British Peace Pressure Move Is Disclosed
London reports reveal an official white paper detailing discrepancies in how Britain, Mussolini, and Haile Selassie were approached over a peace plan. It notes Britain seeks closer ties with Nazi Germany and Hitler, with Hoare urging Addis Ababa to urge Haile Selassie toward concessions while suggesting oil sanctions be postponed. The Berlin side mentions talks on armpaments limits and an aviation mutual aid treaty among Locarno signatories.
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London
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
Haile Salessie
Star
AlYorral
Ealf
Berayal
Stanley Baldwin
Samuel Hoare
Eric Paipps
Berlin
Hitler
Eric
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Hoare
Addis Ababa
Samuel
Credit Company Looted of $2400 in Huntington Robbery
Police chase three robbers who held up a Huntington credit company, taking $700 in safe contents, $1400 in postal savings stamps, and $300 in jewelry from Mrs. Helen Duncan. An abandoned Ford sedan with Ohio plates was found seven hours later in Enslow. Three suspects used a sawed off shotgun in the daytime robbery.
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Huntington
Des
Polce
Loothday
Pothway
Enslow
Helen Duncan
Ohio
Mail to Be Preserved Under Statute of Santa
In Santa Claus Indiana a 23 foot statue will house a vault beneath it to preserve children’s mail forever. To drop a name and address, a penny postcard must be mailed with a 1 1 4 by 3 1 2 inch space, addressed to the secretary of Santa Claus Park. Presidents and governors will also have names placed in the vault, backed by the Santa Claus Good Fellowship club.
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Ind
Santa Claus
Santa Claus Park
Roostack
Paul V. McNutt
Santa Claus Good Fellowship Club
Perkins Outlines New Social Plan For Nation
Secretary Perkins urged labor and management cooperation with government aid to secure a broader social plan. She highlighted gains under the administration including job retention, industrial production growth, and revival in heavy industries. She emphasized steady wages and fair farm prices as foundations of sound prosperity during a period of economic recovery.
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New York
Perkins
Fis
Marsh
Miss Perkins
New York County Lawyers’ Association
Washington
George L. Berry
Roos Velt
Industrial Council
Page & Part i
Hamlet Woman To Be Hanged In Woodstock Yard
In Woodstock Ontario the town braces for the hanging of Elizabeth Tilford a 40 year old mother of nine after being found guilty of poisoning her third husband to free herself for another man. Despite petitions for clemency the sentence stands eight days before Christmas.
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Woodstock
Bank assets soar as assets rise over a billion in four months
Washington reports a four month period ending November 1 shows national bank assets up 1.37 billion to 27.44 billion. Loans fall by 3.0 million? The text notes assets, deposits, and reserves shifting amid 5409 active banks. Savings drop and loan ratios slide from 32.73 to 30.38 percent.
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Washington
J. F. T. O'Connor
O'Connor
Federal Reserve
National Bank Capital
Retail Store Sales Higher Across 26 Cities
Washington reports a strong upturn in holiday retail activity with 26 major cities showing five to fifty percent gains in the week ended Wednesday. New York, Houston, and Dallas posted declines due to prior tax effects and flood impact, while Philadelphia Boston Chicago Atlanta and other cities posted notable increases. Weather aided sales in many regions as cold conditions boosted discretionary spending.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
New York
Houston
Dallas
Philadelphia
Boston
Springfield
Chicago
Atlanta
Los Angeles
California
Bwfalo
St. Lo Birmingham
Charleston
Cincinnati
Denver
Gazette to Give $5 Daily To Early Yule Shoppers
The Gazette announces a daily $5 prize for an early Christmas shopper in the downtown area. A Gazette photographer will randomly select a shopper, who may be alone or with others, and the winner will be identified by a photograph published the next day. Shoppers must claim the prize at The Gazette office on Hate Street. Local merchants report brisk Christmas sales and advise shoppers to start early to beat crowds as extra staff accompany the holiday rush.
