Japanese Capture Nanking After Fierce Street Fight
Japanese forces reportedly seized Kuanghuamen gate and breached the 500 year old walls at Nanking after a prolonged assault aided by tanks and more than fifty aircraft. Purple Mountain and parts of Hsiakwan burned as Chinese resistance continued. The U S gunboat Panay was mentioned in connection with the changes at the Yangtze.
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Floods threaten Insurgent lines near Fuentes
Government dispatches from the Aragon front report the River Ebro floods menacing insurgent defenses at Fuentes in northeastern Spain. The high waters could force insurgents to abandon Burgo, midway between Zaragoza and a forward fortification 15 miles southeast, possibly sparing roads to Belchile 23 miles southeast.
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Willie Willis Plays On Malin Street Amid Bad Luck
Willie Willis notes he will play on Malin Street today due to recent bad luck. He says feeling watched or mocked makes it easier to stay honest and do the right thing.
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Malin Street
Landon Rules Out 1940 Run If GOP Nominates Him
Washington December 10 Alfred M Landon former Republican presidential nominee in 1938 says he will not run in 1940 if the GOP nominates him He has attended a series of nonpartisan conferences in Washington and met with President Roosevelt at the White House prior to deciding.
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FDR Says Landon Has Best of It in Talk at White House
Washington December 10. President Roosevelt told reporters after a late meeting with Alf Landon that Landon had the beat of the exchange and was told by the president that Landon was not going to win. Landon said the visit was very nice and that the president looked well.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Political figure declines 1940 nomination offer
A public figure explains he would not accept the 1940 Republican nomination if offered at the national convention. He calls the statement a patriotic duty to serve party and country more actively, describing his abdication as a tacit invitation, a note found in column 3.
Police Block Ford Pickets Halt at Kansas City Plant
United Automobile Workers called a strike at Kansas City's Ford plant over alleged inadequate police protection. About 49 picketers were arrested among 150 police on duty. Plant manager claims shutdown was routine and strike talk is hooey. Union cites discrimination in returning workers after layoffs.
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United Automobile Workers of America
Kanaaz City
Ford Assembly
Committee For Industrial Organization
H.C. Doss
Frigid Nebraska Weather Baffles Officials
In O Neice Neb a weather observer reports 29 below at the station while other thermometers read higher. Elmer Bowen sent the thermometer to Washington for adjustment as the government grapples with record cold.
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One Justice to Another in Crivitz Wood Theft Case
In Marinette Wisconsin on December 10 magistrate Justice Frank-Duqualne sentenced Justice Norrig Gould to 30 days in the county jail after a jury convicted him of stealing a supply of wood worth about $20. Gould claimed he did not know the wood’s ownership.
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Buffalo Area Buried Under Heavy Snowfall
Buffalo and suburbs face the worst December snowstorm in years. Three days of wind driven snow near 30 inches have left neighborhoods isolated with drifts up to 15 feet. Red Cross and state agencies mobilized rescue teams, scouts and National Guard requested for emergency food and medicine deliveries as 5 lives were lost and more snow is forecast.
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Clifford B. Lane
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Weather Bureau
Increase in WPA Rolls Is Forecast
West Virginia WPA rolls are expected to grow by about 5 000 as state administrator J N Alderson seeks additional funds amid rising unemployment. Current rolls total about 27 600, down from a peak near 42 000 earlier this year, with about 10 000 released under the WPA reduction program since May. Alderson noted seasonal gains and said talks on new cases would continue.
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J. N. Alderson
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Harry Ll. Hop
Surrender by Murder Ring Leaders Near Paris
Paris dispatch reports two men and a woman, members of a kidnap murder ring, surrender to Versailles authorities after searches across France. Roger Millon known as Scarface and his lieutenant LeBlanc gave themselves up with their mistress Culotte Tricot, who revealed she never had blond hair. Investigators probe the St Cloud villa where Weidmann’s confessions and missing dancer Miss De Haven’s fate are tied, uncovering garments with varied initials in a trunk.
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Roger “Scarface
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Poller
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Nude Model Causes Stir in Wisconsin Art Classes
A University of Wisconsin campus dispute arose after a female student posed nude for the art department's "Wife" class. Professor William H. Varnum ordered halt after discovering the model's background as a professional in New York.
