Tunisia Claim Is Pushed by Fascist Youth
In Rome Genoa and Turin fascists rally for Italy’s claim to Tunisia and Corsica. A Count of Turin and Andrea Ippolito address crowds while police curb student marches to the French embassy. Debates in Parliament tie Tunisia to broader Italy France tensions. The cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli is recalled to the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Genoa
Turin
Tunisia
Corsica
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Milan
Fascist
Andrea Ippolito
Berlin
Chamber of Deputies
Antonio Aghemo
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Adriatic
Mediterranean
German Condor plane sinks in Manila Bay rescue
Six German crew and one passenger escaped unharmed after their Condor good will plane sank in Manila Bay 20 miles from Manila after engine failure. Five crew and one passenger were rescued by rowboats. two girls drowned viewing the wreck. The craft was believed undamaged and expected to reach shore at low tide.
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Manila
Germany
Manila Bay
Tokyo
Rosario
Alfred Henke
Berlin
New York
Income per American would be 469 dollars if divided evenly
Estimated that total American income shared equally among the 128 million people in 1935 36 would yield about 469 dollars per person or roughly 9 dollars a week for each. The figure reflects the era's national income distribution analysis.
Frisco Plans Five Mountain-Type Engines For Next Year
Frisco to build five mountain type locomotives at a net cost of 192,370 for fast through freight service. Engines will have 70 inch drivers and be built in Frisco shops as part of 1938 equipment plans filed in district court. Total net equipment costs after deductions total 1,615,663 with rebuilds of five older engines for passenger service at 105,762 and 5,000 freight cars reconditioned at 120,800.
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ST. Louis
Frisco Railroad
Frisco
United States District Court
Man Sees Same Movie 144 Times in Cambridge
A. Theodore Held of Columbus, Ohio, Harvard College sophomore, is obsessed with the film Mad About Music starring Deanna Durbin. He has spent $45 and attended screenings in all neighborhood theaters showing the movie, totaling 144 viewings.
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Cambridge
Mass
A. Theodore Held
Columbus,c
Harvard College
Deanna Durbin
Held
Belleville Gridiron Star Romps For 102 Yards Three TDs
Virgil Wagner of Belleville Township high school ran six times for 102 yards and three touchdowns in a 31 to 0 victory over Collinsville High. He also threw a 20 yard TD pass.
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Belleville
Virgil Wagner
Belleville Township High School
Collinsville High
Campaign Costs for State Senator Will G Lockridge
Fayette campaign records show State Senator Will G Lockridge reported to the secretary of state that he spent 715 dollars in his unsuccessful Democratic primary bid for a congressional nomination in the second district.
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Will G. Lockridge
Fayette
Reich France Pact Prompts Talks On Mutual Trade
European powers discuss a French German accord while amid strain with Britain and the United States. Bonnet and von Ribbentrop meet for two hours forty minutes amid hopes for cooperation and an end to historic prejudices. France seeks assurances about Tunisia and Corsica from Germany, while Germany aims to undermine the Franco Soviet mutual aid pact.
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Germany
France
Italy
Britain
Georges Bonnet
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Chamber of Deputies
Bonnet
von Ribbentrop
Foreign Ministry
Tunisia
Corsica
Soviet Union
Germany says pact with France does not weaken axis
Berlin reports the German press today unanimously insists the French German renunciation pact does not erode the Rome Berlin axis. Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondent says the French German and British German understandings flow from German Italian policy and show authoritarian states bridging differences.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondent
Organ
Future Pilots Learn to Fly With Toy Airplanes
Future army aviators at Randolph Field Texas the West Point of the Air are learning to fly with toy airplanes. Air corps officials say model airplanes are all the rage among student officers providing a cheap hobby while teaching fundamentals to prevent dangerous crashes.
