Japs Enter Wuhu Pound At Nanking Invasion Rages
Reports from Wuhu confirm Japanese forces broke Chinese defenses as brutal street fighting surrounds Nanking.1 The Yangtze port key to the Nanking defense faces encirclement with 350000 Nationalists and 50000 Communist troops defending, while an ultimatum from Gen. Matsui looms. One gate remains contested as Allied foreigners in Nanking are unaccounted for.
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Shanghat
Der
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Nanking
Shanghai
Japan
Bedlam
Iwane Matal
Janene
Dack
Nippon
Matsui
Tang Sheng-Chi
American Gunboat Panay Narrowly Escapes Jap Fire
On the Yangtze at Nanking the United States gunboat Panay, carrying U S embassy officials, fled as Japanese warplanes bombed the waterfront. Bombs exploded between ship and shore with one landing about 200 feet away as Pu Kow and Nanking endured heavy attacks and fires.
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United States
Panay
Nanking
U. 8
Nanklog
Pukow
Yangtze River
Police Tag Stolen Car In Frustrating Case
New York reports Theodore L. Kamille had his stolen car tagged by police for a month with parking tickets after the thief took it on October 30. Kamille paid two one dollar fines in traffic court while the car was recovered last Friday.
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New York
Theodore L. Kamille
Kamille
Actress Jean de Koven's body found in France villa
German fugitive Eugene Weidmann admitted killing five victims to fund his meals. He led police to a St. Cloud villa where de Koven, a 22 year old Brooklyn dancer, was buried beneath the front porch. He said she died by strangulation and four men were shot in the back. A blonde French-speaking woman is sought as a possible conspirator.
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St, Cloud
France
Jean de Koven
Palice
Eugene Weidmann
St. Cloud Villa
Brooklyn, N
de Koven
Weidmann
Charleston Seeks 2 700 000 Grant for Housing Units
Charleston has applied for 2 700 000 in federal funds to build 500 family dwellings. Solicitor Philip Hill said a Washington conference with housing authority officials gives Charleston a good chance the grant will be earmarked. If approved the city must raise 300 000 via bonds. Other cities also sought funds.
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Charleston
Philip He Hill
Washington
U.S. Housing Authority
Nathan Straus
Parkersburg
Fairmont
Morfantown
HII
Labor Office Given Control Of Wage Bill In Brief
Washington reports say the house labor committee adopted an amendment to place administration of the wage bill under the labor department creating a new division with an administrator and NRA like committees to regulate individual industries. A north south caucus produced a tentative agreement to back a compromise permitting lower southern minimums in exchange for southern support on other issues. Administration leaders claim sufficient southern votes to guarantee a majority.
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Washington
UNS
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Department of Labor
NRA
South
North
GOP Governors Demand Purge Shifts in Party Power
Three GOP governors Vermont New Hampshire and Maine call for a purge of veteran leaders to make way for younger blood amid plans for a 100 member GOP policy committee for the 1924 elections. Governor Aiken spurs change at the capitol while Murphy and Barrows echo the call and urge resignations of elder figures on the national committee.
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Washington
Dee
Jins
Republican Party
Aldsters
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
St Louis
Guv
George D. Aiken
Capitol
Moorer
GOP
Francis P. Murphy
Republican National Committee
sint+ worts
Gav
Lews Barrows
Yat Maine
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Strike at Peoria State Hospital Leaves 2300 Inmates Cold
Union actions at Peoria state hospital halt maintenance and boiler operation causing 2,300 patients to shiver without heat during bitter weather. Blame falls on painters and supporting unions, with officials condemning the strike as dangerous and unlawful amid severe cold.
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Peoria
Blate
Public Welfare
A. L. Bowen
Peoria State Hospital
Rafete
Kennedy Chosen for Ambassador to Great Britain
President Roosevelt picks Joseph P. Kennedy as ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Boston born Harvard graduate accepts with reluctance and will face Britain in trade talks and sea debt settlement. Kennedy, former head of the Federal Maritime Commission, succeeds Robert Worth Bingham who is ill at Johns Hopkins.
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Washington
Dre
Joseph P. Kennedy
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Kennedy
Iristiman
Federal Maritime Commission
Court of St. James
Vic
Louisville
Robert Worth Bingham
Bingham
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Senate
Florida
London
Congress
Boston
Harvard
Uate
New Deal
Securities and Exchange Commission
Basston Bank
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Staunton Funeral Scheduled Today
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at the residence 1216 Kanawha street for Mrs. F. M. Staunton who died at 3 a.m. yesterday at home. The Rev. Warren S. Stone and Dr. Merrill will officiate. Burial is in Spring Hill cemetery with Simpson Directors in charge. Mrs Staunton belonged to a long prominent Kanawha valley Charleston family. She was born in Charleston in 1840, daughter of Isine Noyes Smith and Caroline Quarrier Smith, granddaughter of Benjamin Morrison Smith. She was formerly Miss Nisse Quarrier Stith and married Frederick Marshall Staunton in 1841.
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Kanawha Street
F. M. Staunton
Warren S. Stone
Kanawha Presbyterian Church
Merrill Will
Ttelite
Simpson
Bas
Page
Teachers to Get Early Pay for Christmas
Asst. State Auditor explains a law that blocks unearned salary payments to state workers but notes teachers are paid by county warrants rather than state funds. December pay will arrive in time for gifts as advance checks cover 15 days of service.
