United States calls for cooperative peace at Lima talks
At Lima the assistant secretary outlined a spiritual and moral approach to international relations and rejected fears of American trade aggression. The inaugural session featured Hull and Concha among 21 delegations, with Brazil expected to propose a defense pledge for hemispheric solidarity against external interference.
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United States
Carlos Concha
Cordell Hull
House of Representatives
Probe of Big Drug Firm Opens in New York
New York state attorney-general's office launched an inquiry into McKesson and Robbins Inc, an $87 million drug company, joined by the securities and exchange commission. The NYSE released a transcript showing two directors criticizing the firm’s finances as "so darned fantastic." Attorney General Bennett assigned two assistants to the case. Price Waterhouse auditors were ordered to produce records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Attorney-General
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Securities and Exchange Commissions
New York Stock Exchange Committee
W. L. Cummings
McKesson and Robbins
John J. Bennett, Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Price, Waterhouse and Company
Bennett
Missing Oklahoma senator found safe after car theft
E. W. George of Norman, reported missing by his wife, was traced when his car appeared in Stroud with a hitchhiker. Police arrested the youth at a cafe, finding George papers and his driver's license on him. George called from Oklahoma City to say he was all right, explaining his car had been stolen.
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Stroud
Okla
E. W. George
Norman
Oklahoma City
George Force
George
Dick Murphy
Murphy
Before radium field found in Canada era price note
Before the Canadian field of radium was discovered most of the world supply came from the Belgian Congo and sold for seventy dollars a gram or more than twice the present price of eight hundred forty thousand dollars an ounce.
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Belgian Congo
Wage Act Chief Seeks Court Test for Constitutionality
Elmer Andrews, head of the federal wage-hour program, failed to find anyone willing to challenge the statute. He toured major cities seeking a test case but found only sympathy. He plans to pursue a Supreme Court ruling via a first prosecution in New York, aiming for a clear constitutional issue.
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Andrews
New York
Elmer Andrews
Chicago
Minneapolis
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Denver
Supreme Court
Congress
Wagehour Administration
Loyalists Ready for Rebel Drive on Barcelona
At the Spanish frontier in Hendaye France border advices say the Spanish government is fortifying the Catalonian front in northeastern Spain to meet a suspected insurgent offensive toward Barcelona. Work progresses quickly though adverse weather slows launching of an attack.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Barcelona
Verna brothers sentenced for liquor law violation
Peter and Leroy Verna of DeSoto Illinois were sentenced to four years in prison and fined 2500 each after pleading guilty to internal revenue law violations. Authorities reported a 5000 gallon still and over 10000 gallons of whisky and mash on their farm. Their attorney said they jumped bonds due to alleged threats of 10 year terms at Alcatraz or Leavenworth. agents denied the threats.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Peter
Leroy Verna
DeSoto
Fred L. Wham
Internal Revenue Laws
Alcohol Tax Unit
Houston
Tex
R. B. Hendricks
Vernas
Alcatraz
Leavenworth Penitentiaries
Demands for Tax System Change May Be Ignored
The council's recommendations to extend old age insurance cover to seamen bank employees and workers in charitable and religious groups are outlined to the board and senate finance committee. They note farm and domestic employees could be added later and discuss methods to collect employer employee taxes for these groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board
Senate Finance Committee
War on Spies in Roosevelt Defense Plans
Berkeley report describes Roosevelt era defense debate on expanding the army air corps by up to 5,000 planes. A UC Berkeley physics student and inventor of a powerful explosive was arrested after his horoscope allegedly predicted a “change of environment.” The student was jailed for testing the explosive within city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Corps
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
New Finds Announce Rosetta Egypt Inscriptions Unearthed
Four large pieces bearing hieroglyphic inscriptions were found at Rosetta, the site of the famed Rosetta Stone discovered over 140 years ago. The Rosetta Stone helped foundations of studying ancient Egyptian history.
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Rosetta
Egypt
Fire House Excitement in Salem Basement Fire
Salem fire department faced a scare when a small basement blaze was found at the fire hall. Firemen detected smoke while lounging, investigated, and extinguished the fire with no damage reported.
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Salem
Ore
Salem Fire Department
Compromise on Bureau Reorganization Bill
Senator Byrd urged congressional action to rearrange government agencies and backed a bipartisan approach with Byrnes group to reach a workable compromise. He warned against granting the president dictatorial powers and said his committee would reconvene before Congress sessions begin. Byrnes signaled a parallel move in his committee.
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Congress
Byrd
Byrnes
D-Sc
Eden Urges Britain’s Faith in Democracy Amid Global Storm
Eden emphasizes democracy as the British point of view on world problems, noting that twenty years on we are far from our hopeful goals. He argues that responsibility lies beyond any single government and warns that other systems challenge Western liberty, requiring resolve to defend our material and spiritual foundations and remain firm.
