Va
Arnetha Tennington
John Karper
Ametha
High Knob
West Virginia
Karper
Harman
Flat Top Mountain
Keyser
Martinsburg
Tom Croskey
Bertha Hill
Morgantown
Ripley
Dan Petterson
Linzy Cox
Beckley
Clifford Warren
Princeton
Oney'’s Gap
Aviators Plan Bombing Run on Mauna Loa Lava Flow
Army aviators in Hilo decide to bomb Mauna Loa to divert a fast moving lava stream threatening the Waikola ponds and water supply. Twelve planes from Honolulu will attack at dawn weather permitting, targeting a 600 foot broad front to create gaps and steer the flow away from the town.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Honolulu
Waikaloa Ponds
Lava Head
Waikola
Wailuku River
Blizzard Blood Toll Tops West Virginia Deaths
West Virginia faced a Christmas blizzard with 12 deaths and widespread weather hazards. Four froze, two died in crashes, three from gunshot or other causes, and one each from carbon monoxide, fire, and a firecracker blast. Nine treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. roads delayed amid drifts up to eight feet.
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West Virginia
Panhandle
Mill Creek
Troops Move to Block Shanghai Student Demonstration
Chinese soldiers entered Shanghai to stop a peaceful student march toward Nanking amid rising Sino-Japanese tensions. An armored train carrying 500 troops was sent to prevent the group from reaching the capital. Tang Yu-Jen, pro-Japanese vice minister of Chinese Railways, was assassinated on Christmas Day, with officials predicting further unrest.
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Nanking
Tang Yu-Jen
Rensuke Isogai
Tang
China
Japan
Gang
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