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Gazette
Bor
Charleston
Gridiron Club mocks FDR Landon at winter banquet
At the Gridiron Club banquet in Washington Governor Alf Landon draws light mockery alongside President Roosevelt and Chief Justice Hughes. Skits lampoon 1939 nomination talk, Norman Thomas and Hoover caricatures, and a "Dr New Deal" saga. Mrs Roosevelt hosts the Gridiron Widows with skits on administration policies.
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Washington
Det
Alf Landon
Kansas
Gridiron Club
Roosevelt
Hughes
Sanpreme Cour
Norman Thomas
White House
Eiernies
Wr. Wew
New Deal
Harry Hopkins
Boondoggling
Fox
Mr. Roosevelt
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Landon
Moses
New Hampshire
Watson
Indiana
Watson Eaid
Hoover
Governor Landon
Hopkins Impersonator Pranks Ickes on the Moon
A Hopkins impersonator, claiming a plan of lunar resettlements and funding, confronts Interior Secretary Ickes in a prank. The exchange turns satirical as the impersonator boasted vast budgets while the moon figure puts him to sleep, ending with a quip about a headache.
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Ickes
Hopkins
Hopking
Milky Way
Harry
Chieftains Seek to Avert Fight in Convention Fight
Influential Republicans urged defusing a national committee contest over a convent poity opening Monday. Kansas City and Chicago debated sites, aiming to avoid hinting at support for Landon or Knox. Ohio and eastern figures weighed prospects, while Pittsburgh considered a late bid and delegates remained debated.
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National Committee
Alf Landon
Kansas
Col
Frank Knox
Mllinois
Cleveland
Kansas City
Chicago
John Hamilton
George F. Getz
Ilinois
Hamilton
Landon
Getz
Warren Harding
Ohio
Frank Lowden
Alinnis
Pittsburgh
Hilles
Herbert Hoover
Sistes
Ontates
Pennsylvania
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Moase
Five Day Week Gruen Standard Oi Sanction
CHICAGO Dec 14 After a trial of five day week in general offices refinery offices and sales division headquarters since April 1 1934 Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced it had worked out satisfactory results and will be continued indefinitely Edward G Seubert president said directors recommended general adoption in industry and trade of the five day week to speed recovery Employees work 40 hours the same as under the five and a half day week
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Chicago
CFI
Sandard Oil Company
In Ginna
Edward G. Seubert
Man Killed Near Mammoth in Shuite Hollow
Emmett J. Martin, 39, of Mammoth, was shot and killed yesterday in Shuite Hollow near Mammoth in an altercation tied to a craps game. State police seek John McDay for murder. county coroner Dr. J. E. Roberts said Martin was hit through the heart and right lung. Troopers trace a drunken sequence involving Hobart Ash, Charles Lett, William Anderson, and John McCoy. Lett and Ash visited Martin and McDay before the fatal shooting.
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Emmett J. Martin
Mammoth
Shuite Hollow
Joh McDay
Miueder
J. E. Roberts
Martin
Hobart Ash
Charles Lett
William Anderson
John McCoy
Lett
Ash
Relief Chair Warns Of Weaker WPA Funds In State
West Virginia relief chairman Charles K. Payne warned that with only 177 350 left to spend this month there will be serious consequences unless WPA creates more jobs and pays promptly. WPA Administrator McCullough declined comment as Payne praised Relief Administrator Allen after a weeklong quarrel over payment lists. Allen said 50 000 were assigned to work but 6 000 to 61 000 appeared on lists, with confusion over entitlements.
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West Virginia
Charles K. Payne
WPA
FL Witcher McCullough
Payne
C. L. Allen
McCullough
Hoffmans stance on Hauptmann reprieve clarified
New Jersey Governor Harold Hoffman said he does not intend to grant a reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann. He emphasized his aim to clear public suspicion, not prove innocence, and noted Hauptmann faces execution the week of January 15. The announcement follows confusion in legal and police circles.