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Sta
Gifte
Cleveland M. Malley
Big Business Seeks Revision Of Wagner Act At Convention
At its New York gathering the National Association of Manufacturers pressed for sweeping changes to the Wagner labor relations act. Ernest T. Weir of National Steel warned that labor strife cost five billion dollars in 1937, while the group called for government protection of lawful strikes and expanded legal responsibility for unincorporated unions and employer associations.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Charles W. Fahy
National Labor Relations Board
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Atrife
America
Union Responsibility
Pace 5 Part 2 Turn to Pace 5 Part 2 Col 6
Page reference fragment from Pace 5 Part 2 indicates continuation in column 6. Further readable context is not provided in the stripped OCR.
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Rarg
Rabe
Soft coal price fixes meet opposition in testimony
Witnesses told a consumers conference that the new government fixed prices for soft coal hurt buyers. The Smokeless Producers District Board in southern West Virginia seeks changes in the schedule, while coal operators threaten action if revisions occur. J W Carter, linked to a suit overturning an earlier act, notes December 16 as the effective date.
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TON
Dew
Mae
Consumers’ Counsel
National Bituminous Coal ‘Commission
Smokeless Producers District Board
West Virginia
Commission
Beale
Smokeless Board
J. W. Carter
Carter Coat Company
Congress
United Mine Workers
Two Fires Claim Toll of 15 Victims
Knoxville dispatch reports two adjacent fires killing fifteen people in a no flame rated tenement. Fire Chief Johnson says seven victims were children recovered from ruins as 22 others fled or jumped to safety. Victims include Mrs McKinley Connner and her children Virginia Luther. Mrs Tate and her son Eugene. grandsons R L Melton Junior Melton and James Earl Melton.
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Knoxville
Tenn
C. M. Johnson
Ax & “Hire
McKinley Connnter
Virginia
Vallee
Luther
Corn Tate
Big Spending Cut Plan Aimed to Balance Budget by Roosevelt
Washington reports show administration leaders near forcing a vote on Ludlow war powers amendment. 205 House members signed to discharge the judiciary committee, seeking a nationwide referendum on declaring foreign wars. If 216 signatures are reached, a House vote in January could limit presidential and congressional war power.
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Roosevelt
Washington
House
Italy Eyes League Exit As Mussolini Weighs Departure
Rome reports indicate the Fascist grand council may announce Italy's withdrawal from the League of Nations in a midnight session. Diplomats weigh whether the move signals an end to negotiations with Britain and France and hints at closer alignment with Germany and Japan amid Ethiopia era tensions.
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Rome
Grand Council
Italy
League of Nations
Benito Mussolini
League
Il Duce
Britain
France
Mussolini
Germany
Japan
Maly
Manchuria
State seeks iron lung for Huntington youth rescue work
State officials of the 40 and 8 discussed obtaining an iron lung to aid a 17 year old Huntington youth injured while volunteering on a highway after a car crash. The boy, Wax, is under treatment at Huntington Orthopedic Hospital by Dr. Arthur S. Jones, state child welfare director.
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Huntington
Virginia
Arthur S. Jones
Iuntington Orthopedic Hospital
Jones
Man Faces String of Bad Luck in One Day
In Beeblin Maryland G Dale Harrison endures a disastrous day starting with a fire at his office. An alarm freezes, police and fire crews respond but fail to reach the blaze promptly as a broken hydrant and faulty equipment hindered efforts. Firefighters from four nearby towns arrive after twenty minutes.
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Beeblin
Dec
G. Dale Harrison
Malantrest
State Concludes Kidnap Evidence in Booth Case
In Huntington on December 9 eight physicians testified the death of Dr. James I. Seder stemmed from pneumonia and brain hemorrhage. They supported Booth's claim that Seder was bombarded with plate fragments while captive in a mine, a statement Booth denied signing.
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Huntington
Arnett A. Booth
James I. Seder
Booth
U. S
Henry D. Hatfield
Seder
Wayne County
WPA Promises 350000 More Jobs Amid Budget Debate
The Works Progress Administration plans a $23.6 million monthly rise to expand work relief programs within weeks, adding 350000 jobs. Hopkins says no deficit request yet, while Rep. Ellenbogen urges Congress to add about 500 million to WPA funding as the administration aims to balance the budget.
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Washington
Dev. D
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
President Roosevelt Signals $800 Million Budget Cut Plan
The president told the Democratic steering committee he aims to balance the 1938-39 budget by cutting 800 million dollars from this year’s outlay of over 7.34 billion. He plans a 6.5 billion dollar budget target, with further reductions to CCC, highways, relief, PWA, and youth programs to tighten the belt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Houge Democratic Steering Committee
Jed Johnson
Okla
Congress
White House
CCC
Fed
Civilian Conservation Corps
New Deal
Johnson
PWA
Youth Administration
Most of Country Gripped by Cold
The nation faced a deep cold wave threatening northern Florida citrus crops as snow and blizzards disrupted upstate New York, with 40 mile per hour winds and seven foot drifts halting buses and cars around Buffalo. New York City and surrounding areas endured frigid temperatures as millions shivered.
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Florida
New York
Buffalo
New York City
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