Anti Japanese Schools Draw Chinese Youth
Ruled by the Communist party near Yenan Shensi, more than 9 000 Chinese students in military uniforms live in hillside caves studying guerrilla warfare. The anti Japanese academies train leaders for mass mobilization with strict uniform, sparse meals, and a grueling daily schedule.
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Yenan
Shensi
Northwest
China
Chinese Communist Party
Communist Party
Eighth Army
Red Army
North Shensi
Police to Drop Kidnap Case of Maryland Girl
Mary Brown, a Maryland girl, was reportedly taken by three men in a truck but released near her home after she convinced them her father could not pay. The case, tied to two men questioned after a found truck, ended with the girl unhurt though scratched, and her father seeking protection.
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Mary
Lucy
Brown
Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Miss Brown
Seis Flight Marks From Burbank to Mexico City
MEXICO CITY December 2 AP Captain Francisco Sarabia dean of Mexican fliers set his single motored monoplane down here to establish a new non stop flight record from Burbank California to Mexico City. He completed the trip in 6 hours 31 minutes besting by 1 hour 41 minutes the former mark by Andy Anderson of Los Angeles in 1935.
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Mexico City
Francisco Sarabia
Burbank
Calif
Sarabia
Andy Anderson
Los Angeles
Carlsbad Caverns Ceiling Noted High at 300 Feet
A historical report notes the ceiling height of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico reaching 300 feet at a certain point. The description emphasizes the cavern’s vast vertical dimension and natural grandeur observed in the site.
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Carlsbad Caverns
N. M
Germany to Approach Jews Again in New Talks
Reported meetings in London aim to renew efforts with Germany over Jewish refugees. Evian body discussions include Bonnet and Ribbentrop coordinating future steps. Schacht possibly visiting London. Tanganyika option examined. rough timetable for a full committee meeting in early next year.
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Eviantes-Bains
France
Roosevelt
London
Germany
Georges Bonnet
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Paris
Schacht
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Britain
United States
Nevile Chamberlain
Navy Heads Approve High Pressure Boilers
Navy officials discuss high pressure boiler use in modern warships and rising steam temperatures. Engineers note pressures around 400 psi in most ships, 600 psi in newest craft, with temperatures near 850 degrees. Predictions of 1,000 psi cited. Delays in ship construction linked to postwar limits and a long pause since the 1922 naval treaty. Roosevelt and Edison comment on efforts to shorten keel layings and improve schedules.
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Navy
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
Four Nazi Spies Receive 2 to 6 Year Terms
Indictments allege four Nazi spies facing prison terms from two to six years. Court comments show sympathy for Miss Hofmann and notes some defendants escaped justice. Judge Knox mentions mercy requests for Glaser despite army service and acknowledges Rumrich's aid to the government.
Hitler Gets More Space In British Whos Who
London December 2 AP Adolf Hitler biography expanded from five lines in 1938 to twenty nine lines in the 1939 British Who's Who. His title also rose from Chancellor of Germany to head of the German state. Joseph Stalin retains the five lines of his former basis.
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Hitler
London
Adolf
Germany
Stalin
Joseph
Hiller
Bells Echo From Owl Escape In Chestnut Hill
Residents hear tinkling bells in the sky as Cornelius McFadden reports his family owl escaped with bells on her toes. The owl, a great horned pet, broke from a cage in Chestnut Hill, police were told. Meanwhile a 160 year old German grandfather clock owned by Mrs. R. R. Seasongood, said to be the oldest of its type in America, has kept perfect time daily.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill
Santa Claus
Cornelius McFadden
Germany
America
R. R. Seasongood
Scrap iron supply drive vow by German Reich workers
In a wartime note the German Reich pledged to boost scrap iron collection for reutilization, stating a voluntary effort to increase material available for war production. The statement framed the move as a national duty tied to resource mobilization.
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Graves
Probe on Industry Concentration Sparks Monopoly Debate
The panel, nicknamed the monopoly committee, weighs concentration of economic power amid anti trust law interpretations. Thorp argues merging can bypass Sherman Act aims, while Arnold rejects this view and questions enforcement. Jerome Frank notes possible legal advice to corporations.
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Thorp
Arnold
Jerome Frank
Securities Commission
Jefferson City compares water plant value and public ownership
Public Service Commission engineers valued the water system at 993 573 dollars while the water company argued for a higher price. The speaker contends that including replacement and damage costs raises the figure beyond what the city offers, and asserts that the true value should reflect earning power. He promotes public ownership as a path to better service and lower rates, stressing personal stake in Jefferson City’s progress.