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New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Estence Than
Hofman
Mallone
Republican Club
Polot-Blank
Trenton
Hoffman
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Kauptmann
Hauptmann Told Week Set for His Electric Chair
Bruno Hauptmann, convicted of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby, learned the week of January 13 was set for execution in the electric chair. He thanked the guard who delivered the news and spoke calmly with his spiritual adviser, maintaining confidence that New Jersey would not permit murder. Governor Hoffmann denied promising clemency.
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N.J
Bruno Richard Hauptemann
Lindbergh
Baby
John Matthiesen
Flemington
New Jersey
Hauptmann
the Clair
Customz State
Col
Mark O. Kimberling
State Prison
Gaara
Sayne
Kimberling
Harold Groffman
Death House
Boffman
Beuptmann
Edward J. MacNamara
New York Hovering Post
McNemara
Hoffman
Bruno
Hountmann
Court of Pardons
Flame Seared Body Found Solves Chester Comer Case
In Edmond Oklahoma a farmer and his son found the nude, flame seared body of a young woman identified tentatively as Chester Comer's second wife. The body was discovered while clearing underbrush along a roadside gully as authorities piece together the mystery surrounding Comer and five missing persons. The father of Lucille Comer traveled from Maysville to view the body and the case lingers as investigators search for more clues.
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Edmond
Okla
Dee
Chester Comers
Lucille Stevens Comer
Maysville
Chester Comer
Oklahoma City
Alleged Slayer Flees N J Prison
New Brunswick New Jersey December 14 alleged slayer Ned Metelski 27 awaiting trial on charges in a trooper Warren G Yenser murder escaped Middlesex county prison late today after forcing an assistant warden and a trustee at gunpoint into his cell and locking them in Metelski pointed a revolver at George Hill trustee who brought him his meal and ordered him to stick them up Assistant Warden George Anderson rushed up as Hill pleaded for calm signaling a break in the security of the facility
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New Brunswick
N. 7
Eward Neteleki
Newalls
Warren G. Yenser
Middlesex County Prison
Metelski
George Hill
George Anderson
Governor commends Gazette on fairness in Hichard LaPautmann case
New Jersey Governor Hoffman praised the Gazette in a letter received yesterday for fairness in editorials about the Bruno Hichard LaPautmann death case. He called the matter a test of the criminal prosecution system and opposed convicting a man beyond doubt.
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Hoffman
New Jersey
The
Gazette
Bruno Hichard Lauptmann
Yam Rhids
Tose
Justice Denied Right to Fees in Cabell County
A Cabell County justice of the peace failed to secure payment of $264.10 in fees from fines after the supreme court ruled there was no valid law authorizing such compensation for justices of the peace in misdemeanor cases. The decision noted lapses before a new law allowed fees, and indicated the period had no constitutional provision for paying those fees. The Huntington case involved a $10,000 damages award to Mrs. Frank Hazelrigg from a defective street fall, with a new trial sought after the court set aside prior verdicts.
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Supreme Court
Cabell
Hascum Bay
Ray
Noipe Joh H. Hatcher
Huntington
Frank Hazelrigg
Grandest Santa of them all to visit Camp Fairehance
Montgomer y district committee head Bowles will arrive in Charleston with a truck full of presents for 40 underprivileged children at Camp Fairehance near Madison. He to unfold his sleigh at Hale street headquarters then return for more, aided by local merchants and volunteers who pledged candy and individual Christmas packages.
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Marky
Bowles
Charleston
Camp Fairehance
State Center
Madison
Hale Street
Montgomery
A. J
Hare
Sigmund Qlatson
Monty Cailett
South Charles
Zens Ag
Carp Fale
Human Echo Case Nears Final Explanation
Lancashire report says seven year old Frank Atkinson who vibrates in sleep and emits strange sounds is likely the result of an abnormal nervous system. Doctors note the boy becomes a human echo and reproduces noises near him while sleeping. The case has stirred fears of ghosts and the supernatural but medical authorities remain cautious and emphasize physiological causes.
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Lancashire
Bug
Frank Atkinson
Aeep
Dr. Allen
Pease
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