Winter's Frigid Wave Hits East U S Towns
A sweeping cold front pushed frigid air from the Midwest toward the Atlantic, bringing subzero readings in ten states and heavy snow from Michigan to New York. Snow crippled communications in several towns, with Lake Erie waves reaching thirty feet and Buffalo amid a gale. The freezing belt spread toward the Southeast, threatening more widespread icy conditions.
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Associated Press
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Warroad
Minn
Canadian
Marquette
Michigan
Marguette
Manistique
Lake Michigan
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Straits of Mackinac
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Toledo
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Erie
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Texas
Zero Weather Hits Charleston Area As Winds Strain Power
Charleston residents faced a day of biting winds with temperatures from five to 16 above expected this morning. By afternoon the mercury rose to the low 20s, then fell again, with 24 at 6 PM in Cincinnati, 23 in Louisville. Forecasters warn continued cold for several days as power and telephone crews work to restore services disrupted by last night’s winds.
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Ellamore
Drug Gives Alcoholics a Lift Says Harvard Doctor
Dr Wilford Bloomberg of Harvard Medical School told the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease that Benzedrine used to combat alcoholism and obesity can produce a lift a sense of well being and mild elation in users. An 18 month trial with alcoholics showed the drug helped them feel confident amusing at parties without alcohol and reduced craving for liquor though the drug must be physician supervised as it can depress some individuals and may not cure drinking.
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New York
Wilford Bloomberg
Harvard Medical School
Association For Research In Nervous and Mental Disease
Bloomberg
Four Cremated In Cabin Fire Tragedy
In Cabell county a Christmas weekend fire killed four young boys ages from six down to Asa six and left John W. Garthee and his wife severely burned. Winds fanned flames from a defective chimney as the log cabin home burned. Garthee, awakening to smoke, tried to save the children and placed one boy in a closet before rescue efforts. The coroner reported the eldest boy Asa six died in fear during the blaze. The family had been visiting relatives and returned home when the fire broke out.
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John W. Garther
Garthee
Jasper Rider
Cabell Creek
Cabell County
Asa
F. X. Schuller
Game Costs Him Bet Wife and $6,500
In Chicago a La Salle Street broker, MacMerrill Birnbaum, bet on Minnesota as Notre Dame defeated Minnesota 19 to 0. He then faced a divorce ruling ordering him to pay his wife Mia Birnbaum $6,500 for the settlement, reflecting the tied outcome and a courtroom claim of assault during the game.
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Notre Dame
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Mia
Birnbaum
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Birnnbaum
Hopkins Plans Drive to Start Reemployment
Washington awaits details as Secretary Hopkins weighs a national campaign to create private sector jobs for the unemployed. Aimed to boost spring business, the plan would lean on the Commerce Business Advisory Council of 40 businessmen. W. Averell Harriman leads the council. participation would be unpaid. Others say relief funding will be a major congressional issue, with calls for more durable long range policies.
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Congress
Dec. Hopkins
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Counci
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Wihout
W. Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
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Lucas
Senate
Sen
Tydings
Bethlehem Workers Face End of 20 Year Plan
A National Labor Relations Board trial examiner urged Bethlehem Steel to abolish its 20 year old employee representation plan, ruling it violated the Wagner Act. Frank Bilham based the recommendation on a 10 month inquiry prompted by the CIO Store Workers Organizing Committee and led by Bethlehem president Eugene G Grace. Grace defended the plan as a voice for workers in policy shaping. The examiner also found the company engaged in unfair labor practices by dominating and interfering with rights under the act.
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National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
Frank Bilham
Bethlehem
Store Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Grace
Bloom
Steel Comepany Hiad
Inter Prease
Debutante Brenda Frazier Shines At Ritz Ball in Gold Setting
No. 1 debutante Brenda Diana Dutt Frazier, age 17, made her formal society bow at the Ritz Carlton in a neo-Byzantine gold and moonlight setting. Two orchestras entertained 1,200 guests from 10:30 p m until dawn while lavish decorations and a rare antishongover bar drew headlines. Estimated cost up to 50,000 dollars, with Brenda’s fortune pegged around 3 to 4 million dollars.
