National and global tensions surface in mixed reports
A lengthy digest covers unemployment tax shifts, Lindberghs' return to the United States, corporate pledges to hire, a critical view of Soviets’ first election under communism, farm bill wrangling, and Luther Steward arguing federal and state tax obligations. The piece notes ambassador Norman H. Davis's bronchitis delaying Paris talks and reflects on governance and economic policy themes.
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United States
Paris
Brussels
Davis
Lindberghs Return to U S After Secret Christmas Visit
Englewood New Jersey police report Col Charles A Lindbergh and his wife Anne arrived covertly by closed car at Mrs Dwight Morrow estate and headed for New York after two years in exile. The couple traveled under assumed names and avoided official statements while speculation linked their homecoming to Christmas and lingering Hauptmann case pressures. Aboard a President Harding liner they warned radio traffic to avoid mentioning them.
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Maintenance suit against comedian Laurel settled in Los Angeles
A last minute out of court settlement set Mae Laurel to receive $1000 a month from Stan Laurel in a separate maintenance case. The dismissal followed a stipulation that Mae Laurel was never the legal wife of the noted actor. Attorneys for both sides signed the admission.
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Portugal Recognizes Franco Government Announces Appointment
Lisbon reports that Teotonio Pereira, minister of commerce, is named special representative to the Spanish insurgent government, marking officially Portugal’s recognition of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Germany Italy and Japan already officially recognized rebel Spain.
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Italy
Japan
Spain
Mission and pride Freeze in Brussels Visit
He traveled to Brussels with lofty aims and mission, but Mussolini’s rebuttal cooled him quickly, leaving him chilled by the abrupt shift in tone and purpose.
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Mussolini
Seeing Faces Not Things in Daily Life
Dr Newtun argues that people differ by perceiving human faces or mere things in work and society. He contrasts leaders who view budgets and charts with those who see the poor and workers, and cites Jesus as valuing faces over things, urging pursuit of the kingdom of Heaven.
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National income reaches 68.7 billion for year to June 1937
Washington reports national income for the year ending June 30, 1937, totaled 68.7 billion dollars, the highest level since the start of the economic downturn. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper delivered the figures to Congress on Monday.
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Roosevelt Back From Florida With Jaw Infection X Rays
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington from Florida and immediately had X rays of his jaw taken to assess infection after a tooth abscess was treated by Dr. Arthur H. Yando of the naval dental corps. Treatments included opening the wound and applying a medicated solution as officials hope the issue clears up by week’s end.
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Roosevelt
Florida
Arthur H. Yando
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White House
Ross T. McIntire
Newspaper declines Lindbergh family personal reports
The Westerly Sun said it would not report on the daily intimate family affairs of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh while in the country. Editor George B. Utter stated the coverage was none of the paper's business.
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Wallace Urges Cooperation in Recovery Plan
Secretary Henry Wallace urged business, agriculture, and labor to abandon selfish aims and join a seven point program to lift the nation from recession. He outlined housing, tax reform, farm supports, fair labor purchasing power, cheap credit, federal help until private capital recovers, and reviving world trade. He warned against rapid tax revision and warned that government spending should ease as the economy improves.
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Henry A. Wallace
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U S Bounty Price For Silver To Be Continued
Secretary Morgenthau announced that President Roosevelt will issue a proclamation to extend after January 1 a federal bounty price for newly mined American silver. The move follows a London price crash amid policy uncertainty. Domestic payment terms and whether 77.57 cents per ounce will be maintained were not disclosed.
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Panic in Nanking As Japanese Troops Close In
Nanking limped toward fall as Japanese troops pressed within two miles of the walls. Warplanes bombed the waterfront and siege guns roared while panic spread among residents. Four infantry columns with mobile artillery closed in from three directions toward Sun Yat Sen's tomb at Purple Mountain nearby.
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Resignation of Iowa relief board member grinds on
DES MOINES AP Gov Nelson Kraschel announced J H Gribben of Newton has resigned from the state relief committee. Gribben cited not sharing retrenchment aims and duties without pay. He is Newton postmaster and a Democrat. A successor would be named soon.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
J. H. Gribben
Newton
State Relief Committee
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Gribben
Iowa
N. T. Genung
Five Die After Store Blast At Gloversville NY
The death toll rose to five after a powerful explosion at the Jack and Jil Shoppe in Gloversville New York. Victims identified include Mildred Englek owner of the shop William B Christian janitor Edward Hall Davis Stewart Mindale Darling. Two others were injured as flames trapped the front of the building and firefighters fought the blaze. Stewart and Hall were removing oil from a basement burner when the blast occurred Darling had left but was summoned back by a worker just as the burner exploded.
