Italians Erect Mile Barbed Wire Defenses in Ethiopia Front
Mogadiscio dispatches report Italian forces in Italian Somaliland extending a barbed wire defense line 54 miles long across between the Parma and Juba rivers to halt Ethiopian assaults. The system includes machine gun nests and artillery ready to cut Ethiopian supply routes from the Kenya colony, signaling a pause in Ras Desta Demtu’s offensive.
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Rome
Etiopia
Mogadiscio
Benito Mussolli
Dubai
Parma
Juba
Dolo
Rodolfo Graziani
Kenya
Wehib Pasha
Ras Nassibu
Kenya Colony
Ras Desta Demtu
Rules Children Not Required To Attend Opportunity School
The Ames board of education ruled that attendance at opportunity schools is not compulsory, noting the matter may be brought to the Supreme Court if necessary. Judge Luke stated the board does not have to require Potts to attend such schools, a decision in a case involving several local families.
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AMFS
Ames Board of Pedaecten
Doe
Maenicipal
Tudue J
Luke
Othe Town Supreme Court
Tuke
Board
of Education
Antoordts
Potts
Schanl Hs
Teo Ane Ferries
Jon Gurist
Ross Smith
Robert Ghit
Seth
Vardge Puke
Ted
Minnesota Militia Guards Textile Mill Disturbance Scene
Minnesota militia guards the Strutwear Knitting plant in Minneapolis after labor unrest. Sixty six guardsmen were mobilized Friday by Governor Floyd B Olson per Mayor Tomas Latimer request to aid civil authorities. Martial law not declared as troops are to maintain peace.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota National Guardsmen
Strutwear Knitting Company
Floyd B. Olson
Tomas Latimer
Natives of Persia Interior Craft Palm Leaf Books
Books made by the natives of the interior of Persia still use palm leaves for pages, with writing inscribed by a pointed instrument.
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Persia
Buchanan Urges Luxury Tax to Fund Security Plan
The House Appropriations Committee chair proposes a sales tax on luxuries to finance the New Deal social security program, arguing it would replace payroll taxes and reduce tax burdens on employers and workers. The current act imposes a 1 percent payroll tax rising to 3 percent by 1938, with separate funding for old age pensions.
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Buchanan
Washington
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Hoffman Questions Authority To Pardon Hauptmann
New Jersey Governor Hoffman says a court ruling on commutation would leave Supreme Court Justice Thomas W Trenchard as the only official with power to spare Hauptmann from execution. He notes a legal opinion claiming the governor lacks reprieve authority and cites emergency provisions for possible delays.
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Trenton
INS
iIf
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Thomas W Trenchard
Hauptmann
Flemington
Bronx
Carpenter
Harold Hoffman
Hauptmanna
Ernor
Mark © Kimterling
Prises
Gosermer
Postmaster's Holiday Greeting Found in Box
A Greensboro woman discovered a post age due card in her mail during the holidays. She paid the two cents at the window and received a Christmas greeting from J. W. Coleman the postmaster.
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Greensboro
J. W. Coleman
Ice skating novelty draws traffic duty to Lake Howell
In Raleigh North Carolina H B Williams a motorcycle officer was drafted for traffic duty at Lake Howell where about a dozen skaters were performing under sunny south conditions creating a rare scene for the area.
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Raleigh
H. B. Williams
Lake Howell
Nurse Returns Old Loan With Christmas Surprise
Mrs. Jean Schoening a nurse in San Francisco loaned a patient 2.50 a year ago. The borrower called at Christmas with a check for 5 but she demanded 2.50 change. The check was returned marked no account. In Oklahoma James Hale 69 Tahlequah was thrown from a horse before Thanksgiving and later found his neck broken on X-ray.
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San Francisco
Jean Schoening
Muskogee
Okla
James Hale
Tahlequah
Postal Oddity From Long Ago in Oklahoma City
John Stinson reports paying one cent postage due on a letter mailed thirteen years ago when postage was two cents instead of three.
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Oklahoma City
John Stinson
May Change Basis of AAA Payments
Washington AP reports AAA officials considering land use as the basis for farm benefit payments if the Supreme Court rules processing tax cannot be used as a crop restriction tool. An immediate start on a land use program would follow.
