No Political Bar Whatever for Duke and Duchess Return
Paris dispatch reports Neville Chamberlain telling the Duke of Windsor there is no political bar to his return to London and that no financial sanctions would affect his royal allowance. Chamberlain declined to speak for the royal family while noting the duke may visit England with the duchess if royal status is acknowledged.
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Paris
Windsor
England
Neville Chamberlain
London
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Boulevard Suchet
Duke of Gloucester
French Riviera
Sandringham
Norfolk
Everyday Living: Philosophy and Happiness in Classic Tales
Eorge MacDonald and George Eliot illuminate value and happiness. A fisher boy defines good and bad fish by outcome for others, while Silas Marner finds purpose through care for Eppie, transforming greed into love and meaning.
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Eorge MacDonald
Malcolm
Silas Marner
George Eliot
Eppic
Silas
One Needs Foreign Policy When Pie Is On The Window Sill
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer revisits the Monroe doctrine as a humorous national security metaphor. He argues a strong foreign policy is essential when domestic comforts, like pie on the window sill, invite international attention and potential trouble.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Poles seize ceded Czech area amid pact breach
Polish troops completed occupation of the ceded Czech area Czaca, saying the move was to secure Polish rights despite an agreement that the territory not be occupied until December 1. Warsaw reports anti Jewish incidents at the university and accuses Czechoslovakia of aiding an armed attack on its frontier mission.
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Warsaw
INS
Czaca
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw University
Italy and Germany Advise Poland Hungary on Czechoslovakia Frontier
In Rome, trusted quarters say Italy and Germany urged Poland and Hungary not to pursue any joint move against the Ruthenian area of eastern Czechoslovakia to win a Hungarian Polish border. Czechoslovakia argues Italy and Germany established the Munich frontier and must guarantee it after a minister met Galeazzo Ciano.
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Rome
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Germany
Munich
Cleanup halts traffic between Jerusalem and Telam
Four regiments of British soldiers aided by planes began a multi day cleanup of a sabotage scarred area between Jerusalem and Telam. Traffic was suspended during the operation and end date is not set.
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Jerusalem
Telam
Thanksgiving Storm Halts Transport Nationwide Census of Destruction
The Thanksgiving storm cripples air travel and roads from Cape Hatteras to Maine with forty mile winds and five inch snow in the east. Icy highways cause multiple fatalities across states, while New York City mobilizes snow equipment and frost temperatures drop nationwide.
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North Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Long Island
Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Maine
New England
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Indiana
Nebraska
Missouri
Maryland
Milan
N. H
Wilbur Potter
Dixville Notch
New York City
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Thousands Flock To Downtown Santa Claus Parade
Thousands of people lined the streets Friday for a festive Santa Claus parade through downtown. Colorful floats, costumed characters, and a children’s crowd in Greene square created a lively Yuletide scene with gifts and letters for Santa.
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Santa Claus
Bugle Corps
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Little
Red Riding Hood
Mother Hubbard
Iowa Farmerettes Drum and Bugle Corps
Snow White
US exports exceed imports by 960 million in ten months 1938
The Commerce Department reports the United States had a 960.13 million dollar trade surplus in the first ten months of 1938. Exports totalled 2.573 billion while imports were 1.613 billion. October exports rose to 277.93 million and imports to 177.98 million.
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Washington (Lp
Commerce Department
United States
Witness Identifies Omaha Man in Deadwood Slaying
State's Attorney Alec Bentto said a bartender who saw Milan Miller die identified Charles Fowler of Omaha Nebraska as the killer. The Lead police report notes Miller was 30.
