Good Neighbor Policy Tested at Lima Conference
United States begins a bold test of hemispheric unity as Secretary of State Cordell Hull arrives in Lima for the Pan American conference. The talks aim to bury the north-south divide, form a united economic and defensive bloc, and balance European influence with Yankee policy amid Latin American fears of imperialism and totalitarian models.
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United States
Americas
Cordell Hull
Lima
Roosevelt
Hull
Western Hemisphere
North
Canada
Brazil
Europe
South America
Rio Grande
Argentina
Rome
Paris
Madrid
New York
Washington
Equator
Good Neighbor Party
Everyday Living Letter Praises High Ideals Yet Warns of Overreach
A reader asks Dr Newton to temper daily sermons with practicality. The note praises unselfishness and honesty while acknowledging fear of personal loss. It favors faith in people over unseen evidence and ends by affirming continued interest in his writings.
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Padre
the Times
Four Bandit Gangs Rounded Up in Chicago Case
Thirteen teenage suspects aged 16 to 22 confessed to 165 robberies and thefts after police captured four gangs. Leaders named Ernest Mondt 20 and Ig natus Ferraro 17. other gang members included James Lynch 22 Carl Huebner 18 James Morton Haas 16 Leo Smith 18 Donald Smith 20 Melbourne Henig 16 Robert Volk 22 Earl Arseneau 22 and Robert Jacobs 17.
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Chicago
Walter Storms
Joseph E. Walsh
Elmer Zimmerman
James Morton Haas
South Side
Leo Smith
Donald Smith
Melbourne Henig
Henig
Clinton
Robert Volk
Earl Arseneau
Fairhaven
Mass
Robert Jacobs
Morrison
Ill
Siam Joins Nations Recognizing Italian Ethiopian Conquest
Siam announced recognition of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia and said its new minister will be accredited to the king of Italy and emperor of Ethiopia. The move was disclosed on Wednesday as Bangkok extends diplomatic ties.
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Rome
Siam
Ethiopia
Italy
British House of Commons votes to resist colonial surrender
The Commons approved 252 to 127 against any arbitrary surrender of British colonies or mandates. Ribbentrop assured Bonnet Germany does not back Italian aims to seize Tunis and Corsica, while Germany seeks dialogue with France over the Italian issue and ongoing economic talks begin Saturday. Demonstrations in Italian cities show anti French sentiment as Sardinia's military value is noted amid Rome Berlin axis claims.
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London
House of Commons
Paris
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Georges Bonnet
Germany
Tunis
Corisica
Ribbentrop
Bonnet
Italy
Berlin-Rome
Haly
Alberto Pariani
Sardinia
Turin
Florence
Naples
Nazi Labor Front
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Pariani
Strait of Bonifacio
Corsica
Rome-Berlin
Czechoslovakia
France
Mercury Rises As Sky Clears Over Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids day brightened as morning clouds disappeared and temperatures rose from 27 at 5 am to 29 at 10 am and 34 at 2 40 pm. Tuesday peaked at 37 at 7 pm with 35 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Man Attempts to Vote Under False Identity in Boston Election
A voter at a Boston precinct announced the name Les ter A Sullivan to a woman clerk. The clerk called the police and ordered arrest for illegal voting. The clerk identified herself as Mrs Lester A Sullivan.
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Boston
Lester A. Sullivan
Utilities chief urges end to government friction in public power
Sutherland Dows of Iowa Electric Light and Power argues at a Kiwanis meeting that utilities need a clear government stance, urging a guaranteed franchise to attract capital. He attacks federal taxes and reporting burdens, warns TVA and REA threaten private firms, and calls for fair regulation to keep private power viable.
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Sutherland Dows
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
The
Kiwanis Club
Sumer
Federal Power Commission
TVA
Dows
Gallup Doubts Roosevelt Third Term Possible
Dr. George W. Gallup told Congress of American Industry that there is "real doubt" Roosevelt could win a third term. He noted the strong tradition against a third term and that many Democrats feel bound to this precedent despite goodwill toward his leadership. Gallup added surveys show broad support for revising the Wagner act but strong backing for collective bargaining.
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New York
George W. Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Congress of American Industry
Roosevelt
Gallup
Lawmaker to push Perkins impeachment over Bridges case
Rep Thomas of New Jersey urged impeachment of Secretary Perkins citing her failure to force Harry Bridges deportation. He spoke after Portland police said Bridges is a communist seeking to overthrow the government. Ham Ferguson, a self admitted communist, claimed Perkins praised his role in resolving the 1936 Pacific coast maritime strike.
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Washington
Thomas
N. J
Perkins
Harry Bridges
Congress
House
Portland
Bridges
Ham E. Ferguson
Pacific
Ferguson
Passengers Stage Airliner Party Over Croydon
American British and French travelers aboard a British airliner circling Croydon airport held a champagne party as a jammed landing gear prevented landing. After a safe 30 minute ordeal the plane landed and passengers continued the revelry at a hotel, with 13 aboard from Paris.
