Paraguayans claim major Chaco victory over Bolivian regiments
Paraguayan forces report the destruction of seven Bolivian regiments after capturing forts Piculba Loma Vistosa and Irendaguea near Villa Montes in a northeast push. Bolivian dispatches say Bolivian losses were heavy from sun stroke and heat as fighting escalates toward Fort d Orbigny and Samahuate along the Pilocomayo river.
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Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Villa Montes
Loma Vistosa
Huey
Vistosa
Irendaguea
Filcomayo
Fort d’Orbigny
Boe -_ aE
Chaco
la Paz
Bolivia
Ballivian
Inner Divine Power Guides Overcoming Life’s Fears
A 1934 reflection states that the Divine Power within each person can overcome life’s fears and evils when recognized and humbly trusted. It warns against ego-driven claims and urges reliance on a higher power to endure overwhelming experiences and become masters of life.
Uniform rules for bank examinations proposed in 1934
A new federal bank agency proposal would consolidate examination powers from the comptroller of the currency the FDIC the RFC and possibly the Federal Reserve under a five member board led by Leo Crowley. The plan aims to standardize asset valuations reduce conflicting yardsticks and ease credit expansion while bypassing new legislation.
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Washington
Federal
Congress
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Comptroller of
Currency
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Leo T. Crowley
FDIC
Eccles
Réserve Board
Ohio
Santerna
Vic Donahey
Capitol Hill
J. F. T. O'Connor
Federal Reserve
Pacific Coast
Comptroller General
Bank Reorganization Committee
RFC
O’connor
Crowley
Probing the 1904 to Present American Dream Debate
A Des Moines SAP dispatch questions Iowa relief and taxation shifts since 1904, arguing a tenfold rise in the relief load tests the old ideas of governance and the American dream. It recounts a toolmaker’s poverty trap seeking $4 to reach a job in Moline, denied by relief policy, highlighting limits of aid.
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IRTY
SAP
Des Moines
Ica
Iowa
Ian
Moline
Chickens Escape in Mediapolis Truck Chase
A shipment of White Leghorns bound from Mediapolis to Linn County escaped in Fifth Avenue area. About twenty birds roamed icy streets roosting on roofs limbs and wires as bystanders and two truckmen pursued them after lunch.
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Fifth Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Mediapolis
Linn County
Earl Hanson
Fifth Street
Galapagos Eden tragedy prompts German woman to flee to Germany
Frau Dore Strauch Koerwein, who joined Dr. Charles Ritter on Galapagos Island, is returning to civilization after a string of deaths and disappearances on Maicena island. Ritter died of heart disease, and two others perished recently. She will be taken to Guayaquil and then home. Only Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wittmer are confirmed survivors on the island.
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Los Angeles
Galapagos
Garden of Eden
Dore Strauch Koerwein
Charles Ritter
Adam
St. Charles Island
Dr. Ritter
Alfred R. Lorenz
Nuggerud
Maicena
G. Allan Hancock
Frau Koerwein
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Arthur Wittmer
Temperature Dives to 8 Above in Cedar Rapids Night
Cedar Rapids records show 8 above zero at 9 45 PM after a high of 15 earlier day and 11 at 7 PM, with readings from Chambers Inskeep company. Warm clothing and earmuffs remain in fashion as residents cope with the cold snap.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Armed Tension Flanks Hungarian Yugoslav Border
Budapest reports armed neutrality along the border as Hungarian forces guard against possible raids by irregular comitadjis. Refugees from Yugoslavia arrive, recounting brutality and looting. Ninety more refugees bring total expelled to 2,608 across three border towns.
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Budapest
Hungary
Jugoslavia
France backs status quo in postwar treaty debates in Geneva
France joins the little Entente to preserve territorial borders as revision of postwar treaties becomes a major Europe wide issue. Italy aligns with Hungary advocating fair revision to help sustain peace, while Romania signals protest over insufficient support for Yugoslavia's plea.
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France
Geneva
Europe
Entente
Italy
Hungary
Manian
Jugoslavia
Croatian leaders demand Yugoslav troops withdraw from Croatia
The Croatian National Representation for the Independence of Croatia and its president Ante Zubak and secretary Ante M Doshen cable the League of Nations from Youngstown Ohio urging immediate Serbian troop withdrawal from Croatia. They warn of consequences if ignored and cite Dr. Ante Pavelic's leadership amid Crete and Jugoslavian tensions.