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Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wiliam
H. Varnum
Roland 5. Stebbing
Iife
Prof. Stebbins
Profesasoral Models’ Crion of
New York
Solons Demand World War Papers Be Made Public
Senators Nye and Bone criticized state department secrecy over World War I and later papers. They urged full disclosure of documents about America's entry into the war and related archives. Bone warned ignorance could cost American lives as munitions evidence linked factories to Hitler. Page 5, Col. 2.
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Bone
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Green Opposes Wage Hour Bill as Labor Chief Objects
Washington December 10 The American Federation of Labor maintains flat opposition to the wage hour bill despite Democratic changes and President Green says the modifications are only apparent and would not change the outcome. A House vote to consider the bill is set for Monday as administration aims to push final passage next week.
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American Federation of Labor
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House Labor Committee
C and O Permitted To Acquire Lines
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway received conditional permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to obtain direct control of the New York Chicago and St Louis Nickel Plate and the Erie railroads by purchasing capital stock from two subsidiary holding companies. The grant requires adherence to any future ICC decision on related acquisitions and notes existing indirect control through subsidiaries.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Tailway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Erie Railroad
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Springfield
Gas Well Drilled In Grapevine District After Four Months
A 20 million foot gas well came in Thursday in the Bdisonville Grapevine district after nearly four months of drilling by Booth Fennell company on the John Bean property. The well blew off at a 14 million foot rate and, after drilling out the screw and adding 16 feet, the flow rose to 14.0 million and then to about 20.419 million with pressure between 1600 and 1700 pounds.
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John Bean
Crop Control Bill Passes House by 268 to 129
The House approved a crop control bill by a 268 to 129 vote. President Roosevelt urged the ICC to move quickly to relieve railroads, while the ICC refused an immediate rate increase, saying findings should be balanced after hearing both sides.
Liberals Named To SEC Posts In Roosevelt Era Push
President Roosevelt announced Senate subject appointments to the Securities and Exchange Commission. John W. Hanes of Charles D. Barney & Co. and Jerome N. Frank, New York lawyer, were named to fill vacancies. Hanes supported stronger safeguards on trading amid liberal reform efforts. Frank, known for liberalism, called this an opportunity for public service. Page 5.
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New York Exchange
26 Are Killed In Rail Wreck
Castlecary Scotland December 15 A speeding Scottish express train crashed into the rear of another train on the main line near Castlecary. Early reports put deaths around 20 with many injured as rescuers worked by blazes amid snow covered roads. The accident occurred around 445 p m local time with rail officials stating no count of dead or stated cause.
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Edinburgh
Great Britain
Gretna Green
London and North Eastern Railroad
Calston
Iron lung sought for Huntington youth amid hospital efforts
News notes that Huntington officials are continuing to seek an iron lung for a 10 year old youth. Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins reportedly has adult and infant respirators available through the 40 and 8 organizations and the American Legion. Dr. Arthur Jones says efforts remain ongoing and the child’s condition is stable but precarious without a respirator.
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Elkina
W. E Chilton, Jr
A. C. McGee
Elkins
American Legion
West Virginia
American Air One
Arthur 5. Jones
Huntington
U.S. Seeks Missing Americans in Moscow Mystery
U S government asks Moscow embassy to help locate Donald E Robinson and his wife from New York who vanished from the National hotel on December 2. The wife later disappeared from the hotel near the American embassy as Soviet authorities, hospital leads, and foreign office inquiries unfold.
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Moscow
Mra
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New York
State Department
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House passes crop production and surplus marketing bill
The House approved by 268 to 129 a bill to regulate crop production and surplus marketing. The measure, aimed at cotton, wheat and corn, preserves current payments for conservation with quotas set by the secretary of agriculture and penalties for noncompliance. It now moves to the Senate as leaders anticipate a companion bill early next week.
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FDR Accuses Garner of Killing Pet Cow
President Roosevelt accuses Vice President Garner of shooting a friendly pet cow during a deer hunting trip. Sen. Guffey of Pennsylvania released a letter signed Franklin D Roosevelt read at a dinner where meat was served. Garner denies, saying the meat came from a deer he shot.
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