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Washington
Dec
Army
Randolph Field
Texas
West Point
Air
Air Corps
Dr Walter L Wilson to Speak in Jefferson City Today
Public Library auditorium hosts Dr Walter L Wilson a radio preacher Bible teacher and lecturer for a noon and evening engagement He spoke here years ago and recently on Germany and the Jews He will address Jefferson City students at a morning assembly and is heard on KWOS at 9 15 AM He also practices medicine mainly without charge and ran a morning Bible Hour on WDAF for ten years
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Walter L. Wilson
Jefferson City
Public Library
Wilson
Germany
America
WDAF
Kansas City
Delegates Debate Americas Alliance at Lima Conference
Argentine Foreign Minister Cantillo reiterated opposition to a formal defensive alliance for the hemisphere. He warned such a pact would amount to armaments and a Europe turned back, while expressing doubt about Bolivia and favoring attitudes from Brazil to Haiti depending on economic and political factors.
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Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Europe
Jose Mario Cantillo
Roosevelt
Bolivia
United States
Brazil
Cuba
Colombia
Chile
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Mexico
Panama
Costa Rica
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Lima
Cantillo
America
Two St Louis Firemen Help Battle Blaze in Moberly
Two visiting St Louis firemen joined Moberly firefighters to combat a blaze that damaged three buildings. Fire officials estimated the loss at about $16,000 as the local force handled the incident alongside the visitors who were in town for a quail hunt.
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St. Louis
Moberly
Mose Alexander
Probe of Huge Nebraska Power Project
Senator Bridges calls for congressional inquiry into the PWA approved plan to buy private electrical properties in Nebraska. He blames Wall Street financiers and a White House ally, charging a potential $2.2 million fee for the deal and labeling it a possible new deal folly. The arrangement involves Loup River and Central Nebraska districts with bonds secured by district income.
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Washington
Bridges
Congress
Public Works Administration
PWA
Norris
Guy C. Myers
Samuel Insull
Ind-Neb
Arthur Mullen
Omah
Democratic National
Loup River
Central
Nebraska
Ickes
Bancamerica-Blair Corporation
New York
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
United Light & Power Company
Federal Power Commission
J. D. Ross
Ross
Myers
Pacific Northwest
Free Bridge Issue and Water Policy Campaign Debate
Citizens of Jefferson City are urged to back a municipally owned water plant amid claims by opponents that costs and taxes will rise. Proponents cite state Public Service Commission data and past gains from free bridge tolls, urging voters to trust the People’s cause and reject fear tactics.
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State Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
Missouri River
Jefferson City Water Plant Vote Endorsed by Merchants
An article notes a merchants’ urging to elect a municipal water plant in Jefferson City on December 7, framing the vote as a path to prosperity. It rebuts rumors that sewage from the new state prison would contaminate the Missouri River, citing a letter from Charles A. Haskins affirming the plant’s independent sewage system and no impact on the city water supply.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Charles A. Haskins
Harry Blackwell
Mr. Blackwell
State Board of Health
R. E. A. Funds Allotted for 47 Projects in 27 States
The Rural Electrification Administration allocated 8,611,000 for 47 projects across 27 states. Pemiscot Dunklin Electric Cooperative of Hayti Missouri received 379,000 for 341 miles serving 1,708 people in Dunklin New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. Black River Electric Cooperative of Centerville Missouri was awarded 194,000 for 144 miles serving 697 residents in Reynolds Iron and Wayne counties.
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Washington
Pemiscot-Dunklin Electric Cooperative, Inc
Hayti
Dunklin
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Black River Electric Cooperative
Centerville
Reynolds
Iron
Wayne
Judge Takes Heart Balm Suit Under Submission
Los Angeles AP report says Judge Henry M. Willis took under submission the 75000 heart balm suit filed by Nancy Dixon of St. Louis against Peter Balma the unmarried mother of Martha Raye. Dixon says Balma promised marriage and betrayed her while Balma denies the charges. The judge pledged to untangle the jumble before ruling. British schools supply milk to 2,500,000 children with paid and free programs.
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Los Angeles
Henry M. Willis
Nancy Dixon
St. Louis
Peter Balma
Martha Raye
Miss Dixon
Balma
Willis
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Chas. A. Haskins
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