Passage of Bureau Bill Is Predicted
Birmingham Alabama December 21. Speaker William B Bankhead predicted passage of the administration reorganization bill at the January congressional session with little difficulty. He said the measure would have passed last session except for false propaganda. Other major issues listed include revision of the national labor relations act, the president's rearmament program, extension of the social security act and railroad problems. He spoke after conferring with Franklin D Roosevelt during the Warm Springs visit and planned further talks at Washington this week.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dee
William B. Bankhead
Congress
Ident Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Washington
Lewis Unfolds CIO Legislative Program
The article outlines CIO strategy for the next session, citing Lewis as opposing congressional fit to control. Proposed measures include amendments to the Walsh-Healey act or prohibiting bids from noncompliant contractors, and backing Wagner Act enforcement. The piece notes aims against employers who resist Wagner Act provisions and questions about a board decree.
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Lewis
Congress
CIO
dLowin
Aaid
alsh-Healey
Sen
Wagner Sars
Argentina Balking Solidarity Defense Pact of Americas
A Pan American committee on peace advanced multiple resolutions and declarations on war, civilian rights, and peace instruments. It endorsed a Mexican code for peace, US and regional unification efforts, and proposed jurists to study a league of American nations while shelving a definition of aggression. The group plans to seek Pan American Union opinions on the various proposals.
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Argentina
Organization For Peace
Committee On Organization , For Peace
U. S
Venezuela
Uruguay
Honduras
Ecuador
Pan-American Union
Colombia
League of American Nations
Revolt of Insurgents May Bring War to Speedy End
Reports from the Spanish Civil War front describe suspended land fighting on Segre and Ebro fronts for ten days while insurgent air raids intensify. Bombings hit Manresa Vich Almeria Alcazar and villages near Barcelona with heavy casualties and destruction.
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Segre
Ebro
Franco
Manresa
Vich
Presk Agency
Tovernment
Alcazar
Almeria
Valls
Villa Longa
Barcelona
Paris
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Conference over Lima diverges as Nazi press assails U S
The Lima conference faces sharp criticism from German and Italian outlets as they call it a failure and attack President Roosevelt. British officials caution that South American instability could rise in a Europe at war, while Berlin urged scrapping the Monroe Doctrine.
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London
Roosevelt
South America
Lima
Rome
Glamnale D'Ialla
Fareley
Europe
U. S
Britain
Italy
Berlin
Ernst von Teventlow
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
U.S
Hull
Washington
Anti Third Term Vote By Senate Is Unlikely
Senate leaders show optimism that an anti third term measure will fail in committee as Sen. McNary of Oregon opposes Senate meddling. Many Republicans fear pushing a vote would worsen Democratic unity, while Roosevelt supporters expect the proposal to be buried. Democratic stalwarts like Ashurst and McKellar face scrutiny if they vote, as others such as Walsh stand alone in 1928 opposition. Senator Hatch signals similar caution, arguing the Senate should not rule on term limits.
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Sen. McNary
Oregon
Senate
Roosevelt
Barkley
Sen. Harkley
Kentucky
Ashurst
Arizona
McKellar
Tennessee
Wagner
New York
Sen. Walsh
Massachusetts
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Nye and
Frazier
North Dakota
Shipstead
Minnesot
Hateh D-N.m
Mail Order Shelters Promise of Britain Plan
The government plans to fund and build public air raid shelters through Incal authorities to shield workers on the job. This follows criticism over England lacking air raid shelters during the September crisis with Germany and Czechoslovakia.
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Promise of
Britain
England
Two Men Indicted as Spies of Soviet
The federal grand jury indicted Hans Sulich, 33, former Berkeley police officer, and Mikhail Gorin, 34, manager of Intourist travel bureau, for transmitting naval defense reports to the Soviet Union. They face potential 20 year sentences on three counts and are jailed on $25,000 bonds. The indictment alleges the pair took and sent classified defense materials and conspired starting in September 1946.
