FDR Neutrality Policy Upheld by High Court
The Supreme Court upheld the neutrality laws affirming broad presidential power in foreign affairs. Justices ruled 7 to 1 that the president can act with discretion without domestic statutory limits in neutrality matters. Officials anticipate new legislation as the May expiry nears for certain embargo provisions and wartime trade controls.
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Ambarga
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Congress
Sofivia
Panaguanys Hy
Electric line injury shocks Capitol Hill worker
Joseph F. Whitehouse of Lee street was seriously burned and shocked when he touched a 44,000 volt electric line at the Appalachian Electric Power company substation on Capitol Hill. He was cut loose from the line, treated at St Francis hospital, and his condition was described as improving after the incident during a busy Christmas shopping afternoon.
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Joseph F. Whitehuse
Lee Street
Capitol Hill
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Whitehouse
Barts
St. Francis Herpital
Quake toll climbs in San Vicente as debris search continues
Reports from San Vicente and surrounding towns say the Salvadoran quake left hundreds dead and many injured. Officials estimated San Vicente alone could exceed a thousand dead, with 15 nearby villages partly destroyed. Emergency hospitals opened, relief trains and doctors rushed to the stricken area as debris hindered recovery.
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Associated Press
San Salvador
EL Salvador
San Vicente
Tegurigaipa
Cal
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Trovtitan
Verapaz
Istepique
San Esteban
San Cartano
Apastepriu
San Vicente Mil Ty
World Depression Costs 149 Billion, Study Says
An International Labour Office study estimates world depression from 1930 to 1934 cost at least 149 billion dollars. The figure, described as seven times larger than U.S. wealth then, is labeled as the total cost of the World War by author Wladimir Woytinsky.
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Der
International Labor Office
United States
Wladimir Woytinsky
Roosevelt and Landon Share Light Talk at White House Desk
President Roosevelt and Governor Alf Landon met at the White House in a quiet hour chat after a Gridiron Club dinner. They joked about fishing, discussed Landon’s Florida vacation and Roosevelt’s South American trip. Landon planned to leave for Topeka with funds and party plans briefly touched.
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Roosevelt
Ame M. Landon
White House
Landon
Win
Florida
John D. M. Hamilton
John
Hamilton
Topeka
Powder Blast Burns Thirteen in Detroit Mine No. 2 Pit
A powder blast at Detroit Mining Company's No 2 pit in Gordon Boone county injured 13 men, at least three seriously, when a faulty wire sparked a fire as powder bags near the conveyor ignited. Injured workers were treated at the mine and Valvins hospital with burns described for several men.
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Gordon
Boone County
E. M
White
Dibbard Gore
Omar Shepherd
Herald Blair
H. E Long
Fred Shepherd
WPA Seeks Work For Men on Rolls In West Virginia
The WPA aims to place on private industry workers on its rolls in southern West Virginia, urged employers to reemploy the greatest number of these men with preference over out of state labor. Colebank, labor relations head, said many skilled and ordinary workers are ready for private sector roles and can be found on WPA rolls.
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West Virginia
Colebank
WPA
Wort
Gridiron Club satirists lampoon high office at dinner
Washington December 25 AP The Gridiron Club staged a satirical dinner for more than 400 guests including President Roosevelt and Art Landon. Skits spoofed politics and future prospects as FDR ventures into a ninth term and a future 1968 world, with dramatic tableaux and pomp.
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Earl Browder
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Cincinnati Inquirer
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No Immediate Truce in Auto Disputes Seen
DETROIT December 21 AP strikes persisted with little indication of settlement tonight. The United Automobile Workers with 2,000 on strike in plants making bodies wheels and parts opened direct negotiations with General Motors executives while unions on the Pacific coast consider two tentative peace agreements affecting offshore and coastal lines. Transportation woes hit cities as drivers paralyzed trolley coach services and a Lynehet plant faced a 13 day walkout, with negotiators urged to report on municipal operations.
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Pacific Coast
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General Motors Corporation
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Flat Glass Workers Union
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John &. Lewis’ Committee For
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Anderson
Ind
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LCG King
Flint Trolley Coach, Inc
Brooklyn
Rebels Blamed In Ship Sinking
London reports Soviet Russia demanded declaration of Spanish ships as piracy after the line motorship Ransomolighed was sunk. Moscow claims a Fascist craft fired on the Consomol near Gibraltar. the crew is missing and Moscow weighs further action. In Madrid, Fascist artillery shelled the city as government forces held and gained positions on a seven mile front near the Guadarrama.
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Russia
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International
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Gibraltar
Moscow
Madrid
Guadarrama
Dalton farmer loses prize after gas shortage on trip
A Dalton farmer won $150 in a Sidney gas station contest but ran out of fuel on the return journey. He had to walk about four miles to the nearest station to cash the prize and complete his errand, highlighting a misadventure tied to a local promotion.
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Dalton
R. Clough
Sidney
Brannan Outmaneuvers Linkemeyer in courtroom chase
In Net Hampton on December 21 witnesses testified that Edward Linkemeyer chased John Brannan after a dispute. Brannan slipped free from his coat, and Linkemeyer ultimately won the chase. After leaving the courtroom he paid $10 but still had two blacks.
