World Hears Arms Clanging This Christmas
In a war torn Europe Italy presses its campaign in East Africa as the League of Nations pushes for sanctions and Britain seeks practical mutual aid. Shoppers face sanctions while Turks seek French consent to fortify the Dardanelles. Ethiopian Copts mark Christmas on January 3.
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Associated Press
Europe
Italy
Ethiopia
East Africa
League of Nations
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
League
Tembien
Rome
Britain
Dardanelles
Turkey
Paris
London
France
Lausanne
Britain weighs partial withdrawal of fleet from Mediterranean
London reports Britain considers pulling part of its naval forces from the Mediterranean. An agreement between French and British general staffs, and promised cooperation from Greece Yugoslavia Romania Spain Turkey, underpins the plan in response to a possible Italian attack.
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Ceprrisht
London
Great Britain
L Mediterranean
Italy
Greece
Jugoslavia
Roumesa
Spain
Turkey
Mediterranean
Oil embargo talks hint at limited action against Italy
Executives of major oil firms told United Press on Tuesday that the threat of an oil embargo against Italy is now only nominal. The discussion centers on the potential impact of sanctions in response to the Ethiopian conflict.
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League
Ethiopia
Britain
United Press
Italy
Electric Eye Traps Four Boy Burglars
In Jamaica a Howard clothes shop burglary ended with four youths about 16 arrested after an electric eye beam triggered a protection board. A fifth youth died during the incident as police arrived. William Peach, 16, was shot when he reached for a gun.
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Electric Eye
New York
Howard Clothes
Jamaica
Edward War Dover
Wiliam Peach
May Dynamite Lava Flow To Guard Hilo City Water Supply
Army officers studied tombing lava flows to protect Hilo water supply. Three plow surveyed erupting Vieuna Leavoleeno and planned Tuesday talks with Dr Thomas A. Jaggar, government volcano expert. Jaggar warned no public alarm and proposed aerial bombardment to divert the flow from Wai luku river source. A high school Christmas edition of the WECOS was published with editor Arlene Harris and a long staff list.
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Haveli
Hulo
Thomas A. Jaggar
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Wailuku
Rd Nman
Lawrence Frey Lloyd Morrison
Arlene Glandon
Lucile Allison
Dorothy Andees
Fern Mather
Ward McCombs
Roy Miler
Keith Griner
Charles Wainegarden Callet Linaweaver
Seer
Cedar Rapids Chamber To Host First General Meeting Of 1936
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce opens a 1936 general membership meeting series with speaker Billy B Van, famed showman turned promoter. The event aims to rebuild cooperative spirit and mobilize manpower for business and industrial welfare in Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa. The session, Jan 8, will be at the Chamber quarters and include an informal smoke after Van’s remarks.
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Dear Rapids
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
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Young Men’s Bureau
Van
Pine Tree Products Company
Newport
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New England Council
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American Bankers’ Association
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General Electric
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
French Senate Approves Bill to Ban Political Troops
The French Senate adopted without opposition a bill to disband political troops by government decree with senatorial amendments. It now returns to the Chamber of Deputies for final acceptance.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Raleigh Winders Tama farmer faces federal petitionary filing
Raleigh Winders a Tama farmer filed an ap petiteer on tork aptcy in federal court. He reported debts totaling 978 dollars and 360 as acts Mo GQ Rewf 1848 Trace a enue SE tad polore Monday 32. Kero mere atole a A deferver fan fromy Car parsed in the drives Way a that atte Toendure Frerck of Vinton chased au ooserinading his Lak was fined 25 dollars and costs by Justice A S Reed. The fine was suspended. Frerick was arrested by Highway Patrolman Kermit Rhoades.
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Raleigh Winders
Tama
Teri Tweeds
Toendure Frerck
Vinton
Lak
Assessment Hearings Set for Paramount Theater and Effron Severn
The state board of assessment and review will hear petitions for reductions on the Paramount theater and Effron Severn buildings on Third Avenue SE between First and Second streets. Hearings are scheduled for January 10 in Des Moines after city council notification on Monday.
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Paramount Theater
Effron- Severn
Third Avenue
First
Second Streets
Des Moines
Local thefts report two suitcases and a purse missing
Lee Chandler reports two suitcases stolen from a car left in a ditch near Cedar Rapids airport. Miss Wilma Getz says a purse containing $6 in currency and some silver was taken from her purse while she briefly stepped away at Howiey building on North Street SW.
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Lee Chandler
Meone
Cedar Rapids
Wilma Getz
Torth Street
Howiey
Slice
Quins To Reunite For Dionne Christmas Party in Callander
Guardians and medical staff will suspend restrictions for a Dionne family reunion at DaFee hospital In Callander Ontario. Five Dionne siblings and their five brothers and sisters plus parents will attend an old fashioned Christmas party after mass at the Catholic churches.
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Callander
de Aden R. DaFee
Lindbergh family safe as UK officials weigh guards
London dispatch says Scotland Yard will not provide a guard unless danger is proven as Col Charles A Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and young Jon travel to Britain seeking refuge from threats. British police stress no automatic protection for visitors from the United States.
