Africa faces new peace threat in Ethiopian Italian clashes
Geneva dispatch details Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I sending a telegram to the League of Nations asking for a version of border clashes with Italy along the Ethiopia Somaliland line. Both sides accuse each other of aggression as border incidents escalate with casualties and diplomatic protests. The issue may be raised at the League session on January 11 amid talks over the Saar plebiscite.
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Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Africa
League of Allons Council
Haile Selassie I
Addis Ababa
African Powers
Yugoslavia
League
Hungary
Alexander
Marseille
Geneva Organization
Saar
Rome
Gondar
Lake Tana
Uelual
Somaliland
Ite
Ian Advices
Hialy
Haile Selassie
Haly
Charge Clearly Stated in Hauptmann Case Trial Set Jan 2
New Jersey prosecutors disclosed they will claim infant Lindbergh died from a skull fracture due to external violence. Attorney General Wilentz said the defense may view autopsy findings and will decide on access to key exhibits, including ransom notes ladder and a chisel, with a decision due Monday.
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Blemington
N. Jr
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
David Z 'T
Wilentz
Hauptmann
Hoya Fisher
Frederick A. Fone
Hopewell
Trenton
Wileniz
Political church meetings forbidden under Nazi rule
In Berlin area authorities banned church gatherings deemed political, prompting immediate opposition church circles to call it another effort to suppress conscience. Critics warn the move follows yesterday's law that could impose death for criticizing the state or the Nazi party. Some churchmen oppose Reichbishop Mueller, accusing Nazification aims. Separately, cholera is cited as an extremely dangerous disease with rapid onset and possible death within minutes after symptoms appear.
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Berl
Ludwig Mueller
Germany
Death Removes Husband In Strange Love Triangle
An Arbiterslate case ends as Benjamin March 35, curator at the University of Michigan museum of anthropology, loses his life after the wife, who tested her love for Thomas A. Newton, returned following a failed "experiment." Newton died from a self inflicted wound while the wife was en route to Detroit. The Marches reconciled after the tragedy.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Des.i
Benjamin March
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
Detroit Institute of Arts
Thomas A. Newton
Detroit
March
Newton
Miami
Fla
Widow recounts brutalities before murder of husband
In Leeangn Indiana on December 14, Mrs. Neema Saunders testifies she endured brutal acts and indignities from pastor husband Rev. Gaylord V. Saunders before he was killed. She and Theodore Mathers a 19 year old who roomed with the minister are accused in the plot. The widow denies any romantic motive with Mathers while her lawyers prepare to argue mental instability from abuse.
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Leeangn
Ind
Neema Saunders
Gaylord V. Saunders
Wabash, Tad
Saunders
Theodore Mathers
Indianapolis
Mathers
Reserve Champion Brings High Price at Calf Show
Efton Lee Bradley’s Short horn calf, reserve champion at the St. Louis Livestock Exchange show, sold for 45 cents per pound. Florence Krejel of Edwardsville bought the grand champion black Angus calf for 1 dollar per pound. The Hereford calf won by Howard Bradley also sold at 16 1/2 cents per pound. A total of 311 calves sold. 48 girls and 277 boys entered, with the first 30 prizewinners averaging 16.46 per hundredweight.
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East ST. Louis
Efton Lee Bradley
St. Louis
Efton Lee
Howard
Oklahoma teachers plan lobby for higher salaries
Oklahoma teachers announce a lobbying program for the January session to raise pay and fund classroom needs. They seek removal of state aid to districts paying under 120 dollars per teacher, a tenure law, retirement plan, and a minimum 20 dollar state grant per student, with 2000 dollars already set aside.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Association
T. RB. Siemen
Clyde M. Howell
State Association
Former prison mate of Karpis reopens hunt
Alfred Geonia, a former inmate with Alvin Karpis, claims Karpis hides near St Charles and frequents a Plainfield tavern. He alleges being drugged and poisoned after meeting Parker and Woodruff, while investigators chase the tale amid skepticism and coded leads from Kansas prisons to Chicago agents.
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Joliet
Kansas City
R. C. Suran
Division of Investigation
Chicago
Karpis
St. Charles
Plainfield
Geonia
Tiliais
Fred Parker
Woodruff
Clyde Nemerick
Perker
Kansas
Jack Moxie
Goebbels Claims Hitler Narrowly Escapes Train Disaster
Berlin report cites Goebbels amid 15,000 Nazi rally goers at Sportpalast as he declares Hitler unharmed after a claimed narrow escape in a Bremen train wreck. He urges unity, condemns detractors and American Jews, and ends with party anthem. Milk production figure noted from 1933 context.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Horst Wessel
Goebbels
Germany
Brookfield man held in fatal Brookfield shooting
Kenneth Mason 25 of Brookfield is held in Chariton county jail after the death of 19 year old Mrs. Maxine Miller of Brookfield. Prosecutor Charles Lamkin says Mason admitted being with Miller and described a pistol struggle. Coroner Dr. Floran Harms notes the death appears caused by unknown parties. Mason surrendered to a night watchman and was brought to the county jail.
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Keytesville
Kenneth Mason
Brookfield
Eetery
Chariton County
Maxine Miler
Mendon
Charles ¥. Lamkin
Chariton J
Meson
Mason
Charles Rusher
Marceline
Carl Brown
Linn County
Man Found Guilty in Wife Drowning Murder
Newport Ark December 14 a Oklahoma salesman Buford Nelson Cordell convicted of murdering his wife in October by drowning near White River to collect $8000 life insurance. Jury deliberated three hours and he faces life imprisonment. Co-defendants Beverly Jones Bill Sherill and Andy Thorpe accused but not yet tried. Nelson's mother fainted as verdict read.