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Deadwood
Alec Bentto
Milan Miller
Charles Fowler
Omaha
Neb
Roosevelt Hints at Nazi Policy During Warm Springs Dinner
President Roosevelt at the Warm Springs foundation Thanksgiving dinner read a telegram from Eddie Cantor and spoke by radio about infantile paralysis. He anticipated founding local chapters across counties and outlined a new funding split for local and national research. Ambassador Hugh Wilson was due to arrive to discuss Nazi policy.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Hugh Wilson
Germany
Warm Springs Foundation
Eddie Cantor
Wilson
Georgia Hall
Foundation
National Foundation For
National Campaign of Research
Roosevelt says relief cuts not tied to job gains
President Roosevelt told reporters at Warm Springs that relief rolls cannot be cut immediately in line with rising employment. He noted 900,000 private hires since June and faster production growth while warning the public works burden and Georgia’s cooperation remain factors in the safety net. A flash from a photographer’s bulb startled the car, and he joked it was not the cameraman’s fault.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Department of Labor
Great Britain
Palestine
Georgia
Extra Christmas Money Want Ads Sell Used Items
Local Gazette Want Ads offer CASH for kitted toys, trains, baby cribs, bikes, desks, and more. Readers are urged to use the classified section to quickly turn unwanted goods into cash with proof of successful sales. A fur coat sold recently as an example.
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Gazette
McNary Sets GOP Aims For Next Congress
Senator Charles McNary outlines three Republican objectives for the new session: non political relief with proper funding, balancing government outgo and income, and a general revision of the farm program. He urges aggressive action to remove politics from relief administration while Democrats lead with large majorities. He cites demand for pension expansion and soil conservation as liberal trend across the nation.
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Washington
INS
Charles McNary
Oregon
McNary
Relief Administration
Congress
House
Senate
McNair
Kinship of James Roosevelt Not Business Aid
A Boston bank was found not to be influenced by James Roosevelt’s family ties in an $850000 life insurance contract, though auditor Putnam noted Roosevelt’s name appeared first in the firm name due to his father’s status as New York governor. The case, Cronin v National Shawmut Bank, moves to a single justice to rule on evidence supporting the plaintiff.
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Boston
LLP
Superior Court
James Roosevelt
F. Delano Putnam
Young Roosevelt
Roosevelt
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Arthur D. Cronin
Boston Insurance
Cronin
Obrion, Russell and Company
Sargent
Plainiff
Shay Admits Driving Car That Hit Ames Police Chief
William Shay 26 of Cedar Rapids confessed in a signed statement to driving the stolen car that struck Ames Chief of Police W. J. Cure. He was arrested after a statewide search, admitted stealing Dr Albert Shaw’s car in Des Moines and said he planned to drive to Minneapolis. Cure suffered two broken ribs and cuts but was not believed to be in serious condition.
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Albert E. Shaw
Polk County
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Minn
Care
Highway 65
Ames
Cure
Shay
North Grant School
Mt Auburn
Benton County
la Porte City
Cedar Rapids
Fire Rages Near Stars Doorsteps in Los Angeles Canyon
A brush fire near Mandeville and Sullivan canyons threatens luxury homes of Shirley Temple and other stars. About 400 firemen tackle the blaze with backfires as embers edge toward upscale estates. Temple and family evacuated possessions at their new home while others like Mary Astor and Joan Crawford prepare to move if flames reach the suburbs.
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Los Angeles
Mandeville Canyon
Shirley Temple
Sullivan Canyon
Ralph Scott
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Studio
Mandeville
Shirley
Palm Springs
Calif
Mary Astor
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Claudette Colbert
Joan Crawford
Pope Pius XI Slips Into Critical Condition After Stroke
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome reports Pope Pius XI suffered a stroke and was unconscious for about 150 minutes. He was placed in an oxygen tent and received last sacraments as doctors warned recovery would be slow. Cardinal Mundelein was preparing to meet him before his Naples departure.
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Pianeria
Rome
INS
Aminta Milani
Pius XI
London
Pope Pius
Cardinal Lauri
Holy See
William J. Bo Maccaulay
Ilol
Macatias
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Naples
United States
Conte di Sa
Burckhalter Sought Insurance Increase Before Death
White Plains New York U P reports Eugene Y Burckhalter asked his life insurance agent Edwin Peters to arrange a $10 000 increase and to come to his home that afternoon for a physical exam three hours before he was found dead in his closed car Peters said Burckhalter planned to return to his office before his death occurred.
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White Plains
N. Y
Eugene Y. Burckhalter
Edwin Peters
Burckhalter
Flu Cases Jump Fifty Percent Above Seasonal Average
The U S public health service reported 3836 influenza cases in the month ending Nov 5 an increase about 50 percent over the five year average ending 1937 yet the service said there is no fear of unusual prevalence.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
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