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Washington
AAA
Supreme Court
Sharp Earthquake Recorded In India
An earthquake was recorded at 8 11 am in Calcutta as seismographs at Alapore observatory indicated the tremor. The epicenter or distance noted was about 1190 miles from Calcutta.
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India
Calcutta India
API
Netutaat
Alpore
Boatman Named Iowa State Soil Co ordinator
J L Boatman soil specialist at Iowa State College was named Iowa state co ordinator for the federal soil conservation service. He will coordinate SCS work in Iowa and supervise state activities while a regional office location for a new district serving Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois is decided.
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Washington
J. L. Boatman
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Boatman
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Des Moines
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Wis
Urbana
Ames
Soil Conservation Service
State Board of Review
Two Killed In Hindu Muslim Clash In Calcutta
In Calcutta two people were reported killed and many injured during rioting between Muslims and Hindus. The violence occurred as Muslims observed a religious festival and the Indian National Congress marked its jubilee.
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Calcutta
India
Indian National Congress
Wild Goose Returns to Be Pet in Texas Farm
In Ganado Texas Emil Bures and his sons found a tame wild Canadian ring neck goose in their field. They kept it as a barnyard pet after it became exhausted from migration. A year later a lone gander landed among the chickens showing the same tame behavior as the earlier bird.
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Ganado, Tex
INS
Emil Bures
Roman Forts In Palestine Unearthed By Professor Ali
The ruins of a chain of second century Roman fortresses extend south from the Dead Sea toward Petra and were uncovered by Professor Ali of Germany. The forts, dated about forty years after the temple’s destruction, are linked by milestones from Roads and relate to the tenth Roman legion that led the Jerusalem assault.
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Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Petra
Ali
Germany
Steady Recovery Course Seen By Rail President
New York report quotes A C Needles president of Norfolk and Western Railway foreseeing continued improvement and expansion as government controls affect private initiative. He notes the depression sobered business but anticipates a steady recovery with more freedom to act. The largest oil refinery in Curacao employs 10,000 workers with a daily capacity over 295000 barrels.
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New York
A C Needles
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Milne confesses kidnaping hoax details emerge
Milne admits staging a ransom hoax to free himself from his grandfather Caleb J. Milne Jr. He traveled via Trenton to Lambertville and Doylestown, bound and left by the road where motorists found him four days later. No accomplices, he says, and police questioned several associates. The motive cited was alleged “hellish financial affairs.”
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Poughkeepsie
Caleb
Hoover
Trenton
N. J
Lambertville
Philadelphia
Doylestown
Milne
Caleb J. Milne, Jr
Robert Keaser
John L. Smith
Max Ritkin
Frederic
New York
J. P. Morgan and Co
Big
Doylestown Nurse Reactions as Milne Confesses Hoax
Nurses at Doylestown emergency hospital voiced skepticism after Caleb J. Milne IV confessed his kidnaping claim was a hoax. Dr Bradford Greene called Milne a "damn good actor" while noting marks on his arm suggested self-administration. federal agents had advised silence.
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Caleb
Woodstock
N. Y
Milne
Doylestown
New York
INS
Doylestown Emergency Hospital
Caleb J. Milne
Young Milne
Bradford Greene
Greene
Dr. Greene
Grandfather Shocked by Kidnapping Hoax Confession
Caleb J. Milne Jr. learned his grandson Caleb J. Milne IV confessed the kidnapping tale was false. Milne said the report was inconceivable and he had spoken with J Edgar Hoover, the chief justice agent, about the matter.
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Philadelphia
Caleb J. Milne, Jr
Caleb J. Milne, IV
Milne
J. Edgar Hoover
Malvern Youth Heads 4-H Boys Club of Iowa
Ed Wearin a 17 year old livestock feeder and judge from Malvern was elected president of the Iowa 4-H boys club for 1936 at the short course in Ames. Other officers include Royal Holt Earl Steppe Paul Dickie and Kenneth Kramer. More than 500 of 650 boys attended the banquet where 4 H coin show winners were announced with Scott County excelling.
