House Battle for Floor Leader Splits Democratic Ranks
A fierce race for House floor leadership splits the Democratic caucus with early pledges from Illinois and New York members. Candidates O Connor Mead McCormack Bankhead Rankin Greenwood Lea vie for support as the caucus set for Jan 2 to select a speaker, amid regional tensions and lingering divisions over inflation and bonuses.
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House
Rules Committee
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Ala
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Illinois
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Tenn
Chicago
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New York
Pennsylvania
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West Virginia
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Arthur Greenwood
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Clarence Lea
Calif
Congress
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Veterans’ Committee
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Three's A Crowd, Says June Knight In Divorce Suit
Los Angeles report states actress June Knight filed for divorce from Paul Ames after a 12 day marriage citing complete absence of privacy during their honeymoon. She named Murray Stern as the husband’s companion.
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Los Angeles
June Knight
Paul Ames
Miss Knight
Murray Stern
Coughlin Charged With Speeding and License Issue
In Ferndale Michigan the Rev Fr Charles E Coughlin pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak faces charges of speeding and driving without a license. He allegedly was driving 50 mph when ticketed by Patrolman Peter Larson. The car reportedly bore plates issued to an automobile manufacturing company.
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Ferndale, Mich
Llp
Charles E. Coughlin
Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak
Earl N. Nash
Peter L. Larson
Coughlin
Gunmen Kill Guard at Hammond Plant in Whiting
In Hammond Indiana police probe the Thursday night killing of Jeff Mason a strike guard at Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp Whiting plant. Three men one armed with a machine gun and two with shotguns fired on Mason in a Hammond tailor shop wounding owner Jacob Schmeitz. Mason died after being hit by fifteen machine gun slugs buckshot and failing to reach his weapon. The page also notes Masonic lodge officers elected in Delmar.
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Hammond
Ind
New York
Jeff Mason
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation
Whiting
Mason
Jacob Schmeitz
Willard Lampe to Speak at Cedar Rapids Union Service
Prof M Willard Lampe head of the University of Iowa school of religion will speak on Men and the Christian Enterprise at St Pauls Methodist church Sunday evening at 730 The service open to men and women Dr Eugene A Gilmore president of Iowa University and former acting governor general of the Philippines will discuss political and religious conditions in the Far East Coe College male quartet directed by Harold Reeves will sing
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School of Religion
University of Iowa
Christian Enterprise
Men
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul’s Methodist
Eugene A. Gilmore
Philippines
Far East
Coe College
Harold Reeves
Grandmother Acts In Reynolds Suit In Forsyth Court
Mrs Annie L Cannon of Concord mother of Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith and co guardian of her grandchild Anne Cannon Reynolds II Friday asked Forsyth superior court to reject the proposed settlement of the Smith Reynolds trust fortune and to appoint a master to take testimony and report on the validity of the Reno divorce between Smith Reynolds and her daughter.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Annie L. Cannon
Concord
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Anne Cannon
Reynolds II
Forsyth
Smith Reynolds
French Wine To Help Run Nation's Autos
Paris AP report says floods of wine priced near ten cents per gallon will aid France's auto industry by stabilizing the wine market. Premier Pierre Flandin pushed a wheat surplus bill and then began a plan to buy 14 million liters of surplus wine to be converted into alcohol at about 2.5 cents per liter.
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Paris
France
Pierre Flandin
Chamber of Deputies
Planned Science Mapped by Board
President Roosevelt’s science advisory board outlines a long term plan for national research to aid recovery and progress. Highlights include weather bureau modernization, air mass analysis, expanded consular reporting on science abroad, more facilities for Mines and Geological Survey, government patenting of inventions, and a high voltage lab at standards plus production of heavy hydrogen at Muscle Shoals for chemical research.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Weather Bureau
Board
Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey
Bureau of Standards
Muscle Shoals
Twenty Puppies Born To German Police Dog Pal in Lancaster
AP reports Sergeant Earl Colson owns Pal the German police dog. Twenty puppies arrive after two days of labor, Rex the sire being Rin Tin Tin’s progeny.
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Pal
Earl Colson
Colson
Rex
Rin-Tin-Tin
Birthday Stars Hint at Busy Year and Career Upswing
The column forecasts a lively and eventful year for those born on December 15. It highlights gains in labor, property, and new contracts in writing and publicity, with possible favoritism and recognition from superiors and elders, plus caution over secret hostilities and fraud.
Home By Christmas Father Writes His Two Tots Dies In Fire
Detroit AP report details a Lansing fire at Hotel Kerns where Rollo Horney, a Detroit salesman, wrote a letter promising return for Christmas. Children Wilda and Ralph cling to the note as authorities confirm five known dead. Mrs. Horney had died the previous year.
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Kerns
Rollo Horney
Lansing
Wilda Horney
Ralph
Wilda
Horney
Ohio Bank Bandits Take Over Ten Thousand Dollars
In Toledo area, three robbers held up two employees of the Woodville State Savings Bank near here and escaped with more than 10,000 dollars. The holdup occurred Friday afternoon as the staff processed cash transfers. Police report no injuries. Investigations continue as authorities seek suspects.
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Here
Three Doctors and a Thief At General Hospital
An Oklahoma City AP report says three doctors operated on a patient at General Hospital while a pickpocket stole $64 from street clothing hanging nearby. The incident highlights a rare mix of medical procedures and street theft occurring in the same moment.
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Oklahoma
City
General Hospital
Cafe Neighbors Order Beer To Consternation Of Ida B Wise Smith
In Washington AP report Mrs Ida B Wise Smith of Des Moines Iowa national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union watched as two beers were served at a neighboring table. She exclaimed in dismay yet said she must eat somewhere noting conditions since repeal are worse than ever before. She paid her check and left to preside over a meeting of forty two prohibitionist and temperance groups.
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Washington
Ida B. Wise Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Election results and officers named at Shellysburg meeting
Shellsburg held its meeting Tuesday evening with officers elected for two groups. The ana tasonic and Orion Rebekah and Royal Neighbors lodge announced new officers including W J W A L Straight secretary M Shomler treasurer G K trustee E Everett Beatty Oracle O Brien vice oracle Justina Bals dam past oracle Ella Swalloms chancellor Amelia Wagner mare shal Lena Weatherwax recorder Elsie Weatherwax receiver Este De Foe manager Goldie O'Brien inside sentinel Eva Henry outside sentinel Eva Barton physician Dr Harry Morell.
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de Foe
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Inside Sentinel
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Sentinel
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Harry Morell
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