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Pittsburgh
Croatian National Congress
Youngstown
League of Nations
Croatia
League For
Ante Zubak
Ante M. Doshen
Alexander Karadjorgevich
Jugoslavia
League
Ante Pavelitch
Gridiron Banquet Skit Targets Roosevelt Republicans Critics
At a Gridiron Club dinner in Washington AP reports the New Deal mocked as a feast and Henry P Fletcher as Faust offered to sell his soul for votes. The event featured Mephistopheles satire and sharp jests about Ford Green and AFL chief William Green amid a Roosevelt audience.
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New Deal
Fletcher
Faust
Washington
Washington Organization of
Henry P. Fletcher
Mephistopheles
Roosevelt
H. L. Mencken
Federal Arms Probe Hampered by Justice Dept
Senate investigators accuse the Justice Department of failing to provide requested minutes from a grand jury proceeding involving Remington Arms. The panel signals a showdown with President Roosevelt as war department cooperation falters and Dern misses a key briefing on public release of documents.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Senate
Nye
Roosevelt
Justice Department
du Pont
Remington Arms Company
Remington
Committee
George H. Dern
War Department
Dern
Gerald P. Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Department
State Department
King George V
Cordell Hull
Hull
White House
Floating box sighted in search for trio of Pacific flyers
A naval plane spotted a small orange box and debris 230 miles southwest of Barbers Point while searching for missing flyers Charles T. Ulm and two companions. The objects were not identified. Ulm's plane is described as silver and orange.
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Honolulu
T. H
Charles T. P. Ulm
Barbers Point
Capt. Ulm
Christmas Suggestion for Gift Subscriptions Card
A holiday pitch notes that Christmas suggestion will make an ideal gift and that an appropriate Christmas Card should accompany each subscription.
Higher Costs Force Army to Buy Fewer Planes
Washington reports a shift in 1935 air fleet plans due to higher prices from the NRA recovery program. The Army awarded Consolidated Aircraft a 50 two seat pursuit plane contract for about $2 million, with 250 more planes bid at roughly $8 million. Navy seeks funds for 273 aircraft in 1936 as part of a five to seven year expansion to meet treaty goals. Labor and material costs push bids about 25 percent above prior prices, with $7.5 million from the PWA and $4 million earmarked for 1935 deliveries.
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Washington
Army
General Staff
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of
Buffalo
N. Y
Navy
Ernest J. King
Bureau of Aeronautics
NRA
War Department
PWA
Arkansas Judges Uphold Farm Mortgage Act in Galloway Case
Federal Judges Martineau and Ray upheld the constitutionality of the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage act in a test case involving D F S Galloway who sought to stop the sale of 700 acres in a foreclosure action against Union Trust Co. The ruling follows a Kentucky decision by Judge Dawson and extends bankruptcy relief to farmers seeking a debt extension.
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Little Rock, Ark
John E. Martineau
Heartsill Ray
Martineau
D. F. S. Galloway
Arkansas
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Galloway
Union Trust Company
Poisoned alcohol claims two more lives in Portland area
Bottled denatured alcohol tainted with a lethal poison caused additional deaths in Portland's north end rooming house district. Police recovered twelve bodies total, with several others critically ill, while detectives canvassed drug stores to trace illegal sale of the poison for beverage use.
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Portland
Orc
Austria Prolongs Ban on German Newspapers
Vienna extended the government decree banning circulation of all German newspapers for another three months after the December 12 expiry date. The move keeps German press out of Austria amid wartime control and censorship measures.
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Austria
Vienna
Coast to coast raids crush narcotics rings nationwide
Federal narcotic agents conduct simultaneous raids in cities from coast to coast arresting 500 plus and seizing narcotics valued in the thousands. The operation led by Harry Anslinger aimed to curb the drug trade, with raids underway in major divisions including Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago and more as part of a national crime offensive.
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Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Treasury
Narcotics Bureau
Anslinger
Secretary of
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Baltimore
Joseph Bell
Michigan-Ohio
Cleveland
Justice Departments
Dillinger
Treasury’ Narcotic Bureau
Boston
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Atlanta
Nashville
Chicago
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Kansas City
Texas
Denver
Seattle
California
Nevada
Mother of Lamson Dies From Car Crash Injuries
Mrs. A. B. Lamson aged 74, mother of David Lamson, former Stanford University Press executive, died in a Palo Alto hospital from injuries in a motor car accident. At her bedside was daughter Dr. Margaret Lamson. another daughter and defense lawyer Edwin Rea sought, without success, to obtain Lamson's temporary release to see her before she died.
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Palo Alto
Calif
A. B. Lamson
David Lamson
Stanford University Press
Margaret Lamson
Willis C. Thoits
Edwin Rea
San Jose
Lamson
Weather Outlook for Dec 10 to 15 in Midwest Plains
AP reports a dry period for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys as well as the northern and central Great Plains. Temperatures are expected to run near or slightly above normal with little precipitation.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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