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England
United States
Christmas Invitation to Estranged Wife Too Late
In San Jose a post card from Walker Mason inviting his wife and their son for Christmas arrived at the home where the family died yesterday. Coroner Dr. C. C. Spalding said the 38 year old wife had written of estrangement and the card carried no hint of a rift.
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San Jose
Calif
Walker Mason
C. C. Spalding
Mason
San Bernardino
U. S. Farmers Vote Today on AAA Program
Farmers across 219 states and one territory vote on marketing quotas for 1939 on cotton rice and flue cured tobacco. If two thirds vote yes, quotas will limit sales with penalties for overage. outcome could signal support or dissatisfaction with the New Deal farm policy amid post election sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
New Congress
AAA
New Deal
Anti Aircraft Units in Guard to Full Strength
National guard officials say three anti aircraft regiments will be brought to full strength from a 5000 man increase authorized by Congress last year. Effective January 1 1939 the 211th of Massachusetts the 251st of California and the 260th of the District of Columbia are to be fully staffed. The remainder will be used to adjust other units.
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Washington
National Guard
Congress
Massachusetts
California
District of Columbia
McDonald Held Sane By Los Angeles Jury
A Los Angeles jury ruled Charles E. McDonald sane when he shot and wounded Mrs. Karl Krueger, wife of a Kansas City orchestra conductor, on Hollywood Boulevard last August 19. He faces a sentence of one to ten years, with the court set to hear sentencing next Monday morning.
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Los Angeles
Charles E. McDonald
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
Hollywood Boulevard
McDonald
Retail Buying Reaches Year High in District Centers
New York dispatch reports Christmas shopping boosts retail buying to the year’s peak at leading distribution centers while national sales trail 2 to 8 percent from a year ago. Dun and Bradstreet notes brisk wholesale demand though orders lag 2 to 12 percent. A separate Canada note says Quebec remains the second largest manufacturing province, producing about 29 percent of the Dominion’s output.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Quebec Province
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Leaders Call To Strengthen Law Amid Election Losses
The article quotes unnamed leaders who argue that measures proposed would counteract election losses and reinforce current law, signaling a push for stricter enforcement and potential policy changes.
Daladier Confidence Vote Amid Italian Pressure for Tunisia
Deputies back Daladier as Italy signals desire for new talks over North Africa rights. Gayda blasts France over 1935 Laval Mussolini pact while anti French demonstrations and a heated press campaign swell in Rome Naples and Milan as Tunisia Suez and Djibouti remain watchwords.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Italy
France
North
Africa
Gayda
Tunisia
Suez
Djibouti
Naples
Milan
Il Giornale D
Italia
Pierre Laval
Benito Mussolini
Patriotism Brings Life Term For Suspect In Ohio Slayings
Severino Calandre, 47, laborer, received a life sentence after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the October 9 beer parlor killings of neighbors Rocco Gargisio and John La Riccia. He claimed he was forced to shoot them after being taunted about loyalty to Italy and Mussolini during his citizenship application.
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Cleveland
Severino Calandre
Ohio
Rocco Gargisio
John la Riccia
Calandro
Gargisio
la Riccia
Italy
Mussolini
United States
K C girl dies after hit and run
Mary Larson 10, struck by a hit and run driver that killed her mother as they walked to church, died early today after five days in a coma. Police have searched citywide without locating the driver, aided by a $200 reward announced by City Manager H F McElroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mary Larson
H. F. McElroy
Divorce Granted to Wife of Dixie Davis
Attractive Martha Davis won an uncontested divorce from J Richard Davis known as Dixie, once the kid mouthpiece for Arthur Flegenheimer. Details of her testimony before District Judge B F Curler remained with the court.
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Reno
Martha Davis
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Kid
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
New York
B. F. Curler
Italy Seeks Broader Concessions in Africa in New Talks
Editor notes Italy’s openness to new negotiations and cites a major shift in the political landscape since 1935. He asserts Italy seeks wider concessions in Africa in any future agreement. Gayda accuses France of failing to press a Tunisian accord under the 1935 framework.
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Italy
Africa
Gayda
Former New York model seeks divorce and hides with ex husband
In a complaint she accuses Davis of cruelty dating from 1935. The former New York City model wed Davis in New York on September 21, 1932 and separated in July 1937, after which she and Dick went into hiding. She may move to Reno to open a roller skating rink and has no plans to remarry.
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Davis
New York City
New York
James 3. Hines
Tammany
Ferdinand Pecora
Fly Sought in Vain at Sea
London dispatch reports the Queen Mary’s vast resources failing to supply a passenger with a fly. Mrs. Grey Wornum of London wanted the insect for a frame of ants she bought in New York, part of an unusual diet experiment aboard the luxury liner.
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London
Britain
Grey Wornum
New York
Negro Executed in State Prison at Columbia
George Gates a 21 year old Black man from Darlington county was electrocuted at the state prison in Columbia for criminal assault on a young white woman of Darlington. The execution followed a trial and appeals processed by state authorities.
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Columbia, S. CG
George Gates
Darlington County
Darlington
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Mabel
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