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Ames
Iowa
Ed Wearin
Malvern
Roy Cruzen
Oskaloosa
Mills County
Washington
Royal Holt
Rippey
Earl Steppe
Kellogg
Paul Dick
Storm Lake
Kenneth Kramer
Dunkerton
Scott County
Lester Ihms
Eldridge
Meyer
Billy Pearson
la Porte City
Art Wiese
Dixon
Scott
Black Hawk
Dwight Brown
Boone
Scott County Boys
Ihms
Raymond Keppey
Davenport
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Storms Sweep Across Europe Across Eighth Day
Storms and floods hit Europe for the eighth day with rain and Alpine snowmelt swelling rivers. Coastal shipping damage reported as floods spread from Spain and Portugal where 27 and 5 people were confirmed dead respectively.
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Europe
Paris
Spain
Portugal
Masonic Dinner Highlights Founding Role in U S Government
About 400 Masons attended Crescent lodge No 25 Iowa on St John’s Day for a program led by Willis J Bray. He traced colonial era Masonry link to the Declaration of Independence, Washington, Hamilton and others, noting many generals were Masons and detailing lodge past masters and charity work.
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U. S
Crescent Lodge No. 25
Willis J. Bray
Kirkville
Royal Arch Masons of
Missouri
Bray
Order
Boston
George Washington
General Putnam
Alexander Hamilton
John Paul Jones
Paul Revere
Glenn E. Norton
Crescent Lodge
Royal H. Holbrook
David R. Pugh
Jasper H. Ramsey
Iowa
Taylor Carpenter
Charles B. Whelpley
Joseph B. Miller
Pugh
Joe Miller
George M. Johnson
Arthur E. Gough
John J. Rubek
Frank Filip
Charles R. Sutherland
Amor H. Sargent
Almon S. Reed
Walter R. Grissel
Charles H. Wilkins
Elmer I. Copeland
Frank Carroll
William A. Robertson
Emil J. Petranek
Julius F. Sorensen
Thomas F. Suchomel
George E. Farmer
Halford T. Barry
Edward E. Sparling
Henry E Kunz
Alvin E. Kannewulf
Lewis B. Gray
Harry J. Jones
Dan W. Figgins
Stage and Screen Showings Across Iowa Theaters
Katharine Hepburn stars in Sylvia Scarlet with Ralph Bellamy in The Healer at local venues. Shirley Temple and John Boles headline The Littlest Rebel from Paramount. Frank Parker and Tamara lead Sweet Surrender. Aline Mac Mahon and Basil Rathbone appear in Kind Lady. Lawrence Grey and Sheila Manners star in Danger Ahead. Buck Jones in Throw Back. Lionel Barrymore leads The Mark of the Vampire at Palace along with Buck Jones in Shadow Ranch. Will Rogers stars in Doubting Thomas at the Olympic with Spencer Tracy and Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante.
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Palace
Lionel Barrymore
Buck Jones
Shadow Ranch
Will Rogers
Thomas
Spencer Tracy
Ketti Gallian
Marie Galante
Debunking Beavers’ Dam Myths by Dr Raymond Ditmars
The article cites Dr Raymond Ditmars of the New York Zoological Society disputing the idea that beavers gnaw large trees into blocks for dam building. He asserts beavers mainly cut saplings and shrubs along streams and float two to four inch diameter lengths to construct dams.
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Raymond L. Ditmars
New York Zoological Society
Wounded in Wrist in Hunting Accident Near Robins
Wilmer Hendrickson, 25, of 1324 Second Street SE, was treated at Mercy hospital at noon Saturday for a shotgun wound to his right wrist from a misfired second barrel while rabbit hunting near Robins at about 10:15 am. He rode in an ambulance with his brother Lloyd and fellow employee Ray Darragh from Petersen Baking Company.
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Wilmer Hendrickson
Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Robins
Hendrickson
Lloyd
Thirty-fourth Street
Petersen Baking Company
Ray Darragh
Two Held On Charge Of Kidnaping Girl
In Lexington Nebraska two men Carl Flory and Jack Mason were charged with child stealing in the abduction of 18 year old Marjorie Boggs. They were arrested at Norton Kansas and the Lexington police chief O P Mason said he suspects the case may be a hoax.
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Lexington
Neb
Marjorie Boggs
Carl Flory
Jack Mason
Norton
Kan
O. P. Mason
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