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Newport
Ark
Buford Nelson
Cordell
Okla
Here
Nelson
Yawning Woman Fails to Find Relief
Mrs Harold McKee a 35 year old farmer's wife woke yawning after 112 hours of continuous yawning. Doctors report no diagnosis yet and say the condition persists with about 12 yawns per minute. Containing none of diabetes heart trouble or anemia as possible causes, efforts to treat her continue.
Railroad’s Purchase of Stocks Protested
New York Dec 14 AP legal probe into former Missouri Pacific Railway managers. A committee led by John W. Stedman of Prudential Insurance engages counsel to decide whether to sue over alleged misplacement of funds in purchases of the company’s stocks and bonds during the 1930s low markets.
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New York
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
John W. Stedman
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Missouri, Pacific
New Anti crime Bills Drafted for Congress
Washington December 14 The Justice Department outlined plans for new laws and funding as part of the War on Crime. Officials proposed a national school to train criminal prosecutors and a registry for gun purchasers and gangsters. J Edgar Hoover’s division of Investigation would anchor a new criminology institute likened to a West Point of crime training. Joseph Keenan urged strict firearm buyer registration and said Congress would likely act, predicting crime drops and a major gangster roundup.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Division of
J. Edgar Hoover
Institute i Criminolosy
West Point
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Culbertson Welcomes $200,000 Damage Suit Over Boland System
Tulsa reports a special grand jury probe sought in the Kennamer case amid deaths and disputes over whether the Byrd College son died by his own hand. Ely Culbertson replied to Vincent Boland’s $200,000 suit over a bridge system, offering to pay if Boland agrees to use the Boland club.
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Culbertson
Kennamer
New York
Ely Culbertson
Vincent F. Boland
Boland
F. W. Abshire
Boland Club
Kansas River Bank
Chantens
Cleveland
Vanderbilt
P. Hal Sims
American Bridge League
New Probe Opens After Unfounded Rumors Reach Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff E Benson said yesterday rumors about a narcotics angle in the Gorrell case were without basis. A new investigation began tonight as Federal and city narcotics agents paused their search after hours of work yielded only rumors. Detective Sergeant Frank McMillen reported no new facts beyond the rumors.
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E. Benson
Gorrell
Frank McMillen
Christmas Gift for Chicago Workers Totals 5.8 Million
Chicago officials announce a $5,800,000 Christmas gift for teachers, firemen, police, and other city employees. Mayor Edward E. Kelly says payroll payments begin Tuesday, with 20,600 workers to receive a full month's salary totaling 4,000,000. School board president James E. McGahey notes teachers will get 1,800,000 for late November pay periods, then another payday December 21, ensuring funds before Christmas.
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Chicago
Edward E. Kelly
James E. McGahey
Girls win most of writing contests
Chicago dispatch reports results of the interscholastic national creative writing contests sponsored by Quill and Scroll. Of 30 principal prize winners, 18 were girls, who excelled in editorial and feature writing while boys led in current news story placements. Over 20,000 students entered. Ruth Wilson of West Seattle High won editorial first, Harmony Harper of Eureka California won feature first, Roswell Freeman of Knoxville Tennessee won current news first.
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Chicago
Dec
Ide
Geis
Quill and Screll National High School Joornatistic Fraternity
Ruth Wilson
West Seattle High
Seattle
Washington
Harmony Harper
Eureka
Cal
Roswell Freeman
Knoxville
Tenn
Judge Faris denies plans to resign from bench
St Louis Dec 14 AP United States District Judge C B Faris denied rumors of his resignation on January 1 He has reached retirement age of 70 and is eligible to retire at full salary of 1000000 a year Faris was among judges considered for a U S Court of Appeals seat for the Eighth District to fill the Kenyon vacancy
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ST. Louis
United States
C. B. Paris
Faris
United States Cort of Appeals
Eighth District
Wiliam Kenyon
McNary Ready to Challenge Holt for Senate Oath
Senator McNary of Oregon says if Rush D Holt seeks the oath January 3 he will demand Holt’s credentials be sent to the elections committee to test constitutional qualifications. He favors waiting until Holt is 30 in June if Democratic leaders secure non oaths by then. McNary plans talks with Senate Leader Robinson before Congress convenes amid possible push for delay.
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Washington
Senator McNary
Oregon
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
McNary
Holt
Elections Committee
Robinson
Congress
Arkansas
Capitol
Dying man walks a mile then collapses near dam site
In Grand Coulee Washington 33 year old laborer Tex Ownes died after burning dynamite boxes and collapsing while walking toward the Grand Coulee Dam site with companion C W Gayse. A doctor said the heart was struck by a dynamite cap. Also noted are Lindbergh’s luncheon with Edward Warner and a note on the migratory robin called migratory thrush in colonial days.
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Grand Coulee Dam
O. W
Tex
Ownes
C. W. Gayse
Hunger Strikers Return Home After Beefed Up Food Aid Morale
In McAlester Oklahoma hunger strikers who had camped on benches and floors near the courthouse dispersed after promises of aid. The crowd swelled as word spread that Governor-elect Marland would underwrite food and grocery orders. Miners and workers, starving since breakfast, received cheese sandwiches and crackers while distribution of $3 grocery orders was delayed by missing forms.
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Mcalester
Okie
Dersness
Arsh
Goverer-elect
EL W. Marland
Gold price forecast sparks debate at Vancouver Sun report
Sidney Noraian mining editor of the Vancouver Sun predicted the American price of gold would rise from 35 to a higher level tied to monetary base in a 16 to 1 ratio, noting implications for the market as registration difficulties surfaced and relief aid discussed at a courthouse.
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W. BR. Szelton
Spokane
Wash
Sidney Noraian
The
Vancouver
B.C
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