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London
Croydon
Paris
Frances Maddux
J. A. Celler
New Haven
Conn
Grace Evans
Lieut. D. S. Wedderburn
Crack Scots Guards
Duke of Gloucester
W. F. Hardy
Anthony Reynolds
Jack Harris
Mlle
Anne Chagne
Missing 15 year old Mary Cunningham may have eloped
Mary Cunningham 15, a Janesville area high school student, vanished Monday after Christmas shopping with her 12 year old brother and Curtis Hanson 35, an itinerant farm hand. Police say Hanson had aided the trip and may have driven toward his father's Rock River home. family fears kidnapping, but deputies suspect elopement as they broadcast to four states.
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Janesville
Wis
Mary Cunningham
Milton Junction
Billy
Curtis Danson
Hanson
Cunningham
Hastings
Minn
Robert
Martin
Rock River
James £. Crooke
Mary
Crooke
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Has Choice Of Amputation Or Death Of Child
William Lewis faces a dire choice over his eight year old daughter Dorothy’s malignant thigh bone tumor. Doctors say amputation could save her life but survival is not assured and timing before Christmas is urged.
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New York
William Lewis
Dorothy
Pye
Lewis
Barriers 10 broadened security base in debate
Washington AP reports senators weigh extending social security to farm and household workers with 16 million more people covered. Norris doubts feasibility while Green notes financial concerns. Vandenberg and Lodge lead GOP moves on pay as you go and higher pensions. Taft plans Townsendite hearing as political debate heats.
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Washington
Norris
Neb
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Mich
Lodge
Mass
McNary
Oregon
Robert A . Taft
Ohio
Lovers Strike on Oregon Marriage Law Reforms
Oregon couples faced new marriage rules as two couples filed at Multnomah County license bureau with $13 total costs including a $3 license and $5 examinations each. The nationwide lack of forms and higher fees sparked a statewide strike with some couples marrying in Washington or postponing nuptials.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Multnomah
Washington
WPA relief rolls decline to 3.18 million
Works Progress Administration reports a drop of 33,088 people in relief rolls for the week ended last Saturday, reducing total to 3,183,418 from the November peak. Hopkins notes ongoing decline in WPA relief enrollment.
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Washington
Works Progress
Hopkins
Poisoner's Son Comforts Her As Execution Near
Anna Marie Hahn's 12 year old son visited her on death row in Ohio State Penitentiary as her execution by electric chair neared. Attorneys planned appeals to Judge Florence E Allen to halt the sentence, arguing her defense opportunities were insufficient.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Florence E. Allen
US Circuit Court of Appeals
Allen
Hahn
Martin L. Davey
Oscar
Ohio State Penitentiary
Renee Tipple
Jacob Wagner
Cincinnati
James
Woodard
UAW vows to curb wildcat strikes and require authorizations
President Homer Martin of the United Auto Workers announces the union will not tolerate unauthorized walkouts. Locals must secure a two thirds vote, regional approval, reports to Martin, exhausted grievance channels, and his written authorization before strikes.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Martin
UAW
McAdoo Improves After Indigestion Attack
Former U S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo aged 75 of California was ordered to bed after an indigestion attack Tuesday night and was reported much better on Wednesday with progress noted by physicians.
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Washington
INS
U. S
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Car Standing Still With Engine Running Like Old Saw Mine
Humor column by Arthur Bugs Baer contrasts car engines idling with an old saw mill, noting the clutch disconnects motive power from the saw and jokes about patent alimony while echoing 1998 copyright.
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Henry
New U S Demands Protective Exemption From Nazi Orders
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said Washington pressed Berlin to exempt American nationals and property from a German decree forcing Jews to abandon retail business by December 31. The second such American protest in weeks targets anti Jewish regulations and the Aryan badge order for laborers in Austria.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Germany
Welles
Berlin
Foreign Office
Walther Funk Funk
Gaenserndorf
Vienna
Joseph Buercke
Austria
Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt
Roosevelt
Dry Leader Proposes Return Of Old Time Saloon
The Rev. R N Holsaple a 31 year Anti saloon league superintendent says he will introduce a resolution at the Anti saloon league convention in Columbus Ohio urging restoration of the old time saloon He leads campaigns in Michigan North Dakota Minnesota and Iowa and argues a return would be a step forward in temperance.
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Cass City
Mich
R N Holsaple
Columbus
Holsaple
Michigan
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Visit To Mother Declared Purpose Of Windsor Trip
The Duke of Windsor will visit England for two weeks toward the end of February to see his mother Queen Mary. The duchess may accompany him though not finalized. He is not planning to reside in England, and issues of royal recognition are tied to the trip.
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London
Duke of Windsor
England
Queen Mary
Blame Tampering For Derailment in McHenry Ill Incident
The Interstate Commerce Commission's Bureau of Safety cites an open switch "apparently due to malicious tampering" for the Chicago and North Western passenger train derailment at McHenry Illinois on October 23. Six passengers were injured.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Safety
Chicago and North Western Railway
McHenry
Ill
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