Hitler faces choice on Franco aid near Christmas
In Berchtesgaden Hitler weighs two paths as Spain crisis tests Europe. Franco seeks 49 000 Nazi troops or a British French gold offer to end wartime hardship, with Goering Ribbetrop Goebbels Blomberg Raeder among advisers weighing risk of war versus non intervention.
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Germany
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Herman Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joseph Goebbels
Mediterranean
Vittorio Cerruti
Paris
Yvon Delbos
London Committee On
Arthur Brisbane Dies Noted Editor and Hearst Associate
Arthur Brisbane, famed editorial writer and Hearst empire figure, led the Journal and later owned papers including the Washington Times and Wisconsin News. He published Brisbane's Editorial Review and spoke of a salary surpassing the President's cabinet. Brisbane married Phoebe Cary in 1912 and had two children.
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William Randolph Hearst
Pacific Coast
New York
Journal
Brisbane
Hearst
Washington Times
Frank A. Munsey
Wisconsin News
Milwaukee
Editorial Review
Chicago
Phoebe Cary
Pigeons Set World Speed Record In Long Race
In Queenstown South Africa six pigeons beat 400 miles in under six and a half hours. The winner finished in 6 hours 26 minutes 10 seconds at an average speed of about 70 miles per hour. The birds raced from Johannesburg to Queenstown, owned by the Queenstown Homing Society. Velocities near 1,800 yards per minute are claimed as unprecedented over long distances.
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Queenstown
South Africa
Johannesburg
Balt imore dies in Milk River project crash near Hinsdale
Malta Montana AP report says Keith Baltimore assistant engineer on the Milk River resettlement project in northern Montana was fatally injured in an automobile crash near Hinsdale about forty miles east of Malta.
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Malta, Mont
Keith Baltimore
Montana
Hinsdale
Malta
Harlem celebrates first colored Santa in city history
Harlem children gathered to welcome Bill Robinson, tap dancer, as the first colored Santa Claus at the annual Christmas Eve party for Negro children. He presided over the event and led the singing mixing Silent Night with Ho dee ho de ho.
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New York
INS
Harlem
Santa Claus
Bill Robinson
Robinson
Deluxe Yacht Of Ex Kaiser Becomes Floating Aquarium
The Prins Valdemar once the Kaiser's royal yacht sits in Miami Bayfront Park as a permanent aquarium. Exiled through war it served as a block aid runner and lumber freighter before grounding near Miami and being converted into a public fish house with octopuses horseshoe crabs and sea creatures on display.
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Fla
Prins Valdemar
Exkaiser
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm
Arctic
Bayfront Park
Air transport in British New Guinea moves 9000 tons in 1935
Air transport firms in the gold region of British New Guinea hauled 9000 tons of freight during 1935 despite maintaining only thirty six airplanes in the country.
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British New Guinea
Texas Licenses Upheld For Gin Marriages
In Fort Worth Texas district judges ruled that county clerks cannot block marriage licenses over alleged intoxication. Mrs Happy Shelton the county clerk said she would not press the matter further and urged ministers and officials who perform ceremonies to discourage drunken marriages.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Happy Shelton
Shelton
Chiang Freed Amid Rebel General's Ransom Demands
In Nanking talks between central authorities and rebel leaders, General Chiang Kai-shek was released after his capture at Lianfu on December 12. Marshal Chang, ex Manchuria governor, led troops in rebellion amid pressure from the government. Chang set three demands including action against Japan and restoration of Manchukuo and communism.
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Lianfu
Marhsal Chang
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Manchukuo
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Wanking
Japan
China
Sun Yat Sen
Loyang
Snowless Christmas Cancels All Bobsled and Skating Parties
National weather forecasters report a unusually warm Christmas with temperatures above normal coast to coast. Light snow possible in the Dakotas Minnesota and Montana while rains are forecast for Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and several other states.
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Minnesota
Montana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Plains
Iowa
Indiana Murderer To Die Tonight
Indiana prisoner Harry Singer is scheduled for execution by electric chair shortly after midnight for the murders of Wesley Caufman his wife and their young daughter. Gov. Paul V. McNutt refused a last minute stay.
