Japan opposes 20 percent naval cut fearing U S war
Admiral Osami Nagano, Japan's naval delegate, warned at Claridge's that public fear of a U S naval war could drive Japan to reject Roosevelt's plan for a 20 percent cut. He argued Japan would be disadvantaged by equal navy and U S advantages in the Pacific. Norman H. Davis countered that matching U S strength would grant Japan a strategic edge only if Washington accepts parity.
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Unitea Press
London
Japan
United States
Osami Nagano
Nagano
Claridge's
Roosevelt
Britain
Norman H. Davis
Washington
Pacific
Townsend Act push gains two routes to House vote
Old age pension advocates in Washington plan a two pronged effort to force a House vote on the Townsend program next session. They seek 218 signatures on a petition for a vote on the modified Townsend plan and aim to win extended Ways and Means hearings on the entire program.
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Edward L. Lewis
United Press
Washington
Des
Townsend
James
John S. McGroarty
Cal
Ransom Demanded For Youth Caleb Milne
Missing New York writer Caleb J. Milne, 24, heir to Caleb Milne Jr., is believed held for a 50000 ransom. Investigators say no new leads, with notes from abductors and a Philadelphia police alert listing Milne’s physical description and last known whereabouts.
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Philadelphia
Caleb Jones Milneath
R. George Havey
Justice Department
Milne
Caleb J. Milne
New York
New Yorke
Christmas Lights In Operation This Evening
Giace Price announced that overhead Christmas light decorations will be inaugurated this evening. His staff sped to finish strings across Center Street from Park Place to South Street. Frank Heath said the pine tree in City Park will be illuminated again this Christmas.
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Giace Price
Mr. Price
Center Street
Park Place
South Street
Frank Bl. Heath
Sity Park
Pin Sale Raises 76.50 for Christmas Campaign
A pin sale in city schools, tied to the Christmas seal drive, raised 76.50 to fund student admissions to the "So Redhe Rose" feature at Rex Theatre. the tally was announced at school offices after yesterday afternoon showings.
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Rex Theatre
Death Mystery in Hollywood Actress Thelima Todd
Hollywood police. autopsy reports show 70 to 80 percent carbon monoxide in Thelima Todd blood. Investigators pursue clues from a Saturday night party at Procudero Club on Sunset Boulevard. Todd died in a car in a garage near her beach home at 2 30 a m.
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United Press
Hollywood
Calif
Joseph F. Taylor
Thelima Todd
Central
West Los Angeles
Taylor
A. F. Wagner
Miss Todd
H. J. Wallis
Wagner
Stanley Lupino
Procudero Club
Sunset
Boulevard
Todd
Murphy Seeks Roosevelt Aid For Vets Bonus
Commander Rey Murphy of the American Legion urged President Roosevelt to back a congressional program demanding immediate payment of the bonus. He presented the Legion plan in writing and said Congress is unfriendly to the effort, hoping a bonus bill becomes law with unity from Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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American Legion
Legion
Washington
Rey Murphy
The
American Legion Today
Roosevelt
Murphy
Congress
Porteign
Yukon Rush Yields Mixed Prospects for Newcomers
George R. Clark reports from Alaska on life and prospecting in the Yukon. He argues no relief exists for ordinary men to live well and hints at potential fortune for those who persevere in the gold rush era.
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Yukon
Tian Fan
George R. Clark
Clark
Alaska
Alanks
Council Adopts 14.5 Mill Levy For 1936 Budget
The council approved a 14 1 2 mill levy for general purposes and set aside funds for interest and sinking. A 21 94 mill levy plus other revenues bring the total budget to 78 326 for 1936 with final readings pending a year end session.
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Sounail
Move District Relief Offices to Erie January 1
The emergency relief program office in Corry will be absorbed by central offices in Erie effective January 1. Mrs. Anna Belle Autate, supervisor, says the change streamlines operations amid statewide efforts to cut costs. Corry staff will shift to Erie with a skeleton crew remaining.
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Erie
Corry
Sorry
Anna Belle Autate
Erie County
Autete
Brie
Erie Bakery truck driver hurt in icy road crash
Samuel Shaner twenty six of Mast Twenty That street Erie suffered a skull fracture and serious internal injuries when his truck owned by J Baker Bakery of Erie skidded on an icy Waterford Union City road and crashed into a culvert. He was taken to Union City hospital and then Tre hospital in fair condition.