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Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
Soviet Russia
Hans Sulich
Berkeley
Calif
Mikhail Gorin
Intourist, Inc
Soviet Republic
Runesia
Salich
Gorin
Russia
U.S
White Christmas Seen For Valley
Old Man Winter previews a three month run in the Kanawha valley with nine hours and 26 minutes daylight. Snow flurries edge toward a possible white Christmas as official forecast predicts a warmer day with rain. Temperatures linger in the low 20s. a brief snow whirl is expected and a chilly east wind may push readings toward 32. Winter arrives at 614 a.m. with sunrise. Charleston readies for the season following an early Thanksgiving snow burst.
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Winter
Kanawha Valley Theater
Mercury
Charleston
Red Cross to aid Loyalist Spain with wheat and flour
The Red Cross plans further wheat and flour shipments to Loyalist Spain under Surplus Commodities rules. Norman Davis said funds are needed to cover processing costs and more money must be raised. Existing aid reached 60,000 Barcelona children with 3.7 million needy children reported in Loyalist Spain. Several Latin American nations and Brazil have contributed food and supplies.
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Red Cross
Spain
Janeary
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Norman Davis
The
Barcelona
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Brazil
Missing Girl's Body Found After Weeklong Search
A missing Wilkes-Barre business school graduate named Margaret vanished after agreeing to meet a man downtown. Her body was found in an isolated location, with investigators noting little detail about her death. The prime theory involves a deliberate abduction by a stranger whose identity remains unknown.
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Clark
Procter
Maraerz
Navona
Wilkes-Barre
Margaret
Crony Says Coster Planned To Ship Guns to Spain
Police probe into ties between Carter Musica and the Cohen murders revisits 1893 killings of Joseph and Barnett Cohen. McDermott orders questioning of the Musica brothers as potential leads surface on how the witness perjury case affected the powerful Coster Musica family and its later business success.
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Crony
Coster
Spain
Musica
McMahon
Michael S. McDermott
Brooklyn
Joseph Cohen
Barnett
McDermott
Carter-Musica
Sing Sing
Barnett Baff
Foster-Musica
District Attorney's Office
Cohen
Joseph Sorro
Coster Musica
Costler- Musica
F. Donald Coster
Musica Brothers
Cohen Brothers
Art
Defender of Slang Dies at Age of 74
A noted linguist and defender of slang dies at 74. He valued a vast vocabulary and chided vague phrasing, applauding a granddaughter who spoke 10,000 words by age six. His famous self attribution a single coined term myoicist reflects his focus on clear language.
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William Shakespeare
Jeanne Vizetelly Cochrane
WPA in Hole Congress Must Act Quickly
Administrator Harry Hopkins labeled the WPA a filthy mess and a great public trust badly abused as Senate campaign expenditures committee considers strict bans on political use of relief funds. Chairman Sheppard said he favors strengthening laws on influencing federal employees and adding explicit prohibitions in relief appropriation bills.
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Harry Hopkins
WPA
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Sheppard
Five Hearts Behind Fight for Nine Lives Fund Drive
A community appeal seeks just $500 to save nine young lives facing serious injuries and illness. The letter from patients reveals hope amid hardship as families describe frail yet hopeful smiles, pleading for support to cover medical bills and care.
Third Taxi Robber Sought by Police
Police pursued a third bandit in Tuesday night taxi robberies after two confessors, C. B. Frazier and Joseph Walker, waived hearing and were bound over by Judge Cyrus W. Hall. Detectives noted both men had prior Ohio prison records and were linked to hold ups of Guy Reveal and Hobart Jones. a witness at Washington and Dickinson prompted rapid arrest by Patrolmen Munson, Hager, and Green.
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E.C. Bourne
Cyrus W. Hall
C. B. Frazier
Joseph Walker
Gallipolis
Union Mission Hallow
Guy Reveal
Jordan
Hobart Jones
Washington
Dickinson
R. L. Munson
K. Hager
Wiliam Green
Ohio
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