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Michigan City
Ind
Ins
Harry Singer
Singer
Wesley Caufman
Paul V. McNutt
All Dionnes United For Christmas Day
The Dionne family will share Christmas dinner together for the first time since the quintuplets were born. They will sit with their father mother and six brothers and sisters under one roof with Papa Dionne to carve the turkey.
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Callander
Dionne
Papa Dionne
Lionel Barrymore Replaces Scrooge After Wife’s Death
BEVERLY HILLS CALIF AP Lionel Barrymore, grieving his wife Irene Fenwick, taps his brother John to play Scrooge in a radio broadcast of Christmas Carol. Fenwick, his second wife, began their romance in The Claw fourteen years ago. they had no children.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lionel Barrymore
John
Scrooge
Lionel
Mrs. Barrymore
Irene Fenwick
Barrymore
Miss Fenwick
Household Laundering Installed Households in 1936
In the United States during 1936 installation of household laundering appliances totaled 1,900,000 or more units. J. R. Bohnen, secretary of the American Washing Machine Manufacturers' association, reported Thursday in Chicago.
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Chicago
United States
J. R. Bohnen
American Washing Machine Manufacturers’ Association
Christmas Tragedy Claims Glen Head Girl
Twelve year old Mary Geertsen went to a brook near her home to test ice for a Christmas gift. The ice broke under her weight and she drowned in two feet of water. Local authorities investigated the accidental death.
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Glen Head
N. Y
INS
Mary Geertsen
Two Die at Crossing in East Moline Car Crash
William De Capp aged 22 and Goldie De Castecker aged 19 died when their car was struck by a train at a crossing in East Moline Illinois early Friday. Both bodies were severely mangled and identification took time.
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East Moline, Ill
William de Capp
Goldie de Castecker
Madrid Fears Trap Laid By Fascists As Troops Advance
Madrid officials fear a rebel trap as loyalist troops push three miles toward Boadilla Del Monte in one night of fighting. Rebels had battled ten days to seize the sector west of Madrid, which militiamen recaptured in a single evening.
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Madrid
INS
Boadilla del Monte
Boy 12 Killed In Cowboy Game Taunton Tragedy
A 12 year old boy died in Taunton Massachusetts during a family game of cowboys. The incident occurred after a Christmas setting with a casket placed in the front room. Police investigated the event and reported details are being reviewed.
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Boy
Taunton
Mass
Ins
George Beaulieu
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
Claude Callan portrays a family scene where Ma derives humor from a chipped dish shown by Nan. The anecdote centers on domestic pride and playful reminiscence within a household.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Tragedy as Accidental Shooting Ends Life of George
A schoolmate named George was accidentally shot in the abdomen during a play fight that began with water pistols. His companion, bored with the pretend scenario, seized a pistol from a bureau and fired. George died before a doctor could arrive. the medical examiner ruled the death accidental.
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George
Hopes Rise on Missing Western Airliner Through Radio Reports
Denver amateur radio operator Neil Forquer says a radio message from near Salt Lake City asks for a doctor and says the seven passengers are off the line about seventy five miles east of Salt Lake City. An Ogden operator corroborates hearing seven passengers and an army bomber searches the Evanston Wyoming area. Airline officials will verify a tavern keeper in Evanston heard missing motors the same morning.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Evanston
Wyo
Forquer
Scalp burn suit and several divorce and debt actions
Mary Agnes Kyle sues Gertrude Elson doing business as Peacock Beauty Salon Arthur W Reynolds and Betty Wilson asking 1000 judgment for a scalp burn from a permanent wave on December 2 Louise B Wilcox seeks 1000 in a contract death claim against Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co DeWitt C Wilcox died September 14 Charles F Miculka seeks divorce from Adeline Mihulka for desertion Vernetta Baird seeks divorce from Robert G Baird for cruel and inhuman treatment Cedar Rapids National seeks 15000 on a note secured by mortgage on west side business real estate H J Jones files 11550 account against William and Genevieve Ulch
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Mary Agnes Kyle
Gertrude Elson
Peacock Beauty Salon
Arthur W. Reynolds
Betty Wilson
Louise B. Wilcox
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
DeWitt C. Wilcox
Charles F. Miculka
Adeline Mihulka
Marion
Vernetta Baird
Robert G. Baird
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids National Company
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Security Savings Bank
Nathan E. Brown
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