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Erie Bakery
Union City
Samuel Shaner
Mast Twenty
Erie
Hamet Hospital
Waterford Union City Road
Oak Hill
Union City Hospital
Christmas Shopping Night Opens With Mixed Sales
Merchants reported fair sales at the opening of the Christmas buying night period last evening. Clothing departments showed high returns while toys and miscellaneous gifts moved slower. Furniture sales also noted. Stores will stay open each evening now until Christmas Eve except Sunday.
Battle front reports set back as Italian outposts fall
An official communique admits Italian forces were repulsed on the northern front where planes and tanks fought. London presses Prime Minister Baldwin to speak frankly at an emergency cabinet meeting over an abortive peace plan. Paris backs the league, Laval explains to Parliament that France will resist being dragged into war, and Selassie in Addis Ababa condemns any Franco British plan as cowardly.
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United Press
Rome
London
Baldwin
Commons
Paris
France
Laval Telly
Cleveland to Host 1936 Republican National Convention
City crowds and Erie county delegates expected as Cleveland lands the 1998 Republican convention amid early activity and a heated nomination battle led by Alf Landon Frank Knox William Borah and Herbert Hoover among others.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Corry Party
Ohio Austropolis
Alf Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago
William Harsh
Idaho
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Hénster Vandenburg
Laval Regime Given Vote of Confidence
Paris December 17 The Chamber of Deputies backed Premier Pierre Laval with a 304 to 252 vote of confidence on an opposition demand for an immediate debate on the peace plan. Laval pressed for the debate to be held December 27 and called for a confidence vote.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Laval
Laval
Blaze Investigations Continue in Avenue Fire
Fire gutted the Joe Amorosio Brewery store at 117 First Avenue. Fire Chief Andrew Paulson and Police Chief H S Burlingame said several clues yielded no result while the blaze was ruled incendiary. Amorosio, returning from Buffalo, had no light on the origin and insurance adjustments were expected Wednesday.
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Andrew Paulson
Concea
Joe Amorosio
First Avenue
Paulson
H. S. Burlingame
Amorosio
Buffalo
New York
Amoroso
Ening
Bracken Brothers
Rotary Club Hosts Christmas Party for Twenty Eight Boys
Twenty eight boys were guests at the Rotary lab Christmas party replacing the weekly meeting at the Hotel Corry. The main dining room was decorated with a large tree and gifts. B E Hawkins provided entertainment with four reels of Felix the Cat while fruit, flashlights and other gifts delighted the youths. Committee members included R S Dewey W B Nesbit and Dr J B Mosier.
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Rotary Lab
Corry
Service Club
Chi
B. E. Hawkins
Felix
Sandy
Hays
R. S. Dewey
W. BH. Nesbit
Dr. 3. B. Mosier
Three More Meningitis Deaths Prompt New Quarantines
Three more deaths from spinal meningitis occurred in central Oklahoma, triggering new quarantines as authorities report rising cases and health measures across the state.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Colored women theft in North East fur coats case
Police search in the North East district for two middle aged colored women and two young girls after two fur coats were stolen from L. W. Croats Dry Goods store in Northast yesterday.
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North East
L. W. Croats Dry Goods
Northast
Nurse Confesses Poison Murder of Patient in Rhode Island
Dee Sevigny a 26 year old unregistered nurse held as mercy killer confessed poisoning one patient Mrs J Valmore Normandin and police investigated deaths of eight former patients amid talk of exhumations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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United Press
Wgonsocket
R. I. Dee
Marie Simone Sevigny
Miss Sevigny
Polon
Mra. J. Valmore Normandin
Normandin
West Lake Road 1936 Improvement Planned in Erie County
Springfield township will begin the first 1936 highway project in Erie county with Route 496 reinforced concrete pavement. Bid openings set for January 10, construction includes 28 200 feet of pavement, eight concrete structures, and 51h feet of shoulder grading along Route 496 from North Springfield to West Springfield.
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Erie County
State Highway Department
Tammary
North
Springfield
West
Cleveland
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