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New York
Brenda Diana Dutt Frazier
America
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Brenda
Barbara Hulton
Natalie Coe
Marjorie Gould
Barox Wall
Miss Frazier
Three Nabbed In Coster Case
New York police and federal investigators began a roundup of men tied to the Coster Musica extortion case. Walter H. Cragg a disbarred lawyer arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud. Mary Grandino and her brother Joseph identified as suspects in the blackmail scheme. Eight people linked to Coster Musica were reported as targets. McKesson Robbins vice president John H. McGloon acknowledged possible internal failures but said the firm acted cautiously and did not realize wrongdoing.
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New York
F. Donald Craters Musslin
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Blackmakers
Walter H. Cragg
Grand Tarceny
Philip Musica
Musika
Noonanhan
Noonan
John H. McGloon
McKeaion
Robbins
Coster-Musica
Corporation
Ight
Extra Services Kill Postal Profit
Postmaster General Farley told President Roosevelt that the post office spent 43.8 million dollars more than income in 1938, noting free services would erase a 54.4 million profit. Receipts were 728.0 million with expenditures of 772.4 million for the year ending June 30.
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Farley
Roosevelt
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Philatelic
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Roosevelt approves plan to train 20000 fliers
President Roosevelt approves a plan to train 20,000 college students annually as pilots to man U S fighting planes in war time. Civil Aeronautics Authority notes the effort aims to bolster peace time aviation and deter foreign militarization while shoring up potential military needs.
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Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
U. S
Army
Navy
Flashes of Life In These U S
mehrere short items from a regional page recount small human moments across cities. In Redmond Oregon Dr R W Christiansen notes John Howard kept a pad on him after two exploded caps. In East Moline Illinois a post office clerk grants a nutty Christmas request for stamps and envelopes. In Chicago a judge recalls a dime prank where a son reveals himself at a restaurant.
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R. W. Christiansen
John Howard
Howard
Farley
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East Mollve
French Warship Sent To Djibouti as Italian Troop Moves Reported
Loyalists consider third capital shift as rebels advance across Catalonia. Insurgents claim 230 square miles cut from the region with 7,000 prisoners, and debate a new government seat in Valencia Cartagena or Albacete as the civil war widens along Lerida province.
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Pan American Accord Signed Winds Up Conference
Lima witnesses closing of the Pan American conference after eight days of sessions. Delegates adopted about 130 resolutions and declarations including continental solidarity against aggression. Dr. Carlos Concha of Peru delivered farewell remarks as U S Secretary Cordell Hull addressed guests at a banquet.
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Oscar Benavides
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Cordell Hull
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Callao
Juan J. Remos
Caribbean air defences seen tied to canal safety
New York dispatch reports U S military focus on air defense for the Caribbean and the Panama Canal as airports expand over a decade. If Congress approves about 10 000 new war planes under the rearmament plan some will serve Caribbean and canal protection. Charles A Lindbergh’s 1928-29 goodwill tour noted seven landing fields. now there are 38.
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U. S
Caribbean
Congress
Charles A. Lindbergh
Latin America
Unborn Child Used For Tax Exemption
Lloyd E. Wilson and Elsie M. Wilson of San Francisco ask the board of tax appeals to grant an income tax exemption for an unborn child. They contend the bureau erred by denying an exemption for Helen Wilson for 1936 1938, asserting she was a dependent and legal person.
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Board of Tax Appeals
Lloyd E. Wilson
Elsie M. Wilson
San Francisco
Calif
Internal Revenue Bureau
the Bureau
Helen Wilson
Industrial Slums Found Cause of Most Crimes
Richmond December 27 AP reports Dr Paul L Schroeder of Chicago said industrial centers drive juvenile crime. He linked blighted industrial neighborhoods near factories to growing delinquency, noting 40 percent of local youths arrested in some areas. He urged viewing delinquency as an economic issue with high societal costs.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
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French Advance Guard Ship Sent to Djibouti Amid East Africa Tensions
Paris dispatch reports the 1,969 ton D'Iberville leading naval reinforcements toward Djibouti as fears rise over Italian moves on French Somaliland. The convoy's aim is to bolster French defense in East Africa, with Daladier set for North Africa visit to project force against Italian ambitions.
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