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Public Service Commission
Water Company
Jefferson City
Sweeter Diet Campaign Aims At Philippine Sugar Use
Manila December 2 UPI The Philippines aims to raise domestic sugar consumption from 11 pounds per person to higher levels. Rafael Alman, sugar administrator, says the effort seeks to double or triple local use, leveraging the American market and reducing reliance on exports as independence nears in 1946. He notes high retail prices and a 100 percent profit margin for middlemen as key issues and cites recent refinery acquisitions to help curb prices.
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Manila
P. L
Philippines
Rafael R. Alman
Islands
United States
Cuba
Hawaii
Alman
Philippine
Alunan
Orient
Almnan
Philippine Commonwealth
National Development Company
France Fights Italian Clamor Over Colonies
Italy shouts Corsica and Tunisia demands as France braces for a French German accord. Tunisia remains a French protectorate in North Africa while Corsica’s status as a French department is cited. German foreign minister von Ribbentrop may back Italian Mediterranean aims ahead of planned accord talks.
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Tunisia
Italy
Corsica
France
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Mediterranean
von Ribbentrop
Town Invaded by Rats Appeals for Pied Piper
OTTERVILLE. Wl. Dee, 2 AP This rural town of 94 residents appeals for a pied piper as rats invade with cold weather and a distemper epidemic among cats. One woman captured 50 rats in a week with a steel trap.
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Otterville
Dee
Britain Mining Gold in Northwestern England
Gold mining is being developed in the northwestern area of England. During 1937, 787 tons of gold ore dressed were produced at 2080 dollars, compared with 6 tons in 1936 valued at 25 dollars.
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Britain
London
England
Spark plug gap adjustment cautions
Instruction notes avoid forcing the center wire when setting spark plug gaps. Only the side wire should be moved to adjust spacing.
Linneus Publisher Dies at Age 75
Hickman H. Wigginton 75 longtime Linneus Bulletin editor and publisher died after a month illness in Linneus Missouri. He led county journalism for decades and was known for forceful editorials. He was born in Boone County, survived by his widow Katherine. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Methodist Church.
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Linneus
Hickman H. Wigginton
Linneus Bulletin
Wigginton
Boone County
William R. Wigginton
Boone
Randolph
Katherine
Methodist Church
New Yorker Denies Using Chorines to Sway Congressmen
William P. Buckner a 31 year old Wall Street financier and friend of Loretta Young denied he used New York chorus girls to influence Washington lawmakers. He posted bail on mail fraud charges accusing him of swindling investors out of 100000 in Philippine railway bonds. Buckner said reports of engagement with Young were false and called the charges absurd. Federal officials said Buckner had formed a beauty lobby and flew five chorines to a Washington hotel party in 1937 to back bond redemption schemes. An associate, William J. Gillespie, was arrested with him and freed on bond pending grand jury action.
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New York
William P. Buckner
Wall Street
Loretta Young
Hollywood
Washington, D. C
Philippines
Miss Young
Scotland Yard
Buckner
Siance
Washington
U. S
William P. Maloney
Paradise
National Capital
Charles T. Murphy
Securities and Exchange Commission
William J. Gillespie
Florida Postoffice Rated 97 Per Cent Perfect
WEST PALM BEACH FL A December report finds the city postoffice not perfect at 97 per cent. Postmaster O B Carr cites inspector findings of grass blades through an outside drain grating and a film of dust on a window.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
O. B. Carr
Coeds See Nothing Wrong in Stealing Beau
Toledo University campus poll finds some coeds say stealing a boyfriend is acceptable and even some would use a gun to get their man while others deem the boys not worth stealing.
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Toledo, O
Toledo University
Georgia to share in PWA funds under new plan
President Roosevelt announced an informal understanding with Georgia to receive a share of federal public works funds along with other states. Governor Rivers said enabling legislation to lift borrowing limits would be sent to the state legislature, with no expected opposition.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Georgia
Commonwealths
PWA
E. D. Rivers
Rivers
White House
Lawrence S. Camp
Walter F. George
James L. Gillis
Admits Slaying Pastor Father While Drunk
A man admits fatally shooting Pastor Dr. Bready in a parsonage after requesting liquor to recall the event. Marshal Edington found an automatic pistol under a pillow. The autopsy links that weapon to the fatal shot. Mrs. Bready died last July. Robert Bready is divorced.
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Bready
Earl Edington
Bainbridge
Dr. Bready
Robert Bready
Shot Leads to Fox and Bird Incident in London
London dispatch reports Thomas Titus says he shot a fox stalking a cock and then fired again when the bird flushed at the first shot describing a two-step hunting incident in a rural setting.
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London
Thomas Titus
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