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Gloversville
Mildred Englek
William B. Christian
Edward Hall
Davis Stewart
Mindale Darling
Stewart
Hall
Darling
Congress Allocates 225000 For Members Mileage
The House voted itself and the Senate 225000 for members mileage for the special session. The tally was 337 to 27 with a handful of Republicans opposing. The Senate approved the appropriation without a vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Democratic Leaders Reject 40-40 Wage Bill Plan
Democratic leaders rejected a strict 40-40 wage hour bill pushed by the A F L and will submit a modified compromise to the House for a vote next Monday. Mary T Norton said the federation’s proposal could not be adopted, favoring a tempered measure with fewer “teeth” to gain sufficient support during the special session.
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House
Mary T. Norton
House Labor Committee
W. C. Hushings
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Labor Committee
Yank
Schoolroom Ceiling Collapses Injure 15 Children
OKLAHOMA CITY UP reports fifteen children about 100 years old were injured when a schoolroom ceiling collapsed during an exam. At least three were critical and others bruised or shocked. Notables include Violet Nash nine, Donald Emerson nine, and an unidentified girl. Wire pierced Nash's head. Westwood school to close Tuesday for inspections. cause undetermined.
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Donald Emerson
Nash
Leslie Chambers
Westwood
Bugs Baer Sees Hope In Laws That No One Will Enforce
Columnist Bugs Baer argues Congress will pass amusing laws during a busy week and extraordinary session. He notes party voting patterns, mocks partisan labels, and predicts the laws will be so silly that enforcement will be unlikely.
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Senate Probe Looms of N J Dictatorship
Jersey City reports a Senate civil liberties inquiry into charges of an anti labor dictatorship led by Mayor Frank Hague. CIO head John L. Lewis hired Morris Ernst as special counsel to investigate Hague's refusal to admit CIO organizers and alleged deportations of CIO members from Jersey City. Ernst claims fifty people were ferried out of town and one resident was deported from his hometown.
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New York
Subpoena clash over press freedom in labor case
National Labor Relations Board issued a subpoena to Hartley W. Barclay editor of The True Story of Weirton who publicly attacked the board as an invasion of press freedom. Barclay was summoned to Steubenville Ohio to produce data about his Mill and Factory story on Weirton labor conditions in Pennsylvania. The NLRB has proceedings against Weirton Steel Co.
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National Labor Relations ~Board
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Weirton Steel Company
Demonstrators dispersed at Ford plant in Kansas City
Police ended a 350 strong protest at the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City. Tear gas and irritants were used to break up the demonstration said to involve United Automobile Workers affiliated members from Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants.
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Ford Assembly
United Automobile Workers Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Fisher Body Company
Chevrolet
Missing N Y racket witness sparks ransom kidnap claim
Arthur Fried 32 a sand and gravel company executive vanished on Monday as police and federal agents pursued reports he was abducted for a $100000 ransom. His family denied the kidnapping while Reed Vetterli of the FBI was reportedly asked to help. Westchester police noted Fried testified in a Dewey rackets probe and said federal authorities had taken over the inquiry.
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N. Y
Arthur Fried
Sand and Gravel Company
Reed Vetterli
New York City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Westchester County
Fried
Thomas E. Dewey
New York County
Walter Ferris
Cedar Farmhouse Destroyed By Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the two story farmhouse on the Jim Ross farm five miles southeast of here. The Brummels were in the barn milking when the blaze began about 5 30. Tipton fire department prevented spread to other buildings and saved a small portion of household goods. Insurance coverage was not known.
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Tipton
Jim Ross
Joe Brummel
Here
Brummels
House Votes To Trim Wheat Control In Farm Bill
In a first test in the House, 85 to 76, members approved temporarily an amendment by Rep. Harry B. Coffee to delete marketing quotas for wheat, signaling a start to a partisan battle over compulsory versus voluntary controls. Senate debates over costs and program structure intensified as administration leaders urged unity before week’s end vote.
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Senate
Harry B. Coffee
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Marvin Jones
Texas
Agriculture Committee
Husband of Amelia Earhart to head zoology expedition
George Palmer Putnam, husband of Amelia Earhart, will lead a two week expedition to hunt zoological specimens in the south Pacific. He may not go beyond Panama and denied reports of a new search for Earhart, while Thiel College trustees announce a nationwide foundation to serve the cause of women in Greenville, Pennsylvania.
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Putnam
Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
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Galapagos Islands
South Seas
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Pittsburgh
Thiel College
Green
F D R Jr Fined For Double Parking In Charlottesville
Police Chief Maurice Greever said Franklin D Roosevelt Jr was fined $1.50 on a double parking charge on Main Street in Charlottesville Virginia.
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Maurice Greever
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Main Street
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