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Scotland Yard
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Jon
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United States
Charles Augustus, Jr
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Isle
George
Greece
Prince of Wales
the Yard
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E. L. Cord
Aspecies de Pacheco
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J Llewellyn Morgan
Cardiff
Wales
Aubrey Nett Morgan
Lindberghs
Liverpool
Man Kills Divorced Wife Then Kills Self in Missouri
In Lock Springs Missouri AP report says 40 year old farm laborer Charles Rader shot and killed his divorced wife Opal after a family quarrel. He wounded three relatives including Mr and Mrs Earl Hickin and Ed Lee Ice. Rader then died by his own hand.
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Charles Rader
Opal
Earl Hickin
Ed Lee Ice
Hickin
Rader
Adjourn O Connor trial delayed amid defense attack
The defense argued O Connor was in Sioux City on Cen 20 1954 and cast doubt on key witnesses while insisting the state overreached on slot machine prosecutions. Diamond defended O Connor and attacked the state's case as weak and politically motivated.
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Jake Harkaway
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J. E
Red" Brennan
Brennan
Jim Pentrrale
Taggart
Diamond
Martin
Des Moines
Harkaway
Havner
O’connor
C. W. McNaughton
Walter Maley
McNaughton
Iowa
Court House
Joe Gagen
Convicted Forger Abandoned Alias Seeks Life Sale Offer
Salt Lake City AP report: Alias Jack Abbott, a convict, offered his hire to seize life for $5,000 on Tuesday night. He refused to reveal his true name to prison authorities and said he wished to do something decent with his life.
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Salt Lake City
Jack Abbott
Mystery surrounds actress Jan Todd death in California
Investigators press for a full timeline of Jan Todd's movements after a midnight Trocadero party. Grand jurors question Ernest Peters and others as they pursue two key questions where she was Saturday afternoon before Ida Lupino's party and where she went after the Trocadero before dying from monoxide fumes.
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Ida Lupino
Miss Lupino
San Francisco
Ernest Peters
Peters
William Desmond Taylor
Ander
Autopsy Finds Bus Driver Alive At Crash Time
Hopewell Virginia authorities probe a fatal bus crash at the Appomattox River drawbridge that killed fourteen. The driver L G Alford 38 was found alive at autopsy in Richmond, with a combined inquest set for Thursday.
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Hopewell
Drawbridge
Mark 160 Million To Administer Works Program
Washington officials said the administration aims to limit work relief program costs to 150 million dollars for 3.5 million unemployed. They earmarked 160 million from a 4 billion fund to pay administrators clerks office costs and travel but hope to cut at least 10 million.
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Washington
Dad Santa Claus Plunges from Five Stories
Carl Winkler a 20 year old hospital orderly stayed up late to trim a Christmas tree for his two children. At 430 a.m. he leaned from a window for air and lost balance falling five floors into a courtyard suffering a fractured skull sternal injuries and possible leg fractures.
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New York
Carl Winkler
Peace on Earth Christmas Address From President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt’s Christmas Eve address emphasizes peace and goodwill across divides. He recalls Revolutionary War guardians and the spirit of Christmas uniting diverse Americans, while Roosevelt and family preparations highlight a quiet White House observance and charity events.
Fire in Drydock Ignores Torch Sparks S. S. Normandie
Dense smoke poured from the S. S. Normandie in drydock after a blow torch ignited cork debris. The blaze was brought under control quickly with minimal damage.
Bodies Of Two Girls Lost In Snowstorm Found
In Kiel Wisconsin two 18 year old girls Marion Mahloch and Eudine Pagen were found dead after getting lost in a snowstorm. Marion was found at George Meyer’s home and Eudine near a gravel pit on her family farm. Officials say both froze during their attempt to walk home after visiting Meyer until 10 p.m.
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Kiel
Wis
Marion Mahloch
Martin Mahloch
George Meyer
Eudine Pagen
Alvin Pagen
Manitowoc County
Mrs. Meyer
Substitute Santa Delights Midway Islanders
At Midway Island a substitute Santa arrived aboard the Philippines Clipper replacing the delayed original. Captain J. H. Tilton piloted the plane from Manila via Guam and Wake, bringing Christmas cheer to two children and about a dozen adults. Captain Edwin C. Musick had been slated for Santa duties but his China Clipper diverted for safety after a storm 700 miles offshore.
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Pan American Airways Communications
Santa Claus
Lonely Midway
Pan American Airways Mid
Alameds
Calif
Alburnett Teacher Clyde S Wilson Resigns to Join Elevator
Clyde S Wilson, longtime seventh and eighth grade teacher and baseball coach, resigns to become assistant manager of the Alburnett Farmers Elevator, succeeding Howard Caldwell. His teaching post will be filled by Mr Kratzer of Coggan.
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Clyde S. Wilson
Alburnett Farmers Elevator
Howard Caldwell
Wilson
Kratzer
Coggan
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