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UPIE
John Brannan
Edward Linkemeyer
Linkemeyer
Brannan
John
Linkermeyer
Dentist On Wheels Brings Care To Freeborn County
Freeborn county residents who dread dental visits can now receive care from Dr. Freeman L. Blunt whose practice travels on a truck chassis. The rolling clinic includes a hot water healing system, running water, indirect lighting, a laboratory, a treatment room, a waiting area, and air conditioning.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Freeborn County
Freeman L. Blunt
Edward VIII Asked To Hold Tongue
Edward VIII faced private pleas from his successor's family to refrain from further controversy. Archbishops and diplomats including Count Albert Mensdorff-Pajilly arose amid criticism of Windsor's private life versus public duty. King George VI and the queen mother urged restraint to ease tensions and avoid broader exposure of the duke and his circle.
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Edward
Albert Mensdorff-Pajilly
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Mary
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Public Affairs Group Approves Auditorium And Elk River Bridge
The newly appointed Public Affairs Committee of the chamber endorses the auditorium project and Elk River bridge bond issues. The committee met at the Ruffner hotel and adopted a resolution referring the projects to the board for final approval. Chamber president Bernard Fantes says final action rests with the board and decisions will be considered at the next meeting.
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King Edward VIII Abdicates Throne for Love
The Charleston Gazelle reports an exclusive flash confirming Edward VIII will abdicate and surrender the throne. The Gazette states the king signed abdication papers and will marry the woman he loves, claiming to deliver real news first to West Virginia readers and noting its leading circulation.
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Debris Found Of Lost Plane Carrying Two
Salt Lake City reports the search for two missing airliners continues amid fear the other may not be found until spring. Northwest Airlines flight, crashed in North Idaho, sighted from the air by Lieut. Byron Cooper. Pilots Joe Livermore and Arthur A. Haid are presumed dead. Amelia Earhart Putnam searched near Great Salt Lake for seven aboard a Western Air Express ship from Los Angeles. no trace found. Officials express dejection after a week of mountain hunts with about 30 planes in use.
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Tragie Studess
America
Northwest Airlines
North Idaho Wilds
Byron Cooper
Joe Livermore
Arthur A. Haid
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Lake Shore
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Great Salt Lake
Putnam
Paul Mantz
Mountain
Allan Barrie
Western Air
Air Fugitive Crashes Ship Over Paris Flight
Madame Irene Schmeder crashed in a field after fleeing across the channel in a private plane she used to shoot her rival in Paris. She was detained by police at a farmhouse awaiting French charges for the attack on her companion Pierre Lallemand, who survived. she described a doomed last ride.
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Pierre Lallemand
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Ture
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Santa denial triggers parental protest in Michigan City schools
In Michigan City Indiana teachers told primary pupils there is no Santa Claus sparking parents to call the conduct cruel and unkind. School Supt M Miui Fay said teachers should avoid mentioning Santa altogether while some parents sided with teachers.
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William Green
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Henry Miller
Santa
Solons Draw Guns in Cuba
In Havana amid heated debate on President Gomez's election, members of rival legislative factions drew pistols in a tense, near-violent standoff. Senate President Arturo Tila raised his revolver and aimed at the disruptors, quelling the confrontation without anyone firing a shot.
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Senate
Arturo Tila
Santiago Verdeja
Gomez
Negotiations in Glass Strike at Standstill
In Columbus, Glen W. McCabe head of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers of America says strike negotiations are at a standstill. Fourteen thousand workers are involved in the walkout began at Pittsburgh Plate Glass and spread to Libby Owens Ford plants, threatening auto production without a settlement within two weeks. McCabe notes the union represents about 90 percent of workers at six Pittsburgh units and five Libby Owens Ford plants.
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Federation of Flat Glass Workers of America
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
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Pittsburgh
Libby- Owens-Ford
Gifts Ready For Christmas Party at Camp Fairchance
The American Legion hall on Hale Street hosts the Forty-and-Hight Gazette Christmas party for very poor children at Camp Fairchance. Donations from Kresge Wanlworth Morris Guthrie Campbell Thomas Field Co and others fund toys nuts fruits and candies. Captain Marsh and the auxiliary plan to wrap gifts, while Joe Haddad Irving Cohen and Boone Ice and Produce extend help with treats and cranberry supplies for turkeys.
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Gazette
Bill Tormey
Boone County
American Legion Auxiliary
Kresge and Wanlworth
Morris, Guthrie and Campbell and Thomas, Field and Company
Thomas Wishel
Kanawha Street
Joseph Haddad
Madison
Camp Fairchance
Charles F. Marsh
Boone Iee and Produce Company
Capt. Marsh
Irving Cohen
Logan Skating Company
Sig Qlafson
Pope to Broadcast On Christmas Eve
Vatican announces Pope Pius XI will address the world from his study on Christmas Eve at 12 30 Rome time amid ill health. The broadcast aims to convey the pope's joys and sorrows while doctors monitor his recovery from paralysis and circulatory issues.
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Pope Pius XI
Holy Father
Father Saccarsi
Vatican Radio
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